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Volume XVI, Number 328 2nd Waning of Taboung 1370 ME Thursday, 12 March, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein inspected arrivalof machinery, constructionof machine foundationsand installation ofmachines at HydropowerTurbine and GeneratorFactory Project in ThagaraIndustrial Region inYedashe Township ofBago Division on 9 Marchafternoon.

At Multi-purposeDiesel Engine FactoryProject, the minister lookedinto installation ofmachines in Machine ShopNo. 1 and No. 2 andprogress in construction ofthe machine foundationthat can withstand 3,000tons of loads for 16-tonPress Machine at theForging Shop. Theminister instructedofficials to timely completebuilding of the machine

Projects of Hydropower Turbine andGenerator Factory, Multi-purpose

Diesel Engine Factory, Bulldozer andExcavator Factory running well

Industry-2 Minister Vice-Admiral Soe Thein inspects completion ofmachine foundation of 16-ton Press Machine at Forging Shop.

MNA

Long ago, Moneyin in Namtu Township,Shan State (North), was a secluded region with poortransport and armed insurgency reigned supremethere.

After 1988, the Tatmadaw governmentmanaged to make peace with armed groups andexpedited projects for all-round development of theregions across the nation. As part of the plan, itconstructed roads and bridges to form a network oftransport facilities covering the whole country alongwith dams wherever necessary and possible. So far, ithas constructed 219 dams, including Zeechaung Damin Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, that wasinaugurated recently.

(See page 7)

Moneyin Dam helps local farmers grow summer paddy

Article: Htein Lin (Myanma Alin);

Photos: Aung Than

(Mingala Taungnyunt)

Moneyin Dam on Namhswan Creek, three miles southeast of Moneyin Village, NamtuTownship, Shan State (North).

foundation and otherconstruction tasks.

At the Bulldozerand Excavator FactoryProject, the ministerinspected the work site.

After that, he instructed theofficials to rise theproduction in comingfinancial year, to boostproduction of new itemsof machine parts to be

localized, to submit therequirements of rawmaterials and to supervisemanufacturing of productswith the use ofworkmanship.—MNA

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 12 March, 2009

Thursday, 12 March, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

There exist atmosphere, water, land,forests, mountains and natural resourcesincluding human beings in the environmentof all living things. So there must be betterenvironment for mankind to earn their living.

Forests and trees not only provideuseful materials for man but also maketemperate climate. They also serve as naturalhabitat for birds and beasts. The people thushave to carry out the tasks on reforestationand maintenance of ecosystem.

In Myanmar the governmentconserves water, land, forests and naturalresources. It also protects reserved forests,wildlife parks and natural lands in accordwith the forest law. The Ministry of Forestryin cooperation with local people is establishingfirewood plantations, watershed areas andspecial teak plantations. The government is also establishingwatershed plantations for development ofnatural forests and greening of Bago Yomawhere teak grows well. In Hlegu Township,there are Paunglin, Mahuya and KalihtawReserved Forests. There are NgamoeyeikCreek, Mahuya Creek and other creeks in itsenvirons. In these reserved forests, teak, oileugenia, Thitseint, Pyinkadoe, Sit, Mau,Pyinma and Padauk are grown. Everyhousehold in the township participates in thetasks for growing of teak and other hardwoodplants on a manageable scale. Forests and trees including teak andPyinkadoe are vital for progress of thenational economy and they serve the greeningof the regions. Therefore all the local peopleare to actively take part in the government’sendeavours for conserving the environment.

Conserve the environment

Information Minister receives Chinese Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan receivedChinese Ambassador tothe Union of Myanmar MrYe Dabo at the ministry,here, yesterday evening.

Also present at thecall were Director-Generalof Myanmar Radio andTelevision U Khin MaungHtay, Managing Director

of Printing and PublishingEnterprise U Aung Nyein,Managing Director ofNews and PeriodicalsEnterprise U Soe Win,Managing Director ofMyanma Motion PictureEnterprise U Aung MyoMyint, Acting Director-General of Informationand Public RelationsDepartment U Ye Htutand Head of Office

U Myint Htwe.They held

discussions on furthercooperation in

Myanmar delegation attends10th meeting of Myanmar-

India Foreign OfficeConsultations

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March— A Myanmardelegation led by Deputy Minister for Foreign AffairsU Maung Myint arrived at New Delhi, the Republic ofIndia by air on 3 March.

The Myanmar delegation attended the 10th

meeting of Myanmar-India Foreign OfficeConsultations held at the Ministry of External Affairsof the Republic of India on 5 March. The Myanmardelegation cordially discussed with Indian delegationled by Foreign Secretary of India Mr ShivshankarMenon.

At the meeting, both sides discussed wide rangeof areas of bilateral cooperation and follow-up activitiesof the recent visit to Myanmar by the Vice-president ofthe Republic of India.

Afterwards, the signing ceremony of the AgreedMinutes of the 10th meeting of Myanmar-India ForeignOffice Consultations was held at the Ministry ofExternal Affairs of the Republic of India. DeputyMinister U Maung Myint and Foreign Secretary MrShivshankar Menon signed the Agreed minutes.

On 6 March, Deputy Minister U Maung Myintand party visited Kerala and arrived back here on 10March.—MNA

Myanmar CP Tennis Tournament28 March-1 April

information and mediasectors between the twocountries.

MNA

YANGON, 11March—As a gesture ofhailing the 64th

Anniversary ArmedForces Day, the MyanmarTennis Federation willorganize the Myanmar CPTennis Tournament withthe sponsorship ofMyanmar CP Co Ltd atTheinbyu Tennis Court,here from 28 March to 1April.

The tournament iscategorized as the teamevent, the men’s opensingles and doublesevents, the women’s opensingles event, the Above-55 singles and doublesevents, the U-10, the U-12 and the U-14 boys’ andgirls’ events.

For taking part inthe team event, everytennis squad may beconstituted with 6-7players including theplayers who had not beenchosen as the State/Division level selectedplayers, one player eachof above-45, one above-50 and above-60 years oldat State/Division level,and former selectedplayers. The players mustnot be over-aged ones.

The federationwill release K 30,000 eachas travel expenses to thetennis teams from thecountryside and K 10,000each to the players in theage-wise youth events andaccommodate all the teamsand players.

Those wishing totake part in the tournamentmay get registered with thefederation by dialing372360, 381991/992(extension: 0), not later than4 pm on 26 March. At 2 pmon 27 March, the fixturesfor the tournament will bedrawn, and a responsibleperson from each team hasto attend the fixture drawingceremony at the office ofthe federation.—MNA

Information Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan receives Chinese Ambassador to MyanmarMr Ye Dabo.—MNA

The 10th meeting of Myanmar-India Foreign

Office Consultations in progress at the

Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of

India.—MOFA

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No sign Iraqis will ask US to stay

CTV journalist shot deadin S Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, 11 March—Jawed Ahamd Jajo, a reporterof Canadian Television, was gunned down by unknownmen in Kandahar Province south of Afghanistan onTuesday evening. Ahmad Jajo in his 20s is a Canadian-Afghan who was once arrested by US troops one yearago and set free some two months back.

Jajo was killed in his car when the unknown gun-men sprayed bullet killing him on the spot at 07:50pm local time, said Xinhua reporter at the site.

No group or individual has claimed responsibil-ity.—Internet

Rocket attack on Britishbase in Iraq kills one

BAGHDAD, 11 March—Rockets slammed into theBritish military base outside the southern Iraqi cityof Basra on Monday, killing one civilian, the Brit-ish Ministry of Defence announced. It was the firstsuch attack on the base in nearly three months.

Rockets or mortar shells were also fired near thegiant US base in Balad, 50 miles (80 kilometers)north of Baghdad, the US military said. There wereno reports of damage or casualties.

A British military spokesman said that the attackoutside Basra occurred about 9 pm and that one non-British foreign civilian was killed. A statement by theUS-led coalition in Baghdad said the victim was athird country national, meaning not an Iraqi either.

The British spokesman said it was the first rocketattack on the airport since December. He spoke oncondition of anonymity in line with militarypolicy.—Internet

US Marine dies in noncombat inci-dent in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 11 March—The US military says anAmerican Marine in Iraq has died in an incident thatdid not involve combat.

A statement says the Multi-National Force —West Marine died on Tuesday without giving fur-ther details.

The military added that the incident is being in-vestigated and has withheld the identity of the Ma-rine pending notification of relatives.

The death raises to at least 4,257 members of theUS military who have died in the Iraq war since itbegan in March 2003.

Internet

Major attacks inIraq since 1 JanBAGHDAD, 11 March—

Major attacks in Iraq since1 Jan, when a new US-Iraqi security pact tookeffect:

• 10 March Suicidebomber targets tribal lead-ers at market in AbuGhraib, killing 33.

• 8 March—Suicidebomber strikes policeacademy in Baghdad, kill-ing at least 30.

• 5 March—Car bombtears through livestockmarket in Hillah, killing 13.

• 13 Feb—Female sui-cide bomber targets Shiitepilgrims in Musayyib,killing 40.

• 12 Feb—Suicidebomber blows herself upamong Shiite pilgrims inKarbala, killing eight.

• 11 Feb—Twin carbombs explode at a busterminal and market areain Baghdad, killing 16.

• 4 Jan—Female suicidebomber strikes Shiite pil-grims in Baghdad, killing38.

• 2 Jan— Suicidebomber hits luncheon at atribal leader’s home inYoussifiyah, killing 23.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 11 March—Despite ongoing violence,the Iraqi government isunlikely to ask Americantroops to remain in thecountry beyond a 2011departure deadline, thetop US military com-mander in Iraq said onTuesday.

But Iraqi leaders mustdecide whether to waivean approaching end-date— 30 June—and allowcombat soldiers stay inurban flashpoints likeMosul where al-Qaidaand insurgents continue tothreaten security, Gen RayOdierno said.

“I think that the Iraqleadership is focused onthat this ends in 2011,”

Odierno said in an inter-view with The AssociatedPress.

“The progress we’remaking now and what Isee today, I say that I don’tsee anything that wouldhave us have to re-nego-tiate in 2011,” he said.“But again, I never saynever.”

The four-star general,sitting in his office in oneof Saddam Hussein’sformer palaces, spokebroadly about Iraq’s tenu-ous security as the USmilitary ratchets backits role in the war that be-gan six years ago thismonth.

As he spoke, a suicidebomber attacked Sunni

and Shiite tribal leadersand high-ranking securityofficials who were tour-ing a market about 15miles away in the town ofAbu Ghraib. Dozensdied.

Under a 1 Jan agree-ment, US military basesand posts are supposed tobe out of Iraqi cities after30 June, clearing the wayfor Iraqi forces step uptheir own security mis-sions. President BarackObama has ordered anend to all American com-bat operations in Iraq bySeptember 2010. All USsoldiers are scheduled toleave Iraq by the end of2011.

Internet

Iraqis stand aroundcars destroyed in a

parked car bomb blastin the town of al-Hamadaniya, 40

kilometers north ofMosul, Iraq, on 10

March, 2009.INTERNET

Biden warns of‘deteriorating’

Afghan situationBRUSSELS, 11 March—

US Vice President JoeBiden urged NATOmembers on Tuesday tojointly confront al-Qaidaand other extremistgroups in Afghanistanwhere he said instabilitythreatens all of thealliance’s membersequally.

Biden told the allies theUnited States was opento talks with Talebanmoderates as part of anew approach, echoingcomments made byPresident Barack Obamaover the weekend.

“It is worth engagingand determining whetheror not there are thosewho are willing to par-ticipate in a secure andstable Afghan state,”Biden said.

Internet

A policeman standsguard at the site of a

bomb attack in Mosul,390 km (240 miles)

north of Baghdad, on10 March, 2009.

INTERNET

A wounded Iraqi rests on a bed inside Baghdad’sAl-Yarmuk hospital. The White House on Tuesday

dismissed suggestions that two recent bloodyattacks in Iraq were a reaction to President BarackObama’s decision to pull out most combat troops

by August next year.—INTERNET

TEHERAN, 11 March—Iran’s top militarycommander said the new US Administration wasjust as “warmongering” as its predecessor, but thatthe United States could not afford to attack Iran, anIranian news agency reported on Tuesday.

Major-General Hassan Firouzabadi’s commentscame despite an offer by US President BarackObama to engage in direct talks with Teheran if it“unclenches its fist”, and may disappointWashington. Iran has reacted cautiously to Obama’soffer, saying it wants to see real change in US policyafter the Republican Administration of George W.Bush spearheaded a drive to isolate Teheran over itscontroversial nuclear programme.—Internet

Iran commander says USstill “Warmongering”

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WASHINGTON, 11March —Chinese For-eign Minister Yang Jiechion Tuesday talked byphone with his Russiancounterpart Sergei Lavrovto discuss issues on bilat-eral relationship and otherissues of mutual concern.

During the conversa-tion initiated by Lavrov,both sides agreed to takethe opportunity of the

A Chinese navy military helicopter is ready to land on a British warshipduring the AMAN 09 military exercises at the Arabia Sea off the southern

Pakistani port of Karachi, on 9 March, 2009. —XINHUA

Iranian police stand guard as drugs burn during a ceremony in southernTeheran, on 9 March, 2009. Authorities burnt 3 tonnes of drugs confiscated in

Teheran on Monday as a part of an anti-drug event.—XINHUA

The Heishipu Bridge isshrouded by fog inChangsha, central-

south China’s HunanProvince, on 9 March,2009. The heavy fogblanketing the city

affected local traffic onMonday.—XINHUA

CAIRO, 11 March— Egyptian Health Ministryconfirmed on Tuesday that a baby girl contractedbird flu virus, which brings the number of humancases of the deadly avian influenza to 58 in thecountry, reported the state MENA news agency.

The girl is Habebaa Mahmoud Mohamed, whois at the age of one year and a half and comes fromMinufiya governorate, some 65 km north of Cairo,the ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahinewas quoted as saying.

The little girl showed symptoms of infection onFriday after contacting with infected birds, saidShahine, adding she was admitted to hospital onMonday and given the antiviral vaccine Tamiflu.

Egypt is the most affected country by the deadlyavian influenza outside Asia. It reported its firstH5N1 virus in dead poultry in February 2006 andthe first human case in March of the same year.

Xinhua

STOCKHOLM, 11 March— Climate scientistswarned on Tuesday thatsea level rise could ex-ceed one meter by 2100if governments fail tocontrol global warmingeffectively, said reportsfrom Copenhagen.

“The upper range ofsea level rise by 2100could be in the range ofabout one meter, or pos-sibly more,” said a state-ment released by climatescientists at a three-daygathering in Copenhagen

PHNOM PENH, 11 March— Foreign tourist arrivalsin Cambodia dropped by2.19 percent in January,compared with the samemonth in 2008, the PhnomPenh Post reported onWednesday.

It was a sign that an-other key economic driverwas flagging in the face ofthe global financial crisis,the English-language dailynewspaper quoted minis-try official as saying.

“We recognize thatthe garment and tourismsectors have been affectedto some extent,” said OukRabun, secretary of stateof the Ministry of Financeand Economy.—Xinhua

Chinese, Russia FMs agreeto further strategic

cooperative partnership60th anniversary ofChina-Russia diplomaticties to further move theirstrategic cooperative part-nership forward by mak-ing joint efforts and en-hancing exchanges andcooperation in variousfields.

The two sides also ex-changed views on the situ-ation on the Korean Pen-insula and hoped that all

parties concerned main-tain helpful contacts andshow accommodationstowards each other’s po-sition in an effort to safe-guard peace and stabilityon the peninsula.

Yang is currently on afive-day visit to theUnited States, the first ofits kind since the Obamaadministration took officein January. —Xinhua

Touristarrivals in

Cambodia downby 2.19%in Jan

Climate scientists predict one-metre sealevel rise by 2100

from Monday in prepa-ration for the UN Cli-mate Change Conferencedue in December in Den-mark.

The estimate almostdoubles the projection of18 cm to 59 cm by the endof the century made inprevious studies.

“In the lower end ofthe spectrum it looks in-creasingly unlikely that

sea level rise will be muchless than 50 cm by 2100,”the statement said.

“This means that ifemission of greenhousegases is not reducedquickly and substantially,even the best case sce-nario will hit low lyingcoastal areas housing onein ten humans on theplanet.”

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 11 March—An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rocked the east-ernmost of Indonesia on Wednesday, but with no report of damage or casualty, thelocal meteorology agency said here.

The quake struck at 00:42 Jakarta time (1742 GMT) with the epicenter of 178km northwest Jayapura of Papua and 10 km in depth, an official of the agencysaid.

Indonesia, with over 230 million population, lies on a vulnerable quake-hitzone so called the pacific Ring of Fire, where two continental plates meet causingfrequent seismic and volcanic movement.—Xinhua

Quake hits eastern Indonesia

All items from Xinhua News Agency H5N1 bird flu virus found inwild duck in Germany

BRUSSELS, 11 March— The European Commis-sion said on Tuesday that it has been informed of aconfirmed case of highly pathogenic H5N1 birdflu string in a wild duck shot during a hunt nearStarnberg, in Bavaria, Germany.

Germany is not taking restrictive measuresgiven the fact that the hunt took place in January,said the Commission, the executive body of theEuropean Union (EU).

During the duck hunt at the lake of Starnberg,samples were taken from 35 ducks and 4 Canadageese in the frame of routine surveillance for birdflu and one of these ducks has produced a positiveresult.

Xinhua

Egyptian girl contractsbird flu virus

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File photo of the old supreme court city hall and central district in Singapore.Singapore and Sydney are the favourite destinations of Asians relocating to

work overseas and the reputation of Chinese cities is improving, a surveyshowed on Wednesday.—INTERNET

The headquarters building of New York Times isseen in this picture taken in Manhattan of New

York, on 10 March, 2009. The New York Times hassold part of its landmark headquarters for 225

million dollars in a deal that will see it leasebackthe office space for a starting rent of 24 milliondollars a year, The New York Times Company

announced on Monday.—INTERNET

Cargo containers are stacked at a yard in Busan port, the country’s biggestand the world’s No 5 container port, in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles)

southeast of Seoul, on 11 March, 2009.—INTERNET

US Embassy in Sudanwarns Americans to leaveKHARTOUM, 11 March—The US Embassy in Sudan

authorized nonessential staff and family to leave thecountry, saying on Tuesday that protests against theInternational Criminal Court’s indictment of theSudanese president increased the danger of anti-West-ern violence.

Sudan’s government expelled aid groups fromDarfur and has accused them of cooperating with thewar crimes court, which President Omar al-Bashir hasdescribed as a new form of colonialism.

The embassy said it has received information onterrorist threats aimed at American and European in-terests in Sudan. The embassy gave no details, butit has posted similar messages in recent years.

Internet

Iran does not have keynuclear material

WASHINGTON,11 March—Iran does not yet have anyhighly enriched uranium, the fuel needed to make anuclear warhead, two top US intelligence officialstold Congress on Tuesday, disputing a claim by anIsraeli official. US National Intelligence DirectorDennis Blair and Defence Intelligence Agency Di-rector Lt Gen Michael Maples said on Tuesday thatIran has only low-enriched uranium — which wouldneed to be refined into highly enriched uranium be-fore it can fuel a warhead. Neither officials said therewere indications that refining has occurred.

Their comments disputed a claim made last week-end by Israel’s top intelligence military official, whosaid Iran has crossed a technical threshold and is nowcapable of producing atomic weapons.

Internet

Israel-Lebanon borders stabledespite attacks

UNITED NATIONS, 11 March—SouthernLebanon and northern Israel have experi-enced their longest period of stability inmany years despite the violations of a 2006cease-fire during the recent war in Gaza,the UN’s special coordinator for Lebanonsaid on Tuesday. The cease-fire betweenIsrael and Hezbollah militants “continuesto hold” but much remains to be done tofully implement Security Council resolu-tion 1701 that ended their 34-day conflict,including disarming Hezbollah and allother militias, Michael Williams told re-porters after a closed-door briefing to theUN Security Council.

In a report to the council, Secretary-

General Ban Ki-moon condemned the fir-ing of rockets from southern Lebanon to-ward Israel during the Gaza conflict as“serious violations” of the cease-fire reso-lution. The fact that Israel returned firewithout prior warning to UN peacekeep-ers in southern Lebanon is also “a causeof serious concern,” he said.

“On the positive side, the resolutionhas continued to ensure a cessation ofhostilities between the parties and thelongest period of stability that southLebanon has known in decades,” he said.“There is a stability on Israel’s northernborder which it has not known since the1980s.”—Internet

Taleban say Obama’s call onmoderates “illogical”

KABUL, 11 March—Afghanistan’s Taleban on Tuesday turned down asillogical US President Barack Obama’s bid to reach out to moderate elements ofthe insurgents, saying the exit of foreign troops was the only solution for endingthe war. Obama, in an interview with the New York Times, expressed an opennessto adapting tactics in Afghanistan that had been used in Iraq to reach out to moderateelements there.

“This does not require any response or reaction for this is illogical,” QariMohammad Yousuf, a purported spokesman for the insurgent group, told Reuterswhen asked if its top leader Mullah Mohammad Omar would make any commentabout Obama’s proposal. “The Taleban are united, have one leader, one aim, onepolicy...I do not know why they are talking about moderate Taleban and what itmeans?”.

In Iraq, the use of Sunni Muslim community leaders to employ their people topatrol their neighbourhoods has been credited as one of the main reasons behindsharp falls in violence. Obama did point out that compared to Iraq, the situationwas more complex in Afghanistan, where nearly 70,000 foreign troops, 38,000 ofthem American, are due to be joined in coming months by another 17,000 USsoldiers.—MNA/Reuters

Europegives

Rwanda$222m for

govt.budgets

KIGALI, 11 March—Europe’s aid chief said on Tuesday that the continentalbody had given Rwanda 175 million euros (222 million US dollars ) in budgetsupport to help reduce poverty and spur economic development in the centralAfrican nation.

Louis Michel, Europe’s commissioner for development and humanitarian aid,said the money would be spent over a six-year period and was given to Rwanda forits strong performance and good economic management. “Budget support is aprivileged way to deliver aid,” he told reporters in Kigali.

Overseas aid accounted for more than a quarter of Rwanda’s gross domesticproduct in 2005, according to UN data.—MNA/Reuters

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NEWS ALBUM

S African couple drives 170kmwith spitting cobra in car

A couple drove 170 kilometres (100miles) from South Africa’s famousKruger National Park with a highlyvenomous spitting cobra in their car, theBeeld newspaper reported on Wed-nesday.

Gordon Parratt, 69, felt the 85-centi-metre (33-inch) long snake wind itselfaround his leg while he was driving.

At first he thought an insect hadbrushed his leg and swiped it away, butwhen he looked down he saw the snakenext to his left foot, the report said.

“Fortunately I’m not the panickytype. My wife immediately put her feetup on the dashboard,” said Parratt.

A giant balloon representingBelgium’s best known landmark the

“Atomium” floats aboveparticipants of Balloon Day Paradein central Brussels. The parade is

the opening event of “Brussels 2009BD Comics Strip”, Brussels’ 2009tourism campaign to the theme of

the comic strip.

Polar bear Taotao enjoys one yearbirthday cake at Dalian LaohutanOcean Park, in Dalian, northeast

China’s Liaoning Province. Artificialbreeded Taotao who was born in thepark has grown up from the begin-

ning of 495 grams to 102kilograms now.

Brazilian environmental policebottle-feed an Amazonian manatee

calf after rescuing it from a residentwho had purchased it from an

animal trafficker in the Amazon cityof Silves, Amazonas State.

Manatees are a protected speciesin Brazil.

Man walks 34 days home for family reunion after money stolen A man walked 34 days home to

join his 70-year-old mother for theLunar New Year celebrations after hismoney was stolen in a railway station,the Dahe Daily newspaper reported onTuesday.

Li Haitao, 30, a migrant workerfrom central China’s Henan Province,walked more than 800 kilometers fromBeijing to Zhengzhou between on 3 Febto 9 March to spend the Spring Festi-val with his mother, said the newspa-per.

It was surely too late as the Spring

Festival, the most important occasion inChina for family reunions, fell between25 Jan and 9 Feb.

Li found his 2,000 yuan (292 US dol-lars) in his pocket had been stolen be-fore he paid for a ticket on 21 Jan at therailway station of Baotou in north Chi-na’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Re-gion, where he worked as a welder, saidthe paper.

His identity card, electrician’s cer-tificate and mobile phone were also sto-len. He called the police but the policedid not catch the thief, reported HenanBusiness News, another major news-paper in the provincial capital ofZhengzhou.

Eating fish makes kidsmore intelligent

Eating fish makes your childrensmarter, according to a Swedish studypublished on Monday. It found that 15-year-old boys whoate fish at least once a week scored highin intelligence tests when they turned18 than those who it ate it less fre-quently. “We found a clear link between fre-quent fish consumption and higherscores when the teenagers ate fish atleast once a week,” said one of the re-searchers, Professor Kjell Toren fromthe Sahlgrenska Academy at the Univer-sity of Gothenburg.

Man ejects intruding kangarooAn Australian woman said her hus-

band wrestled a 6-foot-tall kangaroo intoa headlock and threw it out of the fam-ily home after it jumped in through awindow.

Verity Beman said the marsupialjumped through a window at about 2am Sunday and landed on the bed sheshares with her husband, Beat Ettlin,at their Garran, Australia, home, CNNreported on Monday. She said thehome is on the border of a kangarooreserve.

SAMSON, 11 March—Agunman killed at leastnine people on a terrify-ing rampage across twoAlabama counties onTuesday, burning downhis mother’s home, killingmembers of his own fam-ily on their porch andshooting apparent stran-

Police investigate the scene in Geneva, Ala wheredeputies attempted to stop a gunman’s shooting

rampage, on 10 March, 2009.—INTERNET

Ala gunman kills nine, himselfin shooting spree GAZA, 11 March— At

least three Palestinianswere injured, includingone seriously, in an Israeliairstrike on Tuesday on acar that drove in northernGaza Strip, medics andHamas security sourcesreported. The sources

GENEVA, 11 March—Two UN human rights expertssaid on Tuesday that they would conduct a global in-vestigation of secret detention centres used by the UnitedStates and other countries in their counter-terrorism ef-forts. The yearlong investigation is aimed not only toclarify facts, but also to ensure that such secret jailswould not be used in the future, according to ManfredNowak, UN envoy for torture, and Martin Scheinin,UN envoy for human rights and counter-terrorism.

Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, the twoexperts described secret jails as “one of the most hor-rendous practices” adopted by intelligence services.

There was “credible” evidence that the UnitedStates had transferred terror suspects for interrogationat secret detention centres in the Middle East, EasternEurope and Asia, they said.

In many cases states receiving detainees had “re-portedly engaged in torture and other forms of ill-treat-ment,” they said. Scheinin welcomed US PresidentBarack Obama’s decision to close the Guantanamo Baydetention centre, but he said scrutiny of the US coun-ter-terrorism policy would not be relaxed.—Internet

VIENNA, 11 March— A helicopter of Austrian Inte-rior Ministry crashed in the west of Austrian stateSteiermark on Tuesday afternoon, killing the 39-year-old captain on board.

A 49-year-old policeman and a 52-year-old ambu-lance man on board were heavily wounded, one ofwhom was on the verge of death.

Local media said that the crashed helicopter wascarrying out a searching task when the accident hap-pened, and the crash may be caused by running into ahouse, said the report citing witnesses.

Klaus Zotter in charge of the Red Cross of the areaDeutschlandsberg, where the accident happened, saidthat one of the two injured is now in stable condition.

Last week, a person was missing in that area, sothe local police sent a helicopter on Tuesday to assistthe search.—Internet

gers as he drove by, au-thorities said. He then fa-tally shot himself.

Police were investigat-ing shootings in at leastfour different locations inthree neighbouring com-munities, all of whichwere believed to be thework of a single gunman

named Michael McLendon.Investigators declined

to comment on a motivefor the shootings, inwhich at least four otherpeople were injured, in-cluding a child.

Internet

One killed, two injuredin helicopter crash

in Austria

Israeli airstrike wounds three Palestiniansin N Gaza

said that an Israeli navalgunship hit by one missilethe car that drove on thenorthern Gaza Strip cos-tal road.

In the car there werethree people, who werehurt and taken to the hos-pital. Gaza emergencychief Mo’aweya Has-sanein confirmed thatthree Palestinians werehurt, with one of them se-riously in the Israeli attack

on the car.He denied there was

anyone killed in the at-tack.

However, an Israeliarmy spokesman said in astatement that it was anaerial attack on a car innorthern Gaza Strip, add-ing that in the car therewere three militants whoare involved in launchinghomemade rocket attackson Israel.—Internet

UN experts to investigatesecret US jails

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(from page 1)Moneyin in

Namtu Township, ShanState (North), has beenenjoying the taste ofpeace. Moneyin Damconstructed at a cost ofabout K 1690 millionwas put into service on31 May 2008. With amaximum water storagecapacity of 25,900 acrefeet, the 1700 feet longand 100 feet high earthentype facility is on theNamhswan Creek. Thedam also can generate2.2 million kilowatthours a year. Now, No(4) secondary canal ofthe dam has been dug,thus increasing theirrigated area of

Moneyin Dam helps local farmers grow summer paddyArticle: Htein Lin (Myanma Alin); Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

farmlands to 4000 acres.Moneyin is

constituted with 27villages of three village-tracts: Moneyin(Mongyin), Weinnanand Mansarlon. In thepast, the region was inno position to growsummer paddy. It put 50

acres under summer paddyin 2006; 150 acres in 2007;and 800 acres in 2008. Theconstruction of MoneyinDam led to reclamation of2000 acres of landsdesigned to scale upcultivation of summerpaddy.

U Nyo Win (Director),No (1) Highland

Reclamation Project,Agricultural

MechanizationDepartment.

U Phone Tin (DeputyDirector) (Civil),

Irrigation Department.

U Win Hlaing Oo,Manager of Shan State

(North) MyanmaPerennial Crops

Enterprise.

The 1000-acre summer paddy farm in theirrigated area of Moneyin Dam.

Farmer U Aung Pa(Weiknan Village).

Farmer Daw Shwe Sar(Weiknan Village). A farmer on a power-tiller ploughing a field to

grow summer paddy.

Thanks to thefacility, the paddy fieldsthat relied on rainwaterpreviously have becomeirrigated ones, and somevacant lands werereclaimed to grow paddy.

When askedabout reclamation offallow lands, Director UNyo Win of the HighlandReclamation Project (1)

under the AgriculturalMechanization Depart-ment told the MyanmaAlin Daily, “Our projectis based in Lashio innorthern Shan State. Now,we are reclaiming vacantlands around MoneyinDam.” Deputy Director(Civil) U Phone Tin of theIrrigation Department saidthat the dam was irrigatingfarmlands in Weiknan,Mongyin, Ahtet-manti,Auk-manti, Kaungkyeand Khoma villages inNamtu Townships; anddue to the dam, somefarmlands were notflooded any longer, andlocal people could growsummer paddy and theregion's rice supply hadmet the demand.

Manager U WinHlaing Oo of Shan State(North) MyanmaPerennial Crops

Enterprise said, “Moneyinis about 20 miles fromNamtu. We had to passthrough Namtu if wewanted to go to Lashio.The road was not in goodcondition in the rainyseason. Mostly, localpeople do highlandfarming, grow beans andpulses and corn, cut downtrees in the forests forfirewood and charcoal.Due to Moneyin Dam,

there has been a 20 mileslong motor road betweenLashio and Moneyin, andlocal people havebroadened their horizonsa lot. Now, they growvegetables in addition tomonsoon and summerpaddy. We will growrubber in the deforestedareas and on barren hills

round.”Farmer U Aung

Pa of Weiknan Villagein Moneyin said,“Previously, rainwaterwas the only source togrow paddy. Now, weare very pleased that wecan grow summer paddyin addition to monsoonwith the water from thedam.”

Farmer DawShwe Sar of WeiknanVillage said, “We hadnever grown summerpaddy previously. But,now we can growsummer paddy due to thedam.”

It is indeed verychallenging to reclaimfarmlands following theconstruction of a dam,especially in moun-tainous regions like ShanState (North). Now,Moneyin Dam hasemerged in NamtuTownship, Shan State(North), and localfarmers have enjoyedhigher living standardsdue to enthusiasm oflocal farmers, thesupervision ofCommander Maj-GenAung Than Htut ofNorth-East Command,hard work of servicepersonnel, and thegovernment's benevolentattitude toward thepeople.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

1-3-2009

to maintain the dam. Inthat regard, we have a planto grow rubber on 20,000acres of vacant landsaround Moneyin toconserve the watershedareas, to make the regiongreen again with trees, togenerate jobopportunities, and toproduce industrialmaterials. Now, we havegot green light for 1200acres, and up to now wehave grown rubber on 600acres of land. Local peopleare happy with the dambecause they can not onlyenjoy safe water andirrigation water but alsogrow crops all yearPaddy transplanting in progress in Weiknan Village.

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1. To work hard together with the people toaccomplish the State’s seven-step RoadMap in building a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation

2. To uphold Our Three Main NationalCauses as the national policy at risk tolife

3. To crush, in cooperation with the people,internal and external subversive elementsthat are disrupting stability, peace anddevelopment of the nation

4. To build a strong and patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity ofthe nation

Objectives of the64th Anniversary

Armed Forces DayNAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Chairman of Rakhine

State Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye inspectedtunnel renovation tasks on Buthidaung-Maungtaw on27 February.

Upon arrival at the fourth miles timber extractioncamp of Maungtaw, the timber extraction in-chargebriefed the commander on extraction of timber andprogress in building motor way for extraction of tim-ber. After hearing reports, the commander gave neces-sary instructions.

Next, the commander looked into cultivation ofsummer paddy in the field of U Win Shwe of Atahlarvillage-tract and Buttagonna village-tract and alsoinspected progress of building the earth road linking

Tunnel renovation tasks looked into

Foreign Affairs Ministercongratulates

Cuban counterpartNAY PYI TAW, 11 March—U Nyan Win,

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a congratulatory message to His ExcellencyMr Bruno Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla on his as-sumption as the Minister of Foreign Relations of theRepublic of Cuba.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Southern Command Brig-Gen Hla Min inspectedtasks of Kodukwe Dam Project in Bago Township on2 March.

Sports Minister receives Chinese Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint receivedChinese Ambassador tothe Union of MyanmarMr Ye Dabo at the min-istry, here, yesterdayevening.

They cordially dis-cussed matters related toprogress of the sports ofthe two nations.

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YANGON, 11 March—Maung Than Lwin Tun,15, of Kyundaw Village of Kyaukkyi Township, BagoDivision, together with his brother, went to Thittaw-winn Wood by bullock cart at about 5 a.m. on 7 March.On the way, the right wheel of the bullock cart rolledon a mine planted by insurgents. Due to the mine blast,the right ankle of Maung Than Lwin Tun was wounded(not serious), and he was rushed to Mone StationHospital.

In another incident, Ma Gyi, 30, of TontawVillage of Kyaukkyi Township, stepped on a mineplanted by insurgents at 9 a.m. on 7 March while shewas plucking vegetables near NaunggonGaungkhtwe Lake, one mile east of the village. Herboth legs under knees were blown off in the mineblast, and she was treated as in-patient at MoneStation Hospital.

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183 drug-related casesexposed in February

Traditional Medicine Conference ofWHO South-East Asia Region held

YANGON, 11 March—The opening ceremonyof Traditional Medicine Conference of WHO South-East Asia Region, jointly organized by TraditionalMedicine Department under the Ministry of Health andWorld Health Organization (WHO), was held at TradersHotel on Sule Pagoda Road here yesterday morning.

Director-General Dr Tin Nyunt of the Tradi-tional Medicine Department made a greeting speechon the occasion. Dr Samlee Plianbang Chang, Re-gional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region,delivered an opening speech. With a view to usingtraditional medicine more extensively, the nine coun-tries of South-East Asia Region will discuss matters onexchanging traditional medicine information of healthcare services, more cooperation in research on tradi-tional medicine and cooperation in traditional medi-cine sector of the countries of South-East Asia Region.The conference will be held till 12 March.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11March — The Tatmadawmembers, Myanmar Po-lice Force and the Cus-toms Department exposed183 drug-related cases inFebruary.

They seized 316.2438kilos of opium in 37 cases,2.6727 kilos of heroin in62 cases, 63 kilos of mor-phine in one case, 7.9594kilos of opium oil in 10cases, 215. 8362 kilos oflow-grade opium in 6cases, 1.0746 kilos ofmarijuana in 9 cases,1,368,178 stimulant tab-lets in 38 cases, 23.1626kilos of opium speciosa in11 cases, 0.0085 kilo ofstimulant powder, 1200bottles of Cattamin Hy-

dro Chloride injection inone case, one case in fail-ure to register and sevenother cases. Action wastaken against 280 persons—239 men and 41 women—in 183 drug-relatedcases in February 2009.

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Yathedaung and Padaleik village on 1 March.Afterwards, the commander attended the opening

ceremony of natural disaster preparedness manage-ment course No. 1/2009 and he together with Ministerfor Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Thein presented wallposters and handouts warning cyclone.

Next, the commander oversaw the chosen site forthe construction of Kwantaung village railway station,finding of axis, progress in paving the gravel road andplantations of U Kan Gyi Maung near Apaukwa vil-lage in Kyauktaw township.

Afterwards, the commander inspected distribu-tion of power by means of Zeecahung dam water andgave necessary instructions.

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Kodukwe Dam Project tasks inspectedOn 4 March, the commander looked over tasks of

setting up of war veterans village near Nyaungbinhlavillage and dredging sandbank across Sittoung Rivernear Zebinphyu village in Toungoo Township.

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Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint receivesChinese Ambassador to Myanmar

Mr Ye Dabo.—MNA

Director-General Dr Tin Nyunt makes greeting speech at the openingceremony of Traditional Medicine Conference of WHO South-East

Asia Region.—MNA

Two innocent personswounded in mine blasts in

Kyaukkyi Township

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspectedthe right main canal and secondary canals, waterworksand sluice gates of Khabaung Dam being constructedby the Irrigation Department Construction No. 5 inOttwin Township, Toungoo District of Bago Division,on 3 March.

He also looked into the irrigation of summerpaddy fields, digging the canals and summer paddyfields.

In his speech, the minister said that thegovernment is investing heavily in the agriculture

Khabaung Dam to benefit 10,000 acres offarmlands on completion

sector to improve the living and working conditions offarmers, calling for completion of the project onschedule, meeting the standards and fuel and budgetcontrol.

Khabaung Dam is designated to supplyirrigation water to farmlands in Toungoo Township,and farmlands in Ottwin Township. So far, it hasbenefited 7,000 acres of summer paddy. The irrigationsystem will go on in the dry season to irrigate theremaining over 3,000 acres of arable lands by the endof 2008-2009 fiscal year.

MNA

YANGON, 11 March —Director-General U AyeLwin of No. 2 BasicEducation Department andofficials inspectedexamination centers formatriculation examination2009 in Nay Pyi Taw today.

The director-generalvisited examination centersof BEHS No. 1 Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana, BEHSNo. 3 Nay Pyi Taw, BEHSNos. 1 and 2 Nay Pyi TawTatkon, BEHS No. 1Yamethin, BEHS Yindawand Pyawbwe and BEHSNo. 3 Meiktila.

Next, Deputy Dire-ctor-General U Ye LwinAung inspected ex-amination centers of BEHSNos. 1, 4, 7, 9, 25, 26 andBEMS No. 5 in Mandalayand U Myint Swe, In-charge

No. 2 BED Director-General visits examination centres

of spervision onexamination centers of NayPyi Taw, also inspectedschools in Nay Pyi Taw.

They supervised deliveryof question papers in timeby supervisors and assistantsupervisors and taking the

examination of students,keeping answer papers andfulfilled the needs.

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YANGON, 11 March—The book entitled“Articles on Success in Life” written by female writerAye Phyu came out recently.

The book carries various topics of articles ongeneral knowledge not only for the youth but also forthe persons discharging duties in the leading role at theorganizations.

Cho Tae Than Literary House publishes thebook at K 1,400 per copy across the country.—MNA

Articles on Success in Lifein circulation

Hole-in-oneYANGON, 11 March—U Zaw Naing scored an

ace at hole No. 16 at Myodaw Golf Course in Nay PyiTaw on 9 March while striking Titleist ( Pro V-1 ) ballwith PING ( I-3) ( Iron-5). His parteners were U PhoneKo, U Zaw Myint Naing and U Kyaw Phyo Aung.

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Winning professional, amateur golfers awardedYANGON, 11 March—The Myanmar Masters

golf tournament 2009, organized by MyanmarProfessional Golfers Association and sponsored byAir Bagan Ltd, kicked off at Punhlaing Golf Resort inHlinethaya Township this morning. Patron of MPGAand Myanmar Golf Federation Maj-Gen Win Hlaing(Retd), President U Teza, Vice-Presidents U Zaw Minand U Min Thein, General Secretary U Aung Kyi andexecutives, responsible persons of Punhlaing GolfClub and guests enjoyed the golf tournament.

In the evening, IBTC Executive Director U TintOo presented first, second and third prizes to Miss LilyYang, Miss Jeon Mi Ok and Ma Su Su Hlaingrespectively in the women’s singles event; and Mr

Frankie Tan gave the first prize to Willian Houng Leein the men’s gross category event and first, second andthird prizes to Kim Young Jin, Mcintosh GregoryDouglas and Khin Zaw Win in the men’s professionalgolfers division.

President U Teza awarded the first prize to theteam comprising professional golfer Kim Yong Jin,Maj-Gen Win Hlaing (Retd), U Min Thein and U ChitKhaing, the second prize to the team comprising amateurgolfers Min Lwin, Kyaw Maung Maung Hein, Ko KoAung and Shwe Thwin and the third prize to the teamcomprising professional golfer Hla Myo and amateurgolfers Lin Lin, Sein Myint Aung and Zaw Lin Tun, andthe hold-in-one prize to Mr Matt (Srixon).—MNA

Ultra-thin chip embedding for wearable electronics

IMEC’s flexiblewireless monitoringsystem for vital body

parameters withembedded

microcontroller chip.

Inactivity of proteins behindlonger shelf life when freezing

GOTHENBURG, 11 March — Frozen biologicalmaterial, for example food, can be kept for a long timewithout perishing. A study by researchers at theUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden, is close to providinganswers as to why.

A cell's proteins are programmed to carry outvarious biological functions. The protein's level ofactivity and its ability to successfully carry out thesefunctions is dependent on the amount of water bywhich it is surrounded. For example, dry proteins arecompletely inactive.

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Frozen biological material, for example food,can be kept for a long time without perishing. A

new study is close to providing answers as to why.

Director-General U Aye Lwin visits examination centers of BEHSNo. 1 Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.—MNA

BRUSSELS, 11 March — At the SmartSystems Integration Conference inBrussels (Belgium), technologists fromIMEC and its associated laboratory atGhent University present a new 3Dintegration process enabling flexibleelectronic systems with a thickness ofless than 60 micrometer.

This ultra-thin chip package (UTCP)technology allows integrating completesystems in a conventional low-cost flex

substrate. This paves the way to low-cost, unobtrusive wearable electronicsfor e.g. wearable health and comfortmonitoring.

For the integration, the chip is firstthinned down to 25 micron and embeddedin a flexible ultra-thin chip package.Next, the package is embedded in astandard double-layer flex printed circuitboard (PCB) using standard flex PCBproduction techniques. —Internet

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Technological University in Lashiowith equitable learning opportunity

Article: Htein Lin (Myanma Alin); Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Principal Dr U Zaw Min Oo, TechnologicalUniversity (Lashio).

(from page 16)Most of the

students are attendingthe classes from Lashio,Hsipaw, Muse,Nawngkhio, Namtu andMomeik townships.While living togetherwith the parents andrelatives nearby townsand villages of theuniversity, the studentshave the opportunity topursue the engineeringtechnology. To be ableto save money and toenjoy bettertransportation, the AllBus-line ControlCommittee and the RoadTransport Administra-tion Depart-ment madearrangements for the

Maung Tun Lwin Oo(Namtu)

First year student ofmechanical power

major.

Ma Margaret Ja SamPan (Kutkai)

First year student ofcivil engineering

major.

Ma Nan TheintYadana (Kyaukme)First year student of

civil engineeringmajor.

Ma Honey Win Tint(Kyaukme)


major.

Ma Khaing Yin Mon(Hsipaw)


major.

in the future, ridingmotorcycles into thecampus of the universitywas like the garden withcolourful flowers inbloom.

While observing theenthusiastic and happyfaces of the newgeneration students, I hadan interview with a femalestudent.

She said, “My nameis Nan Theint Yadana. Iam pursuing moderntechnology at the first yearcourse (civil engineering

It was too far from ourregion and they spentmuch money. I am pleasedwith gaining theopportunity to attend theuniversity in Lashio thatcan shrink the distancecompared with the past.”

In another interview,Maung Tun Lwin Oo ofNamtu Township, first

year student of mechanicalpower major expressed hisfeeling, “I come fromNamtu and I amconvenient to attend theuniversity. I thank thegovernment forconstruction of thisuniversity because I do notneed to depart my familyto attend the classes.”

Kachin national girlMargaret Ja Sam Panhappily told me, “I amattending the first yearcivil engineering course. I

come from Kutkai. I alsothank the government foropening the Techno-logical Universities inStates and Divisions.”

In another interview,

Ma Honey Win Tint offirst year student of civilengineering major said, “Ilive in Kyaukme. Theyouth from our townattended the universitiesin Yangon and Mandalayin the past. Now, we haveeasy access to theuniversity. Due to bettertransportation, I returnhome frequently. I ampleased with opening thisuniversity that will turnout the outstandingengineers.”

Ma Khin Yin Mon,first year student of civilengineering major,disclosed her feeling, “Iam a student from Hsipaw.I thank the government for

inauguration of thistechnological universityin Shan State.”

At present, theequitable educationalopportunities have beencreated by thegovernment fornational brethren in theregion. With a view toenabling the local youthto enjoy the learningopportunity and turningout a number of in-tellectuals andintelligentsia, neces-sary assistance is beingprovided for the region.As a result, the interestof the region can beserved with thecapability of the localeducated persons.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:4-3-2009

runs of ferries for thestudents.”

The active scene ofthe students who willbecome intellectuals andintelligentsia for the State

major). I come fromKyaukme. Beforeconstruction of thisuniversity, the studentsfrom our region went toMandalay and Yangon topursue higher education.

BERN, 11 March— Scientists inSwitzerland are reportingan advance that couldhelp tap the much-heralded potential of"quantum dots"—

New genre of sugar-coated'quantum dots' for drug delivery

nanocrystals that glowwhen exposed toultraviolet light — in thetreatment of cancer andother diseases.

They arepublishing the first study

showing that givingquantum dots an icing-likecap of certain sugarsmakes these nanoparticlesaccumulate in the liver butnot other parts of the body.That selective targetingcould be used to deliveranti-cancer drugs to oneorgan, without causing thebody-wide side-effectsthat occur with existingcancer drugs, they suggest.

Their study is inthe Feb. 18 issue of theJournal of the AmericanChemical Society, aweekly publication.

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New fish discovered inAntarctic OceanBARCELONA, 11 March — The

new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyiaantarctica, has been discovered at a depthof 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Seain the Antarctic Ocean, an area which hasnot been studied since 1904 and wherethe fauna is "completely" unknown. JesúsMatallanas, the Spanish researcherresponsible for the find, collected fourspecimens of the new species duringSpanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)campaigns in the southern hemispheresummers of 2003 and 2006.

"The study of the biodiversity ofthe Bellingshausen Sea has beensystematically ignored by internationalprojects because it is quite inaccessible

and its beds are not mapped", SINC wastold by Jesús Matallanas, the study'smain author and researcher from theAutonomous University of Barcelona(UAB).

The work, which appears in thejournal Polar Biology, is based on theIEO's Bentart-03 and Bentart-06campaigns, in which Matallanasparticipated as an expert in taxonomy ofAntarctic fish.—Internet

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WASHINGTON, 11March—Blood tests andultrasound scans cancatch deadly ovariancancer at the most earlyand treatable stages,British doctors reportedon Tuesday, saying it mayfinally be possible toscreen women for thedisease.

Their study of200,000 women who usedboth tests together caught90 per cent of ovariancancer cases, while usingultrasound alone eachyear caught 75 per cent.

India to deploy space-basedsurveillance systems

NEW DELHI, 11 March—India is mulling to deployspace-based surveillance systems to counter any threatposed to its indigenous ballistic missile defence (BMD)system, a top Indian Defence official said on Mondaynight.

“We are certainly looking to develop space-basedsurveillance capabilities for the BMD. Indian SpaceResearch Organization (ISRO) is working on theproject,” Indian Air Defence Programme Director V.K. Saraswat told the media.

He also said that to tackle enemy attack, missileswith a striking range of over 6,000 kilometres andhypersonic interceptor missiles will have to bedeveloped for the phase II of the air defence programme.

In the phase I of its air defense programme, Indiahad successfully tested the BMD system in November2006 outside atmosphere at a 48-kilometre altitude andinside atmosphere at an altitude of 15-kilometres inDecember 2007.

India last week successfully testfired its indigenousballistic missile shield in the eastern state of Orissa. Theinterceptor missile was fired from the Wheeler Islandoff the Orissa coast and destroyed the “enemy” missileat an altitude of 80 kilometres.—MNA/Xinhua

Study shows Smallpox vaccinegood for biological attackHONG KONG, 11 March—A smallpox vaccine

appears to be effective in a trial in Japan, with none ofthe serious side effects that are linked to earlier tests,researchers said.

Although smallpox was eradicated worldwide in1979, scientists in countries such as Japan and theUnited States are still trying to develop vaccines in casethe virus is ever used in a biological attack.

“Developing a vaccine that is safer than first-generation vaccines yet highly immunogenic is crucialto constructing a prevention plan in the event of abioterrorist attack,” wrote the authors of the study,which was published in the Journal of the AmericanMedical Association.

In the trial, scientists tested a smallpox vaccinewhich was first given to infants in Japan in the 1970s.They gave single shots of the LC16m8 vaccine - whichuses a live, attenuated virus — to 3,221 participantsfrom the Japan Self-Defence Forces between 2002 and2005, wrote the researchers, led by Tomoya Saito ofKeio University in Tokyo.—MNA/Reuters

Malaysia announces $16.2bstimulus package

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March—Malaysia announcedon Tuesday a-60-billion ringgit (about 16.2-billion-US-dollar) stimulus package in an attempt to fightagainst looming economic recession.

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razakunveiled this stimulus package in the Parliament hereto spur the country’s economic activity and help keepthe economy from slipping into recession.

This was the second economic stimulus packageintroduced by the Malaysian Government sinceNovember last year. “I am pleased to announce that thegovernment will implement a Stimulus Packagetotalling ringgit 60 billion...over two years, 2009 and2010,” Najib said.

The newly-unveiled pro-growth mini packageincluded a fiscal injection of 15 billion ringgit, 25billion ringgit as guarantee funds, 10 billion ringgit asequity investment, seven billion ringgit as privatefinance initiative and off-budget projects, and threebillion ringgit in tax incentives.—MNA/Xinhua

Thailand’s cabinet approves$2b loans plan

BANGKOK, 11 March—Thailand’s weekly Cabinetmeeting on Tuesday approved a plan to borrow foreignloans worth of two billion US dollars to financeinvestments in mega projects in a bid to boost thedomestic sluggish economy.

A source of the loans is from the World Bank,Asian Development Bank and the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency, the website by Thai-languagenewspaper Krungthep Turakij reported. It is expectedthat the Thai Government will be able to withdraw theloans from the three institutions during the third quarterof this year.

The huge foreign loans to finance investments inmega projects is parts of the Thai Government’s attemptsto shore up the country’s economy as other key sourcesof the economic growth include the exports, privateinvestments and tourism industry have been hard hit bythe rising global economic turmoil.—MNA/Xinhua

Traders work on the crude oil futures pit at the NewYork Mercantile Exchange, on Wednesday, 11 March,2009. Prices fell despite expectations that OPEC wouldcut back on production at its weekend meeting inVienna. Benchmark crude for April delivery dropped21 cents to $45.50 a barrel by midday in Europe on theNew York Mercantile Exchange. Oil prices fell $1.36

on Tuesday to settle at $45.71.—INTERNET

A rider crosses the water jump during TheNational Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup onthe second day of the Cheltenham Festival horse

racing meeting in Gloucestershire, westernEngland, on 11 March, 2009.—INTERNET

Blood, ultrasound tests catchovarian cancer

Nearly half the cases werein the early stage I or stageII phases, when the cancerhas not spread far and cansometimes be cured.

As there is no currentgood test for ovariancancer, having a reliablescreening test could savemany lives, Ian Jacobs andUsha Menon of UniversityCollege London reportedin the journal LancetOncology.

“The initial findingsof this long-term study areencouraging, particularlybecause almost half of the

ovarian cancers detectedwere at an early stage(stage 1), when survivalrates can be as high as 90per cent,” Peter Reynoldsof Britain’s OvarianCancer Action said in astatement.

Ovarian cancer is oneof the most deadly cancers,in part because thesymptoms are so vaguethat women often are notdiagnosed until it is toolate. It was diagnosed inmore than 21,000 womenin the United States in2008 and killed more than15,000; in Britain it affectsabout 7,000 women a yearand kills more than4,000.—MNA/Reuters

In this photo released by the Islamic group Hamas, on 11 March, 2009, head ofthe Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh, right, hands British lawmaker GeorgeGalloway a symbolic VIP Palestinian passport during their meeting in Gaza City,on 10 March, 2009. British lawmaker George Galloway entered Gaza from Egypton Monday. About 50 British volunteers and 100 vehicles carrying food, clothingand medicine passed through Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, a Hamas border

official said.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BUNGA MAS-11 VOY NO (811)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BUNGA MAS-11 VOY NO (811) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 12.3.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (434)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (434) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 12.3.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HAN FENG VOY NO (0910E)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HAN FENGVOY NO (0910E) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 12.3.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W-5 where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SHANGHAI HENGXIN SHPGCO, LTD

Phone No: 256919/256916/256912

Safety violations kill six at Mongoliacoal mine, investigators say

S Korean company allowed to ex-plore oil in Colombia

SEOUL, 11 March—A South Korean oil companywas allowed to explore three oil blocks in Colombiaafter signing an agreement with the South Americannation, the South Korean government announced onWednesday. According to the agreement between the Seoul-based Golden Oil Corp and the National Hydrocar-bons Agency in Bogota, the South Korean firm willexplore the three blocks, which cover a total of 1,320km-square km and all located in the Maddalena andLlanos inland basins, for six years. It may extract oil for a period for 24 years if it dis-covers a deposit, South Korea’s Ministry of Knowl-edge Economy said.—Internet

S Korea to extend debt repayment periodsSEOUL, 11 March—South Korea plans to extend the repayment periods for

overdue loans for about a year, South Korea’s Korea Herald reported onWednesday.

According to the Financial Services Commission, only loans that are less thanthree months overdue will be subject to the extension, Korea Herald said.

The financial watchdog didn’t specify on the number of borrowers or the amountof household debt that would be benefited by the policy.

South Korea’s household debt, the sum of loans and credit purchase, climbed toa record high of 688.2 trillion won (456 billion US dollars) in the fourth quarter,up 9.1 percent from a year earlier, the Bank of Korea said last month.

Internet

HOHHOT, 11 March —Safety violations led to thedeaths of six coal minersin the northern InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, a team in-vestigating the accidenttold Xinhua on Wednes-day. The miners werekilled by coal gas poison-ing at the Luxinju CoalMine on Monday, the in-vestigators said.

Four people responsiblefor the tragedy, who weretaken into police custodyon Tuesday, admitted thatthe privately-owned facil-ity, although licensed, hadbeen ordered to suspendproduction until safety re-

quirements were met.Six of the 15 miners on

duty died in the accident,which occurred at about10:20 pm on Monday. Sixothers escaped safely. Thethree injured miners arestill hospitalized.

He Ping, one of themine’s deputy heads, ac-knowledged that he signedthe suspension notice is-sued by the coal miningadministration of JungarBanner on 15 Dec the in-vestigators said. The order

was issued because of in-adequate ventilation andlack of safety training forminers. The local produc-tion safety bureau foundminers did not wear per-sonal oxygen tanks whenworking and some evensmoked.

However, the in-vestigators said, the own-ers ignored the order be-cause they wanted to takeadvantage of rising coalprices.

Internet

Part of the cockpit of

Rinspeed’s iChange at

the Geneva Auto Show,

on 5 March, 2009.

INTERNET

United Technologies to cut11,600 additional jobs

NEW YORK, 11 March—United Technologies Corp,an aerospace industry giant, said on Tuesday it willreduce additional 11,600 workers as conditions in theaerospace deteriorate further.

That will take total job reductions to 18,000, thecompany said in a statement.

The company also lowered its full-year forecastacross all its businesses, with revenue to decline in itsOtis elevator and Carrier ventilation-system divisionsbecause of the slump in commercial and housing con-struction. In aerospace, United Technologies cut itsexpectations for new Pratt & Whitney jet-engine de-livers, with double-digit reductions now forecast inits after-market services business.—Internet

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NASA guests SophiaBorlase, 2 and her

brother William, 4 playoutside pad 39A withSpace Shuttle Discov-ery in the back round,on 10 March, 2009 at

Kennedy SpaceCenter, in CapeCanaveral, Fla.

Discovery is scheduledto liftoff Wednesday ona 14 day mission to the

International SpaceStation.—INTERNET

A Cathay PacificAirways flight fliesinto a cloud after

departing from theHong Kong Airport, on

11 March, 2009. TheHong Kong airline onWednesday reported ithas lost $1.1 billion in2008 due to the plung-ing demand amid theglobal economic crisis

and volatile fuelprices.—INTERNET

A statue of Colonel Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken’s mascot, is displayedbefore the media after it was recovered from the bottom of Dotonbori River in

Osaka, western Japan, on 11 March, 2009.—INTERNET

Pregnant women with migraines athigher vascular diseases

BEIJING, 11 March—Women who suffer mi-graines during pre-gnancyare at a heightened risk ofgetting various stroke andvascular diseases, said aUS population basedcase-control study onWedne-sday.The findings,which were published inthis week’s issue of BMJ,an international generalmedical journal, foundthat pregnant women withmigraines are 15 timesmore likely than otherwomen to suffer a stroke,

twice as likely to haveheart disease and threetimes more likely to haveblood clots and other vas-cular problems duringpregnancy.

“Good prenatal careis essential. Women withpersistent and severe mi-graine during pre-gnancyshould be aware of theirrisk factors, such as highblood pressure, high cho-lesterol, diabetes, historyof blood clots, heart dis-ease and prior stroke,” thestudy’s lead investigator,

Dr Cheryl Bushnell, a neu-rologist at Wake ForestBaptist Medical Center,said.

“There also seems to bea relationship betweenmigraines and preeclam-psia, one of the most com-mon and dangerous com-plications of pre-gnancy,”added Bushnell, Bushnelland her collea-guesanalyzed datafrom 33,956 pregnantwomen diagnosed withmigraine.

Internet

Ghana announces freshnew oil, gas discovery

Progress in Mexico drugwar is drenched in blood

Russian, US astronautsperform spacewalk

Cocaine-carrying plane crashesin Honduras

MOSCOW, 11 March—Russian and US cosmo-nauts aboard the Interna-tional Space Station (ISS)started a spacewalk onTuesday, the MissionControl Center near Mos-cow said.

The ISS commanderAmerican Michael Finckeand Russian engineerYury Lonchakov openedthe station’s hatches andlaunched extravehicularactivities (EVA) at 7:22p.m. Moscow time (1622GMT) on Tuesday, asource with the Mission

Control was cited as say-ing by the Itar-Tass newsagency.

The spacewalk will lastfor five hours and 45 min-utes, the report said.

The astronauts are ex-pected to install and con-nect gadgets for the Ex-pose-R experiment on theouter surface of theISS.They will also fulfilla number of technicalmissions, which they hadno time to accomplishduring their first space-walk in December2008.—Internet

TEGUCIGALPA, 11March—A plane that wascarrying more than 2 tonsof cocaine crashed oonTuesday in northern Hon-duras, killing the pilot,Honduran authorities said.

Authorities estimate theplane was carrying about2,200 lbs (1,000 kilos) ofcocaine, although all but220 lbs (100 kilos) of the

drug burned in the crash,Vice Minister of SecurityMario Perdomo said.

Perdomo told reportersthat two US Drug En-forcement Administrationhelicopters were pursuingthe aircraft, which wentdown near El Negrito townin northern Honduras.

Perdomo said the planeleft Venezuela and was

heading to Honduras’ BayIslands, a transit point forUS-bound cocaine.

Later Tuesday, US Em-bassy spokeswoman LedyPacheco denied that USaircraft had been pursuingthe plane but said theDEA did help Hondurasauthorities locate theplane.

Internet

LAGOS, 11 March—The Ghana National Pe-troleum Corporation(GNPC) on Monday an-nounced that a significantnew oil and gas discov-ery has been made in theoffshore Tano Basin.

According to the re-ports of the Ghana NewsAgency, GNPC and itspartners, Tullow Oil,Kosmos EnergyAnadarko and Sabre Oiland Gas, made the dis-covery during the drillingof the exploration well,Tweneboa-1.

“The well has encoun-tered 21 meters of nethydrocarbon pay, find-ing a good quality lightcrude oil accumulation

in a rock formation ofsimilar age to the rockformation of similar ageto the rock formation inwhich the nearby Jubileefield that is 25 kilometersto the west was found,”Thomas Manu, GNPCDirector, Exploration andProduction said in a state-ment.

The statement said thatthe Tweneboa-1 well,which had reached a depthof 3,593 metres, was be-ing deepened further andwas expected to reach adepth of 4,015 metres.

It was being drilled in awater depth of 1,148 me-ters using the Erik Raudesemi-submersible rig.

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 11March—Headless bodiesin Tijuana, kidnappedchildren in Phoenix andshootouts on the streets ofVancouver: These are theunwanted byproducts ofprogress in the Mexicandrug war.

While the headline-grabbing chaos createsthe appearance of a drugtrade escalating out ofcontrol, evidence suggestsMexico’s cartels are in-creasingly desperate dueto a cross-border crack-down and a shift in thecocaine market from theUS to Europe.

Those pressures areforcing Mexico’s criminal

networks, once accu-stomed to shipping drugsquietly and with impunity,to wage ever more violentbattles over scraps and di-versify into other criminalenterprises, in-cluding ex-tortion and kidnapping forransom on both sides of theUS border.

“This is not reflectingthe power of these groups,”Attorney General EduardoMedina Mora told The As-sociated Press in an inter-view. “This is re-flectinghow they are melting downin terms of capabilities,how they are losing theability to pro-duce in-come.”

Internet

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S P O R T S

Al-Sadd’s Mohammed Abdulraab (R) fights for theball with AC Milan’s David Beckham during the JafalRashed testimonial soccer match at the Jassim BinHamed stadium in Doha on 4 March, 2009. —XINHUA

Beckham twists ankle whiletraining with Milan

ROME, 11 March—English soccer icon DavidBeckham has injured his ankle after training with ACMilan on Tuesday, said the Serie A club on its officialwebsite.

Just few days ago, the 33-year-old midfielder signedan extension to his loan deal at the Italian giants fromLos Angeles Galaxy, keeping him at the club until theend of June.

Milan did not reveal for how long the former En-gland captain would be sidelined but said that theywould try to evaluate the seriousness of his injury overthe coming days.—Internet

Former Italian coach Donadonito take Napoli from Reja

ROME, 11 March—Former coach of the Italian na-tional team Roberto Donadoni will take over the SerieA club Napoli after Edy Reja was sacked on Tuesdayfor poor results.

“Napoli announce that they have relieved EdoardoReja of his duties as first team coach and have ap-pointed Roberto Donadoni,” a club statement said.

“The club has taken this decision with a heavy heartgiven the fundamental role of Reja during the last fiveseasons, where Napoli were propelled from Serie C toSerie A and the UEFA Cup.”

Mid-table Napoli lost 2-0 at home to Lazio on Sun-day to extend their winless league run to nine. Benficahas eliminated them from the UEFA Cup 4-3 on ag-gregate in the first round last October.—Internet

Argentine star Riquelme quitsnational team

�Boca Juniors’ Juan Ro-man Riquelme celebratesafter he scored his team’ssecond goal against Co-lon de Santa Fe at LaBombonera stadium inBuenos Aires, on 14 Dec,

2008.—XINHUA

Federer set to shake off rustat Indian Wells tennis

INDIAN WELLS, 11 March—Roger Federer will shakeoff the rust following a six-week break from competi-tion by playing in the ATP and WTA Indian Wells tour-

Top seed Rafael Nadal(seen here on March 8)will defend his ATP In-dian Wells desert trophyafter leading Spain intothe Davis Cup quarter-finals over Djokovic’s

Serbia.—INTERNET

Chelsea oust Juventus after2-2 Champions League thriller

TURIN, 11 March—Goals from African pair DidierDrogba and Michael Essien earned Chelsea a 2-2 drawat Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday tosend last year’s finalists through to the quarter-finals3-2 on aggregate.

In a pulsating match Juve finished with 10 men fol-lowing the second half dismissal of Giorgio Chiellinibut goals from Vincenzo Iaquinta and evergreenAlessandro Del Piero had briefly given them cause tohope. Instead the first of three anglo-Italian ties in thesecond round went the way of the powerful PremierLeague. But Chelsea had to come back from a goaldown on the night, something that had coach GuusHiddink purring about their reaction.— Internet

Chelsea’s Ivorian forward Didier Drogba (R) fightsfor the ball with Juventus’ defender Giorgio Chielliniduring their Champions League second leg firstknockout round football match at Olympic Stadiumin Turin. The match ended in a 2-2 draw and Chelsea

goes through on aggregate.—INTERNET

Klinsmann delighted by record-breaking Bayern

Bayern Munich’s coach JuergenKlinsmann (left) and team manager UliHoeness celebrate Lukas Podolski’s goalduring the Champions League second-leg of the first knock out round matchFC Bayern Munich vs Sporting Lisbonin Munich, on 10 March. BayernMunich won 7-1 for a 12-1 aggregatetriumph - the first time a side has netteda round dozen over two legs.—INTERNET

Garcia has a shot at No 1 in the worldDORAL, 11 March—For the first time in his career,

Sergio Garcia has a mathematical chance to be No 1 inthe world. Tiger Woods has been atop the world rank-ing for the past 144 weeks — dating to 12 June, 2005— and his 21.542 points were more than twice his near-est challenger after winning the US Open in June.

But he missed the next eight months following kneesurgery, and while Garcia has only won twice sincethen, the Spaniard has been runner-up four times, in-cluding two FedEx Cup playoff events and the PGAChampionship. Garcia, who was 16.278 points behindWoods after the US Open, trails him by a mere 1.59points. To become No 1 in the world, Garcia wouldhave to win the CA Championship and have Woodsfinish 27th or worse.—Internet

Panathinaikos loses 2-1 to Spain’s Villarreal ATHENS, 11 March—Panathinaikos Athens lost 2-1

in the game with Villarreal of Spain in UEFA Cham-pions League second leg match of last 16 which playedat the Athens Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night.

Panathinaikos was eliminated from the tournamentwhile Villarreal entered the quarter finals.

Panathinaikos’s goal was scored by VangelisMantzios at the 55th minute and Villarreal’s goals byAriel Ibagaza at the 49th minute, and Joseba Llorenteat the 70th minute. The first leg match had ended in a1-1 draw in Spain.—Internet

Real Madridbeaten 4-0 in

Champions League MADRID, 11 March—

Spanish soccer giant RealMadrid was eliminated onTuesday from the Euro-pean Champions Leagueafter being beaten 4-0 byEngland’s Liverpool.

Headed by formerReal coach RafaelBenitez, Liverpool scoredthe first goal throughFernando Torres at 15,before a double fromSteven Gerrard on 27 and47 minutes and a late An-drea Dossena goalsecureda 5-0 aggregate win forthe home team.

Real could have leftthe Anfield stadium withmore goals conceded, butthanks to goal keeper IkerCasillas, it was not worse.

Internet

BUENOS AIRES, 11March—Playmaker JuanRoman Riquelme blamedArgentina coach DiegoMaradona as he quit thenational team for the sec-ond time in three years onTuesday.

“The national team isover for me. I will watchthe World Cup on the tele-vision,” said the formerBarcelona and Villarrealplayer in an interview withthe Canal 13 television sta-tion.

“We don’t share thesame codes of ethics.While he is the coach of

the national team, we can’t work together.” Riquelme, who returned to Boca Juniors last year

after falling out with the coaching staff at Villarreal,previously quit his national duty after the 2006 WorldCup but backtracked less than one year later.— Internet

MUNICH, 11 March—Bayern Munichcoach Jurgen Klinsmann says his side aredetermined to make their record-break-ing win over Sporting Lisbon count asthey prepare for the Champions Leaguequarter-finals. Bayern hammered Lisbon7-1 at Munich’s Allianz Arena on Tues-day night to win the Round of 16 tie witha staggering 12-1 aggregate scoreline af-ter winning 5-0 in Lisbon a fortnight ago.

The German giants have now setrecords for both margin of victory andaggregate scoreline in a post-group stageknockout tie in the Champions League.

“We took this game very seriously,”said Klinsmann, whose side has been er-ratic in the Bundesliga where they cur-rently lie second in the table behind lead-ers Hertha Berlin.— Internet

nament which begins onWednesday. The worldnumber two’s last compe-tition was the AustralianOpen final on 1 February,which featured a teary tro-phy ceremony as the Swisslost to Rafael Nadal.

Federer, who has 13grand slam titles justone behind the all-timerecord of 14 held by PeteSampras, is keen to kickstart his spring season.

And he appears to befinally lining up anotherworld-class coach informer Andre Agassi men-tor Darren Cahill, who hasbeen working with himover the last week inDubai. Federer has liftedthree trophies on the trot inthe Californian desert, thelast in 2006, Since then,rivals Novak Djokovicand Nadal have takenthe honours at the TennisGarden.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, light rain or thunder-showers has been isolated in Taninthayi Division, weatherhas been partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin and Rakhine States,upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions and generally fairin the remaining areas. Day temperatures were (5˚C) aboveMarch average temperatures in Mandalay and TaninthayiDivisions, (3˚C) to (4°C) above March average tempera-tures in Kachin, Shan, Chin, and Kayins States, lowerSagaing, Magway, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions andabout March average temperatures in the remaining ar-eas. The significant day temperatures were Chauk (41˚C),Nay Pyi Taw, Minbu, Magway, Aunglan, Pyay and Hpa-an (40˚C) each.

Maximum temperature on 10-3-2009 was 98˚F.Minimum temperature on 11-3-2009 was 67˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 11-3-2009 was 91%.Total sunshine hours on 10-3-2009 was (8.5) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 11-3-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was (5) mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on10-3-2009.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(05:30) hrs MST today, a low pressure area over the South-west Bay has become unimportant. Weather is partlycloudy in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 12th March 2009:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inKachin State and Taninthayi Division, weather will bepartly cloudy in Chin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaingand Yangon Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Isolated lightrain or thundershowers in the extreme Southern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 12-3-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 12-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 12-3-2009: Generally fair weather.

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Signature TuneSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic SightsTraditional Custom of Kadu National RaceThe Longest Beach Resort in Myanmar (Ngwehsaung)Oxen BrothersMyanmar Rattan Furniture for the connoisseursMyanmar Natural Resource SpirulinaSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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Signature TuneSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic SightsMandalay, The Golden CityA New Chapter for Industrial DevelopmentBaungte: My VillageUseful Variety of BambooMyanma Traditional Handiwork of CastingKindness to Pet Animals50-ton Paper Mill (Thabaung)Poem Garden “The Sun”Oboe: Myanma Musical InstrumentMyanmar Modern SongTraditional Custom of Kadu National RaceThe Longest Beach Resort in Myanmar (Ngwehsaung)Oxen BrothersMyanmar Rattan Furniture for the ConnoisseursMyanmar Natural Resource SpirulinaMyanma Culture and BananaInlay Blacksmith CraftsmanshipTowards Pondaung Ponnya Yaw Region (Part-I)Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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Two Ukrainian citizens confirmeddead in Ugandan plane crashKIEV, 11 March—Two Ukrainian citizens were

killed in a Ugandan plane crash on Monday, VasylKyrylych, a spokesman for the Ukrainian ForeignMinistry, announced here on Tuesday.

“All the eleven people aboard, including twoUkrainian citizens, are believed to have been killed inthe crash,” Kyrylych quoted the information from theUkrainian Embassy in Ethiopia as saying. He notedthat the airplane was flying from Uganda to Somalia aspart of a peacekeeping mission when it crashed.

“A search has been launched at the site of thecrash, however the bodies of the 11 crew membershave not yet been found,” Kyrylych said. UkraineForeign Ministry has instructed the country’s embassyin Ethiopia to take effective measures to find out thevictims.

The Ugandan civil aviation authority said that an Il-76 airplane, which was owned by the Aerolift airlinecompany, on Monday caught fire and crashed into LakeVictoria in Uganda just two minutes after take-off. Allthe 11 people aboard were feared dead.—MNA/Xinhua

Supporters of Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the journalistwho threw his shoes at then-President George W.

Bush, demonstrate in Baghdad, Iraq, on 10 March,2009.—INTERNET

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2nd Waning of Taboung 1370 ME Thursday, 12 March, 2009

Technological University in Lashiowith equitable learning opportunity

Article: Htein Lin (Myanma Alin); Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

With the aims of ensuring equitable creation oflearning opportunities across the nation and turning outthe qualified human resources in the respective regions,the government upgraded 49 science and technologicalcolleges to the universities established in 24 specialdevelopment regions of the nation as of 20 January 2007.

Technological University (Lashio) was one ofthese upgraded universities. The facility was openedas Government Technical Institute on 27 December1999. It was upgraded to the technological college on

The main building of Technological University (Lashio).

10 September 2001. On 20 January 2007, the facilitybecame a technological university.

Technological University (Lashio) is located nearHopaik Village, north of Lashio and east of Lashio-Hsenwi Road. It is a three-storey building built on 36acres of land. During the visit to Lashio, the news teamof the Myanma Alin Daily arrived at TechnologicalUniversity in Lashio to observe the learning opportunityfor higher education of the local youths.

We had an interview with Principal Dr U Zaw Min

Oo of the university. He said, “A total of five coursesare being conducted at Technological University(Lashio). These courses are the Civil EngineeringCourse, the Electrical Communication EngineeringCourse, the Electrical Power Engineering Course,the Mechanical Engineering Course and the MachineTools Engineering Course. A total of 67 facultymembers in the academic section are providing 582students with modern engineering knowledge.

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YANGON, 11 March—Associate Professor DrMoe Moe Khaing will give a talk on “StressManagement” under the arrangements of MyanmarFishery Federation and the Myanmar PrawnEntrepreneurs Association and with the sponsorship ofCEPSA Lubricantes at Thiri Annawa Hall of the MFFon Bayintnaung Road in West Gyogon Ward, InseinTownship, here, at 2 pm on 14 March.

Anyone may attend the talk.—MNA

Talk on stress managementon 14 March

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March —�Under theextension of broadcasting programme of MyanmaRadio and Television, Mongngaut TV retransmissionstation in Shan State (North) has broadcast dailyprogramme at full capacity beginning since 8 March.

MNA

Mongngaut TVretransmission station kicksoff broadcasting programme

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March — Under theextension of broadcasting programme of MyanmaRadio and Television, Ngwehsaung TVretransmission station in Ayeyawady Division hasproduced daily broadcasting programme at fullcapacity starting on 7 March. —MNA

Ngwehsaung TV retransmissionstation starts broadcasting programme

MADRID, 11March—Real Madridcaptain Raul apologizedto his side's fans follow-

gress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows thatthe upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be inthe range of about one meter, or possibly more. In thelower end of the spectrum it looks increasingly un-likely that sea level rise will be much less than 50 cmby 2100.

This means that if emissions of greenhousegases is not reduced quickly and substantially, eventhe best case scenario will hit low lying coastal areashousing one in ten humans on the planet hard.

Dr John Church of the Centre for AustralianWeather and Climate Research, Hobart, Tasmania,Australia and the lead speaker in the sea level session,told the conference, “The most recent satellite andground based observations show that sea-level rise iscontinuing to rise at 3 mm/yr or more since 1993, arate well above the 20th century average. The oceansare continuing to warm and expand, the melting ofmountain glacier has increased and the ice sheets ofGreenland and Antarctica are also contributing to sealevel rise.”—Internet

Raul ‘sorry’ after Anfieldhumbling

ing their ChampionsLeague exit at the handsof Liverpool, describingthe 4-0 Anfield maulingas his “most painful” de-feat in the competition.

Raul was littlemore than a helpless by-stander as Liverpool sweptaside nine-time winnersMadrid in comprehensivefashion thanks to two

goals from captain StevenGerrard, another fromformer Atletico Madridstriker Fernando Torresand a late fourth from sub-stitute Andrea Dossena.That four-goal demolitioncompleted a 5-0 aggregatevictory for RafaelBenitez's men and meantMadrid failed to get be-yond the last 16 stage forthe fifth successive year.“They (Liverpool) werebetter in every respect.

Once again we are out ofthe Champions League,”said Raul, who has wonthree Champions Leaguecrowns and played wellover 100 matches in thecompetition.

“We had highhopes for the match, butall that remains is to con-gratulate Liverpool be-cause they've shownthemselves to be a betterteam. There are no ex-cuses.”—Internet

Raul’s Real werehumbled at Anfield.

Rising sea levels set to have majorimpacts around the worldCOPENHAGEN, 11 March — Research pre-

sented March 10 at the International Scientific Con-

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