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Volume XVIII, Number 312 9th Waning of Tabodwe 1372 ME Sunday, 27 February, 2011

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic sys-tem

* 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 bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire na-tion

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritage andnational character

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

the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tranquil-lity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in accord

with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Feb—Kyunchaung-Daungtha railroad section of Kyangin-PakokkuRailroad Project being implemented by MyanmaRailways under Ministry of Rail Transportation wasinaugurated this morning.

Chairman of Sagaing Region Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of North-WestCommand Brig-Gen Soe Lwin, Minister for RailTransportation U Aung Min, Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 U Zaw Min, Minister for Industry-2 USoe Thein, Deputy Ministers for Rail Transporta-tion Thura U Thaung Lwin and U Pe Than, Chair-man of Magway Region PDC U Phone Maw Shwe,

Kyunchaung-Daungtha section of Kyangin-Pakokku Railroad Project commissioned

departmental heads, staff of MR, locals and socialorganizations attended the opening ceremony atKyunchaung Railway Station in Kyunchaung ofPakokku Township, Magway Region.

Speaking on the occasion, the Commandersaid that Pathein-Monywa motor road had beenbuilt for smooth transport of regions on the westbank of Ayeyawady River; that Ayeyawady Region,Bago Region, Magway Region and Sagaing Regionon the west bank of Ayeyawady River wouldwitness sector-wise development like regions onthe east bank of the river upon completion of

(See page 8)

Nowadays, newspapers carry more newson traffic rules than every before. Reinforcementof traffic rules is part of the drive for building amodern and developed nation.

Traffic rules are for drivers and bus con-ductors, and road rules are for both drivers andpedestrians or all road users.

The view of 38th Street Market stretchingalong Anawrahta Street in Yangon Region arousedmy sense of writing a byline to help reduce trafficaccidents.

(See page 9)

Abide by traffic rulesfor a safer trip

Byline & Photos: A Reporter

A special train making maiden trip on Kyunchaung-Daungtha railroad section.—MNA

Instead of using the safer Sule Overpass, people have relapsed into their old ways.

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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 Desire

Work closely for betterpublic health care

The government in its drive for promotingpublic longevity has been carrying out healthcare services with national outlook for uplift ofthe health and fitness standard of the entirenation.

In the process, easy public access to propernourishment is on the list of high priorities.Many ways are being applied to achieve thegoal such as giving children multivitamin tablets,producing foods added with nourishingsupplements, and conducting educative talks onproper nourishment.

In particular, children aged between sixmonths and five years are given Vitamin-A pillsonce every six months in order that kids arefree from diseases caused by Vitamin-Adeficiency.

Today, the youth are well-rounded notonly in education to improve the educationstandard of the nation but also in skills to giveadded impetus to national development. At theheart of the plan lies high health standard of theyouth.

Mothers should take care of andsystematically breastfeed their children sincetheir births. Mother’s milk improves diseaseresistance and develops infants both physicallyand mentally.

If we are all on a healthy diet and givechildren proper nourishment in a systematicway, we will be able to drastically reducechildren’s malnutrition and bring about healthyand fit generations.

YANGON, 26 Feb — Myanmar Golf Federationwill organize first event of 2011 Pre-ThingyanKenbo Cup Golf Tournament with the mainsponsorship of Kenbo at Shwethamin Golf Clubin Muse on 5 March.

Ten best amateur golfers of the series will meetat the final to be held at Shwe Mann Taung Golf Clubfrom 7 to 8 April. Winners of men’s and women’sevents will be considered by System 36.

St Andrew Law and regional rules will beeligible at the games where Kenbo motorbike willbe awarded for hole-in-one performance.

Willing contestants may enlist at ShwethaminGolf Club, Muse (082-51513, 095177956 and092037671) not later than 2 pm on 3 March.

Selected Myanmar amateur golfers are notallowed to take part in the Kenbo competition.

MNA

Kenbo Golf Tournament inMuse on 2 March

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Feb—Chairman of BagoRegion Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Southern Command Brig-Gen SoeHtut on 23 February looked into irrigation facilitiesat Wathee river water pumping station in WatheeVillage of Ottwin Township and thriving summerpaddy and green gram plantations along both sidesof the feeder canal.

In Kanbo Village, the commander viewedgrowing of summer paddy and broadcasting offertilizer and met local farmers.

Wathee river water pumping station, KhabaungMultipurpose Dam Project inspected

On arrival at Khabaung Multipurpose DamProject, the commander visited the hydropowerstation of the project.

On 24 February, the commander visited thelocal battalion in Hnahsaungpyaing Village ofToungoo Station and inspected the pre-primaryschool of the battalion.

At Basic Education High School (Natsingon),the commander visited language lab of the school,library and school building.

MNA

Forestry Minister attends 5th Convocation ofUniversity of Forestry (Yezin)

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Feb — The University ofForestry (Yezin) under the Ministry of Forestryheld its 5th Convocation at the convocation hallhere this morning.

It was attended by Minister for Forestry UThein Aung, Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein,departmental heads and officials of the ministry,rectors and pro-rectors of the University of Forestry,the University of Agriculture (Yezin), the Universityof Veterinary Science, departmental heads andlecturers of Higher Education Department (Upper/Lower) under the Ministry of Education, invitedpersons and graduate students and their families.

The minister and Managing Director of theMyanma Timber Enterprise, Director-General ofthe Forest Department, rectors of the universityand officials awarded the four outstandingstudents.

Rector Dr Myint Oo of the University ofForestry presented MA (Forestry) degrees to sixstudents and BSc (Forestry) degrees to 119 studentsfor four academic years— 2006-2007 to 2009-2010.

Since 1923, a total of 1989 forestry graduateshave been nurtured by the university.

MNA

Minister U Thein Aung addressing 5th Convocation of University of Forestry (Yezin).MNA

YANGON, 26Feb—Union ofMyanmar Federation of

Promotion of industrial development and FDIdiscussed

Chambers of Commerceand Industry andJapanese Embassy jointlyorganized a Seminar onPromotion of IndustrialDevelopment (especiallySME) and the role ofForeign Direct

Investment Enterprises atthe headquarters of thefederation on 18February.

Japanese Am-bassador to the Union ofMyanmar Mr TakashiSaito and UMFCCI Vice-

President U Win Aungspoke on the occasion.Research Director ofVietnam EconomicResearch Institute(VERI) for JapanInternational BusinessDirector of Organizationfor SME & RegionalJapan (SMRJ) MrTatsuya Hoshino andCEC member of theUMFCCI U Aung KhinMyint gave talks onindustrial development,special economic zonelaw and FDI.—MNA

UMFCCI Vice-President U Win Aungaddressing Seminar on Promotion of

Industrial Development (especially SME)and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment

Enterprises.—MNA

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MEXICO CITY, 26 Feb—A magnitude-5.7earthquake shookMexico’s Gulf coastFriday. There were noimmediate reports ofdamage or injuries.

The US GeologicalSurvey said the quake at7:07 am (8:07 am EST;1307 GMT) was centerednear the town of Acayucanin Veracruz state, about117 miles (189 kilometers)southeast of the port ofVeracruz, and it was felteven in Mexico City, 292miles (470 kilometers) tothe northwest.—Internet

KABUL, 26 Feb—Three rockets were firedinto the heart of Kabul,with one landing closeto the presidentialpalace, a spokesmansaid.

The attacks camebefore the rush-hour onSaturday morning whenthe city was almostempty and caused nocasualties, interiorministry spokesmanZemarai Bashary said.

One of the rocketslanded near the river afew hundred metres

ALBANY, 26 Feb—Another severe stormwalloped the East onFriday, delaying flights,closing scores of schoolsand leading to at least onedeath.

The National WeatherService issued winterstorm warnings for muchof upstate New York.Forecasters said areas

WASHINGTON, 26 Feb—Deepspending cuts by state and localgovernments pose a growing threat toan economy that is already grapplingwith high unemployment, depressedhome prices and the surging cost ofoil.

Lawmakers at state capitols andcity halls are slashing jobs andprogrammes, arguing that some painnow is better than a lot more later. Butthe cuts are coming at a price —weaker growth at the national level.

The clearest sign to date was areport Friday on US gross domesticproduct for the final three months of2010. The government lowered itsgrowth estimate, pointing to larger-than-expected cuts by state and localgovernments. The report suggestedthat worsening state budget problemscould hold back the recovery byputting more people out of work and

Magnitude-5.7quake shakesMexico’s Gulf

Coast

Three rockets fired into heart of Kabul(yards) from thepresidential compoundand other ministries, andtwo rockets hit a mixedresidential and marketarea.

“Three rockets werefired into the city thismorning. One hit thebank of the river butluckily they caused nocasualty or damage,”Bashary said.

The rockets werelaunched from theeastern edge of the city,he said blaming theattack on the “enemies

Firefighters extinguishburning oil tankers

which were attackedand set ablaze by

unidentified gunmenearly morning on theoutskirts of Peshawar

on 25 Feb, 2011.Gunmen in

northwestern Pakistanattacked and killed

four guards and set fireto over a dozen tankerscarrying fuel for NATOtroops in Afghanistanon Friday, police said.

INTERNET

of Afghanistan”, a termoften used to refer to theTaleban militants whoare waging a bloodymilitancy against thegovernment and westerntroops.

Homemade roadsidebombs — the main causeof casualties to Afghanand NATO troops inAfghanistan — andsuicide attacks are theweapons of choice forthe militants, but theyare also known to firerockets into civilian andmilitary areas.—Internet

Afghan men looks at theblood stained clothing

after a explosion in SpinBoldak District of

Kandahar, south of Kabul,Afghanistan, 24 Feb,

2011.—INTERNET Participants wait in lineat a Job Fair 24 Feb,

2011, sponsored by BestJobs Magazine and theNational Employment

Council at AngelsStadium in Anaheim,

Calif.INTERNET

State and local budget cuts are slowing US economyreducing consumer spending.

Across the country, governors andlawmakers are proposing broadcutbacks — lowering fees paid tonursing homes in Florida, reducinghealth insurance subsidies for lower-income Pennsylvanians, closingprisons in New York state and scalingback programmes for elderly anddisabled Californians. “The massivefinancial problems at the state andlocal levels have and will continue torestrain growth,” said economist JoelNaroff of Naroff Economic Advisors.State and local governments accountfor 91 percent of all governmentspending on primary education,according to the Brookings Institution.And they provide 71 percent of higher-education spending. States alsoaccount for more than 70 percent ofspending on roads, bridges and otherinfrastructure.—Internet

Winter storm wallops East with snow,rain, gusts

A woman uses a cell phone after climbing out of avehicle that ended up on a guard rail in the median

of Interstate 295 during a snow storm inCumberland, Maine, on 25 Feb 2011.

INTERNET

outside Albany could get12 to 16 inches. As muchas 8 inches of snow fell inAlbany by noon Friday.

In a suburb ofRochester, a 34-year-oldwoman died Fridayafternoon after she washit by a Pittsford plowtruck backing up in aparking lot.

A 30-mile stretch of

the New York Thruwaywas closed by an accidentsouth of Buffalo, and inMaine, dozens of carswere reported off the road.

Maine State Policesaid a man was criticallyinjured in York when hispickup truck overturnedon the Maine Turnpike.The storm will dropbetween 4 and 14 inchesof snow around Maine,with sleet and rain mixingin some coastal areas.

Flights out of NewYork’s metropolitan-areaairports were delayed bythe rain and wind.Departures out of NewarkLiberty InternationalAirport flight weredelayed an average of 31/2 hours. LaGuardiaAirport had departuredelays averaging morethan 2 hours.

Internet

From NZ rubble, haunting texts toMom beg for help

Search andrecovery

operationpersonnel

work at thedestroyed

CTV buildingin

Christchurch,New Zealand,24 Feb, 2011after the citywas hit by a

6.3 magnitudeearthquake on

22 Feb.INTERNET

That was the last theAmantillo family heardfrom 23-year-old studentLouise Amantillo, whois among dozens offoreig-ners missing aftertheir language schooldisintegrated in Tues-day’s collapse of theprominent CTV buildingin Christchurch.

Internet

CHRISTCHURCH, 26Feb—The first textmessage said: “Mommy,I got buried.” About 40minutes later: “Mommy,I can’t move my righthand.” Then, a brief callfrom New Zealand’searthquake rubble toparents in the Philippines

pleading to send help.After another harrowinghour in a crumpledbuilding, when she sent ahalf-dozen more textsabout increasing pain,continued shaking andoverwhelming smoke,came the final one: “Pleasemake it quick.”

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A Huawei Technologies touch-screen tabletdevice is seen on display at the 3GSM World

congress in Barcelona. Deputy chairman of thefirm Ken Hu has said Huawei’s business in the

US has been impacted by “a number ofmisperceptions” over the past decade.

INTERNET

Russia, Israel eye joint development of communicationsatellites

MOSCOW, 26 Feb— Russia and Israel have set upa joint group that would focus on the developmentof communications satellites, local media reportedon Friday.

“We will consider the options of making severalcommunication satellites and the joint developmentof a remote sensing satellite,” said AnatolyPerminov, head of Russia’s Federal Space AgencyRoscosmos.

Perminov said, however, that the signing of aspace cooperation agreement with Israel will be putoff “for some time.”

NASA’s JPL plans about200 layoffs

LOS ANGELES, 26Feb—NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory(JPL) plans to layoffabout 200 employeesdue to a lack of fundingas a result of federalcutbacks, a newspaperreport said on Friday.

The layoffs couldaffect as many as 200scientists or engineersand dozens of otherworkers, according to theLos Angeles Times.

The workers mostlikely to be affected arethose associated withscientific projects thathave been delayed dueto budget concerns, andthose who are part ofmissions nearing theirend and no longerneeding staff levels aslarge as previous years,JPL spokeswomanVeronica McGregor saidin remarks published bythe paper.—Xinhua

“We have permission from the government tosign it but presently the Israeli side suggestspostponing it. We have no objections,” he said.

Earlier, local reports said that the Israeli SpaceAgency and Roscosmos might sign a frameworkagreement on 27 March. It was expected to besimilar to Israel’s agreements with the EuropeanSpace Agency and NASA.

Russia and Israel has been cooperatingextensively in development of high-technologicalhardware, and Russia has purchased Israeli-madeunmanned drones for its security services.—Xinhua

Google search formulagets more discerningSAN FRANCISO, 26

Feb— Google haschanged its secret searchformula in the UnitedStates to be morediscerning when it comesto which websites areworth recommendingand which should sinkin the rankings.

The move an-nounced late Thursdaywas part of an ongoingduel between the searchtitan and low-qualitywebsites that featureonly content copiedfrom elsewhere on theInternet or usetechniques to trick theirway high in results.

“Many of thechanges we make are sosubtle that very fewpeople notice them,”Google principalengineer Matt Cutts andGoogle fellow Amit

Google has changedits secret search

formula in the UnitedStates to be morediscerning when it

comes to whichwebsites are worthrecommending andwhich should sink in

the rankings.INTERNET

Two young customers hold upNintendo’s new video game console3DS after buying it on the first day

of release at a Tokyo computershop, on 26 Feb.

INTERNET

Nintendo launches 3-D console in JapanTOKYO, 26 Feb— Japan’s Nintendo launched the world’s first

video game console with a 3-D screen that works without specialglasses, a device the entertainment giant hopes will reverse itssliding fortunes. But as the DS3 makes its debut in Japan onSaturday, it will be looking for a place in an increasingly crowdedgaming market.

More than 1,500 fans queued outside Yodobashi Camera inAkihabara, the hub of Tokyo’s comic-book subculture, to be thefirst to own the machine, with many having spent the night on thestreets ahead of the morning launch. “I’m extremely excited. Ican’t wait to start playing it,” said Arisa Kubo, a 19-year-oldnursing student who began queuing on Friday night. “The qualityhas dramatically improved,” said Kubo, who tried a pre-salesdemonstration of the console last month. “The screen is beautiful.3DS is totally different from the normal DS.”—Internet

Singhal said in a blogpost. “But, in the lastday or so we launched apretty big algorithmicimprovement to ourranking.”

They said the searchformula change affects11.8 percent of searchqueries, dropping low-quality websites inresults while elevatinghigh-quality websiteswith original contentsuch as research,analysis, or in-depthreports. “We do have aresponsibility toencourage a healthy webecosystem,” Cutts andSinghal wrote.

“Therefore, it isimportant for high-quality sites to berewarded, and that’sexactly what this changedoes.”

Internet

Discovery arrivingSaturday at space stationCAPE CANAVERAL, 26 Feb—Space shuttle Discovery

is closing in on the International Space Station for thefinal time.

Discovery and its crew of six will pull up to theorbiting lab Saturday afternoon. They will spend atleast a week there, unloading a compartment full ofsupplies and the first humanoid robot to fly in space.

Altogether, there will be 12 people aboard thelinked spacecraft, representing the United States, Russiaand Italy. This is Discovery’s final voyage. The shuttleis the first in the fleet to be retired this year. Endeavourand then Atlantis will close out the 30-year shuttleprogramme by midsummer.

Before docking, Discovery will perform a backflipso space station cameras can capture any signs oflaunch damage.—Internet

Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Pad 39Aat the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape

Canaveral, Fla, 24 Feb, 2011. Discovery on itslast mission to the International Space

Station.—INTERNET

Consumer Reports: Thumbs down oniPhone

YONKERS, 26 Feb—ConsumerReports has declined to recommendthe Verizon iPhone 4 because of aproblem that can cause dropped calls.

The magazine said the Verizonphone has the same problem its testersfound last summer in the AT&TiPhone.

If a user holds the phone so thatthe hand covers a gap in the externalcasing, a position Consumer Reportscalls the “death grip,” performancedeclines and calls will be dropped in

areas where the signal is weak.“The phone performs superbly in

most other respects, and using theiPhone 4 with a case can alleviate theproblem,” Consumer Reports said.

Users appeared to be less unhappywith the Verizon phone, Time magazinesaid, possibly because a tighter grip isneeded to cause the problem thanwith the AT&T phone.

Internet

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If you have a chronic illness —such as diabetes, arthritis or heartdisease — you can take an active rolein managing your health.

The American Academy of FamilyPhysicians offers these self-management guidelines:

* Examine your unhealthy behaviours, and choose which ones you’d like to change.

* Create specific goals and an action plan for how you’ll reach those goals.

* Create backup plans — for example, what you’ll do for exercise when the weather is bad.

* Feel confident in your ability to reach your goals; if they seem too tough, reconsider your goals.

* Check in frequently with your doctor to discuss your progress and any problems.—Internet

Health Tip: Takecontrol of your health

Breast-feeding may cut obesityrisk in kids of diabetic moms BERLIN, 26 Feb—Infants

whose mothers had diabetesduring pregnancy are atincreased risk for childhoodobesity, but breast-feedinglowers that risk, a new studysuggests.

Among babies exposedto diabetes in utero, those whowere breast-fed for six monthsor more were no more likelyto put on extra weight whenthey were 6 to 13 years oldthan children whose mothers

did not have diabetes duringpregnancy, the investigatorsfound.

The findings were thesame across all ethnicities.However, this protective effectwas not seen in babies whowere breast-fed for less thansix months.

The study is published in

the February issue of thejournal Diabetes Care.

“Our data suggest that

breast-feeding promotionmay be an effective strategy

for reducing the increased risk

of childhood obesity inoffspring of mothers with

diabetes during pregnancy,”

lead researcher Dr DanaDabelea, an associate

professor in the epidemiology

department at the ColoradoSchool of Public Health, said

in a news release from the

American DiabetesAssociation.—Internet

In this photo taken on 19 Jan, 2011,senior citizen Sourob Magardicheiangets his blood pressure checked at theGlendale Gardens Adult Day Health

Care centre in Glendale, Calif.INTERNET

In this photo takenon 23 Jan, 2011, a

health workercarrying coolerscontaining polio

vaccines on a bicycle,enters Tilkeshwarvillage, some 200kilometers (125

miles) from Patna,India.—INTERNET

Dairy intake may not mean muchfor longevity

NEW YORK, 26 Feb—Despite concerns over saturatedfats in dairy products, the milk and cheese in your dietmay not have much effect on your longevity, according toDutch researchers.

Their study, which was funded by the Dutch DairyFoundation, followed more than 120,000 older adults fora decade.

It showed no relationship between men’s dairy intakeand their risk of dying during the study period. Amongwomen, meanwhile, a high intake of dairy fat — frombutter or other full-fat dairy — was linked to a smallincrease in deaths, particularly those due to heart disease.

In contrast, eating full-fat sour dairy products, includingyogurt and sour cream, was tied to a slight decrease indeaths among both men and women.

None of those relationships prove that dairy productswere the reason for the higher or lower risks, however.And even if they were, the effects were tiny, the researcherssay.

Reuters

BofA, Wells, Citi see foreclosure probe finesNEW YORK, 26 Feb—Bank of

America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo— three of the biggest banks in theUnited States — said they could facefines from a regulatory probe into theindustry’s foreclosure practices.

The statements, made in regulatoryfilings on Friday, are the most directadmission yet from major banks that

they could have to pay significantamounts of money to settle probesand lawsuits alleging that theyimproperly foreclosed on homes.

Bank of America Corp (BACN),the largest US bank by assets, said theprobe could lead to “material fines”and “significant” legal expenses in2011.—Reuters

Pier 1 tea light setsrecalled

WASHINGTON, 26 Feb—The USConsumer Product Safety Commissionannounced a voluntary recall of Pier 1Imports tea lights due to a fire hazard.

About 370,000 Golden tea lightswith ornament tea light holders wereimported from China and sold at Pier 1stores from September 2010 throughJanuary 2011 for between $2 and $8.

The commission said the flamefrom the tea lights can reach dangerousheights, posing a fire hazard. The recallinvolves tea lights in golden tin cupssold in sets of five with either the RedOrnament Tea Light Holder or the WhiteOrnament Tea Light Holder.

An additional 30,000 were sold inCanada. Consumers were advised tostop using them and return them to aPier 1 store for a replacement.—Internet

Mizuho plans to buy out securities,trust units

TOKYO, 26 Feb—Mizuho Financial Group is planning to buyout its brokerage and trust bank units, a source familiar with thematter said on Saturday, a deal that could be worth around $4billion as the lender tries to grow beyond sluggish commercialbanking business in Japan.

Japan’s second-largest bank by assets is planning to buy outminority shareholders in Mizuho Securities (8606.T), MizuhoTrust & Banking (8404.T), Mizuho Investors Securities (8607.T),said the source, who was not authorized to talk about the matterpublicly.

Mizuho is expected to carry out the buyout around Octoberafter getting approval at an annual shareholders meetingscheduled in June, the source said. Mizuho and rival top banksMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.T) and Sumitomo MitsuiFinancial Group (8316.T) are trying to strengthen their investmentbanking and other operations as they face weak prospects intheir core lending business in Japan.

Mizuho aims to consolidate its group management for bettercontrol and synergy among units by buying out the minorityshareholders in these companies.—Internet

A wrecked boat lies at Constitucion town, some364 km (226 miles) south of Santiago, one of

the areas hit by the February 2010 earthquake,on 25 Feb, 2011. A year after one of the biggest

earthquakes on record slammed Chile with a$30 billion hit to its economy, a massive

reconstruction effort is underpinning a strongrebound seen continuing in 2011. But even asChile celebrates its recovery from the massive

8.8 magnitude quake and ensuing tsunamis thatravaged south central Chile, its growth outlookis clouded by a sharp rally in its peso currency

and rising price pressures.—INTERNET

The facade of thePetrobras building inRio de Janeiro. Latin

America’s biggestcompany, Brazilianstate-run oil giant

Petrobras, on Fridaysaid it raked in a

record net profit lastyear of $20 billion.

INTERNET

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Performersstage adancedrama

featuringChinese

romance inZhengzhou,capital of

centralChina’sHenan

Province,on 25 Feb,

2011.XINHUA

Cheap, fast test for type of lung cancerwhose lung adenocarcinoma tumoursare anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative,” Yang says in a statement.

The anaplastic lymphoma kinasepositive tumours were significantlymore aggressive as measured by tumorgrade of differentiation and stage, andwere diagnosed in younger patients,Yang says.

The findings, presented at theEuropean Multidisciplinary Confer-ence in Thoracic Oncology in Lugano,Switzerland, show immunohisto-chemistry — the process of detectingantigens or proteins in cells — may bean efficient screen to identify cases oflung cancre.

Internet

LUGANO (Switzerland), 26 Feb—An inexpensive and rapid test caneffectively identify a sub-group oflung cancer for patients who havenever smoked, US researchers say.

Dr Ping Yang of the Mayo Clinicin Rochester, Minn, and colleaguessay about 8 percent to 12 percent ofpatients with lung adenocarcinoma— a cancer — who have never smokedcigarettes carry tumours that expressa protein product called anaplasticlymphoma kinase.

“This subset of patients are atmore than double the risk ofexperiencing disease progression orrecurrence within five years of initialdiagnosis compared to never-smokers

LIMA, 26 Feb—LatinAmerican countries needto invest more in theiryounger generations inorder to improve educa-tion, healthcare andliving standards in theregion, a UN official saidhere Friday.

“The young peoplewho enjoy their rightshave more probabilitiesof being economicallyself-sufficient andindependent, of takingdecisions with knowle-dge and taking responsi-bilities as full committedcitizens,” said BerntAasen, regional directorof the United NationsInternational Children’sEmergency Fund (Uni-cef) during a presentationof the “World State ofChildhood” report here.

Xinhua

UNICEF urgesL America toinvest more in

youth

Best Actor winner Eric Elmosnino (R) speaksduring the 36th Cesar Awards Ceremony inParis, France, on 25 Feb, 2010.—XINHUA

Mobile etiquette seen getting worse, not better

Workers assemble inZhengzhou, capital ofcentral China’s Henan

Province, before head forShenzhen on 18 Feb,2011. The populous

Henan Province has set atarget to boost the number

of new employed to onemillion, help 350,000

laid-offs be reempolyedand guarantee 80 perent

of graduates from collegesemployed in 2011.

XINHUA

NEW YORK, 26 Feb—Whether is it texting during dinner, talking on acellphone in a public restroom or using a laptop while driving, most peoplethink mobile etiquette is getting worse, not better.

Ninety one percent of US adults questioned in a new poll by computerinnovation company Intel said they have seen people misuse technology, andthree quarters think mobile manners have decreased in the past year.

“New digital technologies are becoming a mainstay in consumers’ lives,but we haven’t worked out for ourselves, our families, communities andsocieties what all the right kinds of behaviours and expectations will be,” saidGenevieve Bell, the head of interaction and experience research at Intel.

The poll of 2,000 adults revealed that most US adults wished peoplepracticed better mobile etiquette and found the lack of cellphone mannersextremely annoying, even though about 20 percent admitted to poor etiquettethemselves.

Nearly 75 percent said the lack of mobile manners has created a new formof public rage and 65 percent admitted they became angry around people whomisused mobile devices.

The most annoying behaviours were the use of mobile devices duringdriving, followed by talking on a cellphone loudly in a public place andwalking in the street while texting or talking on the phone.

Reuters

China’s 2010 gross oceanicproduct reaches 3.8 trillion yuan

BEIJING, 26 Feb—The State OceanicAdministration (SOA)told Xinhua Saturday thatChina’s gross oceanicproduct was worth 3.8trillion yuan (577.89billion US dollars).

The figure account-ed for 9.7 percent of thenation’s total grossdomestic product in2010 and 16 percent ofthe GDP in coastal areas.

China’s grossoceanic product surgedfrom 1.77 trillion yuanin 2005 to 3.8 trillionyuan last year, an annual

increase of 13.5 percent,said the SOA.

In the past five years,the oceanic industryprovided 33 million jobsto people in the coastalareas.

Xinhua

Russia launches navigation satelliteMOSCOW, 26 Feb— Russia

successfully launched a navigationsatellite Glonass-K and sent it into aplanned orbit on Saturday, aspokesman for the Russian DefenceMinistry said.

The Glonass-K satellite, the firstnew-generation satellite of Russia’sGlonass navigation system, waslaunched by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocketfrom the Plesetsk launch site at 06:07local time (0307 GMT), spokesmanLt Col Alexei Zolotukhin said.

The Fregat booster of the rocket

sent the satellite into its intended orbitat 09:39 local time (0639 GMT),Zolotukhin said, adding that theseparation of the booster and thesatellite went as planned.

The launch of the Glonass-Ksatellite was originally scheduled forThursday, but the Russian DefenceMinistry postponed the launch twicedue to “technical reasons.”

Glonass is the Russian equivalentof the US Global Positioning System(GPS), designed for both military andcivilian uses.—Xinhua

One killed as rebels ambush mayor’s convoyin C Philippines

before noon at Tangbo village inArteche town, said police spokesmanSenior Superintendent AgrimeroCruz Jr.

Tantiado and the three others whowere wounded were part of the policeescorts of Evardone, he said.

“A civilian motorist was alsowounded. Mayor Evardone and hiscivilian escorts were reportedlyunharmed,” Cruz said.

Xinhua

MANILA, 26 Feb—A policemanwas killed and four others, includinga civilian, were wounded whensuspected members of the NewPeople’s Army (NPA) ambushed aconvoy of a mayor in centralPhilippines, police said Saturday.

Police Inspector Al LianzaTantiado died when undeterminednumber of rebels waylaid the convoyof Rolando Evardone, mayor ofArteche Eastern Samar, shortly

File picture shows a Soyuz-2 rocket prior tolaunch. Russia on Saturday successfully

launched a satellite vital to the deployment of itsown navigation system after the failure of anearlier attempt prompted the Kremlin to sack

two top space officials.—INTERNET

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LIMA, 26 Feb—At least 20 peopledied Friday after a bus fell off ahighway in mountainous areas nearthe Peruvian capital, police said.

The bus went off the road and felldown a cliff, as it tried to avoid a trailercoming in the wrong line, the PeruvianNational Police (PNP) said in a

DALLAS, 26 Feb—During flu and snow-shovelingseason, people seeking quick pain relief may reachfor acetaminophen, but a US liver expert warns notto take too much.

Dr William Lee, director of the Clinical Centrefor Liver Diseases at the University of TexasSouthwestern Medical Centre in Dallas, says manypeople reach for acetaminophen in its many forms— headache relief, sleep aids, cold and flu remedies,even some prescription painkillers — not realizinghow quickly the medication can accumulate.

“It is easy to lose track of how much combinedacetaminophen you’re consuming when takingcombinations of medicines, particularly for differentailments such as arthritis and perhaps a cold,” Leesays in a statement.

“Too much acetaminophen in the system at onetime or over an extended period can cause seriousliver damage or can lead to liver failure and evendeath.—Internet

Bus crash kills 20 in Perustatement.

It is unclear how many peoplewere on the bus but local hospitalssaid they received some injuredsurvivors.

The rescue operation wasdisrupted by the diffcult geographicalconditions of the crash site.—Internet

Droughty Beijing embraces largest snowfallthis winter

BEIJING, 26 Feb —Moderate snow fell in BeijingSaturday morning, bringingsome relief to the droughtyChinese capital in the pastwinter.

The snow, with anaverage precipitation of 2.7mm in the entire region of themunicipality and 1.9 mm inthe downtown area, began ataround 2 am Saturday.Snowfall would go on andoff over the weekend,resulting in the longest snowyweather of this winter in

Beijing, a spokesman withthe city’s weather bureau saidSaturday.

Precipitation in somesuburban areas reached 10.2mm, the heaviest the city hadseen so far this winter, headded.

The highest tempera-turein daytime would be pulleddown eight degrees Celsiusto reach two or three degreesCelsius, and the lowesttemperature would drop tofour degrees below zeroduring the weekend, said the

spokesman.This is the third snow

Beijing has embraced thisyear, with the first onefalling on 9 Feb, the latestfirst snow for the city in 60years.

The moderate preci-pitation would help alleviatedrought in Beijing, as thecity had not seen anyprecipitation for 108 daysbefore the first snow twoweeks ago, said Guo Jinlan,chief weatherman of thebureau.—Xinhua

Visitors appreciate sculpture works of Spanishsurrealist artist Salvador Dali during an

exhibition at the new hall of Suzhou Art Galleryin Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province,

25 Feb, 2011. A total of 100 print works and tensculpture works of Salvador Dali were displayed

at the 21-day exhibition that kicked off onFriday.—XINHUA

Too much acetaminophencan be fatal

A pedestrian walks in snow in Beijing, China, early on 26 Feb, 2011.Beijing witnessed a snowfall Sunday.—XINHUA

Young people from the EUenjoy a long-table feast in

Xijiang Township,southwest China’s

Guizhou Province, 25 Feb,2011. As one of series

activities of the China-EUYear of Youth, 73 youngpeople from 27 countries

of EU made a visit inXijiang on Friday.

XINHUA

Fiat says to produce300,000 cars a year in

RussiaMILAN, 26 Feb— Italian auto giant Fiat outlined

plans on Friday to produce 300,000 cars per year inRussia, just days after it was replaced by Ford in apartnership there with Russian automobile groupSollers.

Fiat said it had sent a memorandum of intent tothe Russian government that “envisages theestablishment of manufacturing capacity for up to300,000 vehicles per year,” including passengercars and commercial vehicles.

“The Fiat and (Chrysler) Jeep brands will be themainstay of this project. This plan will beaccompanied by a commitment to further expandand strengthen Fiat’s dealer network,” the Italiancompany said in a statement.

Fiat is merging with US auto giant Chrysler andhas outlined plans for expansion in emergingmarkets. Industry analysts said the fall-out withSollers may have happened after Fiat tried to drivetoo hard a bargain.

Fiat announced last month that it had returnedto profit in 2010, beating analyst forecasts. It enjoyedstrong sales of lorries and tractors, with the Brazilianmarket performing particularly well.

Internet

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) andSeverstal Auto General Director Vadim Shvetsov drive ina Sollers brand buggy during a visit to the Fiat Ducato

automobile plant in Elabuga in 2008.—INTERNET

Vancouver vies for top spot asworld’ s eco fashion epicentre

VANCOUVER, 26 Feb — The world’s catwalk isgoing green and Vancouver, British Columbia, wantsthe center stage. Organic cotton, recycled leather,vintage jewelry, and animal-friendly footwear werejust a few of the things found on designers’ racks andtables at Friday’s trade show marking the end ofVancouver’s Eco Fashion Week, a fashion weekdevoted entirely to socially and environmentallyresponsible fashion design.

Now in its second season, Vancouver’s EcoFashion Week is joining a raft of similar eventspopping up around the globe in fashion hot spots likeLondon, New York, and Hong Kong, as the demandfor environmentally sustainable fashion designballoons.

But in 2009, the City of Vancouver announcedtheir goal to become the world’s greenest city withinthe next decade. Eco Fashion Week producers arehoping that this push from the city will help catapultVancouver to the forefront of the world’s greencatwalk and help it become the “eco-center” of thefashion industry.

“Vancouver has never had a niche for fashion,”said Evie Ponce, vice president of Vancouver FashionWeek. “So it kind of is definitely along the sameinitiative, so now we’re part of the 2020 initiative tomake it the greenest city by the year 2020,” shesaid.—Xinhua

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A special train on Kyunchaung-Daungtha railroad section.MNA

(from page 1)P a t h e i n - K y a n g i n -Pakokku railroad linkingP a t h e i n - K y a n g i n -Pakokku-Kalay railroadand Pakokku-Monywa-Mandalay-Myitkyina rail-road. The commanderpraised the staff of MR andurged locals to maintainthe facility for durability.

Magway RegionPDC Chairman U PhoneMaw Shwe made a speech,Minister U Aung Min saidthat 320-mile long

Kyunchaung-Daungthasection of Kyangin-Pakokku Railroad…

Chairman of Sagaing Region Peace and Development Council Commander of North-WestCommand Brig-Gen Soe Lwin unveils commemorative stone inscription of Kyunchaung-

Daungtha railroad section.—MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Soe Lwin giving away gifts to passengers ofspecial train.—MNA

Minister U Aung Min giving away gifts to passengers of special train.MNA

Pathein to Pakokku di-rectly on completion ofPwintbyu-Hsinbyugyunrailroad. MR was tryinghard to accomplish na-tional railroad networkwhile continuously im-proving its facility, headded.

Next, a localspoke words of thanks.The commander and min-isters greeted local people.Commander Brig-Gen SoeLwin, MinisterU Aung Min, Minister

Kyangin-Pakokku rail-road would soon emergeas major railroad on thewest bank of AyeyawadyRiver; that 19.59 miles longKyunchaung-Daungtharailroad section commis-sioned today was the 10th

section of therailroad project andtrains could run from

U Zaw Min, MinisterU Soe Thein, and MagwayRegion PDC ChairmanU Phone Maw Shweformally opened therailroad section. Thecommander and ministerstook the special traintogether with locals toDaungtha.

It was a technical

challenge to Myanmar en-gineers to buildKyunchaung-Daungtharailroad crossing Tankyiridge which stretches fromsouth to north. The 19.59miles long Kyunchaung-Daungtha railroad is thetenth section of Kyangin-Pakokku railroad. Uponcompletion of Pwintbyu-

Hsinbyugyun railroad,trains can directly run fromPathein to Pakokku. It tookthree years and threemonths to finish the

railroad which is formedof one above-180-footbridge, 54 under-180-footbridges, altogether 55bridges, and four railway

stations.Upon comple-

tion of Kyangin-Pakok-ku railroad, traintransportation service

road project, and then toK y a u k p a d a u n g -Taungdwingyi-Nay PyiTaw via Bagan on com-pletion of Ayeyawady

would be available fromPakokku to Kalay, then toYangon and Sittw ofRakhine State fromMinbu on completion ofPathein (Begarat)-Yangon (Hlinethaya) rail-

Bridge (Pakokku). Cur-rently, MR is implement-ing 13 railroad projects,totaling 2265 miles of rail-road and has so far built414 miles of railroad.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26Feb—Minister for Elec-tric Power No (2) U KhinMaung Myint addressedthe conclusion ceremo-nies of Refresher Course(3/2011) for High-Rank-ing Officials and BasicIn-Service Course (1/2001) for Junior Engi-neers at the training centreof the ministry here yes-terday morning.

EP-2 Minister attendsconclusion of in-service

coursesDirector-General

of Department of ElectricPower U Khin MaungZaw presented comple-tion certificates to thehigh-ranking officials;and Managing Directorof Electric Power SupplyEnterprise U Myint Aung,prizes to outstandingtrainees and completioncertificates to the juniorengineers.—MNA

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(from page 1)In particular, the

platform is fully colo-nized by shops from thetop of 40th Street andPansodan Street. Someshopkeepers do theirbusinesses, turning theirbacks to the traffic. Themarket reaches in its peakin late afternoon. A shop-per said, “Some parts ofthe market are occupiedwith shops just as it is inmid afternoon.”

The trishaw stand is

Abide by traffic rules…

YANGON, 26 Feb—Minister for Social Wel-fare, Relief and Resettle-

SWRR Minister inspects fire stationproject in Tamway

ment U Maung MaungSwe inspected the projectfor building a new fire sta-tion inclusive of housingfor staff members of theFire Services Departmentin Tamway Township,here, this morning.

The Engineer In-charge gave an account ofwork progress. In responseto the report, the ministerattended to the needs.

Next, the minister

inspected progress inbuilding the technical andresearch centre of theMyanmar Fire ServicesDepartment in Myenigon,Sangyoung Township,lecture halls, assemblyhalls, organizational set-up of offices, staff quarters,and roads in thecompound. He called forcompletion of the projecton schedule and fulfilledthe requirements.—MNA

A shopkeeper turns her back to the traffic.

It is risky to walk amidst the traffic.

stationed, trespassinglarge area of AnawrahtaStreet at the top ofSeikkantha Street. In rushhours, staff members,people and pedestrianshave to take risk to crossthe street. It is thereforevery risky for a shopperamidst heavy traffic.

To make thingsworse, the market is in thehorn-free zone. A driverfrom No. 33 Bus Line mur-mured, “It is terrible. Iwonder why they lay their

shops on such a busy road.It is in horn-free area, sowe cannot make any hornto give a signal for pedes-trians. We (drivers) arevery upset to drive throughthis area in late afternoon.It is very risky for drivers,shopkeepers and pedes-trians.”

A female fishmongersaid, “Oh, we are wellaware to sell goods onsuch a busy street is veryrisky. But we cannot helpit. It will be very conven-ient for us if a safe place isdesignated in the town- ship as a market.”

Most of pedestrianshave to walk on the edgeof the busy street, manyof them ignoring highpossibility of traffic acci-dents. The path betweenthe rolls of shops on bothsides of the platform is toonarrow for two people topass each other. From timeand again, pedestrianssometimes trip over thefeet of large umbrellas ofshopkeepers. The mostcongested area is betweenSule Overpass andKonzaydan Bus Stop in

Pabedan Township.In rush hours, large

crows wait for buses atKonzaydan Bus Stop,which covers the area be-tween the tops of 36thStreet and 40th Street.Abiding by laws is a crite-rion to judge the value ofman. The government hasbuilt Sule Overpass with ahuge fund for road safety.Traffic Police memberscontrol traffic. Pedestrianswere not allowed to crossthe streets from 8 am to 6pm. As a result, there wasa significant fall in the

traffic accident rate.However, pedestrianshave relapsed into theirold ways. Just as it isalready 5 pm, they nolonger use the overpassto get across the street.

Our country has al-ready set a foot in de-mocratization. There-fore, the people have torespect rules and regula-tions to the letter to beable to prevent avoid-able dangers.

*******Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 26-2-2011

Commander Brig-Gen Soe Lwin,

Ministers U AungMin, U Zaw Min and

U Soe Thein andMagway Region PDCChairman U PhoneMaw Shwe formallyopen Kyunchaung-Daungtha railroadsection.(News on

page 1)—MNA

A special train on

Kyunchaung-

Daungtha railroad

section of

Kyangin-Pakokku

Railroad Project.

(News on page 1)

MNA

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China, Nigeria celebrate 40thanniversary of diplomatic ties

BEIJING, 26 Feb—China and Nigeriacelebrated their 40thanniversary of theestablishment of bilateraldiplomatic relations at a

Vice Chairman of the National Committee of theChinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

Abdul’ahat Abdulrixit (R) and Nigerian Ambassadorto China, Aminu Wali, attend a reception

celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishmentof diplomatic relations between China and Nigeria

in Beijing, capital of China, on 25 Feb, 2011.XINHUA

reception here Friday.Over the past 40

years, bilateral relationshave developedsoundly, said FengZuoku, vice president of

the Chinese People’sAssociation forFriendship with ForeignCountries.

Becoming strategicpartners in 2005, the twonations have seen everdeepening politicalmutual trust andexpanding bilateral trade,he said, adding that bothsides had cooperated wellwith each other ininternational affairs.

Aminu Wali,Nigerian Ambassador toChina, said the twocountries should take theanniversary as anopportunity to advancethe bilateral strategicpartnership.

China and Nigeriaforged their diplomaticties on 10 Feb, 1971.

Xinhua

US, Canada ragweedseason longer

BELTSVILLE, 26 Feb— In some parts of NorthAmerica, ragweed season now lingers almost amonth longer than it did in 1995, US researcherssay.

The study, published in the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, found the longerlasting and later ending ragweed season correlatesto seasonal warming shifts linked to climate changedynamics in the higher latitudes.

Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist with theAgricultural Research Service — the scientificresearch agency of the US Department of Agriculture— led a team that identified 10 locations that had atleast 15 years of data, from 1995 to 2009, on localragweed pollen counts.

These locations were along a north-southtransect from Austin, Texas, to Saskatoon, Canada.

The researchers found from 1995 to 2009, thenumber of frost-free days at higher-latitude studysites had increased and so had the length of theragweed pollen season.—Internet

Visitors tourthe snow-covered

Temple ofHeaven on a

snowy morningin Beijing on

26 Feb, 2011.INTERNET

Singapore struggles to raise fertilityrate

SINGAPORE, 26 Feb— The recordlow fertility rate has been makingheadlines in Singapore since therelease of statistics last month showingfertility rate dipping further to a newlow of 1.16 last year.

The fall obviously worried many asdiscussions had been hot as to how thecountry of five million might get out ofthe troublesome situation of thepopulation not being able to replenishitself naturally. Some even looked back

In this photo taken on 15 Aug, 2010, Shiro, a

Risso’s dolphin, jumps in front of

holidaymakers in a small ocean cove in Taiji,

southwestern Japan, where visitors can play

with the animals. The Japanese fishing village

of Taiji is the lone supplier of live dolphins to

aquariums across Japan, and a major

exporter to dolphin shows around the world.

INTERNET

on the painful experience of Japanwho had completed the process ofindustrialization earlier. Somesuggested mandating paternity leaveand more perks, and the governmentalso tried to help the young people findpartners in a bid to raise fertility rate.Nevertheless, government ministersadmitted that there would be no easyway out and that they were not resolvingto the generous but expensive Nordicmodel, at least not now.—Internet

American man jailed for illegal stay inPakistan

ISLAMABAD, 26 Feb—A court in PakistanSaturday sent an Ameri-can man to jail a dayafter he was arrested inthe country’ s north-western city of Peshawarfor overstaying illegally,officials said.

According to thepolice sources, the USnational, identified asMark Dehaven, wasarrested from UniversityTown area, as his visa

Australia’s carbon tax to hurtindustries, living standardCANBERRA, 26 Feb—Australia’s coal industry

on Saturday said that mines will close and jobs willbe lost if it does not get appropriate governmentassistance under a carbon tax.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard’smulti-party climate change committee announcedthat the carbon price scheme will be rolled out fromJuly 2012 for three to five years before moving toan emissions trading scheme (ETS).

The government has not yet outlined howmuch compensation exposed industries will receivebut the Greens have previously pushed for coal tobe excluded in compensation.

Greens Senator Christine Milne said rent seekingby coal miners should not be tolerated.

“They made their profits in an industrial age,”she told reporters in Canberra, adding “we are nowmoving to a low-carbon economy.”

According to Ralph Hillman from the CoalAssociation, the industry would struggle if thathappens under the new scheme.

Xinhua

Two aircraft models ofIberia and British

Airways exhibited beforea press conference in

Madrid, 2010.International Airlines

Group, formed lastmonth via the merger of

British Airways andIberia, posted modest

2010 net profits,shrugging off the impact

of strikes and somesevere weather

conditions.—INTERNET

had expired on 23 Oct,2010.

The US man toldJudicial Magistrate thathis visa was expired andhe had applied forextension but theextension had not yetbeen granted.

He also said that thepolice had taken overhis passport and otherdocuments.

He said he is abusinessman and his

arrest would affect hisbusiness.

He requested thecourt to delay order ofsending him to jail untilhis lawyer arrived at thecourt. But the Magistratesaid that he could notgive any relief now andasked his lawyer to movea bail application.

The Magistrate thensent him on a 14-dayjudicial remand to jail.

Xinhua

BANGKOK, 26 Feb— Thailand has won the “besttourist country” award given by Sweden for the ninthconsecutive year, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

The award was given by Grand Travel Award,the most prestigious tourism industry award of Sweden,at a presentation ceremony held on 16 February inStockholm, the ministry said in a statement.

The award was sponsored annually by TravelNews, the leading travel magazine in Sweden, since1993. In 2011, eight countries were nominated for thebest tourist country award, including the United Statesand Australia. Meanwhile, Bangkok will hold aninternational food fair at three different venues in threedifferent periods of time in March and April this year.

MNA/Xinhua

Thailand wins “best touristcountry” award from Sweden

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Moth wing scales. Scanning electron micrograph(SEM) of the scales on the wing of a Madagascan

moon moth, Argema mittrei. This moth is also knownas the Comet moth, after its very long tail. The tail

span is 15 cm and wing span 20 cm, making it one ofthe world’s largest silk moths.—INTERNET

Goldretreats

from7-week

highCHICAGO, 26 Feb—

Gold futures on theCOMEX Division ofthe New York Mer-cantile Exchange onFriday decl ined forthe first time in twoweeks, as some inves-tors opted to liquidatetheir positions aftergold prices registeredthe longest rally in sixmonths.

Xinhua

BOGOTA, 26 Feb—A large majority of theColombians approved the job performance ofPresident Juan Manuel Santos seven months afterhis inauguration, according to a poll published onFriday. Santos and his government were supportedby 72 percent and 77 percent of the respondents,respectively, according to the Gallup Invamersurvey conducted among 1,200 residents in fivemajor Colombian cities.

Seventynine percent supports Santos’ foreignpolicy, especially those toward the neighbouringcountries and the fight against drug trafficking.

Gallup Invamer manager Jorge Londono saidSantos’ standing appeared to be unaffected by therecent floodings which left some 300 people deadand more than 2 million others homeless.—Xinhua

Colombian president getshigh job rating

A worker carries food to feed an Iberian wolf ina centre run by the Grupo Lobo association nearMafra, on 25 Feb, 2011. Grupo Lobo is a non-governmental association which was founded in

1985 to work towards the conservation ofIberian wolves and their ecosystem in Portugal.

It is estimated that in the Iberian Peninsula,about 2,000 wolves survive, of which 300 are in

Portuguese territory.INTERNET

Depressed new momsrespond differently

LARAMIE, 26 Feb—New mothers who aredepressed respond differently to their crying babiesthan do other mothers, US researchers found.

Heidemarie K Laurent, assistant professor atthe University of Wyoming, who led the study as apostdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of JenniferC Ablow, a professor of psychology at the Universityof Oregon, examined brain activity of depressedwomen responding to recordings of crying infants,either their own or someone else’s.

The brains of 22 firsttime mothers whose babieswere 18 months old were scrutinized usingfunctional magnetic resonance imaging.

The study found that as a group, brain responsesin non-depressed mothers listening to their ownbabies’ cries were seen on both sides of the brain’slateral paralimbic areas and core limbic sub-corticalregions, including the striatum, thalamus andmidbrain. Depressed mothers showed no uniqueresponse to their babies.

The study’s findings were published online inadvance of the print edition of the Social Cognitiveand Affective Neuroscience.

Internet

China’s tourism island totap yacht market

BEIJING, 26 Feb—Officials in China’ssouthernmost island province of Hainan are hopinga fledgeling yachting industry would give the famedtourism destination the edge to draw wealthy touristsfrom home and broad.

“Yachting can strongly propel tourism and thelocal economy in a sustainable way,” Lu Zhiyuan,director of the Hainan tourism developmentcommission, was quoted as saying by Saturday’sChina Daily.

China’s yacht market was worth about 3 billionyuan (about 455 million US dollars) in 2009 andhas an annual growth rate of about 10 percent, thepaper said, quoting an industry report.—Xinhua

Photomicrographof a mosquito

from the Culexgenus. This imageshows the wholebody of an adult

male. The sampleis from a

microscope slidecreated in the

middle of the 20th

century.INTERNET

Iceland to hold referendumon Icesave deal April

STOCKHOLM, 26 Feb—Iceland will hold areferendum in April on a new deal to compensateBritain and the Netherlands over the collapse of anIcelandic bank, according to a report reaching herefrom Reykjavik on Friday.

“The interior minister informed the cabinet thismorning that he had decided the referendum will beheld on 9 April,” the Icelandic government wasquoted as saying in a statement.

The governments of Iceland, Britain and theNetherlands reached a new agreement on 10 Dec inwhich Iceland will repay the two countries about 5billion US dollars due to the 2008 collapse of theonline bank Icesave.

Under the deal, a 5.5-percent interest rate agreedto previously was reduced to 3 percent for theDutch and to 3.3 percent for the British.

The Icesave deal was approved in the Icelandicparliament last week and becomes effective oncePresident Olafur Grimsson signs it.

Grimsson, however, has refused to sign thedeal and instead decided to send the measure to anational referendum on Sunday.

The president also refused to sign the initialagreement due to public opposition. The president’srefusal resulted in a national referendum that voteddown the bill in March 2010.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 25 Feb, 2011 shows a ridge ofQilian Mountains coated with a thin glacier, hardly

veiling the mountain’s topsoil. The glaciers inQilian Mountain have been found shrinking at a

faster pace due to warmer climate, according to Cold& Arid Regions Environment and Engineering

Research Institute of Chinese Academy ofSciences.—INTERNET

Indian Govt presents passengerfriendly railway budget

NEW DELHI, 26 Feb— The IndianGovernment on Friday presented apassenger friendly railway budget,without raising the train fares butdecreasing the ticket booking chargesby 50 percent.

Presenting the rail budget beforeParliament, Indian Railway MinisterMamata Banerjee also announced aslew of other commuter friendlymeasures like slashing the rate ofonline ticketing and concession forphysically handicapped passengers insuperfast trains like Rajdhani Expressand Shatabdi Express.

The budget also proposed thelowering of age limit for female seniorcitizens from 60 to 58 years, a multi-purpose “Go-India” smart card to buytickets, and the introduction of at least

56 more express trains throughout thecountry. Other populist proposalsincluded the introduction of over 200new routes, especially for northeasternIndia. Another special addition wasthe introduction of double-decker air-conditioned train service on the Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbairoutes.

The minister also focused on railsafety this time and regretted the twoincidents of sabotage which led to alarge number of deaths last year. “Toavoid such incidents in future, anti-collision devices will becommissioned in three more divisionsand all unmanned crossings will bedone away with in the next fiscal,”she said.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (563)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (563) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 27.2.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Indonesian mud volcano flow‘to last 26 years’

The mud buried homes, schools and farmland, andhas displaced thousands of families.—INTERNET

Seized cigarettes fuelenergy grid

More than four millioncigarettes seized from asuspected smuggler at aport have been burned

to fuel the NationalGrid.— INTERNET

Herceptin ‘cuts chance of breast cancer relapse’

Researchers discovered that womenwith early-stage breast cancer who tookit for a year after having chemotherapy,were almost half as likely to suffer froma relapse over that timescale thanwomen who did not take it.—INTERNET

Girl Scoutsfeared cookie

arrestATLANTA, 26 Feb — A

Girl Scout leader saysyoung members of hertroop thought they wereheading to jail when aGeorgia police officertold them to quit sellingcookies. The girls had setup a stand at a shoppingcentre in Villa Rica about30 miles west of Atlantaon Wednesday when theofficer asked them if theyhad a peddler’s permit.They didn’t.

Troop Leader KathyCrook told WXIA-TV inAtlanta that she wasstunned. She says thescouts were told to packit up. —Internet

Spyker’s C8 Aileron sportscar is already builtin Coventry, CPP said.— INTERNET

Man repeatedly smashedcat’s head into wall

LONDON, 26 Feb — A man killed acat when he picked it up by a hind legand repeatedly swung it head-first intoa wall, a court has heard. Jason Metcalfe(29) flew into a drunken rage when fe-male tabby Bonnie approached him inthe street in Earby, Lancashire. A nine-year-old girl witnessed the attack. Pen-nine Magistrates’ Court was told the re-covering alcoholic had relapsed on theday of the incident after he drank sixcans of Carlsberg Special Brew.

Metcalfe, of Kenilworth Drive, whopleaded guilty, could not remember theincident on 28 September last yearwhen he was interviewed by the RSPCAthe following day. — Internet

LONDON, 26 Feb —More than four millioncigarettes seized from asuspected smuggler at aport have been burned tofuel the National Grid,HM Revenue and Cus-toms (HMRC) has said.The 4.6 million Lambertand Butler branded ciga-rettes were found by cus-toms officers in a lorry atNewhaven, East Sussex,after arriving by ferryfrom Dieppe.

Spanish lorry driver

Alain Corominas Pons,44, was charged withevading £714,000 in dutywhen the load was alleg-edly smuggled into theUK in March 2007. Hewas remanded in custodywhen he appeared atSouthampton Magis-trates’ Court on Thursdayuntil his next court ap-pearance on March 3,said HMRC. —Internet

LONDON, 26 Feb — Taking the breastcancer drug Herceptin significantly re-duces the chance of the disease returningover at least four years, a study has found.Italian researchers discovered that womenwith early-stage breast cancer who tookit for a year after having chemotherapy,were almost half as likely to suffer from a

Spyker signs CPP Global Holdings deal forsportscar arm

An 80-year-old woman wasallegedly given the wrong boardingpass on a Delta flight.— INTERNET

relapse over that timescale than womenwho did not take it.

In a report published in The LancetOncology today, they also found that theeffect of taking it for a year was long-lasting: it reduced the chance of havinga relapse over four years by almost aquarter. The authors concluded that giv-ing Herceptin after chemotherapy had“significant and persistent benefits” forwomen with HER-2 positive breast can-cer, which accounts for about one in fivecases. — Internet

LONDON, 25 Feb —Spyker, the Dutchcarmaker that owns Saab,has signed a provisionaldeal to sell its sportscararm to UK-based, Rus-sian-owned, CPP GlobalHoldings for around 32meuros ($44m; £27m). Anydeal would involve an ini-tial payment of 15m

euros. Spyker’s C8 Ai-leron sportscar is alreadybuilt in Coventry in theUK.

CPP, which is ownedby Russian businessmanVladimir Antonov, said adeal would mean creatingmore jobs in the city. “Themanagement of the com-pany has very exciting

plans for Spyker and thebrand is entering a periodof major developments,”said Brendan O’Toole,CPP’s managing director.Spyker Cars said it wouldchange its name followinga deal.—Internet

Crying granny found in baggage claimATLANTA, 26 Feb — An alleged boarding pass mix-up has seen

an elderly woman get on wrong plane and end up hundreds ofkilometres from her destination. Eighty-year-old Nefissa Yesuf’sflight from Atlanta to Dulles, US took an unexpected turn whenairline and airport staff failed to notice that a Delta employee hadallegedly given her someone else’s boarding pass, CNN reported.

Yesuf is from Ethiopia and doesn’t speak English. She ended uplanding in, North Carolina. Her granddaughter Melika Adem saysthat airport staff called her to say that her grandmother had beenfound in the baggage claim in tears. Adem says that after her grand-mother was given the incorrect ticket another employee wheeledher through security, where nobody noticed the mistake.—Internet

JAKARTA, 26 Feb — Theworld’s largest mud vol-cano, which left 13,000families homeless, is likelyto continue erupting foranother 26 years, research-ers have estimated. It firsterupted back in May 2006,and - at its peak - was spew-ing 180,000 cubic metresof mud a day, equivalentto 50 Olympic-sized swim-ming pools.

The volcano, in EastJava, Indonesia, has bur-ied homes, schools and

farmlands over sevensquare kilometres. Thefindings have been pub-lished in the Journal of theGeological Society. This isthe first reliable estimate onhow long Lusi (derivedfrom the Indonesian wordfor mud, lumpur, and theplace where the eruptionoccurred, Sidoarjo) wouldcontinue erupting.

Co-author RichardDavies, a geologist fromDurham University’s De-partment of Earth Sciences,said there were a numberof factors that meant it wasnot possible to produce anestimate until now.

Internet

The study suggestsnewborn mice sharethe zebrafish’s ability

to heal a damagedheart.— INTERNET

Study shows mouse heart‘re-grows when cut’

LONDON, 26 Feb —Scientists in the UnitedStates have found new-born mice can re-growtheir own hearts. Themice had a large chunkof their heart removed aday after birth, only forthe heart to restore itselfwithin three weeks. Fishand amphibians areknown to have the powerto re-grow heart tissue,but the study in Scienceis the first time the proc-ess has been seen inmammals. British expertssaid understanding theprocess could help hu-man heart care.

The researchers at theUniversity of TexasSouthwestern MedicalCentre surgically re-moved what is known as

the left ventricular apexof the heart (about 15%of the heart muscle) frommice just a day after birth.The heart was thenquickly seen to regener-ate and was fully restoredafter 21 days. After twomonths, the organ stillappeared to be function-ing normally.— Internet

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News Album

A homeless New York man said he used hisTwitter account to reconnect with the daughter hehasn’t had contact with in 11 years.

Daniel Morales, 58, said he got a Twitteraccount about three weeks ago with a cellphonedonated by Underheard in New York, a projectstarted by advertising interns at Bartle BogleHegarty to have four homeless New Yorkers sharetheir experiences on Twitter, the New York DailyNews reported .

Morales said his number of followers grew tomore than 3,000 people and he decided to use thesocial networking site to try to find his 27-year-olddaughter, who he had not seen in 11 years.

A 5-year-oldminiature schnauzer anOklahoma woman saidwas stolen in April took aplane ride of more than1,000 miles to return homefrom California.

Marla Devoe, 53, ofOklahoma City saidacquaintances took thedog, Rebel, from her yardin April while she was in ahospital and the thievestook the canine with themto Moreno Valley, Calif,more than 1,000 milesaway, the Riverside (Calif)Press-Enterprise reported.

Authorities said Rebelapparently fled his captorsand was picked up byanimal control officers,who used Rebel’smicrochip to trace theanimal to Devoe. Thefamily keeping Rebel inMoreno Valley came intothe shelter and took himhome, claiming to berelated to Devoe.

A Florida woman said her missingdog was found after a group of dolphinsdrew a neighbour’s attention to the caninetreading water.

Cindy Burnett of Marco Island saidTurbo, an 11-year-old Doberman,escaped from her yard Sunday night andshe and her sons were unable to locatehim, WBBH-TV, Fort Myers, reported.

Burnett said a fatigued Turbo wasfinally spotted swimming in canal waterwhen a group of dolphins splashingloudly drew a neighbour’s attention tothe distressed canine.

Burnett said Turbo, who was pulledfrom the water by the neighbour, could

Police in Illinois said a man “was in disbelief”when officers told him the online girlfriend to whomhe had given $200,000 was not a real person.

Naperville police said the 48-year-old man calledinvestigators Wednesday to say he believed thewoman, with whom he had been involved in a 2 1/2-year online relationship, had been kidnapped inLondon, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday.

The man told police he had wired $200,000 tothe woman during the relationship to different bankaccounts in Nigeria, Malaysia, England and theUnited States.

Investigators said the ID card the woman showedthe man was a sample driver’s license from Florida.

The man “was in disbelief” when officers toldhim the woman was not real, police said.

A death-defying fox clambered upBritain’s tallest skyscraper and livedthe high life on the 72nd floor of thetower in central London for nearly twoweeks, officials revealed on Friday.The intrepid animal climbed to the topof the Shard, which is more than 288metres (945 feet) high and still underconstruction, where it enjoyedpanoramic views over the Britishcapital and lived off builders’ scraps.

It managed to outfox its captorsfor almost a fortnight until 17 Februarywhen it was finally put into a cage andbrought down from the tower, whichwill be the tallest skyscraper in Europe

Homeless dad uses Twitter tofind daughter

Dolphins aid dogrescue

Iranian children enjoy a ride in a rubberboat while two dolphins jump above

them at a dolphin park in Kish, a resortisland near the Persian Gulf, in Iran on

3 Aug, 2008.

have been in the water for up to 15hours. She credited the dolphins withhelping to save his life.

“If he had to tread water all nightlong, I know he wouldn’t have beenable to,” Burnett said.

Man gave $200K to fakeonline girlfriend

Fox enjoys high life on Britain’s tallest tower

Construction work continues on a‘The Shard’, a new building incentral London, seen here in

October.when it is complete. It is believed thefox climbed up the building’s centralstairwell.

Dog takes1,000-mileflight home

NEW YORK, 26 Feb—As CharlieSheen continued to rant on, his bosses at“Two and a Half Men” seemed preparedFriday to move on.

The network’s decision to stopproduction of television’s most popularsitcom this season and maybe for goodhas multimillion-dollar impli-cations forCBS and producer Warner BrosTelevision, but it’s hardly fatal.

The remaining four episodes werescrapped Thursday after Sheen calledthe show’s executive producer ChuckLorre a “contaminated little maggot.”Sheen’s remarks were made on a radioprogramme and in a letter posted on the

Kathleen Parker leaving CNN show with SpitzerNEW YORK, 26 Feb—

Conservative columnistKathleen Parker said Fridaythat she’s leaving CNN’sprime-time “Parker/Spitzer”talk show, which will berenamed and continue withformer New York Gov EliotSpitzer and others.

CNN said the decisionto cut ties with Parker wasmutual. The show debutedlast fall to some toughreviews and poor ratings ina time slot dominated byFox News Channel’s BillO’Reilly. But the ending ofMSNBC’s “Countdown”

In this undated publicityimage released by CNN,former New York Gov.

Eliot Spitzer, right, andKathleen Parker, co-hostsof CNN’s prime-time talkshow ‘Parker/Spitzer,’ are

shown.—INTERNET

The bumpy budget road to Oscars gloryHOLLYWOOD, 26 Feb

— Winning an Oscarwill taste even sweeterfor some films up forHollywood’s highesthonours Sunday manyless commercial mov-ies struggle to getfinanced, and will savorsuccess all the moreintensely.

“Investing in inde-pendent films arefinancially very specu-lative, and generally

anybody with amodicum of sanitystays away from them,”said Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, producer of “TheKids are All Right.”

The film is on the10-strong shortlist forbest picture Oscar atleast half of which, in-cluding frontrunner“The King’s Speech,”had to battle financiallyjust to get off theground.

Internet

Actor Jesse Eisenbergposes during the

photocall of his lastmovie “The Social

Network” at the 5thRome Film Festival inRome 2010.—INTERNET

In this undated publicity image released byCBS, from left, Charlie Sheen, Angus T Jones

and Conchata Ferrell are shown during thetaping of ‘Two and a Half Men,’ in

Los Angeles.INTERNET

with Keith Olbermann lastmonth has given CNN anopportunity.

The network hasaveraged 638,000 vie-wersin the time slot during anewsy period this month,up 24 percent from lastFebruary’s show withCampbell Brown, theNielsen Co said.

The new show will bedubbed “In the Arena,”with two conservatives —former Fox News Channelpersonality ED Hill andNational Review colu-mnist Will Cain — joining

Spitzer as panelists. CNNsaid others will be on theshow, but they haven’tbeen named yet.

“We have beenpleased with how the 8pm hour has become acenterpiece ofsubstantive, policy-oriented conver-sation,and we are lookingforward to building onthat with this new format,”said Ken Jautz, theexecutive in charge ofCNN’s US network, in amemo to his staff Friday.

Internet

Have TV viewers seen last of Charlie Sheen?TMZ website. He kept it up Friday, callingLorre a clown and loser in text messagesto ABC’s “Good Morning America” andvowing to show up for work next week.

However, there won’t be any workfor him to do, as Sheen’s erratic personallife may finally have killed a job thatreportedly pays him $1.8 million anepisode.

He’s been hospitalized three times inthree months, with the production put onhold in January after his most recenthospital stay following a night of frenziedpartying.

Taping was to resume next week, aplan that blew up Thursday.—Internet

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ACROSS 1 Regretted 3 Abode 9 Brink10 Republic in North Africa11 Allow13 Dispersed14 Seldom16 Plan18 Flirt20 Pull22 Living23 Pair25 Grieved26 Eager

DOWN 1 Make merry 2 Sin 4 Notwithstanding 5 Outrageously foolish 6 Rebel 7 Spanish nobleman 8 Minus12 Very frightened14 Iterates15 Unauthorised disclosure17 Stick19 Gown21 Fresh24 Chopper

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Xavi confident Barca can go all the way

Wenger backs Arsenal to copewithout injured stars

Players are notmachines - Mancini

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (centre) iscongratuled by teamates David

Villa (right) and Daniel Alves afterscoring during their Spanish league

match vs Athletic Bilbao, on 20February, at the Camp Nou

stadium in Barcelona. INTERNET

MADRID, 26 Feb — Barcelonamidfielder Xavi Hernandez has dis-missed suggestions that the team arebuckling under the strain of so manydemanding matches following a glut ofinjuries recently, insisting they are noworse off than title challengers RealMadrid.

Xavi will be missing along withCarles Puyol and Victor Valdes for thetrip to Real Mallorca while Leo Messihad a knock but has been given thegreen light to play. With Dani Alves alsosuspended it means that coach PepGuardiola will have to make severalchanges. The injuries have come duringa key part of the season with the clubhaving reached the final of the King’sCup as well as competing in the domes-tic league and the Champions League.

While they have continued to show

their eye-catching football in spells inrecent matches they have not been asconsistent as earlier in the campaign.

Internet

Arsene Wenger insistsArsenal can cope

without Cesc Fabregas,seen here in 2010, andTheo Walcott when theinjury-hit Gunners face

Birmingham in theLeague Cup final.

INTERNET

LONDON COLNEY, 26Feb— Arsene Wenger in-sists Arsenal can cope with-out Cesc Fabregas and TheoWalcott when the injury-hitGunners face Birminghamin the League Cup final onSunday. Wenger’s side gointo the first majorshowpiece of the season atWembley rocked by adouble injury blow thatleaves them without Spainmidfielder Fabregas and

England winger Walcott.Scans on the hamstring

strain Fabregas sufferedagainst Stoke in mid-weekshowed that the problem isnot too serious, but Wengeris not prepared to risk hiscaptain aggravating theproblem

Walcott, stretchered offwith an ankle injury in theStoke game, will besidelined for up to threeweeks. Both stars haveplayed key roles in Arse-nal’s impressive run of onedefeat in their last 17matches in all competitions,but Wenger is convinced histeam will be able to adaptin their absence.

Internet

Bubba on a roll as the kids go home

Manchester City’sItalian managerRoberto Mancini

MANCHESTER, 26 Feb— Manchester Citymanager RobertoMancini on Friday railedagainst what he regardedas an over-demandingfixture list, telling Eng-land’s football authoritiesthat players are not ma-chines.

Mancini’s ire was pro-

voked by a situation whichif his side draw their FACup fifth round tie withAston Villa next Wednes-day will result in a replayon March 7, two days af-ter the Blues tackle Wiganin the Premier League atEastlands and only threebefore a taxing 2,800 mileround trip to Kiev for theEuropa League first leg tiewith Dynamo.

Either side of this, Citymust face Fulham in theleague on Sunday andthen either Everton orReading in the FA Cupquarter-finals if Villa arebeaten.—Internet

Geoff Ogilvy of Australialooks at the line for hisapproach shot from therough on the first fairwaywhile playing BubbaWatson during a quarter-final round of the MatchPlay Championship golftournament on Friday, in

Marana, Ariz. INTERNET

S P O R T S

MARANA, 26 Feb — JBHolmes and BubbaWatson are in the quarter-finals of the Match Play

Championship, and it’snot hard to figure out howthey got there. In fact, youcould say it’s elementary.

Holmes has five of thelongest drives this weekat The Ritz-Carlton GolfClub, including a 400-yard shot in the openinground. He wasn’t alwaysstraight, but he was longenough to keep himself inthe game and win the lasttwo holes against JasonDay on Friday.

Watson didn’t win hismatch against GeoffOgilvy on the par-5 11thhole, but it sure felt thatway. Already 2 up in hismatch, Watson was 290from the hole when heripped a 3-iron with a tightdraw that bounded ontothe green and settled about15 feet away.— Internet

Sat 26th February 2011.

Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn

Everton 2-0 Sunderland

Newcastle 1-1 Bolton

Wigan 0-4 Man Utd

Wolves 4-0 Blackpool

Wigan 0 - 4 Man UtdMANCHESTER, 26 Feb—League

leaders Manchester United tightened theirgrip on the title race as they pushed asidelowly Wigan to move four points clear ofArsenal.

Relegation-threatened Wigan shoneearly on but Edwin Van der Sar stoodfirm.

Javier Hernandez cleverly clippedin rampant Nani’s cross after 17 minutesas the visitors gradually took control.

Mexican striker Hernandez slotted acool second 15 minutes from time beforea Wayne Rooney tap-in and substituteFabio’s simple shot added a late gloss.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s team came intothe match off the back of a disjointedgoalless draw at Marseille, but added

attacking cohesion to their characteristicdefensive stubbornness against a Wiganteam who did test them until the killersecond goal from Hernandez.

And the confident display sets themup well for Tuesday’s trip to reigningchampions Chelsea, who they are now15 points clear of.

Internet

Hernandez has now scored nineleague goals in eight league starts

for United.—INTERNET

Wolverhampton Wanderers4-0 Blackpool

LONDON, 26 Feb—Wolverhampton Wandererslifted themselves out of the bottom three with this bigwin over 10-man Blackpool.

Matt Jarvis gave manager Mick McCarthy’smen the perfect start with a second-minute openerbefore a moment of madness from Blackpool leadingscorer DJ Campbell saw him sent off in the 43rd

minute. Wolves then made their numerical advantagecount after the break as Jamie O’Hara and thensubstitute Sylvan Ebanks-Blake with a brace easedthem off the foot of the table into 17th.—Internet

WolverhamptonWanderers’ Karl

Henry andBlackpool’s LukeVarney battle for

the ball.INTERNET

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, light rain have been isolated in Yangonand Taninthayi Regions,Kayin and Mon States and weather hasbeen partly cloudly in Upper Sagaing, Bago and AyeyawadyRegions, Kachin and Rakhine States and generally fair in theremaining Regions and States. Night temperature were (3°C) to(4°C) below February average temperature in Mandalay andMagway Regions, (5°C) to (7°C) below February averagetemperature in Upper Sagaing Region and Chin State and (3°C)to(4°C) above February average temperature in Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Regions, (5°C) to(6°C) above February averagetemperature in Yangon Region and Mon State and about Februaryaverage temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. Thesignificant night temperatures were Haka (1°C), Pinlaung (4°C),Lashio and Heho (6°C) each. The noteworthy amount of rainfallrecorded was Thaton (0.08) inch.

Nay Pyi Taw Maximum temperature on 25-2-2011 was 99°F. Minimum

temperature on 26-2-2011 was 63°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)hours MST on 26-2-2011 was (61%). Rainfall on 26-2-2011was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 25-2-2011 was 98°F. Minimum

WEATHERSaturday, 26th February, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas temperature on 26-2-2011 was 72°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)hours MST on 26-2-2011 was (65%). Total sunshine hours on

25-2-2011 was (9.1) hours (Approx).

Rainfall on 26-2-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (1.97)

inches at Mingaladon , (1.89) inches at Kaba-Aye and (3.54)

inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon

(Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Northeast at (15:30) hours MST

on 25-2-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea

and Southeast Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bay of

Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 27thFebruary 2011:Light rain are possible to be isolated in Bago, Yangon,

Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Kachin, Kayin and Mon

States and weather will be generally fair in the remaining Regions

and States. Degree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: likelihood of

continuation of isolated light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for 27-2-2011: Generally fair Weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 27-2-2011: Partly cloudy to cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for27-2-2011: Generally fair Weather.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (27-2-11 09:30 am ~

28-2-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Maha muni Pagoda* MI People’s Celebrities

‘‘Handing over the Music’’* News* 100% Myanmar* Easily Cooked & Iasty Dishes

‘‘Sour Soup with Fish Head’’* News* Chinese Lion Dance Competition* A short Trip with Steve* News* Kid’s Talent ‘‘Fashion Show’’Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Maha muni Pagoda* Travelogue in Popa* MI People’s Celebrities

‘‘Handing over the Music’’* News* 100% Myanmar* Easily Cooked & Iasty Dishes

‘‘Sour Soup with Fish Head’’* News* Chinese Lion Dance Competition* A short Trip with Steve* News* Kid’s Talent ‘‘Fashion Show’’* Serenely Pleasant Pindaya* Music Gallery* Bead Gallery* News* On the LEDO Road (Part-1)* News* Glorious Mrauk U & Its Pagoda Festival* News* A Village of Pa-O* Myanmar Movie “Love Be Win”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(27-2-2011) (Sunday)

Sunday,27 February

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7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region Missionary

Sayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song

7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News 7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme

8:00 am 7. (38) Phyar

Mingalars8:15 am 8. Musical Programme8:30 am 9. Myanmar Traditional

Cultual PerformingArts Competitions

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Teleplay (Health)11:00 am 1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. Musical Programme11:20 am 3. Round Up Of The

Week’sInternational News

11:30 am 4. TV Drama Series12:40 pm 5. Golf Magazine (TV)1:00 pm 6. Myanmar Movies

2:50 pm 7. Myanmar Traditional

Cultual PerformingArts Competitions

2:55 pm 8. International News4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme4:25 pm 3. Joint Performace by

State Orchestra andState TraditionalOrchestra

4:35 pm 4. Dance Of National

Races4:45 pm 5. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)Third Year (Law)

5:00 pm 6. Songs For

Upholding NationalSpirit

5:05 pm 7. Myanmar Traditional

Cultual PerformingArts Competitions

5:20 pm 8. ‘‘Teleplay’’

(Industry)5:30 pm 9. Sing & Enjoy6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Cartoon Series6:40 pm13. Tamyethnar

Takwetsar7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International News17. Weather Report18. Cartoon Series19. TV Drama Series20. Yinhlaingkhatthan

Taythihan(Song Competition)

Esteban Cambiasso,was diagnosed with a

thigh strain to add to Inter Milan’s already

growing injury worries.

INTERNET

ROME, 26 Feb — Esteban Cambiasso was diag-nosed with a thigh strain on Friday to add to InterMilan’s already growing injury worries.

The Argentina midfielder picked up the problemin Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat at home to Bayern Mu-nich in the Champions League.

Inter also lost centre-back Andrea Ranocchia fortwo to three weeks in that game, leaving them witha defensive problem ahead of the visit of Sampdoriaon Sunday.

With Walter Samuel out for the rest of the seasonand right-back Maicon suspended, the loss ofRanocchia, with Ivan Cordoba also struggling tobe fit, leaves Inter threadbare at the back.

Internet

Cambiasso adds to Inter’sinjury problems

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

9th Waning of Tabodwe 1372 ME Sunday, 27 February, 2011

Dredgers in operations for betterwater courses in Ayeyawady River

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Feb—The Department ofWater Resources and Improvement of River Systems(Region-5, Mandalay) under the Ministry ofTransport is placing emphasis on better watercourses in Ayeyawady River and jetties inMandalay.

For ensuring progress of Mandalay Port,

the department has dredged the water course fromKywesun (Shukhintha) to Gawwein Jetty inMandalay.

The department will continue dredging ofsilt in the water course for safety run of watercraftsin the river with the use of modern dredgers.

Kyemon

Significant nighttemperatures(26-2-2011)

Haka (1º C)

Pinlaung (4º C)

Lashio (6º C)

Heho (6º C)

Stake-driven ceremony forPyinnya Tagon Library held

THATON, 26 Feb—A ceremony to drive stakesfor construction of Pyinnya Tagon Library inNgagyi-in Village, Theinseik Village-tract ofThaton Township was held on 15 February.

Chairman of the committee for libraryconstruction Head of the township Informationand Public Relations Department Daw ThuzarAung, Chairman of Theinseik Village-tract Peaceand Development Council U Kin Chun andcommunity elders of Ngagyi-in Village drovestakes.

The Head of the Township IPRD and membersof the committee for library constructiondiscussed measures for completion of the libraryon schedule.

District IPRD

Workers dredging of silt in the water course for safety run of watercrafts at Gawwein Jetty inMandalay.

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