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Established 1914

Volume XIX, Number 206 3rd Waning of Tazaungmon 1373 ME Sunday, 13 November, 2011

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of

the nation regardless of the place helives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

YANGON, 12 Nov—Un-ion Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation U Myint Hlaing, Un-ion Minister for Commerce UWin Myint and Yangon Re-gion Chief Minister U MyintSwe visited 500-acre farm ofMyint Zeya Agriculture Co in10000-acre mechanized farm-ing special zone in DagonMyothit (East) Township inYangon Region yesterday af-ternoon.

They inspected tractors,thrashers, and transplanters andpaddy granaries under construc-tion and heard reports on re-searches on genetically modi-fied paddy strains.

In meeting with ownersand in-charges of agriculturecompanies in special zones (1)and (2), Union Minister for Ag-riculture and Irrigation U Myint

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov—The concluding cer-emony of Special Refresher Course for Basic EducationTeachers No (77) was held in Central Institute of CivilService (Phaunggyi) this morning, with an address byUnion Minister for Science and Technology U AyeMyint.

Academic subjects, thoughts and concepts are changing at abreakneck speed in this 21st century, the age of globalization,

information technology and knowledge

The ceremony was also attended by DeputyMinister for Education U Aye Kyu, Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Daw Myat Myat Ohn Khin, DeputyMinister for Culture Daw Sanda Khin, Member ofUnion Civil Service Board Dr Win Myint and 1501trainees.

The Union Minister in his address said thathuman resources development is needed to gather po-litical, economic and defence strengths. Of educationsector, basic education takes on special importance.Human Resources Development is a significance step in

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Union Ministers U Myint Hlaing, U Win Myint andYangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe observe

tractors, thrashers and transplantersmachines.—MNA

Hlaing said that switch to high-yielding quality strains, utiliza-tion of irrigation water, trans-formation from conventionalfarming to mechanized one,fulfillments of the State for theagricultural inputs including fer-tilizers and the effective role ofprivate sector are a must in im-proving socio-economic life thefarmers.

The Union Ministerthen called businessmen forsympathetic attitude towardsthe farmers and assist the Statein its drive for agricultural de-velopment by transformingtheir farms to mechanizedfarms in unison in time of sum-mer paddy.

Next, Union Minister UWin Myint and Yangon RegionChief Minister U Myint Swealso gave some instructions. The

Union Minister for Science and Technology U Aye Myint addresses closing ceremony ofSpecial Refresher Course No (77) for basic education teachers.—MNA

Businessmen to show sympatheticattitude towards farmers and assistthe State in its drive for agriculturaldevelopment by transforming their

farms to mechanized ones

Union Ministers and attendeesthen viewed demonstration ofland preparation with tractorsand tillers.

MNA

Myanmar athletes wintwo bronze medals

YANGON, 12 Nov — Myanmar selected ath-letes Aung Khant, Kyaw Kyaw Tun and Min HeinKhant won the silver in the men’s Karataedo eventand Myint Myint Than and Hnin Wai Lwin won abronze in the women’s double K2 (500) meterKayak event of the XXVI SEA Games today whileVietnam won the gold and Singapore the silver.

Selected Myanmar athlete Yamin Kay Khaingwon bronze in Poomsae women’s individual eventin the taekwondo competition while Indonesia stoodfirst and Singapore second in the event.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 13 November, 2011

PERSPECTIVESSunday, 13 November, 2011

The nation is now in the process ofmodernization, keeping pace with changesand developments. And constant learning isessential for everyone so as to be able to surfthe waves of change.

We will wait for appropriate time beforereaching the goal, taking step-by-stepapproach. Only by doing the right thing atright time and right place, can success beachieved. As past, present and future areintertwined, worldly wisdom is needed.

Reading maketh a full man. Knowledgecan be gained from reading. There are manyuseful and priceless books written by authorsin successive years. It is only required tolearn about the good and the bad and theadvantage and disadvantage from thosebooks.

One who is fond of reading will be able toreach every corner of academic arena.Various tastes in culture, music and arts canbe enjoyed through reading. Although one isreading a lot, he cannot accumulate enoughknowledge. It was because he is unable to takesomething out of the books. Books are non-living things. How to read defines one’s abilityto accumulate knowledge.

It is required to read good books. Goodspirit and behaviours can be thrived by readingbooks making sense of humanitarian, goodmorale and nationalistic fervour. Readingbooks that show the ways to have sense ofself-reliance, habits of doing collectively andfollow disciplines and laws is a kind of makingfriends.

The nation is now calling for good andable citizens in its move towards new era andnew system. At such a time, youths of todaywho are going to shape the future State needto be nurtured. We would like to urge thosewho are able to read to continue reading goodbooks.

A good book is the best offriends

YANGON, 12 Nov—Mass walk activity andeducation talks marked World Diabetes Day inYangon this morning. Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe, Yangon Mayor RegionDevelopment Affairs Minister U Hla Myint andRegion Social Affairs Minister Dr Myint Theinformally launched and participated in the activitystarted from the gymnasium in Kandawgyi.

Mass walk and education talks mark WorldDiabetes Day in Yangon

Professor Dr Tint Swe Latt gave talks on diabetesat the gymnasium. Those participated underwentfree diabetes examination.

The Chief Minister addressed ceremony toissue certificates to skilled workers in MyanmarEngineering Society in Hline Township. Heinspected quality control lab, reference library andtraining and certificate issuance centre.—MNA

YANGON, 12 Nov — Malaysian nationalassociation donated foodstuff, household goodsand cash worth over K 9.7 million to Hngat-aw-sanyouth training school under the Social WelfareDepartment of the Ministry of Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement in Kawhmu Township on29 October.

Malaysian Ambassador to Myanmar Dr. AhmadMuhamad presented cash and kind to the school.

The ceremony to donate cash and kind to theschool was also attended by Chairman of Malaysia-Myanmar Friendship Association Dato LeongkinMun and donars.—MNA

Malaysian wellwishers donate cash and kind toHngat-aw-san youth training school

Malaysian Ambassador to Myanmar

Dr. Ahmad Muhamad presents K 9.7 million

to Hngat-aw-san youth training school

through an official.—MNANAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov—A press conference onXXVII SEA Games to be hosted by Myanmar in2013 was held at Grand Zuri Hotel in Palembang inIndonesia this morning, attended by Director UKaung Htut of Tourism Services of the Ministry ofHotels and Tourism, Joint-Secretaries of MyanmarOlympic Committee U Naw Taung and U KhinMaung Lwin and Director U Htay Aung of PublicEducation Division of the Sports and PhysicalEducation Department.

It was also attended by media persons from 10ASEAN nations. Joint-Secretary of the MOC UKhin Maung Lwin explained arrangements forhosting XXVII SEA Games in 2013 and personnelanswered queries raised by those present.

MNA

Press Conference onpreparations for XXVII SEA

Games held

YANGON, 12 Nov — Myanmar and Vietnameseentrepreneurs will hold talks at the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar Federation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry here on 16 November.

The meeting will be held under the arrangementof the RUMFCCI and Vietnamese Embassy inYangon. RUMFCCI has asked those Myanmarbusinessmen who want to participate in the meetingto contact the RUMFCCI not later than 15November. A 32-menber Vietnamese delegationwill participate in the meeting.— MNA

Myanmar-Vietnam businessmeeting on 16 Nov

Bago Region Chief Minister looks into Kunchaunghydropower project

YANGON, 12 Nov— Bago Region Chief MinisterU Nyan Win paid an inspection tour of Kunchaunghydropower plant project situated in Pyu Townshipon 9 November noon.

There he viewed storage of water in KunchaungDam and installation of equipments to be used inthe plant, after leaving necessary instructions on

timely-completion of the plant through a systematicway.

It was reported that the Chief Minister in thatmorning placed the ornamental on historicSekhongyi Pagoda in the ornamental-placingceremony to mark the 501st remembrance offounding Kaytumati Toungoo.—MNA

Bago Region Chief Minister U Nyan Win views storage of water in Kunchaung Dam.—MNA

Cash and publicationsdonated to MLF

YANGON, 12 Nov—Eleven wellwishers donatedcash and 3689 publications to Myanmar LibrariesFoundation yesterday.

Those who are willing to donate to MyanmarLibraries Foundation may contact its office at No(228), Theinbyu road, Botahtaung Township,Yangon, (Ph: 01-371342, 01-201936, 01398756).

The foundation is broadening horizons ofpeople and encouraging development of self-reliantlibraries.

MNA

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ANKARA, 12 Nov—Turkey said on Fridaythat it is ready to receiveinternational aid, inparticular tents andfabricated homes, after asecond quake hit theProvince of Van in easternTurkey on Wednesday.

Turkey renewed anearlier call issued forinternational aid in thewake of the first quake,Turkish diplomaticsources were quoted assaying by the Anatolianews agency.

Van, which was hitby a 7.2-magnitude earth-quake on 23 Oct, wasstruck by a second quakeon Wednesday night,killing at least 22 people.The first quake killed 605people and left thousandsof others homeless.

Turkish PrimeMinistry Disaster andEmergency Management

Rescue workers search for survivors in therubble of a collapsed hotel in Van, Turkey,

following a 5.7-magnitude earthquake.INTERNET

Iraqi security forcesclean the scene of abomb attack near acafe, where young

people were sitting anddrinking soft drinks, inBasra, 340 miles (550kilometres) southeast

of Baghdad, Iraqrecently.—INTERNET

ANKARA, 12 Nov—The United States has deployed four Predator drones atan air base in southern Turkey, Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman reportedon its website Friday.

A total of four drones arrived at Incirlik Air Base on 16 Oct and 23 Oct,which was several days before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogandiscussed a Turkey’s request to purchase drones to be used in the fight againstthe terrorist Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) with US President Barack Obamaon the sidelines of a G20 summit in Paris, the newspaper quoted a report ofTaraf daily as saying. However, the deployment of the US drones on Turkishterritory is separate from Turkey’s request to purchase drones from the UnitedStates, the report said. In September, the Washington Post reported thatTurkey sought the deployment of a fleet of US drones on its territory as ameasure to be used against the PKK following the US withdrawal from Iraq.

Later in September, Erdogan said the United States has agreed in principleto Turkey’s request to deploy its drones on Turkish soil.—Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 12 Nov—At least one policemanwas killed and anotherinjured in a policecheckpost attackSaturday morning innorthwest Pakistan,reported local Urdu TVchannel Samaa.

According to thelocal media reports, theincident took place atabout 8:50 am (localtime) Saturday when apolice checkpost inShabqadar, a small townlocated some 20kilometres north ofPeshawar, was attackedby a rocket.

Shabqadar is justseveral kilometres awayfrom Mohmand Agency,a tribal area in northwestPakistan which borders

Turkey renews call forinternational aid in wake of

second Van quake

One policeman killed incheckpost attack in NW

Pakistan

US drones deployed in southern Turkish air base

Directorate (AFAD) saidthat 30 people werepulled alive from therubble after the 5.6-magnitude earth-quakeand 300 citizens affectedby the earthquake werebrought to Istanbul andAnkara. The AFADadvised quake survivorsnot to enter the damagedbuildings. AFAD said815 search and rescuepersonnel, 71 healthpersonnel, 14 snifferdogs, 62 work machines,6,457 tents, 2,051general purpose tents, 98breakfast sets, 45,407blankets, and 600 bedshad been dispatched tothe quake zone.

The directorate said22 ambulances,including three planesand eight helicopterambulances, were alsosent to the quake-hitProvince.—Xinhua

Afghan children look at the site of Saturday’ssuicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan recently.A Taleban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded

with explosives into an armored NATO bus on abusy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people

including a dozen Americans in the deadliest strikeagainst the US-led coalition in the Afghan capital

since the war began.—INTERNET

Afghanistan, wherethere exist differentgroups of militants whooften launch attacksdeeper into the neigh-bouring areas ofPakistan.—Internet

MEHTARLAM (Afghani-stan), 12 Nov—Eightcivilians were killedSaturday in a roadsidebombing in easternAfghanistan’ s LaghmanProvince, an official said.

“The blast occurredat about 10:00 am localtime in Mitram District, anarea outside the provincialcapital Mehtarlam city,when a civilian car wastraveling along a road toMehtarlam city,” aspokesman of theprovincial government,Saydanullah Patan toldXinhua.

Patan said all victims

Eight civilians killed in blast in E Afghanistanaboard the vehicle,including a woman and achild, were killed on thespot in the powerful blastin the Province some 90km east of capital city ofKabul.

No one has claimedresponsibilities for theincident so far.

The Taleban militantsas part of tactic have

resorted to suicide attacksand roadside bombingswhich often claim civilians.

A total of 1,462Afghan civilians werekilled in the first half of2011, a 15 percent riseover the same period of2010, according to theUnited Nations mid-yearreport released in Kabulon July.—Xinhua

JAKARTA, 12 Nov—Indonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono opened the26th regional sportsevent of Sea Games(SEAG) in a grandopening ceremony heldat Jakabaring sportcentre on Friday nightlocated in the capital ofSouth Sumatra Province.

Dressed in SouthSumatran traditionaloutfit, President Yudho-yono, accompanied bythe first lady AniYudhoyono, distin-

Indonesian president opens 26th

SEA Gamesguished guests andofficials from thecountries attendingSEAG, officially openedthe biennial event thatwill last until 22November in Palem-bang and the country’scapital of Jakarta.

The opening cere-mony was featured by agrand theatrical per-formance conducted bythousands of people,depicting the glory of anIndonesia’s ancientkingdom of Sriwijayawhose site was located in

South Sumatra, reignedmost areas of regionswhich are now unitedunder Association ofSouth-East AsianNations (ASEAN).Thousands of athletesfrom 11 countries, theten ASEAN membercountries and TimorLeste, are going tocompete in 44 sportsduring the 26th SEAG.Indonesia has been ahost of this regionalsports event for fourtimes with the latest onein 1997.—MNA/Xinhua

Myanmardelegation

arrives at thestadium

during theopening

ceremony ofthe 26th SEA

Games.

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WASHINGTON, 12Nov—The US Food andDrug Administration(FDA) on Friday approvedHEMACORD, the firstlicensed hematopoieticprogenitor cells-cord celltherapy.

HEMACORD isindicated for use inhematopoietic stem celltransplantation procedur-es in patients withdisorders affecting the

DENVER, 12 Nov—Children shouldbe screened for high cholesterol as youngas ages 9-11 and again at ages 17-21, nomatter what their family history, USresearchers say.

The recommendation by the NationalInstitutes of Health and the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics, which aims tocombat cardiovascular disease before itstarts, replaces the old recommendation,which called for screening children whohad a family history of high cholesteroland heart disease, CNN reported.

“The more we learn about heartdisease and stroke in adults, the more we

HAMBURG (Germany), 12 Nov—As many as 15 percent of all patients withhypertension fail to respond to drug treatment, but German researchers say newoptions are available.

Felix Mahfoud of the Faculty of Medicine Saarland University and colleaguessaid an interdisciplinary strategy is necessary for the successful treatment ofresistant arterial hypertension.

“Drug treatment must be tailored to the individual patient and reversible orsecondary causes of hypertension must be systematically sought and treated,” theresearchers said in the study. “The important non-pharmacological conservativetreatment measures include optimization of weight, a low-salt diet, physicalexercise, and abstinence from alcohol.”

Internet

SHANGHAI, 12 Nov—China’s Suning ApplianceCo Ltd, the country’sbiggest electronics retailerhas signed an agreementwith IBM to build a multi-billion e-commerceplatform, both companiessaid in a statement onFriday.

The platform will be

TOKYO, 12 Nov—IMFchief Christine Lagarde onSaturday said shewelcomed Japan’s deci-sion to enter talks towardsan Asia-Pacific free tradedeal, during a visit to Tokyowhere she met Japaneseofficials.

“I welcome PrimeMinister (Yoshihiko)Noda’s announcementthat Japan will participatein negotiations on theTrans-Pacific StrategicEconomic PartnershipAgreement (TPP), whichcan make a vitalcontribution to thiscountry’s future com-petitiveness and growth,”said Lagarde, the IMF’smanaging director.

Japan on Friday said itwould enter the talks, amove that threatens todeepen rifts in the ruling

US FDA approves first cord bloodproduct

blood forming system. Forexample, cord bloodtransplants have been usedto treat patients withcertain blood cancers andsome inherited metabolicand immune systemdisorders. “The use ofcord blood hematopoieticprogenitor cell therapyoffers potentially life-saving treatment optionsfor patients with thesetypes of disorders,” said

Karen Midthun, directorof FDA’s Centre forBiologics Evaluation andResearch, in a statement.

H E M A C O R Dcontains hematopoieticprogenitor cells (HPCs)from human cord blood.Cord blood is one of threesources of HPCs used intransplants. The other twoare bone marrow andperipheral blood. Oncethese HPCs are infusedinto patients, the cellsmigrate to the bonemarrow where they divideand mature. When themature cells move into thebloodstream they canpartially or fully restorethe number and functionof many blood cells,including immune function.

Xinhua

IMF chief Christine Lagarde (L) with JapaneseFinance Minister Jun Azumi in Japan.

IMF welcomes Japan trade moveparty amid opposition froma farm industry fearingcheap imports.

The move came hoursbefore leaders of the AsiaPacific Economic Co-operation forum countriesgather for a summit inHawaii.

Lagarde added Japanshould make reducing its

mammoth public debt apriority. “We shared theview that the prioritiesgoing forward are theswift implementation ofreconstruction spending,and the adoption of astrong medium-term planto reduce public debt,” shesaid in a press release.

Internet

In this on 1 Nov, 2011 photo, Dr ElaineUrbina, left, examines Joscelyn Benninghoff, 10, atChildren’s Hospital in Cincinnati. Benninghoff is

taking medication to control her cholesterol. Innew guidelines released on 11 Nov, 2011, doctorsare recommending that every child be tested for

high cholesterol by around age 10 to prevent heartdisease later in life.—INTERNET

Nine-year-olds should get cholesterol screen

A man rides a tricycle infront of a Suning

Appliance branch inShanghai on

23 April, 2007.—REUTERS

China’s Suning signs deal with IBM for e-commerce

supported by cloudtechnology, logistics andsupply chain managementand both companies willpool their human resourcesto build it.

As part of the tie-up,IBM will build a global e-commerce centre inNanjing and will helpSuning expand it to hirearound 715,000 employeesin three to five years.

“Suning, a very clearstrategy for the nextdecade, the importantpoint is to increase thetechnological capabilitiesof Suning,” said ZhangJindong, Suning’schairman in a statement.

China’s e-commerceindustry is booming.Taobao Mall, the dominantplayer in the market, had

New options for stubborn hypertension

NEW YORK, 12 Nov—US stocks turn positive onFriday amid signs ofstabilization in Europeandebt and better-than-expected data, with allthree major indexesturning positive.

Italy’s Senateapproved a budget bill onFriday, which cleared theway for Prime MinisterBerlusconi to resign. Thebill was also expected topass the lower chamberof the parliament onSaturday.

On the economicfront, the preliminaryReuters/University ofMichigan consumersentiment index jumped to64.2 in November from60.9 in October, whichsuggests that USconsumers were confidentabout the economy.

Meanwhile, investorskept a close watch on thefourth round of bankingstress test. The FederalReserve will conduct thestress tests in the comingweeks on large US banks,aiming to find out whetherthe banks can withstand arecession.—Xinhua

US stocksturn intopositiveterritory

32.8 percent of China’s54.2 billion yuan B2Conline marketplace in thesecond-quarter, accordingto data from AnalysysInternational. 360buy,Taobao Mall’s nearestrival, had 12.4 percent ofthe market.—Reuters

Health

Business

Businessknow that the process begins in childhoodand progresses over time,” said DrStephen R Daniels of the University ofColorado Denver School of Medicineand a member of the panel that reviewedthe guidelines. “By working with families,we can keep kids at a lower lifetime riskand prevent more serious problems inadulthood.”

The panel suggested pediatricianscould use a type of cholesterol screeningtest that does not require children to fastbefore getting their blood drawn for thecholesterol test.

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NASA: No risk of ‘killer’ solar flaresGREENBELT, 12 Nov—

Worries that a killer solarflare could strike Earthin 2012 are unfounded,even as solar activityramps up in its usual 11-year cycle, NASAscientists say.

Although great burstsof electromagnetic energyand particles can some-

times stream from thesun — creating disrupti-ons with signal tran-smission from GPSsatellites and evenpotentially inducingelectric fluctuations atground level that couldblow out transformers inpower grids — solar flaresfrom the sun are not

physically capable ofdestroying Earth, a NASArelease said Thursday.

There simply isn’tenough energy in the sunto send a killer fireball 93million miles to destroyEarth, NASA heliophy-sicist Alex Young said.

Solar flares are aproblem the same wayhurricanes are a problem,he said, meaning advanceinformation can allowproper precautions.

Scientists at NASAand the NationalOceanographic andAtmospheric Adminis-tration can give warningsto electric companies,spacecraft operators, andother concerned entitieswhen the most intenseforms of space weatherare on their way, Youngsaid.

Improving thesepredictive abilities is oneof the reasons NASAstudies the sun and spaceweather, he said.

Internet

This NASA image taken on 7 June, 2011,shows the sun releasing an M-2 solar flare,an S1-class radiation storm and a coronal

mass ejection.INTERNET

Whale bonefossil showing

three toothmarks from a

shark. Thewhale appearsto have been

an ancestor ofa great blue or

humpback.INTERNET

NASA plans to launchcar-size Mars rover in

NovemberWASHINGTON, 12

Nov—NASA’s car-sizedMars rover Curiosity,which will examine oneof the most intriguingareas on the Red Planet, isin final preparations for alaunch from Florida ‘sSpace Coast at 10:25 amEST (15:25 GMT) on 25Nov, the US space agencyannounced on Thursday.

Curiosity is abouttwice as long and morethan five times as heavyas any previous Marsrover. Its 10 scienceinstruments include twofor ingesting andanalyzing samples ofpowdered rock deliveredby the rover’s roboticarm. It is now sitting atopan Atlas V rocket awaitingliftoff from CapeCanaveral Air ForceStation. “Preparations areon track for launching atour first opportunity,” saidPete Theisinger, MarsScience Laboratoryproject manager atNASA’s Jet PropulsionLaboratory. “If weather

Fossil is record of ancient shark attackWASHINGTON, 12 Nov—An ancient

shark attack has been preserved in theform of a fossilized whale bone bearingmarks of the assault, US paleontologistssay. Scientists with the SmithsonianInstitution say the fragment of whalerib found in a North Carolina stripmine offers a rare look at the interactionsbetween prehistoric sharks and whalesduring the Pliocene Epoch 3 million to4 million years ago.

Three tooth marks on the ribsuggest the whale was once severelybitten by a strong-jawed animal, andthe wide spacing between tooth marksmakes scientists believe the attackerwas a mega-toothed sharkCarcharocles megalodon, aSmithsonian release said Friday.Scientists know the whale survivedthat attack because “most of the fossilfragment is covered with a type ofbone known as woven bone, which

forms rapidly in response to localizedinfection,” Don Ortner of theSmithsonian’s National Museum ofNatural History said. Based on thetooth marks, scientists said they believethe shark was relatively small, between13 and 26 feet long.

“One certainly doesn’t expect tofind evidence of animal behaviorpreserved in the fossil record, but thisfossil shows just that, a failedpredation,” said Stephen Godfrey,paleontologist at the Calvert MarineMuseum in Solomons, Md, and aSmithsonian research collaboratorwho discovered the fossil. “The sharkmay have gone away with a mouthful,but it didn’t kill the whale. “This fossilis one of a very few examples thatshows a trauma clearly attributed toanother animal, yet also shows thevictim survived the event.”—Internet

A computer graphic showing the Curiosityrover on Mars.

INTERNET

or other factors preventlaunching then, we havemore opportunitiesthrough 18 Dec.”

Scheduled to land onthe Mars in Aug 2012, theone-ton rover willexamine Gale Craterduring a nearly two-yearprime mission. Curiositywill land near the base of alayered mountain threemiles (five kilometres) highinside the crater.—Xinhua

Apple updates iOS 5 to fix bugand battery life

SAN FRANCISCO, 12 Nov—Apple Inc has releasedan update to its iOS 5 mobile operating system afterreceiving a flood of complaints about the poorperformance of the battery on the new iPhone 4S.

Canadians can download the update directly fromtheir device by going into Settings / General / SoftwareUpdate. iPhone users should also receive a downloadprompt the next time they sync their device withiTunes. Apple had said earlier that it had found “a fewbugs” that were causing the battery to drain tooquickly.

“A small number of customers have reportedlower-than-expected battery life on iOS 5 devices,” anApple spokesman told Reuters on 2 Nov.

“We have found a few bugs that are affectingbattery life and we will release a software update.”

The software update also addresses severalsecurity issues, including a flaw in the operating systemthat might have allowed hackers to build apps thatwould secretly install programs to steal data.—Internet

The Leon Guerrero family shows off their newApple iPhone 4S phones they purchased at a

Sprint store in San Francisco, on 14 Oct,2011.—INTERNET

Google to launch music service next weekSAN FRANCISCO, 12

Nov—Google will launchits new music service nextweek, US media reportedon Friday.

In an emailedinvitation, Google said itwill hold an event called“These Go to Eleven” nextWednesday in LosAngeles, which isexpected to be the debutof Google Music, technews website The Vergereported.

Google is reported tobe adding new features

over the current versionof its music service, suchas a MP3 music store withconnection to its socialnetwork Google+.

According to aseparate report fromtechnology news siteCNET on Friday, Googlehas not yet got licensingdeals with all four of themajor labels — UniversalMusic Group, WarnerMusic Group, Sony MusicEntertainment and EMI.

Google introduced abeta version of its music

service called MusicBeta in May, enablingusers to upload theirentire music libraries forfree to Google serversand stream songs fromany browser or Android-based devices.

Since the search giantfailed to come to licenseagreements with majormusic labels at the time,Music Beta is essentiallya massive cloud storagehard drive.—Xinhua

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Air China in in-flight WiFi firstallowed access while theplane is in the air.

They can use laptopsand tablet computers tovisit the Wireless LocalArea Network, althoughnot mobile phones, whichmust be turned off forsafety reasons for theduration of the journey,said Bao.

Air China plans toroll out the service to otherplanes in its fleet.

Xinhua

CHENGDU, 12 Nov—Air China Ltd, China’slargest airline, willbecome the first in Chinato provide in-flight WiFi,when it begins offeringthe service on a Boeing737-800 on its Beijing toChengdu route from 15Nov.

A successful test ofthe service wasconducted on a flightover Beijing on Friday.

Air China received

approval from the CivilAviation Administrationof China to operate theWiFi, said Bao Lida, aspokesman for theSouthwest Branch of AirChina.

Access will be free,but Internet searchingwill be limited to certainentertainment and tou-rism services includingshopping, room reserv-ation and car rental.Passengers will only be

Chinese PresidentHu Jintao (R)

meets withHonorary

Chairman of theChinese

Kuomintang(KMT) Lien Chan,

in Honolulu,Hawaii, the US,

on 11 Nov, 2011.XINHUA

Eurozone policymakers need to providecrisis solutions

firewalls” to protect thereal economy and to stopthe contagion triggeredby the eurozone debt andbanking stress, he noted.

A string of APECmeetings, including theEconomic Leaders’Meeting, the MinisterialMeeting, the FinanceMinisterial Meeting, theBusiness AdvisoryCouncil and the CEOSummit, will be held herethis week.—Xinhua

turmoil was more or lessa global crisis that neededglobal efforts to addressthe challenge, buteurozone leaders shouldendeavor to chart thecourse of how to solvethe problem first, Zhu saidat the ongoing APEC(Asia Pacific EconomicCooperation) CEOSummit 2011 inHonolulu, Hawaii.

“There is a consensusthat we need two

HONOLULU, 12 Nov—A senior InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF)official on Friday urgedeurozone policymakersto provide a clear pictureof how to tackle theeurozone debt turmoilalthough globalcollaboration is needed.

Zhu Min, deputymanaging director ofIMF, made the remarksin Honolulu.

The eurozone debt

German ChancellorAngela Merkel

Workers raise the Rockefeller Centre ChristmasTree in New York City, USA.

INTERNET

Diplomatic efforts should be fullyexploited over Iranian nuclear issue

“very worrying”.However, the

chancellor believed that“the means, by which wecan force Iran to betransparent, have notbeen exhausted.”

International comm-unity should “exploit allthe diplomatic room tomanoeuvre and Germanycan make a contribution,”she added.

Instead of debatingon whether militaryattacks could help breakthe deadlock, worldleadership should putsanctions as priority “atthe moment”, Merkelsaid. The United Statesand its allies have long

Teheran had conductedprogrammes “relevant tothe development of anuclear explosivedevice.”

Merkel viewed whatthe IAEA report released

BERLIN, 12 Nov—German ChancellorAngela Merkel on Fridaycalled on the internationalcommunity to fully ex-ploit diplomatic effortsover Iran’s nuclear issue,rather than discuss thepossibility of militarysolution.

In an interview withGerman newspaperLeipziger Volkszeitung’sweekend edition, Merkelsaid Teheran is “appar-ently not playing thegame openly”, accordingto the latest report of theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA),which cited “credible”intelligence showing

A visitor looks at a painting during a paintingexhibition in Hangzhou, east China’s

Zhejiang Province, on 11 Nov, 2011. The“Jiangnan:my country and my people” oilpainting exhibition kicked off here Friday,putting more than 300 pieces of artwork bypainters from Shanghai as well as provincesof Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi that

lie in “Jiangnan”, or the area south of thedownstream Yangtze River.

XINHUA

accused Iran of using itsnuclear programme as acover to develop nuclearweapons. Iran firmlydenied that, insisting itsright for pursuing nuclearpower for civilianpurpose.

On Wednesday,Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadsaid that his country willnot retreat from itsnuclear plan.

US Defence Secre-tary Leon Panetta saidThursday warned that anattack towards Iran willnot only miss the aim ofdiscouraging Iran fromits plans, but also have“serious consequences”for the Middle East andthe US troops basedthere.—Xinhua

A BMW 320i Coupecar is seen during the

2011 SouthwesternChina International

Auto Show in Kunming,capital of southwest

China’s YunnanProvince, on 11 Nov,

2011. The five-dayauto exhibition, whichkicked off here Friday,

showcased about1,000 models.

XINHUA

New deputy head of UNICEF appointedUNITED NATIONS, 12

Nov—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonon Friday announced theappointment of JohannaBrandt, a Dutch national,as the deputy executivedirector of the UNChildren’s Fund (UNI-CEF).

“Ms Brandt willsucceed Hilde FrafjordJohnson, who was app-ointed special represent-ative of the UN secretary-general for South

Sudan,” UN spokesmanMartin Nesirky told adaily news briefing here.“The secretary-generalwould like to take thisopportunity to thank MsJohnson for herexceptional service andcommitment to UNI-CEF.”

Working in over 150countries, UNICEFprovides children withhealth care, clean water,nutrition, education,protection, emergency

relief, and more.“Brandt brings to the

position strong analyticalskills and a deep commit-ment to working towarda more equitable andsustainable developmentas well as timely andeffective emergencyresponse to humanitariandisasters,” the spokes-man said. She hasworked extensively ondeveloping and over-seeing cooperationprogrammes and is an

expert on developmentand emergency responseissues, Nesirky said,adding that she has livedand worked in Uganda,Eritrea, Kenya and SouthAfrica.

Since 2008, Brandthas served as the directorgeneral for InternationalCooperation at theMinistry of ForeignAffairs of the Nether-lands and prior to that asdeputy director-general.

Xinhua

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Scandinavian Airlines sells 13 planes toUS low-cost airline

A320s] prior to thecommencement of theA320 NEO’s orderedearlier this year,” SASsaid in a statement.

SAS has already solddozens of old aircraft toAllegiant Air, which hasits headquarters near LasVegas. SAS sold anddelivered 18 MD-80series aircraft to AllegiantAir last year, and the saleannounced on Fridaywill bring the number ofsold MD80 series aircraftby SAS to 45.

Internet

SOLNA, 12 Nov—SASGroup, the parentcompany of Scandina-vian Airlines, on Fridayannounced it will sellmore than a dozen of itsold aircraft to US low-cost airline Allegiant Air.

SAS Group said ithas entered an agreementwith Sunrise AssetManagement, an affiliateof Allegiant Air, to sellthirteen McDonnellDouglas MD-82, MD-83and MD-87 aircraft. Ithas also agreed to sell anadditional 12 spare

engines.The order value is

more than 20 million USdollars and delivery ofthe aircraft and engineswill commence imme-diately, SAS Group said.It said the delivery isscheduled to becompleted in February2013.

“This transaction isa further step in SAS’phase-out programmefor the MD80 seriesaircraft which are beingreplaced by [Boeing737s] and [Airbus

Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin deliversa speech on Russia’sdomestic affairs and

foreign policies duringa meeting with

members of the Valdaiinternational

discussion group ofexperts in Krasnogorsk

outside Moscow,capital of Russia, on11 Nov, 2011. Putindiscussed Russia’s

domestic affairs andforeign policies withthe members here on

Friday.—XINHUA

A worker waters a tea field in Tan Cuong villagein Vietnam’s northern Thai Nguyen province on11 Nov, 2011. Vietnam produced 109,000 tonnesof tea worth $167 million between January andOctober in 2011, and black tea accounts fornearly 80 percent of Vietnam’s exports.—REUTERS

Man creates 240-volt booby trap fortenant

LONDON, 12 Nov—Alandlord in Britain hasbeen jailed for four yearsafter he attempted toelectrocute his lodgerwith an elaborate booby-trap following a row withhim over satellite TVsubscriptions.

Thirty-three-year-old Eric Malcolmwrapped a live 240-voltextension cable round adoor handle and waited

for his victim TonyGilesnan to walk in, theDaily Express reported.

Gilesnan, luckily,received only a mildshock but Malcolm thenstruck him over the headwith a hammer, Cam-bridge Crown Court wastold.

Their row about theTV bill had escalatedafter Malcolm mis-takenly thought the

lodger had used hiscomputer.

Malcolm, of Roystontown in Hertfordshirecounty, admitted cau-sing grievous bodilyharm before the court.

Prosecutor RebeccaSmith said the lodger wasleft with a three-inch cutto his head after theattack that was carriedout 28 April this year.

Internet

British woman force feedsbaby to death!

LONDON, 11 Nov—A nurse was sentenced threeyears in jail Friday for killing her baby by forcefeeding — the first such case in Britain.

Gloria Dwomoh, 31, was found guilty at theOld Bailey last month of causing or allowing thedeath of 10-month-old Diamond, the Daily Mailreported Friday.

The mother was said to be obsessed with thebaby’s weight. She poured liquidised food downher throat with a jug when she was weaning her.

The incident occurred in March last year. Thebaby died she was taken to a hospital near her homein Waltham Forest, east London.

The post-mortem examination revealed the babydied from pneumonia caused by food, includingmeat and cereals, in her lungs.—Internet

LONDON, 12 Nov—Areplica of PrincessDiana’s wedding dresshas been put up for auctionat 65,000 pounds.

The perfect copy ofthe gown was made bydesigners David andElizabeth Emmanuel forher Madame Tussaudswax work.

The duplicate dressis said to be sold forcharity, and was made atthe time of the Royalwedding using the sametoile, same fabrics andtrimmings as the original,the Sun reported.

However, there aretwo small differences asthe antique Carrickma-cross lace on the bodicefront is similar but notidentical to Queen Mary’sCarrickmacross lace usedon the original gown, andthe train and veil arearound a third of the lengthof the original.—Internet

Indonesia’sbadminton

players SusiSusanti in mid-

air afterlighting the

torch duringthe openingceremony ofthe 26th SEA

Games atJakabaringsport city inPalembang,

SouthSumatra.INTERNET

Princess Diana’swedding dressreplica up for

auction

Unable to pay kids’ fees, father jumpsbefore train

LONDON, 12 Nov—Asolicitor in Britain whowas constantly worriedabout paying hischildren’s school feeskilled himself by jumpingin front of a train, aninquest has heard.

Vincent Buffoni, 49,was spending up to30,000 pounds a year tosend Matthew, 14, to andelite school and extra tosend Francesca, 10, to aprep school, the Daily

Mail reported.But the law firm that

Buffoni, an Oxfordgraduate, owned hadbeen hit by recession. Hehad remortgaged thefamily home to raise60,000 pounds tocontinue paying for hischildren’s education.

Early this yearBuffoni contemplatedsuicide—writing afarewell note to his familyand taking out a life

insurance policy, butdecided against it, theinquest heard.

In May, he leapt infront of a train at a Londonstation.

Buffoni’s wife Nicola,50, said he had beentaking anti-depressantsfor around a year beforehis death and had alsobeen on prescriptionsleeping tablets, to whichhe feared he had becomeaddicted.—Internet

People of the Miao ethnic group attend a worshipritual to celebrate the Miao’s New Year at anoverwater barn in Leishan County, southwest China’sGuizhou Province, on 12 Nov, 2011.—XINHUA

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(from page 1)building a developed nation. Teachers of various re-gions are to exert all-out efforts in improving educationstandard of the country. Academic subjects, thoughtsand concepts are changing at a breakneck speed in this21st century, the age of globalization, information tech-nology and knowledge. ICT literacy is a must in themodern world to keep pace with the age. The world ofeducation is chasing the most fruitful educational meth-ods and systems. Every nation is taking educationreforms. The reforms of other countries should bestudied. Teachers are life-long learners who are respon-sible for planting love for learning in their pupils’ minds.Myanmar, as a UN member, needs to devise educationalplans for sustainable development in this United Na-tions Decade on Education for Sustainable Develop-ment. Teachers are assigned to implement the aims ofthe Ministry of Education to improve educational stand-ard of the nation. Only quality teachers can providequality education. They are encouraged to provide Ba-sic Literacy, Continuing Education, Formal Educationand Non-Formal Education for human resources devel-opment and poverty alleviation as a national duty.

The Union Minister then presented prizes tooutstanding trainees and completion certificates to lead-ers of each company.

The Union Minister then cordially greeted thetrainees.—MNA

Academic subjects,thoughts and concepts…

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov — Together with Chi-nese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Li Junhua andofficials of the embassy, the visiting Chinese del-egation led by Member of the Political Bureau of theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaSecretary of Beijing Municipal Committee Mr. LiuQi visited Uppatasanti Pagoda, here, this morning.

First, Mr. Liu Qi and delegation membersoffered flowers to Maha Manimaya Gottama Bud-dha Pandima Yadana Jade Buddha Image in theeastward of the cave of the Pagoda and the SacredBuddha Tooth Relic of the People’s Republic ofChina.

Next, they observed pilgrims paying homageto the Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic.

Chinese delegation pays homage toUppatasanti Pagoda

Then Mr. Liu Qi signed visitors’ book andpresented K 500,000 to the Pagoda through DeputyMinister for Religious Affairs Dr Maung MaungHtay and members of the board of trustees of thePagoda.

Afterwards, Mr. Liu Qi and party paid hom-age to Maha Hsutaungpyae Buddha Image at thenorthwest corner on the precinct of the Pagoda, andshared the merits gained striking the gong in theeastward of the Pagoda.

After feeding food to White Elephants beingkept at the White Elephant Garden in the eastward ofthe Pagoda, Mr. Liu Qi donated US$ 100 for WhiteElephants.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov—Deputy Minister forElectric Power No (2) U Aung Than Oo attendedconcluding ceremony Engineering Skill Course No (3/2011) at the ministry here yesterday morning.

The deputy minister awarded the outstandingtrainees and the director-general of Electric PowerSupply Department presented completion certificates toa leader of trainees. The two-week course was com-pleted by 30 trainees.—MNA

Dy EP-2 Minister attendscourse concluding ceremony

Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party ofChina Secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee Mr. Liu Qi pays homage to Jade Buddha

Image and Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic at Uppatasanti Pagoda.—MNA

Bronze medal

winner in

Takewondo

Poomsae event

Yamin Khay

Khaing.

(News on page 1)

MNA

Bronze medal winners Myint Myint Thinand Hnin Wai Lwin in 500-meter

K 2 double Kayak event. (News on page 1)MNA

Cloth-weaving business, cottage industry of Chinnationals is thriving following the emergence ofmarket economy.

Tartan pattern, spotted pattern and floral patternare the favourite designs of Chin weavers. Floraldesigns are of exquisite craftsmanship and evenmore attractive and wondrous than those woven bymachine.

Chin traditional costume shops in regions andstates are always packed with shoppers and themarket keeps on expanding. Weavers also createnew designs and patterns in response to the demandsand the tide of fashion.

One of the Chin traditional costume sellers inKalay said “Chin traditional costumes sell pretty well.They come from Haka, Falam, Tiddim, Mindat, andMatupi. They are bought much in open season byforeigners and local visitors. Both traditional andmodern patterns are marketable. As for the price, themost expensive female wear longyi costs about K50000 kyats. There is a growing market for Chintraditional costumes as they have gained in popular-ity.”

Chin traditional costumes enjoy growing market

Byline & Photo: Ko Gyi Tha

Visitors buying Chin traditional costumes.

Chin nationals make two patterns in weavingtraditional costumes and blankets, one for the peopleof honour and the other for ordinary people, it islearned.

*****Translation: TKK

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The third day session of Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw in progress.MNA

Ayeyawady Region, Rakhine StateHluttaw sessions continue

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov— The Ayeyawady Re-gion Hluttaw sessioncontinued for the third dayat Region Hluttaw Officeyesterday, attended bySpeaker of RegionHluttaw Thayay Sithu UHsan Hsint and 67

Hluttaw representatives.The region ministers

answered 16 questions onelectric power, industrialzone, agriculture, tran-sportation and develop-ment affairs raised byrepresentatives at thesession. Hluttaw repre-

sentatives were invited toregister for the discussionon rural development andpoverty alleviation plan ofthe region.

After holding discus-sions on proposalssubmitted on 8 Novemberwith the participation of

representatives andregion ministersconcerned, the Hluttawapproved the proposalsand decided to urge theUnion government tocontinue to carry out.

Next, the Hluttawdecided two newproposals of tworepresentatives to bechanged into questionsand put the submission of

the proposal into record.The sixth day session

of Rakhine State Hluttawtook place at the hall ofthe State Hluttawyesterday, attended byRakhine State ChiefMinister U Hla MaungTin, State HluttawSpeaker U Htein Linand 47 Hluttaw repre-sentatives.

MNA

World Diabetes DayWorld Diabetes DayWorld Diabetes Day

14-11-201114-11-201114-11-2011

ACT ON DIABETES. NOW.

Ministry of Health

Armed group exchanges arms for peace

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov — Inaccordance with the State constitution,Myanmar is on a road to a modern,developed democratic nation and theTatmadaw, upholding Our Three MainNational Causes, has worked togetherwith the people to prevail justice,freedom and equality in the country andhas been carrying out rehabilitationtasks in disaster-hit areas apart from itsmain duty of national defense.

Members of armed groups whohave realized the genuine goodwill ofthe State, the people and the Tatmadawhave exchanged arms for peace asthey realized that it was wrong to followdirectives of their leaders to commit

destructive acts such as destroying roadsand bridges, collecting extortion money,practising recruitment, drug traffickingand killing civilians.

Three armed group members led byKyon Tong Wan with the rank of captainfrom KIA (Kachin) group exchangedarms for peace, bringing five small armsand one China-made M-23 machinegunon 3 November in the area of North-East Command.

Local authorities cordiallywelcomed them and provided assistanceto them.Other armed group membersare willing to exchange arms for peace,it is learnt.

MNA

Shan State Chief Minister attends coordmeeting on undertakings ofurban/rural development

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov— In his address at thework coordination meet-ing on undertakings ofurban/rural developmentat the office of ShanState DevelopmentAffairs Committee thismorning, Shan StateChief Minister Sao AungMyat called for enhancingthe image of thecommittees which can betrusted by the peoplebehaving good mannersin dealing with them.Under the ruraldevelopment and poverty

alleviation programmebeing implemented by theUnion government, SibinTha Yar Yay Bank Ltdwill make a loan tovendors and shopkeepersthrough township de-velopment affairs com-mittees under thearrangements of theMinistry of BorderAffairs, he added.

He also stressed theneed for systematicprocedures for levyingtaxes in accord with rulesthe laws, rules andregulations, minimizing

losses and wastage. Onlywhen, will developmentalundertakings be carriedout.

After hearing reportson ongoing taskspresented by an official,the State Chief Ministerand party vieweddocumentary photos onconstruction and repairworks, beautifying andwater supply tasks beingcarried out by committeesunder Shan StateDevelopment AffairsCommittee.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov— Up to date, 96 houseshave been built for floodvictims at SuntheikYwathit in Kyete village-tract of Pakokku throughcolla-borative effortsbetween servicemen ofPakokku and MonywaStations and in-chargesof rehabilitation works.

In Yaypyar and

Rehabilitation works in flood-hit PakokkuDistrict gaining momentum

Indaw villages, clearingof mud in the compoundof school damaged bythe flood, rebuilding oftoilets, construction ofhouses and building ofroad to Khotaungmonastery were carriedout.

Servicemen ofYesagyo, Monywa,Ayadaw, Meiktila,

Shwebo, Kyaukpadaungand Magway stationsgave helping hands inrehabilitation andreconstruction works.

Moreover, Save TheChildren group gaveeducative talks topregnant women,providing them withsoaps and diapers.

MNA

Orbiting satellite returns its first dataGREENBELT, 12 Nov—

An instrument on NASA’snewest Earth-observingsatellite has acquired itsfirst data, measuring watervapor in the loweratmosphere, the spaceagency said.

The AdvancedTechnology MicrowaveSounder is one of fiveinstruments on board theNational Polar-orbitingOperational EnvironmentalSatellite SystemPreparatory Project, orNPP, that launched fromVandenberg Air ForceBase, Calif., on October28, a NASA release saidThursday.

The ATMS capturedits first measurements Nov.8. Tropical Storm Sean isvisible in the data in theAtlantic off the coast of theSoutheastern United States,NASA said.

The ATMS instrument

can collect data even whenit is cloudy and will produceglobal sets of high-resolution temperature andmoisture profiles that areused for forecasting andstudying weather. “NPPdata will improve ourforecast skills out to 5 to 7days in advance of extremeweather events, includinghurricanes, and severe

weather outbreaks,” saidDr. Louis Uccellini, directorof the NationalOceanographic andA t m o s p h e r i cAdministration’s NationalCenters for EnvironmentalPrediction. “With NPP, ourgoal is to make the accurateforecasts achieved for thisyear’s events even better inthe future.”—Internet

This global image shows the ATMS measure ofatmospheric water vapor; note that TropicalStorm Sean is visible in the data, as the blue

patch, in the Atlantic off the coast of theSoutheastern United States.—INTERNET

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High-fibre diet cuts bowel cancer riskLONDON, 12 Nov—

Eating enough fibre cancut bowel cancer risk byalmost 20 percent.

Although a high-fibre diet has beenknown to be good forthe gut and protectiveagainst bowel cancer, theImperial College Londonstudy is the first toquantify the benefit.

The analysis of 25studies, involving almosttwo million participants,found for every 10-gramincrease in total dietaryfibre, the risk of bowelcancer dropped by 10

percent, the Britishmedical journal reports.

Experts recommendthat adults should eatbetween 18 and 24grams of fibres a day,but the average intake inBritain is only about 15grams, according to theTelegraph.

The researchers,from Imperial CollegeLondon and the DanishCancer Society, conclud-ed that “a high intake ofdietary fibre, particularlyfrom cereal and wholegrains, is associated witha reduced risk of

colorectal cancer”.Whole grain foods

include brown andwholemeal breads,cereals, oatmeal, brownrice and porridge.

Most foods onlycontain a little fibre sogetting enough can bedifficult. Muesli, forinstance, only containsabout three grams per50 gram serving. Bowelcancer kills about16,000 people in Britainalone a year, more thanbreast or prostatecancer.

Internet

An F/A-18 fighter jet parks besides a China’s national flag on the aircraftcarrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in Hong Kong

on 9 Nov, 2011. —INTERNET

Photo taken on 12 Nov, 2011 shows the burntpontoon, which is used as a restaurant, in

Lanzhou Port of Lanzhou, capital of northwestChina’s Gansu Province. The fire broke out onthe pontoon early Saturday. No casualties havebeen reported so far. Twenty-eight fire fightersand five fire fighting vehiles were dispatched to

extinguish the fire.—XINHUA

Robbers pretend to be cops in BaltimoreBALTIMORE, 12 Nov—A series of

recent robberies and home invasionsin Baltimore have been carried outby robbers pretending to be policeofficers, investigators say.

The thieves have used fake badgesand walkie-talkies, The Baltimore Sunreported. The police department hasmany plainclothes detectives on thestreet in some of the city’s rougherneighbourhoods, and robbers oftenimpersonate them.

“It’s been a continued problem,”Lt Rob Morris of the intelligencesection said. “The unfortunate reality

is that you can buy some of these littlebadges just about anywhere.”

Moises Pacheco, who lost $1,800to three men who searched his home,told the Sun he knew something wasvery wrong when he realized thewalkie-talkie the “police” were usingwas a child’s toy.

The police department has toldresidents to call 911 if they are suspiciousof anyone claiming to be officers andtrying to enter their home. They saythey very rarely conduct raids withoutknocking and said officers are requiredto show identification.—Internet

Two men use an air boat to cross the floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand.—INTERNET

Japan opens Fukushima reactors to journalistsTOKYO, 12 Nov—

Japan will take a groupof journalists inside thecrippled FukushimaDaiichi nuclear plant forthe first time onSaturday, stepping up itsefforts to prove to theworld it is on top of thedisaster.

More than 30reporters, photographersand cameramen are togo on a tour of thefacility in Japan’snortheast that sparkedthe biggest nuclear crisissince Chernobyl 25 yearsago and forced the

IAEA inspectors looking at a reactor building ofthe Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

INTERNET

evacuation of thousandsof people.

Despite a series ofsetbacks, including therevelation last week thatspontaneous fission hadbeen detected inside areactor that wassupposed to be all butextinct, the governmentand plant operatorTEPCO say they remainon track for a coldshutdown by the end ofthe year. The tour, inwhich just fourrepresentatives fromforeign media are beingallowed to participate, is

part of efforts by TEPCO(Tokyo Electric PowerCompany) to show theyare close to solving theproblem.

Up to 3,300 peopleare taking part in theclean-up at FukushimaDaiichi, a TEPCOspokesman toldjournalists on Friday.

The atomic crisis atFukushima was causedby the huge earthquakeand tsunami of 11 Marchthat left 20,000 peopledead or missing.

Internet

Two arrested for pot, gun at LAX airportLOS ANGELES, 12

Nov—Two men werearrested in separateincidents at Los AngelesInternational Airport,officials said.

Derik DwayneNeely, 32, of Flint, Mich,was arrested Wednesdayon suspicion of trans-porting marijuana forsale, the (Torrance, Calif)Daily Breeze reportedFriday.

Transportation Secu-rity Administrationspokesman Nico Melen-dez said 120 pounds ofmarijuana was foundwrapped as Christmasgifts inside Neely’schecked suitcase.Airport police said theamount was closer to 35pounds.

Keith Dinicola, 55,of Tucson, Ariz, wasarrested earlier that day

on suspicion of posse-ssing a concealedfirearm without a permit.

TSA screens disco-vered a 45-caliberhandgun and two loadedammunition magazinesinside his carry-on bag,Melendez said. Dinicolatold authorities he forgotthe weapon was in hisbag.

Internet

Fireextinguisherexplodes onIndonesianship, killing

threeJAKRTA, 12 Nov—

Three crew memberswere killed on Fridaywhen a fire extinguisherexploded aboard a shipin the Indonesian capitalof Jakarta, local mediareported. Several otherswere injured. Theincident occurred at theshipyard of PT PulauKuda Laut in NorthJakarta when a fireextinguisher located inthe engine room of theMV Melinium explodedwhile a number of crewmembers were workingin the area, the Antaranews agency reported.

The report said threepeople, who wereidentified as Johan, Nikoand Eko, were killed as aresult of the explosion.Two other crewmembers who rushed tothe engine room to helpthe victims suffered fromsmoke poisoning andwere taken to Sukmulhospital.

“All of a sudden, Iheard the loud sound ofan explosion comingfrom the engine room,” acrew member told Antara.It was not immediatelyclear what caused theexplosion, and Antarasaid police detectives hadlaunched an investi-gation.

Internet

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Gunshots reported a few blocks fromWhite House

16th Street heard theshots, then saw the carsheading west onConstitution Avenue, theofficial said.

At least one witnesssaw that someone had“jumped out of thevehicle and ran,” but noone was captured, theofficial said.

An AK-47-style riflewas recovered in or nearthe abandoned vehicle,the official said.

In a brief appearancebefore reporters, Sch-losser said he was notaware of any gun havingbeen found.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 12 Nov—Shots were reportedfired Friday night be-tween the White Houseand the WashingtonMonument, setting off aflurry of law enforcementactivity, a US Park Policespokesman said.

The incident wasreported shortly after 9pm, according to SgtDavid Schlosser, spokes-man for the Park Police.Responding officersfound an abandonedvehicle in the vicinity ofthe reported incident andwere searching it “tryingto figure out whathappened.”

Schlosser noted that“no evidence” has beenrecovered to indicateshots were actually fired.

“I think, obviously,the thing that makes it ofinterest is simply thelocation, you know, a bitlike real estate,” Schlossertold reporters. “The factthat this occurred outsidethe White House area. Atthis point, we don’t thinkthat there’s any link tothe White House.”

A Secret Serviceofficial who asked not tobe identified reported thatgunshots rang out as twocars sped on the NationalMall. Agents stationed on

Rescuers andpolice officers workat the site where thehelicopter carryingMexican Interior

Minister FranciscoBlake Mora

crashed, in themunicipality ofChalco, State of

Mexico, on11 Nov, 2011.

XINHUA

Helicopter crashed in cloudy weatherInterior Minister as wellas the other sevenofficials.

The Communica-tions and TransportationMinistry will thoroughlyinvestigate the “fatalincident,” he added.

Xinhua

cloudy conditions andcould have been anaccident.

At a press conferen-ce, Calderon said Blakewas an honest, loyal andcommitted Mexicanwho was a patriot. Heregretted the death of his

MEXICO CITY, 12 Nov—Mexican PresidentFelipe Calderon said onFriday that the helicoptercrash which killedInterior Minister Fran-cisco Blake and ViceInterior Minister FelipeZamora happened in

Phototaken on11 Nov,

2011 showsa statue ofa Red Gu-ard, young

peopleactiveduringChina’sCultural

Revolutionperiod(1966-

1976), inShanghai,east China.

XINHUA

Four Chinese killed in South African shop fire

Five Chinese sailors missing in boatsinking off South Korean waters

SEOUL, 12 Nov—ASouth Korean fishingboat sank off waters inChungcheongnam-doof South Korea earlySaturday morning,leaving eight peoplemissing including fiveChinese sailors, sourcesfrom the ChineseEmbassy in Seoulconfirmed.

The 69-tonnage boatbarged against a 2,116-tonnage freighter and

sank in the said waters at2:15 local time onSaturday. Nine sailorswere aboard the boatwhen the collisionhappened. The rescuedsailor is a Koreannational. He said that thesailors were sleepingwhen the boat was hitsuddenly and capsizedin about 10 minutes.

The ChineseEmbassy in Seoul hascontacted the local coast

guards and requestedthem to try every meansto rescue the missingsailors. And the embassyis verifying the identityof the Chinese sailors.

South Korea coastguards have dispatched17 ships and helicoptersto search for the missingsailors.

An investigation isunderway into the causeof the collision.

Xinhua

window but did notsucceed because ofburglar bars. “One of thedeceased called the policeto inform them on whatwas happening and thepolice rushed to thescene,” Ngubane said.

When police arrivedthey found that the shopwas completely burneddown with the fourChinese nationals inside.

Xinhua

about 02:00 am on FridayHe said the four

Chinese nationals, threemales with the age of 19,25, 35, and one female of25, were inside theirGanyesa Fruit andVegetable shop whenthey woke up andrealized that they weretrapped inside a burningshop.

They tried to escapethe fire by opening a

JOHANNESBURG, 12Nov—South Africanpolice said on Friday theyare investigating a caseof arson and murder afterthey found four Chinesenationals burned downinside their shop inGanyesa in the country’sNorth West province.

Brig Thulani Ngu-bane, police spokesmanin the province, said thevictims were found at

The world’s firstAngry Birds

exclusive shopopened in

Helsinki, on 11Nov, 2011. Thestore owned by

the Finland-based companyRovio sells notonly the games

but also thederivative

products ofAngry Birds,such as toys,

T-shirts and etc.XINHUA

Passenger ferry hijacked in NW TurkeyANKARA, 12 Nov—

A passenger ship enroute to Golcuk townfrom Kocaeli (Izmit)was hijacked, Governorof Turkey’s north-western province ofKocaeli Ercan Topacawas quoted as sayingon Friday by localmedia.

The captain of theship “Kartepe” was

taken hostage, Topacawas quoted as sayingby the semi-officialAnatolia news agency.

“There are 20passengers on the ship,including the crewmembers,” Topaca said.

Security forces havealready begun to savethe ship, and threesecurity boats arefollowing the hijacked

ferry, which wastravelling in the Gulf ofIzmit, east of Turkey’slargest city of Istanbul,Anatolia reported.

Turkish newspaperHurriyet Daily Newssaid in a report on itswebsite that the shipwas hijacked by fivepeople, and furtherreports claimed thatthey were carrying a

bomb.Meanwhile, Turkish

Transportation MinisterBinali Yildirim also saidthere were four or fiveassailants on the“Kartepe” ferry, and theassailants said that theywere acting on behalf ofa wing of the outlawedKurdish Workers’ Party(PKK), Turkish privatebroadcaster NTVreported.

Xinhua

Coast guard boats approach hijacked “Kartepe” ferry to disembarkpassengers in Marmara sea off the northwestern Turkish town of Silivri,

near Istanbul, on 12 Nov, 2011.INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BIENDONG FREIGHTER VOY NO (1156)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BIENDONGFREIGHTER VOY NO (1156) are hereby notified thatthe vessel has arrived on 13.11.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV WEST SCENT VOY NO (11023)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV WEST SCENTVOY NO (11023) are hereby notified that the vessel hasarrived on 13.11.2011 and cargo will be discharged intothe 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.




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Surfer sets new world record after riding 90ft wave

This part of the Portuguese coastline is home to adeep water canyon which funnels large swells

from the Atlantic Ocean, creating record-breakingwaves.— INTERNET

McNamarra has spentmore than ten yearssearching for the ultimate wave.—INTERNET

LISBON , 12 Nov — Anextreme surfer is set toearn a place in the recordbooks after riding a 90 footwave. Garrett McNamaracaught the monster waveduring the ZON NorthCanyon Project in Praiado Norte, Nazaré, Portu-gal. The coastline is hometo a deep water canyonwhich funnels large swellsfrom the Atlantic Ocean,creating record-breaking

waves such as the oneMcNamara rode.

McNamara told SurferToday: ‘I feel so blessedand honoured to have beeninvited to explore this can-yon and its special town.The waves here are such amystery.’ According to the44-year-old’s website,McNamara has been on amission to catch the ‘big-gest, best waves on theplanet’ for the past tenyears. The 44-year-old hadbeen surfing with fellowsportsmen Andrew Cot-ton and Al Mennie when

he finally seized his chanceearlier this month. Menniesaid: ‘Everything wasperfect, the weather, thewaves. Cotty and I surfedtwo big waves of about 60feet and then, when Garrettwas ready came a canyonwave of over 90 feet. ‘Thejet ski was the best place tosee him riding the biggestwave I’ve ever seen. It wasamazing ‘Most peoplewould be scared but Garrettwas controlling everythingin the critical part of thewave.

Internet

More bachelor girls than boysin Shanghai

BEIJING, 12 Nov —At atime when the number ofmale bachelors in the 30-44 age group is shrinkingin Shanghai, that of singlewomen in the same agedemographic seems to beon the rise, said a surveyfrom Shanghai Bureau ofStatistics.

A comparison wasmade between the male-female ratio of older sin-

gles (defined as those agedbetween 30 and 44) be-tween 2000 and 2010.

The number of olderunmarried men droppedby 2.2 percent in 10 years,while that of older unmar-ried women increased by3.4 percent from 2000 to2010. The survey wasbased on data collectedfrom the sixth nationalcensus.

A matchmaking partycoming up on 12 and 13Nov, would illustrate thatvisually. A greaternumber of single womenwill be vying for the at-tention of a relatively lessnumber of eligible bach-elors, according to theorganizer.

"We sold about 10,000tickets for the matchmak-ing event to be held thisweekend, which made usthe city's largest evermatchmaking party," saidWang Weiming, vice-president of ShanghaiMatchmaking AgencyManagement Association,one of the co-organizers.

"However, singlewomen might be upagainst stiff competition,as there will be six fe-males for every fourmales."—Xinhua

Photo taken on 9 Nov, 2011 shows robot“Guince” which is used in Fukushima

nuclear accident at the International RobotExhibition in Tokyo, Japan.—XINHUA

Visitors look at tailor-made dresses on the CultureChanel exhibition at the National Art Museum ofChina in Beijing, capital of China, on 10 Nov, 2011.The exhibition, displaying more than 400 worksincluding paintings, drawings, photographs, films,sculptures and etc., interprets the characteristics that makes Chanel a unique brand. — XINHUA

China’s 2011foreign trade to

grow 20 pct:MOC

BEIJING, 12 Nov—China’s Ministry ofCommerce (MOC) onFriday forecast thecountry’s foreign trade toexpand about 20 percentyear-on-year this year to 3.5trillion US dollars. Foreigntrade growth will slow inthe following months of thisyear and in 2012 mainlydue to “the complicatedexterior environment,” theMOC said in a report.

Slackening recoveryof the world economy,increasing risk of adownturn and rising costsat home will pose risks toChina’s foreign trade, itsaid. China will continueto boost trade growth,adjust its trade structureand expand imports tocontribute to global tradebalance, the ministrysaid.—Xinhua

Jupiter and itsvolcanic moonIo. Jupiter mayhave removed agiant planet out

of the solarsystem, whichin turn keptEarth from

colliding withMars.

INTERNET

Mystery planet may have saved EarthSAN ANTONIO, 12

Nov—Jupiter may haveknocked a giant planet outof the early solar systemthus saving the Earth froma possible cosmiccollision with Mars, USastronomers say.

At a relatively short600 million years or soafter the solar systemformed, Jupiter and theother giant outer planets,Saturn, Uranus andNeptune, were bombardedwith chunks of ice androck, most of which werethrown out into an areabeyond Neptune’s orbitnow known as the Kuiperbelt.

The impacts alsoshoved Jupiter and itsgiant neighbors inward

toward the sun withchanges in Jupiter’s orbitthat computer models saidshould have haddisastrous effects on theinner planets, possiblyeven pushing Earth intocollision with Mars orVenus.

Researchers at theSouthwest Research

Institute in San Antonio,looking for a reason whythat didn’t in fact happen,came up with the theoryof a fifth giant planet thatplayed a part inrestraining the orbital“dance” of Jupiter, theHouston Chroniclereported Friday.

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NEW YORK, 12 Nov—One of Bruce Springs-teen’s acoustic guitars hasbeen sold for $160,000 ata New York benefit showfor the Bob WoodruffFoundation, organizerssaid. The Newark (NJ)Star-Ledger said the rock

WASHINGTON, 12Nov—Daniel Radcliffehas revealed that he was‘allergic’ to the first ever

LONDON, 12 Nov—Actor Russell Brand likesto wear wife Katy Perry’sclothes in public.

The 36-year-oldattended a recent yogaclass in a small T-shirt andsweatpants borrowed

LAS VEGAS, 12 Nov—Marlon, Jackie and TitoJackson are booked to attend a Las Vegas fan festivalhonouring their late brother, pop icon Michael Jackson,organizers said. The event, which is authorized by thesinger’s estate, is to take place 3 to 14 Dec atMandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

Jackson’s three brothers are expected to take partin an exclusive question-and-answer session for fansat the exhibition 4 Dec. The fan festival “is designedto transport guests through the life of the mega-star,showcasing never-before-seen personal items andcareer memorabilia,” a news release said.—Internet

CARLSBAD, 12 Nov—US pop star Mariah Carey,the newest celebrityspokeswoman for theJenny Craig weight-management programme,says she has lost 30pounds.

Carey started the newJenny programme in lateJuly following the birth ofher twins, Monroe Cannonand Moroccan ScottCannon, in April.

“I’m just here as acatalyst. Ideally, this willhelp create awareness —

Daniel Radcliffe was ‘allergic’ to Harry Potter glasses

Daniel Radcliffe Springsteen guitar sale raises$160K for charity

Mariah Carey is the newestJenny spokeswoman

Jackson brothers set for Michael fan festival

Actor Russell Brand

Russell Brand wears wifeKaty’s clothes

pair of Harry Potterglasses. He revealed thisin a one-of-a-kindconversation with HarryPotter author J K Rowlingas part of the ‘HarryPotter and the DeathlyHallows – Part 2 Blu-rayand DVD set’.

“It was brilliantbecause we put the glasseson and eventually werealized that I was allergicto them,” ABC newsquoted him as tellingRowling.

“I was actuallyallergic to the Harry Potter

glasses. Because I hadthese two rings of whiteheads and spots that hadcome up around my eyesand it took us a week torealize that i t wasactually the glasses,” hesaid.

Their almost hour-long conversation is oneof more than a dozenextras featured on thedisc.

Filmed in London in2010, the sit-downchronicles how the iconicfilm franchise changedboth their lives.

In response to theglasses revelation by theactor, Rowling laughinglyreplies that its luckyneither of the two believesin signs.

Internet

The sale of one ofBruce Springsteen’s

guitars raised$160,000 for charity.

added, ‘What’s hers ismine!’” contact-music.com quoted theclassmate as saying.

Brand, famous forwearing skinny jeans andmake-up, has previouslyadmitted to stealinggarments from Katy beforethey got married in India inOctober 2010.

Internet

from his wife, said aclassmate.

“He admitted he waswearing Katy’s clothesand that she doesn’t mind.He said, ‘Women’sclothes fit better!’ and

star donated theinstrument for the causeand played four songs atWednesday night’s “StandUp for Heroes” fundraiserat the Beacon Theatre.

The buyer of the guitarpresented it to aserviceman at the showas an expression ofgratitude, the newspapersaid, without identifyingeither person by name.

Comedians RickyGervais, Jim Gaffigan andJon Stewart performedduring the show, whichalso featured appearancesby celebrity guestsincluding President BillClinton.

Internet

Michael Jackson’sbrothers Tito, Jackie and

Marlon are to attend afan festival honoring

their late brother in LasVegas next month.

US pop star Mariah Carey

my goal is to at least makea difference,” said Carey,who has sold more than200 million albums to date.

Internet

Lovers of chocolate and musicals met onBroadway at the opening of the New York

Chocolate Show, which started with aparade of models — dressed in chocolate.

British TV host StephenFry said he is challengingspellers the world over to testtheir skills against him to raisemoney for charity.

Fry, host of quiz show“QI,” said the contest atSpellathon.net challenges userswho obtain at least $24 insponsorships by 1 Feb tocorrectly spell 50 wordsbackward using the site’sgames, the CoventryTelegraph reported Thursday.

Qualifying players will thenhave 15 minutes to spell thelongest run of words with the

Police in New York said a millionaire spiceimporter was taken to a psychiatric ward afterdrunkenly parading nude through an upscale hotel’sworkout facility.

Investigators said the Four Seasons hotel receivedseveral complaints from guests about Dhiraj Arorarunning nude through the workout facility around 11am on 23 Sept. He refused to emerge from his roomuntil officers threatened to break down the door, theNew York Post reported Thursday.

Police escorted Arora to a nearby hospital psychward, and he was released about two hours later. Nocharges were filed against the wholesaler, whoprovides imported spices to stores including WholeFoods. Arora said he was neither drunk nor nude inthe workout area, but he did disrobe in the steamroom.

“I don’t run around places naked, and I sure ashell was not running around naked at the Four Seasonshotel,” he said. “All I can tell you is there must havebeen some guests at the hotel who must have beenuncomfortable with my North Indian heritage,” Arorasaid. “The way I carry myself, the way I roll. I don’tcut my hair. I don’t shave every day.”

A Michigan man said he is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of anantique Spanish-made bronze cannon dating to 1795.

Matt Switlik, 70, of Monroe, said his cannon, which is engraved with the crestof a Spanish king, was stolen alongside other items 2 Nov at Edston Plastic inRomulus, where he had taken it to have a plastic replica made for a museum, theDetroit Free Press reported Thursday.

Ed Roberts, owner of Edston Plastic, said the thieves also took about 20 powertools and several 200-pound boxes of aluminum. Switlik said the $1,000 reward heis offering for the return of the cannon is more than twice what the item wouldfetch as scrap metal.

Millionaire allegedlywalked nude in hotel

Stephen Fry challenges worldin spelling

$1,000reward forreturn ofcannon

letters in reverse order.“I’m greatly looking

forward to competing againstthe world in this extremelytricky challenge,” Fry said.“This is just about the bestintegration of imagination,education, technologyinclusiveness and fun that I’veever encountered. Very proudto have been involved in it.”

Fry said the event willraise money for the learningdisability charity Mencap aswell as the schools anduniversities of participatingstudents.

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Gill says replacing Ferguson will be tough

David Gill knowsFerguson will be atough act to follow

Sir Alex Ferguson hascelebrated 25 years incharge at Old Trafford

Balotelli fires Italy to 2-0 win in Poland

Gao Lin (L) of the Chinese nationalsoccer team competes during the 2014

World Cup Asian qualifier soccer matchagainst Iraq in Doha, capital of Qatar on

11 Nov, 2011.— XINHUA

China needs a miracle after losing to Iraqat World Cup qualifying

Poland’s RafaL Murawski, left,and Italy’s Antonio Nocerino,

right, challenge for the ball duringa friendly soccer match between

Poland and Italy in Wroclaw,Poland, on 11 Nov, 2011.

INTERNET

DOHA, 12 Nov — China’s 2014World Cup hopes were nearly smashedafter conceding a goal in the stoppagetime, losing to Iraq 1-0 in a crucial gameof the Asian zone qualifying round hereon Friday. The defeat has actually ham-mered the last nail in the coffin of JoseAntonio Camacho’s side, who collectedonly three points from four matches inGroup A. They now need a miracle tosave them from elimination. They willhave to win their last two games, againstSingapore on Nov. 15 and Jordan onFeb. 29 next year, by big margins and atthe same time Iraq lose both, to Jordanand Singapore.

Jordan, who will play Singapore later,lead the group with nine pointsby win-ning all their first three games. Iraq aresecond with nine from three wins andone loss while Singapore are the fourth

after being defeated for three times. Thewinners and runners-up of the five groupswill be drawn into two pools for theround-robin fourth stage, with the even-tual top two in each section earning aticket to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Xinhua

WROCLAW, 12 Nov — Mario Balotelliscored his first international goal with aspectacular long-range strike to help Italybeat European Championship co-host Po-land 2-0 in a friendly on Friday and ease theAzzurri’s attacking woes. Balotelli receivedthe ball about 40 yards (35 metres) fromgoal and spotted Poland goalkeeperWojciech Szczesny off his line, taking afew steps forward before beating him witha dipping long-range effort.

It was the Manchester City striker’s firstgoal in six internationals and comes at atimely moment with starting forwardsGiuseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano outwith long-term injuries. “This great dis-play by Balotelli counts for a lot becauseeven aside from the goal, Mario played agreat game,” Italy coach Cesare Prandellisaid. “Compliments to him and the team.”Pazzini issued a warning about putting toomuch pressure on the 21-year-old.

Internet

Federer records 800th careermatch win at Paris

Bellamy thinks Reds will get stronger

Hernandez considered quitting

Tiger losing ground Down UnderSYDNEY, 12 Nov —Tiger Woods bogeyed his first

three holes on Saturday and it didn’t get much better inthe Australian Open. He wound up with a 3-over 75,going from a one-shot lead to six shots behind JohnSenden. It was the third straight time that Woods hadat least a share of the lead and failed to break par.

Senden, who won the Australian Open five yearsago at Royal Sydney, birdied his last two holes to finishoff a 9-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead overJason Day going into the final round. It was a good dayfor scoring—except for Woods.

Craig Bellamy thinksLiverpool will get

stronger as the seasoncontinues

Croatia, Ireland,Czechs on course

for Euro 2012LONDON, 12 Nov —

Croatia and Ireland tookcommand of their Euro-pean Championshipplayoff matches withdominant away wins in thefirst leg on Friday.

The Czech Republicalso looks headed for the2012 finals after a 2-0home victory overMontenegro. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugalhead into the second legof their playoff at 0-0,however, after Real Ma-drid forward CristianoRonaldo wasted the visi-tors’ best chances inSarajevo.

Internet

Fernandez-Castano takes3-shot Singapore Open leadSINGAPORE, 12 Nov —Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

of Spain shot a scorching 10-under 61 to jump to athree-shot lead after the second round of the SingaporeOpen on early Saturday. Fernandez-Castano holednine birdies and one eagle to bolt ahead of JamesMorrison of England and Edoardo Molinari of Italy,who both had 68s to be tied at 12 under. The 31-year-old Fernandez-Castano, who has won four EuropeanTour titles, is 15 under 127 through two rounds.

Phil Mickelson had a 67 and Ernie Els a 66 to be at4 under while Graeme McDowell’s 71 put him at 3under, making the cut on that number. The second roundwas completed Saturday because the threat of lightningfrom a rain storm delayed play for nearly three hours onFriday. The third round begins later Saturday.—Internet

S P O R T S

Javier Hernandez says heconsidered quitting foot-ball before joining United

LONDON, 12 Nov —Manchester United chiefexecutive David Gill isdreading the day he has toreplace Sir Alex Ferguson.Gill has underlined therequirement of the man-

ager’s eventual successorto be completely in tunewith the values so preva-lent at Old Trafford.Ferguson celebrated 25years in the United hotseaton Sunday. As Fergusonhas shown no inclinationto surrender his position,the search for a successorhas yet to begin. However,when it does, Gill has high-lighted some non-negoti-able requirements the newman must meet.

“It will be difficult toreplace him — it’s naiveto say anything other than

that,” Gill told MUTV.“But we are a great clubwhose values go back inhistory to our heritage tothe 50s and 60s and thelast 25 years with Alex.“To continue with that, thenew manager needs tounderstand those valuesand the vision for the cluband must buy into that.

Internet

US golfer Tiger Woodsplays a shot from therough on the 8th fair-way during the third

round of the AustralianOpen golf tournament

in Sydney, Australia, on11 Nov, 2011. Woods

started the secondround at 4 under the

card.— INTERNET

LIVERPOOL, 12 Nov —Craig Bellamy admits Liv-erpool have “slipped up”,but expects them to getstronger as the seasonprogresses. Three succes-sive home draws, includ-ing being held by newly-promoted Norwich Cityand Swansea City, haveseen Kenny Dalglish’sside drop off the pace atthe top of the BarclaysPremier League table. ButWales striker Bellamy in-

sists there are no real is-sues at the club - and noth-ing to worry about.

Internet

Internet

LONDON, 12 Nov —Javier Hernandez has re-vealed he almost quit foot-ball before joining Man-chester United.

The Mexico striker lastmonth signed a new five-year contract at OldTrafford after making a

huge impression in hisfirst season at the club.Hernandez scored 20goals in all competitionslast term after joiningUnited from Chivas ofGuadalajara in the sum-mer of 2010. Yet the 23-year-old has not alwaysenjoyed his football andsaid: “It was about threeyears ago and I had a lot ofquestions about whetheror not this was the pathGod wanted me to fol-low.”

He added: “I wasn’tplaying much football, Iwas being kept in the re-serves. —Internet

Swiss superstarRoger Federer

PARIS, 12 Nov — Swisssuperstar Roger Federerhas become the seventhman in the Open Era toearn 800 career matchwins after he beat Argen-tina’s Juan Monaco 6-3,7-5 in 85 minutes on Fri-day to book a place in theParis Masters semifinals.Itwas Federer’s third winover Monaco this year.TheSwiss is still 424 victoriesshy of Jimmy Connors’all-time record of 1,242match wins.

“I only heard about it,”admitted Federer. “It’snice. It’s a lot of matches,a lot of tennis I’ve played- I know that. But I knowthere are many other play-ers that have played more

tennis than I have. So it’sjust another win, but it’s aspecial one nevertheless,because 800 is definitelya big number.” —Internet

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MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(13-11-2011) (Sunday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (13-11-11 09:30 am ~ 14-11-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Myanmar Tradition Identity "Myanma

Chinthe" (Myanmar Lion)* News* Easily Cooked & Tasty Dishes "Mutton

Curry"* Wedding & Lifestyle Expo (2011)* News* Image Ambassador (Part - 2)* News

* Fruits of Success River Ayeyawady . .* Demarcated cannot be Ayeyawady Bridge

(Malun)Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Myanmar Tradition Identity "Myanma

Chinthe" (Myanmar Lion)* News* Mutton Curry* Wedding & Lifestyle Expo (2011)* News

* Image Ambassador (Part - 2)* News* Fruits of Success River Ayeyawady . .* Demarcated cannot be Ayeyawady Bridge

(Malun)* News* Exceptional Monywa & Excellent Resort* News* Music Gallery* News* Kid's Talent* Culture Stage* News* MRCS HELPS* Myanmar Movie “New Bosom”

Weather forecast for 13th November, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta by

Venerable MingunSayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja

Song7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 6. Health Programme8:10 am 7. (38) Phyar Mingalar8:20 am 8. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural PerformingArts Competitions

8:30 am 9. Documentary8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical Programme11:00 am 1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. Musical Programme11:20 am 3. Round Up Of The

Week’s TV LocalNews

11:30 am 4. TV Drama Series12:30 pm 5. Myanmar Video

2:20 pm 6. Documentary2:35 pm 7. Myanmar

TraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

2:50 pm 8. International

News4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:05 pm 2. Musical

Programme4:20 pm 3. Dance of National

Races4:25 pm 4. University of

DistanceEducation(TV Lectures)- Second Year(History)

4:40 pm 5. Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

4:45 pm 6. Teleplay (Health)5:15 pm 7. Sing & Enjoy6:00 pm 8. Evening News6:15 pm 9. Weather Report6:20 pm10. Cartoon Series6:40 pm11. Tamyethnar

Takwetser7:00 pm12. TV Drama Series8:00 pm13. News14. International News15. Weather Report16. Cartoon Series17. TV Drama Series

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 30/86 15/59 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60%

2 Kayah 28/82 12/54 Partly cloudy

3 Kayin 35/95 19/66 Partly cloudy

4 Chin 22/72 05/41 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 31/88 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60%

6 Lower Sagaing 34/93 18/64 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 33/91 23/73 Likelihood isolated rain or

thundershowers 60%

8 Bago 32/90 19/66 Partly cloudy

9 Magway 35/95 19/66 Partly cloudy

10 Mandalay 33/91 19/66 Partly cloudy

11 Mon 34/93 21/70 Partly cloudy

12 Yangon 34/93 20/68 Partly cloudy

13 Rakhine 32/90 16/61 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 25/77 11/52 Partly cloudy

15 Northern Shan 28/82 10/50 Partly cloudy

16 Eastern Shan 28/82 11/52 Partly cloudy

17 Ayeyawady 33/91 22/72 Partly cloudy

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 35/95 18/64 Partly cloudy

19 Neighbouring Yangon 34/93 20/68 Partly cloudy

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 33/91 19/66 Generally fair weather

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers has been isolated in Taninthayi Region,

weather has been partly cloudy in Upper Sagaing, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions, Kachin

and Rakhine State and generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Night temperatures

were (3°C) to (4°C) below November average temperature in Mandalay and Magway Regions,

Kachin, Chin, Kayah and Kayin States, (5°C) below November average temperatures in Bago

Region, Shan and Rakhine States and about November average temperatures in the remaining

Regions and States.The significant night temperature were Haka (4°C) and Pinlaung (5°C). The

noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was Kawthoung (0.32) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the

Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of continuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in the Southern Myanmar areas.

TEHERAN, 12 Nov—An accidental explosionat a Revolutionary Guardammunition depot westof Teheran killed at least27 soldiers on Saturday,Iranian officials said.

The explosionoccurred while militarypersonnel were tran-

Accidental blast at Iranian arms depotkills 27

sporting munitions at abase, said Guard spokes-man Gen RamazanSharif. The site is locatedoutside Bidganehvillage, 25 miles (40kilometres) southwest ofthe capital.

The Guard is Iran’smost powerful military

force.“My colleagues at

the Guard were tran-sporting ammunition atone of the depots at thesite when an explosionoccurred as a result of anaccident,” Sharif said.

At least 27 Guardmembers were killed,state TV reported. Thebroadcast said 16 othersoldiers were injured andhospitalized. Sharif saidsome of them were incritical condition.

Lawmaker ParvizSoroori ruled outsabotage.

“No sabotage wasinvolved in this incident.It has nothing to do withpolitics,” Soroori wasquoted as saying by theparliament’s website,icana.ir.—Internet

In this image taken from amateur video smokesrises from an accidental explosion at a

Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot outsideBidganeh village,west of Teheran which killed at

least 15 people on 12 Nov, 2011, officialssaid.—INTERNET

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Sunday, 13 November, 20113rd Waning of Tazaungmon 1373 ME

Pilgrims add in crowd paying homage toPilgrims add in crowd paying homage toSacred Buddha Tooth RelicSacred Buddha Tooth Relic

NAY PYI TAW, 12Nov— Today is theseventh day on whichthe Sacred Buddha ToothRelic had conveyed forthe fourth time from thePeople's Republic ofChina to Myanmar forBuddhists in Myanmarfrom dawn to dusk.Pilgrims continued tocrowd UppatasantiPagoda in which theSacred Buddha ToothRelic is sojourning infront of Gautama BuddhaPanima Yadana JadeBuddha Image in thePagoda cave for payinghomage to it.

Among the crowdsthis morning, a total of21 elder persons— fourmales and 17 females—from Nay Pyi TawPyimanna Home for theAged participated in thedonations for the SacredBuddha Tooth Relic,accepting take care ofPatron Dr Daw KyawtTha Sein and officialsconcerned of thecommittee for Home for

the Aged.Pilgrims led by

Myanmar MonasteryPresiding Sayadaw DrBhaddanta Nannisarafrom Kuthinayon of Indiadonated K 0.4 million,80 bahts and 20 rupees,Director-General ofEnergy PlanningDepartment U Htin Aungand wife Daw Cho ChoWin and family, K 0.3million, U San ShweAung from the Ministry

Myanmar National Human Rights CommissionMyanmar National Human Rights Commissionsends open letter to Presidentsends open letter to President

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Nov—Myanmar NationalHuman Rights Commission sent an open letterdated 12, November 2011 to U Thein Sein, Presidentof the Republic of the Union of Myanmar today.

The full text of the open letter is as follows:Mr President1. Myanmar National Human Rights Commission

had in an open letter dated 10, October, 2011submitted an appeal for the release of prisonersby granting amnesty to them. In our submission,Myanmar National Human Rights Commissionhumbly requested the President, as a reflectionof his magnanimity to grant amnesty to thoseprisoners, convicted for breach of existing laws,who do not pose a threat to the stability of theState and public tranquility, in the interests ofnational races to enable them to participate inwhatever way they can in the nation-buildingtasks.

2. The Commission is greatly heartened thatthe President on 11 October, 2011 grantedamnesty to 6359 prisoners.

3. The fact that the Myanmar National HumanRights Commission had made a submission foramnestying the prisoners and that theGovernment had granted the amnesty receivedwidespread support and welcome both

domestically and internationally. It has, in ouropinion, generated greater interest in andrecognition of the Myanmar National HumanRights Commission.

4. The Commission is cognizant of the fact andappreciates the position of the government thatalthough among the prisoners there are thosewho had engaged in political activities, they arein prison for contravening existing laws. At thesame time, there had been assertion by theSecretary-General of the United Nations and anumber of countries that there were nearly 2000of what is referred to as “Prisoners ofConscience”. It has also been asserted that outof 6359 prisoners released, there wereapproximately 200 prisoners in the said category.

5. In this regard, Myanmar National HumanRights Commission had made enquiries withthe relevant ministries. The result of theenquiries is that the relevant ministries hadasked for the list from some westerngovernments and other sources and uponchecking, it was learnt that of the nearly 2000prisoners on the list, only some 500 wereactually in prison. We are therefore heartenedthat out of the approximately 500 on that list,some 200 were released under the amnesty.

6. The release of the remaining prisoners, includingthose cited above convicted for breach ofexisting laws who do not pose a threat to thestability of State and public tranquility, in theinterest of national races, will not only enablethem to participate in whatever way they can inthe nation-building tasks but also will in a wayhelp promote national unity.

7. Accordingly, the Myanmar National HumanRights Commission again humbly requests thePresident as a reflection of his magnanimity toinclude those prisoners when a subsequentamnesty is granted.

8. If for reasons of maintaining peace and stability,certain prisoners cannot as yet be included in theamnesty, the Commission would like torespectfully submit that consideration be madefor transferring them to prisons with easy accessfor their family members.

Respectfully,Win MraChairman

(for) Members of the MyanmarNational Human Rights Commission

Date-12 November, 2011Yangon.

Shwewa Family riceshop, one gold ring, apair of gold earringsestimated amounted K349,000, Brig-GenAung Myo Min (Retd)and Daw Thazin Nwe,two gold rings estimatedamounted K 310,000,Daw Khin Aye (LatpanKharhla) of ZabuthiriTownship, one goldbracelet estimatedamounted K 310,000.Members of financial

Buddhist

devotees pay

obeisance to

Sacred Tooth

Relic of

Buddha.

MNA

of Communications,Posts and Telegraphs andwife Daw Aye Aye Than,K 0.2 million, WarrantOfficer Class I Sein Winand Daw Sein Sein Aye,one gold crystal and onegold chain estimatedamounted K 720,000,CaptainNaing Zaw Oo(Retd) and brothers andsisters, one gold ringestimated amounted K0.5 million, U Wumsoweand (Daw Lintngar)

sub-committee accepteddonations of 18 donorswho made donations overK 0.1 million and 76donors who donatedvarious kinds of jewelriesand presented certificatesof honour to them.

In yesterdayevening, Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices General MinAung Hlaing and wifeDaw Kyu Kyu Hladonated K 0.5 million,

Union Minister forImmigration andPopulation U Khin Yiand wife Daw Khin MaySoe, K 0.2 million.

D o n a t i o n s — K30682186, US$ 100, 112yuans, 1159 bahts, 20rupees, 54000 dongs and90 kinds of jewelriesestimated amounted K7,965,000, wereaccepted from yesterdayevening to this evening.

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