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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov— The Special ProjectsImplementation Commit-tee held its coordinationmeeting (1/2008) at the of-fice of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) here at 2 p.m.yesterday, attended byChairman of the Commit-tee Chairman of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe.

Also present on theoccasion were Vice-Chair-man of the CommitteeVice-Chairman of theSPDC Deputy Com-mander-in-Chief of De-

Special Projects help develop Union, improve livingconditions of entire national people and serve

long-term interests of future generationsSenior General Than Shwe gives guidance at Coordination Meeting

(1/2008) of Special Projects Implementation Committee

fence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye, Committeemembers and guests.

Ministers for Agricul-ture and Irrigation, Indus-try-1, Industry-2 and Con-struction dealt with workprogress ministry-wise.Minister for Electric PowerNo. 1 Col Zaw Min gave abrief account of six com-pleted projects and 22 on-going projects out of thehydropower projects givengreen light by the Com-mittee. He also presented adetailed report on the 15more projects that call for

the approval of the Com-mittee.

The 15 hydropowerprojects to be undertakenby the Ministry of ElectricPower No. 1 are Yi NanHydropower Project (1200megawatts), Khaung-lanphu HydropowerProject (2,700 megawatts),Phizaw HydropowerProject (2,000 megawatts),Wuhsauk HydropowerProject (1,800 megawatts),Chiphwe HydropowerProject (2,800 megawatts),Chiphwenge HydropowerProject (99 megawatts),and Laikzar Hydropower (See page 8)

Senior General Than Shwe giving guidance at the Special ProjectsImplementation Committee coordination

meeting (1/2008). —MNA

Ponnyataung Tunnel on 7-mile long Kyaw-Yemyetni railroad section of Pakokku-Gangaw-Kalay railroad built by Myanma Railways in GangawTownship for ensuring smooth transportation. —MNA

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Sunday, 16 November, 2008

The government is dedicating itself to buildinginfrastructures in various sectors for restorationof stability and peace, economic growth andimproving the socio-economic life of the peoplewith the aim of achieving the lofty goal of all-round development of the nation.

In that case, emphasis has been given tospecial projects designed to bring the goal tofruition sooner. As part of the drive, thegovernment is taking measures for supply ofadequate irrigation water for a boom inagriculture, the vital sector for economicdevelopment of the nation. Now, farmers arereaping the economic rewards of double andtriple-cropping patterns of crops including paddythanks to the construction of 216 dams and 322river water pumping stations across the nation.

Besides, more and more state-owned andprivate-owned factories and industries are beingestablished for industrial development. Effectiveencouragement to development of industrialregions and private industrial zones has led toboosting production of import-substitute goodsdomestically.

The drive also covers hydropower projects,and generation of hydropower has surged fromover 200 to about 900 megawatts.

Now, a large number of new roads, railroadsand river-crossing bridges have emerged to forma network of transport facilities stretchingthroughout the nation, and the people can travelfrom one region to another with convenience, asa result.

Special projects need huge investments, butreinforce building infrastructures necessary fornational development. Now, the people havestarted to enjoy the benefits from them. Therefore,sustained efforts are to be made to facilitate thespecial projects to improve the living standard ofthe people.

Special projects to improveliving conditions of the people

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov— The Ministry ofImmigration and Population opened the EnglishProficiency Course at the ministry here yesterdaymorning, attended by Minister for Immigration andPopulation Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Win Sein, officials of the departments under the

English Proficiency Course opened

ministry, demonstrators and trainees.The minister explained the purpose of opening

of the course on the occasion.The 10-week course is being attended by 40

trainees from State and Division departments and thedepartments under the ministry. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov — Deputy Ministerfor Rail TransportationU Pe Than inspectedmaintenance of Yangon-Mandalay railroadsection, bridges andstation yard between

Deputy Minister inspects maintenanceof Yangon-Mandalay railroad

Yangon and Bago on 4November.

The deputyminister looked intoerosion of No. 56 bridgeat Mile Post No. 46 inBago. During his tour,the deputy ministerinspected maintenance

of railroad and bridgesof Bago-Mawlamyinerailroad section fromBago to Mottamastation.

Next, the deputyminister visitedconstruction project ofMottama concrete

sleeper factory inMottama and inspectedcarrying out of finishingwork of the factory.

Myanma Railwayswill open Sleeper Factory(Mottama) soon and itproduces 200,000 sleepersper year.—MNA

Cash and kind donated to doyen literati

YANGON, 15 Nov— Well-wishers donatedcash and kind to MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssociation for theceremony to pay respect todoyen literati incommemoration ofSarsodaw Day. Among the

donations made on 13November were K 0.8million by Committee forOrganizing literary talksto mark Sarsodaw Day(Tachilek), K 0.5 millionby Thaninthayi DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil, K 0.2 million by

U Kyaw Khaing and DawKhin Khin Aye (ShaesaungOffset and Myanma AhlaConstruction), K 50,000each by U Chit Naing U(Chit Naing, Psychology)Naing Publishing Houseand hand bags and booksworth K 0.2 million by DrU San Tin Aung (ShweBo).

Those wishing todonate cash or kind maycontact No. (529/531)Sarpay Beikman at thecorner of Merchant Streetand 37th Street, Ph-385273, 252417. —MNA

Minister for Immigration and Population Maj-Gen Saw Lwin speaking at opening of EnglishProficiency Course. —MNA

FOOTBALL MATCH: Team Captain SoeMyat Min of Myanmar National Team and adefender of Indonesian National Team vie for

the ball in 3rd Grand Royal Challenge Cup2008 at Youth Training Centre (Thuwunna)

on 15 November evening. Myanmar beatIndonesia 2-1. —NLM

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Taleban kill mullah critical of suicide attacks

Counting the dead getsmore complicated in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 15 Nov — This much is agreed — a dou-ble bombing in Baghdad struck a school bus and thoseresponding to the first blast. But the difference in casu-alty figures was stark. Iraqi officials said 31 people died;the US military put the death toll at five.

The conflicting reports from Monday’s attack areemblematic of a spate of recent bombings that haveraised fears of a resurgence in violence.

There have always been disagreements because ac-curately counting the dead in the chaos of Iraq’s warhas never been easy. Yet discrepancies appear to be wid-ening as the political stakes grow.

US officials privately say that some officials in theShiite-dominated Interior and Health ministries couldpossibly have political or personal motives for inflat-ing casualty numbers for bombings in mainly Shiiteareas.

Internet

KABUL, 15 Nov — Suspected Taleban militants killed a religious leader in westernAfghanistan after he criticized the use of suicide attacks as a weapon of war in thecountry, an Afghan official said on Friday.

Militants kidnapped Shamsudin Agha in Farah Province’s Anar Dara district onTuesday, days after he led prayers condemning the practice of using suicide attacks,said provincial police Chief Abdul Ghafar Watandar.

Suicide attacks are one of the Taleban’s preferred tactics in their assaults againstAfghan and foreign troops. Most of the victims of such attacks have been civilians.

Authorities recovered Agha’s body on Wednesday night, Watandar said.Violence by the Taliban and other insurgent groups has spiked this year to record

levels. Attacks are up 30 percent from 2007, military officials say.—Internet

Envoy says Syria heartened byObama’s Iraq plan

Medics tend to wounded Iraqi men arriving at a hos-pital after a parked car bomb exploded in a bustlingsection of downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on 12 Nov, 2008.Police said the blast killed three people and wounded14 others. The attack occurred around 9:30 am (630GMT) off al-Nasir Square in central Baghdad — abusy neighborhood of shops, pharmacies and pho-tography stores. Police said that two officers were among the wounded.—INTERNET

Wounded Afghan menlie on hospital beds

after a suicide blast inNangarhar Province

on 13 November,2008. Twenty Afghan

civilians and a USsoldier were killed ina suicide attack on

Thursday in easternAfghanistan near theborder with Pakistan,a spokesman for the

US military said.INTERNET

UNITED NATIONS, 15Nov — Syria said on Fri-day it was heartened byUS President-electBarack Obama’s plan topull US combat troopsfrom Iraq within 16months of taking officesince it reflects the desireof Iraq and its neighbours.

“We feel ... encouragedby what we hear as prom-ises from the electedpresident, Mr. Obama,that he would like to with-draw the American forcesfrom Iraq within a fixedtimetable,” Syrian Am-bassador Bashar Ja'afaritold reporters after a meet-ing of the UN SecurityCouncil on Iraq.

“We encourage him todo so because this is thewill of the Iraqi people aswell as the will of theneighbouring countries of

Iraq (and) the interna-tional community,” hesaid.

The administration ofUS President George WBush has agreed to a 2011withdrawal date in a draftsecurity pact to replace aUN mandate that expiresat the end of this year.

The agreement has notbeen finalized, and it ispossible a deal will not bereached before Obama

takes office on 20 January20.

The United States hasaccused Syria of not do-ing enough to preventthe flow of foreign fight-ers into Iraq to join theinsurgency against US,coalition and Iraqiforces, a charge repeatedby US AmbassadorZalmay Khalilzad onFriday.

Internet

Car bomb kills 10 innorthern Iraq

Men look at their destroyed vehicles at a parking lot after a bomb attack inBaghdad 12 November, 2008. A parked car bomb killed four people andwounded 14 others, including two policemen, in Sadoun street in central

Baghdad, police said.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 15 Nov–A car bomb killed 10people and woundedaround 30 others whenit exploded outside acar dealership in thenorthern Iraqi townof Tal Afar, Iraqi policesaid Saturday.

The US militaryconfirmed the death toll,but said initial estimat-es of the wounded puttheir numbers at 20.

The US statementadded that the car bombwas driven by a sui-cide bomber, but Iraqi

police said the car wasparked.

Tal Afar is in Iraq’svolatile Ninevehprovince, where SunniIslamist al Qaedamilitants still operatedespite several securitycrackdowns aimed atstamping them out.

Internet

Key Shiite clericswarn Iraqi Gov’t

about US pactBAGHDAD, 15 Nov —

Iraq’s two most power-ful Shiite clerics on Fri-day challenged the gov-ernment’s planned secu-rity pact with the UnitedStates, undercutting ef-forts to reach a deal be-fore the UN mandate forAmerican troops in Iraqexpires on 31 Dec.

Al-Sadr’s threat to at-tack American troops ifthey don’t leave came ina statement by the Iran-based cleric that wasread to thousands of sup-porters at Friday prayersin Baghdad’s Shiite SadrCity enclave and the cityof Kufa, south of Bagh-dad.—Internet

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Russia says divisions remain over Iran

A general view of the building housingthe reactor of Bushehr nuclear powerplant at the Iranian port town ofBushehr, 1200 kms south of Tehran in 2007.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 15 Nov — A Russian dip-lomat says major world powers remaindivided over new sanctions against Iranafter a meeting on the nation’s nuclear

programme. The Interfax news agencyquoted Sergei Ryabkov, a deputy for-eign minister who attended the talks,as saying Friday that envoys from thefive permanent UN Security Councilmembers and Germany reached noagreement on sanctions at Thursday’smeeting in Paris.

Ryabkov says Russia and China re-main opposed to new punitive measuresagainst Iran.

Iran already is under three sets of Se-curity Council sanctions, but efforts topass a fourth have been stymied. Russiaargues that sanctions are counterproduc-tive. The US claims Iran is seeking nu-clear weapons under the guise of a ci-vilian programme.—Internet

Castro says new President won’tbring change to US

Rockets from Gaza strikedeep into Israel

A fire damaged home is seen on a hillside as firefighters work to contain awildfire which has destroyed over 100 homes in the Montecito area of Santa

Barbara County, California 14 November, 2008.—INTERNET

Mortars are fired from the Gaza Strip near theborder with Israel, on 14 Nov, 2008. —INTERNET US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,197

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov —As of Friday, 14 Nov, 2008, at least 4,197 membersof the US military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,390military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers.

The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four;Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania,two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one deatheach.—Internet

HAVANA, 15 Nov — Fi-del Castro said late Fridaythat the election of a newpresident will not bringchange to the United States,but failed to mentionBarack Obama by name.

In an essay posted on agovernment-controlledWeb site, the ailing 82-year-old former Presidentscoffed at any notion com-munist Cuba will “transi-

tion” toward capitalist re-forms and promised towatch closely as leadersfrom around the worldgather in Washington thisweekend to discuss the glo-bal financial meltdown.

He also chided USPresident George W Bushfor suggesting the G-20summit will be able to ac-complish a “new financialworld order.” Before the

US election, Castro wrotethat Obama was smarterand less of a war hawk thanRepublican John McCain,but also suggested thatAmerican racism wouldkeep the Democrat fromwinning the White House.The election’s results werereported in state-controlledCuban media, but Castrohas yet to comment directlyon Obama. His silence isthought to be a key reasonwhy Cuba’s governmenthas said little about the USpresident-elect.

Without mentioningObama by name, Castrowrote Friday that “manysay that with the simplechange in head of the em-pire, it will be more toler-ant and less bellicose.” Cu-ban officials routinely referto the United States as “theempire.”—Internet

Malaysia suspends Thai chickenimports over bird flu scare

Malaysia has suspended imports ofwhole chicken and chicken parts

from Thailand with immediate effectfollowing a bird flu scare in the

neighbouring country—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Nov — Malaysiahas suspended imports of whole chickenand chicken parts from Thailand withimmediate effect following a bird fluscare in the neighbouring country, statemedia reported.

Agriculture Minister MustapaMohamed said the government stoppedissuing permits for the import of Thaichicken as a precautionary measure af-ter bird flu broke out in Thailand earlierthis week, state Bernama news agencyreported late Friday.

“Malaysia has imported 769 tonnes ofchicken from the country for the periodbetween September and November thisyear,” Mustapa said, but added that thefreeze on imports will not effect chickensupply in the country.

He said checks at entry points along

the Thai-Malaysia border in the north ofthe peninsula would be stepped up toprevent smuggling of the chicken intothe country.

Internet

GAZA CITY, 15 Nov — Hamas militants bombardeda major southern Israeli city with rocket fire Friday,unleashing their most powerful weapons yet in a weekof tit-for-tat fighting that threatens to destroy a five-month-old cease-fire.

Both Israel and Gaza’s Islamic militant Hamas rul-ers held out hope the calm would be restored, and Is-raeli leaders decided against any immediate major mili-tary action in retaliation. But the sides also vowed tostrike hard at each other if violence persisted.

“If you want to leave the truce, we are ready. And ifyou want to continue it, then abide by it,” Hamasstrongman Mahmoud Zahar said in a Friday sermon.

The truce took effect last June, largely halting a cycleof Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel anddeadly Israel reprisals.

The cease-fire has mostly held, but began to dete-riorate last week after an Israeli military raid on whatthe army said was a tunnel that militants planned touse for a cross-border raid. Eleven militants have beenkilled, and Palestinians have fired some 140 rocketsand mortars from Gaza at Israel.

Israel also has shut Gaza’s vital border crossings,blocking the entrance of food, humanitarian goods andfuel into the impoverished area.

Friday’s rocket barrage was one of the heaviest yet.Nearly 20 rockets were fired into southern Israel, in-cluding four Grad-type Katyushas that landed inAshkelon, some 17 miles north of Gaza. One womanin the southern Israeli town of Sderot was lightly in-jured by shrapnel, the army said.—Internet

Sri Lankatroops take keytown from Tiger

rebelsCOLOMBO, 15 Nov — Sri

Lankan security forces onSaturday captured thestrategically importantnorthern town of Poonerynfrom Tamil Tiger rebelsafter months of heavyfighting, the defenceministry said.

“Troops of army TaskForce One have enteredLTTE (Liberation Tigersof Tamil Eelam) bastionof Pooneryn this morning(Saturday),” the ministrysaid in a statement. It gaveno further details.

Internet

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NEWS ALBUM

Galapagos bachelortortoise struggles to

be a dadAfter stunning conservationists by

mating for the first time in decades, agiant tortoise from the Galapagosislands called Lonesome George, whois the last of his kind, still may notbecome a dad.

George, a 90-year-old conservationmarvel and one of the world's rarestcreatures, mated this year with twofemales, but 80 percent of the eggs theylaid appear infertile.

The females belong to a differentsubspecies of giant tortoise.

A Pinta Island tortoise, George hadshowed little interest in sex during 36years in captivity. His new-found libidohas raised hopes he could save hissubspecies from extinction.

George the giant tortoise is seen in thenational park of the Galapagos islands in this 29 April, 2007 file photo.

California starring in massive earthquake drill

In this photo, ceiling tiles and otherdebris are piled outside, after pipes

broke at a Macy’s department store inthe Canoga Park area of Los Angelesfollowing an earthquake that rolled

through Southern California.

California will star Thursday in amock earthquake disaster drill —considered the largest in US history —with some 5 million people pledging to

do everything from ducking for cover torescuing faux victims.

The exercise centers on a hypotheticalmagnitude-7.8 earthquake that unzips thesouthern San Andreas Fault — an eventthat scientists call the feared “Big One.”Such a quake would cause 1,800 deathsand $200 billion in damage, researchersestimate.

The state’s previous simulated quakecatastrophes were smaller in scale withthe leading actors mainly firstresponders and cities testing theiremergency preparedness. Thursday’sdrill is more of an ensemble cast withgovernments, schools, hospitals,churches, businesses and residentspromising to do their part.

Can ancient Babylon be rescued? It was one of the world's first, greatest

cities — a place where astronomersmapped the stars millennia ago and kingscreated an early code of law and plantedwhat became known as the HangingGardens of Babylon.

Yet little remains of the ancient capital,as seen by The Associated Press duringa trip to Babylon last month on one of thefew permits issued by Iraq’s governmentsince the 2003 US-led invasion. The sitehas the aura of a theme park touched bythe ambition of dictator Saddam Husseinand the opportunism of looters: Modern

walkways run beside crumbling oldwalls, a reconstructed Greek theater anda palace built for Saddam atop anartificial hill.

Now, for the first time, globalinstitutions led by the UN are thoroughlydocumenting the damage and how to fixit. A UNESCO report due out early nextyear will cite Saddam’s construction butfocus, at the Iraqi government’s request,on damage done by US forces fromApril to September 2003, and the Polishtroops deployed there for more than ayear afterward.

World leaders may agree to economicstimulus measures

Space shuttle Endeavour blastsinto night sky

India’s first lunar probe lands,sends back images

Ten militantskilled in eastern

AfghanistanKABUL, 15 Nov — US

forces say coalition troopshave attacked a bomb-making cell in easternAfghanistan, killing 10militants.

The military saidSaturday in a statement itwas targeting several keyfigures in a network run byJalaluddin Haqqani, amilitant leader believed tooperate out of Pakistan.

The US said severalgroups of armed militantsopened fire on the coali-tion troops during theoperation. The coalitionforces returned fire, killingtheir attackers anddestroying a weaponscache.—Internet

The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off carryingseven American astronauts on a “home improvement”mission that will expand living quarters on the orbiting

International Space Station.—INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL, 15Nov — Space shuttleEndeavour and a crew ofseven blasted into the nightsky Friday, bound for theinternational space stationand the most extreme homemakeover project ever

attempted by astronauts.The shuttle rose off its

launch pad at 7:55 pm EST,right on time, in a brilliantflash of light visible for milesaround. “It’s our turn to takehome improvement to a newlevel after 10 years ofinternational space stationconstruction,” commanderChristopher Fergusonradioed before liftoff.

Ferguson and his crewwill double as kitchen andbathroom installers oncethey arrive at the spacestation Sunday, hooking upextra cooking and sleepingequipment so the station’screw can expand next year.

They will deliver a newrefrigerator as well, givingresidents much-desiredcold drinks for a change.

The nighttime launchwas a special treat foronlookers. Only about aquarter of all shuttle flightsbegin in darkness, and thisone made for a spectacularshow. The moonrise thatpreceded the launch wasan extra touch; the nearlyfull moon provided abreathtaking backdrop.The shuttle was visible formore than three minutes,resembling a bright staruntil it finally vanished.

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WASHINGTON, 15 Nov —World leaders at a financialcrisis summit inWashington may agree tocoordinated moves to boostspending to spur globalgrowth, a senior Indianofficial said.

“I am reasonablyhopeful that thecommunique the leaderswill issue will send a signalwhich will be substantivein this exceptionallydifficult situation,”Montek Singh Ahluwalia,deputy chairman of India’sPlanning Commission,

told reporters.He indicated that the

leaders of the Group of 20countries meeting inWashington could endorsea “coordinated signal for afiscal stimulus.”

“I wouldn’t dismiss thatsignal — these aresovereign authorities andthere has to be somepresumption that if theyagreed, they will dosomething,” Aluwalia said.

“I am not unhopeful thatthere will be that message— which is veryimportant,” he said.

Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh isamong leaders attendingthe weekend summit thatopened Friday with aworking dinner at theWhite House hosted byUS President George WBush.

China and Germanyhave recently committedto stimulus packages toreignite growth followinga US-triggered financialcrisis that threatens toplunge the world economyinto a recession.

Internet

NEW DELHI, 15 Nov —The first lunar probe fromIndia landed successfullyon the moon Friday as partof a two-year missionaimed at laying thegroundwork for furtherIndian space expeditions,the Indian Space ResearchOrganization said.

ISRO chairman GMadhavan Nair saidcameras on board have

been transmitting imagesof the moon back to Indianspace control, the PressTrust of India news agencyreported.

Chief among the lunarmission's goals is mappingnot only the surface of themoon, but what liesbeneath. If successful,India will join what isshaping up to be a 21stcentury space race with

Chinese and Japanesecrafts already in orbitaround the moon.

The unmanned moonmission was launchedfrom the Sriharikota spacecenter in southern Indiaon 22 Oct. The box-shapedlunar probe carried a videoimaging system, a radaraltimeter and a massspectrometer.

Internet

Most of the participants in the UnderwaterPumpkin Carving Contest display theirentries in the Florida Keys National MarineSanctuary off Key Largo, Florida. Theevent, staged by the Amoray Dive Resort,was won by Fort Myers, Florida residentsDawn Lambeth and son Spencer withtheir creation at left. Entrants worked inteams of two and competed for dive-relatedretail merchandise prizes.

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov —Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein and Heads ofGovernment of BIMSTEC member countries, whowere in the Republic of India to attend the SecondBIMSTEC Summit, called on Indian President MrsPratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhawar in New Delhi at 5pm on 13 November.

Heads of Government of BIMSTEC membercountries comprised Chief Adviser of the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, PrimeMinister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley,Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar GeneralThein Sein, Prime Minister of Nepal Mr PushpaKamal Dahal Prachanda, President of DemocraticSocialist Republic of Sri Lanka Mr MahindaRajapaksa, Prime Minister of Thailand Mr SomchaiWongsawat and Prime Minister of the Republic ofIndia Dr Manmohan Singh. —MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Heads of Government ofBIMSTEC member countries call on Indian President

Prime Minister General Thein Sein andHeads of Government of BIMSTEC countriescall on Indian President Mrs Pratibha Patil at

Rashtrapati Bhawar in New Delhi. MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein shakes hands with BangladeshiChief Adviser of Caretaker Government Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed at

Shangri-La Hotel in New Delhi. (News on page 16)MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein shakes handswith Indian President Mrs Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhawar in New Delhi. — MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets Nepalese Prime MinisterMr Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda at Shangri-La Hotel in

New Delhi. — MNA

Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein meets

Nepalese counterpartNAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov —Prime Minister of the

Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein met NepalesePrime Minister Mr Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda atShangri-La Hotel in New Delhi at 4.15 p.m. IST on 13November.

Present together with Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein were Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Myanmar Ambassador to India U Kyi Thein,Director-General Col Thant Shin of Government Office,Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the ProtocolDepartment under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs andofficials. The Nepalese Prime Minister wasaccompanied by Mr Upendra Yadav, Foreign AffairsMinister of Nepal, and senior officials. They heldcomprehensive discussions on economic, culture andtourism sectors at the meeting.— MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov— Prime Ministerof the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein,accompanied by Minister for Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win , Di rec tor -Genera l o f theGovernment Office Col Thant Shin and headsof department, yesterday morning left Shangri-La Hotel in New Delhi for Indira GandhiInternational Airport to leave the Republic ofIndia for Myanmar.

The Myanmar delegation led by Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein was seen off at the airport byDeputy Minister of Ministry of Defence of the Republicof India Mr Pallam Rajv and officials, MyanmarAmbassador to the Republic of India U Kyi Thein andwife, Military Attaché Col Nay Win and wife, Consul-General U Soe Paing of Myanmar Consulate-Generaland staff of Myanmar embassy and military attachéoffice.

The special aircraft carrying the Myanmardelegation led by Prime Minister General Thein Seinleft Indira Gandhi International Airport and arrivedback here at 11 a.m.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Members of Myanmardelegation led by Prime Minister General TheinSein of the Union of Myanmar arrived at theresidence of Myanmar Ambassador in New Delhiat 7.30 p.m. on 13 November. They were welcomed by Ambassador U KyiThein and wife, Military Attaché Col Nay Win and

Prime Minister General Thein Sein arrives backfrom Republic of India

Myanmar Ambassador hosts dinner in honour ofPrime Minister General Thein Sein

wife, Consul-General U Soe Paing, embassy staffand Myanmar doctors working for WHO in NewDelhi. The Ambassador, the military attaché, theConsul-General and embassy staff and servicepersonnel paid respects to the Prime Minister.

Next, the Prime Minister presented gifts to

embassy staff and families.He explained achievements and friendship

in the region through the closer relations withregional organizations such as BIMSTEC. Thereis peace and stability and developments despitefabricated reports by the internal and externalmedia. The living standard of the people hasimproved due to the implementation of theeconomic plans, he added.

He said the nation can be built on self-reliancebasis amidst economic sanctions imposed by somenations and there is a slight effect in the country onaccount of international financial crisis, he added.

Necessary assistance was provided to thestorm victims after the cyclone Nargis as the foodin the country is in surplus, he said.

He explained fruilful results achieved in theeconomic sector from the visit, the government’smeasures for preservation of national character onsocial and cultural aspects and necessarypreparations for holding of election in 2010 inaccord with the desire of the people.

He spoke of the need to keep track ofdevelopment at home and abroad and urged themto keep dignity of Myanmar’s sovereignty as sheis maintaining good relations with major countries,to abide by the laws of the respective countriesand to respect the customs of those countries, topromote bilateral relations and cooperation betweenthe two countries and to extend border trade andinvestment.

The ambassador and wife hosted dinner inhonour of the Myanmar delegation members led bythe Prime Minister.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein being seen off by Deputy Minister of the Ministry ofDefence of India Mr Pallam Rajv at Indira Gandhi International Airport. — MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein greets embassy staff and their families led by theAmbassador, the Military Attaché and the Consul-General at the residence of Myanmar

Ambassador in New Delhi. — MNA

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Special Projects help developUnion, improve living…

(from page 1)Project (1900 megawatts)in Kachin State; LaymyoHydropower Project (500megawatts) in RakhineState; Manipur

and Yenwe HydropowerStation (25 megawatts)—have been completed.

Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint

to various parts of thenation to help boostproduction of goods andservices and for publicconsumption.

So far, nationalgrids—the project linking132 KV Dagundaing-PyinOoLwin grid and

KV grid across theAyeyawady River; andproject linking 230 KVPyinmana-Taungdwingyigrid and Nay Pyi Taw mainpower station— and mainpower stations—132/33/11 KV, 18 MVAYatanarpon Myothit main

Hydropower Project (380megawatts) in SagaingDivision; UpperHsedawgyi HydropowerProject (60 megawatts) inMandalay Division;Upper BuywaHydropower Project (150megawatts) in MagwayDivision; Upper YeywaHydropower Project (140megawatts) in Shan State(North); and PyuchaungHydropower Project (40megawatts), KhabaungHydropower Project (30megawatts) and BiluCreek-3 HydropowerProject (48 megawatts) inBago Division.

Of them, KhabaungHydropower Project hasbeen completed, andPyuchaung HydropowerProject is ongoing.

In addition toKhabaung HydropowerProject, six more projects—�Zawgyi (2) Hydro-power Station (12megawatts); ZaungtuHydropower Station (20megawatts); ThaphanseikHydropower Station (30megawatts); Mone-chaung Hydro-powerStation (75 megawatts);Paunglaung HydropowerStation (280 megawatts;

reported on progress inconstructing nationalgrids and main powerstations, ongoingprojects, and projects dueto be implemented.

Ministry of ElectricPower No. 2 getshydropower, gas-firedpower, steam-power anddiesel-fired power fromthe network of nationalgrids and main powerstations and distributes it

Yatanarpon Myothit mainpower station; projectlinking 132 KVDagundaing-PyinOoLwingrid and Shwesaryan mainpower station; projectlinking 132 KV Mone-Chauk grid and Tanyaungmain power station; projectlinking 230 KV Pyinmana-Toungoo grid and Thebyumain power station; projectto shift Kazindaw tower ofthe Hlinethaya-Athok 230

power station; 132/66/11KV, 60 MVA Tanyaungmain power station; and230/33/11 KV, 100 MVANay Pyi Taw main powerstation have beencompleted.

Now, plans are underway to complete onschedule national grids—the project linking 132 KVThazi-Dagundaing gridand Bellin main powerstation, project linking 132

KV Kindah-Inngon-Aungpinle grid and Bellinmain power station, andproject linking 230 KVNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-Thazi grid and Shwemyomain power station; mainpower stations—installation of twotransformers in Thazi mainpower station, installationof a capacitor bank inMyaungdagar main powerstation, a transformer inHlawgar main powerstation, installation of acapacitor bank each in

system, and supply powerto factories.

Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw reported oninstallation of CDMA-450system that coversoffshore and deep seaareas in the coastalregions, and VehicleMounted CDMA-450system that covers regionsalong Yangon-Toungoo-Mandalay motor and railroads.

The Ministry of

Hlawgar main powerstation, Thakayta mainpower station, Hlinethayamain power station.

Nine more grids and19 main power stationswill be established tosupply the powergenerated by hydropowerstations to the grid, toimprove the power supply

Communications, Postsand Telegraphs launchedthe tasks for installation of55,000 CDMA-450mobile exchange lines and46 CDMA-450 radiostations in Yangon andother regions to improvethe communication patternin offshore and deep seaareas. Up to April 2008,the ministry had set up 34stations and 55,000 linesin the seaside regions andin Ayeyawady Divisionincluding three stations inYangon. It managed tocarry out rescue andrehabilitation taskseffectively in areas hit bythe cyclone “Nargis” withthe use of CDMA-450communication system. Arrangements are beingmade for construction of15 Vehicle MountedCDMA-450 radio stationsalong Yangon-Toungoo-Mandalay road andrailroad. Myanma Posts andTelecommunications ismaking efforts forconstruction of 89 radiostations and installation of134,200 lines for CDMAcommunication system.

(See page 9)

Yeywa Hydropower Project being implemented by Ministry of Electric Power No. 1.—MNA

Pylons linking Shweli-Mansan power circuit being undertaken by Ministry ofElectric Power No. 2.—MNA

Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 Col Zaw

Min. —MNA

Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint.

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(from page 8)Minister for

Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thireported on signing ofcontracts on productionsharing with foreign oilcompanies in the blocksof exploration, drillingand production of oil andnatural gas in Rakhineoffshore region, inlandregion and Mottamaoffshore region forapproval. Next, Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min reported onPyawbwe-Na tmauk-

Special Projects help developUnion, improve living…

Magway Railroadconstruction project,N a m h s a n - K e n g t u n gRailroad constructionproject and Dawei-MyeikRailroad constructionproject. The Ministry of RailTransportation built4,552 rail-cum-bridgesand 325 stations including1,210.51 miles ofrailroads and 49 majorrail-cum-bridges whichare 180 feet long andabove after 1988. Kyangin-PakokkuRailroad constructionproject and Katha-BhamoRailroad construction oneare under construction.Pyawbwe-Na tmauk-Magway Railroadconstruction project,N a m h s a n - K e n g t u n gRailroad construction

project and Dawei-MyeikRailroad constructionproject will beimplemented. The 95-milePyawbwe-Na tmauk-Magway Railroad linksPyawbwe on the east bankof central Yoma andMagway on the westbank. On completion ofthe project, transport totowns on the east and westbanks will become easier.Social, economic andtransport sectors willimprove in Shan State,Mandalay Division and

Magway Division.People can easily go tothe west bank ofAyeyawady Riverthrough AyeyawadyBridge (Magway). Therailroad leads to Kyangin-Pakokku Railroad andNay Pyi Taw. The 4.75-mileP y a w b w e - Y a y n g a nrailroad section wascompleted on 9 April1999 and trains startedrunning. Yayngan-Y a n a u n g - N a t m a u k -Magway railroad section(90.25 miles) will be built.Altogether 382 major andsmall bridges will be builtalong the railroad.

As the already-built Pyawbwe-Phayangasu railroad willbe opened, trains can runfrom Nay Pyi Taw to

Taunggyi and one cantravel from Taunggyi toHsaikoung, Namsang andMoene. Namsang-Kengtung railroad projectwill also be implementedin order to easily travel tothe regions of Shan State(South) and Shan State(East). Namsang-Kengtung railroad will beabout 190 miles long anda Thanlwin river-crossingbridge and tunnels willbe built along the route.

On completion ofDawei-Myeik railroadproject, trains will runfrom Myitkyina, northernpart of Myanmar, toMyeik, southern part ofthe country. Dawei-

Myeik railroad is 127.62miles and coversThayetchaung, Palauk,

respective projects sayingthat in undertakingnecessary projects for the

development of the State,efforts are to be made tocomplete the projectsspeedily and effectively.Next, he stressed the needfor supervision ofminimizing expendituresof respective projects asmuch as they can.

The SeniorGeneral said all theprojects must be

undertaken successfullyand effectively by holdingthe concept that thoseprojects can help developthe Union, improve livingconditions of the entirenational people and servethe long-term interests offuture generations. Thenthe meeting endedat 5 p.m.

MNA

Rail TransportationMinister Maj-GenAung Min. — MNA

A rig seen in exploring natural gas at Mottama Offshore Region.— MNA

CPT MinisterBrig-Gen Thein Zaw.

MNA

Energy MinisterBrig-Gen Lun Thi.

MNA

Yatanarpon Teleport in PyinOoLwin Township.— MNA

All the projects must beundertaken successfully andeffectively by holding theconcept that those projectscan help develop the Union,improve living conditions ofthe entire national peopleand serve the long-terminterests of futuregenerations.

Palaw andMelaungchaung.

In response to thereports, Senior GeneralThan Shwe gave guidanceon requirements of

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YANGON, 15 Nov— Test-broadcast of Man-dalay FM Radio has been conducted since 3 April2008. During the test-broadcast, its programmeruns daily from 5.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m, accountingfor 15 hours per day.

There were no commercials exerted for pri-ority being given to better programme during thatperiod.

Today, its programme will run from 5 a.m. to11 p.m daily (18 hours per day). Each hour of the 18hour-programme covers sports news, internationalnews, regional news, interviews, informative itemsand special sections for kids as well as differentkinds of songs from traditional songs to modernones.

For the convenience of its listeners, the radiostation will broadcast a moderate ratio of commer-cials to other sections of the 18-hour programme.

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Broadcast of Mandalay FMRadio to be extended

Minister U Nyan Win meets Bangladeshi,Nepalese, Sri Lankan counterparts

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Minister for For-eign Affairs U Nyan Winmet Adviser to the Minis-try of Foreign Affairs ofBangladesh Dr IftekharAhmed Chowdhury at10.30 a.m. on 12 Novem-ber morning, Minister ofForeign Affairs MrUpendra Yadav of theNepal at 1.45 p.m. andMinister of Foreign Af-fairs Mr R Bogollagamaof the Democratic Social-ist Republic of Sri Lankaat 2.15 p.m. at HyderabadHouse in New Delhi ofthe Republic of India.

MNA

YANGON, 15 Nov—These days, thefts ofgoods onboard highwaytrucks occur time andagain, and accordingly,the Myanmar PoliceForce made investiga-tion into the cases. Theinvestigation led to ar-rest of five offenders in-cluding Teza Aung (a)Bu Koe together withthe exhibits by membersof Mingaladon Town-ship and ShwepyithaTownship Pol iceForces.

Highway Transporta-tion Entrepreneurs Asso-

Policemen honoured forexposing thefts

ciation (Bayintnaung)honoured the outstandingpolicemen on 11 Novem-ber afternoon. It was at-tended by Deputy Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Brig-Gen KyawKyaw Tun, local authori-ties, heads of townshippolice forces, and offi-cials of the association.

Chairman of the asso-ciation U Hla Minawarded K 300,000 toMingaladon TownshipPolice Force and K100,000 to ShwepyithaTownship Police Force.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov — A meeting betweenthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industryand the Federation of In-dian Chambers of Com-merce and Industry washeld at FCCI Office in NewDelhi on 12 November.

It was attended byUMFCCI President U WinMyint and Myanmar busi-nessmen, Director MrKantha Rao of the Minis-try of Commerce of India,FICCI President Mr DayaK Goyal and Indian busi-nessmen.

UMFCCI, FICCI hold talks oneconomic cooperation

First, the FICCIPresident extended greet-ings and the director of theMinistry of Commerce ofIndia gave accounts ofagreements on bilateraltrade.

Next, Director-General U Htay Aung ofDirectorate of Hotels andTourism touched on eco-nomic cooperation ofBIMSTEC countries andpromotion of tourism sec-tor and Director-GeneralU Khin Maung Lay of Di-rectorate of Trade ex-plained bilateral trade.

A f t e r w a r d s ,

UMFCCI President U WinMyint explained matters oneconomic cooperation be-tween the two federationsand businessmen of the twocountries discussed mat-ters related to economicsector.

UMFCCI GeneralSecretary U Sein WinHlaing and party attendedthe BIMSTEC BusinessSummit held at Hotel LeMeridien in New Delhi onthe same day.

On 13 November,Director-General U KhinMaung Lay of Directorateof Trade, UMFCCI Presi-dent U Win Myint andbusinessmen held discus-sions with Secretary MrYashwant Bhave of theMinistry of Commerce andofficials, responsible per-sons of the State TradingCorporation of India Ltd

(STC) at the office of Com-merce Department in NewDelhi.

MNA

Foreign Affairs Minister U Nyan Win meets Bangladesh CaretakerGovernment's Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Iftekhar

Ahmed Chowdhury. — MNA

Foreign Affairs

Minister U Nyan

Win meets Nepalese

Foreign Affairs

Minister

Mr Upendra Yadav.

MNA

A meeting between Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry and Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce and Industry in progress. MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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YANGON, 15 Nov— The opening of the 20th

Myanmar Para SportsCompetiotion held atAung San Stadium herethis afternoon.

Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint made a speech andopened the competition.

After the competi-

YANGON, 15 Nov—Seinle Shwepyi JournalVol 5, No. 24 has been dis-tributed on 13 November.

The journal fea-tures ways of cooking,using electricity, drillingoil wells, donating K1117.7 million, economicnews, science news andother articles.

YANGON, 15 Nov —Vice-Chairman of YangonCity Development Com-mittee Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa inspected thesale of rice, edible oil, veg-etables, fish and prawn,personal goods, fruits and

YANGON, 15Nov—Member of Natu-ral Disaster PreparednessCentral Committee Min-ister for Social Welfare,

A & I Minister receives SwedishMinister-Counsellor

Foreign Affairs Minister U Nyan Win meetsMinister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka MrR.Bogollagama. (News on Page 10)— MNA

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo receivesSwedish Minister Counsellor Mr Benet Ekman. — MNA

SWRR Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe receives JapaneseAmbassador Mr Yasuaki Nogawa. — SWD

Sports Minister opens 20th MyanmarPara Sports Competition, 14th ISD

Aerobic Tournamenttion took place, the prizepresentation ceremonyfollowed. Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myintpresented prizes to win-ners in men’s 100-meterevent.

The minister alsoattended the opening ofthe 14th Inter-State/Divi-sion Aerobic Tournamentheld at National IndoorStudium-1 (Thuwunna).

Defending Cham-pion Yangon DivisionTeam handed over Cham-pionship Trophy to theminister.

Next, the ministerdelivered an address andopened the tournament.

Altogether 15teams are taking part inthe tournament which willlast up to 17 November.

MNA

Vice-Mayor inspects tax-free marketsflowers at tax-free marketsin Tamway, DagonMyothit (North) andDagon Myothit (South)Townships this morning.

In meeting with offi-cials concerned at themarkets, the vice-mayor

stressed the need forfood hygiene, reason-able price of commodi-ties and winning cus-tomers’ satisfaction inaccord with the f iveaims of tax free market.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov— Minister for Ag-riculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo metMinister-Counsellor MrBenet Ekman of theBangkok-based SwedishEmbassy, at the hall ofthe Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation in NayPyi Taw at 5.30 p.m. on13 November.

They cordially dis-cussed technical coopera-tion in the agriculturesector between the twonations.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—The Meteorologyand Hydrology Depart-ment issued an an-nouncement that ac-cording to the observa-

SWRR Minister receives JapaneseAmbassador

Relief and ResettlementMaj-Gen Maung MaungSwe received JapaneseAmbassador to MyanmarMr Yasuaki Nogawa at the

hall of Fire Services De-partment (Head Office) inMayangon Township on13 November.

MNA

Seinle Shwepyi Journal Vol 5, No. 24comes out

The journal isavailable on the bookstallof Sarpay Beikman, Print-ing and Publishing Enter-prise’s Shop and PanShwe Pyi Booktstall. The

manuscripts may be sentto Seinle Shwepyi Jour-nal, No. 228, building ofPPE on Theinbyu Street inBotahtaung Township,dialing 382070. —MNA

YANGON, 15 Nov— Jointly conducted byYangon Division HealthCommittee and Maternaland Child Welfare Supervi-sory Committee, the fourthmidwifery course conclud-

Midwifery course concludesing ceremony was heldSabei hall of No. 2 BasicEducation High School ofSangyoung Township inYangon West District on 11October afternoon.

A total of 144 Mid-

wives from 14-townshipof Yangon Division at-tended the six monthcourse. Altogether 475midwives have completedthe course from first tofourth batch.— MNA

Storm Newstion at 3:30 p.m. today,Cyclone Khai Muk thathas occurred in theSouthwest Bay of Ben-gal crossed nearMachilipatanam at the

coast of Andhra Pradeshin the Republic of India.It is forecast to move theNorthwestwards as in-land storm.

MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HELMUTH RAMBOO VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HELMUTHRAMBOO VOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 16.11.08 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Invitation for ASEAN Energy Awards2009 Competitions

ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) is now accepting entriesto the competitions for (1) ASEAN Renewable EnergyProject, (2) ASEAN Energy Efficient Building and (3) ASEANBest Practices for Energy Management in Buildings andIndustries under the ASEAN Energy Awards 2009.

The entries are invited from Government sectors andPrivate sectors.

Application forms are available from Myanmar Engineer-ing Society, Hlaing Universities’ Campus, Hlaing Township,Yangon (Tel: 01-579038/579039, 09 50 28963), until 8th

December 2008.

A shepherd herds sheep amid snow at a mountainous region in Altay prefec-ture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on 13 Nov, 2008. About 1,000vehicles are stranded on a section of a major highway in northwest Chinaafter rain and snow left an impassable layer of ice on Thursday, Xinhua

News Agency reported traffic authorities saying.—INTERNET

Report sayspirates holdingChinese ship,

crew of 24WASHINGTON,15 Nov

— Somali pirates wereholding the crew of aChinese fishing vessel onFriday, hours after hi-jacking the ship in thefourth reported pirate at-tack in the region thisweek, according to a me-dia report.

All 24 crew memberswere fine, according toChina's state-run Xinhuanews agency, whichquoted a pirate leaderwho had spoken to a ra-dio station in the Somalicapital of Mogadishu.

The vessel was seizedlate Thursday in theIndian Ocean offthe coast of Kenya andtaken to the Somaliport city of Kismayo,near the Kenyan border,Xinhua reported.

Internet

One hundred balloons take of in unison over thePalote dam during the seventh edition of the 'Hot

Air Balloons Festival' in Leon, Mexico, on 14 Nov,2008.—INTERNET

Local villagers rescue passengers from the Kabul river after a boat capsizedwhile crossing the river in Qila Shah Baig near Peshawar, Pakistan on 14

Nov, 2008. Dozens of people who fell in the river while riding in anoverloaded boat were rescued by the villagers. —INTERNET

BEIJING, 15 Nov — A dirty brownhaze sometimes more than a mile thickis darkening skies not only over vastareas of Asia, but also in the MiddleEast, southern Africa and the AmazonBasin, changing weather patternsaround the world and threatening healthand food supplies, the UN reported onThursday.

The huge smog-like plumes, causedmainly by the burning of fossil fuels andfirewood, are known as “atmosphericbrown clouds.”

When mixed with emissions of car-bon di-oxide and other gases blamed forwarming the earth’s atmosphere like agreenhouse, they are the newest threatto the global environment, according to

Clouds of pollution threatenglaciers, health

Laid-off Silicon Valley worker kills threeSAN FRANCISCO, 15

Nov — A man laid off re-cently from his job inSilicon Valley shot andkilled three people, be-lieved to be former co-workers, at an office parkon Friday, police in theailing US technology hubsaid.

The 47-year-old sus-pect, identified by policeas Jing Wu, was still atlarge after gunning downtwo men and a woman

shortly before 4 pm localtime (12 am on Satur-day), Santa Clara, Cali-fornia, police told localmedia.

Police did not identifythe firm, which had em-ployed the suspect, localradio and television re-ported.

An online business di-rectory listed a man withthe suspect’s name work-ing at Siport, a semicon-ductor company at the

address of the killings.Siport was not immedi-ately available for com-ment.

As the US economyhas weakened, technol-ogy companies havejoined the rush to cutcosts and lay off workers.

Sun Microsystems,one stalwart of the indus-try, said on Friday itwould cut up to 6,000jobs, 18 percent of itsworkforce.—Internet

“Pregnant man” pregnant againLOS ANGELES, 15 Nov — Thomas Beatie, who was

born a woman but lives as a man in Oregon after sur-gery and hormone treatment, is expecting a secondchild, Beatie has told Barbara Walters in an interviewset to air on television on Friday.

Beatie, 34, who is legally a man but kept femalereproductive organs when he had a sex-change opera-tion 10 years ago, is in his first trimester of pregnancy,he told celebrity interviewer Walters for the ABC newsprogram “20/20” that will air on 14 November. Waltershighlighted the interview on her daytime chat show,“The View,” on Thursday.

With his thin beard, Beatie made headlines aroundthe world and was dubbed the “pregnant man” beforegiving birth to a baby girl on 29 June. He told Waltersthat after giving birth he did not go back on the malehormone testosterone that he took after his sex change,because he wanted to have another baby.

“I feel good,” Beatie told Walters. “I had my check-ups with my hormone level, as far as the hCG. Andeverything is right on track.”

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a report commissioned by the UN Envi-ronment Programme.

“All of this points to an even greaterand urgent need to look at emissionsacross the planet,” said Achim Steiner,head of Kenya-based UNEP, whichfunded the report with backing from Italy,Sweden and the United States.

Brown clouds are caused by an un-healthy mix of particles, ozone and otherchemicals that come from cars, coal-firedpower plants, burning fields and wood-burning stoves. First identified by thereport's lead researcher in 1990, theclouds were depicted Thursday as beingmore widespread and causing more en-vironmental damage than previouslyknown.—Internet

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Construction workers prepare steel bars before cement is poured at a buildingproject in Manila on 14 Nov, 2008. The Philippine economy is expected toslow further to post growth of 3.7 to 4.7 percent next year from 4.1 to 4.8

percent this year as the global financial crisis dampens domestic and externaldemand.—INTERNET

A resident crosses her flooded housing complex in central Jakarta on 14 Nov, 2008. —INTERNET

A pair of abandoned commercial vessels sit in the banks along Fisherman’sCut near Bethel Island, Calif, recently. —INTERNET

Russia’s Lower Houseapproves constitutional change

MOSCOW, 15 Nov —— Russia's LowerHouse of ParliamentFriday approved consti-tutional changes to ex-tend presidential andparliamentary termsfrom four years to sixand five years respec-tively.

The State Dumavoted 388-58 to pass theconstitutional amend-ments in the first ofthree readings. Aftertwo more readings, the

changes still need to bevoted on by the Federa-tion Council, the UpperHouse of Parliament,and by regional legisla-tures.

Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev, whoput forth the initiative inhis first state-of-the-na-tion address to the FederalAssembly last week, sub-mitted the draft law to theLower House Tuesday.State Duma SpeakerBoris Gryzlov said de-

bates and votes on the sec-ond and third readingswould take place nextweek.

Earlier this week,Prime Minister VladimirPutin expressed supportfor Medvedev's proposal,saying the initiative had“no personal dimension”.The constitutionalamendments will enterinto force once they havebeen approved by bothhouses of Parliament andat least two-thirds of re-gional legislatures andpublished in a governmentnewspaper.

At least ninedead at highway

accident inBrazil

BRASILIA, 15 Nov — Atleast nine people died onFriday and other 20 wereinjured during a highwayaccident in the state ofPara, north of Brazil.

According to prelimi-nary reports from theHighway State Police, thedriver of a passenger buswas driving on speedingwhen the bus hit the road-side and felt off a bridgeat the highway PA-150.

According to the com-munique of the ownercompany of the bus, theaccident occurred at about4:00 am local time.

Meanwhile, the fire-men told the Press thatthey are continuingsearching for survivors.

Xinhua

25 sports approved for 25th SEA Games in Laos

State of emergency declaredin Calif fire-hit area

LOS ANGELES, 15 Nov — California Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger on Friday proclaimed a state ofemergency in Santa Barbara County as a result of aravaging fire that has already injured at least 13 peopleand destroyed more than 100 homes.

The fire has burned approximately 2,500 acres (about1013 hectares) of land with no containment and causedloss of power in the area, the governor said.

The fire, which started Thursday night in SantaBarbara about 80 miles (about 128 kilometres) west ofLos Angeles, has required mandatory evacuations androad closures, and residents have been forced to seekemergency shelter, according to Schwarzenegger.

Xinhua

HANOI, 15 Nov — TheSoutheast Asian GamesFederation (SEAGF) hasapproved 390 events in 25sports to be staged at the25th SEA Games 2009 inLaos, the Lao newspaperVientiane Times reportedon Friday. The approvalwas made by the SEAGFcouncil in Vientiane onThursday after two days of

discussion among leadersof federations frommember nations.

The 25 sports to becontested at the games areathletics, aquatic sports(swimming, diving andwater polo), archery,badminton, billiards andsnooker, boxing, cycling,football, golf, judo, karate-do, sepaktakraw, shooting,

table tennis, taekwondo,tennis and soft tennis,volleyball, weightlifting,wrestling, wushu, muay, finswimming, petanque,shuttlecock and pencaksilat, according to theSEAGF Council.

The games will runfrom 9-18 December, withthe opening ceremony on13 December.— Xinhua

Improvised bomb kills twoPhilippine soldiers

MANILA, 15 Nov — At least two soldiers werekilled by an improvised bomb in southernPhilippines, local media reports said Saturday.

Bombo Radyo quoted Colonel Boggie de Leon,commanding officer of the Army's 102nd Brigade,said an improvised explosive device was placed ina culvert and detonated when a military truckpassed by in Sarangani Province before dawnSaturday.

According to on-line news network GMA News,Radyo told local radio reporters that the truck wasreturning to camp from community work when theincident occurred.

Police are yet ready to name the suspects and nogroup has claimed responsibility so far.— Xinhua

16 Nigerian engineers toundergo space rocket training

LAGOS, 15 Nov — Atleast 16 Nigerianengineers will embark onspace rocket training inthe United States andRussia, beginning fromDecember, an official withthe Centre for SpaceTransport and Propulsionsaid on Friday.

Oluremi Fashade,coordinator for the centre,said the training is part ofthe centre's humanresource developmentplan to launch Nigeria'sspace rocket (satellite) by2030.

�According to him, themajor mandate given tothe center is to developthe country's engineeringand scientific capacity toproduce space transportvehicles.

Fashade said that planshave been concluded totrain 10 engineers from thecenter in science of

Rocketry in Russia, notingthat additional sixengineers will also departthe country for technicalexposure and training inrocket design anddevelopment at theUniversity of Alabama, theUnited States.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News AgencyXinhua

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S P O R T SMourinho drops Adriano

and QuaresmaROME, 15 Nov — Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho

has dropped both Adriano and Ricardo Quaresma from

Inter Milan coachJose Mourinho,has dropped bothAdriano and RicardoQuaresma from hismatch-day squad toface Palermo onSunday.—INTERNET

Ferguson says Man Unitednot offering Ronaldo new deal

MANCHESTER, 15 Nov — Sir Alex Ferguson has dis-missed suggestions that Manchester United are closeto offering Cristiano Ronaldo a new contract by in-sisting that the European champions are 'happy' withthe remaining length of the player's current deal.

With Real Madrid expected to renew efforts to signRonaldo next year, it is likely that United will opentalks over a new deal with the Portuguese forward atthe end of the season.

At that stage, he will have three years left to run onhis 120,000-pound-a-week deal, but Ferguson admit-ted recently that the summer of 2009 will be a 'key'stage of Ronaldo's contract. Yet despite Ronaldo’sagent, Jorge Mendes, being spotted at Old Traffordlast week, Ferguson insists that the player’s currentdeal does not require urgent renewal.—Internet

Stanford leads Lorena Ochoa InvitationalGUADALAJARA, 15 Nov — Angela Stanford shot a

6-under 66 on Friday in the second round of the LorenaOchoa Invitational to take a two-stroke lead over LPGAChampionship winner Yani Tseng.

Real’s Schuster eyes replacementfor van Nistelrooy

Real Madrid coach BerndSchuster —INTERNET

Mickelson targets Singapore leaders Els and Dyson

Simon Dyson hits a shoton the 12th hole duringthe second round of the

Singapore Open golftournament on 14 Nov,

2008.—INTERNET

US golf player AngelaStanford putts on the18th hole during thesecond round of the

LPGA Lorena OchoaInvitational golf tourna-

ment in Guadalajara,Mexico, on 14 Nov,2008.—INTERNET

ACROSS 1 English river 4 Grab 8 Christopher — 9 Plunder10 Not deep11 Scholastic season12 Snooze14 Encounter15 Scarce18 Health centre21 Profit23 Camp without tent25 Green jewel26 Sheeplike27 Shiny fabric28 On the way up

DOWN 1 Tension 2 Quiver 3 Small curls 4 Despatch 5 Annoyed 6 Arctic aborigine 7 Five-shilling piece13 Prior16 Custom17 Way out19 Reside20 A manner of speaking22 Unskilful24 Principal

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Sir Alex Ferguson hasdismissed suggestions that

Manchester United areclose to offering CristianoRonaldo, a new contractby insisting that the Euro-

pean champions are'happy' with the remaining

length of the player'scurrent deal.—INTERNET

his match-day squad to facePalermo on Sunday.

Adriano has been omittedfrom every squad since a spatwith Mourinho two weeks ago,following which he wasdropped for unprofessional be-haviour.

But rather than forcing hisway back into the side, he seemsto be getting further and furtheraway from a recall.

But Mourinho moved on Fri-day to suggest that there is apath back to first team footballfor the Brazilian, who missedtraining on Tuesday due to acold.—Internet

MADRID,15 Nov— Real Madridcould bring in aplayer to replace in-jured striker Ruudvan Nistelrooy,who is out for theseason after havingknee surgery, coachBernd Schuster said

on Friday. "If there is any possibility we will certainlymake the most of it," Schuster told reporters whenasked whether Van Nistelrooy would be replaced inthe squad.

"Ruud's loss will make us more attentive to themarket," he added. "Someone important could comein who helps us."

Van Nistelrooy flew to the United States this weekand was treated by the surgeon who operated on thesame right knee in 2000 when the Dutchman was atPSV Eindhoven.

The 32-year-old has vowed to return next seasonbut Schuster said the Spanish champions will miss himbadly until then.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 15 Nov —Phil Mickelson suffered abogey on his last hole af-ter a spectator took a photoduring his swing but theAmerican still closed thegap on leaders Ernie Elsand Simon Dyson at the $5million (3.36 millionpound) Singapore Open on

Saturday. Mickelson, completing

his storm-interrupted sec-ond round in overcastmorning conditions at thepar-71 Serapong Course,saw his second shot at thepar-five 18th plunge intothe water after the ill-timedsnapshot distracted him.

The world number threecarded a three-under 68and starts the third roundfive strokes behind SouthAfrican Els and English-man Dyson, who sit atopthe leaderboard on six un-der. Local hope Lam ChihBing, Thailand's ChapchaiNirat and 19-year-oldRory McIlroy from North-ern Ireland are two strokesoff the lead at four under,while three-times majorwinner Padraig Harringtonis on level par.—Internet

Stanford had a 10-un-der 134 total on theGuadalajara Country Clubcourse. Tseng, No. 2 in theworld behind Ochoa, shother second straight 68.Ochoa followed her open-ing 73 with a 71 on herhome course, leaving her10 strokes back.

Meena Lee (69) was 6under, and Karen Stupples(71) was 5 under. AnnikaSorenstam (72), leavingthe tour at the end of theseason, was 4 under ingroup that included JuliInkster (69) and SeonHwa Lee (72).

Internet

Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston VillaBlackburn 1 - 2 SunderlandBolton 0 - 2 LiverpoolFulham 1 - 0 TottenhamMan Utd 5 - 0 Stoke CityNewcastle 2 - 2 Wigan AthleticWBA 0 - 3 ChelseaWest Ham Utd 0 - 0 Portsmouth

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (C) heads to scoreagainst Bolton Wanderers during their Eng-lish Premier League soccer match in Bolton

on 15 Nov, 2008.INTERNET

Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo (C)scores from a free kick during their EnglishPremier League soccer match against Stoke

City in Manchester, northern England on 15 Nov, 2008.

INTERNET

16-11-08 NL 8/2/18, 12:43 AM14

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 16 November, 2008 15

WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inRakhine State, upper Sagaing, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Di-visions and generally fair in the remaining areas. Night tempera-tures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) below November average tempera-tures in Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin and Mon States,upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Bago Divisions, (5˚C) to (6˚C)below November average temperatures in Kachin State, lowerSagaing, Magway, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and aboutNovember average temperatures in the remaining States andDivisions. The significant night temperatures were Loilem (2˚C),Hakha (4˚C) and Namsam (6˚C).

Maximum temperature on 14-11-2008 was89˚F.Minimum temperature on 15-11-2008 was 62˚F. Relativehumidity at (09 :30) hours MST on 15-11-2008 was 65%. Totalsunshine hours on 14-11-2008 was (6.8) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 15-11-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was(110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (140.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speedat Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph fromSoutheast at (12:30)hours MST on14-11-2008.

Bay inference: The cyclonic storm (Khai-Muk) over South-west Bay move Northwest slowly. According to the observa-tions at (09.30) hrs MST today, it is crossing AndhrapradeshCoast near Machilipatnam (India). It is forecast to cross theCoast during the next 12 hours. Weather is partly cloudy tocloudy in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations at (09:30)hrs MST today, the tropical depression over South China Sea hasbecome unimportant.

Forecast valid until evening of 16th November 2008:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin and RakhineStates, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generallyfair in the remaining areas.

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of light

rain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmar areas.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

16-11-2008: Generally fair weather.Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for

16-11-2008: Partly cloudy.Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for 16-

11-2008: Generally fair weather.

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S Korea launches second “Aegis”destroyer

SEOUL, 15 Nov—South Korea launched itssecond Aegis destroyer onFriday, the South KoreanNavy said.

The destroyer, namedas Yulgok Yi I, is expectedto be commissioned in2011 after test operations,the Navy said.

The 7,600-ton classdestroyer can carry up totwo helicopters as well asvarious ship-to-ship andship-to-air guided mis-siles that can be firedsimultaneously at up to20 targets, South Korea’sYonhap news agency

reported.Yulko Yi (1536-

1584) was one of Korea’smost prominent Con-fucian scholars. The Navyvessel was launched in aceremony at a dockyardof Daewoo Shipbuilding& Marine EngineeringCo, in Geojae, some 500kilo-metres south ofSeoul, the Navy said.

South Korean Def-ence Minister Lee Sang-hee, Navy Chief of StaffAdmiral Jung Ok-geunand other officialsattended the ceremony.

“Aegis destroyer

Yulgok Yi I has the world’stop class anti-ship, anti-aircraft and anti-sub-marine capabilities, whichwill significantly boost thecountry's naval defencecapabilities,” the Navysaid in a statement.

South Korea laun-ched its first-ever Aegisdestroyer, King Sejong,last year. The Navy hassigned a contract this yearwith Hyundai HeavyIndustries to build the thirdKDX-III by 2012, SouthKorea’s Navy said.

MNA/Xinhua

750 kilos of cocaine seizedin Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, 15Nov—Argentine policehave seized 750 kilos ofhigh purity cocaine,which Colombian andMexican traffickersintended to send to Spain,local daily Critica de laArgentina reportedFriday.

The cocaine, found in700 packs, was one of themost important seizuresso far this year, the reportquoted police as saying.

Two Mexicans andthree Bolivians weredetained in Thursday’soperation, code-named“Rainbow”, in the townof San Miguel, northwestof Buenos AiresProvince. ThreeColombians managed toescape, the report said.

It is suspected that thedrug belonged to the

Sinaloa cartel, one of thebiggest criminal gangs inMexico.

MNA/Xinhua

China donates 63 vehiclesto Peru for 16th APEC

Summit LIMA, 15 Nov—

China donated 63 cars toPeru Friday for theupcoming EconomicLeaders’ InformalMeeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coo-peration (APEC) forumon 22-23 November inLima, the capital of Peru.

Chinese Ambassadorto Peru Gao Zhengyuedelivered the vehicles onbehalf of the ChineseGovernment.

During the deliveringceremony, Peruvian VicePresident Luis Giam-

pietri, who is alsopresident of the APECHigh Level ExtraordinaryCommission (APEC-HLEC) expressed thanksto China on behalf of thePeruvian Government.

Giampietri said“theChinese Governmentand people generouslycontributed to a bettercondition of the Leaders'Week.

I must say that thisdonation helps us solvethe transportation problemof the leaders”.

MNA/Xinhua

Polesello'sview : A visitor

is reflectedthrough a

creation byArgentine

artist RogelioPolesello on

display duringSotheby's

LatinAmerican Art

preview, inNew York.INTERNET

16-11-08 NL 8/2/18, 12:38 AM15

4th Waning of Tazaungmon 1370 ME Sunday, 16 November, 2008

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov— Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein on 13 Novem-ber attended the informal meeting of Heads of Govern-ment of BIMSTEC member countries held at ShahjehanHall of the Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi, the Republicof India.

Also present on the occasion were Chief Ad-viser of the Caretaker Government of the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, PrimeMinister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley, PrimeMinister of the Republic of India Dr Manmohan Singh,Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal DahalPrachanda, President of Democratic Socialist Repub-

Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends informalmeeting of BIMSTEC Heads of Government

lic of Sri Lanka Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minis-ter of Thailand Mr Somchai Wongsawat, Minister forForeign Affairs U Nyan Win, ministers of foreignaffairs and deputy ministers of foreign affairs ofBIMSTEC member countries.

At the meeting, the Heads of Government ex-changed views on global financial crisis and discussedmatters on food security, energy security and climatechanges in a cordial and frank manner.

After the meeting, Prime Minister General TheinSein and the Heads of Government of BIMSTECmember countries attended a luncheon hosted in theirhonour by the Indian Prime Minister at Mumtaj Mahal

of the Hotel Taj Palace.At 1.30 p.m, a press conference on the Second

BIMSTEC Summit took place at Durbar Hall of theHotel Taj Palace. It was attended by Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein and the Heads of Government. TheIndian Prime Minister clarified the background historyof BIMSTEC, work programmes and functions andthe successful holding of the Second BIMSTEC Sum-mit.

Next, the Heads of Government replied to que-ries raised by those from broadcasting stations ofBIMSTEC member countries and the press conferenceended at 2 p.m.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein met ChiefAdviser of the Caretaker Government of the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed atShangri-La Hotel in New Delhi at 3.45 p.m on 13November.

It was also attended by Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, Myanmar Ambassador to India UKyi Thein, Director-General Col Thant Shin of theGovernment Office, Director-General U Kyaw Kyawof the Protocol Department under the Ministry ofForeign Affairs and departmental officials, Adviser ofMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Caretaker Govern-ment of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh DrIftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury and senior officials.

They discussed matters related to mutual inter-ests at the meeting. — MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets Chief Adviserof Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and heads of government of BIMSTEC countries attend the press conference on 2nd BIMSTEC Summit. — MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meetsChief Adviser of the Caretaker Government

of the People’s Republic of BangladeshDr Fakhruddin Ahmed at Shangri-La Hotel

in New Delhi.— MNA

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