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True patriotism

* It is very important for everyone

of the nation regardless of the place

he lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patri-

otism all the nationalities will have

to safeguard.

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

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

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

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

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preser-vation and safeguarding of cultural heritage andnational character

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

the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity,prevalence of law and order

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

with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Dec—On the occasion of the birthday anniversary of His Majesty KingBhumibol Adulyadej which falls on 5 December 2010, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairmanof the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of the Kingdom of Thailand.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe

sends message of felicitations to

King of Thailand

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Dec—On the occasion of the birthday anniversary of His Majesty King BhumibolAdulyadej which falls on 5 December 2010, U Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom ofThailand.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Seinfelicitates Thai counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 U Khin Maung Myint attended a cer-emony to sign contracts among Myanma ElectricPower Enterprise, Chint Electric Co Ltd, Gunkul Engi-neering Public Co Ltd and Central China Power GridInternational Economic & Trade Co Ltd held at theministry here on 2 December.

Also present at the ceremony were Ministerfor Electric Power No. 1 U Zaw Min, Attorney-GeneralU Aye Maung, Deputy Minister for Electric Power No.2 Dr Win Myint, Deputy Minister for Industry-2 UKhin Maung Kyaw, Deputy Ministers for Construc-tion U Tint Swe and U Myint Thein, departmentalheads, and officials of the three companies.

Minister U Khin Maung Myint made an open-ing speech and Dr U Aung Soe Win of Chint ElectricCo Ltd expressed thanks on behalf of the companies.Director-General U Aung Than Oo of Myanma Elec-tric Power Enterprise and managing directors of thecompanies signed the contracts on purchase of powertransformer, capacitor bank and substation materialsfor 230 KV Thaton main power station and Mawlamyinemain power station, and exchanged the notes.—MNA

Contracts for Thaton and Mawlamyinemain power stations signed

EP 2 Minister U Khin Maung Myint attendscontract signing ceremony among MyanmaElectric Power Enterprise, Chint Electric CoLtd, Gunkul Engineering Public Co Ltd and

Central China Power Grid InternationalEconomic & Trade Co Ltd.—MNA

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Sunday, 5 December, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Myanmar traditional medicine has beenused since the early Myanmar civilization.The Myanmar traditional medicinepractitioners who emerged in successiveperiods compiled various medical treatises.Myanmar traditional medicine is a royalmedical subject and the people have receivedvarious medical treatments and therapies.

The government is encouraging constantdevelopment of Myanmar traditionalmedicine. It is turning out traditional medicinepractitioners by establishing the Universityof Traditional Medicine. Research is beingdone to produce potent traditional medicines.Herbal plants are being grown in herbalgardens.

The traditional medicine practitionerson their part are to study the subjectthoroughly to be able to stand tall among theinternational community in the field oftraditional medicine. They have to producepotent quality traditional medicines.

The 11th Myanmar Traditional MedicinePractitioners Conference commenced today.The practitioners from various regions willdiscuss development and propagation ofMyanmar traditional medicine, training,research development, prevention andtreatment and extensive use of traditionalmedicine in various fields.

Myanmar traditional medicine is wideand deep. So it is necessary to maintain theusual potency and characteristics of Myanmartraditional medicines. It is also required topromote Myanmar traditional medicine toreach international standard.

With the government’s encouragementfor development of Myanmar traditionalmedicine, the practitioners are to work hardfor further development of Myanmartraditional medicine.

Strive for further developmentof Myanmar traditional medicine

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—A ceremony to mark theWorld AIDS Day 2010 was held at the town hall inChanayethazan Township on 2 December.

First, Chairman of Mandalay Region Peaceand Development Council Commander of CentralCommand Brig-Gen Ye Aung delivered an address.

The Head of Mandalay Region HealthDepartment read the message sent by Minister forHealth Dr Kyaw Myint.

The commander presented first, second andthird prizes to the winners in essay, painting andpoem contests to mark the World AIDS Day.

After the ceremony, the commander viewed

Mandalay Region marks WorldAIDS Day 2010

the documentary photos on control of AIDS in theregion.

Also present on the occasion were Chairmanof Mandalay City Development Committee MayorU Phone Zaw Han, departmental officials andmembers of social organizations.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Dec—The golf tournament tomark the 500th birthdayof Ketumadi (Toungoo),sponsored byInternational BeveragesTrading Co Ltd andjointly organized byMyanmar GolfFederat ion andMyanmar PGAcommenced at SouthernStar Golf Club inKetumadi on 2December.

Commander ofSouthern CommandBrig-Gen Soe Htut ,Commander of ToungooAirbase Brig-Gen HsanOo Hlaing, Vice-Presidents of MGF UMin Thein and U AungKyi, Executive ofMPGA U Ko Ko Lay and

Golf tournament hails 500th birthday of Ketumadi (Toungoo)

Executive Director UTint Oo of IBTCformally opened the golftournament.

After the first round,Zaw Zin Win (Srixon)and Soe Kyaw Naing

(Srixon) were leadingthe professional golfersdivision with 72 eachwhile Thein Naing Soestood first in the amateurdivision with 73.

Co-sponsors of the

tournament were GrandRoyal PremiumDrinking Water, Srixon,Red Star MyanmarGroup International CoLtd and Southern StarGolf Club.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—Mega sales promotionwith information about discovery of counterfeit engineoil in market to customers took place at the office ofHan Yadanatin Co Ltd on 25 November.

It was learnt that the company has arranged tofind the difference between the original Falcon engineoil and the imitative one. That is a chance to get luckydraw coupons for every customer who buys one Falconbottle of engine oil.

On the occasion, the manager presentedadvantages of new Falcon Engine Oil namely Super2000 (Gold), XMD (G-15), XMD (G-20).

For further advices, contact Han Yadanatin CoLtd, Ph: 226300, 226258.—MNA

Mega Sales Promotion forFalcon engine oil

YANGON, 4 Dec—The special show of Artist UBa Nyan’s artwork, organized by Ministry ofCulture, took place at Arts Hall of the ministry inBahan Township here this morning.

Also present on the occasion were Director-General U Kyaw Oo Lwin of Department ofArchaeology, National Museum and Library andofficials, Ambassadors of Foreign Embassies, andartists.

The director-general spoke an opening speech,and those present observed the paintings. The artexhibition featured 60 works of art till 13 December,daily from 9 am to 4 pm.

MNA

Masterpieces of ArtistU Ba Nyan on art gallery

Commander of Southern Command Brig-Gen Soe Htut tees off to opengolf tournament to mark 500th birthday of Ketumadi (Toungoo).—NLM

FM felicitates Thai counterpartNAY PYI TAW, 5 Dec—On the occasion of

the birthday anniversary of His Majesty KingBhumibol Adulyadej, which falls on 5 December2010, U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Mr Kasit Piromya,Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom ofThailand.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—A coordination meetingto hold the 11th Myanmar Traditional MedicinePractitioners’ Conference was held at the hall of No. 7Transit Centre, here, this morning.

Director-General Dr Aung Myint ofTraditional Medicine Department presided over themeeting together with members of the panel ofchairmen representative U Tun Kyaing of MagwayRegion and representative U G Khau Yeim of KachinState.

Meeting Chairman Dr Aung Myint explainedtasks about the conference.

The group-wise discussions followed and themeeting came to an end.

MNA

Coord meeting on MyanmarTraditional Medicine

Practitioners’ Conference held

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BAGHDAD, 4 Dec—Atleast 20 Iranian pilgrimswere killed and up to 40people wounded whentwo buses collided neara marketplace in southof Baghdad on Friday,the police said.

The two buses werecarrying Iranianpilgrims and heading tothe holy shiite city ofNajaf , when theycrashed and overturnedinto a nearby busyvegetable marketp-lacein al-Kefil area, some 40km south of the city ifHilla, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

“All the deaths wereIranian pilgrims andmany Iraqis at the marketwere among the wounded

Iranian pilgrims killed in bus crash insouth of Baghdad

Guards stand outside theheavily fortified FrenchEmbassy in Baghdad in2005. Iraqi forces have

thwarted an attempt by asuicide bomber to blow

up a vehicle by theFrench embassy inBaghdad, an Iraqi

general saidon Monday.

INTERNT

BERLIN, 4 Dec—Freezing temperatures and often blinding snowfall killed 12more people and caused travel chaos across northern Europe on Thursday, whilesome of the worst floods in a century devastated parts of the Balkans. Airportsclosed down or delayed flights across the continent, roads were coated in animpassible mix of ice and snow and even Europe’s vaulted high-speed trainsstruggled to cope.

Authorities declared a state of emergency in three Balkan Countries onThursday — Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro — and were evacuating hundreds ofpeople after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding along the Drina River — theworst in 104 years, officials said. “From my terrace, I no longer see a river, but alake that has flooded parts of the town’s centre,” said Muris Razanica, whosehillside hotel has a stunning view of the Bosnian town of Gorazde.

“This area is famous for rafting but if this goes on, big ships will be able to dockin Gorazde, it’s really unbelievable,” he added as the federal army turned out to helpevacuate people.—Internet

12 dead as heavy snow, flooding slams Europe

people,” the source said.Hilla is the capital

city of Babil Province,located some 100 kmsouth of Baghdad.

Hundreds ofthousands of Iranianpilgrims flock to Iraq to

visit holy Shiite shrinesand mosques since theUS-led invasion in 2003that toppled SaddamHussein’s Sunni regimeand set up Shiite-ledgovernment.

Xinhua

Cars are stuck as a wheel loader tries to get thesnow off the road during a heavy snow storm nearNeu Mukran on the island of Ruegen at the Baltic

Sea, northern Germany, on 2 Dec, 2010.INTERNET

KABUL, 4 Dec—ADutch aid worker and hisAfghan driver kidnappedmore than a month ago innorthern Afghanistan havebeen released, an NGOofficial said Friday.

The man waskidnapped by gunmen on25 Oct together with hisAfghan driver in TakharProvince.

“A Dutch nationalwho went missing in Bangiarea on the way fromKunduz to TakharProvince on 25 Octoberwas released lateThursday,” Aman-u-Din,an Afghan official of NGOPrince Afghanistan toldXinhua.

Aman-u-Din gave thename of the worker Peter,

Kidnapped Dutch aid workerin Afghanistan released

HAIFA, 4 Dec—Firefighting crews and equipmentfrom abroad are arriving in Israel to help the countrybattle the most devastating blaze in its history that hasso far claimed at least 36 lives. The fire was stillburning on Friday, a day after it ripped through theCarmel forest in Israel’s northern region of Galilee andreached the coastal city of Haifa, forcing the evacuationof 15,000 people.

Those who perished on Thursday were prisonguards who had raced to rescue inmates at a prisonengulfed by the flames. Assistance is arriving from theUnited States, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Bulgaria,among others. The Israeli Cabinet is set to convene inthe morning hours for an emergency meeting on thedisaster.

Internet

International crews arrive tobattle Israel blaze

A burnt-out bus is seen near kibbutz Beit Oren, on2 Dec, 2010.—INTERNET

Security personnel work on site of a blast inBishkek on 30 Nov, 2010. An explosion in

Kyrgyzstan’s Capital on Tuesday wounded atleast two people outside a sports palace where

several people are standing trial accused of masskillings during an April uprising in the Central

Asian republic.XINHUA

Al-Qaeda planned to killSaudis with poisoned gifts

JEDDAH, 4 Dec—Al-Qaeda militants now indetention planned to kill Saudi government and securityofficials and media workers by sending poisoned giftsto their offices, an Interior Ministry official told Reuterson Saturday.

The group “planned to rob banks and companies tofinance their operations”, the official who declined tobe named, said.

Last month Saudi Arabia said it captured 149 al-Qaeda militants in recent months who were raisingmoney and recruiting members to carry out attacksinside the kingdom, targeting government facilitates,security officials and the media.

“Using poisoned perfume which they planned tosend as gifts is one of the ways the arrested peopleplanned to carry out their assassinations,” the InteriorMinistry official said.

MNA/ReutersBAGHDAD, 4 Dec—A series of car bomb

explosions in the Iraqi capital, two of them targetingIranian pilgrims, killed at least 13 people andwounded more than 80 others, Interior Ministry andpolice sources said.

Militants blew up a car bomb in front of a houseused by Iranians as a rest stop in the KadhamiyaDistrict of Baghdad, as well as explosives planted inan adjacent house, and Interior Ministry sourcesaid.

The explosions killed five people, wounded 18and severely damaged the two houses, the sourcesaid.

In Baghdad’s northern Shula District, a carbomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranians, killingtwo people and wounding 28, the source said.

A third car bomb blast struck a market inBaghdad’s southwestern Bayaa District, killing sixpeople and wounding 41 others, the ministry sourcesaid.

MNA/Reuters

Bombs kill 13 in Iraq,dozens wounded adding that he has been

working for PrinceAfghanistan that helpsdisabled children inTakhar.

The Dutch aid workernow is in safe conditionand will return to theNetherlands as soon aspossible, and the driver isback with his family.

It is unknown whethersome ransom money waspaid or how the release ofthe two men was securedyet.

Since the beginning ofthis year,Takhar andneighboring KunduzProvince have beenwitnessing a rapid increaseof Taleban-led militantactivities.

Xinhua

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Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to 1,817PORT-AU-PRINCE, 4 Dec — The death toll of the

cholera outbreak in Haiti has risen to 1,817, theHaitian Public Health Ministry said on Thursday. Atotal of 36,207 patients have been hospitalized in thecountry due to this deadly epidemic, which hasaffected more than 80,000 people, mostly in theArtibonite Region in the north of the country, theministry said.

The Artibonite Region registered the most cases,with a total of 40,000 cases and 700 deaths, theministry added.

The unstable sanitary conditions in the country,due to a devastating earthquake on 12 Jan, haveaggravated the epidemic situation. The Haitianauthorities have launched a media campaignencouraging people to take preventive measures suchas washing hands and drinking clean water.Meanwhile, in neighbuoring Dominican Republic,there have been 12 cases of cholera.

Xinhua

Haitian children with cholera receive medical

treatment in a provisional clinic run by medical

humanitarian organization in Port-au-Prince on

23 Nov, 2010.

XINHUA

UN scientists highlight risks to worldcarbon targets

CANCUN, 4 Dec—Policy makers andscientists who contributedto the United NationsEnvironment Programme(UNEP) climate changereport have called forgreater ambition in thepledges to reduce carbon.

“It is clear that wemust increase ambition,”said Adrian Fernandez,head of Mexico’sNational EcologyInstitute (INE), one of theauthors of the report, at apress conference here We-dnesday.

The UNEP report,released worldwide at theend of November, said thepledges made duringCopenhagen’s 15th editionof the Conference of theParties (COP15) wouldnot cut emissions enoughto prevent globaltemperatures rising bymore than 2 degreesCelsius this century.

Most crediblescientists believe that, if

Microbe found that can use arsenic asnutrient

WASHINGTON, 4 Dec—Thediscovery of a strange bacteria thatcan use arsenic as one of its nutrientswidens the scope for finding newforms of life on Earth and possiblybeyond. While researchers discoveredthe unusual bacteria here on Earth,they say it shows that life haspossibilit ies beyond the majorelements that have been consideredessential.

“This organism has dualcapability. It can grow with eitherphosphorous or arsenic. That makesit very peculiar, though it falls shortof being some form of truly ‘alien’life,” commented Paul C W Davies ofArizona State University, a co-author

Mono Lake ‘Tufa’towers are seen in this

28 Nov, 2008 photonear Lee Vining,

Calif. According toreports, NASA has

discovered acompletely new life

form, a bacteria thatuses arsenic instead of

phosphorus in itsDNA.—INTERNET

temperatures increase bymore than 2 degrees, itwill trigger a dramaticglobal crisis.

“The Copenhagenpledges are inconsistentwith the 2 percent limit,”said Bill Hare, one of thereport’s authors and aleading scientist at thePotsdam Institute forClimate Change Re-search.

According to theUNEP study, worldemissions have to be keptbelow 44 gigatons ofcarbon dioxide equivalent(GtCO2e) by 2020 inorder to prevent the deadlyclimate change rise.

If no change is made,the world will produce 56GtCO2e, but even ifCopenhagen pledges areimplemented strictly, thefigure will still be 49GtCO2e.

Even so, the scientistssay Cancun hassubstantial issues totackle.

“The report hascorrectly identified thatcurrent ambition needs tobe increased,” said LeonCharles, who representsthe Association of SmallIsland States (AOSIS).The small island states arelikely to be the first tosuffer serious problems,due to rising sea levels andmore extreme weather.

Charles, from thesmall Caribbean Island ofGrenada, said the reporthad given strong supportto keeping the temperatureincrease within 1.5degrees or less, an AOSISdemand that had long beensidelined at COP talks.

The Conference of theParties brings together the194 signatories to 1992United NationsFramework Conventionon Climate Change(UNFCCC) in Cancun, aresort city on Mexico’sCaribbean Coast, in talksthat are due to last until 10Dec.—Xinhua

of the report appearing in Thursday’sonline edition of the journal Science.Six major elements have long beenconsidered essential for life — carbon,hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen,phosphorus and sulfur.

But the researchers found that thebacteria, discovered in Mono Lake,Calif., is able to continue to grow aftersubstituting arsenic for phosphorous.”It makes you wonder what else ispossible,” said Ariel D Anbar ofArizona State University, a co-authorof the report.The find is important inthe search for life beyond Earth becauseresearchers need to be able to recognizelife, to know what life looks like, Anbarsaid.—Internet

Folk doctors feel pins &needles

Acupuncturist

Feng

Juying.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 4 Dec — She sleeps easier now knowingshe can insert long, sharp needles into people withoutgoing to jail. It’s been a year since Feng Juyingqualified as a traditional Chinese medicine doctor inBeijing. “It took a load off,” Feng 47, laughs in herclinic at Tianchuang Shiyuan residential district onthe Fourth Ring Road of Beijing.

Feng began studying acupuncture with atraditional Chinese medicine master at age 16. Shenever went to university. “I had no degree and so Iwas unqualified to take the doctor’s exam,” Fengsays, inserting a three-inch needle into the spi-naljoint of a prone female patient in a room where threepictures hang on the walls displaying the variousmeridian points.

Only those with a college diploma can becomequalified doctors of traditional Chinese medicine,according to China’s 1998 medical law. After Chinaadded another law regulating traditional medicalpractitioners with a qualification examination in 1999,some folk doctors found their 1980s licenses hadbeen revoked. The result is that Feng spent decades inhiding, living in fear of the health bureau inspectorswith their nosy questions about qualifications.

Xinhua

L American, Caribbean biodiversity in dangerMAR DEL PLATA, 4 Dec — The fauna and

flora of Latin America and the Caribbean are indanger , according to the Uni ted Nat ionsDevelopment Programme (UNDP). Countries inthe region must understand the importance ofbiodiversity and invest more in sustainabledevelopment, the UN agency said in a reportissued Thursday in Mar del Plata, a coastal resortsome 400 km southeast of Buenos Aires, aftertwo years of investigation.

Echoing the report, Heraldo Munoz, UNassistant general secretary and UNDP directorfor Latin America and the Caribbean, said

environment awareness must be raised amongpolicymakers, consumers and the rural poor inthe region, wi th more investment in theenvironment.

He also said policy proposals made by thereport have the potential to transform traditionalmodels of development and improve the qualityof living for millions of people. Latin America ishome to a quarter of the world’s mammals, plants,reptiles, birds and amphibians, but the region’sbiodiversity is endangered by deforestation,farming, over fishing and marine pollution.

Xinhua

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Chinese train breaks speed record in trial use

A train of China Railway High-Speed (CRH) is ready for a test running at arailway station in Xuzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 3 Dec, 2010.—

XINHUA

XUZHOU, 4 Dec—Oneof China’s high-speedtrains broke the worldrecord for unmodifiedcommercial use on Friday

during trial service, theMinistry of Railwayssaid.

The train CRH380Ahit a speed of 486.1 kms

per hour on the tracksbetween Zaozhuang Cityof Shandong Provinceand Bengbu City ineastern Anhui Province,

which form a segment ofthe world’s longest high-speed rail line linkingBeijing and Shanghai.The train’s previousspeed record was 416.6kms per hour set on 28September during its runbetween Shanghai andHangzhou, capital city ofeast China’s ZhejiangProvince.

“It not only marks amilestone in theconstruction of theBeijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, but also isa major achievement ofChina’s technologyinnovation,” said WangYongping, spokesman ofthe Ministry of Railways(MOR). It shows Chinaleads the world in high-speed railwaydevelopment, he said.

Xinhua

Samsung promoteschairman’s son to president

SEOUL, 4 Dec—The son of Samsung Electronics Co’s chairmanhas been promoted to president in a reorganization of topmanagement posts at the conglomerate the giant technologycompany anchors. Lee Jae-yong, 42, who is being elevated fromexecutive vice president at Samsung Electronics, would retain hischief operating officer title, Samsung Group said in a statementFriday.

Samsung Electronics is a major force in the global electronicsindustry, where it holds the top spots in memory chips and flatscreen televisions and ranks No 2 in mobile phones behindFinland’s Nokia Corp. The company is also the flagship corporationof the Samsung Group conglomerate, which consists of dozens ofother businesses including shipbuilding, construction, leisure andfinance. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s fatherfounded the Samsung Group in 1938. The move to promote LeeJae-yong, who also goes by Jay Y Lee, was widely expected afterLee Kun-hee, 68, said last month that his son was set to move upthe ranks.—Internet

EBay buys local shopping engine Milo Farmers make paperumbrellas at a

workshop in JialuVillage, Fuchun Town

of Wuyuan County,east China’s JiangxiProvince, on 27 Nov,2010. As the wintercomes, farmers in

Jialu are engaged inmaking paper

umbrellas to earn theirextra incomes in the

slack season forfarming. The hand-

made paper craftworksare very popular

among consumers athome and abroad.

XINHUA

SAN FRANCISCO, 4 Dec—E-commerce giant eBay on Thursdayannounced that it has bought Milo, alocal shopping engine that providesconsumers with access to real-time localstore inventory and pricing. Ebay said itplans to integrate Milo’s technologyinto the eBay. com platform and mobileofferings, believing the acquisition willstrengthen its selection of products andhelp eBay sellers reach more shoppers.

Founded in 2007 and based in PaloAlto in the US state of California, Milocurrently tracks millions of productsand maintains more than 140 merchantrelationships, which account for about50,000 stores across the United States.It tracks real-time local availability andprices of the products and enablesshoppers to research online and find theproducts in-stock at a local store.

An introduction posted on Milo’s

website stated that its mission is “totrack every product on every shelf ofevery store in real-time.” “Localcommerce companies like Milo areblurring the lines between in-store andonline shopping,” Mark Carges, seniorvice president of eBay’s marketplacesdivision, said in a statement.

“By making accurate, real-time,local store inventory and pricingavailable to online and mobile shoppers,we see a huge opportunity for localretailers, small businesses and eBaysellers to reach more buyers, and forconsumers to make more informedbuying decisions,” Carges added. Termsof the agreement were not disclosed.EBay said it does not expect theacquisition to have a material impact onits financial guidance as issued inconjunction with its third quarterearnings release in October.—Xinhua

Nissan rolling out Leaf electric car in Japan, US

J&J recalls millionsof antacids

LO S AN G E L E S, 4Dec—Johnson &Johnson (J&J) said onThursday that i t ispull ing mil l ions ofbottles of antacids fromshelves because theydon’t list the alcoholcontent of flavouringagents . The recal linvolved 12 mill ionbottles of Mylanta and85,000 bott les ofAlternagel, the companysaid on its website.

There are no safetyconcerns related to therecall and consumerscan still use the productsas directed, said thecompany. Aspokesperson for thecompany said thealcohol content is lessthan one percent and isunlikely to causeadverse effects ina l c o h o l - s e n s i t i v eindividuals . The

YOKOHAMA, 4 Dec—Nissan isrolling out its Leaf electric car, joiningGeneral Motors and Mitsubishi as thefirst automakers to mass market zero-emission vehicles.

Nissan Motor Co said Friday theLeaf will start arriving in Japan and theUS later this year. The car is alreadysold out for this fiscal year in Japan at6,000 orders and the US at 20,000,reaching production limits.

At headquarters in Yokohama,southwest of Tokyo, Nissan showedvideo of the hatchback zipping alongsnowy highways and wet roads tohighlight its safety and practicality as afun-to-drive car.

Internet

Nissan Motor Co Chief Operating OfficerToshiyuki Shiga, fourth left, and people wavenext to the company’s zero-emission electric

car, Leaf, during a news conference at itsheadquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on 3 Dec,

2010.INTERNET

recalled products wereconnected to thecompany’s plant in FortWashington, Pen-nsylvania.

“Certain flavouringagents contribute small(less than 1 percent)amounts of alcohol,”J&J said. “It is unlikelythat use of theseproducts wil l causeeither absorption oralcohol sensi t ivi tyrelated adverse events.”J&J has been plagued byrecalls all year. It hasannounced more thanhalf a dozen recalls thatincluded products suchas Children’ s Tylenol,Benadryl, and Motrin.The company is alreadyunder criminal andcongressional in-vest igat ion due toquality control issues,according to ABC News.

Xinhua

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In this 22 Nov, 2010 photo, an Iraqi man sits nextto raw sewage in the Shiite stronghold of SadarCity in Baghdad. After proving a kingmaker for

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, thefundamentalist Shiite and fiercely anti-US Sadrist

movement is looking to cash in its chips for astrong role in Iraq’s next government. Already, it

has gotten bolder on the ground. INTERNET

Smuggled tusks are pictured in 2000. Gabon authorities detained 15 peoplesuspected of smuggling ivory Saturday after a swoop in which 105

kilogrammes of ivory was seized, a member of a wildlife protection groupsaid.—INTERNET

People try to get a vehicle out of snow in Horqin RightWing Front Banner (county) of north China’s InnerMongolia Autonomous Region, on 28 Nov, 2010. A

continuing snowstorm has disrupted the lives of morethan 52,800 people in Inner Mongolia AutonomousRegion over the past week. Snow storms has hit fourtowns in Xing’an Prefecture, a pasture region about1,500 km northeast of the regional capital, Hohhot,

since last Saturday. Snow has accumulated up to 30 cmdeep in most parts of the region and a meter in someareas. The snow was 40 days earlier than its usual

arrival time and was the heaviest in 30 years. About 2million heads of livestock have been affected by the

storm. —XINHUA

French jobless rate hits25% for young

CANCUN, 4 Dec—Ascorching summer thatkilled thousands inRussia and exceptionallymild winters in the Arcticwere among extremeweather events that haveput 2010 on track to beone of the three hottestyears on record, UNexperts said on Thursday.The data from the WorldM e t e o r o l o g - i c a lOrganization show thatthe last decade was thewarmest ever, part of a

Mercury busts charts; 2010 in topthree hottest years

BILLINGS, 4 Dec—Interior Secretary KenSalazar and governorsfrom three NorthernRockies states resumednegotiations Thursday toremove the region’swolves from theendangered list, butreached no conclusions.Western lawmakers arepushing bills in Congressthat would declare theregion’s 1,700 wolvesrecovered and no longerin need of federalprotections.

However, WyomingGov Dave Freudenthalsays there still is noconsensus on how thatshould be done.Freudenthal said aThursday conference callwith Salazar markedprogress toward balancing

Wolf negotiations resume,but no consensus

PARIS, 4 Dec—France’s youth unemployment raterose to a record 25 percent in the third quarter, wellabove the European average, and the overall joblessrate remained stuck at 9.7 percent in the latest gloomynews for euro zone growth.

The jobless rate among people aged 15-24 yearsrose from 24.2 percent in the preceding April-Junequarter, the highest level on records going back to1975, data showed on Thursday.

The rise in youth unemployment — a key concernamong voters — erased a brief dip early in the year andleft it well above the 18.5 percent it stood at in early2008 before the global economic crisis hit in earnest.While France’s overall jobless rate is lower than theeuro zone average, last reported at 10.1 percent as ofOctober, the rate among under-25s is well above theeuro zone average of 20.1 percent, EU statistics show.

The overall jobless rate of 9.7 percent wasunchanged from the previous quarter and compares toa peak of 10 percent in late 2009 during the latesteconomic crisis.

MNA/Reuters

MOSCOW, 4 Dec—Ahandover certificate onChina providing Russiawith emergencyhumanitarian aid hasbeen inked in Moscowbetween the two sides,the Chinese embassy inRussia announced onThursday. The docu-ment was signed byChinese Ambassador toRussia Li Hui andVladimir Puchkov, StateSecretary and DeputyMinister of RussianEmergencies SituationsMinistry on Wednesday.

On behalf of theRussian government,Puchkov thanked theChinese government andpeople for providing aidand support to Russia onthe abnormal summer

China, Russia sign emergencyaid document

NEW YORK, 4 Dec—China National Offshore OilCorporation (CNOOC) Ltd took top billing atThursday’s 12th annual Platts Global Energy Awards,winning two awards in the industry’s most recognizedawards program. It is the first time ever that a Chineseenergy company has won the sought-after EnergyCompany of the Year and Energy Producer of theYear awards, since the programme made its debut 12years ago.

“Not only is this a first win for China in theAwards history, but CNOOC ranks among an elitefew companies that have taken home awards in twocategories in the same year,” said Larry Neal, presidentof Platts, the leading global energy informationprovider and host of the event.

In its selection of the Energy Company of theYear, Platts’ panel of judges highlighted CNOOCLtd.’s surge onto the global energy stage, listing itsachievements which underscore the firm’scommitment to becoming a truly “world class” energycompany. Yang Hua, the chief executive officer ofCNOOC Ltd, told Xinhua:” “CNOOC sees theseawards not only as recognition of what we did, but asan encouragement for us to do more and better in thefuture.”—Xinhua

CNOOC wins two awards at 2010Platts Global Energy Awards

trend that scientistsattribute to man-madepollution trapping heat inthe atmosphere.

Europeans and someAmericans may think itwas chilly this year, buttheir unusually coldwinters were more thanbalanced by searingtemperatures fromCanada to Africa and theIndian subcontinent, saidMichel Jarraud, WMO’ssecretary-general. Partsof Greenland, whereglaciers are threatenedwith summer melt, hadan annual averagetemperature of 5.4degrees Fahrenheit (3

degrees Celsius) abovenormal, said the WMO’spreliminary report,released on the sidelinesof a 193 nation UNconference on climatechange.

Moscow had 33consecutive days whenthe thermometer topped86 degrees Fahrenheit(30 Celsius) and one daywhen it cracked 100 (38.2Celsius), a new record.Russian officialsascribed 11,000 excessdeaths to the heat waveand the peak fires thatraged on the capital’soutskirts.

Internetwolf restoration againstlocal concerns about wolfattacks on livestock andwildlife. Montana GovBrian Schweitzer andIdaho Gov CL “Butch”Otter also participated.

Montana’s twoDemocratic senators, JonTester and Max Baucus,on Thursday released aletter in which they urgedSalazar “to keep thegovernors of the threestates at the table to find aunified way forward.”Meanwhile, wildlifeadvocates werescrambling to head off thepush against wolves inCongress, saying it couldset a dangerous precedentand severely underminethe En-dangered SpeciesAct.

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wildfires. Li spokehighly of the closecooperation betweenChina and Russia inrecent years onemergency rescue andhumanitarian aid, andexpressed hope thatChina could furtherstrengthen cooperationand exchange views withRussia in this regard inthe future.

The humanitarianaid delivered by theChinese side on 20 Augwas worth three millionUS dollars, including fireextinguishers, com-pressors, fire-fightingsuits and gas masks.Statistics showed that thesummer wildfires havecost Russia 15 billiondollars. — Xinhua

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First annual world eco-safety generalassembly opened in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, 4 Dec— Cambodia openedfirst annual world eco-safety general assemblyon Friday for hundredsof leaders andstakeholders who arecoming from variouscorners in the region.With the fear of thedeterioration of globalecology and the outbreakof unexpected eco-disaster which mightharm to human beings,

about 500 participantswho are leaders andstakeholders from morethan 60 countries aregathering in Cambodia todiscuss the matter.

The assembly waspresided over by MokMareth, Cambodianenvironment minister, andJiang Mingjun, director-general of theInternational Eco-SafetyCooperative Organi-zation. The main topicsfor discussion are disasterearly warning, riskassessment, ecologicalrestoration and theinternational cooperation.The assembly, sponsoredby ICAPP and theInternational Eco-SafetyCooperative Organization(IESCO), is held duringthe three- day meeting ofthe 6th InternationalConference of Asian

Political Parties (ICAPP)which is being held inPhnom Penh, Cambodia.

“The deterioration ofglobal ecology and theoutbreak of unexpectedeco-disaster have beenseriously threateninghuman survival anddevelopment, and itcannot be controlled byany single country orregion alone,” JiangMinjun said at theopening speech.

“In response to aninternational communityfull of opportunities andchallenges, all thecountries shouldstrengthen their mutualtrust, coordination, fur-ther exchanges andcooperation and workhard for the world peaceand common pro-sperity,” he said.

Xinhua

Flame collectors give the

torch to Huang

Huahua(L), governor of

China’s Guangdong

Province, during the

lighting ceremony of the

flame for Guangzhou

2010 Asian Para Games,

held at the China

Millennium Monument in

Beijing, Capital of China,

on 3 Dec, 2010. —XINHUA

Chemmy Alcott fracturesleg in horrific skiing crash

LAKE LOUISE, 4 Dec — Chemmy Alcott was toundergo emergency surgery for a badly broken rightleg following a horrific flying crash during a downhilltraining run. The 28-year-old Alcott on Thursdaywent airborne over her first jump and never regainedher balance in the tricky Coaches Corner section ofthe ladies World Cup course.

Starting from the 50th position, she landed withan awkward thud then slid down the mountain withouther skis and poles before coming to a halt. Alcottsuffered a broken tibia bone and a possible fracture ofher fibula, said Lake Louise race chairman JohnCassels. She was airlifted off the mountain beforebeing transported to hospital in Banff where Canadiandoctors were to perform the surgery Thursdayafternoon.— Internet

Rescue workers evacute British skier Chemmy

Alcott after she crashed in the Women’s

Downhill third training of the FIS Ski World

Cup in Lake Louise, Canada.

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Youths are key foundationto development

PHNOM PENH, 4 Dec— A special workshop on“Youth Political Leaders”, held here on the sidelinesof the 6th International Conference of Asian PoliticalParties, has stressed youths are the foundation todevelopment, according to a statement releasedFriday.

Speaking at the forum, Kim Rithy, president ofthe Youth Association of Cambodia, said “Youngentrepreneurs are the key to economic growth as theyare filled with so much energy and creativity. If wehave youth who have the basic fundamentals as thecornerstone of their development, they can easilyintegrate themselves with the world. Therefore, theymust be encouraged to give their share of contributionstowards building the nation.”

“In this regard we must help eliminate thedifficulties which hamper the youth from developmentas they are the key for sustained human resourcessupply,” he added.

He pointed out, however, young generations facegreater obstacles in their development into usefulhuman resource and capital.

“The challenge was to carefully balance theeconomic system, ecology and the environment inwhich the youth can thrive, said Rithy.—Xinhua

Iceland’s strongest woman is a mother of fourSTOCKHOLM, 4 Dec — Thora Thorsteinsdottir, a

roentgen technician, zone therapist and mother offour from Stoksevri, South Iceland, recently wonthe title of Iceland’ s Strongest Woman in aweightlifting competition, according to a reportreaching here from Reykjavik on Thursday. “It hasalways been my dream to excel in strength,” she toldthe local daily Frettabladid.

But she didn’t take the competition seriouslyuntil it began. By then her only thought was to win.Her training partner Rosa won the fourth. Talkingabout how they trained themselves, Thorsteinsdottirsaid they actually trained themselves mostly insideher living room which they changed into aweightlifting room due to the close-down of thenearby gym.

They just bought a weight lifting poll, a benchfor bench presses and a lot of weights.Thorsteinsdottir’ s husband helped her make a rack

for knee bends. “We have practised hard and arevery enthusiastic,” Thorsteinsdottir added. “We findweight lifting really fun. It is good to see what you’re capable of.” The family have not felt bothered byliving in a makeshift weight room. “They think it’ snormal.

It doesn’ t bother them,” Thorsteinsdottir said.Her children have been trying it out, it turned out tobe fun for them too.

Although her husband is stronger than she is,now she can easily raise him up to her shoulders.Being asked whether her husband feels her as athreat, she said no. “No, he will always be muchstronger than I am. It doesn’ t matter what I do,” thestrongest woman in Iceland said. Iceland ranked No1 in the world in gender equality and also ranked infront in life expectancy (men actually live the longestin the world) according to recent statistics.

Xinhua

PARIS, 4 Dec—Frenchpolice have broken up alarge European networkof pickpockets, mostlygirls from the Balkansaged between 12 and 16,and who all gave theirname as “Hamidovic”when arrested, the Parisprosecutor said on Friday.

Prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin said thenetwork of some 100girls was the largest ofits type ever encounteredin France, accounting forabout half of all cases ofpickpocketing in theParis underground metrosystem since 2008.

The girls were forcedto undergo extensivetraining before being putto work.

They faced the threatof violence and rape if

French police break up big ring ofgirl pickpockets

they did not deliver ondaily earnings quotasstarting at 300 euros, theprosecutor said.

“If you did not meetthe daily objectives, youwould be hit with fistsand weapons, burnt, evenraped,” he said.

Police rounded up 18of the gang’s maleringleaders in a series ofstings in the south ofFrance and Italy,including its 58-year-oldBosnian ringleader.

They face chargesranging from criminalconspiracy to humantrafficking to rape andbarbarity.

Marin and Parisjudicial police chiefChristian Flaesch saidthe operation was theresult of a two-year

investigation whichuncovered a deeplyentrenched and“patriarchal” powerstructure, a code ofconduct and well-oiledtechniques for stealingfrom tourists in Paris andother European cities.

“We have the feelingof having broken up acompletely medieval(gang) structure,”Flaesch told journalists.

Male leaders mostlykept their distance fromthe pickpockets ,leaving the task ofoverseeing them tohardened femalehandlers who lived withthem in Parisian hotels.Occas ional ly , malebosses would stop by tocollect cash.

MNA/Reuters

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EP-2 Minister U Khin Maung Myint attendscontract signing ceremony among MEPE,

Chint Electric Co Ltd, Gunkul EngineeringPublic Co Ltd and Central China Power

Grid International Economic & Trade CoLtd.(News on page 1)—MNA

EP-2 Minister U Khin Maung Myint makes aspeech at contract signing ceremony amongMEPE, Chint Electric Co Ltd, Gunkul Engi-

neering Public Co Ltd and Central ChinaPower Grid International Economic & Trade

Co Ltd.(News on page 1)—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4Dec—Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee Mayor UAung Thein Lin thismorning inspected layingof concrete on SeikkanthaStreet between Anawrahta

Mingalar Market receives majorrepairing

Street and Bogyoke AungSan Street and on 36th Streetin Kyauktada Townshipand on 29th Street betweenAnawrahta Street andMaha Bandoola Street andon 18th Street betweenAnawrahta Street and

Maha Bandoola Street.Then, the mayor

visited Mingalar Marketin Mingala TaungnyuntTownship and looked intoits major repairing andsales of consumerproducts.—MNA

YA N G O N , 4Dec—The Myanmar-Russian Friendly TennisGet-together took placeat the tennis court in thecompound of theRussian Embassy onPyay Road, here, thismorning.

It was attended

Russian Embassy hosts FriendlyTennis Get-together

by Russian Ambassadorto Myanmar Mr MikhailM Mgeladze andembassy staff, Chairmanof Yangon City Devel-opment CommitteeMayor U Aung TheinLin, President ofMyanmar Tennis Fed-eration U Aung Maw

Thein and executives.The Mayor and

the Russian Ambassadorawarded the prize win-ning players of RussianEmbassy Tennis Cluband YCDC tennis club.

In the evening, adinner was hosted tothem.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Dec—New school buildingsconstructed by NRCMyanmar Group inLabutta Township,Labutta District,

NRC Myanmar hands over newschool buildings

Ayeyawady Region, werehanded over to theMinistry of Education atYway Nadi Hall inLabutta on 25 November.

Chairman of LabuttaDistrict Peace andDevelopment Council UAye Maung Kyi deliveredan opening speech. MrKristen Glerop of NRCGroup explained thepurpose of the donation.

Mr Kristen Glerophanded over the

documents pertaining tothe buildings to the districteducation officer.

Local TactitalOperations CommanderCol Myint Maunginspected the building ofNo (9) Basic EducationPrimary School. So far,16 villages in the districthas seen 29 schoolbuildings, which can alsobe used as cycloneshelters.

Labutta IPRD

YANGON, 4 Dec—Kaplan Higher EducationAcademy and CROWN Education will co-organizetalks on economics, management and statistics at theParkroyal Hotel here from 10 am to noon on 11 Decem-ber.

Deputy Manager Mr James Kong of KaplanHigher Education Academy, one of the largestacademies in the US, will give talks.

The talks are also meant for those who havecompleted LCCI Level-3, Diploma in Economics hold-ers, and Economics Degree holders.

For more information, contact Crown Educa-tion at Room (228-229) of Summit Parkview Hotel(Ph: 211888, ex-228, 09-49293313).—MNA

Talks on economics,management, statistics

on 11 December

Wise to conduct management coursesYANGON, 4 Dec—Wise Interna-

tional School for Executives plans toconduct ABE Diploma in BusinessManagement courses in December.

The courses will take 6 monthsand exams start in early January 2011which will be directly organized by ABE,UK. Those who pass the exam will beconferred internationally recognized cer-

tificates.For more information, contact

Wise International School for Execu-tives at Room No. 1009, 10th floor,Yuzana Tower, at the junction of Kaba-Aye Pagoda Road and ShwegondaingRoad, Bahan Township, Yangon (Ph:556183 and 09-5157032).

MNA

Yangon Mayor and Russian Ambassador seen together with winners after prize presentation ofMyanmar-Russian Friendly Tennis.—MNA

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Country sees first week ofDecember…

(from page 16)Similarily, mass walk was organized in states

and regions across the country. In Yangon Region,a total of 20,448 people participated in activitiesheld at Kyaikkasan sports ground, Aung San Stadiumand Youths Training Centre (Thuwunna) startingpoints.—MNA

Construction Minister inspectsYadanatheinga Bridge construction site

NAY PYI TAW, 4Dec— Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint on 1December arrived at theconstruction site of

Yadanatheinga Bridgelinking Singu Township,PyinOoLwin District inMandalay Region andK y a u k m y a u n gTownship, ShweboDistrict in SagaingRegion, after viewing, ina motorcade, progress ofZawchaung RC Bridgewith 24 feet wide motorroad between milepost77/4 and milepost 77/5on Shwebo-MyitkyinaRoad, which is beingconstructed by Public

Works in ShweboDistrict.

At the briefing hall,the minister heard reportsby Deputy Superin-tending Engineer U KyawLin on progress of piers,posts of approach roadsof both sides, andsupplementary reports ofSenior Engineer U KhinMaung Yi of PublicWorks in Sagaing Regionon progress of approachroad with 1 mile 5furlongs length, and Box

culverts.The minister

instructed the builders toconstruct piers with useof heavy machinery forcompletion of the bridgein time, and to meet setstandard.

Y a d a n a t h e i n g aBridge with 2480 feetlength is RC type. It has28-feet two way motorroads with three-foot widepavements on both sides.It withstands 75 tons pervehicle. —MNA

Secretary of MCIA and partyattend ICT Summit

YANGON, 4 Dec—Secretary U Zaw Min Ooand member Dr MyoNaing of MyanmarComputer IndustrialistsAsso-ciation and Directorof Myanmar ComputerFederation Dr Daw MyintMyint Than left here byair on 29 November toattend the ASOCIO ICTSummit 2010 held inChina (Taipei) from 1 to 3December.

They were seen off atYangon InternationalAirport by Joint-SecretaryU Aung Kyaw Moe andresponsible persons ofMCIA.

MNA

First round of Tatmadaw footballtournament goes on

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—The first round matchesof the 49th DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief’s Shield Tatmadaw(Army, Navy and Air)Football Tournamentcontinued at thedesignated zones today.

Northern Command(B) team played a 3-3 drawwith Nay Pyi TawCommand (A) team in

Eastern Command Zone(Taunggyi); South-EastCommand (A) teamtrounced Triangle RegionCommand (C) team 9-0in South-West CommandZone (Pathein); South-West Command beat No.77 LID 1-0 in North-WestCommand Zone(Monywa); No. 66 LIDand Western Command(A) team ended at a 2-2

draw in SouthernCommand Zone(Toungoo); South-EastCommand (B) teamrouted NorthernCommand (C) team 4-2in Yangon CommandZone (Yangon); and No.88 LID won over CoastalRegion Command (A)team 1-0 in CentralCommand Zone(Mandalay).—MNA

Let’s participate in December…(from page 16)

Only with theparticipation of entirepeople, will it bepossible to improve thesports standard of thenation. The sports andPhysical EducationDepartment inpursuing its plan tolaunch December masssports activities for2010 at the nationallevel with the aim ofensuring all-rounddevelopment of theentire national people,bringing about youthswith all-round

development, raising thesports standard of thenation, and contributingtowards the social objective“Uplift of health, fitness andeducation standards of theentire nation”.

Mass sports activitiesare organized from 6 am to8 am on Saturdays inDecember. The set periodis flexible for some regionswith particular climatepatterns.

The Mass SportsActivities Division underthe Sports and PhysicalEducation Departmentannounces gatheringpoints, sports hours, and

sports games one day ahead.In addition, theCompetition and TrainingDivision providesnecessary sports gear,course instructors, tacticaldirectors, sports grounds,and gymnasiums.

The department alsoorganizes the peoplethrough TV, radio,newspapers andpublications for sportsactivities. Moreover, article,short novel and colourcontests are held.

In Nay Pyi Taw,servicemen, members of theMyanmar Police Force,service personnel, membersof social organizations,students and locals in theirwalk leave the gatheringpoint in Myoma Market at6 am on Saturdays. Whenthey get to the ground nearthe Myanma GemsMuseum throughThabyegon Roundabout,they do exercise Vol I andII, participatein traditional

sports games, and doexercise in front of themarket.

Mass sports activitiesin Yangon comprise masswalk around KandawgyiLake, exercise Vol I and II,playing aerobics in sportsgrounds, gymnasiums,parks and grounds, tracksand fields, Wushu, tug-of-war, and traditional sportsgames. Three gatheringpoints for mass walks inYangon are Aung SanStadium, Youths TrainingCentre (Thuwunna), andSport and PhysicalEducation Institute(Kyaikkasan).

Mass sports activitiesyield many benefits. Bytaking part in mass sports

activities, participants canenjoy good health,happiness, physical andpsychological develop-ment, boost production ofgoods, and bring dignityto the nation throughsports.

Today, thegovernment dedicatesitself to the objectives ithas laid down for buildinga modern, developednation. In that regard, highhealth standard of thepeople is essential for thedrive. So, I would like tourge the people toparticipate in mass sportsactivities.

*****Translation: MSKyemon: 3-12-2010

Servicepersonnel

doing exercisein 2009

Decembermass sportsactivities in

front ofMyoma

Market in NayPyi Taw.

Participants of the mass walk as part of December mass sportsactivities (2009) of Nay Pyi Taw walking along Kanpat Street between

Myoma Market and Thabyegon Roundabout.

Secretary U Zaw Min Oo, member Dr MyoNaing of Myanmar Computer Industrialists

Association and Director of MyanmarComputer Federation Dr Daw Myint Myint

Than seen at the airport on 29 November ondeparture for China.—MNA

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Top Guinea court confirms Conde aspresident

CONAKRY, 4 Dec—Guinea’s Supreme Courtnamed long-timeopposition campaignerAlpha Conde presidenton Friday, throwing outcomplaints of electoralfraud by his rival, formerprime minister CellouDalein Diallo.

At 7 November run-off poll was Guinea’s firstfree vote sinceindependence fromFrance in 1958 and ismeant to draw a line underalmost two years ofmilitary rule in theworld’s top exporter ofthe aluminium orebauxite.

“Mr Alpha Conde,candidate of the RPGparty, having won amajority with 52.52percent of votes cast, iselected president of theRepublic of Guinea,”Court PresidentMamadou Sylla told a

A Target store in Daly City, Californiaadvertises sale price items. Analysts are talking

of a “tale of two Christmases” with “a jollyseason for retailers at the high and low ends of

the market.—INTERNET

news conference. The Court sat

through Thursdayevening and announcedits result in the early hoursof Friday. No immediatereaction from eithercandidate was available,but Diallo’s campaignmanager Fode OussouFofana appeared resignedto defeat.

“In the end it will be

Guinea that wins,” he toldreporters of the fact thatthe chaotic electionprocess had come to end.

For Conde the finalresult is a dramaticturnaround of the firstround of the vote in whichDiallo took acommanding lead ofaround 44 percent toConde’s 18 percent.

MNA/Reuters

China chargesAustralianCEO with

embezzlementADELAIDE, 4 Dec —

An Australian busine-ssman detained lastmonth in southern Chinahas been charged withembezzlement, Austra-lia’s government confir-med on Thursday.

Matthew Ng, 44, wasformally charged Tues-day after being detainedin Guangzhou, thecapital of GuangdongProvince, on 16 Nov, theDepartment of ForeignAffairs and Trade said ina statement. Ng is CEOof a travel servicescompany reportedlyembroiled in a disputewith a local partner.

“The Australiangovernment ismonitoring develop-ments closely to ensuredue legal process isfollowed,” the statementsaid. “The AustralianConsulate-General inGuangzhou has raisedthe Australian govern-ment’s strong interest inthe case at senior levelsof the Guangdonggovernment.”

The departmentwould not comment onwhether Ng was denyingthe charges. He remainslisted as chief executiveof the travel company,Et-China, on its website.

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China quake film best picture at Asia Pacific awardsSYDNEY, 4 Dec— A Chinese film about a family’s struggle to deal with a devastating earthquake took

best picture award at the 2010 annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, topping 31 films from 15 countries. “Tangshan dadizheng” (Aftershock), directed by Feng Xiaogang, deals with the aftermath of the 1976

Tangshan earthquake that killed at least 255,000 people. It is the highest grossing domestic film of all timein China. Chen Daoming received the Best Performance award for his role in the film.

“Ultimately, Aftershock won best film because, in my own view, it has everything,” David Puttnam,an Academy Award-winning producer who headed the International Jury for the awards, said on Thursday.“It is incredibly moving and, at the same time, it is really an extraordinarily restrained film...and it endsbeautifully”.

The nominated movies were chosen from 239 entires from 70 countries. South Korean Director LeeChang-dong won the Best Achievement for Directing for “Shi” (Poetry). His brother, Lee Joon-dong,produced the movie. More than 550 filmmakers and guests attended the awards ceremony on the GoldCoast in the state of Queensland.

MNA/Reuters

An abandoned Siberian tiger cub is “cared” by agoat at the Jiufeng Forest Zoo in Wuhan, capital

of central China’s Hubei Province, on 14 Nov,2010. It is estimated that there are merely 50-60wild tigers surviving in China. More tigers areartificially bred in captivity. The wildness of

those tigers raised in captivity has degenerated,thus leading to difficulties for their natural

mating and wild living. They have become toofamiliar with humans and lost their natural

wildness.—XINHUA

Chinese buyers power record$408 mln Christie’s sale

HONG KONG, 4 Dec—Christie’s sold a record409 million US dollarsworth of Chinese art andcollectibles at its autumnAsian sales that endedin Hong Kong onThursday in another signof ebullient sentimentfor high-end Asian andChinese art.

The tally was theauction house’s best in asingle Hong Kongauction season, powe-red by the purchasingpower of mainland

Artist Wafaa Bilal, anassistant arts professor at

New York Universityseen here in 2007, saidTuesday that a small

camera had been put intohis head. The zany ideais part of an art projectcommissioned by the

Mathaf the ArabMuseum of Modern Art

in Qatar, an oil-rich Gulfstate.—INTERNET

JUBA, 4 Dec— Sudan’s south on Thursdayaccused northern-backed militias of killing 10soldiers and two civilians in an ambush that comesas north-south tensions rise ahead of a 9 Januaryvote on southern independence.

Both sides accuse each other of violating the2005 truce that ended Africa’s longest civil war inSudan and massing troops along the still disputedborder.

“An SPLA truck was overpowered after fallinginto a big ambush 25 kilometres (15 miles) north ofBentiu,” said southern army (SPLA) spokesmanPhilip Aguer.

“Twelve people were killed in the gunbattle; 10

South Sudan army says northern ambush kills 12SPLA soldiers and two civilians,” he said, addingthe attack happened on Wednesday. Bentiu is thecapital of the oil-producing Unity state in southSudan.

“They are definitely militia backed fromKhartoum,” he said. “It was a very coordinatedattack.” The northern army (SAF) denied the report.“This is completely untrue — it’s not possible thatwe have anyone in Unity state,” said SAF spokesmanal-Sawarmi Khaled.

The north-south UN peacekeeping mission(UNMIS) confirmed the attack but could not identifythe aggressors.

MNA/Reuters

Chinese millionaireswho made up 40 percentor so of sales even as theglobal economicoutlook darkens onEurozone debt woes.

“There wassignificant participationagain from Chinesebidders. It was a perfectstorm of great propertyand hungry demand,”said Jonathan Stone,Christ ie’s AsiaManaging director.

It wasn’t strongacross the board,

however, with Chinesecontemporary art stillstruggling to find itsfooting as moretraditional collectingcategories of Asian artsteam ahead.

In the marquee salesof ancient Chineseartwork and ceramics,the auction house’sstaging of three single-owner Western collec-t ions; including therenowned Fonthil lcollection from Englandhelped generate addi-tional buzz for longshelved objects.

MNA/Reuters

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Asia-Pacific businesses to growover next two years

SINGAPORE, 4 Dec—Nearly 90percent of businesses surveyed in Asia-Pacific are planning turnover growthover the next two years, according toGlobal Enterprise Survey Report 2010on Friday.

The survey by the Institute ofChartered Accountants in England andWales (ICAEW) provides a picture ofhow businesses in the economicallyambitious Asia-Pacific Region arecontinuing to recover from the globaleconomic downturn, alongside detailson their current activity and aspirationsfor the future, said Mark Billington,the regional director for South EastAsia at ICAEW.

The survey found that around 70percent are planning growth of 6 percentor more a year, significantly higherthan in globally- engaged businessesin Britain and businesses in other EU

countries. The survey also found thatbusinesses in Asia-Pacific continue tohold the view that continuedglobalisation of markets will have apositive impact on their business,especially those in Singapore.

A total of 69 percent of businessessurveyed say they plan to expand into,or increase market share in, othercountries in the next two to three years.Most of those planning to expand aretargeting countries relatively close tohome, most notably China.

Over the past year, changes in rawmaterial costs are consistently cited ashaving had a negative influence oncompetitiveness across the region.Around a third of businesses acrossvirtually all countries in the regionhave been negatively affected bychanges in raw material costs.

Xinhua

Photo taken on 28 Nov, 2010 shows buildings ofHongqi Primary School under construction in thequake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,

northwest China’s Qinghai Province. By far, atotal of 249 rebuilding projects have been carriedout in Yushu, where the investment will reach 5

billion RMB yuan (750 million US dollars) till theend of this year.—XINHUA

Cranecollapse killstwo, injuresnine in east

ChinaHANGZHOU, 4 Dec—

Two people died and nineothers were injured whena crane collapsed at aconstruction site in eastChina’s Zhejiang Provi-nce early Friday, localauthorities said. Theaccident happened at 3:30am at the constru-ction siteof a bridge designed tolink Jiaxing and ShaoxingCities across theHangzhou Bay, aspokesman with theproject constructionheadquarters said.

He said one workerwas killed at the scene andthe other died in hospital.At least one of the nineinjured workers was incritical condition. Thecause of the accident isunder investigation. TheJiaxing-Shaoxing Bridge,the second to spanHangzhou Bay, isexpected to halve thejourney between Shaox-ing and the economic hubShanghai to 1.5 hourswhen it opens to traffic in2012.—Xinhua

Chinese cars to take Thailand’s market shareBANGKOK, 4 Dec—

At the ThailandInternatio-nal MotorExpo 2010, held from 1-12 December at MuangThong Thani, Bangkok,three Chinese brand carswere put on display toshow the Thai peoplethat like any Chineseproducts that are on therise within Thailand,Chinese manufacturedcars will one day be putonto the limelight.

Chery, DFM andFoton were introducedinto the Thai market twoyears ago. Executives atthe three automobilehouses admitted thatpromoting the three

brands were an uphillbattle, especially whenthe populari ty ofJapanese cars was stillprevalent in the country.

“The Chinese mobilephones and electronicshave become number onein the world now, and ofcourse now Chineseautomobile will be thenext big thing. The mostimportant thing is theafter-sales service,” saidPitaya Thanadamro-ngsak, managing directorof DFM Mini-TrucksThailand

Since the China-ASEAN FTA came intoeffect this year ,automobile manufactu-

Spanish bullfighter

David Fandila “El

Fandi” is tackled by a

bull during a bullfight

at Peru’s historic Plaza

de Acho bullring in

Lima on 28 November,

2010.

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rers have enjoyed thezero-tariff luxury andthe free movement ofcapital for investment,setting up businessesand services with theAsian bloc.

The Motor Expo thisyear showcased smalland compact eco-cars.Chery QQ stole the showas it was one of thesmallest cars on show.

The DFM mini-truck boasted i tscompetitive price and itseconomical fuel usage,using the NGV (NaturalGas Vehicle) and LPG(Liquefied PetroleumGas) to keep the truckrunning.—Xinhua

UN climate chief Christiana Figueres places abuilding block in a miniature Mayan pyramid at

the site of climate negotiations in Cancun,Mexico, on 28 Nov, 2010.The ‘Pyramid of Hope’monument was erected by the TckTckTck climate

awareness campaign to symbolize the manybuilding blocks needed for a new climate

agreement.—INTERNET

Tourists warned after RedSea shark attacks fourCAIRO, 4 Dec—A shark attacked four divers in the

Red Sea over two days and Egyptian officials haveimposed a swimming ban in part of the area, one ofEgypt’s most popular tourist destinations, state newsagency MENA reported. Health officials said an oceanicwhite-tip shark attacked the three Russians and aUkrainian off Sharm El Sheikh on Tuesday andWednesday, biting off a hand and causing severe legand back injuries, MENA said.

They were transferred from Sharm El SheikhHospital to the Nasser Institute Hospital in Cairo fortreatment, it said. Shark attacks in the Red Sea arereported once every year or two, said Mohamed Salem,director of South Sinai Conservation. The region isfamed for its abundant coral, clear waters and exoticfish.

“Oceanic white tip sharks are ranked the thirdmost dangerous shark breed globally,” said Ibrahimal-Shazly, a Red Sea diver. “Such an attack is quiterare. The last incident was last year when a Frenchtourist died after her leg was ripped off.”—Internet

Earthquake in westernIndonesia forces people to flee

JAKARTA, 4 Dec—A 4.2-magnitude earthquakerocked West Sumatra province in western Indonesiaat 10:13 local time ( 0313 GMT) on Friday, forcingpeople to flee of their houses, Metro TV reportedhere.

According to the Meteorology, Climatology andgeophysics Agency of Padang Pariaman regency,the earthquake was centered at 17 kilometres offPadang Sea and at depth of 10 kilometers underseabed. however, the agency did not release a tsunamiwarning.

Although it was a small earthquake, it triggeredpanic among people.

The TV footage showed people running out oftheir offices to avoid risk of being struck down bydebris.

The footage also showed people living in coastalareas were running to higher ground to avoid tsunami.The earthquake triggered traffic jams on streets.Panicwas also occurred in hospitals where patients wereevacuated outside the buildings.—Xinhua

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UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

MYANMA RAILWAYSINVITATION TO SEALED TENDER

1. Sealed tenders are invited for supply of the following items in Japanese Yen:- Tender No. Description Quantity4/MR/Rail Bus (M)/ Inservice Rail Buses (RBE) with Roof 20 Nos.2010-2011 Mounted Air Condition

Closing date/time - 20.12.2010 (Monday)/(12:00) hr2. Tender documents are available at our office starting from 6.12.2010 (Mon-day) during office hours and for further details, please contact: Deputy GeneralManager, Supply Department, Myanma Railways, Corner of Theinbyu Street andMerchant Street, Botahtaung, Yangon. Phone: 95-1-291994, 95-1-291985.

Deputy General ManagerSupply Department, Myanma Railways

Yangon

A grey Squrriel climbs atree in Banff NationalPark in Lake Louise,

Alberta on 2 Dec, 2010.The national park,Canada’s oldest, is

situated in the RockyMountains.— INTERNET

The expiry date is stamped on each egg as it isprocessed and packaged at an egg farm in SanDiego County in this picture taken on 29 July,

2008.— INTERNET

NY Thruway to review evac plans after snowstorm

This image provided by the Venezuelan Governmentshows an aerial view of flooded areas in Barlovento,Miranda State, Venezuela, on 2 Dec, 2010. Weeks ofdownpours in Venezuela that have caused floodingand mudslides has killed more than twenty people andforced thousands to flee from their home, authorities said.— XINHUA

Ken Kobus clears snow from the sidewalk duringa winter snow storm in South Buffalo, NY,

on 2 Dec, 2010.— INTERNET

BUFFALO, 4 Dec —State authorities plan toreview emergency proce-dures in the wake of anaccident on a western NewYork highway thatstranded hundreds of mo-torists for hours in the gripof a heavy snowstorm.Michael R. Fleischer, ex-ecutive director of theNew York State ThruwayAuthority, told the BuffaloNews that although thesudden storm over-whelmed officials lateWednesday “those peoplewho could have been andwanted to be evacuatedshould have been.”

A Lake Erie-fed stormthat began Wednesday andcontinued through Thurs-day buried parts of Buffaloand some suburbs undermore than 2 feet of snow.Downtown Buffalo waslargely spared. Dozens ofschools canceled classes.

Fliescher joined authorityvice chairwoman Donna JLuh in calling for a “post-situation review” and newplans to make sure thesituation doesn’t happenagain, the newspaper said.Both called the incidentunacceptable.

Police closed Interstate90 about 3 am Thursdayafter a truck jackknifed theprevious evening and ve-

hicles became backed upand buried in blowingsnow, State Trooper Dan-iel Golinski said. Driversalso were stranded on a 3-mile stretch of Interstate190. Though parts of I-90,better known as the NewYork Thruway, were reo-pened by midday, an 11-mile stretch remainedclosed as darkness fell.Traffic, mostly big rigs,was backed up for abouttwo miles in the east-bound lanes and a mileheaded west after sunset.Authorities expected itwould take several morehours to clear the mess.

InternetAlbania seeks China’s help to

digitalize TV broadcasting

Towns in Australia’s southern NewSouth Wales face evacuation, floods

Dutch cities tostart crackdown

on marijuanacafes

AMSTERDAM, 4 Dec —The Netherlands’ justiceminister and five southernDutch cities say they willimplement new restric-tions on marijuana cafesafter a wave of drug-re-lated gangland violence.They said on Friday themeasures include shuttingdown many cafes, usingtax and accounting laws toseize criminal assets, andintroducing a “membersonly” pass system for re-maining cafes.

The government has pre-viously floated the idea of anationwide passsystem that would make itdifficult for tourists to buymarijuana, despite the coun-try’s famed tolerance policy,which allows sale and pos-session of small amountsof weed.—Internet

The royal weddingcould see more

newborns named afterKate Middleton nextyear, a report says.

INTERNET

Kate ‘to become popular baby name’LONDON, 4 Dec — The

name of royal bride-to-beKate Middleton is ex-pected to become one ofthe most popular ones fornewborn girls in 2011,according to research.Thousands more babygirls are due to be chris-tened after PrinceWilliam’s fiancee, or

something very close,repeating the trend seenfollowing past royalweddings.

The number of babieswith a derivative of thename Kate - Cate,Catherine, the fiancee’sfull name, Katie andKaty, totalled 2,466in 2009. If this numberdoubles as predictedto 4,932 in 2011 itwould come second, iflast year’s figures forEngland and Wales re-main static, behind thetop name of Olivia(5,201) and ahead of thirdplace Ruby (4,555). Thefamily history websiteAncestry.co.uk hasmapped the popularity ofnames in the year of royalnuptials from millions ofbirth records.

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SYDNEY, 4 Dec —Australia’s southern NewSouth Wales (NSW) is onalert as towns along theMurrumbidgee river faceevacuation and floods af-ter a dam overflowed dueto heavy rain, the StateEmergency Service(SES) said on Friday.SES has warned thatlower lying areas ofJugiong, located 344

kilometres south-west ofSydney, could face evacu-ation on Friday as theBurrinjuck dam on theMurrumbidgee River ex-perienced a deluge of in-flows after heavy rain.

The nearby town ofGundagai is also on alertfor minor flooding asoverflows from the dam,near the MurrumbidgeeRiver, endanger the area.SES also responded to85 calls for assistancein Wagga Wagga, a citysituated on theMurrumbidgee River inNSW, after flash floodingin the area, mostly forleaking roofs, flash flood-ing and water in somehomes.—Internet

Judge ordersremoval of sugarbeet seed plantsDES MOINES, 4 Dec —

A federal judge in Califor-nia has ordered the re-moval from the ground ofplants grown to produceseeds for geneticallymodified sugar beets, cit-ing the potential for envi-ronmental harm. The rul-ing by US District JudgeJeffrey White has againraised questions about theuse of genetically modi-fied crops and what willhappen if growers aren’tallowed to plant GMOseeds.

About 95 percent ofthe sugar beet crop hasbeen genetically modifiedto resist the weed killerRoundup. The crop pro-vides roughly half of thenation’s sugar supply. Inhis decision, White cited,“a significant risk of en-vironmental harm.

Internet

TIRANA, 4 Dec— Alba-nia’s public televisionbroadcaster RTSH said onThursday that it is seekingChina’s help to overhaul itsanalogue broadcasting sys-tem into a digital one.RTSH’s general managerPetrit Beci told the Shekullidaily that they had agreedin principle with a Chinesefirm and were waiting for agroup of experts whowould define the exact mapof RTSH’s distribution.

“These experts will ul-timately produce a clearproject, which we shallhand over to the govern-

ment. We hope we will getChinese investment in thisproject,” Beci added. Alba-nia has been assigned eightdigital frequencies in thenew system of digital tel-evision broadcasting thatwill be mandatory in Eu-rope by 2012 and RTSHwill own two of those fre-quencies. Viewers mightwatch 24 channels on thosetwo frequencies when theproject is finished. The in-vestment to buy a digitalbroadcasting system mightcost up to 25 millioneuros, Beci said.

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BEIJING, 4 Dec— The2011 Xiamen Inter-national Marathon is tobe kicked off on 2 Januarywith a record of some80,000 runnersparticipating in sixcategories. “The numberof participants reaches80,000 for the first timein the history of XiamenInternational Marathon,30,000 more than lastyear,” Zang Jiebin,deputy mayor of Xiamenmunicipal government,told the press here on

Tao Jun (C), a Peking opera artist, performs during a modern Peking operatelling a story about the reform in China’s countryside in Beijing, capital ofChina, on 2 Dec, 2010. Altogether 45 selected Peking operas will be on show

in 6 theatres in Beijing during a national Peking opera exhibition from 2 Dec,2010 to 20 Jan, 2011.— XINHUA

NE W O R L E A N S , 4Dec—When the NewOrleans Museum of Artopened its doors 100years ago thanks to a$150 ,000 dona t ionof fe red by a loca lbusinessman to build a“temple of art for richand poor a l ike ,” i towned only 11 picturesand a small collectionof other objects.

Now, thanks to thedonat ions of o thersover the years, NOMAhas more than 35,000pieces in its permanentcollection — rangingfrom Degas, Picasso,Chagall and other big-name a r t i s t s , todramatic African andAsian art, antique glassand a sculpture gardenfeaturing works by 20th

century greats such asHenry Moore andLouise Bourgeois .“They have a reallyamazing collection forwhich they don’t get

NOMA celebrates firstcentury

In this 1 Dec,2010, image

provided by theNew OrleansMuseum ofArt/John

d’Addario, aman’s jacketmade by theDelawarePeoples in

Oklahoma isseen on display

in ‘GreatCollectors /

Great Donors .INTERNET

PANAJI, 4 Dec—The 41st International FilmFestival of India (IFFI) concluded in the Goa’sCapital of Panaji on Thursday evening with theBengali filmmaker Gautam Ghose’s “MonerManush” winning the Golden Peacock award.

Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier’s “In a BetterWorld” got the Silver Peacock award for the bestdirector. Guven Kirac, who acted in the Turkishfilm “The Crossing”, won the Silver Peacock forthe best actor, while Magdalena Boczarska wonthe Silver Peacock for the best actress for herperformance in the Polish film “Little Rose”.

The special jury award was split between thefilm “Just Another Love Story” from India and“Boy” from New Zealand. The Golden Peacockcarries prize money of 4 million rupees ( about86,956 US dollars), while the Silver Peacock for

Xiamen marathon to kick off in Januarywith a record of 80,000 runners

41st International film festival of India concludes

enough recognition,”said Arnold Lehman,director of the BrooklynMuseum. “Other thanTexas, which has thoseamazing museums, ithas the most importantcollections in the wholesix or seven states in thesouthern area.” Thepresent collect ions,valued at over $500million, fill a museumthat is more than 13times as large as theoriginal.

“It’s great to have aworld-class museum inour region,” sa idGeorge D Bass i ,pres ident of theSoutheastern MuseumsConference. “And whenyou look at art museumsin the southeast region,NOMA is one thatcomes to mind, not onlyin collection but in itsexhibi t ions andeducat ional progra -mmes.”

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the best director is awarded 1.5 million (about32,608 US dollars) rupees. The Silver Peacock forthe best actor and actress carries prize money ofone million rupees each, while the winner of thespecial jury prize gets 1.5 million rupees in money.

The festival was inaugurated at Kala Academyin Panaji on 22 Nov, and Indian Railway MinisterMamata Banerjee lit the traditional lamp to lift thecurtains. This festival is the biggest annual filmfestival in south Asia, involving the par-ticipationof 61 countries and regions, 300 world-acclaimedfilms and over 6,000 delegates. Since 1952, Indiahas hosted 40 international film festivals, includingboth competitive and non-competitive types. From1975 onwards, these festivals became annualevents.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 4 Dec—Aretha Franklin says hersurgery was “highly successful” and thanks well-wishers for their prayers. In a statement releasedThursday to The Associated Press, the Queen of Soulsays: “God is still in control. I had superb doctors andnurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the cityand the country.”

Franklin did not say what she was being treated forThursday. Last month, the 68-year-old singerannounced she was canceling all concert dates andpersonal appearances through May on the orders of herdoctors.

Internet

Aretha Franklin calls hersurgery a success

Aretha Franklin performs during the second of two25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concerts

in New York on 30 Oct, 2009.INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 4 Dec—Forbes Asia magazine on Friday named Tony Fernandes,the pio-neering chief executive officer of AirAsia Group, as its 2010 Businessmanof the Year. The 46-year old charismatic Malaysian, a former record companyexecutive, took over Malaysia’s then-ailing AirAsia in 2001 and relaunched it asa no-frills airline.

AirAsia has now become the region largest low-cost carrier, with nearly 8,000employees, 100 planes and 140 routes — including 40 that no airline had servedbefore. Its Malaysia-listed parent company, AirAsia Bhd, saw first- half revenuegrow 18 percent year-on-year to 562 million US dollars.

Fernandes describes his vision as “serving the underserved.” He remarks,“Generally Asia is about being the biggest, the best, the swankiest, the tallest, therichest. This is where Asian businesses have missed out. The cream is in the 65million other people who don’t have a chance to fly, who don’t have credit cardsor insurance. I always saw the masses.”—Xinhua

Forbes Asia names Tony FernandesBusinessman of the Year

Friday.The Xiamen

International Marathonconsists of full marathon,10-km and 5-km races.The runner breaking themarathon world recordcould bag one million USdollars of prize money,while the men’s andwomen’s full marathonchampion will both win40,000 US dollars. Astrong field, including 13competi-tive runners fromaround the world, join inthe competition. Tadesse

Tola from Kenya, themen’s winner in 2010Paris Marathon, will leadthe field to contend for theprize money, whileChinese runners,including the women’sworld champ-ion Bai Xue,will probably not run dueto the on-going wintertraining. To attract morerunners, the marathon alsosees the debut of wheel-chair half marathon and10km skating compe-tition.

Xinhua

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ROME, 4 Dec — Lazio beat injury depleted Europeanchampion Inter Milan 3-1 on Friday night to match first-place AC Milan in the Italian league.

Giuseppe Biava put Lazio in front in the 27th minuteat the Stadio Olimpico and Mauro Zarate made it 2-0 inthe 52nd. Playing against his former club, Goran Pandev scored for Inter in the 74th

but Hernanes sealed the match with a goal in the 89th.

Inter was without suspended forward Samuel Eto’o and injured striker Diego Milito.

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Lazio’s Giuseppe Biava, right, is huggedby teammate Stefano Mauri after scoring

during the Serie A soccer match.INTERNET

Lazio beats Inter 3-1 tomatch 1st-place AC Milan

Sat 4th Dec 2010

Arsenal 2-1 Fulham

Birmingham 1-1 Spur

Blackburn 3-0 Wolves

Chelsea 1-1 Everton

Man City 1-0 Bolton

Wigan Athletic 2-2 Stoke City

LAS VEGAS, 4 Dec —Even as Jimmie Johnsonchased his record fifthconsecutive champion-ship, a feat that wouldhave cemented HendrickMotorsports as the bestteam in NASCAR his-tory, the owner knew heneeded to make some

Jimmie Johnson waves

to the crowd on the Las

Vegas Strip during a

NASCAR champions

week victory lap

on Thursday.

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dramatic changes to hisorganization.

The overall perform-ance wasn’t up to RickHendrick’s standards,only one of his four driv-ers made it to VictoryLane this season, andnothing has snappedDale Earnhardt Jr’s

Johnson title cements HendrickMotorsports dynasty

slump.So he called a lengthy

meeting one day after asub-par showing atTexas Motor Speedway,and borrowed fromWinston Churchill to ex-plain his feelings to hiskey personnel.

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Monetary unit 4 Battled 9 Small cucumber10 Mournful song11 Speed12 Thinly-fried batter13 Colour14 Indonesian island16 Lively dance18 The hawthorn20 Shorten21 Scheme24 Pick-me-up25 Wrongdoer26 Drowsy27 Instruct

DOWN 1 Number 2 Turn aside 3 Kind of fuel 5 Commonplace 6 Rubbish 7 Ancient Egyptian city 8 Bird13 Pinch Ada (anag.)15 Set in order17 Prickly plant18 Place of pilgrimage19 Sew22 Miss Doone23 Even

LONDON, 4 Dec — Newcastle United defenderMike Williamson signed a new five-and-a-halfyear contract with the Premier League club onFriday.

Williamson has played a key role in Newcas-tle’s solid start to life back in the Englishtop-flight after last season’s promotion fromthe Championship.

Magpies manager ChrisHughton rates the 27-year-old asone of the finest English centraldefenders on current form and wasdelighted to hand him an improved deal.

Hughton said: “Mike has been outstanding forus since he came here.

He was somebody who I tracked for a while be-fore we got him, and he has perhaps exceeded eventhe expectations we had of him.

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Newcastle defenderWilliamson signs new deal

S P O R T S

ORLANDO, 4 Dec —About the only thing go-ing low at the LPGA TourChampionship is the tem-perature.

Well, that and AmyYang’s scorecard.

Yang shot a 3-under69 in a safe and solidsecond round Friday,good enough to hold athree-shot lead when playwas called for darkness.Only 10 of the 120 play-ers in the field were underpar.

“It is very surprising,”

Amy Yang of South Koreahits her drive on the 18th

tee during the secondround of the LPGA Tour

Championship. INTERNET

Yang holds 3-shot lead atLPGA Tour Championship

said Yang, who is goingfor her first LPGA victoryand has never led a rounduntil this week.

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MADRID, 4 Dec — Real Madrid want to replacethe injured Gonzalo Higuain in the winter transferwindow with Wolfsburg’s Bosnian star Edin Dzeko,Spanish media reported on Friday.

“If there is a club that wants him and that appreci-ates him, we certainly could do something in the win-ter market,” Dzeko’s representative, Irfan Redzepagic,told Sports Daily Marca.

Real eyeing Wolfsburg’sDzeko

Real Madrid wantto replace the

injured GonzaloHiguain in thewinter transferwindow withWolfsburg’s

Bosnian EdinDzeko.—INTERNET

“Obviously, we like Real Madrid, it’s a great club.”But he said that “there are several major clubs thatare interested in him. Choosing one of them is diffi-cult, but Real Madrid is a team that everyone wantsto play for, one of the biggest. It would be a fantasticchoice.”—Internet

Wenger wants Arsenal toturn Emirates into fortress

Arsene Wenger,pictured in November

2010, has challenged hisArsenal players to turn

their Emirates Stadium into

a fortress.INTERNET

LO N D O N, 4 Dec —Arsene Wenger haschallenged his Arsenalplayers to turn theirEmirates Stadium into afortress as the Gunnersbid to keep their titlecharge on track.

Wenger’s side havelost their last two homeleague matches againstTottenham and New-castle and the Arsenalmanager knows his sidemust reverse that runagainst Fulham on Sat-urday, even though theywill be without injuredcaptain Cesc Fabregas.

The Spa inmidf ie lder wi l l besidelined for anothertwo weeks wi th thehamst r ing in jury hesuffered against Bragain the ChampionsLeague but Sami Nasriand Sebastien Squillaci

are both fit.And while goalk-

eeper Manuel Almuniais still unavailable aftersuffering a minor set-back to his elbow injuryin training, Wenger isconfident his side willreturn to winning waysat home.

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

Local Transmission* Opening* News* From Yangon to the Peak of Mt. Victoria* MI People’s Celebrities ‘‘Myanmar Style

or Western Style’’* News* Your Home in Pyin Oo Lwin* News* Secret Places for Yummy Food(Porridge)* News* ‘‘Myanmar Movies Impact’’ Parental LoveOversea Transmission* Opening* News* From Yangon to the Peak of Mt. Victoria* MI People’s Celebrities ‘‘Myanmar Style

or Western Style’’* News* Your Home in Pyin Oo Lwin* News* Secret Places for Yummy Food(Porridge)* News* Myanmar Movies Impact ‘‘Parental Love’’* News* Engaging Pantomime Show* News* Ngapali, Unique Spot To Relax* Music Gallery* News* Smogless Sky, Enchanting Smiles

(Mandalay, U Pein Bridge)* News* Inviting Crispy Beans* Myanmar Movie ‘‘Longing For Mother’’

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

VenerableMin Gun Sayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song 7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News

Sunday,5 December

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Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MSTOversea Transmission - (4-12-10 09:30 am ~

5-12-10 09:30 am) MST

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, light rain has beenisolated in Taninthayi Region, weather has been partlycloudy in Eastern Shan and Rakhine States, Upper Sagaingand Yangon Regions and generally fair in the remainingStaes and Regions. Night temperatures were (3°C) aboveDecember average temperatures in Southern Shan,Rakhine and Mon States, Magway and TaninthayiRegions, (5°C) above December average temperatures inKachin and Eastem Shan States and about Decemberaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Regions.The significant night temperatures were Haka(1°C),Machanbaw (3°C) and Pinlaung (5°C). The noteworthyamount of rainfalls recorded was Kawthung (0.11) inch .

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 3-12-2010 was 88°F.

Minimum temperature on 4-12-2010 was 64°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-12-2010 was (74%).Rainfall on 4-12-2010 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 3-12-2010 was 94°F.

Minimum temperature on 4-12-2010 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-12-2010 was (69%).Total sunshine hours on 3-12-2010 was (9.0) hours.

Rainfall on 4-12-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-

WEATHERSaturday, 4th December, 2010

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas 2010 was (82.76) inches at Mingaladon, (96.34) inches atKaba-Aye and (108.62) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (10) mphfrom Southeast at (15:30) hours MST on 3-12-2010.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the NorthBay and partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 5thDecember2010: Light rain are likely to be isolated in Rakhine andMon States, Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Taninhayi Regionsand weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining statesand Regions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds withmoderate to rough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulfof Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast.Surface wind speed in strong wind may reach (35) mph.Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain in the Lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for5-12-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 5-12-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-12-2010: Partly cloudy.

7:40 am

5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 6. Health Programme

8:15 am

7. (38) phyar

Mingalars

8:20 am

8. Teleplay (Health)

8:30 am

9. Song Of National

Races

8:40 am

10. International News

8:45 am11. Musical Programme

11:00 am

1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. Musical Programme

11:20 am 3. Round Up Of The

Week’s TV LocalNews

11:30 am 4. TV Drama Series12:35 pm 5. Golf Magazine(TV)12:50 pm 6. Myanmar Movie1:20 pm 7. One village and

Product

1:30 pm

8. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competition

1:50 pm

9. International News4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:15 pm 2. Musical Programme4:20 pm 3. (2010 ASEAN

SuzukiCup) (Live)

(Myanmar& Singapore)

6:20 pm 4. Cartoon Series6:40 pm 5. TamyethnarTakwetsar7:00 pm 6. TV Drama Series8:00 pm 7. News8. International News9. Weather Report10. Cartoon Series11. TV Drama Series

Sayagyi Daw Damma Sari

93 years

(Daw Khin Khin Win) BA Ed

Daughter of (U Po Sa-Daw Kin Lay) of No. 14B, Inya Road, Yangon; wife of U Maung MaungKyi, belove mother of Lt. Col Tin Maung Aung(Retd)-Daw Khin Mya Mya Pyone, Dr Khin PyoneKyi- U Myint Lwin Nyo, Daw Khin Cho Kyi, USein Tun Win, Dr Aye Htut Kyi-Daw Nwe NiHtay, Dr Htut Htut Kyi-Dr Thinn Nwe Win,grand mother of 16 grandchildren, great grand-mother of 3 great grandchildren passed away at4:00 am on 4-12-2010 (Saturday). The funeralcortage will leave the above residence at 8:30 amfor cremation at Yeway cemetary at 10:00 am on6-12-2010 (Monday).

Bereaved Family

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule (5-12-2010)(Sunday)

Rest in PeaceWun Nah Kyaw Htin U Lal Bik

Aged 91 yearsRetd Command Engineer,Constrution Corporation

The eldest son of the late Chief of Zahau U

Thang Tin Lian-Daw Sen Kip, beloved husband of

the late Daw San Naing (a) Sung Hniang, father of U

Van Hre (a) Kevin (d)-Daw Hoi Pen (Chin State

Public Works, Haka), U Lal Tin Mang (Retd Debuty

Director, Chin State Accounts Office)-Daw Tial Tin

Par, Daw Ni Siang, U Henry Tin Kio Bik (Capt

Mersk Line)-Daw Sui Hniar, U Mang Tin Lian, great

grandfather of 13 and great-great grandfather of 2,

died on the 4th, December 2010 at 2:08 pm.

Time and date of funeral service will be an-

nounced later.

Tony Singh(58) Years(B.Com)

Manager (Finance and Admin)Malteser International

Beloved son of late Mr Zora Singh and Dr basantKaur, son in law of (Mr VV Bharadwaja) and DawKhin Mya Oo, beloved husband of Neela Bharadwaja(BEC International) of 18/20 Botahtaung Avenue 4thLane, Botahtaung Township, Yangon, beloved fatherof Anita and only brother of Caesar Singh, passed awaypeacefully at Mine Lar, Shan States on 2-12-2010 at7:30 am. The cremation will take place at Yay WayHindu Cemetery on 5-12-2010 at 4 pm. Buses will leave the above address at 2:30 pm.

Bereaved family

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Byline: Tin Htwe (MNA); Photos: Ko Htwe

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

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

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

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

14th Waning of Tazaungmone 1372 ME Sunday, 5 December, 2010

Country sees first week of December mass walkNAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—Organizing mass sports

activities is vital for uplift of health and fitness ofthe entire people. Since 2006, Zabuthiri Townshipof Nay Pyi Taw District has been holding masssports activities conducted on every Saturday inDecember, a long with sports events , andIndependence Day commemorative sports events.

Mass walk of December’s first week-2010started in front of Myoma Market here early thismorning.

Chairman of Myanmar Olympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Thura U Aye Myint, MOCmember Deputy Minister for Hotels and TourismU Aye Myint Kyu, departmental heads, staffmembers of the ministries and the public, totaling12,000, took part in the activity.

The route of the mass walk was from MyomaMarket to Myanmar Gems Museum via Taungnyo-Pyinmana Road and Raza Thingaha Road.

(See page 9)

Let’s participate in December mass sports activities

The Sports and Physical Education Departmentunder the Ministry of Sports, in its bid to uplift thehealth standard of the entire nation by makingsports games more popular among the people, yearly

organizes December mass sports activities, whichcan help bring about selected Myanmar athletes.

All States and Regions, districts and townshipshave to take part in mass sports activities

occasionally in compliance with sports andphysical education policies laid down by thegovernment.

(See page 9)

Staff of ministries in Nay Pyi Taw happilyparticipate in mass sports activities in first

week of December 2010.—MNA

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