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9th Waning of Tawthalin 1369 ME Friday, 5 October, 2007Volume XV, Number 172

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* 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 ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

1. In the Union of Myanmar, the Government and the people are strivinghand in hand to build up a new democratic nation.2. However, starting from 28th August 2007, there occurred demonstra-tions of some monks. The demands made by the demonstrators in the beginningwere only to bring down commodity prices but later the demands made by them

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi exerting efforts for Confrontation,Utter Devastation, and Imposing All Kinds of Sanctions in-

cluding Economic Sanction against MyanmarIf she declares to give them up, the Senior General will personally meet her

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct — The Government of the Union of Myanmar today issued the Announcement No. 1/2007. The following is the full text of theannouncement.

were nothing to do with monks and it was found to be the wishes of a politicalparty and other organizations aspiring to create unrest. Unrests occurred due tothe attempts of those who want to grab power through short-cut and that of someforeign nations to destabilize the nation.

(See page 8)

YANGON, 4 Oct —Townselders of AyeyawadyDivision organized a ceremony to support the NationalConvention and the constitution in accord with the law

Ayeyawady Division in support of Na-tional Convention and constitution

at Kothein sports ground in Pathein today.Over 100,000 people including the townselders

from Pyapon, Myaungmya, Pathein, Hinthada and

Maubin districts, national races, members ofsocial organisation, traditional cultural troupes,

(See page 8)

Ceremony to support the National Convention and the constitution in progress in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division.—MNA

The Government of the Union of MyanmarAnnouncement No. 1/2007

8th Waning Day of Tawthalin, 1369 ME(4th October 2007)

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 5 October, 2007

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 DesireFriday, 5 October, 2007

Pay respects to teachers whodeserve respects

In the Myanmar society, the five infinitevenerables: the Buddha, the Dhamma, theSangha, parents and teachers are held in thehighest esteem, and receive reverence ac-cording to the religious faith and culture.

There is an expression “Pubbacariya MiNhint Ba”, which means parents are firstteachers of their children. Parents at firstteach cultural manners and etiquette to theirchildren, and enhance their children’s knowl-edge by dissuading them from doing evildeeds and persuading them into doing gooddeeds.

Teachers teach all what they have learntabout the prescribed subjects to the childrento broaden their horizons and enhance skills.They also protect their students from allforms of dangers. In addition, they have topave the way for their students to be able topursue higher education in schools, univer-sities and training courses at all levels ac-cording to their natural bent.

Throughout their lives, teachers workhard, exerting their interest in the arts ofteaching, goodwill, and sacrifice, and giveguidance so as to shape a prosperous futureof their students. Moreover, teachers can becompared to guiding lights and skilled gar-deners because they nurture their studentsfor their physical, intellectual, moral andvocational skills.

Very great is the gratitude of teacherswho train and nurture their students fromthe time the latter are school age to the timethey graduate in the Myanmar society.

Pujaca Pujaneyyanam, which means pay-ing respects to those who deserve respects, isone of the ways to auspiciousness. So, allstudents have to pay respects to and honourtheir teachers, who are one of the five infinitevenerables, in accordance with Myanmarculture and traditions.

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct— The State Peace and

Development Council has confirmed the appoint-ment of U Tin Aung as Managing Director of Elec-tric Power Supply Enterprise under the Ministry ofElectric Power No 2, on expiry of the one-yearprobationary period.

The State Peace and Development Council hasappointed Officer on Special Duty Col Zaw WinMyint (Retd) of the Ministry of Rail Transportationas Director-General of the Road Transport Adminis-tration Department of the same ministry on proba-tion from the date he assumes charge of his duties.

MNA

Commander meets employeesassigned to Coco Island Township

YANGON, 4 Oct — Chairman of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win met withemployees who are assigned to Coco Island Townshipat Thakayta Jetty in Thakayta Township yesterday.

At the meeting, the commander presented cashassistance to the employees and passengers.

After the meeting, Commander Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin inspected mv Myikyina which would leave forCoco Island Township.

Yangon Division Peace and Development Coun-cil also shipped TV retransmission machine and acces-sories, CI sheets, rice and edible oil to the township. MNA

YANGON, 4 Oct —Chairman of TaninthayiDivision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Coastal RegionCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw Oo and Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein met with officials ofthe Fisheries Departmentand personnel of fisherycompanies at TaninthayiDivision Fisheries Depart-ment in Myeik on 1 Octo-ber and discussed mattersrelated to boosting of meatand fish production.

After hearing reportsof officials concerned, thecommander and the min-ister attended to the needs.

Before attending to themeeting, the commanderand the minister visited acrab breeding camp of aprivate company in PahtetIsland in Kyunsu Town-

Commander, L&F Minister give instructions onboosting meat, fish production

ship, Myeik.Commander Maj-

Gen Khin Zaw Oo andMinister Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein attended aceremony to grow physicnut in Myeik on 2 Octo-ber.

Members of socialorganizations and em-ployees of fishery com-panies in Myeik volun-teered to grow 80,000physic nut seeds and20,000 grafts.

After the ceremony,

Commander Maj-GenKhin Zaw Oo and Minis-ter Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein went toPyiphyotun Cold StorageFactory and inspected re-processing of fish andprawn. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win meeting with service personnel and passengers atThakayta Jetty in Thakayta Township.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein grows a physic nutplant.—F&L

U Than Htay Aung, Daw Yamin Thi and theirsons Maung Myat Kaung and Maung MyatKhant of Myaungmya Street in SangyoungTownship donated K 100,000 to HninzigonHome for the Aged through Joint Treasurer

U Maung Maung Gyi of the home recently.— H

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US contractor Blackwater defends actions in Iraq WASHINGTON, 3 Oct—

US security contractorBlackwater on Tuesdaystaunchly defended itsactions in Iraq, sayingthere had been a “rush tojudgment” over a shootingincident on 16 Septemberin which 11 Iraqis werekilled.

In testimony preparedfor the House of Repre-sentatives Committee onOversight and Govern-ment Reform, Blackwaterfounder and former NavySEAL Erik Prince said hisstaff acted “appropriately”on 16 September in a verycomplex war zone.

“There has been a rushto judgment based oninaccurate information,and many public reportshave wrongly pronouncedBlackwater’s guilt for thedeaths of varying numbers

of civilians,” Prince saidin testimony to bepresented at the hearing,which was obtained byReuters.

“Congress should notaccept these allegations astruth until it has the facts,”added Prince.

Iraq’s Government hasbeen strongly critical ofBlackwater and has calledthe shooting incident acrime.

Blackwater, which hasreceived US Governmentcontracts worth more thana billion dollars since2001, is under intensescrutiny over its securitywork in Iraq, where Princesaid the North Carolinafirm had about 1,000personnel.

The hearing comes amidgrowing questions overthe role of private con-tractors in Iraq and

whether the US Govern-ment relies too heavily onoutsiders to perform jobstraditionally done by themilitary.

A report prepared bycommittee staff ahead ofthe hearing listed 195shooting incidents in-volving Blackwater in Iraqfrom the start of 2005 untilSeptember 12 of this year,an average of 1.4 perweek.—MNA/Reuters

One US soldier killed, 10wounded in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 3 Oct—One US soldier was killed and 10were wounded in combat operations in central Baghdadon Sunday, the US military said on Tuesday. Themilitary gave no details about the incident or why sucha large number of soldiers had been wounded. It saidtwo Iraqi soldiers and an interpreter were also hurt.

The death raised to 66 the number of Americansoldiers killed in Iraq in September, according toicasualties.org, a website that tracks US military deathsin Iraq.

That makes September the least deadly month forUS troops in Iraq since August last year, when 65soldiers were killed.

US commanders have attributed the drop in troopdeaths to a rise in force levels this year and a series oflarge-scale offensives against Sunni Islamist al-Qaedaand other militant groups.—MNA/Reuters

Bomber kills at least 11 on Afghan bus KABUL, 3 Oct—A

suicide bomber blewhimself up alongside abus in Kabul on Tuesday,killing at least 11 victimsincluding policemen andcivilians, Afghan officialssaid. It was the secondsuch attack in the capitalin four days.

The front of the bus was

blown apart by the blast atthe start of the morningrush hour on a narrow roadin a shopping districtin the city’s westernoutskirts. Shop windowswere shattered and bloodand body parts strewn onthe ground. A policeofficer at the scene saidwomen were among the

dead and he had picked upthe bodies of a number ofchildren.

“The report we haveindicates that so far 12police have been killedand 15 wounded,” said apolice official who de-clined to be named.

Later, the InteriorMinistry said 11 people— six police and fivecivilians, three of themchildren — had beenkilled.

Police had noticed thebomber as he tried to boardthe bus, the ministry saidin a statement.

He was shot anddetonated his explosivesoutside the bus, it said.

A Taleban spokesmansaid the radical Islamicmovement, which isfighting to topple thegovernment and driveWestern troops out ofAfghanistan, was behindthe attack.

A man in ancient costumes performs in aceremony in Qianwei county, southwest China’s

Sichuan Province. A grand ceremony to mark the2,558th birth anniversary of Confucius (551 BC -

479 BC), the great thinker, philosopher andeducator in ancient China, was held in the biggest

Temple of Literature in Qianwei recently.XINHUA

MNA/Reuters

Militants capture 22 troops in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistun, 2 Oct — Pro- Taleban militants killed two Pakistani

paramilitary soldiers and captured 22 in an attack on a military checkpostnear the northwestern town of Bannu, officials said on Tuesday.

Attacks on securityforces and abductions ofsoldiers have surged inPakistan since July, whena pact with militants in theNorth Waziristan regioncollapsed and comman-dos stormed a radicalmosque in the capital,Islamabad.

Militants in SouthWaziristan are still hold-ing about 225 soldierscaptured at the end ofAugust.

The attack on the postnear Bannu late on Mon-

day came hours after asuicide bomber killed 15people, including four po-licemen, in the town inNorth West Frontier Pro-vince.

“More than 200 mili-tants attacked the post andkilled two soldiers of theFrontier Constabulary andtook 22 away with them,”said senior paramilitaryofficial Abdul NawazKhattak.

Khattak said 10 to 15militants were killed inthe attack.

The surge in violencecomes as army chiefand president PervezMusharraf is preparing totry to win another term ina 6 Oct presidential elec-tion.

The violence hasraised fresh doubts amongmany Pakistanis aboutMusharraf’s unpopular al-liance with the UnitedStates in its war on terro-rism, which they blame forstirring up militant vio-lonce in ethnic Pashtunareas bordering Afghanis-tan. — MNA/Reuters

A US soldier stands guard beside a Chinook helicopter at the Panjshir valley,north of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on 2 Oct, 2007. Violent incidents from

an average of 425 per month in 2006 has increased to 525 this year whichincludes suicide attacks, bombing, abduction and other types of terrorization,

a report of UN office in Afghanistan said. — XINHUA

South Koreans perform traditional dance during a National Foundation Daycelebration on a street in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on 3 Oct, 2007.

South Korea commemorates the foundation of ancient Korea by the legendaryKing Dan-gun on every 3 Oct and makes it a national holiday. — XINHUA


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CHONGQING, 3 Oct— Twenty-seven people havebeen killed after a bus combusted of itself in southwestChina’s Chongqing Municipality, rescuers said onTuesday.

The bus with 38 people aboard, suddenly caughtfire at around 5:15 pm Tuesday on its way fromWansheng District to downtown Chongqing, theysaid.

The fire was “quite fierce”, rescuers said. Elevenescaped and were rushed to the Qijiang County CentralHospital for emergency treatment.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 3 Oct— Ateenager has admittedshooting dead his 12-year-old sister with a gun storedby their mother at thefamily home.

Kasha Peniston, 17,pleaded guilty tomanslaughter when heappeared at ManchesterCrown Court on Tuesday.

He shot his sisterKamilah in the foreheadas he played with ahandgun at their house inGorton, Manchester, inApril. She died in hospitalthe next day.

Their mother NatashaPeniston, 33, has pleadedguilty to possession of agun and ammunition.

She was in Londonattending a funeral at thetime of the shooting, policesaid. She left her son incharge of Kamilah and hertwo younger twin sisters,aged eight.

Before she left for the

JAKARTA, 3 Oct— An undersea earthquakemeasuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia’ssouthwestern Sumatra on Tuesday, prompting thecountry’s meteorology agency to issue a tsunamiwarning.

There were no immediate reports of any casualtiesor damage after the tremors that struck around thesame area where a strong earthquake and powerfulseries of aftershocks killed 25 people and damagedmore than 80,000 buildings last month.

The epicentre of the quake lay at a depth of 20kilometres (12 miles), about 160 kilometres southwestof Lais District in Bengkulu Province, the agency saidin a text message.

“It was quite strong. People panicked because theyare still traumatised by the previous earthquakes.

All of us ran out of the building,” said EviNurhidayati, a police officer in Bengkulu.

Since last month’s earthquake, the area has beenhit by a series of quakes and strong aftershocks,setting off tsunami warnings in Indonesia and othercountries in the region. — MNA/Reuters

GHAZNI (Afghanistan),3 Oct — Taleban insur-gents ambushed anAfghan police convoy andkilled eight officers, theInterior Ministry said onMonday.

“Around 100 policewere on their way to theAjristan District to streng-then the present policeforces there. On the waythe enemies ambushed ourforces and unfortu-nately there was fighting

LONDON, 3 Oct —Britain’s Farm Ministrysaid on Tuesday it had setup a new temporarycontrol zone in southernEngland as precautionarymeasure after discoveryof a ninth suspected caseof foot and mouth disease.

The Department for

Palestinians released from Israeli prisons wave torelatives from a bus window as they arrive at theBetuniya checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bankcity of Ramallah, on 1 Oct, 2007. Dozens of newlyreleased Palestinian prisoners descended from busesand kissed the asphalt at this West Bank checkpointafter Israel freed them in a gesture to PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a US-sponsored Mideast peace conference this fall. — INTERNET

Dennis Tiangco checks a text message on his cell phone showing thetransaction his mother in Hong Kong sent at their home in San Miguel town,

Bulacan Province, northern Philippines. —INTERNET

New FMD control zone set

up in south EnglandEnvironment, Food andRural Affairs (DEFRA)said in a statement it hadordered the protectionzone around a premisesnear Haywards Heath onthe border of east and westSussex.

Eight cases have beenconfirmed during the

current outbreak whichbegan in Surrey on 3August.

Seven of those havebeen confined to theSurrey area and the eighth,confirmed on Sunday, wasfound in the southerncounty of Berkshire.

MNA/Reuters

Taleban ambush Afghan policeconvoy, kill eight

for a few hours and as aresult eight police werekilled,” said InteriorMinistry spokesman Ze-marai Bashary.

An official from theprovince of Ghazni wherethe attack took place saidearlier that 11 police hadbeen killed.

Taleban rebels even-tually fled the scene andthe bodies of threeinsurgents were foundafter the clash, the Interior

Ministry spokesman said.The Taleban claimed

responsibility for the at-tack.

Elsewhere, AfghanArmy troops with advisersfrom the US-led coalitioncalled in airstrikes to kill“numerous insurgents”and defeat a Talebanambush in neighbouringUruzgan Province, a USmilitary statement said.

MNA/Reuters

Teenager admits shootingsister dead in Britain

capital, she told her sonabout a gun buried in thegarden, but ordered himnot to touch it.

The teenager ignoredher and dug up theweapon, taking it insidethe house. It went off as heplayed with it in his pocketas his sister lay on the sofa.The bullet hit her in thehead. — MNA/Reuters

27 killed after busself-ignites in China

Indonesia’s Sumatra hit byquake, tsunami alert issued

A model wears a creation from Fendi Spring/Summer 2008 women collectionduring Milan Fashion Week on 27 Sept, 2007. —XINHUA


Joint Message on the occasion ofWorld Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2007

YANGON, 5 Oct — The following is the JointMessage issued on the occasion of the World Teachers’Day by Koichiro Matsuura, the Director-General,UNESCO; Kemal Dervis, the Administrator, UNDP;Juan Somavia, the Director-General, ILO; Ann M.Veneman, the Executive Director,UNICEF;and Thulas Nxesi, the President, EducationInternational.

Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we celebrateteachers and the central role they play in efforts toachieve quality education for all children. However, inmany countries not all children have the opportunity toenter a classroom or gain basic literacy or numeracyskills, as there are simply not enough qualified teachers.This has negative outcomes not only for the future ofindividual children, but also for the development ofwhole societies.

Teachers are a crucial element in the achievementof the international education goals of Education forAll (EFA) and of the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs). These commit governments to providing agood quality education for all children by 2015. Thegrowing shortage of qualified teachers is the mainchallenge to the realization of these goals. UNESCOestimates that by 2015, 18 million new teachers will beneeded globally — 4 million in Africa alone. Highrates of population growth, increasing enrolment ratesand the impact of HIV and AIDS in some sub-SaharanAfrican, Arab and South and East Asian countries, andlarge numbers of teachers leaving the professioncombined with shortages in some subject areas in moredeveloped countries, seriously threaten these goals.

But the challenge is more than one of numbers.The quality of teachers and teaching is also essential togood learning outcomes. This implies an educationsystem that attracts and retains a well-trained, motivated,effective and gender-balanced teaching staff; it impliesa system that supports teachers in the classroom, aswell as in their continued professional development.Dissatisfaction with loss in status, low salaries, poorteaching and learning conditions, and lack of careerprogression or adequate professional training havedriven large numbers of teachers out of the profession,sometimes after only a few years of service.

Some policies being implemented to recruit andretain teachers can, however, be at the expense ofeducation quality. Responses to shortages throughlarger class sizes, by increasing teacher workload,especially if teaching support is already poor, bylowering the entry level to teacher colleges, by hiringuntrained or poorly trained professionals or contractteachers with little job security, can further lower thestatus of the teaching profession, leave teachers ill-equipped to cope with the realities of the classroom orresult in a loss of professional motivation.

Guidance on key policies for effective teachers

and teaching is provided by the joint ILO/UNESCORecommendation concerning the Status of Teachers,1966 and by the UNESCO Recommendationconcerning the Status of Higher Education TeachingPersonnel, 1997. The Recommendations set outguidelines and good practices on teachers’ status,their training, working conditions, career progression,and involvement in education decision-makingthrough consultation and negotiation. The celebrationof World Teachers’ Day on 5 October every year,marking the commemoration of the 1966Recommendation’s adoption, is an occasion to takestock of the challenges and consider what action isneeded in order to achieve high quality teaching andlearning for all.

In implementing the Recommendations and theirpolicy goals, there is a great need for strong evidenceto facilitate ongoing and effective planning. Complete,timely and comprehensive data and information aboutteachers, schools and pupils can provide insights intoa range of policy concerns. Teacher-related data andinformation systems, up-to-date research, costanalysis, micro-planning, and school mapping are allimportant elements of planning for, and managing, aneffective teaching force. So too is information on theinvestments from public and private sources neededto ensure quality education and teaching in accordancewith the 1966 Recommendation, as well as on teachers’aspirations, the impact of teacher training, includingin-service training, the obstacles and means to fullyengage teachers and their organisations in keyeducation decisions through effective social dialogue,and other influences on teachers’ practice in theclassroom, all of which can significantly impact onchildren’s learning.

However, at present, there is a serious gap in dataand information about teachers and teaching. Currentcomparative databases are weak and requireimprovement in order to better monitor progresstowards the achievement of international goals. Wemust strive to work together to build systems andstructures that will enable and support ongoing andefficient planning and management of this crucialelement in achieving quality education for all — theteacher.

On World Teachers’ Day, we celebrate teachersacross continents, in all countries, in towns and invillages, and thank them for their continued effortsoften in difficult circumstances. In acknowledgingthe vital role they pay, we reaffirm the need to continueto work together to better understand the issues andensure that we are equipped to make the right choicesso that teachers are recruited, trained, and supportedin ways that lead to a motivated, effective teachingforce, able to contribute to our shared goal of achievingquality education for all children. — MNA

BEIJING, 2 Oct— Chinahas ordered all poultryimports and relativeproducts shipped fromCanada after 23 Septem-ber be returned or de-stroyed to ward off theH7N3 avian influenzavirus.

The decision jointlymade by the Ministry ofAgriculture and theGeneral Administrationof Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantinecame two days after theWorld Organization forAnimal Health (OIE)released an outbreak alert,saying that the highlypathogenic virus has beenconfirmed in a chickenbroiler breeder flock inSaskatchewan.

The Paris-based inter-national organizationwarned that approximately

China bans poultryimports from Canada

540 roosters have died inone barn containingapproximately 600 birds.Another 49,100 roostersand broiler breeders held inother nine barns nearby aresusceptible.

To remedy the situa-tion, China has imposedan import ban on allpoultry and relativeproducts from Canada andrequired relevant localgovernmental depart-ments to seal up all Cana-dian poultry and relativeproducts carried byairplanes, ships or trainsfrom abroad that must stopover in or transit China.

Illegal poultry importsfrom Canada must bedestroyed under thesupervision of entry-exitinspection and quarantinedepartments.

MNA/Xinhua

China rejects 47 tons of bacteria-infected sardines made in US JINAN, 3 Oct — A

Chinese coastal city hasrejected 47 tons of frozensardines infected withdisease-inducing bac-teria which wereoriginally manufacturedin the United States.

The batch of sar-dines, imported from a

Japanese trading com-pany, was stopped onSaturday by the Entry-exit Inspection andQuarantine Bureau ofRongcheng City,Shandong Province,according to the bureau.

Sample detectionshows that the sardines

were infected with“listeria monocytogens”,or a bacteria that canlead to various diseases,such as breath diffi-culty, vomiting, rash,meningitis, fever, comaand blood poisoning, oreven death for humanbeings and animals, the

bureau said. The sardines, valued

at about 40,000 USdollars, were found tobe originally manufac-tured in the UnitedStates, it said.

No further detailswere provided.

MNA/Xinhua


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My friend, these days, I am being irritated by thedistorted news stories such foreign radio stations asVOA, BBC, RFA and DVB are airing from the timeI get up to the time I go to bed to scale up ongoingpolitical movements in our nation with the intentionof making the protest marches grow into anarchicunrest like that in 1988. That has prompted me torebut the exaggerated news.

On the morning of 20 September 2007, theseradio stations aired that Myanmar’s affairs would beunder discussion at the United Nations SecurityCouncil because, as they said, the junta brutallysuppressed the protests being staged peacefully bypeople and monks, it detained “88” generationstudents, and it was holding Daw Suu Kyi underhouse arrest. The news released in the newspapersand aired on radio and TV showed that due to the alieninstigation and young monks’ lack of knowledgeabout political affairs, monks staged protest marchesin rows. However, officials showed their magnanimityin dissuading the monk protesters from doing so. Itwas learnt that no monk was injured or arrested, andno public member was injured in the incident, either.

In every country, security forces have to takepreventive measures for perpetuation ofsovereignty, and prevalence of law and order inthe nation concerned. About 100,000 people led byanti-war Iraq veterans, families of servicemenand others mounted a protest to demand animmediate end to the US occupation of Iraq inWashington DC on 17 September 2007. The policeprevented the demonstrators and arrested about200 demonstrators. Peaceful protests are preventedeven in the democracy pioneer country. So, I don’tthink taking preventive measures against proteststo avert undesirable consequences in a country onthe path of democratic transition goes too far.

Friend, as you know the US invaded Iraq andAfghanistan four or five years ago. In Iraq, manycivilians lose their lives every day. Under the

pretext of searching terrorist leader Osmar binLaden, Ngapwagyi (the notorious super power) isexpanding its hegemonic power over weakercountries through various means. If we, the people,are caught in the trap of deception of a handful ofnational traitor axe-handles who are desperate togain power and dollar, Ngapwagyi will also invadeour country, bully and kill our people, exploitnatural resources, and establish military bases toexpand its hegemonic power over the whole world.Do you want to see our country face such situations?

Action should be taken against Ngapwagyi thathas killed a large number of Iraqis, and launchedbomb attacks on Afghanistan to kill many Afghans,designating it as war criminal or war criminalcountry. All world countries should take actionagainst Ngapwagyi by completely severing relationsand communication with it.

Hegemonic acts of Ngapwagyi are an endlessstory. Our country is now in the process of marchingtowards democracy. In this regard, we are workinghard on self-reliant basis, and we will never let ourcountry become a colonial minion. Ngapwagyi andits associates are not happy with this condition, sothey are using national traitor axe-handles receivingassistance and funds from them, to destroy ourmotherland. We, people, are duty-bound to workharder with nationalistic fervour so that ourposterity will be able to see the sovereignty of ourcountry. It is time our people realized the plots ofNgapwagyi.

Like crows, they severely criticize arrest anddetention of some protesters to ensure stability andpeace of our country. But, why don’t its associatesthat are shouting human rights and democracycondemn Ngapwagyi that invade other countries,torture their national peoples, and kill hundreds ofthousands of civilians, and turn a blind eye to itsunjust acts?

It invaded Iraq as if the country was an accomplice

of Osmar bin Laden and it had weapons of massdestruction (WMD). Has it found any WMD in Iraqnow?

It is now exploiting oil in Iraq at will.Nonetheless, I have not found any action takenagainst Ngapwagyi that has invaded othercountries and killed many people. They are makingcomments on the action the government is takingwith benevolence to prevent demonstrations ofmonks to restore stability and peace, as though theaction were posing danger to regional peace andstability. But, they have failed to spotlight thesuppression of a demonstration staged bythousands of people in Ngapwagyi country. Theyshould shout more loudly for the Iraq whose peopleare being killed daily. We often learn that ourneighbouring countries also fire shots and arrestthe demonstrators often.

There is no need to make criticism of any actionsevery country has to take to restore peace and stability.

It is very regrettable that some monks took part inthe demonstration at the instigation of national traitoraxe-handles with whom Ngapwagyi is anxious toinstall a puppet government in Myanmar. Thegovernment took action with great care.

Friend, in my opinion, now the entire peopleshould have noticed that Ngapwagyi and itsassociates, and a handful of national traitor axe-handles are resorting to all possible means todestabilize our country and make the peoplebecome impoverished.

Translation: MSKyemon: 3-10-2007

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Action should be takenagainst Ngapwagyi thathas killed a large numberof Iraqis, and launchedbomb attacks onAfghanistan to kill manyAfghans, designating it aswar criminal or warcriminal country. Allworld countries shouldtake action againstNgapwagyi by completelysevering relations andcommunication with it.

In every country, security forces have to take preventivemeasures for perpetuation of sovereignty, and prevalence oflaw and order in the nation concerned. About 100,000 peopleled by anti-war Iraq veterans, families of servicemen andothers mounted a protest to demand an immediate end to theUS occupation of Iraq in Washington DC on 17 September2007. The police prevented the demonstrators and arrestedabout 200 demonstrators. Peaceful protests are preventedeven in the democracy pioneer country. So, I don’t thinktaking preventive measures against protests to avertundesirable consequences in a country on the path ofdemocratic transition goes too far.


People of Meiktila, Mahlaing, Thazi, Wundwin in MandalayDiv and Ayadaw, Dabayin in Sagaing Div express their desire

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct— People of Meiktila,Mahlaing, Thazi andWundwin in MandalayDivision, and Ayadaw andDabayin in SagaingDivision who favourstability of the State,prevalence of law andorder and communitypeace walked inprocession on 2 and 3October with the conceptthat the recentdemonstrations staged bysome monks and NLDmembers undermined the

that read “Don’t destroypeaceful conditions”, “Wecannot serve as slaves”, and“Give encouragement topropagation of the Sasana”after chanting “Our ThreeMain National Causes”,and “Approve theConstitution”, gathered atPaukchaung SportsGround and then startedmarching to No 1 BEHSJunction, Market (West)Street, Clock Tower Street,Taungwinnan Junction,Aung Zeya Street, Station(South) Junction, Yadana

serve as slaves”, and“Don’t destroydevelopment” afterchanting “Our Three MainNational Causes”, and“Approve theConstitution”, walked inprocession starting fromMyoma Sports Ground toMeiktila-Myingyan Street,YadanaU Pagoda Street,Bank Street and finally toMarga Street in the town.

On 2 October in Thazi,over 7,500 people holdingthe placards that read “Wefavour stability”, “We

living conditions of thepeople.

They organized theprocession after seekingthe permission from theauthorities concerned inaccord with the law.

On 2 October inMeiktila, over 17,000people holding the placards

Manaung Pagoda, WinThuza Shop Street andfinally to IndependencePark in the town.

Similarly on 2October in Mahlaing, over12,000 people holding theplacards that read “Don’tdestroy peacefulconditions”, “We cannot

favour peace”, “We can notserve as slaves”, “No neo-colonialism”, “BBClying”, “VOA deceiving”and “RFA setting uphostilities”, “Watch outsaboteurs” and “Don’twant unrest” after chanting“Our Three Main NationalCauses”, and “Approve the

Constitution” walked inprocession fromTownship’s Sports Groundto Station Street, PostalOffice Street, Cinema HallStreet, Myoma MarketStreet, No 1 BEHS Streetand finally to Meiktila-Taunggyi Street in thetown.

Likewise, on 2October in Ayadaw ofSagaing Division, over10,000 people holdingthe placards that read“We favour stability andpeace”, “Our enemies aresaboteurs”, “Fightagainst internal andexternal destructiveelements”, “Protests arecontrasting democracy”,“Support the NationalConvention”, “Constitu-tion is welcome” and“Ongoing seven-stepRoad Map must be

realized” after chanting“Don’t want saboteurs”and “Not accept internaland external destructiveelements” marched inprocession fromtownship sport ground tothe office road, Monywa-Shwebo Street, MarketStreet, Ayadaw-Naunggyi Ai Street andfinally to the sportsground in the town.

On 2 October inWundwin, about 13,000people holding the placardsthat read “We favourstability”, “We favourpeace”, “We don’t favourprotests”, “We don’t acceptBBC, VOA and RFA” afterchanting “Our Three MainNational Causes” and“Approve theConstitution”, marched inprocession from TadaUMonastery to Meiktila-

Mandalay Street, Thedaw-Wundwin Street, andfinally to Thedaw Stationin the town.

Similarly on 3 Octoberin Dabayin, over 11,000people holding the StateFlags and the placards thatread “We favour stabilityand peace”, “We don’tfavour protests”, internal“Fight against internal andexternal destructiveelements”, “Our ThreeMain National Causes”,“Ongoing seven-step RoadMap must be realized”,“Support the NationalConvention”, and“Constitution is welcome”,walked in procession fromMonywa-YeU Street,Hninzi Street, SwedawStreet and finally toMyoma Sports Ground inthe town.

MNA

Local people taking part in mass rally in Thazi Township. MNA

Local people marching to mass rally in Meiktila Township.— MNA

Local people participating in mass rally in Pyawbwe Township. MNA

Local people march towards the mass rally in DabayinTownship.— MNA


Local people including townselders, national races, members of socialorganizations and cultural troupes, representatives of commercialorganizations, peasants, workers, service personnel and students

marching towards the ceremony to support the National Conventionand the constitution in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division. — MNA

Chairman and Members of the Panel ofChairmen and the attendees chantingslogans at the ceremony to support the

National Convention and the constitution inPathein, Ayeyawady Division. — MNA

(from page 1)3. The unrests are now totally under control by authorities for ensuringstability and the rule of law, with the cooperation of Sanghas and people who donot want any unrest.4. Due to lopsided broadcasts by some international media, some membernations of the United Nations Organization were worried about Myanmar’ssituation and the UN Secretary-General sent his Special Envoy Mr IbrahimAgboola Gambari to Myanmar to make urgent investigation and submit a report.5. Myanmar is grateful to some member nations of the UN for theirunderstanding upon Myanmar’s situation and their principled stances.6. Mr Gambari arrived Myanmar on 29th September. He witnessed thesituation has returned to normalcy and he had an opportunity to pay a courtesy callon State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe.Mr Gambari also had opportunities to meet with those worthy to be met forenquiring the situation.7. At the courtesy call, State Peace and Development Council Chairman

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi exerting efforts for… Senior General Than Shwe mentioned Mr Gambari that Daw Aung San Suu Kyihas been exerting efforts for Confrontation, Utter Devastation, and Imposing AllKinds of Sanctions including Economic Sanction against Myanmar. If shedeclares to give them up, the Senior General will personally meet her.8. At present, the people of various States and Divisions all over the countryare convening mass rallies to support the National Convention and welcome theforthcoming Constitution as well as to denounce recent unrests.9. Hence, the Government, with the support and in response to confidenceand aspiration of the people, will continue to build up the nation into a discipline-flourishing genuine democratic one in accordance with the seven-step Road Map.

By order,

(Signed)Thant Shin

ColonelSecretary

The Government of the Union of Myanmar

(from page 1)representatives of eco-nomic and industrial or-ganizations, peasants,workers, service person-nel, students and peoplefrom various mass andclass organizations at-tended the ceremony.

Before the cer-emony, starting at 6 amShwe Myanmar columnled by U Nyan Win,

Ayeyawady Division in sup-port of…

Shwepyitan column led byU Tin Soe, Pawsanhmwecolumn led by UThaungTin, Sinthwelattcolumn led by U Nyi NyiSoe marched to the sportsground at the respective

places.Division Edu-

cation Officer U OhnMaung (Retd) presidedover the ceremony.Member of the Panel ofChairmen were Secretaryof Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associa-tion U Nyunt Hlaing,

Member of AyeyawadyDivision Women’s Af-fairs Organization Act-ing Principal of Univer-sity of Computer Sci-ence in Pathein Dr DawSabei Phyu,Member ofAyeyawady DivisionMaternal and Child Wel-fare Supervisory Com-mittee Specialist Dr DawThan Than Hla,Ayeyawady DivisionWar Veteran Organiza-tion Lt-Col Hla Khin(Retd), Ayeyawady Di-vision Fishery Federa-

tion President U NyeinMyaing, U Man KyawAye of a townselder ofMayungmya Township.

Executive ofKyaungon Township Un-ion Solidarity and Devel-opment Association DawAye Mya Mya Win actedas master of ceremoniesand Executive of PatheinTownship USDA DawEindra Shein Wai as co-MC.

Execut ive ofPathein District USDAU Win Maung and those

presen t sa lu ted theState Flag.

The mass rallychairman said that del-egates of the NationalConvention after holdingdiscussions have alreadyadopted fundamental prin-ciples and detailed basicprinciples for the emer-gence of a constitution thatis as important as the na-tion’s life.

The fundamentalprinciples will form asfoundation for the nation’s (See page 9)

No one loves Myanmarmore than her people


Local people marching towards the ceremony to support the National Convention and theconstitution in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division. — MNA

Local people marching towards the ceremony to support the National Convention and theconstitution in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division. — MNA

Local people marching towards the ceremony to support the NationalConvention and the constitution in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division. — MNA


Ayeyawady Division in sup-port of… (from page 8)perpetuation, eternalpeace and stability andlong-term rapiddevelopment. Prepara-tions were made in 1992to hold the NationalConvention thatsuccessfully concluded on3 September 2007.

Over 1000representatives of eightdelegate groups —delegate group of politicalparties, delegate group ofrepresentatives-elect,delegate group of nationalraces, delegate group ofpeasants, delegate groupof workers, delegate groupof intellectual and

national race delegates,15 peasant delegates, fiveworkers delegates and tworepresen ta t ive -e l ec tdelegates totalling 76representing the overseven million people ofAyeyawady Division tookpart in the NC.

The delegateswere permitted to freelycompile their group-wisepapers after holdingthorough discussions.

Representativesfrom all walks of life andgroups that returned to thelegal fold give suggestionsand hold discussions in theinterest of the Union. Theconstructive result is the

intelligentsia, delegategroup of State servicepersonnel and delegategroup of other invitedpersons — attended theNC.

F i f t y - f o u r

adoption of 104fundamental principles tobe formed as base informulating theconstitution.

According to theconstitution, the future

nation will be formed withseven regions, seven states,one self-administereddivision for Wa people, andfive self-administeredzones one each for Naga,Danu, Pa-O, Palaung and

Kokang. It is obvious thatspecial consideration hasbeen given for the rights ofnational races.

All patrioticnational people will haveto ratify the constitution

and uphold Our ThreeMain National Causes.

No one lovesMyanmar more than herpeople. The people whoattend the mass rally willhave to safeguard thenation with full UnionSpirit and patriotism. Allwill be able to shape thefuture nation only if theconstitution is enduring.People of the entireAyeyawady Divisionsupport the NationalConvention and hail theConstitution.

Secretary U AungKyaw Sein of PatheinTownship USDA said thata total of 17 national racearmed groups havereturned to the legal fold.The national races aretaking part in building ofinfrastructures on theState’s development andthe regional developmenttasks. Now, they arewitnessing theunprecedented develop-

ment.In Ayeyawady

Division, local peoplemade their journey by boatin the past. There have beena lot of bridges includingBo Myat Tun Bridge built.That shows developmentof transport sector. Inaddition, economic, health,education and socialsectors have developed inthe division.

There must be theconstitution in a nation thatensures rule of law, peaceand tranquillity anda l r e a d y - a c h i e v e ddevelopment. In draftingthe constitution, it cannotbe written only with thewishes of a person, anorganization and agovernment. Besides, it isimpossible to copy theconstitution of othernations. The constitutionbased on current conditionsand history background ofour country must be drafted.

(See page 10)




Chairman U OhnMaung, Division

Education Officer(Retd). — MNA

Secretary of USDA UAung Kyaw Sein.

MNA

Daw Nwe Nwe Oo ofAyeyawady Division

WAO. — MNA

U Aung Shwe, atownselder of Pathein

Township. — MNA

Daw Ohmar Swe,Member of PatheinDistrict MCWSC.

MNAU Tun Tun Win of

Hinthada Township.MNA

Daw Aye Mya Mya Win of KyaunggonTownship USDA acts MC and Daw EindraShein Wai of Pathein Township USDA acts

Co-MC. — MNA

Lt-Col Hla Thwin(Retd) of PatheinTownship WVO.

MNA

(from page 9)The constitution

must be the one thatcontributes to the interestsof the entire people andthe State, and thatguarantees theperpetuation of the Union.The two constitutionsabolished in Myanmar arenot compatible withpresent conditions of thenation. Therefore, it isimportant for the State and

AyeyawadyDivision insupport of…

the people to draft anenduring constitution.

To lay down thebasic principles, theNational Convention wasconvened with the six

objectives and completedon 3 September, 2007.

In the period oflaying groundwork forthe constitution, theinternal traitors incollusion with those insome big nationsinstigated unrest on theprevious days. As thereare the principles thatinclude some points withwhich they are nothappy, they are

attempting toundermine the nation.

I continue to saythat it is time for theentire people tosafeguard the State andalready-achieved peaceand development.

In conclusion, wesupport the NationalConvention and theprinciples to be includedin the constitution thatensure the perpetuation of

the State; that serve theinterests of entire people;that are more durable andcomprehensive than those

Oo of AyeyawadyDivision Women’sAffairs Organizationseconded the motion,saying that the emergenceof an enduring constitutionof vital importance inrealizing a peaceful,modern and developeddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic state. TheNational Convention heldin accord with sixobjectives successfullyconcluded on 3 September2007.

To safeguard thenation against danger andfor perpetuation of theUnion, the para 42 of

chapter XIII of theconstitution said, “Everycitizen is under a duty touphold: (a) Non-disintegration of theUnion; (b) N o n -disintegration of nationalsolidarity; (c)Perpetuation ofsovereignty.” Thedetailed basic principle isthe most beneficial,effective and importantfor the nation and people.The national people willcrush all enemies tryingto threaten Our ThreeMain National Causes,with united strength. Thestipulations contained inthe constitution guarantee

equal rights for women.The division now

has 7474 schools, up from5189. Many institutions ofhigher learning have beenopened in the division.There are more educationopportunities in thedivision than in the past.People at present arelooking forward to the dayon which the constitutioncomes into force.

The destructiveelements in the nation triedto cause unrest and publicalarm to grab power throughshort cut under orders offoreign power. VOA, BBC,RFA and DVB airedfabrications with religionas stepping-stone to breakup national unity.

With false newsreports, they are trying togenerate doubts among thepublic for eruption of acommotion similar to the1988 unrest.

Afterwards, UAung Shwe, a townselderof Pathein, seconded themotion calling for thesupport the NationalConvention and theconstitution. He said: Dueto dams and river waterpumping stations inAyeyawady Division, thenumber of acres of

monsoon and summerpaddy has increasedfrom 3 million to 5million in the division.As the division gives ayield of over 389 millionbaskets of paddy everyyear, the division standsas the granary of thecountry. Local farmershave enjoyed fruits ofdevelopment thanks to thegovernment.

The governmenthas built infrastructuresfor a future democraticnation. The emergence ofa constitution which willguarantee the perpetuationand development of thenation is vital for thecountry.

The legislativepower is entrusted toPyidaungsu Hluttaw,Region Hluttaw, StateHluttaw as well as to self-administered-areas.

Therefore, itshows that the detailedbasic principles for theconstitution give specialrights to national races.

The governmenthas implemented theseven-point road map.Over 1,000 delegatesattended the NationalConvention and it wassuccessfully completed. (See page 11)

adopted in the pastconstitution and that givepriority to the rights of thenational races, anddenounce the acts of someforeign nations.

Daw Nwe Nwe


(from page 10)Those destructive

elements who want to takepower through short cutare trying to jeopardize theemergence of ademocratic nation. Theyresorted to the unrest inthe country making use ofreligion. We, the people,favour stability andpeace but oppose unrestand violence. We wantto deal with affairs ofour country and we don’taccept the interference

Ayeyawady Division in support of…

of the foreign countries.Concerning the

broadcasting of BBC,VOA, RFA and DVB,people should distinguishbetween right and wrong.

We are worried thatthe United Nations willmake wrong decisionafter listening to thevoices of minority of thepeople. The people whofavour stability andpeace and opposeviolence have

participated in massrallies in support of theNational Conventionand the constitutionacross the country.Therefore, the UNshould pay attention tovoices of majority of thepeople and review thegenuine situation in thecountry.

The convening ofNational Convention isa nation building task,the national essence, andreflects the desire of the

entire national races. Italso represents all thepeople.

In conclusion, heseconded the motiontabled by U Aung KyawSein, a representative ofUSDA, and denouncedacts of foreign countrieswhich pose danger toMyanmar.

Member ofAyeyawady DivisionMaternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory

Committee Daw OhmaSwe seconded the motioncalling for the support ofthe National Conventionand the State Constitution.She said that a peacefulmodern developeddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic nation that wedo long for will emergeonly when the entirenational people participatein the tasks forimplementing seven-stepRoad Map of the State withmight and main. In doingso, internal and externaldestructive elements areattempting to create unrestin the country takingadvantage of the religionand thus the people areworried about their living.

The protests stirred upby external saboteurs arereally against the desire ofthe entire people. Someforeign radio stations arestimulating internaldestructive elements tocause political instabilityin the country. The Westernmedia’s greatlyexaggerated make-upstories to incite violenceare against discipline-flourishing democraticsystem.

Now, it is time to walkon the flowers-paved roadto new democratic nationbecause the NationalConvention hassuccessfully completed. Inthe meantime a handful ofinternal groups who areseeking self-interest arecommitting terrorist actsto grab power by short cut.The real desire of the entirepeople wanting to live instable and peaceful life isto draw the Constitution ofthe State. All have knownthat anti-governmentgroups attempting to causeviolence like “88” unrestis a grave danger to theentire national people.

The Constitution isthe life-blood for thenation and the people. Thepublic health care servicesare being carried outacross the nation. TheGovernment has built atotal of 77 hospitalsincluding three 200-bedones and has appointed3,349 health staff inAyeyawady Division.

All citizens are longingfor high life styles inaddition to sufficiency offood, clothing and shelter.Moreover, they favour all-round development,stability and peace in thecountry but not the protestsand violence. The nationalgoal of the State is tointroduce a peacefulmodern developeddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic country.

As the forthcomingconstitution will actuallybring about the interest ofthe State and the people fora long run, I absolutelyseconded the motioncalling for support of theNational Convention andthe State Constitutiontabled by AyeyawadyDivision USDA.

Farming entrepreneurU Tun Tun Win of

Hinthada Township saidthat the 1947 constitutionand the 1974 constitutionhad defects and loopholes,so emergence of anenduring State constitutionis as indispensable as thelife-blood for the nationand the people. TheNational Convention wastherefore held to adopt theprinciples that can servethe interests of the nationand the people.

More than 100national races will enjoyunprecedented rights whenthe State constitution isapproved. The peopleshould not directly copythe western democracy thatis not in conformity withthe traditions and customsof the country.

The people are to beconstantly vigilant againstthe acts of destructiveelements to block the tasksof the government that isimplementing the State’sseven-step Road Map.

He expressed supportfor the NC and the Stateconstitution, and denouncethe acts of certain countriesthat are posing dangers toMyanmar.

Lt-Col Hla Thwin(Retd) of Pathein

Township WVO said thatthe government hasconvened the NationalConvention, the first of theState’s seven-step RoadMap, calling the people tocrush the acts of internaland external destructiveelements as a national duty.It is required to achievesuccess in implementingevery step.

Seconding the motion,he expressed his supportfor the NC and upcomingconstitution andcondemning the acts ofcertain countries.

With the unanimousapproval, the chairmanpassed the resolution ofsupporting the NC and theupcoming constitution.

Members of the panelof chairmen and theattendees chanted slogans:non-disintegration of theUnion (our cause, ourcause), non-disintegrationof national solidarity (ourcause, our cause),perpetuation ofsovereignty (our cause,our cause), the State’sseven-step Road Map(must succeed, mustsucceed). The rally endedat 8 am.

MNA

Volcanic tremors and increasedtemperatures in the past four days haveled to fears of an eruption, and residentshave been told to stay away from the the1,731-metre (5,712-foot) volcano, YanMulyana, an official at the IndonesianVulcanology Survey, told Reuters.Mount Kelud is 87.5 kilometressouthwest of Surabaya, Indonesia’ssecond-largest city.

“We urge people to remain calm and

Lekima, namedafter a fruit in Vietnam,was located at 17.7degrees north Latitudeand 110.4 degrees eastLongitude at 6:00 pm onTuesday, about 110kilometres southeast ofSanya, the southernmost

Typhoon “Lekima” moving closer to south ChinaIndonesia raises alert level on Mt Kelud volcanoJAKARTA, 2 Oct— Indonesian scientists have raised the alert for Mount

Kelud, a volcano in East Java, to the second-highest level following increasedactivity, an official said on Sunday.

not to be agitated by rumours of aneruption,” Mulyana said.

Residents have been told to avoidstaying within a five-kilometre (three-mile) zone.

A 1919 eruption of Mount Keludcaused the lake in its crater to burstthrough the volcano rim and sent boilingwater down its slopes, killing 5,000people in 104 villages.

MNA/Reuters

HAIKOU , 3 Oct— The severe tropical storm Lekima was upgraded totyphoon Tuesday afternoon and is moving closer towards south China’sisland province of Hainan, where 100,000 people have been evacuated, localauthorities said.

city of Hainan, the HainanProvincial MeteorologicalObservatory said.

Lekima, upgraded totyphoon at 2:00 pm onTuesday, is packingwinds of about 118.8kilometres per hour at itseye and heading towards

northwest at a speed of15 kilometres per hour,the observatory said.

It was forecast to landin the south of the islandor pass by on Tuesdaynight or Wednesdaymorning, it said.

MNA/Xinhua

Local people marching towards the ceremonyto support the National Convention and the

constitution in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division.MNA

Local people chanting slogans as they march towards the ceremony tosupport the National Convention and the constitution in Pathein,

Ayeyawady Division. — MNA


Indonesia to put $1.2b power transmissionprojects out to tender

JAKARTA, 3 Oct—Indonesia’s state powerutility PT PerusahaanListrik Negara (PLN)plans to host a tender forthe Sumatra and Javapower transmission net-works worth some 1.2billion US dollars in April2008.

The company is cur-rently conducting a feasi-bility study.

PLN said it could notafford to wait any longerif it wanted to meet the

schedule set out in itsblueprint, English-lan-guage daily The JakartaPost reported on Tuesday.

A number of firms, bothlocal and foreign, haveexpressed interest inconstructing coal-firedpower plants in Sumatra,where coal deposits areabundant but many peoplestill do not have access toelectricity.

PLN, which is workingwith these firms underthe independent power

producer (IPP) scheme,estimates that the plannedpower plants will produceenough electricity to alsofeed the Java-Bali powergrid.

The transmission pro-jects, once completed, willbe able to supply electri-city from Sumatra to Java,where blackouts are alsofrequent.

Among the power plantsto be built are the 2,400-megawatt plant in Bangko,South Sumatra, and the1,600-megawatt plant inMuara Enim, SouthSumatra. Last week, PLNawarded six contracts

A model presents a pasta dress creation by

Hungarian designer Virag Toth during a fashion

show at an Italian restaurant in Budapest

on 27 Sept, 2007.—XINHUA

UAE President gives $10m for Iraqi refugees GENEVA, 3 Oct—The

President of the UnitedArab Emirates, SheikhKhalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, has donated 10million US dollars to theUnited Nations to helpIraqi refugees in Syria,the UN refugee agency(UNHCR) said onTuesday.

UNHCR spokeswomanJennifer Pagonis said60,000 Iraqis continue toflee their homes everymonth, with 2.2 millionpeople now uprootedwithin Iraq and 2.2 million

in neighbouring countries.Syria is host to more than1.4 million Iraqis.

On Monday, the agencysaid that Syria hadreimposed rules barringentry to Iraqi refugees.Pagonis said it wouldmean that they “lose theironly remaining safehaven”, but the agencywas discussing the issuewith authorities in Dam-ascus and had not receivedany formal notification.

“The Iraqis in Syria nowconstitute about 10 percent of the total population

and put an enormous strainon the country,” she told anews briefing in announc-ing the 10 million-US-dollar donation. She saidit was “unusual” for theUN High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR) toreceive a donation of thatsize for a single pro-gramme, and it was thelargest gift from the UAEin 10 years.

The agency has beenappealing widely forsupport for countrieshosting Iraqis.

MNA/Reuters

Italy seizes ancient books from “priestly” thief ROME, 3 Oct—Italy’s art police have seized ancient books and paintings worth

650,000 euros (925,300 US dollars) from the house of a man they suspect stole themfrom public libraries and state archives — sometimes disguised as a priest.

Police said on Monday the suspect, a Roman in his mid-forties, would dresshimself in priest’s robes or wait for hours hidden in the bathrooms and cupboardsof libraries to make off with texts and drawings dating from the 17th and 18thcenturies.

The man used ink remover to delete identification numbers and library stamps,police said, adding they suspect he was responsible of a series of thefts in Rome andTurin. Some items were sold to collectors in Italy and abroad.—MNA/Reuters

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Daihatsu salesdouble in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 3 Oct—Japa-nese car-maker Daihatsuhas said sales in Indonesiain eight months to August2007 rose 101.8 per centyear-on-year led bygrowing demands for lightengine Xenia and smallsports utility vehicleTerios. Local subsidiaryPT Astra Daihatsu Motorhas announced sales roseto 34,975 units from lastyear’s 17,327 units,leading economic dailyBisnis Indonesia reportedon Tuesday.

The hike lifts Daihatsuto fourth largest performerin Indonesia after sistercompany Toyota, Suzukiand Mitsubishi. Sales ofXenia alone reached19,603 units in the period.

“Xenia is the onlymodel in Indonesia thatstill draws a huge crowdof buyers since thelaunching three years agoand today’s buyers stillhave to wait for morethan three months,” AstraDaihatsu marketing direc-tor Suparno Djamsin wasquoted as saying.

MNA/Xinhua

Algeria violencedeath toll jumps

in SeptemberALGIERS, 3 Oct—

Seventy-five people diedin political violence inAlgeria in September,including 60 killed insuicide blasts, more thandouble the number inAugust, according to aReuters count based onnewspaper reports.

Among the suicidebombings was a failedassassination attempt onPresident AbdelazizBouteflika in Batna Townsoutheast of Algiers.

The September tollcompares to 29 in Augustand brings to 369 thenumber of people killed inviolence in 2007 involvingal-Qaeda-linked Islamistrebels and the securityservices. Al-Qaeda’s northAfrica wing said it wasbehind suicide bombingsin Dellys Town, east ofAlgiers, on 8 Septemberand a suicide blast in Batnaon 6 Sepember that killed57 people.

The group also claimeda suicide car bomb attackon 21 September against apolice convoy accom-panying foreign workers,injuring nine peopleincluding two French andone Italian.

MNA/Reuters

worth 913 billion rupiah(some 99.7 milliondollars) to local firms forthe construction of powertransmission lines in Java.

The government haslaunched the 10,000-megawatt power plantprogramme, under whichPLN will build 10 coal-fired power plants with atotal capacity of 6,900megawatts in Java and 25power plants outside Javawith a total capacity of3,100 megawatts.

The construction ofsome of the projects hasalready commenced.

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China growth seen raisingthreat to tigers, forests

UNITED NATIONS, 3Oct—A comprehensiveoverhaul of the world’skey financial institutionsand drastic changes to therules of international tradeare necessary if poorcountries are to achievethe Millennium Develop-ment Goals (MDGs) by2015, Indian ForeignMinister Pranab Muk-herjee said here. Speakingat the general debate ofthe 62nd session of theGeneral Assembly, Muk-herjee said the UnitedNations “must play animportant role in over-

seeing the reform of theinternational financialarchitecture”.

“This should includemeasures to ensure agreater voice for andparticipation by develop-ing countries in the BrettonWoods institutions,” hesaid, referring to the WorldBank and InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF).

These reforms must betaken to their logicalconclusion if the credi-bility of these institutionsis to be enhanced, Muk-herjee said, adding thatprogress toward the

MDGs has been tardy.He pointed out that early

and substantive progressin the current Doha roundof international tradenegotiations is alsoessential, and urged spe-cial attention be paid to theneeds and interests ofsubsistence farmers in poorstates.

MNA/Xinhua

Philippines bans fishing torevive biggest reef

MANILA, 3 Oct—The Philippines has tightened lawsbanning fishing and collecting of species on thecountry’s largest coral reef to help it recover from neardestruction, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature saidon Tuesday.

The 27,400 hectare Apo Reef off the coast ofMindoro Island was almost drained of life by heavyfishing, including by dynamite and cyanide,which left only a third of coral cover by the early1990s.

A ban on fishing, only partially enforced since ittook effect in 1994, has helped restore some of thereef so that around half is now alive. Now a newlocal law, brought in this week, is stepping upprotection in what was once of the world’s top divespots.

“It has been declared a ‘no-take zone’ to allow thereef and the various species around it ample time torecover from years of fishing,” said Gregg Yan of theWorld Wildlife Fund-Philippines.

Yan said the marine park would be opened fortourists to help generate funds for its protection aswell as provide an alternative livelihood for hundredsof fishermen in the area.

MNA/Reuters

Elephants walk across a river at Chobe National Park in Botswana, recently.XINHUA

Pop star Madonna is among the nine recordingartists nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame, according to media reports on Friday.

INTERNET

NZ, India to negotiate film co-production agreement

LONDON, 3 Oct—China’s economic boomis fuelling demand forendangered species rang-ing from tigers to Africantimbers even thoughBeijing imposes thedeath penalty for wildlifecrimes, the head of a UNwatchdog said on Tues-day. Growing affluencemeans that more and moreChinese are able to affordexotic foods such assnakes, reptiles and frogsor buy traditional medi-cines like tiger bone winebelieved by many in Chinato help lower bloodpressure.

In China “more andmore people get access tothese expensive foodstuffs”, Willem Wijn-stekers, head of the Secre-tariat of the Conventionon International Trade inEndangerered Species

(CITES), told a Reutersenvironment summit.

“Both within China andin neighbouring countriesthere is a lot disap-pearing,” he said.

“Africa is full of Chinesewood buyers and the for-ests are rapidly disappear-ing in the direction of Chinaas well,” he said. Timber isused both in China and forexports including furnituresold to nations from Europeto North America.

But he said that Chinahad stringent penalties.“They have the deathpenalty for wildlife crimeand they have used it,” hesaid. “I’m not going topromote the death penaltyfor CITES but they reallytake it seriously.”

MNA/Reuters

Fire at Russian institute kills nine, injures 51 MOSCOW, 3 Oct— At

least nine people werekilled and 51 injured onTuesday in a fire at a publicbuilding southeast ofMoscow, the RussianEmergencies Ministrysaid. The fire broke out on

the fourth floor of one ofthe buildings at theInstitute of State andCorporate Management.

“As a result of the fire,which is now out, ninepeople died and 51 areinjured,” a spokesman said

on Tuesday evening. Fire safety at public

buildings across Russiahas been criticized after aseries of fires wherefatalities were highbecause fire escapes wereblocked. — MNA/Reuters

WELLINGTON, 3 Oct—New ZealandPrime Minister and Minister of Arts,Culture and Heritage Helen Clark, andMinister of Finance Michael Cullenannounced Tuesday that New Zealandand India have agreed to negotiate a filmco-production agreement.

Cullen is currently visiting New Delhi. According to a Press release from

New Zealand Government, the aim ofthe proposed film co-productionagreement is to expand and facilitatefilm co-production to benefit film makersin both countries, and to develop culturaland economic exchanges.

Under the proposed treaty,

filmmakers from both countries wouldbe able to pool resources to create filmswhich will benefit both countriesfinancially and culturally.

Films made jointly by New Zealandand Indian producers would also qualifyas works with national status in bothcountries, making them eligible forgovernment support and facilitation.

Many Indian screen productions haveused New Zealand as a location in recentyears, and Helen Clark said “we nowwant to build on those connections tohelp make screen productions which aregenuine partnerships between the twocountries”. — MNA/Xinhua

A sign hanging in a mobile telephone store lists prices in the new and oldcurrencies in Caracas, on 1 Oct , 2007. Regulations require retailers to post

prices in the new currency, the ‘strong bolivar,’ alongside prices in bolivars asa means of preparing consumers for a 1 Jan, 2008 monetary shift, which

officials say will help them fight inflation. — INTERNET


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Germany’s goalkeeper Nadine Angerer (1st R) saves the penalty during the final against Brazil at the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in Shanghai, east China, on 30 Sept, 2007. Germany led 1-0.

INTERNET

Drogba strikes as Chelsea grab 2-1 over Valencia

Valbuena earns Marseilleshock win at Liverpool

LIVERPOOL (England), 4 Oct — Olympique Mar-seille stunned Liverpool with Mathieu Valbuena'sclassy goal earning a 1-0 win at Anfield in ChampionsLeague Group A on Wednesday.

Valbuena took a return pass from Bolo Zendenbefore curling in a 25-metre shot off the underside ofthe bar in the 76th minute after Momo Sissoko wastackled just outside his area.

"I'm very happy. It's my first goal in the Champi-ons League and it gives Marseille a very importantwin," Valbuena told French TV channel TF1. "We arevery happy tonight."

It was the first time a French team had won atAnfield but was not a fluke victory for new coach EricGerets in his first game in charge of a Marseille sidethat has won just one of their nine domestic leaguegames this season.

Liverpool did not really threaten until the finalminutes when Fernando Torres hit the post with aclose-range shot. — MNA/Reuters

Lazio come from behind to hold Real Porto snatch late victoryover Besiktas

ISTANBUL, 4 Oct — Ricardo Quaresma scored astoppage-time goal to give Porto a 1-0 victory overBesiktas in their Champions League Group A match onWednesday.

Porto had to work hard to stave off growing pres-sure from the home side in the later stages of bothhalves, with Besiktas creating a series of chances.

But it was Porto who broke the deadlock whenmidfielder Quaresma poked the ball past Besiktaskeeper Hakan Arikan from close range in the secondminute of stoppage time.

The result lifted Porto to second in the group withfour points, two behind leaders Olympique Marseilleand three ahead of Liverpool. Besiktas are without apoint after a second loss.

"We fought well and had some clear chances butwe didn't capitalise on them and conceded an unluckygoal at the end," Besiktas captain Ibrahim Uzulmezsaid.

"After two losses, we have put our chances ofadvancing in jeopardy," he said.

The defeat added to a disappointing week for coachErtugrul Saglam's side after they lost to arch rivalsGalatasaray in the Turkish league at the weekend.

After a cautious opening 15 minutes, Besiktas be-gan to dominate the game in the first half, exertinggrowing pressure on the Porto goal with the Portugueseside content to sit back and absorb the attacks.

Porto goalkeeper Helton made an important saveafter 25 minutes, palming away a header from Brazil-ian striker Bobo. — MNA/Reuters

Olympiakos stun WerderBremen with late goals

BREMEN (Germany),4 Oct — OlympiakosPiraeus scored three timesin the last 17 minutes tostun Werder Bremen 3-1in the Champions Leagueand go top of Group C onWednesday.

It was the first victoryfor Piraeus in 31 Cham-pions League awaymatches and endedBremen's six-match un-beaten streak in the com-petition at home.

Bremen took a 32nd-minute lead against thedefensive-minded visi-tors when Hugo Almeidablasted in a Daniel Jensencross, giving the rain-soaked sell-out crowd of37,500 something tocheer about after Almeidahad wasted two earlier

chances. Bremen, whohad warmed up for thematch with an 8-1 victoryover Arminia Bielefeldon Saturday in theBundesliga, kept up thepressure but failed to getanother one past goal-keeper Antonis Niko-polidis.— MNA/Reuters

ROME, 4 Oct — Twogoals from Goran Pandevallowed Lazio to comefrom behind and earn a2-2 draw with Group Crivals Real Madrid in theChampions League onWednesday.

Ruud van Nistelrooypoked in a WesleySneijder freekick in theeighth minute to give theSpanish champions the

lead but the Macedoniastriker replied with a ven-omous volley in the 32nd.

Real regained their ad-vantage 16 minutes afterthe break when DutchmanVan Nistelrooy raced un-opposed on to goal afterRaul had split open theLazio defence with a smartpass. Pandev earned hisside a point with powerfulshot from the edge of the

area in the 75th. "It is difficult to win

everywhere you go," RealMadrid coach BerndSchuster told a news con-ference. "It was an opengame and a draw is a posi-tive result. We went 2-1up and perhaps we felt wewere in control. But Laziofought phenomenally,they didn't let us win."

The Serie A teammade a bright start butwere soon caught outwhen Sneijder's freekickfiltered through to theformer ManchesterUnited forward.

Defender GuglielmoStendardo headed aLuciano Zauri freekickinto the penalty to set upPandev's first. Before theequalizer, the Macedo-nian had wasted two greatchances, blasting a shotover the bar with onlyReal keeper Iker Casillasto beat and going aloneinstead of passing whenthe defence was outnum-bered.— MNA/Reuters

Schalke too good for Rosenborg TRONDHEIM, (Norway),

4 Oct — Second-half goalsearned Schalke 04 a 2-0victory over RosenborgTrondheim in theirChampions League matchin Group B on Wednes-day.

Midfielder JermaineJones broke the deadlockat the Lerkendal Stadiumin the 62nd minute with aleft-foot shot off a passfrom Ivan Rakitic.

Striker Kevin Kuranyisealed the victory in the89th minute, breakingfree, evading defender

Christer Basma andputting the ball pastRosenborg goalkeeperLars Hirschfeld.

Delighted with Jones,Schalke coach MirkoSlomka told a news con-ference: "He had a verygood game; a fantasticallyimportant goal."

As for the result, fol-lowing Schalke's opening1-0 home defeat by Va-lencia two weeks ago,Slomka added: "We hadto win. We were going towin, and we did win."

Rosenborg, who had

held Chelsea to a surprise1-1 draw at StamfordBridge, paid the price forfailing to convert theirchances into goalsand never really put thevisitors under much pres-sure.

“We played alright inthe first half, but we couldhave taken better care ofthe chances we produced,”said Rosenborg coachKnut Toerum. “In the sec-ond half we gave themopportunities and thematch opened up.”

MNA/Reuters

VALENCIA (Spain), 4 Oct — Chelsea came from agoal down to claim a 2-1 victory away to Valencia onWednesday in a game that marked Avram Grant's firstgame as coach in the Champions League.

The Londoners looked to be in trouble in the GroupB match when a dominant Valencia took an early leadafter striker David Villa cashed in on some shakydefending to steer the ball past keeper Petr Cech.

But winger Joe Cole put Chelsea back in the matchwhen he put the finishing touch to a sharply workedcounter-attack and striker Didier Drogba completed aclassic smash-and-grab raid with a sharp finish nineminutes from time.

The win put Chelsea top of the group with fourpoints from two games, one clear of Valencia andSchalke 04 and three ahead of Rosenborg, who lost2-0 at home to Schalke. Valencia made the earlyrunning at the Mestalla with David Silva lashing overthe bar with less than a minute on the clock.

Chelsea failed to take heed, however, and helpedby a catalogue of errors in midfield and defence,

David Villa put Valencia in front in the ninth minute. The Spain striker pounced on a poor clearance on

the halfway line, collected the ball after it ricochetedoff Michael Essien and then steered a shot low to theleft of keeper Petr Cech.

Joaquin should have made it 2-0 when he brokedown the right just over 10 minutes later but he drilledhis shot straight at Cech and Chelsea made Valenciapay when they equalized on the break.

Florent Malouda fired the ball low across the areaafter a neat one-two with Drogba and Cole got enoughof a touch to turn it into the net with Italian leftbackEmiliano Moretti trying to block his path.

The goal helped steady Chelsea, who have had astuttering start to the season and were stunned by thedeparture of coach Jose Mourinho two weeks ago.

Valencia almost regained the lead when Morettiheaded wide of the far post after a corner early in thesecond half but they were made to pay for their profli-gate finishing when Drogba hit them on the break oncemore.— MNA/Reuters


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Thursday, 4 October, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers havebeen widespread in Mon State and Taninthayi Division, fairlywidespread in Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,scattered in Rakhine and Kayin States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, isolated in Shan State and lower Sagaing Divisionand weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining areas withlocally heavyfall in Mon Stae, isolated heavyfall in Bago andTaninthayi Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw (0.08) inch, Thaton (11.93)inches, Ye (9.09) inhces, Dawei (7.13) inches, Shwegyin(3.82) inches, Hpa-an (1.38) inches and Meiktila (1.14) inches.

Maximum temperature on 3-10-2007 was 85ºF. Minimuntemperature on 4-10-2007 was 74ºF. Relative humidity at09:30 hours MST on 4-10-2007 was 96%. Total sunshinehours on 3-10-2007 was (0.6) hour approx.

Rainfall on 4-10-2007 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (0.63)inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.08) inch at Central Yangon. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2007 was (126.93) inches at Mingaladon,(131.34) inches at Kaba-Aye and (135.55) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(8) mph from Southwest at (13:20) hours MST on 3-10-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (06:30)hours MST today, yesterday low pressure area over WestCentral Bay still persists. Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and South Bay and weather is partly cloudy elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations at (06:30)hours MST today, yesterday tropical storm “Lekima” overSouth China Sea has crossed the Vietnam coast near Vinh andremain as a land depression. It is forecast to move westwardslowly and downgrade into a low pressure area.

Forecast valid until evening of 5-10-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Mon and Kayin States,Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Rakhine State,Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisions, scattered in KayahState, lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions andisolated in the remaining areas with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Mon State and Taninthayi Division. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas are likely attimes Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-TaninthayiCoasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40) to (45)mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofdecrease of rain in the upper Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areasfor 5-10-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for5-10-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for5-10-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Chinese coastguard vessels search in the sea area near Dandong, northeastChina’s Liaoning Province. One sailor was confirmed dead and 10 others went

missing when a fishing boat hit a cargo ship on the Yellow Sea off northeastChina’s Liaoning Province early on Wednesday, the local maritime police said.

XINHUA

Polish ambassador to Iraq wounded inBaghdad explosions

BAGHDAD, 4 Oct — ThePolish ambassador to Iraqwas slightly wounded bythree roadside bombexplosions near his convoyin central Baghdad onWednesday morning, anInterior Ministry source toldXinhua.

“The Polish ambas-sador was among thecasualties of the tripleroadside bomb attack incentral Baghdad District,”the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The Polish Am-bassador, General EdwardPietrzyk, was immediatelyrushed to a US militaryhospital, said the source.

The attack took place

when three roadsidebombs were detonatedcoordinately near thePolish Embassy convoyof sport utility vehicles(SUVs) in the Arrassatarea in Baghdad’sdowntown Karradaneighbourhood, dama-

ging three SUVs andwounding three personsaboard, the source said.

The attack also killed apasser-by civilian andwounded two others, thesource said.

Poland is a US ally overthe Iraqi war, and about 900

Polish soldiers areoperating within the US-led coalition troops in Iraq.

Twenty-four Polishservicemen and civilianshave been killed in Iraqsince the outbreak of theIraq war in March of 2003.

MNA/Xinhua

US in Iraq says finds list of foreign fighters BAGHDAD, 4 Oct —

The US military saidon Wednesday it haddiscovered a list of some500 al-Qaeda militantsrecruited to fight in Iraqfrom a range of European,Middle East and northAfrican countries.

Spokesman Major-

General Kevin Bergnersaid the information wasunearthed in Septemberwhen a senior al-Qaedamember in Iraq, calledMuthanna, was killed alongwith seven other militantsnear Sinjar in northwestIraq.

The US military

blames fighters recruitedoutside Iraq for many ofthe suicide attacks targetingUS and Iraqi forces andhas previously criticizedneighbours such as Syriafor not checking the flowof foreign militants acrossborders into Iraq.

“Muthanna was theemir of Iraq and Syrianborder area and he wasa key facility of themovement of foreignterrorists once they crossedinto Iraq from Syria. Heworked closely withSyrian-based al-Qaedaforeign terrorist facili-tators,” he said.

MNA/Reuters

Of the persons detained for questioning forholding assemblies in violation of section 144,

692 have been released on pledge

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9th Waning of Tawthalin 1369 ME Friday, 5 October, 2007

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation

� BBC lying VOA deceiving RFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those slickers

�RFA, VOA and BBC airing skyful of lies�RFA, VOA and BBC saboteurs, watch your step!�The public be warned of killers in the air waves — RFA, VOA and BBC

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct — Due to the acts to causedisturbances in the nation, the respective authoritiesimposed section 144 in some townships of YangonDivision on 25 September 2007 prohibiting publicassembling.

The authorities had to conduct detentions forquestioning as there were persons who held assembliesin violation of the section. Up to this day, they havedetained a total of 2093 persons. Through investiga-

tion the authorities found out that the detainees in-cluded those who took part in the disturbances, thosewho followed and supported the noisy protests andthose who unwittingly joined them. As the personswho unknowingly joined the noisy protests are alsoviolators of the section, the authorities are releasingthem after they have signed the pledge. Up to now, theauthorities have released 692 persons.

MNA

Time all realized alien plotsFriend, in my opinion, now the en-

tire people should have noticed thatNgapwagyi and its associates, and ahandful of national traitor axe-han-dles are resorting to all possible meansto destabilize our country and makethe people become impoverished.

U LU KARPage 6

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