Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 290 2nd Waxing of Tabodwe 1372 ME Saturday, 5 February, 2011

Living together across the Union of Myanmar as well as in each and every part ofthe nation, various national races have possessed a common socio-economic life andshared joys and sorrows throughout the history.

Therefore, a national race or a part of the Union cannot be separated from nationalraces or from the Union. And fruitful results will come out only when the entire Union andall the national races are taken into account together. This indicates a significantcharacteristic of the Union.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council,

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(from the message sent on the occasion of the 59th Anniversary Union Day)

Various national races share joys and sorrows

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb — The Group ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives-elect of Presi-dential Electoral College held its meeting atPyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall of the Hluttaw Building

Meeting of Group of Pyidaungsu Hluttawrepresentatives-elect of Presidential Electoral College held

U Thein Sein elected as President, Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo,Dr. Sai Mauk Kham (a) Maung Ohn as Vice-Presidents

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

here today.It was attended by Speaker of Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker ofPyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann and representa-

tives-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw.Director-General of the Hluttaw Office U

Myint Thein acted as Master of Ceremonies.(See page 7)

The meeting of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives-elect group of Presidential Electoral College in progress.—MNA

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

People’s Desire

Myanmar is giving priority to providinghealth care for mothers and children. Effortsare being made to reduce mortality rates ofinfants, the under-fives and expectant mothersas well as combating HIV/AIDS. Two thirds ofthe mortality rate of children under five is infants.

With a view to reducing disease outbreaksand such mortality rates, Myanmar is attachinggreat importance to taking care of mothers andchildren, including infants.

Babies aged less than five months needbreastfeeding only. And a baby must be breastfedwithin a half hour after its birth. The earliestbreastfeeding can prevent diseases and isnutritious. Moreover, there are many benefitsfrom breastfeeding such as family planning,prevention of breast cancer and ovarian cancer,cutting household expenses, having more timefor looking after other children and having bothphysically and mentally fit children.

Maternal and child heath care tasks areextensively being carried out as community-based health week activities. Every mother andevery family needs to participate in thoseactivities.

In taking care of the health of mothers andinfants, Myanmar is taking measures forlaunching public educative campaigns, deliveringbabies by way of disinfecting, caring for motherswho have just given a birth and the under-fives,rendering assistance to nutritious developmentof mothers and children and carrying outvaccination processes. Mothers on their partare therefore to take part in such measures.

Take great care of the healthof mothers and children

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—Lifestyles Expo 2011kicked off at Tatmadaw Convention Hall on UWisara Road, Dagon Township in Yangonyesterday morning, formally opened by Chairmanof Yangon Region Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen TunThan.

Commander attends opening of Lifestyles Expo 2011The commander and guests then viewed the

booths at the expo. The commander later visitedlocal battalions in Bago.

The commander met officers, other ranksand families of local battalions in TaunggyikweVillage and Indagaw Model Village and ThayagonVillage and fulfilled requirment.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Feb—Theceremony to introduceand hold talks about “TheFuture MyanmarBusiness Report”magazine was held at theSedona Hotel heretoday.

Managing EditorDaw Soe Yu Waiexplained purpose ofpublishing themagazine. Chairman MrSatoshi Kuroiwa andDirector Mr Akio Suzuki

Future Myanmar BusinessReport introduced

of Economic SustainableDevelopment-ESD 21 ofJapan held discussionabout basic principle andpractical advantage ofTOYOTA productionsystem (TPS)/ leansystem.

The responsiblepersons replies queriesraised by the attendees.Next, U Tin Maung Ayeof Myanmar ResourceGroup spoke words ofthanks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—The Dhammapujaceremony of the final rites of State OvadaçariyaVice-Chairman of Shwegyin Nikaya Joint-Sangharaja of Shwegyin Nikaya Presiding Nayakaof Thiri Mingala Kyakhatwaing Pariyatti Monasteryof Bago Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta Jotipalawill be held at Yarpyae Dhammayon in the precinctof the monastery, Bago, beginning 6 February.

According to the agenda, member of the StateSangha Maha Nayaka Committee TipitakadharaDhammabhandagarika Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Sirindabhivamsa Yaw Sayadaw willadminister Desana at 7.30 pm on 6 February,Professor of International Theravada BuddhistUniversity Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja MahaGanthavaçaka Pandita DhammakathikaBahujanahitadhara Dhammadhuta Dr BhaddantaHsekinda on 7 February, Chancellor of SitaguWorld Buddhist Academy Agga Maha PanditaAgga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja MahaDhammakathika Bahujanahitadhara Dr BhaddantaÑanissara Sitagu Sayadaw on 8 February.

The final rites will be held at 11.30 am on 9February, and the remains of the abbot will bemoved to the field of Shweaungyway Pagoda at 1pm, said Department of Religious Affairs.—MNA

Dhammapuja, final rites ofKyakhatwaing Sayadaw 6-9 Feb

Weather reportNAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—

According to theobservation at 17:30 hrsMST today, the lowpressure area overSouthwest Bay andadjoining Sri Lanka Coaststill persists, announcedMeteorology andHydrology Department.

MNAManaging Editor of Future Myanmar Business Report Magazine Daw

Soe Yu Wai speaks at the introduction of the magazine.—MNA

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint awardsmidwife Daw Nan Than Than Oo who wonworld outstanding health staff award.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—The Ministry of Healthheld a ceremony tohonour midwife Daw NanThan Than Oo who wonGlobal Health WorkforceAlliance Award-2011 atthe ministry here today.She is from Lweston RuralHealth Department(branch) of Meyan RuralHealth Department inTachilek District, ShanState (East).

Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint presentedhonourable brooch, cashdocumentation and cashto the honouree.

The 2nd Global Forum

Global Health WorkforceAlliance Award-2011 goes to

Myanmar midwifeon Human Resource forHealth was held inconjunction with PrinceMahidol AwardConference-2011 inBangkok of Thailand on25 January 2011. Among58 outstanding applicantsin healthcare servicesfrom 27 countries acrossthe world, Daw Nan ThanThan Oo deservedly wonthe award. Her impressiveachievement came fromher stupendous effortswithout making anyexcuse and complaint ingiving healthcare servicethroughout 29 years’service.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—Some astrologicalcalendars for 1372Myanmar Era stateddifferent transitionalperiod of Aries, thusleading to argumentsabout the period.

So, the MyanmarCalendar Advisory

Myanmar Calendar AdvisoryBoard points out different

transitional period stated insome calendars

Board of the Fine ArtsDepartment under theMinistry of Culturereminded today thatastrological calendarpublishers must drawcalendars based on thestandard calendar, andtake advice from theboard.—MNA

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KUNDUZ, 4 Feb—Five civilians were killedas a roadside bomb struck their vehicle inKudnuz Province 250 km north of Afghan

ISLAMABAD, 4 Feb—At least two people waskilled and 21 others injured Thursday night whena blast occurred in Pakistan’ s eastern city ofLahore, police sources said.

According to police, a small blast occurredwhen a lot of people gathered at Haider Sain shrinein the downtown area of the city.

Police and rescue teams rushed to the site andshifted the injured to the nearby hospital.

Bomb disposal squad also reached the site andwas trying to know what type of explosion that was.

Local TV channel Dawn News reported that theexplosive material was thrown from a passing-byvehicle.—Xinhua

ANKARA, 4 Feb—Death toll from the secondblast in an industrialneighbourhood ofTurkish Capital Ankararose to six, Ankara MayorMelik Gokcel said onThursday.

The blast whichoccurred at around 7:45pm in a bio-diesel fillingstation in OSTIM,Ankara’s main industrialarea, triggered a fire andblew up an LPG vehiclein front of the building.

Gokcel said at leasteight workers werecurrently trapped in thebuilding, while rescue

BAGHDAD, 4 Feb—Asuicide bomber blewhimself up Thursdayevening in a crowd ofpeople rushing to helpvictims from a blastminutes earlier, killingeight policemen andwounding 20 bystanders,authorities said.

The first explosioncame around 6 pm indowntown Ramadi, theSunni-dominated Capitalof Anbar Province 70miles (115 kilometres)west of Baghdad, saidlocal council chairman

Double bombing kills eight inwestern Iraq

Damaged police vehiclesare seen close to a craterfollowing a car bomb inthe western Iraqi City of

Ramadi. A car bombfollowed by a suicide

attack on Thursday in thewestern Iraqi City of

Ramadi killed at leasteight people, including

five policemen, as part ofnationwide violence thatleft 12 dead.—INTERNET

Police keep watch atthe site of a

roadside bomb blastin Kunduz on 3 Feb 2011.

XINHUA

Two killed, 21 injured inblast in Pakistan

An injured manreceives medical

treatment at a hospitalin Lahore,

Pakistan, on3 Feb 2011. —XINHUA

Death toll of second blastreaches six in Turkish capital

Fire is seen after an explosion hits a thinnerfactory in an industrial district in Ankara, capital

of Turkey, on 3 Feb 2011. Death toll from thesecond blast in an industrial neighbourhood of

Turkish Capital Ankara rose to six, AnkaraMayor Melik Gokcel said

on Thursday.—XINHUA

Jasim al-Halbusi.Minutes later, the

suicide bomber joined thecrowd of people trying tohelp the wounded anddetonated his explosives-packed vest. Al-Halbusisaid the suicide bomberwas wearing a militaryuniform.

Eight policemen werekilled and 20 people werewounded in the double-bombing, according to anofficial at Ramadi hospital,where the victims weretaken. He spoke oncondition of anonymity

because he was notallowed to release theinformation.

A third blast near thehospital caused nocasualties, al-Halbusi said.Ramadi has been afrequent target for militants,who have attacked thegovernment headquartersfour times over the lastyear alone, including abombing in which thegovernor lost a leg. Thecity was a hotbed of themilitancy at the peak of theIraqi war just a few yearsago.—Internet

teams were trying toextinguish the fire.

On Thursday morn-ing, a powerful explosionhit a factory manufac-turing hydraulic ma-chines.

Two floors of the four-story OSTIM Mega Centrebuilding collapsed in theblast and windows ofnearby buildings and carswere shattered.

“We have counted sixdead, 27 others injured,”Turkish Interior MinisterBesir Atalay was quotedas saying by Anatolianews agency.

Xinhua

Roadside bomb kills fivecivilians in N Afghanistan

Capital on Thursday,police said.

“The tragicincident happened inGortipa District ataround 10: 00 am localtime today as a resultfive innocent peopleincluding two men andthree children weremartyred,”deputy toprovincial police chiefAbdul RahmanHaqtash told Xinhua.

The mine had leftover from the past wars,he added. Meantime, alocal who introducedhimself MohammadAman said that theremore people were

injured in the blast.Gortipa had been thescene of fierce fightingbetween Taleban andsecurity forces until earlyJanuary and according

to locals numerous anti-personnel mines andexplosive devices hadbeen left over from thepast conflicts there.

Xinhua

SAN JUAN, 4 Feb—A 48-year-old Afghanprisoner at Guantanamo Bay collapsed and died,apparently from natural causes, after exercisinginside the jail, the US military said Thursday.

Awal Gul fell in the shower Tuesday night

Gautanamo Bay Camp VI in Guantanamo. TheUS military said on Thursday an Afghan inmate atthe American prison has collapsed and died after

exercising on an elliptical machine.—INTERNET

Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamoafter working out on an elliptical machine inCamp 6, a communal section of the Guantanamoreserved for well-behaved prisoners, said militaryspokesman Army Col Scott Malcom. The prisonerwas taken to the base hospital, where he later died.

Authorities planned to send his remains backto Afghanistan.

Gul is the seventh prisoner to die at thedetention centre since January 2002, when the USbegan using the American Navy base insoutheastern Cuba to hold captured detaineessuspected of links to al-Qaeda or the Taleban.Five other deaths were declared suicides. Anotherwas from colon cancer.

Malcom said the death was still underinvestigation but that an autopsy completedThursday appeared to indicate a heart attack or apulmonary embolism as the cause. He said USpatient privacy laws prevented him fromdiscussing any details about Gul’s medical history.

As a prisoner, he was “among the mostcompliant” at Guantanamo, which now holdsabout 172 men, but he had not been cleared forrelease, said Malcom, a spokesman in Miami,Florida, for the military command that overseesthe detention centre.

Gul had been held more than eight yearswithout charge, and the military said in a statementthat he was an “an admitted Taleban recruiter”who operated an al-Qaeda guesthouse and hadmet several times with Osama bin Laden.

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Tree rings give clues to ancient droughts FAYETTEVILLE, 4 Feb—A study of

tree rings in Mexico may give clues tothe role major droughts played in thefates of long-gone ancient civilizations,US researchers say.

Scientists at the University ofArkansas say their 1,238-year-longtree-ring chronology — the longestand most accurate of its kind for Mexicoand Central America — is the first toreconstruct the climate of pre-colonialMexico on an annual basis for morethan a millennium, pinning down fourancient megadroughts to their exactyears, an American Geophysical Unionrelease reported Thursday.

One large ancient droughtpreviously confirmed in the USSouthwest between 1149 and 1167 is

shown to have extended into centralMexico, where it may have devastatedmaize crops, potentially giving a fatalblow to the declining Toltec culture,David Stahle, a UA paleoclimatologist,says. The rainfall chronology providesconfirmation of the so-called TerminalClassic drought that someanthropologists tie to the collapse ofthe Mayan civilization.

“Certainly these cultural changeswere very complicated — probablynot one single explanation can accountfor the collapse of the Mayancivilization,” Stahle says. “[But] ourstudy will allow other scientists to morethoroughly investigate and understandthe impact of these droughts.”

Internet

This artists conception shows theKepler spacecraft in 2009.

INTERNET

An image recieved from NASA in 2009shows Mars’ seasonal cap of carbon

dioxide ice as it sublimates (goesdirectly from ice to vapor) in the

Martian spring. Mysterious dark sanddunes around Mars’ northern polarcap are shifting with the seasons, as

carbon dioxide gas changes form andsparks landscape-altering avalanches,

said a study published Thursday.INTERNET

‘Static’ Mars dunesseen moving

TUCSON, 4 Feb—Sand dunes in avast area of Mars, long thought to bestatic and frozen in time, are moving,US researchers say.

Researchers at the University ofArizona have been collecting imagesof the dunes using the High ResolutionImaging Science Experiment cameraon NASA’s Mars ReconnaissanceOrbiter, which reached Mars five yearsago. The images show sandavalanches and ripple changes in thedune fields covering an area the sizeof Texas at the edge of the planet’snorthern polar cap, a university releasereported Thursday.

Scientists had long believed thedunes to be fairly static since beingcreated long ago when winds on theplanet’s surface were much strongerthan seen today, HiRISE investigatorCandice Hansen of the PlanetaryScience Institute, Tucson, Ariz, said.

However, before-and-after imagesfrom HiRISE over a period coveringtwo Martian years — four Earth years— show “surprising” changes,researchers found. Seasonal comingand going of carbondioxide ice andstronger-than-expected gusts of windare seen as agents of change.—Internet

Insect group in evolutionary freezeCHAMPAIGN, 4 Feb—US researchers say

a fossil of an ancestor of modern cricket-like insects shows the category hasundergone little evolutionary change in100 million years. Scientists at the Universityof Illinois say the find in a limestone fossilbed in northeastern Brazil differs little froma modern group of large carnivorous insectsliving today in Asia, Indochina and Africa,showing the genus has been in evolutionary“stasis” since the time of the dinosaurs inthe Early Cretaceous Period, a university

release reported Thursday.“Schizodactylidae, or splay-footed

crickets, are an unusual group of large,fearsome-looking predatory insects relatedto the true crickets, katydids andgrasshoppers, in the order Orthoptera,”University of Illinois entomologist Sam Headssaid. They get their common name from thelarge, paddle-like projections on their feet,which help support their large bodies as theymove around their sandy habitats, huntingdown prey,” he said.—Internet

Wireless charging powers forward for mobile devices NEW YORK, 4 Feb—Gadgets are increasingly

becoming more mobile and wireless, and we’rebreaking free of cords and wires—or so we wish.Even wireless devices have to be plugged in everyso often to recharge their batteries. Wireless chargingtechnology could change that, though, and enableus to live in a truly cord-free world.

What if you could travel with just one chargingoption for all your digital devices, instead of luggingaround a tangle of charging cables? Wouldn’t it benice if you could set down your smartphone on aspecial charging table or car dashboard to power it

up without any cords?Plugging your device into an electricity source

with a cord is a tedious pain—especially when youconsider the diverse array of connector types andpower cords involved. Traditional charging relieson electricity conducted directly between a deviceand a connecting physical wire or through contactwith batteries. On the other hand, inductive charginguses magnetic and electromagnetic energy to inducea transfer of power wirelessly. Many electrictoothbrushes charge this way.

Internet

Google releases Chrome 9stable

NEW YORK, 4 Feb—Google has updated thestable branch of its Chrome browser to version 9.The latest stable release brings in many featuresChrome beta users have been enjoying for severalmonths, including Chrome Instant, WebGL supportand access to the Chrome Web Store.

Chrome Instant is basically Google Instant butin the chrome URL/search box. For end users, thetwo most compelling features are WebGL supportand the Chrome Web Store.

Chrome 9.0 brings stable support for WebGLWebGL lets web developers create hardware-accelerated 3D graphics inside the web browser. Wediscussed WebGL and the Google Body experimentback in December. If you haven’t seen WebGL inaction, be sure to check out the WebGL Experimentspage.—Internet

Amit Sood, Head of Art Project for Google,demonstrates the software at the launch of the new“Google Art Project” website, at the Tate Britain

gallery in London.—INTERNET

File photo shows, imperial stormtroopers from themovie Star Wars take up positions at the Panasonicbooth the Blu-ray release of the complete Star Wars

movie saga during the first day of the 2011International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in LasVegas, Nevada 6 January, 2011. It was announced by

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment PresidentMike Dunn that complete Blu-ray Star Wars movie

saga will be available in September.—INTERNET

AI turns sloppy Yelp reviewsinto useful information

BOSTON, 4 Feb—Online review sites, like Yelpand Citysearch, are rife with caveats. Watch out forthe reviewer who didn’t actually eat at the restaurant(and admits to it in her review). Beware of inflatedscores. Keep an eye out for obvious self-promotionalreviews. The information to guide an intelligentrecommendation is there, but you have to dig throughthe crap. Now, researchers at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology are hoping to automate yourBS detector by applying algorithms previously usedin linguistic studies.

A new system from the Computer Science andArtificial Intelligence Laboratory’s Spoken LanguageSystems Group can comb through text and come upwith a highly advanced understanding of the contextand meaning of the words. The group has alreadybeen tested it out on user-written reviews.—Internet

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A woman uses a treadmill. The WorldHealth Organization is advising people

engage in at least 150 minutes of“moderate” physical exercise a week to

reduce the risk of breast and coloncancers, in new recommendationspublished on Friday.—INTERNET

Physical exercise helps keeps cancerat bay

Coffee ups women’s performance,hurts men

BRISTOL, 4 Feb—Caffeinated coffee atwork boosts theperformance of womenin stressful situations buthurts the performance ofmen, British psychol-ogists say.

Lindsay St Claire andPeter J Rogers, both of theUniversity of Bristol inEngland, tested whetherincreased caffeine con-sumption exacerbatesstress and disrupts teamperformance.

The researchers gave

Health Tip: Do you have risk factors forconstipation?

Constipation is characterized by producing fewer bowelmovements than you typically do, or by producing bowelmovements that are difficult or painful to pass.

The US National Digestive Diseases InformationClearinghouse says risk factors for constipation include:

* A change in your normal patterns of travel, exercise or diet.* Not going to the bathroom when you feel the need.* Being under significant stress.* Not getting enough fiber in your diet, or not drinking enough

fluids.* Taking some medications, such as diuretics, antacids, pain

relievers or antidepressants.* Taking certain dietary supplements, such as calcium or

iron.—Internet

64 men and women insame-sex pairs a range oftasks to complete,including carrying outnegotiations, completingpuzzles, memory tasks andhigh-pressure meetings.To add to the stress, eachwas told to deliver a publicpresentation. The resear-chers gave decaffeinatedcoffees, half of whichcontained added caffeine,to the coffee drinkers.

The researchersmeasured individualcognitive appraisals,emotional feelings,

bodily symptoms,coping, performance,memory, psychomotorperformance, andnegotiation skills underhigher or lower stressconditions.

The study, publishedin the Journal of AppliedSocial Psychology, foundwomen performed betterand faster under stress,provided caffeine hadbeen consumed, but themen were greatly impairedif they consumed thecaffeinated coffee.

Internet

Food for medical purposes is displayed during aPress conference for the creation of the Nestle

Institute of Health Sciences at the Swiss FederalInstitute of Technology (EPFL) in Ecublens, near

Lausanne, on 27 September,2010.—INTERNET

Steel takeover plan powers Tokyo shares

TOKYO, 4 Feb— Tokyoshares rallied Friday asinvestors cheered robustearnings and a majortakeover in the steel sector.

Energy efficiency of China’senergy intensive sectors up 20

pct in past five yearsBEIJING, 4 Feb— The energy consumption per

unit of gross domestic product (GDP) for China’smajor energy intensive industries decreased bymore than 20 percent during the 2006-2010 period,the statistics authorities have reported.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)attributed the rising energy efficiency for theindustries to the government’s growing investmentin energy savings, and the accelerated energy-saving technological upgrading for the sectors.

The sectors include oil processing, coking andnuclear fuel processing, chemicals and chemicalproduct manufacturing, non-metallic mineralproduct manufacturing, ferrous metal smelting androlling, nonferrous metal smelting and rolling, andelectricity and heat producing and supplying.

Data from the energy department of the NBSshowed that the industries had saved a total of 400million tonnes of standard coal, contributing morethan 60 percent to the entire country’ s energysavings. The performance of the energy intensivesectors is key to whether China can reach its energyefficiency goal, as the industries accounted forabout 77 percent of China’s total industrial energyconsumption and more than half of the country’stotal energy consumption, said the NBS.—Xinhua

MasterCard profit rises on spending, but feecaps loom

NEW YORK, 4 Feb— MasterCard Inc’s (MA.N) fourth-quarterprofit soared 41 percent, beating expectations, as consumersaround the world spent more money using credit and debit cards.

Revenue rose almost 11 percent to $1.44 billion, slightlyabove expectations, and grew from the previous quarter in allregions.

“Based on the spending trends we have seen and theimproving consumer confidence, I think I am cautiously optimisticthat we will see continued improvements in 2011,” MasterCardChief Executive Ajay Banga told investors in a conference callon Thursday. Cross-border volumes, which indicate that peopleare travelling more and using their cards in foreign countries,grew almost 19 percent in the fourth quarter.—Reuters

People walk towards WallStreet in New York City.

INTERNET

The Nikkei 225 stockaverage rose 1.1 percentto 10,550.02, as much ofthe region took a breakfor the Lunar New Yearholidays. Markets inHong Kong, mainlandChina, South Korea,Malaysia and Singaporewere closed.

Nippon Steel Corpadvanced 9.1 percent, andSumitomo Metal

Industries Ltd surgedmore than 16 percent. OnThursday they announcedplans to combine theirbusinesses next year tocreate the world’s second-biggest steelmaker. Themove is an effort by bothcompanies to staycompetitive in the globalsteel industry and expandinto high-growth marketslike China and India.

Companies thatreported bullish earningsThursday also advanced,including Sony Corp,Hitachi Ltd andMitsubishi UFJ FinancialGroup Inc. Elsewhere,Australia’s S&P/ASX 200rose 0.9 percent to4,861.70 and NewZealand’s benchmarkwas up 0.6 percent at3,369.72.—Internet

A MasterCard logo is seen on a

door outside a restaurant in

New York, on 3 February, 2010.

INTERNET

GENEVA, 4 Feb—The World HealthOrganization is advising people engagein at least 150 minutes of “moderate”physical exercise a week to reduce therisk of breast and colon cancers, in newrecommendations published on Friday.

“Cancer is preventable and manycancers are avoidable,” said EduardoCazap, president of the Union forInternational Cancer Control (UICC) andone of the authors of the joint “GlobalRecommendations on Physical Activityfor Health”. UICC and WHO expertsestimate based on scientific evidencethat around 25 percent of breast andcolon cancers could be prevented byundertaking physical activity, whileexercise can also affect other types ofcancers. “The dose of physical activityrequired is 150 minutes a week,” WHOhealth promotion expert Tim Armstrongtold journalists. “Most individuals canaccomplish it, it’s 30 minutes of moderateeffort like walking on five days of theweek,” he explained.

The WHO ranks lack of physicalactivity alongside tobacco, diabetes andhigh blood pressure as a health risk,leading to the deaths of 3.2 millionpeople a year. “Physical inactivity is thefourth leading risk factor for all globaldeaths, with 31 percent of the world’spopulation not physically active,” saidDr Ala Alwan, WHO assistant director-

general for non-communicable diseasesand mental health.—Internet

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Three dead, five hurt after SUV plungesinto icy river

OKLAHOMA, 4 Feb—ASUV carrying eightpeople plunged 80 feetfrom a highway into anicy river in NortheastOklahoma in subzerotemperatures, killingthree and injuring theother five, state officials

said on Thursday.The accident raises

the state’s death toll fromthe recent winter storm tofour, according to theOklahoma Department ofEmergency Managem-ent. “Three people diedthis morning after the

vehicle they wereoccupants in went off theSpring River Bridge onthe Will RogersTurnpike,” saiddepartment spokeswo-man Michelann Ooten.“Five other occupants inthe vehicle were injuredin the crash.”

Oklahoma HighwayPatrol Capt Chris Westsaid the occupants of thevehicle were all Hispanicmales, but had no otherinformation regardingtheir identity. He said thesurvivors of the crashremain in seriouscondition. Officials saidminus-15-degree Fahre-nheit temperatureshampered the rescueeffort. —Reuters

Decades-long‘banana war’ ends

BRUSSELS, 4 Feb—A decades-long“banana war” between Europe and theAmericas drew towards a definitive endThursday as the European Parliamentpassed a deal to reduce import tariffs.

Lawmakers sitting in Brussels voted501 for, 114 against, to greenlight aDecember 2009 deal brokered by theWorld Trade Organization to buy offcomplaints by Latin American and USproducers of preferential treatment forbananas grown in far-flung EU outpostsand rival African, Caribbean and Pacific(ACP) ex-colonies.

The deal sees customs duties forLatin American exporters gradually fallfrom 176 euros per tonne (240 dollars)to 114 by 2017, with the first cut alreadyapplied even awaiting formal entry intoEuropean Union law, according to aparliament spokesman.

Producers in the Americas agreed todrop their longstanding pursuit ofBrussels at the Geneva-based WTO,

Bananas for sale at the wholesalefruit market in Lima. A decades-

long “banana war” between Europeand the Americas drew towards a

definitive end Thursday as theEuropean Parliament passed a dealto reduce import tariffs.—INTERNET

which dates back to the early 1990s,while the EU offered a 200-million-eurosweetener to ACP partners.

Nevertheless, lawmakers also calledfor a fresh look at aid for “ultra-peripheral”EU territories, namely the FrenchCaribbean and Indian Ocean territories ofGuadeloupe, Martinique, French Guianaand Reunion, Spain’s Canary Islands andPortugal’s Azores and Madeira.

Internet

New Year fire destroys China hotelBEIJING, 4 Feb—State media reports say a fire set

off by fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Yeardestroyed a five-star hotel in northeast China.

The official Xinhua New Agency said the firegutted the hotel in Shenyang, capital of LiaoningProvince, before dawn Thursday. There were nocausalities.

Xinhua said firefighters had trouble dealingwith the fire because their fire engines shot water uponly 50 metres (165 feet), while the building was219 metres (720 feet) tall.

New Year fires are common in China, with theBeijing News saying there were more than 160small ones in the capital alone. The most famous inrecent years destroyed a hotel under constructionnext to state broadcaster CCTV’s iconicheadquarters in Beijing in 2009.

Internet

Fire devours an entireblock of the Dynasty

Wanxin Hotel inShenyang in northeast

China’s LiaoningProvince on 3 Feb,

2011.—INTERNET

Global food prices hit record high in JanuaryROME, 4 Feb—Global

food prices reached a newrecord peak in January,the UN Food and Agri-culture Organization (FAO) warned on Thursdayin an update of its FoodPrice Index.

According to FAO,food prices have beensteadily rising since thelast seven months. Thefood price index averaged231 points in January, up3.4 percent fromDecember 2010. The rise,the highest since FAO

Pakistani judge ordersAmerican held eight more days

LAHORE, 4 Feb—A court on Thursday orderedthe detention of an American official suspected inthe shooting deaths of two Pakistanis extended by atleast eight days, in defiance of US demands the manbe released immediately.

The United States says the American, identifiedby Pakistanis as Raymond Allen Davis, hasdiplomatic immunity and is being illegally detained.He has told a Pakistani court that he acted in self-defence last week when he shot two armed men whowere intent on robbing him at gunpoint as he drovehis car in the city of Lahore. Police say they arepursuing possible murder charges.

The shootings have stoked anti-Americansentiment in Pakistan just as Washington is trying toseek more cooperation with Islamabad in thecampaign against militants. The US is alreadywidely unpopular in Pakistan, in part because of itsundeclared campaign of drone missile strikes in thenorthwest borderlands.

The deaths have also added to pressure onPakistan’s weak government here, which will facecharges of being an American lackey if it hands overDavis to the United States. Refusing to do so risks

An armoured car carries a US consularemployee, suspected in a shooting, leaves acourt in Lahore, Pakistan on 3 Feb, 2011.

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severing a relationship with a vital ally and donor.Pakistani officials have avoided definitive

statements on Davis’ level of diplomatic clearanceand whether he qualifies for immunity. They havesaid the decision on his fate is up to the court.

Davis was arrested soon after the 27 Janshootings. He made a brief appearance in a courtsession Thursday that was closed to the media.

Police officer Zulifqar Hameed said a judgeordered Davis be held another eight days. His nextcourt appearance is set for 11 Feb.—Internet

Video appears to showHouston police beating teen

HOUSTON, 4 Feb—Prosecutors said Thursday theyremain confident four former Houston police officerscan get a fair trial despite the release of a surveillancevideo that appears to show them kicking and stompinga teenage burglary suspect last year.

But the attorney for one of the officers chargedwith official oppression in the case said he is concernedafter the video was aired a day earlier by KTRK-TV.

A community activist gave the Houston televisionstation a copy of the surveillance video despite a courtorder by a federal judge in October that had barred itsrelease before the officers’ trials. It appears to showthe officers kicking, punching and stomping on thethen 15-year-old during his arrest last March at a self-storage business in southwest Houston.

Police said the teen was arrested following a briefchase after he and three others had allegedlyburglarized a home. The teenager’s mother has saidher son’s nose was fractured, and he had multiplebruises and limped after the beating. The four officershave been fired and are set to be tried on officialoppression charges later this year. The teenager, now16, was convicted in October in juvenile court ofburglary and put on probation.—Internet

started measuring foodprices in 1990, was mainlydue to surging internationalwheat and maize pricesamid tightening supplies.

While ruling out a newfood crisis similar to thatof 2007-2008, the Rome-based agency hasrepeatedly urged countriesnot to underestimate hikingfood prices, especially infront of a long- term trendwhich may triggerexcessive market volatili-ty.

“The new figures

clearly show that theupward pressure on worldfood prices is not abating,”said FAO economist andgrains expert AbdolrezaAbbassian. “These highprices are likely to persistin the months to come andthis is of major concernespecially for low-incomefood deficit countries thatmay face problems infinancing food importsand for poor householdswhich spend a large shareof their income on food,”he warned.—Xinhua

This photo provided by the Oklahoma Highway Patrolshows responders working the scene in Miami, Okla.where an SUV packed with eight people veered off of

an icy highway bridge on 3 Feb, 2011. —INTERNET

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(from page 1)Speaker U Khin

Aung Myint announced thevalidity and start of the meet-ing as it was attended by all659 representatives-electaccounting for cent per centattendance.

Afterwards, theSpeaker announced thatthree vice-presidentselected by the respectivegroups of PresidentialElectoral College werefound to have possessedpresidential qualifications

Meeting of Group of …

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after they have been as-sessed by the scrutinygroup.

Afterwards, mem-bers of the Group ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw rep-resentatives-elect of Presi-dential Electoral Collegecast secret votes in the pres-ence of the Speaker ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw andthe members of the group.The Speaker and DeputySpeaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw also cast secretvotes together with the

members of the group.After the casting

of votes, ballot boxes wereopened and counting ofvotes was carried out of thepresence of members ofthe Group of PyidaungsuHluttaw representatives-elect of Presidential Elec-toral College in accord withthe rules and regulations.After counting the votes, itwas announced that therewere five cancelled votes.

Next, the numberof votes cast for each presi-dential candidate wasfilled in the Form-15,

signed by members of thescrutiny group and signedby the Speaker forapproval. Afterwards, theSpeaker announced thatU Thein Sein from theGroup of Pyithu HluttawRepresentatives-elect

and Dr. Sai Mauk Kham(a) Maung Ohn from theGroup of AmyothaHluttaw Representatives-elect got 75 votes.

Therefore, theSpeaker announced that UThein Sein from the Group

Myint Oo and Dr. Sai MaukKham (a) Maung Ohn asvice-presidents.

Afterwards, theSpeaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw announced that thepresidential election of Presi-dential Electoral College

won 408 votes whileThiha Thura U Tin AungMyint Oo from the Groupof Defence Services Per-sonnel Representatives-elect obtained 171 votes

of Pyithu Hluttaw Repre-sentatives-elect was electedas the President as he wonthe majority of votes. Next,the Speaker announcedThiha Thura U Tin Aung

ended at 1.20 pm and thesecond-day meeting ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw wouldbe held at 10 am on Tues-day, 8 February, 2011.

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Speaker U Khin Aung Myint announcing that U Thein Sein of PyithuHluttaw representatives-elect group is elected as President.—MNA

Speaker U Khin Aung Myint of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw casting vote forpresidential election.—MNA

Officials counting votes for presidential election.—MNA

Group of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives-elect sign attendancebooks.—MNA

Photo shows arrival of group of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives-electat Hluttaw Building.—MNA

Group of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives-elect of PresidentialElectoral College cast secret votes.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 5 February, 2011

National brethrenUnited we stand

POEM

Perpetuation of the Union, fundamental cause of all national racesHAILING THE 64thANNIVERSARY UNION DAY:

The pride of the Union* Union developing fast

Amazing in every aspectRailroads and tunnelsBridges so largeImpressive are motor roadsAll self-reliant achievementsMental and physical abilityReinforced with perseveranceIncredible dams supplyingWater and hydropowerFor industrial development alsoWork with might and mainPatriots our forefathersEver on self-help basis

* Wealth of UnionWater and land resourcesPlentiful for economyMeat, fish, teak in abundanceLayers of oil and gasBountiful in territoryRich in a variety of gemsFound are gold and mineralsIn all seasonsCrops thriving in fieldsInexhaustible source of foodCountry ever hasOn us sanctionsImposed whoeverShaken never we are

* Security for our UnionPeople’s force we buildStrong and with iron willNoble are the Union peopleKith and kin in unityFirmly joining handsValor the fine traditionWe Myanmars in unityRaising the flag of victoryNothing can terrify us

Hailing the 64th Anniversary Union DayMaung Aye Nyein-Hinthada (Trs)

Ko Ko Maung Gyi

“For perpetuation of the Union” is afundamental concept conceived by Union Spiritof national brethren.

Union Spirit is the patriotic spirit of everycitizen who loves the Union of Myanmar. In thisregard, patriotism means national races’ spiritof loving own races as well as the Union ofMyanmar.

The Union of Myanmar is a multiethniccountry. In the course of the nation’s history, nationalraces have been living through thick and thin, dealingwith varieties of vicissitudes. Various national racessuch as Mon, Shan, Bamar and Rakhine have beenpreserving fine traditions of the motherland. Chin,Kachin, Kayah and Kayin national races have beenjoining hands with other national races region-wisethroughout successive periods.

In late Konbaung period and the time of theBritish colonists, Myanmar was the language usedby the great majority of national brethren. But, inthe time of the British government, English wasthe first official language and Myanmar was thesecond official language in the nation. So, Britishcolonialists termed Myanmar as Burma.

After regaining independence, Myanmarbecame the Union of Myanmar of all nationalraces of states and regions.

So, the term “the Union of Myanmar”became the common term of all national races.

Internal armed conflicts broke out for manyyears after the independence. However,successive governments and the Tatmadawthroughout the periods managed to safeguardthe sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar.Therefore, the Union of Myanmar has stood tilltoday.

For perpetuation of the Union is a boundenduty of all Myanmar people of various nationalraces.

Only with cooperation and harmony, will itbe possible for national races to make a goodheadway in carrying out tasks for developmentof the Union of Myanmar. It is because a nationalrace alone is not capable of exploiting and utilizingnatural resources of the Union. In the process,they can achieve greater success only if they putreliance and trust in one another.

That is an objective approach. Indeed, eachnational race has to try to develop and preservetheir languages, cultures and customs, whileworking hard for progress of the region concerned.At the same time, they have to work closely in theinterest of the whole Union of Myanmar.

For ensuring perpetuation of the Union isnot the spreading of a political propaganda. Thatis, in fact, exactly the most important thingneeded by all national brethren. All Myanmarcitizens have to be convinced of and exercise thatpoint as an unarguable concept.

Therefore, none of the people should think ofbreaking up the Union. The entire people are alsoto consider that Our Three Main National Causes,namely Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegration of national solidarity, andPerpetuation of sovereignty embodies the drive forperpetuation of the Union.

Only then, will the people of all nationalraces be able to serve the public interests.

To serve the interests of the entire people ofthe Union covers social improvements such asfulfillment of the basic needs of all national races,improvement of the education, health care andrelations, promotion and preservation of theircultures, and peaceful life enjoyed in accordancewith the law and customs.

In order to improve the socio-economic statusof the people of the Union, all must work together

with fair-mindedness.If the people lack unity in working in the

interest of the Union, without any doubt, they willnever achieve the common goal. It is becausenatural resources and enterprises, which can bringabout benefits to the whole Union, are interrelatedto each other.

If the Union splits into pieces, none of thepeople enjoys fruitful results. Only if the peoplework hard together like a national family, canthey all enjoy the taste of development.

(See page 9)

However much the history of the Union of Myanmar,home to all national races, was like in the past, good orbad, at a time when the nation has seen the StateConstitution, it is required of the entire people to havepositive attitude in looking back to past events of thenation. We have to learn lessons from the strengths andweaknesses of past experiences.

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Perpetuation of the Union, fundamental cause of all national racesKo Ko Maung Gyi

1. For all national races to safeguard the national policy—Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegration of national solidarity,and Perpetuation of sovereignty

2. For all national races to keep Union Spirit ever alive and dynamic amongnational people

3. For all national races to wipe out, through national solidarity, disrup-tions caused to peace, stability and development of the nation by internaland external subversives

4. For all national races to make efforts with might and main to build amodern, developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation inaccordance with the State Constitution approved by the great majorityof the people

5. For all national races to work in concert with national unity for perpetu-ation of the Union that has existed for thousands of years

Objectives of 64th Anniversary Union Day (2011)

HAILING THE 64thANNIVERSARY UNION DAY:

(from page 8)However much the history of the Union of

Myanmar, home to all national races, was like inthe past, good or bad, at a time when the nationhas seen the State Constitution, it is required ofthe entire people to have positive attitude inlooking back to past events of the nation. We

If the Union splits intopieces, none of the peopleenjoys fruitful results. Onlyif the people work hardtogether like a nationalfamily, can they all enjoythe taste of development.

Strength of unity have to learn lessons from the strengths andweaknesses of past experiences.

And only with positive attitude, can theyput trust and mutual understanding to each other.Positive attitude and mutual understanding aretwo interrelated attitudes. Only when twounderstand each other, can they set mutual trustbetween them. And only with mutual trust, willthe people cultivate the sense of optimism.

In that case, positive attitude means thepeople ignore weak points, mistakes andmisunderstanding of one another, but view onlygood behaviours of one another such as strongpoints, good deeds, good habits, good moralconduct, preservation of national culture and finetraditions, peaceful nature, and willingness to dowholesome acts.

Surely, there will be a peaceful andprosperous Union of Myanmar if nation-buildingtasks are carried out with positive attitude amongnational races, Regions and States, governingbodies who will take over State duties, and politicalparties that have rights to deal with national andpolitical affairs.

So, it is obligatory for each and everycitizen to have positive attitude and optimism inshouldering nation-building tasks in order thatthe people can have much-needed requirementsfulfilled. To be able to do so, we all have to showgood behaviours such as great forbearance,patience, hard work and magnanimity.

I believe that only then will the Union ofMyanmar be a peaceful land with a promisingfuture. Therefore, every citizen must abstainforever from thinking of, speaking and doingthings that can be harmful to perpetuation ofthe Union.

In conclusion, I would say that all musthave a deep conviction that perpetuation andprosperity of the Union is the most fundamentalcause of the entire national races.

Translation: MS

National races struggled with unity tofree themselves from under the over-100-year enslavement of colonialists.

Now, 60 yearshave already

passed.

Exactly correct. TheUnion Day actually is

an auspicious day and ahistorical milestone

leading to the rebirth ofthe sovereign and

independent Union ofMyanmar.

As a gesture of honouring the 64th

Anniversary Union Day, we, theentire national people should ward

off the danger of destructionistsfrom inside and outside the

country…

…with cohesion andstrength of unity.

United

strength ofInte

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racesnational

Wai Shin

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 5 February, 2011

(from page 16)Deputy Attorney-

General Dr Tun Shinmade clarification, sayingthat the international com-munity had misunder-stood Myanmar regardinghuman rights becauseanti-government groupsand certain powers, whichaided and abetted thegroups, were one-sidedlymanufacturing fabrica-tions; that for Myanmar,Universal Periodic Re-view was an opportunityto make Myanmar’s ob-jective conditions clearlyto the international com-munity; that the constitu-tion of Myanmar carried aseparate chapter aboutfundamental rights of citi-zens whose standards andnorms were on a par withthat of international con-stitutions; that in addition,the power to issue fivewrits was vested in courtsand a tribunal court wasset up in order that citi-zens could enjoy theirrights; that on 31 January,the sixth and seventh stepsof the State’s seven-stepRoad Map would be im-plemented by holding ses-sions of PyidaungsuHluttaw and Region/StateHluttaws elected by thepeople; that so Myanmarhad seen democratizationprocesses; and that he

Chairman of Yangon Region Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Tun Than and wife beingwelcomed by Charge d’ Affaires ai of Sri Lankan Embassy Ms NirmalaParanavitana at the reception to mark 63rd Anniversary Independence

Day of Sri Lanka at the residence of Sri Lankan Ambassador inYangon on 4 February.—MNA

Chairman of Myanmar Society of Anaesthetic Surgeons Professor Dr Tin Myint speaking at 9th Conference of Anaesthetic Surgeons.

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hoped that member coun-tries would objectivelyview positive changes,national development andMyanmar’s protection ofhuman rights.

U Wunna MaungLwin made further clari-fication on implementa-tion of the Road Map andholding of a free and fairmultiparty election, say-ing that recently-held freeand fair elections wereinitial steps for democra-tization; that Myanmarwould keep implement-ing democratization stepby step; that forthcominghluttaw sessions wouldform executive and judi-cial bodies; and that soMyanmar would be ableto exercise discipline-flourishing democracysystem correctly, firmlyand effectively.

High-ranking offi-cials of the Myanmar del-egation presented factsabout education, healthcare, information, culture,rights of national races,women’s rights, fightagainst trafficking in per-sons, ongoing move-ments being taken by thegovernment for rights ofprisoners, work progress,and combined efforts ofthe government and thepeople, NGOs and socialorganizations to

implement the processes.Of the attendee coun-

tries, 57 countriesrecognized positivechanges in Myanmar, andsuggested suitable pro-grammes Myanmarshould implement, andpoints for which interna-tional community wouldcooperate with Myanmar.

As regards the dis-cussions, Dr Tun Shinexplained Myanmar’sjudicial policies andpractice of the policies.He said that Myanmar isimplementing and willkeep implementinghuman rights protectiontasks in line with theprovisions of the consti-tution and internationalnorms; that so the ASEANForeign Ministers’ Retreatand the meeting ofASEAN CoordinationCouncil held in Indonesiaon 16 January suggestedthat unfair sanctionsagainst Myanmar shouldbe lifted in recognition ofMyanmar’s progress; thatMyanmar marked a newmilestone in her history;and that he wanted theinternational communityto encourage and supportMyanmar’s efforts, view-ing Myanmar’s objectiveconditions as they reallywere.

Universal PeriodicReview (UPR), part ofwork programme of

Human Rights Council, isheld once every four yearsto view human rightsmovements being imple-mented by all the 192world countries.

At the review, themajority of the countriesrecognized Myanmar’sdevelopment in varioussectors and made positivesuggestions, but someWestern countries, diso-beying UPR principles,

levelled unfair accusa-tions against andcriticized Myanmar forpolitical purposes.However, the Myanmardelegation could refuteand turn down unfairaccusations.

All countries, irre-spective of strength andsize, have to participatein UPR alternately.Human rights promotionand protection of 48

countries are reviewedevery year. At the ninthreview, human rightsconditions of 16 countriesincluding the US werereviewed. The 10threview was for 16 coun-tries including Myanmar.Suggestions in the UPRreport are stances of eachcountry, not HumanRights Council’sresolution.

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YANGON, 4 Feb—The 9th conference ofMyanmar Society of An-aesthetic Surgeons tookplace at Panda Hotel inLanmadaw Townshiphere yesterday morning.

On behalf of theChairman of MyanmarMedical Association (Cen-tral), Professor Dr Khin

Conference of Anaesthetic Sur-geons kicks off

Maung Aye extendedgreetings, and Chairmanof the society Professor DrTin Myint gave an openingspeech.

Dr Daw Theingiof the reception subcom-mittee gave an introductoryspeech. Next, the 9th con-ference followed. The con-ference included Sympo-

sium and workshop, exhi-bition and academicprogrammes.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—A fire broke out from thefrying-pea stove of ahouse on ThitsapankhinStreet in Hta Ward ofNorth OkkalapaTownship, YangonRegion at about 00:25am on 31 January,leaving seven houses

Fires break out in Yangon, Magway regionsburnt down and tenfamily householdshomeless.

Similarly, 12houses caught fire as aresult of cooking inShangon Village,Natmauk Township ofMagway Region atabout 11:30 am on the

same day. Fire ServicesDepartment warns all thepeople to seriously takefire preventive measureindividually as well asin combination asanyone’s negligencecauses losses anddamages to otherpeople.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4Feb—A speeding pilgri-mage bus with 20passengers on boardreroute from Yangonturned over at Mile Post

Speeding car overturns on Mandalay-LashioRoad killing five, injuring five

No.51/1 on Mandalay-Lashio Road nearYaythayaukkon Village inPyinOoLwin Township atabout 7.30 am yesterday,killing three men and twowomen and injuring fourmen and one woman.Peikchinmyaung PoliceStation has opened a caseto arrest driver Myo Nyunt,who is at large.

After the incident,a witness said that motor-

ists are still found to bereluctant to follow the traf-fic rules and regulationsalthough the country’stransport facilities havebeen in better condition.There are still reckless driv-ing, violations of traffic rulesand regulations and hit-and-run drivers despite the coun-try’s efforts for givingeducative talks on trafficrules and regulations, it islearnt.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—A strong earthquakeof magnitude 6.4 Richter Scale with its epicenterinside Myanmar (about 35 miles Northeast of TamuTownship) about 200 miles Northwest of Mandalayseismological observatory was recorded at 20 hrs26 min 24 sec MST on 4th February 2011.—MNA

Strong earthquake jolts

International community…

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Hundreds of cars are seen stranded, on 2 Feb,2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historicproportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough

Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to12 hours overnight on the city’s showcase

lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many cityschoolchildren their first ever snow day.

XINHUA

Europe aims to boost innovationBRUSSELS, 4 Feb—Remi Caron, a

computer programmer and entrepreneurin Amsterdam, thought he had theperfect idea. One of his clients, aresearcher, had been collecting theblood pressure, temperature and othervital signs of thousands of livestockacross Europe.

Now he was looking for an easy,cheap way to store all that data.

Caron suggested cloud computing,which allows people and businesses tostore their data on servers managed bybig tech companies like Google orMicrosoft, at much lower cost thanbuilding up their own data storage.

But he ran into a problem:Luxembourg law forbids personal datato be stored on shared servers outsidethe country, and livestock like cows orsheep might be included in thatlegislation — or so Caron feared.

He headed for Brussels, the

headquarters of the European Union,which oversees data protection on thecontinent, to find answers, but eventhere no one could help him, he says.

“The EU itself doesn’t really knowwhere to find the legislations of variousmember states,” says Caron.

Roadblocks to innovation like theone encountered by Caron have caughtthe attention of European policymakersas they scramble for ways to get theireconomies growing after a financialcrisis that has pushed several states tothe brink of bankruptcy.

Like US President Barack Obamaand his call for a “sputnik moment,”the EU is touting innovation as themagic bullet for economic recovery.At a summit in Brussels Friday, the EUwants to get leaders to agree oninvesting more in education, researchand technology, even as they slashspending elsewhere.—Internet

Australian rescuers battle to reachcyclone towns

TULLY, (Australia), 4Feb—Australian rescuerscut their way through totowns splintered by amonster cyclone, asofficials urged peoplestranded by the storm tostay calm until helparrives.

Local residents sit on a tin roof as they watch athunderstorm approaching after Cyclone Yasitore through Tully, on 3 February.—INTERNET

Bitter cold sets in as USdigs out from epic storm

CHICAGO, 4 Feb—Bitterly cold temperatures setin Thursday as millions of Americans dug out froma massive storm which dumped snow, ice and sleetover a 3,000 kilometres (2,000 miles) stretch fromTexas to Maine.

The storm — one of the largest since the 1950s— had ground travel nearly to a halt Tuesday andWednesday, and authorities warned that roadconditions remained treacherous even though thestorm had dissipated.

“Motorists should still not travel if it can beavoided,” said Colonel Ron Replogle of the MissouriState Highway Patrol as he announced the reopeningof Interstate 70, which had been closed all day fromone end of the state to the other.

“Also, remember that many other roads aroundthe state are still not passable.”

An Oklahoma news crew captured the dramaticrescue of eight people whose truck skidded off ahighway bridge into a frozen river near TulsaThursday morning.

Six people had managed to climb onto the roofof the truck and the other two were able to stay outof the frigid water which seeped inside. But three ofthem nonetheless died from exposure and theconditions of the others was unknown, News onSix reported.—Internet

A pickup truck sits upside down in a ditch alongI-380 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City,

Iowa. Bitterly cold temperatures set in Thursdayas millions of Americans dug out from a

massive storm which dumped snow, ice and sleetover a 3,000 kilometres (2,000 miles) stretch

from Texas to Maine.—INTERNET

A girl displays “bunnydolls” at the Spring

Festival cultural templefair held in Ditan Park,

Beijing, capital ofChina, on 2 Feb, 2011.

XINHUA

Authorities on Fridayannounced the first deathlinked to top-strengthCyclone Yasi, whichroared into Quee-nslandstate Thursday: a youngman who suffocated onfumes from a generatorrunning in an enclosed

space.“This is a tragic loss

of life and again ourcondolences go to thatyoung man’s family andfriends,” QueenslandState Emergency Serv-ices Minister Neil Robertssaid, urging peoplewithout power toventilate if usinggenerators.

The biggest storm tohit Australia in a centurywrought huge damage tosmall coastal commu-nities, cutting some ofthem off completely.

But while two menwere reported missing,there were no confirmeddeaths caused directly byYasi.—Internet

Ruins ofwooden Great

Wall discoveredin NE ChinaSHENYANG, 4 Feb—

Archaeologists haveidentified the dilapidatedwalls in northeast Chinato be the remains of the“Wooden” Great Wall,breaking the stereotypethat the landmark wall ofChina was only made ofstone and earthen bricks.

Some willow fences,found in the mountainousareas of Dandong City,Liaoning Province, helpedcorroborate the existenceof the “Wooden GreatWall”, which is menti-oned in ancient historybooks, according to areport jointly released byLiaoning Culture RelicsBureau and LiaoningBureau of Surveying andMapping.

The willow fenceswere built upon theremains of the oak wallsin the Qing Dynasty (AD1636 - 1911), after thewooden structures corro-ded and collapsed, saidthe report.—Xinhua

Over 43,000 marooned in Sri Lanka floodsCOLOMBO, 4 Feb—At

least three were killedwith over 43,000marooned in the floodingcaused by heavy rains inthe north, north centraland eastern parts of SriLanka, officials said onThursday.

“There are 51 campshousing 10,043 people inthe Ampara, Trincomalee,and Vavuniya districts”,Pradeep Kodippily, a topdisaster managementofficial said.

Commenting on thedamage caused tohousing, Kodippily saidsome 702 houses havebeen fully destroyed

while 3,310 more werepartly damaged.

The department ofirrigation said sluice gatesof many reservoirs havebeen opened as mostreached spill levels.

Gayana Hendawitha-rana, a meteorologist saidover 100 milimetres ofrains had been recordedin the east.

All schools in theNorth Central Provincewill remain closedThursday, Chief MinisterBerty Dissanayake said.

Sri Lanka has beenexperiencing a wet patchsince November and theweather department says

the wet conditions withheavy rains would becontinued until May.

The island countrywas hit by massive floodsearly January, with overa million people affectedand dozens killed.

Xinhua

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Obesity affects onein ten adults

around the worldLONDON, 4 Feb — One

in 10 of the world’s adultsis obese, according to ajoint UK-US study pub-lished in The Lancet. Im-perial College London andHarvard researchersstudied body mass index(BMI), cholesterol andhigh blood pressure datafrom 1980 to 2008. Highblood pressure and choles-terol fell in many devel-oped countries whileobesity generally roseworldwide.

Men in the UK have thesixth highest BMI in Eu-rope while UK womenhave the ninth highest BMIin Europe. Obesity, choles-terol and high blood pres-sure are all risk factors forheart disease. —Internet

Study shows breast cancer risk is rising

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (559)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (559) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 5.2.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (1104)Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DA

VOY NO (1104) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 5.2.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Women are being advised to keep tothe 14-units-a-week recommended

drinking limit.—INTERNET

LONDON, 4 Feb — The risk of womengetting breast cancer has risen and grow-ing numbers are being diagnosed withthe disease every year, according to re-search from Cancer Research UK(CRUK). The chance of any woman inthe UK developing breast cancer at somepoint — the “lifetime risk” — has in-creased from one in nine to one in eight.

The number of women diagnosedrose from 42,386 in 1999 to 46,302 in2007 and 47,693 in 2008. Women aged50-69 saw the biggest rise in their risk,up 6% over the decade; the risk for 25-to 49-year-olds decreased slightly, by0.5%. The charity said diet, excessive

drinking, the ageing population, too littleexercise and the trend towards oldermotherhood are among the factors whichexplain the rise, as well as family his-tory.—Internet

Theft suspect‘left charging phone’

MARYLAND, 4 Feb — Police in the United Stateshave arrested a man after finding his cell phonecharging at the scene of a burglary. The alarm wasraised when the son of a Maryland homeownerarrived home and disturbed an intruder goingthrough rooms in the property.

Startled, the burglar jumped out a window andfled. The son called police, who searched the homeand found a cell phone charging in an electric socket.The phone led Montgomery County police to 25-year-old Cody Wilkins, who was later charged inconnection with a string of burglaries.— Internet

Police in the UnitedStates arrested a manafter finding his cell

phone charging at thescene of a burglary.

INTERNET

Antarctica cruise cut shortafter ship hits rock

The MV Polar Star had 80 passengers and 35crew on board when it struck an uncharted rock.

INTERNET

NEW YORK, 4 Feb —It’s an adventure the pas-sengers on an Antarcticcruise hadn’t bargained forwhen they signed up for avoyage to the icy conti-nent. Eighty travelers, in-cluding 32 Americans, aretrying to get back to thesouthern tip of Argentinaafter their ship — the MVPolar Star — struck an un-charted rock while an-choring near Detaille Is-land at the Antarctic Pe-ninsula on Monday.

No one was hurt in the

accident, which led to a“minor breach of the outerhull,” according to the In-ternational Association ofAntarctica Tour Opera-tors. The ship was laterable to travel “unevent-fully and at normal cruis-ing speed.” Polar Star Ex-peditions — a Halifax,Nova Scotia, companythat operates the vessel —at first expected the MVPolar Star to return toUshuaia, Argentina, witheveryone aboard.

Internet

Man ‘hid 63 guns’ on UK flights

A man hid 63 pistols inhis luggage on multiple

trips to the UK, UScourt documents said.

INTERNET

RALEIGH, 4 Feb — Aman hid 63 pistols in hisluggage on multiple tripsto the UK, where he ex-changed them for largecash payments, US court

documents said. A new in-dictment accuses Ameri-can Steven Greenoe of 50federal charges related tothe weapons.

Greenoe, 37, of NorthCarolina, would buy thefirearms, take them apartand disguise them as en-gineering samples and in-ert weapons before con-cealing them in his lug-gage, prosecutors said. Heis said to have travelled atleast eight times fromRaleigh to the UK in 2010and delivered the firearmsto unnamed co-conspira-tors. Greenoe was firstcharged last summer withattempting to illegally ex-port 16 guns. — Internet

CongratulationsIt is the pleasure for us to extend our warmestcongratulations to Myanma Five Star Line onthe occasion of the 52nd Anniversary Celebra-tions of its establishment to be held at the Trad-ers Hotel in the evening of 5th February, 2011.

With best wishesMr. A.S.K. Merchant

U Khin Maung LayWorld Best Trading Group

COTONOU, 4 Feb—China will invest144 billion FCFA (288 million USdollars) in road projects in Benin toboost the West African country’sinfrastructure, officials said here onFriday.

An agreement on the projects wassigned on Wednesday by BenineseForeign Minister Jean-Marie Ehuzouand Chinese Ambassador to BeninGeng Wenbing. Geng said the grantwill be used for the rehabilitation ofroads running 102,350 km long andtwo bypasses totalling 33.5 km.

Officials in the Beninese capitalCotonou disclosed that theconstruction work involves theAkassato-Bohicon road, 102.5 kmnorth of the city, and two bypasses

China to invest 288 mln USD in road projectsin Benin

respectively measuring 6 km and 27.5km. The projects were launched onThursday.

The Akassato-Bohicon road is partof the inter-state road Cotonou-Parakou-Malanville-Gaya, linkingBenin to Niger, Burkina Faso, Maliand Chad. The rehabilitation of theroad is the latest in a series ofcooperative projects between Beninand China. They also include theadministrative unit in Cotonou, theconstruction of a dormitory at theNatitingou girls high school, 550 kmnorthwest of Cotonou, the agriculturalpilot center, the Parakou referralhospital, 125 km north of Cotonou,and the interchange at the westernentry to Cotonou.—Xinhua

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Police in Boston said they arrested a man who allegedly threatened aneighbour with kitchen knives while they were both shoveling snow.

Investigators said William Plaza, 38, was shoveling a parking spot alongsidea neighbour Tuesday evening and began dumping his snow into the spot beingshoveled by the other man, the Boston Herald reported on Thursday.

“The victim asked the suspect to stop,” the police report said. “The suspectresponded ‘What are you gonna do about it?’”

Police said the pair argued and Plaza retrieved a pair of kitchen knives fromhis home.

“Someone’s going to get stabbed,” the report quoted Plaza as saying.Plaza was arrested and later freed on $300 bail.

Man arrested after shoveling argument Amublances in

downtown London.

Britain is having to

buy new ambulances

and upgrade others to

cope with a growing

number of fat

patients as an obesity

crisis grips the

country, a report said.

Britain is having tobuy new ambulances andupgrade others to copewith a growing numberof fat patients as an obesitycrisis grips the country, areport said.

Fat patients force British ambulances tosupersize

Firefighters inOregon said “stupidsmoking” led to a housefire when residentsdecided to use a hole inthe floor as an ashtray.

Portland Firespokesman Paul Corahsaid the fire began atabout 10:30 am whenresidents apparentlyused the floor hole as anashtray for theircigarettes andfirefighters had the blazeunder control withinabout 20 minutes, The(Portland) Oregonianreported on Thursday.

‘Stupidsmoking’ ledto house fireEvery ambulance

service in Britain has hadto buy extra-strengthwheelchairs and widerstretchers while reinforc-ing existing vehicles at acost of millions of pounds(dollars, euros), the BBCsaid, citing officialfigures.

Several fleets havealso have also had to buyspecialist ambulancescosting up to £90,000($145,000, 105,285euros) each, according tothe figures, which thebroadcaster obtainedthrough a freedom ofinformation request.

“The fact is patientsare getting larger andlarger and ambulancesneed to be able to respondimmediately to whatcould be life-threateningsituations,” Jo Webber,director of Britain’sAmbulance ServiceNetwork, told the BBC.“Every service is havingto invest money in this.

It shows that some ofthe lifestyle changes weare seeing have a range ofcosts.

News Album

PARIS, 4 Feb—Woody Allen’s “Mid-night in Paris” —featuring French firstlady Carla Bruni-Sarkozyin her first movie role —will open the Cannes filmfestival in May,organizers saidWednesday.

The romantic com-edy, with a starry castthat includes Oscar-winner Marion Cotillardand US actors OwenWilson and AdrienBrody, will be shown outof competition at theworld’s most prestigiousfilm bash. “Midnight inParis’ is a wonderful loveletter to Paris,” festivaldirector Thierry Fremauxsaid of the period comedyset in the 1920s.

“It’s a film in whichWoody Allen takes adeeper look at the issuesraised in his last films:our relationship withhistory, art, pleasure andlife,” he said in astatement. US actorRobert De Niro is thepresident of the jury of

Woody Allen, Carla Brunifilm to open Cannes

lady Carla Bruni.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 4 Feb—A relatively unknown British actress hasbeen cast to play Prince William’s fiancee Kate Middleton in a TVfilm of Britain’s upcoming royal wedding, a movie executivesaid.

Camilla Luddington, whose previous appearances have mostlybeen in US TV series, will play Middleton in “William and Kate,”the story of the couple’s relationship after they met as students inScotland.

“We have cast Camilla Luddington to play Kate Middleton,”said Frank Konigsberg of the planned film, being produced byUS television network Lifetime.

It also stars New Zealand-born actor Nico Evers Swindell asPrince William, and British actor Ben Cross as William’s fatherPrince Charles, the heir to the British throne.—Internet

Actress cast for TV film about British royal wedding

Prince William (R) and his fianceeKate Middleton pose for

photographers during a photocallto mark their engagement in

2010.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 4 Feb—The Guggenheim Muse-um is returning to itsroots with an exhibitionpresenting the master-works of modern art thatform the foundation ofSolomon R Guggen-heim’s collection.Beginning in the late1920s, Guggenheimbegan to branch out intonew artistic directionswith the help of anadviser, German artistHilla Rebay. She steeredthe American industrial-

Guggenheim returns to its roots, tracescollection

This image from theGuggenheim Museum

shows “Yellow Cow” byFranz Marc. It is part of

the show “The GreatUpheaval,” at the

Guggenheim Museum inNew York which opens on

4 Feb, 2011 and runsthrough 1 June.

INTERNET

ist toward artists whowere making nonobjec-tive, almost abstract art.

Until then, Guggenh-eim had been fond of oldmaster paintings, therealistic landscapes of theFrench Barbizon schooland similar works; underRebay’s direction, hebegan acquiring art of themoment that captured thevast social andtechnological changestransforming early 20th

century society.Internet

NEW YORK, 4 Feb—The Recording Academyis finally getting somesatisfaction, with MickJagger’s first appearanceon the Grammy stage.

The Rolling Stonesfrontman will perform atthe 13 Feb ceremony aspart of a tribute to soulgreat Solomon Burke,who died last year. TheRock and Roll Hall ofFamer opened for theRolling Stones severaltimes during his careercomeback late in life.

Jagger will performwith soul singer RaphaelSaadiq during the 53rd

annual Grammy Awards,which will air live on CBSfrom the Staples Centrein Los Angeles (8 pmEST). “We’re thrilled,delighted, excited andvery much lookingforward to Mick doinghis debut on the Grammystage,” said NeilPortnow, president andCEO of the RecordingAcademy.—Internet

Jagger tomake first

appearance onGrammy stage

Police in California said they were alerted to a pizzeria robbery by acustomer who heard the demands for money while placing a phone order.Officer Rhonda Long, a spokeswoman for the Palm Springs police, said a callcame in at 6:37 pm PST Tuesday from a customer who called the Pizza Hutlocation and heard the robber’s voice while placing an order, The Desert Sun,Palm Springs, reported Wednesday.

“Someone was calling in a pizza, and they heard the suspect in thebackground calling for the money,” Long said. “About four seconds later,(dispatchers) received a call from a second reporting party, which was probablyone of the victims.” Long said the robber, whose face was covered, fled withan unspecified amount of money from the cash register.

Phone customer hears Pizza Hut robbery

this year’s festival, whichopens on May 11 on theFrench Riviera. The listof films picked for theofficial selectioncompeting for the topprizes is due in April.

Internet

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S P O R T S

Anderson, Mannarino sur-vive at S African Tennis Open

Wenger attacks Fabregas‘witch hunt’

Redknapp ponders new Beckham bid

Hoffenheim coach Pezzaiuoli signsuntil 2014

HOFFENHEIM, 4 Feb — Hoffenheim coachMarco Pezzaiuoli on Thursday signed a con-tract which will keep him at the Bundesligaside until 2014.Pezzaiuoli, 42, took over ashead coach last month after stalwart RalfRangnick quit in early January after four-and-a-half years in charge.

Since taking over as head coach, Pezzaiuolihas endured a torrid time as his team weredumped out of the German Cup by seconddivision Energie Cottbus and went three gameswithout a win before they won 1-0 at Schalkelast weekend. Hoffenheim are eighth in theBundesliga and take on Kaiserslautern onSaturday.— Internet

David Beckham

LONDON, 4 Feb — TottenhamHotspur manager Harry Redknappis contemplating a new bid forDavid Beckham even as the formerEngland captain prepared to endhis temporary stay withouthaving played for the Londonclub.Redknapp hasn’t ruled outmaking a move for Beckham whenthe midfielder’s current deal with theLos Angeles Galaxy expires inNovember, even though the dead-ball expert will then be 36.

Beckham has been training withSpurs ahead of the new MajorLeague Soccer season in the UnitedStates and is due to return to LosAngeles on Wednesday. Redknapp

tried but failed to seal a loan move forthe midfielder and had to be contentin seeing Beckham train with hissquad.”I think David will go back onthe ninth (of February),” Redknappsaid on Thursday.— Internet

Neville to stay withUnited for the season

MANCHESTER, 4 Feb—GaryNeville said on Thursday he in-tended to stay with ManchesterUnited for the rest of the season. The35-year-old full-back announced hisretirement with immediate effect onWednesday, ending a one club ca-reer of some 20 years that yieldedeight English titles, a ChampionsLeague final triumph and 85 capsamong a host of honours.

Neville, speaking to United’s in-house television channel MUTV onThursday, said retirement from acareer that ended with his appear-ance against West Brom on NewYear’s Day, had been on his mindfor some time. The outspoken de-fender has been linked with both amove into television punditry or aplace in United manager Sir AlexFerguson’s backroom staff.

Internet

Arsenal skipperCesc Fabregas

LONDON, 4 Feb — AngryArsenal boss ArseneWenger claimed on Fridaythat his skipper CescFabregas has become thetarget of a witch hunt. The23-year-old midfielder wasat the centre of controversyin midweek when he wasinvolved in an angry con-frontation with match offi-cials after Everton striker

Louis Saha scored despitebeing in an offside position.

After the match at theEmirates, in which Arsenalhit back to win 2-1, Evertonmanager David Moyesclaimed Fabregas madeunrepeatable comments tothe officials. Asked if hethought there was a witchhunt against the Spanish in-ternational, Wenger replied:“Yes.”We are long enoughin the job to know that some-body picks on you for awhile, and you are in theheat of the moment.

But for me what is themost important is the playerbehaves well.”— Internet

Roma ready to sell toUS businessman Di

BenedettoROME, 4 Feb — Roma

has announced it is readyto negotiate a sale to Ameri-can businessman ThomasDi Benedetto, a part ownerof the parent company ofthe Boston Red Sox andLiverpool. Members of theRoma’s management havebeen in the United States forover a week to try to findbuyers, and chose DiBenedetto’s company DiBenedetto AS Roma LLCahead of four other offers.

A club announcementon Thursday says theAmerican company“present themselves as themost competitive offer.”The two parties hope toconclude the deal withintwo weeks. Di Benedetto isa partner in the FenwaySports Group, formerlyNew England Sports Ven-tures, which owns the RedSox, Fenway Park, Liver-pool, New England SportsNetwork and Roush-Fenway Racing.—Internet

Carroll ready to live up to record price tag

Hoffenheim

coach

Marco

Pezzaiuoli

Liverpool’s new signing Englishstriker Andy Carroll.

LIVERPOOL, 4 Feb — Andy Carroll hasinsisted he will cope with the pressure ofhis record-breaking transfer to Liverpool.The 22-year-old England striker movedto Liverpool from Premier League rivalsNewcastle for £35 million — the highest

sum paid for a British player — on Monday’stransfer deadline day. Carroll was also giventhe No 9 shirt of Fernando Torres — the manhe replaced at Anfield — following the Spainforward’s £50 million transfer to Englishchampions Chelsea.

But having been a striker with hometownclub Newcastle where forwards such as AlanShearer have always been accorded specialstatus by the north-east club’s fans, the 6ft 3inCarroll is looking forward to life at Liverpool.Currently sidelined with a thigh injury, he alsobelieves the off-field controversies he enduredat Newcastle, including being fined for com-mon assault, will also stand him in good steadon Merseyside.—Internet

Inter up to third in Italian league after Bari win

Cologne lose appeal overdodgy transfer fax

FRANKFURT, 4 Feb — The German football league(DFL) on Thursday rejected an appeal from Bundesligaclub Cologne over a failed last-minute transfer whichwas scuppered by a temperamental fax machine.

Cologne launched the appeal after managing to faxthe transfer request for Hamburg’s Cameroonian Eric-Maxime Choupo-Moting to the DFL 12 minutes afterthe deadline of 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Monday.

To make matters worse, Cologne had twice tried tofax the relevant documents before the deadline, to noavail.But the DFL stuck to its mantra of one rule for all,insisting that adhering to the deadline strictly guaran-teed the integrity of transfers.— Internet

Inter Milan’s GiampaoloPazzini (R) celebrates

after scoring during theirSerie A match AS Bari vsInter Milan at San Nicola

Stadium in Bari. INTERNET

South AfricanKevin Anderson

JOHANNESBRG, 4 Feb—Normality returned to theshock-strewn South Af-rican Open on Thursdaywith remaining seedsKevin Anderson andAdrian Mannarinoreaching the quarter-fi-nals. South AfricanAnderson gradually tookcontrol against IsraeliDudi Sela to triumph 6-4, 6-2 in the 442,500-dollar ATP tournament atthe Tuscan-styleMontecasino entertain-

ROME, 4 Feb — InterMilan moved up to thirdin the Serie A table afterlabouring to a 3-0 victoryat rock bottom Bari onThursday.

Following leagueleaders AC Milan’s 0-0draw with Lazio onTuesday, Inter closed thegap to their bitter city ri-vals to seven points andwith a game in hand.

Although the finalscore appeared comfort-able it did not tell the storyof a game that for 70 min-

utes seemed destined tofinish in a sterile goallessstalemate.

But 20 minutes fromtime Morocco midfielderHoussine Kharja struckhis first goal for the cham-pions in his first start forthe club. Fellow transferdeadline day signingGiampaolo Pazzini thentook his tally for the

nerazzurri to three goalsin two games with thefirst of two added timestrikes before WesleySneijder on his injurycomeback added thethird. Inter coachLeonardo started thegame with three strikersbut admitted that his teamimproved when he madechanges.—Internet

CameroonianEric-Maxime

Choupo-Moting

ment centre north ofJohannesburg.

Frenchman Mannar-ino took a little longer totake command againstGerman Denis Gremel-mayr before winning 6-7(2/7), 6-4, 6-4 in an error-saturated match. IndianDavis Cup star SomdevDevvarman is the soleAsian among the last eightafter Japanese Go Soedafailed to build on a brightstart and was eventuallyoverwhelmed when losing6-3, 5-7, 0-6 to SlovakKarol Beck.

Internet

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

Saturday,5 February

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Upper Sagaing, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions,generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Nighttemperatures were (7°C) below February average temperaturesin Upper Sagaing Region, (5°C) to (6°C) below Februaryaverage temperatures in Kachin and Chin States, (3°C)below February average temperature in Mandalay Regionand Northern Shan State and (4°C) above February averagetemperatures in Mon State and about February averagetemperatures in the remaining Regions and States. Thesignificant night temperatures were Haka (0°C), Lashio andPinlaung (3°C) each and Putao (4°C).

Nay Pyi Taw Maximum temperature on 3-2-2011 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 4-2-2011 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-2-2011 was (73%).Rainfall on 4-2-2011 was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 3-2-2011 was 91°F. Minimum

temperature on 4-2-2011 was 64°F. Relative humidity at(09:30) hours MST on 4-2-2011 was (54%). Total sunshinehours on 3-2-2011 was (10) hours (Approx).

Rainfall on 4-2-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was(1.97) inches at Mingaladon (1.89) inches at Kaba-Aye and(3.54) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at

WEATHERFriday, 4th February , 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Northeast at (16:30)hours MST on 3-2-2011.

Bay Inference: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs MST today, the low pressure area overSouthwest Bay and adjoining Sri Lanka Coast still persist.Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea andSouth Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 5thFebruary 2011:Light rain are possible to be isolated in Taninthayi Region,weather will be partly cloudy in Yangon and AyeyawadyRegions, Kachin, Mon and Kayin States and generally fairin the remaining Regions and States. Degree of certainty is(40%).

State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds with moderateto rough seas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in strongwind may reach (35) mph. Seas will be Moderate elsewherein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the Whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 5-2-2011: Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 5-2-2011: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 5-2-2011: Generally fair weather .

Weather outlook for second weekend of February2011: During the coming weekend, weather will begenerally fair in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Region andpartly cloudy in Yangon Region.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (5-2-11 09:30 am ~

6-2-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Hundred Fruits from a Common Stem, Our Union

(Kachin State)* News* A Visit To Kayah State (Part-1)* All Lives Under The Sky:‘‘Catch of Fish by

Cooperation of Fisherman and Dolphin’’* News* Youth and Music (Part-1)* Poem Garden ‘‘The Moon’’* News* Offering 9900 Light at Prominent PagodasOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Hundred Fruits from a Common Stem, Our Union

(Kachin State)* News* A Visit To Kayah State (Part-1)* All Lives Under The Sky:‘‘Catch of Fish by

Cooperation of Fisherman and Dolphin’’* News* Youth and Music (Part-1)* Poem Garden ‘‘The Moon’’* News* Offering 9900 Light at Prominent Pagodas* News* Music Gallery* Colourful Flowers you can find in Myanmar* Taunggyi; An Environmentally Sustainable City* The World of Mro Nationals* News* Seven Special Stops around Inlay Lake* News* Secret Places for Yummy Foods (Episode-2)* Record Album* News* Your Home in Pyin Oo Lwin* Myanmar Movies ‘‘Life As Parents’’* I am Novice

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(5-2-2011) (Saturday)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News 7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song8:05 am 6. Health Programme

8:10 am 7. Poem Garden8:20 am 8. Dance of National

Races8:30 am 9. 64th Anniversary

Union DayProgramme

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Local Talent11:00 am 1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. 64th Anniversary

Union DayProgramme

11:20 am 3. Game for Children11:45 am 4. Round up of

The Week’s TVLocal News

12:35 pm 5. Yan Can Cook

12:55 pm 6. TV Drama Series1:45 pm 7. Mahowthada2:15 pm 8. Teleplay2:50 pm 9. International News4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme4:20 pm 3. Cultural Dances4:30 pm4. Union Day

Programme4:45 pm 5. 2011 University

EntranceExamination(Chemistry)

5:05 pm 6. Songs for

Upholding NationalSpirit

5:10 pm 7. 64th Anniversary

Union DayProgramme

5:20 pm 8. International

Science News5:30 pm 9. Game for Children6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Ahlashamae

Hlagabawai6:35 pm13. Yindagomae7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International News17. Weather Report18. Cartoon Series19. TV Drama Series20. Gitadagale

Phwinfbaohn

The non-profit Internet Corporation forAssigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) doledout its last five batches of “IP” numbers that

identify destinations for digital traffic.Facebook and other major Internet players

will add IPv6 addresses to their systems in a one-day

trial run on 8 June.INTERNET

FIFA to test ten goal-linetechnology systems

GENEVA, 4 Feb—Ten different goal-linetechnology systems will compete to persuade FIFAthat referees need high-tech help to make correctdecisions. FIFA said on Friday that the 10 systems,which it did not identify, will be tested privately atits headquarters next week by researchers from aZurich-based technology institute. “A report willbe presented to the IFAB (International FootballAssociation Board) following an independentlymonitored testing phase of 10 companies and theirrespective technology systems,” FIFA said in astatement.

The subject will top the agenda when IFAB _comprising FIFA and the four British federations _meets March 5 in Wales for its annual review ofsoccer’s laws.—Xinhua

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

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

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

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

2nd Waxing of Tabodwe 1372 ME Saturday, 5 February, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—The review ofMyanmar’s progress of human rights took place on27 January, at the 10th Session of Universal PeriodicReview Working Group held from 24 January to 4February 2011in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Myanmar delegation led by DeputyAttorney-General Dr Tun Shin and deputy leaderPermanent Representative Ambassador U WunnaMaung Lwin of Office of Permanent MyanmarRepresentatives of United Nations in Geneva tookpart in the discussions.

(See page 10)

International community had misunderstood Myanmar regarding humanrights because anti-government groups and certain powers, which aided

and abetted the groups, were one-sidedly manufacturing fabrications

HAILING 64th ANNIVERSARY UNION DAY

ARTICLE

POEMCARTOON

Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin and party participating in 10th Session of UniversalPeriodic Review Working Group of Human Rights Council.—MNA

Constitution of Myanmar carried a separate chapter aboutfundamental rights of citizens whose standards and norms

were on a par with that of international constitutions

KO KO MAUNG GYI

Perpetuation of the Union, fundamentalcause of all national races

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PAGE 8PAGE 9MAUNG AYENYEIN-HINTHADA

The pride of the Union* Union developing fast

Amazing in every aspectRailroads and tunnels

WAI SHIN

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