Established 1914

Volume XVI, Number 218 10th Waning of Tazaungmon 1370 ME Saturday, 22 November, 2008

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Esteemed national people,I would like to extend my warmest greetings to you national people on the

occasion of the 88th Anniversary of National Day designated to mark the nationalmovements to regain independence and sovereignty of the Union of Myanmarfrom the colonialists.

We Myanmar people by nature are strongly equipped with nationalistic spirit.So, we preserve sovereignty and take pride in our motherland, race, language,culture, traditions and customs. Throughout successive periods, national brethrenhave been capable of repulsing any forms of alien invasion at risk to life, inspiredby patriotic spirit and Union Spirit.

The colonial education policy of the colonialists was specially designed toprolong their colonial administrative machinery. The Year 1920 National Educa-

Government working hard to ensure equitabledevelopment of whole Union

Senior General Than Shwe sends National Day message

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Nov—The following is a translation of the full text of the 88th Anniversary National Day message sent by Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe.

tion Movement conceived anti-colonialist movements and national liberationmovements. So, the day made the history of our country.

Today, certain world powers are attempting to dominate other countries invarious sectors by interfering in their internal affairs through the practice of neo-colonialism. So, I would like to warn that you remain constantly vigilant againstsuch threats in order to protect our country based on national awareness.

Now, the government is implementing human resource development pro-grammes across the country including border areas through the 30-year long-termplan in order to raise the education standard of the country. In addition, it isworking hard to narrow the development gap between one region and another andto ensure equitable development of all parts of the Union.

(See page 2)

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ST PETERSBURG,21 Nov—AndreiArshavin's agent hasclaimed Real Ma-drid are favouritesto sign theplaymaker but thereis also interest fromEngland and Italy.

The Russiainternational was

Arshavin in demand

Arshavin - interest fromItaly, England and Spain.

embroiled in a protracted transfer saga over thesummer, with a number of major European clubslinked with a swoop for his services.

The likes of Tottenham, Arsenal, Barcelonaand Real were all mooted as potential suitors but amove failed to materialise as Zenit St Petersburgheld out for a reported £18million asking price.

Arshavin recently confirmed he would bekeen on a move to the Santiago Bernabeu but hisagent, Dennis Lachter, has suggested the Spanishgiants could face a battle for his signature in theJanuary transfer window.

Lachter said in The Sun: "He is being followedin England, Italy and Spain. Several things are hap-pening, but we have had no concrete offers.—Internet

MUNICH, 21 Nov—Bayern Munich coachJurgen Klinsmann is hoping Landon Donovan willremain with the Bundesliga champions "at least untilthe end of the season" after agreeing to take the strikeron loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Donovan, who has spent the last 10 days ontrial in Bavaria, should return to Munich on January2 for a loan deal until mid-March - when the MLSseason commences.But Klinsmann revealed he is in talks with the MLS,who have already given Donovan their word that hecan join Bayern, to try to make the former BayerLeverkusen striker's stay a little longer.

"The aim is obviously to see whether we cantake him on a longer-term basis," he said."At least until the end of the season."

Klinsmann has been so impressed with the 26-year-old over the last 10 days that he may no longerneed to delve into the transfer market this winter.

"This is a great situation for me," he said."It allows me to go into the second half of the

season with four strikers. "He is an incredibly fastplayer who always looks for the one-on-one opportu-nities. He is a totally different kind of striker to thosewe already have here.—Internet

Donovan - joining on loan.

Klinsmann hoping Donovanwill stay

HONOURING THE 88TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL DAY

TEKKATHO MYAT THU

National goal and National Day resolution

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Saturday, 22 November, 2008

Today, the 10th Waning of Tazaungmon1370 is the 88th Anniversary of the National Dayof the Union of Myanmar.

The National Day is a day on which thenational movement went down in the annals ofthe history of Myanmar independence struggle.The national movement sounded clarion call forMyanmar independence struggle whenMyanmar was under the colonialist rule.

Myanmar was under foreign subjugationafter the colonialist waged three aggressive warsagainst her.

The colonialists during their rule promul-gated the Yangon University Act which was infavour of the colonialism on 1 December 1920.The law not only restricted the Myanmar youthsin their pursuit of higher education but alsoprolonged their rule.

Therefore, patriotic youths equipped withnationalism opposed the colonial education law,and demanded a better education system, therebyculminating in the national movement.

The national movement not only opposedthe colonial education system but also rose againstthe colonial oppression. The 10th Waning ofTazaungmon 1282 on which the national move-ment was launched was thus designated as theNational Day, and the ceremonies to mark it areheld yearly.

Honouring the National Day which gaverise to uplift of dynamism of nationalistic spirit,the entire national people are to make continuedefforts in line with the National Day objectives—to strengthen nationalistic spirit and uplift na-tional prestige and integrity, to promote nationaleducation, perpetuity of independence and sov-ereignty of the State, and to achieve success inimplementing the seven-step Road Map.

Make continued efforts in accordwith National Day objectives

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

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

(from page 1)The State’s seven-step Road Map is being imple-

mented step by step to build a peaceful, modern anddeveloped new democratic nation with flourishingdiscipline. The State Constitution of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar was adopted with the supportof 92.48 per cent of the voters at the referendum heldin May 2008. Therefore, the entire national people areduty-bound to actively participate with Union Spirit

Senior General Than Shwe sendsNational Day message…

and national fervour in the drive to see to the seven-step Road Map.

In conclusion, I would like to exhort you to workhard with national vigour to materialize the objec-tives of the 88th Anniversary of National Day:

(1) To strengthen nationalistic spirit and upliftnational prestige and integrity,

(2) To promote national education,(3) Perpetuity of independence and sovereignty

of the State,(4) To achieve success in implementing the

seven-step Road Map.—MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov—National University ofSingapore and NanyangTechnological Universitywill co-organize a two-week academic excursioncamp under the arrange-ments of AT&S Co Ltd inSingapore.

Any student at the ageof over 14 may apply forthe cold season excursion,where 12 two-hour lec-tures will be conducted byNUS and NTU. The tripalso covers SingaporeNational Library, NaturalHistory Museum, Singa-pore Botanical Gardens,and Singapore DiscoveryMuseum.

Interested candidatesare to get registered by 5December, and may con-tact for further details

MEB publishes MatriculationExam Questions and Answers

YANGON, 21 Nov – Myanmar ExaminationBoard has published the book (Myanmar, Englishand Math) containing the matriculation exam ques-tions for 2008 tested in States and Divisions and theiranswers.

The book was compiled by subject-wise pro-fessors from respective universities and the ques-tions were answered in accord with the set markingsystem. The books with other respective combina-tions (Chemistry, Physics, Biology), (Chemistry,Physics, Economics) and (Geography, History andEconomics) will come out soon, it is learnt. – MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov—Ms. Rose Marie, on behalf ofInternational Organization for Migration (IOM), do-nated 10 beds, and prefabricated health clinics toPyinsalu Station Hospital in Labutta Township throughDeputy Director-General of the Department of HealthDr Kyaw Nyunt Sein at the medical facility on 17November.

The deputy director-general comforted the pa-tients and inspected the medical store and wards.

In meeting with local authorities, heads of town-ship Health Departments and local NGOs at the WHO-run office in Labutta Township, he called for supply ofsufficient portable water and clean water and environ-mental conservation.—MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov— Director-General ofNo. 2 Basic EducationDepartment U Aye Lwininspected basic educationhigh schools inPyinOoLwin Townshipyesterday.

During the tour, thedirector-general visitedNo. 3 BEHS, MogyopyitBEHS and WatwunBEHS in the township andinspected conditions of theschool buildings,laboratories and sanitation

Requirements of BEHSs inPyinOoLwin fulfilled

tasks.In meeting with the

teachers, the director-gen-eral stressed the need forimprovement of skills ofthe teachers and effectiveuse of teaching aids. Healso gave instructions onraising the pass rate of thematriculation examinationand fulfilled the require-ments of the schools.

MNA

Labutta Tsp to getsufficient water

Excursion to S’pore forover-14 students

Room (4), Building (5),Myanmar Info-Tech,Hline University Campus,Yangon (Ph: 652258,652288, 652320 or 09 5062161).

MNA

Deputy Director-General Dr Kyaw Nyunt Sein accepts PrefabricatedHealth Clinics donated by IOM. —HEALTH

Bangladesh DefenceAttache Brig-Gen

ANM Shawkat Jamal,ndc,psc and wife

welcome Brig-GenHla Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defenceat the reception to

mark the 37th Anni-versary Armed Forces

Day of the People’sRepublic of Bangla-

desh on 21 November. MNA

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Shouting and pounding,Iraqis fight over US pact

In this image reviewedby the US Military,

guards escort aGuantanamo detaineecarrying a book at the

Camp 4 detention facilityat the US Naval open aircommon area at the US

Military Base, inGuantanamo Bay, Cuba,

early morning on 18Nov, 2008.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD,21 Nov —Iraq’s Parliament perse-vered Thursday in its de-bate on a proposed secu-rity agreement with theUnited States despite rau-cous attempts by opposi-tion lawmakers to disruptproceedings ahead of nextweek’s vote on the deal.

The measure, whichwould keep US forces inIraq for another threeyears, has a good chanceof passing in the Shiite-led parliament. But theuproar created by loyalistsof radical Shiite cleric

Muqtada al-Sadr suggeststhe pact could remain di-visive as the countrystruggles for reconcilia-tion after years of war.

If al-Sadr’s group andother legislators opposedto the pact lose by a thinmargin in the voteplanned for Monday, theymight attempt to turn theiranti-American messageinto a defining issue inprovincial elections on 31Jan and general electionslate in 2009. His follow-ers planned a major rallyon Friday in central Bagh-

dad to protest the securitydeal, which they view asa surrender to US inter-ests.

In fact, the terms of thepact establish for the firsttime a clear timetable forthe withdrawal of Ameri-can forces from Iraq.They must be out of cit-ies by 30 June, 2009, andthe entire country by theend of 2011. It would alsogive Iraqi authorities farmore oversight over theUS military presence thanthey currently have.

Internet

US Army soldiers climba staircase as an Iraqifamily watch, during aroutine house to house

searching patrol, inMasariyah neighbour-

hood, northwesternMosul, 360 kilometres

(225 miles) northwest ofBaghdad, Iraq, on 20

Nov, 2008.INTERNET

US military deathsin Iraq war at 4,201

WASHINGTON, 21 Nov—As of Thursday, 20 Nov,2008, at least 4,201 members of the US militaryhave died in the Iraq war since it began in March2003.The figure includes eight military civilianskilled in action. At least 3,393 military personneldied as a result of hostile action, according to themilitary’s numbers.

The AP count is two fewer than the Defence De-partment’s tally, last updated Thursday at 10 amEDT. The British military has reported 176 deaths;Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Es-tonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, twoeach; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and SouthKorea, one death each.—Internet

Suicide bomber killsnine in AfghanistanKHOST, 21 Nov— A suicide car-bomber killed

nine people and wounded 16, including two US sol-diers, in an attack on Thursday on a governmentcompound in eastern Afghanistan, a government of-ficial said.

The Taleban insurgency has intensified over the pasttwo years and the number of foreign troops has goneup to 70,000, about half of them American. Violencehas also spread to the west of the country but is still atits worst along the Pakistani border in the south andeast.

The bomber blew himself up at the gate of a districtgovernment center in Khost province. Khost is nextto Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, a militant hot-bed. District government chief Abdul Qayoum saidnine people were killed, five of them police and guards,and four civilians.

Internet

World struggles to take onplague of Somali piracy

NAIROBI, 21 Nov—The UN, African Union and Arabnations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pi-rate attacks, authorizing sanctions and calling for inter-national peacekeepers to address the chaos in Somaliathat has spawned an upsurge in sea banditry.

The economic reverberations of the attacks widenedas the world’s largest container-shipping company saidit would begin sending some slower vessels thousandsof miles around southern Africa to avoid the perilouswaters on the shorter Suez Canal route. Insurance un-derwriters and brokers said the increased danger off theeast coast of Africa was driving up premiums for ship-ping operators. The African Union urged the UnitedNations to quickly send peacekeepers to Somalia butthat appeared unlikely anytime soon. A UN peacekeep-ing operation in the early 1990s saw the downing oftwo US Army helicopters and killing of 18 Americansoldiers. The US withdrew and UN peacekeepers weregone by 1995.—Internet

Kurdish residents cryduring a ceremony in

Arbil, 310 km (190miles) north of Baghdadon 20 Nov, 2008. Iraqi

officials flew the re-mains of 150 Kurds

found in a mass grave inNajaf to Kurdistan on

Wednesday.—INTERNET

Local women sit on the banks of the Suez canal asa Suez Canal Authority pilot boat passes by inIsmailia, Egypt, on 20 Nov, 2008.—INTERNET

Blast kills 10 at funeralin northwest Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, 21 Nov — A bomb attack killedat least 10 people and wounded 40 at the funeral for aShi’ite Muslim on Friday in the northwest Pakistanitown of Dera Ismail Khan.

The attack sparked an outbreak of shootingaround the hospital where the dead and woundedwere brought, and police fired tear gas in an at-tempt to restore order, according to journalists atthe scene.

NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussaintold Reuters 10 people were killed and up to 30wounded, though a doctor at the main governmenthospital put the number of wounded at 40.

The funeral was for a man killed on Thursday, but aShi’ite cleric was also killed on Friday morning be-fore the funeral.—Internet

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China Shenhua Energy, the country’s largest coal miner, said it had paid 299.9million Australia dollars for a coal exploration licence in Australia. —INTERNET

An employee working on the assembly line of theFrench car maker group PSA Peugeot Citroen atthe Sochaux factory, central France. —INTERNET

A file photo shows People walk past a giant sculpture featuring Albert Ein-stein’s formula “E=mc2” in front of Berlin’s Altes Museum. —INTERNET

KA N YA B AY O N G A,21Nov — His home waslooted by wild govern-ment soldiers still pillag-ing this empty hilltop

BRISBANE, 21 Nov—Flash flood’s killed awoman and forced evacu-ations as torrential raindrenched Australia’s bat-tered city of Brisbane onThursday just days after itwas hit by a violent storm,officials said.

The 85-year-old diedwhen she was trapped inher car as it was sweptaway by floodwaters eastof the Queensland statecapital, police said. Her

In Congo’s remote hills, a struggle to survive

Judith, a four year old displaced girl, no last namegiven, receives medical treatment for severe ma-

laria as her mother keeps watch, at a clinic run bythe aid organization Merlin, in Goma, eastern

Congo, on 20 Nov, 2008.—INTERNET

town. His fields are at themercy of armed militias.And somewhere in thecountryside, a rebel armyis digging in.

In a tense vacuum be-tween war and peacewhere little governmentauthority exists, KatemboMastaki is trying to protecthis family the only way heknows how: tethering aripped piece of plasticsheeting-turned-tent to thejagged barbed wire sur-rounding a UN base.

“It’s only God whoprotects us here,” the 27-year-old teacher said,huddled in the grass anddirt Wednesday outside aUN base in Kanya-bayonga.—Internet

Deadly flash floods hitstorm-battered Australian city

Map of Australialocating Brisbane,

where flash floods killedone person and forcedevacuations days after

the city was hit by aviolent storm, accordingto officials.—INTERNET

elderly husband was re-covering in hospital.

More than 1,000 callswere made to emergencyservices in Brisbane andsurrounding areas on theeast coast, which werepounded by up to 25 cen-timetres (nearly 10inches) of rain over sevenhours overnight.

Internet

MOSCOW, 21 Nov —The Russian parliamentwas expected Friday toapprove a constitutionalamendment to extend thepresidential term fromfour to six years.

There is widespreadspeculation in Russianmedia that the change isaimed at paving the wayfor a return to the Kremlinby Prime MinisterVladimir Putin, who re-mains a popular and pow-erful figure since leavingthe president’s office in

PORT HARCOURT, 21 Nov — Unknown gunmen at-tacked a navy houseboat in southern Nigeria protect-ing a Royal Dutch Shell crude oil flow station on Fri-day, a military spokesman said.

The attack at the Nembe Creek flow station inBayelsa state in the western Niger Delta took place ataround 3 am (2 am British time), Rabe Abubakar,spokesman for the joint military task force said. Hesaid the Shell facility itself was not damaged.“Thereis no report so far of any (deaths) but we are collect-ing more details,” Abubakar said. A security sourceworking in the oil industry said four naval personnelwere injured and receiving treatment while three morewere unaccounted for.

Recent attacks by militants on oil facilities in the NigerDelta had largely been focussed on Rivers state in theeastern Niger Delta but there have been a growing numberof violent incidents in Bayelsa and Delta states to thewest. The Movement for the Emancipation of the NigerDelta (MEND) has said it believes the military are pre-paring to attack militant camps in Bayelsa and Delta andwarned that it will end its cease-fire and resume attackson the oil industry if it is provoked.—Internet

Russia set to extend presidential term

Vladimir Putin was barred constitutionally from seek-ing a third consecutive term as president.—INTERNET

May.The Kremlin maintains

the amendment — alongwith other proposedchanges to the terms inoffice for elected officials— is necessary to ensurethe stability of future Rus-sian governments.

President Dmitry

Medvedev announced themeasures two weeks ago,in his first state-of-the-nation speech on Novem-ber 5. The lower house ofthe Russian parliamentwas having its third andfinal reading Friday be-fore putting the measuresto a vote.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 21 Nov— Private contractorsworking for the US gov-ernment in Iraq will losetheir immunity from Iraqilaw under a new pact with

Gunmen attack NigerianNavy near Shell oil facility

US contractors to lose immunity from Iraqi lawAn armoured

vehicle belongingto an unidentified

private securitycompany escorts a

truck nearIskandaria, south

of Baghdad.INTERNET

Baghdad, senior Americanofficials said on Thursday.The contractors, who pro-vide everything from per-sonal security to meals forUS forces and officials in

Iraq, were told they shouldexpect to lose their immu-nity starting 1 January, theState and Defence depart-ment officials said.

The agreement, whichhas yet to be approved byIraq’s parliament, allowsUS forces to stay in Iraqthree more years. A vote isexpected next week on thepact, which replaces aUnited Nations mandatethat expires at the end ofthis year.—Internet

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NEWSALBUM

Thomas Beatie, betterknown as the Pregnant

Man, shows off hisnewborn baby girl in a

photo published in Peoplemagazine three weeks after

the labour.

“Pregnant man”: My wife and I arenormal couple

World’s oldest polar bear dies atCanadian zoo

British Columbia Canadian zoo officials on Tuesday weremourning the death of what is believed to be the world’s oldestpolar bear.

The 42-year-old bear named Debby died on Monday at azoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she had lived since 1967after being captured as a orphaned cub in the Russian Arcticin 1966. Debby was in declining health due to her advancedage, and veterinarians decided to euthanize her after it wasdiscovered she had suffered multiple organ failure.

She was listed as the world’s oldest polar bear by theGuinness Book of World Records when she turned 41,according to officials at the Assiniboine Park Zoo.

Debby gave birth to six cubs at the zoo where she lived formany years with a male bear, Skipper, who died several yearsago at age 34, according to the zoo.

Endeavour astronaut loses tools in space

Thomas Beatie, known as“the pregnant man,” along withhis wife and five month babygirl, appeared in an interviewTuesday together for the firsttime.

The 34-year-old man saidhe has been ten weeks andexpecting their second child inJune, and the sperm comes fromthe same donor.

When asked whether heconsiders himself gay when hemet with Nancy — his wifenow, Thomas said they were anormal couple althoughperceived by others as lesbians.

“I lived my life as a womanat that point. Legally, I wasfemale. But inside I still feltmale. So the way other peopleperceived us, they saw us as alesbian couple,” Thomas said.

He said they could havenormal kind of intercourse afterreassignment surgery andhormone treatment.

The pregnant man said

they have legal problems withtheir first baby’s birthcertificate.

“I filled it out as me father,Nancy mother, and theychanged it last minute, and theyput her as father and me asmother. And then they changedit again and put us as parents.We’re not a same-sexmarriage. We’re legal man andwife,” said Thomas.

An astronaut from the spaceshuttle Endeavour let slip hertool bag during a spacewalkand watched helplessly as itfloated off into space, NASAsaid.

Astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, who took part in the first ofthe mission’s four plannedspacewalks, had just startedworking on a jammed joint on asolar panel of the InternationalSpace Station (ISS) when theaccident occurred.

NASA Television transmitted

live images showing the toolbag, with all the tools inside,slipping away, afterStefanyshyn-Piper removedgrease that had leaked out ofa grease gun onto the bag’scontents.

“Oh, great!” sheexclaimed.

Mission Control at theJohnson Space Center inHouston however said themission to work on the ISS’ssolar antenna rotationsystem would continue.

Israel displays airpower it coulduse against Iran

When youths with aggressive conductdisorder watch an individualintentionally hurting another (likeclosing a piano lead), regions of thebrain that process painful informationare activated, as well as the amygdalaand ventral striatum (part of the neuralcircuit involved in reward processing.

Zhang Yong (2nd R) and Su Li (R)attend their underwater wedding

ceremony at an aquarium in Hefei,Anhui Province on 8 Nov, 2008. Theaquarium was rented for a wedding

ceremony for 5,990 yuan ($877),local media reported.

An Israeli F-16I fighter plane takes off fromRamon Air Base in southern Israel on

19 Nov, 2008.—INTERNET

Verizon Wireless bets on Stormfor holiday season

NEW YORK, 21 Nov —Verizon Wireless isbetting on the new Black-Berry Storm for the all-important holiday season,hoping the highly antici-pated smartphone cancompete against theiPhone offered by rivalwireless provider AT&TInc.

The No 2 US mobileservice, a joint venturebetween Verizon Comm-unications Inc andVodafone Group Plc,heavily promoted fourdifferent phones lastholiday season, but itsfocus this year is directed

firmly at Research InMotion Ltd’s first touch-screen phone.

“This is our big holidayseason phone,” saidVerizon Wireless spokes-woman Brenda Raney,adding the Storm was agame changer and Veri-zon would do moremarketing for it than anyother phone in the fourthquarter.

Both the Storm andApple Inc’s iPhone cost$200 for customers whoagree to a two-year servicecontract and both comewith a built-in camera, andmusic and video players.

But the Storm, whichgoes on sale in the UnitedStates on 21November ,has a different approach totouch-screen typing thatRIM hopes will win overpeople addicted to thekeypads on other Black-Berry e-mail devices.

Instead of tappinglightly on the screen, aswith iPhone, Storm usershave to press firmly untilthey feel a physical clickmore similar to theexperience of typing onkeypads.

Internet

Ofcom says Irish the heaviest users ofmobile phones

LONDON, 21 Nov — Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time ontheir mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007,according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry.

Known for their 'gift of the gab' or talent for speaking, the Irish lead the way in theuse of mobile phones, spending around 179 minutes per month on average on theirmobiles.

The Irish love of the ‘craic’ or general banter has also spread to texting with mobilephone users in Ireland sending an average of 154 text messages a month, nearlydouble the figure in Britain of 81.

The International Communications Market report by the British regulator Ofcomsaid mobile phones were becoming more crucial to people, especially in emergingmarkets where growth is very strong.—Internet

sprawling Ramon air basecould not draw the pilots ofspecially adapted, long-range F-16I jets intonaming Iran as theirpotential target — butneither they nor thosemanaging the military’smedia message made anyeffort to quash the repeatedsuggestion.

“We are prepared andready to do whateverIsrael needs us to do andif this is the mission we’regiven then we are ready,”said Colonel Amon, whocommands the NegevSquadron of F-16I“Sufas” — multi-rolestrike aircraft designed toboth bomb and fight otherair forces over longperiods and distances.

“Air power has been amajor player in every warwe've fought since 1948,”the colonel, who in linewith Israeli military rulesdid not give his surname,told reporters during theunusual opening of thedesert base to the foreignmedia.—Internet

RAMON AIR BASE (Israel),21 Nov — Israel onWednesday displayed airpower it could use to attackIran’s suspected nuclearweapons project if

diplomacy fails topersuade the IslamicRepublic to halt uraniumenrichment.

Foreign news crewsinvited on a rare visit to the

A Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm is

pictured in New York, on 20 Nov, 2008.

INTERNET

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LIMA, 21 Nov —Foreign and trade mini-sters from APEC membereconomies voiced theirsupport on Thursday toRussia’s efforts to join theWorld Trade Organization(WTO). “We confirmedour support for theparticipation of theRussian Federation in theWTO and welcomed theprogress in its accessionnegotiations,” they said ina statement issued after atwo-day Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation

A train moves past Singapore’s container port on 21 Nov, 2008 in Singapore.Singapore’s economy could contract by up to 1 percent next year as a global

slowdown undermines demand for exports, the government saidon 21 Nov.—INTERNET

A truck tows away vehicles that are damaged by bullets after a shooting inMonterrey, northern Mexico, on 20 Nov, 2008. Federal police and soldiers

confronted unidentified assailants after they tried to search a warehouse in aworking class neighbourhood, according to local media. —XINHUA

APEC supports Russia’sefforts to join WTO

All items from Xinhua News Agency

HANOI, 21 Nov — TheInternational MonetaryFund (IMF) ResidentRepresentative BenBingham urged LaoGovernment to formcontingency plans to copewith falling exports,reduced remittances, anda slowing national econo-my which will likely occuras a result of the globalfinancial crisis, the Laonewspaper VientianeTimes reported onThursday.

Bingham’s concernswere made at a Wednes-day meeting with LaoGovernment officials anddevelopment partners inVientiane, Laos, to dis-

(APEC) MinisterialMeeting �in the Peruviancapital.

APEC economies havebeen some of the biggestbeneficiaries of the open,rules-based multilateraltrading system under theWTO, the statement said.

The statement said theAPEC ministers respon-sible for trade meetingprovide strong support thisyear for a prompt andsuccessful conclusion tothe WTO Doha Rounddevelopment agendanegotiations.—Xinhua

HONG KONG, 21 Nov —PCCW-HKT Telephonehas launched CDMA2000mobile service, HongKong’s fifth 3G mobilenetwork after the fourW-CDMA networkslicensed in 2001, the Officeof the Telecomm-unications Authority ofHong Kong announcedThursday.

Visitors holding CDMAequipment can now enjoyCDMA2000 roamingservices, streng-theningHong Kong’s strategicposition as a world city andthe gateway between theMainland and the globe.

The Office of the

Hong Kong launches CDMA2000mobile network

Lao Govt urged to plan for nat’l financial falloutcuss the impact of regionaland international econo-mic slowdowns on Laos.

When global commo-dity prices decline,including copper and gold,food and agriculturalcommodity prices, thevalue of exports willultimately decline, saidBingham. Rural pro-vinces which have beenreliant on investment inland, agriculture, cashcrop exports, tourismsector and textile andgarment industry may alsobe adversely affected bythe international econo-mic slowdowns, he said.

The Thai garmentindustry employs many

Lao workers, and ifdemand for these productsdrops there will be lessjobs and less money beingsent back to relatives inLaos. Remittances couldalso decline from thesignificant number of Laopeople living abroad in theUnited States, Australiaand France, said Bingham.

Therefore, the govern-ment of Laos should planfor the possibility that itseconomic growth may failto meet projections, saidBingham.���At the meet-ing, Bingham also urgedLaos to accelerate effortsto improve the competitiv-eness of the Lao economy.

Xinhua

Telecommunicat ionsAuthority said the newnetwork offers high-speeddata and voice servicesconforming to theCDMA2000 standard inareas covering the Kow-loon peninsula and nor-thern Hong Kong Island.

Service coverage will beextended to the airport,Mass Transit Railwaystations, road tunnels andboundary checkpoints.

CDMA is one of themajor mobile comm-unications standards widelydeployed in Canada, theUnited States, Japan, SouthKorea and the ChineseMainland. —Xinhua

MANILA, 21 Nov — Five people, including threechildren, were killed as a mudslide raged through asouthern Philippine gold mining town in the wake ofprolonged heavy rains, local media reported Friday.

Three underage children, two girls and one boy,were among the five bodies pulled out from amountainous town in Compostela Valley provinceFriday morning, local news network GMA News said.

Another news report said they were buried alivewhen the mudslide hit Monkayo Town.

At least two people were still missing and feareddead, the reports said, citing local officials.—Xinhua

Philippinemudslide

leavesfive dead,

twomissing

A graphic on piracy offthe Somali coast. A

more aggressivemilitary approach is

the only answer to anescalation of piracy off

Somalia, the world’sbiggest oil tankercompany said on

Friday.— INTERNET

CIA faulted in shootingdown of missionary planeWASHINGTON, 21 Nov— The CIA obstructed inquiries

into its role in the shooting down of an aircraftcarrying a family of US missionaries in Peru in 2001,the agency’s inspector general has concluded.

The inspector-general’s report said a CIA-backedprogramme in Peru targeting drug runners was sopoorly run that many suspect aircraft were shot downby Peruvian Air Force jets without proper checksbeing made first.

Unclassified portions of the report were made publicfor the first time on Thursday by US RepresentativePete Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House ofRepresentatives Intelligence Committee, whocriticized the CIA for the “needless” deaths.

Central Intelligence Agency spokesman PaulGimigliano said the agency’s director, MichaelHayden, had received the full classified report inAugust and passed it on to the Justice Department,which declined in 2005 to bring any prosecutions.

A small plane carrying Veronica Bowers, herhusband Jim, their son Cory and infant daughterCharity was shot down by a Peruvian jet on April 20,2001, after it was tracked by a CIA surveillance planethat suspected it was carrying drugs.

Xinhua

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 November, 2008 7

Every nation is home to diverse tribes, ethicgroups or national races. The People's Republic ofChina, for example, has 55 national races plus Hantribe. Myanmar is a nation where more than 100national races live together. National races havedifferent names such as Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin,Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan in Myanmar. Andamong the Chinese national races are Hwe, Pai, Yi,Mongo, Tibet, Han and Tai.

A land where various national races live togethersharing joys and sorrows throughout successiveperiods is a nation. The general term (nation) ofvarious national races in Myanmar is Myanmar. Inlike manner, the general term of 56 national races ofthe People's Republic of China is Chinese. Everynation has the general term of various national racesconcerned.

Some terms for nation are nation, national,national cause, national interest and national spirit.

Myanmar exercised national politics in itseffort to regain its sovereignty and independencelost to the British in 1885. At the Young Men'sBuddhist Association (YMBA) established in 1906,monks and people held discussions about varioussectors including religious affairs, and madecomments on the colonial rule that had a strongnegative impact on the religion, thus keeping trackof the public interest and the religion. The interestof national races is national cause.

In September 1920, YMBA branches, and otherreligious and social organizations across the nationwere combined into the General Council of BurmeseAssociation (GCBA). While carrying out its primarytasks, GCBA, hand in hand with students and thepeople, got involved in the campaigns against thecolonial education policy intended to bring aboutnational government staff who would be loyal to theBritish government and to stretch out the colonialrule. As a result of consolidated unity of the entirepeople, the British government had to make severalamendments to the 1920 Rangoon University Act,thereby reflecting the victory of the entire people or

Myanmar or the national victory.As part of independence struggle, GCBA thought

over to designate a suitable date of the calendar year asNational Day with the aim of generating nationalfervour of the people. At the conference, a membertabled a motion to designate the date on which GCBAcame into existence; another member, the date onwhich Monk U Ottama was put behind bars for anti-colonialist talks; and the next member, the date onwhich Monk U Ottama was released from the prison.Two other members also put forward a motion,suggesting that the 5th of December 1920 (10th Waningof Tazaungmon) be designated because it was the dateon which the entire people achieved victory in protestingUniversity Act. They said that the date representedNational Day as well as national victory. Their proposalwas approved by the conference.

Since then, Myanmar has been celebrating NationalDay (or) National Victory Day yearly on the 10th

Waning of Tazaungmon. A large number of towndwellers and students attended the ceremony. NationalDay commemorative mottos were also laid down andchanted such as "National Day, our day", "No colonialeducation", "Grant independence immediately", “WeMyanmar are of the superior race”, and "Revolutionmust be successful". At the National Daycommemorative ceremonies, talks were held to arousenationalistic fervour, independence spirit and anti-government sentiment.

Today, National Day is in its 88th anniversary. Inretrospect, patriotic people of various national racesfrom the four corners of the country armed themselveswith whatever weapons they had got fought back theintruders in the First Anglo-Myanmar War (1824), theSecond Anglo-Myanmar War (1852), and the ThirdAnglo-Myanmar War (1885). Patriotic Myanmarpeople still had to wash their swords with bloodstainsof the British soldiers on them at Thwesay Lake tillearly 1900s. In that regard, national people were inspiredby their patriotic spirit, duty consciousness to defendthe motherland, anti-colonialist sentiment andnationalistic fervour, in other words pure national

politics, devoid of any forms of political policies.YMBA formed in 1906, GCBA formed in 1920,

Doh Bamar Asiayon (Our Burmese Association)formed in 1930, the Thirty Comrades, BurmaIndependence Army, Burma Defence Army, Pha-ta-pa-la and Pha-hsa-pa-la put national politics in thefore for national liberation.

Myanmar people remained united practisingnational politics for prosperity, interest andindependence of the nation. However, in the pre-independence and post-independence periods, manynational politicians came into contact with wrongpolitical views along with attachment to own party,sectarianism, dogmatism, personality cult, wrongpolicies, power-crave, personal grudge, andskepticism, and in consequence they took dim viewof independence struggles and national developmenttasks. There broke out armed conflicts among nationalraces. The people fell victim to the armed conflicts,let alone enjoying the taste of independence. Thatwas followed by disintegration of national solidarity,and national politics came to divert from its course.

Actually, Myanmar is blessed with water sources,favourable climate, fertile soil, vast area of fallowlands, and natural resources in abundance. If Myanmarpeople remain united, they can live a peaceful andsafe life with national economic growth. If so, thepeople will be able to enjoy high living standard. So,the policy Myanmar people badly need, they aspireto, and the nation should have introduced is nationalpolitics.

National politics is in contrary with party politicswith which politicians and political parties focus oncoming to power and implementation of foreign-made policies. Indeed, national politics inspirespoliticians to do political activities with goodwill butwithout selfishness in the interest of the nation.

Today, the Union of Myanmar has achievedinternal peace that previous successive governmentscould not do. Despite a variety of economic sanctions,the whole Union including border and rural areas hasenjoyed development in various areas. The nationhas seen a large number of infrastructures necessaryfor economic development such as roads, bridges,irrigation facilities, educational institutions, hospitals,factories, industries, and electric power stations.

The people have approved the State Constitution(2008) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar,under which people's representatives will have toexercise sovereign powers in accordance with thelaw to build a peaceful, modern and developednation with flourishing discipline.

As a gesture of honouring National Day, I wouldlike to urge the entire people to work together inharmony with Union Spirit conceived by nationalisticfervour in order to realize the national goal in theinterest of the mother country.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 21-11-2008

Actually, Myanmar is blessed with water sources,favourable climate, fertile soil, vast area of fallowlands, and natural resources in abundance. IfMyanmar people remain united, they can live apeaceful and safe life with national economic growth.If so, the people will be able to enjoy high livingstandard. So, the policy Myanmar people badly need,they aspire to, and the nation should have introducedis national politics.

Honouring the 88th Anniversary of National Day

National goal and National Day resolutionTekkatho Myat Thu

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 November, 2008

The 88th Anniversary

National Day10th Waning of Tazaungmon 1370

(22-11-2008)

Objectives of the 88th AnniversaryNational Day

* To strengthen nationalistic spirit and uplift nationalprestige and integrity

* To promote national education

* Perpetuity of independence and sovereignty of the State

* To achieve success in implementing the seven-step RoadMap

YANGON, 21 Nov—Rehabilitation andReintegration workinggroup of MyanmarWomen’s AffairsFederation organized around-table discussion atThukhamein and HngetKhar Cheroot in Ward 7of Oaktha Myothit inBago on 18 November.

Firstly, Leader ofthe working group DawTin Tin Nwe extendedgreetings.

Next, DeputyLeader Daw Khin MyoMyint and leaders of sub-working groups gavetalks on facts aboutMWAF.

A f t e r w a r d s ,Leader of the workinggroup Daw Tin Tin Nweaccepted 100

MWAF holds roundtable discussionsin Bago

membership applicationspresented by Daw KhinMaw Maw, leader ofenvironment workinggroup of Bago DivisionWomen’s AffairsOrganization, and Daw

Aye Thein, chairpersonof Bago District WAO.

Next, Daw Tin TinNwe presented 10uniforms to owner ofThukhamein Cheroot.

MNA

YANGON, 21Nov—Organized byMyanmar Writers andJournalists Association,literary talks hailingSarsodaw Day (1370-ME) were held atZwekapin Hall in Hpa-an Township in Kayan

Literary talks in Hpa-anState on 19 November.

Chairman of Hpa-an Township Writers andJournalists AssociationU Tin Tun Ohn(Manchaintphalae) readformal message fromChairman of MyanmarWJA.

At the talks, writerTekkatho Thinkha, poetMaung Hay Mar andwriter Maung KhineKhant gave talks on

literature.Later, joint

treasurer U MaungMaung Aye (Maung HayMar) received K400,000 from Chairmanof District Peace andDevelopment Council USaw Myat Htut Win fora ceremony to payrespects to doyen literati(1370-ME) andpresented certificates ofhonour.—MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov— Organized by MyanmarWriters and Journalists Association, a ceremony topay respect to doyen literati in commemoration ofSarsodaw Day will be held at Yangon City Hall hereon 2 December.

Chairmen of Township WJA and secretariesare reminded to draw invitation cards in order to attendthe ceremony at No.529 the office of MWJA onMerchant Street starting from 25 November.—MNA

Invitation cards fordoyen literati

Third Grand Royal Challenge Cup Champion Myanmar Team. (News on Page 16)—NLM

Head of Mandalay Division Fire Services Department U Tin Minand party inspect preventive measures against fire at a factory in

industrial zone in Pyigyidagun Township of Mandalay on 13November.— NLM

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NAY PYI TAW, 21Nov — The visitinggoodwill delegation led byMr Zhang Gaoli, memberof Central Committee ofthe Political Bureau of theCommunist Party of Chinaand Secretary of the CPCTianjin MunicipalCommittee, accompaniedby Chinese Ambassadorto Myanmar Mr. Guan Muand officials, arrived atMandalay InternationalAirport from Nay Pyi Tawon 19 November.

The Chinesedelegation was welcomedat the airport by Chairmanof Mandalay CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han, Secretary UMaung Pu and members,

Chinese goodwill delegation on studytour of Mandalay

Consul-General of ChinaMr Tang Ying andofficials of ConsulateGeneral. Next, thedelegation members paidhomage to theSutaungpyae BuddhaImage on Mandalay Hilland Mr. Zhang Gaolisigned in the visitors’book. They then visitedKuthodaw Pagoda andstudied the stoneinscriptions there.

In the evening, themayor hosted a dinner inhonour of the Chineseguests at Mandalay HillResort. Yesterday morningthe Chinese goodwilldelegation visited MyaNan San Kyaw Palace inMandalay. The guests werewelcomed there by Deputy

Director-General U SeinWin of the Archaeology,National Museum andLibrary Department andofficials. Research officerU Naing Win explained thehistory of the palace andfacts about the palacebuildings. They nextvisited the culturalmuseum. Later, theChinese goodwilldelegation left theMandalay Airport in theevening. On theirdeparture, the guests wereseen off by Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han,MCDC Secretary UMaung Pu and members,the Chinese ambassadorand consul-general andChinese embassy staff.

MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov—The 20th Myanmar ParaSports Competitions tookplace from 14 Novemberto 19 November. In thecompetitions, theMinistry of Commerceteam securedChampionship Trophy

20th Myanmar Para SportsCompetitions concluded

with twenty-seven gold,twenty-two silver andseven bronze.

In the com-petitions for persons oflow intelligence, YangonDivision team securedforty-two gold, forty-fivesilver and seven bronze.

Captain WinNaing (Retd) (Winner),Captain Min Cho Oo(Retd) (1st Runner-up),Captain Thaung Nyunt(Retd) (2nd Runner-up)and Major Thein ShweMyint (Retd) (Winner),Major Myat Soe (Retd)(1st Runner-up), ColMyo Myint (Retd) (2nd

Runner-up) , CaptainWin Aung (Retd) (MostBirdies), Captain SoeThein (Retd) (MostPar), Captain WunnaWin (Retd) (LongestDrive), Captain AungNaing (Retd) (NearestPin), Captain Zaw MinAung (Retd) (Bes tLoser) won the prizesreceptively in each golfcompetitions.—MNA

Fisheries Department holdscoord meeting, prize

presentation ceremonyYANGON, 21 Nov —A coordination meeting of

Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Livestock andFisheries was held at the meeting hall of the departmentin Ahlon Township here yesterday with an address byDirector-General U Khin Maung Aye.

Heads of State/Division Fisheries Department,those in charge of farm and center of quality controlon marine products reported on works being carriedout to the director-general.

Deputy Director-General U Khin Ko Lay andthe responsible directors made supplementary reports,and the director-general made concluding remarks.

Next, prize-giving ceremony followed. Thedirector-general presented prizes to the heads of Kathaand Mawlamyine Districts and deputy head of ShweguTownship Fisheries Department. The deputy director-general also awarded outstanding employees and officials,outstanding students who passed the matriculationexamination for 2008 with flying colours. —MNA

Courses of Education andTraining Department

concludeYANGON, 21 Nov —The closing ceremony of

Management Course No. (29/30), Advanced DomesticCourse No. (19), Vocational Training Course (Rattan/Bamboo) Course No (6) and Clerical Course No. (56/57) was held at Central Training School of Educationand Training Department of the Ministry for Progressof Border Areas and National Races and DevelopmentAffairs on Myawady Mingyi Street in Ward 51 ofDagon Myothit (North) here today with an address byDeputy Director-General U Win Aung of thedepartment.

The deputy director-general presented besttrainee awards to the outstanding staff of the respectivecourses and completion certificates to therepresentatives.

A total of 157 trainees attended the twelve-weekcourses.

After the ceremony, the deputy director-generalviewed works of the trainees and inspected theaters,hostels and mess and growing of perennial and seasonalfruit trees at the school. —MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov —The final match of the 4th

Yangon Mayor’s CupTennis Tournament tookplace at Theinbyu TennisCourt yesterday. Next, prizepresentation ceremonyfollowed. Officialspresented cash awards towinners of U-12, U-14 andU-16 boys’ single.

President ofMyanmar TennisFederation U Zaw Zawpresented cash awards towinners of men’s opensingles and doubles.Secretary U Aung ThanWin of Yangon CityDevelopment Committeepresented cash awards toTACCO, All-POWERand YCDC and Pyaponteams which stood first,second and third in teamevent and handed overchampionship trophy toTACCO team.—MNA

Mayor’s CupTennis

winners

Deputy Director-General U Win Aungaddresses closing ceremony of courses of

Education and Training Department of theMinistry of PBANRDA.—MNA

MPSF Vice-President Col Myo Myint (Retd)presents Championship Trophy to

Commerce team. — SPED

Mandalay Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han welcomes Chinesedelegation led by Mr. Zhang Gaoli, member of Central Committee of

the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Secretary ofthe CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.— MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 November, 2008

Mayyu Mountain Range to be covered with rubber farmsArticle : Reporter Singu Soe Win; Photos : Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

A nursery of rubber grafts in Sittway Township, Rakhine State.Manager U Naing Oo

of the PerennialCrops Enterprise(Rakhine State

Branch).

A private-owned rubber farm in Minbya Township, Rakhine State.

(from page 16)Manager U Naing Oo ofthe Perennial Crops En-terprise (Rakhine StateBranch) conducted usround the nursery, say-ing that output of rubbergraft saplings was betterthan that of seedlings, soa 16-acre rubber farmhad been established inthe state; that rubberseeds were sowed ac-cording to the soil andclimate to establish anursery; that in general,rubber seeds were sowedfrom July to September;and that rubber seedsturned bad if they werenot grown in a week, sothey had to take greatcare in the process.

Mayyu MountainRange is about 70 mileslong, and 100,000 acrescan be put under rubberon it. So far, 36 localvillages have grown rub-ber in 2084 acres on themountain range.

Of a rubber plant,latex is exported, andseeds are sowed. Whena rubber tree is old, thetrunk and branches givesawn timber. So, thewhole rubber plant isuseful.

Myanma PerennialCrops Enterprise is dis-tributing rubber grafts atthe rate of K 100 a piecefor the convenience of

entrepreneurs and localgrowers.

Free land allotmentsare allocated to those na-tional entrepreneurs, com-panies and private rubber

farmers wishing to growrubber on a commercialscale on Mayyu MountainRange. They may apply toRakhine State Peace andDevelopment Council forland allotments.

A rubber plant startsto produce latex at the ageof six to seven years. Whena rubber plant is about 10ten years old, its seeds canbe sown for successfulseedlings.

Rubber can be tradedfreely. Now, the face priceof rubber is K 1500 apound.

A rubber plant can beharvested on a commer-cial scale till it is morethan over 30 years old.

Some farmers replace rub-ber plants at the age of 30years with young ones.

Rubber is so valuablethat it is also called whitegold in the figurative senseof the word. In the past,rubber was grown only insome townships ofYangon, Bago andTaninthayi divisions andMon State. Coming to theknowledge of the lucra-tive business of rubberfarming, national entre-preneurs, companies, andindividuals have increasedthe acreage of rubberfarms to over 930,000. Ofthem, about 340,000 acresof farms have begun toproduce latex. In 2007-2008 fiscal year, Myanmarproduced 181.3 million lbsof rubber.

Previously, local peo-ple did not notice that rub-ber grows well in their re-gion. Thanks to the talksand organizing measurescarried out by the MyanmaPerennial Crops Enter-prise, now rubber farminghas become popular inMaungtaw andButhidaung townships ofMaungtaw District,Sittaway, Yathedaung,Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw,MraukU, Minbya,Pauktaw and Myebontownships in Sittway Dis-trict, and Kyaukpyu,Ranbye, Manaung and An

townships of KyaukpyuDistrict, and Thandwe,Taung-up and Gwa town-ships of Thandwe Districtand the acreage of rubberfarms in those regions hasreached more than 29,000.

Rubber is grown at therate of 220 plants an acre.And overall cost for anacre is from one million toover 1.3 million kyatsyearly from the first toseventh year. A healthyprofit of over 19.2 millionkyats can be made froman acre during the periodfrom the eighth to the 30th

year. It is calculated at theprevious rate of 1000 kyatsa pound of rubber. If it iscalculated at the facevalue, the profit from anacre in the same periodwill touch about 29 mil-

lion kyats.Rakhine State also

grows other perennialcrops; oil palm in 110acres, cashew in 15,588acres and physic nut in15,893 acres. The farmsare State-owned and pri-vate-owned ones. TheMyanma Perennial CropsEnterprise demonstratedgrowing perennial crops,and when the farmsshowed successful, it en-couraged local farmers togrow perennial crops.

Rakhine State laggedbehind other regions indevelopment due to poortransport. Unlike in thepast, it has now enjoyedcumulative developmentthanks to new roads andbridges constructed by thegovernment.

The Myanma Peren-nial Crops Enterprise dis-seminated agriculturalmethods and allocatedland allotments and theMyanma AgriculturalDevelopment Bank dis-bursed agricultural loansto local farmers. It pro-vided loans of over K106.4 million to privatefarmers to grow rubber onMayyu Mountain Range.So, all the targeted 1800acres were put under theperennial crop.

Rakhine State has fa-vourable conditions togrow rubber. For exam-ple, it has fertile soil, suit-

able climate and a goodlabour market. If manyentrepreneurs make in-vestments in rubberfarming on a commer-cial scale on the moun-tain range, the guidancethe Head of State gaveduring his tour ofRakhine State in 2004will come to fruition.

Having a growingnumber of rubber farm-ers, An and Minbyatownships have seenrubber producers' asso-ciations, which are nowtaking measures for de-velopment of rubberfarming and collectingrubber for distributingthe product to markets.As a result, local rubberfarmers are doing wellin their businesses.

Now, there havebeen many large-scalerubber farms alongGwa-An Road and An-Sittway Road which arelinking with UnionCoastal Road. The gov-ernment has given greenlight for rubber farms inRakhine State. The re-gion is boosting rubberproduction. Therefore,rubber farmers ofRakhine State willsurely reap the rewardsof their prudent invest-ments.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 17-11-2008

*****

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Christmas wheel : Two gondolas are attached to a ferris wheel at Berlin’sChristmas market in front of City Hall. The Christmas market is set to open

on 24 Nov.—INTERNET

People surround a destroyed car in the slum ofPetare in Caracas on 21 Nov, 2008. Heavy rainslast night have flooded many neighbourhoods

leaving seven dead across the country and at least400 homeless, local media report.

INTERNET

GM to announce moreproduction cuts

DETROIT, 21 Nov—General Motors Corp istelling workers that it willmake further productioncuts at several factories,according to peoplebriefed on thediscussions.

The people did not wantto be identified becausethe announcements werestill being made Friday

Famous NYC food critic loses jobin sour economy

NEW YORK, 21 Nov—One of New YorkCity’s most famousfood critics is out of ajob.

New York magazineconfirmed Thursdaythat Gael Greene —known for herflamboyant hats andinfluential opinions —is no longer working forthe publication.

Magazine spokes-woman Lauren Starkesays that in a “tigh-tening economy, our

company is simply nolonger able to supportfour separate restaurantcritics.” Three othercritics remain.

There was no imme-diate response to an e-mail sent to Greene.

Greene was themaga-zine’s chiefrestaurant critic from1968 to 2002. Afterthat , she wrote aweekly column called“Insatiable Critic.”

Starke says this isGreene’s last week at

Honda to cut global output amid slowing demand

Major shippers skirt Gulf of Aden toavoid pirates

MOGADISHU, 21 Nov— Rampant piracy offSomalia is forcingshipping companies toavoid the Suez Canaland send cargoes of oiland other goods on alonger journey aroundsouthern Africa,

industry officials said onThursday.

Denmark’s APMoller-Maersk isrouting some of its 50oil tankers around theCape of Good Hopeinstead and Intertankosaid many other tanker

firms were doing thesame.

Norway’s Frontline,which ferries much ofthe Middle East’s oil toworld markets, said itwas considering asimilar step.

They were respondingto Saturday’s specta-cular capture by Somalipirates of a SaudiArabian supertankerloaded with $100 millionworth of oil, the biggestship hijacking in history.

Scores of attacks inSomali waters this yearhave driven up insurancecosts for shipping firmsand the decision to divertcargo around SouthAfrica risks pushing upprices for manufacturedgoods and commodities.

“We need immediate

Pirates holding the crew of the Chinese fishingvessel FV Tian Yu 8 guard their hostages on 17 Nov,2008 as the ship passes through the Indian Ocean.The ship was attacked on 16 November in the US 5thFleet area of responsibility and forced to proceed to an anchorage off the Somali coast. —INTERNET

action from governmentsto protect these vital tradelanes — robust action inthe form of greater navaland military support witha clear mandate toengage, to arrest piratesand to bring them totrial,” Intertanko said.

The head of theInternational MaritimeOrganization, EfthimiosMitropoulos, warned of“a series of negativerepercussions” if shipshad to reroute.

He said going aroundthe Cape added about 12days to a typical Gulf-to-Europe voyage, delayingoil supplies, andpotentially raisingfreight rates by 25 to 30percent.

Internet

Tokyo, 21 Nov—Honda Motor Corp saidFriday it will cutproduction in Japan andEurope by 61,000vehicles, as it continues tograpple with slowingglobal demand.

The latest cut meansJapan’s second-largest

automaker will reduceannual production bymore than 140,000vehicles worldwide.

Honda saidproduction at its Saitamaplant, near Tokyo, will behalted through to the endof this month followed bylower daily output,

shaving output by 40,000vehicles.

A cut of 21,000 willbe made at Honda’sWiltshire plant insouthwest England,which makes the popularCivic model. Productionat the the Wiltshire plantwas cut 32,000 vehiclesearlier this year. Hondahad projected an annualoutput of 228,000 at theplant.

The automaker nowexpects its domesticproduction to total 1.27million vehicles, down2.4 percent from the 1.31million projected inApril. Honda said itexpects global

production of about 2.87million vehicles for thefiscal year ending March31, down from its earlierprojection of 3 million.

Tough economicconditions and tightcredit markets have cutinto auto sales across theindustry this year,forcing many auto-makers who producevehicles in the UnitedStates to cut production.

Honda said Thursdaythat it was cutting itsNorth American pro-duction by another18,000 vehicles, bringingthe total production cutsin the US since Augustto 50,000.

Internet

The Chevrolet Volt all-electric concept car isseen on display at the

GM exhibit duringmedia previews for the

Los Angeles AutoShow Wednesday, 19Nov, 2008. The showopens to the publicFriday, 21 Nov.

INTERNET

morning. The extent ofthe cuts was unknown.

GM has announcedthousands of factorylayoffs so far this yearand is cutting its salariedstaff in order to pareexpenses and conservecash. The company hassaid it could run out ofcash by the end of thisyear.

GM and its Detroitcounterparts are seekingbillions of dollars inloans from the federalgovernment. Congressis requiring theautomakers to come upwith plans to becomeviable before it willdecide on the loans.

Internet

the magazine, and her

last review will appear

in Monday’s issue.Internet

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Fishmongers are pictured checking fresh fish at a market in Tokyo. Sushirestaurants, the giant fishing industry in the land is sensing crisis as consum-ers tighten their purse strings amid a recession, and the soaring yen makes it

tougher to compete with imported fish. The fishing industry was alreadyfeeling the pinch from soaring oil prices.—INTERNET

IAEA says Syria site hit by Israelresembled atom plant

Magnate’s bodystolen in Austria

Friedrich Karl Flick .

Early treatment best forAIDS-infected babies

BOSTON, 21 Nov—Sooner is better when it comesto treating infants born with the AIDS virus, HIV, re-searchers reported on Wednesday. A South Africanstudy of 377 babies found that giving newborns drugtherapy right away, and not waiting until conventionaltests showed a higher risk of becoming ill, cut the deathrate by 76 percent.

When doctors withheld therapy until there weresymptoms of AIDS or until immune system cells calledCD4 T-cells dropped to low levels, the death rate was16 percent, the researchers reported in the New Eng-land Journal of Medicine. But among babies who be-gan receiving treatment right away, typically around 7weeks of age, only 4 percent died after about 40 weeksof care.—Internet

Indian boy thrown undertrain for writing love letter

PATNA,21 Nov—A teenage Indian boy was thrashed,paraded through the streets with his head shaved andthen thrown under a train for daring to write a loveletter to a girl from a different caste, police said onThursday.

Fifteen-year-old Manish Kumar was kidnapped bymembers of the rival caste on his way to school, hadhis head shaved and was thrown under a train as hismother begged for mercy, police in the impoverishedeastern state of Bihar said. One man has so far beenarrested and a policeman suspended.

The victim’s mother Lalit Devi told police she hadwatched “helplessly” as the wheels of the train passedover her son.—Internet

COLOMBO, 21 Nov—Security forces fought pitched battles with the Tamil Ti-gers and took control of more rebel defences near their political capital in northernSri Lanka, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Troops mounted three frontal assaults against the Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) in the main battle for Kilinochchi, the de facto capital of the rebels,on Thursday, the ministry said.

The defence ministry has stopped releasing casualty details of its own troops,but said security forces recovered the bodies of two Tiger rebels killed in Thurs-day’s clashes.

There was no immediate comment from the Tigers, but they tacitly admittedthat security forces had breached the main line of defence in the far north of theisland.—Internet

File photo shows Chinese surfing the internet in Beijing. China has developeda sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate

US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressionalpanel has warned.—INTERNET

VIENNA, 21 Nov—ASyrian complex bombedby Israel bore multiplefeatures resembling thoseof a nuclear reactor andUN inspectors found “sig-nificant” traces of ura-nium at the site, a watch-dog report said onWednesday.

But the InternationalAtomic Energy Agencyreport said the findingsfrom an inspectors trip tothe site in June were notenough to conclude a cov-ert reactor was there. It

said further investigationand greater Syrian trans-parency were needed.

Obtained by Reuters,the nuclear safeguards re-port said Syria would beasked to show to inspec-tors debris and equipmentwhisked away from thesite at Al-Kibar in thecountry's eastern desertafter the September 2007Israeli air raid.

The United States gaveintelligence to the IAEAlast April that Washingtonsaid indicated the site was

a reactor that was close tobeing built with NorthKorean assistance and de-signed to produce pluto-nium for atomic bombs.

Syria, an ally of Iranwhose disputed uraniumenrichment programmehas been under IAEA in-vestigation for years, saysthe site destroyed was aconventional militarybuilding and the uraniumtraces must have comefrom munitions used tobomb it.

Internet

VIENNA,21 Nov —Thieves have stolen theremains of a billionairewho died in 2006 fromhis vault in southernAustria, moving graniteslabs to reach his coffin.Police believe they musthave used heavy liftinggear to remove the cof-fin of German-bornFriedrich Karl Flick inthe town of Velden,Carinthia.

Flick, who ran a Ger-man industrial empire

and owned Austria’slargest private forest,died at the age of 79.

Austrian media havespeculated that his bodywas stolen for ransom.

It is believed that thetheft was committed atthe weekend but news ofthe crime only emergedin recent days. The cof-fin was reportedly madefrom solid zinc andweighed more than200kg (441lb). Thegrave-robbers also had toremove heavy graniteslabs to break into thetomb.

He was listed byForbes magazine shortlybefore his own death in2006 as one of theworld’s 100 richest peo-ple. —Internet

Sri Lankatroops say

takingmore Tiger

defences

Google empowers users toedit search results

SAN FRANCISCO, 21 Nov— If Google delivers use-less search results, justerase them and you won’tsee them again.

That’s possible under anew system Google Incunveiled on Thursday.Hoping to give its searchengine a more personaltouch, Google now letsusers reshuffle results sotheir favorite Web sitesget top billing and dis-liked destinations get dis-carded the next time they

enter the same request.It marks the first time

that the Internet’s mostpopular search engine hasallowed its audience to al-ter the order of search re-sults.

Although the revisionswon’t affect Google’sclosely guarded formulasfor ranking Web sites, theMountain View-basedcompany isn’t ruling outeventually tapping intocollective wisdom of thecrowds to tweak its

Internet-searching algo-rithms.

For now, Google simplywants to make specific setsof results more useful toeach individual that comesto its search engine, saidMarissa Mayer, who over-sees the company’s searchproducts. Users will haveto have a personal login totake advantage of the ed-iting feature. “It shouldmake the search resultsmore dynamic,” shesaid.—Internet

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The ‘European Crystal Cow,’ set by Swarowski crystals and owned by aHungarian gallery, welcomes visitors at the Austrian exhibition Luxury

Saloon in Vienna.—INTERNET

This handout image,released on 20 Nov,

2008, shows a perspec-tive view of a mountain

in the eastern Hellasregion of Mars sur-rounded by a lobate

deposit with flow textureson the surface.

INTERNET

Dad’s in-home smoking may harmfamily’s health

NEW YORK, 21 NOV—Fathers-to-be who smokeand want to protect thehealth of their familiesshould take it outside, sug-gests new research fromKorea.

Newborns whose fa-thers had smoked in thehome had higher levels ofnicotine in their hair thanbabies born to non-smok-ing dads, Dr Moon-WooSeong of the NationalCenter in Goyang and col-leagues found. But infantswhose fathers smoked, butonly did so outdoors, hadno more nicotine in theirhair than babies whose fa-

thers did not smoke at all.“Outside smoking sub-

stantially reduces maternaland fetal exposure,” theyconclude.

The study, reported inthe latest issue of theAmerican Journal of Epi-demiology, included 63mother-father-newborntrios. None of the mothersin the study were smokers,or were regularly exposedto second-hand smoke out-side the home. In 27 fami-lies neither parent smoked,fathers only smoked out-doors in 27 of the families,and in 9 families the fathersmoked indoors.

Mothers living withsmokers had significantlymore nicotine and itsbyproduct cotinine in theirhair, Seong and colleaguesfound, but there were nosignificant difference be-tween nicotine andcotinine levels in the hairof babies with non-smok-ing fathers and those withsmoking fathers.

However, when the re-searchers looked sepa-rately at indoor and out-door smoking, they didfind higher nicotine levelsin the children of indoorsmokers compared to out-door smokers.—Internet

Scientists say Copernicus’ remains, grave found

File photo shows an immunologist conducting testson the Ebola virus in a laboratory in Zaire. Scien-tists said Friday an outbreak of Ebola that killed37 people in Uganda last year was sparked by ahitherto unknown species of one of the world’s

most notorious viruses.—INTERNET

In this image providedby the Kronenberg

Foundation in Warsawon 20 Nov, 2008, a

computer-generatedreconstruction of whatastronomer NicolausCopernicus may have

looked like on the basisof a skull discovered in

the cathedral inFrombork, northern

Poland, is seen.INTERNET

WARSAW, 21 NOV—Researchers said Thurs-day they have identifiedthe remains of NicolausCopernicus by comparingDNA from a skeleton andhair retrieved from one ofthe 16th-century astrono-mer’s books. The findingscould put an end to cen-turies of speculation aboutthe exact resting spot ofCopernicus, a priest andastronomer whose theo-ries identified the Sun, notthe Earth, as the center ofthe universe.

Polish archaeologistJerzy Gassowski told anews conference that fo-rensic facial reconstruc-tion of the skull, missingthe lower jaw, his teamfound in 2005 buried in aRoman Catholic Cathe-dral in Frombork, Poland,bears striking resem-blance to existing por-traits of Copernicus.

The reconstruction

shows a broken nose andother features that resem-ble a self-portrait ofCopernicus, and the skullbears a cut mark above theleft eye that correspondswith a scar shown in thepainting.

Moreover, the skull be-longed to a man agedaround 70 — Coper-nicus’s age when he diedin 1543.

“In our opinion, ourwork led us to the discov-ery of Copernicus’s re-mains but a grain of doubtremained,” Gassowskisaid.So, in the next stage,Swedish genetics expertMarie Allen analyzedDNA from a vertebrae, atooth and femur bone andmatched and compared itto that taken from twohairs retrieved from abook that the 16th-centuryPolish astronomer owned,which is kept at a libraryof Sweden’s Uppsala Uni-

versity where Allenworks.—Internet

More research needed intofoodborne diseases

GENEVA, 21 NOV—Foodborne diseases ap-pear to be on the rise inboth rich and poor coun-tries, the World Health Or-ganization (WHO) said onThursday.

More research is neededto determine how muchsickness and death stemsfrom contaminated food,such as the tainted Chinesemilk that caused kidneyproblems in more than

50,000 children and killedfour, and the US salmo-nella outbreak that mademore than 1,400 people ill,WHO director of foodsafety Jorgen Schlundtsaid.An estimated 30 per-cent of new infectious dis-eases originate in bacteria,viruses, parasites, chemi-cals and toxins introducedalong food productionchains, he told an experts’meeting.

“There are some indica-tions that the foodbornedisease burden is increas-ing. But there is not verygood data, it is difficult tosay exactly what is hap-pening,” Schlundt said.

About 2.2 million chil-dren die each year fromdiarrheal illnesses includ-ing cholera caused by dirtywater, food, and poor sani-tation, according to theUnited Nations agency.

Food products neededto be monitored at everystage of their handling,Schlundt said.—Internet

Astronauts end 2nd space-walk at space station

In this image from NASATV, mission specialist

Shane Kimbrough cleansand lubricates the end ofthe International Space

Stations’ robotic armduring a space walk,Thursday,on 20 Nov,

2008.—INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL, 21Nov — Spacewalking as-tronauts performed morerepair work on a jammed

joint at the internationalspace station on Thursday,keeping a tight grip on alltheir tools so nothing wouldget away this time.

A $100,000 tool bag waslost during the first space-walk of the mission twodays ago.To everyone’s re-lief, HeidemarieStefanyshyn-Piper andShane Kimbrough deftlystepped through their workwithout any mishaps. Theyhad double- and triple-checked their equipmentbefore venturing out tomake certain everythingwas tied down.—Internet

Top US justice official collapsesWASHINGTON, 21 Nov — US attorney general Michael

Mukasey collapsed and lost consciousness while givinga speech on national security, the US justice departmenthas said.

Mr Mukasey, 67, was taken to a hospital for treatment,where his spokesman said he was conscious and alert.

Associate attorney general Kevin O’Connor said MrMukasey had suddenly started shaking and thencollapsed.

The former federal judge has been the top US lawenforcement official for about a year.

The attorney general was giving an address to theFederalist Society for Law and Public Policy at a hotelin Washington at the time he collapsed.

He was looked after by members of his own securitydetail until an ambulance arrived to take him to GeorgeWashington University Hospital.—Internet

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S P O R T S

MADRID, 21 Nov — Spain coach Vicente delBosque had the unenviable task of taking over LuisAragones’s Euro 2008 winning squad in July, but hasmore than proved he has the management skills neededto extend their incredible run.

The European champions capped their “annusmirabilis” with a 3-0 win over Chile on Wednesday,their 16th victory in 16 matches in 2008, includingthe Euro 2008 penalty shootout win over Italy, andare unbeaten in 28 games stretching back to a 1-0 de-feat against Romania in Cadiz in November 2006.

As well as winning their first major trophy in 44years, Spain jumped to the top of the FIFA worldrankings and head World Cup qualifying Group Fivewith four wins out of four.

Former Real Madrid boss Del Bosque said it hadbeen an “unforgettable” year and he hoped 2009 wouldbe just as good if not better.

“The players demonstrated their qualities and theirability to shake off man-markers,” Del Bosque saidafter the victory over Chile in Villarreal.

“It’s a group of players that is united, ambitiousand that enjoys itself on the pitch.”

Against the Chileans, Spain again showed some ofthe fluid attacking football that made them so devas-tating at Euro 2008.—Internet

Del Bosque pushing Spain onto new heights

MILAN, 21 Nov — In-ter Milan coach JoseMourinho and Juventuscounterpart ClaudioRanieri clash for real onSaturday (1930 GMT) af-ter a number of verbalspats between the formerChelsea bosses.

The pair are far frombeing best of friends giventheir recent past, differingstyles and their clubs’Serie A rivalry.

Ranieri built up a de-cent Chelsea side only tobe sacked in 2004 andwatch Mourinho take overand lead the London clubto two Premier League ti-tles.

The debate about howmuch credit each man de-served for Chelsea’s suc-cess rumbles on and al-

(L-R) Argentina’s Davis Cup tennis playersAgustin Calleri, Jose Acasuso, Juan Martin Del

Potro, David Nalbandian and team captain AlbertoMancini, and Spanish Copa Davis team captain

Emilio Sanchez Vicario, and tennis players DavidFerrer, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco and

Marcel Granollers pose for pictures with thetrophy of the championship after the draw of the

Davis Cup final.—INTERNET

Mourinho and Ranieri finallyclash on the field

Inter Milan coach JoseMourinho.—INTERNET

LONDON , 21 Nov — Arsenal manager ArseneWenger wants FIFA and UEFA to investigate if play-ers who missed this week’s international friendlies lineup for their clubs this weekend or in ChampionsLeague games next week.

“Theoretically, if you do not play in the nationalteam, you cannot play in the game after in the cham-pionship — that is the rule,” Wenger told reporters onThursday.

“It would be very interesting for FIFA and UEFAto make a study of any players who have not playedin any national team, and who will play on Saturdayor on Tuesday and Wednesday in the ChampionsLeague.”

England were hit by the withdrawal of a host ofkey players, including injured duo Frank Lampard andSteve Gerrard, before their friendly with Germany inBerlin on Wednesday.

The timing of this week’s plethora of friendlies hascontinued the club versus country debate, with manymanagers fearing that key players will pick up inju-ries at a hectic stage of the season.

“The sad situation in that friendly game, mid-No-vember, before games five and six in the ChampionsLeague and before important fixtures in the Leagues,is that many players have pulled out because thisfriendly is very badly positioned,” added Wenger.

“We never withdraw any player. Our players, un-less they have a big injury, we send them. We askthem to be cautious with them, especially in friendlygames, and this usually happens with national teams,because they are not crazy.

“But this game was not well positioned because itdoesn’t prepare them. There is no official game be-fore March now and it is just in front of very impor-tant games for the clubs.”—Internet

Wenger calls on FIFA toprobe player withdrawals

MEXICO CITY, 21 Nov— Mexican media calledon Sven Goran-Eriksson toquit as national coach onThursday, a day after hisside lost to Honduras andavoided an early WorldCup exit by the skin oftheir teeth. Eriksson’s teamsneaked into the final stageof the CONCACAF zonequalifiers on goal differ-ence ahead of Jamaica af-ter Wednesday’s embar-

most as soon asMourinho arrived atchampions Inter in June,a personal feud began.

The charasmatic anddirect Mourinhoconstrasts markedly withthe avuncular and calmRanieri. The Portuguesehas criticised Ranieri’sknowledge of Englishand accused the 57-year-old of being too long inthe tooth among otherjibes.

Ranieri has mixedviews about his rival.

“I don’t like it how hecreates controversies,” hetold Gazzetta dello Sport.“I like the fact all playerssay good things abouthim — it shows he has agood relationship.”

The long rivalry be-tween the clubs, whohave consistently battledagainst each other for theItalian title, is just as in-tense and if not more sothan the Milan city derby.Inter versus Turin-basedJuventus is called the“Derby of Italy”.

Internet

Mexican media demand Eriksson’sresignation

Sven Goran-Eriksson.

rassing 1-0 defeat in SanPedro Sula.

Mexico, who had twoplayers sent off, took onlyone point from three awaygames in semi-finalGroup Two, where theyalso suffered a humiliat-ing defeat in Jamaica andwere held 2-2 by Canada.

“Kick him out. It onlycosts $4 million,” said thesports daily Record, refer-ring to a penalty clause inEriksson’s contract if he issacked.

“If they want, Recordwill pay the first dollar.”“We’ve qualified for the fi-nal stage but that’s wherethe dreams of a countrycould go down the drainalong with millions of dol-lars and a golden genera-tion,” added the newspaper.

Internet

Woods and Harrington front-runnersfor Player of the Year

MIAMI ,21 Nov — World number one Tiger Woodsand multiple major winner Padraig Harrington of Ire-land are in the running for the 2008 PGA Tour Playerof the Year award.

US Open champion Woods and Harrington, whoclinched the British Open and PGA Championship,have been nominated with American Kenny Perry,Fijian Vijay Singh and Camilo Villegas of Colombia,the Tour said on Thursday.

Perry won three PGA Tour titles this season withinseven weeks, three-times winner Singh clinched thelucrative FedExCup and a $10 million (6 millionpounds) bonus and Villegas claimed the last twoplayoff events.—Internet

Germany’s Ballack dependencyall too obvious

BERLIN, 21 Nov — Germany’s chronic case ofBallack dependency must have made Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat by England uncomfortable viewing for coachJoachim Loew.

Loew won a trial of strength with his captain lastmonth when Michael Ballack was forced to apolo-gise for a newspaper interview in which he criticisedthe coach.

Ballack’s main concern seemed to be that Germancoaches are too ready to discard senior players, andparticularly since the defeat by Spain in the final ofEuro 2008. Loew makes no apology for judging hisplayers on form rather than reputation but in that sensethere will have been plenty to worry him in the matchagainst England.—Internet

Spain choose Lopez over Verdasco forCup singles

MAR DEL PLATA, 21 Nov —Spain captain EmilioSanchez Vicario ignored the world rankings as he choseFeliciano Lopez as his second singles player for theDavis Cup final against Argentina, ahead of FernandoVerdasco.

“It has been difficult to take the decision,” SanchezVicario, missing world number one Rafael Nadalthrough injury, told reporters after Thursday’s drawfor the Nov 21-23 final.

“Fernando is a little bit ahead in the rankings butFeliciano has shown a bit more in training.”

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Shan State and Taninthayi Division,weather has been partly cloudy in Kachin, Rakhine States,upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon and AyeyawadyDivisions and generally fair in the remaining areas. Nighttemperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) above November av-erage temperatures in Kayah State, Mandalay, Bago,Magway and Ayeyawady Divisions, (5˚C) above No-vember average temperatures in Shan and Mon Statesand about November average temperatures in the re-maining States and Divisions.The noteworthy amountsof rainfall was Loilem(2.09) inches.

Maximum temperature on 20-11-2008 was 87˚F.Minimum temperature on 21-11-2008 was 70˚F. Rela-tive humidity at (09 :30) hours MST on 21-11-2008 was64%. Total sunshine hours on 20-11-2008 was (8.5) hrsapprox.

Rainfall on 21-11-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (140.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mphfrom East at (09:30) hours MST on 21-11-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the NorthBay partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22th November2008: Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershow-ers in Taninthayi Division, weather will be partly cloudyin Kachin, Rakhine, Shan and Kayah States, Sagaing,Mandalay, Bago and Yangon Divisions and generallyfair in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of cer-tainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the whole coun-try.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 22-11-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for22-11-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 22-11-2008: Partly cloudy.

Weather outlook for last weekend of November2008: During the coming weekend, weather will be partlycloudy in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay Divi-sions.

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Radar sees through the dirt covering thesecraters.—INTERNET

Radar finds paydirt inancient impact craters

Chauffeur guilty of throwing lover offSydney’s suicide Gap

Study shows messiness leadsto behavior decline

WASHINGTON, 21 Nov—�Does a messy neighbour-hood make a difference on how people act? It suredoes! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycleschained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in howpeople behaved in a series of experiments.

A bit of litter or graffiti didn’t lead to predatorycrime, but actions ranging from littering to trespass-ing and minor stealing all increased when people sawevidence of others ignoring the rules of good behavior,Dutch researchers report in Thursday’s online editionof the journal Science.

In normal behavior most people try to act appro-priately to the circumstances, explained lead authorKees Keizer of the faculty of behavioral and socialsciences at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.But some tend to avoid effort or seek ways to gain forthemselves.Things like littering an area or applyinggraffiti change the circumstances by indicating thatothers are not behaving correctly, which weakens theincentive for people to do the right thing.—Internet

SYDNEY, 21 Nov— Acourt on Friday found aformer chauffeur guilty ofthrowing his lover to herdeath off Sydney’s fa-mous suicide spot, TheGap, because he fearedshe would leave him anddivulge information abouthis stockbroker boss.

The decision by theNew South Wales stateSupreme Court jury endeda 13-year case involvingAustralia’s best-knownstockbroker, Rene Rivkin,

who killed himself later,a blonde model, an inter-national police hunt andtwo trials.

Former chauffeurGordon Wood threwCaroline Byrne, 24, offThe Gap in 1995, a sheercliff drop of 55-plus me-tres (180-plus feet) intothe ocean, because shewanted to leave him, theprosecutor told the Su-preme Court during thetrial.

Internet

HOUSTON , 21 Nov—Scientists led by a Uni-versity of Texas geologistreport that data from anunmanned NASA spaceprobe suggests there’smuch more ice on Marsthan previously thought.

The Mars Recon-naissance Orbiter, ac-cording to an article inthe journal Science, hasidentified several dirt-covered glaciers—incl-uding one that is threetimes longer than the cityof Los Angeles and up toa half-mile thick. Theglaciers may be remnantsof warmer conditions on

the Red Planet.Earlier this year, an-

other spacecraft, NASA’sPhoenix Mars Lander,scratched below the dirt-covered plains of theplanet’s North Pole touncover a glistening slabof ice.

The latest findings,from a team of 11 scien-tists led by John W. Holtof the University ofTexas, will appear in to-day’s edition of Science,a publication of theAmerican Association forthe Advancement of Sci-ence.—Internet

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YANGON, 21 Nov – The final matchof the Third Grand Royal ChallengeCup 2008 and a prize-presentation cer-emony took place in the football groundof Yangon Youth Training Centre(Thuwunna) at 3 p.m. today. Among thespectators was Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.

In the match, Myanmar beat In-donesia 2-1. At the prize presentationceremony, Director U Zaw Htaik ofIBTC presented man of the match award

Myanmar win Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008to team captain Soe Myat Min; Presi-dent of Myanmar Football FederationU Zaw Zaw, gifts to the referees;Managing Director U Aung MoeKyaw of IBTC, best player award toYazar Win Thein; and MFF PresidentU Zaw Zaw, individual awards andUS$ 7500 to the runner-up Indonesianteam.

Minister Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint presented individual awards,US$ 15000 and the championship tro-phy to the Myanmar team. —MNA

Mayyu Mountain Range to be covered with rubber farmsArticle : Reporter Singu Soe Win Photos : Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

While we members of the Myanma Alin Dailymedia team were in Sittway, Rakhine State, Chair-man of Rakhine State Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of Western Command Maj-GenThaung Aye received and instructed us to observerubber farms established according to the motto"Mayyu Mountain Range must be covered with rub-ber farms", roads and bridges, and regional develop-ment. In compliance with the instructions, we visitedthe nursery and oil palm plantations near the Re-gional Control Command.

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A nursery of rubber seedlings in SittwayTownship, Rakhine State.

Football fans seen at the final

match of the 3rd Grand Royal

Challenge Cup 2008.

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Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye

Myint presents Championship

trophy to Myanmar team.

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