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Volume XIX, Number 49 8th Waxing of Nayon 1373 ME Thursday, 9 June, 2011

President U Thein Sein receives Thai goodwilldelegation led by Supreme Commander of Royal

Thai Armed Forces General Songkitti JaggabataraNAY PYI TAW, 8 June—President of the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein

Sein received a Thai goodwill delegation led

by Supreme Commander of Royal Thai

Armed Forces General Songkitti Jaggabatara

at the President Office here at 3 pm today.

Also present on the occasion together

with President of the Republic of the Union of

Myanmar U Thein Sein were Vice-President

Dr Sai Mauk Kham, Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services General Min Aung Hlaing,

Union Minister for Defence Maj-Gen Hla

Min, Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-

Gen Ko Ko, Union Minister for Border Affairs

President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar U Thein Sein

greets Supreme Commander of RoyalThai Armed Forces General Songkitti

Jaggabatara at thePresident Office.

MNA

President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar U Thein Sein

receives Thai goodwill delegationled by Supreme Commander of

Royal Thai Armed Forces GeneralSongkitti Jaggabatara at the

President Office.MNA

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* Strengthening of national solidarity* Building and strengthening of discipline-flourish-

ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the Constitution

Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

opment, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical

know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of

the State and the national peoples

Four economic objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

Four social objectives

and for Myanma Industrial Development

Maj-Gen Thein Htay, Union Minister at the

President Office U Thein Nyunt, Deputy

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint,

Director-General at the President Office U

Min Zaw, Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw

of the Protocal Department under the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Myanmar

Military Attaché to Thailand.

The Thai delegation was accompanied

by Thai Ambassador to the Republic of the

Union of Myanmar Mr Apirath Vienravi and

Military Attaché Colonel Prachern

Chaiyakit.—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 DesireThursday, 9 June, 2011

Be professionalsBeprofessionalsBeprofessionalsBeprofessionalsOver 100 national races are living in the

nation in unity and amity. The Governmentis focusing priority on development tasksacross the Union including border areas,spending over K 344 billion on developmentof border areas and national races.

In so doing, priority is being given toeducation sector of border areas that hadlagged behind in academic matters for manydecades. Thanks to more and more openingbasic education primary, middle and highschools, over 200,000 national race studentsare enjoying learning opportunity in theirregions this year.

With the aim of turning out humanresources, the government is producing highly-qualified intellectuals and intelligentsia whowill participate in regional development tasks.Nationalities Youth Resource DevelopmentDegree College in Yangon and Mandalay areconstantly turning out technicians.

Up to 2010, these two degree collegeshave produced 1503 BA and BSc graduatesand engineering diploma holders. At present,they are discharging duties as State servicepersonnel in regions and states and servingthe interest of their assigned areas and people.

This year’s graduate youths willdischarge duties at their native regions andborder areas. The outstanding students willpursue further education. On arrival at theirnative areas, the graduates are to maintaintheir physical and mental qualifications in theirworks. They are to try their best to becomeoutstanding persons in their educational fields.

A large number of good public servicesare needed to build a modern, developeddemocratic new nation. They all are toconstantly uplift their proficiency and moralityso as to make utmost efforts for serving thenational and regional interests.

NAY PYI TAW, 8June — Union Ministerfor Energy U Than Htayreceived Deputy Ministerat the Prime Minister’sOffice of the Republic ofKorea Mr Hong Yun Sikat his office hereyesterday.

At the meeting,they openly discussedmatters related topromotion ofopportunities for naturalresources exploration,providing technicalassistance and holding 5th

meeting of Myanmar-

Myanmar, Korea discuss to promote energy sector

Korea committee oncooperation in explorationof energy and naturalresources.—MNA

Union Minister for Energy U Than Htayreceives Deputy Minister at the Prime

Minister’s Office of the Republic of KoreaMr Hong Yun Sik and party.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8June— Union Minister forElectric Power No. 1 UZaw Min receivedPresident Mr Eero Auranneof AF-Colenco Ltd ofSwitzerland and party atthe hall of the Ministry ofElectric Power N0. 1 herethis morning.

The meetingtouched upon consultationfor ongoing hydropowerprojects in Myanmar.

MNA

Union EP-1 Minister receives President of AF-Colenco

NAY PYI TAW, 8June— Union Minister forHealth Dr Pe Thet Khinreceived ManagingDirector Mr YoshinoriKomaru of MyanmarYutani Co Ltd and MrToshiyuki Shibata ofDaiyukai MedicalFoundation of Japan at hisoffice, here, this morning.

They discusseddonations of hospitalequipment by DaiyukaiMedical Foundation ofJapan to North OkkalapaGeneral Hospital andSanpya General Hospitalin Thingangyun Townshipand future donation plans,conducting trainingcourses on X-ray andrenal subjects in Japanand future cooperationprogrammes.—MNA

Japanese guests call on Union HealthMinister

Union Minister for Health Dr Pe Thet Khin receives ManagingDirector Mr Yoshinori Komaru of Myanmar Yutani Co Ltd and

Mr Toshiyuki Shibata of Daiyukai Medical Foundation of Japan.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—The Kayah Staterainy season tree growing ceremony for 2011 tookplace in front of University of Computer Studies(Loikaw) yesterday.

Kayah State Chief Minister U Khin MaungOo and party planted teak saplings togetherministers of Kayah State. At the ceremony, thosepresent grew 2000 teak saplings.

The Chief Minister viewed learning ofstudents at UCS (Loikaw) and renovation ofTechnological University (Loikaw).—MNA

Kayah State Chief Ministergrows teak saplings

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US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 8 June— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since theUS and its allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the

country to 8 June reached 706089 and the total number of seriouslyinjured people reached 1279086, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number

1. Death toll of Iraqi people 706089

2. The total number of seriously injured people 1279086

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 8 June—The NATO troops led by the US have invadedAfghanistan and they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion ofthe NATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 33949 Afghan people were

killed and 41478 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troopsled by the US invaded Afghanistan to 8 June.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 339492. Seriously injured Afghan people 41478

Internet

BOGOTA, 8 June—A grenade attack killed three police officers on Mondayand injured at least 10 others in Colombia, authorities said Tuesday.

Armed men, believed to be members of the Revolutionary Armed Forcesof Colombia (FARC), the country’s largest rebel group, launched the attackat a police station in Argelia, a rural area in the southern Cauca Province.

The grenade exploded at about 8 pm (0100 GMT) when the policemenwere eating, killing three officers, Cauca’s Governor Guillermo Gonzalez toldthe local media.—Xinhua

PESHAWAR, 8 June—A Pakistani government official says five NATO oiltankers burned after an explosion at the Afghan border.

Tahir Khan says the Tuesday explosion ripped through a parking area atthe Torkham border crossing, where the tankers go through customs beforecrossing into neighbouring Afghanistan.

He said he did not know who was responsible or what caused theexplosion. Islamist militants usually attack the tankers elsewhere in Pakistan.

Most supplies for NATO and its allied US forces pass through two routesin the country.—Internet

Explosion burns 5 NATO oil tankers in Pakistan

A security official stands near oil tankerswhich were set ablaze by a bomb blast near

the main border crossing of Torkham, on theoutskirts of Landikotal on 7 June, 2011.

XINHUA

Grenade attack kills three policemen, injuresat least 10 others in Colombia

ISLAMABAD, 8 June—At least 19 people werekilled Wednesday whena US drone fired fourmissiles at a compoundin the outskirt ofMiranshah, the maintown of North Waziristantribal area in northwestPakistan, local mediareported.—Xinhua

Drone attackkills 19 inPakistan’stribal area

DURANGO, 8 June—Two gunmenstormed into a drug rehabilitationcenter in the northern city of Torreonon Tuesday, killing 11 people andwounding two.

The Attorney General’s Office inCoahuila State said the motive for theattack or the gang responsible werenot clear yet.

Drug cartels are known to userehab centers to recruit addicts, leadingrival gangs to attack the centres.Dozens of people have died inshootings at centres across Mexico.

Gunmen kill 11 at drug rehab centre in Mexico

KHOST, 8 June—Aroadside bomb shockedSabari District in easternKhost Province onTuesday casualtiesfeared, an official said.

“The blast happenedin a bazaar at around10:00 am local timeinjuring 10 people,

Roadside bomb rocks Afghan eastern town,wounds 10 peopleAn Afghan woman

collects waste items at

a garbage site on the

World Environment

Day in Kabul,

Afghanistan on

5 June, 2011.

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An Afghan girl carries

a sack on her head,

containing waste items

on the International

Day for Children at the

market in Kabul,

Afghanistan on

1 June, 2011.

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including sevencivilians,” governor ofSabari District DaulatKhan Qayumi toldXinhua. Those receivedinjuries in the blastinclude seven civiliansand three Afghansoldiers, the officialfurther said. It was a

roadside bomb organizedby Taleban militants andstruck a vehicle ofAfghan troops in a bazaar,the official added.Taleban militantsfighting Afghan andNATO-led troops haveyet to make comment.

Xinhua

The worst incident left 19 people deadin Chihuahua City last summer.

Other attacks at drug centres havetaken place in Ciudad Juarez, acrossthe border from El Paso, Texas, and inthe northern state of Durango. Bothareas have been plagued with violencesince President Felipe Calderonlaunched an offensive against drugcartels when he took office inDecember 2006.

More than 35,000 people havebeen killed in drug-related violenceacross Mexico since then.—Internet

Iraqi securityforces inspect the

scene of a roadsidebomb attack

targeting a policepatrol, wounding afew civilians, policesaid, in Baghdad,

Iraq, on 8 June, 2011.

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This 2006 Solarand Heliospheric

Observatory(SOHO) Extreme

ultravioletImaging Telescope(EIT) image shows

a flare on theSun.—INTERNET

Soyuz heads to ISS carrying Russian, US,Japanese astronauts

A Soyuz TMA-02Mcarrying US astronaut

Michael Fossum, Russiancosmonaut Sergey Volkovand Japanese astronautSatoshi Furukawa blasts

off from the Russian-leased Baikonur

cosmodrome to theInternational Space

Station (ISS).INTERNET

BAIKONUR, 8 June—A Soyuzspacecraft lifted off on Tuesday witha Russian, a US and a Japaneseastronaut aboard headed for theInternational Space Station (ISS).

The spacecraft carrying AmericanMike Fossum, Russian Sergei Volkovand Satoshi Furukawa of Japan liftedoff at about 2012 GMT from thelaunchpad at Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

“The flight is normal,” the controlcentre told the international crew.

The three will join RussiansAlexander Samokutyaev and Andrey

Borisenko and American RonaldGaran aboard the ISS where they willspend the next half year.

Fossum is a veteran of two shuttleflights while Volkov has already hadone stint aboard the ISS in 2008.Furukawa is making his first spaceflight. The spacecraft is scheduled tohook up with the ISS on Thursday at2122 GMT.

The launch comes just a monthbefore NASA is scheduled to launchthe space shuttle for the last time beforeit is taken out of service.—Internet

A Rainbow forms overthe Ulu Baram

rainforest in the Miriinterior, eastern

Malaysian Borneostate of Sarawak, in

2007.—INTERNET

Progress too slow on saving tropical forestsPARIS, 8 June—All but seven percent of the world’s tropical forests are

“managed poorly or not at all” despite efforts to boost sustainability, accordingto a major report released Tuesday.

Forces driving forest destruction across four continents — including risingfood and fuel prices, and growing demand for timber — threaten to overwhelmfuture conservation efforts, warned the 420-page study by the Japan-basedInternational Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), an intergovernmental agencygroup that promotes sustainable use of forests.

“Less than 10 percent of all forests are sustainably managed, and we expectdeforestation to continue,” said Steven Johnson, ITTO’s communications director.

“The economic rationale is just so compelling. Revenue streams coming fromstanding forests just can’t compete against conversion to agriculture or biofuelcrops, pasture land for livestock, or palm oil plantation,” he said by phone.

Internet

Nintendo debutstouchscreen Wii

successorLOS ANGELES, 8 June—Nintendo

has introduced the world to the Wii’stouchy new big brother: the Wii U.

The Japanese gaming giant onTuesday unveiled the Wii video gameconsole’s successor, which willbroadcast high-definition video andfeature a touchscreen controller thatcan detect motion and interact withwhat appears on a television display.

“Up until now, home consolegames had to occupy the TV screenin order to be played,” said Nintendopresident Satoru Iwata. “The newcontroller for Wii U, with its 6.2-inchscreen built in, means you won’tneed to give up your gameplay whensomeone else comes in the room andwants to watch a TV programme.”

The white touchscreen controller,reminiscent of Apple Inc’s iPad andother tablet computers, can broadcaststandard-definition video but alsofeatures a directional pad,microphone, dual analog sticks,speakers, two pairs of shoulderbuttons and a front-facing camera,which can be used to make videocalls.

Internet

Reggie Fils-Aime, President ofNintendo of America, introduces

their new gaming console the Wii Uduring a news conference at the E3Gaming Convention in Los Angeles,

on 7 June, 2011.—INTERNET

Sony sees brisk sales of new handheld games deviceLOS ANGELES, 8 June—Sony Corp

online gaming network, accessedthrough its iPhone and other mobiledevices, now boasts of 50 millionusers.

But despite the competition,Sony’s Hirai said the aim is to makea profit on hardware sales of the newhandheld PlayStation Vita in less thanthree years. That contrasts with thePlayStation 3 home console, whichanalysts say initially cost the companyhundreds of dollars per unit to sell

and took years to make a profit afterlaunching in 2006.

Jay Defibaugh, an analyst at MFGlobal, said Sony’s Vita could outsellthe PlayStation Portable.

“I think it’s definitely possible,although I don’t model that right now,given the bigger emphasis onconnectivity,” he said. “All thingsconsidered, the handheld market hasmore exposure to the increasingpopularity of smartphone-basedgaming.”

In a separate interview, the headof Sony Computer Entertainment’sUS division, Jack Tretton, said theVita would go on sale in Japan by theend of the year, while launches insome regions could be pushed into2012.—Reuters

Ken Lee uses a Sony PlayStationMove motion controller to play avideo game during the Electronic

Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles,on 7 June, 2011.—INTERNET

Facebook, Microsoft back AT&T’sT-Mobile buy

WASHINGTON, 8 June—Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, Yahoo! and othertechnology leaders have come out in support of AT&T’s proposed $39 billionacquisition of T-Mobile saying it could help meet rising demand for wirelessbroadband. “Today, consumers are increasingly using smartphones, tablets,laptops and other mobile devices to wirelessly connect to the Internet and toeach other,” the companies said in a letter to Federal CommunicationsCommission chairman Julius Genachowski.

“As a result, consumer demand for wireless broadband is dramaticallyincreasing and our wireless networks are struggling to keep pace with thedemand,” they said in the letter published on the FCC website. “AT&T’sacquisition of T-Mobile represents a near term means of addressing the risingconsumer demand,” they said. “For example, the merged company will beable to leverage a larger network of cell sites allowing greater reuse ofspectrum and increasing the wireless broadband capacity of the network.”

“The FCC must seriously weigh the benefits of this merger and approveit,” the companies said.—Internet

Sun unleashes flare, stormand particles

GREENBELT, 8 June— The United States’ spaceagency says it observed the sun unleashing a solarflare, a small radiation storm and a spectacularcoronal mass ejection Tuesday.

The large cloud of particles mushroomed upand fell back down, covering almost half the solarsurface, a NASA release said.

NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory observedthe flare’s peak at 1:41 am EDT, recording a largeburst of gas, unusual in that many areas in theeruption seemed to contain cool material — coolfor the sun, that is, as less than 80,000 degreesKelvin. The coronal mass ejection sent bright plasmaand high-energy particles roaring away from thesun at more than 800 miles per second.

Although not aimed directly at the Earth, theejection should deliver a glancing blow to Earth’smagnetic field during the late hours of Wednesdayor Thursday, NASA said, and may provide skywatchers with observable auroras.—Internet

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UN summit to set treatment target forAIDS sufferers

UNITED NATIONS, 8 June—A UNAIDS summit starting Wednesday mustset key figures on how many peoplewill get special treatment to hold backthe disease which has killed nearly 30million people in the past threedecades.

And as 30 heads of state andgovernment gather at the UNheadquarters key funding nations aredigging their heels in on how manyshould qualify for drugs and therapieswhich new research has showed isbraking the spread of of AIDS.

Presidents Goodluck Jonathan ofNigeria, Paul Kagame of Rwanda andAli Bongo of Gabon, whose countryheads the Security Council in June,will be among leaders at the three daysummit.

The Medecins Sans Frontieresgroup has called on the summit to putnine million people on AIDS treatmentover the next four years in the face of“strong opposition from several keyfunders.”

There are an estimated 34 millionpeople living with AIDS and morethan nine million are still not gettingtreatment, according to UN statistics.

An Indonesian doctor (R) talks toan HIV/AIDS patient duringconsultation at a governmenthospital in 2010.—INTERNET

About 6.6 million people are gettingdrugs and the rest do not know theyhave AIDS.

Negotiations over the figure, whichcould change the cost by hundreds ofmillions of dollars, continued right upto the start of the summit, diplomatssaid.

“The world needs an ambitiousHIV/AIDS treatment target with a planattached to make it a reality — becauseit will be meaningless if countries aren’twilling to come up with the cash andactions needed to break the back of theepidemic,” said MSF’s AIDS policyadvisor Sharonann Lynch.—Internet

UK considers tougher approach to foreigntakeovers

LONDON, 8 June—What do Britain’s majorairports, most of itsutilities, the top drugstorechain, one of its biggestbrewers and the makerof the nation’s favouritechocolate bar have incommon? All are ownedby foreign companies.

They have beensnapped up in recentyears in a rash oftakeovers that is raisingconcerns about howmuch of this islandnation has fallen toprofit-seeking investorsfrom abroad.

While the UnitedStates and manyEuropean countries havestrict regulations barring

This is a 19 Jan, 2010file photo of a woman asshe carries a child past a

logo outside theheadquarters of Cadbury

in Birmingham,England.INTERNET

foreign control of manybusinesses, Britain hasbeen largely content inthe belief it has more togain than lose from itsrelaxed takeover rules.

But last year’scontroversial $18.5billion takeover by KraftFoods Inc of 195-year-old Cadbury PLC, makerof the Dairy Milk bar,stirred up nationalistsentiment and promptedthe government toconsider a tightening ofthe legislation.

With its decision ona so-called Cadbury Lawdue in just a few weeks,debate is raging aboutwhether Britain shouldbecome more protec-

tionist.On the one hand,

unions argue that moreforeign takeovers hurtBritons’ job prospects.On the other, businessesand legal experts say thatputting up barriers toentry will block crucialinvestment and enco-urage tit-for-tat prac-tices. Britain hasconsistently attractedmore foreign directinvestment than anyother European country.According to analyticsfirm Dealogic, forei-gners have spent morethan $1 trillion onacquiring 5,400 Britishcompanies in the pastdecade.—Internet

Ford eyes India, China to hit 50 percentgrowth target

DETROIT, 8 June—Ford Motor Co(FN) is aiming to expand its presence inthe fast-growing auto markets of Indiaand China with an eye toward increasingthe number of vehicles it sells per yearby 50 percent by the middle of thedecade.

Ford also said on Tuesday that itwould cut its debt by 15.7 percent toabout $14 billion by the end of June,bringing it to less than half the $33.6billion it was carrying in 2009. Thecompany wants to regain an investment-grade debt rating, which it sees as

necessary to resuming paying adividend, but it does not expect toreinstate its dividend before next year.

Chief Financial Officer Lewis Boothtold investors at a meeting in NewYork City that Ford planned to cut itsoverall debt to about $10 billion by themiddle of the decade.

“We believe we will achieve andmaintain an investment-grade ratingthrough the business cycle,” Boothsaid.

The No 2 US automaker, like itsrival General Motors Co (GM.N), islooking to markets other than the UnitedStates because of lingering weaknessin the economy. The company said itwould concentrate on small cars,popular in developing economies, andthat it was aiming for sales of small carsto represent 55 percent of total vehiclesales by 2020.

Small cars currently represent about48 percent of Ford’s total vehicle sales.

“They are going to have to do a lotof scrambling in Asia,” said GeorgeMagliano, director of auto industryresearch for IHS Automotive Insight.“They are latecomers in Asia. GM tookthe risk in China and has a bigger stakenow.”—Internet

A new Ford Ranger Wildtrak isdisplayed during the first media day

of the 81st Geneva InternationalMotor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva

on 1 March, 2011.—INTERNET

Wrinkles can predict woman’s bonebreak risk

WASHINGTON, 8 June—Wrinkles on a woman’sface may be able to predicthow likely she is to sufferfrom bone fractures,according to a US studyreleased Monday.

That’s because thelevel of proteins in theskin and bones are linked,so if a woman’s face andneck are severelywrinkled, she faces ahigher risk of bonebreakage due to bonedensity loss, said YaleUniversity researchers.

Researchers exa-mined 114 early post-menopausal women,whose last menstrual

period was within threeyears, as part of anongoing clinical trial atnumerous sites in theUnited States.

They measured thewomen’s skin at 11locations on the face andneck, both visually andusing a device known asa durometer to assess howrigid the skin was on theforehead and cheek.

Bone mass anddensity were measuredwith a portable ultrasoundand X-ray. “We found thatdeepening and worseningskin wrinkles are relatedto lower bone densityamong the study

participants,” said LubnaPal, associate professor inthe Department ofObstetrics, Gynecologyand Reproductive Scienceat Yale School ofMedicine. “The worse thewrinkles, the lesser thebone density, and thisrelationship wasindependent of age or offactors known toinfluence bone mass.”

More resilient skinwas linked to better bonedensity, said the studyreleased at the EndocrineSociety meeting in thenortheastern city ofBoston, Massachusetts.

Internet

Wrinkles on a woman’s face

may be able to predict how

likely she is to suffer from

bone fractures, according to

a US study.

INTERNET

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CPC delegation leavesfor Latin America tour

BEIJING, 8 June—A delegation of the CommunistParty of China (CPC) left here Wednesday forgoodwill visits to Bahamas, Colombia, and Brazil.

The delegation, headed by Wang Lequan, amember of the Political Bureau of the CPC CentralCommittee, pays the visits at the invitation of theruling parties and governments of the three countriesabove.

Wang is also deputy secretary of the Politicaland Legal Affairs Commission of the CPC CentralCommittee.—Xinhua

Membersof ChinaDisabledPeople’s

PerformingArt Troupeperform in

BanjaLuka,

capital ofRepublikaSrpska, on

7 June,2011.

XINHUA

KATHMANDU, 8 June—In a bid to publicize thecountry’s varioustourism destinations andpromote domestic tour-ism by disseminatingtourism related informa-tion, the 4th NationalTourism Fair is going tobe held from 10 Junethis year in Kathmandu.

Participants from 62districts and varioustourism related organi-zations are taking part inthe three-day fair, LilaBahadur Baniya, mana-ger at the Nepal TourismBoard (NTB) told a PressConference organized inthe capital on Tuesday.

There will be around100 stalls of varioustourism-related organi-zations from across thecountry. In the fair,documentaries andbooklets on new tourismdestinations and well-established ones will bedemonstrated, Baniyasaid.

Unlike the previousfairs, around 10 tourcompanies will beparticipating in this year’sfair with their domestictour packages for varioustourist destinations, hesaid. “During the fair, wewill offer a trainingprogramme andworkshop to participantsfrom the different districtson developing tourpackage.”

Xinhua

Nepal to holdTourism Fair

in capital

On-time arrival rate of US major airlinesdown in April

WASHINGTON, 8 June—The overallon-time arrival rate of America’s 16largest airlines fell moderately in Aprilafter last month’s rising, according todata released Tuesday by USDepartment of Transportation (DOT).

The Transportation Departmentsaid the 16 carriers reporting on-timeperformance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 75.5 percent inApril, down from the 85.5 percent on-time rate of April 2010 and lastmonth’s 79.2 percent rate.

Hawaiian Airlines showed beston-time performance with reporting a

94.1 percent arrival rate, followed byAlaska Airlines (89.5 percent) andAirTran Airways (82.0 percent). Incontrast, ExpressJet Airlines recordedthe lowest on-time arrival rate with68.0 percent, according to the data.

With respect to cancellations, thecarriers canceled 2.0 percent of theirscheduled domestic flights, comparedto 0.7 percent in the same period of2010 and 1.3 percent last month.Meanwhile, Hawaiian Airlines alsoshowed lowest rate of canceled flightswith 0.1 percent.

Xinhua

CHICAGO, 8 June—The US National Guard saidthat an F-16 crashed early Tuesday afternoonduring a routine training flight in southernWisconsin, the United States, while the pilot ejectedsafely, according to a report of Wisconsin StateJournal.

The F-16 from the Madison-based 115th FighterWing went down while doing a training flightfrom Volk Field. The pilot onboard was picked upsouth of the town of Chester in Adams County andis being medically evaluated.

US Air Force was requested by the NationalGuard to probe the cause of the accident.

Xinhua

Fighter jet goes down inWisconsin

OTTAWA, 8 June—A Canadian policeman shot dead a garbage collectorand a bystander Tuesday in downtown of the second largest city of Montreal,local media reported. The incident began when a police officer approached aman in his 40s who was allegedly disturbing the peace and overturninggarbage cans at around 6:40 am (1140 GMT).

Police sources were quoted as saying that the man brandished a knifebefore the police officer chased and fired shots about a block away from theinitial encounter. The man was hit, as was an innocent bystander, a 36-year-old man, on his way to work. Both were rushed to hospital and werepronounced dead.

The reports said four police officers were also taken to hospital to betreated for an alleged shock.

Witnesses said the garbage collector, who was believed to be homelessand was well-known in the area, was slashing garbage bags and overturninggarbage bins and throwing the trash into the street when police, answering acall, moved in to intercept him. The incident was under investigation by localpolice authorities and no reason was given yet why police felt it necessary toopen fire.—Xinhua

False tip leads to search for bodies in USstate of Texas

HOUSTON, 8 June—A phone tip from a tipster that dozens of bodies wereburied in a rural Texas home proved to be false, US officials said Tuesday.

Earlier Tuesday, US media reported that police were launching aninvestigation after being alerted by a tipster that 25 to 30 bodies, which arethose of children and were dismembered, were buried at an wooded rural areain Liberty County, Texas.

However, by 8 pm Tuesday, Liberty County Judge Craig McNair said thatno bodies were found inside the house. Cadaver dogs were inside and foundnothing, according to ABC.

McCraw confirmed that the initial report to local authorities of the massgrave came from a tip provided by a self-professed psychic. “There was a tip,but no bodies have been found,” McCraw said.

Police obtained a search warrant but found nothing out of order afterentering the suspicious property and making a fruitless search, the report said.

A search was underway for the tipster who gave the false information, thereport said.—Xinhua

People buy fruit juice to keep cool in blisteringheat of mid summer at a stall on footpath in

Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on 7 June, 2011.The high temperature that soared up to 40

Celsius degree over the last few days has beenaggravating the plight of the commoners in the

South Asian country.—XINHUA

Canadian policeman kills garbage collector,bystander

A folio edition of William Shakespeares’ plays is seen at Sotheby’s auctionhouse in London. The death of Shakespeare’s relative may have providedthe inspiration for tragic heroine Ophelia, the doomed object of Hamlet’s

love, Oxford University researchers claimed Wednesday.—INTERNET

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Union Minister for Information and for Culturedonates cash to new building of Mintaingbin BEHS

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June— Union Minister forInformation and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan,accompanied by Sagaing Region Minister forEducation U Tin Win and departmental officials,inspected construction of two-storey four-classroombuilding at Basic Education High School inMintaingbin Model Village of Pale Township inMonywa District on 6 June morning.

Pale Township Administrator U Aung KyawSoe and officials reported on stockpiling ofconstruction materials, construction of schoolbuildings and its progress. The Union Minister stressedthe need to construct the building with better floor androofs, carry out sanitation at the school buildings,classrooms and school environs, keep dust bins andurged teachers and students to participate in sanitationtask.

The Union Minister and party attended the cashdonation for construction of new building togetherwith local people, teachers and students.

In his address, the Union Minister said that thegovernment formed eight work committees fordevelopment of rural areas and poverty alleviation.The task to improve socio-economic life of rural peopleis one of the eight tasks. Such task includes ruraleducation, health and human resource development.Construction of new building at Mintaingbin BEHS isundertaking of the tasks for development of socio-economic life of rural people. He stressed the need towidely implement socio-economic life of rural peopleacross the nation. Next, officials accepted K 34.5million including K 6.1 million for construction ofschool building donated by Union Minister U KyawHsan and family, K 3 million by Union Minister for

Sein, 1300 dozens of exercise books for basic educationschools in Pale Township and Sagaing Region Hluttawrepresentative U Tint Swe, 2550 books for libraries inPale Township.

Officials of Mintaingbin Model Village and 15surrounding villages donated K 8,450,000 for extendedbuilding of Mintaingbin BEHS to the constructioncommittee members.

Townselder U Chit Myaing spoke words of thank.He said that Pale Township lagged behind indevelopment of education sector in the past. In 1969,a total of six students passed the matriculationexamination in the whole township. The studentspursued education at basic education high level inMonywa and Mandalay. Now, the township hasdeveloped much. Pale Township has three BEHSs,three BEHS branches, 15 BEMS branches, oneAffiliated BEMS, 43 Post-Primary Schools, 51 BEPSsand seven BEPS branches. Many schools can admit alarge number of students. Mintaingbin Village locatedat the hub of the township has BEHS admitting 1766students in 2011-2012 academic year. Such numberof students is three times larger than those of BEHS inPale. Therefore, the school in Mintaingbin needsschool buildings and furniture for increased numberof students. So, Union Minister U Kyaw Hsanorganized the donations for the students.

Thanks to dam projects, the region becomes theadvanced agricultural area. In addition to North Yama,South Yama, Hlaingchaung, Kantdaunt and NorthYama Supporting Dam projects, Satha DiversionWeir is under construction. Due to achieving success inagriculture sector, the local people are enjoying fruitsof improved businesses. As a matter of fact, economic

development can contribute to educationaldevelopment. Moreover, school heads and villageauthorities concerned from other villages who attendedto the cash donation ceremony of the Union Ministercan use embankments of dams and roads by motorbike.Such facilities can be seen as development symbols. Inconclusion, he thanked Union Minister U Kyaw Hsanand people of Pale Township for their contributions toeducation, health, economic, social and transport sectorsof the township.

After the ceremony, the Union Minister andparty cordially greeted the local people.—MNA

Commerce U Win Myint, K 3 million by USDPHeadquarters, K 900,000 by Hluttaw representative UTun Tun (Chairman of Tirawmani Gems Co) and K21.5 million by the arrangements of Union Minister UKyaw Hsan. Moreover, officials accepted K 1 millioneach for construction of libraries in Zibyugon, Hnawyoe,Inmahti, Chinpyit, ChaungU and Shaukyingon villages,K 6 million for Dhammayon in Pale Township Hall andbooks for Amay Mya Library in Kyaukphyagan Village.

Sagaing Region Minister for Education U Tin Windonated 500 sets of middle and high school textbooks,Vice-Speaker of Sagaing Region Hluttaw U Thaung

Deputy Health Minister visitshospitals in Mon State

NAY PYI TAW, 8June—Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Win Myinton 2 June met the medicalsuperintendent, officialsand staff at MawlamyineGeneral Hospital aftervisiting its departments.

He also met trainees

at Nurses and MidwiferyTraining School inMawlamyine. In theafternoon, he visitedKyaikkhami StationHospital of Thanby-uzayat Town-ship,Thanbyuzayat TownshipPeople’s Hospital,

Mudon TownshipPeople’s Hospital,Kamawat StationHospital of MudonTownship and attendedto the needs.

On 3 June, thedeputy minister inspectedPaung Township

People’s Hospital,Yinnyein StationHospital and ThatonDistrict People’sHospital.

On his inspectiontour, the deputy ministerstressed the need toprovide health careservices to the peoplewith goodwill andfulfilled the requirementsof staff.—MNA

Union Minister U Kyaw Hsan presents cashfor construction of school building in

Mintaingbin Model Village of PaleTownship.—MNA

Union Minister

for Information

and for Culture

U Kyaw Hsan

views construction

of school

building in

Mintaingbin

Model Village in

Pale Township.

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Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw Committeescontinue legal paper reading session

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Members of PyithuHluttaw Committees and Amyotha HluttawCommittees continued the legal paper readingsession for the second day at Hluttaw Office herethis morning.

It was attended by Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerThura U Shwe Mann, Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker UKhin Aung Myint, Deputy Speaker of PyithuHluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa, Deputy Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttaw U Mya Nyein, members of BillCommittees, Public Accounts Committees, HluttawRights Committees and the Government’sGuarantees, Pledges and Undertakings Vetting

Committees from Pyithu Hluttaw and AmyothaHluttaw, professors/deans, professors and lecturersof universities.

Deputy Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U NandaKyaw Swa presided over the morning session.

Professor/Dean Dr Mon Mon Tar of theDepartment of Law of Dagon University read thepaper “Maritime Lien”, and Professor Dr Khin ChitChit of the Department of Law of MagwayUniversity “Analytical Study on Utmost GoodFaith in Insurance Contract”.

Deputy Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U MyaNyein chaired the afternoon session. Lecturer

Dr Mi Khin Saw Aung of the Department of Law ofMonywa University read the paper “Legal Issueson the Continental Shelf”, Professor Dr Ma Ma Layof the Department of Law of Yangon University ofDistance Education, “Development of JudicialSystem in Myanmar”, Professor Daw Than Htay ofthe Department of Law of Yatanapon University,“Study on Exclusion of Oral by DocumentaryEvidence”, and Lecturer Dr Khin Nwe Aye of theDepartment of Law of Monywa University, “Burdenof Proof in Legal Proceedings”.

Attendees held all-round discussions about thepapers.—MNA

Union EP-2 Minister visits powerstations in Shan State (North)

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Union Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 U KhinMaung Soe on 4 Junediscussed construction for66 KV power grid Hsenwi-Kutkai section (10.5miles), Kutkai-Tamoenyesection (14.86 miles),Tamoenye-Monesi section(22.24 miles) and Monesi-Laukkai section (30.10miles) and progress ofsurvey for power lines atTamoenye electrical

engineer’s office in KutkaiTownship.

He inspected supplyof electricity to Tamoenyethrough two 150-KVAdiesel generators and thechosen for constructionof 66/11 KV Tamoenyesub-power station. On 5June, the Union Ministerinspected functions ofMuse sub-power station,Namhkam sub-powerstation, Namhkam andKutkai Township

Electrical Engineer’sOffices, Hsenwi sub-power station andpreparation forconstruction of switch bayto install 66 KV Hsenwi-Kutkai power line.

At the Shan StateEngineer’s Office inLashio, the Union Ministermet engineers and staff andgave necessaryinstructions. Later, he visited66/11 KV 5MVA LashioSub-power Station.—MNA

Kachin State assigns duties to officials

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Kachin State assignedduties on projects for2011-2012 at City Hall ofMyitkyina yesterday.

Kachin State ChiefMinister U La John NganHsai called formaterialization of theplans for 2011-2012, thefirst year of the fifth five-

year plan, implementationof tasks maintainingsuccess in 2010-2011, thelast year of the fourth five-year plan, and meetingthe targets in theagriculture, industrial andservice sectors.

Head of Kachin StatePlanning Department UThan Tun reported on the

plans for 2011-2012based on plans for 2010-2011.

The chief ministerassigned duties for 2011-2012 fiscal year to statelevel departmentalofficials andadministrators of districtGeneral AdministrationDepartments.—MNA

Deputy Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Mya Nyein makes an opening speech at legal paper reading session in the presence of Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura U Shwe Mann and Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint.—MNA

Union Minister for Electric Power No. 2 U Khin Maung Soe inspects two150-KVA diesel generators in Tamoenye.—MNA

Kachin State Chief

Minister U La John

Ngan Hsai assigns

duties for 2011-2012

fiscal year to an

administrator

of district General

Administration

Departments.

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NAY PYI TAW, 8June—Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices General Min AungHlaing met a Thai good-will delegation led bySupreme Commander ofRoyal Thai Armed ForcesGeneral SongkittiJaggabatara at ZeyathiriBeikman here at 11.50am today.

Together withCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Gen-eral Min Aung Hlaing atthe call were Deputy Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Lt-Gen Soe Win, Lt-GenHla Htay Win of the Of-fice of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Ad-miral Nyan Tun, Com-mander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-

Defence Services C-in-C meets SupremeCommander of Royal Thai Armed

Forces General Songkitti Jaggabatara

fence Services, and theMilitary Attaché ofMyanmar Embassy toThailand. The Thai del-egation was accompa-nied by Thai Ambassa-dor to the Republic of the

discussed matters for pro-motion of friendly rela-tions between the armedforces, and cooperationbetween the two armedforces for ensuring stabil-ity and peaces in border

luncheon in honour of theThai delegation led by Su-preme Commander ofRoyal Thai Armed ForcesGeneral SongkittiJaggabatara and wife.

MNA

True patriotism * It is very important for everyone of

the nation regardless of the place helives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriot-ism all the nationalities will have tosafeguard.

Gen Myat Hein, seniormilitary officers from theOffice of the Com-mander-in-Chief of De-

Union of Myanmar MrApirath Vienravi and theThai Military Attaché.

The two sides

areas.The Commander-

in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices and wife hosted a

Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesGeneral Min Aung Hlaing meets Thai

goodwill delegation led by SupremeCommander of Royal Thai Armed Forces

General Songkitti Jaggabatara at ZeyathiriBeikman.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 8June—The Ministry ofSports held its sixthmonsoon tree-growingand fingerlings releasingceremony at its officehere this morning.

Union Minister forSports and for Hotels andTourism U Tint Hsan andDeputy Minister U AyeMyint Kyu planted a sap-ling each of Seintalonemango and viewed the

Ministries plant saplings, releasefingerlingsprocess of growingSeintalone mango sap-lings.

The minister andstaff set free 24,000fingerlings into the damnear the office.

So far, the Ministryof Sports has planted11,646 saplings of trees.

At the similar cer-emony of the Ministryof Hotels and Tourism,the Union minister

planted a sapling ofgangaw tree, and DeputyMinister U Htay Aung, asapling of starflower tree.Staff collectively plantedsaplings of various trees.

The minister and staffset free 10,000fingerlings into the damof the ministry.

Up to now, the Min-istry of Hotels and Tour-ism has planted 14,636saplings.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—The Thaigoodwill delegation led by SupremeCommander of Royal Thai Armed ForcesGeneral Songkitti Jaggabatara and wife,accompanied by Chief of Staff GeneralTanasak Patimapragorn and wife andIntelligence Director Lieutenant GeneralSurapong Suwana- adth, arrived at NayPyi Taw Airport by special Royal ThaiArmed Forces flight at 10.45 am today.

The delegation was welcomed

Thai goodwill delegation led by SupremeCommander of Royal Thai Armed Forces

and wife arrive in Nay Pyi Taw

there by Adjutant-General Maj-Gen KhinZaw Oo and wife.

The delegation also received awelcome at the airport from Commanderof Nay Pyi Taw Command Brig-GenMaung Maung Aye and wife, Thai Am-bassador to the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Mr Apirath Vienravi, ThaiMilitary Attaché Col Prachern Chaiyakit,Myanmar Military Attaché to ThailandCol Win Maung and officials.—MNA

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Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Oo and wife welcomeThai goodwill delegation led by Supreme Commander of Royal Thai

Armed Forces General Songkitti Jaggabatara and wife.—MNA

UnionMinister

for Sportsand forHotels

and Tour-ism U Tint

Hsanplants amangotree at

monsoontree plant-

ing cer-emony.

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NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Union Minister forFinance and Revenue U Hla Tun this morning helda meeting with staff members of Pension Departmentunder Ministry of Finance and Revenue at themeeting hall of the ministry here.

At the meeting, he instructed them to paygreat attention to works since the department helpsretirees receive retirement pensions, before lookingaround a computer room including other sections inthe department.

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Union F&R Minister meets pensiondepartment staff

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Union Minister for Com-merce U Win Myint re-ceived Indonesian Ambas-sador to Myanmar MrSebastianus Sumarsono atthe ministry here today.

Myanmar, Indonesia seek way to cooperate in trade

They discussedmatters relating to boostingtrade and potentials forcooperation in trade andbusiness between the twocountries.

Also present at the call

were Director-General UKhin Maung Lay of Di-rectorate of Trade, Direc-tor-General U Aung Minof Border Trade Depart-ment and officialsconcerned.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8June— Rakhine StateChief Minister U Hla

Rakhine State Chief Minister upliftsregional tasks in Maungtaw

Maung Tin on 6 Junemorning made an inspec-tion tour of Maungtaw

forms.And he comforted

the patients who were

Township where helooked into the construc-tion site of Bridge No. 1/15 that would be an en-trance to the town uponcompletion.

He held a meetingwith district/townshiplevel departmental headsand townselders at ThiriMingalar Hall ofMaungtaw, after visit-ing Basic EducationHigh School andWomen’s VocationalTraining School inMaungtaw.

He then encouragedstudents learning at No.1 BEPS, and providedthem with school uni-

receiving medical treat-ment at the station hos-pital in KyeinchaungVillage where he lookedinto a new two-storeystructure of BEHS, anda new two-storeybuilding in NgakhuraVillage.

Yesterday morn-ing, he met townshiplevel departmentalheads, socialorganization membersand townselders atU Ottama Hallof Buthidaung and leftnecessary instructionson agricultural sectorand education sector.

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NAY PYI TAW, 8 June— The 19 May issues ofnewspapers reported thebomb blast on No 3-UpYangon-Mandalay trainbound for Mandalay on18 May which left twopassengers dead andnine injured.

In response to theexplosion, the authori-ties concerned con-ducted the detailed in-vestigation. Accordingto the tip-off, theofficials arrested culpritKyaw Di (a) Marino, sonof U Phu Te, ofDawalawchi village inLeikthorado village-tractin Thandaung Townshipin Kayin State.

Kyaw Di (a) Marinoconfessed that three

Bomber of train blast arrestedLegal action to be taken against him

years ago, he joinedKNU insurgents groupin Lekho village, at-tended two-weekexplosive course andworked for KNU as cookfor two years. Explosionin-charges from regi-ment (5) of KNU Bri-gade (2) Captains ShahLit Kwe, Saw Ka Htaw,Sha Mwe Hla and SawHtoo Sae contactedhim and assignedto explode the train.He also studiedToungoo-Pyinmana-Kintha Junction-Pinlaung route to makehis escape afterexplosion. Shah Lit Kweand Saw Ka Htawprovided him with mineand taught him the in-

stallation of the minewhich was powered bythe dry cell battery withtwo twisted wire.

He disclosed that hebrought the mine inplastic bag covered bypaper with two separatebatteries on the incidentday. Shah Lit Kwe, SawKa Htaw and Saw HtooSae gave him K 20,000and Yangon-MandalayUp train ticket and sawhim off at ToungooStation. They alsoinstructed him not toattach the battery to themine before the trainarrived at Nay Pyi TawRailway Station, to fixthe battery when thetrain was slow down asit left Nay Pyi Taw

Railway Station toactivate the mine, andthen to jump down fromthe train. He took No 3-Up train and was besidethe lavatory without seatwith the given ticket. Asthe train left Nay PyiTaw Railway Station, hefixed the battery, put themine on luggage rackand jumped down fromthe train while the trainwas slow down wherethe rail tracks wererepaired at milepost(248/21). He heard theblast from the train justabout two minutes afterhe took off the train.After the blast, heabsconded towardsPinlaung crossing thepaddy field and creek.He hided at farm housesalong his escape route.Thanks to thecooperation of public,

Rakhine State Chief Minister U Hla Maung Tin holds meeting withdepartmental heads, social organizations members and townselders.

MNA

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Union Minister for Financeand Revenue U Hla Tun meets staff of

Pension Department.MNA

Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint receives IndonesianAmbassador to Myanmar Mr Sebastianus Sumarsono at the ministry.—MNA

he was detained at nighton 29 May. He admittedthat he carried out theexplosion by the assign-ment of KNU insur-gents.

Legal action will be

taken against Kyaw Di(a) Marino who is guiltyfor the train explosionwhich left two passen-gers dead and nine othersinjured.

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23 killed, six missing in floods,mudslides in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 8June— Heavy rainhammered southern Haitifor a seventh straight dayTuesday, triggeringfloods and mudslides andcausing houses andshanties in the capital tocollapse. The officialdeath toll was 23 butcould rise as remnants ofthe storm lingered.Haitian authorities listedsix people as missing.

Runoff from the rainsent rivers surging andflooded many homes aspeople scrambled to theirrooftops. The slow-moving storm systemalso toppled trees anddebris blocked streetsthroughout the capital.

People watch rescue efforts after a deadlylandslide was triggered by heavy rains inPort-au-Prince, Haiti, on 7 June, 2011.

INTERNET

At least 23 peoplewere killed and more thana dozen injured, saidEdgar Joseph, aspokesman for Haiti’sCivil Protection

Department. Most of thedeaths were in Port-au-Prince and they includedtwo who died over theweekend, he said.

Internet

Buenos Aires airports reopen aftervolcanic ash disruption

BUENOS AIRES, 8 June—Argentina’s main airports in BuenosAires reopened Tuesday after ashesspewed by a volcano in Chilegrounded all flights for two days.

Ezeiza International Airport hasbeen reopened and domestic andregional flights at the MetropolitanAirport have been resumed, thoughsome smaller airports remain closed,transportation authorities said.

Safety of air traffic in the reopenedterminals can be guaranteed, said theauthorities. Chile’s Puyehue volcanoon Saturday erupted for the first timein half a century.

Earlier, more than 100 flights havebeen canceled in Argentina due to atowering plume of ash blown into thecountry’s air space from the volcano.In Chile, flight cancellations werealso imposed in Santiago Airport.

Besides Argentina, the cloud of

volcanic ashes also reached thesouthern region of Brazil.

So far, the cloud is restricted to theBrazil-Uruguay border region andwould not affect the air traffic in thenearby city, according to sources ofthe Brazilian Air Force. However,flights between Brazilian cities andfour other South American countries—Argentina, Uruguay, Chile andParaguay—had to be canceledbecause of danger caused by thesmoke in those areas, according tolocal airliners. On Tuesday alone,Brazil’s TAM airline companycanceled a total of 32 flights, and Golairline canceled 19.—Xinhua

A girl poses for photos beside arabbit sculpture in Beijing 798 ArtZone in Beijing, capital of China,

on 6 June, 2011. —XINHUA

Quake shakes south Peru city; noinjuries reported

LIMA, 8 June—An earthquake that Peruvian authorities putat a magnitude of 5.0 has shaken the southern Peruvian City ofTacna. There are no reports of damage or injuries.

The Peruvian Geophysics Institute says the quake struck at10:06 pm (0306 gmt) at a depth of 100 miles (165 kilometres).

The US Geological Survey’s posted an initial magnitude of6.0 for the Tuesday night quake on its website. It put the locationat 81 miles (130 kilometres) northeast of Tacna, a sparselypopulated region. Police spokesman Elvis Arce tells TheAssociated Press from Tacna that the quake’s shaking causedsome panic but no damage or injuries have been reported.

Internet

Firefighters gather tohead to the forest firescene of Tianwanggou

woodland inLiancheng NationalNatural Reserve ofYongdeng County,northwest China’s

Gansu Province, on 7June, 2011. A firebroken out on thenational nature

reserve on Tuesdaynight due to lightning

strike. The fire hasscorched about 750mu or 50 hectaresforests here. The

Liancheng NationalNatural Reserve,

located 140 km awayfrom the provincialcapital of Lanzhou,covers an area of47,000 hectares

between the QilianMountains and Loess

Plateau. TheTianwanggou

woodland is 200 kmaway from Lanzhou.

XINHUA

5.3-magnitude quake hits China’sXinjiang with two major aftershocksBEIJING, 8 June— An earthquake measuring 5.3 degrees on the Richter

Scale hit Toksun County, Turpan Prefecture in northwest China’s XinjiangUygur Autonomous Region at 9:53 am Beijing Time Wednesday, accordingto the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

The epicentre was monitored at 43.0 degrees north latitude and 88.3degrees east longitude with a depth of about five kilometres, the centre said.

Two major aftershocks measuring 4.2 and 4.1 degrees respectively on theRichter Scale struck the same site in Toksun County at 9:54 and 10:00,according to the centre. The epicentres of the aftershocks were at 43.0 north,88.3 east and 42.9 north, 88.3 east respectively. No casualties or damageswere reported.—Xinhua

Drivers turn

on their

lights as

thunderstorm

poured in

Beijing,

capital of

China, at

dusk on 7

June, 2011.

XINHUA

Another patient suspected ofE coli hospitalized in Poland

WARSAW, 8 June—Another patientsuspected of Escherichiacoli was admitted tohospital in Gizycko,northeastern Poland, onTuesday, local mediareported.

On Monday Poland’sfirst E coli infection casewas confirmed by testsconducted by theNational Institute ofHygiene. Poland’s first Ecoli patient, a 29-year-old woman permanentlyresiding in Germany anddiagnosed with thebacteria, has beenreceiving treatment in ahospital in Szczecin innorthwestern Poland forover two weeks.

Two men suspectedof E coli have beenhospitalized in Szczecin.They both had returnedfrom Germany shortly

before they fell ill.Another man suspectedof E coli was hospitalizedin Ostroleka in centralPoland also returned fromGermany. A boy withhaemoly t i c -u raemicsyndrome ( HUS), adisease characterized byhemolytic anemia causedby the E coli patogenicbacteria, has beenhospitalized in a Warsawhospital. The E coliepidemic originated inGermany. The RobertKoch Institute said thenumber of registeredinfections in Germanyrose to 2,325 Tuesday,with those in otherEuropean countries stillstanding at about 100.

The outbreak haskilled a total of 23 peopleacross Europe in the pastmonth.

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First prize in the Against TheLights category went tophotographer ThomasKurat for his photo “Alps atNight”. It shows the starrysky above a misty Alpinevalley and village lights inAustria. The Against TheLights category highlightsphotos that show people howbad the problem of light pol-lution has become. INTERNET

A Slovenian family adopted a three-and-half-month-old bear cub that strolled intotheir yard about 30 days ago. Although theLogar family would like to put the cub in afenced enclosure, veterinary authoritieswould prefer to move it into a shelter for wild animals.— INTERNET

Two-star chef shinesat Sofitel Wanda

BeijingBEIJING, 8 June — Sofitel Wanda

Beijing's Le Pre Lenotre French Gas-tronomic Restaurant is proud to host acuisine event centered on the savoir-faire of Rene Meilleur, the two-MichelinStar chef of La Bouitte restaurant inSaint Martin de Belleville, France. It isMeilleur's first trip to China. He willbring to Beijing his signature dish,"duck liver cutlet on a corn cake andacacia honey", which he has served foryears at La Bouitte.

"I think it will be popular in the Chinamarket, as the taste is a mix of saltinessand sweetness, which is often used inChinese cuisine," he says. Meilleur'sfascination with food began at age 14,when he lived at a ski resort. — Xinhua

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MOROTAI VOY NO (156)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MOROTAIVOY NO (156) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 9.6.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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 dischargeof cargo from the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CMA-CGMPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (581)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (581) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 9.6.2011 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 BANGMUNNAK VOY NO (150)

Consignees of cargo carried on MVBANGMUNNAK VOY NO (150) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel will be arriving on 9.6.2011 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of S.P.W(1) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO, LTD

Phone No: 256916/ 256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PULAU CEBU VOY NO (38)Consignees of cargo carried on MV PULAU

CEBU VOY NO (38) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 9.6.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(3) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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: EASTERN-CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/ 256914

A line of visitors tour oncamels at MingshaMountain, or SingingSand Mountain during thetraditional Chinesedragon boat festival inDunhuang, northwestChina's Gansu Province,on 6 June, 2011. XINHUA

Bodies of 3 boaterspulled fromLake Erie

LEAMINGTON, 8 June —Searchers on Mondayfound the bodies of threepeople missing since theirboat crashed near a LakeErie marina in Canada onSunday night, authoritiessaid.Ontario ProvincialPolice said the crash oc-curred about 11 pm onSunday at the Leaming-ton Marina when the boatstruck a break wall, CJBK-AM, London, Ontario,reported.

Police were withhold-ing the names of the twomen and one woman whodied until their familiescould be notified, the ra-dio station said. Two otherwomen were pulled fromthe water alive and weretaken to a hospital butwere expected to survive.Police were investigatingthe cause of the crash.

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Body ID’d after a year in Chicago morgueCHICAGO, 8 June — A

body lying in a morgue inChicago for more than ayear has been identified as awoman missing since Janu-ary 2010, authorities said.Carmelita Johnson haddisappeared on 5 Jan , 2010,and though her decom-posed, waterlogged bodylay in the Cook Countymorgue, no one knew it,WGN-TV, Chicago, re-ported on Monday."I'm veryupset and angry that it tookthis long to identify mymother's body," one of herfour daughters, LeslieJackson, said this morning.

Although DetectiveRandolph Riley, the initialinvestigator on the case, had

told the family he wouldcollect DNA samples tocompare to a sample fromthe body in the morgue, henever did and the case lan-guished. A second investi-gator, Detective PamelaChilds, took over the casebut was unable to gather

DNA because of the extentof decomposition ofJohnson’s body. Last week,Childs got hold of Johnson'smedical records andmatched them with CaseNo. 146 at the Cook CountyMedical Examiner’sOffice. —Internet

Rolls-Royce and Daimler takecontrol of Tognum

Tognum alreadysupplies engines to

Mercedes-Benz ownerDaimler.—INTERNET

LONDON, 8 June — UKengine maker Rolls-Royce and German auto-motive giant Daimlerhave taken control ofGerman engineeringgroup Tognum after theirlatest offer was acceptedby a majority of share-holders. The offer, whichvalues the company at3.4bn euros ($5bn; £3bn),was accepted by 60% ofshareholders. The jointventure now controlsalmost 60% of Tognum.

Last month, the engineand turbine maker rejectedthe joint venture's bid of

3.2bn euros made earlierthis year. Daimler, whichowns luxury carmakerMercedes Benz, alreadyowns a 28% stake inTognum. "Daimler andRolls-Royce are verypleased with this convinc-ing result," Daimler saidin a statement.—Internet

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BEIJING, 8 June—Chinese mainlandmoviegoers will be ableto watch “NorwegianWood”, the award-winning film adaptationof Haruki Murakami’snovel of the same name,in the near future.

The Japanese film is

“Norwegian Wood” to hit mainland screens

A still photo from TranAnh Hung’s film

“Norwegian Wood”.

about love and life wonbest cinematography atthis year’s Asian FilmAwards. It wasnominated for GoldenLion at last year’sVenice Film Festival.

Xinhua

the creation of Vietnam-born French directorTran Anh Hung. It haspassed a review byChina’s film bureau, andis ready for release atlocal cinemas, Sohu.comreports.

A special screening,attended by directorTran, is scheduled duringthe 11 to 19 JuneShanghai InternationalFilm Festival. Tran willserve as a member of thefestival’s maincompetition jury.

The 1960s-era drama

Colin Firth

LONDON, 8 June—Oscar-winning actor ColinFirth has turned into an author of a publishedscience report after a research he commissionedlast year on the human brain was completed andreleased. Firth was invited to guest edit Radio 4’s“The Today” Programme in Britain in Decemberlast year and as part of the show, he asked scientiststo scan politicians’ brains to find any differencesdepending on their political leanings.

The research has now been completed andpublished in journal Current Biology and lists Firthas one of the report’s co-authors, reportscontactmusic.com.

John Jost, a professor at New York University,has hailed the work saying: “It is a usefulcontribution because it builds on and extendsprevious work. It will probably be several yearsbefore we understand the full meaning of theseresults. In the meantime, the field of politicalneuroscience could do worse than having ColinFirth as a scientific ambassador.”—Internet

Colin Firth co-authorsscience report!

LONDON, 8 June—Troubled actressLindsay Lohan, who isunder house arrest, hasbecome addicted to icepops.

She has stockedwith ice pops herfridge at her Venice,California, home. Notonly that, she keepsher fridge full ofvegetables andchicken. She is alsoordering out a lot. Herfavourite is the grilledsquid from Gjelina andjust about anythingfrom Star of Siam, alocal Thai joint,reports tmz.com.

The actress was lastmonth ordered toundertake three yearsprobation, serve 120days in jail andcomplete 480 hours ofcommunity service forjewellery theft andbreaching the terms ofher 2007 probation.

Lohan, who

Lindsay Lohan addicted toice pops

Famous Thai TV star Captain (R), Aom (C) andPang (L) show up at the Press conference at the

17th Shanghai TV Festival in east China’sShanghai, on 7 June, 2011.

A Press conference for Thai TV series was heldon Thursday to promote their programmes.

XINHUA

Lindsay Lohan

pleaded no contest tostealing a $2,500necklace, had until 17June to report to theprison but it isthought she wanted todo it sooner ratherthan later so that shecan begin shootingfor her new movie,“Gotti: ThreeGenerations”.

She cannot leavethe house until 29June.

Internet

A man shows tattoo onhis head during theFifth International

Tattoo Convention inColombian capital

Bogota on 6 June, 2011.

A Florida woman said she wasn’t surprised tosee a bear in her backyard — but she didn’t expectit to take a dip in her pool.

Jenny Sue Rhoades was watching TV whenshe noticed a large black bear walking through thebackyard of her southwest Seminole County home,the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.

She was accustomed to seeing bears in heryard before, as she lives near Wekiva Springs StatePark.

But this bear pressed his nose against thescreen surrounding her pool, and then walkedthrough it “like it was made of butter,” she said.

The weight of about350,000 books aCanadian Prairies couplewanted to save fromburning is damaging asecond house theybought to shelter them,officials say.

Shaunna Raycraftand her husband live inthe remote town of PikeLake, Saskatchewan,southwest of Saskatoon.Months ago, a neighbourwho collected books diedand the man’s widow saidshe wasn’t interested inthe uncatalogued

Twins pose for a photo during “Twins DayOut” in New Delhi, capital of India, on 5

June, 2011. The activity, organized byInternational cell phone maker Nokia, brought

together more than 60 twins of different age.

An owner celebrates as two dogs ride on oneboard during the Loews Surf Dog Competition

in Imperial Beach, California on 4 June, 2011.

Police in Ohio saidthey arrested a manpraying in a church afterstealing four packages ofunderwear from a store.

Elyria police saidMarques Jeter, 24, tookfour packages ofunderwear from a FamilyDollar store about 4:50pm Sunday and struckthe manager in the faceafter she asked to see hisreceipt, The (Lorain)Morning Journalreported.

Weight of book collection damaging house

Big bear takes a dip in Flawoman’s pool

Underwear thief arested atchurch

collection and was goingto burn it.

The Raycrafts, bothbook lovers, told theCanadian BroadcastingCorp they would take thecollection and had a smallhouse towed to theirproperty to store thebooks.

“We’re talking 30tons of books, Raycraftsaid. “The weight of thebooks is pulling the houseapart.”

The couple have triedselling some of the bookson the e-Bay onlineauction site but can’t findany appraisers willing to

travel to the remoteCanadian town. “It took aminimum of three days topack the baseball booksalone into boxes [and]five days for the biblesand religious texts,” shesaid. “Most of the boxesare still unopened andunsorted.”

Raycraft said it’simpossible to evenspeculate on how muchthe whole collection mightbe worth, the CBC said.

The police reportsaid Jeter pushed twocustomers out of the wayas he fled the store.

Officers said theyspotted Jeter outside ofthe nearby UnitedChurch of Christ an hewas arrested whilepraying in an“unintelligible manner”in the basement of thefacility.

Jeter was taken tothe Lorain County Jailon a robbery charge.

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Neill seeking new footballchallenge in Europe

Irish give ‘Trap’ win overItalian compatriots

Gomez, Ozil strike asGermany go 10 points clear

Jol named new Fulhammanager

S Korea pip Ghana in injury timeHewitt hoping missed kick is good

omen in Halle

Ebden earns shot at Nadal, Roddickseals tough Queens win Tiger Woods to skip US Open

Former Everton,Blackburn and West Hamdefender Lucas Neill (pic-tured) is looking for an-other club after being re-leased by Turkish giantsGalatasaray. —INTERNET

MELBOURNE, 8 June —Australian captain LucasNeill says he is looking fora fresh challenge in Europeand will not rule out a returnto England as the 33-year-old searches for a new club.

The former Everton,

Blackburn and West Hamdefender, who is recover-ing from a minor groinoperation, is looking foranother club after beingreleased by Turkish giantsGalatasaray.

He played an hour ofAustralia's 0-0 draw withSerbia in Melbourne onTuesday but knows that atthis stage of his career heneeds regular first-teamfootball, especially withWorld Cup qualifierslooming.

"It's nice and positiveto bounce back and sendthe message that all is goodand I'm ready to take onmy next challenge," Neilltold reporters after the stale-mate.

Internet

South Korea's Hong Jeong-Ho (R) fightsfor the ball with Ghana's AsamoahGyan (L) during their friendly footballmatch in Jeonju, some 200 kms southof Seoul. South Korea won the match 2-1.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 8 June — South Koreasqueaked past an aggressive Ghana 2-1 in an international friendly in JeonjuTuesday, thanks to a Koo Ja-Cheolgoal off a rebound in injury time.

With the teams tied 1-1, Ghana'skeeper Richard Kingson dived to stopJi Dong-Won's close-range header.

But Koo, who came into the gamein the second half, blasted home therebound to secure victory, Yonhapnews agency reported.

South Korea opened the scoring inthe 10th minute when Ji rose abovetwo defenders to head the ball pastKingson for his sixth goal in 11 careerinternational matches.

Asamoah Gyan struck level forGhana in the 62nd minute, after Sulley

Ali Muntari pushed a pass betweentwo defenders to set up the Sunderlandstriker.—Internet

ExperiencedDutchman Martin Jol

LONDON, 8 June — Expe-rienced Dutchman MartinJol was named the newmanager of Premier Leagueside Fulham on Tuesday,replacing Mark Hugheswho resigned last week af-ter one season in charge.

The 55-year-old formerTottenham boss has agreedan initial two-year contractwith the option of a further12 months.Jol, who wassacked by Spurs in 2007,was linked with the Fulhamrole last year but Dutch clubAjax refused to release himfrom his post as head coach.

He has been out of worksince quitting Ajax lastDecember and said he wasexcited at returning toEngland."I am very happy

to join Fulham football club,a wonderful traditional club,"he told Fulham's website."Itis a club with good, solidfoundations and a great fanbase.

"I remember cominghere with Tottenham and Ieven think I played herewhen I was a player (heplayed for West Brom andCoventry). Craven Cot-tage is a real football sta-dium, I loved going toFulham.—Internet

Italy's forwardGiampaolo Pazzini (L)vies with Ireland's SeanSt Ledger (R) during theirEURO 2012 friendlyfootball match Italy vsIreland in Liege. Irelandwon 2-1.—INTERNET

LIEGE, 8 June — Re-public of Ireland managerGiovanni Trapattoni putone over his compatriotson Tuesday as his sidebeat a largely-dominantItaly 2-0 in a friendly here.

However, while the Ital-ians wasted what fewchances came their waythe Irish scored with boththeirs through Keith An-drews in the 35th minuteand then Simon Cox addeda second on the stroke offull-time.

Both Trapattoni and hisItalian counterpart CesarePrandelli opted to rest sev-eral of their first choiceplayers after they wontheir respective Euro 2012qualifiers at the weekend.

Trapattoni, one of themost successful clubcoaches of all time butwho failed to reproducethat in a four year spell asItaly coach, was delightedwith his side's display.

Internet

Andy Roddick of the US

LONDON, 8 June —Aus-tralian qualifier MatthewEbden earned a shot atworld number one RafaelNadal thanks to his 7-5, 6-3 win over India's SomdevDevvarman at Queen's,while four-time championAndy Roddick defeatedFeliciano Lopez 7-6 (7/2),6-7 (5/7), 6-4 on Tuesday.

Ebden, who was bornin South Africa, has spentmost of his short careerplaying on theunglamourous FuturesTour and is currently

ranked 168th in the world.But the 23-year-old will

be mixing with tennis roy-alty in west London onWednesday when he takeson Nadal in the Spaniard'sfirst singles match sincewinning his sixth FrenchOpen crown in Paris onSunday.

Nadal arrived in Lon-don late on Monday just24 hours after his final vic-tory over Roger Federer tobegin preparations for thedefence of his Wimble-don title.

And his first opponentwill be the unheraldedEbden, who secured animpressive victory overDevvarman even thoughthe Indian is 101 placesabove his opponent in theATP rankings.

Internet

Germany's midfielderMesut Oezil and Ger-many's striker MarioGomez (R) celebrate

scoring during the Euro2012 qualifier footballmatch Azerbaijan vsGermany in Baku,

Azerbaijan.INTERNET

BAKU, 8 June — Ger-many went ten-points clearat the top of their Euro2012 qualifying group onTuesday as stars MarioGomez and Mesut Ozilnetted in a 3-1 win overminnows Azerbaijan.

Now only a mathemati-cal chance remains ofJoachim Loew's side fail-ing to qualify for next year'sfinals, to be hosted by theUkraine and Poland, asthey picked up theirseventh straight win inGroup A.

"I must pay the team abig compliment, I thinkwe have put in a greatseason," said Loew, whoenjoyed his 47th winfrom 68 international ascoach.

"After all, it is 24 dayssince the end of the Ger-man league season andthe players are at their limits.

"Azerbaijan defendedwell, so ultimately, I'm verysatisfied."—Internet

Tiger Woods of the US

JACKSONVILLE, 8 June —Tiger Woods pulled outof the US Open onTuesday because of lin-gering issues with his leftleg, leaving him uncer-tain how soon he canresume his pursuit of JackNicklaus' record for ma-jor titles.

It will be the first timeWoods has missed theU.S. Open since 1994,when he had just gradu-ated high school.

"I am extremely dis-

appointed that I won't beplaying in the US Open,but it's time for me tolisten to my doctors andfocus on the future,"Woods said on hiswebsite. "I was hopefulthat I could play, but if Idid, I risk further dam-age to my left leg. Myknee and Achilles ten-don are not fully healed."

Woods said he hopedto be ready for the AT&TNational, which starts 30June at Aronomink, andthe next two majors. Thenagain, he said two weeksago he would do every-thing possible to be readyfor the US Open, which isfar more significant.

Internet

S P O R T S

Defending championLleyton Hewitt

HALLE, 8 June — Defending cham-pion Lleyton Hewitt is hoping a missedfootball kick will be a good omen as heprepares to launch his campaign at Halle'sATP tennis tournament on Wednesday.

Hewitt had been due to face FrenchOpen finalist Roger Federer on Wednes-day in their first-round match—a repeatof last year's final— but the Swiss star'swithdrawal on Monday means Hewittnow faces Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.

The Australian appeared on stage hereon Tuesday to take part in a challenge tokick a football through a hole and al-though his shot missed, Hewitt was happy.

"I missed a penalty here last year as

well, so I'll take that as a good omen forthis year's tournament," joked the30-year-old former world number one.

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.

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hr. M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain orthundershowers have been fairly widespread inMagway Region and widespread in the remainingRegions and States with regionally heavyfall inMandalay Region and Rakhine State, isolatedheavyfall in Magway Region, Kachin and ChinStates. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Kyauktaw (4.02) inches, Sittway(3.78) inches, Mogok (3.19) inches, MraukU(3.07) inches, Shwegu and Paletwa (3.03) inches,Kyaukpyu (2.96) inches, Bhamo (2.92) inches,Htilin (2.23) inches, Paung (2.12) inches andKyaukpataung (2.08) inches.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 7-6-2011 was 92°F.

Minimum temperature on 8-6-2011 was 77°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8-6-2011 was (93%). Rainfall on 8-6-2011 was (0.08)inch.

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport)Maximum temperature on 7-6-2011 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 8-6-2011 was 75°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8-6-2011 was (84%). Rainfall on 8-6-2011 was (Tr).

Rainfall on 8-6-2011 was (0.08) inch at NayPyi Taw, (0.12)inch at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and(Tr) at Mandalay. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011

Wednesday, 8th June, 2011

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (9-6-11 09:30 am ~

10-6-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Preserving Myanma Handicrafts* News* A Festival on Buddha’s Life Story* News* The Conferring Ceremony* News* Products of Myanmar (Shin Ma Taung

Thanakhar)

Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Preserving Myanma Handicrafts* News* A Festival on Buddha’s Life Story* News* Record Album (Wine Wine)* The Conferring Ceremony* News* Products of Myanmar (Shin Ma Taung

Thanakhar)* News* Today’s Efficient Youth “Debate about

Computer & Internet”* News* Bagan: The Land of Pagoda* News* Music Gallery* News* EFR Resort: Your Second Home at Ngwe

Hsaung Beach* Myanmar Movies “Competition of

Consecration”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(9-6-2011) (Thursday)

Thursday,

9 June

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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

Song

7:50 am

5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am

6. Health Programme

8:10 am

7. Song Of National

Races

8:15 am

8. Dance Of Variety

8:20 am

9. Musical Programme

8:30 am

10. Documentary

8:40 am

11. International News

8:45 am

12. Teleplay (Traffic)

3:30 pm 1. Myanmar National

League MNLGrand Royal 2011(Delay) (YangonUnited FC &Manaw Myay FC)

5:00 pm 2. Musical

Programme5:15 pm 3. Cute Little Dancers

5:30 pm 4. University Of

Distance Education

(TV Lectures)-

Third Year

(Mathematics)

5:45 pm 5. Songs For

Upholding National

Spirit

5:50 pm 6. Science and

Environment6:00 pm 7. Evening News6:15 pm 8. Weather Report6:20 pm 9. Myanmar Series6:35 pm10. Approaching

Science Discovery World

7:00 pm11. TV Dramma Series8:00 pm12. News13. International News14. Weather Report15. Documentary16. TV Drama Series17. TV Drama Series18. Metta Bhavana By

Mingun Sayadaw

WEATHER was (14.69) inches at Nay Pyi Taw, (25.24)inches at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (13.23) inchesat Mandalay. Maximum wind speed at Nay PyiTaw was (10) mph from Southeast (12:30) hoursMST on 8-6-2011.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is strong in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 9th June2011: Rain or thundershowers will be fairlywidespread in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay andMagway Regions and widespread in theremaining Regions and States with likelihood ofisolated heavyfalls in Upper Sagaing, Mandalay,Magway and Taninthayi Regions, Kachin, Chinand Rakhine States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Squalls with moderate torough seas are likely at times off and alongMyanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squallsmay reach (35) to (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 9th June 2011: One or two rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 9th June 2011: One or two rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 9th June 2011: One or two rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Rookie De La Rosa leads Dodgers past PhilliesPHILADELPHIA, 8 June—Rookie Rubby De La

Rosa enjoyed a successful first Major League startin leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 winover the Philadelphia Phillies and their slumpingpitcher Roy Oswalt on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old De La Rosa allowed five walksbut gave up just one run in five innings as hereceived offensive support from yet another rookieteam mate making his debut.

Shortstop Dee Gordon, making his first MajorLeague appearance, had three hits and scored a runin the third, where Los Angeles scored three timesto take a 4-1 lead. Matt Kemp then hit a two-runhomer in the eighth for Los Angeles (29-33).

The Dodgers used four relief pitchers to closeout their third win in four games.

De La Rosa had made three career relief pitchingappearances before he was thrust into the rotationin place of the injured Jon Garland.—Reuters

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rubby De LaRosa delivers a pitch to the Philadelphia Phillies.

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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

8th Waxing of Nayon 1373 ME Thursday, 9 June, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services General

Defence Services C-in-C welcomes Thai goodwill delegation led by SupremeCommander of Royal Thai Armed Forces General Songkitti Jaggabatara

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Min Aung Hlaing and Supreme Commander of Royal Thai ArmedForces General Songkitti Jaggabatara inspect the Guard of Honour.

MNA

Min Aung Hlaing gave awarm welcome to the Thaigoodwill delegation led

by Supreme Commanderof Royal Thai ArmedForces General Songkitti

Jaggabatara at ZeyathiriBeikman here at 11.35am today.

When the SupremeCommander of RoyalThai Armed Forces ar-

rived at ZeyathiriBeikman in a motorcade,the Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services wel-comed and cordiallygreeted him.

Together with theCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services, the Su-preme Commander ofRoyal Thai Armed Forceson the dais took the saluteof the Guard of Honour.

The Supreme Com-mander of Royal ThaiArmed Forces inspectedthe Guard of Honour.

The Supreme Com-mander of Royal ThaiArmed Forces presentedhis delegation membersto the Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices. The Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services introducedthe senior military officersof the welcoming party toThai Supreme Com-mander.—MNA

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