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Volume XVII, Number 101 5th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Sunday, 26 July, 2009

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Republic of Maldives, on the occasionof the 44th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Maldives, which falls on26 July 2009.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates President of Maldives

Developing agriculture sector inKanpetlet of Chin State

Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine);Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

A thriving paddy field seen in Kanpetlet.

Recently, the news crew of Kyemon Daily hadan opportunity to tour the northwestern region of theState where Chin national races are residing, forwriting the bylines on development of the region.

We continued the trip to Kanpetlet, 37 milesand five furlongs from Mindat, the city of southernChin State. In early morning, the jeep carrying usslowly drove along the uphill road.

Officials of the township welcomed us near thesignboard “Welcome to Kanpetlet” and conducted usround the town.

Kanpetlet is located at an altitude of 4560 feetand it is situated on 963.82 square miles lands.

The township is formed with two wards and113 villages from 26 village-tracts. The township hasone communication station, the people’s hospital, theoffice of Information and Public RelationsDepartment, the township police station, one BasicEducation High School, three BEMSs and 80 BEPSsin addition to the departmental buildings.

We saw thriving perennial trees and plantationsof seasonal crops.

(See page 7)

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall

Hkamti 4.64 inches

Coco Island 3.63 inches

Putao 2.44 inches

Heho 2.09 inches

Pathein 2.09 inches

Remain constantly vigilant and alert

KO THAYAR

It is time to stop what they should not do and to do whatthey should do by distinguishing right and wrong. If they dowhat can yield best interests, our desired democracy goalwill be nearly reached. Don’t turn back only when nearlyreaching the goal. Let’s continue to march together in unity.

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Sunday, 26 July, 2009 * 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

Towards emergence ofsecure and smoothtransport

Better transport is indispensable forthe development of a region. Better transportbrings about success in trade and commerceand swift commodity flow. At the same time,it has improved the socio-economic status oflocal people.

At present, the government is buildinga large number of new roads and bridgesthroughout the nation. The emergence of anetwork of new motor roads and railroads inthe states and divisions contributes much tosecure and smooth transport, therebybringing about equitable development ineconomic and social sectors of those regions.

Letpanhla Bridge built on Mandalay-Madaya-Mogok Road in Singu Township ofMandalay Division was opened on 24 July.The two-way reinforced concrete bridge is240 feet long and can withstand 60 tons ofloads.

Letpanhla Bridge, one of the above-180-foot-long bridges, is the 228th facility ofits kind in the nation and the 11th bridge inMandalay Division. It is on Mandalay-Madaya-Mogok-Momeik-Mabein-SiU-Mansi-Bhamo Road, one of the 36 UnionHighways.

Thanks to construction of LetpanhlaBridge, national people from Myitkyina andBhamo can have essay access to Mandalaythrough Tagaung-Katha Road all the yearround. Meanwhile, local people from Singu,Thabeikkyin, Mogok, Momeik and MabeinTownships can travel from one place toanother making better use of the facility.

As the government is building newroads and bridges one after another thelength and breadth of the nation, all theregions can enjoy the fruits of secure andsmooth transport and swift commodity flow,and the socio-economic status of the peoplehas improved all the more.

Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Tin Tun

Aung inspects tasksof Labour Exchange

Office inAungmyethazan

Township. —�MNA

Samplehandsets of

mobiletelephonesimported byMobilemateTelecommu-

nicationsCo Ltd.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—On the occasion of the44th Anniversary of the Independence Day of theRepublic of Maldives, which falls on 26 July 2009,U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theUnion of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitationsto His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Minister ofForeign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives.—MNA

YANGON, 25July— MobilemateTelecommunicationsCo Ltd, a well-knownmarketer of GSM,CDMA, TDMAhandsets, CDMA-450MHz desk phones andaccessories, will launchMonsoon SalesPromotion programmein Mobile AmazingShow to be held atCapital Hyper Market,here, from 29 July to 2August.

Korea-made highquality CDMA deskphones and CDMAhandsets, GSM handsetswill be on sale atreasonable prices withone year warranty inaddition to special salepackage, specialpresents for buyers andother programmes.

M o b i l e m a t eTelecommunications CoLtd is the sole distributor

NAY PYI TAW, 25July—Deputy Ministerfor Labour Brig-Gen TinTun Aung inspected tasksof Labour ExchangeOffices in Yenangyoungand Pakokku in MagwayDivision on 23 July, thoseoffices in Aungmye-thazan, Chanayethazan,M a h a a u n g m y e ,Chanmyathazi andAmarapura of MandalayDivision and Sagaingyesterday.

Monsoon Sales Promotion of MobilemateTelecommunications soon

of Korea-madeAXESSTEL brandCDMA-450 MHz fixedwireless phone which alsomarkets Korea-madeCuritel and Ubiquambranded handsets fromVietnam-based EVNTelecom. AXSSTELCorporation is theproducer of qualityinternational standardcommunications devices.Mobilemate Tele-communications Co Ltdwholesales and retailsAXESSTEL desk phones,Curitel and Ubiquam U

400 original handsetswhich are most popularin Vietnam, Russia,Romania and Indonesiafor their price stabilityand quality guarantee.

Those highquality GSM, CDMAhandsets and deskphones are available atwholesale centers of thecompany, MobilemateDistribution (Yangon &Mandalay) and retailstores, NOKIA Store (1& 2) and Mobile corner.NOKIA Store (3) will beopened on the second

floor of Center PointTowers on Sule PagodaRoad in September.Special gifts will bepresented to customerswho buy handsets or deskphones at MobileAmazing Show in CapitalHyper Market.

For moreinformation, may contacthead office, roomNo.403, Shwe HinthaTower (A), 61/

2 miles,

Hline Township, Ph:01-507400, 01-501062, Ext:121.

MNA

Minister for Foreign Affairsfelicitates Maldivian

counterpart

Tasks of Labour ExchangeOffices inspected in Magway,

Mandalay DivisionsThe deputy minister

also made inspections atLabour Exchange Officesin Kyaukse and Meiktilaof Mandalay Divisiontoday, and left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Vice-Mayor inspectstax-free markets

YANGON, 25 July — Vice-Chairman ofYangon City Development Committee Vice-MayorCol Maung Pa inspected tax-free markets inShwepyitha, Hlinethaya and Kamayut Townshipsthis morning.

The vice-mayor greeted cordially the shoppingresidents and called on the officials to abide by tax-free market disciplines.

MNA

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British PM’s Labour Party losesseat in by-election

Officials say six dead in Croatia train crashRUDINE, 25 July—A two-car train carrying about 90 passengers derailed in a

remote area of southern Croatia on Friday, killing six people and injuring at least55, officials said.

The high-speed train — travelling from Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, to the city ofSplit — derailed in a remote, hilly area at about noon (1108 GMT; 7:08 am EDT),20 miles (30 kilometers) from its destination, emergency official Darko Marinkovicsaid.

The impact nearly broke one of the two cars in half, leaving a gruesome tangleof metal, seats, blood and passengers’ possessions.

Six people were killed and at least 55 injured, Marinkovic said. Medical teamsand helicopters raced to the scene to carry the injured to local hospitals. Undertak-ers removed the dead.

Internet

China announces firstpanda from frozen sperm

Ten people killed in stormsin Central Europe

This undated image

made from video and

released by Central

China Television

shows pandas at the

Wolong National

Nature Preserve

in Sichuan, China.

INTERNET

Rescue workers

help commuters

off a trolleybus

caught in flood waters

after a rain storm in

central Minsk,

Belarus, on 24 July,

2009.—INTERNET

Rescuershelp injuredpassengersat the sitewhere atrain de-

railed nearvillage ofRudine,southern

Croatia, on24 July,

2009.INTERNET

An injured man pushes his wheel-chair along a street in the downtown

area of Los Angeles. President BarackObama fiercely defended his embat-tled campaign to overhaul US health

care, calling it vital to nursing theeconomy to long-term vigour after a

“full-blown crisis.—INTERNET

US soldier dies in Iraq,military says

BAGHDAD, 25 July—The US military says anAmerican soldier has died of non-combat relatedinjuries in Iraq.

A statement says the Multi-National Division —Baghdad died on Friday in an eastern section of thecapital and the incident is under investigation.

The military hasn’t identified the soldier pendingnotification of relatives.

At least 4,329 members of the US military havedied in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

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Two NATO soldiers killedin S Afghanistan

KABUL, 25 July—Two service members with theNATO-led International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) were killed in clash with militants on Fridayin southern Afghanistan, a statement of the allianceissued here said.

“Two service members were killed today, as aresult of an insurgent attack that occurred in south-ern Afghanistan,” it said.

However, it did not provide any further informa-tion as it is ISAF policy not to release the national-ity of any casualty prior to the relevant national au-thority doing so.

Internet

BEIJING, 25 July—Forthe first time, a giantpanda cub has been bornin China after being con-ceived using frozensperm, officials an-nounced on Friday — aninnovation scientists hope

will help the endangeredspecies avoid extinction.

The new cub’s birth onThursday means breederswill no longer be forcedto rely on semen fromChina’s few virile males,and may even be able tobring in sperm from zoosin San Diego, MexicoCity or elsewhere.

That’s key to promot-ing a healthy panda popu-lation because too muchinbreeding can lead tobirth defects that wouldfurther threaten the sur-vival of the species.

The new cub, born toYou You, a female pandaat the Wolong GiantPanda Research Centre insouthwestern Sichuan, isthe tenth born at thebreeding facility this year.It was You You’s thirdsuccessful pregnancy.

Internet

WARSAW, 25 July—Sevenpeople have died in violentstorms in Poland, two in theCzech Republic and one in Ger-many, authorities said on Friday.

Poland’s fire officials said thedeaths came late Thursday amidheavy winds, which knockeddown many trees.

One of the worst-hit areas ofthe country was around the south-western city of Wroclaw, wherethe storm brought down powerlines and left some areas withoutelectricity.

In neighbouring Czech Repub-lic, authorities said there weretwo deaths, an elderly womanand a 25-year-old man whodrowned and whose body wasfound south of Prague on Friday.

The storms caused traffic dis-ruptions across the country forseveral hours and some 150,000houses were without electricity.

In Germany, a driver waskilled on Thursday night when helost control of his car duringheavy rains and hit a highwayguard rail.

Internet

LONDON, 25 July—Britain’s opposi-tion Conservatives won the first by-election since the parliament expensesscandal, an embarrassing blow forPrime Minister Gordon Brown.

Conservative candidate Chloe Smithwon the Norwich North seat by 7,348votes with a total of 13,591. Brown’sLabour Party came in a distant secondwith 6,243 votes.

Brown said the vote was “clearly adisappointing result.”

The by-election was called whenLabour member of parliament IanGibson resigned last month after reve-lations he had claimed thousands ofpounds in parliamentary expenses for aLondon flat he later sold at a cut rate tohis daughter.

A panel of senior Labour MPs had al-ready decided Gibson should be barredfrom standing for the party at the nextgeneral election.

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Poor economy hard on European men

First offshore wind farm in Scotland

Power systemwould rechargewithout wiresOXFORD, 25 July—A

power system now indevelopment couldcharge cell phones andother gadgets without theuse of wires, researchersat a conference in Britainsaid.

Researchers at theMassachusetts Instituteof Technology areexperimenting with thephysical phenomenon of“resonance,” whichcauses an object to vibratewhen energy frequenciesare applied, MITProfessor Marin Soljacicsaid in Oxford at the TEDGlobal Conference on“ideas worth spreading.”

It is resonance, forexample, that causes aglass to explode when asinger hits exactly theright note.—Internet

Ericsson reports 57% drop ofnet profits in second quarterSTOCKHOLM, 25 July—Swedish telecommunications

equipment maker reported on Friday that it had a 57percent drop in second-quarter net profits.

Ericsson achieved net profits of 831 million kroner(about 110 million US dollars), down 57 percent fromthe same period in 2008 and nearly twice as bad asconsensus forecasts, said the company in asecond-quarter report. Network sales were down year-over-year currency adjusted, reflecting the presentmarket environment. Services in total now represent38 percent of sales, driven by strong Professional Serv-ices growth, the report said.

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Macao’s visitor arrivals down11.4% in first half of 2009

A man cleans the hull of a yacht at a Hong Kong yacht club in Hong Kong on23 July, 2009. For most financial market professionals in this city and otherhubs across Asia, the days of extravagant expatriate life have ended.—INTERNET

Microsoft to let Windows userschoose web browser

BRUSSELS, 25 July—US software giant Microsoft has proposed tolet users of its Windows operating system choose web browser inorder to settle a European Union (EU) antitrust case, the EuropeanCommission said on Friday.

Following extensive discussions, Microsoft agreed to have a “bal-lot screen” show at the startup of Windows, from which consumerscan easily install competing web browsers, set one of those browsersas a default and disable Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), the EU’santitrust watchdog said in a statement.

The Commission formally charged Microsoft in January, sayingMicrosoft’s tying of its web browser IE to its dominant client PCoperating system Windows infringes EU rules on abuse of a domi-nant position.

In June Microsoft proposed to sell the newest version of its Win-dows operating system in Europe without any web browser and offerits IE separately and free of charge.—Internet

A Palestinian workersprays antiseptic on thehoof of a cow at a dairyfarm in the West Bankcity of Hebron on 22July, 2009.—INTERNET

Damaged refuelling machines lie on the ground at Renxiancounty, on 24 July, 2009 after a gale and rainstorm hit anexpanse of regions in Xingtai city in north China’s Hebei

Province.—INTERNET

BRUSSELS, 25 July—The European Union’sstatistics office says theresults of a recent studyindicate the ongoingeconomic crisis is harderon European men thanwomen.

The EU office said in anew report since men arethe prevailing gender inEuropean industries suchas Europe’s automobileand financial servicesindustries, the economicdownturn has impacted

their lives more than theirfemale counterparts, theEUobserver said onFriday.

The Eurostat reportpublished on Thursdaypoints out how incountries like Estonia,Ireland, Latvia andLithuania, the unemploy-ment rate among mensurpasses that of womenby more than 2 percent.

More women areemployed than men incountries like the Czech

Republic, Greece, Italy andSlovakia, the EU officeadded in its report.

The EU observer said,according to the report,young European residentshave also been hit hard bythe economic downturn.The office said 4.9 millionyoung people in Europewere unemployed inEurope during 2009’s firstquarter, representing anincrease of 900,000 peoplefrom the same time periodin 2008.—Internet

KIPPFORD, 25 July—Energy officials say theRobin Rigg Wind Farmin Scotland’s SolwayFirth is set to produceelectricity for thecountry’s national grid.

Jenny Hogan, aScottish Renewablessenior wind energyofficer, said the RobinRigg farm will representthe first offshore windfarm in Scotland’s historywhen it begins producingelectricity in the next few

days, The Scotsmanreported Friday.

“Scotland’s firstcommercial offshore windfarm heralds the dawn of anew era in harvesting greenenergy from our seas,”Hogan said.

The Robin Rigg site willinitially power up eight ofthe farm’s turbines toproduce electricity, but willcontinue activatingadditional turbines until thefarm is fully activated.

The wind farm is

expected to produceelectricity for nearly120,000 homes in Scot-land while significantlycutting back on thecountry’s carbon dioxideemissions.

Renewable energyfirms also have plans for10 additional wind farmsites in Scottish territorialwaters. Those sites couldpotentially generate 6.4gigawatts of electricityonce completed, theScotsman said.—Internet

MACAO, 25 July—Macao’s visitor arrivalsfor the first half of 2009dropped by 11.4 percentyear-on-year to 10.4 mil-lion, according to the fig-ures released on Friday bythe city’ s Statistics andCensus Service (DSEC).

The figures showedthat visitors from the Chi-

nese mainland and HongKong decreased by 17.3percent and 0.3 percentrespectively in the period,while those from Japanregistered slight increaseof 1.4 percent. Cumula-tive number of same-dayvisitors accounted for53.7 percent of the totalvisitor arrivals.

Analyzed by mode of

transport, visitor arrivalsby land decreased by 16percent year-on-year to5.43 million betweenJanuary and June. Visitorarrivals by sea totaled 4.2million, dropping by fivepercent year-on-year,while those by air wentdown by 9.2 percent to756,791.

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All items from Xinhua News Agency

Strong quake hits offPapua New Guinea

CANBERRA, 25 July—A 6.2-magnitude earthquakerattled Papua New Guinea’s island of BougainvilleSaturday morning but there were no immediate re-ports of damage or casualty yet, seismologists said.

The quake, which struck at 11:42 am local time(01:42 GMT), was about 80 kilometers west of Arawacity at a depth of 65 kilometers, according the USGeological Survey. “At this stage we have not re-ceived any reports of any damage,” a spokesman forPNG’s national earthquakes centre said.

“We have not had any report of such activity as atsunami, but normally (with) earthquakes of about 6.2we rarely anticipate tsunamis along our coastline,” headded. Papua New Guinea sits on the so-called Pacific“Ring of Fire”, where continental plates meet. The re-gion is frequently hit by earthquakes.—Xinhua

People visit a motorshow in Beijing,

capital of China, on24 July, 2009. The

Beijing Motor Showaiming at promoting

automobile saleskicked off here onFriday.—XINHUA

Two Hamas militants killed inmysterious Gaza blast

GAZA, 25 July—Two Palestinianmilitants were killed Friday evening ina mysterious blast in the al-Bureej refu-gee camp in central Gaza Strip, medi-cal sources and witnesses said.

The two were members of Hamas’military wing, the sources said, addingthat they were brothers who were killednear the security fence that divides be-tween Gaza and Israel to the east of therefugee camp.

The two brothers, Osama and Bakaral-Nabahin, were killed in “a Jihadist

mission”, the sources said, withoutspecifying what kind of mission was.

Witnesses said the brothers wereplanting explosives near the fence butthe bombs went off prematurely, killingboth of them.

Israel and Hamas do not observe anofficial ceasefire but maintain a level ofquietness in the coastal strip. Othergroups have accused Hamas, which con-trols Gaza, of preventing their fightersfrom firing rockets towards Israel.

XinhuaRussian youth perform a dance during a welcome ceremony for Chinese

children at the “Ocean” All-Russia Children’s Care Center in Vladivostok on24 July, 2009. —XINHUA

White powder forces USplane to land at Chicago

Russian cargo spaceship heads forISS with supplies, mail

CHICAGO, 25 July—AUnited Airlines planeheaded to Denver was di-verted to Chicago’sO’Hare International Air-port Friday afternoon asa white powder wasfound on board the plane,airport authorities said.

Someone on board re-ported seeing a whitepowder, but when UnitedFlight 745 fromLaGuardia Airport toDenver landed at O’HareAirport, investigatorsfound nothing hazardous,police News Affairs Of-ficer Kevin Kilmer said.

The flight, bound forDenver from New YorkCity, landed safely at 4:04pm, after being divertedto O’Hare as a “precau-

tionary measure,” said aspokesman of the UnitedAirlines.

The flight will continueon to Denver, the spokes-man said.—Xinhua

MOSCOW, 25 July—ARussian space freightercarrying supplies, giftsand mail for the Interna-tional Space Station

blasted off on Friday ,Mission Control officialssaid.

The Mission ControlCenter outside Moscowsaid a Soyuz-U rocketlifted off with the ProgressM-67 space freighter at14:57 Moscow time (1057GMT) from the Baikonurspace center inKazakhstan.

The space freighterwill deliver 2.5 tons ofsupplies, including food,water, fuel, and equip-ment, and letters and giftsfrom relatives of the crew.

The freighter wasscheduled to dock withthe ISS on July 29, oneday after the US spaceshuttle Endeavor de-parts.—Xinhua

Rescuers work near the plane wreckage at theinternational airport in the northeastern Iranian

city of Mashhad on 24 July, 2009. —XINHUA

US authorities look intohelicopter crash in Maryland

WASHINGTON, 25 July —Investigation was stillunderway on the cause of a helicopter crash in the USstate of Maryland that killed four people, said authori-ties on Friday.

National Transportation Safety Board spokespersonKitty Higgins told reporters that investigators have notyet found out why the helicopter crashed on Interstate70 and caught fire late Thursday night, killing all fourpersons aboard but injuring no one on the ground.

According to local emergency officials, visibilitywas limited by fog when the crash took place, sincestorms just swept the area earlier in the night.

Local authorities identified the pilot and two of thevictims as employees of the Advanced Helicopter Con-cepts, a Maryland-based company, and the fourth per-son on board was a friend who flew back to Frederickwith them from a meeting to raise money for troubledyouth in Hagerstown.

The helicopter went down after it hit power linesover the highway, and was engulfed in flames, saidwitnesses. The interstate lanes were temporarily shutdown in both directions after the incident, butalreadyreopened to traffic on Friday morning. —Xinhua

17 killed in plane crashin northeast Iran

TEHERAN, 25 July—Atleast 17 people werekilled when a passengerplane caught fire duringits landing in northeasternIran on Friday, the stateIRNA news agency re-ported.

The plane from Iran’sAria Air airline with 153passengers on boardcaught fire and skiddedinto walls near the run-way during its landing inthe northeastern Iraniancity of Mashhad, said thereport.

The accident, whichhappened at 18:10 localtime (1340 GMT), alsoinjured another 19 peo-ple, IRNA said.

Deputy Governor ofKhorasan Razavi Pro-vince Qahreman Rashidwas quoted as saying thatAria Air’s managing di-rector Mehdi Dadpay wasamong the victims of theplane incident.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM Safari park baboonsransack cars after

learning to break intoluggage boxes

Keepers at Knowsley Safari Parkhave been forced to issue warnings afterthe opportunistic primates developed ataste for human possessions.

The cheeky monkeys - who are knownfor tearing off the odd wiper or wingmirror - have been targeting cars carryingthe roof boxes before pouncing on theunsuspecting visitors, who are forced towatch helplessly as their things disappear.

Now bosses at the Merseyside parkhave slapped the artful animals withwhat they call ‘Anti Social BaboonOrders’ and have warned visitors not totravel through the infamous monkeyjungle with luggage on their roof.

A Florida woman has been sentencedto 14 months of house arrest for leavingtwo grandchildren alone in a parked carwhile she went to play the slots.

A Broward County judge also gavethe 54-year-old woman three years’probation Monday.

Authorities say the woman left thechildren in a car parked outside aHallandale Beach casino in August

Grandchildren left in car while Fla woman gambled2008. The windows were down, but theair-conditioning was off.

A witness saw the 2-year-old girl and14-year-old boy in the car and told thecasino’s security.

The prosecutor tells the South FloridaSun Sentinel that the woman had pleadedguilty to charges including felony childabuse and misdemeanor contributing tothe delinquency of a minor.

Archaeological remains from thepre-Inca culture Ychsma are seenat an archeological site Lima. A

pre-Incan mummy and eight otherskeletons have been dug up from

an ancient burial site in the middleof Lima, Peru’s capital, and arche-

ologists said squatters had beenliving above the bones for years.

People visit the Egyptian collection

“Panubis — Ancient Egypt to

Eternity” in the chamber Grete

Mostny of the National Museum of

Natural History in Santiago, capital

of Chile,which allowed access to

certain aspects of life in ancient

Egypt.

Researchers create‘bacteria computers’

British high streets underthreatLONDON, 25 July—Traditional city centre high streets

could be further threatened by planned out-of-town de-velopment laws, MPs warned on Saturday.

Many high streets are a shadow of their former selvesthanks to giant shopping malls and all-purpose super-markets being built on the outskirts.The Guardian saidon Saturday that nationally, an eighth of all high streetshops were empty and unlet — twice as many as lastyear — “with many towns seeing a slow, canceroushollowing-out of their streets” as the recession bites.The Communities and Local Government Committeeexpressed concern that proposed reforms could dam-age the viability of town centres.

Under plans laid out in 2007, the government is setto scrap a test specifically in place to prevent excessiveand unnecessary out-of-town retail development.

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ST JOSEPH, 25 July —Researchers report creat-ing what they call “bac-terial computers” whichpotentially can solvecomplicated humanmathematical problems.

The findings of the re-search, published inBioMed Central’s Journalof Biological Engineer-ing, demonstrate comput-ing in living cells is fea-sible and can open thedoor to a number of ap-

plications, the report says.The research team en-

gineered the DNA of Es-cherichia coli bacteria,creating bacterial comput-ers capable of solving aclassic mathematicalproblem.

The research extendsprevious work publishedlast year in the same jour-nal to produce bacterialcomputers that couldsolve another problem.

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Shoppers walk along The High Street in Guild-ford, Surrey. Traditional city centre high streetscould be further threatened by planned out-of-

town development laws, MPs warned on Saturday.INTERNET

Swine flu could hit up to 40 percent in US Vehicles plunge into river after fallen rocksmashes bridge in quake-hit Sichuan

A lab technician working on aswine-flu detection DNA test in

England.—INTERENT

measures.The estimates by the Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Prevention are roughlytwice the number of those who catch fluin a normal season and add greaterweight to hurried efforts to get a newvaccine ready for the fall flu season.

Swine flu has already hit the UnitedStates harder than any other nation, butit has struck something of a glancingblow that’s more surprising than devas-tating.

The virus has killed about 300 Ameri-cans and experts believe it has sickenedmore than 1 million, comparable to aseasonal flu with the weird ability tokeep spreading in the summer.

ATLANTA, 25 July—In a disturbingnew projection, health officials say upto 40 percent of Americans could getswine flu this year and next and severalhundred thousand could die without asuccessful vaccine campaign and other Internet

CHENGDU, 25 July—Vehicles plunged into ariver after the bridge theywere riding on wassmashed by a fallen rockfrom a nearby mountainearly Saturday inWenchuan County, theepicenter of last year’sdevastating earthquake.

Casualties were not yetknown, local officialssaid.

The Chediguan Bridgeis called a lifeline for thereconstruction of

Wenchuan.The accident took

place at about 5 am whenthe fallen rock hit a pier,damaging the bridge.Riding cars fell into theMinjiang River below,said an official with theinformation center ofWenchuan County, AbaTibetan and Qiang Au-tonomous Prefecture.

“It is not clear howmany vehicles and peoplefell into the river,” saidthe official, explaining

that the accident site is outof communication net-work.

The bridge is part ofthe No 213 national high-way, a major traffic linelinking Wenchuan toother areas. The highway,which plays a key role inrestoring local tourismand production, was inter-rupted. More than 10,000vehicles pass the bridge,which reopened to trafficin May, every day.

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Models display traditional garmentsof the Qahar Mongolian ethnic

group, during the grassland culturalfestival in Hohhot, capital of northChina’s Inner Mongolia Autono-

mous Region.

Boy, 3, survivesthird-storey fall

at hotelAuthorities in California said a 3-

year-old boy survived a drop from thethird-floor window of a hotel by land-ing atop a hedge.

Police said the boy, who was visit-ing with his family from Kuwait, leanedagainst a window screen in his fami-ly’s room at the Larkspur Landing ho-tel Thursday in Pleasanton and thescreen popped out, the Contra CostaTimes (Walnut Creek, Calif.) reportedFriday.

Police said the screen fell 21 feet toa hedge below and the boy landed ontop of the screen, absorbing some of theimpact from his fall.

“He was lucky,” Lt. Mike Elericksaid. “He definitely had a guardian an-gel.”

The boy was reported as in fair con-dition Thursday evening at Children’sHospital Oakland.

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(from page 1)To observe the

progress of agriculturesector in Kanpetlet, wewent to a farm in Pakonfield of KanthayonVillage-tract. We turnedfrom the tarred road tothe laterite road. Onarrival at a large farm, afarmer in Chin nationaldress and his familywelcomed us.

Developing agriculture sector in Kanpetlet of Chin StateArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Chin national racefarmer U San Mya.

Elephant foot yam plants.

A scenic beauty at entrance to Kanpetlet.

The Chin nationalfarmer is U San Mya, andhe is a Buddhist. Thelaterite road linking thetarred road and the largefarm was constructed byhis family.

The farmerexplained that he started

cultivation of perennialtrees in 1999, and that nowhe has grown 1,000 orangeplants, 300 djenkol beanplants, 300 banana plants,one acre of elephant footyam plants in addition toavocado, lime and jackfruit plants.

We witnessed lushand green paddyplantations along the slopeof the hill. In enquiring

about the plantations, thefarmer said that a total of25 acres of Shweyinayepaddy strain wascultivated applying theterrace farming systemthis year with the use ofwater from the spring ofthe hill in line with the

agriculture method ofTownship MyanmaAgriculture Service. Upto now, the farmersachieve success incultivation. He disclosedthat he planned to focuson cultivation of onlyShweyinaye paddy strainon two acres of land.Therefore, we learned thateven in the hilly region,food can be surplus thanks

to the results of diligenceand utmost efforts.

We asked thefarmer about sales of fruitsproduced from the farm.He said that the merchantsfrom Magway andSeikpyu buy orange anddjenkol bean yearly

through the piece-worksystem; that banana is sentto Seikpyu and Chauk; andthat vegetables and fruitare sold to the local peoplein the region.

After waving atfarmer U San Mya, weproceeded to Shwe-taungdan agriculture farmof farmer U Mya Moung.

At the entrance tothe farm, we saw bendingbranches of orange plantswith fruits. Moreover,there are a lot of thrivingorange, tea, pomelo,djenkol bean, lychee andelephant foot yam plantsin the farm.

Farmer U MyaMoung said, “Icommenced my task bygrowing orange plants in1995. Now, I have grown1200 orange plants. In1999, I cultivated teaplants, and now, I haveover 30,000 tea plants.”

At present, heproduces dried tea leaveson a manageable scale andsends the product to Saw,Seikpyu and Chauk ofMagway Division.

We witnessedthriving elephant foot yamplants. He said, “Elephantfoot yam plants were seennaturally in the region inthe past. Due to highdemand of foreigncountries, elephant foot

yam plants are beinggrown systematically. Outof three colours such aspink, white and yellow,the tuber with pink colourfetches good price. Thewet tuber of elephant footyam can be sold at K 400per viss and the wet onebetween K 3,000 and K4,000. Six viss of wet tubercan be dried in the sun toproduce one viss of driedtuber, according to farmerU Mya Moung.

The privatecompanies purchaseelephant foot yam tubersin Chin State to export itto China and Japan. Now,over 40 farmers areengaged in growingmarketable elephant footyam plants in Kanpetlet.Over 600 acres of land isput under elephant footyam plants in the wholestate. In 2009, a total of1500 acres of elephant foot

yam plants has beengrown against the targetof 5000 acres.

I think that thesown acreage ofelephant foot yam plantswill increase in ChinState, and that the localfarmers are going toenjoy the benefit inagriculture sector in thefuture.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 24-7-2009

YANGON, 25 July—The 11th annual generalmeeting of Forest Resource Environment Develop-ment and Conservation Association was held at Inter-national Business Center on Pyay Road here thismorning with an address by Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung.

FREDA Chairman U Sein Maung Wint gaveaccounts on the association and Executive U Sit Boread out the annual and financial reports of the execu-tive committee.

Next, those present took part in discussions andmade proposals. General Secretary U Ohn gave clari-fications on proposals of the members and announcedthe list of the names of new 15 executives.

Then the chairman accepted K 1 million do-nated by Managing Director U Nyan Lin of ShanMawmyay Co. for bio fertilizer and presented certifi-cates of honour to him. The meeting came to an endwith concluding remarks by the chairman.

MNA

FREDA holds Annual General Meeting

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung addresses 11th annual general meeting of ForestResource Environment Development and Conservation Association. — FORESTRY

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When I heard that an election will be held in 2010,following the approval of the State constitution, I wasvery pleased with the hope that our country would soonbe transformed into a democratic one, as aspired by theentire people. It was also because of my interest in theconstitution I happened to read it several times. Then, Inoticed that the constitution is designed to help ourcountry avert same untold miseries the people suffered inthe past and turn to democracy. It stipulates appropriateprinciples the people should honour in the transitionalperiod before the multiparty practice is mature and thepeople have enough knowledge of democratic practice.So, I believe that the constitution is a manual to democ-ratization process and is intended to serve the interest ofthe nation and the people. Therefore, it inspired me to castthe ‘yes’ vote in the referendum, sharing the commonstance with the people.

The election will be held after the approval of theconstitution, so the goal of the nation is now within thetouching distance. Nothing can win the satisfaction of theentire people. So, the anti-government groups have torespect the wishes of the majority of the people, which isat the core of democracy. Almost all the people are infavour of the constitution and are looking forward to the2010 election, as evidenced by the result of ‘yes’ votesrepresenting 92.48 per cent of the total votes cast.

The constitution is designed to serve the interest ofthe nation and the people. However, certain self-seekers,who have realized that they will never have their wishesfulfilled, have not been able to distinguish between goodand bad, and are still sticking to their stereotyped policies.Their weak point is that they have not opened their eyesto witness the objective conditions, they do not knowsuitable way, they do not accept what is reasonable, anddo not want to do what should be done.

Supposing, a man wants to smoke, but he hasnothing in hand. If he is offered a match, he should acceptit. Again he is offered a cheroot, he should also accept it.Then, he can light the cheroot to smoke. And if circum-stance favours him, he can smoke a cigarette. If he had notaccepted the match, he would not have had his wish tosmoke fulfilled, even if he were offered a match. That isto say he should grab the chance when opportune. Andwhen there is another chance to him, his wishes will cometrue. So, I think they should grab the opportunities whileluck smiles on them in order to have their wishes granted.

They should not think of making the nation ademocratic one overnight, which is impossible. That is,indeed, ‘building a castle in the air’, and not a pragmaticapproach. Even democracies had to take steps one afteranother till they were democratically mature. It is impos-sible for a nation to get democratically mature whendemocratization process is in its infancy. If that countrypractises democracy fully in the transitional period, theirpractice of democracy will not last long, and will go badbefore long.

So, I would say democratization process calls forsound foundations as the saying that goes “Well begun,half done”. And if a nation copies democracy persist-ently, that will be followed by a variety of evil conse-

Remain constantly vigilant and alertKo Thayar

quences. Look, they are now resorting to all possible waysfor the sake of their interest. Transform the nation intodemocracy all of a sudden, and then the whole country willbe at their mercy. Moreover, the efforts made to achievesuccess in democratization process will all be fruitless.That is a point greatly worthy of public attention.

Now, they are active and persist in making de-mands. The problem broke out when Yettaw secretlyentered the compound of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s resi-dence. They did stir up the problem although they knewwhat would occur if they did so. Then, the government hadno choice but to file a lawsuit against the offenders. In thatcase, their acts were particularly intended to build up thesituation to a tragic climax. Only then would it be moreopportune for them to express their voices and to placemuch reliance on their masters. In reality, they want theirmasters to take action against the country through interna-tional organizations. Now, the situations have happened asthey planned. Now, they are making so many demandssuch as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi should not be put behindbars, action should not be taken against her, the govern-ment should release all the political prisoners uncondition-ally, arrange a dialogue, make amendments to the consti-tution, ensure that the forthcoming election will be a freeand fair one, the election will not be legal if it goes withouther participation. Furthermore, they are urging others tomake such unreasonable demands. What is their purposeof forcing the government to release her and helping herstand for election? That is as clear as crystal. She is suchkind of person who will dance to their tune. Only when shewins in the election, will it be possible for them to meddlein the affairs of our country, to dominate and intimidate theregional countries. In order to reach their goal, they areawarding and aiding the particular person and anti-govern-ment groups considerably. Therefore, I would like to urgethe people to be convinced of their real intention of doingso.

I do not think anti-government groups are relyingon right persons. They should think over to know whatsorts of persons they can rely on and what sorts of demandsthey should make. I would like to ask if they know the realattitude of their masters. One will be thoughtful andsensible only when one takes lessons from other’s mis-takes. I would like to ask if anti-government groups knowthe real attitude of their masters. Have a look at Iraq andAfghanistan, a large number of whose innocent peoplehave died and which are going through the hell. So far,In Iraq, nearly 700,000 people have died, over 1.2million have sustained serious injuries, 3 million havebecome homeless, and about 2 million have fled abroadas refugees.

There is hardly no day in which there is no bombblast and about 30 to 40 people die in Iraq since the US-ledinvasion of Iraq. Similarly, so far, Afghanistan has seenmore than 8000 civilian deaths, and more than 16,000injured people. These consequences are not all. The coun-tries both have been a very large number of houses,buildings, roads, bridges, schools, hospitals and economicbuildings leveled down. They are in no position to dreamof returning to normal. Who are to blame for that? If they

keep on placing reliance on those invaders and complywith their wishes, their acts will bring death and destruc-tion to the motherland. Take careful thoughts to rely ontheir masters.

The real purpose of the acts of internal andexternal destructive elements, anti-governmentgroups and certain powerful countries is that it willnot work if the nation sees peace and stability. Thenation must be coping with riots and unrests. And thenation must not enjoy development and must beimpoverished. It is because if Myanmar maintainspeace and stability and enjoys cumulative develop-ment, democratization process will prove successfulsoon. And the nation will continue to stand withsovereignty. Then, no country can manipulate in theinternal affairs of Myanmar.

That is why they hate to see Myanmar enjoynational unity, peace, development and prosperity andthey are trying to incite riots and imposing sanctionsagainst the nation. They deceive the people into taking tothe streets by bringing the situations to a climax of publicoutrage. If the nation sees wholesale mass demonstra-tions, they will do the same as they treat Iraq, giving lameexcuses of compliance with particular persons and groups,and showing complete disregard for the stances of inter-national community. If anti-government groups realizethe innate nature of their masters only when the nationfaces like Iraq, it is too late to save the mother countryfrom falling into the abyss of miseries. By then, the wholenation will have been devastated. Did the invaders securethe approval of any international organizations to attackIraq? Who are destroying the peaceful conditions of theworld? Who are to be held responsible for hundreds ofthousands of deaths. They are doing so as if they werelicensed. However, they are desperate to interfere in theaffairs of and invade a small country like Myanmar thatis trying to tackle with its internal issue. In fact, they arebullying small countries.

At an ASEAN meeting recently held on the PhuketBeach in Thailand, a reporter asked US Secretary of StateHilary Clinton whether Myanmar should be removedfrom ASEAN if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was not to bereleased. Clinton replied that if she was not to be released,ASEAN itself should make an appropriate policy change.She also said there would be prospects of US investmentsin Myanmar if she was to be released. ASEAN nationsshould put more pressure on Myanmar to promote de-mocracy, she added. In reality, her remarks amounted tointerfering in the affairs of ASEAN. If ASEAN doeswhat the US Secretary of State has asked, it will comeunder control of the US. This means the US is trying tosound the ASEAN out and put it into its pocket.

It is not very strange for the US to try to influenceASEAN. Apart from ASEAN, it is even trying to influ-ence a bigger organization. But any responsible persondoes not try to stop its attempt. Why are those demandingaction against our country turning a blind eye to the USattempt and keeping silent? It is also trying to causedisunity in the region and trouble among the regionalnations. There is no ASEAN member country that posesa threat to the region. We are addressing our internalissues by ourselves. Cross-border problems that happensometimes are usually solved in a short time. No membercountry poses danger to the region. Who is posing dangernot only to the region but also to the whole world? It canbear witness to Iraq and Afghanistan. The US militarybases in Asia are indeed a threat to the region. Theyare threatening the regional security as well as theglobal security.

Considering all this, the present Tatmadaw gov-ernment, as it has promised, is marching towards the goalof democracy in a peaceful and secure way. They shouldconsider and recognize such a goodwill effort of thegovernment.

(See page 9)

Any attempt to oppose whatever the govern-ment does should be stopped. They should alsothink about what the government is doing for. Inreality, politics is simple, clean and delicate.However, some politicians think they must getwhat they want and attack if they do not get.

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NAY PYI TAW, 25July—Myanmar Delegationled by Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win arrivedback here today afterattending the 42nd ASEANMinisterial Meeting andRelated Meetings held inPhuket, Thailand from 19 to23 July.

Minister U NyanWin attended the meetingbetween ASEAN ForeignMinisters and High LevelPanel Group ASEANHuman Rights Body andHigh Level Legal ExpertGroup on the Follow-up tothe ASEAN Charter whichwere held on 19 July.

The ministerattended the informalworking dinner of ASEANForeign Ministers hosted by

Foreign Affairs Minister andparty arrive back from Thailand

the Foreign Affairs Ministerof Thailand in the eveningof 19 July. At the dinner,the minister briefed on therecent visit of UN SecretaryGeneral to Myanmar, theissue of illegal migrants inthe Indian Ocean countriesand matters related toCyclone Nargis Recoveryand Reconstruction carriedout by the Myanmargovernment.

The ministerattended the separatemeetings of 42nd ASEANMinisterial Meeting andplenary meetings on 20 Julyand took part in discussionson implementation ofASEAN Charter. Theminister also exchangedviews on some regional andinternational issues.

The minister alsoattended the meeting ofSoutheast Asia NuclearWeapon Free ZoneCommission, the 2ndmeeting of ASEAN Politicaland Security Communityand the 4th meeting ofASEAN CoordinatingCouncil on 21 July.

On 22 July, theminister attended theASEAN+3 ForeignMinisters Meeting and theInformal Consultation ofEast Asia Foreign Ministers.They held discussions onmatters of Global EconomicCrisis, Food and EnergySecurity, Peaceful use ofnuclear energy,Environmental degradationand the H1N1 Flu. TheASEAN+1 meetings were

held one by one, withdialogue partners, thosewere Australia, NewZealand, Republic of Korea,Japan, People’s Republic ofChina, EU, Canada, Russia,India and the USA.

According to dutyallocation, Minister U NyanWin attended the meeting ofASEAN+1 with Japan,Republic of Korea, NewZealand, Russian Federation,and the USA. On behalf ofthe minister, Director-General of ASEAN AffairsDepartment U Than Tunattended the meeting ofASEAN+1 held simul-taneously with other dialoguepartners.

Being a coordinatorof the relations of ASEAN-New Zealand, Minister UNyan Win co-chaired theASEAN-New ZealandMeeting and handed over

the coordinatorship toMalaysia. At the end ofASEAN-Russia meeting,Minister U Nyan Winassumed coordinatorship forthe next three years. At theend of ASEAN-US meeting,Minister U Nyan Win signedthe Instrument of Accessionto the Southeast Asia Treatyof Amity and Cooperationby the United States ofAmerica together with otherASEAN Foreign Ministers.

On 23 July, MinisterU Nyan Win attended theseparate meeting of ForeignAffairs Ministers of the ARFMeeting and plenaryministerial meeting.Minister U Nyan Winexplained progress inMyanmar.

Next, the ministerattended the signingceremony of ASEAN-Australia Cooperation

Programme (2) and theceremony to sign MoU onestablishment of ASEAN-Russian Center.

The minister met theforeign affairs ministers ofSri Lanka, Japan, Australiaand East Timor separatelyand exchanged views onsome international andregional issues.

Together with theminister, other members ofthe Myanmar delegation,Director-General ofASEAN AffairsDepartment U Than Tun,Director-General ofPolitical Department UKyaw Tin, Director ofASEAN Affairs Depart-ment U Wai Lwin Than,Deputy Director U Huk KanSom, Assistant Director UKyaw Tin Shein and Headof Branch (1) U Tin Winalso arrived back.—MNA

Minister U Nyan Win poses for documentary photo together withASEAN Foreign Ministers after attending the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial

Meeting and Related Meetings held in Phuket.—MOFA

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win co-chairs ASEAN-NewZealand Meeting. —MOFA

Remain constantly …(from page 8)

Any attempt to oppose whatever the governmentdoes should be stopped. They should also think about whatthe government is doing for. In reality, politics is simple,clean and delicate. However, some politicians think theymust get what they want and attack if they do not get. And itis tantamount to damaging the image of politics. To makematters worse, they are placing much reliance on aliens. Dothey not know the ulterior motive of the big countries inwhich they put their trust ? They should be aware of the factthat the intention of those countries is to do what they wantto do by helping form a puppet government and this is theirstrategy. Due to the acts of some stupid persons who areunaware of above points, they will have their bad historyand the country can be under alien domination again.We cannot miss our goal. Anyhow, we will surely achievedemocracy that has never been acquired before. But itmay not be full democracy. However, it will be democ-racy with much essence. The most important thing is toachieve democracy that is compatible with our owncountry and people. It is certain that our democracy willnot be the type of other countries whose behaviours andtraditions are different from ours. Our democracy is notimaginary but pragmatic and free from danger.

There is no such a thing that is not impossible toachieve if we consider the interests of the State and of thepeople. Please don’t bear jealousy and disturb others. Iremember what Dr Maung Maung said in 1988. When hetook office in the period of unrest and violence, he declared

that a multi-party democracy election would be held in threemonths. Why didn’t they follow the way if they really lovedthe country and wanted to see political change. But theydidn’t. Taking advantage of the unrest, some claimed thatthey were only legitimate prime minister while some de-manded formation of interim government. At last, theirconfrontational acts led to widespread anarchy pushing thenation on the brink of collapse. We should be aware of that.At that time, the master, taking advantage of the situation,was looking from the sea by folding his arms. If it had notbeen the help of the Tatmadaw, our country would have gotinto trouble earlier than Iraq. This is the point to be aware of.

Those who were inciting more unrest and violencedid not let their own children and relatives out. There weresome who even sent their children abroad for their safety. Asthey persuaded active young people with little knowledgeand experience to commit anarchic acts in order that theycame into power, the country was about to collapse with lackof peace and stability and the law and order. The people hadto live in fear.

The present government tried its best to change thedeteriorating situation into the one in which the State hasdeveloped with peace and stability. It can be witnessed. Wecannot say they are good for nothing. We had never achievedunprecedented peace and progress in our history before. TheState is still working to guarantee eternal peace and stabilityand to strengthen national unity. Unity, peace and stabilityand progress are foundations for democratization. Withlack of these, democracy cannot be achieved.

One of the ways to disturb unity is the federal policy.They are trying to revive the federal policy with the intention

of breaking up the nation. They are driving a wedge amongthe national people. Our country is small with less popula-tion. But there are more than 100 national races. The countrywould be divided if the federal policy was practiced. Therehas been a clear example of big countries that broke up. It isnecessary to be aware of the fact that the federal policy willlead to the breakup of the Union.

We already have a solution if we have thoroughanalysis of the past incidents, present situation and futureevents. Our concepts must be free from outside instiga-tion. They must be reliable and free from personal attach-ment and egoism. We must show goodwill attitude to-wards the State and the people. We must be straightfor-ward. There must be no prejudices. It is necessary toorganize the people in a correct way. Creating massprotests after making up a story should be avoided. To-day’s people do not want unrest and violence and instabil-ity. We cannot wait for democracy any longer. We want tolive in peace and stability. Now, those trying to delaynational progress, those trying to disrupt democracy goal,those wanting to go backward, those with personality cultand self-interest, those doing wrong, those putting muchreliance on aliens and those demanding unreasonablethings by ignoring the people’s desire should considerwhat should they do. It is time to stop what they should notdo and to do what they should do by distinguishing rightand wrong. If they do what can yield best interests, ourdesired democracy goal will be nearly reached. Don’t turnback only when nearly reaching the goal. Let’s continue tomarch together in unity.

Translation: MS+ST

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(from page16)In addition, it has

materialized four ruralbridge projects, 10 ruralwater supply projects,six work programmesfor keeping the townshipclean, and grown 30,000shade trees and 87,500landscaping plants forgreening the township,along with 10,000 shadetrees along the entranceroad to the township, and6000 landscaping plantsalong with the roads inurban areas.

It is now imple-menting rural roadproject with a fund of19.5 million kyats, andrural water supplyproject, with a fund of 2million kyats totaling21.5 million kyats ren-dered by the govern-ment. So far, it has com-

Minbya Township reaping reward of hard workArticle & photos: Reporter Singu Soe Win

The 50-acre summer paddy field on Yangon-Sittway Highway at Awa Village, Minbya Township.

The entrance to Minbya Township.

Workers of Minbya Township Development Affairs Committeecarrying out sanitation tasks.

A rural road is being built by Minbya Township Development AffairsCommittee.

pleted the rural roadproject cent per cent andrural water supplyproject, by 35 per cent.

The chairman of

Township Peace and De-velopment Council,Deputy Head of the Town-ship Information and Pub-lic Relations Department

Daw Thaung Shwe, andTV Technician (3) U AyeChan Sein conducted usto Ya Maung Bridge, sum-mer paddy field and stove

enterprise. Local busdriver Ko Aung Naing Oosaid that local people of usthanked the governmentvery much for Yangon-Sittway Highway andMinbya-Yangon-SittwayRoad; that in the past thewaterway was only meansof transport, so their re-gion lagged behind otherregions in development;that in addition, it was verycostly to transport pas-sengers and goods to theother bank, and it wasvery risky when theweather was bad; and thatdue to the bridge, theycould get across the river

in safety at any times.We saw thriving

plantations of cold seasoncrops, vegetables, andmonsoon paddy along theroad to Ya Maung Bridge.When we arrived at thecompound of the construc-tion project near thebridge, the engineer in-charge explained that thebailey-tupe bridge was1300 feet long and 24 feetand 7 inches wide with atwo-lane motor way and afive-foot-wide walkwayon it; that its clearance areawas 95 feet wide and 20feet high; that its lowerstructure was of broad

crest type; that endurableweight for a truck was 20tons and a trailer, 16 tons;and that the project waslaunched on 22 August1997 and completed on2 August 1999, and com-missioned on 15 Decem-ber 1999.

The region is likean island, but enjoys sig-nificant development inthe agricultural farmingthanks to the hard workof local people, localauthorities and servicepersonnel.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

24-7-2009

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BOGOTA, 25 July —The Colombian Government on Thursday confirmed a 500-million-barrel reserve in the Pacific Rubiales oil camp, which is five times theprevious estimate of 100 million barrels. Mining and Energy Minister HernanMartinez said the newly-found 400 million barrels of crude oil was the mostimportant discovery in a decade in the country.

Colombia discovered a new oil field in the centre of the country with a possibleoil reserve of 100 million barrels last September. “Oil production in this camp willrise to 120,000 barrels per day later this year,” Martinez said, adding that outputcould further rise to 170,000 barrels per day next year due to the discovery.

Investors, including the Colombian Oil Company, could help modernize oilproduction facilities in the oil camp and facilitate oil transportation, he said.

The operators of the Rubiales camp are working at improving the methods ofsecond extraction of the oil, he added.—MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 25 July—A car bomb explosionoutside an office of SunniArab party in the city ofFallujah on Saturday,killed four people andwounded 20 others, anInterior Ministry sourcesaid.

The attack took placearound midday when abooby-trapped car parkedoutside the office of theIraqi Islamic Partydetonated, damaging partsof the office building andcaused damages to nearbybuildings, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

Iraqi security forcessealed off the scene, whileambulances evacuated thevictims to hospitals of thecity which located some50 km west of Baghdad,the source said.—Internet

SHANGHAI, 25 July—A security rehearsal washeld Saturday for the 2010Shanghai World Expo toensure seawater securityin East China Sea duringthe event. Twohelicopters, five vessels

Chinese naval “Zhoushan” missile frigate receives replenishment from“Qiandaohu” supply ship (Back) at sea on July 25, 2009. The third Chinese fleeten route to the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia for an escort mission againstpirates completed its second and lateral replenishment at sea on Saturday.

INTERNET

China’s software industry grows, but at slower paceBEJING, 25 July—China’s software

industry continued to grow in the firsthalf of this year, but at a slower pacebecause of the global economicdownturn.

The sector gained business earningsof 427 billion yuan in the first half of thisyear, up 22.7 percent from a year earlier,the Ministry of Industry and InformationTechnology said Friday on its Web site.

However, the growth rate was 0.6percentage point lower than that in thefirst five months, and 7.7 percentagepoint lower than last year’s same period.

The June alone saw a 20.8-percentgrowth from a year ago to 97.88 billionyuan in income. It was down 13.4percentage points from the same periodof last year and 1.6 percentage pointslower than May.

Software exports rose 47.4 percentfrom a year earlier to 8.34 billion U.S.dollars in the first half. It was also fourpercentage points higher than the sameperiod of last year. Software outsourcingjumped 64.5 percent from a year ago to900 million yuan.

Internet

Colombia discovers biggest oil reserve in decade

Visitors examine a giant dinosaur’s skeleton during an exhibition ofdinosaurs excavated in recent ten years in Gansu, in Lanzhou, northwest

China’s Gansu Province, 25 July, 2009.—Internet

Security rehearsal held for Shanghai World Expoand an emergencyresponse team carried outthe search and rescue ofpeople who fell into thesea, transfer and medicaltreatment of the injured,and evacuation of peoplein danger and firefightingfor vessels.

The 45-minuteexercise was conducted atWusongkou, Shanghai, onSaturday afternoon by the

Donghai (East China Sea)Rescue Bureau of theMinistry of Transport.

Sun Fumin, directorof the bureau, said thebureau had made anemergency plan to ensurethe security of seawater inthe East China Sea duringthe expo, a six-month-long event that starts onMay 1 and ends Oct. 31next year.—Internet

Car bomb killsfour people in

west ofBaghdad

A model displays aheadgear designed by

Soma Nath at theBangalore Fashion

Week 2009 inBangalore, India,Saturday, 25 July,2009.—INTERNET

Switzerland fights to safeguard “Swiss made” labelZURICH, 25 July—

“Fake watches are for fakepeople: buy authentic, buyreal” — that is the sloganof a campaign by theSwiss watch industry tofight booming demand forcounterfeit goods duringthe global downturn.

Switzerland knowsthat imitation is thesincerest form of flatterybut wants to preserve itsreputation for qualityproducts, from watches tocheese, by setting strictrules on Swiss contentand more rigorouslytracking down fakes.

D e f e n d i n g“Swissness” will be anuphill battle beyond Swissborders and promotingpremium products is arisky strategy in arecession, but Switzerlandwants to be ready for arebound.

A search for “Swissmade” on the Internet

returns dozens of websitesoffering replica watchesat knock-down prices butalso assurances that themostly “made in China”fakes can match “made inSwitzerland” quality.

“We’re able to offerlow prices, and you canbe certain of thecraftsmanship that goesinto every watch,” boastsone company based inShenzen, China, offeringa Rolex Santos “withcorrect markings andengravings, replicated tothe smallest detail” for449 US dollars instead of952 US dollars.

MNA/Reuters

Spanish artist Pep Bou performs with soap bubblesduring his ‘Rebufaplanetes’ show in Barcelona,Spain, on Thursday, 23 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Turkish navy commandos capturepirates off Somalia

ANKARA, 25 July—Turkish commandos capturedfive pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Friday as part of aNATO mission to combat piracy off the coast ofSomalia, the military said. The Navy commandos,aided by a helicopter, raided a skiff as the pirates onboard were about to launch an attack on a ship, themilitary said in a statement.

NATO member Turkey has sent a warship to theGulf of Aden under an international mission deployedoff Somalia since the turn of the year to try to preventattacks. Somali sea gangs, operating in the strategicshipping lanes linking Asia and Europe, have mademillions of dollars in ransom from hijacking vessels inthe Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. Piracy has balloonedoff the Somali coast in recent years where the sea gangscontinue to defy foreign navies patrolling the vastshipping lanes linking Asia and Europe.—MNA/Reuters

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DHAKA, 25 July —Twomillion children agedbetween six months andfive years are suffering fromacute malnutrition inBangladesh due to lastyear’s price hike ofessentials, the official newsagency BSS reported onFriday.This was revealed

CAPE TOWN, 25 July—Fewer Zimbabweansare getting infected withAIDS, and researchersspeculate it’s due in partto a battered economythat’s leaving men shortof money to be sugardaddies and keepmistresses.

Presenting a study ofthe infection rate amongpregnant women at amajor international AIDSconference in SouthAfrica this week, Dr.Michael Silverman saidthe prevalence of the virus

VANCOUVER, 25 July— The wildfire inTerrace Mountain,Kelowna in westernCanada, remains out ofcontrol as of Fridaydespite a rain overnight,fire officials said.

The massive fire,which happened onSaturday in the southerninterior of the provinceof British Columbia,has grown overnight,but at a slower pacethan in the last two day,due to an overnightrain.

The BC forestservice said the blaze,est imated at 4,400hectares, up from about2,000 hectares onWednesday, is nowabout 20 percentcontained, but s t i l lconsidered out ofcontrol.

Colombian navy seizes420 kg cocaine

BOGOTA, 25 July —The Colombian navysaid on Friday it seized420 kg of cocaine intwo speedboats in theCaribbean Uraba gulf.

According to thenavy authorities, the twoboats transported 200 kgand 220 kg of cocaine,respe-ctively. Theoccupants of the twoboats fled into forest afterdiscovering the patrolboat. The drug, worthabout 10 million US

dollars on black market,and the two boats wereconfiscated by the navy.

The navy is searchingfor the owner of the drug,said the navy authorities.

The Colombiangovernment has crackeddown on drug-traffickingin the country. So far thisyear, the Colombian navyhas seized 63 tons ofcocaine, with a value ofapproximate 1.575 billiondollars.

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One wildfire in westernCanada still out of control

China launches Arabic internationalTV channel

Television sets for sale in Beijing. China has launched an internationalArabic-language television channel as part of an ambitious programme to

promote the communist country’s views abroad.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 25 July–China Saturday launchedan international Arabic-language televisionchannel as part of anambitious programme topromote the communistcountry’s views abroad.

State-run ChinaCentral Television(CCTV) said the newservice would broadcastnews, entertainment andeducation programmes 24hours a day to a potentialaudience of about 300million people in 22countries.

CCTV vice-presidentZhang Changming said ina statement the channel“would serve as animportant bridge tos t r e n g t h e ncommunication andunderstanding betweenChina and the Arabcountries.”The network,which already broadcastsin English, French andSpanish, also has plans fora Russian-languageservice.CCTV beganwork last September onlaunching its new Arabicchannel.

The satellite channelcan be received across theMiddle East, North Africaand in the Asia-Pacificregion, the statement said.

The move is part ofan ambitious programmeof international expansionby the state-controlledmedia to promote theimage of China abroad.Xinhua news agency,which already reportsfrom more than 100countries and territories,also plans to open moreforeign bureaus.

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Researchers say Zimbabwe’s crisisdriving HIV decline

LOS ANGELES, 25July— Culture may playa role in the high deathrates from breast cancerin American Indian andAlaskan native women,a new study suggests.

Cultural and tribalissues, not barriers suchas poor access to healthcare, have an impact onthe treatment for thishard-hit group, said thestudy conducted byresearchers at the

that causes AIDS fell from23 percent in 2001 to 11percent at the end of 2008.His study was based ontests of 18,746 women ata prenatal clinic in ruralZimbabwe over thatperiod.Silverman, aCanadian infectiousdisease expert, works atHoward Hospital inZimbabwe, where thewomen were tested.

Silverman said heconcluded that “a lot ofthe effect (of the declinein HIV infections) is fromthe collapsing economy.”

AIDS experts have longnoted that the richestcountries in Africa arealso those with the highestinfection rates.

“You can’t pay thesex worker if you have nocurrency,” he said. “It’shard to have a concurrentrelationship if you’realways in earshot of yourspouse, because you can’tafford to travel. Becauseof the economic collapse,people are forced to stayhome, like being inquarantine.”

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Culture has impact on fight againstcancer

University of California-Davis (UC Davis).

The findings aresignificant, becausebreast cancer rankssecond on the list ofcancer-related deaths inAmerican Indian andAlaskan native women,and these women alsohave the lowest five-yearsurvival rate whencompared with otherethnic groups, theresearchers said in a

press release on Friday. In some native

languages, thetranslation for cancer is“the sore that neverheals,” reflecting thebelief that cancer can’tbe defeated, whileamong other groups,cancer carries a stigmathat can have a negativeimpact on screeningprograms, theresearchers said.

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Two million children suffer from acutemalnutrition in Bangladesh

by a recent nationwidesurvey jointly conducted bythe World Food Program(WFP), UN Children Fund(UNICEF) and Institute(IPHN) of Ban-gladesh.According to the survey,the malnutrition level mightbe even higher during theperiods of food scarcity

as the survey was carriedout during the harvestingseason.The survey wasundertaken throughout thewhole country fromNovember 2008 toJanuary 2009 to assess theimpact of the food priceincrease in 2008.

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The rain overnightwill give fire crews anextra day or two toconsolidate fireguards.

Two other wildfiresin Kelowna area, whichalso started on Satur-day, have been fullycontained, one inGlenrosa and another inRose Valley. More than11,000 evacuees have allbeen allowed to returnhome.

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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMYANMA AIRWAYS

GROUND HANDLING EQUIPMENT TENDER Myanma Airways would like to buy new GroundSupport Equipment for Engineering Department andGround Handling Equipment for Boeing-747 Aircraftfor Nay Pyi Taw International Airport and YangonInternational Airport. The equipments are as follows:- Engineering Department (a) Trailor Type Ground Power Unit (G.P.U) (b) Trailor Type Frequency Converter with Solid State Rectifier (c) ATR Jacks & Accessories (d) Eddy Current Tester (e) Video Boro Scope Ground Handling Department (a) Conveyor Belt (b) Passenger Step (c) Ground Power Unit (G.P.U) (d) Lavatory Truck (e) X-ray Machine (f) Forklift (g) Tug Master (Aircraft Towing Tractor) Tyre (h) Tow Bar (Universal) (i) Jack+Spanner for Aircraft Towing Tractor Sealed tender must be submitted to Myanma Airways.The tender closing date and time is (1630) hours on 14th

August 2009. Detailed facts and tender application form can beobtainable at Myanma Airways.

Myanma Airways NO. (104), Strand Road,

Yangon.

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Agent Orange may be linked toParkinson’s

Electronic cigarettescontain toxics

Force India’s Germandriver Adrian Sutil

drives at theHungaroring racetrackin Budapest, during the

first free practicesession of the Hungar-

ian Formula OneGrand Prix.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 25July—Vietnam veteransexposed to Agent Orangemay be associated with anincreased risk of develop-ing Parkinson’s or heartdisease, US researcherssuggest.

A report from the Insti-tute of Medicine in Wash-ington said a finding of“limited or suggestiveevidence of an associa-tion” means the evidenceindicates there could be a

link between exposure toa chemical and increasedrisk for a particular healtheffect. However, conflict-ing results from studies,problems with how thestudies were conducted orother confounding factorslimit the certainty of theevidence.

Based on the prepon-derance of the evidence aswell as biologic data be-ginning to show how atype of dioxin — TCDD

— can cause this toxic ef-fect, the committee con-cluded the evidence sug-gests veterans exposed todefoliants contaminatedwith TCDD during thewar may face a higher riskfor developing ischemicheart disease, the reportsaid.

The committee’s con-clusion that there may bea relationship betweenParkinson’s disease andAgent Orange exposurestems from its reviewof 16 studies that lookedat herbicide exposuresamong people with Par-kinson’s disease.

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Ozone exposure badfor healthy young lungs

DAVIS, 25 July —Theelderly are warned toavoid outdoors duringhigh ozone levels butozone has a negative ef-fect on lung function inhealthy adults, US re-searchers said.

Researchers at the Uni-versity of California,Davis, recruited 31healthy non-smokingpeople to participate in6.6-hour sessions duringwhich they were exposedto ozone at 60, 70, 80 or87 parts per billion, or fil-tered air, while undergo-ing six 50-minute boutsof moderate exercise fol-lowed by 10-minutebreaks. A 35-minutelunch break separated thethird and fourth bouts ofexercise.

Lung function for eachsubject was assessed be-fore, during and after ex-posure, and each indi-vidual answered a ques-tionnaire evaluating sub-jective symptoms.

“The National AmbientAir Quality Standard forozone was recently re-vised to set lower limitsfor ozone concentrations.Our research indicatesthat the threshold for dec-rements in ozone-inducedlung function in healthyyoung subjects is belowthis standard,” EdwardSchelegle said in a state-ment. “Specifically, wefound that 6.6 hours expo-sure to mean ozone con-centrations as low as 70parts per billion have asignificant negative effecton lung function, eventhough the currentNAAQS standards allowozone concentrations tobe up to 75 parts per bil-lion over an eight-hourperiod.”

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Lifestyle change canlower blood pressure

WASHINGTON, 25 July—US Food and Drug Ad-ministration officials saida laboratory analysis ofelectronic cigarette sam-ples found carcinogensand toxic chemicals.

Electronic cigarettes,also called “e-cigarettes,”are battery-operated de-vices that contain car-tridges filled with nicotine,flavor and other chemi-cals. The electronic ciga-rette turns nicotine, whichis highly addictive, andother chemicals into avapor that is inhaled by theuser.

The products do notcontain any health warn-ings comparable to FDA-

approved nicotine replace-ment products or conven-tional cigarettes. They areavailable in flavors such aschocolate and mint, whichmay appeal to young peo-ple.

Dr Margaret A Ham-burg, commissioner offood and drugs, said theproducts have not beensubmitted to the FDA forevaluation or approval andthe agency has no way ofknowing, except for thelimited testing it has per-formed, the levels of nico-tine or the amounts orkinds of other chemicalsthat the various brands ofthese products deliver tothe user.—Internet

Brazil confirms 4 moreA/H1N1 flu deaths

A man with a suspected case of H1N1 influenzavirus waits next to security guards outside MiguelCouto hospital in Rio de Janeiro on 23 July, 2009.

INTERNET

BOSTON, 25 July —Modifying lifestylehelped US women sig-nificantly lower their re-cently diagnosed highblood pressure, research-ers said.

The study, published inthe Journal of the Ameri-can Medical Association,found women who ad-hered to a regime ofmaintaining normalweight, daily vigorousexercise, eating a diethigh in fruits, vegetables,

low-fat dairy productsand low in sodium andtaking a folic acid supple-ment self-reported lesshypertension.

Hypertension — highblood pressure — hascontributed to more ex-cess deaths in womenthan any other prevent-able factor, said studyleader Dr John Forman ofBrigham and Women’sHospital and HarvardMedical School in Bos-ton.—Internet

A/H1N1 flu death tollin Chile hits 79

SANTIAGO, 25 July—The Chilean Institute of PublicHealth (ISP) reported on Friday that the country’s A/H1N1 influenza death toll rose to 79.

The latest ISP report said the total of infected pa-tients in the country reached 11,641, of which 8,171received private assistance and 3,470 were treated bythe public sector.The report said there was an impor-tant reduction in the number of cases last week, add-ing that only the regions of Arica, Parinacota andValparaiso continued showing an upward trend.

Chile’s Public Health Ministry announced on 2 Juneits first case of death from A/H1N1 flu, becoming thefifth country in the world, after the United States,Mexico, Canada and Costa Rica, to report a fludeath.According to the ministry, it has bought 600,000units of anti-viral medicine, enough for 1.5 milliondoses.—Internet

Spain announces 5th death of A/H1N1 fluMADRID, 25 July—A

45-year-old Algerian mandied of A/H1N1 flu, theSpanish Ministry ofHealth announced on Fri-day, bringing the coun-try’s total flu deaths tofive.

The victim, who livedin Alicante Province on

the east coast of the coun-try, died on 20 July as hewas being transferred to ahospital. He was con-firmed dead from theA/H1N1 flu virus fourdays later.

The ministry said thevictim had been sufferingfrom severe underlying

health problems, includ-ing hypertension and kid-ney disease, and had beenundergoing dialysis in thepast 16 years.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, 25 July—Brazil’s health authori-ties on Friday confirmedfour new deaths of the A/H1N1 flu, bringing thedeath toll to 33, twice morethan in the past five days.

The newly confirmedvictims, all from Sao Paulostate in southeastern Bra-zil, included a four-year-old girl and a 58-year-oldman from the state’s capi-tal city Sao Paulo. Thechild had been sufferingfrom asthma and bronchi-olitis while the man hadserious liver problems,which helped worsen theirdisease.The other two vic-tims were both womenfrom the city of Campinas.One of them had beenseven months pregnantand the baby was saved.

Sao Paulo state has thehighest death toll in thecountry with 16 victims,followed by Rio Grandedo Sul state with 11, Riode Janeiro state with five,and Parana state with one.

Altogether seven chil-dren and four pregnantwomen were among the A/H1N1 flu deaths in Brazil.Municipal and state gov-ernments in Brazil adopteda series of measures tocontain the quick spread ofthe disease.

State of emergency wasdeclared in several townsin the state of Rio Grandedo Sul. Six health centersexclusive for the A/H1N1flu were established in thestate of Rio de Janeiro, andanother three will be avail-able next week.—Internet

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ACROSS 7 Grasping claw 8 Large marine mammals10 York ore (anag.)11 Irritated12 Summit13 Beneath17 Card game18 Yield22 Applaud23 Alighting24 Maintenance25 Straggle

DOWN 1 Highlander’s pouch 2 Dozar 3 Cut 4 Conducted a meeting 5 Quench 6 Apart 9 Alone (2,7)14 Give a keen edge to15 Big-billed water-fowl16 Trellis-covered walk19 Make reconnaissance20 Spasmodic21 Fatuous

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Beckham fined for confrontingown fans

LOS ANGELES, 25 July—Soccer star David Beckhamwas slapped with a 1,000 dollar fine for provoking hisown team’s fans during the Galaxy’s 2-2 draw withAC Milan at the Home Depot Center.Major LeagueSoccer commissioner Don Garber fined the Los An-geles Galaxy’s midfielder for his part in an uglyhalftime scene where he allegedly challenged abusiveLos Angeles fans to come down onto the field.

Internet

Redknapp says Vieira keen toearn his Spurs

Tottenham manager HarryRedknapp, has admitted that

former Arsenal captain PatrickVieira is keen to quit Inter Milanfor a shock move to White Hart

Lane.—INTERNET

Dancevic reaches Indy tennissemi-finals

INDIANAPOLIS, 25 July —Frank Dancevic ended arun of three-straight losses to Dmitry Tursunov, up-setting the top seed 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to reach thesemi-finals of the ATP hardcourt event here.

But his Saturday test against third seed Sam Querrey,a winner over French number seven Marc Gicquel 6-4, 7-5, will be a show of strength between two bighitting rising stars. Querrey hammered 19 aces in thewin over Gicquel.The Canadian won their only othermeeting in Sydney two years ago, but Querrey has hiseye on the prize this weekend.—Internet

Frank Dancevic of

Canada serves to

Dmitry Tursonov of

Russia during the

Indianapolis Tennis

Championships at the

Indianapolis Tennis

Center in Indianapolis,

Indiana.—INTERNET

Kelly leads rain-drenchedCanadian Open

OAKVILLE, 25 July—PGA Tour tournament directorSteve Carman perfectly summed up the rain-soaked100th Canadian Open.”The sponge is full of water,”Carman said Friday after the latest round of rain satu-rated the already-wet Glen Abbey course.

Jerry Kelly topped the leaderboard in the rain-de-

Funk leads by 3 shotsat Senior British Open

Spurs teenager pins backmighty Barcelona

LONDON, 25 July—European champions Barcelonawere denied a winning start to their pre-season cam-paign as Tottenham midfielder Jake Livermore’s lategoal earned a 1-1 draw in the Wembley Cup on

Barcelona’s Gaiyigaal Assulin (R)clashes with Tottenham Hotspurs’

Aaron Lennon during theWembley Cup competition at

Wembley Stadium in westLondon, England. —INTERNET

Zhirkov goal gives Chelsea2-1 win over AC Milan

BALTIMORE, 25 July—It was a rare post-game newsconference: Both coaches sitting at the same table af-ter a game that both men treated with the utmostimportance.Fortunately, Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelottiand Leonardo of AC Milan are anything but antago-nistic.

Yuri Zhirkov scored the tiebreaking goal in the 69thminute, and Chelsea defeated AC Milan 2-1 Fridaynight to provide their new coach a satisfying victoryover his former team in the World FootballChallenge.”It was a difficult game because Milanplayed so well,” said Ancelotti, who quit as coach ofthe Italian team in May and promptly signed a three-year contract with Chelsea. “I’m happy for the vic-tory, but we have to improve.”—Internet

Chelsea’s Yuri Zhirkov,left, celebrates afterscoring a goal withteam mates Andriy

Shevchenko, (7), andDidier Drogba in the

second half of a WorldFootball Challenge

soccer match at M&TBank Stadium on 24

July, 2009 inBaltimore.—INTERNET

USA’s Fred Funk, right, celebrateswith his caddie after hitting an eagleon the 18th hole during round two ofthe Senior British Open atSunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire,England, on 24 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Ibrahimovic Barcelona move‘completed Monday’

Swedish strikerZlatan Ibrahimovicfrom Inter Milan

BARCELONA, 25 July—The transfer of Swedishstriker Zlatan Ibrahimovicfrom Inter Milan to Bar-celona is expected to becompleted on Monday,Nou Camp official TxikiBegiristain said onFriday.”There is agree-ment in principle betweenInter and player and thedocuments are being pre-pared at the moment,” hesaid on the Spanish club’sweb TV channel.

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F r i d a y . P e pG u a r d i o l a ’steam were backin action for thefirst time sincethe end of theirtreble-winningcampaign, butthey were frus-trated by thedramatic inter-vention of ateenager whohas yet to makehis competitiveSpurs debut.

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layed tournament, shoot-ing a 7-under 65 in thecompletion of the firstround and reaching 11 un-der with three holes left inthe second. Seventy-sixplayers didn’t even startthe second round.CamiloVillegas, Tim Herron,Martin Laird and NathanGreen were a strokeback.—InternetJerry Kelly

LONDON, 25J u l y —T o t t e n h a mmanager HarryRedknapp hasadmitted thatformer Arsenalcaptain PatrickVieira is keento quit InterMilan for ashock move toWhite HartLane.

Vieira earned hero status at Arsenal during his nine-year spell with the Gunners, but the France midfielderis looking for regular first-team action after falling outof favour at Inter and Redknapp believes he wouldgladly join his former club’s bitter rivals.—Internet

SUNNING-DALE, 25July—FredFunk shot a5-under 65for a three-shot lead atthe SeniorBritish Openon Friday.

He is atournament-record 11 un-der throughtwo roundsand leads Tom Watson by seven shots.Funk hasgone 36 holes without a bogey and his round, cappedby a 174-yard 8-iron at the last hole for an eagle 2,gave him an 11-under 129, a 36-hole record totalfor the event.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Chin, Kayah States and Magway Division, rain havebeen isolated in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, scatteredin Shan State and Bago Division, fairly widespread in Kachin,Rakhine States and Ayeyawady Division and widespreadin the remaining States and Divisions isolated heavyfall inupper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Hkamti (4.64) inches,Coco Island (3.63) inches,Putao (2.44) inches, Heho andPathein (2.09) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 24-7-2009 was 82°F.Minimum temperature on 25-7-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 25-7-2009 was 96%.Total sun shine hours on 24-7-2009 was (1.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 25-7-2009 was (0.20) inch at Mingaladon,(0.12) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.15) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (60.24) inches atMingaladon, (64.61) inches at Kaba-Aye and (67.40) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwest at (18:30) hours MST on24-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 26th July 2009: Rainwill be isolated in Kayah State, lower Sagaing, Magway andMandalay Divisions, scattered in Shan, Chin States andupper Sagaing Division, fairly widespread in Kachin, KayinStates and Bago Division and widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (40) mph.

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Trotters seal double dealKnight and Ricketts arrive on

three-year contractsLONDON, 25 July—

Bolton have completedthe signings of AstonVilla defender ZatKnight and Hull Cityfull-back Sam Rickettson three-year deals.

Centre-back Knight,who has won twoEngland caps, joinedVilla in the summer of2007 from Fulham in a£3.5million deal butstruggled for first-team football.

Wales international Ricketts,who can play onthe left or the right of a back four, started 27 of theTigers’ Premier League games in their debut seasonin the top flight.

Bolton boss Gary Megson is delighted to havesealed the deals after convincing both players toignore other options and move to the ReebokStadium.

Megson told the Trotters’ official website: “Weare really pleased that we could complete the deals.Both players had other offers to consider.

“I am sure that they will fit in to the squad andwe are going to make sure that we help them withtheir new challenge.

“Zat has plenty of Premier League experienceand has played at the highest level with England,while Sam personally had a successful debut PremierLeague campaign with Hull.”

Knight and Ricketts are Bolton’s third andfourth signings of the summer, with the club havingbrought in Sean Davis after his contract atPortsmouth expired and also Paul Robinson fromWest Brom.—Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July—The prize presenta-tion for the Southern Command Commander’s ShieldBasketball Tournament 2009 was held at the hall ofBago Division Peace and Development Council inKetumati Myothit on 17 July.

Chairman of Bago Division PDC Commanderof Southern Command Maj-Gen Hla Min presentedgifts to the umpires and the championship shield toToungoo Station (A) team.

The commander and wife attended the photoshow held at For You Photographic House inToungoo and viewed the photos.—MNA

Commander’s Shield BasketballTournament concludes

Minbya Township reaping reward of hard workArticle & photos: Reporter Singu Soe Win

The developmentof Minbya in RakhineState is very hearteningwith fine roads and well-organized housing es-tates.

According to thehistory, on his way alongthe Laymyo River by

royal raft for an inspec-tion tour in Vesali Periodin 4 AD, King MahaSandra stopped for awhile at Sambalay Port,and foretold pointing atthe foot of Kyein Moun-tain that the region wouldbecome an urban area in

future. After the postureof the king pointing atthe foot of the mountain(Min Pya), the region wascalled Minpya. Here, theword Minpya is com-posed of two words“Min” (king) and “Pya”(point at). Later, it was

known as Minbya. It de-veloped into a town in1867.

This season,Minbya Township put64,171 acres under paddyof high-yield strains suchas Yadana Aung,Theehtatyin, Manaw-

thukha, Shwewahtun,Kyaw Zeya, Hmawbi-hsan, Hsinthwelat andYayhsin Lonthwe, andgathered 5,341,561 bas-kets of paddy. And theharvest from 32,985 acresof regional monsoonpaddy strains such as

Meedon, Ngasein,Ngakywe, Kauknyinand Taungya was1,835,353 baskets. So,in the township, the ricesupply well exceeds thedemand.

Now, the 200-acre summer paddy fieldof local farmers showssuccessful, and 37,880acres of fruit and veg-etables thrive in thetownship.

Minbya Town-ship is constituted withthree wards and 62 vil-lage-tracts with a popu-lation of over 197,010.Its sufficiency of ricestands at 212.85 percent, and edible oil, at118.91 per cent. Withremarkable agriculturalprogress, local farmersenjoy economic growthwith TVs, video play-ers, motorcycles, andtelephones.

The TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee has com-pleted cent per cent theurban water supplyproject, spending 5.55million kyats and fiverural water supply pro-grammes, spending2,434,5000 kyats.

(See page 10)The 1300-foot-long Ya Maung Bridge on Yangon-Sittway Highway ensures smooth transport for Minbya Township.

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