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Volume XIX, Number 355 4th Waning of Tagu 1373 ME Tuesday, 10 April, 2012

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

President U Thein Sein receives US SenatorPresident U Thein Sein receives US SenatorMr. James Henry Webb and partyMr. James Henry Webb and party

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April —President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar U TheinSein received a US delegationled by Senator Mr. James HenryWebb at Credentials Hall ofthe Presidential Palace herethis afternoon.

Also present at the callwere Union Minister for ForeignAffairs U Wunna Maung Lwin,Union Minister for Informationand for Culture U Kyaw Hsan,Union Minister at the PresidentOffice U Soe Maung anddepartmental heads.

During the meeting, theycordially discussed matters onpromotion and strengtheningof relations between Myanmarand the US, opportunities forcooperation in the economicsector and other sectors andongoing process for theinternal politics and peacemaking in Myanmar.— MNA

President of the

Republic of the

Union of Myanmar

U Thein Sein

receives

a delegation from

the United States of

America led by

Senator

Mr. James Henry

Webb at Credentials

Hall of the

Presidential Palace in

Nay Pyi Taw.

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President U Thein Sein poses for documentary photo together with US Senator Mr. James Henry Webb and party.—MNA

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall (9-4-2012)

Maungtaw (2.40) inchesMyeik (0.98) inchFalam (0.71) inchSittway (0.63) inchPutao (0.39) inchHaka (0.39) inchPaletwa (0.39) inch

In this on 9 Nov, 2011 filephoto, singer Keith Urbanperforms during the 45thAnnual CMA Awards in

Nashville, Tenn.

Lee Westwood of Englandhits his tee shot on the

fourth hole during finalround play in the 2012

Masters Golf Tournamentat the Augusta NationalGolf Club in Augusta,

Georgia, on 8 April, 2012.

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Wunyu and MadaeDams built to help boostagricultural production

in Magway Region

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 10 April, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Do away with bribery andmalpractices

Tuesday, 10 April, 2012

Rules of moral conduct are to be found inevery religion. They may resemble other codesof conduct to a greater or lesser degreedepending on the teacher or religion systemfrom which they originated. Usually theycomprise lists of actions from which to abstain,implying that any actions not covered by theprohibitions are permissible.

In Buddhism, a good example is affordedby the Five Silas or the Five Precepts, namely toabstain from taking the life of sentient beings,to abstain from taking possession of anythingthat has not been given by its owner, to abstainfrom sexual misconduct, to abstain from lyingor evil speech, and to abstain from intoxicatingdrinks which are the primary cause ofnegligence.

These Five Silas are the basic principlesof Buddhism best known to most people.

Observing the Five Silas can also help usavoid Lobha (greed), Dosa (aversion) and Moha(delusion) which are born in the heart asdefilement and, in turn, bringing about theabsence of shame or dread of evil.

Observing the second Sila, takingpossession of anything that has not been givenby its owner or stealing, all the State servicepersonnel are to avoid bribery, malpractices,misconduct and other irregularities to keeppace with changes taking place in the nation.

Service personnel who are responsiblefor the national development should be loyal tothe State, should zealously perform their dutiesand should strictly observe the Sila or moralconduct. Only then, will they be able to keeppace with the changes.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 April—The President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar has appointed U TinWin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the FederalRepublic of Germany, as Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmarto the Kingdom of Thailand.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 April—U Aye Khaing,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar to the FederalDemocratic Republic of Nepal, presented his Credentialsto His Excellency Dr Ram Baran Yadav, President of theFederal Democratic Republic of Nepal, on 30 March2012 in Kathmandu.—MNA

Ambassador U Aye Khaingpresents his Credentials to

Nepalese President

U Tin Win appointed asMyanmar Ambassador to

Thailand

NAY PYI TAW, 9April—Opening ceremonyof Bogyoke concrete roadin Tachilek of Shan Statetook place at the arch of theroad yesterday morning. Itwas attended by Shan StateChief Minister U Sao AungMyat.

The Chairman ofTawdarwin ConstructionCo explained the purposeof donation and StateMinister for DevelopmentAffairs U Tu Maung spokewords of thanks. After that,the State Chief Ministerpresented certificates ofhonour to the constructionco chairman and the

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—Union Minister for Financeand Revenue U Hla Tun called on government employeesto fulfill their quotas in development of the country withright attitude, excellent performance and comprehensiveservices at 2011-2012 fiscal year Performance Review atthe auditorium of the ministry this afternoon.

Union Minister urges government employees toshow honesty

He also urged the service personnel to serve thepeople honestly.

Weaknesses of the ministry in the previous fiscalyear would be reviewed and plans that could contribute tomeeting and exceeding economic objectives of the Statewould be drawn up at the session, he said.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—Myanma Posts andTelecommunications underthe Ministry ofCommunications, Posts andTelegraphs inked agreementwith International Telecom-munication HoldingsLimited (ITHL) for buildingfiber cable network thismorning at the ministry.

The ceremony wasattended by Union Ministerfor Communications, Postsand TelegraphsU Thein Tun, DeputyMinister U Tint Lwin, Deputy

Deal signed for fiber cable network construction

based ITHL which has manyexperiences in China andCambodia to build OpticalFiber Cable Network forbetter telephone connectionand swift internet data flow.The chairman of Global andITHL introduced his

Shan State Chief Minister attendsopening of concrete road

executive of StateDevelopment AffairsCommittee.

The State De-velopment Affairs Minister,the company chairmanand the National

Convention delegateopened the road.

The 4.18 mile-longroad was built by TawdarwinConstruction Co at a cost ofK 4 million.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—A talk on fire preventivemeasures was held in conjunction with the fire drill at themain workshop (Pyinmana) of Engineering Department ofMyanma Timber Enterprise on 6 April morning.

General Manager (Engineer) U Aung Hsan gave atalk and Assistant General Manager (Engineer) U Nay Winexplained preparations for prevention against danger offire.

Workers participated in the fire drill.MNA

Talks on danger of fire given

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—Union Minister for EducationDr Mya Aye met the in-charge rector, the pro-rector andheads of departments at Mandalay University of ForeignLanguages yesterday afternoon.

He called on the faculty members to improvethemselves in order to cope with the current age, to nurturereliable human resources, to do their bits for emergence ofgood governance and clean government, to learn constantlyand to be loyal to the State.

The Union minister inspected the site chosen for theconstruction of new school building.—MNA

Union Education Minister inspectsproposed construction site of new

MUFL building

Myanma Posts and Telecommunications under Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphsand International Telecommunication Holdings Limited (ITHL) ink agreement for building

fiber cable network.—MNA

Union Minister for Education Dr Mya Aye meets rector in-charge,pro-rector, faculty members at hall of Mandalay University of Foreign

Languages.—MNA

Attorney-General U Tun TunOo, MPT Managing DirectorU Eikdi Hla, heads ofdivisions, the ITHL chairmanand officials and guests.

The managingdirector said MPT wouldcooperate with Singapore-

company.The MPT managing

director and the chairman ofGlobal and ITHL signed thedeal, exchanged documentsand posed for documentaryphoto.

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Iran opposes A-bomb, Ahmadinejad tells Japan ex-PMTEHERAN, 9 April —

Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad stressed tovisiting former JapanesePremier Yukio Hatoyama onSunday that Teheran opposesnuclear weapons, his officialwebsite reported. “The IslamicRepublic of Iran isfundamentally opposed to theatomic bomb and weapons ofmass destruction,” Ahma-dinejad told Hatoyama. “Iranand Japan can exert a commoneffort to create a world withoutatomic weapons ... Difficultbut humanitarian efforts willwin in the end.”

Japan is the only countryever to have suffered a nuclearattack, its cities of Hiroshimaand Nagasaki being targetedby the United States at theend of World War II.Hatoyama’s presence in Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed tovisiting former Japanese premier Yukio Hatoyama on

Sunday that Teheran opposes nuclear weapons, hisofficial website reported.— INTERNET

was an issue of contention inJapan, after Japanese ForeignMinister Koichiro Genbareportedly requested he notmake the trip Prime MinisterYoshihiko Nodahe has alsoexpressed concerns over

Hatoyama’s visit, fearing itcould undermine theJapanese government’sefforts for internationalcoordination, Japanese mediareported.

The visit came at a tense

time, with Iran facing offagainst much of the Westover its nuclear programme.The United States and itsallies fear Iran is seekingnuclear weapons capability,something Teheran denies.Talks between Iran and thefive permanent UN SecurityCouncil members andGermany are due to be heldstarting Friday, in a countryyet to be agreed.

Hatoyama was quotedas telling Ahmadinejad:“International trust-buildingand respecting regulationsare important part of the worldcommunity which should beseriously pursued.” Ahma-dinejad said Iran was “readyfor negotiations” and hadunspecified “practicalsuggestions for the upcomingmeeting.”— Internet

6-year-olddies in Francefloor collapse

PARIS, 9 April — Frenchofficials say a floor hascollapsed in a building wherean Easter religious ceremonywas being held, killing a 6-year-old and seriouslyinjuring four other people.

The collapse occurredSunday afternoon at a two-story house used by anevangelical group forreligious ceremonies inStains, a town near Paris.

Local officials say a 2-year-old child and a 42-year-old woman are in criticalcondition, and around 30other people are slightlyinjured.

Officials say that numbercould rise as about 100emergency workers continueto work at the scene. Between100 and 150 people, mainlyfrom the Haitian community,were in the building’s secondfloor when it collapsedbeneath them during aMass.—Internet

A woman wearing asurvival blanket leaves the

area of a buildingaccident, in Pierrefitte,

north of Paris, on 8 April,2012. — INTERNET

People work in a collapsed mine to rescue trappedminers in Ica, Peru, on 7 April, 2012.—INTERNET

‘Please get us out of here’: trapped Peruminers wait it out

LIMA, 9 April — It couldtake two or three more days torescue nine miners trappedsince Thursday in a mine insouthern Peru, a top officialsaid Sunday, as one of theminers begged “please, getus out of here.” Oscar Valdes,cabinet chief to Peru’sPresident Ollanta Humala,told journalists that anengineer working on therescue operation said it couldbe delayed for “two to threemore days” due to freshcollapses inside the Cabezade Negro mine, about 325kilometres (202 miles) southof Lima.

The miners have beentrapped 250 metres (820 feet)underground in a horizontaltunnel since Thursday whena shaft collapsed. The nine,aged 22 to 59 and includinga father and son, were notinjured and remain together.They were being supplied

with oxygen, water and soupthrough a metal tube that theyalso use to communicate withrescue workers. Some wereable to speak with relativeswho are staying near the mineat an improvised camp ofabout 80 people that alsoincludes police, firefightersand other miners. While theirhealth was generally sound,

Afghans, US sign deal on nightraids

KABUL, 9 April — The US and Afghanistan signed a dealSunday giving Afghans authority over raids of Afghanhomes, resolving one of the most contentious issues betweenthe two wartime allies. The majority of these raids are nighttimeoperations in which US and Afghan troops descend withoutwarning on homes or residential compounds searching formilitants. The raids are widely resented by Afghans, andPresident Hamid Karzai had repeatedly called for a halt to allnight raids by international forces. He said for months thatthey would have to stop before he would sign a much-anticipated pact governing the long-term US presence inAfghanistan.

Both countries have said that they wanted that biggerdeal signed before the NATO summit in May, so the nightraids agreement announced Sunday makes hitting that deadlinepossible. Karzai has argued that night raids by internationaltroops make civilian casualties more likely and that US soldiersare disrespectful in the way they conduct the operations. TheUS military has said such operations are essential forintelligence gathering and for capturing Taleban and al-Qaeda commanders.Sunday’s deal appeared to be acompromise: a panel of Afghan security officials get authorityto decide what raids will take place and US forces still play alarge part in operations, including entering Afghan homes ifneeded. The Americans also now have an Afghan partner thatwill be held equally to account if there are civilian casualtiesor allegations of mistreatment.

The resolution of this dispute is a key step towardfinalizing the long-term “strategic partnership” to govern USforces in Afghanistan after the majority of combat forces leavein 2014. The long-term pact is seen as important for assuringthe Afghan people that they will not be abandoned by theirinternational allies.—Internet

Iraq says terrorist celldismantled

BAGHDAD, 9 April — Iraqi security forces have arrestedmembers of an al-Qaeda-linked militant cell responsible fordeadly attacks and robberies in Baghdad, a police official saidon Sunday. Lt Col Nimir Sultan Halan, the head of a policeintelligence unit, said that the dismantled 25-person cellbelongs to Ansar al-Islam, a radical Sunni Arab group linkedto al-Qaeda. He did not say when the actual arrest took place.

Ansar al-Islam had previously threatened to attack theArab League summit in Baghdad and any political or businessofficials associated with it. The summit, held last month, wasalmost violence-free. Halan said the cell was behind robberieson money exchange companies in the capital that were usedto financially support the group. “The families of the victimshave filed lawsuits against the arrested members who willstand trial,” he added. Iraqi authorities seized several bombsand pistols fitted with silencers as part of the operation, hesaid.

Handcuffed suspects seen in the federal policeheadquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, on 8 April, 2012. Iraqi

officials say they have arrested a ring of insurgentsallegedly involved in attacks in Baghdad.— INTERNET

some of the miners weresuffering from anxiety, notunusual for the emergencysituation and its risks. “Weare depressed. Please, get usout of here,” begged JacintoPariona in a trembling voicefrom the back of the areawhere he was trapped withhis colleagues.

Internet

Meanwhile, a rare explosion in the northern city of Irbilwounded one person Sunday.

The attack was caused by a bomb stuck to a car, said thecity’s police chief, Brig Gen Abdul-Khaleq Talaat. Irbil is inIraq’s largely peaceful Kurdish Region, 217 miles (350kilometres) north of Baghdad.

The region has generally been free of the bombings andshootings that have plagued the rest of Iraq. Violence hasebbed in Iraq, but Sunni insurgents still launch occasionalattacks to challenge the Shiite-led government.— Internet

KABUL, 9 April—Another al-Qaeda-linked terrorist leader was killed in anoperation conducted by Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) forces in northern Afghan province ofFaryab, the ISAF said on Monday.

“An Afghan Special Operations Unitand coalition troops killed a senior IslamicMovement of Uzbekistan (IMU) leaderduring an operation in Almar district, Faryabprovince, earlier this week,” the ISAF said ina statement.

The IMU is a terrorist organizationclosely linked to al-Qaeda and the Taleban.It conducts insurgent attacks in the northernregion of Afghanistan.

The killed IMU leader named OsmaniSahib “was one of multiple IMU memberskilled in an exchange of fire that resultedfrom the insurgents’ attempt to attack thecombined Afghan and coalition force duringthe operation,” it said.

“Osmani was recently promoted toreplace Makhdum Nusrat, the former highest

Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist leader killed inAfghanistan: ISAF

ranking IMU insurgent in Afghanistan, afterMakhdum was killed during an operation byan Afghan special unit supported by coalitiontroops” in Shirin Tagab district of Faryabprovince on 26 March, the statement added.

In addition, the security force capturedan insurgent facilitator along with anotherinsurgent, and destroyed several AK- 47s andbomb-making materials, according to thestatement.

Afghan forces and ISAF troops haveintensified cleanup operations throughoutthe post-Taleban country recently. Over 460insurgents have been killed and more than930 others detained in the country so far thisyear, according to the Afghan InteriorMinistry.

The Afghan government and the UnitedStates signed an agreement in Kabul onSunday to allow the Afghan forces to take thelead in the controversial night raids, a tacticthat the coalition says is critical in the fightagainst the Taleban.

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Graphene windows’ clearer focus

LONDON, 9 April—Thecarbon-based materialgraphene can help scientistsstudy liquids more clearly withhigh-power microscopes.Details of the advance arereported in Science journal.Graphene can form a clear“window” to see liquids at

higher resolution than waspreviously possible usingtransmission electronmicroscopes. Liquids hadbeen difficult to view at thesame resolution as solidsbecause these microscopesrequire the liquids to beencapsulated by somematerial.

Traditionally, siliconnitride or silicon oxidecapsules, or liquid cells, havebeen used. But these aregenerally too thick to seethrough clearly. Now, JongMin Yuk at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, andcolleagues have shown thatpockets created by sheets ofgraphene can be used tostudy liquids at clear, atomic,resolution using transmissionelectron microscopes

(TEMs). The researchersused their new graphene-based liquid cell to study theformation of platinumnanocrystals in solution.

With this technique, theteam of scientists was able toobserve new and unexpectedstages of nanocrystal growthas it happened. They notedhow the crystals selectivelycoalesced and modified theirshape. Graphene consists ofa flat layer of carbon atomstightly packed into a two-dimensional honeycombarrangement. Because it is sothin, it is also practicallytransparent. The unusualelectronic, mechanical andchemical properties ofgraphene at the molecularscale promise numerousapplications.—Internet

A mosaic view of the Andromeda galaxy created from 10Galaxy Evolution Explorer images — INTERNET

About Andromeda galaxyNEW YORK, 9 April —

The Andromeda Galaxy (/ænÈdrRmYdY/) is a spiralgalaxy approximately 2.6million light-years (2.5×1019km) from Earth in theAndromeda constellation. Itis also known as Messier 31,M31, or NGC 224, and is oftenreferred to as the GreatAndromeda Nebula in oldertexts. The Andromeda Galaxyis the nearest spiral galaxy toour galaxy (Milky Way), butnot the closest galaxy overall.It gets its name from the areaof the sky in which it appears,the Andromeda constella-tion, which was named afterthe mythological princessAndromeda.

The Andromeda Galaxyis the largest galaxy of theLocal Group, which also

contains our galaxy (MilkyWay), the Triangulum Galaxy,and about 30 other smallergalaxies. Although thelargest, the AndromedaGalaxy may not be the mostmassive, as recent findingssuggest that the Milky Waycontains more dark matter andcould be the most massive inthe grouping. The 2006observations by the SpitzerSpace Telescope revealedthat M31 contains one trillion(1012) stars: at least twice thenumber of stars in our owngalaxy, which is estimated tobe 200–400 billion.

The Andromeda Galaxyis estimated to be7.1×1011solar masses. Incomparison a 2009 studyestimated that the Milky Wayand M31 are about equal inmass, while a 2006 study put

the mass of the Milky Way at~80% of the mass of theAndromeda Galaxy. TheAndromeda Galaxy and theMilky Way are expected tocollide in perhaps 4.5 billionyears.

At an apparent magn-itude of 3.4, the AndromedaGalaxy is notable for beingone of the brightest Messierobjects, making it visible tothe naked eye on moonlessnights even when viewedfrom areas with moderate lightpollution. Although it appearsmore than six times as wide asthe full Moon whenphotographed through alarger telescope, only thebrighter central region isvisible to the naked eye orwhen viewed using binocu-lars or a small telescope.

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Study ties oil, gas production to Midwest quakesNEW YORK, 9 April — Oil

and gas production mayexplain a sharp increase insmall earthquakes in thenation’s midsection, a newstudy from the US GeologicalSurvey suggests. The ratehas jumped six-fold from thelate 20th century through lastyear, the team reports, andthe changes are “almostcertainly man-made.” Outsideexperts were split in theiropinions about the report,

Pockets formed in thegraphene sheets allowed

the team to study liquids athigher resolution.

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which is not yet publishedbut is due to be presented ata meeting later this month.

The study said arelatively mild increasestarting in 2001 comes fromincreased quake activity in amethane production areaalong the state line betweenColorado and New Mexico.The increase began about thetime that methane productionbegan there, so there’s a“clear possibility” of a link,

says lead author WilliamEllsworth of the USGS. Theincrease over the nation’smidsection has gotten steepersince 2009, due to morequakes in a variety of oil andgas production areas,including some in Arkansasand Oklahoma, the researcherssay. It’s not clear how theearthquake rates might berelated to oil and gasproduction, the study authorssaid. They note that others

have linked earthquakes toinjecting huge amounts ofleftover wastewater deep intothe earth. There has beenconcern about potentialearthquakes from a smaller-scale injection of fluids duringa process known as hydraulicfracturing, or fracking, whichis used to recover gas. ButEllsworth said Friday he isconfident that fracking is notresponsible for the earth-quake trends his study found,based on prior studies.

Internet

NY Auto Show: World’s first ‘sky-worthy’ carInternational Auto Show. It isthe first vehicle in the world tohave met both the standardsof the FAA (Federal Aviation

Transition completed asuccessful test flight on23 March this year at

PlattsburghInternational Airport.

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Cliff Allen of Terrafugiaexplains what makes the

vehicle unique.— INTERNET

Terrafugia. This makes it thefirst “street legal aeroplane”,he said. Known as theTransition, the versatilevehicle has two seats, fourwheels and retractablewings.It is expected to beavailable next year, with aprice tag in the region of$279,000 (£176,300)

The vehicle currently hasan experimental certificatefrom the FAA, meaning thecompany has permission tofly it in US airspace for testpurposes. The companyhopes in time it will gain a lightsport aircraft licence. Thehybrid vehicle completed itsfirst successful test flight atPlattsburgh International

Airport near Montreal inCanada last month. A retiredUS Air Force test pilot tookthe maiden voyage - aftervolunteering his services.”

We are very fortunate tohave found him,” said DrSamuel Schwegart, anengineer at Terrafugiaworking on the project. Thevehicle flew at 1,400 feet foreight minutes.—Internet

NEW YORK , 9 April — UScompany Terrafugia has puton display a prototype carthat is licensed to fly as wellas drive, at the New York

Administration) and theNHTSA (National HighwayTraffic Safety Administra-tion), according to Cliff Allen,Vice President of Sales at

Webby Awards voting opens 10April, winners announced 1 May

NEW YORK , 9 April — The 16th annual Webby Awards,“the Internet’s highest honor” according to the New YorkTimes, announced this week that nominees will be revealedon 10 April and comedian and actor Patton Oswalt (YoungAdult, Ratatouille) will host the ceremony and hand out thespring-like trophy on 21 May. The coveted internationalprize for the Internet’s best in websites, interactive advertising,online film and video, mobile and apps, the Webby winnerswill be announced on 1 May and the ceremony follows on21 May on the last night of New York City’s Internet Week.

More than 10,000 entries came from over 60 countries forthe 100 categories. The success of the event can be measuredin the number of media impressions for voting on nominees,which has doubled over the last couple of years from 750million to two billion hits on the website. Voting for the VoiceAwards will open to fans on 10 April and close on 26 April.In addition, winners are awarded a Webby by the InternationalAcademy of Digital Arts & Sciences, which selects thenominees. These Web industry experts include the head ofthe Huffington Post site Arianna Huffington, mobile phoneinventor Martin Cooper and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.

For the first time, the 2012 Webbies show will be live-streamed on www.webbyawards.com, an appropriate moveconsidering the award. An app to watch the webcast oniPhones and iPads is available free at iTunes.—Internet

The 16th annual Webby Awards will be given out21 May.— INTERNET

Google by numbers: 100 million active Google+ users, 350chrome users, 800 million YouTube users

NEW YORK, 9 April — After a year at the helm of one ofthe biggest internet companies in the world, Google CEO LarryPage has penned an open letter recapping the year gone by,outlining his goals for Google’s future and detailing numerousfigures. Google, like many other technology companies, istypically coy about releasing figures but Larry Page hasprovided a nice snapshot of the company to date. He revealedthat 350 million people now use web-based email app GMailand that its web browser Chrome is “growing fast” with over200 million users to date.

“In 2006, when Google acquired YouTube, we faced a lotof skepticism,” said Page. “Today, YouTube has over 800million monthly users uploading over an hour of video persecond.” He emphasized Android’s growth saying that “mobileinnovation has never been greater” and added that “850,000devices are activated daily through a network of 55manufacturers and more than 300 carriers.”

InternetEric Schmidt, Larry Page and Sergey Brin in Google’s

self-driving car.— INTERNET

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How to make the perfecthard-boiled egg

WASHINGTON, 9 April —At first glance, hard-boiledeggs seem easy to make - justthrow them in water and boil.While that sounds good intheory, chances are youwon’t get that perfectlycooked egg and easy-to-peelshell. We’ve nailed down thesteps you need to take tohave egg-cellent hard boiledeggs in no time.

1. Use older eggs. Yup,you heard that right. In HaroldMcGee’s book,”On Food andCooking,” he says that theshells peel easily after severaldays of refrigeration due tothe pH level of the albumen. Ifall you have are fresh eggs,McGee suggests adding 1/2

How to make the perfecthard-boiled egg.

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teaspoon of baking soda tothe cooking water.

2. Start with cold water.Place eggs in a single layer atthe bottom of a pan. Startingwith cold water keeps the eggsfrom cracking; make sure thatthe water is about 1 inchabove the eggs. Add a pinchof salt to the water to helpmake them easier to peel.

3. Bring to a boil for a fewseconds, then cover for 12minutes. Once the water hasboiled on medium heat, turnoff the heat and cover theeggs. They should be doneafter 12 minutes. To test theeggs, open one to make sureyou have the desiredconsistency. Another test is

to spin the egg on a table.Cooked eggs with spinquickly while uncooked eggswill spin slowly due to theirliquid contents.

4. Place the eggs in icewater. Shocking the eggs inice water stops them fromcontinuing to cook. Oncethey are cool, remove themfrom the pan.

5. Peel them under coolrunning water. This makesthe shelling easier if you’renot decorating the eggs.

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Cell phones and cancer: Critics say kids riskbrain tumours

WASHINGTON , 9 April —Scientists are calling intoquestion a study publishedlast year that failed to find alink between cell phone useand brain tumours in childrenand teens. They say the studyactually shows that cell phoneuse more than doubles the riskof brain tumours in childrenand adolescents. Theconcerns come from theEnvironmental Health Trust, agroup whose stated missionis to promote awareness ofenvironmental issues theybelieve are linked to cancer. InJuly 2011, the Journal of theNational Cancer Institutepublished the first study oncellphone use and risk of brain

tumours in children andadolescents, which wasconducted by researchers atthe Swiss Tropical and PublicHealth Institute. The scientistsinterviewed children and teensin Norway, Denmark,Switzerland and Sweden abouttheir cell phone use and alsocollected cell phone recordsfor a portion of them. Of thechildren studied, 350 had beendiagnosed with brain cancerand 650 of them were healthy.

The July paper conclud-ed that the data showed nolink between cell phone useand brain tumours and “arguesagainst a causal association”between the two. In a letterpublished today in the journal,the Environmental HealthTrust said the interpretationof the study’s results wasflawed and contained severalstatistical errors. LloydMorgan, a senior researchfellow at the EnvironmentalHealth Trust and one of theauthors of the letter, called thestudy “sloppy” and said thedata reported in the originalstudy actually shows thatchildren who used cell phoneshad a 115 percent increasedrisk of brain tumors over thosewho did not. “There’s everyindication that this study

actually found that childrenhave a doubled risk of braincancer,” Morgan said. “Forthem to just state that we don’tthink there’s a problem is, forme, quite mystifying.”Messages to the journal andthe authors of the originalstudy asking for commentwere not returned. The authorsof the original study do notesome limitations of their work,including that a relatively smallnumber of children werestudied. They also wrote thatthey could not “rule out thepossibility that mobile phonesconfer a small increase in risk.”

International concernover the potential health risksposed by cell phones has goneon for years. In May, the WorldHealth Organization’s Intern-ational Agency for Researchon Cancre put the devices inthe same category as lead andengine exhaust, citing thepossibility that longterm expo-sure to cell phone radiationcould have longterm healtheffects. Roughly 30 studies sofar have failed to draw aconclusive link. — Internet

Gene discovery may move personalizedstomach cancer treatment forward

Centre of Singapore usedDNA sequencing technologyto analyze tumor and normaltissue from stomach cancerpatients. They identified morethan 600 genes that werepreviously unknown to bemutated in stomach cancer.

Further analysis reveal-ed that two genes — FAT4and ARID1A — were mutatedin 5 percent and 8 percent,respectively, of stomachcancers. In some patients,portions of the chromosomecontaining the two genes weremissing.—Internet

WASHINGTON , 9 April —An international team ofresearchers has identifiedhundreds of new genes thatare mutated in stomach cancer,in a finding they say couldlead to treatments tailored tothe genetic make-up ofindividual stomach tumors.Stomach cancer is the secondleading cause of cancer deathworldwide and kills more than700,000 people a year,

according to the World HealthOrganization. Treatment isoften difficult and unsuccess-ful. In the United States, lessthan one-quarter of stomachcancer patients survive morethan five years after diagnosis.

“Until now, the geneticabnormalities that causestomach cancers are stilllargely unknown, whichpartially explain the overallpoor treatment outcome,” said

the study’s senior author, DrPatrick Tan, an associateprofessor in the Cancer andStem Cell Biology Programmeat Duke-NUS GraduateMedical School, in a DukeUniversity Medical Centrenews release. Tan, who leadsthe Genomic OncologyProgramme at the CancerSciences Institute ofSingapore, and colleaguesfrom the National Cancre

Japan swings back to current accountsurplus

TOKYO, 9 April—Japanswung back to a currentaccount surplus in Februaryafter suffering a record deficitin the previous month,according to official data. Thesurplus in the current account,the broadest measure of tradewith the rest of the world,stood at 1.18 trillion yen ($14.4bn), the finance ministry said.

The latest reading was30.7 percent lower than a yearearlier but largely in line with

Container ships are pictured at Tokyo port. Japan swungback to a current account surplus in February after

suffering a record deficit in the previous month,according to official data.— INTERNET

Tesla Motors expects to see revenues triple this year.— INTERNET

Abu Dhabi sells stake in Teslaelectric car firm

ABU DHABI , 9 April —State owned power supplierAbu Dhabi National Energy(TAQA) has sold its 7% stakein US electric carmaker Tesla.TAQA, three-quarter ownedby the government, said itmade a profit of $113m (£71m)on the sale. Tesla was foundedin 2003 and its best car is the2008 Tesla Roadster, which issold in 32 countries.

The company, whichalso has part shares ownedby carmakers Daimler andToyota, has seen its 2010share listing price of $10double since then. Teslaexpects to become profitablein 2013 and envisages atripling of revenues this,helped by July deliveries ofits premium electric car, theModel S. Abu Dhabi’s TAQAsaid it had sold the 7.3 millionshares transferred to it by theAbu Dhabi Water andElectricity Authority in late2010.

It said it had “admirationfor Tesla’s vision, technologyand products”, but that thecarmaker was a non-coreinvestment for the body. Theemirate remains the largestshareholder in Daimlerthrough its sovereign wealthfund Aabar Investments.

Internet

Looking on the bright side ofinflation

WASHINGTON, 9 April — Sometimes a little bit of inflationis not such a bad thing. In the United States, prices startingto creep upward shows the deep wounds from the credit crisisare slowly healing and the US economy is well on the roadto recovery. The evidence is scattered but it also shows up insome national reports. Consumer inflation, after strippingout volatile food and energy prices, has edged upward overthe past year and now is running just above the FederalReserve’s 2 percent target.

Workers’ pay is nudging higher as the labour marketgradually improves. Hourly earnings have grown at an averageannual rate of 2 percent since last May and posted a 2.1percent gain last month, up from a 1.8 percent pace a yearearlier. Home prices in a few cities, including Miami andPhoenix, have started to climb, the latest Case-Shiller indexshowed, even as the overall index fell. In the Washington area,some realtors say competition has heated up, bringing multiplebids and quick sales.

Businesses in New York and small firms are reportingshortages of skilled labour, especially for technical positions.The New York ISM found in March that 20 percent ofpurchasing managers were having problems hiring. The

A bank employee counts US hundred dollar notes. INTERNET

National Federal of Independent Businesses said almost onethird of its firms surveyed in February had few if any qualifiedapplicants to fill vacancies. This could push up wages in thesesectors. The amount of slack in the economy also appears tobe lessening, the Federal Reserve staff said in minutes lastweek from the March central bank meeting. When there is lotsof unused capacity in the economy, price slashing is common.If demand holds up, the narrowing of the output gap couldgive companies some extra pricing power.

Internet

a 1.15 trillion yen surplustipped in a poll of economistssurveyed by Dow JonesNewswires and the Nikkeibusiness daily. The countrylogged a record 437.3 billionyen deficit in January due tolower exports and higherenergy costs. That wasJapan’s first deficit sinceJanuary 2009, when thecountry posted a then-recordshortfall of 132.7 billion yen atthe height of the global

financial crisis. Japaneseexports have been inchinghigher on the back of arecovery in the United States,a positive sign for an economyheavily dependent onoverseas demand for growth.The current accountmeasures the value of acountry’s imports and foreigninvestments against the valueof its overseas income suchas exports of goods andservices.— Internet

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US helps Pakistan search for 135 buried in snow

ISLAMABAD, 9 April — The US sent a team of experts Sunday to help Pakistan searchfor 135 people buried a day earlier by a massive avalanche that engulfed a militarycomplex in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border. At least 240 Pakistanitroops and civilians worked at the site of the disaster at the entrance to the SiachenGlacier with the aid of sniffer dogs and heavy machinery, said the army. But theystruggled to dig through some 25 metres (80 feet) of snow, boulders and mud that sliddown the mountain early Saturday morning.

Pakistani army spokesman Gen Athar Abbas said Sunday evening that it was unclearwhether any of the people who were buried are still alive. At least 124 soldiers from the6th Northern Light Infantry Battalion and 11 civilian contractors are missing.”Miracleshave been seen and trapped people were rescued after days ... so the nation shall prayfor the trapped soldiers,” Abbas said in an interview on Geo TV.

Pakistani Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the site Sunday tosupervise rescue operations. The US sent a team of eight experts to Islamabad to providetechnical assistance, said the Pakistani army. Pakistan will consult with the team todetermine what help is needed to expedite the rescue operation.— Internet

In this photo released by Inter Services PublicRelations on 8 April, 2012, Pakistan’s army chief GenAshfaq Parvez Kayani, centre, gestures during his visit

to avalanche incident site in Siachen, in northernPakistan.— INTERNET

British soldierinjured in

Afghanistanblast dies in

UKLONDON, 9 April — A

British soldier has died inhospital in Birmingham frominjuries sustained in anexplosion in Afghanistan,the Ministry of Defence(MoD) says. The soldier fromThe Queen’s Royal Hussars(The Queen’s Own and RoyalIrish) had been injured on 3February. The MoD said hisfamily had been presentwhen he died atBirmingham’s QueenElizabeth Hospital.

The death takes to 408the number of UK troopskilled in Afghanistan sincemilitary operations began in2001. Task Force Helmandspokesman Major IanLawrence said: “Sadly, I mustreport that today a soldierfrom The Queen’s RoyalHussars has died of woundssustained in an IED(improvised explosivedevice) strike on 3 Feb , 2012.

“The thoughts andcondolences of everyoneserving in the Task Force arewith his family and friends.”The MoD said the soldier’sfamily had asked for a periodof grace before more detailswere released.— Internet

7-year-old boy tied to Alaska arson firesJUNEAU, 9 April — A 7-

year-old Juneau boy hasadmitted setting five arsonfires over a little more thanfour months, according tofire officials in Alaska’sCapital. Juneau fire marshalDan Jager tells the JuneauEmpire (http://bit.ly/Hr6wKe) that the boycaused about $1,000 indamages by setting fires inrestrooms at HarborviewElementary School and theTerry Miller LegislativeBuilding, plus a downtowngrass fire and two fires at aFred Meyer store. The boy’sname was not released.

“He won’t be going tojail,” Fire Chief RichardEtheridge said, but the case

Shop failures cost 10,000 jobsin first quarter—Deloitte

LONDON, 9 April — The number of retailers enteringadministration in the first quarter of this year was up 15% onthe same period last year, according to research. ConsultantsDeloitte says 69 firms failed during the three-month period,compared with 60 a year earlier.

“The number of job losses that came as a result of theseadministrations was almost 10,000 out of the 22,000 employedby those companies,” it said. Among the firms hit were PastTimes, Peacocks, Game, La Senza, and Blacks. Meanwhile,the administrations figure for the first quarter was up by 64%on the previous quarter, when 42 retailers enteredadministration.

“Whilst the quarterly rent day often sets the timing forthe insolvency, a significant trigger in a number of recentadministrations is that many retailers have too many marginalstores,” said Lee Manning, restructuring services partner atDeloitte. “As online retailing continues to grow whilst overallspending is weak, the fixed costs and poor performance ofsome stores drag on the overall business.”

And he said job losses at firms entering administrationwere much higher than a year previously. Mr Manning alsosaid that to remain competitive, some retailers would have torethink their business models “to be nimble and adaptable tochanging consumer trends”. In total, the number of firmsentering administration, excluding retailers, in the first quarterof the year saw a fall of 10% on 12 months before, from 497to 447. “Whilst conditions undoubtedly remain tough, theyear-on-year decline is a positive indicator and gives aglimmer of hope that some industries are potentially over theworst,” said Mr Manning. — Internet

Arrests after body found in Southamptonindustrial bin

LONDON, 9 April —Three people have beenarrested on suspicion ofmurder after a body wasdiscovered in an industrialbin in Southampton. Thebody was found byfirefighters tackling a firein a bin on the Empress RoadIndustrial Estate early onSunday.

Two men, aged 28 and25, and a 20-year-oldwoman, all fromSouthampton, were arrestedin the city. HampshirePolice said they were tryingto identify the victim but

Police were called tothe industrial estate

early on Sunday.INTERNET

Game Group entered administration in March 2012 butfound a buyer for its remaining stores.—INTERNET

could not yet say if the bodywas male or female. A post-mortem examination wasbeing carried out, the policesaid.

Thomas Lewis Waywas closed near the junctionwith Empress Road after thebody was found at about03:00 BST. Det Insp SimonBaker said: “We are makingurgent inquiries to identifythe body.” The detectivesaid he was unable to saywhether the victim was maleor female, their age or howbadly burned the body wasand said the condition of

the body was “hampering”the identification.

The bin has beenremoved as part of theinvestigation and a fingertipsearch of the area was being

Cruise ship to retrace voyage of TitanicLONDON, 9 April — A cruise carrying

relatives of some of the more than 1,500people who died aboard the Titanic nearly100 years ago set sail from England on Sundayto retrace the ship’s voyage, including a visitto the location where it sank.

The Titanic Memorial Cruise, carryingthe same number of passengers — notincluding crew — as the Titanic did, cast offfrom Southampton, where the doomed vesselleft on its maiden voyage.

The 12-night cruise will commemoratethe 100th anniversary of the sinking of theWhite Star liner. Waving passengers crowdedthe decks as the ship prepared to set sail,many dressed in period costumes as first-class passengers, crew members, steeragepassenger and stewards.

will be forwarded toprobation officers at theJohnson Youth Centre. Theboy told fire officialsduring interviews Wednes-day that he set the smallfires with a lighter he found.There was no immediateindication of why, Jagersaid, but the incidents weredangerous.”He has no ideahow big the fires couldhave gotten,” Jager said.“He could have gotten hurt,and other people couldhave been hurt becausesome of those buildingswere occupied. Being thatage, I don’t think heunderstood the magnitudeof what could havehappened.”

The boy’s grand-mother is his legalguardian. She was surprisedto learn her grandson wasplaying with fire, Jager said.“It definitely got herattention, and I think she’sgoing to be a big helpmaking sure that the boyunderstands what he’sdoing,” Jager said.

A surveillance cameraat the legislative buildingrecorded the boy enteringand exiting the bathroomat the time of the fire. Amaintenance worker extin-guished the fire and did notcall for assistance butcontacted police andsubmitted video footage.

Internet

carried out. HampshirePolice have appealed forinformation from anyonewho witnessed anysuspicious activity in thearea.—Internet

The MS Balmoral sets sail for the Titanic memorial cruise from Southampton,England, on 8 April, 2012. Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with

the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship’s voyage,including a visit to the location where it sank. — INTERNET

Graham Free was dressed as anEdwardian gentleman and described hisexcitement for the cruise as he waited toboard. “I have been a fan of the Titanic sinceI was nine years old and this cruise is theclosest you are going to get to it,” said the 37year old.

“The trip has cost a considerable amount,but I wanted to do it.” Fellow cruiser CarmelBradburn, 55, who lives in Australia,described herself as “fanatical” about theTitanic and struck back at accusations thatretracing the doomed voyage is in poor taste.“I don’t think the cruise is morbid.

It’s like saying Gallipoli is morbid orcommemorating the (Crimean) war,” she said.“Remembering those who died is notmorbid.”—Internet

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Photo shows Wunyu Dam.

Wunyu and Madae Dams built to help boost agricultural production in Magway Region

Wunyu Dam* It was built over Wunyu Creek near

Kazunma Village in Seikpyu Townshipin Pakokku District.

* The facility has 2300 ft in length and28 ft in Height.

* It has 2400 acre feet of storage capacity.* It can irrigate 345 acres of farmland.* The dam contributes to greening of its

environs.* Thanks to the dam, farmers in the

region could extensively grow summerpaddy and gram.

* It was built near Gyobin Village inKanma Township of Magway Region.

* The dam built on Madae Creek has 76square miles of watershed area. It is ofearthen type.

* It has 155 ft high and 1920 ft long. Theembankment of the dam is 1200 ft long.

* Irrigating 4000 acres of farmland inKanma Township, the dam contributesto the greening of its dry surroundings.

* On 4000 acres of farmlands irrigated bythe facilited, farmers could opt monsoonpaddy, monsoon sesame and green gramas the first crop.

* Summer paddy and beans and pulsesbecomes the second crop in the region.

* Even as the third crop, summer paddycould be cultivated on 700 acres offarmland.

* It increases cultivation capacity by 218per cent.

Madae Dam

Translation: HKA

Archive: Maung Nyein Aye

MWEA holds annual general meetingYANGON, 9 April—The Myanmar

Women Entrepreneurs’ Association held its17th Annual General Meeting at Sedona Hotel,here, on 30 March morning.

Founder of the association Adviser andPatron retired professor of the Institute ofEconomics Daw Yi Yi Myint made a speech.Chairperson of the association Daw WahWah Tun extended greetings. Secretary of

the association Daw Hnin Wai read theexecutive report and financial adviser DawKhin Yu Htay, the financial report.

Executives and members of theassociation presented gifts and cash to thepatron and advisers.

Vice-Chairperson of the association DawHla Wady spoke words of thanks.

MWEA

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 April —To mark the eternal peace,Union level peace makinggroup of the UnionGovernment hosted a dinnerin honour of the KayinNational Union-KNU whichhas offered peace talks to theUnion Government at theinvitation of the governmentat Sedona Hotel in Yangonyesterday.

The dinner was attendedby Union Ministers U AungMin, U Soe Thein, U NyanTun Aung, U Zaw Min, UKhin Yi from Union levelpeace making group, ChiefMinister of Yangon Region UMyint Swe, Yangon Regionministers, Kayin national raceorganizations, repre-sentatives of the KNU led bySecretary-General of KayinNational Union-KNU Naw SiPoe Yar Sein and GeneralSaw Mutu Sae Poe and peacenegotiators of the both sides.First, Union Minister U AungMin and Naw Si Poe Yar Seinspoke words of thanks.

At the dinner, Kayinnational vocalistsentertained them with songs

Union level peace making group hosts dinner inhonour of KNU peace makers

Member of Union level peace making group Union Minister U Aung Minpresents gifts to Secretary-General of Kayin National Union-KNU Naw Si

Poe Yar Sein.—MNA

and on behalf of the Presidentof the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar, Union MinisterU Soe Thein presented

computers, solar-poweredlamps, Union Minister UAung Min souvenirs and 10sets of Sky Net receivers to

representatives of the KNU.They also had a group

photo taken at the dinner.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9April—The 126th Inter-Parliamentary UnionAssembly held in Kampalaof Uganda on 5 April passedthe resolution to admitPyidaungsu Hluttaw ofMyanmar to the internationalorganization of parliamentsheadquartered in Geneva ofSwitzerland.

Leader of MyanmarHluttaw delegation DeputyPyidaungsu HluttawSpeaker U Mya Nyein spokeworks for thanks forreaffiliation to supporters ingoverning council andexecutive committee tounanimously admit Myanmarto IPU as the PyidaungsuHluttaw made bid for IPUmembership with theresolution made on 16 March,2012. He also thankedMembers of Parliament fromvarious countries. He alsovowed to establish friendlyrelations with internationalparliaments under IPUstatutes.

Speaking at plenarysession of the second dayassembly on 2 April, thedeputy speaker explainedabout emergence ofHluttaws in Myanmar underthe constitutionunanimously ratified by thepeople, strides fordeveloping discipline-flourishing multipartydemocracy system,international support,developments in political,economic and social sectors,and MPs elected by the

Myanmar delegation attends126th IPU Assembly

people serving the people asper motto of the Hluttaw“People’s voice is Hluttaw’svoice; People’s desire isHluttaw’s desire; People’sexpectation, Hluttaw’simplementation”.

Myanmar delegationmet IPU Secretary-GeneralMr Anders Johnson on 31March and 2 April, UgandanParliament Speaker MsRebecca Kadaga on 3 April,IPU President MrAbdelwahad Radi on 4 April,and delegation of the UnitedKingdom on 5 April. Inmeetings, they franklydiscussed matters related toMPs capacity buildingmeasures and inter-parliamentary cooperation.

The opening sessionof the assembly was held on31 March evening. UgandanPresident General Museveniand Ugandan ParliamentSpeaker Ms Rebecca Kadagadelivered opening speeches.The message sent by UNSecretary-General Mr BanKi-moon was read out.

Myanmar delegationis composed of DeputyPyidaungsu HluttawSpeaker U Mya Nyein,Deputy Pyithu HluttawSpeaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa,Chairman of Pyithu HluttawInternational RelationsCommittee U Hla Myint Oo,Chairman of AmyothaHluttaw ASEAN Politics andSecurity Committee U NyuntTin. The delegation arrivedback on 8 April.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—Union Minister forConstruction U Khin MaungMyint inspected SethsanBridge construction sitebeing built by Special Group(3) of bridge constructionon Bogale-Sethsan-Htawpai-Ahmar road andThakan Bridge constructionsite on Bogale-Sethsan road

Union Construction Minister inspects road and bridge worksin Ayeyawady Regionyesterday morning.

Then, the UnionMinister proceeded to 3553-ft-long Bogale river-crossing bridge constructionsite being implemented bySpecial Group (5) of Bridgeconstruction. After hearingthe report presented bydeputy superintending

engineer on the bridge, theUnion Minister leftnecessary instructions.

After that, he inspectedthe construction of KalagyiCreek bridge on Bogale-Pyapon road, Kyonekubridge construction site,damaged road on Pyapon-Dedaye road section and themaintenance of Twantay

bridge on Twantay-Hlinethaya road.

On arrival at Seikkgyi –Khanaungto suspensionbridge construction project,he coordinated essentialsand inspected bore piles. Hecalled for timely completionof earth works of approachroad and meeting setstandards.—MNA

UMFCCI Vice-President U Zaw Min Winextends greetings at Myanmar-Thai Freight

Business Workshop.MNA

Working committees to workfor boosting socio-economy

in Yangon RegionYANGON, 9 April — Yangon Region Chief Minister U

Myint Swe stressed the need for collecting correct data fordrawing plans for promoting socio-economy in the region.

During the meeting for organizing workingcommittees for drawing and implementing plans andcollecting socio-economic data in Yangon Region atYangon Region Government office today, the Region ChiefMinister gave a green light to collect socio-economic datain townships, wards and villages in the region to organizethe working committees for drawing and implementingplans for socio-economic development and urged thedepartments concerned to assist in the work.

Afterwards, Head of Yangon Region PlanningDrawing Department U Myo Nyunt reported onarrangements for setting up the region, district andtownship working committees and conducting trainingon collecting data. The Yangon Region Economic andPlanning minister and departmental officials took part inthe discussion.— MNA

YANGON, 9 April— Republic of the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, theoffice of Thai Economic Counselor to Myanmar andMyanmar International Freight Forwarders’ Associationjointly organized a workshop on various sectors inMyanmar-Thai freight business held at UMFCCI’s officehere on 6 April.— MNA

Workshop on Myanmar-Thai freight business held

Drive safely

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—Organized by bookworms inLoikaw of Kayah State, the literary talk was given atKandayawady City Hall in Loikaw from 7.30 pm to 11.30pm on 4 April.

Writers Chit Naing (Psychology), Myinmu MaungNaing Moe and Maung Nyein Thu (Gyobingauk) gaveliterary talks. It was attended by over 500 audiences.

MNA

Literary talks held in Loikaw

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Thingyan song, ‘Shar-bon-daw Minthagyi’ writtenby Kyaw Myint Thu woke me up. Today is the 7th April andthe water festival is just a week away. As I was sitting at a teashop, the business of buying and selling goods went onaround me in the market place more or less as usual. Justthen, U Htoo, a friend of mine, approached me and said,“You know some of choral dancing groups and pavilionsthat stand for Thingyan Contest, I hope.”

“Yes, they all are good,” I replied. Pointing to themohinga shops nearby, I added, “And they all havecompetitive pressure, just like those food shops.”

In some parts of Myanmar, mohinga, rice noodles

Thingyan MelodiesThingyan MelodiesThingyan MelodiesThingyan MelodiesThingyan MelodiesThan Daing Kaung (Meiktila)

with gravy may be females’ stuff, but not in my native town.Cup after cup, people of all ages gobble more mohinga thananyone else anywhere.

It is not much of a surprise, then, “No Two” thetown’s second largest mohinga shop recently came underattack from two competing shops. For these food shops,competition makes both economic and gastronomic scene.The new comers’ pursuit of regular customers is symptomaticof a wide-ranging desire to buy their way into the localcommunity. When asked whether the three food shops are tooclosely lining up the area, the market officer has a readyriposte; “It would have been a bit difficult operating

protectionism in the market where everyone has theacquisitive habits. Moerover, competition is inevitable ineverything win or lose, hearts should not quits.”

However, when I returned from the market place,it was with ambivalence. Passing a pavilion I saw twentyyoung girls working up a choral dancing. The leaders of thedancers who were talking and teasing each other were noother than rival mohinga shop owners. It was they whojoined hands to form the choral dance.

True, then I realize that Thingyan songs andmelodies, which Myoma Nyein, Mandalay U Ba Thein,Myoma U Paw, Myoma U Bo Khin and many other havewritten since 1938, always bring peace and love to everyone.

Thingyan is our national heritage which bringsthe Myanmar people, rich or poor, far or near alwaystogether when everyone takes part in the festival, and it isno exaggeration to say that enjoyment and memories ofThingyan would linger a life time. Let the water festivalbegin.

FIRE DRILL EXERCISED: Namtu TownshipAdministrator U Nyunt Ngwe, Executive Officer of

Township Development Affairs Committee U Hsan Min,Head of Township Fire Services Department U Win

Thaung, Township Electrical Engineer U Aung MyintToe, Commander of Township Police Force Police

Captain Shwe Win supervise participation of workers ofDAC and fire brigade members in fire drill.

TOWNSHIP GAD

DISTRICT NEWS

Strong winds destroy houses, buildings in KyanginKYANGIN, 9 April—

Heavy rains and strong windssuddenly hit various areas ofKyangin Township inAyeyawady Region at 4.15pm on 4 April.

In the incident, a total of15 houses collapsed inYenantaung (East) Village andAyechan Marlar Village, twohouses in Kwinyagyi Village,one house in KyitaungkwinVillage, two houses in

Gwaytaukkon Village and sixhouses in Yengan Village,totalling 26.

Moreover, strongwinds blew roofs and housewalls of about 25 houses fromthese villages. In addition,one rice mill, oneDhammayon and YenganVillage Basic EducationPrimary School (Branch)were also destroyed.

Local authorities of

Kyangin Township, membersof Fire Services Departmentand auxiliary fire brigade,departmental personnel, theadministrator of YenantaungVillage and party distributedrice to 105 family membersfrom 26 households and otheraids.

There was no casualtyof human and cattle, it waslearnt.

Kyemon

YCDC plans to supply waterto townships in ThingyanYANGON, 9 April—

Engineering Department(Water and Sanitation) ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee has madearrangements for supplywater to Yangon during theperiod of Maha ThingyanFestival.

Water will supplied toTamway, MingalaTaungnyunt, Pazundaungand Botahtaung townshipson 13 April (Akya Day), 15April (Akyat Day), 15 April(Akyat Day) and 16 April (AtetDay) round the clock inaddition to Yangon GeneralHospital and other importantareas.

Moreover, the water willbe distributed to Kyauktada,Pabedan, Latha, Lanmadaw,Bahan and Dagon townshipsfrom 7 am to 11 am and 3 pm to6 pm. Kyimyindine andSangyoung townships will besupplied water from 7 am to 10am.

Mingaladon, Insein,Mayangon, Yankin,Kamayut, Hline, Hlinethaya,Shwepyitha, North Okkalapa,South Okkalapa,Thingangyun, Thakayta,Dawbon, Dagon Myothit(North), (South) and (East)townships can get water asusual water supplyprogramme.

As of 17 April (MyanmarNew Year Day), all thetownships can get waterusually.

If there needs emergencyrepairing of water pipelines,

may contact workers of water/sanitation section assignedat respective townshipDevelopment AffairsCommittees. If not, anyonemay seek help fromEngineering Department(Water and Sanitation) ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee, Tel: 249655,243550, 382989, 382990 and660340.

Kyemon

Action will be takenagainst the groups usingwater from the moat withoutpermission under the MCDCLaw.

It was reported thatwarning has been issued notto use water from the fire taps,action will be taken againstthem under law.

Thiha Ko Ko-Mandalay

TAXATION EXPLAINED: A ceremony to explainmatters related to taxation organized by Bago Region

Internal Revenue Department was held atKanbawzathadi Hall in Bago on 5 April. Director U Win

Myint of the department explains notifications ontaxation, rules and regulations amended by Ministry of

Finance and Revenue.—KYEMON

Myanmar LibrariesFoundation is givingencouragement tobroadening the horizon ofthe people and developingself-reliant libraries acrossthe nation.

Those wishing todonate cash and books tothe libraries may contactMyanmar LibrariesFoundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street inBotahtaung Township,Yangon, Tel: 01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

MLF invites cash,books

Citizenship scrutiny cardsissued in Hlaingbwe

HLAINGBWE, 9 April—Aceremony to issue citizenshipscrutiny cards to the eligiblecitizens was held at BasicEducation Primary School inPakkyaw Village ofHlaingbwe Township inKayin State on 23 March.

Director of Kayin StateImmigration and NationalRegistration Department UThaung Zaw and officialspresented the cards toeligible local peopleindividually.

Township Immigration

Hailstones drop in MandalayMANDALAY, 9 April—At

about 3 pm on 6 April, cloudsfrom west and southwestpassed over Mandalay andits surrounding areas and itbecame heavy rain withstrong winds.

When it was raining,hailstones of two millimeterssizes dropped and the rainfall

reached about fivemillimeters.

Due to strong winds andheavy rains, branches of treesfell down on the roads.Workers of Mandalay CityDevelopment Committeehave cleared debris on theroads.

Thiha Ko Ko-Mandalay

Application to be submitted for takingwater from Mandalay moat

MANDALAY, 9 April—Any group can pay K 50,000each to Water and SanitationDepartment of MandalayCity Development

Committee so as to takewater from Mandalay moatand lakes during the periodof 1373 Maha ThingyanFestival.

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Members of Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs’ Association leave

for Thailand

YANGON, 9 April—Members of MyanmarWomen Entrepreneurs’Association Daw Htet HtetWin and Daw Thazin HtetHtet left here by air on 2 Aprilmorning to attend theMeeting of the ASEAN YouthLeadership Organization tobe held in Bangkok ofThailand.

TRAINNIG COURSE CONCLUDES: Bago RegionInternal Revenue Department conducted the Revenue

Management Computerization Multiplier CourseNo. 2/2012 on 28 March. Head of Bago Region Internal

Revenue Department U Tun Tun Aung gives aconcluding remark.—TOWNSHIP IRD

Two members of Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’Association seen at Yangon International Airport

before their departure for Thailand.

Fire preventive measures taken in Wakema

WAKEMA, 9 April—Anofficial team inspected

Myoma Market in Wakemawhether there were sales of

fuel at the shops or not withthe aim of ensuring the marketfree from danger of fire, on 29March morning.

The inspection teamcomprised Head of TownshipFire Services Department UTin Maung Win andmembers, Assistant DirectorU Kyaw Myo Aung ofTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee andmembers of the marketcommittee.

Kyaw Sein (Wakema)

New building of library opened in AunglanAUNGLAN, 9 April—A

ceremony to put newbuilding of Thuta Yeikmonlibrary into service was heldin Kyiyatkon Village ofAunglan Township, ThayetDistrict, on 27 March.

At the ceremony,Township Administrator U

Khin Maung Win and Headof Township Information andPublic Relations DepartmentU Aye Win made speeches.

Departmental personneland local people donatedbooks and publications tothe library.

The new building of the

library was opened byMagway Region Hluttawrepresentative U San Lwin,Township Administrator UKhin Maung Win and Headof Township Informationand Public RelationsDepartment U Aye Win.

Township IPRD

DISTRICTNEWS

Colour photo contest for MahaThingyan on 16 April

MANDALAY, 9 April—Mandalay City MyanmarTraditional Maha Thingyan Festival Organizing LeadingCommittee will hold the colour photo contest.

Each contestant may submit four 10x14 inches sizes ofdigital photos or film photo.

The entries may be submitted to Mandalay Daily, notlater than 8 am on 16 April (Atet Day).—Kyemon

Maha Thingyan Golden CupGolf Tournament 11-14 April

YANGON, 9 April—PyinOoLwin Golf Club willhold the 54th Maha ThingyanGolden Cup GolfTournament at PyinOoLwinGolf Course from 11 to 14April.

The tournament isclassified as gold, silver andbronze inter-club event,singles’ scratch event, 0-15senior event, women’s eventand PyinOoLwinChampionship event.

Gold class forqualification of the goldersis designated from 0 to 12handicaps, silver class 13-18handicap, bronze class 19-24 handicap. Each club canbe formed with four members.Best strokes of three golfersfrom each team will becounted for the scratch event.In the singles’ event, everygolfer is to take part in thecompetition throughhandicap system.

The tournament will besponsored by KM GolfCentre as main sponsor, HanGolf Masters, MK Fashion,Feel Restaurant, HotelPyinOoLwin, LuckyDrinking Water, Shwe NanHtaik Construction, Pointsunflower, Myanmar Beer,KBZ Bank, Fortune GroupCo Ltd, Shwe Thabye Co andPanhope Duwa Co as co-sponsors.

Those wishing to takepart in the tournament mayenlist at the club and wishingto sponsor the tournamentmay contact office ofPyinOoLwin Golf Club, Tel:085-22382, Manager U TunTha Zan, Lt-Col Khin MaungHtwe, Tel: 09-2031905, Lt-Col Thant Zin Ohn, Tel: 09-204479, Major Ye Htet, Tel:09-49265029, U Kyaw HtayKo, Tel: 09-2044075 and UMyo Thant, Tel: 09-91041497.—Kyemon

They were seen off atYangon InternationalAirport by Leader ofOrganizing andDevelopment Group DawAye Aye Nyunt andExecutive Dr Yu Nwe Winof Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs’ Asso-ciation.

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Measles vaccination given tochildren in Ottwin

OTTWIN, 9 April—Aceremony to launch age-wisemeasles vaccinationcampaign was held in OttwinMyoma Market Ward inOttwin Township of BagoRegion on 22 Marchmorning.

First, Township Ad-ministrator U Kyaw Shwe,Head of Township HealthDepartment Dr Myo Min and

departmental personnel,members of socialorganizations attended theceremony.

The officials gavemeasles vaccination tochildren from nine months tofive years old.

So far, Ottwin Townshiphas injected measles vaccineto 18312 children.

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Fire preventive measurestaken in Mandalay

MANDALAY, 9 April—Chanayethazan TownshipFire Prevention SupervisoryCommittee of MandalayRegion is carrying out tasksof talking about danger offire and inspecting firepreventive measures andtaking action against thosewho broke disciplines withmomentum.

On 28 March, theofficials of the committee met

entrepreneurs of robe andeight requisites shops atEindawya Pagoda in ThiriHayma Ward.

Officials demonstratedon putting out of fire with theuse of foam.

Shop ownersparticipated in the fire drill.Later, officials inspectedsystematic keeping of fireextinguishers at the shops.

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Prizes awarded for raisingreading habit

PINLEBU, 9 April—Withthe aim of developing schoollibraries and village librariesand raising reading habits inPinlebu Township of KathaDistrict in Sagaing Region,the prize presentation ofraising reading habit andbook donation was held at UAung Myat Hall of BasicEducation High School inPinlebu on 28 March.

Chairman of TownshipWriters and Journalists

Association U Htwa Maung(Maung Lun Myaing-Pinlebu) made a speech.

Next, Staff Officer U ChoMaung of Katha DistrictInformation and PublicRelations Departmentexplained the purpose of theceremony.

Officials awardedwinners in the primary levelpoem recitation, middle andhigh school level essay andextempore talks contests.

They donated books tothe school library and villagelibraries and then awardedPyinnya Alin Library of

Hsaingyagyi Village andBawa Mee-ein Library inPhonegyi Village.

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New roads commissioned intoservice in Shwegu

SHWEGU, 9 April—A ceremony to inaugurate U Pon NyaRoad and Nga Htin Nge Road as Sanpya Road Section-3, builtby Shwegu Township Development Affairs Committee for2011-2012 fiscal year, were held in Shwegu of Kachin State on28 March morning.

Township Administrator U Nyi Nyi, Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U Win Naing and Executive Officer U KhinAung Ni of Township Development Affairs Committee formallyopened the road.

At the ceremonies, the Township Administrator and thePyithu Hluttaw representative made speeches.

The executive officer of the Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee explained matters related to the new asphaltroad.

The newly-opened asphalt road is 12 feet wide and 1595feet long built at a cost of K 16,540,000.

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Venezuela’s Chavez returns to Cuba for moretreatment

CARACAS, 9 April —Venezuelan President HugoChavez has returned to Cubafor a third round ofradiotherapy to treat arecurrence of his cancer.President Chavez announcedhis departure from Caracas ina Twitter message sent fromthe airport.”Heading forHavana with faith inResurrected Christ. We’llkeep living and keepwinning!”President Chavez

had surgery in February toremove a second tumour fromhis pelvic area. The Presidenttold Venezuelans he wasreturning to Cuba for moretreatment after an emotionalplea for his life at an Eastermass.

Speaking through tearsin his hometown of Barinas,he asked Jesus to give himmore time because he had“things left to do”. “Give meyour crown, Christ, give it to

me, I will bleed, give me yourcross, a hundred crosses, butgive me life, because I stillhave things left to do for the(Venezuelan) people and forthe homeland,” he said duringThursday night’s mass.

He later said it had been“a spontaneous, sentimentalthing” brought about by thepresence of his family next tohim at the mass.

“My mum gave me herhand with such tenderness,

Mr Chavez said he was overcome with emotion when hisparents held his hands during an Easter mass.—INTERNET

Gazans firetwo rockets

into Israel; noinjuries

JERUSALEM, 9 April —Militants in Gaza have firedtwo rockets into Israel a dayafter Israeli airstrikes injuredtwo Palestinians in thecoastal territory.

Israeli police spokes-woman Luba Samri said therockets landed in open areasnear the Gazan border earlySunday and did not causeinjuries.

The exchange showscracks in the shaky cease-firethat Egypt brokered to stop abarrage of rockets and airstrikes between Israel and theGaza Strip last month.

Militant groups in Gazafrequently launch rockets intoIsrael but rarely inflictcasualties.

There are many smallfactions, and cease-firesreached by some does notmean others abide by them.Another rocket landedThursday in the southernIsraeli city of Eilat near theEgyptian border. Israel saysit was fired from Egypt.

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and Dad gave me his... andbecause of this, tears rolleddown my face”, he said.

The exact nature ofPresident Chavez’s cancer

has not been disclosed,fuelling rumours that hishealth may be worse thanofficially stated.

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Alaska’s largest city breaks seasonal snow recorda factor because it is supposedto increase weather extremes,according to climate scientists.Even by Alaska standards,Anchorage has been wallopedby snow.

City snow removal crewshave worked around the clockto clear roadways and haulmore than 2.5 million cubicyards of snow to the city’s sixsnow disposal sites, which areclose to capacity. Main-tenance and operationsdirector Alan Czajkowski saysthat volume would almost fillthe Louisiana Superdome inNew Orleans. That’s not evencounting the loads disposedof by state crews.

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ANCHORAGE, 9 April — Aspring snowfall has brokenthe nearly 60-year-oldseasonal snow record ofAlaska’s largest city.Inundated with nearly doublethe snow they’re used to,Anchorage residents havebeen expecting to see thisseason’s snowfall surpass therecord of 132.6 inches set inthe winter of 1954-55. The 3.4inches that fell by Saturdayafternoon brings the total to133.6 inches. National Wea-ther Service meteorologistShaun Baines said forecastersdon’t expect more than an inchof additional accumula-tion.

Before a dumping of wetsnow Friday, none had fallen

since mid-March, and theseasonal measure hovered at129.4 inches, or nearly 11 feet.The halt gave residents achance to clear their snow-laden roofs and city crews anopportunity to widen streetssqueezed by mountains ofsnow. Extreme weather has hitnot only Alaska. It’s alsostruck the lower 48, where thefirst three months of 2012 hasseen twice the normal numberof tornadoes and one of thewarmest winters on record.

Two different weatherphenomena — La Nina and itsnorthern cousin the ArcticOscillation — are mostly toblame, meteorologists say.Global warming could also be

Tents cover the entrances to tunnels used for smugglinggoods along the Gaza-Egypt border, near the southernGaza Strip town of Rafah, on 6 April. Two Palestinians

were wounded by a rocket fired by an Israeli drone whileriding a motorcycle in Rafah on the Gaza Strip onSaturday, Palestinian security sources told AFP.

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Two Gazans hurt in Israelidrone hit: security sourcesRAFAH, 9 April—Two Palestinians were wounded by a

rocket fired by an Israeli drone while riding a motorcycle inRafah on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian securitysources told AFP. Medical services in Gaza said the two, whowere not identified, were in moderate condition. The Israelimilitary confirmed the attack, which it said targeted militantswho were about to launch rockets at Israel. Israeli “aircraftthwarted a rocket launch in the southern Gaza Strip,” a militaryspokeswoman told AFP.

Last month, a chain of Israeli air strikes and Palestinianrocket salvoes started when Israel killed Zuhair al-Qaisi, headof the Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees, promptingother militant groups to fire rockets. Palestinians in Gaza firedmore than 310 rockets at Israel, and Israeli war planes carriedout dozens of air strikes, killing 25 people, among them 14members of Islamic Jihad.

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Disaster fund to encouragenew solutions

LONDON, 9 April—The Department for InternationalDevelopment is to announce a fund this week to encouragenew solutions to assist after natural disasters. Examples ofthe kind of projects it will support include an app to helpreunite missing families, and using satellites to producequick maps. Others are radio stations and mobile networkswhich are quick to set up. The move follows predictions thatthe number of people affected by disasters will rise to 375million by 2015.

The BBC’s International Development Correspondent,David Loyn, said: “Among the first people that Britain nowsends in response to earthquakes, such as in Haiti, are map-makers, who, working alongside fire officers camping in therubble, quickly print maps from satellite images, so thatrescuers know where to go. “It is this kind of 21st centurytechnology that the government wants to encourage withnew funding.”

Our correspondent says the innovation the DfID islooking for is not all computer-based. The fund will assist the

Survivors of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan were givensmartcards to assist with food aid handouts.— INTERNET

development of buckets that can be filled with clean waterand sealed, and lightweight collapsible wheelchairs. Withthe world expected to face more natural disasters in the yearsto come, affecting many more people than before,International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saidthe response had to improve - and harnessing newtechnology was one part of the solution.

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Tulsa police launch manhunt after shootings kill three

Tulsa Chief of Police Chuck Jordan: ‘’I want to say to theperpetrator...’We’re coming for you’’’

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after investigators earlier said the incidents werelinked. The FBI has joined a task force set up toinvestigate the killings, he said. Jack Henderson, acity councillor for the district where the attacksoccurred, urged people to come forward withinformation.” This is Tulsa, Oklahoma. We shouldhave the ability to stand out on your porch anytime,day or night, that you want to, to walk down the street,day or night.

“And the only way that this person is going tobe brought to justice is we need some leads.”A 49-year-old was the first killed at about 01:00 local time(06:00 GMT) on Friday. Minutes later the gunmanapproached two other men and asked for directionsbefore shooting them. They survived but later twomore were shot dead nearby.

“We’re all nervous,” said one resident, 52-year-old Renaldo Works. “I’ve got a 15-year-old, and I’mnot going to let him out late. People are scared. Weneed facts.” “You don’t want to be a prisoner in yourown home,” he said.— Internet

TULSA, 9 April — Authorities in Tulsa, in the USstate of Oklahoma, have launched a manhunt after aseries of shootings which police say may have beenhate crimes. Five attacks took place within hours ofeach other on Friday, killing three and criticallywounding two others, within a three-mile (5km) radius.All the victims were black and police say there aresearching for a white male in connection to theattacks.

Community leaders have tried to calm fears offurther attacks. The police said they were searchingfor a white man driving a white pick-up truck, who wasseen in the area of three of the shootings. The BBC’sJonathan Blake says the crimes have shocked peopleliving in a relatively quiet part of north Tulsa, and thatthere is a fear that the killer may strike again. Ourcorrespondent says detectives are hoping for peopleto help them, but that many in the community do nottrust the police.

Tulsa police chief Chuck Jordan said they wereinvestigating whether the attacks were hate crimes,

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CHANG CHUAN VOY NO (170)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV CHANGCHUAN VOY NO (170) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 9.4.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W-5 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: FORTUNE SHIPPING AGENCYPTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV AN ZE JIANG VOY NO (156)Consignees of cargo carried on MV AN ZE JIANG

VOY NO (156) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.4.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W (7) where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DANU BHUM VOY NO (300)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DANU BHUM

VOY NO (300) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.4.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (485)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH

VOY NO (485) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.4.2012 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 the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV OEL BLESSING VOY NO (157N)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV OEL BLESS-ING VOY NO (157N) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 10.4.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S BLPL LOGISTICSPTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Artists make a serpentstatue out of bamboos, atthe Wat Phnom Pagoda,which is located in WatPhnom Park, in PhnomPenh on 9 April, 2012.

Cambodians will celebratethe Khmer New Year from13 to 15 April to mark thebeginning of the Year of

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Father dies trying to rescue son off Cornwall coastLondon , 9 April — A 60-

year-old man has died afterfalling into the sea as he triedto save his son in northCornwall. His son, 27, fell intothe sea as they fished fromthe beach at Tregardock nearDelabole on Sunday morning.The father threw him a lifebelt,but as he was pulling him tosafety, another wave washedhim into the sea, said

coastguards. Both men werepicked up by a lifeboat but thefather was later pronounced

The victim’s son is beingtreated in hospital after the

incident at Tregardock. INTERNET

dead. His son was taken tothe Royal Cornwall Hospitalat Treliske. His condition isunknown.

Devon and CornwallPolice said the men, who werefrom Cornwall, were visitingfamily in the area. “The twomen were in the water forabout 30 minutes beforebeing rescued,” a spokesmansaid.—Internet

Murder charge over JacobWoudstra stabbing in Hastings

Flowers andtributes have beenleft at the scene of

the stabbing inMount Pleasant

Road.INTERNET

SUSSEX , 9 April — A manhas been charged with themurder of a 17-year-old boystabbed in the chest in EastSussex. Jacob Woudstra wasstabbed near the Shah pub inMount Pleasant Road,Hastings, on Thursday. AdamSkilton, 42, of Wilton Road inBexhill, has been charged withmurder and perverting thecourse of justice.

Wesley Long, 34, of HighStreet, Hastings, is alsoaccused of perverting thecourse of justice. Both will

appear before Hastingsmagistrates on Monday. A31-year-old man from Rye, whowas arrested on suspicion ofmurder, and a 19-year-oldHastings man, arrested forviolent disorder, have beenreleased on bail pendingfurther inquiries.—Internet

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10-year-old gives birth

A 10-year-old Colom-bian girl gave birth to a healthybaby girl, doctors said. Themother, only identified as ayoung girl from Manaure,delivered her daughter, whoweighed 5 pounds, byCaesarean section, ABCNews reported on Friday.”The baby’s head needs tocome through a bony outlet.But in a young girl, the pelvismay not be ready or bigenough to deliver a baby,”said Dr Kimberly Gecsi, anOB/GYN at UH Case Medical

High-tech wallpaper resists earthquakesevenly when the walls areshaking, Deutsche Wellereported.

The special wallpaper isadhered to walls with aflexible, soft adhesive madefrom water and a large amountof polyurethane beads. Afterthe adhesive penetrates themasonry the waterevaporates and the beadsstrongly anchor the material

German researchers saythey’ve developed “seismic”wallpaper that can hold amasonry wall together to keep

it from crumbling or falling inan earthquake. Scientists atthe Institute of SolidConstruction and Construc-tion Material Technology atthe Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology used stiff, high-strength glass fibers woventogether to form a strongelastic covering, with thefibers running in fourdirections to distribute energy

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Golden snappers are considered a delicacy in some Asiancultures.— INTERNET

to the wall, the researcherssaid.

The seismic material wastested on a replica house in anearthquake simulator.“Because of the earthquakewallpaper, we were unable tomake the building collapse,”researcher Mortiz Urban said.The wallpaper will start goinginto commercial productionthis year, researchers said.

Centre in Cleveland.Doctors said the girl is

from a member of the Wayuupeople, an indigenous tribe innorthern Colombia. The ageof the father is unknown.“We’ve already seen severalcases [of pregnancy] in girlsof the Wayuu ethnicity,” saidEfrain Pacheco Casadiego,director of the hospital wherethe girl gave birth. “When infact [the girls] should beplaying with dolls, they arehaving to care for a baby.This is shocking.”

Carly Rae Jepsen tops UKsingles chart

LONDON, 9 April —Canadian singer Carly RaeJepsen has shot to the top ofthe UK chart with her singleCall Me Maybe afterbecoming an internetsensation. The formerCanadian Idol contestantsold 100,000 singles in a weekafter a viral video showingJustin Bieber and Selena

Carly Rae Jepson finishedthird in Canadian Idol in

2007.— INTERNET

Three children, two adultsattack by pit bulls

Five people, including three children were bitten by pitbulls that escaped from a house in Virginia Beach, Va, officialssaid. The children were bitten by the dogs as they played inScarborough Square Park on Friday, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported. An adult was hurt as they tried to fend off theanimals and the dogs’ caregiver was also bitten, said DetectiveTonya Borman, a police spokeswoman.

For one of the children, 9-year-old Michael Jones, it wasthe second attack within weeks, the newspaper said. “This isthe second time this has happened in six weeks,” said theboy’s mother, Tara Matthews. “The first bite should’ve beenthe last bite.” The other two children were 7-year-old sonJamari Love and his sister, Da’Shawna Bailey, 12.

Jamari required plastic surgery and required more than100 stitches to close his wounds. “I don’t want any more kidsto be hurt,” said Markivia Bailey, the children’s mother.

Loud and clear: Urban enjoys benefits of surgery

In this on 9 Nov, 2011file photo, singer KeithUrban performs duringthe 45th Annual CMAAwards in Nashville,Tenn. Urban emerged

from his surgery toremove a polyp and anodule from his vocalcords with benefits he

never imagined.INTERNET

NASHVILLE, 9 April—Worried he might lose some ofhis singing ability, Keith Urbanactually emerged from hissurgery to remove a polyp anda nodule from his vocal cordswith benefits he neverimagined. “I think if a footballerin their 40s was given theirknees back like they were intheir early 20s, that’s kind ofhow I feel right now,” Urbansaid. “It’s an extraordinaryfeeling of freedom.”

Thousands of fans willget to hear the results forthemselves when theAustralian country music startakes the stage during the AllFor The Hall benefit Tuesdayat the Bridgestone Arena inNashville. It’s one of thehandful of times Urban hassung in public since his surgerylate last year.

Urban says he had issueswith his vocal cords for years,but they were never seriousenough to address. When apolyp developed, though, hebegan to have troubles withhis voice. He had to push hardto reach the notes he used tohit even just a few years agoand he began to lose his

Barbra Streisand won’t sing atObama’s LA fund-raiser

Actress Nicole Kidman and her husband, singer KeithUrban arrive at the 47th annual Academy of Country

Music Awards at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevadaon 1 April, 2012.— INTERNET

Gomez dancing to the trackreceived 31 million YouTubeviews.

Call Me Maybe has beena No1 in Canada, Australiaand New Zealand. Jepsenonly came third when shecompeted in Canadian Idol in2007. Holding firm at two inthe chart was Sean Paul’s SheDoesn’t Mind.

Gotye rose two places tothree with his former numberone hit Somebody That IUsed To Know while NickiMinaj fell one place to fourwith Starships.

Last week’s number one,Chris Brown’s Turn Up TheMusic, fell to five. And furtherdown the chart, there was asurprise re-entry for TheScript’s hit from 2008, TheMan Who Can’t Be Moved,at number 18.

The Irish band havereceived a sales boost aftertheir singer DannyO’Donoghue’s appearancesas one of the four star coacheson new BBC One talent showThe Voice. The band’s albumThe Script, also from 2008,has re-entered the album chartat number 31.

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falsetto, a key ingredient in hisbest songs.

All that changed almostimmediately after the surgeryand Urban has been workingwith a vocal coach to strengthenhis voice. He recentlyperformed a 90-minute set atthe Houston Rodeo, puttinghimself through a successful

workout that showed no illeffects from the surgery.

“I don’t have to push thepedal down to 70 mph to reachthose notes anymore,” Urbansaid. The surgery also freedUrban in other ways. He foundthat his songwriting changedwith his voice and he beganimposing limits, something nowriter wants to do.

For instance, on his lastalbum “Get Closer” heeliminated those falsetto hooksat the ends of choruses thatdrive his fans crazy. “I alreadyfeel that this next album, thethrust and the pull as asongwriter is to talk more aboutsome of my stories, personalstories, beyond my relationshipwith my wife (actress NicoleKidman) and subjects that I’venever really tapped into thatmuch,” Urban said.

“So I think getting myvoice back has sort of been ametaphor for finding my voicemore so as well as an artist,broadening it, really, to thethings that I want to write aboutand I feel ready to write aboutthat I guess I haven’t in recentyears. “

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Glenn Close to get NAB awardWASHINGTON, 9 April —

US actress Glenn Close willreceive yet another honor —the National Association ofBroadcasters’ Service toAmerica Leadership award inWashington.

The stage, television, andfilm artist who most recentlycaptured an Oscar nominationfor her performance in “AlfredNobbs” is being recognizedfor her efforts to help removethe stigma of mental illness,broadcastingandcable.comreported on Thursday.

The 11 June black tiedinner and awards ceremonywill also honor Service to

America Community Awardsfor Radio and Television,Service to America TelevisionAward and Service to ChildrenRadio and Television Awards.

The Service to AmericaAwards are presented everyyear by the NationalAssociation of BroadcastersEducation Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicatedto reinforcing the future ofbroadcasting through acommitment to education andto advancing excellence in thediversity and communityservice efforts of the industry,the NABEF’s Web site said.

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LOS ANGELES, 9 April—Barbra Streisand is stillbacking President Obama’sre-election campaign, but shewon’t be singing for thepresident on his next fund-raising stop in SouthernCalifornia. Published reportshad suggested that the singer— who has lent her lungs toDemocrats dating back toJohn F Kennedy and LyndonJohnson — would entertainat a 10 May event to be hostedby DreamWorks Animation’sJeffrey Katzenberg. Partyofficials have set a $2 milliongoal for the event.

But a source close toStreisand told TheWrap thatshe will not be performing.

Streisand sang at a fund-raiser for Obama at the BeverlyWilshire Hotel in 2008, whenthe president went on to takein $2.8 million from theentertainment industry. The

Actress and singer BarbraStreisand arrives for “ADecade of Difference: AConcert Celebrating 10Years of the William J

Clinton Foundation” at theHollywood Bowl in

Hollywood, California on 15 October, 2011.

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support from Hollywood hasdropped off, to $1.5 million in2011, but party officials hopethe election season kick-starts the fund-raising efforts.

Vice President Joe Bidenwill open the re-electioncampaign’s next SouthernCalifornia tour with a $2,500-a-head party in Santa Barbaraon 20 April.—Internet

Rare golden snapper fish soldfor $38,000 in Bangladesh A Chinese businessman has paid $38,000 (£24,000) for

a rare golden snapper fish caught on Thursday in the port cityof Chittagong, fish traders say. The unidentified businessmanfrom Hong Kong bought the 37kg (82lb) fish “for its tastybladder and succulent flesh”, seller Jahangir Saudagar toldAFP. He bought the fish at an auction before selling it on tothe businessman.

Only about four snappers — considered a delicacy — arecaught in the Bay of Bengal every year, experts say. MrSaudagar, who works at a fish market near Chittagong, boughtthe fish from fishermen returning from the Bay of Bengal lateon Wednesday. “I continued to bid until everyone else gaveup because I knew I could sell this fish on at (a high) price,”Mr Saudagar said.

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Real lead cut to four with Valencia stalemate

(From L) RealMadrid players

Marcelo, goalkeeperand captain Iker

Casillas, Raul Albioland Pepe watch asthe ball is deflectedduring the Spanish

league matchagainst Valencia atSantiago Bernabeustadium on 8 April,

2012 in Madrid.INTERNET

SANTIAGO, 9 April —Stuttering Real Madrid haveBarcelona breathing downtheir necks after their La Ligalead was cut to just four pointsfollowing a 0-0 draw withthird-placed Valencia onSunday. Real started well withCristiano Ronaldo hitting thepost early on, but they wereunable to maintain theimpetus and Valencia also hitthe woodwork in both halvesthrough Ricardo Costa andTino Costa. Karim Benzemawas denied by a double savefrom keeper Vicente Guaita asReal pressed late on butValencia also had their

chances with Jordi Albadenied in a one-on-one withkeeper Iker Casillas.

Real have now drawnthree of their last five gamesin the league and face a crunchfew weeks where they playderby rivals Atletico Madridand tackle Barcelona in ElClasico. “It was a game wherewe had chances to score rightto the end, we had the supportof the fans and now wecontinue forward with ourfour-point lead,” said Realassistant coach AitorKaranka. “We are happy withthe way we are playing andare looking forward to the next

game. We are confident in theproject and that has notchanged.”

Valencia coach UnaiEmery felt that his side couldhave got more from the game.“It is difficult to play at theBernabeu with Real Madridplaying well and very strongso we knew that we had tofollow our strategy of keepingthe ball and counter-attacking,” he said.Champions Barcelona havehit form at the right time withtheir 4-1 victory over 10-manZaragoza on Saturday theirninth in succession.

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Wigan’s Martinez furious after Chelsea’soffside goal

LONDON, 9 April —Wigan Athletic managerRoberto Martinez did notmince his words after Chelseabeat his relegation-threatenedside 2-1 at home on Saturdaythanks in part to a clearlyoffside opener from BranislavIvanovic. With six game left tosave their Premier Leaguestatus, the dropped pointscould prove to be crucial forthe second-bottom side. “I’mreally disappointed that wecouldn’t get what the playersdeserved today. I felt that westopped Chelsea from playingmost of the time,” the normallymild-mannered Martinez toldSky Sports before turning tothe controversial goal.

“It is not something youwant to see in football becausethey are not even difficultdecisions. The linesman had ahorrific day, unfortunatelyagainst us. It’s a real shameand there is a feeling ofinjustice amongst my players.“I’ve seen a very mature side,a side that can go anywhere inthe Premier League,” he added,

trying to find positives for therelegation run-in where theynext host leaders ManchesterUnited on Wednesday.Martinez later told the BBC hisside had been robbed and thelinesman had put in a“disgusting” performance.

Wigan players surround-ed the officials to remonstratebut, despite most of theStamford Bridge crowdknowing it was offside, thegoal stood and Chelsea’s pushfor third spot and an automaticChampions League berth next

season gathered pace.Mohamed Diame equalised forthe visitors but Juan Mata’sscrappy last-minute winnersealed victory for Chelsea, whoreached the ChampionsLeague semi-finals in midweek.Chelsea’s interim bossRoberto Di Matteo had somesympathy for Wigan, who arein the drop zone on goaldifference.

“I think they were unluckynot to get something from thisgame,” the Italian said.

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Chelsea’s interim manager Roberto Di Matteo (R) andWigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez stand on thetouchline during their English Premier League soccermatch at Stamford Bridge in London on 7 April, 2012.

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Big John targets French Opensurprise

MONACO , 9 April — JohnIsner is developing such astrong affection for claycourttennis that he is emerging asa dangerous outsider for theFrench Open. Isner steeredthe United States into theDavis Cup semi-finals at theweekend, beating GillesSimon and then Jo-WilfriedTsonga in four sets on thefamous clay courts of theMonte Carlo Country Club.France had been warned ofthe 26-year-old’s ability afterIsner defeated Roger Federer,also on clay, in February’sfirst round 5-0 Davis Cupwhitewash of Switzerland.

— in his 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-3 win over Tsonga, he fireddown 16 aces and unleashed56 winners. France andSwitzerland may have beenstunned by 6ft 9in (2.06m)Isner’s claycourt prowess, butnot USA captain Jim Courier,who knows his way aroundthe gruelling, slow surface,winning back-to-back FrenchOpens in 1991 and 1992.

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Just for good measure,Isner has also beaten worldnumber one Novak Djokovicthis year in the semi-finals ofthe Indian Wells Mastersalbeit on a more familiar hardcourt. “I like playing onclay,” said Isner. “I playedthree of my best matches thisyear, my best wins have comeon clay. It’s a surface I enjoyplaying on and a surface I feelI can do very well on.”

His big, power game hasbeen at home on Europe’snotoriously slow clay courts

Tearful Watson wins Masters in playoffAUGUSTA, 9 April —

Bubba Watson conjured amiraculous par from pine strawto become only the third left-hander to win the Masterswith an emotional playoffvictory over Louis Oosthui-zen at Augusta National onSunday. The Americanclinched his first major titlewith a two-putt par on thesecond extra hole, the par-four 10th, where SouthAfrican Oosthuizen bogeyedafter ending up just short ofthe green in two and failing toget up and down. Bothplayers had ended up wellright off the tee, Oosthuizengaining a fortuitous bounceoff a tree before playing hissecond shot from the first cutof rough.

Although the long-hitting Watson ended updeep in the tree line, he had anavenue to the green andstruck a superb high draw offthe pine straw with a gapwedge for his ball to settle 10feet from the pin. AfterOosthuizen had chipped up

15 feet past and narrowlymissed his par putt comingback, Watson had the luxuryof two putts for victory. Hisbirdie attempt slid past thecup but the 33-year-old fromBagdad in Florida gatheredhimself and tapped in forvictory before embracing hiscaddie.

“I never got this far in mydreams,” a teary-eyedWatson said in the ButlerCabin before being helped

into the revered green jacketby last year’s Masterschampion Charl Schwartzel ofSouth Africa. “I got in thesetrees, hit a crazy shot that Isaw in my head and somehowI’m here talking to you with agreen jacket on. “It’s ablessing,” Watson added,after joining fellow left-handers Phil Mickelson (2004,2006 and 2010) and CanadianMike Weir (2003) as Masterswinners..— Reuters

Bubba Watson of the US (L) waves while wearing hisgreen jacket after winning as Augusta National Golf

Club Chairman William Porter Payne (R) applauds afterthe 2012 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta

National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on 8 April,2012. — INTERNET

Westwood again flirts with glory but falls short

Lee Westwood of Englandhits his tee shot on the

fourth hole during finalround play in the 2012

Masters Golf Tournamentat the Augusta NationalGolf Club in Augusta,

Georgia, on 8 April, 2012.INTERNET

Marseille’s Frenchmidfielder Mathieu

Valbuena controls the ballduring the French L1

football match Paris vsMarseille, at the Parc desPrinces stadium in Paris.

INTERNET

International Sports

PSG edge out Marseille torekindle title hopes

AUGUSTA, 9 April — Lee Westwood once again flirted with the Masters title on Sundaybut his final round 68 proved not quite enough and he was left ruing his putting over the fourdays of the tournament. Westwood shot the same fourth round tally as winner Bubba Watsonand went one better than play-off runner-up Louis Oosthuizen but, despite going four-underon the back nine, had to settle for tied for third, two strokes adrift.

And the Englishman had no doubt what had cost him the chance of a first major. “Thestory of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven’t putted well,”he said. “I came out and missed a two footer on the third inexplicably and that is not the kindof thing that will give you confidence for the rest of the round,” said Westwood, referring toan early bogey.

“So I didn’t really make that many putts. The longest I made was ten foot on 18. I madea good one at the right time, but that’s not really good enough,” he said. Westwood has nowhad seven top three finishes in major championships since 2008, including his runners-up spotat the 2010 Masters behind Phil Mickelson.— Reuters

PARIS, 9 April — ParisSaint Germain rekindledhopes of a first French leaguechampionship success in 18years on Sunday aftersqueezing past old rivalsMarseille 2-1 at the Parc desPrinces. The three pointsmoved the big-spendingcapital club level on 63 pointswith Montpellier at the top ofLigue 1 - although theParisians have played a gamemore.

PSG, who ended thegame with ten men after a latered card for MohamedSissoko, made the ideal startas Jeremy Menez put theminto the lead after just sixminutes following good workby Brazilian Nene, who cut infrom the left and set up achance which Menez firedpast Steve Mandanda.Ghanian Andre Ayew got the

equaliser after 59 minutes butPSG reacted straight awayand two minutes later AlexCosta bagged his secondgoal for the Parisians. Theswift advantage was a boonfor a PSG side on edge afterlast week’s 2-1 loss at Nancy,which meant a first leaguedefeat under coach CarloAncelotti.—Internet

USA’s John Isner hits areturn to France’s Jo

Wilfried Tsonga duringtheir Davis cup tennis

match quarter final on 8April, 2012 in Monaco.

INTERNET

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MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(10-4-2012) (Tuesday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

News Rakhine Traditional

Water Festival (Water Throwing Festival )

News Thingyan Songs &

Dances Amazing World News Let's visit Flower

City by Coach News Sweet & Dreamy

Taste News Topic on Journal

“Alluring Myanmar’s Rattan Product”

News India Product Show News Youth of the Future

(Episode-8) News Myanmar Movie

“Myself, Other Men & Women”

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:50 am 2. Nice and Sweet Song8:05 am 3. Dance of Thingyan

Festival8:40 am 4. International News3:15 pm 5. AFC Cup 2012

Group StageFootball (Live)Ayeyawady United(Myanmar) &Navibank Saigon(Vietnam)

5:15 pm6 . Dance of Thingyan

Festival5:45 pm7. Songs For

Upholding NationalSpirit

6:50 pm8. Sing A Song7:00 pm9. TV Drama Series8:00 pm10. News14. Bakery World15. India Drama Series

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

Weather forecast for 10th April, 2012Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Hot spring ofNawngkhio

attractsvisitors

NAWNGKHIO, 10 April—The hot spring in SeikphuVillage, 18 miles north ofNawngkhio, KyaukmeDistrict of Shan State (North),is thronged with visitors fortaking a bath.

The water of hot springrelieves some diseases suchas hypertension, stroke,headache, and itch of body.

The visitors from hereand there take a bath at thehot spring.—Myanma Alin

MEASLES VACCINATED: Age-wise measlesvaccination was held at 11 wards and village-tracts inHsipaw Township of Shan State (North) on 27 March

under supervision of Hsipaw Township HealthDepartment. At Taungmyo Ward administrative office,

Dr Nan Kyi Pya Aung and party inject measlesvaccination to children from nine months to five years

old.—MYANMA ALIN

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 27/81 18/64 Likelihood of fairly widespread rain or

thundershowers (60%)

2 Kayah 30/86 16/60 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

3 Kayin 37/99 22/72 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

4 Chin 22/72 10/50 Likelihood of fairly widespread rain or


5 Upper Sagaing 25/77 18/64 Likelihood of fairly widespread rain or


6 Lower Sagaing 36/97 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

7 Taninthayi 37/99 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

8 Bago 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

9 Magway 39/102 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

10 Mandalay 35/95 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

11 Mon 37/99 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

12 Yangon 37/99 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

13 Rakhine 33/91 20/68 Likelihood of fairly widespread rain or


14 Southern Shan 29/84 13/55 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

15 Northern Shan 30/86 15/59 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 18/64 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

17 Ayeyawady 38/100 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 39/102 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 37/99 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 35/95 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been widespread in Chin Sate, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing Region and Kachin State, scattered in Bago Region, shan snd Rakhine States, isolated in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, Kayah and Mon States and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining Region and stage. Day temperature were (3°C) above April average temperatures in Eastern San, (3°C) to (4°C) below April average temperatures in Northern shan and Kayah States, (3°C) to (5°C) to (7°C) below April average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant day temperatures were Minbu (4°C), Chauk (4°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Maungdaw (2.40) inches, Myeik (0.98) inch, Falam (0.71) inch, Sittwe (0.63) inch, Putao, Hakha and Paletwa (0.39) inch each.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea, Southeast and West Central Bay and partly cloudy to cloudy

elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squall with modente to rough Seas are likely at time off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed in

squall may reach(30) to (35)mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Continuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in the Upper Myanmar areas.

ATHENS, 9 April—A small makeshift bomb exploded onMonday outside a branch of a Greek ministry tasked withcutting 150,000 public sector jobs by 2015, causing damagebut no injuries, police said.

Windows were smashed and desks and computers weredamaged in the blast at the Administrative Reform Ministrybuilding. A car was also damaged in the explosion. “There wasno warning call and the risk of someone being injured was big,as the building is centrally located,” said a police official whodeclined to be named. The bomb was made of at least five gascanisters, police said. The ministry is tasked with reformingGreece’s bloated public sector, a key demand by the country’sinternational lenders.

The attack was the second in under a week. A similarbomb exploded at the office of former Prime Minister CostasSimitis on Tuesday last week. Greece’s coalition government,led by technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos,denounced that attack as an attempt to destabilize the countryahead of national elections expected on 6 May. Gas canisterattacks on police and businesses are frequent in Greece.

Newcastle 2-0 BoltonKing Arfa lifts Toon closer to top four

Blast kills 12in southern

Somaliamarket

MOGADISHU, 9 April—At least 12 people died in abomb attack in Somalia onMonday targeting Somaliand Ethiopian troops in abusy market in the southerncity of Baidoa, witnesses andofficials said.

It was the second blastin the country in barely aweek.

Last week, a femalesuicide bomber killed sixpeople, including two topsports officials, in the theatrenear the presidential palacein Mogadishu.

The attack on Mondaywas the deadliest sinceEthiopian and Somali troopscaptured Baidoa, about 250km to the southwest ofMogadishu, from al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels inFebruary.

Al Shabaab claimedresponsibility for the latestattack.

“We planted a remotelycontrolled bomb in Baidoamarket.

We targeted theEthiopian and the Somalitroops.

About three of themdied,” Sheikh Abdiasis AbuMusab, spokesman for alShabaab’s militaryoperations, told Reuters.

Musab saidgovernment soldiers hadkilled a number of civiliansafter opening fire followingthe blast but the regionalgovernor has denied theaccusation.

Witnesses said theexplosion happened outsidea butchery.—Reuters

Small bomb damages Greekreform ministry

Everton 4-0 SunderlandPrize Gueye sparks rout

LONDON, 9 April—After a dour first period,Magaye Gueye broke the deadlock when hesmashed in the rebound after Simon Mignoletpushed away Leon Osman’s drilled shot.

Steven Pienaar and Osman made sure ofthe points with identical curling shots in quicksuccession. Substitute Victor Anichebe addeda fourth with a late deflected effort.

Toffees boss David Moyes clearly hadone eye on his side’s date with Liverpool atWembley on Saturday, making five changesand leaving Leighton Baines, Tim Cahill andNikica Jelavic out of his squad entirely. Thelast time Moyes rested players ahead of a cuptie, it was for a Merseyside derby before hisside’s quarter-final against the Black Cats,and it created a storm of controversy when theReds won 3-0. His selection this time is unlikelyto bring any complaints from Toffees fans,especially as his side still picked up their thirdwin in their last four league games withoutmeeting much resistance from the visitors.

Everton had dominated from the startbut, until Gueye’s goal, they lacked a cuttingedge in the absence of Jelavic, who has scoredfive goals in his last eight games. Just 90seconds later, it was 3-0, with Osman popping

LONDON, 9 April—Hatem Ben Arfaproduced a finish of pure class to set Newcastleon their way to a fifth successive BarclaysPremier League victory. On an afternoon whenthe Magpies turned in a faltering display infront of their expectant fans, the Frenchman

A man walks in front of a damaged Administrative Reformministry building in Athens on 9 April, 2012.—REUTERS

Small bomb attacks against politicians have risen sincethe country adopted harsh austerity measures under theterms of two successive bailouts by the European Union andthe International Monetary Fund.—MNA/Reuters

up in the same place to fire another curlingshot past Mignolet and into the net via thepost. A miserable afternoon for Sunderlandwas completed when, only three minutes afterhe had replaced Fellaini, Anichebe’s strike hitJack Colback and looped past the helplessMignolet.—Internet

capped afleet-footed73rd-minuterun with acool finish tofire his sideback into fifthplace, for afew hours atleast. Papiss

Hatem Ben Arfa produceda finish of pure class to setNewcastle on their way toa fifth successive victory.

Cisse made sure of the points with his 10thgoal in nine games with seven minutesremaining as Bolton were left to rue second-half saves by Tim Krul from Chris Eagles andMark Davies.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—A delegation led by US SenatorMr. James Henry Webb and party, paid a call on Speaker ofPyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann, at Pyithu Hluttaw Hallof Hluttaw Building here at 1.15 pm today.

Present at the call together with the Pyithu HluttawSpeaker were members of Legal Affairs and Special CasesAssessment Commission, the director-general of HluttawOffice and officials. Mr. James Henry Webb was accompaniedby the Charge d’ Affaires ai of US Embassy to Myanmar andofficials.

At the call, they exchanged views on promoting amitybetween Hluttaws of both countries, boosting multi-sectoralcooperation through transparency and Hluttaw affairs.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann receives USSenator Mr. James Henry Webb and party

NAY PYI TAW, 9 April—Speaker of Amyotha HluttawU Khin Aung Myint received a delegation led by US SenatorMr. James Henry Webb and party, at Amyotha Hluttaw Hallof Hluttaw Building, here, at 2 pm today.

Present at the call together with the Amyotha HluttawSpeaker were Chairman of Monetary and Customs AffairsCommittee U San Tun, Chairman of Women and Child AffairsCommittee Dr Mya Oo, Chairman of International RelationsCommittee Col Maung Maung Htoo and officials from HluttawOffice. The US Senator was accompanied by the Charge d’Affaires ai of US Embassy to Myanmar and officials.

The Speaker explained undertakings of Hluttaws,successful holdings of the by-elections and current reformprocess and progress. Both sides had a cordial discussion onpromoting mutual ties between two countries.

MNA

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint meets USSenator Mr. James Henry Webb and party

YANGON, 9 April—The summer basicbaseball training course 2012 concluded atthe baseball ground of Myanmar BaseballFederation at Sports and Physical EducationInstitute (Kyaikkasan Grounds) in TamwayTownship yesterday morning.

Summer basic baseball training course wraps upTrainees demonstrated their skills.Secretary of the federation presented

certificates and prizes to the trainees.Later, Baseball League of Myanmar

Baseball Federation kicked off there.MNA

Quantum computer built inside a diamondDELFT, 9 April—

Diamonds are forever — or, atleast, the effects of thisdiamond on quantumcomputing may be. A teamthat includes scientists fromUSC has built a quantumcomputer in a diamond, thefirst of its kind to includeprotection against“decoherence” — noise thatprevents the computer fromfunctioning properly.

The demonstrationshows the viability of solid-state quantum computers,which — unlike earlier gas-

and liquid-state systems —may represent the future ofquantum computing becausethey can be easily scaled upin size. Current quantumcomputers are typically verysmall and — thoughimpressive — cannotyet compete with the speedof larger, traditionalcomputers.

The team’s diamondquantum computer systemfeatured two quantum bits(called “qubits”), made ofsubatomic particles.

Internet

Scientists have built aquantum computer in adiamond, the first of its

kind. The chip in the imagemeasures 3mm x 3mm,

while the diamond in thecenter is 1mm x 1mm.

INTERNET

Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myintreceives a delegation led by US Senator

Mr. James Henry Webb at Amyotha HluttawHall of Hluttaw Building.—MNA

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mannreceives a delegation led by US Senator

Mr. James Henry Webb at Pyithu HluttawHall of Hluttaw Building.

MNA

Tottenham lose ground inrace for third place

LONDON, 9 April—Tottenham Hotspurstumbled in their pursuit of athird place Premier Leaguefinish and an automatic

Champions League slot nextseason when they were upset2-1 at home by Norwich Cityon Monday. MidtableNorwich had a host of penalty

claims turned down yet stillplugged away for amemorable victory to leaveSpurs on 59 points, two adriftof third-placed Arsenal,having played 33 games,one more than their northLondon rivals.

Newcastle Unitedmarksman Papiss Cissescored his ninth goal in 10matches as his side joinedTottenham on 59 pointswith a 2-0 win at homeagainst Bolton Wanderers,Hatem Ben Arfa scoring theopener with a stunning 60-metre run.

Everton’s 4-0hammering of Sunderlandlifted them to 47 points inseventh and put moredistance between them andLiverpool who are on 43points with a game in hand.

Reuters

Anthony Pilkington gave Norwich the lead at Spurs asPaul Lambert’s side continued impressive Premier

League form.

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