Volume XIX, Number 268 6th Waning of Pyatho 1373 ME Saturday, 14 January, 2012

Established 1914

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—Vice-Presi-dent of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Thiha Thura U Tin Aung MyintOo, accompanied by Union ministers,Sagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye,Commander of North-West CommandMaj-Gen Soe Lwin, deputy ministers, In-dian Ambassador to Myanmar Dr VSSeshadri and officials, went to Hkamtiyesterday.

They were welcomed at HkamtiAirport by Sagaing Region Minister for Fi-nance and Revenue U Saw Myint Oo, Chair-man of Naga Self-Administered Zone Lead-ing Body U Rhu San Kyu, Pyithu Hluttaw,Amyotha Hluttaw and Region Hluttaw rep-resentatives of the region, departmental of-ficials, members of social organizations andlocal national races.

At the office of Hkamti DistrictGeneral Administration Department, theVice-President and party met district andtownship level departmental officials,members of social organizations andtownselders.

Hkamti Township Administrator UAung Kyaw and Deputy Commissioner ofthe district U Kyaw Than reported onlocations, areas and administrative mattersof the township and district. They also gaveaccount of land utilization, rainfall, monsooncrops cultivation target and progress in 2011-2012, cultivation of cold season crops, pro-duction of 10 major crops to meet the tar-

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint OoVice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Ooon inspection tour of Hkamti Districton inspection tour of Hkamti District

get, cultivation and production of rubber,transformation to mechanized farming, dis-bursement of agricultural loans, gross pro-duction of the district up to December 2011-

2012, per capita income, tasks of educationand health sectors, and progress of water andpower supply to undertake rural develop-ment tasks. They submitted requirements of

the region.Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye

presented reports on efforts for ensuring smooth(See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 13Jan—The second work co-ordination meeting betweenUnion Supreme Court andRegion/State High Courtstook place at the meeting hall

Union Supreme Court, Region/StateHigh Courts meet

of the Union Supreme Courthere this morning, with anaddress by Chief Justice ofthe Union U Tun Tun Oo.

U Tun Tun Oo inhis speech said that judges,being responsible tostrengthen the judicial pillar,were to adhere to uprightnesswithout bias and corruption.The meeting was attendedby judges of Union SupremeCourt, chief judges ofRegion/State High Courts,director-general and deputydirectors-general of theoffice of the Union SupremeCourt and region/state lawofficers. The chief judges reported on legal and judi-cial affairs of respectivecourts and the Chief Justiceof the Union assessed thereports.

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Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo cordially greeting thosepresent at the meeting hall of Hkamti District GAD.—MNA

Chief Justice of the Union U Tun Tun Oo delivers an address at second coordination meeting between Supreme Court of the Unionand Region/State High Courts.—MNA

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PERSPECTIVESSaturday, 14 January, 2012

Tears of joyThere are three happiest days in Myanmar

society—wedding day, the day on which a novicemonk leaves the Order and the day on which one isreleased from jail. Among these days, the last two arethe happiest days.

Today is the happiest day not only for thosewho were serving their prison terms in respectivejails but also for their families, relatives and friends.Some are overcome with joy and they are on the vergeof tears. In the time of the government of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar led by President U TheinSein, Amnesty and clemency are granted to prisonerswith the aim of ensuring stability and eternal peace ofthe State, fostering national reconciliation, enablingthem to participate in the nation-building endeavorsby realizing the magnanimity of the State. ThisJanuary alone sees the release of convicts for twotimes. Late 3rd January, the government set a total of6656 prisoner free—6087 male and 569 female.

The 651 prisoners were granted amnestyagain on 13 January. It is heard that people expressspecial thanks to the State and President U Thein Seinfor the releasing because the fact that the recentrelease included notable persons although the numberis less than previous times.

In the time of the new government, the releaseof prisoners is four times, including this time. Amongseveral reforms of the President, releasing theprisoners is the significant one.

Those people, on their parts, should do theirbit for peace and stability of the State and developmentworks. All people happily welcome the release ofprisoners and should put all-out efforts into theemergence of a democratic nation.

Health research conferenceconcludes

YANGON, 13 Jan—The final day session of MyanmarHealth Research Conference took place at MedicalResearch Department (Lower Myanmar) in Ziwaka Street,Dagon Township here this morning. Resource personsread out seven papers and scholars talked about progresstowards malaria control in Myanmar.

In the afternoon, the best papers were chosen andawarded. At the conference, 73 papers were read, 24research posters were displayed and nine technicalseminars were held. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—Pyinnya Alin Library inPontun Village, Lashio Township, Shan State had a newbuilding opened on 6 January. The new library buildingwas built with K one million by Myanmar LibrariesFoundation and K one million by the local people.

Similarly, a new building of Yaungchi Oo Libraryin Ywathitgyi village in Paungde Township, Pyay Districtwas opened on 10 January. Wellwisher U Tin Win Zawdonated a Sky Net receiver to the library. Moreover, a newbuilding of Dhamma Gonyaung Library in OhnhnesanVillage, Paungde Township, Pyay District was opened on24 December. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—UnionMinister for Information and forCulture U Kyaw Hsan to engage indevelopment of socioeconomic lifeof rural people made an inspectiontour around Pale Township, MonywaDistrict, Sagaing Region on 9January. He visited Mayin, Bantbway,Watkya and Lekan villages whereworks on construction of village-to-village roads, extension of schoolbuildings, construction of rurallibraries, repair of embankmentsdamaged by torrential rains wereinspected. He also met locals fromthose villages and immediateenvirons.

In meeting with them, theUnion Minister asked aboutcondition of villages and thenexplained rural development planbeing carried out by the State. Hehighlighted durability of extendedschool buildings, effective educationsystem with fitting teacher-studentratio, bona fide use of assistance forconstruction of rural dispensaries,giving healthcare services to localsusing medical funds, timelycompletion of rural libraries underconstruction, sustainabledevelopment of libraries,maintenance of village-to-villageroads, pilot plantation of high-yieldPalethwal paddy strains, and publicparticipation for betterment of smallloan disbursement.

During visit to the villages,the Union Minister presented K onemillion for Thitkyitaing villagelibrary, K 500,000 each for thelibraries of Zeithtaunt, Kyawtaw,Thepyinkyal, Kanpauk and Hsepyinvillages, K 500,000 for Aye ChanTha health centre, K one million forMayin village library, K 500,000for Khintha village library, K onemillion each for the libraries of

Union Information and Culture Minister makes aninspection tour around Pale Township, presents cash

assistance for regional development

Bantbway, Watkya and Jap villages, K500,000 for construction of In-taing-Tha village school building, K 500,000each for the libraries in Kathoung,Lepalin and Khayu villages, K 500,000for the embankment in Lekan Village, Kone million for Monpin village library,K 500,000 each for the libraries ofKhadwin, Kone and Taungpyaukvillages, clothes and plastic bucketsfor villages and knowledgeable booksfor libraries.

On 10 January, Union MinisterU Kyaw Hsan inspected repair ofNyopyayoe creek embankment near

Htantawtaik Village of Pale Townshipwhich was adversely damaged bytorrential rains in October 2011. Theembankment is beneficial to 500 acresof farmland. There, he urged locals toboost agricultural productionrate tapping Nyopyachaung creekwater.

The Union Minister laterproceeded to Hnawkan Village wherehe donated publications for rurallibrary, calling for sanitation tasks inthe village and progress of rurallibrary.

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Union Minister for Information and for Culture U Kyaw Hsandonates cash to Bantbway Library in Pale Township.—MNA

YANGON, 13 Jan—The Sumitomo Golf Classic,jointly organized by Myanmar Golf Federation andMyanmar PGA with the sponsorship of Aung Hein MinCo Ltd and Sumitomo Heavy Machinery, continued forthe third day at Yedaguntaung Golf Club in Mandalaytoday.

After the third round, Soe Kyaw Naing (Srixon)was leading the professional golfers event by firing 209in three-day total. Thein Zaw Myint put his positionbehind the leader with 210, and Min Naing (Srixon) securingthe third position with 212.

Myo Win Aung was standing at the top positionin the men’s amateur event with 213, followed by NaingYe Lin with 216 in the second position and Ye Htet Aung,217 in the third.

After the second round of the senior professionalgolfer event, Myint Shwe was taking the leading rolewith 143. Myint Thaung (PRGR) and Myint Thein tied atthe second position with 149 each.

In the seniors’ second round, U Win Kyi (Su SuAye Aung Traditional Medicine) scored an ace of TitleistPro V1 No. 2 ball at 131-yard-distance Hole No. 3 with theuse of Srixon Iron No. 9, playing together with partnersNay Win Myint, Sai Kyaw Htin and U Aung Htut.—MNA

LOCAL SPORTSStudent aerobic contestorganized in Toungoo

TOUNGOO, 13 Jan—The inter-basic educationschool primary level aerobic exercise Volume-1 andVolume-II and middle level aerobic contest of ToungooTownship was organized at Basic Education High SchoolNo. 1 in Toungoo on 7 January.

In the opening ceremony, all contending teamstook physical exercise, followed by primary level aerobiccontest.

Township Education Officer U San Kyaw andofficials presented prizes to winning teams in two levelcontests on 8 January.—Kyemon

Sumitomo Golf Classicreaches third round

New asphalt road commissionedYEDASHE, 10 Jan—In honour of the 64th

Anniversary Independence Day, the Mingala Lake asphaltringroad was inaugurated in Yedashe on 29 December.

The 1700 feet long road was constructed at a costof K 10.9 million by Township Development AffairsCommittee. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representative U MyoThant and Executive Officer U Tin Moe Hlaing ofTownship DAC formally opened the road.

Township IPRD

Libraries open in Lashio,Paungde

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TEHERAN , 13 Jan — Iran has said it has agreed to talks withsix world powers on its controversial nuclear programme,days after the UN confirmed Teheran was producing 20%enriched uranium. Visiting Turkey, parliament speaker AliLarijani said he had accepted Ankara’s offer to try to restartthe talks.

Negotiations have stalled since a meeting in Istanbul ayear ago. Analysts say 20% enrichment is a major step tomaking nuclear weapons, but Iran says it is for peacefulpurposes. More sanctions have been imposed on Iran sincethe last talks, with the US and EU targeting its oil revenues.Mr Larijani was speaking a day after a nuclear scientist wasmurdered in Teheran, an act that Iran blamed on the US andIsrael.— Internet

KANDAHAR, 13 Jan — Asuicide bomber in southernAfghanistan has killed adistrict governor who was

BEIJING, 13 Jan— China has successfully developed its largest rocket propellant tank,which will be used to contain hydrogen fuel for the country’s Long March-5 carrier rocket,the tank’s developer said on Wednesday.

The homegrown rocket tank, measuring five metres in diameter and 20-plus metres inlength, consists of bottom parts and eight tubular sections, which are welded together,according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

The academy made a major technological breakthrough in the welding of such a massive-sized fuel tank, it said, adding that developing and manufacturing a propellant tank are amongthe most difficult tasks in building a rocket.

According to a government white paper issued last month, China will develop next-generation launch vehicles, including Long March-5, Long March-6 and Long March-7, inthe 2011-2015 period. The Long March-5 will use a non-toxic and pollution-free propellant,and will be capable of placing a 25-tonne payload into near-Earth orbit, or placing a 14-tonnepayload into geostationary orbit, the paper said.

Xinhua

Correspondents say Ali Larijani is one of the mostinfluential players in Iran’s opaque political system.

INTERNET

Ali Larijani acceptsTurkey talks offer

The US drone campaign has reportedly killed dozens ofmilitants and civilians .— INTERNET

A man waits at Kandahar hospital for news of a relative,one of 10 people injured in the attack.— INTERNET

Afghan suicide bomb kills senior officialin Kandahar

considered to be an importantfigure in the peace process.Sayed Fazuldin Agha, thegovernor of Panjwai District

in Kandahar, was targeted bya car bomb. Two of his sonsand two guards were alsokilled in the attack. A BBCcorrespondent says Mr Aghahad recently persuadedseveral groups of Talebanmilitants to stop fighting andbe reconciled withgovernment forces.

The attack took place ona road between Mr Agha’shome district and KandaharCity, in the Kobi area. Thebomber rammed a car packedwith explosives into thevehicle carrying the districtgovernor. Nine policemen anda civilian were injured. Sayed

Fazuldin Agha, who took uphis position a year ago, wasconsidered one of the mostsuccessful district governorsin Afghanistan.

The BBC’s Bilal Sarwary,in Kabul, says he was creditedwith bringing relative securityto a once restive district, aswell as bringing groups ofTaleban fighters back into thegovernment. A number ofgovernment officials inAfghanistan have beenassassinated in recentmonths by militants opposedto the Afghan government.Kandahar’s police chief wastargeted by a suicide attackwithin the police building onWednesday, but only thebomber was killed.

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Female workers view a cross-stitch artwork “Riverside Scene at theQingming Festival” at a cross-stitch art show in Huzhou City, east China’s

Zhejiang Province, on 11 Jan, 2012. A cross-stitch art show was held atHuzhou power bureau on Wednesday with the theme “Beautiful Life” togreet the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on 23 Jan, 2012.—XINHUA

China develops largest rocket propellant tank

MADRID, 13 Jan — Spain says pirates have attacked aSpanish navy warship off Somalia, drawing gunfire thatreportedly left one dead and prompted a helicopter chase inwhich six attackers were arrested. A Defence Ministry officialsays the assailants may have mistaken the 165-metre (540-foot) ship Patino for a freighter in the attack before dawnThursday.

The Patino is part of an European Union flotilla fightingpiracy in the Indian Ocean. The ministry said in a statementthat the detainees had confirmed a colleague was killed, andhis body thrown overboard. The official spoke on conditionof anonymity in line with department rules.

Internet

MOSCOW, 13 Jan—ARussian space probedesigned to burnish thenation’s faded space glory ina mission to one of Mars’moons has turned into one ofthe heaviest, most toxic piecesof space junk ever. It will comecrashing down to Earth in justa few days.

The Russian spaceagency Roscosmos’ latestforecast has the unmannedPhobos-Ground probe fallingout of Earth’s orbit Sunday orMonday, with the mediantime placing it over the IndianOcean just north ofMadagascar.

It said the precise timeand place of its uncontrolled

Russian spacecraft to crash soon,risks unclear

Pirates attack Spanishnavy ship off Somalia

pounds) will survive the re-entry and plummet to Earth.It’s the third satellite to crashout of the sky in under fivemonths: An old NASA 6-tonatmospheric research satellitecame tumbling down inSeptember, and a 3-tonGerman science satellitefollowed suit in October. Butboth were well past their prime.

Internet

plunge can only bedetermined later, and unlesssomeone actually spots fierystreaks in the sky, no one mayever know where anysurviving pieces end up.Space experts agree it’sunlikely to pose big risks.

At 13.2 metric tons (14.6tons), the Phobos-Ground isone of the largest spacecraftever to plummet to Earth,considerably larger than thetwo defunct satellites that fellto Earth last fall and landed inthe water.

Roscosmos predictedthat only between 20 and 30fragments of the Phobosprobe with a total weight ofup to 200 kilogrammes (440

20 Killed in sectarianfight in N-E Yemen

SANAA, 13 Jan—At least 20 gunmenwere killed in Thursday in clashesbetween Shiite Houthi rebels and SunniIslamist Salafi fighters in Yemen’snorthwest restive province of Hajja, aprovincial security official said.

“Twenty gunmen, mostly from theShiite rebels, were killed, while dozens ofpeople from both sides were wounded,’’the official told Xinhua by phone oncondition of anonymity.

“The clashes, triggered by conflictsrelated to the disputes over religiondifference, flared in the morning inseveral villages bordering the northernprovince of Saada, a stronghold of theHouthi-led Shiite rebels who haveengaged in fighting with outgoingPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh’sgovernment forces over tha past sixyears,’’ the official said.

MNA/Xinhua

Drone Strike in N-WPakistan kills six militantsMIRANSHAH (Pakistan), 13 Jan—A second drone strike in

two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwestPakistan near the Afghan border in Thursday, intelligenceofficials said, further marking the resumption of the UScampaign paused for almost two months.

The suspected US drone fired two missiles at two cars inthe Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing six.“The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards theborder. Several foreigners were in the cars, but we have noinformation on their nationalities yet,’’ an intelligence sourcetold Reuters. The source said there might be more casualties.

The strike comes two days after a similar attack killed fourmilitants in North Waziristan, marking the resumption of theunacknowledged US drone campaign, paused after a 26November NATO cross-border attack killed 24 Pakistanitroops. The last drone strike before Tuesday ’s was on 17November. Such attacks have been used increasingly inrecent years in the fight against insurgents in Pakistan’slargely lawless Pashtun tribal areas in the west and northwestwho fuel violence across the border in Afghanistan.

Drones armed with missiles have played a significant rolein US counter-terrorism operations as the ObamaAdministration winds down the war in Afghanistan andWashington’s focus expands to militant havens in countriesincluding Pakistan.—MNA/Reuters

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Health Tip: Bettermanage stress

Learning how to control stress can helpyou feel better and improve your health. TheCleveland Clinic suggests ways to helpmanage stress:

* Become aware of the earliest signs ofstress and how you respond.

* Learn and practice a relaxation techniquethat becomes “your” way of “de-stressing.” * Practice the technique as soon as youfeel stress.

* Imagine yourself in a stressful situationso you can practice dealing with stress.

* Apply your stress management techni-ques to real-life situations.—Internet

Polio breakthrough: India marks disease-free year

File photo of an Indian boy receiving anti-poliovaccination drops by an Indian Health worker as part

of a Polio vaccination campaign in Amritsaron 12 January, 2012.—INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 13 Jan—India marked a year since its lastnew case of polio Friday, a major milestone in a countryonce considered the epicentre of the disease and one thatgives hope the scourge can be eradicated worldwide.

There were 150,000 cases of the highly contagious virusin India in 1985, but the country has now gone 12 months sincediscovering a new case — in an 18-month-old girl in theeastern state of West Bengal. India, which until recentlyaccounted for half of all the polio cases in the world, is one offour countries — with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria —where the disease is still officially endemic. But if all laboratorytests for the wild polio virus return negative in January, Indiawill follow recent success stories Niger and Egypt and beremoved from the endemic list by the World HealthOrganization by mid-February.

There was cautious optimism in New Delhi as healthworkers and the government celebrated the milestone whilestressing that the virus — which mainly affects young childrenand can cause paralysis and deformed legs — could resurfaceat any time. “We are excited and hopeful, at the same time,vigilant and alert,” Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said ina statement to mark the occasion. Since the last new case wasreported on 13 January last year, another vast effort toimmunise children has seen 2.3 million vaccinators travelacross India to deliver 900 million doses.

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The key to people’s enjoyment of alcohol? The releaseof endorphins in certain areas of the brain.—INTERNET

Owning TV, car ups heart attack riskUPPSALA, 13 Jan—Owning a car and TV was associated with an increased

risk of heart attack, in a study involving 29,000 people in 52 countries, aSwedish researcher says. Lead researcher Claes Held of Uppsala Universityin Sweden and colleagues analyzed data from 1999 to 2003. One group of morethan 10,000 middle-age men and women who had had a single heart attackwas compared with a group of 14,000 who had no history of cardiovasculardisease.

Physical activity at work and during leisure time was divided into levelsof exertion. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, found anykind of physical activity during leisure time was shown to be a plus —compared to doing almost nothing — with heart attack risk dropping 13percent for mild activity and 24 percent for moderate or strenuous exercise.Heavy physical labor did not reduce risk at all.

The study found 25 percent of the respondents in poorer and middle-income nations who owned a television and a car had an increased risk ofheart attack, and two-thirds of those in rich nations who had a TV and car hadan elevated risk of heart attack.—Internet Why alcohol feels good

SAN FRANCISCO, 13 Jan—Alcohol leads to the releaseof endorphins in certain areasof the brain that producefeelings of pleasure andreward, US researcherssuggest. Lead authorJennifer Mitchell, clinicalproject director at the GalloCentre and an adjunctassistant professor ofneurology at University ofCalifornia, San Francisco,said the finding is the firsttime that endorphin releasein response to alcoholconsumption has beendirectly observed in humans.

Endorphins are smallproteins with opiate-likeeffects that are producednaturally in the brain. “Thisis something that we’vespeculated about for 30

Kodak eyes bankruptcy cash from CitigroupNEW YORK, 13 Jan—

Eastman Kodak Co is inadvanced talks withCitigroup Inc to obtainfinancing that would beused if the money-losingphotography company filesfor bankruptcy protection,Bloomberg News said onThursday, citing threepeople familiar with thematter. Advisers to Kodakare also lining up a “stalkinghorse” that would becomethe lead bidder for a patentportfolio should it beauctioned via the Chapter

11 process, the newswire said,citing one of the people.

Neither Kodak norCitigroup immediatelyresponded to requests forcomment. Shares of Kodakfell 7.2 cents to 60 cents inafter-hours trading followingthe report. They had closedregular trading down 14.3cents, or 17.5 percent, at 67.2cents. Kodak has been leftbehind by rivals thatembraced digital cameratechnology faster. TheRochester, New York-basedcompany is trying to raise

Rolls of Kodak TMaxfilm are seen on a

camera store shelf inNew York on

5 January, 2012.INTERNET

Chicago soybean drops 2.4 pct as rain hitsArgentina

cash by selling a large patentportfolio, a sale that couldenable it to avoid bankruptcy.

It also has patentlitigation against suchcompanies as Apple Inc ,Taiwan’s HTC Corp<2498.TW> and BlackBerrymaker Research in Motion Ltd,

which if successful couldboost the value of its patents.

On Tuesday, Kodakrestructured its businessoperations, but it was unclearwhether this would be enoughto restore the company’shealth sufficiently fast.

According to publishedreports, Kodak may file forChapter 11 protection by earlyFebruary, and seek about $1billion of debtor-in-possess-ion financing to keep itoperating while in bankru-ptcy. The company isscheduled to report fourth-quarter results on 26 January.

Reuters

Retail sales weak, joblessclaims up

Shoppers carrying bags cross a street at middleManhattan in New York, on 12 January, 2012.

INTERNET

CHICAGO, 13 Jan—Chicago soybeanprice lost 2.4 percent on Wednesday,pressured by increasing precipitation overthe main growing area in South America.Corn dipped while wheat ended a tad higher.

The most active corn contract for Marchdelivery dipped 0.5 cent to close at 6.515 USdollars per bushel. March wheat added 1.25cents, or 0.2 percent, to 6.41 dollars perbushel. March soybean trimmed 29 cent, or2.4 percent, to close at 12.03 dollars perbushel.

Greater than expected precipitation onsome major dry areas in Argentina andsouthern Brazil in the last 24 hours hashelped drive soybean price sharply lower, asmany analysts believed that soybean

WASHINGTON, 13 Jan—US retail sales rose at the weakestpace in seven months in December and first-time claims forjobless benefits moved higher last week, signs the economicrecovery is shaky despite a recent pick-up in growth. Retailsales increased a less-than-expected 0.1 percent, despitecontinued strength in auto purchases, a Commerce Departmentreport showed on Thursday.

“The retail sales (data) suggests that spending isn’treally picking up any momentum,” said Sean Incremona, aneconomist at 4Cast Ltd in New York. Robust factory outputand improved hiring have fueled the view that the US economyhas so far resisted a global slowdown as the euro zonegrapples with a likely recession. A separate report showing 0.3percent growth in business inventories during Novemberbuttressed the case the economy accelerated in the last threemonths of 2012 as firms restocked their shelves.

Many economists expect the economy grew at least 3

percent in annualized terms in the fourth quarter, althoughsome analysts lowered their forecasts because of the weakretail sales data. A Labor Department report that showeda surprisingly sharp increase in initial unemployment claimsto a six-week high of 399,000 last week reinforced lingeringconcerns about the economy.—Reuters

production potential can still recover, aslong as the weather turns more crop friendlyfor mid-January through mid- February

As for corn, many traders believed thatsignificant and permanent yield damage hasbeen done for corn in South America, asmost of Argentina’s corn crop was in thecritical, yield- determining pollination phaseof development during the hottest, driestweather over the past month, which isconsidered supportive to corn prices.

Meanwhile, a stronger US dollar andweaker energy prices both weighed on themarket. Wheat prices got a boost, as USDepartment of Agriculture was expected totrim US and global ending stocks estimate inits Supply/Demand reports.—Xinhua

years, based on animalstudies, but haven’tobserved in humans untilnow,” Mitchell said in astatement. “It provides thefirst direct evidence of howalcohol makes people feelgood.”

Senior author HowardL Fields said the discoveryof the precise locations inthe brain whereendorphins are releasedprovides a possible targetfor the development ofmore effective drugs for thetreatment of alcoholabuse.

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Warmer summers cause colder winters,scientists say

A view shows the semi-frozen layer of a water reservoiron a cold day on the outskirts of Srinagar

on 12 Jan, 2012.—INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 13 Jan—Warmer summers in the farNorthern Hemisphere aredisrupting weather patternsand triggering more severewinter weather in the UnitedStates and Europe, a team ofscientists say, in a findingthat could improve long-range weather forecasts.

Blizzards and extremecold temperatures in thewinters of 2009/10 and2010/11 caused widespreadtravel chaos in parts ofEurope and the UnitedStates, leading some toquestion whether globalwarming was real.

Astronomers see more planets than stars ingalaxy

WASHINGTON, 13 Jan—The more astronomers lookfor other worlds, the morethey find that it is a crowdedand crazy cosmos. They thinkplanets easily outnumberstars in our galaxy and theyare even finding them in thestrangest of places.

And they have onlybegun to count.

This handoutillustration provided by

San Diego StateUniversity, shows anewly discovered

planet, called Kepler35, that circles not onebut two stars. Scientists

thought this type oftwo-sun system _ made

famous as the homeplanet of the fictionalLuke Skywalker _ is

too unstable to supportplanets.—INTERNET

Tobacco use by ancientMayans confirmed

ALBANY, 13 Jan—USarchaeologists examiningMayan containers saythey’ve identified nicotinetraces in a flask, the firstphysical evidence of tobaccouse by ancient Mayans. Thestudy published in RapidCommunications in MassSpectrometry said the residuewas identified in a flask marked

Mayan flask withhieroglyphics saying

“tobacco.”—INTERNET

Judah Cohen, leadauthor of a study publishedon Friday in the journalEnvironmental ResearchLetters, and his team foundthere was a clear trend ofstrong warming in the Arcticfrom July to September.

Existing predictionswould also expect a warmingtrend during winter as well.But Cohen and his teamfound this was not the casefor some regions, in a counter-intuitive finding that revealsmore about the complexityof the world’s climate systemthan any flaws in the scienceof global warming.

“For the last two decades,large-scale cooling trendshave existed instead acrosslarge stretches of easternNorth America and northernEurasia. We argue that thisunforeseen trend is probablynot due to internal variabilityalone,” the scientists say inthe study.

Reuters

Three studies releasedWednesday, in the journalNature and at the AmericanAstronomical Society’sconference in Austin, Texas,demonstrate an extrasolar realestate boom. One studyshows that in our Milky Way,most stars have planets. Andsince there are a lot of stars inour galaxy — about 100billion — that means a lot ofplanets.

“We’re finding anexciting potpourri of thingswe didn’t even think couldexist,” said HarvardUniversity astronomer LisaKaltenegger, includingplanets that mirror “StarWars” Luke Skywalker’shome planet with twin suns

and a mini-star system witha dwarf sun and shrunkenplanets.

“We’re awash inplanets where 17 years agowe weren’t even sure therewere planets” outside oursolar system, saidKaltenegger, who wasn’tinvolved in the newresearch. Astronomers arefinding other worlds usingthree different techniquesand peering throughtelescopes in space and onthe ground.

Confirmed planetsoutside our solar system —called exoplanets — nownumber well over 700, still-to-be-confirmed ones arein the thousands.—Internet

with Mayan hieroglyphicsreading, “y-otoot ‘u-may,”(“the home of its/his/hertobacco.”)

This is only the secondcase to confirm the text onthe exterior of a Mayan vesselcorresponds to its ancient use,researchers said.

“Investigation of fooditems consumed by ancientpeople offers insight into thetraditions and customs of aparticular civilization,”Jennifer Loughmiller-Newman from the Universityat Albany in New York said.“Textual evidence written onpottery is often an indicatorof contents or of an intendedpurpose, however actualusage of a container could bealtered or falselyrepresented.”—Internet

Gadget Watch: ATM turnsyour old phone into cash

LAS VEGAS, 13 Jan—The International ConsumerElectronics Show in Las Vegas is all about the latestsmartphones, tablet computers and other devices. But whatabout the old gadgets? Don’t they get any love?

Actually, one machine at the show is designed to helprecycle gadgets, giving old phones a fitting end, or a betterhome.

Drop your phone into the EcoATM, and the machinewill pay you what it believes the handset is worth. Thecupboard-sized machine has a large touch screen and a bigmetal “mouth” where you can place your old phone or MP3player. It takes pictures of the device to figure out what kindof shape it’s in. Then, you choose one of the machine’s manycables to connect your device. The machine will figure outif the device’s internals are working.

When its analysis is complete, it gives you a quote onthe spot, based on what a network of hundreds of electronics-recycling companies are willing to pay for it. If you accept,it spits out cash. In a demonstration by EcoATM founder Bill

Bowles, it said a Verizon iPhone 4 was worth $221.An older phone might not be worth reselling, but the

machine will take it anyway, and give you a dollar. Thecompany will melt down the phone in an environmentallyfriendly fashion to extract the precious metals from it.

WHY IT’S HOT: It’s tough to recycle old electronics.Collection bins are few and far between, though someelectronics stores accept items for recycling. You can sellnewer phones on eBay, but it’s a bit of a hassle.

THE UPSHOT: A fast way to deal with old electronicsthat keeps your conscience clean and might give you a bitof extra money.

THE DOWNSIDE: The EcoATM’s quote probablywon’t match what you can get for your item on eBay. Onthe other hand, you avoid eBay’s seller fees. You have tophysically go to the ATM. It’s a big machine, about twicethe size of a regular drugstore ATM. It has a lot ofcomplicated moving parts, and could be prone to breakage.

AVAILABILITY: There are about fifty of themdeployed right now, mostly in grocery stores and malls inCalifornia. The San Diego-based company behind themachine says it plans to have about 500 out at the end ofthis year, spreading eastward.—Internet

‘Smart TVs’ offer newwindows onto the Internet

SEOUL, 13 Jan—Theworld’s obsession withtapping into the Internet isbeing played out on thebiggest screen in the house,with software startups, TVmakers, and technologytitans such as Google andMicrosoft addingmomentum to the trend. Eventhe beloved firm behindiPads and iPhones isexpected to weigh in soonwith a revamped version ofan Apple TV system that ithas long called a hobby.

The ConsumerElectronics Show that endsFriday in Las Vegas isbrimming with companieslarge and small betting that“smart TVs” will quickly takeover living rooms.

“The television israpidly becoming thegateway of content from theInternet,” Sony executivedeputy president KazuoHirai said during a CESpresentation.

Samsung, Sony, and LGare among major industryplayers that unveiled newsmart TVs at the show.

South Korea-based LGannounced it is making itsown chips to beef-up TVswith online capabilities along

A visitor touches the screen on Sharp’s 80-inch touchscreen TV set Aquos Board, an Interactive Display

System during the International Consumer ElectronicsShow in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show kicked off with a

dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry including ultra-thin laptops, snazzy smartphones, iPad rivals and flat-

screen and 3D TVs.—INTERNET

This undatedphotographprovided by

ecoATM, showsthe EcoATM,

which is acupboard-sizedmachine with abig touch screenand a big metal“mouth” whereyou can place

your old phoneor MP3 player.

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with gesture and voicecontrols. “Since the start ofthe smart TV revolution we’vefound that industry chip setshave held us back from offeringhigh performance,” said LGElectronics chief technicalofficer Scott Ahn. “Startingthis year we will apply our ownL line chips to a premier TVline.”

LG has joined a smallcadre of manufacturersbuilding televisions synchedto the Internet with Google TVsoftware.

Internet pioneer Yahoo!kicked off the trend at CESthree years ago, with“widgets” embedded inConnected TV models to linkthem to online services theway “apps” link mobilegadgets to games, video orother Internet content.

More than eight millionTVs with Yahoo! widgetshave been bought and salesare accelerating as thetechnology improves andmore sets come with wirelessInternet connections,according to Connected TVdirector Russell Schafer.

“The next stage is reallyabout engagement; providingrelevant content,” Schafer toldAFP.—Internet

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Workers arrange the newlylaunched Apple iPhone 4S

phones at a branch ofChina Unicom in Wuxi,

east China’s JiangsuProvince, on 11 Jan, 2012.Apple recently announcedthat the latest version of itshot-selling iPhones will bereleased in China and 21

other countries on 13January.— XINHUA

Star Trek-style ‘tricorder’ inventionoffered $10m prize

LAS VEGAS, 13 Jan — A $10m (£6.5m)prize is on offer to whoever can create aStar Trek-like medical “tricorder”. TheQualcomm Tricorder X Prize haschallenged researchers to build a toolcapable of capturing “key health metricsand diagnosing a set of 15 diseases”. Itneeds to be light enough for would-be DrMcCoys to carry—a maximum weight of5lb (2.2kg).

The prize was launched at theConsumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.According to the official Star Trek technicalmanual, a tricorder is a portable “sensing,computing and data communicationsdevice”.

The kit captured the imagination ofthe show’s millions of viewers when itwas first used in the cult series’ firstbroadcast in 1966. In the show, which wasset in the 23rd Century, the crew’s doctorwas able to use the tricorder to diagnosean illness simply by scanning a person’sbody.

The award organizers hope the hugeprize may inspire a present-day engineer tofigure out the sci-fi gadget’s secret, and “make23rd Century science fiction a 21st Century

Withoutthe

tricorderthe

enterprisecrew

wouldhave

struggledto boldly

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medical reality”.“I’m probably the first guy who’s here in

Vegas who would be happy to lose $10m,”said X Prize Foundation chairman PeterDiamandis.

While the tricorder is obviously thestuff of science fiction, other X Prizes havebecome science fact. In 2004, the Ansari XPrize for a privately funded reusablespacecraft was awarded to the team behindSpaceShipOne. Much of the technologythey developed was subsequently utilisedby Virgin Galactic.

Internet

Crisis-hit Italy is more exposed to mafiapower: prosecutor

MILAN, 13 Jan — Mafiahas put its hands on the Italianeconomy cashing in on theongoing financial crisis,leading anti-mafia prose-cutor Antonio Ingroia toldXinhua in an exclusiveinterview on Wednesday.Ingroia, who is a publicprosecutor in Sicily’s capitalPalermo, said that the mafiatoday is still a dangerouseconomic and financialpower in Italy.

“Mafia is still far from

being defeated, on thecontrary, it has become a realcriminal holding whoseoffshoots extend to otherEuropean and internationalcountries,”he said.

In the prosecutor’s view,a report released recently byretailers’ associationConfesercenti describingmafia as the “biggest bank”in the country was not anexaggeration.

According to the report,a growing number of small-

and medium-sized enter-prises are the main victims ofrackets, loan sharking androbberies which generates aturnover of 138 billion euros(175 billion US dollars) a year,or 7 percent of Italy’s grossdomestic product.

“Although quantifyingthe black and grey economyis always a hazard, thesenumbers give a realisticrepresentation of the mafiaphenomenon,”Ingroia said.

Xinhua

ASEAN touted as singledestination for tourist

travel

Samsung and LG fined byregulator for price fixing

SEOUL , 13 Jan — SouthKorea’s antitrust regulator hasfined Samsung Electronicsand LG Electronics forconspiring to fix the prices ofsome appliances. Thecompanies face a penalty of44.6bn won ($39m; £25.2m),said the Fair TradeCommission (FTC). Theregulator said the two firmsheld secret meetings in 2008and 2009 to agree on pricesfor washing machines, flat-panel TVs and laptop

JAKARTA, 13 Jan —Indonesia formallyintroduced ASEAN as asingle tourist destinationduring the region’s tourismforum in Manado of NorthSulawesi Province onWednesday, the JakartaPost reported here onThursday.

Tourism and CreativeEconomy Minister Mari ElkaPangestu said that campaignwas launched in Indonesiaand would be fullyimplemented after problemsinvolving issuing commonvisas to non-ASEANresidents and issuing freevisas to ASEAN residentswere settled.

Pangestu said that thegovernments of ASEAN’s 10member nations werecurrently finalizing theintroduction of the visas. “Weare still waiting for approval

from Cambodia andMyanmar,” Pangestu said.She said that the heads of thegovernments of Associationof Southeast Asian Nations’member states had, inprinciple, agreed to theintroduction of commonvisas for non-ASEAN visitorsand free visas for the residentsof ASEAN member nations.

The 31st ASEANTourism Forum in, which willtake place from 8 to 15 Jan,comprises the 35th ASEANNational Tourism Organi-zation Meeting, MinisterialMeeting and TravelExchange.

The Association ofSoutheast Asian Nationscomprises Brunei, Cam-bodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore,Thailand and Vietnam.

Xinhua

computers.Samsung and LG are the

largest makers of the productsin South Korea. “Their pricerigging caused damage tomany consumers by leadingthe prices of washingmachines, flat-panel TVs andlaptop computers to rise morethan other competingproducts,” the FTC said.Samsung was fined 25.8bnwon, while LG was fined18.8bn won.

Internet

The 90th European Motorshow with 110 years’ historyofficially opened in Brussels on Wednesday.— XINHUA

Ford is recalling more than450,000 minivans, SUVs in US

CHICAGO, 13 Jan — Fordannounced a recallWednesday of more than450,000 minivans and SUVsfor risks from fire and loss ofpower in US, Detroit Newsreports.

Ford is calling back244,530 2001 and 2002Ford Escape compact SUVsfor fire risks, the companywarned owners not to parkthe vehicles in garagesuntil they get themrepaired.

The 2001 and 2002model Escape SUVs are“equipped with a brakemaster cylinder reservoir capthat could leak brake fluid, ifbrake fluid leaks from thecap, it could come in contactwith the antilock brakesystem(ABS) module wiringharness connector,”according to the company.

And the corrosion candevelop in the electricalconnector, leading tomelting, smoke or a fire, thecompany said.

In April 2007, Fordrecalled the 2001-04 Escapesto address potentially missingor misplaced seals in the

wiring harness connector tothe ABS module electroniccontrol unit.

Ford said some repairedvehicles may not havereceived a proper inspectionor application of electricalgrease as instructed in theFSA.

Ford is not aware of anyaccidents or injuriesattributed to this condition,and dealers will replace thebrake master cylinderreservoir cap and the ABSelectrical system will bemodified. Separately, Ford isrecalling 205,896 2004-2005 Ford Freestar andMercury Monterey vehiclesin the US, because the torqueconverter output shafts intheir power trains may failand cause sudden loss ofpower, increasing the risk ofcrash.

Ford is aware of twominor accident allegations(with minor injuries allegedin one, no injury in the other)over the course of eight years.And dealers will replace thetorque converter free ofcharge.

Xinhua

Samsung and LG are the biggest makers of many homeappliances in South Korea.— INTERNET

G77, China face “arduoustask” to promote world

development: Chinese envoyUNITED NATIONS, 13 Jan

— The Group of 77 and China(G77+ China) faces thearduous task of promotingand implementing theinternational developmentagenda in 2012 against thebackdrop of the fragile worldeconomic recovery, a seniorChinese diplomat said hereon Wednesday. Li Baodong,Chinese permanentrepresentative to the UnitedNations, made the remarks ata ceremony at the UNheadquarters in New York,where Argentina handed overthe G77 chairmanship toAlgeria.

“The new year is fraughtwith challenges anddifficulties,” Li said. “Withthe world economic recoverystill fragile, developingcountries have to grapplewith multiple crises. The G77and China faces the arduoustask of promoting andimplementing the inter-national developmentagenda.”

Putting forward hisrecommendations for furthercooperation among G77countries, Li said the biggestproblem facing international

development efforts is lackof implementation. He urgeddeveloped countries to“honour their commitmentsby increasing financialsupport, technologicaltransfer and capacitybuilding to the developingcountries.”

“We should make meansof implementation a core taskfor Rio+20 and push for anaction-oriented, balancedand pragmatic outcome ofthe conference,” he added,referring to the conferenceslated for June in Brazil.

Meanwhile, he urged theinternational community to“comprehensively assessprogress and gaps, carefullysum up lessons learned,firmly uphold the principleof ‘common but differen-tiated responsibilities,’always place povertyeradication at the top of theinternational developmentagenda, promote thedeepening of the reform ofthe international economicand financial system, andsafeguard the important roleof the United Nations in theglobal economic gover-nance.”—Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—The Union Election Commission issued NotificationNo. 4/2012 today.

The translation of the notification is as follows:-

Republic of the Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi TawNotification No. 4/2012

5th Waning of Pyatho, 1373 ME(13th January, 2012)

Defence Services Personnel Region Hluttaw Representative substitutedAccording to the request made in accord with Section 33 of the Region Hluttaw

or State Hluttaw Election Law to substitute a Defence Services Personnel Region Hluttawrepresentative nominated by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services in firstmultiparty democracy general election held on 7 November 2010, the Union ElectionCommission scrutinized and substituted the Defence Services Personnel Region Hluttawrepresentative stated hereunder in Notification No. 3/2011 of the commission dated20-1-2011 with personnel shown against him.

BC 25110 (Substitution) BC 25235Major Thein Win Major Win Nyunt

By order Win Ko Secretary

Union Election Commission

Defence Services Personnel RegionHluttaw Representative substituted

Basic English proficiency coursefor staff concludes

YANGON, 13 Jan—Thebasic English proficiencycourse No.3 for staff of theMinistry of Religious Affairsconcluded at PitakatChamber of the Ministry of

Religious Affairs (Branch) onKaba Aye Hill, here, thisafternoon, with an address byUnion Minister for ReligiousAffairs Thura U MyintMaung. Officials presented

prizes to outstanding traineesand completion certificatesto the leader of trainees.

Altogether 59 traineesattended the four-weekcourse.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—AJapanese delegation led byJapanese Minister ofEconomy, Trade and IndustryMr Yukio Edano called onUnion Minister for Energy UThan Htay at his office herethis morning.

The two sides held acoordination meeting on

Japan to invest in Myanmar’s energy sectorcooperation in energy sectorand signed and exchangedthe agreed minute records.

In the meeting, theUnion Energy Ministerexpressed his joy forJapanese cooperation inenergy sector, asking theJapanese minister toconsider establishment of

petrochemical complexes aspriority as it could ceratejobs for Myanmar people.The Japanese Ministerrevealed Japan’s interests foreconomic cooperation withMyanmar, promising to sendJapanese companies forfurther discussions.

MNANAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—”Banking service

is instrumental in national economic growthas it works as it transfers savings of peopleinto investment field”, said Union Ministerfor Finance and Revenue U Hla Tun at theconcluding of Banking Services Course forofficers of Myanmar Economic Banks No 2/2011 at Myanma Economic Bank(Headquarters) on Myat Pan Thazin Street inNay Pyi Taw Banks Zone here this morning.

Union F & R Minister calls formodernization of banking services

The Union Minister urged the trainees tokeep in touch with modern banking servicesand to apply theoretical knowledge in realworksite combining with own experiences.He then awarded the outstanding trainees andManaging Director of Myanma EconomicBank U San Thaung presented certificates totrainees and gifts to instructors.

A total of 51 trainees attended the four-week course.—MNA

YANGON, 13 Jan—NewYear IT & Mobile Fair 2012was opened today atTatmadaw Convention Hallon U Wisara Road in DagonTownship here this morning.

Chairman of theorganizing committee UThaung Tin explained aboutthe fair which was formally

New Year IT & Mobile Fair startsopened by Yangon RegionMinister for Electricity andIndustry U Nyan Tun Oo,Chairman of MyanmarComputer ProfessionalsAssociation U Ye Yint Winand Chairman of MyanmarComputer EntrepreneursAssociation U Min ZeyaHlaing.

Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Sweunveiled the signboard of theexhibition and viewed roundthe exhibition.

A total of 53 companiesdisplay 147 booths at thefair which concludes on15 January.

MNA

Ottarathiri Township facilitatedwith new hospital (50-bed)

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan—A ceremony toopen Nay Pyi Taw Ottarathiri TownshipHospital (50-bed) was held in conjunctionwith the handing over of its documents in thecompound of the hospital this morning.

Union Minister at President OfficeChairman of Nay Pyi Taw Council Nay PyiTaw Mayor U Thein Nyunt, Union Ministerfor Health Dr Pe Thet Khin and townselder UHla Thein Swe formally opened the newhospital.

Union Minister U Thein Nyunt unveiledthe stone plaque and sprinkled scented wateron it together with Union Minister Dr Pe ThetKhin, the deputy minister for Health Dr DawMyat Myat Ohn Khin and members of NayPyi Taw Council.

They visited the hospital.Member of Nay Pyi Taw Council U Kan

Chun handed over documents related to thehospital to Director-General Dr Tun NaingOo of Health Department, and Director DrKyi Maung Swe of Aung Chan Tha Co

donated hospital equipment worth K 17million and K 2 million to the medical trustfund to Head of Township Health DepartmentDr Saw Thet Hlyar Aung.

The new facility is located on 7.64 acresof land on Minbu Street in Zawana TheikdiWard of Ottarathiri Township. The hospital isconstituted with out-patient ward, medicalward, operation theatre, delivery room,residences of medical superintendent andassistant surgeon, six-apartment staff quartersand eight four-apartment staff quarters. Thehospital and buildings were constructed byAung Chan Tha Co beginning August 2010by spending K 250 million funded by theState.

The State has planned to build one eye,ear, nose and throat specialist hospital (500-bed), one orthopaedic specialist hospital (500-bed), one women’s specialist hospital (500-bed) and one children’s specialist hospital(500-bed).

MNA

Bubble-blowing stars seen in thethousands by public

AUSTIN , 13 Jan — Aproject to spot the “bubbles”that young, massive starsblow in the gas surroundingthem has come up trumps,finding more than 5,000 ofthe objects.

That increases theknown catalogue of bubblesby more than a factor of 10.The discoveries were madeby citizen scientists studyingimages from the Spitzer spacetelescope, as part of the MilkyWay Project.

The much-improvedcatalogue has beensubmitted to the MonthlyNotices of the RoyalAstronomical Society.

One of the greatremaining mysteries of how

Members of the public are asked to spot “bubbles” instriking infrared images — INTERNET

our Universe works is howstars themselves form in vastclouds of swirling gas.

Astronomers are keen tofind star-forming regions,hoping to catch the processat various stages to betterunderstand it. Groups of stars

form in clusters nearparticularly large stars, andone good hint of these stellarnurseries is the “bubble” thatthey blow into thesurrounding gas - a bubblethat can be seen in picturestaken by Spitzer’s infrared

camera.But the task to find and

list all the bubbles in existinghigh-resolution images takenby Spitzer is a daunting one.The largest previouscataloguing effort was carriedout in 2007 by a handful ofUS astronomers poringthrough the images with theirown eyes; it came up with269 bubbles.

Automating the processwith a computer algorithm isnot an option, said Eli Bressertof the European SouthernObservatory.— Internet

The Rakaia river runs through the Canterbury Plains onNew Zealand’s South Island.

INTERNET

Winner in satellite image contestNEW YORK, 13 Jan — An

image of the ribbon-likeRakaia river in New Zealandhas won an online vote forone company’s best satelliteimage of 2011. The river,shown in March 2011, runsfor about 150km to thePacific. Commercial satelliteimaging firm DigitalGlobeinvited Facebook users tochoose its best image of lastyear. The picture of thetwisting river beat otherstriking images of Ground

Zero in New York, and PalmIsland, Dubai, to claim thetop spot. Another satelliteimaging company, GeoEye,has also published a 2012calendar made up of its topimages from last year.

D i g i t a l G l o b eencouraged users to vote on20 of its images from lastyear. This was whittled downto five at the beginning ofJanuary; the winner has justbeen announced. In additionto the photos of Ground Zeroand Palm Island, the originalchoices included a satellitephoto showing the spaceshuttle Atlantis being movedout of its assembly building

in Florida for its final mission.GeoEye’s images

include a photo of unusual,tree-like sedimentaryformations in the PersianGulf off Qatar and a shadowcast on the ground by theGateway Arch in St Louis,Missouri, which is thebiggest manmade structurein the US. A French high-resolution imagingsatellite, named Pleiades,was launched in December.Its manufacturers areexpecting it to go head tohead with both GeoEye andDigitalGlobe in the satelliteimaging market.

Internet

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(from page 1)transport in Hkamti Town-ship and organizing the localfarmers to grow perennialcrops like rubber and tea forlong-term development ofregional economy.

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Hla Tun of HkamtiTownship and townseldersU Khin Maung Nyunt and UHla Pe submitted reports onrequirements of education,health and electricity in theregion.

The Union ministers anddeputy ministers whoaccompanied the Vice-Presi-dent reported on progress ofrespective ministries and ar-rangements for providingassistance for developmentof Hkamti District.

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative Thura U Aye Myintof Wetlet Township fromSagaing Region briefed theVice-President and party onlegislative matters andprogress of Hluttaw affairs atPyithu Hluttaw, AmyothaHluttaw and PyidaungsuHluttaw in accord with theConstitution.

After fulfilling therequirements of education,health and one fire engine,

Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo…

Chairman of Shwe Than Lwin Co, Ltd U Kyaw Win presents DTH Sky Netreceiver, TV and portable generator for Hkamti District People’s

Hospital.—MNA

generating of hydropower inthe rural area on a manage-able basis, upgrading of townringroad raised by local peo-ple by coordinating with theUnion ministers and the re-gion chief minister, the Vice-President delivered an ad-dress.

He said that he and hisparty comprising the Unionministers, the chief minister,deputy ministers and officialswere there to see developmentof Hkamti region and NagaSelf-Administered Zone andto provide necessaryassistance.

He said that in studyingdevelopment potentials ofeconomic sector in today’sHkamti region, it can be seenthat there remains a large acresof vacant and virgin lands inthe region. He added that theregion hassufficiency of water foragricultural purpose with 100inches rainfall. He stressedthe need to effectivelyutilize the land and water re-sources. However, he saidthat it is necessary togrow perennial crops such asrubber, tea, orange,pepper and grape fruitwhich are suitable for

the region as it has seen littledevelopment. He pointedout that arrangements are tobe made for organizing thelocal enthusiasts and inves-tors to do agriculturalbusiness.

Moreover, he said that

and poverty alleviation. Theplan is necessarily to beimplemented, he said. Herequested that those in theleadership role, respectiverural people and those re-lated to the plan are to harmo-niously participate in the

ment tasks and internationaleconomic cooperation. To beable to do business easily bylocal entrepreneurs and in-vestors at home and abroad,the government has carriedout some changes in laws,relaxation of tax, and estab-

to understand laws and pro-cedures and regional devel-opment.

So, people are urged tomake cooperation with thegovernment for eternal peaceand development of thecountry, he concluded.

under the leadership of thePresident, the eight-pointplan is being implemented forensuring rural development

successful undertaking of theplan.

He said that nowadays,representatives elected bythe people are sharinglegislative, executive andjudicial powers in undertak-ing their respective tasks inaccord with the constitution.He noted that activities andeffectiveness are graduallyemerging as a democraticnation.

For perpetual develop-ment of the country, specialemphasis is placed on peaceand stability of the State andthe rule of law. Now, thecountry sees a lot of progressin an attempt to stop armedinsurgencies that haveexisted since post Independ-ence period.

All inclusiveness ofpolitical parties and people innational building endeavorsis the first priority. For theeconomic development of thecountry, the government ishighlighting rural develop-

lishment of special economiczones by inviting invest-ments.

With respect to promot-ing social sector, the State isimproving education andhealth standards to interna-tional standards, trying toraise more State’s fund tomake necessary change andgive more support for theemergence of qualified hu-man resources. In addition,more funds are being allottedto necessary sectors.

For the convenience ofstaff who are serving dutiesin remote areas such asHkamti and Naga regions, thegovernment is makingarrangement to provide cashassistance to those startingcoming financial year. So, thestaff on their parts shouldserve their duties in theinterests of regions and theState and are to lead localpeople who are far laggedbehind. More efforts are tobe made for enabling people

After that, Chairman ofShwe ThanLwin Co., U KyawWin donated DTH Sky Netreceiver, TV and generatorfor Hkamti DistrictAdministration Department,Hkamti Township Adminis-tration Department andInformation and Public Rela-tions Department throughdeputy commissioner andtownship administrator.

After the meeting, theVice-President cordiallygreeted those present.

At the meeting, UnionSolidarity and DevelopmentParty and entrepreneursdonated K 50 million for thefund of education and healthin Hkamti region and K 50million for rural developmentfoundation.

They also have madearrangements for regionaldevelopment with theassistance of departmentsand under the leadership oftownselders.

(See page 9)

Vice-President ThihaThura U Tin Aung

Myint Oo addresses themeeting with district/township level depart-mental officials, social

organizations andtownselders at the

meeting hall of HkamtiDistrict GAD.

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Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo cordially greets the medicalsuperintendent, doctors and nurses at Hkamti District People’s Hospital.—MNA

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(from page 8)On arrival at District People’s Hospital, the Vice-Presi-

dent and party were welcomed by medical superintendent,doctors and nurses.

Afterwards, Pyithu Hluttaw representative Thura UAye Myint handed over incubator donated by USDP, theChairman of Shwe Than Lwin Co, DTH Sky Net receiver,TV and portable generator through the medicalsuperintendent.

The Vice-President encouraged patients at the hospitaland inspected operation theater, delivery rood and site forconstruction of new building.

In meeting with the principal and faculty members atGovernment Technical Institute (Hkamti) of Ministry ofScience and Technology, the Vice-President urged them tonuture their students to become qualified human resources.

MNA

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung MyintOo and party being welcomed by officials at

Hkamti Airport.—MNA

Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo…

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung MyintOo greets faculty members and students at

Government Technical Institute (Hkamti) andGovernment THS (Hkamti).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—A Japanese delegation led byMinister of Economy, Trade and Industry Mr Yukio Edanocalled on Union Minister for Mines U Thein Htaik at theministry here at 10.30 am today.

At the call, they cordially discussed test-exploration andproduction of minerals in Myanmar, environmental conser-vation, procedures in making investments, and mutualcooperation and continued cooperation between GeologicalSurvey and Minerals Exploration Department and Japan OilGas and Metals National Corporation.

MNA

Japanese Economic Min-ister calls on Union

Mines Minister

NAY PYI TAW, 13Jan — Micro Finance ServiceLaw (The 2011 PyidaunghsuHluttaw Law No.13) waspromulgated on 30 Novem-ber 2011 for development ofprivate small loan enter-prises, one of the eight ruraldevelopment and poverty al-leviation tasks.

According to MicroFinance Service Law Sec-tion 13, it must be a regis-tered organization formedwith in accord with Myanmar

Notice for micro financeassociations to apply for

registration, business licenseCompanies Act, CooperativeSociety Law, AssociationsFormation Law or a certainexisting law. Moreover, ac-cording to Section 65, it isstated that those associationthat have been engaging inmicro finance services be-fore the promulgation of Mi-cro Finance Service Law, ifthey wish to continue theirservice, shall have to applyfor their business licences inaccordance with the provi-sions of the law within three

months as from the date ofthe passing of this law.

Therefore, the asso-ciations engaged in micro fi-nance service in the States,Regions and Nay Pyi Tawarea are to promptly applyfor registration and businesslicence in accord with MicroFinance Service LawSections 13 and 65, an-nounced Myanma Micro Fi-nance Service SupervisoryEnterprise (Head Office).

MNA

YANGON, 13 Jan—A delegationled by Japanese Minister of Economy, Tradeand Industry Mr Yukio Edano accompaniedby Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar MrTakashi Saito called on UMFCCI delega-tion led by President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar Federation of Cham-bers of Commerce and Industry U Win

Japanese minister meets UMFCCI presidentAung at Chatrium Hotel here yesterdaymorning.

The meeting focused on promotingcooperation in investment and economicsectors between the two countries, and in-vestment of Japanese entrepreneurs in DaweiDeep-Sea Port Project and Thilawa PortProject.—MNA

YANGON, 13 Jan—Dimawhso Township cel-ebrated the 60th AnniversaryKayah State Day with a mara-

Dimawhso observes Kayah State Daython this morning.

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative U Bo Yei andTownship Administrator U

Aung Ko Ko awarded win-ners. A total of 1503 localpeople participated in theevent.—MNA

BUS LINES DISCUSS: Mon State All Bus Lines Supervisory Committeemet ten Township ABLSCs in Mawlamyine on 7 January and they

discussed provision of convenient transportation service for passengers.MNA

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Scientists say cut soot, methane to curbwarming

WASHINGTON, 13 Jan — An internationalteam of scientists says it has figured out how toslow global warming in the short run and preventmillions of deaths from dirty air: Stop focusingso much on carbon dioxide. They say the key isto reduce emissions of two powerful and fast-acting causes of global warming — methaneand soot.

Carbon dioxide is the chief greenhouse gasand the one world leaders have spent the mosttime talking about controlling. Scientists saycarbon dioxide from fossil fuels like coal and oilis a bigger overall cause of global warming, butreducing methane and soot offers quicker fixes.

Soot also is a big health problem, sodramatically cutting it with existing technologywould save between 700,000 and 4.7 millionlives each year, according to the team’s researchpublished online Thursday in the journalScience. Since soot causes rainfall patterns toshift, reducing it would cut down on droughtsin southern Europe and parts of Africa and easemonsoon problems in Asia, the study says.

Two dozen scientists from around theworld ran computer models of 400 differentexisting pollution control measures and cameup with 14 methods that attack methane andsoot. The idea has been around for more thana decade and the same authors worked on aUnited Nations report last year, but this newstudy is far more comprehensive.— Internet

People walk past a huge poster about sales outside the store Le Printemps in Paris,France, on 11 Jan, 2012. The 5-week-long winter sales began in France.

XINHUA

File photo shows methane gas burns offa stack near the Washington ElectricCooperative power plant in Coventry,Vt. An international team of scientists

say they’ve figured out how to slowglobal warming in the short run,

prevent millions of deaths from dirty airand increase food production.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 13 Jan — Beijing will speed up construction ofsubway lines and regional branch road networks to easetraffic pressure, according to the municipality’s governmentreport released on Thursday.

The city’s mayor Guo Jinlong read the report at the fifthsession of the 13th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress,saying the city will open another four subway lines andconstruct 45 km of branch roads to form regional road networksto ensure the traffic flow this year.

Other measures will include developing rental bike facilitiesand improving bike road lanes. According to the report, underthe regulation of monthly lottery for new car plates put intouse last year, the number of the city’s annual automobileincrease fell by 617,000 units, and the sales volume of autosdropped 44.3 percent year-on-year in 2010. Three new subwaylines opened at the end of last year, bringing the total lengthof the city’s subway lines to 372 km, which also helped easetraffic pressure in the city.— Xinhua

Beijing to construct moresubway lines, regional roads

this year

Web addicts have brain changes, researchsuggests

LONDON, 13 Jan — Webaddicts have brain changessimilar to those hooked ondrugs or alcohol, preliminaryresearch suggests.

Experts in Chinascanned the brains of 17young web addicts and founddisruption in the way theirbrains were wired up. Theysay the discovery, publishedin Plos One, could lead to newtreatments for addictivebehaviour. Internet addictionis a clinical disorder markedby out-of-control internet use.

A research team led byHao Lei of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences inWuhan carried out brainscans of 35 men and womenaged between 14 and 21.

Seventeen of them wereclassed as having internetaddiction disorder (IAD) onthe basis of answering yes to

questions such as, “Have yourepeatedly made unsucce-ssful efforts to control, cutback or stop Internet use?”Specialised MRI brain scansshowed changes in the whitematter of the brain — the partthat contains nerve fibres - inthose classed as being webaddicts, compared with non-addicts.

There was evidence ofdisruption to connections innerve fibres linking brain areasinvolved in emotions,decision making, and self-control.

Dr Hao Lei andcolleagues write in Plos One:“Overall, our findings indicatethat IAD has abnormal whitematter integrity in brainregions involving emotionalgeneration and processing,executive attention, decisionmaking and cognitive

control.“The results also suggest

that IAD may sharepsychological and neuralmechanisms with other typesof substance addiction andimpulse control disorders.”

Prof Gunter Schumann,chair in biological psychiatryat the Institute of Psychiatryat King’s College, London,said similar findings have beenfound in video game addicts.

Internet

Brain scans of white matter in the brain.— INTERNET

Nepali mountaineering legend to beginGreat Himalayan Trail

Potential suitors circleAmerican Airlines

TOKYO, 13 Jan — A magnitude-5.8 earthquake joltedJapan’s Fukushima at around 12:20 pm local time (0320GMT) Thursday, according to Japan Meteorological Agency.The epicentre was initially determined at 36.9 degreesnorth latitude, 141.3 degrees east longitude, with a depthof 20 km. Strong tremor was felt near Tokyo. But so far nodamage has been reported.— Xinhua

M5.8 quake jolts Fukushima,Japan

A worker walks underneath an American Airlinesairplane at Miami International airport in Miami.

INTERNET

NEW YORK, 13 Jan — USAirways Group, DeltaAirlines and private equityfirm TPG Capital are amongseveral parties interested inpotential bids for AMR Corp,the bankrupt parent ofAmerican Airlines, peoplefamiliar with the matter told

Reuters.These parties have been

following AMR’sbankruptcy proceedingsclosely to evaluate prospectsfor a merger or tie-up withAmerican Airlines, thesources said. The sourcesand airline experts, however,cautioned that any deal isunlikely to materialize beforeAMR is close to completingits court restructuring, whichcould take a year or longer.

“At this point I wouldn’ttake it a bit serious. But ifAMR does the restructuringcorrectly, I think it’s going tobe a very attractive target,”said Ray Neidl, aerospaceanalyst with Maxim Group.Delta hired Blackstone as itsfinancial adviser to assess abid for American Airlines,one of the sources said.

Reuters

KATHMANDU, 13 Jan — Nepalimountaineering legend Appa Sherpa alongwith his counterpart Dawa Steven Sherpa areset to begin the Great Himalayan Trail (GHT)on 15 January . Appa Sherpa is a world recordholder and 21 times Mt Qomolangma climber.

Dawa Steven Sherpa is an articulateadvocate for mountaineering and tourism, anda world renowned climber and campaigneragainst the climate change and mountainpollution. Appa and Dawa shared theirinformation about the GHT in an exclusiveinterview with Xinhua.

The GHT will cover a 1,700 km long trial byAppa and Dawa with the message “BattlingClimate Change in the Himalayas.” In 2009,when I reached the top of Mt Everest (Mt.Qomolangma), I carried the message “StopClimate Change, Let the Himalayas Live.” Themessage has been carried throughout theworld,” Appa said.

“When we thought about how themessage could be further intensified and how

we could protect the climate around theHimalayas, we came up with the idea of the trailof the Himalayas from east to west of Nepal,”according to Appa. Likewise, he also said thatthe secondary aspect of the trail would be todevelop the entire range as a trekking route.“When we have visitors to Nepal, they feel thatNepal has only few mountains and that theyhave climbed everything after climbing thesefew. But the truth is that there are still severalroutes that people are unaware of. We thereforewant to discover them and make them knownto the world,” Appa said.— Xinhua

Trumbull to get his2nd Oscar for

technicalachievement

LOS ANGELES, 13 Jan — Douglas Trumbull will receive the Gordon E Sawyer Award, thesecond Academy Award he has ever won, for his body of work and technical innovation incinematic visual effects, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced onWednesday. The Academy’s Board of Governors voted to give the prize, an Oscar statuette,to the visual effects pioneer at its Scientific and Technical Awards presentation held on 11 Feb.at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles. Trumbull is credited for having “created, developed orimproved numerous filmmaking techniques and tools” during his career, the Academy said ina Press release. This is the second Oscar for Trumbull, a developer of the industry’s first modern65 mm camera who shared a Scientific and Engineering Award in 1993.— Xinhua

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New Zealand woman auctions tattoo spaceon backside

WELLINGTON, 13 Jan —A cash-strapped NewZealander is auctioning offthe chance to put a tattoo onher derriere so she can payher bills. Wellington womanTina Beznec, 23, says sheneeds the money after beingmade redundant twice in thepast year.

She set up an onlineauction under the title “YourTattoo on my Bum” and within24 hours bidding had reachedNZ$10,250 (US$8,135) whileanother three people havefollowed suit with auctions

This file photo shows an artist putting a tattoo onto acustomer. A cash-strapped New Zealander is auctioningoff the chance to put a tattoo on her derriere so she can

pay her bills. — INTERNET

offering body parts to betattooed.

“You might think I amcrazy for doing this! But yes,the winner of the auction getsanything they like tattooedon my bum!” Beznec said inher auction notice. She said20 percent of the winning bidwould go to charity “and therest will go to me, I deserve it,I have been made redundanttwice over the past year.” Thetattoo would be 9x9centimetres (3.5x3.5 inches),it could be on either cheekand could be something

personal or “a businesspromotion” she said.

“The way I see it is it’sgoing to be on my bum and itis something I can look backon in the future and rememberthis point in my life,” she toldthe Stuff.co.nz website.

In a rival auction, a womanwho identified herself as“Marie” said she decided tocopy Beznec’s money-raisingscheme because “I’m a singleMum struggling just to paythe bills”. S J Parker said hewas auctioning his backsidefor a tattoo because “I waslaid off myself at the end ofthe year so have mountingbills. I’ve been offered a jobteaching overseas shortly sogot to get that airfaresomehow.”— Internet

Travellers are stopped ata security check point at

Los Angeles InternationalAirport in 2011. A US

woman called in a bombthreat to an airline to stopher husband flying from

Los Angeles to Atlanta tosee another woman, theFBI said on Thursday.

INTERNET

US woman sparks bomb hoaxto stop errant husband

LOS ANGELES, 13 Jan — A US womancalled in a bomb threat to an airline to stop herhusband flying from Los Angeles to Atlantato see another woman, the FBI said onThursday. Johnna Woolfolk, 50, pleaded guiltyto making a bomb threat after calling AirTranAirways in November to report that herhusband was carrying a bomb onto a flight atLAX international airport.

“We had a fight and I called the airline and

Patient died after attempt to remove wrong organLONDON, 13 Jan — A

woman died after anexperienced surgeonunintentionally attempted totake out the wrong organduring an operating theatrecomplication.

Amy Joyce Francis, 77,was due to have a kidneyremoved at the Royal GwentHospital in July 2010 butinstead the surgeon tried toremove her liver. The womanfrom Newport suffered a fatalheart attack after a loss ofblood.

The coroner recorded anarrative verdict which wasfully accepted by the AneurinBevan Health Board. Theinquest was told how MrsFrancis, a retired accountant,underwent keyhole surgeryto remove a cancerous rightkidney. Consultant urologistAdam Carter told the hearingthat Mrs Francis was toundergo keyhole surgery in

order to avoid large surgicalwounds and ensure a shorterrecovery time so that her leftkidney could be treatedquicker.

Mr Carter said theremoval was the easiest partand he asked a trainee present,who had never done it before,to carry it out. The beginning

of the routine operation wentas expected with a 2-3 inchincision made in the groinarea. But, the court was told,when it came to removingthe kidney, the peritoneal sacwas covered by more fluidand matter than usual.

A trainee surgeon wasin the theatre that day, and

that registrar put her hand in toremove the kidney, but theregistrar became unsure, losther confidence and Mr Cartertook over.

He said it was possiblethat while she was manipulatingthe organ the thin membraneprotecting the liver, theperitoneal sac, was breached.

The inquest then heardhow the surgeon felt what hebelieved was Mrs Francis’skidney and pulled downsharply, a normal procedurefor organ removal.

But, the coroner was told,the anaesthetist immediatelyreported a fall in the patient’sblood pressure. Mr Carter saidhe immediately realised he hadpulled on the liver and, as aresult, had torn the organ.

InternetAmy Francis was a retired accountant and a widow.

INTERNET

‘Profound shock’ atProfessor Steven Rawlings’ death

LONDON, 13 Jan — The death of an OxfordUniversity professor has “profoundlysaddened” the institution, its vice-chancellorhas said. Prof Andrew Hamilton said theentire university community was shocked atthe untimely death of Steven Rawlings. ProfRawlings, 50, was found at his bungalow inSouthmoor, Oxfordshire, on Wednesdaynight.

Detectives are continuing to question a49-year-old man arrested on suspicion ofmurder. The emergency services were calledto Laurel Drive, Southmoor, at 23:20 GMT onWednesday by a member of the publicreporting that a man had been injured at theaddress.

Thames Valley Police said Prof Rawlingsand the arrested man had known each other,but refused to speculate on the circumstancessurrounding his death. Police said a post-mortem examination carried out on ProfRawlings had been unable to establish acause of death and that further tests would beconducted. They have said they are keepingan “open mind” about the circumstances of

The emergency services were called to theproperty by a member of the public.

INTERNET

the academic’s death.Prof Rawlings was official fellow and

tutor in physics of St Peter’s College. Theacademic, who was elected to his fellowship in1994, was head of the sub-department ofastrophysics at the university from 2006 to2010. A University of Oxford spokesman said:“He was a much liked and admired tutor andcolleague within the college and will be greatlymissed. “We extend our deepest sympathy tohis wife Linda.”— Internet

Ind officer: Looked up, saw stolencruiser leave

SOUTH BEND, 13 Jan — An Indiana policeofficer whose squad car was stolen by asuspect he’d handcuffed and put in thebackseat said on Thursday he only realizedthe cruiser was gone when he looked up andsaw the taillights leaving the parking lot. “Iprobably had a really dumb look on my facefor maybe half a second,” Kouts police SgtDave Johnston told The Associated Press.

Johnston, an 11-year veteran, said hewas responding to a call about a recklessdriver when he pulled in behind WilliamFrancis Blankenship, 22, of Knox, at a gaspump Tuesday night. When he spotted whathe thought was drug paraphernalia inBlankenship’s car, Johnston said he

reported that he had a bomb to stop him fromtaking that flight to see another woman,”Woolfolk told US District Judge JacquelineH Nguyen. Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) officers stopped the man at the airportand questioned him, and he missed the flight,said Assistant US Attorney Edward E. Alon.Woolfolk will be sentenced on 2 April, whenshe faces a maximum of five years in jail anda $250,000 fine, Alon said.— Internet

Hundreds of villagersevacuated after gas leaks

from smashed tanker truckHEFEI, 13 Jan—Nearly 1,000 people were evacuated early

Thursday morning after a highway crash triggered a gas leakfrom a tanker truck in east China’s Anhui Province, localfirefighters said.

Up to 24 tonnes of liquified petroleum gas are leakingfrom the damaged vehicle, which collided with a car at 2 am inLixin county, according to the local fire brigade.

The car’s driver, the only passenger, was killed in thecrash. Local authorities have evacuated nearly 1,000 nearbyvillagers due to fire and poisoning concerns. Firefighters areworking to dilute the gas.— Xinhua

Police ticket boy after toy motorcycle hits SUVCIUDAD JUAREZ, 13 Jan—Police in this border city repented Thursday over ticketing a

6-year-old boy for reckless driving, driving without a license and not having his vehicleregistered after he drove his miniature motorcycle into an SUV.

The boy’s mother, Karla Noriega, said police impounded the miniature gasoline-poweredmotorbike that her son got for Christmas after he crashed into an SUV on 27 Dec.Noriegadecided to go to the media and make the case public after finding out she would have to paywhat she called a “ridiculous” $183 in fines to recover the toy motorbike.

City council Secretary Hector Arceluz said Thursday that authorities had dropped thefines, released the motorbike and would punish the police officers for having actedimproperly. Noriega’s son Gael was happy to get his minibike back, but said it no longer worksafter the accident.— Internet

handcuffed Blankenship with his hands behindhis back and put him in the back of the runningpatrol car.

The officer said that after finding what hebelieved to be drugs in Blankenship’s car, heinformed the man he was under arrest and thenwent back to search more thoroughly. Johnstonsaid he was searching for only another minuteor two when he looked up. As Johnston sawthe taillights, a passer-by said: “Hey, a guy’sdriving off in your car.” The officer said whenhe asked the witness why he didn’t saysomething earlier, the man replied, “I thoughtyou had a partner.” Blankenship remained atlarge Thursday as police continued theirsearch.— Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ORIENTAL ELF VOY NO (014)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ORIENTALELF VOY NO (014) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 15.1.2012 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe 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: SONG WON ENTERPRISECO LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV STELLA BEAUTY VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV STELLABEAUTY VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 14.1.2012 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.

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: TOMOSADA CORPORATIONS/A

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (106N)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMAVOY NO (106N) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 14.1.2012 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.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA UNITY VOY NO (141)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAUNITY VOY NO (141) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 14.1.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(2) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA WIN VOY NO (148)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA WIN

VOY NO (148) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 14.1.2012 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.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV THOR ENDEAVOUR VOY NO (1112)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV THOR EN-DEAVOUR VOY NO (1112) are hereby notified thatthe vessel will be arriving on 14.1.2012 and cargo willbe discharged 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.

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: CITIC-SHIP MANAGEMENTLTD

Phone No: 256924/256914Hammersmith Flyover to reopen

to light traffic

The flyover closed on 23 December.INTERNET

LONDON , 13 Jan — Boris Johnson,mayor of London, has announced thatthe Hammersmith Flyover in westLondon, which has been closed for threeweeks, will reopen on Friday. It was shutwhen serious damage to cables in thestructure was discovered. Transport forLondon (TfL) has said one lane will beopen in each direction but it will beclosed to HGVs and coaches. Closure ofthe A4 route, which is usually used byabout 90,000 vehicles a day, has causedserious congestion in west London.

A steady seepage of salt water intothe structure, built in the 1960s, hasweakened the structure, but engineerssaid it was now safe to take light traffic.

TfL said the route would reopen“before the rush hour” on Fridaybut did not specify exactly when.

Strengthening work willcontinue for the next four monthsand drivers are still advised to“consider avoiding the area ifpossible”. Once new cables areinstalled, the flyover will be bereopened to all traffic “well aheadof the London 2012 Games”, saidTfL. officer for surface transport,said: “This should significantlyreduce the traffic disruption manythousands of drivers have beenexperiencing since the flyoverclosed.”— Internet

Burnt forest rises from the ashes

The Forestry Commission hascleared away the charred trees left

after the fire in May 2011.— INTERNET

LONDON, 13 Jan — Hundreds ofpeople have volunteered to help replantmore than 85 acres of woodland inBerkshire which were destroyed by aforest fire. The blaze in Swinley Forestraged for three weeks in May 2011,damaging more than 100,000 trees, mostof them pines. The Forestry Commission

has spent six months clearing the area ready for60,000 new trees to be planted.

It says more fire retardant species like oaks,aspens and alders will be placed on the forestboundaries. Volunteers - many of whom wereevacuated from their homes as the flames ravagedthe area - will create ponds to form natural barriersto try to reduce the risk of fires spreading. NickHazlitt, a forester with the Forestry Commission,said they were also hoping to promote wildlife onthe site, which is important for ground-nestingbirds, dragonflies and damselflies.

“My job is to try to design and establish arobust multi-purpose forest which will besustainable in the long run,” he said. “One whichis economically sustainable with a continuedsupply of much-needed sustainable timber andacts as a carbon sink but equally more robust interms of fire, pests and diseases. — Internet

Stop and search overhaulplanned by Met

LONDON , 13 Jan — The Metropolitan Police commissionerhas ordered a radical overhaul of stop and search policing inLondon. During a question and answer session, BernardHogan-Howe admitted that the tactic had not always beenused professionally. The BBC understands there will be newlimits on issuing section 60 orders — which allow searcheswithout suspicion.

But officers defended their right to use the tactic, whichthey say helps target drug and knife crime. “It is a complex area,but by training and education we can help our officers to dealwith it. “One, to target searches properly. “Number two, whenwe do do it, even if we end up with resistance, we come outof that better if we remain professional, cool and calm,” saidMr Hogan-Howe. “Sometimes we are not always able tomanage that,” he said.

Tensions caused by stop and search were highlighted 13years ago in the Macpherson report, which looked into howthe Met failed to properly investigate the murder of StephenLawrence. A group of black teenagers in Brixton said theirexperience of stop and search was negative. One said: “If theyapproach us in a calmer way we would feel safer. But they comeaggressive and grab you up against a wall.” Another said: “Allof us are just criminals [in their eyes].”

Terance Smith, a youth worker in Lambeth, south London,said: “No-one will want to aspire to work for them, interact withthem. “It’s got so bad now they [young black men] won’t eventalk to them about crimes, serious crimes.— Internet

New JetBlueflight connects

West Palm,Hartford

Bernard Hogan-Howe admittedthat some of hisofficers had, inthe past, failedto treat people

in aprofessional

manner.INTERNET

WEST PALM BEACH, 13Jan — JetBlue is launchinga new daily flight betweenWest Palm Beach andHartford, Conn. An officialfor the airline says bothmarkets have seen growthover the past year. BeginningThursday, an afternoonflight will fly from West PalmBeach to Hartford. A returnflight leaves Hartford eachevening.— Internet

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Police in Florida said they arrested aman accused of grabbing a swan by theneck at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando.

Orlando police said John Wynne wasarrested Tuesday after allegedly grabbingthe bird by the neck at the lake and he wasarrested on charges of animal cruelty and

Man accused of grabbing swan by neck

John Wynne’s mugshot.

Police in Florida said aman allegedly hit his motherwith her car twice when sheattempted to stop him fromdriving. The St JohnsCounty Sheriff’s Office saidthe mother told themAnthony Migliaccio, 23, hither with the car, knockingher onto the hood, when

Man allegedly hit mom twice with car Anthony Migliaccio’smugshot, courtesy of the St

Johns County Sheriff’sOffice.

grand theft, WOFL-TV, Orlando, reported.Investigators said bicycle officers

spotted Wynne choking the Australianblack swan, named Ruffles, and carrying itseveral feet by its neck, the Orlando Sentinelreported. They said he dropped the birdwhen he saw the officers.

Police said Wynne was taken to theOrange County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bond.

Sheila Bolin, chief executive officer ofThe Regal Swan Foundation, formerlyserved as caretaker for the Lake Eola swansand was called by police to assess thebird’s injuries. She said Ruffles appearedto be eating but refused to let any humanscome near him.

“We couldn’t catch the bird thatnight,” Bolin said. “But the head and neckwere a wreck. He (Ruffles) didn’t wantanything to do with people.”

Police say a man in Indiana accused of stealing a car threatened to hunt down and eathis arresting officers, their families and police dogs.

The Journal & Courier reports ( http://on.jconline.com/yGO09G) that 39-year-old PaulM. Brock of Frankfort was charged Wednesday with auto theft, resisting law enforcement,intimidation and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Police in Lafayette, 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis, used dogs to subdue Brockduring his arrest on Friday.

Police say Brock later told officers that he would hunt them down and eat them, theirfamilies and their dogs. He had a blood-alcohol content more than three times Indiana’s legallimit.

He was jailed on a $25,000 bond at the Tippecanoe County Jail.

A Massachusetts woman says federal safety officialsare mischaracterizing a frosted cupcake in a jar that wasconfiscated from her at a Las Vegas airport. TheTransportation Security Administration says it consideredthe icing on the cupcake a gel exceeding the 3-ounce limit forairline carry-on luggage. The limit is designed to stopterrorists seeking to evade detection by using explosivesmade of plastics, liquids or gels.

The TSA says in a blog post the cupcake taken lastmonth had a thick layer of icing inside the jar. But Peabody(PEE’-buh-dee) resident Rebecca Hains said Wednesdayher jar consisted of three layers of cupcake, each topped witha medium layer of icing, not a thick layer. The bakery thatmakes the red velvet cupcake has renamed it National(Security) Velvet.

Ind theft suspect threatens to eat police, dogs

Mass woman disputes TSAportrayal of her cupcake

she attempted to stop himfrom driving the Mazda 323Monday because he has asuspended license, the StAugustine (Fla) Times-Unionreported Thursday.

The woman saidMigliaccio hit her with the cara second time while she wason the ground. She sustained

minor injuries and was treatedand released from FlaglerHospital. Investigators saidMigliaccio crashed the car intoa fence and fled the area onfoot. He was arrested whendeputies found him crouchingin some nearby woods.

Migliaccio was chargedwith felony counts of

aggravated battery with adeadly weapon, hit and runand criminal mischief. He wasalso charged with amisdemeanor count ofresisting arrest withoutviolence. He was jailed withbond set at $62,000. N e w s A l b u m

LOS ANGELES, 13 Jan—Silent film “The Artist” wasthe top winner at the Critics’Choice Awards on Thursday,

“The Artist”, “The Help” big Critics’ Choicewinners

Actor Jean Dujardin (2ndR) holds the best picture

award for “The Artist” asdirector Michel

Hazanavicius (L), actressBerenice Bejo (2nd L) and

producer ThomasLangmann celebrate theirwin backstage at the 2012Critics’ Choice Awards inLos Angeles on 12 Jan,

2012.—INTERNET

Robin Wright, right,presents Viola Davis withthe award for best actressfor “The Help” during the

17th Annual Critics’Choice Movie Awards on

12 Jan, 2012 in LosAngeles.INTERNET

boosting its profile as theHollywood season heats upahead of the Oscars.

The comedy, shot inblack and white, picked upfour awards, including bestpicture and best director forFrenchman MichelHazanavicius, who called it“a love letter to Americancinema.”

Comedy/drama boxoffice hit “The Help” was thenight’s other big, andsurprise, victor. The tale ofblack maids and their whiteemployers in the 1960s USSouth brought acting honorsfor both Viola Davis andOctavia Spencer in their rolesas maids. The movie also wonbest ensemble cast.

George Clooney wasvoted best actor for his role as

a distracted dad in familydrama “The Descendants”and female romp“Bridesmaids” won the awardfor best comedy.

Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 13 Jan—The TV programmes “Castle”and “How I Met YourMother,” and singer KatyPerry picked up multiplePeople’s Choice Awards inLos Angeles Wednesdaynight.

“Castle” was namedFavourite TV Crime Drama,while its star Nathan Fillionearned the Favourite TVDrama Actor accolade.

“Mother” was votedFavourite Network Comedyand cast member Neil Patrick

‘Mother,’ Perry nab Choice Awards

Neil Patrick Harrisappears backstage with thefavorite TV comedy actoraward he garnered duringthe 38th annual People’s

Choice Awards at theNokia Theatre in Los

Angeles on 11 Jan, 2012.INTERNET

plans to attend theceremony after her husband,comedian Russell Brand,filed for divorce, also wonthe awards for FavouriteFemale Artist and FavouriteTour Headliner, FavouriteSong of the Year for “ET”featuring Kanye West andFavourite Music Video for“Last Friday Night.”

“Glee’s” Lea Michelewas declared Favourite TVComedy Actress and NinaDobrev from “The VampireDiaries” Favourite TV DramaActress.

“Supernatural” tookthe prizes for FavouriteNetwork TV Drama andFavourite Sci-Fi/FantasyShow, while the FavouriteCable TV Drama title went to“Pretty Little Liars.”

Internet

NEW YORK, 13 Jan— For Jeremy Jordan, bad news for“Bonnie & Clyde” means good news for “Newsies.”

The actor whose role as the bank-robbing male lead in themusical “Bonnie & Clyde” was cut short last month by poorticket sales, has jumped aboard the Broadway-bound“Newsies,” a musical based on the 1992 film.

Producers announced Jordan will play rebelliousnewsboy leader Jack Kelly, the role he created at the Paper MillPlayhouse in New Jersey last year. “Newsies” will open itsdoors at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre on 15 March.

Jordan, who stars opposite Queen Latifah and DollyParton in the movie “Joyful Noise,” was also on Broadway in“Rock of Ages.”

Alan Menken and lyricist Jack Feldman have transformedDisney’s “Newsies” into a musical with new story writer,Harvey Fierstein.

Internet

Jeremy Jordan returns to‘Newsies’ for Broadway

Cast member JeremyJordan

NEW YORK, 13 Jan—Channing Tatum and ZooeyDeschanel have been bookedas guest hosts on theAmerican sketch comedyshow “Saturday Night Live,”NBC said Thursday.

Tatum will make his debutas host 4 Feb. He can next beseen alongside Jonah Hill inthe movie “21 Jump Street”due out 16 March. His pastfilm credits include “CoachCarter,” “Step Up,” “Stop-Loss” and “Dear John.”

The Grammy-nominatedband Bon Iver will make theirfirst appearance on “SNL”alongside Tatum.

Deschanel will make herdebut “SNL” appearance ashost 11 Feb. She is the star of

Tatum, Deschanel to host ‘SNL’

Zooey Deschanel attendsthe Fox Press Tour All-Star Party in Pasadena,

California on8 Jan, 2012.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 13 Jan—Rihanna’s “We Found Love”featuring Calvin Harris is No1 on the US record chart for aninth week, Billboard.com

‘Love’ remains atop the USrecord chart

Rihanna

reported Thursday. Comingin at No 2 on the Billboard Hot100 is Bruno Mars’ “It WillRain,” followed by LMFAO’s“Sexy and I Know It” at No 3,Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain”at No 4 and Flo Rida’s “GoodFeeling” at No 5.

Rounding out the top tierare Katy Perry’s “The OneThat Got Away” at No 6, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Ni**asin Paris” at No 7, Jason Mraz’s“I Won’t Give Up” No 8,LMFAO’s “Party RockAnthem” featuring LaurenBennett and GoonRock at No9 and Adele’s “Someone LikeYou” at No 10.—Internet

the hit sitcom “New Girl.” Herfilm credits include “500 Daysof Summer,” “Yes Man,”“The Good Girl” and “Elf.”

Pop music duo Karminwill make their first musicalguest appearance 11 Feb.

Internet

Harris Favourite TV ComedyActor. Pop star Katy Perrywon the award for FavoriteTV Guest Star for herappearance on “Mother.”

Perry, who canceled her

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LOMDON, 13 Jan —Liverpool captain StevenGerrard has signed a newlong-term contract whichcould keep him at Anfielduntil the end of his playingcareer. The 31-year-old madehis Reds debut in 1998 andhas never played for anyoneelse, captaining the club tovictory in the 2005 UEFAChampions League and alsowinning two FA Cups andtwo League Cups. Gerrardhas also agreed to take up anambassadorial role withLiverpool when his playingdays are finished.

“I’m very happy. It’s avery proud day for myselfand my family,” Gerrard, who

Steven Gerrard scores theonly goal of the Carling

Cup semi-final first leg atMan City.—INTERNET

Gerrard signs long-termLiverpool deal

has made 394 BarclaysPremier League appearancesfor the Reds, told the club’sofficial website(liverpoolfc.tv). “This is theclub I love and is the club Ihave supported since I was ayoung boy.

Internet

LONDON , 13 Jan — AstonVilla have signed Republic ofIreland international strikerRobbie Keane on loan fromLA Galaxy, subject toclearance from FIFA. The clubhope Keane will be availablefor Saturday’s Barclays

Keane has been one of thePremier League’s top

goalscorers.—INTERNET

Striker Keane joins Villaon loan

LONDON , 13 Jan — The Premier League’s DubiousGoals Panel has made a decision on 25 dubious goals thatwere scored in the Barclays Premier League between 12thOctober to 21st December 2011. The Dubious GoalsCommittee - drawn from people who have participated as areferee, player or manager at the highest level of the game- have ruled on the following goals:

Liverpool’s goal against Manchester United on 15thOctober has been confirmed as a Steven Gerrard goal.

Bolton Wanderers’ first goal against Wigan Athleticon 15th October was in fact an own goal (Gary Caldwell) andhas therefore not been credited to Nigel Reo-Coker.

Chelsea’s second goal against Everton on 15th Octoberhas been confirmed as a John Terry goal. NewcastleUnited’s first goal against Tottenham Hotspur on 16thOctober has been confirmed as a Demba Ba goal.

Liverpool’s goal against Norwich City on 22nd Octoberhas been confirmed as a Craig Bellamy goal.

Chelsea’s second goal against Arsenal on 29th Octoberhas been confirmed as a John Terry goal.

Blackburn Rovers’ first goal against Norwich City on29th October has been confirmed as a Junior Hoilett goal.

Norwich City’s second goal against Blackburn Roverson 29th October has been confirmed as a Bradley Johnsongoal.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ third goal against WiganAthletic on 6th November has been confirmed as a StephenWard goal.

Tottenham Hotspur’s first goal against Fulham on 6thNovember was in fact an own goal (Chris Baird) and hastherefore not been credited to Gareth Bale.

Tottenham Hotspur’s third goal against Fulham on 6thNovember has been confirmed as a Jermain Defoe goal.

West Bromwich Albion’s second goal against BoltonWanderers on 19th November has been confirmed as aShane Long goal.

Chelsea’s first goal against WolverhamptonWanderers on 26th November has been confirmed as a JohnTerry goal.

Chelsea’s John Terry has been confirmed as the scorerof a goal against Arsenal.—INTERNET

MELBOURNE., 13 Jan —Roger Federer and RafaelNadal are in the same half of agrand slam draw for the firsttime in seven years in theselection made Friday for nextweek’s Australian Open inMelbourne. Defendingchampion Novak Djokovicwill have world number four

Roger Federer ofSwitzerland hits a return

during a 11 Januarypractice session for the

upcoming Australian Opentennis tournament in

Melbourne. —INTERNET

Dubious Goals Panel rulings

Premier League home matchagainst Everton on Saturday14th January. The loan willend after Villa’s match againstWigan on 25th February.

Keane, who has 123Premier League goals to hisname and has played forTottenham, Liverpool, Leedsand West Ham among others,said he was ‘excited’ by themove. “I’m delighted to beback in the Premier League,”said Keane. “This is onlyshort-term, of course, butthere has been a lot ofspeculation over the yearslinking my name to Villa and,finally, I’m here.—Internet

Federer, Nadal in same half ofAustralian Open draw

Andy Murray in his top halfof the men’s singles draw,while world number two Nadaland third seed Federer wereplaced in the bottom half.

It is the first time sincethe 2005 French Open that 16-time grand slam championFederer and 10-time majorwinner Nadal have been pittedin the same half of a grandslam draw. Djokovic, who wonthree of the four grand slamsand five Masters titles in 2011,will begin his Australian Opentitle defence against Italy’sPaolo Lorenzi. Nadal andFederer will start againstqualifiers, while Murray,bidding to become Britain’sfirst male major-winner sinceFred Perry in 1936, takes onAmerican Ryan Harrison.

Internet

HONOLULU, 13 Jan —One year after back surgerythat made him wonder if hecould ever play golf again,Canada’s Graham DeLaetchipped in for eagle and twiceholed 35-foot birdie putts fora 7-under 63 Thursday for atwo-shot lead among the earlystarters at the Sony Open.Carl Pettersson and formerSony Open champion KJ.Choi were among those at 65,while Webb Simpson was inthe group at 66.

“I’m just so excited to beback out,” DeLaet said. “I hada good season my rookiecampaign, and then it was allbasically just taken away.And I realize now howfortunate we are to be playinggolf for a living. My wholeattitude is definitelybetter.”His game looked to bein pretty good shape, too.Thursday was a gentle startof the season in the first full-field tournament of the year

Graham DeLaet, ofCanada, lines up his putton the 13th green duringthe first round of the SonyOpen golf tournament, on

12 Jan, 2012, inHonolulu.— INTERNET

DeLaet is happy to be back,and it shows

on the PGA Tour, with theocean breeze barely strongenough to move fronds onthe palm trees that line thefairways. Just under half ofthose with early tee timesbroke par.—Internet

BARCELONA, 13 Jan — Second half goals from AlexisSanchez and Sergi Roberto gave Barcelona a 2-1 victory overOsasuna on Thursday and a quarter-final clash with arch-rivals and titleholders Real Madrid in the Spanish Cup. DejanLekic had put hosts Osasuna ahead five minutes before thebreak in Pamplona before Sanchez headed in a 48th-minuteequaliser for the Catalans. Substitute Lionel Messi set upRoberto to seal victory after 71 minutes for a 6-1 aggregatescoreline and a meeting with Real Madrid next Wednesday.

Real Madrid qualified with a 72nd minute goal from KarimBenzema on Tuesday giving them a 1-0 win over Malaga fora 4-2 aggregate victory. Real Madrid host Barcelona in the firstleg next Wednesday with the return leg on 25 January at theCamp Nou. The two sides meet again just a month after the‘clasico’ which Barcelona won 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu.Athletic Bilbao also progressed with a 4-0 win over thirddivision Albacete on Thursday.— Internet

Barca set up Real clash inSpanish Cup

Barcelona’s Sergi Roberto (2nd L) shoots to scoreagainst Osasuna’s goalkeeper Asier Riesgo (R) during

their Spanish Cup football match at the Reyno deNavarra stadium in Pamplona.—INTERNET

International Sports

Stoke City’s second goal against Blackburn Rovers on26th November has been confirmed as a Glenn Whelan goal.

Liverpool’s goal against Manchester City on 27thNovember was in fact an own goal (Joleon Lescott) and hastherefore not been credited to Charlie Adam.

Tottenham Hotspur’s first goal against BoltonWanderers on 3rd December has been confirmed as a GarethBale goal.

Swansea City’s first goal against Fulham on 10thDecember has been confirmed as a Scott Sinclair goal.

Aston Villa’s second goal against Bolton Wandererson 10th December has been confirmed as a Stiliyian Petrovgoal.

Stoke City’s first goal against WolverhamptonWanderers on 17th December has been confirmed as aKevin Doyle own goal.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ second goal againstNorwich City on 20th December has been confirmed as aRonald Zubar goal.

Sunderland’s first goal against Queens Park Rangerson 21st December has been confirmed as a Nicklas Bendtnergoal.

Sunderland’s third goal against Queens Park Rangerson 21st December has been confirmed as a Wes Brown goal.

Arsenal’s second goal against Aston Villa on 21stDecember has been confirmed as a Yossi Benayoun goal.Manchester City’s second goal against Stoke City on 21stDecember has been confirmed as an Adam Johnson goal.

Manchester United’s third goal against Fulham on 21stDecember has been confirmed as a Ryan Giggs goal.

InternetWorld number one

Caroline Wozniacki.

Wozniacki’s tough draw atAustralian Open

MELBOURNE , 13 Jan —World number one CarolineWozniacki was drawn Fridayto face French Open championLi Na in the quarter-finals ofthe Australian Open as shesearches for her maiden grandslam title in Melbourne. TheDanish top seed, whose topranking is under threat byCzech number two Petra

Kvitova, also has defendingchampion Kim Clijsters andthird seed Victoria Azarenkain her top half of the women’ssingles draw.

Wozniacki, who starts herOpen campaign againstAustralian AnastasiaRodionova, also hasAgnieszka Radwanska in herside of the draw after losing tothe Polish eighth seed at thisweek’s Sydney International.Wimbledon championKvitova, beaten by Li inThursday’s semi-finals of theSydney International, will alsohave some tough obstacles inher path.

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Weather forecast for14th January, 2012

Oversea Transmission* News* "Travelogue" Hiker

Journey (Episode-4) InlayLake

* News* The art of Sand Painting and

its Creator's Life* News* Today's Efficient Youth

(Indonesian In't School)* School Family Day* Music Gallery* "Products of Myanmar"

Bamboo Hat* News* Today Technology ICT* News* Famous Pagoda Festival in

Shwebo* VCD Centre* News* Secrect Places for Yummy

Food* News* Maha Wai Yan Communal

Temple* Myanmar Traditional

Wedding Ceremony* Myanmar Movies ‘‘New

Bosom’’

(14-1-12 09:30 am ~15-1-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(14-1-2012) (Saturday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

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

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw- Uppatathandi Paritta

7:40 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song7:50 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 4. Health Programme8:45 am 5. 2011 Sports Yearend11:00 am 6. Martial Song12:50 pm 7. TV Drama Series2:35 pm 8. Dance Of National Races4:15 pm 9. Cultural Dances4:50 pm10. Songs for Upholding

National Spirit5:20 pm11. Beautiful “ASEAN”5:30 pm12. Game For Children7:00 pm13. TV Drama Series8:00 pm14. News15. Cartoon Series16. TV Drama Series

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 26/79 15/59 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower

(60%)

2 Kayah 27/81 12/54 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

3 Kayin 35/95 19/66 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

4 Chin 16/61 08/46 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 26/79 14/57 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

6 Lower Sagaing 30/86 17/63 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 34/93 19/66 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

8 Bago 31/88 20/68 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

9 Magway 30/86 17/63 Partly cloudy

10 Mandalay 29/84 19/66 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

11 Mon 35/95 23/73 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

12 Yangon 33/91 22/72 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

13 Rakhine 29/84 18/64 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 25/77 12/54 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

15 Northern Shan 27/81 08/46 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

16 Eastern Shan 25/77 15/59 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

17 Ayeyawady 31/88 22/72 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 33/91 17/63 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 33/91 22/72 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 29/84 19/66 Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershower (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30 hr

MST on today

During the past (24) hours, light rain have been widespread in Kachin State, fairly widespread in Kayah State, Scattered

in Bago and Ayeyawady Regions, isolated in Upper Sagaing, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, Chin, Kayin and Mon

States and weather have been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C)

above January average temperatures in Lower Sagaing, Bago, Taninthayi Regions, Shan, Chin, Rakhine and Mon States,

(5°C) to (6°C) above January averages temperatures in Mandalay, Magway, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions, Kachin

State and about January average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant night temperature

were Pinlaung (4°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Loikaw (0.32) inch, Machanbaw (0.20) inch,

Putao and Zalun (0.16) inch each.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and Southeast Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of

Bengal.

State of the Sea

Strong easterly winds with moderate to rough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-

Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in strong wind may reach (30) mph. Seas will be slight to moderate elsewhere in

Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-sequent

two days Likelihood of isolated light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Oxygen provider donated tohospital

MONGTON, 13 Jan—An oxygen provider and cash tothe fund of Mongton People’s Hospital was held at the hallof the hospital in Mongton on 1 January.

Township Administrator U Aung Zin handed over K1 million donated by the Shan State Chief Minister to thetownship medical officer.

Responsible persons of Township War VeteransOrganization’s Bus Line presented one oxygen provider andK 1 million to the township administrator.—Township IPRD

School Family Day held inNyaungdon BEHS-1

NYAUNGDON, 13 Jan—The school family day wasorganized at Basic Education High School No 1 inNyaungdon on 3 January.

Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw representative Dr HlaMin and township departmental officials awardedoutstanding teachers and students.

Township Education Officer Daw San Htay presentedprizes to winners in the contests of School Family Day.

Myanma Alin

DISTRICT NEWS

A man speaks frantically into the phone, “My wife ispregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”

“Is this her first child?” the doctor queries.“No, you idiot!” the man shouts. “This is her

*husband*!”

Baby BooNLM-ner Joke

Crossword Puzzle

Panasonic’s solar power car isn’t the mostcomfortable to drive but will get you in the HOV lane.

INTERNET

Across1. Bohemian, e.g.5. Wood sorrels9. “Come here ___?”14. Daughter of Zeus15. Eastern music16. Australian bush high- pitched call17. Appraiser18. Crazily19. Gown fabric20. According to plan of action23. ___-friendly24. Egg cells25. Business premises (3 wds)33. Surrounding glows34. Away35. Chief magistrate of Venice36. Biochemistry abbr.37. Device to extract water from wet laundry41. Casual attire42. “Darn it!”44. Adaptable truck, for short45. Defeat47. Those who study the atomic composition of light51. Bank offering, for short52. Fishing, perhaps53. Improper spacial arrangements59. Operatic villains, often60. French novelist Pierre61. Wading birds, such as herons or storks63. Apportion64. Corker65. “___ Smile” (1976 hit)66. Equals67. Check68. Deuce topper

A man and his wife were making their first doctor visit,the wife being pregnant with their first child.

After everything checked out, the doctor took a smallstamp and stamped the wife’s stomach with indelible ink.

The couple was curious about what the stamp was for,so when they got home, the husband got out his magnifyingglass to try to see what it was.

In very tiny letters, the stamp said, “When you canread this, come back and see me.”

Down1. “___ Cried” (1962 hit)2. Pasturelands3. Assist, in a way4. Wart5. Bloviates6. Picture-taking device7. All excited8. “The Open Window” writer9. Paper folded to make eight leaves10. Twill-weave silk with a printed design11. Cost to cross12. Evasive13. Formerly known as21. Cockeyed22. French philosopher, founder of positivism25. Farm buildings26. Increase27. About to explode28. The fifth of the seven canonical hours29. Grooved on30. Carries31. Bond, for one32. Marsh growth38. Bucolic39. “Am ___ believe ...?” (2 wds)40. Indian coin43. Buy-one-get-one-free item?46. Tickler of the ivories48. Pride and prejudice, for example49. Saddle seat back50. Heavy metal53. Drone, e.g.54. “Cast Away” setting55. Misfortunes56. Joint problem57. Alpine transport (2 wds)58. “Your majesty”59. Protestant denom.62. “Come to think of it ...”

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Five-point initial agreements signedto restore peace with KNU

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President orders to suspend attacks whilebuilding mutual understanding

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—At the invitation of the Government, the state levelpeace-making group of Kayin State Government and the KNU peace-making groupsigned the five-point initial agreement in Hpa-an of Kayin State yesterday to restorepeace with Kayin National Union (KNU) that has offered an olive branch to theGovernment.

The President Office has sent an order to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief(Army) dated today that all military camps and mobile columns are to suspend theattacks while building the understanding by both sides as the agreement has beensigned at the initial stage.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Jan—A ceremony to sign the initialagreement between the State Level Peace-making Group andKayin National Union (KNU) Peace-making Group was heldat Zwegabin Hotel in Hpa-an of Kayin State at 9 am yesterdayfor realization of eternal peace with the KNU that offered thepeace process to the Government at the invitation of theGovernment of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

It was attended by Union Minister for RailTransportation U Aung Min, Union Minister for Industry USoe Thein and Union Minister for Immigration and PopulationU Khin Yi, Kayin State Chief Minister U Zaw Min, Kayin StateMinister for Security and Border Affairs Col Aung Lwin, MonState Minister for Security and Border Affairs Col Htay MyintAung, Bago Region Minister for Security and Border AffairsCol Thet Tun, Taninthayi Region Minister for Security andBorder Affairs Col Zaw Lwin, State Advocate-General U TheinLwin, State Development Supervisor U Thet Naung, Secretaryof Kayin State Government U Ohn Myint, General Staff Officer(Grade-I) (People’s Militia) Lt-Col Kyaw Myint of South-EastCommand, General Staff Officer (Grade-I) (Operations) Lt-ColThan Aung of Southern Command, General Staff Officer(Grade-I) (Operations) Lt-Col Nyunt Oo of Coastal RegionCommand and officials of the Union level peace-makinggroup, General Saw Mutu Say Pho and Pado Saw David Htawof KNU peace-making group.

The state level peace-making group and the KNUpeace-making group signed the five-point agreement to beimplemented as preliminary task and the 11-point agreementto be continuously discussed at the Union level peace-makingtalk, in the presence of Union Minister U Aung Min, UnionMinister U Soe Thein, Union Minister U Khin Yi and StateChief Minister U Zaw Min, and then exchanged gifts.

State level peace-making group, KNU peace-makingState level peace-making group, KNU peace-makinggroup sign group sign initialinitial agreementagreement

State Minister for Security and Border Affairs ColAung Lwin and Brig-Gen Saw Johnny of KNU peace groupsigned the state level preliminary agreement and exchangednotes.

After that, Union Minister for Rail Transportation UAung Min of the Union level peace-making group and Vice-

Chairman of the KNU peace-making central committeeGeneral Saw Mutu Say Pho signed the 11-point preliminaryagreement for realization of the Union level peace andexchanged notes.

Later, they posed for documentary photo with Unionministers.—MNA

Statement by the Myanmar NationalHuman Rights Commission

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission issued astatement dated today.

The full text of the statement is as follows:1. The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission had made appeals to thePresident that at a time when the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is building a democraticnation and striving for national unity, those among prisoners who were in various prisonsfor contravening existing laws, who do not pose a threat to national security, public peaceand tranquility and national interest, be given amnesty to enable them to take part inwhatever way they can in nation-building tasks.2. Subsequently, the President had granted amnesty to 6359 prisoners on 11 October2011 and 2 January 2012, through a presidential amnesty order reduced the sentences of the

prisoners in various prisons. Under an amnesty order of the President dated 12 January 2012,651 prisoners were again released. The Commission welcomes the release of prisoners andgreatly appreciates the magnanimity shown by the President.3. The Commission is gratified that among the 651 prisoners released on 13 January 2012,prisoners whose release had been advocated by the Secretary General of the United Nationsand some western countries were included as well. The Commission feels that the releaseof those prisoners fulfils the expectations by the Secretary General of the United Nationsand some western countries.4. In the interest of enduring peace and national unity, to enable an inclusive politicalprocess and on grounds of humanitarian consideration, the President had granted amnestyto the prisoners. In view of the President’s magnanimity, the Commission strongly urgesthose who have been released to peacefully take part in whatever way they can in buildingnational unity and a democratic State.

Myanmar National Human Rights Commission14 January 2012Yangon

Union Minister for Rail Transportation U Aung Min of Union level peace-making group and Vice-Chairman of KNU peace-making group General Saw Mutu Say Pho exchange notes after signing

11-point preliminary agreement for restoring Union level peace.—MNA

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