Yamethin in Mandalay Division emerges as developing township

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Yamethin in Mandalay Division emerges as developing townshipArticle: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Yamethin is atown where the districtlevel authorities open ad-ministrative offices. Asthe highway motor roadand railroad pass thetown, Yamethin hasbetter transport. To gaingreater progress in trans-port sector, YamethinDistrict DevelopmentAffairs Committee isstriving for upgrading oflocal roads, urban to ruralroads and sanitation ofthe region.

We, the newscrew of Myanma Alindaily, made a trip toYamethin recently forwriting a byline onprogress of YamethinDistrict and had aninterview with Deputy

Director U Thein Naingof Yamethin TownshipDAC.

“Our committee

repaved Thitsa, Myitta,Sinbin, Kyitawgon andnorth and south roads to themarkets last year.Aungmingla and ThilawaKwetthit streets were pavedwith gravel. As part of effortsto link urban and rural areas,the road to Nanlon Villageand Magyigon-Kontha roadwere constructed.Shwedah-Kantauk ruralroad was placed with gravelon 28 December 2009,” UThein Naing told MyanmaAlin.

He said, “This year,local roads namely Thilawaand Yanaungmyin roadswere extended and repaved.On completion, the roadswill create better transportaround Myoma market. Inaddition, we plan to upgrade

Thilawa Kwetthit road andpost office road to the gravelroad from the earth ones.”

Senior Engineer U

Thaung Lwin explainedsupply of water to the resi-dents.

He said,“Yamethin has five wards.We supply potable water tothe urban wards from thetube-well in TheingonVillage. We pump waterfrom the tube-well to theradial collection well bypump and then daily supply120,000 gallons of waterfor local consumption.”

He further ex-plained, “The Ministryof Progress of BorderAreas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs has been imple-menting the 10-yearwater supply plan forthe rural people since2000-2001. According

to the plan, a total of235 water supply facili-ties including 215 wellshave been provided to

Yamethin Township. Inaddition, 22 more watersupply works are being

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A clock tower seen in downtown Yamethin.

Preparations being made for extending Yanaungmyin Road in Yamethin.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 20 June, 2010

Sunday, 20 June, 2010

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

People’s Desire

The State lays emphasis onimprovement of its national people’s livingstandards. It is undertaking developmentprojects across the Union.

Particularly, transport, education,health and economic infrastructures are beingbuilt in border regions. Besides, more basiceducation schools have been opened forimproving skills of nationality youths. Trainingschools for progress of national youths inborder areas have been opened to give youngpeople free training.

Technical training schools have beenopened with the aim of turning out skilledworkers in implementing urbanization projectsfor border regions and establishing industries.National youths specialized in basic civilengineering, electric welding and mechanicalengineering are emerging from those technicalschools.

Similarly, training schools forcarpentry, masonry and steel fixing as well aswomen’s domestic training schools have beenopened. At those schools, basic domestictraining, advanced tailoring, knitting,wickerwork (rattan) and wickerwork (bamboo)courses are being conducted.

A ceremony to conclude carpentry,masonry and steel fixing course No.4,conducted by the Education and TrainingDepartment under the Ministry of Progress ofBorder Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs was held at the trainingschool in Labutta (3mile) new town ofAyeyawady Division on 4 June. A total of 100trainees from the downtown areas and villagesof Mawlamyinegyun and Labutta townshipsdid the course and outstanding ones wereawarded.

At those training schools, teaching aids,meals and accommodation are provided freeof charge during the courses. As vocationaltraining is extensively given at all regionsincluding border areas, young people willimprove their vocational skills, therebycontributing to their career development.

Promote vocational training

NAY PYI TAW, 19 June — A workcoordination meeting on Ayeyawady road networkdevelopment project was held at the seniorengineer’s office in Pyapon District of AyeyawadyDivision Public Works on 17 June. Deputy Ministerfor Construction U Myint Thein briefed on progress

Meeting on Ayeyawady road networkdevelopment project held

in construction work, finishing work, bridgeconstruction and completion of accounting.

The project superintending engineer and deputysuperintending engineers reported on constructiontasks in their respective sections. Then the deputyminister left necessary instructions. — MNA

Mandalay Division, Districtand Township ElectionSubcommissions meetNAY PYI TAW, 19 June—Mandalay Division

Election Subcommission held a meeting withDistrict and Township Election Subcommissionsat Mandalay District Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Office in Chanayethazan Township on 17June.

Chairman of Division ES U Aung Htutmade a speech.

Secretary U Tin Oo reported on collectionof eligible voter lists of districts and member UNyo Shwe, on collection of population.

Secretaries of District and Township ESsubmitted reports on progress in collection ofeligible voter lists in their respective regions.

Before giving concluding remarks, ChairmanU Aung Htut discussed the reports.—MNA

YANGON, 19June—Vice-President UThaung Tin of the Unionof Myanmar Federationof Chambers ofCommerce and Industry,General Secretary DrMaung Maung Lay, Joint-General Secretary UMyint Soe, Chairman DrMyo Thet of WorkCommittee for HumanResources Development,Secretary U Kyaw Theinand members of thecommittee received adelegation led byProfessor Dr Kim Hoisooof Chonnam NationalUniversity of the Republicof Korea at the federationhere yesterday evening.

Dean Mr KyeYun Lee of College of

UMFCCI to cooperate with CECNU

Education, ChoonamNational University,Korea (CECNU) and the

vice-president of theUMFCCI signed MoU onbilateral cooperation in

education between theCECNU and theUMFCCI.—MNA

YANGON, 19 June —Under the supervisionof Mon State Peace andDevelopment Council,a group composed ofdepartmental officials

Surprise check in Mawlamyine markets as afire preventive measure

and responsiblepersonnel of themarkets did surprisecheck for fireprevention at No (1)Mawlamyine Market

on 13 June.Similar activities

were carried out in No(2) Mawlamyine Market,Myine Yadana Market,Daiwunkwin Market,

Kyaikphane Market,Shwe Myine ThiriMarket, ThanlwinMarket and Thiri MyineMarket on 15 June. Thegroup checked whetherthe electric and fire wereused in systematic wayor not at the markets.

MNA

Vice-President U Thaung Tin of the Union of Myanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerce and Industry and Dean Mr. Kye Yun Lee of

CECNU exchange documentary on bilateral cooperation in educationbetween the CECNU and the UMFCCI.—MNA

Construction Deputy Minister U Myint Thein delivers an address at coordination meeting onAyeyawady road network development project.—MNA

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KABUL, 19 June—The United Nations chiefsays security inAfghanistan has not

UN chief: Security in Afghanistan hasnot improvedimproved and thatroadside bombingssoared 94 percent in thefirst four months of thisyear compared with thesame period in 2009.

The findings come ina quarterly report bySecretary General Ban Ki-moon to the UN SecurityCouncil. The UN missionin Kabul released thereport Saturday.

In addition to roadsidebombings, the report sayssuicide attacks occur atthe rate of about three aweek, half of them in theethnic Pashtun areas of thesouth.

Assassinations ofAfghan officials also roseby 45 percent in the firstfour months of the yearcompared with the sametime in 2009.—Internet

Emergency responders and bystanders are seen at the site of a carbombing in Tuz Khormato, in northern Iraq, 18 June, 2010.

INTERNETMIRALI, 19 June— Officials say a suspected US missile strike has killed 13people in a Pakistani tribal region.

A roadside bomb aimed at police elsewhere in the country’s volatilenorthwest killed a civilian and wounded eight people.

The missile, apparently fired from a drone, struck a house in Haider Khelvillage near North Waziristan’s Mir Ali town, said two intelligence officialswho spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized tospeak to media on the record.

The intelligence officials initially said three were killed, but localgovernment official Noor Mohammad said later the toll was at least 13.

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Suspected US strike kills 13 in northwest Pakistan

KIRKUK, 19 June—Two car bombstargeting a provincialcouncillor and a policeofficer north ofBaghdad on Fridaykilled six people andwounded 82, many ofthem women orchildren, police said.

The six dead camein a bombing in thetown of Tuz Khurmatuand targeted the homeof Niazar Nomaroglu, aShiite Turkmencouncillor in mainlySunni Arab SalaheddinProvince, policeColonel Hussein al-

Iraq car bombs kill six, wound 82

A map locating the townof Baquba, north of the

capital Baghdad. Two carbombs targeting a

provincial councillor anda police officer north ofBaghdad have killed sixpeople and wounded 82,many of them women or

children, police said.INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 19 June—Unidentified gunmenFriday attacked acheckpoint of the Iraqiarmy in Qaem town ofthe country’s AnbarProvince, killing sixIraqi soldiers andwounding another one,local police said.

“The gunmen killedthe soldiers at acheckpoint of Qaemtown, 180 km west ofRamadi, the capital cityof Anbar,” the sourcetold Xinhua on conditionof anonymity.

The gunmen fledafter the attack and thesecurity forces cordonedoff the area for searchingthe attackers, added thesource.

Gunmen kill 6 Iraqi soldiers in westernAnbar Province

BAGHDAD, 19 June—Five people were killedand 45 others were injuredFriday when a bomb-rigged car exploded neara provincial councilmember’s house in Iraq’snorthern province ofSalahuddin, local policesaid.

The explosionoccurred in the town ofTuz Khurmatu, 170 km

5 killed, 45 wounded in car bomb attack in Iraq’sSalahuddin Province

KUNDUZ, 19 June—Afghansecurity forces backed by NATO-led troops during an operationeliminated 12 Taleban militantsincluding a group commanderMullah Razaq Friday night in thecountry’s northern KunduzProvince, spokesman with NATO-led troops in Kunduz ProvinceLiutenant Colonel Webber saidSaturday.

Xinhua

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Bayati said.Women and

children were among the50 people wounded inthe 3:45 pm (1245GMT) bombing, whichseverely damagedseveral surroundinghouses as well asNomaroglu’s home,Bayati said.

It was unclearwhether the councillorwas among thecasualties.

“This attack bearsall the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda,” the policecolonel said.

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In a fresh wave ofattacks by insurgentsbefore the incident, 15people were killed and83 others wounded in aseries of bombings andshootings on Friday.

Insurgent attackscontinue in the oncevolatile Province ofAnbar, which was oneof al-Qaeda’s mainstrongholds in the war-torn country and hasbeen relatively calm forabout three years afterSunni tribes and anti-U.S. insurgent groupsturned to cooperate withthe US troops and Iraqisecurity forces againstal-Qaeda network inIraq.

Xinhua

A wounded Iraqi woman and her daughter are treatedat a hospital after a car bombing in Tuz Khormato, in

northern Iraq, 18 June, 2010.—INTERNET

north of Baghdad, killingfive people andwounding 45 others, thesource told Xinhua.

Several houses andshops were damaged, thepolice later defusedanother bomb in thesame area, he added.Almost at the same time,a car loaded withexplosives was alsodetonated at the

country’s easternprovince of Diyala,leaving at least 2 peoplekilled and about 30 othersinjured. Overall violencein Iraq has droppedsharply since the heightof sectarian warfare in2006-2007, but aninconclusive Marchparliamentary electionhas fueled a new wave ofbloodshed.—Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 19 June—A car loaded withexplosives was detonated Friday in Iraq’seastern Province of Diyala, leaving atleast 2 people killed and about 30 othersinjured, local police source said.

The blast targeted the home ofCaptain, one of the police officers inBaquba, 60 km northeast of Baghdad, thesource told Xinhua.

The car exploded in the afternoon, butthe police officer was not at home whenthe blast occurred. Two civilians werekilled and 30 others were wounded in theattack, including nine women and sevenchildren, he added.—Xinhua

Ban Ki-moon

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14% of chinese young netizens are“hooked on Web”

BEIJING, 19 June—The number ofyoung Chinese adults addicted to theInternet has risen to more than 33million, according to a new study bythe Chinese Academy of SocialSciences.

Of the 236 million netizens on themainland who are under 29 years old,almost 14 percent are hooked on theWeb, a rise of roughly 1 percent since2005, says the Annual Report (2009-2010) on Internet Usage by YoungPeople in China.

The atmosphere with rainbow-colored layers.—INTERNET

Anyone who spends more than 90minutes a day online - not includingwork time - are classed as addicts inthe report, which was released onFriday.

“The affliction of moderntechnology, if not a disorder, has to beaddressed to help promote healthyand scientific Internet usage amongyoung people,” said Shen Jie, aprofessor at the academy and thereport’s project director.

About 68 percent of young Internetaddicts are hooked on video games,particularly role-playing games, saidthe report, which cites a survey byChina Internet Network InformationCentre of almost 10,000 young Netusers aged 6 to 29 and their families.

About half of the parents polleddid not want their children to use theInternet as they feared it could affecttheir study, harm their health andexpose them to porn.

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Gut-residing bacteria trigger arthritis ingenetically susceptible individuals

NEW YORK, 19 June—A single species ofbacteria that lives in thegut is able to trigger acascade of immuneresponses that canultimately result in thedevelopment ofarthritis.

Our gut, like that ofmost mammals, is filledwith thousands ofspecies of bacteria,many of which arehelpful and aid in thedevelopment of anormal, healthyimmune system. Gut-residing bacteria canalso play a role indisorders of the immunesystem, especiallyautoimmune disordersin which the bodyattacks its own cells.

It turns out thatrheumatoid arthritis is

A single species ofbacteria that lives in

the gut is able totrigger a cascade of

immune responses thatcan ultimately result in

the development ofarthritis.—INTERNET

one such disorder.Researchers in thelaboratories ofChristophe Benoist andDiane Mathis at HarvardMedical School and DanLittman at New YorkUniversity made thisdiscovery whileworking in mice proneto arthritis.

“In the absence ofall bacteria, these mice

didn’t develop arthritis,but the introduction of asingle bacterium wasenough to jump-start theimmune process thatleads to development ofthe disease,” saysMathis, an HMSprofessor of pathology.

The findings appearin the 25 June issue ofthe journal Immunity.

The researchersbegan by raisingarthritis-prone mice in agerm-free environment.The mice had muchlower levels of arthritis-causing autoantibodiesthan mice raised in anon-germ-free facility.The germ-free mice alsoshowed strongattenuation in the onsetand severity of clinicalarthritis.

InternetShining light around corners: Scientists explorenew method for curving ‘Airy’ light beams

Artist’s conception ofsimultaneous multiplenonlinear generations

of Airy beams.INTERNET

LONDON, 19 June—We learned in scienceclass that light beamstravel in straight lines andspread through a processknown as diffraction —and they can’t go aroundcorners. But nowresearchers at Tel AvivUniversity are inve-stigating newapplications for theirrecent discovery thatsmall beams of light canindeed be bent in alaboratory setting,diffracting much less thana “regular” beam.

These rays, called“Airy beams,” were

named after Englishastronomer Sir GeorgeBiddell Airy, who studiedthe parabolic trajectoriesof light in rainbows, andwere first created at the

University of CentralFlorida. Now, thefortuitously-named Prof.Ady Arie and his graduatestudents Tal Ellenbogen,Noa Vol-och-Bloch,Ayelet Ganany-Padowicz and Ido Dolevof Tel Aviv University’sFaculty of Engineeringhave demonstrated newways to generate andcontrol Airy beams.Employing new algori-thms and specialnonlinear optical crys-tals, their research isreported in a recent issueof the scientific journalNature Photonics.

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Tablets to outsell netbooks in US by 2012SAN FRANCISCO, 19 June—Tablets including Apple’s iPad are expected to

outsell netbooks in the United States by 2012, research firm Forresterpredicted in a report released on Thursday.

By 2014, more US consumers will use tablets than use netbooks, or mini-notebooks, Forrester said in the report that outlined the trends in US consumerpersonal computer (PC) market in the next five years.

As consumers adopt multiple PCs such as tablet to fit their lifestyle, PCsales as a whole in the United States will grow by nearly 52 percent in the nextfive years, with nearly half a billion desktops, notebooks, tablets and netbooksexpected to be sold between now and 2015, the report projected.

Forrester believed that tablet will be an important factor to fuel the PC salesgrowth and shake up the PC market shares.

Tablet sales in the United States are expected to surge from a modest 3.5million units in 2010 to 20.4 million units in 2015, a 42-percent compoundannual growth rate.

By 2015, while full-size notebooks are projected to constitute the largestshare of 42 percent in the US consumer PC market, tablets are expected toemerge as the second largest category, making up 23 percent of PC unit sales,followed by desktops of 18 percent and netbooks of 17 percent.

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Bloodhound diary: All aboard,here we go

NEW YORK, 19 June—RAF fighter pilot AndyGreen intends to get behind the wheel of a car thatis capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h).Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound car will mountan assault on the land speed record.

The highlight of the past month has been thedesign conference at the Bloodhound TechnicalCentre in Bristol. The rate of progress in the last fewweeks has been dizzying.

The wheel profiles have been chosen and we’recompleting the detailed wheel design. The wheelswill be solid aluminium and the profile of the treadis critical, as it determines how much sideways gripthe metal wheels can produce - too much grip andthe car could turn over, too little grip and it will beuncontrollable. After reviewing the wheel designsso far, we’re going for a simple V-shaped keel.

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Fighting back against web attacksNEW YORK, 19 June—

Hi-tech criminals are notvery good at securing thetools they use to attackwebsites, suggestsresearch.

Security experts havefound that many of thekits used by cybercriminals are riddled withbugs and vulnerabilities.

Exploiting the bugsmight mean that theattack tools can be turnedagainst those using them.

The bugs found bythe researchers could beused to identify who isusing the tools and evenlaunch a counter-attack.

While some cyber

criminals handcraft theirown attack tools, manyothers take advantage ofthe so-called malware kitsthat are widely availableonline.

These programsbundle into oneconvenient packageeverything the buddingcyber criminal needs toget started.

French computersecurity researcherLaurent Oudot fromTehtri Security hasanalysed the innerworkings of many ofthese malware kits to seehow secure they are.

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High rate for deaths of pregnant womenin New York state

MANHATTAN , 19June—More mothers dieduring pregnancy orsoon after in New Yorkthan in almost everyother state, and acco-rding to reports releasedon Friday by the NewYork Academy ofMedicine and the city’shealth department, socialfactors like poverty,obesity and lack ofinsurance may beresponsible.

While the totalnumber of maternaldeaths are small — anaverage of about 40 ayear across the state —

city health officials saidtheir analysis showedthat maternal mortalitywas being driven byenvironmental factorslike poor nutrition thatcould be changed throu-gh public policy.

New York City’sanalysis, billed as one ofthe most sophisticatedlooks at maternal mor-tality in the country,studied 161 women whodied of pregnancy-related causes in the cityfrom 2001 to 2005.

It found that 49percent of the womenwho died were obese.

Black women, who weremore likely to be obese,were seven times aslikely to die in pregnancyas white women.Hispanic and Asianwomen were twice aslikely to die as whitewomen. The death ratewas highest in the Bronxand Brooklyn, whichhave large poor andminority populations.The neighbourhoodswith the highest deathrates were Bedford-Stuyv-esant and CrownHeights in Brooklyn andJamaica in Queens.

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Bangladeshiresidents queue upwith containers toreceive water in

Dhaka on May 2010.More than a fifth of

deaths in a district ofBangladesh were

caused by thecountry’s notoriousproblem of arsenic-tainted well water,and even relativelylow exposure to thepoison was not risk-

free, The Lancetreported on Saturday.

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This file photo showsthe Pearl River in thecentre of Guangzhou.More than a millionpeople living along

rivers in China’s southhave been evacuatedwith water rising todangerous levels,according to statemedia.—INTERNET

Preparing to leave Piedmont Hospital inAtlanta, Wendell Tooks, center, gets dischargeinformation from his nurse, Betsy Anderson,

and Dr. Tim McDonald.INTERNET

Breast cancersurvivor DJ Soviero

poses for aphotograph at her

office in SanFrancisco, 10 June,

2010. Soviero wantedthe least treatment that

would beat back hersmall, early-stagebreast cancer, and

sought help choosingfrom a novel

programme at theUniversity of

California, SanFrancisco.INTERNET

WHO creates data base on use ofchild medicines

GENEVA, 19 June—The World HealthOrganization on Fridayissued its first-everguidance on how to usemore than 240 essentialmedicines for childrenunder 13.

The data provideinformation on use,dosage and side effectsof medicines as well aswarnings about whichchildren should not takethem, the UN healthagency said. The 528-page document also tellsusers about commondrug interactions.

“To be effective,medicines must becarefully chosen and thedose adjusted to suit theage, weight and needsof children,” said WHO’sDr Hans Hogerzeil.

“Without a globalguide, many health care

‘Watchful waiting’ often best strategy forslow-moving prostate cancer

STOCKHOLM, 19June— For patients with prostatecancer that has a low risk of progression, activesurveillance, also known as “watchful waiting,”may be a suitable treatment option, according to alarge-scale study from Sweden.

The issue of how (or whether) to treat localizedprostate cancer is controversial because, especiallyfor older men, the tumour may not progress farenough to cause real trouble during their remainingexpected lifespan. In those cases, deferring treatmentuntil there are signs of disease progression may bethe better option.

The researchers looked at almost 6,900 patientsfrom the National Prostate Cancer Registry Sweden,age 70 or younger, who had localized prostatecancer and a low or intermediate risk that the cancerwould progress. From 1997 through December2002, over 2,000 patients were assigned to activesurveillance, close to 3,400 underwent radicalprostatectomy (removal of the prostate and somesurrounding tissue), and more than 1,400 receivedradiation therapy.

After a median follow-up of just over 8 years,the surveillance group had a much higher deathrate from causes other than prostate cancer — 19.2percent, compared with 6.8 percent in theprostatectomy group and 10.9 percent in the radiationtherapy group.

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professionals have hadto prescribe medicinesbased on very limitedevidence,” he said in astatement.

Some countries havedeveloped their owninstructions for givingmedicines to children,but there are no universalstandards. The WHOdocument only exists inEnglish. But the agencyrecommends thatgovernments use it as amodel and translate itinto their nationallanguage, spokes-woman Fadela Chaibsaid.—Internet

Hopes dashed that vitamin Dreduces cancer risk

NEW YORK, 19June—— New researchappears to dash hopesthat people who con-sume more vitamin Dmight be at less risk ofdeveloping several less-common types ofcancer.

Researchers foundno link between higherblood levels of vitaminD and lower rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma orcancers of the endo-metrium, esophagus,stomach, kidney, ovaryand pancreas.

Vitamin D is obta-ined by the body throughexposure to sunlight,

certain foods such as oilyfish, fortified foods andnutritional supplements.

Authors of a newstudy analyzed blood

samples drawn frommore than 12,000 menand women in 10 studies.The previous studiesfollowed the patients foras long as 33 years,allowing researchers todetermine if they deve-loped cancer.

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Coffee might guard againstHead, Neck Cancers

NEW YORK , 19 June—Coffee may help protectagainst head and neckcancers, a new reviewfinds. Researchers analy-zed nine studies collectedby the InternationalHead and Neck CancerEpidemiology conso-rtium. They found thatregular coffee drinkers

(four or more cups a day)were 39 percent lesslikely to develop oraland pharynx cancersthan people who didn’tdrink coffee.

“Since coffee is sowidely used and there isa relatively highincidence and lows urvival rate of theseforms of cancers, ourresults have importantpublic health implic-ations that need to befurther addressed,” leadresearcher Mia Hashi be,an assistant professor inthe department of familyand preventive medicineat the University of Utah,said in an AmericanAssociation for CancerResearch news release.

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A possible double-dip recession

Joseph Stiglitz ...Measures taken by EUnations collectively maybe disastrous as ‘whatis good for one nationcan be disastrous for

all’.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 19 June—News reports over recentmonths have pointed to aslow down in theeconomy in the second-half as the effects fromthe stimulus measurescrafted in response to theglobal recession last yearlessens.

Although the datacoming out of Malaysiahas been positive, withexports up 26.6% in Aprilfrom a year earlier andeconomic growth of10.1% for the quarter to31 March this yearcompared to the sameperiod a year ago, stillthere are fears that anyslowdown externally maymean a slower economicexpansion at home.

This is despite the fact

that Malaysia’s economicdestiny may not be as tiedto the US and the EU asbefore with moreintraregional trade andrising domesticconsumption playing

more important rolestoday.

In fact, in the past twoweeks, analysts and newscommentators are nowsaying that 2010 may notbe as smooth-sailing forthe global economy afterall with some even sayingthat a double-diprecession may be aroundthe corner.

The overall messagein recent months has beenthat the concerns overpossible sovereign-debtdefaults in the euro-zonewill drag growth lower asEU governments rush toembrace austeritymeasures and privateconsumption falls.

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The apple logo hangsoutside the Apple retail

store along theMagnificent Mile on 17

June, in Chicago,Illinois. Apple shareshit an all-time high onWall Street on Fridayat the end of a week

during which the techfirm said it sold asingle-day record

number of iPhones.INTERNET

IMF says Spain taking right steps towardsstability

MADRID, 19 June—Spain is taking the rightmeasures for economicstability, the head of theInternational MonetaryFund has said.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he was“confident” Spain’seconomy would recoverand called on allSpaniards to back thegovernment’s austeritywork.

He was speakingafter a meeting in Madridwith Spanish PrimeMinister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero.

Mr Zapatero hadearlier denied his

government was seekingan IMF bailout, butmarkets have beennervous.

Mr Zapatero said onThursday that Spain’seconomy was solid andsolvent, and the visit byDominique Strauss-Kahn was a scheduledone.

Mr Strauss-Kahnsaid all the measuresbeing put in place by theSpanish governmentwere “clearly being donefor the benefit of theeconomy”.

“I am really confid-ent in the medium andlong-term prospects for

the Spanish economy,providing the efforts thathave to be made will bemade,” he added.

He specificallypraised continuing effortsto liberalize the Spanishlabour market, sayingthey went in “the rightdirection”.

Mr Zapatero said thatduring the meeting he hadconveyed to Mr Strauss-Kahn “the determinationof the Spanishgovernment toimplement and to makeeffective every single oneof these reforms that wehave launched”.

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Deflation—not Inflation—may be bigger threat toeconomy

New York, 19June—Economists andpolicymakers generallydon’t take the D-wordlightly, but when enougheconomic indicatorsshow falling prices, it’stime to ask if deflation,not inflation, is the moreimmediate threat to theUS economy.

‘ By one measureor another, reports onproducer prices,consumer prices andimport-export prices inthe past week all showedd e c l i n e s — m e a n i n gfalling prices—andthey’re hardly the first

negative readings thisyear.

“There’s clearlydeflationary pressure,”says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center forEconomic and PolicyResearch, who worriesthat the “economy is justdrifting along.”

“We haven’t seen aneconomy like this in 70years,” adds DavidResler, chief economistfor Nomura Securities.

Resler’s referring tothe intermittent recoveryperiod following thegreat depression,marked by high

Regulators close Nev bank for83rd failure in ’10

unemployment, anemicgrowth and, yes,d e f l a t i o n — w h i c hdepressed prices oneverything from bread tostocks.—Internet

The ultra-mobile Aspire One AO521 netbookfeatures a HD 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED

backlit display, offering a broad viewing areafor web navigation and entertainment

enjoyment.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 19 June—Regulators on Fridayshut down a Nevada bank, raising to 83 the numberof US bank failures this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took overNevada Security Bank, based in Reno, with $480.3million in assets and $479.8 million in deposits.Umpqua Bank, based in Roseburg, Ore., agreed toassume the assets and deposits of the failed bank.

The failure of Nevada Security Bank is expectedto cost the deposit insurance fund $80.9 million.

In addition, the FDIC and Umpqua Bank agreedto share losses on $368.2 million of Nevada SecurityBank’s loans and other assets.

With 83 closures nationwide so far this year,the pace of bank failures is more than double thatof 2009, which was already a brisk year forshutdowns. By this time last year, regulators hadclosed 40 banks. The pace has accelerated asbanks’ losses amount on loans made for commercialproperty and development.

The number of bank failures is expected topeak this year and be slightly higher than the 140that fell in 2009. That was the highest annual tallysince 1992, at the height of the savings and loancrisis. The 2009 failures cost the insurance fundmore than $30 billion. Twenty-five banks failed in2008, the year the financial crisis struck with force,and only three succumbed in 2007.

As losses have mounted on loans made forcommercial property and development, the growingbank failures have sapped billions of dollars out ofthe deposit insurance fund. It fell into the red lastyear, and its deficit stood at $20.7 billion as of 31March.—Internet

China’s commerceminister, Chen Deming(pictured in May), hasshrugged off concerns

that recent labourunrest in the so-called

‘workshop of theworld’ will scare

investors away, statemedia reported on

Saturday.—INTERNET

EU to publish potential bank lossesBRUSSELS, 19 June—European Union leaders

have agreed to go public with the results of “stresstests” checking the stability of the bloc’s banks, anattempt to restore confidence to markets spookedsince Greece demanded a bailout to prevent anembarrassing default.

Markets welcomed the news with the euroclimbing to about $1.24 on Thursday, its highest inabout three weeks, and stock markets rising.

Despite market fears that Spain may be the nextcountry to need a rescue plan, EU leaders meetingat a summit of the 27-nation bloc in Brusselsinsisted that they are not worried.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said, “Wedon’t believe there is a problem, and that’s theanalysis of all 27 of us.”

Under intense pressure from markets and otherEU nations, Spain is pushing through budget cutsand labour reforms that Spanish Prime MinisterJose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero claimed wouldprevent new redundancies and would encouragecompanies to hire more workers.—Internet

Business

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Brighter tomorrow for allMi Pyi Chit

Inseparable are the past, the present and thefuture, and interrelated to one another areyesterday, today and tomorrow. In like manner, itis unwise to ignore the relations in a family ofgreat grandparents, grandparents, parents,children, grand children and great grandchildren.

From the prehistory to date, human beingshave been well organized and civilized little bylittle, making efforts and improving lives ofindividuals. Therefore, instead of arguing aboutwhich is the primary between two things — eggor hen, we should turn to ensuring a good start.

In a short lifetime of a person, he has to facea variety of stresses and strains as well as to enjoypleasure, happiness, success and satisfaction. Inthat regard, physical and mental strengths areessential needs. Obtaining nutrition from food hehas had since birth, he grows up gradually. Andhe has to apply the knowledge and experiences hehas gained in his life in combination with hisphysical strength.

Wisdom protects life. So we have to exertcaution, wisdom, farsightedness and reasoningpower for our longevity. We should be capableenough of distinguishing between strong andweak points of material progress in order togenerate a prosperous future. There is greatdifference between conditions about 50 years agoand things at present. We have to accept the factthat the world sees advancements as well asnegative aspects of advancements simultaneously.

Positive attitude can reduce hustle and bustleof environs, being in a daze, depression andweariness. Similarly, every citizen has to equiphimself with optimistic views in work in order toimprove the conditions for each household, familyand the motherland. That is bounden duty ofevery citizen.

Due to endeavours of individuals, the worldhas developed from common ownership systemand feudal system to industrialization. There willbe more and more advancements in future.

If we do things best today, we can hopegood things tomorrow. If so, today was yesterday,tomorrow has become today, and the next daywill be tomorrow. I happened to look back to mychildhood. I attended the classes regularly inschool, I did my exercises regularly. In my sparetime, I played games with my friends. I studiedregularly. So, I always passed monthly tests andfinal examinations regularly. In schooldays, Inever failed to do daily routines in school such asmaking the cleaning and filling pots with drinkingwater for others.

I also did the cleaning in university with asense of responsibility. As a result of doing so forthe comfort and convenience of others, I havenever faced hard times in life.

In dealing with others, I made self sacrificesas far as I could. I am by nature keen to makeothers satisfied in dealing with me. Thus, in my

opinion, all should review their concepts and actsin order to shape a brighter future.

By doing wholesome acts with a spirit ofduty for a quarter or half an hour, we can hope goodthings in future. It is because we can gain greatbenefits by performing good deeds on a smallscale.

We can get well with neighbours and get onwith our business by living simply but doingambitiously.

In my married life, I contributed towards thesocial, religious, economic, education and healthaffairs and welfare services of my society as muchas I could, while trying my best to improve theliving conditions for my family.

Everyone has the rights to lead a peaceful,happy life in their society by mending their wrongways rather than putting blame on others. If wemake good use of our opportunities through ourknowledge, experience, caution and perseverance,we can pass many fruitful tomorrows.

The people have to work in the interest ofthemselves at first, then that of their families, andthen that of their home towns and mother country.I wish every citizen would adore and value theirmotherland Myanmar blessed with natural beauty,fine traditions and customs. And the people shouldbe content with what they are blessed with in thecountry. Hence, all who were born and havegrown up in the country should not place too muchreliance on any other country.

It is therefore mandatory for all the people,irrespective of race, region and religious faith, to dotheir bit in the nation-building tasks. However,they should not speak and act irresponsibly withthe intention of harming their own country andpeople.

The most fundamental need for a nation is toensure all school-age children have access to schooleducation. Only when younger generations areliterate will their societies be highly educated withpersonal hygiene. And they are capable ofimproving the economic, social and religious sectorsthrough their physical and mental calibres. Onlywhen all have completed basic education will it bepossible for the society to have self-discipline and

sense of duty, and their living standard will gethigher.

With economic growth due to harmoniousefforts of youths with high education standard,the nation can be transformed gradually into adiscipline-flourishing democratic one.

So, the people have to keep a good balancebetween personal interest and that of others,while carrying out both mundane andsupramundane affairs. They have not only tobroaden their horizons but to help improve theirsocieties.

There are many couples at the age of 50 to60 years who are leading uneasy lives, strivingfor bringing up their children and ensuring lifesecurity of their children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Overall, younger generations aremore hardworking than their forefathers. Today,the nation has enjoyed development at theunprecedented level owing to the collaborativeefforts of the people and the fervour of sharingduties. If we go over performances of yesterdaywith positive attitude, we can enjoy goodconditions today, and we can hope a prosperousfuture tomorrow. Then, Myanmar will become alovely land with prosperity, peace and stability.

Only when all do their bit in nation-buildingtasks, can our posterity lead a peaceful life withhigh health standard. Therefore, it is required ofevery citizen to work in harness for ensuringprosperous tomorrow. All have to keep marchingtowards the goal by exerting reviews, unity,duty-consciousness, diligence, morality, self-discipline, patriotism, helpful mind, politeness,ability to differentiate between good and bad,team spirit, and spirit of adoring own literatureand culture.

In conclusion, I wish all Myanmar citizens asuccess in pursuing common goal by sharingresponsibility for brighter tomorrow and prosperousfuture of our posterity, and putting Myanmar onthe map of the world. May the Union perpetuatewith consolidated national unity!

And may all be capable of participating inthe tasks for prosperous tomorrow for all.

Translation: MS

Only when all do their bit in nation-building tasks,can our posterity lead a peaceful life with high healthstandard. Therefore, it is required of every citizen towork in harness for ensuring prosperous tomorrow. Allhave to keep marching towards the goal by exertingreviews, unity, duty-consciousness, diligence, morality,self-discipline, patriotism, helpful mind, politeness, abilityto differentiate between good and bad, team spirit, andspirit of adoring own literature and culture.

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U Thein Naing,Deputy Director.

U Thaung Lwin,Senior Engineer.

Yamethin in MandalayDivision emerges…

Two concrete tanks, the sources of potable water for residents ofYamethin.

(from page 1)undertaken for enablingthe local people to enjoyfruits of water supply.”

Nowadays, the gov-ernment is constructingthree inter-district roads.No. 1 inter-district road,462 miles long, will linkPatheingyi Township ofMandalay Division andMudon Township ofMon State. No. 2 inter-district road will be 401miles long to link TadaUTownship of MandalayDivision and YangonDivision. No. 3 inter-dis-trict road will linkSagaing Division andMyitkyina of KachinState.

The district-to-districtroads are being con-structed by townshipDACs under the Ministryof Progress of BorderAreas and National Racesand DevelopmentAffairs. Yamethin Town-

ship DAC is assigned dutyto construct the roadsection between Nay PyiTaw Tatkon andYamethin. In 2009-2010,the committee constructed34 miles long tarred roadsection. Hence, the localpeople can travel toKyaukse of MandalayDivision from Kinthajunction of Nay Pyi TawTatkon in a short period.

At present, Yamethinis gaining developmentmomentum in all sectorsincluding education,health and communica-tion.

The township hasthree Basic EducationHigh Schools, sevenBEHS branches, oneAffiliated BEHS, 10BEMSs, 18 Post-PrimarySchools and 143 BEPSs.

progress can be seen in theregion.

Furthermore, thegovernment opened a100-bed hospital inYamethin for providinghealth care services to thelocal people together withthree station hospitals.

In the past, a magneto

exchange served the localpeople in thet e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nsector. Thanks to con-struction of microwavestations by the govern-ment, the local peopleconveniently connectwith all the regions of thenation through telephone.

Yamethin is now onthe track of development.Local authorities areworking on all cylindersin education, health,communication andtransport sectors.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:

19-6-2010

In 2009-2010 academicyear, the townshipachieved 29.02 per centpass rate in thematriculation examina-tion.

Recently, thegovernment opened aTechnological Universitynear Yamethin to turn outthe local youths to becometechnocrats by creating theopportunity for them topursue technology in theirregions. As a result, greater

MANDALAY, 19 June—Chairman of MandalayCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor UPhone Zaw Haninspected progress inbuilding gravel-filledretaining walls ofShwetachaung drainbetween 41st and 42nd

Mandalay to improve drainage system

streets in MahaaungmyeTownship on 13 June.

Next, he inspected thedredging of the drainbetween 16th and 17th

streets in the sametownship and called forspeeding up tasks forimproving the drainagesystem in Mandalay, and

organizing local peoplein tasks for sprucing upthe city.

He also inspectedpreparations for layingbricks to build a parkinglot in Nanmyo Golf Cluband attended to theneeds.

NLM

Seminar on Timber Industry in ASEANon Road for Stronger Growth held

YANGON, 19 June— Organized byMyanmar Timber MerchantsAssociation and ASEAN Forest ProductsIndustry Club (AFPIC), a Seminar onTimber Industry in ASEAN on Road forStronger Growth took place at ParkroyalHotel here yesterday morning.

Also present at the seminar weredepartmental heads of Ministry ofForestry, Chairman of MTMA U SeinLwin and executives representatives fromMalaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos

and Vietnam, member countries ofASEAN Forest Products Industry Club(AFPIC), and responsible persons of Non-Governmental Organizations.

Also departmental heads of Ministryof Forestry, the Chairman of MTMA andexecutives and representatives of membercountries of ASEAN Forest ProductsIndustry Club (AFPIC) also attended the6th Council Meeting of the ASEAN ForestProducts Industry Club (AFPIC) at thehotel this morning.—MNA

International Olympic Day marked witharchery tourney

YANGON, 19 June —The prize presentationceremony of ArcheryTournament toc o m m e m o r a t e

International OlympicDay 2010 was held atKyaikkasan ShootingRange here yesterday.

Director-General U

Thaung Htaik of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment, Vice-President of Asian ArcheryFederation Honourable

President of MyanmarArchery Federation DrKhin Shwe, GeneralSecretary of CentralWorking Committee ofMyanmar Women’s Sport

Federation Daw L KhunYi and Rector Dr LwinLwin Soe, Pro-Rector DrPyi Thein of YangonInstitute of Educationpresented prizes to

winners.A total of 25 players

participated at novice leveland 21 players in opencompetition of thetournament.—MNA

6th Council Meeting of ASEAN Forest Products Industry Club(AFPIC) in progress at Parkroyal Hotel in Yangon.—MNA

Mandalay Mayor U Phone Zaw Han and party view proper flow ofwater at Shwetachaung drain in Mahaaungmye Township.—NLM

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(from page 16)In an interview,

Project Manager U HlaHsan said that the depart-ment was pursuing threeobjectives: to producequality hybrid types ofvegetables and fruit, todistribute saplings of veg-etables and fruit and seed-lings of quality high-yieldspecies, and to provideadvanced agriculturalmethods; and that underthe FAO/TCP/MYA/6713 Plan of the MyanmaAgriculture Service andFAO, Myanmar importedeight saplings ofPanthayet mango (R2E2)stroins from Mountain

say that R2E2 mango wasproduced by Ian Bally ofthe Department of PrimaryIndustries and Fisheries ofAustralia in 1982; that itwas named after the pat-tern of row and site ofmango trees; that it wasgrown on a commercialscale nationwide in Aus-tralia in 1991; that R2E2 isthe most popular mangospecies in Australia and ithas gained a foothold inthe international market;that so far, the Vegetablesand Fruit Research Devel-opment Centre had propa-gated and distributed morethan 10,000 saplings toAyeyawady and Yangondivisions; that the centresold a sapling for 900 to1500 kyats based on thesize; and that those wish-

ing to buy saplings maydial 01-625046 and 09-50-28741.

Deputy Supervi-sor U Kyaw Wai Naingsaid that they grew one-year-old R2E2 saplings

with 20' x 20' intervals atthe rate of over 100 anacre; and R2E2 is in fruitat the age of five to six

NAY PYI TAW, 19June— For members ofDimawhso Township/Ward/Village-tract Elec-tion Sub-commissions,returning officers, deputyreturning officers andstaff of pulling booths anelectoral process courseon 17 June morning wasopened at the city hall ofDimawhso with anopening speech bySecretary of Kayah StateElection Sub-commissionU Khin Maung Yi.

Secretary U KhinMaung Yi gave lectureson work guidelines forWard/Village-tract Elec-tion Sub-commissions,

Electoral process coursesconducted in Kayah State

Member of Kayah StateElection Sub-commissionU Sai Thein Lwin on thework guidelines for re-turning officers anddeputy returning officers,and Member of KayahState Election Sub-com-mission U Sai MyaThaung on laws and ruleson hluttaws to the train-ees.

A total of 245 mem-bers of Dimawhso Town-ship, Ward and Village-tract Election Sub-com-missions and returning of-ficers and deputy return-ing officers attended thecourse.

A similar course was

held at Tawwin Thazinhall of Basic EducationHigh School in Pruhso on17 June morning.

Secretary of KayahState Election Sub-com-mission U Khin MaungYi, Members U Sai TheinLwin, U Sai Mya Thaungand Dr Than Win gavelectures on work guide-lines on ward and village-tract election sub-commisions to 147members of Township/Ward/Village-tract Elec-tion Sub-commissions,returning officers anddeputy returningofficers.

MNA

U Hla Hsan (ProjectManager).

U Kyaw Wai Naing(Deputy Supervisor).

Panthayet mango (R2E2)attracts growing attention…

U Sein Than (mangofarmer).

View Nursery of Australiain April 1999, and theywere grown at Plot (A) inthe centre in 2000.

He continued to

years.Farmer U Sein

Than of NyaunghnabinSpecial Agricultural Zone(1) told the Myanma Alin,"I have grown R2E2 mangosince July 2009. Now, Ihave 170 young trees. Theyare all successful and theygrow fast. This mango ishighly profitable. So,farmers are now extendinggrowing it. I plan to growmore R2E2 mango treescoming rainy season."

Now, R2E2 man-goes are sold for around1000 kyats a piece in su-permarkets. R2E2 mangois not too sweet, and it hasplenty of flesh and goodtaste. So, it is in high de-mand in Singapore, theUS and European coun-tries. An R2E2 mango

weighs 600 to 1000grams.

Therefore, thepeople should choose R2E2strain if they want to grow

mango on a manageable orcommercial scale.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

16-5-2010

NAY PYI TAW, 19 June — Chair-man of Rakhine State Peace and Devel-opment Council Commander of West-ern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye,Chairman of Rakhine State Storm Reliefand Rehabilitation Committee Secretaryof National Disaster Preparedness Cen-tral Committee Minister for Social Wel-fare, Relief and Resettlement U MaungMaung Swe, Vice-Chairman of RakhineState Storm Relief and RehabilitationCommittee Minister for Transport U TheinSwe, Deputy Minister for Construction UTint Swe, departmental heads andofficials yesterday morning attended awork coordination meeting on naturaldisaster relief and rehabilitation for disas-ter victims in Buthidaung and Maungtawtownships in Rakhine State held at theairport lounge of Sittway.

At the meeting, Secretary ofRakhine State PDC U Maung Maungreported on damage to houses, build-ings, floods, landslides due to the torren-tial rains and strong winds that occurred

More relief aids for disaster-affected people

on 13, 14 and 15 June in some townshipsof Rakhine State, evacuations of house-holds, providing of relief aids, givingmedical treatment to the injured peopleand rehabilitation work. Next, the com-mander and the ministers gave necessaryinstructions.

On arrival at Buthidaung Yeikthain Buthidaung, the commander and partywere briefed by Deputy Minister forHome Affairs U Phone Swe and officialson flooding of the townships of RakhineState.

The commander and party thenvisited the shopkeepers at the develop-ment affairs market in Buthidaung. Later,they attended a ceremony to providerelief aids for the disaster victims inButhidaung held at the No.1 Basic Edu-cation Middle School.

The commander and the minis-ters presented household items, clothes,exercise books and stationery to the floodvictims and cash for those who werekilled in the floods.

Afterwards, they proceeded toButhidaung People's Hospital where theycomforted the patients and provided cashassistance and food gifts.

They also went to the BasicEducation Primary School in Ywamavillage and gave words of encouragementto the disaster-affected people and

donated clothes, household utensils,consumer goods, exercise books andstationery.

Then, the commander and theministers went to Ward 5 in Buthidaungand inspected the places hit by mountaintorrents, comforted the local people andfulfilled the needs. — MNA

Chairman of Rakhine State Storm Relief and Rehabilitation CommitteeSecretary of National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee

Minister for SWRR U Maung Maung Swe presents relief aid to naturaldisaster victims in Buthidaung.—MNA

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KATHMANDU, 19 June— Two more persons were killed in Nepal Friday dueto accidents related to their mobile handsets.

According to Saturday’s nepalnews.com report, two locals inSindhupalchok in central Nepal died due to the mobile handset they werecharging.

They were electrocuted through the mobile or the mobile exploded.At least two other persons have died in the recent days due to mobile phone

related accident. A girl was killed in Pokhara in western Nepal when hermobile exploded and a boy was electrocuted in Chitwan in central Nepal whiletalking over the phone while it was being charged. —Xinhua

Danube ship traffic closed atSerbia-Romania border

BUCHAREST, 19June— Ship traffic hasbeen halted on theDanube upstream ofBazias in southwesternRomania due to highflow rates, authoritiessaid Friday.

Advisories camefrom Serbian andCroatian port authoritiesto restrict trafficupstream of the IronGates I dam because of

Danube flow rates ofsome 13,100 cubicmeters per second in thetwo upstream countries,said Marinica Genovu ofthe Drobeta TurnuSeverin Zone ShipMaster’s Office.

About 50 convoysunder various flags havelaid anchor in the portsnear the downstreamIron Gates I dam, andwill be given permission

Models present formal

dresses at a fashion

show, during the

opening ceremony of

2010 Kunshan

International Cultural

Tourism Festival in

Suzhou, east China’s

Jiangsu Province, on

18 June, 2010.

XINHUA

to hit the waterway againonly after the restrictionsare lifted, Genovu said.

“This measure wastaken in order to preventthe risk of naval incidentsoccurring and to allowthe smooth performanceof the emergency flooddefense actions in someDanube riparian loc-alities,” Genovu said.

Xinhua

Moderate quake hitsJapan’s Hokkaido

TOKYO, 19 June— An earthquake with apreliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted off Japan’snorthernmost Hokkaido Prefecture at 11:39 am(0239 GMT) Saturday, said the JapanMeteorological Agency.

The focus of the quake was located some 10km under the sea off Hokkaido’s east coast, saidthe agency.

There were no immediate reports of casualtiesor damage to properties, and no tsunami warningwas issued.—Xinhua

Floods, tornado displacehundreds in S Philippines

DAVAO City, 19 June — Hundreds of familieswere affected by flood and a tornado triggered bymonsoon rains in a southern Philippine provinceon Friday, disaster authorities said on Saturday.

No one was hurt in the incident but hundredsof residents from the villages of Polunuling,Panalian and Rubber in South Cotabato Provincewere forced to flee as strong winds damagedseveral houses.—Xinhua

BUENOS AIRES, 19 June— Two people werekilled on Friday when a helicopter of the ArgentineTV channel C5N crashed in the capital city.

According to the C5N, the helicopter wentdown at 9:45 am (1245 GMT) in the VicenteLopez district of Buenos Aires, killing cameramanFernando Gonzalez and pilot Enrique MiguelVilla on board.

The cameraman was filming a car accident atthe time, which occurred early morning in the SolHighway. —Xinhua

Helicopter crash kills twoin Argentina

3 killed by falling tree inIndia

NEW DELHI, 19 June— Three people werekilled Thursday after a tree fell on them in Hathrasin the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,reported the Press Trust of India Friday.

The incident took place on Hathras-Aligarhhighway when a huge tree fell on three persons,including a woman, killing them on the spot, saidthe report.

Xinhua

WUHAN, 19 June— A bus collided with a car incentral China’s Hubei Province Friday, killingfive people and inuring three others, localauthorities said.

The accident occurred at about 11 am on ahighway in Hanchuan City, the municipalgovernment said in a statement.

All five people aboard the car were killedinstantly, and three people aboard the bus sufferedslight injuries and are being treated at a localhospital, the statement said.

Local police are investigating the cause of theaccident.

Xinhua

Traffic collision kills five,injures three in Wuhan

Philippine soldier die inskydiving activity

Workers remove panels from a “Pepsiball” advertisement in Caracas on 18

June, 2010. Venezuelan authoritiesordered the removal of a giant Pepsi-Cola publicity ball that is a Caracaslandmark but is seen by PresidentHugo Chavez’s government as an

unwanted symbol of capitalism. Thebright red, white and blue globe sits on

a skyscraper in the centre of the cityand can be seen from most points of thecrowded capital dominated by concrete

high rises.XINHUA

Artists perform during

the opening day of the

Zhejiang Week of the

2010 Shanghai World

Expo on 18 June,

2010.

XINHUA

MANILA, 19 June— A member of the PhilippineArmy Parachute Team (PAPT) jumped to his deathFriday morning, the military official said.

The skydiver (name witheld pendingnotification of the soldier’ s kin) was killed after ahigh altitude fall in Air Force City in Pampanga inNorthern Philippines. He was a participant in theMilitary Freefall event of the RP-US Vector BalancePiston 10-2 exercise.

He was first declared unaccounted at thedropzone during the consolidation of jumpers andhis lifeless body was later found by a joint searchteam of Philippine Army and US Army personnel,Maj. Ronaldo Jess Alcudia of PAPT, said in astatement.

“The Exercise Directorate has assured that allsafety procedures before and during the jump wereobserved. All scheduled jumps for today havebeen put on hold while an investigation is nowbeing conducted by the Philippine Army,” Alcudiasaid.

Xinhua

Manila, 19 June— Philippine Coast Guard personnelrescued at least 352 passengers and crew members of aship that ran aground off Cebu on Saturday dawn, a coastguard spokesman said. Commander Armand Balilo saidM/V Filipinas Ozamis of Cokaliong Shipping Lines metthe accident while transiting the entrance of Chanel CebuPort, particularly at Lipata bank, at around 4:30 am.

Xinhua

Ship with over 300 passengers runaground in central Philippines, all

rescued

Two more killed in mobile-phone related accidents in Nepal

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A sailor who hadbeen cruising around theworld finally returned todry land more than threeyears after leaving it,arriving to thewelcoming arms ofloved ones, including atoddler son he had nevermet.

Reid Stowe, 58, hada huge grin on his faceas he docked his 70-foot,two-masted schooner“Anne” at a pier nearWest 42nd Street onThursday afternoon.Family and friendsapplauded and cheered.Stowe had been sailingnonstop for 1,152 days,missing the birth of his23-month-old son,Darshen.

NYC man returns from 3-year sea voyage

Sailor Reid Stowe, right, smiles after helanded his 70-foot schooner ‘Anne’ in NewYork and was reunited with his girlfriend

Soanya Ahmad, and their son Darshen, 23months, whom he’d not yet seen, in New Yorkon 17 June, 2010. Stowe spent 1152 days at

sea on what he refers to as a ‘voyage of love,’but the couple hadn’t seen each other sinceSoanya became pregnant with their son and

was rescued at sea.

Forget famous goal celebrations such as “TheRobot” by Peter Crouch and “The Dive” by JuergenKlinsmann, here comes the South African “Diskidance.”

The Diski dance, which is performed throughheading and kicking an imaginary ball, may be agoal celebration to watch in this World Cup.

South Africa’s Siphiwe Tshabalala and histeam mates displayed this distinctive dance whenthey celebrated his goal against Mexico in theopening World Cup game on Friday.

The dance is already popular on YouTube andmany soccer fans may want to learn the moves.

For a video click on http:///www.youtube.com./watch?v=fML326GXJPY

Forget The Robot and TheDive, it’s time to Diski

People take part in learning the Diski Danceto promote the 2010 World Cup in Sandton,

Johannesburg in this 23 April, 2010 filephoto.

A picture shows Japan’s electronics giant

Hitachi’s humanoid robot “Emiew2”, 80cm tall

and weighing 14kg, which can move over

uneven ground and small gaps on its wheeled

legs at the company’s laboratory in Tokyo. The

robot is also equipped with 14 microphones on

its helmet which can pick out human voices from

background noise.

Two men werearrested after asheriff’s deputy sawone man riding in thebed of a truckattempting to crawlonto the roof of thevehicle. According toFriday’s News Star, thetruck traveling on I-20 was driven by a36-year-old man.Reportedly, thevehicle swerved fromleft to right, crossingthe center line threetimes.

After being pulledover, the arrest affidavitstates the man becameagitated and refused tofollow verbalcommands. He wasthen subdued with aTaser.

Police stoptruck with mantrying to crawl

on roof

NewsAlbum

Guests including Sun Weijia, deputy director of the Beijing TourismAdministration and officials from the government of Haidian District

jointly open the Haidian tourism festival at a ceremony held atZhongguancun Plaza in Beijing on Friday. —INTERNET

BEIJING, 19 June— A latest surveyshowed that first-tier cities includingBeijing and Shanghai were on topof the list of Chinese people’s choiceof ideal places to live in, reportedSaturday’s China Daily.

A poll conducted by Beijing-based Horizon ResearchConsultancy Group asked 3,262residents nationwide, and more than45 percent of these respondentschose Beijing, Shanghai andGuangzhou.

Higher income, more jobopportunities and better medical and

Beijing, Shanghai on top of Chineseideal living place list

BEIJING, 19 June—I t a l y - b a s e dCarrozzeria BertoneAuto Design Companyhas signed apartnership agreementwith the Raffles CUInternational Collegeaffi l iated withChangchun Universityin Changchun, capital

Bertone to help train autodesigners in NE China

BEIJING, 19 June— China’s disaster relief departments raised the emergencyresponse to level-three from level-four Saturday morning for the floods thathave hit southern China, as authorities forecast more rain to fall over comingdays.

The Civil Affairs Ministry and the State Disaster Relief Commission madethe decision.

As of 10:00 am Saturday, downpours that began pounding southernChina Sunday had left 88 people dead, 48 missing, and forced the evacuationof 757,000 residents from their homes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in astatement.—Xinhua

China raises emergency response level forfloods as 88 confirmed dead

education resources were majorattractions for these urban dwellers,Song Yingchang, an expert with theChinese Academy of Social Sciences,was quoted as saying by the English-language paper.

However, a survey conducted bya major Chinese online job huntingservice provider 51job.com revealedthat 59 percent respondents wereconsidering leaving metropolisesincluding Beijing and Shanghai dueto climbing home prices and livingcosts.

Xinhua

city of northeasternChina’s Jilin Province.

The two wil lcooperate in thetraining of autodesigners. It is the firsttalent training programthe Italian company haslaunched in China.

Bertone, one of theworld’s most famous

auto designcompanies, wil lprovide opportunitiesfor young Chinese autodesigners andoutstanding trainees towork with thecompany’s Chinadivision and at i tsheadquarters inItaly.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RATHA BHUM VOY NO (522)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RATHABHUM VOY NO (522) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 20.6.2010 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final dischargeof cargo from the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Japan pledges to beat deflation andcut corporation tax

LONDON, 19 June—Japan’s new government has pledged to slashcorporation tax and beat deflation to achieve stable economicgrowth of 2% a year.

It said it aims to defeat deflation by April 2011, but revealed fewdetails on how it would achieve this.

The government also said it would cut corporate tax from 40%to nearer 25%.

Earlier this week, Japan’s central bank announced plans for upto 3 trillion yen (£22bn; $33bn) in loans to spur economic growth.

The plans mark the first time Japan has set a time frame fortackling deflation, which has plagued the economy for much ofthe last two decades. Persistent deflation has hampered economicgrowth, with consumers opting to hold off on making major pur-chases, expecting prices to fall even further.

However, the ambition of the new government was met withscepticism by some analysts.—Internet

New premier Naoto Kan wants tocut Japan’s debt levels.—INTERNET

Tiger and two camelsbelieved stolen in Canada

LONDON, 19 June—A Bengal tiger andtwo camels have gone missing after atruck and a trailer they were travellingin were stolen near Montreal, Canadianofficials say.

They say the vehicles were snatchedas the driver stopped for the night at alocal motel. Police believe it was an“opportunity crime”, with the thievesbeing unaware what the cargo was.

The animals, described as “delight-ful”, were being transported from NovaScotia to a zoo in Bowmanville, Ontario.

“I don’t think the thieves had any clueabout what was inside,” zoo directorMichael Hackenberger told Reuters.

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The animals that were stolen weretrained and friendly, officials say.

INTERNET

Phil Collins wins Johnny Mercer songwriting award

John Lennon’s A Day in theLife lyrics sell for $1.2m

Phil Collins has hadsuccess as a solo artist

and as member ofGenesis.—INTERNET

O2 investigatesnetworkproblems

LONDON, 19 June—The3G network of mobilephone company O2 wasout of action in some partsof England for up to 3.5hours on 17 June.

A spokesperson for theoperator said coverage was“patchy” in parts of Hert-fordshire, Sussex and Lon-don.

Customers complain-ing about the outage onTwitter also mentionedproblems in other regionsincluding Southamptonand Warwick.

O2 said the fault, which

was caused by plannedengineering work, hadnow been repaired.

“Service was restored at1pm but we continue tomonitor the situationclosely. We apologise forthe inconvenience that thishas caused,” said thespokesperson.—Internet

Custom-ers usedTwitter

tocomplainabout the

3Goutage.

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Lennon’samend-ments.

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LONDON, 19 June—John Lennon’s hand-written lyrics to Beatlessong A Day In The Lifehave sold for $1.2m(£810,000) at auction,well above the price ex-pected.

The double-sidedsheet of paper with noteswritten in felt markerand blue ink was sold atSotheby’s in New York.

The lyric sheet alsocontains some correc-tions and other notes

penned in red ink.The song - co-written

with Paul McCartney - isthe final track on theband’s 1967 Sgt Pepperalbum.—Internet

LONDON, 19 June—Singer Phil Collins has re-ceived the prestigiousJohnny Mercer Award atthe Songwriters Hall ofFame gala.

The singer, who hassold over 100 millionrecords as a solo artist andwith the band Genesis,said writing a populartrack is “a complete acci-dent”.

This year’s inductedsongwriters includedLeonard Cohen, JackieDeShannon, David Fos-ter, and R&B band EarthWind and Fire.

Singer Taylor Swift re-ceived the Hal David star-

light award.Speaking on the red

carpet, Collins said: “For asongwriter, it’s a huge hon-our. I was very surprisedwhen I got the news.”

The musician revealedthat when organizers con-tacted him about theaward, he had originally

assumed he would havebeen presenting it, insteadof receiving it.

“That’s something thatI never thought I’d bequalified to get, I still don’tthink I’m qualified to get,”he said.

The award is the sec-ond major honour thisyear for the 59-year-old,who was inducted into theRock and Roll Hall ofFame in March. PhilRamone was given thehitmakers award, which isgiven to songwriters whohave written a number ofhit songs over an extendedperiod.

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Hopes dim ofreaching trappedColombia miners

LONDON, 19 June—Res-cuers are again struggling toreach dozens of coal minerstrapped in north-western Co-lombia since a fireball torethrough the shaft they werein.

The attempt to locate theminers has been suspendedseveral times since theexplosion late on Wednesdaybecause conditions are sodangerous. At least 18 bodieshave been brought to the sur-face and it is thought about 50others remain underground.

Experts believe there islittle or no chance that any ofthem survived. Rescueworkers at the San Fernandomine in Amaga, Antioquiaprovince have been battlingagainst leaking methanegas and debris from theexplosion.—Internet

FCC to toughen internet rulesLONDON, 19 June—The

stage has been set for whatmany predict will be anugly fight over broadbandplans for US citizens. TheFederal CommunicationsCommission has taken thefirst formal steps towardstougher rules forbroadband.

It asked for publiccomment on three differ-ent plans, igniting an ex-pensive lobbying cam-paign by all sides.

The looming battle fol-lows a court ruling ques-tioning the FCC’s right toregulate internet serviceproviders after one throt-

tled traffic to users.That court ruling dealt

a major blow to a centralplank of the FCC’sbroadband plan called netneutrality which demandsthat all data traffic betreated equally.—Internet

The FCC wants all datato be treated equally.

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Billionaire Icahn vows to take overLions Gate

LOS ANGELES, 19June—Billionaire inve-stor Carl Icahn vowed onThursday to take overLions Gate, a film andtelevision studio basedin Santa Monica, LosAngeles.

Icahn confirmed thathe had purchased 15.6-million shares of LionsGate for seven dollars pershare in cash, amountingto about 109.2 milliondollars, as his tender offerexpired. With thatpurchase, Icahn now has

a 31.8 percent stake inthe company.

“We are pleased withthe results of our tenderoffer,” Icahn said in aprepared statement.

Starting fromThursday, Lions GateEntertainment shareh-olders will have 14 daysto tender their stock toIcahn who has becomeits largest shareholder.

Icahn, who has beentrying to gain control ofLions Gate for months,also may have triggered

the default of LionsGate’s 340 million-dollar credit facility.

Icahn, whopreviously held 18.6percent of Lions Gatestock, offered sevendollars per share for alloutstanding stock. And,though the Lions Gateboard advised shareho-lders to resist Icahn,Dallas Mavericks ownerMark Cuban sold himabout 9.2 million shares,the Los Angeles Timesreported.—Xinhua

Chinese director Xue Xiaolu, actor Jet Li, actor Wen Zhang and actressChen Rui (from L to R) pose during a charitable premiere press

conference of the film “Ocean Heaven” in Shenzhen, south China’sGuangdong Province, on 16 June, 2010.—XINHUA

Harry Potter’s DanielRadcliffe walks the red

carpet during thegrand opening

celebration for TheWizarding World ofHarry Potter at the

Universal StudioResort in Orlando,

Florida on 16 June,2010.—XINHUA

Moscow Int’l Film Festivalhosts China Week

MOSCOW, 19 June—A China movie week entitled“Cinema of China: Fragments of History” wasunveiled here Friday during the 32nd MoscowInternational Film Festival (MIFF) at the OctoberCinema.

Seven Chinese films from three different periodswill be shown in the six-day movie week in Moscowand St. Petersburg, ranging from the Goddess andCrossroads of the 1930s, to contemporary Chinesefeatures such as Ballet of Two Dancers, Cell Phoneand Painted Skin. The special programme of MIFFwas also a major event of the Chinese LanguageYear in Russia.

Zhang Jianyong, deputy director of China FilmArchives, said at the opening ceremony that allthese seven films represented the basic artisticforms of Chinese cinema over the past 100 years.

Hopefully Russian audience could obtain adeeper and finer image of Chinese cinema viawatching them, he said.—Xinhua

“Lan” wins Best Asian New TalentAwards at Shanghai film fest

Chinese actress-turned-director JiangWenli accepts the BestAsian New Talent Film

award at the 13th

Shanghai InternationalFilm Festival on18 June, 2010.

XINHUA

BEIJING, 19 June—Chinese actress JiangWenli’s directorial debut“Lan” won the BestAsian New Talent Filmaward at the 13th

Shanghai InternationalFilm Festival.

The heart-warmingsemi-autobiographicalfilm brought the first-time director a reward of

Actor Taylor Lautner, who stars in theupcoming movie “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”,

poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on 12 June, 2010.

XINHUA

150,000 yuan (21,975U S dollars) as well asaccess to post-production facilitiesprovided by TechnicolorBangkok.

“Lan” is a heart-feltdrama about a young girlnamed Lan, who liveswith her grandfather anddreams of becoming agymnast. Jiang has saidthe film is a tribute to herchildhood and her lategrandfather.

“Director JiangWenli shows confid-ence painting her filmwith colours of stunningbeauty and an attentionto detail that pulls us intothe world of little Lan,”said jury member CharlieYoung while reading thejury’s comments on thefilm at the awards

ceremony on Fridaynight. Accepting heraward, Jiang told theaudience, “The day aftertomorrow [June 20] ismy birthday. This is thebest birthday present Ican think of.”

Xinhua

‘Poseidon Adventure’ director RonaldNeame dies

LOS ANGELES, 19June—Ronald Neame(neem), who producedand co-wrote acclaimedBritish films like “GreatExpectations,” sawHollywood success asdirector of “The

Poseidon Adventure”and was nominated forthree Oscars, has died.He was 99.

Neame’s wifeDonna told TheAssociated Press onFriday that her husbanddied in a Los Angeleshospital on Wednesday,about six weeks afterbeing injured in a fall.

Neame began hiscareer of more than 60years In 1929 when heworked as a cameramanfor Alfred Hitchcock onthe first British soundfilm, 1929’s“Blackmail.”

He was nominatedfor Oscars with directorDavid Lean as co-writerof 1945’s “Brief

British film directorRonald Neame.

XINHUA

Encounter” and 1946’s“Great Expectations.”

He went on to directthe acclaimed 1969 film“The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie” and thecritically panned 1972box office hit “ThePoseidon Adventure.”

Xinhua

Rachael is first evictee from BigBrother house

LONDON, 19 June—Beyonce lookalikeRachael is the first evicteefrom the final Big Brotherhouse.

The 23-year-oldfrom Nottingham hadfaced the public vote inFriday night’s liveprogramme along withmedical student Sunshineand squatter Shabby.

Welshman Dave hadalso been nominated forthe axe, but won a task inwhich he saved himselfat Rachael’s expense.

Channel 4 isscreening the 11th - andlast - series of the realityshow after it was axedlast year. Rachael, whoalso works as a hair stylistand received 38% of thetotal votes cast, said shewas pleased by theresponse of the crowdoutside the Big Brotherhouse.

She said: “Thereaction was great.Coming out, I was soscared that everyonewould hate me.

“I didn’t want to leavebut I do feel that I’m not thatgirl I was when I walkedin.”

The winner of thecurrent crop of housemateswill be joined by previouswinners and notablecontestants to determine theultimate Big Brotherchampion for a two-weekspecial to mark its departure.

The opening to thecurrent series attracted anaudience of 5.1 million,slightly down on 2009.

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Preview matches on Slovakia vs Paraguay;Italy Vs New Zealand and Brazil vs Ivory Coast

on 20 JuneYANGON, 19 June— World ranking 34 Slovakia and world ranking 31 Para-

guay are going to play their second match of group-F of the 2010 World Cup inSouth Africa on 20 June.

Both teams never faced in their head-to-head positions in the previous matches.Both have one draw each in the openers of their group. Italy is the biggest powerin football in its group. Both teams are expected that they will be struggling forthe second place of the group. When analyzing the results in the latest threematches of both teams, their performances are the same. Slovakia tends to play ina style of Europe while Paraguay are in favour of attacking tactic. Paraguay is alittle more than Slovakia in probability of winning the match. It is supposed thatParaguay will win or at least draw against the opponent Slovakia.

Results of the latest three matches of Slovakia15.6.10 New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia World Cup grp. F 5.6.10 Slovakia 3-0 Costa Rica Friendlies29.5.10 Slovakia 1-1 Cameroon Friendlies

Results of the latest three matches of Paraguay14.6.10 Italy 1-1 Paraguay World Cup grp. F 2.6.10 Greece 0-2 Paraguay Friendlies30.5.10 Paraguay 2-2 Ivory Coast Friendlies

Italy Vs New Zealand Both teams played one time in their head-to-head position in the friendly of2009 and the defending champion world ranking 5 Italy beat 4-3 world ranking 78New Zealand. In this group-F, all four teams have one point each in their draws. Incomparison with the players, experience and football skills, Italy are much betterthan New Zealand. Most top teams usually see poor forms in the start of the tourna-ment and are improving their skills one match after another. Italy are fomed withrenowned prolific footballers playing in Series-A. This match is forecast that thedefending champion will east past the world ranking 78.

Head-to-Head Position10.6.09 Italy 4-3 New Zealand Friendlies 2009

Brazil Vs Ivory Coast Both teams did not see each other in the head-to-head position. Brazil hadthree points defeating North Korea in a difficult way whereas Ivory Coast playeda goaless draw against world ranking 3 Portugal in the group. The Samba Kingsfound difficulty in collaspe the solid defence of North Korea and failed to scorein the first half and after the break, they finished the match by two winning goalsfrom Maicon and Elarno. The Elephants could play against Portugal in a dominantway. Drogba’s returning to the fitness form ensured inspiration to his teammates.The Elephants are well-organized in the forward, midfield and defence lines. It isreally true that Brazilian Samba Kings Robinho, Elano and Fabiano will see troublegiven by Ya Ya Toure-led defenders. Brazil is shown much more than IvoryCoast in the probability of winning the match. But this match is supposed that itis likely to finish a draw.

Results in the latest three matches of Brazil15.6.10 Brazil 2-1 North Korea World Cup grp. G 7.6.10 Tanzania 1-5 Brazil Friendlies 2.6.10 Zimbabwe 0-3 Brazil Friendlies

Results in the latest three matches of Ivory Coast15.6.10 Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal World Cup grp. G 4.6.10 Ivory Coast 2-0 Japan Friendlies30.5.10 Paraguay 2-2 Ivory Coast Friendlies

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England defenderJohn Terry admitsFabio Capello fear

SOUTH AFRICA, 19 June—England’s defender JohnTerry has admitted thatFabio Capello’s no-non-sense regime has left himin fear of the boss.

The 64-year old is a fa-mous disciplinarian andthis mentality has beenintroduced to the Three Li-ons’ set-up. Mobilephones being turned off,players forced to wearsuits when travelling tomatches and everyoneleaving the dining room atthe same time are justsome of the measures theItalian has introduced.

Speaking to ITV, Terrystated the benefit’s ofCapello’s managerialstyle.—Internet

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Germany’s LukasPodolski admits he’s ‘theidiot’ after missing penalty

during defeat to SerbiaSOUTH AFRICA, 19

June—German forwardLukas Podolski, guilty ofmissing a penalty in their1-0 defeat against Serbiaduring their World CupGroup D meeting, hasbranded himself “theidiot” having failed toconvert from the spot.

Joachim Loew’s side,reduced to 10 men fol-lowing the sending off ofMiroslav Klose, werebeaten thanks to a MilanJovanovic goal, and de-spite having chances, theGermans were unable totake anything from thegame.

Podolski, who has 39international goals to hisname, believes that theteam’s failure to claim apoint from the game islargely his fault.

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WC 2010 Germany vsGhna, Lukas Podolski,

Miroslav Klose.INTERNET

Luciano Moggi tells Milan to buyBarcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic

ROME, 19 June—Luciano Moggi has told Milanto consider making a move for Barcelona ace ZlatanIbrahimovic.

The hitman has been tipped to leave Camp Noua year after arriving in Spain following the arrival ofSpanish international David Villa from Valencia. AManchester City move and a return to Inter havebeen speculative suggestions from the media, butMoggi feels Milan should gamble on him.—Internet

Sneijder scores and Netherlands beats Japan 1-0

Japan’s Tulio Tanaka (C) headsthe ball with Netherlands’ Dirk

Kuyt (L) and John Heitingaduring their 2010 World Cup

Group E soccer match at MosesMabhida stadium in Durban,

South Africa, on 19 June, 2010.XINHUA

DURBAN, 19 June— WesleySneijder scored the only goal Saturdayand the Netherlands beat Japan 1-0for its second straight World Cup win.

Sneijder’s 53rd-minute strikefinally broke through a Japanesedefence that had stifled Dutch

creativity in front of 62,010 fans atMoses Mabhida Stadium.

Japan responded going on theattack and Yoshito Okubo had twoshots in quick succession, the firstsaved by Maarten Stekelenburg andthe second over the bar.—Xinhua

World Cup tips - 10 manAustralia draw 1-1 with Ghana

CAPE TOWN, 19 June—Australia and Ghanacould both still reach the last 16 followingSaturday’s entertaining 1-1 draw.

Australia and Ghana played out an entertaining1-1 draw on Saturday with the result seeing bothsides still able to reach the last 16 of the 2010World Cup.

Australia made a confident start to the gameand were rewarded after just 11 minutes whenBrett Holman tapped in from close range afterMark Bresciano’s shot was parried.

Ghana responded immediately with AsamoahGyan then after 24 minutes, Ghana were awardeda penalty when Jonathan Mensah’s shot adjudgedto have been handled on the line by Harry Kewell,who was sent off. Gyan then stepped up to sendMark Schwarzer the wrong way to level the scores.

Both sides searched for a winner and Ghanafound themselves with a great opportunity in the89th minute with a free-kick in a dangerous position,but Mensah’s header from Sulley Muntari’sdelivery sailed over the bar.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hr. M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain orthundershower have been isolated in Kayah State,scattered in Shan State, Mandalay, Bago,Magway and Yangon Divisions, fairly widespreadin Chin and Rakhine States and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with isolatedheavy falls in upper Sagaing Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were NayPyi Taw (Yezin) (0.39) inch, Katha (3.07) inches,Myitkyina (2.25) inches, Gwa (2.17)inches,Hpa-an (1.85)inches, Pyu (1.73) inches and Shwebo(0.98) inch.

Maximum temperature on 18-6-2010 was91°F. Minimum temperature on 19-6-2010 was77°F. Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on19-6-2010 was 75%. Total sun shine hours on18-6-2010 was (4.6) hours.

Rainfall on 19-6-2010 was (Nil) atMingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was (25.12) inches atMingaladon, (27.64) inches at Kaba-Aye and(27.80) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph fromSouthwest at (15:30) hours MST on 18-6-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate tostrong in the Andaman sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the20thJune 2010: Rain or thundershowers willbe isolated in Kayah State, scattered in Shan andChin States, lower Sagaing, Mandalay , Magwayand Bago Divisions and fairly widespread inKayin and Mon States, Yangon, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days:Continuation of strong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 20-6-2010: Isolated rain orthundershower . Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringarea for 20-6-2010: One or two rain orthundershower . Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 20-6-2010: Isolated rain orthundershower. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Archaeologist (Retd), Archaeological DepartmentProfessor (Retd), Meio University, Okinawa

Island(Doren Laterati)

Son of (U Kywa-Daw Cho) in Kawtbein Vil-lage in Kayin State, beloved husband of (Mi TheinNwe) (Retired Teacher) at 12-(A) Golden ValleyAvenue in Bahan Township, brother of U ChitHtwe-Daw Ye and Daw De, benefactor father ofMi Khin Khin Hla-Dr Mehm Soe Myint, MinAung Chan (Korea), Min Aye Chan-Mi Tin TinSein, Min May Chan-Mi Thit Thit, Min HlaingHtaw-Mi Kyi Kyi Sann, Min Aye Cho-Mi HninZe and Min Hlaing Soon, grandfather of ninegrandchildren and three grand great children,passed away at Hninzegon Specialist Clinic at4.20 am on 18-6-10 (Friday). Funeral service willbe held at Yayway Cemetry at 11 am on 20-6-10(Sunday). Buses will leave the house at 9.30 amon 20-6-10 (Sunday).

Bereaved family

Scotland’s Gavin Hamilton is struck by adelivery from England’s James Anderson

during their one day international cricket matchin Edinburgh, Scotland on 19 June,

2010.INTERNET

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

9th Waxing of First Waso 1372 ME Sunday, 20 June, 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 19 June — A moderateearthquake of magnitude (5.9) Richter Scale withits epicenter outside Myanmar (Andaman Islands,Indian Region) about (320) miles Southwest ofKaba Aye seismological observatory was recordedat (05) hrs (40) min (14) sec MST today, announcedMeteorology and Hydrology Department.—MNA

Earthquake Report

Ocean changes may havedire impact on people

SCIENCEDAILY, 19 June— The first compre-hensive synthesis on the effects of climate changeon the world's oceans has found they are nowchanging at a rate not seen for several million years.

In an article published on 18 June in S maga-zine, scientists reveal the growing atmospheric concen-trations of man-made greenhouse gases are drivingirreversible and dramatic changes to the way the oceanfunctions, with potentially dire impacts for hundreds ofmillions of people across the planet.—Internet

Panthayet mango (R2E2) attractsgrowing attention from farmers

Scientists reveal the growing atmospheric concen-trations of man-made greenhouse gases are driving

irreversible and dramatic changes to the way theocean functions, with potentially dire impacts forhundreds of millions of people across the planet.

Interviewer: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Now, mango is well in season in Myanmar.Some species of mango in demand at home areSeintalone, Shwehintha, Myakyauk, Machitsu,Aungdin and Yingwe.

Being big and attractive with delicateflavour, sweet taste, good appearance and longdurability, Panthayet mango (R2E2) gets higherprice than any other species of mango in thedomestic market. In addition, it is exported on a

commercial scale. In order to get facts about thegrowing and production of Panthayet mango(R2E2) for public knowledge, we visited theVegetables and Fruit Research DevelopmentCentre of the Myanma Agriculture Service underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation onYangon-Mandalay Highway in Hlegu Town-ship, Yangon Division.

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An R2E2 mango garden.

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