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Volume XVI, Number 115 10th Waxing of Wagaung 1370 ME Monday, 11 August, 2008

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug— Chairman of the

State Peace and Development Council Com-

mander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior

General Than Shwe welcomed back Prime Minis-

ter General Thein Sein who arrived back here by

air after attending the opening ceremony of the

Beijing Olympic Games held in Beijing, the Peo-

ple’s Republic of China, at Nay Pyi Taw Airport

at 3.50 pm today.

Also present at the airport together with

Senior General Than Shwe were Vice-Chairman of

the State Peace and Development Council Deputy

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Com-

mander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye, member of the SPDC General Thura

Shwe Mann, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin

Aung Myint Oo, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-

Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-

Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing, Lt-Gen Ye

Myint, Maj-Gen Maung Shein, Maj-Gen Khin Zaw

and Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win of the Ministry of

Defence, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command

Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Deputy Minister for Transport

Col Nyan Tun Aung, senior military officers, direc-

tors-general of the State Peace and Development

Council Office and the Government Office and

heads of departments.

Officials who accompanied the Prime

Minister also arrived back here on the same

flight.— MNA

Senior General Than Shwewelcomes back Prime Minister

General Thein Sein on his return fromPeople’s Republic of China

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime Minister

General Thein Sein at Nay Pyi Taw Airport. — MNA

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

People’s DesireMonday, 11 August, 2008

Social objectives of the State includeeducation, health and cultural sectors andthe government has laid down plans toimprove every sector and is implementinghealth care promotion programmes to seethat every citizen is healthy and strong.

The government is extending healthcare services to enable the people to enjoylongevity and to be free from any disease.New advanced general hospitals and specialistand teaching hospitals have been built invarious parts of the country including borderareas. Moreover, special equipment ofinternational standard to provide accuratediagnosis and better treatment has also beengiven to these hospitals.

New hospitals, dispensaries and ruralhealth care centres have been openednationwide and specialists, doctors, nurses andhealth staff have been appointed. Thegovernment can now provide a wide range ofpublic health care services in the whole country.

Prevention and control of disease is animportant part of medical care. With theprovision of the requirements on diagnosisand treatment occurrence of new diseasescan be prevented. In addition, disease controlprogrammes on AIDS, TB and malaria arebeing launched in cooperation with WHO.Eradication and treatment of drug addictsand rehabilitation tasks are being undertakenconstantly.

With the greater efforts of thegovernment for public health, the people willbe able to live longer and enjoy higher healthstandard.

Promote health care forlongevity of people

Minister Col Zaw Min gives a prize to an outstanding student of stafffamily.— MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug — The Public HealthMinistry of Thailand and Exodus Foundation ofAustralia donated medicines to be used inproviding health care services to the stormsurvivors at the temporary control office of theMinistry of Health at Yangon General Hospitalyesterday afternoon.

Director (Diseases Control) Dr Saw Lwin ofthe Department of Health accepted the donations andgave a certificate of honour to the wellwishers.

MNA

Yangon Division PerformingArts Competitions

commenceYANGON, 9 Aug — The 16th Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing Arts Competitions (HigherEducation Level) of Yangon Division were opened atNational Culture and Fine Arts University (Yangon) inDagon Myothit (South) Township this morning,attended by Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen Win Myint.

Rector of Yangon East University U Kyaw YeTun delivered an address and formally opened thecompetition.

Students of National Culture and Fine ArtsUniversity (Yangon) presented entertainment to theaudience.

Later, the commander presented a basket offlower to the artistes.

MNA

Outstanding students of Ministry of Electric PowerNo. 1 honoured

Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint presents flower basket to artistes.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9Aug — The Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1 held

the prize presentationceremony for outstandingstudents of staff who

passed the matriculationexamination for 2007-08academic year, at the

ministry, here, on 8August.

Minister forElectric Power No. 1 ColZaw Min delivered anopening address andpresented prizes to four-distinction winner MaungHwin Nanda Aung andthree-distinction winnerMa Theingi Kyaw.

Deputy Minister UMyo Myint anddepartmental heads alsogave prizes to otheroutstanding students.

In the examination,68 students of staff passedthe examination. Of them,10 students passed theexam with flying colours.

MNA

Appointment ofAmbassador agreed on

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug—The Government ofthe Union of Myanmar has agreed to the appointmentof Mr Aloke Sen as Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotientiary of the Republic of India to theUnion of Myanmar in succession to Mr BhaskarKumar Mitra.

Mr Aloke Sen was born in 1950. He holds apost graduate degree in English. Mr Aloke Senjoined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976. Sincejoining the Indian Foreign Service, he had served invarious capacities in the Ministry of External Affairsas well as the diplomatic missions of India inAnkara, Dhaka, Ottawa, Algiers and Tashkent. Hewas a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of ExternalAffairs, New Delhi from 1997 to 2001 and heserved as Ambassador of India to Turkey from 2001to 2005. He is currently serving as Ambassador ofIndia to Cambodia.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Medicines donated tostorm survivors

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Visitors look at photos in the photo exhibition "Between Heaven and Earth:Mont-Saint-Michel and Sacred Mounts Around the World" in the abbey

church on Mont-Saint-Michel in France, on 9 Aug, 2008.—INTERNET

Passers-by observe the scene of a roadside bombwhich injured four Iraqi policemen in Maysalon

square, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, on 9 Aug,2008.—INTERNET

Russia bombs Georgian militaryairfield near Tbilisi airport

MOSCOW, 10 Aug— Russian planesbombed a military airfield early Sundaynear the Georgian capital’s internationalairport, news reports said.

There was no immediate report ofcasualties from the attack.

Georgian troops began a militaryaction Friday against South Ossetia’sforces in an attempt to re-establish controlover the region. In response, Russiantroops moved into the region to fight theGeorgian forces.

The attack came as the UN SecurityCouncil failed again Saturday in itsattempt to agree on a truce call for theparties involved in the bitter fightingSouth Ossetia

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Smoke is seen over buildings afterbombardment in Gori, 80 km (50miles) from Tbilisi, on 9 August,

2008.—INTERNET

Beef recalled after cases of poisoningL OS ANGELES, 10 Aug

— A hamburger packingplant in Los Angeles hasrecalled 153,630 pounds ofraw beef after as many as 70people in Virginia havecome down with foodpoisoning, the PasadenaStar-News reported onSaturday.

The recalled beef was

suspected of being con-taminated by E coli bacteriawhich might originate fromthe S & S Foods company,the paper said.

Until the exact sourcewas pinned down, thepacking plant wasvoluntarily recalling theground meat, said the paper.

But Virginia health

officials have identified thebeef as tainted, and said atleast 26 Boy Scouts fromthe Washington DC areahave been hospitalized.

The me at has not beensold to retail shoppers, butwas only wholesaled toinstitutional customersfrom some distributioncentres in the nation,according to the paper.

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Firemen pass out as fire rages plaza indowntown HK

H O N G KO N G , 10Aug— Two fire fighterspassed out and were

rescued when fightinga fire at a building inMong Kok, a downtownarea of Kowloon, HongKong Sunday morning.More than 20 residentswere rescued from thefire, among whom 10were sent to hospital forphysical examination ort reatment , as f i ref ighters were s t i l lextinguishing the firethree hours after theoutbreak of the fire.

A spokesman of theFire Service De-partment said the de-partment had mobilizedmore than 200 f i re

fighters and 40 fireengines to the scenetrying to extinguish thefire.

The fire broke out atConrwall Court, NathanRoad at about 9:20am(0120GMT) Sundaywhen a fire started froma Karaoke store at thesecond floor soon ragedthrough the building.

A witness said hetried to put out the firewith three extinguishersat the beginning of thefire but failed then hecalled the fire servicedepartment.

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US military deaths in Iraqwar at 4,138

WASHINGTON, 10 Aug —As of Saturday, 9 Aug,2008, at least 4,138 members of the US military havedied in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed inaction. At least 3,364 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military’s numbers.The AP count isone more than the Defence Department’s tally, lastupdated Friday at 10 am EDT.The British military hasreported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21;Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador,five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each;Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each;and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, onedeath each.—Internet

Georgia ‘pulls out of S Ossetia’ Georgian breakaway city in ruinsTSKHINVALI, (South

Ossetia), 10 Aug—Tskhinvali, the capital ofthe separatist Georgianprovince South Ossetia,lay in smoldering ruinsSunday after three daysof fighting betweenGeorgian troops andRussian forces.

Russia’s deputyforeign minister said atleast 2,000 people, mostlyRussian citizens, havebeen killed in Tskhinvali.

The fighting hadspread well beyond SouthOssetia, with Russianairstrikes on Georgiancities and with thousands

of Russian troops in thebreakaway province of

Abkhazia.Internet

TSKHINVALI, 10 Aug—Georgia has said its troopshave pulled out of thebreakaway region ofSouth Ossetia and thatRussian forces are incontrol of its capital,Tskhinvali.

But Russia said thatwhile heavy artillery hadbeen seen leaving theterritory, Georgian troopswere still present in otherareas of the region.

Meanwhile, Russianwarships have deployednear ports along theGeorgian Black Sea coast,

any ships.In response, Ukraine

has threatened to blockthe return of Russianwarships to their BlackSea base at Sevastopolsaying it does not want tobe “drawn into a militaryconflict”.

Georgia says anadditional 10,000 Russiansoldiers have crossed intoSouth Ossetia andAbkhazia. The separatistauthorities in Abkhaziahave announced fullmilitary mobilization.

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including Poti, whereGeorgian wheat and fuelshipments are beingblocked. Russia insiststhere are no plans to stopoil exports, but says itreserves the right to search

A Georgian woman holding her baby cries at herdamaged home in Gori on 10 August , 2008.

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Two German tourists, who were named by German news magazine DerSpiegel as Juergen K (L) and Sabine M, held hostage by pirates, sit during a

news conference after their release in Bosasso in northern Somalia'sbreakaway Puntland region on 9 Aug, 2008.—XINHUA

Lin Miaoke, a nine-year-old Chinese girl who lenther voice Friday night to the opening ceremony ofthe Beijing Olympics, returns to the XizhongjiePrimary School of Dongcheng District in Beijing, capital of China, on 9 Aug, 2008.—XINHUA

A model displays a creation originated from costumesin ancient China’s state of Chu during the WarringStates period (475 BC to 221 BC) during "OlympicBeijing, Fashion China" fashion show in Beijing, capital of China, on 9 August, 2008. — XINHUA

Bomb blast injures 3 kidsin capital of BangladeshDHAKA, 10 Aug— A homemade bomb exploded

Saturday afternoon in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka,leaving three children wounded, private news agencyUNB reported

The kids, aged 5-10, were playing with theabandoned bomb after they found it near their homes.The victims were rushed to Dhaka Medical CollegeHospital immediately after the explosion.— Xinhua

Sri Lankan PM: Terrorism mustbe eradicated before having talks

China’s biggest broker,CITIC, reports 1H net

profit up 13.3%BEIJING, 10 Aug— CITIC Securities, China’s largest

listed broker, reported that its first-half net profit hadrisen 13.3 percent year-on-year to 4.77 billion yuan(647.4 million US dollars).

Revenue was 10.91 billion yuan, up 2.57 percent,with earnings per share of 0.72 yuan, the company saidin a release to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Underwriting income reached 27.15 billion yuan,up 96.94 percent, while income from the traditionalbrokerage business fell30.44 percent to 4.62 billionyuan amid the broad decline of China's stock market.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index is downmore than 57 percent since it peaked in mid-October.

CITIC's shares fell 4.55 percent to 21.39 yuan onFriday, down more than 80 percent from their peak inearly November.

The company also announced on Saturday that987.35 million non-tradable shares would be unlockedon 15 Aug.—Xinhua

Nepali CA to startprocedure on PM election

KATHMANDU, 10 Aug —The Constituent Assembly(CA) will start the procedure on the election of NepaliPrime Minister once it receives the formal letter from thepresident in this regard, local media reported on Sunday.

According to CA chairman Subas Nemwang, therelevant committee of the parliament will initiate theprocedure of the election after getting the officialletter, reported nepalnews.com website.

Earlier, the president was also elected by the CA.As per the constitution, anyone able to show simple

majority at the CA can be elected as the Prime Minister.Since the political parties failed to reach

understanding to form the government of consensuswithin prescribed time, the president has urged the CAto arrange the election. —Xinhua

COLOMBO, 10 Aug—The Sri Lankan governmentis steadfast in eliminatingterrorism before havingtalks with Tamil Tigerrebels, Prime MinisterRatnasiri Wickramanayakesaid on Saturday.

Addressing an electionrally at Medirigiriya in theNorth Central Province,Wickramanayake said“terrorism must beeliminated before anything.Only after that we couldtalk of talks.”

Wickramanayake saidgovernment troops cur-rently engaging LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) in the north havesent the rebels reeling. “Weare now knocking on theirdoors, having limited themto just two districts,” theprime minister said.

The troops said theyhave entered the rebelheartland districts of Mul-laithivu and Kilinochchiwhere their administrationwas headquartered.

“We will be soon endingterrorism in the country andit is the duty of everyoneto support the govern-ment at decisive mo-ment,” Wickramanayakestressed.

Xinhua

NATO soldier killed inS Afghanistan

KABUL, 10 Aug — Clashbetween insurgents andNATO troops left onesoldier of the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)dead in southernAfghanistan on Saturday,said an ISAF statementreleased here Sunday.

However, it is ISAFpolicy to not release thenationality of any casualtyprior to the relevantnational authority doing so.

Meanwhile, threemilitants were detainedduring a US-led Coalitionforces’ operation to disruptmilitant networks ineastern Afghanistan’sPaktika province onSaturday, a Coalitionstatement said on Sunday.

The three militants werearrested during Coalitionforces’ searching com-pounds in Urgun districttargeting a militant respon-sible for rocket attacksagainst Coalition forces, thestatement said.— Xinhua

All items from XinhuaNews Agency

UN chief urges peacefulsettlement to conflict in GeorgiaUNITED NATIONS, 10 Aug

— UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon on Saturdaycalled on the warring partiesin Georgia to immediatelyend hostilities and seek apeaceful settlement to theconflict.

”The Secretary-Generalurges all parties toimmediately end hostilitiesand to engage, withoutdelay, in negotiations toachieve a peacefulsettlement,” Ban’s Pressoffice said in a statementissued late Saturday.

”The Secretary-Generalis alarmed by the escalation

of hostilities in Georgiawhich have resulted in largenumbers of casualties andmassive destruction inSouth Ossetia and otherregions of Georgia,” thestatement said.

In particular, theSecretary-General ex-pressed concern about“violence spreading to areasoutside the zone of theGeorgian-Ossetian con-flict,” it said. Ban is“profoundly concernedover mounting tensions inthe Abkhaz zone of conflict,including the bombing ofthe Upper Kodori Valley

and the ongoing militarybuild-up along the securityzone,” it noted.

The Secretary-General“welcomes internationalefforts to assist the partiesin resolving the situation”and “strongly believes thata lasting solution can onlybe found by peacefulmeans,” it added. SouthOssetia declared inde-pendence from Georgia inthe early 1990s and wasgoverned by a secessionistgovernment since thenalthough its indepen-dence has not beeninternationally recog-nized. —Internet

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A map showing the north area ofconstruction at O’Hare International

Airport is seen. —INTERNET

File photo shows high-voltage transmission linesin Terengganu state in Malaysia. A six-hour

power failure across Malaysia’s Sarawak state onBorneo island caused chaos and plunged more

than two million people into darkness.—INTERNET

People walk down a road lined with Baobab trees,also known as the “tree of life”, in Fandene, on 25

July. In Senegal, villagers have always known aboutthe health benefits of baobab fruit, which only nowhave been discovered by Europe in what could spell

magic for localities like Fandene.—INTERNET

China’s 5th national caring AIDSorphan summer camp opens

BEIJING, 10 Aug —About 100 childrenorphaned by AIDS/HIVcame from 14 counties ofsix provinces to join in the5th national summer campfor AIDS orphans whichopened here Saturday.

The event was jointlyorganized by the ChinaNational Committee onCare for Children(CNCCC), the ChineseAssociation of STD andAIDS Prevention andControl and the United

Nations Children’sFund(UNICEF). Theseorphans would live andplay with about 200 peersand 20 compassionambassadors of HIV/AIDS in the week-longcamp. Their activitiesincluded watchingOlympic games andvisiting the National PostalMuseum, among others.

Han Qide, vicechairman of the StandingCommittee of the NationalPeople’s Congress,

delivered the openingspeech and expressed goodwishes for the event.

“We should strive tocreate a conduciveenvironment for the growthof our children,” said Han,adding that the childrenaffected by AIDS/HIVneed special care from thesociety.

“The camp reflectsour achievements ineffectively protecting ourchildren’s rights,” he said.

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Airline industry woes threaten O’Hare expansion

CHICAGO, 10 Aug —Soaring gas priceshave claimed plenty of victims —fromSUV sales to stock market portfolios.

They now threaten to claim another:the expansion of one of the world’sbusiest airports.

Chicago wants to complete theexpansion of O’Hare InternationalAirport, which relies heavily on revenuefrom cash-strapped airlines, by 2014 —two years before it hopes to host theSummer Olympics.

But carriers serving Chicago nowappear reluctant to put up more moneyto finish the job because high fuel costshave cut so deeply into industry revenue,forcing airlines to raise fares, slash flightsand lay off workers.Chicago officialssay the expansion project is critical, andnot just for the city and state economy.

New runways and a new terminalenvisioned in the project, they say, willgreatly reduce delays that now gum upair traffic nationwide.Critics have

expressed skepticism for years aboutChicago’s ability to finance the projectand meet its deadline, now just six yearsaway.—Internet

Malaysian power outage plungestwo million into darkness

KUALA LUMPUR,10 Aug— A six-hour powerfailure across Malaysia’sSarawak state on Borneoisland caused chaos andplunged more than twomillion people intodarkness, reports said onSunday. The electricity

outage hit on Saturdayevening, darkening citiesand towns across the stateand causing massivetraffic jams as signalsfailed.“The state gov-ernment wants to find outthe source of the massiveblackout. We need to knowexactly,” Deputy ChiefMinister George Chan told

The Star newspaper,describing the blackout asunprecedented in thestate.A Sarawak Elec-tricity Supply Corporationofficial told the daily that itbelieved the cause of theoutage was a fault along themain power grid betweenthe towns of Sibu andBintulu.—Internet

Bomb explodes nearBaghdad bank,

kills twoBAGHDAD,10 Aug — Three separate roadside

bomb blasts killed two people and wounded 17 othersin Baghdad Sunday, an Interior Ministry official said.

A bomb exploded outside a bank in Kamaliya, aShiite neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, about 8:30am. It killed two people and wounded 10 others, theofficial said.

Around the same time, a bomb targeting an IraqiArmy patrol exploded in east Baghdad’s Zaiyunadistrict in east Baghdad, authorities said. The blastwounded two soldiers and two civilians.

About two hours later, another bomb targeting anIraqi Army patrol went off over a bridge in Kadhimiya,another Shiite neighbourhood in northwestern Baghdad.The blast wounded three soldiers, the official said.

Also on Sunday, two mortars struck theInternational Zone, the centre of US offices in Iraq, theInterior Ministry said.

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6.6 earthquake hits IndianOcean, no tsunami alertNEW DELHI, 10 Aug—A 6.6 magnitude

earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean on Sunday,but no tsunami warning was issued, the IndianMeteorological Department said.

Panic-stricken residents rushed out of theirhomes in Port Blair and stood out in the open waitingfor the quake to subside.

“The earthquake lasted for about 6-7 seconds,”said Sanjay Mandal, a local hotel owner. “Mycustomers ran out into the open.”

Power went off briefly in some parts of thetown. “No loss of life or any damage has beenreported so far,” said S.N. Jha, chief of Andaman’sdisaster control cell.—Internet

Algeria suicide bomb kills 8ALGIERS, 10 Aug —

A suicide bombing killedeight people east ofAlgiers late on Saturday,OPEC member Algeria’sofficial APS news agencyreported on Sunday.

The attack, whichalso wounded 19 people,happened at about 10 pm.British time in the coastaltown of Zemmouri el

Bahri 45 km (28 miles)east of the Algeriancapital, the agencyreported an InteriorMinistry source as saying.

The blast alsodamaged several buil-dings, the agency said.There was no immediateclaim of responsibilityfor the blast.

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A mini metro train runs inside thenew Red Star Macalline mall on

Shanghai’s Zhenbei Road.—INTERNET

British diver Paul Worsley shows offthe giant crab he caught in Lyme Bay,off the Dorset coast. The crab weighed63.82kilogrammes (17l pounds) and hada shell width of 30.48 centimetres (12inches) while each of its claws was as big as a man’s hand.—INTERNET

A Shaolin Wu-Shu Warrior from

The Chinese State Circus is seen

balancing on pointed spears during

a photocall for the Edinburgh

Fringe Festival shows, Scotland.

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Brazil teen loses righthand in shark attack

A shark ripped off the right hand of ateenager swimming along the coast ofnortheastern Brazil, fire departmentofficials said Monday.

Pernambuco state fire departmentspokesman Marcio Maia said 14-year-oldWellington dos Santos was attacked onSunday after he swam beyond a coral reefthat keeps sharks away from the beach ofPiedade near the state capital, Recife.

Lifeguards rescued dos Santos andrushed him to a hospital, where he wasreported to be in critical but stable condition,Maia said. Besides severing dos Santos’hand, the shark “bit off a large chunk of hisbuttocks,” Maia said.

”People insist on ignoring the sign postswarning of the danger of shark attacks,especially beyond the coral reefs about 150meters (490 feet) from the beach,” Maiasaid.

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Lost Aussie prospector eatstermites to survive

NEWSALBUM

A police-trained dog

wearsboxinggloves

during ademonstration

before amilitary

parade tocelebrate

Peru’sIndependence

Day inLima.

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A former pest exterminator lost in theremote Australian Outback anddesperate for food survived by eatingtermites and other insects for four daysbefore being found Tuesday by localAborigines.

A weary-looking Theo Rosmuldertold reporters that he found somerelief from hunger at a giant termitemound.

”I just hit the top of the termite nestoff and got stuck into them,” Rosmuldersaid at a news conference in thesouthwestern Australian mining townof Laverton. “Termites don’t taste toobad.” Rosmulder, 52,was sufferingfrom dehydration but otherwise in

“surprisingly good condition,”Western Australia state police SgtGraham Clifford said. He said theinsects and termites providedRosmulder a bit of moisture and someprotein.

”He kept eating what he used tokill,” Clifford said.

Rosmulder had been searching forgold with his wife and a group of otherprospectors about 80 miles north ofLaverton, police said.

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Brazil pit bull bitesboy, boy bites backBrazil’s media attention is

focused on an 11-year-old boy whobit back when a pit bull bit him.

Sao Paulo newspapers reportedon Thursday that GabrielAlmeida was playing in his uncle’sbackyard in the city of BeloHorizonte when a pit bull namedTita lunged at him and bit him inthe left arm.

Almeida grabbed the dog by theneck and bit back so hard that helost a canine tooth.

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Aid plane crashes inIndonesia’s Papua, one deadJAYAPURA (Indonesia),

10 Aug —An Americanpilot has died after his lightplane delivering food aidin Indonesia’s remotePapua province crashed,an official from themissionary organizationsaid on Sunday.

Contact with the plane

was lost on Saturday inbetween the Taive andNduduk districts, saidNorbertus Tunyanan,aviation manager for theAssociation of MissionAviation in Wamena, about275 kilometres (171 miles)southwest of the provincialcapital Jayapura. He said

initial reports indicated thepilot had died and rescuerswere trying to reach thewreckage.

Air transport iscommonly used in Papua,Indonesia’s easternmostprovince, where landtravel is often impossible.

MNA/Reuters

Russia takes SouthOssetian capital

TSKHINVALI (Georgia),10 Aug — Russian troopsand tanks took the capitalof the separatist Georgianregion of South Ossetia onSunday after a bloodythree-day battle asGeorgian forces retreatedand offered a ceasefire.

Russia ordered insoldiers and bombedGeorgian targets afterTbilisi attempted on

Thursday evening toretake South Ossetia, asmall pro-Russianprovince which brokeaway from Georgia in the1990s.

Georgia’s ForeignMinistry said it had toldRussia on Sunday eveningthat it was ready “toimmediately startnegotiations” on aceasefire and an end to

hostilities.Russia confirmed it

had received the note butsaid Georgia had notstopped hostilities andcontinued to shell SouthOssetia. Georgia accusedRussia of again bombing amilitary airport on theoutskirts of Tbilisi onSunday evening, after theceasefire offer.

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Georgian women cry as they leave their village near the town of Tskhinvali,some 100km (62 miles) from Tbilisi, on 10 August, 2008.

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Israeli Army arrests 4 Palestinians on Gaza borderGAZA, 10 Aug —

Israeli forces arrestedfour Palestinians at thesecurity fence with Gaza,Palestinian securitysources said Sunday.

However, witnessesand Israeli mediareported that thePalestinians have sur-rendered to the Israeliforces as they werewaving white bannerswhen they were headingfor Kissufim crossing in

southeastern Gaza Strip.The Israeli Army said

the four men were takenfor interrogation.

The Palestiniansecurity sources saidthe four men wereapparently fleeing theGaza Strip for fears ofbeing targeted by Hamas,which controls theterritory since lastsummer.

When Hamas routedFatah’s security forces,

which are headed byPalestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas, manyof Fatah supporters fledtowards Israel to avoidHamas revenge.

The same thingoccurred last week whenHamas renewed acrackdown against Fatahin Gaza following abeachside blast thatkilled five Hamas mem-bers.

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YANGON, 10 Aug — The cash and kind donationceremony of Defence Services (Army, Navy and Air)and wellwishers to four monasteries in Dagon Townshipwas held at Kyargu Dhamma Beikman of KyarguMonastery on Shwedagon Pagoda Road, here, thisafternoon, attended by Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe offered robes and alms toChairman of Dagon Township Sangha NayakaCommittee Sayadaw Bhaddanta Revata of Kaba AyeMonastery. Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen Win Myint, Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa, senior military officers and officials donatedprovisions to members of the Sangha.

The commander presented offertories donated byYangon Division PDC to the Sayadaw.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and the vice-mayor accepted cash donations from the wellwishersand presented certificates of honour to them.

Today’s donations to the monasteries were 62bags of rice, 67 viss of edible oil, 378 viss of iodizedsalt, 54 viss of gram, 54 tubes of toothpaste, 684 bottlesof traditional medicines, 500 packets of chilli powderand K 6,600,000.

A similar ceremony for nine monasteries and twonunneries in Yankin Township was held at MahaBawdi Pariyatti Monastery on Moegaung Road thisafternoon, attended by Commander Brig-Gen WinMyint.

The commander offered robes and alms to Vice-Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka CommitteeDhammikayama (Kyaikpi) Sayadaw. The vice-mayorand officials also donated provisions to the Sayadaws.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends cash and kinddonation ceremony of Tatmadaw families

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence accepts cash from a wellwisher at donation ofprovisions to monasteries in Dagon Township.— MNA

The commander, the vice-mayor and senior militaryofficers accepted cash donations from wellwishers andpresented certificates of honour to them.

Today’s donations to the monasteries and nunneries

were 223 bags of rice, 127 viss of edible oil, 1,271 vissof iodized salt, 254 tubes of toothpaste, 2,067 bottles oftraditional medicine, 254 viss of gram, 500 packets ofchilli powder and K 10,226,500. — MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin and Vice-Mayor Col Maung Paattended a ceremony toplant trees held at

Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint accepts cash donations at offering ofprovisions to monasteries and nunneries in Yankin Township.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug— Member of theNational Disaster Pre-paredness Central Com-mittee USDA CECmember Minister for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myintattended the ceremony topresent prizes to out-standing students whopassed the 2007-2008matriculation examinationwith flying colours held atKyaukkalup Basic Edu-cation High School inHyainggyikyun Town-ship, Labutta District on 6

Minister attends ceremony to presentprizes to outstanding students

YANGON, 10 Aug —On behalf of GoldenTemple Sayadaw MahaSaddhamma JotikadhajaVen. Shifa Zhao ofSingapore, disciples UHtein Lin and U Hla Theindonated K 30 million for

August.The minister and

officials presented prizesto outstanding studentsand teachers and acceptedcash donated by well-wishers for the school.

At the briefing hall ofPhonedawpyi Village, theminister met with officialsand local people and hearda report on progress of theregion. And he stressedthe need to extensivelyengage in agriculture andregional development.

After that, the minister

attended prizepresentation ceremony ofPyinkhayaing VillageBEHS where he presentedprizes to outstandingstudents and teachers.

At Chaungwa VillageBEHS (Branch), theminister also presentedprizes to outstandingstudents and teachers, andmade a concluding speech.

Next, the minister andparty inspected theconstruction of houses forstorm survivors.

MNA

Golden Temple Sayadaw of Singaporedonates K 30m for construction of houses

50 houses to be built inNgwe Zinyaw Village ofM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship, AyeyawadyDivision, at the Ministryof Religious Affairs(Yangon branch) on KabaAye Hill, here, at 3 pm

today.Minister for Religious

Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung accepted thedonation and presentedcertificate of honour forthe Sayadaw to thedisciples. — MNA

Mayor participates in ceremony to planttrees in Kandawgyi Gardens

Kandawgyi Gardens thismorning and planted sal,neem and Gangaw (Mesuaferrea) saplings in thedesignated places.

Next, members of PaleHealth Family, families ofembassies and staff of

YCDC planted trees in thedesignated places and thenthe mayor and the vice-mayor and committeemembers viewed plantingof trees. A total of 2270trees were planted today.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein met PremierMr Wen Jiabao of the State Council of the People’sRepublic of China at Hong Kong Hall of the GreatHall of the People in Beijing on 8 August.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein of the Union of Myanmar,accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs UNyan Win and officials concerned, left for thePeople’s Republic of China by air on 7 Augustafternoon to attend the opening ceremony of the 29th

Beijing Olympic Games to be held in Beijing andarrived at Kunming International Airport of YunnanProvince at 6.30 pm local time.

The Prime Minister and party were welcomedat Kunming International Airport by MyanmarConsul-General to China U Myo Tint and staff,Vice-Governor of Yunnan Province Mr Gu Zhaoxi,the Director-General of Foreign Department ofYunnan Province and officials. A girl from MyanmarConsulate-General and a girl from Yunnan Provincepresented bouquet to the Prime Minister.

Vice-Governor of Yunnan Province Mr GuZhaoxi hosted a dinner in honour of the PrimeMinister and party at Best Lounge. The PrimeMinister and party left for Beijing by air at 9.10 pmlocal time and arrived at Beijing InternationalAirport at midnight.

The Prime Minister and party were welcomedat the airport by the Vice-Minister of Land andResources of PRC and officials, MyanmarAmbassador to China U Thein Lwin and embassy

Prime Minister General Thein Sein arrives atBeijing of People’s Republic of China

staff.The Prime Minister and party arrived at Diao

Yu Tai State Guest House where they were going toput up.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets PremierMr Wen Jiabao of People’s Republic of China

Present together with Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein were Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Myanmar Ambassador to the People’s Republicof China U Thein Lwin, Deputy Director-General ofPolitical Department U Kyaw Tin and officials.

Also present together with PRC Premier MrWen Jiabao were Minister of Foreign Affairs MrYang Jiechi, Chairman of National Development andReform Commission Mr Zhang Ping, Minister forCommerce Mr Chen Deming, Director of thePremier’s Office Mr Qiu Xiao Xiong and seniorofficials.

At the meeting Mr Wen Jiabao said he was gladto welcome his counterpart to attend the openingceremony of Beijing Olympic Games. China andMyanmar are neighbouring friendly nations. BetterSino-Myanmar relations will be beneficial to bothnations. He said he wished further strengthening ofbilateral relations.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein said theleaders of the Union of Myanmar, the governmentand the people were very pleased to see the succefulholding of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games on agrand scale.

He explained measures taken for relief,rehabilitation and reconstruction tasks after the stormNargis, work done for approval of the StateConstitution and bilateral economic and socialcooperation.

The Prime Minister said Head of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwe wished the Premier and theleaders of the PRC and the people both health andprosperity. The meeting ended at 10.50 am.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein beingwelcomed by the Vice-Minister of Land andResources of PRC at Beijing International

Airport.— MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein greets Premier Mr Wen Jiabao of PRC in Beijing.—MNA

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Maj-Gen Ohn Myint of Ministry of Defencetours Sagaing Division

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Maj-Gen Ohn Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence,accompanied byChairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment Council

Commander of North-West Command Brig-GenMyint Soe and officials,paid obeisance to theBuddha Image at SagahlaDhammayon Kyaungtaikin Kalay on 8 August.

Maj-Gen Ohn Myint,the commander and partypresented robes and otheroffertories to SayadawBhaddanta Rajittha. Maj-Gen Ohn Myintwent to Technological

University (Kalay) andpresented K 200,000 forthe faculty members toacting principal Dr PhoneKywe and officials. Maj-Gen Ohn Myint,the commander and party

inspected construction ofMyaungchaung Bridge onKalay-Gangaw Road,maintenance, approachstructure and flow ofwater. The reinforcedconcrete bridge is 186 feet

long and it can withstand20 tons of load. They went to the site ofManipura multi-purposedam project near SedawVillage where ProjectDirector U Victor andofficials reported on theimplementation of theproject. Maj-Gen OhnMyint and the commanderinspected construction ofthe entrance to thediversion tunnel. The project is beingundertaken on MyitthaRiver near Sedaw Villagein Kalay Township. Oncompletion of theproject, it can supplywater to about 50,000acres of land and it cangenerate 1,903 kilowatthours annually. Maj-Gen Ohn Myint,the commander and partyinspected the site ofKandaunt Dam in PaleTownship. Maj-Gen OhnMyint met officials andlocal people at women’svocational training school. They also met localpeople in Yinmabin andurged them to cooperatewith departments con-cerned for development ofevery sector.

Prime Minister

General Thein Sein

of the Union of

Myanmar meets

Premier Mr Wen

Jiabao of the

People’s Republic of

China at Hong Kong

Hall of the Great

Hall of the People in

Beijing.

MNA

Maj-Gen Ohn Myint of Ministry of Defence inspects progress of Manipura Dam Project in Kalay Township.— MNA

Flood NewsNAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—According to the

(1:30) hr MST observation today, the water level ofBago river at Bago is (882) cm and it is possible toreach its danger level (910)cm during the next (2)days.

According to the (11:30) hr MST observationtoday, the water level of Shwegyin river at Shwegyinis (735) cm and it has exceeded by (35) cm (about1.1 ft) above its danger level. It may fall below itsdanger level (700) cm during the next (2) days.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug—Minister for Electric PowerNo. 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint on 8 Augustinspected the substitutionof towers with new ones atTower No. 147 ofHlinethaya-Athoke powergrid across AyeyawadyRiver near KazintawVillage, Pantanaw

Minister inspects installation of Tower No. 147Township, AyeyawadyDivision, installation ofpower lines and removingof old ones.

At the briefing hall,Minister Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint and partyheard a report presentedby Project Director UThein Hlaing of MyanmaElectric Power Enterprise

on progress in substitutionof Tower No. 147,installation of power linesalong the power grid andother salient points.

Next, the ministerand party looked into supplyof power with the use ofnew power lines and gavenecessary instructions toofficials.—MNA MNA

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1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national cultureand character

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

USDA S-G inspects Kanyutkwin HospitalYANGON, 10 Aug

— Secretary-General ofthe Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationU Htay Oo together withofficials visited ThandiThukha MoekaungPagoda and donatedprovisions to SayadawBhaddanta Silacara of

Ywale Monastery inKanyutkwin on 8 August.Next, he supplicated oncon-struction of religiousbuildings.

At KanyutkwinStation Hospital, theUSDA Secretary-Generalmet with the medicalsuperintendent and health

staff and then presented aday meal to patients.

After that, heinspected collectivedonation of X-ray ward,supply water andbeautifying task in thecompound of thehospital.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug— A Myanmar delegationled by Deputy Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen ThanHtay attended the 26th

ASEAN Ministers onEnergy Meeting and itsrelated meetings atIntercon-tinental Hotel,Bangkok, Thailand on 7 and8 August.

Thai Energy MinisterLt-Gen PoonpironLiptapanlop extendedgreetings at the meetingwhile ASEAN Secretary-General Dr SurinPitsuwan and Thai DeputyPrime Minister MrSomchai Wongsawatmade opening speeches.

Present on theoccasion were ASEANEnergy Ministers, EnergyMinisters from ASEANplus three dialoguepartners China, Korea andJapan, Energy Ministersfrom India, and East Asiancountries Australia andNew Zeland.

Thai Energy Ministerpresided over the meeting

Deputy Minister attends 26th ASEANMinisters on Energy Meeting

together with DeputyMinister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay. Themeeting discussed energycooperation in ASEANcommunity, renewableenergy, efficient use ofenergy, coal sector,regional energy policiesand management andnuclear energy security.Next, those presentapproved cooperationprogrammes 2010-2015 onenergy in ASEAN andsigned agreement on oilsecurity for ASEAN aswell as sought approval tosign emergency projects at

ASEAN summit meetings.Afterwards, Deputy

Minister Brig-Gen ThanHtay made clarificationsto host the 27th ASEANMinisters on EnergyMeeting in Myanmar in2009. In the afternoon, the5th ASEAN +ThreeEnergy Ministers’Meeting and the SecondEast Asian Three EnergyMinisters’ Meetingcontinued. The Joint-Statement of EnergyMinisters was approved.

Next, he attended theASEAN’s prize pre-sentation ceremony held at NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — The Department of

Meteorology and Hydrology issued an earthquakereport today that a moderate earthquake of intensity6.0 Richter Scale with its epicenter outside ofMyanmar (Andaman Islands, India) about500 milessouthwest of Kaba Aye Seismological observatorywas recorded at 14 hrs, 52 min and 25 sec MSTtoday.—MNA

Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung accepts cash donationsfrom wellwishers at provisions for monasteries and nunnery

in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon.— MNA

Royal Thai Navy Hall andpresented medals for energymanage-ment.—MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htay posesfor documentary photo at 26th ASEAN

Ministers on Energy Meeting in Bangkok.ENERGY

Earthquake report

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — Familiesof Defence service (Army, Navy andAir) and wellwishers donated rice andprovisions to 16 monasteries and onenunnery at Ngwe Toung TawyaMonastery in Nay Pyi Taw TatkonTownship today.

It was attended by Adjutant-GeneralMaj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, DeputyMinister for Religious Affairs Brig-GenThura Aung Ko, senior military officers,departmental officials and donors.

They presented provisions tomembers of the Sangha.

On behalf of families of DefenceServices (Army, Navy and Air), ViceAdjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe,Captain Naval Staff Captain Tin Aung

Provisions donated to monasteries,nunnery in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon

San and Chief of Staff (Air) Maj-GenKhin Aung Myint donated rice, edibleoil, salt, medicine and gram to Sayadaws.Wellwishers also donated rice andprovisions to members of the Sangha.

At the cash donations tomonasteries and the nunnery, Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung,Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Thura AungKo, senior military officers accepted K9,155,000 presented by wellwishers andgave certificates of honour to them.

Today’s donation was 407 bags ofrice, 162 viss of edible oil, 225 viss ofgram, 1,129 viss of iodized salt, 226tubes of toothpaste, 6,952 boxes oftraditional medicine and K 9,565,000.

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Zhao Ruirui ofChina spikes duringwomen's volleyballPreliminary Pool A

against Venezuela ofBeijing OlympicGames at Capital

Gymnasium inBeijing, China, on 9

Aug, 2008. Chinabeat Venezuela 3-0.

XINHUA

Chinese divers Guo Jingjing (L) and WuMinxia pose for picture during the awarding

ceremony for women's synchro 3mspringboard at the Beijing 2008 OlympicGames in the National Aquatics Centre,

also known as the Water Cube in Beijing,China, on 10 Aug, 2008. Guo and Wu

claimed the title in the event with a score of343.50 points.

Sprinter Thanoubarred from Games

Greek sprinterKaterina Thanou hasbeen excluded from theBeijing Games after theInternational OlympicCommittee refused toaccredit her. Thanou,33, had been named inGreece's Olympicsquad for the 100m. TheIOC has blocked herparticipation because ofher controversialwithdrawal from the2004 Games in Athens.

Medal Standings (10-8-2008)

Sr NOC Name Men Women Open/Mixed Total

G S B T G S B T G S B T G S B T

1 CHINA 2 1 3 4 1 5 6 2 8

2 ROK 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 5

3 UNITED STATES 1 2 3 1 2 2 5 2 2 4 8

4 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1 1 1 2 2

5 ITALY 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 4

6 JAPAN 1 1 2 2 1 2 3

7 AUSTRALIA 1 1 2 1 1 2

8 SPAIN 1 1 2 1 1 2

9 NETHERLANDS 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

10 BRITAIN 1 1 1 1

11 ROMANIA 1 1 1 1

12 THAILAND 1 1 1 1

13 RUSSIAN FED. 1 1 3 3 3 1 4

14 FRANCE 2 2 1 1 2 1 3

15 DPRK 2 2 1 1 1 2 3

16 CUBA 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

17 AUSTRIA 1 1 1 1

18 HUNGARY 1 1 1 1

19 SWEDEN 1 1 1 1

20 TURKEY 1 1 1 1

21 VIETNAM 1 1 1 1

22 ZIMBABWE 1 1 1 1

23 ALGERIA 1 1 1 1

24 ARGENTINA 1 1 1 1

25 BELARUS 1 1 1 1

26 CROATIA 1 1 1 1

27 GEORGIA 1 1 1 1

28 GERMANY 1 1 1 1

29 INDONESIA 1 1 1 1

30 SWITZERLAND 1 1 1 1

31 CHINESE TAIPEI 1 1 1 1

32 UZBEKISTAN 1 1 1 1

TOTAL: 9 9 11 29 12 12 14 38 21 21 25 67

Australian StephanieRice won gold in theOlympic women's 400mindividual medley with anew world record and lefthot favourite Katie Hoffback in third. Riceclaimed victory in fourminutes 29.45 seconds asshe just edged out KirstyCoventry of Zimbabwe.

Chinese Guo Wenjun won the women’s

air pistol gold medal with 492.3 points,

a new Olympic record.

Michael Pelps of USA,

Australia’s Stephanie Rice,

South Korean Park Tae-

hwan and Team

Netherland bag golds in

swimming

comepetitions.

Olympic Gamescelebrated worldwide

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Indonesian villagers test negativefor bird flu: Health Ministry

Beijing, Hebei fire 1,110 rockets todisperse rain for Olympic OpeningBEIJING, 10 Aug — A total of 1,110 rockets were fired from Beijing and Hebei

Province in two rounds on Friday afternoon and evening to disperse rain for the2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony, said Beijing weather officials on Sunday.

The first round of rockets were fired between 16:00 to 17:30 to deal with theconvective clouds, moving toward the northwest part of Beijing, which were weakand on small scales, but were feared to cause rain in the city, said Zhang Qiang,excecutive deputy-director of the Beijing Weather Modification Office at a Pressconference on Sunday.Zhang said that the second round of firing began at 18:00,and targeted convective clouds in Beijing and those moving from Baoding area inHebei Province toward Fangshan area in Beijing. The second round of firing lastedtill 23:00.She said that silver iodide was used to disperse rain and clouds, but therewas only 1 gramme of the chemical for every 1 square kilometres. So it would havecaused no hazards to people.—Internet

JAKARTA,10 Aug —Thirteen people inIndonesia suspected ofhaving bird flu havetested negative for thefeared disease, the

country’s HealthMinistry said Saturday.

Experts from theWorld Health Organi-zation (WHO) arrivedFriday in the affected

village in North Sumatrato help investigate apossible outbreak afterthree people died and the13 were admitted tohospital.”All specimenscollected from suspectcases have given negativeresults. They are allrecovered,” I NyomanKandun, director gen-eral of the ministry’scommunicable diseasesdepartment said on a textmessage.Officials andresidents in Asahandistrict in North Sumatraprovince said villagersbegan showing symptomsof avian flu after a largenumber of chickens diedsuddenly last week in AirBatu village.

Internet

An actress performsacrobatics during the

Trafalgar SquareFestival held in

London, Britain, on 7Aug, 2008.—NTERNET

Thai gang abducts five kids, kills oneBANGKOK,10 Aug—

A gang headed by apoliceman kidnapped fivechildren in easternThailand as they werebeing driven to school,killing one girl so shewould not identify them,a top police officialsaid.Four kidnappersabducted a six-year-oldboy and four girls agedthree, six, 14 and 16, in

Chachoengsao provinceon Friday morning, saiddeputy national policechief Jongruk Jutanond.

The 39-year-oldman driving the youthswas also kidnapped, andthe abductors demandeda three-million-baht($A100,000) ransomfrom the man’s family.The driver was related toall of the kidnapped

children.The driver’s 14-year-old niece was founddead on Saturday inChonburi province nearBangkok, while his 16-year-old daughtersurvived with injuries andidentified her father’scaptors to police.” Thepoliceman involved in thekidnapping was close tothis family.

Internet

Nigeria destroys fake drugsworth $2

LAGOS, 10 Aug — Infurtherance of itsdetermination to rid thecountry of menace of fakedrugs, National Agencyfor Food and DrugAdministration andControl (NAFDAC) hasdestroyed another roundof fake drugs, substandardfoods and otherunwholesome regulatedproducts valued at 250million naira (2.136million US dollars).

Local media reportedSunday that the des-

truction exercise being the123rd operation carriedout by NAFDAC hasadded up to a grand figureof 24.2 billion naira worthof fake drugs andunwholesome foodsdestroyed since DoraAkunyili assumed officeas Director-General ofNAFDAC seven yearsago.

Speaking at thedestruction field inGombe, Akunyilidisclosed that the latestdestruction exercise

consists of fake, expired,substandard and un-wholesome regulatedproducts seized byNAFDAC RegulatoryOfficers in northern partof country in the course oftheir regulatory activities.She explained that themain purpose of thedestruction exercise wasto prevent the fake drugsand substandard productsfrom finding their way intothe homes of innocent andunsuspecting consumers.

Internet

Mudslide kills 31 in

Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso), 10 Aug—At least

31 miners have died in a mudslide at an illegal goldmine in Burkina Faso, 500km (310 miles) from thecapital, Ouagadougou. Rescue teams are at the scenein Boussoukoula in the south-west, and miners aredigging through the mud.

But officials said it was unlikely anyone wouldbe found alive, due to flooding caused by heavy rain.

Internet

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Angola, UNDP launchbusiness information centre

LUANDA, 10 Aug—The Angolan Governmentand the United NationsDevelopment Programme(UNDP) have jointlylaunched a business infor-mation centre in the capi-tal Luanda with a view toboosting business activi-ties in the country, Ango-la’s official news agencyANGOP reported on Sat-urday.

Angolan Minister ofIndustry Joaquim Davidwas quoted as saying that

the launching of the An-gola Business InformationCentre aims to helpAngolan business peoplebetter understand the mar-ket and the relations be-tween their activities andthe country’s macro-eco-nomic indicators.

“We believe that it(centre) is a powerful in-strument as it will providethe business people withthe knowledge and skillsto be competitive,” theminister said, adding that

he hopes the business peo-ple to recognize, makemore use and take advan-tage of the initiative be-cause it has the potentialto help them.

According to the min-ister, the centre will pro-vide business people andother economic entities allkinds of information tostart and improve theirbusinesses, especially mi-cro, small and medium-sized undertakings.

MNA/Xinhua

Sadr to disarm if US withdraws on timetable

Palestinians say Israel toallow bank notes into Gaza

GAZA, 10 Aug — Israel will allow banks to transfer72 million shekels (20 million US dollars) into theHamas-controlled Gaza Strip to ease a shortage ofbank notes, Palestinian officials said on Friday.

The cash infusion will replenish reserves used topay this week’s salaries of Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority workforce.The workers receive their salaries by withdrawingcash from bank tellers and machines.

Officials initially said Gaza banks did not haveenough cash for all the withdrawals, but by borrowingamong themselves they managed to pay the salarieswithout a cash transfer.

Lawyers for Guantanamoinmate sue Canadian PM

OTTAWA, 10 Aug — Lawyers for a young Canadianman imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay filed a lawsuit onFriday against Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a bidto force him to intercede with Washington on theinmate’s behalf.

Harper has so far refused to ask the United States torepatriate 21-year-old Omar Khadr, who is due to goon trial in October on charges of killing a US soldierin Afghanistan in July 2002, when he was 15.

Critics say Khadr was a child soldier and should behelped rather than punished. Harper, whose right-wing Conservatives won power in January 2006 on alaw-and-order platform, says the man is facing seriouscharges. — MNA/Reuters

Hamas frees 150prisoners from

Gaza jailsGAZA, 10 Aug — The

Interior Ministry of thedeposed Hamas Govern-ment said on Thursday thatit freed 150 prisoners fromits jails in Gaza, includingrival Fatah movement’ssenior leaders.

The Ministry said in astatement that its policereleased 150 prisoners,who were arrested after aGaza beach bombingattack, including governorof the central area of theGaza Strip Abdullah AbuSamhadana.

Ministry spokesmanIhab al-Ghusein said in awritten statement sent toreporters that the InteriorMinistry has also orderedto reopen 20 charityorganizations affiliatedwith Fatah movement in theGaza Strip.

MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 10 Aug –Anti-American Iraqi Shiitecleric Moqtada al-Sadrwould dissolve his MehdiArmy militia if the UnitedStates started withdrawingtroops according to a settimetable, a spokesmansaid. A car bomb in thenorthern town of Tal Afarkilled 21 people andwounded 72, police said,an attack that demonstrated

the potential for violencethat persists in a countrythat has become far morepeaceful over the past year.

Police said the bombstruck a crowded vegetablemarket. The town is nearthe city of Mosul, in an areawhere US-backed Iraqiforces have launched acrackdown on al-QaedaSunni Arab militants inrecent months.

US forces said 15 peoplewere killed and 50wounded. Sadr's decisionto link disarming his militiato a US withdrawal comesat a crucial point in talksbetween Baghdad andWashington over a securitypact to provide a legal basisfor US troops in Iraq whena UN mandate expires atthe end of the year.

MNA/Reuters

125 dead, missing after storms hitnorthern Vietnam

Flood-affected Vietnamese people evacuate their village on a boat in northernVietnam’s Ha Hoa district on 9 August. At least 125 people are dead or

missing in Vietnam’s mountainous northern region after heavy rains broughtby tropical storm Kammuri triggered widespread flash floods and

landslides.—INTERNET

HANOI, 10 Aug — Atleast 125 people weredead or missing inmountainous northernVietnam on Sunday afterheavy rains brought bytropical storm Kammuritriggered widespreadflash floods and land-slides.

Thousands oftroops, police andemergency services wererushed to flooded townsin the poor and heavilydeforested region todeliver drinking water,food and medicines to

people stranded on theroofs of their houses.

By early Sunday,two days after the rainsfirst hit the area, 86 peoplewere confirmed dead and

39 listed as missing,according to reportscompiled by AFP fromcentral and provincialemergency relief agen-cies.—Internet

MNA/Reuters

A US Army soldier sets a mud hut on fire in a

deserted village on the outskirts of Balad Ruz,

in Diyala Province, some 75 kilometres ( 46.6

miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on

Sunday, 10 Aug, 2008.

INTERNET

The grooms carry their brides in a mass wedding in Wuhan in central

China’s Hubei Province Friday, on 8 Aug, 2008.—INTERNET

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Gold medalist Guo Wenjun (C) of China, siver medalistNatalia Paderina (L) of Russia, and bronze medalistNino Salukvadze (R) of Gerogia wave to spectators atthe awarding ceremony of the women's 10m air pistolfinal of shooting at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, on 10 Aug, 2008.—INTERNET

Chinese Guo wins women’s airpistol gold

BEIJING, 10 Aug— Chinese Guo Wenjun won thewomen's air pistol gold medal with 492.3 points at theOlympic Games, a new Olympic record, on Sunday.

Natalia Paderina of Russia picked the silver in489.1 points.

The bronze medal went to Nino Salukvadze ofGeorgia who scored 487.4 points. —Internet

Inler's agent in Wenger talksLONDON, 10 Aug —

Gokhan Inler's agentclaims he has held 'verypositive' talks with Arse-nal manager ArseneWenger.

Udinese midfielderInler has been stronglylinked with a move toEmirates Stadium asWenger looks for onemore signing.

Wenger is keen to in-crease his options inmidfield after seeingMathieu Flamini, GilbertoSilva and Alexander Hlebleave the club over thesummer. Inler has beenmooted as Wenger's toptarget, with the Switzer-land international's agentDino Lamberti recentlystating he was due to meetWenger.

According to Lamberti,the discussion has takenplace and he is now await-ing a decision on whether

Arsenal will firm up theirinterest.

"It is true to say that Ihave had a meeting withArsene Wenger," Lambertitold Swiss newspaperBlick.

"We have already had avery positive discussion."

Reports have claimedthat Arsenal are preparedto make Inler the most ex-pensive footballer in Swisshistory by paying 15mil-lion euros (£11.7million).

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Gokhan Inler

Parry defends Barry stance

Coloccini set for MagpiesLONDON,10 Aug—Newcastle are closing in on the

signing of Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini.Coloccini watched Newcastle's 2-1 win over Valen-

cia on Saturday after Newcastle agreed a fee withDeportivo for the big central defender earlier thisweek.

Magpies owner Mike Ashley sported the name ofColoccini on the back of his shirt during the game withValencia to signal that a move is close to completion.

Coloccini would join Danny Guthrie and JonasGutierrez as Newcastle's summer signings if he sealsthe move.

Magpies boss Kevin Keegan refused to confirm if adeal was close but is hoping to add at least a couple ofmore signings before the close of the transfer window.

"Yes I would like to think once that [Coloccini'sdeal] is completed then there will be two more and thenwe will see what happens," said Keegan"I think there will be lots of comings and goings late onas clubs try to rebalance and somebody will becomeavailable who will be of interest and I think we will bein there pitching like anybody else."—Internet

Gareth Barry

LONDON, 10 Aug--Liv-erpool chief executiveRick Parry insists theclub's American ownersare not questioning RafaBenitez's judgement in the

that the situation was 'nota question of money'.

However, there havebeen reports that Liver-pool owners GeorgeGillett and Tom Hicks areunwilling to spend£18million on the Englandinternational.

Parry is adamant theowners will back Benitezin the transfer market, buthas stated the price beingquoted for Barry is 'toohigh'.

"There has been a lot ofcomment today regardingour position with regardsto Gareth Barry," Parrytold the club's officialwebsite.

"This is not about ques-tioning the manager'sjudgement or the abilityof a particular player.

"The owners haveclearly demonstratedthroughout the year theyare willing to back Rafa inthe transfer market andwill continue to do so.

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Fergie - Real made one Ron bidUnited boss reveals official approach

from Spanish giants

Thailand wins women’s 53kgweightlifting Olympic goldBEIJING, 10 Aug— P Jaroenrattanatarakoon of Thai-

land won the women's 53kg weightlifting gold medalat the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.

The Thai strongwoman lifted 95kgs in snatch and126 kgs in clean and jerk for a winning total of 221 kgs.

South Korean Yoon Jinhee beat Belarus NastassiaNovikava on body difference for the silver medal asboth made the two-lift total of 213 kgs.—Internet

Sir Alex Ferguson andCristiano Ronaldo

LONDON, 10 Aug--SirAlex Ferguson has re-vealed that Real Madriddid make one official bidfor Cristiano Ronaldo thissummer.

The future of the Man-chester United star hasdominated the headlinessince the end of last sea-son, but he has finallypledged to remain at OldTrafford for at least onemore campaign.

Real made no secret oftheir desire to bring thePortugal international toSpain with a series of pub-lic statements from vari-ous members of the club'shierarchy, but never con-firmed a bid had beenlodged.

The Red Devils havealways steadfastly refusedto budge from their long-held position that Ronaldois not for sale and would

be remaining in theBarclays Premier League.

United boss Fergusoninsists the decision thattheir star man would notbe leaving was taken atthe start of the whole saga,and admitted that Realhave made no attempts tomake peace following thelong-running battle forRonaldo's services.

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pursuit of Gareth Barry.Benitez has been keen

to add Aston Villamidfielder Barry to hissquad, but the Reds hadbeen unable to agree a feewith their Premier Leaguerivals.

Speaking after Friday'sfriendly win over Lazio,Benitez suggested hecould still sign Barry and

Rangers start season withnarrow win at Falkirk

GLASGOW, 10 Aug — Lithuanian striker AndriusVelicka scored the only goal as Rangers scraped a1-0 win at Falkirk in the opening fixture of the newScottish Premier League season on Saturday.

Rangers, who made a shock exit from the Champi-ons League qualifiers on Tuesday, struggled for longperiods and survived a second-half Falkirk penaltywhen Michael Higdon's 50th minute spot-kick wasturned away by keeper Allan McGregor.

Rangers failed to break down the Falkirk defence inthe first half and had a real scare when McGregor slicedan attempted clearance across the face of his own goalin the 25th minute from Kirk Broadfoot's pass back.

Striker Kris Boyd nearly put Rangers ahead frompoint-blank range before the break, but Velicka madeno mistake with a 63rd minute tap-in at the far postfrom Kyle Lafferty's low cross. —MNA/Reuters

Arsenal draw with Sevilla towin Amsterdam TournamentAMSTERDAM, 10 Aug — Arsenal's second-string side

drew 1-1 with Sevilla on Saturday to ensure the Londonclub won the Amsterdam Tournament for the third timein four years. Mexican youngster Carlos Vela putArsenal ahead after three minutes with an angled shotafter winning the ball and using his strength to break intothe area from the left flank.

Sevilla had lots of possession but were denied byLukasz Fabianski, who was only beaten eight minutesfrom time when Jesus Navas set up Uruguayan ErnestoChevanton to equalize. Arsenal coach Arsene Wengerhad said on Friday, after a 3-2 win over hosts Ajax, thathe would rest his first team on Saturday ahead of nextweek's Champions League qualifier. — MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain have been scattered in KayahState, fairly widespread in Shan State and Magway Divisionand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withisolated heavyfalls in Mon State and upper Sagaing Division.The noteworhty amounts of rainfalls recorded were Nay PyiTaw (0.44) inch, Ye (3.15) inches, Kalay (3.11) inches, Shwegyinand Coco Island (2.99) inches each, Putao and Nyaunglebin(2.68) inches each, Maungtaw (2.60) inches , Mawlaik (2.08)inches, and Theinzayat (2.04) inches.

Maximum temperature on 9-8-2008 was 85˚F.Minimum temperature on 10-8-2008 was 70ºF. Relative hu-midity at (09:30) hours MST on 10-8-2008 was 100%. Totalsunshine hours on 9-8-2008 was (1.0) hour.

Rainfall on 10-8-2008 was (1.09) inches at Mingaladon,(1.18) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.48) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (70.31) inches at Mingaladon,(79.21) inches at Kaba-Aye and (93.98) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(15) mph from Southeast at (12:45) hours MST on 9-8-2008.

Bay inference: Accrding to the abservations at (09:30)hrs MST today, the low pressure area over North West andadjoining West Central Bay has slightly intensified into a tropi-cal depression and it is crossing the Orissa Coast of India. It isforecast to move West-Northwest direction without furtherintensifying and cross inland of India on today’s evening.Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and vigorous inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 11-8-2008: Rain will bescattered in Shan and Kayah States, Magway Division, fairlywidespread in lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions andwidespread in the remaining areas with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Rakhine State, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divi-sions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea will be expe-rienced at times off and along Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed in squall may reach(45) to (50) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rain in theCoastal areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for11-8-2008: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for11-8-2008: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-8-2008: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Internet programme helpsdiabetics monitor sugar

Doctors fall short on heartdisease prevention

NEW YORK, 10 Aug— Some doctors are not makingthe grade when it comes to helping their patients wardoff heart disease, a new survey suggests.

The survey, of nearly 900 US primary care doctors,found that many do not follow practice guidelines onmanaging patients who are at elevated risk of heart andblood vessel disease. “Despite the benefits demonstratedfor managing cardiovascular risks, gaps remain inprimary care practitioners’ management of risksaccording to guideline recommendations,” concluderesearchers in a report in the journal BMC FamilyPractice.

“Patients should talk to their physicians aboutsetting goals together for reducing blood pressure andcholesterol and making a plan to achieve the goals,”lead researcher Dr Hamidreza Doroodchi, fromBirmingham, Alabama-based Outcomes, Inc, noted incomments to Reuters Health. — MNA/Reuters

NEW YORK, 10 Aug— An Internet-basedblood-sugar monitoringprogramme appears tohelp people with type 1diabetes better managetheir condition, re-searchers report.

Type 1 diabetes, alsoknown as insulin-dependent diabetes,usually strikes people intheir teens and twenties,and requires regularinsulin injections andclose monitoring of bloodsugar, or glucose.

For the new study,researchers looked atwhether an online

programme in “bloodglucose awarenesstraining” could help type1 diabetics better managethe disease.

The programme,dubbed BGAThome, isan adaptation of well-studied programme thatuses group sessions toteach diabetics tactics forpredicting and preventingblood sugar ups-and-downs — such as keepingdaily diaries on glucoselevels and recordingsymptoms associatedwith sugar lows.

MNA/Reuters

Hu meets Putin, proposingfurther cooperation

BEIJING, 10 Aug— Chinese President Hu Jintaomet on Saturday with Russian Prime Minister VladimirVladimirovic Putin and proposed further bilateral andmultilateral cooperation in diverse fields to achievecommon development.

“China and Russia are forging ahead with thepartnership of strategic cooperation toward theirestablished goals, and the development of bothcountries are faced with opportunities and challengesat the same time,” Hu said.

The two countries should further enhance strategiccooperation in three aspects, Hu proposed.

First, the two countries should continue to jointlypromote global multipolarization and democracy ininternational relations, and establish a fair andreasonable international political and economic neworder.

Second, China and Russia should enhance politicalcooperation and cement multilateral cooperation.

Third, the two countries should seek mutualbenefits and a win-win outcome, and work togetherfor common development.—MNA/Xinhua

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NEW DELHI, 10 Aug—India and South Asiantrading block ASEAN havefinally concluded talks ona free trade agreement(FTA), sorting out long-standing differences overproposed tariff cuts insensitive farm productssuch as palm oil, theEconomic Times websitereported Saturday.

The India-ASEANtrade negotiations com-mittee, which met in Bruneithis week, managed toresolve pending issues andsealed the deal, whichwould result in tariffelimination on four-fifthsof all traded commoditiesin a phased manner overthe next 10 years.

Trade ministers fromthe 10 ASEAN countriesand India will meet later

this month to formallyapprove FTA, followingwhich the legalframework for the dealwill be drafted. Theagreement will be signedby heads of states duringthe next ASEAN summitin December in Bangkok.

The FTA with Indiais ASEAN’s fourth witha dialogue partner,following Japan, Chinaand South Korea.

Trade between Indiaand ASEAN reachednearly 20 billion USdollars last year and isexpected to grow to 30billion dollars by 2010and create an ASEANEconomic Communityby 2015, the NDTV said.

MNA/Xinhua

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However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that may tarnishthe image of the nation and its people.

Weather Forecast for 11-8-2008

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — Prime Minister Gen-

eral Thein Sein called on Mr Hu Jintao, President of the

People’s Republic of China, at Great Hall of the People

in Beijing at noon on 8 August.

Next, Prime Minister General Thein Sein at-

tended a luncheon hosted by President Mr Hu Jintao in

honour of those who attended the opening ceremony of

the Beijing Olympic Games at the same venue.

Also present at the luncheon were heads of states

and governments of foreign countries, dignitaries, those

from international organizations and specially invited

guests.

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein callson President Mr Hu Jintao in Beijing

Chinese Guo Wenjun

won the women’s air

pistol gold medal with

492.3 points, a new

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One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring area

Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring area

One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Prime Minister General Thein Sein calls on President Mr Hu Jintao of PRC at

Great Hall of the People in Beijing.— MNA

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