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Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

Volume XIV, Number 113 14th Waxing of Wagaung 1368 ME

Established 1914

Monday, 7 August, 2006

* 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, 6Aug — Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-GenThein Sein, accompaniedby Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen MaungBo, the ministers, thedeputy ministers and offi-cials of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Office, arrived Kyaiktoof Mon State on 4 Augustevening.

On 5 August , theSecretary-1 and party, ac-companied by Chairmanof Mon State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of South-East Command Brig-GenThet Naing Win andChairman of Kayin State

DKBA joining hands with Government and peoplefor ensuring security and development of the regionEmphasis to be placed on agricultural

tasks for long-term benefitSecretary-1 inspects education and healthprogress of Myainggyingu Special Region

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Col Khin Kyu,proceeded toMyainggyingu SpecialRegion in HlaingbweTownship of Kayin State.

First, the Secre-tary-1 and party paidhomage to BhesijjamuniBronze Buddha Image atGandakuti Building.They paid obeisance anddonated Waso robes andprovisions to Myainggyi-ngu Sayadaw BhaddantaSujana.

At the Yeiktha ofDKBA, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and party

met Chairman U ThaHtoo Kyaw and party ofDemocratic Kayin Bud-dhist Association(DKBA) of Myainggyi-ngu Special Region.

Speaking on theoccasion, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein said thatthey came with two pur-poses. The first purposeis to pay homage to theSayadaw and providenecessary assistance toregional developmentsuch as construction ofroads and bridges, en-hancement of educationand health sectors and

preservation of culturalheritage under the leader-ship of the Sayadaw.

The second is torender assistance to theDKBA to be able to carryout agricultural taskswithin the frame of thelaw like to the people ofthe entire nation.

The Secretary-1added that under the lead-ership of the Sayadaw,building of monasteriesand pagodas, extension ofroads in Hpa-an, construc-tion of Myainggyingu-Methawaw earth road,

Secretary-1

Lt-Gen

Thein Sein

meets DKBA

Chairman U

Tha Htoo

Kyaw and

party of

Myaing-

gyingu

Special

Region.

MNA(See page 6)

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 7 August, 2006

Monday, 7 August, 2006

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

Myanmar’s anti-narcoticscampaign making a bigsuccess

The narcotic drug is an evil danger relatedto political, economic, social and health aspects.It is also a grave danger not only to a singlenation but also to the entire world. Every nationis constantly carrying out anti-narcotic activitiesin their own ways.

In implementing eradication of narcotics,priority was given to control measures such asdestruction of poppy fields and opium refineriesunder various operations before 1988.

In the law enforcement sector, more drugsseizures were made after the formation of theCentral Committee for Drug Abuse Control.The total value of seized opium, heroin, stimulanttablets and related paraphernalia since 1976has amounted to K 1,418.117 billion (US $ 22.735billion).

In launching the anti-narcotics campaign,emphasis was placed not only on drug controlsector. Cultivation and production of poppybecame less and less due to the harmoniousefforts for poppy-growers to earn substituteincome and to raise the quality of their life inpoppy growing areas.

The government laid down the 15-yearDrugs Elimination Plan (1999-2014) and hasbeen implementing the New Destiny Project,part of the plan, since April 2003. Substitutecrops were grown in the poppy growing areasand as a result, poppy production declinedconsiderably year after year.

Kokang and Wa Regions were declared asopium free zones in 2003 and 2005 respectively.The 2005 annual report of the United NationsOffice on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) statedthat poppy cultivation in Myanmar between2001 and 2005 dropped by 61 per cent.

According to the opium yield surveyconducted by Counter Narcotics and Crime(CNC) of the United States in 2004 poppycultivation declined by 81 per cent and opiumproduction fell by 88 per cent, compared tothat of 1996. These figures firmly show thatMyanmar’s anti-narcotics drive is a bigsuccess.

Tasks of IPRD inspected inAyeyawady Division

YANGON, 6 Aug — Director-General U ChitNaing of Information and Public Relations Departmentof the Ministry of Information went on an inspectiontour of Pathein District on 28 July.

In meeting with service personnel at divisionand township levels at the office of IPRD inAyeyawady Division, the director-general helddiscussions on objectives of the ministry to beimplemented for development of self-reliant librariesin the long run.

On arrival at Ngwehsaung IPRD of PatheinDistrict on 29 July, the director-general met withservice personnel and looked into progress in buildingthe office. Next, he held meeting with staff officers attownship and district levels at the office of AyeyawadyDivision IPRD on 31 July and gave instructions onrealization of the eight main tasks of IPRD. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Aug — Minister for Hotelsand Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing met hoteliers andresponsible persons of hotel projects at the ministry inNay Pyi Taw this afternoon.

Present on the occasion were Director-GeneralU Htay Aung of Directorate of Hotels and Tourism,hoteliers and responsible persons of hotel projects.

In his address, Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naingsaid that he had explained schedules for constructionof hotels in Nay Pyi Taw. He stressed the need toconstruct the building meeting set standards of Nay PyiTaw. Efforts are to be made for timely completion ofconstruction tasks. It is necessary to keep hotel areasclean and pleasant with greening tasks. The ministrywill provide necessary assistance to completion of thehotel projects.

Hoteliers and responsible persons of ShweNan Taw Hotel of Htoo Trading Co, Thingaha Hotel ofEdin Group Co, Myat Tawwin Hotel of Asia WorldCo, Shwe Myo Taw Hotel of Shwe Thanlwin Co,Shwe Myanmar Hotel of Ngwe Hsin Co, KumudraHotel of Max Myanmar Co and IGE Co reported onprogress of construction tasks and requirements.

Director-General U Htay Aung and officialsgave suggestions on development of Nay Pyi TawHotel Zone. After hearing the reports, the ministerattended to the needs.

Htoo Trading Co had built 26 rooms of 13bungalows at Shwe Nan Taw Hotel for the first phase.

Minister for Hotels & Tourism meets hoteliers

The construction tasks were completed by 100 percent.

Edin Group Co had built of 20 rooms at 10bungalows of Thingaha Hotel for the first phase with100 per cent complete. Ngwe Hsin Co had built 10rooms at five bungalows of Shwe Myanmar Hotel forthe first phase complete by 95 per cent. Asia World Cohad also constructed 20 rooms at 10 bungalows ofMyat Tawwin Hotel, and construction tasks werecompleted cent per cent.

Max Myanmar Co Ltd had completedconstruction of 28 rooms at 15 bungalows ofKumudra Hotel and construction tasks werecompleted 100 per cent. Shwe Thanlwin Co Ltd hadbuilt 18 rooms at nine bungalows of Shwe Myo TawHotel for the first phase, and 60 per cent ofconstruction tasks have completed. Likewise, IGECo Ltd is building 33 rooms at 30 bungalows for thefirst phase, and construction tasks were completed 9per cent.

Hotel buildings are under construction at thehotel zone of Nay Pyi Taw. Efforts are being made forconstruction of the modern buildings.

After the meeting, the minister inspectedconstruction of the dam near the ministry. Theembankment of the dam is 300 feet long and 30 feethigh. It can store 13 acre-feet of water.

The minister viewed construction of the earthendam situated at the back of the ministry. — MNA

YANGON, 6 Aug—Chairman of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myinttoday went to MyanmarArchery Federation atKyaikkasan SportsGround and met withselected athletes ofMyanmar Archery Teamunder training for theinternational competi-tions.

It was attended byGeneral Secretary of MOCDirector-General UThaung Htaik of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment, President DrKhin Shwe of MyanmarArchery Federation,General Secretary U KyawOo, executives and others.

Minister meets athletes of Myanmar Archery TeamThe minister

called upon them toachieve success at the 15thAsian Games to be held inDoha, Qatar, the ThirdWorld Ranking Asian

Circuit Archery Cham-pionship and the SecondSEA Archery Champion-ship to be held in Myanmar.Dr Khin Shwe and GeneralSecretary U Kyaw Oo

reported on preparations forthe Asain Games and thetwo competitions to be heldin the country. And theminister fulfilled therequirements. — NLM

Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing meets hoteliers and responsible personsof hotel projects. — MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint meets selected athletesof Myanmar Archery Team. — NLM

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Anti-smoking group disappointedcompanies funding smoking areas

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering from surgeryand will return to office soon, Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer said on 4 Aug , 2006.—INTERNET

Lee Honey, winner of 2006 Miss Korea Pageant,smiles during the event in Seoul on 3 Aug, 2006.Lee, 23, is working on a master’s degree in tradi-tional Korean music at a graduate school of Seoul

National University. —INTERNET

Cuba says Raul Castro firmly at the helm HAVANA, 5 Aug — Cuba said on Friday that acting President Raul Castro was running the country,

but provided no new details on the condition of ailing leader Fidel Castro four days after he handed overpower temporarily.

“Raul is firmly at thehelm of the nation and theArmed Forces,” the rulingCommunist Party news-paper said.

Rejecting calls by US

President George W Bushfor a transition to multi-party democracy, thenewspaper said the situa-tion in Cuba was totallycalm.

“The word transitiondoes not exist in the vo-cabulary of Cubans here,”Granma said.

But with neither of theCastro brothers appear-

ing in public, uncertaintyover Cuba’s politicalfuture was evident on thestreets of Havana, wherethe hustle and bustle ofmore normal times wasnoticeably subdued.

Many wondered whenRaul, 75, would addressthe nation.

The only sign of theyounger Castro was aphoto on Granma’s frontpage of his arrest at age22 following the near-suicidal assault led byhis brother on theMoncada garrison inSantiago in 1953 with astory recounting hisheroism.

MNA/Reuters

Thousands evacuated amid westTexas flooding fears

Court tells US troops shot detainees in cold blood

HOUSTON, 5 Aug—About 2,000 people wereevacuated from their homesin the west Texas bordercity of El Paso on Thursdaydue to fears a nearby damin Mexico might burst andcause flooding, a cityspokeswoman said on Fri-day.

El Paso has receivedmore than seven inches (18centimetres) of rain sinceTuesday and is still under aflash flood warning.

The rain has put pres-sure on the earthen LaMontada Dam, which can-not withstand further heavyrains, officials from Juarez,Mexico told the El PasoTimes newspaper.

If the dam ruptures, itcould flood neighbour-hoods in south El Paso andnorth Juarez, two citiesseparated by the Rio GrandeRiver, El Paso spokes-woman Juliet Lozano said.

About a quarter of theevacuees were housed at

El Paso’s convention cen-tre, Lozano said. The other1,500 were staying withrelatives in the area.

Until the downpoursbegan, El Paso wasdrought-stricken, with onlyan inch (2.5 centimetres)of rain recorded for the yearthrough Monday.

MNA/Reuters

People cycle through a flooded road in Kanisa village, about 95 km (59 miles)south of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, on 3 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

TIKRIT, 5 Aug — USsoldiers stepped outside thelaw when they murderedthree Iraqi detainees “incold blood”, a prosecutortold a US military hearing

on Friday. “US soldiers must fol-

low the laws of war. That'swhat makes us better thanthe terrorists, what sets usapart from the thugs and thehitmen,” said CaptainJoseph Mackey, closing ar-guments for the prosecu-tion of the four US service-men.

“These soldiers did justthe opposite. They cut themloose and murdered them incold blood,” he said. Thehearing into the deaths on 9May during a raid on a sus-pected guerilla camp on anisland in the marshy fringeof Thar Thar Lake, south-west of Tikrit, will deter-mine whether the four sol-diers should be court-martialled for the killings.

If found guilty of pre-meditated murder, theycould face the death pen-alty.

It is one of severalprobes into suspected abuseby US troops in Iraq, in-cluding the alleged killingof 24 unarmed civilians byUS Marines in Haditha. OnThursday, six Marines werecharged with assault in anincident in Hamdaniya.

The soldiers — PrivateFirst Class Corey Clagett,Specialist WilliamHunsaker, Staff SergeantRaymond Girouard andSpecialist Juston Graber —are from the 101st AirborneDivision and were servingin Samarra, north of Bagh-dad.

They have said the de-

tainees were trying to es-cape when they were shot,but military prosecutorshave said they were freedbefore being killed.

“For this they are notwar heroes, they are warcriminals. And justice statesthat they face trial,” Mackeysaid. The prosecution pre-sented testimony from an-other soldier that the mensmiled as they fired, andalso contested claims themen were urged by theircommanding officer, Colo-nel Michael Steele, to “killall” of the guerilla duringthe operation.

The defence argues thefour soldiers simply didwhat they had to do in adangerous situation.

MNA/Reuters

At least 18die in

attacks innorthern

IraqMOSUL, 5 Aug— At

least 18 people died inviolence in northern Iraqon Friday, police said, in-cluding a senior police-man in the country's thirdlargest city Mosul. A sui-cide bomber killed 10people when he drove hiscar packed with explo-sives on to a sports fieldin Hadhar, 90 kilometres(55 miles) to the south ofMosul, where a policeteam were playing a lo-cal side.

Police said the carploughed into a group ofpolice spectators, killingthree policemen and sevencivilians. Twelve peoplewere wounded.

In Mosul, police Colo-nel Jassim MuhammadBilal and two bodyguardswere killed by a car bombin the ethnically diversecity, which is 390 kilome-tres (240 miles) north ofBaghdad.

MNA/Reuters

VICTORIA , 5 Aug—The anti-smokinggroup, Quit, says it is disappointed bysuggestions tobacco companies arefunding outdoor areas in pubs and clubsto accommodate smokers.

A major tobacco company has con-firmed it is looking at ways of helpinghotels and clubs around the country com-ply with smoking bans, by providing

outdoor areas.Tough smoking bans for enclosed

spaces come into effect in Victoria nextJuly.

Quit spokesman Todd Harper saysyoung people represent an importantmarket for tobacco companies.

“The tobacco companies have a lot ofmoney and a lot is at stake here,” he said.

“For young people who take up smok-ing today, that represents a custom thatcould extend for decades for the tobaccoindustry, so young people are the targethere.” Mr Harper says the tobacco com-panies are deliberately targeting youngpeople.

“We’re not surprised, but incrediblydisappointed,” he said.

“I think it certainly does ... revealagain the length that the tobacco compa-nies will go to to protect their profits, andyoung smokers here are the primary tar-get.”—Internet

Heavy rain kills atleast 49 in east India

NEW DELHI,6 Aug — At least 40people have died as downpour hit partsof west India's Andhra Pradesh in thepast three days, New Delhi TV reportedSaturday.

About 55,000 people have beenevacuated to rescue camps in Khammamand Srikakulam districts in the state, theTV news said.

MNA/Xinhua


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Soldiers pile sandbags up to reinforce the bank of Sankeng River in Qingyuan, southeast China's Guangdong Province, on 4 Aug, 2006.— INTERNET

Children stage a "die-in" in a protest against nu-clear armament in front of the gutted A-bomb domein Hiroshima, western Japan, on 5 Aug, 2006, the eveof the 61th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing which occurred in the city.—INTERNET

Senator Clinton calls forRumsfeld’s resignation

WASHINGTON, 5 Aug — New York Democratic Senator. Hillary RodhamClinton on Thursday called on Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign,after accusing him of "presiding over a failed policy in Iraq".

Fiat, India’s Tata to jointly producePunto model cars in India

ROME, 5 Aug — Italian carmaker Fiat and Indian carmaker Tata Motors willinvest some 350 million euro (455 million US dollars) in a plant in central India tojointly produce the Fiat Punto model, the Italian news agency ANSA said Friday.

The two companies plan to produce 100,000 cars and 250,000 diesel enginesyearly in the plant. — MNA/Xinhua

British consumer insolvencies surge to fresh record LONDON, 5 Aug — The number of people in England and Wales unable to pay off their debts surged

to a fresh record in the second quarter and home repossessions jumped by about a fifth, governmentfigures showed on Friday.

Clinton's spokesmanconfirmed the senator saidPresident George W. Bushshould accept Rumsfeld'sresignation.

Clinton, a possible2008 Democraticpresidential candidate, ata Senate Armed ServicesCommittee hearing earlierin the day, ripped intoRumsfeld for his handlingof the Iraq and Afghani-stan wars.

"We hear a lot of happytalk and rosy scenarios,

but because of theadministration's strategicblunders and, frankly, therecord of incompetence inexecuting, you arepresiding over a failedpolicy," Clinton said.

"Given your trackrecord, SecretaryRumsfeld, why should webelieve your assurancesnow?" she asked him in atense exchange.

Iraq is caught in theworst sectarian violenceyet seen and faces thethreat of civil war, two ofthe United States' seniorgenerals said on Thursday,three years after the

invasion. "Sectarian violence

probably is as bad as I'veseen it, in Baghdad inparticular," Army GeneralJohn Abizaid, the head ofUS Central Command,told the Senate hearing."If not stopped, it ispossible that Iraq couldmove toward civil war."

Marine Corps GeneralPeter Pace, the most seniorUS military officer, alsosaid there was a"possibility" of civil warin Iraq, where the violencehas claimed about 100lives a day.

MNA/Reuters

Death sparks Thai bird flu alertBANGKOK, 6 Aug — A 27-year-old Thai man has died of bird flu, the

country's second death this year, officials said on Saturday, as they put eightmore provinces, including the Bangkok area, on a bird flu watchlist.

But the number ofcompanies declaringinsolvency fell.

The Insolvency Servicesaid 26,021 individuals haddeclared themselvesinsolvent by the end of June,up 66.3 per cent on the yearand 10 per cent on the firstthree months of this year.

Mortgage possessionactions rose 17 per centon the year to 33,180,according to theDepartment for Con-stitutional Affairs, andorders for repossession

jumped 21 per cent. The difficulties facing

people with debts will befurther aggravated by theBank of England's shockmove on Thursday to raiseborrowing costs in Britain."Many people haveborrowed to their limits,"said Howard Archer, an

economist at Global Insight. "With unemployment

continuing to rise, utilitybills soaring, many homeowners stretched to themaximum and debt bills atrecord high levels, it seemshighly likely that individualinsolvencies and mortgagerepossessions will climb

markedly further over thecoming months." Thefigures further illustrate thebleak picture of personaldebt depicted by manyBritish banks who havereported a markedincrease in impairmentcharges for bad debts thisyear. — MNA/Reuters

The man died on Thurs-day after the H5N1 viruskilled chickens on hisbackyard farm in the prov-ince of Uthai Thani, 220km (135 miles) north ofBangkok, the third prov-ince to suffer an outbreaksince the virus re-emergedin July after an eight-month lull.

"He buried them with-out any protection andthat's why he caught birdflu," Thawat Suntrajarn,chief of the Departmentof Disease Control, saidof Thailand's 16th victimsince the disease sweptthrough parts of Asia inlate 2003.

The World Health Or-ganization, which says

bird flu killed at least 134people worldwide beforethe latest Thai death, urgedpreviously hard-hit coun-tries to be vigilant.

"Even in a country aswell prepared as Thailand,it can come back and youcan never rest easy," saidChadin Tephaval, aspokesman for the WHOin Thailand.

In Uthai Thani, 116chickens and fightingcocks were culled to pre-vent the virus spreadingfrom the dead man's farm.

His wife was not sick,but was being monitoredafter she cooked and atesome of the dead birds,Thawat said.

Since the death of a Thai

teenager in late July, Thai-land has rushed to pluggaps in its bird fludefenses.—Internet

275 die of malaria inN-E India

NEW DELHI, 5 Aug — Malaria has claimed 275 livesin northeast Indian state Assam so far this year, recordhigh in past few years, a senior health official saidFriday.

Minister of State for Health and Family WelfarePanabaka Lakshmi told the Indian Parliament in awritten reply that 85,633 malaria cases have beenreported this year by 25 July, compared to 67,885 lastyear.

About 690 people had died in the past six yearssince 2001 with 472,965 cases reported.

The Indian central government and global agencieshave been funding anti-malaria activities in the area tocreate awareness as well as to provide medical help,she said. — MNA/Xinhua

South Korean resi-dents in Japan offerprayers in front of acenotaph dedicated toSouth Korean atomicbomb victims at PeaceMemorial Park inHiroshima on 5 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

Two US soldiers killed in western Iraq BAGHDAD, 6 Aug —

Two US soldiers werekilled in Iraq's volatilewestern province of Anbaron Friday, the US military

said on Saturday. The two soldiers,

assigned to the 1stBattalion of the 1stArmoured Division, werekilled duo to "enemyaction" while on patrol in

the province, the militarysaid in a statement. Morethan 2,580 US militarypersonnel have been killedin Iraq since the US-ledinvasion in March 2003.

MNA/Xinhua


China hit by rising air pollutionLONDON, 3 Aug—Rising sulphur dioxide emissions in China are causing

environmental harm and economic loss, the government says.

American On Line plansto cut 5,000 jobs worldwide

LOS ANGELES, 5 Aug— American On Line (AOL)announced on Thursday that it would cut 5,000 jobs, or26 per cent of the Internet unit's worldwide workforce,within six months.

AOL Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Miller saidon the company’s website that the move was intendedto help revive profit and sales after four years ofsubscriber losses.

Affiliated to Time Warner Inco., the biggest mediaorganization in the world, the AOL earlier had an-nounced about 7,000 job cuts since late last year to savemoney. The AOL has a workforce of about 19,000.

Time Warner said on Wednesday that it wouldoffer AOL’s e-mail and security software to high-speed Internet users for free early next month, a movedesigned to attract users to AOL’s website and grab abigger share of the online advertising market.

MNA/Xinhua

Chief of Mosulpolice killed by

car bomb MOSUL (Iraq), 5 Aug—

The chief of Mosul’s po-lice was killed by a carbomb on Friday and heavyclashes between guerillasand US and Iraqi forceswere reported in the city,Iraq's third largest, policesources said.

Lieutenant-GeneralJasim Muhammad Bilaland two bodyguards werekilled in the blast in theethnically diverse city,390 kilometres (240miles) north of Baghdad.

MNA/Reuters

Seventeen killed in planecrash in eastern Congo

KINSHASA, 5 Aug— Seventeen people were killedwhen a plane crashed in the east of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, a UNspokeswoman said.

Ho Chi Minh City taking preventivemeasures against bird flu

HANOI, 5 Aug— Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City is taking preven-tive measures after reports that 53 storks in a large park in its outskirts areinfected with bird flu virus, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reportedFriday.

The Toyota’s currently best-selling midsize sedan Camry. Toyota Corp, theworld’s second biggest automaker reported a 39 percent jump in profit in the

first fiscal quarter Friday, according to the report of Los Angeles Timeson 5 Aug , 2006.—INTERNET

Samuel Dieteman(R), one of two

men arrested fora string of shoot-ings, is escorted

by a Phoenixpolice officer (L)

into theMariocpa County

Madison StreetJail after

Dieteman wasarrested along

with DaleHausner in

Phoenix, Ari-zona, on 4 Aug,

2006.—INTERNET

Actress Maria Bello (L), film producer Trudie Styler (C) and her husband,musician Sting, attend the world premiere of “World Trade Center” at theZiegfeld theatre in New York City on 3 Aug, 2006. The movie, directed byOliver Stone, tells the true story of the heroic survival and rescue of Port

Authority policemen John McLoughlin (played by Nicolas Cage) and WillJimeno (played by Michael Pena) who were trapped in the rubble of the

World Trade Center on 11 September, 2001, after they went in to help peopleescape. The movie opens in the US on 9 August. —INTERNET

The city's VeterinaryBureau has asked the SuoiTien Park to cull the 53storks whose specimenshave been tested positiveto the virus, detoxificatebird cages, and isolatethem to prevent potentialspread of the disease.

To prevent potentialoutbreaks of the diseaseamong fowls and humans,Vietnam is intensifyingsurveillance; manage-ment over transport, trade

and import of poultry andrelated products at bor-der gates; preparation forsufficient supply of re-levant medicines andequipment, border quar-antine activities; en-hancement of publicawareness about the po-tential relapse of bird flu,and vaccination amongfowls nationwide againstbird flu viruses.

Vietnam, which cur-rently has to import bird

flu vaccines for poultry,mainly from China, plansto mass use vaccines de-veloped by itself in 2008.Two local firms have sofar produced 200,000doses of bird flu vaccineson trial basis, accordingto the Department ofAnimal Health under theVietnamese Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural De-velopment.

Vietnam had a totalpoultry population of 254million by late 2002, andit has annually grown byan average of 6.5 per cent.Bird flu outbreaks, start-ing in the country in De-cember 2003, have killedand led to the forced cull-ing of dozens of millionsof fowls.

MNA/Xinhua

China is the world’s larg-est sulphur dioxide pol-luter, emitting nearly 26mtons of the gas in 2005.This was a 27% increasesince 2000 and coincidedwith a rise in coal con-sumption, the State Envi-ronmental Protection Ad-ministration (SEPA) said.

The gas contributes toacid rain, which damagesbuildings, soil and crops,and can cause health pro-blems in humans.

Li Xinmin of SEPA'sair pollution departmenttold a Press conferencethat much of the pollutioncame from burning coal.

"Coal accounts for 70%of China's energy con-sumption. This fact is hardto change in a short term,"he said.

China was working tocut sulphur dioxide emis-sions from power plants,he said, and the govern-ment had set a 10% reduc-tion goal to be achievedby 2010.

Mr Li also pledged moreeffort to improve the airquality in Beijing aheadof the Olympics in 2008.

He said “remarkable re-

sults” had been achievedby phasing out things likecoal-burning boilers, oldvehicles and diesel-pow-ered buses.

In July, China an-nounced it planned tospend 1.4 trillion yuan($175bn) over the next

five years on protectingits environment.

The sum — equivalentto 1.5% of China’s annualeconomic output — willbe used to improve waterquality, and cut air andland pollution and soil ero-sion. —Internet

The Russian-madeAntonov 28 aircraft hit amountain and crashedThursday afternoon whenit approached the runwayof the airport at Bukavu ineastern DRC, killing 14 pas-sengers and three crewmembers aboard, saidSylvie van den Wildenberg,the spokeswoman for theUN mission in Bukavu.

The cause of the crash

was not immediatelyknown, but local aviationofficials said bad weatherconditions were likely toblame for the accident.

Rescue teams have ar-rived at the scene and atleast 12 bodies had beenrecovered, the officials said,adding that the plane wasburned out. The plane wasowned by a Congolese com-pany.—MNA/Xinhua

AOL is to cut 5,000 jobs in next 6 months.The UnitedStates Internet service provider AOL plans to cutabout 5,000 employees as the company restructuresits business to focus on online advertising instead ofdial-up subscriptions, reportedthe Washington Post on 3 Aug , 2006.—INTERNET


DKBA joining hands withGovernment and people for…

It is necessary to ex-tend paddy cultivationon more acres of farm-lands for fulfilling thepresent requirements.Not only paddy but alsomaize, sugarcane andbeans and pulses — suit-able for the region —are to be cultivated on amanageable scale.

(from page 1)assistance provided to local Kayin students to pass thematriculation examination, and participation of na-tional races in the Myanmar Traditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competitions annually organized by theState are being undertaken as good deeds in social andreligious fields. Therefore, the Government will fulfillthe requirements of these tasks, he said.

He went on to say that the DKBA had returnedto the legal fold for over one decade. The DKBA isjoining hands with the Government and the people forensuring security and development of the region.Today, the whole DKBA including family members

should place emphasis on carrying out agriculturaltasks for the long-term benefit. Hence, it is necessary toextend paddy cultivation on more acres of farmlandsfor fulfilling the present requirements. Not only paddybut also maize, sugarcane and beans and pulses —suitable for the region — are to be cultivated on amanageable scale. Furthermore, the organization willhave the opportunity to export products of some cropsto the other country. Priority is to be given to cultiva-tion of rubber in the region. So far, over 3,000 acres ofland have been put under rubber against the target of10,000 acres. The ministries concerned will assist theorganization for thriving of rubber plantations andextended cultivation of rubber yearly.

The Secretary-1 asserted that the Ministry forProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs will provide assistance to 19students who passed the matriculation examination in2005-06 academic year for pursuing higher education.In conclusion, the Secretary-1 called on the DKBA totry to win the trust of the local people while livingwithin the frame of the law and serving the interest ofthe local people.

Next, the ministers explained assistance to beprovided by the ministries to agriculture and busi-nesses that will benefit progress of MyainggyinguSpecial Region.

Chairman of DKBA U Tha Htoo Kyaw re-ported on undertakings of the DKBA for enhancementof education, health, agriculture, social and transportsectors of the special region and requirements.

(See page 7)

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein offers Waso robes and provisions to Myainggyingu Sayadaw.MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein gives a present to DKBA Chairman U Tha Htoo Kyaw.MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects Hpa-an People’s Hospital. — MNA

DKBA Chairman U Tha Htoo Kyaw explainsdevelopment of Myainggyingu Special Region.

MNA


Ayeyawaddy DivisionMCWSC Chairpersonmeets with Township

MCWA membersYANGON, 6 Aug — Patron of Ayeyawaddy

Division Women’s Affairs Organization Chairpersonof Materanl and Child Welfare Supervisory Commit-tee Daw Than Than Nwe met with chairperson andmembers of Pantanaw Township Maternal and ChildWelfare Association and accepted membership appli-cations at the meeting hall of the association on 27 Julymorning.

In the evening, the chairperson met with mem-bers of District/Township MCWAs at the meeting hallof Maubin Township MCWA and inspected herbalnursery and pre-primary school of the association.

Similarly, she attended donation ceremony ofequipment for fly-proof latrines held at Yale village inMaubin Township and presented medicines and K100,000 to help assist local people in providing medi-cal treatment and publications for village library on 28July.

In Nyaungdon Township, the chairperson andparty met members of Township MCWA and pre-sented gifts and nutritious food for the Hsamalauk pre-primary school. — MNA

Commander inspects regional development inSeikkyi-Khanaungto Township

YANGON, 6 Aug—Chairman of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win yesterdayinspected regional development tasks in Seikkyi-Khanaungto Township, Yangon South District andgave necessary instructions.

The commander and party attended a ceremony toopen the tailoring course held at the office of theTownship Maternal and Child Welfare Association.

Next, the commander and party proceeded toMogaung Pariyatti Sarthintaik in Seikkyi-Khanaungtoand presented offertories and K 200,000 for renova-tion of the pagoda to Presiding Sayadaw BhaddantaSumangala.

After that, the commander and party viewed therice shop of Myanmar Rice Merchants Association.

On arrival at the Township People’s Hospital, thecommander provided expectant mothers and elderswith medicines and cash. After looking into the hospi-

tal, the commander presented cash assistance to pa-tients receiving medical treatment.

Next, they arrived at the basic education primaryschool in East Ward in Khanaungto where the com-mander presented snacks to children.

The commander met with departmental officialsand members of social organizations at the office of theTownship PDC and stressed the need for officialsconcerned to actively take part in regional develop-ment tasks being undertaken by the State.

Afterwards, Chairperson of Yangon Division Ma-ternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee wifeof the commander Daw Mar Mar Wai and party metwith members of the women’s affairs organizationsand maternal and child welfare associations at theTownship Hospital and discussed matters on develop-ment of social, health and social sectors of mothers andchildren.

MNA

DKBA joining hands withGovernment and people for…

(from page 6)After reviewing the reports, the Secretary-1

gave necessary instructions and attended to the needs.Next, he presented gifts to DKBA Chairman U ThaHtoo Kyaw.

The Secretary-1 and party flew back to Hpa-anfrom Myainggyingu. At the Hpa-an General Hospital,they were welcomed by Medical Superintendent DrHla Myint, doctors and health staff.

The Secretary-1 and party inspected the opera-tion theatre, the intensive care unit and the child ward.While inspecting the units, the Secretary-1 said theGovernment is upgrading health care facilities forensuring longevity of the people. Therefore, doctorsand health staff are to cooperate with social organiza-tions in providing medical treatments, controlling com-mon diseases and giving health educative talks in therural areas.

At the Hpa-an University, the Secretary-1 andparty were welcomed by Pro-Rector U Mya Thein andfaculty members.

The Secretary-1 fulfilled the requirements ofmanagement and academic matters of the university.

Next, the Secretary-1 instructed the facultymembers to try their best through constant learning foruplift of efficiency, nurture the students to becomeintellectuals and intelligentsia and to develop the goodpractice to abide by university disciplines and rulesand regulations of the State. In addition, the facultymembers are urged to train the students to realizeimportance of the patriotic spirit and Union Spirit.

The Secretary-1 and party proceeded to Gov-ernment Technological College (Hpa-an) where theywere welcomed by Principal Dr Tun Kyaw Myint andteachers.

At the meeting hall, the Secretary-1 heardreports on academic and management matters of thecollege presented by Principal Dr Tun Kyaw Myint.

The Secretary-1 attended to the needs andgave necessary instructions.

The Secretary-1 and party paid homage toState Ovadaçariya Abhidhaja Maha Rattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Agga MahaPandita Bhaddanta Indriya.

The Secretary-1 asked after the Sayadaw. TheSecretary-1, the commander and the ministers donatedalms to the Sayadaws.

This morning, the Secretary-1 and party flewback to Nay Pyi Taw from Hpa-an. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein donates alms to Sayadaw Bhaddanta Indriya in Hpa-an. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein cordially greets Pro-Rector and Professors at Hpa-anUniversity. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win meets departmental officials, members of socialorganizations in Seikkyi-Khanaungto. — MNA


Myanmar’s efforts to combathuman trafficking (3)

Khin Yun San

It is apparent that for Myanmar, trafficking in

persons is a type of crime that harms and tarnishes the

dignity and prestige which Myanmar people value

and preserve. And the government is therefore fighting

such an organized crime with the use of own available

resources as well as in harness with neighbouring

countries, regional countries and international

organizations.

At the same time, the government has been

harmoniously implementing various kinds of

construction projects phase by phase for the

development of the entire Union, raising the socio-

economic life of the people and developing the human

resources.

Nevertheless, the western big nation under

its strategy of hegemony is making unjust accusations

against Myanmar, without taking objective views

about the all-round efforts the latter has been making

for its development and for wiping out trafficking in

persons in it. Using the criteria prescribed in it, it

listed Myanmar in Tier-3 of the countries complying

with mimimun standards in fighting human trafficking.

Furthermore, it is lopsidedly imposing sanctions

against Myanmar to block her drive for building a

modern and developed country and for economic

development.

In Myanmar, women make up 50.3 per cent

of the population. Under the Myanmar’s traditions

and culture, rights are bestowed upon Myanmar

women and men equally. The Myanmar Women’s

Affairs Federation was formed on 20 December 2003

for stepping up the tasks for the development of

Myanmar women and ensuring their life security in

various spheres. It has been implementing its fine

objectives as follows:—

(1) to enhance the role of women in the

building of a peaceful, modern and

developed nation

(2) to protect the rights of women

(3) to ensure the economic, health, education

and general welfare of women and to

provide measures for their security

(4) to instill and foster in Myanmar women a

greater appreciation for their national,

cultural heritage and customs

(5) to systematically protect women from

violence and provide means for

rehabilitation where necessary

(6) to curb and finally eliminate trafficking

in women and children as a national task

(7) to collaborate with international as well

as local organizations, to ensure the rights

of women in accordance with the

traditions and customs of the ethnic

groups.

The MWAF is participating in the prevention,

control and protection tasks for warding off acts of

trafficking in women and children. As regards

preventive measures, it is disseminating knowledge

about human trafficking. Regarding the control tasks,

it is conducting courses designed to train and educate

womenfolk and giving advice and making suggestions

with the help of counselling groups. With regard to

protection tasks, in cooperation with the governmental

departments concerned, and internal and international

non-governmental organizations, it is giving advice to

the trafficked persons in order not to fall victim to

human trafficking again, rehabilitating, providing

health care and sending them back to their families.

The MWAF knows best the conditions on

human trafficking in Myanmar since it is taking part

with heart and soul in monitoring trafficking in persons

through its working group on preventing trafficking in

women and children.

Myanmar has promulgated the Anti-

Trafficking Law and has been taking preventive

measures against trafficking in persons in line with

international standards. From 2001 to May 2005, it

took action against 1,920 persons in 684 cases

including giving life sentence to two culprits and

sentence of ten years or above to 99 culprits. In the

preventive measures, so far anti-trafficking units

made up of MWAF members in concert with the

Myanmar Police Force and local authorities have

educated and held discussions with more than 830,000

people and prevented 28,840 persons from being

trafficked.

In Kayin State from 2002 to 2005, it gave

educative talks on trafficking in persons to 45,731

persons and prevented 16,103 persons from illegally

entering the neighbouring country and sent them home.

And it sent back 23 persons to their parents, exposed 82

cases and helped take action against 127 culprits.

A reception camp was opened in Myawady

on 18 February 2002, and the government has been

receiving victims, sending them back to their parents

and rehabilitating them in cooperation with

international organizations such as NIAP, Save the

Children (UK) and World Vision.

Since 22 June 2005, the MWAF in

collaboration with the Social Welfare Department

has received three times the Myanmar women victims

who were given protective custody at Kredtrakam

women’s centre under the Social Welfare

Development Department in Bangkok, Thailand, at

the Friendship Bridge in Myawady. So far, 20 victims

have been received. They were consoled and then

given vocational education for one month at Yangon

Vocational Training Centre for Women and after the

course, sent to their parents and relations.

Kayin State Women’s Affairs Organization

is taking steps such as conducting workshops designed

to prevent trafficking in persons, making field trips

down to the grassroots level to show video films on

human trafficking, holding informative talks, and

distributing booklets and pamphlets to local people.

The mobile team made up of members of the

MWAF and UNIAP conducted the course on Training

of Service Providers on Trafficking in Persons in

Kayah State from 19 to 21 April 2006. District and

township level officers from the departments concerned,

and members of district and township level Myanmar

Women’s Affairs Organizations and Maternal and

Child Welfare Associations numbering 32 persons

completed the course. Moreover, in the entire Kayah

State in 2004-2005, the team held ceremonies to give

educative talks 93 times educating 9,114 persons and

workshop on anti-human trafficking 24 times educating

3,120 persons. As a result, in Kayah State, there was

only one person who was trafficked in 2004-2005. And

the Kayah State Women’s Affairs Organization

explained the situation to the girl who was deceived by

trafficking brokers and sent her back to her parents.(See page 9)

The MWAF is participating in the prevention, controland protection tasks for warding off trafficking in women andchildren. As regards preventive measures, it is disseminatingknowledge about human trafficking. Regarding the controltasks, it is conducting courses designed to train and educatewomenfolk and giving advice and making suggestions withthe help of counselling groups. With regard to protectiontasks, in cooperation with the governmental departmentsconcerned, and internal and international non-governmentalorganizations, it is giving advice to the trafficked persons inorder not to fall victim to human trafficking again,rehabilitating, providing health care and sending them backto their families.


Myanmar’s efforts to combathuman trafficking (3)

Khin Yun San

(from page 8)

Shan State (East) shares the border with three

Myanmar’s neighbours—China, Laos and Thailand.

Tachilek is one of the most important gateways in

border areas to the other country from Shan State.

Traffickers can deceive naive and artless girls from

the interior parts of Myanmar and take them to the

other country via Kengtung and Tachilek. Therefore,

in order to prevent under-age women from being

trafficked in a bid to wipe out the cases of trafficking

in persons in Shan State (East), watch teams are

assigned duties at Kengtung and Tachilek airports

and bus terminals to find out anything suspicious

about activities on human trafficking among the

travellers who enter the regions, and action is taken

against the traffickers.

Shan State (East) Human Trafficking

Prevention Committee formed with 15 members under

Order No 4/2006 issued on 27 February 2006 by the

Central Committee for Prevention of Trafficking in

Persons, has been taking an effective approach to the

implementation of the provisions of Anti-Trafficking

Law.

Mon State Women’s Affairs Organization

conducted ceremonies to give educative talks on

prevention of women against violence 22 times in

Chaungzon, Ye, Thaton and Paung townships. It also

organized the educative talks on prevention against

dangers of traffickers and human trafficking 169

times and educated 14,587 women. So far, in Mon

State, 107 women—89 aged above 18 and 18 aged

under 18—were trafficked. The Mon State Women’s

Affairs Organization coordinated with the departments

Instead of supporting with positive attitude the

Myanmar’s endeavours to fight trafficking in persons, the

US State Department is levelling unjust accusations and

imposing sanctions against Myanmar. Such unfair acts sent

such women to end up without jobs becoming prey to

human traffickers. So, the Myanmar Women’s Affairs

Federation objected the listing Myanmar in Tier-3 of the US

State Department in June 2006.

concerned, and local administrative bodies to give

punitive punishments on 27 traffickers—18 men and

nine women.

A case in which some young women in Mudon,

Paung and Chaungzon townships were enticed into

going to the neighbouring country was exposed in

time. So, they were consoled and sent back to their

parents. And a case in which some young women and

men from Naungbo Village in Thaton Township and

Mottama Village in Paung Township were being lured

to go to the neighbouring country by traffickers was

prevented and they were sent back home.

In addition, Mon State WAO educated 11 men

and 22 women from Shwepyitha Township in Yangon

Division and Thanatpin Township in Bago Division

who were about to leave for the other country and sent

them back home.

The number of the victims Mon State WAO

educated and sent back home in 2005 stood at 194—

92 men and 102 women.

The Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation

gave a helping hand to the Social Welfare Department

in making field trips to contact the families concerned

to send to the parents of 18 persons—13 women and

five men— who entered the neighbouring nation with

various reasons and were given custody by the Social

Welfare Department of that nation.

So, it is found unreasonable that the western

big nation again put Myanmar in the list of countries

assessed as neither complying with the minimum

standards nor making significant efforts in combating

trafficking in persons. Instead it has failed to recognize

that Myanmar is a nation that is fighting effectively

traffickers and trafficking in persons in the region.

Anti-government organizations are

concentrating on serving the interests of their own,

while harming the interests of Myanmar and its

people. For instance, to the liking of the western big

nation, Myanmar’s internal affairs was put forward

as the international issue, with a call for economic

and social sanctions against the nation. Subsequently,

the call led to the closure of about 160 garment

factories and many workers were laid off from about

40 factories. Therefore, the unjust decision consigned

more than 80,000 workers to the scrap heap, of

which over 70,000 were female workers. Being

jobless due to the closure of the factories, some

young women fell victim to the deception of human

traffickers who took advantage of the hardships to

earn living.

Showing total disregard for Myanmar’s

promulgation of the Anti-Trafficking Law and efforts

to fight human trafficking internally as well as in

cooperation with other nations in the region, the US

State Department listed Myanmar in Tier-3 or the

lowest level of countries that comply minimum

standards, and imposed sanction. In consequence,

export of the products of the factories in Myanmar

were all banned. Fearing that the jobless women

could fall prey to human traffickers, local

authorities concerned, departments and social

organizations took special measures for those

jobless persons.

Instead of supporting with positive attitude

the Myanmar’s endeavours to fight trafficking in

persons, the US State Department is levelling

unjust accusations and imposing sanctions against

Myanmar. Such unfair acts sent such women to

end up without jobs becoming prey to human

traffickers. So, the Myanmar Women’s Affairs

Federation objected the listing of Myanmar in

Tier- 3 of the US State Department in June 2006.

Despite such disruptions, the Myanmar

Government will continue to combat trafficking in

persons in harmony with internal forces that do not

accept the act, as well as regional countries and

international organizations.

(Concluded)

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18th Meeting of the Task Force on Tourism Manpower Development

Mandalay, Myanmar

9-11 August 2006


Annual General Meetingof MWEA held

YANGON, 6 Aug — The 11th Annual GeneralMeeting of Myanmar Women EntrepreneursAssociation was held at Sedona Hotel this morning.

Also present on the occasion were patrons ofMWEA, advisers, the chairperson of MWEA,executives, responsible persons of MWAF, vice-presidents of UMFCCI and members of MWEA.

Patron Daw Sal, Advisers Daw Sein Sein,Dr Daw Khin Aye Win and Daw Wah Wah Tun presidedover the meeting. Chairperson of MWEA Daw KhinMyint Myint extended greetings and Secretary Daw HlaWadi read out an annual report of MWEA.

At the meeting, a wide range of products ofMyanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association weredisplayed at the hotel from 8 am to 8 pm. — MNA

YANGON, 6 Aug —Yangon DivisionSupervisory Committeefor Maternal and ChildWelfare AssociationChairperson Daw MarMar Wai attended theceremony to mark WorldBreastfeeding Week,organized by Yangon

Yangon Division SCMCWA Chairpersonattends ceremony of World Breastfeeding Week

Rice and alms of Tatmadaw families andwellwishers donated to monasteries,

nunneries in Dagon, Yankin Townships

Division SCMCWA at theoffice of Yangon SouthDistrict Peace andDevelopment Council on4 August.

First, ChairpersonDaw Mar Mar Wai madea speech on the occasion.Next, specialist Dr DawWai Wai Myint of Yangon

South District People'sHospital gave aneducative talk on benefitsof breastfeeding.

After the ceremony,Chairperson Daw Mar MarWai and party viewedposters and documentaryphotos on display at thehall. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Aug —Terrorists are committing destructiveacts to disturb peace and stability andprevalence of law and order of thenation and harm innocent people withvarious ways and means.

A sonic bomb exploded in thecompound of Aik Mon (a) Zaw Mon,No HsaHsaKa-6/1 on MeikhoungRoad, Hsanhsaing A Ward of Tachilekat 8.20 pm on 4 August. The explosioncaused a one feet square pit and damageto five corrugated iron sheets, but noone was injured

According to the

A sonic bomb explodesin Tachilek

investigation, Aik Mon arrived inTachilek in 2001 to do business. On 1May, the extortion in-charge of SSA-S(Ywet Sit) terrorist group asked him ontelephone to come to Mei Sai of theother country and give extortion moneyfor his doing business. However, as hefailed to do so, he was threatened to bekilled by bomb or other sort of arm on5 May. It is assumed that SSA-S (YwetSit) terrorist group made the attack.

Members of Myanmar PoliceForce and locals are cooperating touncover who committed the bomb blast.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe donates alms to a Sayadaw. ( News on page 16 )

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win accepts cash donations ofwellwishers. ( News on page 16 ) — MNA

Secretary of MWEA Daw Hla Wadi reads out a report at the 11th

Annual General Meeting of MWEA.

MNA

Chairperson Daw MarMar Wai of YangonDivision MCWSCmakes a speech at theceremony of WorldBreastfeeding Week inYangon South District. DISTRICT IPRD

Military officers donate provisions to a

Sayadaw. ( News on page 16 ) — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe accepts cash donations of wellwishers.

( News on page 16 )— MNA


Firefighters walk past flames during a forest fire in Cerdedo in thenorthwest Spanish region of Galicia on 5 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

A 125-pound (57kg) beluga whale male calf, who was born on 17 July at theShedd Aquarium, swims in Chicago, on 4 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

People light candles during a demonstration in Berlin on 4 Aug, 2006. OnFriday several hundred residents of the German capital demonstrated for

peace in the Middle East region.—INTERNET

Indonesia invites foreign investorsto develop plantations for biofuel KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Aug — Indonesia will provide six million hectares of

land for local and foreign investors to develop plantations for biofuel, a seniorofficial said here Friday.

“The doors areopened not only fordomestic use but also forthe export as worldwidebiofuel demand isincreasing now becauseof high oil prices,”Indonesian Energy andNatural ResourcesMinister PurnomoYusgiantoro told reporters.

Purnomo made the

remarks after attending abusiness club roundtablesession in the Malaysiancapital of Kuala Lumpur.

A few Malaysiancompanies have expressedtheir keen interest to investin the biofuel sector,Purnomo said, adding theopportunity is only forupstream activities.

The Indonesian

Government has decidedto allow Pertamina, thestate-oil company, to be incharge of the downstreamactivities, Purnomo said.

Current increase in theoil prices has pushedIndonesia to realize theneed to prepare foralternative energy likebiofuel, Purnomo added.

MNA/Xinhua

Monsoon rains, floods kill 42 in south, east India HYDERABAD (India), 5 Aug— Monsoon rains and floods have killed 42 people in southern and eastern

India and displaced tens of thousands of others, officials said on Friday. Forty deaths have

been reported from thesouthern state of AndhraPradesh since Wednesdaywhile two people werekilled in neighbouringOrissa on Friday in flashfloods. The deaths weremostly due to collapsinghouses, falling trees andelectrocution afterhundreds of electric poleswere knocked down bystrong winds.

The airport in the porttown of Visakhapatnamin Andhra Pradesh wasclosed after the runway

was flooded and waterentered the terminalbuilding.

“Nearly 25,500people have beendisplaced and 3,600rendered homeless aslandslides and floods havedestroyed their homes,”said disaster managementofficial DebabrathaKanta. Navy boats andhelicopters rescuedpeople stranded on theroofs of their houses whilerail and road traffic hadbeen blocked in severalareas by flood waters and

landslides. The rains were

expected to continue foranother 24 hours, said M.Satya Kumar at themeteorological centre inthe Andhra capital ofHyderabad.

Dozens of peoplehave been killed in otherparts of India includingin the western states ofGujarat and Maharashtrasince the annualmonsoons started inJune. — MNA/Reuters

Three Filipinos kidnappedby criminals in S NigeriaPORT HARCOURT, (Nigeria,) 5 Aug — Three

Filipino oil workers were abducted early Fridaymorning by elements described as criminals by theNigerian Police.

Ethiopia rescues over1,200 from river floodADDISABABA, 5 Aug — More than 1,200 people

have been rescued from flooded villages in thesouthern part of Ethiopia, IRIN reported Friday.

The UN humanitariannews and informationservice quotedShewangzaw Worku,spokesman for the OromiaFood Security and

Disaster Prevention andPreparedness Com-mission, as saying that inthe past three days 1,275people had been evacuatedfrom three villages andrelocated to safe areasafter the Awash Riverflooded.

Since the operationbegan on Wednesday,rescuers had used 13boats and emergencypersonnel from theEthiopian Defence Forceto help the strandedvillagers, Shewangzawwas quoted.

The worst-hit areasare in Sabata Awas andEjere districts whereabout 2,285 people live.A number of livestockhave also died in theflooding.

MNA/Xinhua “They are criminalelements wanting ran-som,” police spokes-woman Ireju Baarasuasaid Friday in PortHarcourt, the capital ofNigeria’s southern state ofRivers.

She said the policewere intensifying effortsto track down theabductors and seek releaseof the Filipinos, who werereportedly abducted at 6am (0500 GMT) andreportedly driven away ina boat to an unknownlocation. This incidentcame after a Germanworking for BB (BergerBilfinger), a Germansubsidiary of Nigerianconstruction giant JuliusBerger, was kidnapped onThursday at the BonnyLNG plant, where thecurrent Nigeria’s sixthLNG plant is underconstruction.

Kidnappings offoreign oil workers and

attacks on oil facilities bymilitant youths since thebeginning of this yearhave forced Nigeria, thelargest oil producer inAfrica or the world’s sixthlargest oil exporter, to cutproduction by 670,000barrels per day, or 26 percent of its crude pro-duction.—MNA/Xinhua

Coach falls into abyss, killing 11 in Vietnam HANOI, 5 Aug—- A coach on Friday fell into an abyss in Vietnam’s central Binh Dinh Province, killing

11 people and injuring 53 others, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The accident occurredearly Friday morningwhen the coach with 64passengers fell into theabyss 100-150 metres

below the earth surface inTay Son District.

Injured people havebeen admitted to theprovincial General

Hospital. Local authoritiesare investigating theaccident. The provincialPeople’s Committee hasdecided to offer twomillion Vietnamese dong

(VND) (126 US dollars)to each victim’s family,and one millionVietnamese dong (63dollars) to injured personseach.—MNA/Xinhua

South Korean soldiersurged to have more babies

SEOUL, 5 Aug — South Korea needs soldiers andis calling on its troops to make them by turning outmore babies. South Korea’s military this week unveileda new policies aimed at making it easier for militarycouples to have and raise children.

The country has the lowest fertility rate amongdeveloped nations with an average of 1.08 children perwoman. The birth rate among military couples is 0.83,officials said. “The low birth rate can seriously affectour economy, politics and even national security,”said Lieutenant Hong Kyung-moon, an Army personnelofficer.The Army will try to keep newly-weds togetherby allowing them to stay in the same posting for fiveyears so that they can start and raise a family, Hongsaid by telephone. —MNA/Reuters


A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Polish PM says no plans to restore death penalty

Cambodian HIV-positive man sentencedto 10 years in jail for sex

PHNOM PENH, 5 Aug— Cambodian Phnom Penh municipal court has sentenced an HIV-positive manto 10 years in prison for intentionally infecting his wife with the virus, local media reported on Friday.

Honda motorcyclelaunches first

scooter in IndonesiaJAKARTA, 5 Aug—

Japanese motorcycle-maker Honda has launchedits first scooter in Indonesiato grab the country'sscooter market nowdominated by Yamaha,local Press reported Friday.

The Honda Varioautomatic-transmissionscooter was unveiledThursday with initial salestarget of 20,000 units permonth, reported BisnisIndonesia.

The local unit PT AstraHonda Motor puts a pricetag of 12.5 million rupiah(around 1,350 US dollars)for the standard model.

Scooter grabs only a tinyshare of 3 per cent of lastyear's motorcycle sales.

But in the first half of theyear, the share rose to 6 percent of the total motorcyclesales of 1.81 million units.

Honda, relying onmoped models, controlsabove 50 per cent of totalmotorcycle sales inIndonesia.

MNA/Xinhua

Two huge explosionsrock southern Beirut

BEIRUT, 5 Aug— Two huge explosions rockedsouthern Beirut early Friday in an apparentresumption of Israeli air strikes on Hizbollahstrongholds, reported Doha-based alJazeera TVchannel.

Drug dealer guilty of Toni-AnnByfield murder

LONDON, 5 Aug— A drug dealer who shot a girl of seven in the back after shewitnessed the shooting of her father was found guilty of two counts of murderon Friday.

Meas Mea, 40, wasfound guilty of forcingsex with his wife withoutwearing condom after hewas confirmed as anHIV carrier, according tolocal Khmer newspaperRasmei Kampuchea. Theman also beat his wifewhen his sexual requestwas refused.

The man became thefirst person to be sentencedaccording to a 2002 lawon AIDS prevention andcontrol to punish thosewho knowingly spread thevirus.

Cambodia has thehighest HIV infectionrate in Southeast Asia.Some 150,000 of

Cambodia's 13 millionpeople are HIV-positive,which is equivalent to 1.9per cent of all adult agedbetween 15 and 49. Up

to 90,000 infected peoplehave died since the firstcase of HIV wasdiagnosed in 1993.

MNA/Xinhua

Child abusecases in Japanhit record high TOKYO, 5 Aug— Child

abuse cases happened inJapan during the first halfof 2006 logged a year-on-year rise of 14.3 percent to hit a record highof 120, local Pressreported on Friday.

The number of victimsof such cases exposed bypolice in the January-Juneperiod climbed 18.5 percent to 128, and thenumber of suspectsarrested or referred toprosecutors in these casesreached 131, a jump of12.9 per cent, the dailyYomiuri Shimbun said,quoting the figuresreleased by the NationalPolice Agency (NPA).

According to astatistics, the number ofphysical abuse cases stoodat 86, up 7.5 per cent froma year earlier, sexual abusecases at 23, up 4.5 percent, and parental neglectcases at 11.

MNA/Xinhua

The sun beats down on the haze shrouded skyline of New York across the HudsonRiver from Hoboken, New Jersey on 3 Aug, 2006. With temperatures approaching100 degrees for the third consecutive day, New York was the only power grid still

forecasting electricity usage would reach record levels.—INTERNET

Police sourcesconfirmed that twomissiles were fired at theRweiss and Haret-Hreikdistricts in the capital'ssouthern suburbs.

Haret-Hreik, whereHizbollah's headquarters islocated, were pounded fortwo weeks since the startof the Israeli offensiveagainst Lebanon on July12 while Rweiss was firsttargeted the previous night.

No casualty wasreported at the momentand the Israeli military hadno immediate comment.

Earlier on Thursday,Israeli planes droppedflyers on southern part ofthe Lebanese capital, nearthe International Airport,

urging civilians to leaveas "bombing of the areawould be extended".

Israeli DefenceMinister Amir Peretz onThursday evening alsoordered the Army toprepare for a new phase ofits military offensive insouthern Lebanon to pushthe area of its control toLebanon's Litani River,Channel Two televisionreported.

Peretz has asked theArmy to prepare for apossible push north toLebanon's Litani River,about 30 kilometres fromthe border, to stopHizbollah rocket fire, saidthe TV report.

MNA/Xinhua

Joel Smith, 32, killedToni-Ann Byfield toeliminate her as a witnessafter he murdered herfather, who was also a drugdealer, prosecutors hadtold the Old Bailey jury.

Smith had a string ofconvictions and waslinked by police to anotorious criminal gangcalled the "Mus LuvCrew" in northwestLondon.

He had deniedmurdering Toni-Ann andher father BertramByfield, 41, at their homein Kensal Green inSeptember 2003.

Prosecutor RichardHorwell said Smith killedthe girl to cover his tracksafter committing what hehoped was a near-perfectcrime. There were nowitnesses, forensicevidence or security

camera footage. "He would have got

away with the crime butfor one fact," Horwell toldthe jury. "The crime hadshocked the nation andwitnesses came forwardthat would not otherwisehave done so."

Toni-Ann was a "brightand fun-loving" girl whohad recently arrived inBritain from Jamaica, headded. Police chargedSmith with murder inOctober 2005 after severaltelevised appeals forwitnesses.

MNA/Reuters

President LechKaczynski, the PrimeMinister's twin brother,told Polish radio last weekthe European Unionshould reconsider its banon capital punishment,drawing a sharp rebukefrom Brussels.

Rene van der Linden,

president of theParliamentary Assemblyof the Council of Europe,said Kaczynski had madea "direct attack" oncommon European valuesand he asked the presidentto retract his proposal inan open letter.

The Prime Minister

said his brother had notmade a proposal, butmerely expressed anopinion.

"It was his privateopinion," he told a newsconference. "We are notaiming to make any suchproposal right now."

MNA/Reuters

WARSAW, 5 Aug— Poland's President was speaking as a private citizen whensaid he supported the death penalty, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski saidon Friday, not as an official making a formal proposal.


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A traveller walks along Silk Road with several camels. China and centralAsian countries on 4 Aug , 2006 made a blueprint to jointly apply for listingof historical sites along the ancient Silk Road in UNESCO’s World Cultural

Heritage List in the next three to five years.—INTERNET

Huge waves hitthecoast of Zhuhai,southern China’sGuangdong Province,on 3 Aug, 2006, as theTyphoon Prapiroon ap-proaches.—INTERNET

Molten rocks tumble down the slopes of Mayonvolcano after lava continued to flow at the foot of thevolcano in Mabinit town at Legazpi city, AlbayProvince, south of Manila on 3 Aug, 2006. Thegovernment has told thousands of people living onMayon’s slopes to evacuate a danger zone of 6 km (4miles) around the summit but hundreds of tourists,armed with cameras and tripods, were coming in droves to watch.—INTERNET

Silk Road aims at site inUNESCO world heritage list

TURPAN (Xinjiang), 5 Aug— China and central Asian countries on Friday madea blueprint to jointly apply for listing of historical sites along the ancient Silk Roadin UNESCO’s world cultural heritage list in the next three to five years.

Archeologists andcultural officials at anongoing multinationalapplication convention innorthwest China’s Xin-jiang Uygur AutonomousRegion reached theagreement titled “ActionPlan for MultinationalApplication for Silk Roadin UNESCO WorldCultural Heritage List.”“The action plan will bethe initial step of themultinational application,”said Gu Yucai, director ofcultural relics protectiondepartment under the StateCultural HeritageAdministration.

Under the plan,countries along the SilkRoad would take measuresto protect cultural relics,improve the environmentat sites, and carry outpromotional campaigns,said Gu.

The protection wouldfocus on substantial relicssuch as ruins and tombs, aswell as valuable non-material relics, such astraditional ballads anddances still performedalong the route.

The 2,000-year-old SilkRoad was mainly a traderoute linking Asia andEurope. It extended from

the city of Xi’an, capitalof northwest China’sShaanxi Province, toEurope via south andcentral Asia countries. Itwas 7,000 kilometres long,more than half of which isin China. Along this road,gunpowder, papermakingand printing technologieswere sent to the West,while Western mathema-tics and medicine came toChina.

In 1987, the Dunhuang

Mogao Grottoes, alsoknown as the Caves of 1,000Buddhas in northwestChina’s Gansu Province,were listed as a UNESCOworld heritage site.

But in 1994, China hadto withdraw its applicationfor the world heritage listingof the ancient Jiaohe City, acultural relics site along theSilk Road in Xinjiang,because of inadequatepreparation.

MNA/Xinhua

NEC Semiconductors to increasechip production in S’pore

SINGAPORE, 5 Aug— Japanese company NECSemiconductors plans to increase its chip productionin Singapore by 67 per cent to reach some 10 millionunits every month from September this year,according to Channel NewsAsia report Friday.

The company will closeits plant in Ireland nextmonth in order to reducecosts and improveutilization of resources.

Its production facilityin Singapore, which wasset up 30 years ago, isexpected to serve both theAsia-Pacific Region andthe European market.

As NEC’s core test andassembly site, the Singa-pore plant manufactures

advanced devices like 32-bit microcontrollers, whichare used in airbag systemsin cars, the report said.

Currently, NEC’s chipproduction in Singaporeaccounts for 20 per cent ofthe total supply in theglobal market andcontributes 4.4 per cent ofNEC Electronics’ revenuefrom chips, according tothe report.

MNA/Xinhua

Explosions wound 13 insouthern Turkey

ANKARA, 5 Aug— Thirteen people, including fivepolice officers, were injured in two explosions in thesouthern Turkish city of Adana, the state newsagency Anatolia said on Friday.

German zoo finds H5N1bird flu in dead swan

BERLIN, 5 Aug— A swan found dead in a zoo inthe eastern German city of Dresden was infectedwith the highly infectious H5N1 strain of bird fluwhich is dangerous for humans, the local governmentsaid on Friday.

A governmentspokeswoman in Dresdensaid tests carried out bythe Friedrich LoefflerInstitute, which advisesthe government on animaldiseases, had confirmedthe disease in the swanwhich was found onWednesday. “We canconfirm that this is thehighly pathogenic strain,”said the spokeswoman.

As a protective measure,authorities have sealed off

an area of 3 kilometres (1.9miles) and created a10-kilometre (6.2-mile)observation zone.

Dresden Zoo remainsopen but has confined itsbirds to cages, closed offvisitor access to them andstepped up disinfectionprocedures. Poultry arebeing examined and themovement of cats anddogs in the area has beenrestricted.

MNA/Reuters

The explosions tookplace in the city centre ofAdana, which is home toan air base used by USforces.

Police directorMehmet Cebe said no onehad claimed responsibilityfor the blasts which alsodamaged four police carsand some shops.

“One person has beenseriously injured and takento the university hospital,”said Cebe.

He said the firstexplosion had woundedtwo bank security guards,adding a second blastwounded five policemenwho had come to the area.

MNA/Reuters

US, Japan auto unions seek ties WASHINGTON, 5 Aug— The major US auto-workers union has reached an agreement with its Japanese

counterpart to deepen ties, a move some insiders believe will lead to their cooperation at Japanese-run factoriesin the US, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The agreement wasmade last week when UnitedAuto Workers PresidentRon Gettelfinger met inTokyo with representativesfrom the Confederation ofJapan Automobile Workers’Unions, the report quotedpeople familiar with the

matter as saying. According to these

individuals, the two unionsagreed to exchangedelegations of key officialsperiodically to foster mutualunderstanding of eachother’s activities andspecific issues they face in

Japan and the USDuring themeeting, Gettelfinger didnot specifically ask for JAWhelp in organizing hourlyworkers at auto factoriesoperated by Toyota MotorCorp and other Japaneseauto makers in the US, theindividuals said.

Still, the individualsnoted the agreement mayshape up to be an importantstep toward forging a newchapter in the UAW-JAWrelationship, which theysaid has cooled since thelate 1990s, the reportsaid.— MNA/Xinhua


S P O R T S

Defending champions Olympique Lyon were off to aflying start of the season when they clinched a 3-1away win at Nantes on 4 Aug , 2006 in the kickoff ofthe 2005-06 French Ligue 1 soccer season.—INTERNET

Nantes' Mauro Cetto (R) is stopped by OlympiqueLyon's goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre during their

French Ligue 1 soccer match in Nanteson 4 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

Belgium's Kim Clijsters keeps her eyes on the ball asshe hits a shot to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during playat the 2006 Acura Classic women's tennis tournamentin Carlsbad, California on 3 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

Birmingham, West Bromstart with victories

LONDON, 6 Aug— Relegated clubs BirminghamCity and West Bromwich Albion both began theirEnglish Second Division campaigns with home victo-ries on Saturday.

Birmingham had new signing Cameron Jerome sentoff during the second half of their 2-1 victory againstColchester United who were playing their first evermatch in English football's second tier.

Dudley Campbell put Birmingham in front after 28minutes and Nicklas Bendtner, on loan from Arsenal,scored the winner 12 minutes from time after RichardGarcia had equalized for Colchester.

Former Celtic striker John Hartson scored bothgoals for promotion favourites West Brom in a 2-0victory over Hull City.

Sunderland, the third team to drop out of the PremierLeague last season, play at Coventry City on Sunday.

Crystal Palace's new manager Peter Taylor enjoyeda good start with a 2-1 victory at Ipswich Town, whileLeeds United, beaten in last season's promotion playofffinal by Watford, kicked off with a 1-0 defeat ofNorwich City.— MNA/Reuters

Werder Bremen outclass Bayernin League Cup final

Lille start season with 2-1 win at stade Rennes PARIS, 6 Aug— Lille opened their Ligue 1 season with a 2-1 win at Stade Rennes in an early game on

Saturday.

Bordeaux start seasonwith 2-0 win over Toulouse

Rangers need own goalto hold Dundee United

GLASGOW, 6 Aug— Rangers needed a late owngoal to snatch a 2-2 draw at home to Dundee Unitedin the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.

Midfielder Mathieu Bodmer vol-leyed home from inside the box toput the northeners ahead after 10minutes. The Brittany side were trail-ing 2-0 at halftime after a powerfulstrike by Ivory Coast striker KaderKeita on 42 minutes.

Rennes, who lost Switzerland

striker Alexander Frei during theclose season, cut the deficit whenplaymaker Olivier Monterrubioscored from the penalty spot.

Five-times championsOlympique Lyon won the seasonopener with a 3-1 victory at Nanteson Friday.

Other games on Saturday featureGirondins Bordeaux, runners-up toLyon last season, hosting Toulouseand Paris St Germain entertainingpromoted Lorient at the Parc desPrinces. Olympique Marseille travelto promoted Sedan on Sunday.

MNA/Reuters

Clement, Murray powerinto Washington final

WASHINGTON, 6 Aug— Experienced FrenchmanArnaud Clement and British teenager Andy Murrayroared into the Legg Mason Classic final with straight-sets victories on Saturday.

Clement needed two hours to outduel former worldnumber one Marat Safin 7-6, 7-6, while Murray easedpast Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-2, 7-5 to reach hissecond final of the year.

The 11th-seeded Clement traded crisp groundstrokeswith the power-hitting Safin, each player losing hisservice only twice in the match. Safin opened the doorfor the Frenchman by getting only 58 per cent of hisfirst serves in. A costly double-fault by Safin in thefirst-set tiebreak gave Clement a 6-5 lead. Clementwon the set on the next point when the Russian puncheda forehand volley into the net.

The 28-year-old Clement, ranked 57th and search-ing for his fourth career title, won the second-settiebreak 7-4, securing a mini-break to take a 5-4 leadbefore serving out the match. Safin, ranked 92 in theworld and unseeded in Washington, had leads of 3-1 inthe first set and 4-2 in the second before Clementbattled back.— MNA/Reuters

Davydenko breezes intoPolish final

SOPOT (Poland), 6 Aug— Russian top seed NikolayDavydenko eased into the final of the Poland Interna-tional Open on Saturday with a straight sets win overItaly's Filippo Volandri.

The world number six powered to a 6-2, 6-4 victoryand in Sunday's final will meet unseeded GermanFlorian Mayer.

Mayer, ranked 62 in the world, was well on the roadto victory in the other semifinal when Argentina'sAgustin Calleri withdrew with a groin injury.

Mayer, in the final for the second year running, was6-2, 4-3 up with a break of serve at the time.

Noel Hunt shocked thehome crowd with a 14th-minute opening goal forDundee and NorwegianChristian Kalvenes madeit 2-0 after the interval.

Rangers pulled back agoal from substitute ChrisBurke before Steven Robbturned the ball into his ownnet with 11 minutes left.

Dundee United man-ager Craig Brewsterpraised his team foremerging with a point.

"It was nearly, but notquite," Brewster told BBCRadio Scotland. "But I amdelighted with apoint...and also what de-lighted me was the per-formance.

"I thought we rode ourluck in the early stages.When we went 2-0 up Ithought, 'Here we go!' butthen boom, Chris Burke

came on for Rangers andwith his second or thirdtouch hit a greatstrike...and suddenly theroof opened up with thenoise here.

"Unfortunately we lostanother goal and I was dis-appointed in the mannerin which we did but I amvery proud of the perform-ance."

Premier League new-comers St. Mirren beatMotherwell 2-0 to go topof the standings on goaldifference along withFalkirk who beat Dun-fermline 1-0 at home.

MNA/Reuters

PARIS, 6 Aug— Twogoals by MarouaneChamakh and JulienFaubert earned GirondinsBordeaux a 2-0 victoryover Toulouse in their sea-son opener on Saturday.

Morocco strikerChamakh headed home on57 minutes to open thescoring with midfielderFaubert wrapping up thevictory two minutes fromtime.

Bordeaux, runners-upto Olympique Lyon lastseason, were without newsigning Johan Micoud,who was suspended forthe game.

Five-times championsLyon got off to a flyingstart on Friday with a com-manding 3-1 victory atNantes and already leadthe standings after scor-ing one goal more thanBordeaux.

Lille, who finished lastseason in third place, alsograbbed three points onSaturday with a 2-1 win atStade Rennes courtesy ofgoals by Mathieu Bodmerand Kader Keita.

Olivier Monterrubioscored a consolation goalfrom the penalty spot forthe Brittany side.

MNA/Reuters

MNA/Reuters

BERLIN, 6 Aug—Croatia striker Ivan Klasnicscored twice as WerderBremen beat Bayern Mu-nich 2-0 to win the pre-season German LeagueCup final on Saturday.

Germany strikerMiroslav Klose set upKlasnic for the first goalin the 29th minute with afine pass and the 26-year-old drilled a free kick

through a gaping hole inthe Bayern wall for thesecond goal after 66 min-utes.

"We not only wanted towin more than Bayern, wewere also quite clearly thebetter team," said Bremencaptain Torsten Frings af-ter the match played be-fore 41,300 at a neutralvenue in Leizpig'sZentralstadion.

Bremen won two mil-lion euros (2.56 millionUS dollars) for their firstLeague Cup title.

It was the first timeBayern have been beatenin the final of the"Ligapokal" tournamentafter they won all five oftheir previous appearancesin the competition madeup of the top sixBundesliga finishers fromthe previous season.

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Sunday, 6 August, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain havebeen widespread in Kachin, Mon and Kayin Statesand Taninthayi Division, scattered in Mandalay andAyeyawady Divisions and isolated in the remainingareas with locally heavyfall in Taninthayi Divisionand weather has been partly cloudy in Kayah Stateand Yangon Division. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Dawei (5.94) inches, Myeik(3.34) inches, Ye (1.73) inches, Mandalay (0.47) inch,Pakokku (0.44) inch.

Maximum temperature on 5-8-2006 was 89°F.Minimum temperature on 6-8-2006 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 6-8-2006 was(79%). Total sunshine hours on 5-8-2006 was (3.4)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 6-8-2006 were (Nil) atMingaladon, (Nil) at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (59.72)inches at Mingaladon, (72.40) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (77.09) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (10) mphfrom West at (14:50) hours MST on 5-8-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally weakin the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7-8-2006: Rainwill be widespread in Kachin, Kayin, Mon Statesand Taninthayi Division, scattered in Rakhine State,Mandalay, Bago, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisionsand isolated in the remaining areas, Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to mod-erate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof continuation of decrease of rain in Deltaic areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 7-8-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring ar-eas for 7-8-2006: Isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 7-8-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Flood Bulletin (Issue at 11:00 hr MST on 6-8-2006)

According to the (06:30) hr MST observation today,the water level of Sittoung River at Madauk is (1112)cm. It may remain above its danger level (1070) cmduring the next (48) hours commencing noon today.

A floating bed created by Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars is seen inthis handout illustration on 5 Aug, 2006. The bed hovers above the groundsupported by magnets in the bed and the floor and comes with a price tag

of 1.2 million euros ($1.55 million).—INTERNET

AMSTERDAM, 6 Aug— A young Dutch architect has created a floatingbed which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes witha price tag of 1.2 million euros (1.54 million US dollars).

Dutch designer creates1.2m euro floating bed

Janjaap Ruijssenaarstook inspiration for thebed — a sleek black plat-form, which took sixyears to develop and candouble as a dining tableor a plinth — from themysterious monolith inStanley Kubrick's 1968cult film "2001: A SpaceOdyssey". "No matter

where you live all archi-tecture is dictated bygravity. I wonderedwhether you could makean object, a building ora piece of furniturewhere this is not the case— where another poweractually dictates the im-age," Ruijssenaars said.

Magnets built into

the floor and into the beditself repel each other,pushing the bed up into theair. Thin steel cables tetherthe bed in place.

"It is not comfortableat the moment," admitsRuijssenaars, adding itneeds cushions and bed-clothes before use.

MNA/Reuters

JOHANNESBURG, 6 Aug— South African military helicopters saved about a dozen people trapped byheavy snow on the mountainous border with Lesotho on Friday, and officials said rescue missions weresearching for more victims.

Snow traps many on S Africa-Lesotho border

A cold front sweep-ing through much of theregion has wreaked havocin parts of South Africa,particularly in the Eastern

Cape area bordering themountain kingdom ofLesotho. At least twopeople have died there,according to local me-

dia. A South African For-

eign Ministry statementsaid a reconnaissance mis-sion by the Lesotho Air

Force to locate trappedpeople, both South Afri-can and Basotho, wascalled off on Thursdaybecause of bad weather.South African Air Forcehelicopters joined the ef-fort on Friday.

"Between 10-12 peo-ple have been rescued andbrought to safety," it said,adding that they had beentaken to a University Hos-pital outside the Lesothocapital Maseru.

"No casualties havebeen reported thus far andthe rescue mission iscombing the area underdrastic snowing condi-tions to search for morepeople who might betrapped," it added.

MNA/ Reuters

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14th Waxing of Wagaung 1368 ME Monday, 7 August, 2006

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The MWAF knows best the conditions on human trafficking inMyanmar since it is taking part with heart and soul in monitoringtrafficking in persons through its working group on preventingtrafficking in women and children.

Myanmar has promulgated the Anti-Trafficking Law and hasbeen taking preventive measures against trafficking in persons in linewith international standards. From 2001 to May 2005, it took actionagainst 1,920 persons in 684 cases including giving life sentence to twoculprits and sentence of ten years or above to 99 culprits. In thepreventive measures, so far anti-trafficking units made up of MWAFmembers in concert with the Myanmar Police Force and localauthorities have educated and held discussions with more than 830,000people and prevented 28,840 persons from being trafficked.

KHIN YUN SAN

YANGON, 6 Aug — Families of Tatmadaw(Army, Navy and Air) and wellwishers donated cashand kind to Dagon and Dakkhinayon Pariyatti monas-teries in Dagon Township at Kyagu Dhamma Beikmanof Kyagu Monastery on Shwedagon Pagoda Road inDagon Township this afternoon. Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defence offered alms and provisions tomembers of the Sangha.

The ceremony was graced with the presenceof Presiding Nayaka Sayadaws and members of theSangha of monasteries, Chairman of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa, senior military officers of theMinistry of Defence, departmental heads, local au-thorities, members of social organizations andwellwishers.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defenceoffered robes and provisions to Chairman of DagonTownship Sangha Nayaka Committee PresidingNayaka Sayadaw Bhaddanta Revata of Kaba AyeMonastery. The commander, the vice-mayor and sen-ior military officers donated provisions to members ofthe Sangha.

Lt-Col Myo Naing of Yangon Command Head-

Rice and alms of Tatmadaw families andwellwishers donated to monasteries,

nunneries in Dagon, Yankin Townships

quarters, Cmdr Min Zaw of Ayeyawady Naval RegionCommand and Lt-Col Maung Maung Kyaw ofMingaladon Air Base offered alms and provisionsdonated by families of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and

Air) to the Sayadaw.Later, Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win

presented alms and provisions donated by YangonDivision PDC and the wellwishers to the Sayadaw.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander, thevice-mayor and senior military officers accepted cashdonations of the wellwishers and presented certifi-cates of honour to them.

Today’s donations to the monasteries in DagonTownship totalled 116 bags of rice, 50 viss of edibleoil, 79 viss of gram, 397 viss of iodized salt, 80 tubesof toothpaste, 679 bottles of traditional medicine andK 7,619,000.

Similarly, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife DawKhin Thet Htay, Vice-President of Myanmar Wom-en’s Affairs Federation, attended a ceremony to donatealms and provisions to nine monasteries and twonunneries in Yankin Township, at Mahabawdi Pariyattimonastery in Yankin Township.

Next, the commander, the vice-mayor andsenior military officers offered provisions to the mem-bers of the Sangha and nuns.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party accepted cashdonations by the wellwishers and presented certifi-cates of honour to the latter.

Today’s donations to the monasteries and nun-neries in Yankin Township totalled 395 bags of rice,161 viss of edible oil, 302 viss of gram, 1,512 bagsof iodized salt, 302 tubes of toothpaste, 2,727 bottlesof traditional medicine, 1,512 bars of soap andK 20,044,840. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wellwishers share merits gained at the donation ceremony of rice andcash to Dagon Pariyatti, Dakkhinayon Pariyatti and Kyagu monasteries in Dagon Township.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win offers alms to a Sayadaw. MNA

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