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

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

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

Personal Profile of Prime Minister ofIndia Dr Manmohan Singh

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham receivesVice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham receivesBrazilian AmbassadorBrazilian Ambassador

India’s fourteenth Prime Minister Dr ManmohanSingh is rightly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was born on 26September, 1932, in a village in the Punjab province ofundivided India. Dr Singh completed his Matriculationexaminations from the Punjab University in 1948. Hisacademic career took him from Punjab to the University ofCambridge, UK, where he earned a First Class Honoursdegree in Economics in 1957. Dr Singh followed this witha D. Phil in Economics from Nuffield College at OxfordUniversity in 1962.

Dr Singh’s academic credentials were burnished bythe years he spent on the faculty of Punjab University andthe prestigious Delhi School of Economics. He had a briefstint at the UNCTAD Secretariat as well, during these years.This presaged a subsequent appointment as Secretary-General of the South Commission in Geneva between1987 and 1990.

In 1971, Dr Singh joined the Government of Indiaas Economic Advisor in the Commerce Ministry. This wassoon followed by his appointment as Chief EconomicAdvisor in the Ministry of Finance in 1972. Among themany Governmental positions that Dr Singh has occupiedare Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; Deputy Chairmanof the Planning Commission; Governor of the ReserveBank of India; Advisor to the Prime Minister; and Chairmanof the University Grants Commission.

Dr Singh served five years between 1991 and 1996as India’s Finance Minister. His role in ushering in acomprehensive policy of economic reforms is nowrecognized worldwide.

Among the many awards and honours conferredupon Dr Singh in his public career, the most prominent areIndia’s second highest civilian honour, the PadmaVibhushan (1987); the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth CentenaryAward of the Indian Science Congress (1995); the AsiaMoney Award for Finance Minister of the Year (1993 and1994); the Euro Money Award for Finance Minister of theYear (1993); the Adam Smith Prize of the University ofCambridge (1956); and the Wright’s Prize for DistinguishedPerformance at St. John’s College in Cambridge (1995). DrSingh has also been honoured by a number of otherassociations including the Japanese Nihon Keizai Shimbun.Dr Singh is a recipient of honourary degrees from manyuniversities including the Universities of Cambridge andOxford.

In his political career, Dr Singh has been a Memberof India’s Upper House of Parliament (the Rajya Sabha)since 1991, where he was leader of the Opposition between1998 and 2004. Dr Manmohan Singh was sworn in as PrimeMinister on 22 May after the 2004 general elections andtook the oath of office for a second term on 22 May, 2009.

Dr Singh and his wife Shrimati Gursharan Kaur havethree daughters.

Dr Manmohan Singh Shrimati Gursharan Kaur

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham greetsBrazilian Ambassador Mr Jose Carlos da

Fonseca Junior to Myanmar.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May— Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar Dr Sai Mauk Khamreceived Brazilian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Jose Carlosda Fonseca Junior at the Credentials Hall of the PresidentOffice here at 2 pm today.

Also present at the call were Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs Dr Myo Myint and departmental officials.

They discussed bilateral cooperation inenvironmental conservation, technical assistance in biofuel,science and technology, agriculture and irrigation andmutual cooperation for development.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham receivesBrazilian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Jose

Carlos da Fonseca Junior at Credentials Hallof the President Office.—MNA

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Union A&I Minister visitssugarcane, cotton plantations in

Nay Pyi Taw Council Area

Jet likely to order100 planes for

$3.75 b

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Barca routs Bilbao3-0 for cup in

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PERSPECTIVES

Mobile phonesSunday, 27 May, 2012

Want to own a mobile phone? Everybodywill say yes, because mobile phones areconvenient, compact and multi-functional.They help us contact our friends and familymembers from any place or at any time. Wecan make contacts with others easily by callingor sending messages even without electricity.So, it is clear why almost all the people todaywish to have a mobile phone.

In addition, we can carry a mobile phoneeasily so we don’t miss important calls, and wecan call for direction if we get lost. When on atrip in an unfamiliar place needing help, wecan rely on them. If we are in an accident, wecan call the police or ambulance, and also takepictures of the accident.

And there are many other advantagesthat make mobile phones essential part oftoday’s human society of the ever advancingworld.

Although, mobile phones can offer muchhelp, there are also downsides. Too much useof mobile phones introduces bad effects likedizzy, blood-brain barrier, or ear problems.Especially, teens and children under 16 aremore vulnerable to brain damage due to mobilephone use.

Mobile phones sometimes cause morehazards on the roads than drunk and distracteddriving when people use them to talk, text oraccess the internet while behind the wheel. Theworst thing is that they emit radiation whichmany scientists say is dreadful to the eardrumand even the cause of brain cancer.

As they have become the essential partof human life, we find it impossible to livewithout them. So, the best way is we musteducate ourselves to the hazards and benefitsof using them. Moreover we must find meansto protect ourselves from bad effects harmfulto our health. And then buy a mobile phone.

NAY PYI TAW, 26May—Union Minister forSports U Tint Hsan metsports federations whichwould field athletes inXXVII SEA Games at theministry here yesterdayafternoon.

He called for trainingthe athletes extremely as thehost have to clinch moremedals and for adoptingstrategies and techniquesdepending on theopponents. The presidentsand secretaries of thefederations reported to theminister on preparations ofthe tentatively selectedteams.—MNA

YANGON, 26 May—Concluding ceremony ofHospitality ManagementCourse No (5/2012)organized by MyanmarRestaurant OwnersAssociation and under thesupervision of Hotels andTourism Ministry took placeat Tourism Training School

NAY PYI TAW, 26May—Mr Steinar R. Paulsenfrom International Re-cycling & SustainableProject of Norway, paid acall on Union Minister forEnvironmental Conser-vation and Forestry U WinTun, at his office on 24 May.At the call, the both sidesdiscussed drafting ofenvironmental conservationprojects and implementationand donation of funds.

Also present at the callwere Director-General U SanLwin of Planning andStatistics Department,

Union Minister receives Norwegian guests

Acting Director-General UAye Myint Maung of Forest

Department, and DeputyDirector-General U Tin Tun

of PSD.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26May—Union Minister forElectric Power No.2 U KhinMaung Soe received adelegation led by Vice-President Mr Zhou Zhizhuand party of China SouthernPower Grid International CoLtd, at his office, here,yesterday.

China SouthernPower Grid (CSG) Co is an

Union EP-2 Minister meets Vice-President of China Southern Power

Grid International

Hospitality ManagementCourse concludes

Union SportsMinister meets

officials of sportsfederations

organization that operatespower system in SouthernChina. The company hasexperience in constructionof power networks of Laosand Vietnam and wants toconstruct 500 KV and 230KV power grids in Myanmar.

They discussed thesurvey of Shweli (3)-Meiktila 500 KV power gridand Mawlamyine-Ye-

at the corner of MahaBandoola Street and 31st

Street in Pabedan Townshiphere yesterday morning, withan address by ManagingDirector of Myanma Hotelsand Tourism Service U HlaHtay who presented prizes tooutstanding trainees.

Next, responsiblepersons presented certificatesand gifts to trainees andcourse instructors.

MNA

YANGON, 26 May—Aceremony to presentcertificate of honour to KoreaInternational CooperationAgency (KOICA), was heldat Institute of Sports andPhysical Education Institute(SPEI) (Yangon) in TamwayTownship, here, yesterdaymorning. At the ceremony,KOICA residentrepresentative Mr Shin ManShik explained renovationof clinic in the SPES(Yangon). And Ms EomHyun Jung discussed“Improvement of ISPE clinicenvironment and neweducation course” and“Korea Oversea Volunteer”.

Afterwards, theresident representativehanded over the lists donatedby KOICA to principal of the

KOICA renovates Yangon(SPEI) clinic

SPEI (Yangon) Director UTin Win. KOICA renovatedthe clinic in SPEIand donated clinicalequipment.

MNA

AyeyawadyRegion Chief

Minister inspectsregional

developmenttasks

NAY PYI TAW, 26May— Ayeyawady RegionChief Minister U TheinAung on 22 May arrived inZalun to pay homage toManaungmyay PyitawpyanBuddha Image.

He inspectedprogress of repairing of riverbank near UpaYe Pagoda inHinthada and the chosensite for construction of agymnasium in Laymyethna.

On 23 May, theRegion Chief Minister paidan inspection tour of thechosen site for constructionof a basic education primary

NAY PYI TAW, 26May— Deputy Minister forLivestock and Fisheries UKhin Maung Aye received adelegation led by DeputyDirector-General Ms.Suchada Thaibunthao ofThai InternationalDevelopment CooperationAgency (TICA) at his officehere on 23 May.

The meetingconcentrated onimplementations for meat

Director U Tin Win accepts list of donationsfrom KOICA Resident Representative Mr Shin

Man Shik.—MNA

Union Minister U Khin Maung Soe receives Vice-President Mr ZhouZhizhu of China Southern Power Grid International Co Ltd.—MNA

Dawei-Myeik (230 KV)power grid projects.—MNA

school (branch) inKyeinkyon Village inHtoogyi Village-tract inIngapu Township, where hemade cash donationamounted to K 0.3 millionfor the construction.

MNA

Dy Livestock and FisheriesMinister receives TICA’s

Deputy DGand fisheries in bilateralcooperation.

The TICA isimplementing the threeprogrammes ondevelopment of meat sectorin collaboration with thelivestock breeding andveterinary department underthe Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries, and it hasarranged to cooperate inplanning for developmentof fisheries sector.

The deputy ministersaid that fishermen need toinvolve in promotion ofmeasures for precaution onnatural disasters in the fisheriessector and development ofbreeding dairy cows in meatsector.—MNA

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MIAMI, 26 May — ACanadian man was arrested atMiami International Airporton Friday for rushing to thefront of an American Airlinesflight from Jamaica after it hadlanded, authorities said.

The FBI said 24-year-old Ryan Snider caused noinjuries or damage to theplane and his behaviour didnot appear to be terrorismrelated.

But a statement from theagency said he was taken intofederal custody and“expected to face federalcharges which may includeinterference with a flightcrew.”

An initial court

BEIJING, 26 May—A Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman on Friday described a recent US governmentreport on China’s human rights practices as “biased.” Thespokesman urged the United States to stop interfering in theinternal affairs of other nations.“It’s a solid fact that remarkable,well-recognized progress has been achieved in China’s fieldof human rights over the past 30 years and more,” spokesmanHong Lei said in response to the “Country Reports on HumanRights for 2011,” which was issued by the US State Departmenton Thursday.

Hong said the report’s criticism of China is biased andbaseless.” There is always room for improvement on humanrights for any country,” the spokesman said, adding that allthe countries in the world can deepen mutual understandingfor common improvement through equal dialogue.But nosingle country should use human rights as a tool to interferewith another’s internal affairs, he said.”We sincerely advisethe US side to do more self-examination and stop its wrongthinking and doings on the issue,” he added.— Xinhua

CHANGSHA, 26 May— Adam burst on Friday eveningin the central province ofHunan but no casualties hadbeen reported as scores ofvillagers downstream hadbeen relocated, according tothe provincial authorities onSaturday.

The Badoucun reservoirdam burst around 6 pm on

Photo taken on 25 May, 2012 shows the waterlogged Bulin Village of LingyunCounty, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The continuous

rainstorms in Guangxi have killed at least two people and damaged over 1200 houses.It has affected about 7,640 hectares of farmland and 309,400 people, with direct

economic losses of nearly 111 million RMB yuan (17.5 million US dollars). Authoritieshave evacuated 4,900 people in lowlying areas. — XINHUA

Canadian arrested for incident atMiami airport

appearance for Snider wasexpected to be scheduled forTuesday, the statement said.A spokesman for AmericanAirlines’ parent AMR Corpsaid earlier that Sniderappeared “disoriented” afterhe stood up and refused to sitas the plane taxied to its airportgate.

“We had what appearedto be a ‘disoriented’ malepassenger who stood up athis seat in the main cabin afterlanding in Miami as the flightwas taxiing in,” AMRspokesman Tim Smith said.

“He did not obey crewmember instructions to sitdown and then moved towardthe front of the aircraft where

he was subdued,” Smith said.The Boeing Co 757 with 120passengers was concludinga flight from Montego Bay,Jamaica, to Miami.

On Tuesday, a USAirways flight was divertedafter a passenger said shehad a surgically-implanteddevice in her body and theflight was disrupted. In aseparate incident the sameday, the crew on a USAirways commuter flightoperated by the carrier’sPiedmont subsidiary,reported a “possible flare”when the plane wasapproaching thePhiladelphia airport.

Reuters

US criticism of China’s humanrights “biased”

ANCHORAGE, 26 May—A Finnish climber has diedafter falling some 2,000 feetwhile attempting to ski downa notoriously steep chute onMount McKinley in Alaska,the National Park Service saidon Thursday.

Ilkka Uusitalo, 36, fellfrom an elevation of 17,800feet through snow, ice androcks on Wednesday, beforecoming to rest 60 feet down aglacial crevasse, the ParkService said.

One of Uusitalo’sexpedition partners rappelledinto the crevasse but foundthat he was likely dead, thePark Service said.

The second expeditionpartner summoned DenaliNational Park mountaineeringrangers for help.

Rangers found Uusita-

Dam bursts in Hunan but nocasualties

Cyclades island in Greece. The name “Cyclades” refersto the islands forming a circle (the name in English

means: “circular islands”) around the sacred island ofDelos. According to the Greek mythology, Poseidon, God

of the sea, furious at the Cyclades nymphs turned theminto islands.

XINHUA

Staff workers rush repairdamaged oil pipeline in Zibo,

east China’s Shandong Province,on 25 May, 2012. Around 8 amon Friday, a construction team

damaged a section of the oilpipeline near the Jinan-Qingdao

Expressway, according to astatement released by the Zibomunicipal government. As of 5pm on Friday, the source of oil

passing through the line had beencut off and workers were cleaning

up the site.— XINHUA

BEIJING, 26 May— Georgia has officially become a new travel destinationfor Chinese citizens, according to an agreement reached between tourismauthorities of the two countries. The decision was announced on Friday afterofficials of the two countries signed an Approved Destination Status (ADS)Memorandum of Understanding on Friday in Beijing.

Zhu Shanzhong, vice director of the National Tourism Administration,said the signing and implementation of the MoU is expected to bring a newwave of Chinese tourists to the country.He also suggested Georgian tourismauthorities to focus on promotion in China and develop more tourismproducts that are particularly tailored for Chinese tourists. Tourists haveflocked to Georgia in recent years to bath in hot springs in the capital Tbilisior relax on the country’s Black Sea coast beaches.— Xinhua

China adds Georgia as traveldestination

Finn dies in ski accident on Alaska’s MountMcKinley

lo’s body, retrieved it fromthe crevasse and flew it offthe mountain, the Park Servicesaid.

Uusitalo’s death is thesecond this year onMcKinley, North America’stallest peak. A German climberdied in a 1,100-foot (335-metre)fall last Friday.

The long chute thatUusitalo was attempting toski, as steep as 45 degrees insome spots, is an alternativeto the easier West Buttressroute that most climbers useon 20,320-foot (6,194-metre)McKinley.

Only a small percentageof McKinley climbers use thechute and most of those whodo climb with crampons andtraditional mountaineeringgear, said MaureenMcLaughlin, a spokes-

woman for Denali NationalPark. Descending the routeon skis is less common, but isdone by a few climbers eachyear, McLaughlin said.

“This team in particularhad a lot of ski experience,”she said. Uusitalo, of Oulu,Finland, was the 16th personsince 1972 to perish whiledescending that route, thePark Service said.

Park records suggest thathe is the first person to diewhile skiing down the chute,McLaughlin said. But therehave been other seriousskiing and snowboardingaccidents there in the past,she said.

Weather conditions atthe time of the accidentwere considered good, butthe snow at the highelevations had not yetstarted the softening thatnormally occurs later inthe cl imbing season,McLaughlin said.

Reuters

WELLINGTON, 26 May—The captain and thenavigating officer of a shipthat ran aground on a NewZealand reef have each beensentenced to seven monthsin jail.

Authorities havedescribed the 5 Octgrounding of the cargo shipRena as New Zealand’s worstworst maritime environ-mental disaster. About 400tons of fuel oil spilled onAstrolabe Reef nearTauranga and at least 2,000sea birds died.

Capt Mauro Balomagaand officer Leonil Relon, bothof the Philippines, had earlierpleaded guilty to operatingthe ship dangerously andaltering documents after thecrash.

The New ZealandHerald reported the menappeared solemn whensentenced on Friday at a courtin Rotorua.

A preliminary report bytransport investigatorsfound the Rena took shortcuts to try to reach port by adeadline.— Reuters

Jail for twoblamed for

New Zealandcargo ship

spill

Friday and water had floodedXintang village of Taojiangcounty, said the Hunanprovincial flood control anddrought relief headquarters.

Heavy rain sinceTuesday had increased waterlevels, putting pressure onthe dam.

The ensuing flooddamaged 10 hectares of crops.

The local government hasstarted the emergencyresponse plan to repair thedam. The Badoucun reservoirwas constructed in 1973. Ithas been listed on theprovincial reservoirreinforcement plan, as it wasknown to have safety risks.

Xinhua

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & TechnologyAmazon offers ‘test drives’

of phone appsSEATTLE, 26 May—

Amazon says Android deviceowners unsure if they want tobuy an application will beable to “test drive” it in itsApp store before they buy.

App test drive screen.

To test drive an app, userscan click the “Test Drive”button on the app’s product

page and the app will runvirtually, to let usersexperience what it would belike to have the app on theirdevice, CNET.com reportedon Tuesday.

Test Drive is availableon more than 5,000applications offered throughits App store and moreprogrammes will be addedover time, Amazon said.

However, the feature iscurrently available in a betaversion and only supportsapps that use the touch screenand accelerometer features ofsmartphones, Amazon said.

Apps that require thekeyboard, multitouch or thecamera are not currentlysupported, it said. Amazonhad launched its Test Driveservice last year but userscould only try out apps fromtheir browser, not directly inthe App store.—Internet

Car safety system getsreal-world test

Connected vehicles canhelp prevent crashes at

busy intersections.INTERNET

ANN ARBOR, 26 May—A $22 million safety researchproject will equip motorvehicles with connectedtechnologies, devices thatmay someday preventcrashes, US researchers say.

The University ofMichigan’s TransportationResearch Institute, in thelargest street-level pilotproject in the westernhemisphere, has partneredwith the US Department ofTransportation to test

connected vehicle techno-logy in real world use by actualdrivers, the universityreported.

The technologyinvolves vehicle-to-vehicleand vehicle-to-infrastructurewireless communications thatprivately and securelytransmit and receive vehicledata such as position andspeed and can alert drivers toa potential crash situation suchas a nearby vehicleunexpectedly breaking, a

sudden lane change ormerging traffic.

Nearly 3,000 cars, trucksand buses will be equippedwith the technology whilesimilar devices will be locatedat intersections, curvelocations, and freeway sitesthroughout the test area,researchers said.

“We are equippingvehicles that spend timedriving in the 48105 ZIP code— northeast Ann Arbor andthe surrounding area,” JimSayer, an UMTRI researcher,said.

“We are working closelywith the universitycommunity, but also with theAnn Arbor Public Schools, toidentify individuals whowant to know more about thistechnology and mightconsider having it installedon their personal vehicle.”

Internet

Computermalware

threats stillrising

SANTA CLARA, 26 May—Malware threats against PCsare at the highest levels in fouryears and are on the increaseon Macs and Android devices,computer security firmMcAfee says. In the pastquarter McAfee collected 83million pieces of PC malwaresamples, up from 75 millionsamples collected by the endof last year, CNET.comreported on Wednesday.

McAfee also reported asignificant increase inmalicious software targetingthe Android platform and Maccomputers.

A total of 8,000 mobilemalware samples werecollected this quarter, ofwhich nearly 7,000 wereAndroid threats, mainly fromfrom third-party app markets,it said. With the United Statesbeing the primary source ofcyberattacks, malware threatscould reach the 100 millionmark this year, a release fromMcAfee said. E-mailcontinued to be a medium fortargeted attacks along with anincrease of so-called rootkits,a form of “stealth” malware, itsaid.—Internet

Surprising source of Arcticmercury seen

The Lena River delta. The Lena is one of several majorrivers that flows northward into the Arctic Ocean.

INTERNETHyperion, an oddly-shaped moon of Saturn.—INTERNET

CAMBRIDGE, 26 May—Toxic mercury in the Arctic,long thought to be comingprimarily from atmosphericsources, is also being carriedinto the region by rivers, USscientists say.

While the atmospheric

source has long been studied,new research suggests twiceas much mercury actuallycomes from the flow ofcircumpolar rivers that carrythe element north into theArctic Ocean, HarvardUniversity researchersreported on Monday.

“The Arctic is a uniqueenvironment because it’s soremote from mostanthropogenic (human-influenced) sources ofmercury, yet we know that theconcentrations of mercury inArctic marine mammals areamong the highest in theworld,” Harvard scientistJenny A Fisher said.

“This is dangerous to

both marine life and humans.The question from a scientificstandpoint is, where does thatmercury come from?”

The most importantrivers flowing to the ArcticOcean are in Siberia: the Lena,the Ob, and the Yenisei.

Mercury emission from gold,silver, and mercury mines inSiberia may be polluting thoserivers, researcher said.

The Arctic Ocean isshallow, which increases itssensitivity to input from rivers,they said. “The environmentalimplications of this findingare huge. It means, forexample, that climate changecould have a very large impacton arctic mercury, larger thanthe impact of controllingemissions to the atmosphere,”Fisher said.

“More work is needednow to measure the mercurydischarged by rivers and todetermine its origin.”

Internet

New ideas about Saturn’s ‘oddball’ moonITHACA, 26 May—A

moon of Saturn that lookslike a cosmic wet sponge is infact covered in ices, both ofwater and carbon dioxide,images from a NASAspacecraft show.

Hyperion, with anirregular potato-like shapeand honeycomb surface, isthe subject of a new analysisof images taken by NASA’sCassini spacecraft inSeptember 2005, Science-News.org reported onWednesday.

Hydrocarbons and iron-containing compoundsmixed in with the ice givethe moon a reddishappearance, researcherssaid.

Writing in the planetaryscience journal Icarus,scientists say Hyperionshows similarities to somecomets, suggesting thepossibility the moon formed

Coyote-sized raptor dinosaur fossil found

elsewhere before beingcaptured by Saturn.

A separate team ofresearchers reporting in thesame issue of Icarus saysHyperion’s strange, sponge-like surface is likely the resultof a number of processes,

including impacts blastingdebris into space, erodingcrater walls and melting ofice, all contributing tocreating one of the solarsystem’s most strangely-shaped inhabitants.

Internet

Helmut Doelling and new genus and speciesYurgovuchia doellingi.—INTERNET

SALT LAKE CITY, 26May—US paleontologistssay they’ve discovered thefossil of a 130 million-year-old raptor dinosaur no biggerthan a modern coyote in anational park in Utah.

The new raptor, calledYurgovuchia doellingi, wasdiscovered in Utah’s ArchesNational Park in an areadubbed Doelling’s BowlBone Bed, named afterpaleontologist HelmutDoelling of the UtahGeological Survey, who firstdiscovered the bone-rich site.

The new raptor is amember of the family of

dinosaurs known asDromaeosauridae, who allsported a large curved clawon the second toe that mayhave served as a weapon forkilling prey, a climbing aid,or digging tool.

The sharp-toothed,clawed carnivores roamed theEarth during the Cretaceousperiod, preying on smallercreatures.

The name of the raptor isderived from the Ute wordyurgovuch, or coyote, anddoellingi to honor HelmutDoelling, the Los AngelesTimes reported.

Internet

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & HealthHealth Tip: Log migraine

details in a diaryTracking your migraines can better prepare you to

prevent or treat these often-debilitating headaches.The Womenshealth.gov website suggests what to log in

a headache diary:* The date, time and duration of your migraine.* What you were doing and where you were when the

migraine began.* Anything you drank or ate within 24 hours of the

migraine.* If you are a woman, the duration of your menstrual

period.Internet

Jet likely to order 100 planes for $3.75 b

NEW DELHI, 26 May—Jet Airways (JET NS) isexpected to order more than100 narrow-body aircraft forup to $3.75 billion in 2012/13as the largest Indian carriergrabs market share from itstroubled rivals, a leadingconsultancy said.

The airline is understoodto be actively evaluatingAirbus’s (EAD PA) narrow-body A320 aircraft, and islikely to lease up to 10 A330sto support expansion of itsEuropean network, the Centre

Jet Airways aircraft stand on tarmac at the domesticairport terminal in Mumbai on 9 Sept, 2009. —REUTERS

for Asia Pacific Aviation(CAPA) said in a report.

“In my estimate, at thecurrent price and withouttaking into account the listprice, the actual price for theorder could be $3.5 billion to$3.75 billion,” Kapil Kaul,regional head of CAPA, toldReuters.

A Jet spokeswoman wasnot immediately available forcomment.

India’s aviation sectorhas been beset by high costsof fuel and airport charges

and heavy debt, with allcarriers except unlistedIndigo Airlines postinglosses in the fiscal year thatended in March.

With two debt-riddencarriers, Kingfisher Airlines(KING NS) and Air IndiaAINUL, curtailing most oftheir flights Jet stands tobenefit the most, CAPA said.

Kingfisher, owned byflamboyant liquor baronVijay Mallya, has beenstruggling to pay off $1.3billion loan and has slashedthe number of its daily flights.

State-owned Air India,which survives ongovernment bailout, hascancelled most of itsinternational flights becauseof an ongoing strike by itspilots.

“Kingfisher’s dramaticcontraction from 66 to 16operational aircraft, of whichhalf are regional ATR aircraft,has left the domestic business

market open for Jet Airways,”CAPA said.

ATR, which makes smallhaul planes, is an equalpartnership between twomajor European aeronauticsplayers, Alenia Aermacchi, aFinmeccanica (SIFI MI)company, and EADS (EADPA).

The disruption at AirIndia’s longhaul routes hasdriven North American andUK traffic to Jet, it said.

Jet and other privatecarriers such as SpiceJet(SPJT BO) and unlisted GoAir and Indigo are likely topost a combined profit of $200million in the fiscal year endingnext March, the consultancysaid.

However, losses atKingfisher and Air India willkeep the industry in the red tothe tune of $1.3 billion to$1.4 billion in 2012/13,compared with a totalindustry loss of $2 billion inthe previous year, CAPAsaid.—Reuters

Samsung Galaxy S3

Samsung S3 named bestseller pre-orderedphone of the year

LONDON, 26 May—Samsung’s new Galaxy S3phone has become the fastestselling-pre-order phone of theyear, according to Europe’slargest independent mobilephone retailer CarphoneWarehouse.

The retailer confirmedthat thousands of customershave pre-ordered the newflagship Google Androiddevice, The Telegraphreports.

Over 800 Carphoneshops will stock the phoneduring its launch, which willgo on sale on 29 May to

to a contact onscreen whenthe phone is held up to itsuser’s face.

Samsung has alsoannounced that the devicewill be the official phone ofthe London Olympics.

Internet

Breast milk antibodies helpneutralize HIV

WASHINGTON, 26 May—Antibodies isolated from infectedmothers’ breast milk can inhibit the virus that causes AIDS,says a new discovery. HIV-1 can be transmitted from motherto child via breastfeeding, posing a challenge for safe infantfeeding practices in areas of high HIV-1 prevalence. But onlyone in 10 HIV-infected nursing mothers is known to pass thevirus to their infants.

“That is remarkable, because nursing children areexposed multiple times each day during their first year oflife,” said senior author Sallie Permar, assistant professor ofpaediatrics and infectious diseases at Duke UniversityMedical Centre (DUMC). “We are asking if there is animmune response that protects 90 percent of infants, andcould we harness that response to develop immune systemprophylaxis (protection) during breastfeeding for mothersinfected with HIV-1,” Permar, who led the study, was quotedas saying in the journal Public library of Science.

“Our work helped establish that these B-cells in breastmilk can produce HIV-neutralizing antibodies, so enhancingthe response or getting more mucosal B-cells to producethose helpful antibodies would be useful, and this is apossible route to explore for HIV-1 vaccine development,”Permar said, according to a university statement.

“This is important work that seeks to understand whata vaccine must do to protect babies from mucosal transmissionduring breastfeeding,” said Barton Haynes, MD, study co-author and a national leader in AIDS/HIV research who is alsodirector of the Intre for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology(CHAVI), as well as director of the Duke Human VaccineInstitute (DHVI). “The antibodies isolated are the first HIVantibodies isolated from breast milk that react with the HIV-1 envelope, and it important to understand how they work toattack HIV-1,” added Haynes.—Internet

those who have pre-orderedit.

Graham Stapleton, ChiefCommercial Officer atCarphone Warehouse,claimed, “Pre-order demandfor the new Galaxy S3 hassurpassed expectations sincethe handset was first unveiledtwo weeks ago.

The first 24 hours alonesaw thousands placing theirpre-order at CarphoneWarehouse.”

Earlier this week, it wasreported that nine million S3shad been pre-ordered by morethan 100 carriers.

Korean Samsung is thebiggest mobile phonecompany in the world, aheadof long-time number oneNokia, and also the biggestmaker of smartphones aheadof Apple.

The Galaxy S3 that wasunveiled at an internationallaunch held at London haveinnovative new features suchas eye tracking so that thescreen stays on while a user islooking at it.

The S3 also has a 4.8"display, one of the largest inthe market, and the ability toautomatically initiate a call

Now a portable tool to detect dengue mosquitoes!SYDNEY, 26 May—A new portable tool

will now help doctors detect dengue virus-carrying mosquitoes and help reduce thelikelihood of human infections around theworld.

Every year, almost one million people,a large proportion of whom are children,require hospitalisation for severe dengue.Besides, over a 100 million people beinginfected globally can result in milddebilitation through to the life-threateningcomplications of dengue haemorrhagicfever.

The simple diagnostic tool, developedby David Muller and colleagues from theUniversity of Queensland and researchgroups in Melbourne and South America,can be used in the field to detect dengueinfection in large numbers of mosquitoes.

“Unlike other approaches to mosquitosurveillance, this new tool providesinformation on whether mosquitoes arecarrying dengue,” Muller was quoted as sayingin the Journal of Virological Methods.

“It is rapid, specific, and does not requirespecialised equipment or personnel. Thismeans it will be viable for use in developingregions of the world where dengue is asignificant health and economic burden,”Muller said, according to a universitystatement.

Almost half of the world’s population isat risk of contracting the virus which istransmitted to humans by the bite of aninfectious female mosquito.

Paul Young, professor leader of Muller’steam at the Australian Infectious DiseasesResearch Centre, said that rigorous fieldtesting was still being conducted.

“The goal of this work is to provide thetools to not only assess mosquito numbers inthe field but also their infection status,”Young said.

“This information could then be directlyuploaded with GPS information via mobiledevices to coordinating centres,” Youngadded.—Internet

be lowered in line with thesituation,” said Song, aninfluential economist at theprestigious Peking University.

China has cut 150 basispoints from RRR in threemoves since November 2011,bringing the rate down from arecord high of 21.5 percent.

Analysts polled byReuters this month expectedanother 100-bps cuts this yearand forecast annual economicgrowth to dip to 7.9 percent inthe second quarter—the sixthsuccessive quarter of slow-down. Song expected theworld’s second-largesteconomy to grow by 8.2-8.3percent in 2012, slowing from9.2 percent in 2011, and annualinflation to be about 3 percent.

Hong Kong billionaire LiKa-shing was more bearish,expecting 7.5 percent growththis year as China grappleswith a slowdown in consumerspending and exports.

Reuters

China urged to act on growth as exports show sparkA generalview of ashippingcontainerarea at theYangshan

Port ofShanghai on

11 May,2012.

REUTERS

BEIJING, 26 May— Chinashould step up efforts to spureconomic growth, includingcutting the amount of cashthat banks must hold asreserves, a central bank advisersaid on Friday, even as thegovernment saw tentativesigns of a recovery in exports.

Recent comments byPremier Wen Jiabao and otherleaders have fuelled marketexpectations that thegovernment could roll out morestimulus measures to combatan economic slowdown.

Wen said this week the

government would step uppolicy fine-tuning to give moreattention to supportinggrowth and existing govern-ment spending plans on keyprojects should be broughtforward. “The governmentintends to stimulate theeconomy, but the intensity isprobably not enough,” SongGuoqing, an academic adviserto the People’s Bank of China,told Reuters in an interview.

“There are somedownward pressures (on theeconomy). Banks’ reserverequirement ratio (RRR) could

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Soldiers from the US Army look at a Taleban positionafter they attacked the Combat Outpost (COP) Boston in

Kherwar District in Logar Province, easternAfghanistan, on 25 May, 2012. — REUTERS

Afghan parliament approvesUS-Afghan security pact

KABUL, 26 May — Afghanistan’s parliament approvedon Saturday a strategic pact between Kabul and Washington,clearing the way for a US presence in the country for at leasta decade after most foreign combat troops leave in 2014.“Thiswas done for the interest of Afghanistan,” said DaoudKalakani, an MP from Kabul. Around 180 MPs were presentand only four voted against, Kalakani said.

The deal, signed by US President Barack Obama andAfghanistan’s Hamid Karzai in Kabul on 2 May, sets out along-term US role in Afghanistan, including aid andadvisers.Most of the contentious parts of the pact, whichcould have seen the obstructive parliament reject the deal, hadearlier been removed and dealt with separately, includinggiving Afghans control of controversial night raids on homesand prisons used to detain insurgents.— Reuters

UN inspectors find high-gradeuranium traces in Iran

VIENNA, 26 May—United Nations nuclear inspectorshave found uranium particles refined to a higher-than-expectedlevel at an underground site where Iran has installed more than50 percent more enrichment centrifuges, a UN watchdogreport said on Friday.It said Teheran had told the UN agencythat the presence of traces of highly refined uranium — stillwell below potential nuclear weapons-grade material - “mayhappen for technical reasons beyond the operator’s control”.

The United States —which like its Western allies andIsrael accuse Iran of seeking to develop atomic bombcapability — said the Iranian explanation could be correctand a leading US expert said he saw nothing “nefarious” inthe discovery.The International Atomic Energy Agencyreport came a day after six world powers — the United States,Russia, Britain, Germany, China and France — failed toconvince Iran to halt its most sensitive nuclear work during23-24 May talks in Baghdad.

At the heart of the dispute is Iran’s insistence on a rightto enrich uranium and that economic sanctions should belifted before it shelves activities that could lead to its achievingthe ability to assemble nuclear weapons.Western powersinsist Teheran must first shut down higher-grade enrichmentbefore sanctions could be eased.Iran started enriching to afissile concentration of 20 percent in 2010 and has sincesharply expanded the activity, saying the material will serveas fuel for a medical reactor.

But a suspicious West is alarmed since such enhancedenrichment accomplishes much of the technical leap towards90 percent — or weapons-grade — uranium.The IAEA reportsaid environmental samples taken in February at Iran’s Fordowfacility — buried deep beneath rock and soil to protect it fromair strikes — showed the presence of particles with enrichmentlevels of up to 27 percent.That is above the 20 percentenrichment level Iran has declared at the site, and takes itacross the line from low-enriched to high-enricheduranium.”The Agency is assessing Iran’s explanation andhas requested further details,” the IAEA report said.

Reuters

Iran’s chief negotiator Saeed Jalili addresses a newsconference after a meeting in Baghdad, on 24 May,

2012. Iran and world powers agreed to meet again inMoscow next month for more talks to try to end the long-running dispute over Teheran’s nuclear programme, but

there was scant progress to resolve the main stickingpoints between the two sides.— REUTERS

US probes China’s ZTE over tech sales to IranAccording to contractdocuments, Beijing 8-Star wasresponsible for providingcertain “relevant third-partyequipments.”—Internet

based in Shenzhen, China,declined to comment.The USproduct makers — whichincluded Microsoft Corp,IBM, Hewlett-Packard Co,Oracle Corp and Dell Inc,among others — have all saidthey were not aware of theIranian contracts. TheCommerce Departmentofficial said there is noevidence the Americancompanies were complicit inthe transactions.

The US companieseither declined to commentabout the investigation or didnot respond to requests forcomment.According topeople familiar with the matter,some of the US companieshave received subpoenasrequesting information abouttheir dealings with ZTE and aChinese trading company,Beijing 8-Star InternationalCo, which also was a party tothe Iranian contracts.

China’s ZTE Corp, whichrecently sold Iran’s largesttelecommunications firm a

powerful surveillancesystem, later agreed to shipto Iran millions of dollarsworth of embargoed US

computer equipment,documents show. — REUTERS

WASHINGTON, 26 May—The Department of Commerceis investigating Chinesetelecommunications equip-ment maker ZTE Corp forallegedly selling embargoedUS computer products toIran.The investigation waslaunched following reportsby Reuters in March and April

that ZTE had signed contractsto ship millions of dollarsworth of hardware andsoftware from some ofAmerica’s best-known techfirms to TelecommunicationCo of Iran (TCI) and a unit of

the consortium that controlsit along with the Iranianregime. TCI is Iran’s largesttelecom carrier.

“We’ve been pursuingit very aggressively,” said aCommerce Departmentofficial. Investigators alreadyhave met with representativesof ZTE.A spokesman for ZTE,

Ontario forest fire halts gold projects

Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in YemenEarlier on Friday, another

suicide bomber targeted aHouthi protest march in therugged northern province ofSaada, where the rebels haveeffectively carved out theirown state within a state. Therewere no casualties in theattack, the Houthis said in astatement. “As the march wastaking its first steps, thesuicide bomber, who waswearing an explosive belt,tried to breach the securitybarriers and enter the square,”read a statement from theHouthis’ media office. “Butthose responsible forprotecting the protest stoppedand searched him, whichmade him nervous and he lostcontrol, blowing himself uperroneously...” The al Qaeda-linked group put the deathtoll at more than 20.— Reuters

SANAA, 26 May — Twoal Qaeda-linked suicidebombers targeting Shi’iteMuslims blew themselves upat a school and a protest marchin northern Yemen on Fridaykilling at least 12 people, thedefence ministry said. Theattacks came less than a weekafter a suicide bomber in armyuniform detonated anexplosive belt at a militaryparade rehearsal in Sanaa,killing more than 90 soldiersand wounding at least 200more. The United States andits Gulf Arab allies havewatched with mounting alarmas al Qaeda-linked militants,emboldened by politicalinstability in Yemen, havelaunched a series of audaciousattacks in the impoverishedstate.

A militant Sunni Islamist

group affiliated to al Qaedasaid it had carried out bothattacks in revenge for thekilling of fellow Sunni Muslimsin Yemen’s north, a Shi’iterebel stronghold borderingSaudi Arabia. Sunni Muslimmilitants affiliated to al Qaedaview Shi’ite Muslims asheretics. One attack occurredin the northern al-Jawfprovince, where a suicidebomber drove into a school inwhich members of a Shi’iterebel group, also known asHouthis, had gathered to pray,killing 12 people, a local officialsaid. An offshoot of Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of IslamicLaw), itself an affiliate of alQaeda’s Yemen-based wing,said more than 20 Houthi“apostates” had been killed,in a statement claimingresponsibility for the attack.

There are now 45 firesactive in the province, 43 ofwhich are in the northeastregion, according to theOntario Ministry of NaturalResources website. The blazenear Timmins has led the cityto declare a state ofemergency. About 120 peoplehave been evacuated in thearea. Dry conditions andstrong winds have set off thefires, which have alsothreatened areas nearKirkland Lake, east ofTimmins. Shares of Brigusclosed down 1.2 percent at 84Canadian cents on Friday onthe Toronto Stock Exchange,while Lake Shore’s stock slid2.2 percent to 88 Canadiancents.

Reuters

TORONTO, 26 May — Twomore Canadian companies —Brigus Gold Corp and LakeShore Gold Corp — havejoined the list of minershalting operations innorthern Ontario as dozensof forest fires caused poweroutages and forcedevacuations in the region.

Brigus suspended goldproduction at its Black Foxmill near Timmins, about 700kilometres (450 miles) northof Toronto, because of apower outage. The companyexpects electricity to berestored early next week, itsaid on Friday.

Its Black Fox mine, some30 km away, is still operating,and the company isstockpiling ore to be

processed once power comesback online, the company saidin a statement. Smoke from aforest fire about 15 kmsouthwest of Lake ShoreGold’s Timmins West projectforced it to halt operationsthere on Thursday. Theunderground mine remainstemporarily closed. “Wecanceled the day and nightshift for tomorrow, and thenit’s just day to day after that,”company spokesman MarkUtting said. Lake Shore seesno impact from the fire on itsproduction forecast right now,as it has large stockpiles ofore available at both its BellCreek mill and Timmins Westmine. Operations at Bell Creek,east of Timmins, have notbeen affected by the fire.

The TopkapiPalace Clock

Section opens as apermanent gallery

with approximately380 pieces gathered

from all aroundEurope during theOttoman Empire

dynasty. — XINHUA

Suspect inKosovo organ

traffickingarrested

PRISTINA, 26 May—Asuspect in a human organtrafficking scandal that cameto light in Kosovo in 2008 hasbeen arrested in Israel, theEuropean Union’s police andjustice mission in the Balkancountry said on Friday. MosheHarel was arrested along withseveral other people inconnection with a parallelinvestigation in Israel, said themission, known as EULEX.

Police in Kosovo accuseIsraeli Harel of seeking outpeople in need of kidneytransplants and luring donorsto Kosovo from Turkey andthe poorer countries of theformer Soviet Union with thepromise of 15,000 euros (20,000US dollars) in payment. It isnot known whether theyreceived the money. Theorgans were then sold on forbetween 80,000 and 100,000euros (100,000US dollars-125,000US dollars).

MNA/Reuters

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STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH LEARNING METHOD COURSECONCLUDED: Ponnagyun Township Education Officer U Khin Maung delivered aspeech at concluding ceremony of student-centered approach learning method course,conducted by Township Education Office, at Basic Education High School in Ponnagyun,Rakhine State, on 22 May.—EDUCATION

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DAY:Parents enrolled theirchild at No.7 Basic Education Primary School in TamwayTownship on 25 May (School Enrolment Day).—KYEMON

Books, cashdonated toAlinyaung

library in TatkonTownship

TATKON, 26 May—Aceremony to donate cash,furniture and books andpublications to Alinyaunglibrary in Latpan village,Latpan village-tract, TatkonTownship, Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area, was held atthe library on 20 May. At theceremony, wellwishersdonated cash, books andpublications throughmember of librarycommittee.—Myanma Alin

SITTWAY, 25 May—A ceremony to hold State-leveleducative talks on national environment activities andmeeting on works for achieving MDGs and natural disasterpreparedness, was held at the meeting hall of Rakhine StateHealth Department in Sittway, on 16 May.

At the ceremony, Dr Than Tun Aung of StateHealth Department explained facts about nationalenvironment activities and natural disaster preparedness.Those present gave suggestion, and follow-up works werecoordinated.—Myanma Alin

TRADITIONAL “TUG-OF-WAR” CONTEST

HELD: Traditional“Tug-of-War” or “RainCall” competition washeld , for three days atthe front of Baungdaw

pagoda inPalengweyaung ward,

AungmyaythazanTownship, Mandalay as

of 23 May.MYANMA ALIN

Cash assistance provided toWar Veterans Organization

family’s studentsHINTHADA, 26 May—A ceremony to hold

coordination meeting of Organizing Committee of HinthadaTownship War Veterans Organization and provide cashassistance to students, was held at City Hall of HinthadaTownship, Ayeyawady Region on 16 May. At the ceremony,Lt-Col Hla Min of Township War Veterans Organizationdelivered a speech. After that, treasurer captain Kyaw Thant( Retd) of the organization presented K 2.3 million.

Myanma Alin

TAUNGGYI, 26 May — Abrick-laying ceremony forconstruction of 100-bedhospital in Taunggyi, ShanState, was held at Kanthaward on 23 May.

At the ceremony,

Alin-eain library opens in Thongwa TownshipYANGON, 26 May—An

opening ceremony of Alin-eain library was held atZwehtaw village in ThongwaTownship, Yangon SouthDistrict on 18 May.

At the ceremony,Township administrator UKyaw Thaung, TownshipInformation and Public

Relations Department staffofficer Daw Tin Tin Htwayand village-tractadministrator U MyintHlaing formally opened it.

After that, theTownship administratordelivered a speech, and thestaff officer explainedperpetuation of library and

purpose of opening.Wellwishers donated booksand publication throughofficials.

It was built at a cost of K1.5 million—K 0.5 millioncontributed by MyanmarLibraries Foundation and K0.1 million by local people.

Myanma Alin

Bricks laid for construction of free hospital in TaunggyiState governmentministers, patron andchairman of Myitta Shinassociation, member laidbricks. Myitta Shin freeclinic leads theconstruction of the free

hospital. Those wishing tomake contribution for theclinic construction maycontact Myit ta Shinassociation in monastery,Seinpan, Taunggyi.

Taunggyi (Sub-printing)

Rural socio-economicdevelopment tasks undertaken

in Ponnagyun TownshipPONNAGYUN, 26 May—

Staff officer U Hla Baw Thuof Ponnagyun TownshipInformation and PublicRelations Departmentundertook the rural socioeconomic development inthree village-tracts ofPonnagyun Township,Rakhine State, from 18 to 20May, in cooperation withofficials from Immigrationand National RegistrationDepartment, ForestDepartment and Myanma

Perennial Crops EnterpriseThey discussed perpetuationof village libraries andraising reading habit forhuman resourcedevelopment, compilationof National Scrutiny cardsand household lists, dis-semination of knowledge onenvironmental conser-vation and reducingcrimes.—Township IPRD

DISTRICTNEWS

Myanmar, ROK ink MoU oncooperation

YANGON, 26 May—Under Myanmar-KoreaFriendship Programme, aceremony to sign MoU oncooperation betweenAmyotha HluttawEducation, Health andCulture Committee of theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar and the Parliamentof the Republic of Korea, washeld at Royal MingaladonGolf Country Club in

Mingaladon Garden Cityyesterday,

It was attended byChairman of AmyothaHluttaw Education, Healthand Culture Committee DrKhin Shwe, Chairman ofAmyotha Hluttaw Local andInternational NGOsCommittee U Win Naung,Secretary U Swe Aung,Amyotha Hluttaw Farmersand Local and ForeignWorkers Affairs Committeeand ASEAN EconomicCommunity Committee DrMyint Kyi, Secretary ofAmyotha Hluttaw PublicAccounts Committee U Nu,member of NationalAssembly Republic of KoreaMr Lee Hansung andofficials and officials fromthe Embassy of the Republicof Korea.

At the ceremony, MrLee Hansung explainedcooperation betweenMyanmar and the ROK andChairman Dr Khin Shwedelivered a speech. Afterthat, Dr Khin Shwe and MrLee Hansung inked andexchanged the MoU. Andthey had documentaryphoto taken. Myanmar andthe ROK will undertakedevelopment works in thesectors of education, healthand culture.

Myanma Alin

Writers Association formed inKungyangon Township

YANGON, 26 May—A ceremony to hold plenarymeeting and form writers association, was held at TownshipInformation and Public Relations Department Office,Kungyangon Township on 8 May. At the ceremony,Township General Administration Department deputy staffofficer U Zaw Thein and Township Writers and JournalistsAssociation Chairman U San Shwe (Tin Maung Htet-Kungyangon) explained the election methods designatedby the conference. After that, writers association wasformed.—Myanma Alin

Meeting on natural disasterpreparedness held in Sittway

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—The Think Tank ofFinance and Revenue Ministry met at themeeting hall of the ministry here today so as todiscuss further actions for integration of foreignexchange rate, joint opening of joint venturebanks in the country and invitation of foreignbanks investment, with an address by UnionFinance and Revenue Minister U Hla Tun.

Governor of the central bank of MyanmarU Than Nyein, consultative team members andpersonnel were present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the UnionMinister said it had been nearly two monthssince the introduction of managed floatingexchange rate regime, under which system,the central bank of Myanmar daily issuedreference foreign exchange rate. The centralbank of bank would adjust the value ofMyanmar Kyat depending on the financialmarket with a view to reducing fluctuations inexchange rate.

It had been ordered to allow savers that hadopened accounts in State-run banks freely usethe remaining amount in their foreign currencyaccounts without tax cuts under Instruction No.9/2012 on 24 April, 2012, which was officiallyenforced since 1 May, 2012. Each State-ownedbanks offer such services as opening accountsand debit and credit.

Think Tank of F & R Ministry meetsThe governor of the Central Bank of

Myanmar explained that opening of foreigncurrency accounts had been allowed on 17May, 2012 under instruction No. 12/2012 soas to deal with foreign currency brought atmoney changer counters of authorized dealerlicense holder banks, held with FED form andearned as income.

The feasibility committee for opening ofjoint venture bank was formed on 21 May,2012 and the committee would study the rulesand regulations and procedures necessary,and the risks. The governor then explained thecapacity, competitiveness of private banksand further requirements for working as joint-venture.

The meeting came to an end with thesuggestions of the consultative tammembers.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation UMyint Hlaing, accompaniedby Deputy Minister U OhnThan, Director-General ofAgricultural Department UKyaw Win, Director-Generalof Industrial CropsDevelopment Department UKyaw Shwe and officials, metsugarcane plantation stafffrom sugar mills and 110farmers at special high yieldsugarcane 10-acre plantationin Zeyathiri Township herethis morning.

He said sugarcane is animportant crop for the Stateand a profitable crop as thescientific cultivation of thecrop could yield above 50tons per acre. He urged notonly to extend plantationacreage but to apply newcultivation techniques andnew species.

The deputy ministerasked the staff to help thefarmers acquire first-handknowledge of scientific

Union A&I Minister visits sugarcane, cottonplantations in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area

cultivation methods.Managing Director of

Sugarcane Enterprise U ZawMyint Tun reportedsituations for helping farmersyield above 60 tons per acreand proposed fresh approachfor multiplying theplantation acreage bygrowing the crop in rainyseason.

The Union minister, thedeputy minister andobservers viewed round sixmonths old 10-acre sugarcaneplantation.

The Union minister andparty also visited 10-acreNgwechi-6 long staplecotton plantation inPobbathiri Township wherethe deputy minister andDirector U Aung Maw ofCotton Crops Divisionconducted 75 farmers fromYamethin, Pyawbwe andTatkon Townships round theplantation.

The Union ministercalled for organizing thefarmers to establish model

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Magway Region Chief MinisterU Phone Maw Shwe inspected progress in construction ofKyauktaing Village Station Hospital in Mindon Township,Thayet District, and construction of Mindon Creek Bridge on23 May. After viewing the free distribution of exercise booksfor 2012-2013 academic year to basic education schools at thetownship education officer’s office, the region chief ministermet service personnel, townselders and social organizationmembers at the township hall. He then inspected constructionof diversion weir near Maday Dam in Kanma Township, flumenear Alealat Village and cannel and met departmental staff atKanma Township General Administration Department.

On 24 May the region chief minister met departmentalstaff, locals and social organization members at Thayet Districtand Aunglan Township General Administration Departmentsand inspected free distribution of exercise books at thetownship education officer’s office, production of timber inKyaukpadaung Village and Kobin-Thagara Inter-district Road.He also met personnel, townselders and social organizationmembers at Hsinpaungwe Township and Minhla TownshipGADs and inspected Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun) in MagwayTownship.

On 25 May, the region chief minister attended celebrationsof School Enrollment Day at schools in Magway and donatedexercise books and school uniforms.—MNA

Magway Region Chief Minister oninspection tour of Thayet District

plots in each Region andState. The deputy ministergifted 90 visses of strains tothe visiting farmers.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Chief Minister of Sagaing RegionU Tha Aye yesterday morning attended the opening of aceremony to mark National Environment SanitationActivities (2012) held at the town hall in Monywa and madea speech on the occasion.

Afterwards, the Chief Minister proceeded to MonywaPeople’s Hospital and asked after the warded children.

Later, the Chief Minister went on to Pyidawtha KanUPagoda in Aungtha Village and inspected the paving ofPyidawtha KanU-Mohnyin Thanbudde street after payinghomage to the pagoda.—MNA

National Environment SanitationActivities (2012) marked in Monywa

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Union Attorney-General Dr TunShin met with law officers of Magway, Minbu and ThayetDistricts in Magway Region on 25 May and law officers ofPakokku District and made clarifications.

On the occasion, the Union Attorney-General stressed theneed to run functions in accordance with the laws to be in linewith the changing times and systems, followed by a generalround of discussions where officials from Magway Regionpresented their reports. Director-General U Win Myint of theUnion Attorney-General’s Office touched upon the reports.

The Union Attorney-General along his trip also inspectedlaw offices in Myaing and Yesagyo in Pakokku District.

MNA

Union Attorney-General meets lawofficers of Magway, Minbu and

Thayet Districts

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—The Thai delegation led byCommandant of NationalDefence Studies Institute ofRoyal Thai Armed ForcesCommander-in-Chief’sOffice General PadetgarnJansaewoke concluded visityesterday evening.

Commandant of DefenceServices Medical AcademyBrig-Gen Thit Lin Ohn,Commandant of DefenceServices Institute of Nursingand Paramedical ScienceBrig-Gen Zaw Myint andsenior military officials sawoff the delegation at YangonInternational Airport.—MNA

Thai military delegationconcludes visit

Commandantof National

Defence StudiesInstitute ofRoyal Thai

Armed ForcesCommander-in-Chief’s Office

GeneralPadetgarn

Jansaewokeseen at YangonInternationalAirport beforetheir departure.

MNA

Union Minister for Finance andRevenue U Hla Tun speaking atthe meeting on further actions

for integration of foreignexchange rate, joint opening of

joint venture banks in the countryand invitation of foreign banks

investment. —MNA

Union Minister U Myint Hlaing meets sugarcane plantation staff fromsugar mills and 110 farmers at special high yield sugarcane 10-acre

plantation in Zeyathiri Township.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Japanese Mitsui & Co Ltdwill open its branch officehere in coming June.

Executive ChiefRepresentative for Myanmarof Mitsui & Co Ltd MrMasanari Nagai revealed theconglomerate’s interest toinvest more in Myanmar in

Mitsui to renew investment in Myanmar

meeting with Union Ministerfor Transport U Nyan TunAung at the ministry hereyesterday morning.

New investments of thecompany which had theprevious experience ofinvestment in Myanmarduring late 90s will includetransportation and maritime

businesses.The minister invited

investment in habour and portdevelopment and Dawei,Kyaukpyu and ThilawaSpecial Economic Zones andproposed joint venture foroperating national flagcarrier in internationalwater.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May — Union Ministerfor Energy U Than Htay received adelegation led by Vice President KimByung-Joo of Korea Gas Corporation athis office here yesterday morning.

The guests enquired potentials formaking investments in producing newpetroleum products such as Dimethyl Ether(DME) from chemical petroleum-basedindustries, and bilateral cooperation tasks.

Union Energy Minister meets Vice Presidentof Korea Gas Corporation

The Union Minister and officialsconcerned responded that now is the timewhen the government is striving fordevelopment of private sectors in accordwith the economic policy, joint venturescould be carried out not only with theMinistry of Energy but with domesticentrepreneurs. Besides, they informed thepossible supply of oil and gas by theministry for industries.—MNA

Union Minister for Energy U Than Htay receives a delegation led byVice President Kim Byung-Joo of Korea Gas Corporation.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May —Sagaing Region ChiefMinister U Tha Aye inmeeting with the localpeople of Thabyaytha andGethahmway villages ofAyadaw Township on 24May explained educationand health matters,upgrading of village-to-village road, adequatesupply of drinking water andgrowing of trees. He nextinspected construction of anew building ofGethahmway VillageMiddle School (Branch) anddonated publications and

Sagaing Region Chief Minister inspects regionaldevelopment work in Ayadaw Township

sports gear for villages. Then,the region chief minister metthe people of nearby villagesand inspected constructionof 23000-foot Mukhamgyi-Taikywa-Oakshitkyi Roadand Mu river-crossingbridge (Yangyi Aung).

The 840 feet long bridgelinks Mukhamgyi Village inDebayin Township andYekyiwa Village in ShweboTownship.

Then, the region chiefminister met with the peopleof Shwedwingon Village ofAyadaw Township andinspected construction of a

new two-storey schoolbuilding. Then, he also metthe people of Chaungsoneand Naunggyiaing villagesand inspected the four-inchdiameter artesian well beingdug by Region WaterResources Department. Thedepartment in cooperationwith the local people willdig 10 more artesian wells.Later, he met the people ofthree villages andconstruction of Ayadaw-Wadaw Road which is 7miles and 2 furlongs longand 100 feet wide.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—The visiting delegation ledby Director Mr Nguyen ChuNhac of Radio the Voice ofVietnem (VOV) of theSocialist Republic ofVietnam this morning visitedUppatasanti Pagoda here and

Visiting Vietnamese delegation tours Nay Pyi Tawobserved the Yadana whiteelephant at the white elephantshed near the pagoda.

Afterwards, thedelegation led by DirectorMr Nguyen Chu Nhac ofRadio the Voice of Vietnemproceeded to the Gems

Museum (Nay Pyi Taw) wherethey were welcomed bypersonnel from the museum.The visiting guests were thenconducted around themuseum where they observedthe gems and jewelry put ondisplay there.—MNA

Deputy F & R Minister meets service personnelof Magway Region Revenue Department

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Deputy Minister for Financeand Revenue U Win Thanmet with service personnelof Magway RegionRevenue Department at theoffice of the department on23 May.

At the meeting, thedeputy ministerunderscored the importancefor service personnel of therevenue department to meetthe set target realizing theobjectives of the State andthe department, and to abide

by rules and regulations inengaging revenuefunctions and to effectivelyapply the information andcommunications techno-logy to keep pace withchanges and development.

MNA

Seikpyu Township marks school enrollment day NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—

The school enrollment for2012-2013 academic yearof Seikpyu Township(across the Township),Magway Region took placeat Seikpyu BEHS thismorning with an address bythe Township

Administrator U Win Myint.Next, the Township

Education Officer U HtayWin clarified about theschool enrollment, and theTownship GeneralAdministration Department,those from No. 2 BasicEducation Department, the

Township Maternal AndChild Welfare Associationand the Township WomenAffairs Associationpresented over K 16 millionfor provision of studentswith free textbooks andexercise books.

MNA

YANGON, 26 May—Sports and PhysicalEducation DepartmentDirector-General U ThaungHtaik met 26 members ofMyanmar ShootingFederation led by Presidentof the federation U Htet Nyiwho are going to take part inthe invitational shootingcontest of 36th SEA Games tobe held in Malaysia from 1 to

Two Myanmar sports contingents meets10 June and four athletes fromMyanmar Track & FieldFederation led by VicePresident of the federation USan Tun who are going totake part in the 15th AsianYouth Track & Field to beheld in Sri Lanka from 9 to 12June was held at the office ofthe Sports and PhysicalEducation Department herethis afternoon.

At the meeting, thePresident of MSF, GeneralSecretary of MSF Director ofSPED U Kyaw Moe Win andVice President of MTFF USan Tun reported onpreparations for taking partin those sports events, andDirector-General of SPED UThaung Htaik spoke wordsof encouragement to theathletes.—MNA

Underwater photo contest concludes in tourism-oriented CubaHAVANA, 26 May —

Cuban, Italian and Chileanphotographers have won topprizes at an internationalunderwater photo contestCuba hosted with an aim toboost its tourism industry.Beginning last Sunday, theFotosub 2012 contestattracted 50 photographersfrom Cuba, Italy, Chile,Argentina, Russia, Mexicoand Canada, according to theCuban Ministry of Tourism.

While announcing thewinners on Friday, the

ministry also said Cayo Largodel Sur, the island where thecontest took place, will holdthe 14th Championship of theWorld UnderwaterFederation in 2013 for itsexcellent diving conditionsand high-level infrastructure.The first Fotosub contest washeld in 1982 at the Isle ofYouth in southern Cuba, butthe location was moved toCayo Largo del Sur this yearfor the latter’s better naturalconditions.

The island nation

frequently sponsors photocontests to promote itstourism industry, its secondlargest source of foreignexchange reserves.

The government alsoexpects tourism to serve as anengine of growth to helpdevelop other social andeconomic projects. TheCaribbean island countryreceived 2.7 million foreignvisitors in 2011 and thenumber is expected to reach 3million soon.

Xinhua

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A 100-YEAR-OLD BIG BOAT FOUND: A 100-year-old big boat was excavated nearSittoung Bridge in Sittoung River in Tounggo, Bago Region on 25 May. It was found on11 April while the rescuers were searching the two dead people in the river.—MYANMA ALIN

Meeting on reconstruction ofFire-hit Shanlan market held

YANGON, 26 May—Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee held a meeting with shop owners of Shanlanmarket on reconstruction of fire-affected Shanlan market(a) Gwa market, Shan Lan Dhammayon in SangyoungTownship, on 24 May.

At the meeting, the majority of shop owners andthe market committee called for construction of one-storedsteel market. It was built in 1959-1960. The 233 of 318shops in the market were destroyed by the fire on 18 May,and the fire caused a loss of K 34.95 million.

Myanma Alin

NAY PYI TAw, 26 May—An opening of GoodPharmacy Practice course, organized by Health Departmentof the Ministry of Health, was held at Amara Hotel here on23 May, with an address by Director-General Dr Tun NaingOo of Health Department.

Course instructors from University of Medicines,University of Pharmacy and Food and Drug Administrationconducted three-day course. A total of 52 trainees fromhealth staff officers, doctors and assistant staff officers ofHealth Department attended it.

On 26 May, course on inspection of good productionpractices of foodstuff industries will be opened.

MNA

YANGON, 26 May—A stake-driving ceremony forconstruction of two-storey Sangha medical ward in thecompound of Traditional Hospital in Bahan Township,here, yesterday morning.

At the ceremony, Yangon Region Minister forSocial Affairs Dr Myint Thein drove the stakes and thosepresent laid the bricks at designated places.

MNA

YCDC’s litter disposal system hasmuch success than expected

YANGON, 26 May— A litter disposal system implementedby Yangon City Development Committee has much successthan expected, according to YCDC’s EnvironmentConservation and Sanitation Department at press conferenceon 24 May. The new system is a disposal of dry and wetrubbishes with colour bags. For public participation,educative periods from January through March aredesignated. Then, the new system has started on 1 April.

Till 24 May, the public participation in the new systemis 28.52 percent. It is expected to reach 50 percent at the endof September. Necessary actions will be taken against thosewho fail to follow it.

Htet Khaing (Sangyoung)

Cold storage factories inYangon faces power shortage

YANGON, 26 May—Factories in Yangon Region arefacing power cut soon. There are more than 70 fish coldstorage factories in Yangon, 23 of which are in now operation.It is impossible to operate generators round the clock anddaily although these factories have their own generators.These generators are reserved only for temporary powershortage. The generators consume one barrel of diesel pertwo hours. Some factories have stopped their operations,and about 10,000 workers there would be likely to becomejobless. It can affect other related businesses. It is knownthat factory owners will make request to Yangon RegionGovernment and Yangon City Electricity Supply Board(YESB) for supply of power at night.

Hlaing Maung

MEDICINES DONATED:Kyulia Muslim ReligiousFund of Bo Son Pat Roadin Pabedan Township,Yangon donated medicinesand medial equipmentworth K 1748250 to theCentral Women’s Hospital(Yangon) through Medicalsuperintendent Dr Tin NyoNyo Lat and officials, on 19May.—MYANMA ALIN

DISTRICTNEWS

YANGON, 26 May—Second electric wiresinstallation competition,organized by Thukha SuSan training school andsupervised by Ministry ofLabour and MyanmarEngineering Society, will beheld, at Thukhasusantraining school in HlinethayaTownship on 28 July. Theawards are first prize (K300,000), second prize (K150,000) and third prize (K80,000). “The school givestrainings for welder, pipefitter, steel fitter, electrical,mechanical and paintercourses free of charge.

Old star playsagainst Actor

star on 28May

YANGON, 26 May—MFFAYA Futsal Cup, organizedby Myanmar FootballFederation and acted byAyeyawady Bank as Titlesponsor and by Best Auto asmain sponsor, holds atThuwunna Gymnasium on28 May.

The opening ceremonywill be held on a grand scale.Before the ceremony, Oldstar team comprising oldselected footballers andplays futsal demonstrationmatch against Actor starteam including, movie/videoactors.

Zaw Min Aung

Stake driven for constructionof two-storey Sangha medicalward in Traditional Hospital

Electric wires installationcompetition on 28 July

Entrepreneurs from abroadchoose those who concludethe courses,” said TrainingSchool Chairman U ChanTha.—MNA

CASH ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION PROVIDED:Police Lt-Col Myint Thein of Launglon Township

Police Force presented cash assistance to an offspringof Township Police Force for education, in Launglon

Township, on 9 May—DAWEI DISTRICT.

CASH ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION PROVIDED:Police Col Win Naing of Yangon Region Police Forcepresented cash assistance for education of Police Force’soffspring, on 25 May.—MNA

Good Pharmacy Practicecourse opens

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14-year-old Texan wins National Geographic BeeWASHINGTON, 26 May

— In the end, it came down toan educated guess as towhich Bavarian city locatedon the Danube River was alegislative seat of the HolyRoman Empire from 1663 to1806. Answer: The GermanCity of Regensburg.

And with that, 14-year-old Rahul Nagvekar took thetop prize on Thursday at theNational Geographic Bee. Itwas a close victory. He andrunner-up Vansh Jain hadfinished the championshipround tied after fivequestions. Next, they wereasked a series of tiebreakersin a sudden death round. Forthe first three, both wrotedown the correct answer. Onthe fourth, only Nagvekarwas correct. “It was a guess,

a 50-50 chance,” said theeighth-grader from SugarLand, Texas. “It justhappened to be a goodguess.”

The first-time contenderin the national competitionwill receive a $25,000 collegescholarship along with a tripto the Galapagos Islands. Itwas the third time a studentfrom Texas has won the bee inthe past four years.Nagvekar’s mother, UrmilaSabnis, said that helping herson train required her to do alot of research with herhusband. “I have been

reading and reading andreading ...just to be able tomake it tough,” said thesoftware engineer who’soriginally from India. “Hewouldn’t take a question if itwas easy.”

Nagvekar said mapshave fascinated him for years,but he’s not sure what he’llstudy when he gets to collegein a few years. He startedpreparing for the geographybee in fourth grade and hasgone to the state bee everyyear, placing higher each time.This year’s bee began withlocal competitions among 4

million students in schoolsacross the country. “I thinkit’s very important for peopleto know more about theworld,” Nagvekar said. “Thathelps with world conflict. Ithelps people understandothers better. It helps peopleunderstand why problemshappen and how to solvethose problems.” The beetested the 10 finalists’knowledge of history, worldcultures, landmarks andclimates.

In one round, studentswere shown a graph withrainfall and temperatureaverages and asked to pickwhich City it depicted.Another round used GoogleEarth to zoom in on a museum,memorial or church, and thestudents guessed where itwas located. President BarackObama asked a question thisyear by video, quizzing theyoung contenders on theirknowledge of recent events.Obama asked what Asiancapital city on the Han Riverhosted a gathering of worldleaders in March for a NuclearSecurity Summit.— Internet

SEOUL, 26 May — SouthKorea’s Incheon Inter-national Airport has beennamed the world’s best airportfor the seventh consecutiveyear, the airport’s operatorsaid on Friday. South Korea’smain gateway received theaward for “Best AirportWorldwide” of 2011 byAirports Council Inter-national (ACI) at a ceremonyheld in Singapore onThursday, according toIncheon International AirportCorporation.

The rating is the result of

S Korea’s Incheon Airportnamed world’s best for seventh

straight year

interviews ACI conductedwith 350, 000 passengersusing airports worldwide. TheIncheon Airport is the onlyairport in the world to havegarnered the top spot seventimes in a row since theindustry’s top honor wasintroduced in 1993, theoperator said. DubaiInternational Airport won theaward three times from 1993to 1995. Singapore’s ChangiAirport came in second andBeijing Capital InternationalAirport took third.

Xinhua

You can have a life in which you smile every morningand feel excitement to start the new day.— XINHUA

National Geographic Beehost Alex Trebek stands

with National GeographicBee champion Rahul

Nagvekar, 14, from QuailValley Middle School in

Missouri City, Texas,on 24 May, 2012, in

Washington.— INTERNET

Pastry cook Liu Hui stretchesnoodles in Tianjin, north

China, on 24 May, 2012. Liucreated two Shanghai GreatWorld Guinness Records bystretching a 1918-metre-longnoodle and blowing a pastryballoon with diameter of 1.5

metres.—XINHUA

Tornado doesn’t stop Kansascouple’s wedding day

KANSAS CITY, 26 May —In the plains of central Kansas,tornadoes are so un-remarkable that guests barelyflinched as a barrel-racingbride wed her bull-ridinggroom with a twister droppingfrom the sky just miles away.But for people living outsideTornado Alley, Caleb andCandra Pence’s wedding lastSaturday is generating thekind of buzz usually reservedfor celebrity nuptials. Thevideo of the service has goneviral, garnering more than20,000 views on YouTube anda flurry of media coverage.

“It is amazing how fast ithas taken off,” said thegroom’s uncle, Lee Pence,

In this 19 May, 2012,photo provided by Cate

Eighmey, Caleb & CandraPence pose for a weddingphoto as a tornado swirlsin the background after

they were married inHarper County, Kan.

INTERNET

who shot the video. AfterSaturday’s outdoor serviceon the groom’s family farmnear the small south-centralKansas Town of Harper, thecouple posed for photos withthe twister visible behindthem. The pictures capturethem smiling serenely — the21-year-old bride in a whitegown and the 22-year-oldgroom in a cowboy hat andjeans. About eight to 10 milesaway, the twister wasdamaging a farm and windturbines. The NationalWeather Service hasclassified it as an EF-3 storm,packing winds of 138 to 167miles per hour.

Internet

C-sections may raise childhood obesity riskWASHINGTON, 26 May —

Babies born by Caesareansection are twice as likely tobe obese by age three as infantsdelivered vaginally,according to a new studypublished on Thursday in theArchives of Disease inChildhood journal. The studyincluded more than 1,250mother-child pairs admittedto Massachusetts hospitalsbetween 1999 and 2002. Allof the mothers joined the studybefore 22 weeks into their

pregnancy, and 25 percent ofbabies were delivered by C-section. The rest weredelivered vaginally. Babieswere measured and weighedat birth, at 6 months and againat age three.

Average birth weight wasnot statistically higher forbabies born by C-section. Butnearly 16 percent of childrendelivered via C-section wereobese by the age of three,compared with 7.5 percent ofthose born vaginally. Also,

about 19 percent of the C-section kids were overweightcompared to just less than 17percent of the others. Thosechildren delivered by C-section also had higherskinfold thickness (a measureof body fat) at age 3, the studyshowed. The researchers saidtheir findings held even afterthey compensated for factorsknown to increase the risk ofchildhood obesity, includingoverweight mothers and highbirth weight.—Xinhua

Portugal to hold world’s largestmusic festival

LISBON, 26 May — Forthe fifth time, Rock in Rio, theworld’s largest music festival,will kick off here on Friday,with 250,000 people expectedduring the five-day event.Smashing Pumpkins,Metallica, Stevie Wonder,Lenny Kravitz, BruceSpringsteen and BryanAdams are among the singersand bands who will take part inthe performances of the 2012edition of Rock in Rio Lisbon.

Other than music, thefestival offers entertainment.“We want (the festival) to bea Disneyland of music,”festival director and founderRoberto Medina said.

Though Portugal is stillstruggling with the effects ofthe eurozone debt crisis, the

organizers want people to paymore to visit the festival. In2010, the price of a one-dayticket was 58 euros (72.5 USdollars), and now it is 63 euros(78.7 US dollars).

“We believe that peoplewill be more choosy regardinghow they are going to spendtheir money, and we make aneffort to offer quality, so wewill be one choice of thePortuguese,” Medina said.Rock in Rio originated in Brazilin 1985.

After its third edition inRio de Janeiro, the festivalexpanded in 2004 to Lisbon,where it has an edition everytwo years. Since 2008, twoeditions have also been heldin Madrid.

Xinhua

US drone ‘kills four militants’ in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, 26 May — A

US drone attack has killed atleast four militants in anorthwestern Pakistani tribaldistrict borderingAfghanistan, according tosecurity officials. The attacktook place early Saturday, at ahouse near Miranshah, themain town of North Waziristantribal district, a known hide-out of Taleban and al-Qaedalinked militants, the Pakistaniofficials said. “A US dronefired two missiles at a house

and at least four militants werekilled,” a senior security officialtold AFP. “The identities ofthe militants killed in the dronestrike were not immediatelyknown,” he said.

Two other officialsconfirmed the attack.Residents said they werewoken up by the sound of lowflying aircraft and the noise ofthe missile strike. “The housecaught fire after missiles hit itand militants immediatelycordoned off the area and

were searching in the rubble,”a local tribesman told AFP,asking not to be named.Washington considersPakistan’s semi-autonomousnorthwestern tribal belt themain hub of Taleban and al-Qaeda militants plottingattacks on the West and inAfghanistan.

North Waziristan is astronghold of the Haqqaninetwork—Afghan insurg-ents blamed for a series ofspectacular attacks onWestern targets in Kabul —and Pakistani Taleban chiefHakimullah Mehsud.Islamabad has been resistingUS pressure to launch asweeping offensive againstmilitants in the area. Pakistansays the missile attacks arecounter-productive, violateits sovereignty, kill civiliansand fuel anti-US sentiment. Itwas the fifth US drone strikereported in Pakistan sinceparliament in Marchdemanded an end to suchattacks. — Internet

This file photo shows an aerial view of Miranshah, the maintown in North Waziristan, pictured in 2006. A US drone

attack early Saturday has killed at least four militants nearMiranshah, according to security officials. — INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HANNA MARIE VOY NO (1222)Consignees of cargo carried on MV HANNA

MARIE VOY NO (1222) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 27.5.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of H.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA NOBLE VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA NOBLEVOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 26.5.2012 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W(4) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S DU WON SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DONG JIANG VOY NO (046)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DONGJIANG VOY NO (046) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 27.5.2012 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T whereit will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses andsubject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port ofYangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MERKUR BRIDGE VOY NO (006)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MERKURBRIDGE VOY NO (006) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 27.5.2012 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MOL (S’PORE) PTE LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Tsunami-carried motorbike to be shown in US

Spain to inject 19 bil euros into BankiaTOKYO, 26 May—The Spanish government is preparing

to inject 19 billion euros worth of public funds, or about 24billion dollars, into the country’s third largest bank.

The troubled Bankia group requested the additionalbailout from the state’s bank rescue fund on Friday.

Bankia’s financial conditions have deteriorated due toan increase in real-estate related bad loans. It was partiallynationalized earlier this month after the government converted4.5 billion-euros worth of capital it had injected into commonshares. Attention is focused on whether the move will helpto dispel market concerns about Spain’s fiscal conditions aswell as its banks.

NHK

Bodies of two missing Britishboaters found

BANGALORE, 26 May—The bodies of two missing Britishexpatriates have been found in a river in India, police saidFriday. Ian Turton, 45, and Michael Easton, 57, who both livedin Bangalore, were reported missing when they failed to returnfrom a weekend trip to the Cauvery River, The Times of Indiareported. Police told The Hindu the two might have drownedafter hitting their heads on the rocks when their boat capsized.

The British newspaper, The Independent, said one Indianreport suggested a canoe found on the river showed signs ofa crocodile attack. Superintendent Kaushlendra Kumar, thepolice officer leading the search for the bodies, saidinvestigators were able to pinpoint the time when the two mengot into trouble because a cellphone stopped sending signalsat 4:15 pm on 19 May. Turton, who was originally from York,worked for a US company, Tenneco Automotive, in Bangalore.Easton was from London.—Internet

Rooftop gunman kills two in FinlandHELSINKI, 26 May—A gunman opened

fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre inthe early hours of Saturday, killing two peopleand wounding several others, police said.

An 18-year-old man wearing camouflageclothing was arrested after the shooting inHyvinkaa, a small town 56 km (34 miles) northof the capital Helsinki.

The motive for the shooting was unclear.It followed a series of shooting sprees inFinland in recent years and came less than ayear after anti-immigrant gunman AndersBehring Breivik killed 77 people in a rampagein neighbouring Norway.

The suspect had no criminal backgroundand police said he likely acted alone.

Police could not comment on whether heknew his victims. Both of the dead were 18-years old. One was male and one female.Seven others were wounded. One, apolicewoman, was in critical condition.

Media reports said some of the victims,including one of the dead, were members of aFinnish baseball team, Hyvinkaan Tahko,which had won a game on Friday.

The police’s regional chief inspector,Timo Leppala, said the shootings were firstreported before 2 a m (2300 GMT). The fled butwas detained a few hours later, and police saidthey found two rifles afterwards.

Finland has one of the highest gunownership rates in the world and a series ofmass shootings prompted the government totoughen its gun laws last June. The suspectin Saturday’s case did not have a license,police said.

In November 2007, an 18-year-old studentkilled eight people at a high school nearHelsinki before turning the weapon on himself.The following September, a 22 year-old killed10 people in a small western town of Kauhajokibefore shooting himself.

In December 2009, a man shot four peopledead in a shopping mall in Espoo after knifinghis ex-girlfriend to death. The man later killedhimself.—Reuters

A police officer finds the rifle used by agunman from a rooftop in a Finnish towncentre in Hyvinkaa May 26, 2012. —REUTERS

Yokoyama. He lives in acoastal area of MiyagiPrefecture that wasdevastated by the 11th Marchearthquake and tsunami.

The US manufacturer ofthe bike had said it will restorethe vehicle free of charge andsend it back to its Japaneseowner. But the companydecided to preserve the bikeas it is after the ownerexpressed the wish that hisvehicle will be used to helpremind people of the disaster.

The bike will betransferred from the Canadiancity of Vancouver to theHarley-Davidson Museum inthe US city of Milwaukee. Thecompany says it will invitethe finder of the bike and itsowner when it displays thevehicle in the museum.

The Canadian finder toldNHK that he understandswhat the owner wants to doand that showing the bike tomany people is a good idea.

NHK

TOKYO, 26 May—Amotorcycle that was carriedaway by last year’s tsunamiand washed ashore on thewestern coast of Canada willbe shown to the public at amuseum in the United States.The Harley-Davidson

motorcycle was found byCanadian Peter Mark lastmonth on a beach on QueenCharlotte Island, about 6,500kilometers from Japan.

The vehicle’s licenseplate helped to identify theowner, 29-year-old Ikuo

BusanInternationalMotor Show

opens

TOKYO, 26 May—Aninternational motor show thatis held once every 2 yearsopened on Friday in thesouthern South Korean cityof Busan. This year’s BusanInternational Motor Show ishost to 22 carmakers fromaround the world exhibitingover 170 models, making it the

largest show ever.South Korean makers are

especially aggressive as theyeye the EU and US marketsafter free trade agreementswith South Korea went intoeffect. They are showcasingpassenger cars with innova-tive designs.

Hyundai Motor released

a new design for a model thatis highly popular in the UnitedStates. President Kim Chung-ho said while doing its utmostin research and development,Hyundai will make aggressiveinvestments to build a firmerfoundation that would not beshaken under any riskysituation.—Internet

Strong rains force evacuationof thousands in Cuba

HAVANA, 26 May—Thousands of inhabitants in Cuba’scentral province Sancti Spiritus have been evacuated byCuba’s Civil Defence (CD) after strong rains causing landslidesand flooding, local authorities said on Friday.

CD’s chief of staff general Ramon Pardo Guerra saidabout 6,500 people living near the Zaza dam had beenevacuated. Zaza is the largest dam in Cuba and has almostreached its maximum capacity of about one billion cubicmetres.

CD also said that two people including a French citizen,were reported missing when trying to cross a river in SanctiSpiritus Province, about 400 kilometres east of Havana.

MNA/Xinhua

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Elton John performs inconcert at the

BankAtlantic Centre inSunrise, Florida on

9 Mar, 2012. —INTERNET

NEW YORK, 26 May—Actor Alec Baldwin isreportedly planning to tie theknot with fiancee HilariaThomas after finishingshooting his documentary onCannes Film Festival.

The “30 Rock” star hadproposed to Thomas earlierthis year and subsequentlyhinted that they wereplanning to get married inSeptember. Baldwin is likelyto exchange vows withThomas at a secret locationin Europe.

“They’ve been tellingpeople they’ll be spendingtime in Europe, and there’sspeculation they’re going toget married,” nypost.comquoted an insider as saying.

Internet

LONDON, 26 May —Actress Cameron Diaz, 39,openly flirted with veteranbroadcaster, 86-year-oldDavid Attenborough duringa talk show.

The actress was inconversation with talk showhost Graham Norton whenshe suddenly started chattingto her fellow guest, famed

WASHINGTON, 26 May—Brad Pitt has ruled outstepping behind the camerato direct his first film, as hecan’t bear the idea of leavingbehind his six kids for anylength of time.

And Pitt admits he hasno interest in following infootsteps of his fianc’eAngelina Jolie, as he watchedher struggle to fulfil herduties in the production ofher directorial debut film ‘Inthe Land of Blood andHoney’, from start to finish,without growing homesick.

LOS ANGELES, 26 May—Elton John’s publicist saysthe 65-year-old British popicon is hospitalized in LosAngeles with a seriousrespiratory infection.

UsMagazine.com saidJohn fell ill during hisperformance on Sunday atThe Colosseum in Las Vegasand his condition worseneddespite medication and rest.

He was hospitalized at

Cameron Diaz flirts withDavid Attenborough

Elton John hospitalized, axesVegas shows

Actress Cameron Diazposes for photographers as

she arrives for theEuropean premiere of

‘What to expect when youare Expecting’, in London

on 22 May, 2012.INTERNET

Alec Baldwinto marryfiancee inEurope?

Actor Alec Baldwin andHilaria Thomas arrive foramfAR’s Cinema Against

AIDS 2012 event inAntibes during the 65thCannes Film Festival on

24 May, 2012.INTERNET

natureshow narratorAttenborough.

They established anatural rapport, reportsdailystar.co.uk.

Diaz asked to joinAttenborough for a “privateviewing” of outtakes fromhis show.

She told him: “I am soexcited to meet you becauseI wanted to be a zoologist. Ithought I would be one formy entire life and I didend upstudying animals, but humananimals. As an actor that’swhat I do, but I find so manysurprises when I watch yourshows.”

Attenborough respon-ded: “I could teach you allsorts of things. You shouldsee the outtakes,” promptingDiaz to say: “Perhapswecould have a privateviewing!”—Internet

‘Daddy dearest’ Brad Pitt won’t becomedirector

Cedars-Sinai on Wednesdaymorning and underwent abattery of tests.

“Those tests resulted inthe attending physicianrecommending that Elton notperform any concerts forapproximately seven dayswith complete rest andantibiotic treatment to curehis respiratory infection andprevent any damage,” hisrepresentative told UsMaga-zine.com on Thursday.

Internet

but I really enjoy being acreative producer and Ienjoy my day job (as anactor). It’s enough for me,’Contactmusic quoted himas saying when asked if he’dever consider taking on theposition.

‘I want to also be a dad,first and foremost. After twodays it gets itchy, I miss them.I just know how I’d be, I seehow much time it takes tomount the thing and put ittogether. It wouldn’t be agood match,’ he added.

Internet

Jane Fonda

Brad Pitt‘No, not a chance. It

makes sense on some level,

To celebrate a Detroit restaurant’s 95th anniversary,955 raw hot dogs were dropped from a hovering helicopteronto a soccer field. The stunt, arranged by WKQI-FM,Detroit, honoured the American Coney Island restaurant,whose third-generation owner, Grace Keros, noted the famedeatery has “been at the same location for the past 95 years.”

The hot dogs, referred to at the restaurant as “coneys,”were dumped from a helicopter several hundred feet off theground, and fell from the sky before 25 contestants, chosenby the radio station, swarmed the field to see who couldcollect the most, The Detroit News reported.

Sylvia Lopez, 37, of Imlay City, Mich, was declared thewinner, with 76 hot dogs stuffed into her shirt, and lateradmitted, “I love hot dogs, but I have to admit that right nowmy hands smell kind of rank.” She will receive, for her efforts,$1,000 in “gas money” from the radio station, and a year’ssupply of coneys from American Coney Island, the newspapersaid.

Organizers of a Californiapumpkin weigh-offchampionship said a $25,000prize will go to the personwho grows the world’s first 1-ton pumpkin. The winningpumpkin at the Half MoonBay, Calif, competition must

Don Young (C) of Des Moine, Iowa leans on his 1658pound pumpkin after winning the World Championship

Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay. Young’scolossal cucurbita set a new record for the contest and

took the top prize. The winners will be displayed at HalfMoon Bay’s Art & Pumpkin Festival.

$25K offered for first 1-tonpumpkin

Hot dogs fall from the sky inDetroit

1,818.5 pounds, grown by Jimand Kelsey Bryson, ofWellington, Ontario, therelease said. “It’s only a matterof time before someone growsthe first one-ton pumpkin, andit would be incrediblyexciting to have thatmonumental landmarkestablished right here,” saidCameron Palmer, chairman of

A 16-year-old in Germany who solved a centuries-oldmath problem credited his accomplishment to “schoolboynaivety.” Shouryya Ray, whose family moved from India toDresden when he was 12, solved a pair of fundamental particledynamics problems posed by Isaac Newton more than 350years ago to make it possible to calculate the flight path of aball and predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall, TheLocal.de reported.

Ray said he learned about the problems when his school,which specializes in science, sent his 11th grade class to theTechnical University in Dresden. The teenager said his“schoolboy naivety” would not allow him to accept that theproblems couldn’t be solved. “I asked myself: why can’t itwork?” he told the Die Welt newspaper. Ray said he is currentlydeciding whether to study math or physics when he moves onto college.

Teen solves centuries-old mathproblem

City officials in Beijing said they are suggesting newstandards for public toilets to allow only two flies per facility.

The Beijing Municipal Commission of City Administrationand Environment released new policies asking workers inparks, tourist areas, transport stations, hospitals, shoppingcentres and supermarkets to ensure toilets have no more thantwo flies buzzing around and no more than two pieces ofdiscarded trash to be picked up each half hour, China Dailyreported. Xie Guomin, head of the sanitation managementdivision, told the Beijing Evening News the new rules, whichalso ask workers to ensure facilities are equipped to cater to theelderly and disabled, are optional and aim to improve thecleanliness of the city’s public bathrooms.

Beijing: Only two flies per toilet

LONDON, 26 May —Jane Fonda, who turns 75 this year,said that she was happy having found joy in acting again andwouldn’t let anything slow her down.

The actress said that this happened while she was writingher memoirs, ‘My Life So Far’, that triggered her reawakeningand to become a spokesperson for L’Oreal.

“I’m back to the feisty girl I was but now I embody her ina whole different way. I think I help women understand to getto know who they are – and own it.” The Daily Express quotedher as saying.

“If someone had told me when I was 25 that I would be74 and happier than I’ve ever been I would have said, ‘You’reout of your mind, I’m never going to be happy then,’ but I findI am,” she said. —Internet

Found joy in acting again, saysJane Fonda

LOS ANGELES, 26 May—Actress Anna Kendrick hasrevealed that she has an

Kendrick obsessed with chapsticks

Actress Anna Kendrick

uncontrollable urge to hoardchapsticks. “I have a pricelesscollection of chapsticks,”showbizspy.com quoted“The Twilight” star as saying.

“If I see a chapstick thatI’ve never tried, I have to buyit. And then once that door’sbeen opened, I have to checkthe whole store to see if thereare more chapsticks that Idon’t have,” she said.

Internet

break the 2,000-poundthreshold and be the heaviestpumpkin weighed in at the 8Oct event, a release fromchampionship organizerssaid.

The world record forheaviest-recorded pumpkin is

Half Moon Bay’s SafewayWorld ChampionshipPumpkin Weigh-Off. “WithHalf Moon Bay’s proudtradition and legacy, it wouldnot only be fitting but also atremendous honour for ourweigh-off.”

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PARIS , 26 May — Frenchnumber one Jo-WilfriedTsonga said he stood by hiscomments that there was littleor no hope this year of aFrenchman winning atRoland Garros for the firsttime since Yannick Noah in1983. The comments, madein Rome last week by theworld number five, shockedmany in France and drew firefrom Noah himself who saidthat at the very least homeplayers should “dream” ofwinning the only claycourtGrand Slamtournament.Asked if he hadany regrets over what he hadsaid, Tsonga on Fridayreplied: “No, not at all. We allneed to dream, and I think Iwouldn’t be No 5 in the worldif I had not dreamt and if Ididn’t continue to dream.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga returnsa ball to Novak Djokovicduring their quarter-finalmatch at the ATP Rometournament, on 18 May.

Tsonga said on Friday hestood by his comments,

made in Rome, that therewas little or no hope this

year of a Frenchmanwinning at Roland Garros

for the first time sinceYannick Noah in 1983.

INTERNET

MADRID, 26 May—Barcelona provided PepGuardiola with the perfectsendoff by routing AthleticBilbao 3-0 in the Copa delRey final on Friday night, theclub’s 14th trophy in fourseasons under its mostsuccessful coach. PedroRodriguez scored in the thirdand 25th minutes, and Lionel

FC Barcelona’s LionelMessi from Argentina, left,celebrates his victory with

coach Josep Guardioladuring the final Copa delRey soccer match against

Athletic Bilbao at theVicente Calderon stadiumin Madrid, Spain, on 25May, 2012.— INTERNET

NEW YORK, 26 May —Thierry Henry has eclipsedDavid Beckham as thehighest-paid player in MajorLeague Soccer after Beckhamtook a pay cut to stay with theLos Angeles Galaxy thisseason, according to figuresreleased by the player’s unionon Friday. The 34-year-oldHenry, France’s all-timeleading scorer, now tops thesalary table earning $5.6million (4.5 euro) in 2012playing for the New York RedBulls.

The figure for totalcompensation includes salaryand some bonus paymentsguaranteed over the life of acontract. Henry’s Red Bullsteammate Rafa Marquez ofMexico — who like Henryjoined the team in 2010 — issecond at $4.6 million.Beckham, who ushered in theera of high-paid foreignimports in MLS when he firstsigned a five-year contractwith the Galaxy in 2007, willmake $4 million in totalcompensation this season,compared to the $6.5 millionper year he made under hisprior contract.—Internet

Thierry Henry (R) of theNew York Red Bulls

carries the ball during amatch on 23 May in

Harrison, New Jersey.Henry has eclipsed DavidBeckham as the highest-

paid player in MajorLeague Soccer after

Beckham took a pay cut tostay with the Los Angeles

Galaxy this season,according to figures

released by the player’sunion on Friday.

INTERNET

VIRGINIA WATER, 26May—Rory McIlroy missedthe cut at the BMW PGAChampionship on Fridayafter his game disintegratedin spectacular fashion in asecond straight errant roundat Wentworth, leaving hisgrip on the No 1 ranking underserious threat from LukeDonald. The US Openchampion made sevenbogeys and two doublebogeys in a 7-over 79 to finish9 over — a massive 21 strokesbehind James Morrison,whose superb 64 gave him afour-shot lead on Donald (68)and first-round co-leaderDavid Drysdale (70).

McIlroy’s hopes hadevaporated by the midway

Barca routs Bilbao 3-0 forcup in Guardiola finale

Messi ended his record-setting season with his 73rdgoal in the 20th minute. TheCatalan club demonstratedthe virtues the markedGuardiola’s four seasons incharge — quick-touchingpassing, intricatecombinations and clinicalfinishing.

Barcelona’s record 26thdomestic cup gave thebittersweet season someshine as its fourth title of theseason made up some for itsfailure to repeat as ChampionsLeague and Spanish leaguewinners. “We had a very goodyear, we won four titles andwinning this cup gives thembetter value,” Guardiola said.“I’m happy to close out theseason this way.” Barcelonawon the FIFA Club WorldCup, European Super Cupand Spanish Super Cup thisseason to make it 14 of apossible 19 titles for the 41-year-old Guardiola, whodecided to leave and will bereplaced by assistant TitoVilanova.

Internet

Tsonga downbeat on Frenchhopes at Roland Garros

CHICAGO, 26 May — UScoach Jurgen Klinsmann isencouraging Clint Dempseyto leave Fulham and sign witha bigger club.

The 29-year-old Texanscored 17 Premier Leaguegoals and 23 overall thisseason, the best season by anAmerican attacking player inEngland. Dempsey’s contractwith Fulham has one yearremaining. ‘’His goal is theright goal,’’ Klinsmann saidduring a conference call Friday,a day before the Americansplay an exhibition againstScotland. ‘’If he has the

“But it’s also true thatfor each tournament, eachtime I sign for a tournament,the objective — let’s be clear— the objective is to go allthe way. “So sometimes somepeople said I was a bitpresumptuous, but I think thatso far we (French players)have never won. “We havenever won any Masterstournament on clay. We neverwon any Grand Slam,whatever the surface. “At themoment, no one would placea bet on one of us winning aGrand Slam tournamenttomorrow.”—Internet

KlinsmannencouragingDempsey to

leave Fulham

Clint Dempseyopportunity to go a ChampionsLeague team, that’s the cremede la creme in the world of clubsoccer, then you’ve got to dothat. With all respect obviouslyto Fulham, as he oftenmentions, but you want to playin the biggest club competitionin the world and that’s theEuropean ChampionsLeague.—Internet

McIlroy misses cut with 79;Morrison leads with 64

Henry eclipsesBeckham as

MLS top earner

LONDON, 26 May— The London Olympics are giving“brand Britain” a fillip in China and India, a survey indicatedon Saturday, boosting the UK government’s ambition ofattracting an extra one billion pounds of inward investmentand trade. Publicity surrounding the Games had resulted innearly 80 percent of those Chinese and Indians questionedsaying they were more likely to want to visit Britain. Theywere also keen to flash the cash, lured by the UK’s luxurybrands and fashion stores, with 63 percent of Chinese and 60percent of Indians saying they would like to buy more Britishgoods, professional services provider Deloitte said.

Reuters

Games giving “Brand Britain”an Asian boost

Northern Ireland’s RoryMcIlroy watches his shot

on the 3rd hole during dayone of the BMW PGA

Championship atWentworth Golf Club,

Wentworth, England on 24May, 2012.— INTERNET

point in his second round,when he endured a disastrousspell of seven dropped shotsin six holes from No 8 toNo13. He looked sullen andhis shoulders dropped as hewalked along the fairwayscontemplating a secondstraight missed cut, having

succumbed to the same fateat The Players Championshipin Florida two weeks ago...Itrevived memories of hisinfamous meltdowns at lastyear’s Masters and at the 2010British Open, when he shot80 both times. It was the firsttime in more than two yearsthat McIlroy has failed tomake the weekend at twoconsecutive tournaments,giving the second-rankedDonald a great opportunityto replace him as No 1. “Imight have taken my eye ofthe ball a little bit,’’ McIlroysaid. ‘’Maybe just haven’tpracticed as hard as I mighthave been.’’

Internet

A spectator shelters underan umbrella with a London2012 Olympics logo in theOlympic Park at Stratford,

east Londonon 3 May, 2012.

REUTERS

InternationalSports

Japan’s swimmer Terakawalays down Olympic marker

TOKYO, 26 May—Japan’s Aya Terakawaclocked the world’s secondfastest time of the season towin the women’s 100 metresbackstroke at the Japan Openswimming championships,laying down a marker ahead ofthe Olympics.

The world 50m silvermedallist, who set a newJapanese record at the nationalchampionships in April toqualify for the Olympics,improved on it with a time of59.08 seconds on Friday,beating Shiho Sakai intosecond place.

“I’m happy, because Ihadn’t expected to swim a

Japan’s Aya Terakawa (pictured in 2011) on Fridayclocked the world’s second fastest time of the season towin the women’s 100 metres backstroke at the Japan

Open swimming championships, laying down a markerahead of the Olympics.—INTERNET

personal best,” said Terakawa,who was 0.09 seconds fasterthan the current world recordpace at the 50m mark in 28.62.

“It was really tough at thelast moment. I’m determined toswim 58.00s at the Olympics.You are not sure of the colourof the medal if you swim 58.90.I’ll try to aim at clocking a bettertime,” she added.

Japanese team headcoach Norimasa Hirai said:“She showed she has the rightattitude needed for theOlympics. She can nowcompete against AnastasiaZueva of Russia and GaoChang of China.”

Internet

Santos, Universidad into semifinals on penaltiesRIO DE JANEIRO, 26 May—

Defending champion Santosadvanced to the semifinals ofthe Copa Libertadores onThursday after defeating 10-man Velez Sarsfield onpenalties. An Alan Kardecstrike in the 78th-minutecancelled out Velez’s 1-0victory in the first leg andforced a penalty shootout atSantos’ Vila Belmiro stadium.

Kardec, Elano, Leo and

Paulo Henrique Ganso eachconverted from the spot forthe Brazilian club. Velez’sHector Canteros missed thetarget and Emiliano Papa’sshot was saved by Rafael.Velez played most of the matcha man short after keeperMarcelo Barovero was showna straight red card for areckless tackle on Neymar inthe 40th minute. Santos willnow face Sao Paulo rivals and

reigning Brazilian championsCorinthians in the semifinals.

In Santiago, Universidadde Chile also won theirquarterfinal againstParaguay’s Libertad onpenalties.

Xinhua

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(27-5-12 09:30 am ~28-5-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(27-5-2012) (Sunday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw8:00 am 2. Health Programme8:10 am 3. (38) Phyar Mingalars8:25 am 4. Teleplay (Health)11:10 am 5. Musical Programme11:20 am 6. Round Up Of The

Week’s InternationalNews

12:30 pm 7. How It’s Works12:55 pm 8. Myanmar Video Feature4:20 pm 9. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural PerformingArts Competitions

4:25 pm10. Song of National Races4:30 pm11. University of Distance

Education (TV Lectures)- Third Years (BusinessManagement)

5:15 pm12. Sing & Enjoy6:20 pm13. Cartoon Series8:00 pm14. News15. TV Drama Series16. New Melody

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Weather forecast for 27th May, 2012

* News* Zealous

RehabilitationTasks in Japan

* News* Where the

RhododendronBlooms

* News* Journey to

Unimaginable Spots(Episode - 2)

* News* Fortune of Human

Correlated with AstroScience "Transit ofVenus, June 2012"

* News* MI People's

Celebrities "DeliciousDishes by KhinPhone & Mg Thet"

* National Expo & CarShow

* News* Beautiful Dance

Patterns in ThreeDifferent Times (Part-1)"Shwe Pyi Soe"

* The more you see,the more you learn

* News* Shwe Minn Tha

Foundation 4thAnnual Ceremony

* News* Myanmar Movie "On

the shelf"

Answers for Yesterday’sCrossword Puzzle NLM-ner Joke

Newest son-in-lawA very successful businessman had a meeting with his

new son-in-law. “I love my daughter, and now I welcomeyou into the family,” said the man. “To show you how muchwe care for you, I’m making you a 50-50 partner in mybusiness. All you have to do is go to the factory every dayand learn the operations.”

The son-in-law interrupted, “I hate factories. I can’tstand the noise.”

“I see,” replied the father-in-law. “Well, then you’llwork in the office and take charge of some of the operations.”

“I hate office work,” said the son-on-law. “I can’t standbeing stuck behind a desk all day.”

“Wait a minute,” said the father-in-law. “I just make youhalf-owner of a moneymaking organization, but you don’tlike factories and won’t work in a office. What am I going todo with you?”

“Easy,” said the young man. “Buy me out.”

About 30tourists trappedin cable cars in

GuangxiNANNING, 26 May—

About 30 tourists were trappedon Saturday afternoon in cablecars suspended mid air at amountain scenic resort inGuangxi Zhuang autonomousregion.

Around 11 am Saturday,the local fire brigade receiveda report that about 60 tourists,including some foreigners,were trapped in the Yaoshanmountain scenic spot in thecity of Guilin, said localrescuers.

Rescuers had rescued 30of the trapped as of 2 pmRescue work is still under waybut is hampered by the steepmountainous terrain.

The accident wasprobably caused by powerfailure, said rescuers.

Xinhua

US reporter detained in Ethiopia ‘to be released’ADDIS ABABA, 26 May —

A Voice of America (VOA)reporter detained whilecovering a protest in theEthiopian capital will bereleased from jail Saturday, agovernment spokespersonsaid.

“We decided to securehis release,” Shimeles Kemaltold AFP, adding that he isexpected to be released“soon.”

VOA said reporter PeterHeinlein was arrested Fridaywhile trying to interviewmembers of Ethiopia’s Muslimminority, who have beenprotesting allegedgovernment interference intheir affairs.

Shimeles said Heinleinwas detained because hefailed to produce his identitycard when approached bypolice.

“He refused to explainhis identity or to explain thathe was a journalist, then they

View of a densely populated area of Addis Ababa in2007.—INTERNET

took him to the police station,”said Shimeles.

Shimeles had initiallysaid Heinlein could facedeportation for failing to“abide by the rules of theland,” but later told AFP thereporter will be permitted tostay in the country.

“I thought he might bedeported, but this is not thecase,” he said.

Several journalists have

been detained and charged inEthiopia in recent months,including two Swedishjournalists sentenced to 11years in prison in Decemberunder the country’s anti-terrorism law.

The press watchdogCommittee to ProtectJournalists says Ethiopia’smedia is one of the mostrestricted in the world.

Internet

BANGKOK, 26 May—The Meteorological Department ofThailand on Saturday issued warning for people in 15 provincesto prepare for possible heavy falls and the danger of floods,the Bangkok Post online reported.

The department warned people in 15 provinces acrossthe country to prepare for widespread scattered rain withheavy falls in some areas and the danger of floods fromSaturday to 29 May.

The 15 provinces are the northern provinces of ChiangRai, Chiang Mai, Phayao, Nan, Lamphun, Lampang, Phrae,Uttaradit, Pitsanulok, the central provinces of Petchabun,Chanthaburi, Trat, and the southern province of Ranong,Phang Nga and Satun.

There will also be strong wind-generated 2- to 3-metre-high waves in the Andaman Sea. All shipping operationsshould proceed with caution and small boats should keepashore during the period, the department said.—Xinhua

Thailand’s 15 provinceswarned of flash floods

A visitor poses for a photo with a vintage car, which isthe same type as the car used by legendary Kung Fu

movie star Bruce Lee in his movie “The Green Hornet”,during the 2012 China Tianjin International Auto

Industry Exhibition in Tianjin, north China, on 25 May,2012. More than 200 enterprises displayed some 600cars at the exhibition that kicked off in the Tianjin

Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre onFriday.—XINHUA

Sr. No. Regions/States

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 39/102 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

2 Kayah 32/90 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

3 Kayin 32/90 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

4 Chin 26/79 12/54 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

5 Upper Sagaing 39/102 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

6 Lower Sagaing 42/108 23/84 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

7 Taninthayi 29/84 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

8 Bago 32/90 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

9 Magway 41/106 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

10 Mandalay 40/104 29/84 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

11 Mon 32/90 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

12 Yangon 32/90 25/77 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

13 Rakhine 33/91 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

14 Southern Shan 28/82 19/66 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

15 Northern Shan 34/93 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

16 Eastern Shan 36/97 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

17 Ayeyawady 37/99 25/77 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 39/102 25/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 32/90 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 40/104 29/84 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, weather has been partly cloudy in Upper Sagaing and Mandalay Regions, Kachin State, rain or thundershowers have been widespread in Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, fairly widespread in Bago Region, scattered in Ayeyawady Region, Shan, Rakhine and Mon States and isolated in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavyfalls in Bago Region. Day temperatures were (5°C) to (6°C) above May average temperatures in Upper Sagaing Region, Kachin, Eastern Shan and Chin States, (3°C) to (4°C) above May average temperatures in Lower Sagaing and Magway Regions and Kayah State and about May average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant day temperatures were Chauk (45°C), Monywa, Myingyan, and NyaungU (43°C) each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereShwegyin (6.57) inches, Paung (1.77) inches, MyaukU (1.50) inches, Kengtung (1.34) inches and Thaton (1.22) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate to strong in the Andaman Sea and Southeast Bay, weather is partly cloudy to cloudy

elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea

Squalls with moderate to rough sea are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-

Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (30) to (35) mph. Sea will be moderate in

elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Strong monsoon in the Andaman Sea.

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Union Minister forEnvironmental Conservation and Forestry U Win Tunreceived Associate Professor Mr Takeshi Fujino ofDepartment of Environmental Science of Saitama Universityof Japan at his office here yesterday afternoon, and discussedconducting research into marine diversity and cooperationin water quality management.

Myanmar, Japan to cooperate in water qualitymanagement

Also present on the occasion were Director-GeneralU San Lwin of Planning and Statistics Department, ActingDirector-General U Aye Myint Maung of Forest Department,Director-General U Htay Aung of Arid Zone GreeningDepartment, Managing Director U Khin Maung Yi ofMyanma Timber Enterprise and Deputy Director-GeneralU Tin Tun of PSD.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 May—A work coordination meetingon organizing the 15th anniversary painting, cartoon, poster,computer painting and computer poster contests incommemoration of International Day against Drug Abuseand Illicit Trafficking took place at the city hall of Taunggyi,Shan State, on 14 May. State Minister for Security andBorder Affairs Col Aung Thu and Chief of State PoliceForce Police Col Win Tun made speeches and Deputy ChiefPolice Lt-Col Moe Maung Than explained preparations forthe contests.—MNA

Meeting for organizingcontests in commemorationof International Day against

Drug Abuse and IllicitTrafficking held

Union Sports Ministerreceives President ofASEAN Para SportsFederation and partyNAY PYI TAW, 26 May—Chairman of Myanmar National

Sports Committee Union Minister for Sports U Tint Hsanreceived President of ASEAN Para Sports FederationMr Dato’ Zainal Abidin bin Zarin, Secretary Ms R. MilaniRajasagaran and members of sports organizing committeesof the federation at his office here this afternoon.

At the meeting, they had a discussion on hosting the7th ASEAN Para Games after the holding of the XXVII SEAGames.

Also present on the occasion were Deputy Minister forSports U Aye Myint Kyu and officials, President of MyanmarPara Sports Federation Maj-Gen Nay Lin and officials.

MNA

CHICAGO, 26 May—All eyes will be onOlympic champion Nastia Liukin at the USClassic.Martha Karolyi, however, will bekeeping close watch on everybody.Makeno mistake.

The national championships may betwo weeks away and there’s still a monthuntil the Olympic trials, but Saturday’smeet is the first step in the selection processfor this summer’s London Games.

“It is in the back of your mind,” saidGabby Douglas, a member of the team thatwon the world title last year. “This is theOlympic year, and Martha’s watching usand every little thing we do.”

Because the format of team finals atthe Olympics is so unforgiving, teams can’tbe picked solely by the standings atnationals and trials.

Three gymnasts compete on each eventin team finals and all three scores count,meaning one mistake or one low-scoringroutine could be the difference between agold medal and a consolation T-shirt. So

PARIS, 26 May — French Open winnerLi Na on Friday said she was focusing onthe preparation for the first round’s games,reiterating her willingness to keep a normallife after winning the French title last season.

As the first Chinese to win a tennisgrand slam title, Li Na said she witnessed atough experience after her victory in theFrench Open and she could not “do the sameas before.” “I really want to remain the same.But, it’s tough for me because after I won lastyear my life changed.

So I had to change some things,” Li Nasaid on Roland Garros website. “I thinkbecause I was the first Chinese player win aGrand Slam, so many people thought she’snot normal,” she added.

Li became the favourite sport figure inChina and she has been officially honouredby the Chinese government for herunprecedented win of Grand Slam singlestitle. The 30-year-old tennis player willmeet Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the firstgame.—Xinhua

Gymnasts’ road to London begins atUS Classic

Nastia Liukin looks over the arena as shereturns to competition for the first time

since 2009, during a practice session forthe US Classic gymnastics meet on 25

May, 2012, in Chicago.INTERNET

French Open champion Li Na wantsto “remain the same”

Karolyi is already looking at everyone tosee what combination of gymnasts willgive her monster scores on each of the fourevents, and who she can count on to beconsistent no matter the circumstance orthe stage.

Internet

YANGON, 26 May—Kayan Township GeneralAdministration Department of Yangon District (South)presented cash assistance to offspring students of its staffthis morning, with an address by township administrator UTin Myint.

The township administrator presented K 619,100 for58 students pursuing basic and higher education.—MNA

French Open winner Li Na.

Kayan Tsp GAD presents cashassistance to offspring of its staff

Union Minister for Environmental Conservation and Forestry U Win Tun receives AssociateProfessor Mr Takeshi Fujino of Department of Environmental Science of Saitama

University of Japan.—MNA

Union Minister for Sports U Tint Hsan receives President of ASEAN Para Sports FederationMr Dato’ Zainal Abidin bin Zarin and party.

MNA

Noteworthy amountsof rainfall(26-5-2012)

Shwegyin 6.57 inches

Paung 1.77 inches

MyaukU 1.50 inches

Kengtung 1.34 inches

Thaton 1.22 inches

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