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Established 1914

Volume XIX, Number 173 14th Waxing of Thadingyut 1373 ME Tuesday, 11 October, 2011

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of

the Union

* Non-disintegration of

National solidarity

* Perpetuation of Sov-

ereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct — TheUnion level peace group formed bythe Union Government of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar held peacetalks with Special Region (4) peace

Peace talks between Union levelpeace group and Special Region (4)

peace group held for first time

Next, both sides held discus-sions on cooperation in reopening ofliaison offices, reassignment of stafffor ensuring better education, health,agriculture and transport in the Spe-cial Region (4) and elimination ofnarcotic drugs, and signed agreements.

The meeting was attended bythe 10 member-Union level peacegroup led by Pyithu Hluttaw Repre-sentative of Taungtha Township UAung Thaung and the 10-member Spe-cial Region (4) peace group led by USan Pae. It is learnt that furtherdiscussions will be held.

After the meeting, both sidesexchanged gifts. — MNA

group for the first time at Kengtungyesterday.

At the peace talks, Leader ofSpecial Region (4) U San Pae insistedthat Special Region (4) would never

secede from the Union and oppose theState. It would contribute efforts to-wards internal peace and border regiondevelopment in cooperation with thegovernment.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing met 350farmers from Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, who arrivedat 500-acre model mechanized farm inNyaungbingyisu of Pobbathiri Township, at the hallof the farm this morning.

In his speech, the Union Minister said thatwhile the government is implementing eight tasks ofrural development and poverty alleviation, the Min-istry of Agriculture and Irrigation is also dischargingduty of development in agriculture sector.

The ministry is ready to provide agriculturalknowledge to the farmers as much as possible.Farmers and agriculturalists are urged to makecollaborative efforts for development of agricul-ture.

A total of 28 dams in Nay Pyi Taw can store2.5 times of water volume more than that of previousyear due to larger amount of rainfalls. So, the irriga-tion facilities supply sufficient water to 28.415 acresof summer paddy and 12,000 acres of farmlands

Farmers observe thriving modelpaddy farms in Dekkhinathiri Tsp

being undertaken through good agriculture pattern.The farmers viewed thriving vegetable sap-

lings and kitchen crops at glasshouse in 500-acremodel mechanized farm.

They looked into thriving of 10-acre farmer

educative monsoon paddy farm in AungthukhaVillage and 20-hectare mechanized farm in ChaingVillage and 40-acre monsoon paddy farm in ChaingVillage in Dekkhinathiri Township.

MNA

Union A&I Minister U Myint Hlaing givingtalks on GAP system to farmers from NayPyi Taw Council Area, who arrived at the

500-acre model mechanized farm inNyaungbingyisu of Pobbathiri

Township.—MNA

Union level peace group holding peace talks with Special Region (4) peace group for the first time atKengtung.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 11 October, 2011

PERSPECTIVESTuesday, 11 October, 2011

Seek effective ways andmeans to avert impactsof nature

Nowadays, several countries suffer fromstorms, floods and other natural disasterstriggered by global climate change.

Heavy rains in Mandalay Region duringthe recent days flooded crop plantations andcaused flooding in Kyaukse. So Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk Kham on 8 October arrived inKyaukse to provide necessary assistance forflood victims.

The government spent big amount ofmoney in construction of dams across thenation. Prevention against floods is embodiedin the original aims of building dams.

The Vice-President said that although itis hard to tame the nature of overflow offloodwaters caused by heavy rains, weaknessin functions of dams and water outlets at theriver, narrowing of watercourse at downstreamZawgyi River and increased silting in the damsare to be remedied.

Besides, he stressed the need for annualmaintenance of watercourse in the river,effective management on inflow and outflow ofwater depending on water level of the river andsystematic measures to control water at thedam and release water from the dam beforereaching its highest level in accord with setstandards.

Preventive measures against waterbornediseases should be taken during prolongedfloods. Arrangements are needed to maintainroads and bridges and not to cause floods andoverflow of water in irrigation system of ZawgyiRiver again.

Although overflow of river water is anunpreventable nature, ways and means are tobe sought and much of the preparation to bedone ahead of time so as to be able to avertpotential impacts inflicted by the nature.Harmonious efforts are essential for the sakeof the nature.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct— “Vivid memories ofKani” by Shwehintha (Mandalay) has come out recently.The second-prize winning work in belle-letter genre ofSarpay Beikman Manuscript Contest 2008 waspublished by Printing and Publishing Enterprise of theMinistry of Information.

The book is a chronicle of Kani in MonywaDistrict of Sagaing Region from imperial reign to thetime of Tatmadaw Government through colonial period,period under Japanese rule, post-independence periodand socialist programme party period. Moreover, itfeatures famous persons of Kani, historical events inconnection with them and historical values.

The book is available at Sarpay Beikmanbookshops at No (Ta-55), Thabyegon Market, Nay PyiTaw (Ph: 067-414681), at No. (529-531), MerchantStreet, Yangon (Ph: 01-249031), in Mandalay (Ph: 02-62931) and at Sarpay Beikman reps in differenttownships.—MNA

“Vivid memories of Kani”comes out

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct — The opening of SpecialRefresher Course No (77) for basic education teacherswas held at the hall of Central Institute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) this morning, with an address byChairperson of Union Civil Service Board U KyawThu.

Also present were Deputy Minister for EducationU Aye Kyu, member of Union Civil Service Board UKhin Maung Aye, Yangon Region Minister for SocialAffairs Dr Myint Thein and officials and trainees.

In his address, the Union Civil Service Boardchairperson said that education is vital importance tohuman resources development which is needed forstrengthening political, economic and State Defence

Special Refresher Course No (77) for basiceducation teachers opens

forces. In shaping the nation into modern and developeddemocratic one, it is required to produce moreintellectuals and intelligentsia. Realization of internationaleducation standards calls for more efforts to put inundertakings for all-round development of educationsector, he added. Now necessary measures are beingtaken and 30-year plan of basic education sector isbeing employed. The chairperson urged trainees toperform dutifully their educational tasks based onnationalistic fervour and Union spirit.

A total of 1503 basic education teachers aretaking the Special Refresher Course No (77) at CICS(Phaunggyi).

MNA

YANGON, 10 Oct— Union Minister for ElectricPower No (2) U Khin Maung Soe made an inspectiontour of Bayintnaung main power station with 230/66/11KV 100 MVA in Mayangon Township on 8 Octobermorning.

After hearing the reports supplemented by theYangon City Electricity Supply Board Chairman andofficials concerned on information by the in-charge ofthe main power station about power receiving fromHlaingthaya-Bayintnaung power line, distribution of

Union Electric Power No (2) Minister on inspectiontour of Bayintnaung main power station

power to Hsinmalike 1,2 and Seinpanmyine and Ywamasub-power stations through four 66/KVfeeder, heinstructed the workers to serve dutifully their workwith the systematic use of switch gear, LA/DS, batterycharger, control panel and its accessories, not allowingcut of power supply.

The Union Minister then looked around batteryroom, control room and switch yard in the powerstation.

MNA

Union Minister for Electric Power No (2) U Khin Maung Soe inspects Bayintnaung mainpower station in Mayangon Township.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Oct— Deputy Ministerfor Education U Ba Shwereceived a delegation ledby Ms. Veronique

Dy Education Minister receives Counsellor-Head of Operations of European Union

Lorenzo of Counsellor-Head of Operations ofthe European Union, atthe Ministry ofEducation, here, at 3.30

pm today.They discussed

cooperation in educationwith EU.

Also present at the

call were Director-General U Zaw Htay ofHigher EducationDepartment (LowerMyanmar) and Director-General U Bo Win ofEducation Planning andTraining Department.

MNA

Officials ofKyaukse District

FisheriesDepartment and

local people release5000 fingerlings

and 8000 eels intopaddy farms in

Theebin Village on8 September.Myanma Alin

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An oil pool is seen aday after a bombattack occurred inRumaila oilfield,

damaging a pipeline,in Basra Province 8

October, 2011. Outputat Iraq’s Rumaila

oilfield has been cut to530,000 barrels perday from about 1.24million bpd after two

bombs hit pipelines onFriday and halted

some production, asenior Iraqi oil official

said on Saturday.INTERNET

A damaged vehicle is seen after a rocket-propelled attack in Kabul recently. Taleban

suicide fighters launched the attack on centralKabul on Tuesday, taking over a multi-storey

building under construction near the diplomaticdistrict in the Afghan capital and firing rocketsin the direction of several embassy and NATO

compounds.INTERNET

Drone attacksagainst Pak

‘unacceptable’ISLAMABAD, 10 Oct—

Pakistan Foreign Officehas again said that droneattacks are against thesovereignty of thecountry, and will not beacceptable at any cost.

The Dawn quotedForeign Office spokes-person Tehmina Janjuaas saying that there is nochange in Pakistan’sstance on drone attacks.

Without directlypointing a finger at theUnited States, she said thatIslamabad will neverretreat to its principallyadopted stand on droneattacks and that the attacksare unacceptable toPakistan. The UnitedStates government, led bythe Central IntelligenceAgency’’s SpecialActivities Division, hasmade a series of attackson targets in northwestPakistan since 2004 usingdrones.—Internet

Three suspected robbers killed innorthern Philippines

MANILA, 10 Oct— Three suspected robbers werekilled following a chase and firefight with policemenin Santo Tomas town in the northern PhilippineProvince of Batangas on Monday, police said.

Batangas police spokesman Supt Nicolas Torresaid patrolling operatives of the Santo Tomas policewere about to check two suspicious men in front ofa computer shop at San Roque village around 5 amwhen the two hurriedly boarded a parked jeepdriven by a companion.

The suspects fired shots at the policemen beforespeeding away, prompting the lawmen to engage ina chase, which ended up in a shootout whichresulted in the death of the three, said Torre.

Police recovered at the computer shop a boltcutter, bolstering suspicions that the slain suspects,allegedly members of the so-called Bolt CutterGang, are robbers.—Xinhua

Two NATO oil tankers torched in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD,10 Oct— Unknown armed men insouthwestern Pakistan Sunday torched two oiltankers, carrying oil for the NATO forces in theneighbouring Afghanistan, police in the regionsaid. Police said that Afghanistan-bound two oiltankers were coming from the port City of Karachiwhen armed men riding a motorbike set ablaze thetwo tankers in Bolan District of BalochistanProvince.

No one was hurt in the attack. The gunmen fledafter the attack. Police and fire brigade personnel

An Iraqi boy stands in front of his destroyed home at the scene of

a bomb attack in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of

Baghdad, Iraq recently. A series of blasts hit the Shiite holy city in

Iraq on Sunday, killing and wounding scores of people, police

and hospital officials said.—INTERNET

Iran to be present in int’l waters:

navy commanderTEHERAN, 10 Oct— Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah

Sayyari said Sunday that Iran has the undeniable right to be actively presentin international waters, the local satellite Press TV reported.

“Based on international law, presence in international waters is theindisputable right of Iran and no country can deprive it of this right,” Sayyariwas quoted as saying at a ceremony held to mark the first international missionof Iran’s domestically-built Jamaran destroyer on Sunday.

Iran’s 16th fleet of warships, which include domestically-built Jamarandestroyer and the Bandar Abbas frigate, left for the Gulf of Aden on Sundayin line with efforts to provide security for Iranian trade vessels, said Press TV.

The 1,420-ton destroyer is equipped with modern radars and electronicwarfare capabilities. It has a top speed of up to 30 knots and has a helipad. Italso features highly advanced anti-aircraft, anti-surface and anti-subsurfacesystems and is equipped with torpedoes and naval cannons.

The Iranian commander emphasized that the Islamic republic will notcarry out an act of aggression against any country but vowed to resist theenemies.

On Sunday, he said that “presence in the Mediterranean Sea, the SuezCanal, south of the Indian Ocean and in international waters is at the top of theNavy’s agenda,” and that Iranian warships would be equipped with long-range anti-ship cruise missiles, according to Press TV.

Internet

An Afghan policeman keepswatch after an explosion on a

police vehicle in HeratProvince recently. The

motorcycle bomb in westernAfghanistan killed a civilian

and two policewomen, thefirst female police casualties

since the conservative Muslimcountry began recruitingfemale officers four years

ago.INTERNET

reached the site and extinguished the fire.No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

But suspected militants routinely target NATOsupplies trucks and oil tankers mostly in Pakistan’snorthwest and attacks in Balochistan are rare.

Officials say that about 70 percent supplies forup to 160,000 US-led NATO troops are transportedthrough Pakistan.

The United States has signed deal with Russiafor alternate supply route in view of frequent attackson NATO trucks in Pakistan.—Xinhua

Rocket attack kills two civilians,

wound another in AfghanistanASSADABAD, (Afgha-

nistan) 10 Oct—Twocivilians were killed andanother was injured as arocket fired by militantshit a residential area inKunar Province withAssadabad its capital 185km east of Afghancapital City Kabul onMonday, an official said.

“A rocket fired byanti-government mili-tants slammed into aresidential area in Narai

District this morningleaving two personsincluding a woman and achild dead,” spokesmanfor provincial adminis-tration Wasihullah Wasifitold Xinhua. Anotherchild was injured in theattack, he added.

He also blamedTaleban militants forfiring rocket but the outfitfighting Afghan andNATO-led troops has yetto make comment.

Taleban militantsoften carry out attacksagainst governmentinterests in parts ofKunar Province alongthe border withPakistan’s tribal area ofBajawar.

Two Taleban mili-tants were arrested inNarai District on Sundayevening, according toKunar provincial policechief Awaz MohammadNazari.—Xinhua

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Offline Gmail app good for casual useAUCKLAND, 10 Oct—

Google’s new softwarefor using Gmail withoutan Internet connectioncomes across as athrowback to an era whenwe weren’t connected allthe time and on all sortsof devices, from phonesto iPads.

The software itselfwas easy to install anduse — once I found it. Itrequires a Gmail accountand won’t work withYahoo, Hotmail and otherWeb-based emailservices.

Also, it works onlywith Google’s Chromebrowser, which means Ihad to install it on mylaptop to start things off.I then had to open thebrowser and open a newtab to find a link to

Google’s Chrome WebStore. After that, I had tofind the free OfflineGoogle Mail softwareamong the scores ofofferings at the store.

The software is still ina “beta” test mode, a labelthat Google Inc.sometimes slaps onproducts for months oryears. That’s a way ofsaying that you mayencounter glitches alongthe way.

Internet

This screen shot shows Google’s new offlinesoftware for using Gmail without an Internet

connection.—INTERNET

The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), oneof the world’s most destructive vegetable pests,

has evolved resistance to native Bt (Bacillusthuringiensis) toxins, but it can be killed with

genetically modified Bt toxins.—INTERNET

Singapore firm working on “indoor GPS”SINGAPORE, 10 Oct—

A Singapore start-up firmhas devised aninnovative application toallow phone users tohave access to theirpositioning informationwithin buildings, wheretraditional globalpositioning system hasoften proved inaccurate,local daily BusinessTimes reported onMonday.

The firm YFindPositioning System feelsthat the application canhelp turn Singapore intothe world’s first location-intelligent city.

Ting See Ho, co-founder of the firm, saidthe application works byfirst verifying the GPScoordinates to identifythe building the user isin, and then collectingRSSI (received signal

strength information)readings off WiFi accesspoints within thebuilding.

The information isthen sent by the phone tothe central positioningserver for comparisonagainst records of theradio map of thebuilding, which iscalibrated earlier by thecompany.

Ting said the RSSIreadings continuallyfluctuates, making itdifficult to estimate aposition.

This is where YFindPositioning System stepsin with its patent-pending proba-bilisticalgorithms to helpaccurately estimated theuser’s indoor positions.

Once the phoneapplication determinesthe location, then, it is

able to map a course fora shop or otherdestination within thebuilding where the userwants to go.

“You can think of itas creating an ‘indoorGPS’ environment in thebuildings where satellitesignals cannot be read,”Ting said.

He said that morethan ten organizationsin Singapore haveapproa-ched thecompany to discussdeployment andpartnerships and that ithas begun work on threeproof-of-concepts.

The company’simmediate goal is tomake Singapore theworld’s first location-intelligent city beforegoing to other cities, hesaid.

Xinhua

Fitbit gets an upgrade with new features andan iPhone app

NEW YORK, 10 Oct—This week Fitbit launchedits second-generationfitness tracking device,called Fitbit Ultra, with newwireless features andlifestyle tracking metrics,as well as its first iPhoneapp.

The first new offeringfrom the company sinceits initial launch in 2009,the Ultra upgrades itsoriginal wireless-enabledfitness and calorie trackerwith a new Stair Tracker,which measures verticalsteps with a built-inaltimeter. In addition, thenew Fitbit features aStopwatch Challenge forbeating previous runningtimes, and a motivationalmessage system (notessuch as “Walk Me” willappear on the device).

Like its originaldevice, the Ultra featuresan internal motion detectorto track a user’smovements, sleep habits,and calorie burn duringboth the day and night.The new app includesfood-tracking and activity-planning features.

Fitbit Ultra is nowavailable at Fitbit’s websitefor $99.95 in blue and itsnew color, plum.

The new device joins aslew of wearable, portabledevices that track your

The new Fitbit Ultra features a Stair Tracker totrack how many steps you climb each day.

INTERNET

movements and aim to getyou fit, including the Striivfitness tracker, whichlaunches on October 15and blends fitness andgaming with something abit unexpected — charitable

donations. Other deviceson the market includeAdidas MiCoach Pacer,Affectiva Q Sensor, Basis,BodyMedia BodyFit,Digifit, Jawbone UP, andNike+GPS.—Internet

T-Mobile Announces SamsungGalaxy Tab 10.1 & Springboard

WASHINGTON, 10O c t — T - M o b i l eexpanded its tabletoffering with two Android3.2 devices: T-MobileSpringboard andSamsung Galaxy Tab10.1.

The Springboard is a7-inch tablet with a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 32GB of expandablememory and a 5-megapixel rear camera,as well as a 1.3-megapixelfront-facing camera forvideo chats.

The Samsung GalaxyTab 10.1 needs nointroduction, as it’salready available at BestBuy and Verizon. It sportsa 10.1-inch screen, a 1GHz dual-core Nvidia

Tegra 2 CPU, and a duoof 2 and 3-megapixelcameras for your videoand photo-taking needs.

Both the Springboardand Samsung Galaxy Tab10.1 will support T-Mobile’s HSPA+ fast datatransfer standard.

T-Mobile hasn’tannounced the price foreither device, but bothshould be available “intime for holidays” in T-Mobile retail stores andover at t-mobile.com. Thefate of Samsung’s tablet,however, is slightly moreuncertain, as Apple plansto seek a preliminaryinjunction to prevent salesof the device in the US injust a couple of days.

Internet

Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentalsNEW YORK, 10 Oct—

Netflix Inc isabandoning its widelypanned decision toseparate its DVD-by-mail and Internetstreaming servicesbecause it would makethem more difficult touse.

Subscribers will beable to use both servicesunder one account andone password, CEOReed Hastings saidMonday in a blog post.

Investors saw thereversal as an Oscar-worthy move, sendingthe stock up $11.24, or9.6 percent, to $128.45in premarket trading.

Less than a month

ago, the Netflix said itwould split the DVDrental business off on anew website, to be calledQwikster.

Subscribers howledat the move, saying theysaw Netflix as adestination for movies ingeneral and didn’t wantto manage two accounts.

“It is clear that formany of our memberstwo websites wouldmake things moredifficult, so we are goingto keep Netflix as oneplace to go for streamingand DVDs,” Hastingssaid in the blog post.

In July, thecompany said thatcustomers who want

streaming movies andDVDs will have to payfor them separately.

The “Qwikster”announcement was afollow-up to thatchange. Analysts saw itas a way for Netflix todistance itself from theolder DVD business,which has less futurepotential than Internetstreaming.

Even with Monday’spremarket bounce,Netflix’s shares havebeen savaged by theprice change and the“Qwikster” initiative.They’ve lost more thanhalf their value sinceJuly.

Internet

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Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy)uses high-powered radiation to damage

cancer cells and stop them from growing.Radiation is usually given five days a week

for five to six weeks.—INTERNET

Futures signal higher Wall Street opening

Traders work on the floor of the New YorkStock Exchange on 4 October, 2011.

INTERNET

LONDON, 10 Oct—Stock index futures pointedto a higher opening for equities on Wall Street onMonday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the DowJones and for the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.9 to 1percent. Government offices and bond markets areclosed for the Columbus Day holiday, although USstock markets will be open.

Superior Energy Services Inc has agreed tobuy Complete Production Services Inc in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $2.7 billion, creating anentity that could expand its footprint in the oil-fieldservices sector.

The yuan hit a record high against the dollar onMonday, now up 30 percent on the US currency

since its landmark revaluation in July 2005, asworries over dollar liquidity eased.

The leaders of Germany and France havepromised to unveil new measures to solve the eurozone’s debt crisis by the end of the month, asinternational pressure builds for bold steps fromEurope to avert an economic backlash of globalproportions.

Franco-Belgian bank Dexia agreed early onMonday to the nationalization of its Belgian bankingdivision and secured state guarantees in a rescuethat could pressure other euro zone governments tostrengthen their banking sectors.

The Brent crude oil price rose above $106 abarrel, fueled by optimism that demand in theworld’s largest consumer nation would hold afterUS data allayed fears of a renewed recession andwhile the euro zone edged closer to a resolution ofits debt crisis.

The FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3> index of topEuropean shares rose 0.4 percent on Monday afterhitting a five-week high on Friday following better-than-expected US non-farm payroll data.

Japan’s Nikkei average <.N225> closed 1percent higher.

After nearly falling into bear-market territory,US stocks on Friday finished the week higher,building gains on encouraging jobs data and hopesthat Europe is dealing with its debt crisis.—Reuters

Men develop diabetes with lessbody fat than women

GLASGOW, 10 oct—- Men develop type 2 diabetesat a lower body-mass index (BMI) than women,and this finding helps explain why men havehigher rates of diabetes in many parts of the world,researchers report.

They analyzed data from 51,920 men and43,137 women in Scotland with diabetes and foundthat average BMI at diabetes diagnosis was 31.83in men and 33.69 in women. This difference wasmost noticeable at younger ages, the researcherssaid.

The study was published online 30 Sept in thejournal Diabetologia. The findings confirm thehypothesis that men have to gain less weight todevelop diabetes, according to study leaderProfessor Naveed Sattar, of the Institute ofCardiovascular and Medical Sciences at theUniversity of Glasgow. Fat distribution may explainwhy men develop diabetes with less weight gainthan women.

Men tend to have more fat in their abdominalregions and in their liver than women, while womenhave greater amounts of “safe” subcutaneous(beneath the skin) fat than men.

“It is worrying that men develop type 2 diabetesat a higher rate than their female counterparts.Research like this will help us understand reasonswhy and provide greater insight into what we cando to improve prevention of type 2 diabetes,” DrVictoria King, head of research at Diabetes UK,said in a university news release.—Internet

Starbucks close to cafe JVwith Tata Coffee

MUMBAI, 10 Oct—Starbucks Corp is finalizingan equity joint venture with India’s Tata Coffee Ltdfor opening coffee shops in Asia’s third-largesteconomy, the Times of India reported on Monday.

Seattle-based Starbucks had held talks withother potential partners in India including fast foodchain operator Jubilant Foodworks before settlingdown with Tata Coffee, the newspaper said, citingsources with direct knowledge.

Tata Coffee’s managing director, Hameed Huq,could not be reached by Reuters at his office inBangalore, and Starbucks did not immediatelyrespond to a mail seeking comment on the report.

Starbucks had signed a pact with Tata Coffee,part of the Tata industrial conglomerate, in Januaryto buy coffee from India and explore opening retailstores in the country, the companies had said in astatement.

The Times of India said the Starbucks jointventure deal with Tata Coffee would also be backedby other bigger firms within the salt-to-softwareTata group.

India’s foreign direct investment regulationswill allow Starbucks to hold up to 51 percent in thejoint venture and Tata shares may be routed throughmore than one group entity, including Tata Coffee,the newspaper said.—Reuters

Australian skin cancer research discovers two genetic variantsBRISBANE, 10 Oct—Scientists have discovered

two new genetic variants that increase the risk ofmelanoma skin cancer, according to an internationalstudy, led by Australia’s Queensland Institute ofMedical Research (QIMR), reveled on Monday.

The variants were discovered in the study of theDNA of more than 2,000 Australians with melanomaand over 4,000 without it.

The study found that if a patient had eithervariant they had a 13 percent increased risk ofdeveloping the cancer.

Lead QIMR researcher Stuart MacGregor saidthat finding these two genetic variants will helpincrease the ability to predict those individualsmost at risk of developing the potentially deadlydisease.

“This new finding is exciting as early diagnosisis critical in melanoma to improve the outcome ofpeople who develop the disease, “ MacGregor said.

“Identifying these variants is an essential step

toward determining accurate risk estimates for thedisease,” he said.

“This, in turn, means people will be betterinformed and can take the right precautions toavoid developing this increasingly commoncancer.”

MacGregor said unlike the other 18 variantsthat are already known, the two new genetic variantdo not appear to act by simply changing skinpigmentation or mole count.

“One variant appears to play a role in how DNAis repaired following damage by ultraviolet (UV)radiation, while the other variant may play a role intumor formation,” he said. Melanoma is one of themost common cancers affecting young people inAustralia. It is also the most life threatening type ofskin cancer. “Discovering more about the geneticbasis of melanoma may help us to better diagnoseand treat melanoma in the future,” MacGregor said.

Xinhua

Starbucks coffee shop.—INTERNET

Actinic keratosis (also called solar keratosis) isa precancerous skin lesion usually caused by

too much sun exposure.—INTERNET

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S Korea’s farm, food exports top 5 bln USDin nine months

SEOUL, 10 Oct—South Korea’s exports offood and agriculturalproducts topped 5 billionUS dollars in the first ninemonths of this year due tosolid demand fromemerging countries, agovernment reportshowed Monday.

Overseas shipmentsof food and farm goodsamounted to 5.29 billiondollars during the

Iran to launch researchsatellite into space

TEHERAN, 10 Oct—Iran is going to launchdomestically- built Navid satellite by Safir satellitelauncher by the end of March 2012, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.

Navid (promise) is a research satellite and iscurrently undergoing pre-launch tests, said thereport without further details.

In June, Iran put the Rasad (surveillance)satellite in the orbit to render images to the country.

Iran put a satellite into orbit in 2009 and sentsome small animals into space in 2010. It plans tosend man into space by 2020.—Xinhua

Intelligence chiefs warn of planned attacksby 200 UK-based suicide bombers

LONDON, 10 Oct—British intelligence chiefshave warned the DavidCameron Government thatat least 200 potentialterrorists are activelyplanning suicide attackswhile living freely inBritain.

Though the figure is a“conservative” estimate ofthe threat facing thecountry from UK-basedIslamist suicide bombers,the intelligence chiefs saidthat the would-be killersare among 2,000extremists who are activelyplanning a terrorist activity

of some kind.According to The

Sunday Telegraph, thesestatistics are contained in asecret government reporton the “enduring terroristthreat” facing the UK fromal-Qaeda and affiliatedorganizations.

Both the SecretIntelligence Service, MI6,and the Security Service,MI5, believe al-Qaeda andits affiliates remain asdangerous as ever. Thewarning comes as Britainbegins preparations fornext year’s 2012 OlympicGames, which has been

described by MI5 as thebiggest security operationin the country’s history.

The paper quotessenior sources as sayingthat these potentialattackers may not targetOlympic venues, wheresecurity will be extremelyhigh, but be tempted toattack areas where crowdsare likely to congregatesuch as train stations andpublic events.

The 200 Britishresidents thought to beplanning suicide attacks,either within the UK oroverseas, represent one in

10 of the wider group of2,000 terrorist plotters.

An intelligencesource added that suicidebombers would only bestopped by either a“chance encounter” or byan intelligence-ledinvestigation. But headded that if a terrorist cellwas properly organizedand secure there was verylittle the authorities coulddo to prevent an attack.

The latest disclosurefollows the arrest of sixmen from Birminghamwho were remanded incustody two weeks agoover an alleged UK suicidebombing plot.

Internet

Photo taken on 9 Oct, 2011 shows flower decorations to commemorate the100th anniversary of the 1911 (Xinhai) Revolution at the Dr Sun Yat-sen

Mausoleum in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province.—XINHUA

Photo taken on 8 Oct,2011 shows the

Fleming Cannon atthe campus of

California Institute ofTechnology (CIT) in

Pasadena, California,United States. CIT hasbeen listed the top ofthe world’s top 100

universities, accordingto Times HigherEducation World

UniversityRankings.—XINHUA

A resident visits a documents, cultural relics andfine arts exhibition commemorating the

centennial of 1911 (Xinhai) Revolution inShanghai, east China, on 9 Oct, 2011. About 300documents, cultural relics and pictures and 400

pieces of artwork were displayed in theexhibition, which will be open to the public free

of charge until on 16 Oct.—XINHUA

US hails India’s key role in

AfghanistanWASHINGTON, 10 Oct— Applauding

India’s key role in Afghanistan, theUS has said that New Delhi has beenhelpful in providing training to thesecurity forces of the war-torn countryto help improve the situation there.“India has a training presence insideAfghanistan and has (it) for a quitesome time. Obviously President(Hamid) Karzai finds that veryhelpful,” Pentagon spokesman, CaptJohn Kirby, told reporters last evening.

He welcomed India’s decision totrain the Afghan National SecurityForces (ANSF), a pact on which wasinked between the two countries thisweek during the New Delhi visit ofKarzai. Noting that a secure and stable

Afghanistan is good for the region,the Pentagon spokesman said this canbe achieved by having a string Afghansecurity force, in which India is playinga key role now. “Everybody in theregion stands to benefit from a secureand stable Afghanistan. The degree towhich President Karzai wants tocontinue its relationship with India, iscertainly his decision the elected leaderof that sovereign nation,” he said.

“We certainly support that toimprove security there. It is not justabout Afghanistan. It is a regionalissue. India has been helpful in thepast, helping train the ANSF (AfghanNational Security Forces),” he said.

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J a n u a r y - S e p t e m b e rperiod, up 30.4 percentfrom the same period oflast year, the Ministry ofFood, Agricul-ture,Forestry and Fisheriessaid in a statement.

The food and farmexport growth was fasterthan last year when theoverseas shipmentsexceeded the 5 billion-dollar mark in November.The ministry expected the

nation’s farm exports toreach this year’s target of7.6 billion dollars if thegrowth trend continues.

The sustained exportgrowth was mainlyattributed to brisk demandfrom emerging countriessuch as China and theAssociation of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN)countries, the ministrysaid.

XinhuaSteve Jobs and SteveWozniak.—INTERNET

IAF will induct its C-17airlifters from 2013

NEW DELHI, 10 Oct—The Indian Air Force(IAF) will induct in June2013 the first of the 10C-17 Globemaster-IIIheavy airlifters it haspurchased from the US,and then order six more.

The IAF chief, AirChief Marshal NormanAnil Kumar Browne, toldIndia Strategic defence

magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) in aninterview that Boeingwould deliver all thealready ordered 10aircraft between 2013 and2014, and that once theIAF was satisfied withtheir performance, sixmore would be ordered.By 2015, the inductionof all the 16 aircraft

should be complete.“C-17 Globemaster

III aircraft are expectedto be inducted between2013 and 2015,” he said.

The air chief said thatthe IAF had actuallyplanned to acquire 20aircraft but right now, ithad the defenceministry’s approval forjust 16.—MNA/PTI

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Seven aboard missing Russianhelicopter alive

MOSCOW, 10 Oct—Rescuers havefound the missing Mi-8 helicopter inRussia’s Trans-Baikal region and allseven people aboard the helicopterwere alive, local emergencydepartment said on Sunday.

A spokesperson for the regionalemergencies department said thehelicopter was found at 17:09 Moscowtime (1309 GMT), adding that over110 rescuers and 15 units of specialequipment had been involved in therescue operation.

According to the Press service ofthe Russian Emergency SituationsMinistry, the helicopter had conductedan emergency landing in the Kyrym

District of the Trans-Baikal regionand nobody aboard the plane wasinjured. Earlier on Sunday, localreports said the Mi-8 helicopter hasbeen missing in eastern Russia.

The helicopter, which belongs tothe Siberian branch of Russia’ sEmergency Situations Ministry, lostcontact with authorities at 12:45Moscow time (0845 GMT) in Trans-Baikal area. Later, the plane’semergency location beacon started tosend signals. According to localreports, the plane had been performinga patrol flight over forests in the southof the Trans-Baikal region before itwas reportedly missing.—Xinhua

A model presentsa creation by

designer YousufBashir Qureshi onthe last day of theKarachi FashionWeek in southern

Pakistan’sKarachi on 9 Oct,2011. At least 32

Pakistani andInternational

designers and 70Pakistani male

and femalemodels, are

participating inthe four-day

“Fashion Week”.XINHUA

‘Atomic veteran’ seeks VA benefitsFORT WORTH, 10 Oct—One of America’s

“atomic veterans” says he wants help from theVeterans Administration for arthritis he links toexposure from atomic bomb testing in the 1950s.

About 400,000 American servicemen andcivilians fell under the category of “atomic veterans”after being exposed to radiation following the USatomic attacks on Japan that brought World WarII to an end and during above-ground nuclearbomb tests. A number of soldiers such as formerMarine James D Tyler who were positioned withinmiles of the blast sites consider themselves “guineapig ground grunts.” The 72-year-old Burleson,Texas, man was an 18-year-old member ofCompany F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, when heand the rest of his unit were moved from their baseat Camp Pendleton, Calif, to the Nevada Test Sitenorthwest of Las Vegas, the Fort Worth Star-

Meet the Moroccan man withthe world’s largest feet!

MELBOURNE, 10 Oct—A Moroccan man with a raremedical condition has set a new record with the biggestpair of feet in the world.

Brahim Takioullah also stands more than 246 cmtall, a close height to world’s tallest man, 251cm SultanKosen of Turkey.

Judges from Guinness World Records came toFrance to measure him and confirmed his suspicionthat he had record-breaking feet - his left measuring38.1cm in length and his right, 37.4cm.

Takioullah cannot stand up straight in the small flathe shares with his mother in the Paris suburbs, hasdifficulty getting into a taxi or the Metro, and can nevermove around without attracting attention.

Even getting a pair of shoes stretches his budget -he takes a European size 58, which no shop has everstocked.

Takioullah is from Morocco, and grew up in asmall village - grew up fast. In one year in his teens heput on more than one metre in a spurt.

“The school doctor noticed that I was this enormoussize and asked me to get some blood tests. I did that, andI was diagnosed with a very rare condition calledacromegaly,” News.com.au quoted him as saying.

Acromegaly is a pituitary gland disorder that causesthe body to produce excessive growth hormone. Thebrain tumour can lead to other problems aside fromgreat size, and Takioullah was advised to seek surgery.

Five years ago, a French doctor brought him toParis for treatment.—Internet

Harry ‘drives 120miles to California forbeer and burger prior

to Apache training’LONDON, 10 Oct—Prince Harry

recently drove 120 miles to the famedMcP’s Irish pub in California with threeof his colleagues from RAF Wattishamand protection officers to enjoy a burgerand beer before undertaking the finalstage of his Apache helicopter training.

The third in the line of succession,who had asked to be seated at anoutside table, relaxed and chattedhappily to the locals and even took aphotograph for a couple during hishour-long meal, and was served by a32-year-old waitress Leah Bentley.

“Harry and his friends were reallynice. It took me a minute before Irealised who he was. I bantered withhim and tried to treat him like any othercustomer. He and his friends were verygood-looking and were nice tippers,”the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.

“He didn’t flirt with me – but Iwouldn’t have minded if he had,” sheadded.

Located in Coronado in San Diego,the bar is owned by a former SEAL.

Internet

Two die in Nev tandemparachuting accident

MESQUITE, 10 Oct—A skydiving instructor and woman diedin a tandem jump Sunday in Nevada, authorities said.

Mesquite police said the instructor was dead at the scene andthe female victim was pronounced dead at an area hospital, theMesquite Local News reported. The victims’ names had not beenreleased. An investigation was under way to determine whatcaused the parachuting accident.—Internet

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and visiting FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy attend a Press conference in

Berlin, Germany, on 9 Oct, 2011. Merkel said Sunday thatGermany and France have agreed to recapitalise banks

according to common criteria.XINHUA

Telegram reported Saturday. He and his buddieswere placed a mere 5 miles away from the blast sitein a 6-foot ditch with no more protection than theirnormal combat gear. It was an experiment. “Ithink they wanted to see what it would do to us,”Tyler said. “I think they were trying to see howclose they could put us to it and not kill us rightthen.”

“These guys were sworn to secrecy,” said RJRitter, national commander of the NationalAssociation of Atomic Veterans. “For the officialrecord, it didn’t happen. They were told by a CIDofficer, ‘What you saw and heard here todaydidn’t happen.’ Now after all these years they’refree to tell their story, but they are hard-pressed tofind someone old enough, including in the military,to understand that it happened.”

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The full text of the open letter is as follow:-

Mr. President1. In a series of steps you have taken in fulfillment

of the hopes of the people for good governance,clean government, flourishing of democraticpractices, fundamental rights of citizens, rule oflaw, transparency and accountability, one per-ceptible step is the establishment of the MyanmarNational Human Rights Commission on 5September 2011. It is believed that its establish-ment is welcomed and supported by the peopleof Myanmar.

2. The establishment of the Commission is basedon the principles relating to the status of nationalinstitutions (Paris Principles) contained in UnitedNations General Assembly resolution A/RES/48/134. Our Commission is the fifth of its kindin the ten-member countries of ASEAN.

3. Myanmar National Human Rights Commis-sion is formed with a view to promoting andsafeguarding fundamental rights of citizensenshrined in the Constitution of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar. It is vested with thecompetence and responsibilities which includereceiving complaints on violations of funda-mental rights of citizens, investigating them andcommunicating its findings to the relevant de-partments and bodies of the Government forfurther action. Since its inception, theCommission is fully resolved to perform itsresponsibilities to promote and protect the fun-damental rights of citizens.

Request submitted in open letter by MyanmarNational Human Rights Commission to

President of Republic of Union of MyanmarNAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission submitted a request

in open letter to President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein today.

4. The establishment of the Myanmar NationalHuman Rights Commission is meant to pro-mote and protect the fundamental rights ofcitizens enshrined in the Constitution. It can alsobe regarded as fulfilling the hope and aspirationof the international community.

5. Furthermore, the expectation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and a number ofcountries is the release of what is referred to as“prisoners of conscience”. The Commissionrecognizes and appreciates the position of theGovernment that these are prisoners who havebeen sentenced to imprisonment forcontravening the existing laws.

6. The release of those prisoner, convicted forbreach of the existing laws, who do not pose athreat to the stability of state and public tranquilityin the interest of national races will enable themto participate in whatever way they can in thenation-building tasks.

7. For these reasons, Myanmar National HumanRights Commission humbly requests the Presi-dent, as a reflection of his magnanimity, to grantamnesty to those prisoners and release themfrom the prisons.

Respectfully,

Sd/ Win Mya Chairman

(for) Members of MyanmarNational Human Rights

Commission

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct— Chairman of theUnion Election Commission U Tin Aye and allmembers of the commission heard Amendmentto Note of Election Objection No. 11/2011 andAmendment to Note of Election Objection No.12/2011 at the office of the Union ElectionCommission, here, at 10 am and 1 pm today.

MNA

Amendment to Note ofElection Objection

No. 11/2011, No. 12/2011 heard

Union Minister for

Education Dr Mya

Aye met with officials

of universities and

degree colleges

under Higher

Education

Department

(Upper Myanmar)

on 9 October.

(News reported)

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Oct—Chief Minister ofYangon Region U MyintSwe this afternoonwatched the final matchbetween Yangon Regionand Mandalay Region inthe 3rd Inter-Region/StateHockey Championship atTheinbyu Hockey TurfPitch in MingalaTaungnyunt Township.

After the final,vice-presidents ofMyanmar Hockey Fed-eration, the deputy direc-tor-general of Sports andPhysical Education De-partment, the Yangon

Mandalay Region clinchestitle in 3rd Inter-Region/

State HockeyChampionship

Region Minister for So-cial Affairs, the RegionMinister for Security andBorder Affairs, and theRegion Minister forTransport awarded cashawards and individualprizes to the best player,third prize winningAyeyawady Region, sec-ond prize winningYangon Region andchampion Mandalay Re-gion.

The Chief Minis-ter presented champion-ship shield and duplicateshield to Mandalay Re-gion team.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Oct—The government isplanning to switch cur-rently-used old privatemotorcars with new onesin public interest.

The plan waspublicized in 11 Septem-ber dailies and startedsince 19 September.

V a r i o u srumours are circulatingin car market about issu-ance of special car im-port permit after the usedones were handed over.Businessmen and profit-seekers aiming at play-ing car market fabricatedstories and forged docu-

Contact addresses forcar swap enquiry

ments, causing publicirritation.

The Ministry ofCommerce providescontact addresses for de-tailed enquiry about re-leasing overage cars andspecial car import per-mit. The addresses areHead of Office of theMinistry, Ph: 067-408002, Fax: 067-408004; deputy Head ofOffice, Ph: 067-408216;and Director (Policy),Ph: 067-408232; Direc-tor (OSS Group), Ph: 067-408316 and 09-8300320.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—The Myanmar Ra-diological Society of the Myanmar MedicalAssociation will hold its ninth meeting at ChatriumHotel here from 10 to 12 November.

Radiologists from Singapore, Thailand, Ma-laysia and South Korea will also participate in themeeting. Those wishing to attend the meeting mayenroll at X-ray Department of Yangon People’sHospital.—MNA

9th Myanmar RadiologicalSociety Meeting on 10 Nov

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—Chief Minister ofKayah State U Khin Maung Oo this morningdelivered an address at the ceremony to hand overthe flag of victory to the artiste troupe that will takepart in the 18th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competitions at the hall of KayahState Government in Loikaw.

The Chief Minister handed over the flag ofvictory to the leader of the contestant team.—MNA

Flag of victory to Kayah StatePerforming Arts troupe

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(from page 16)The military col-

umn continued in hot pur-suit of that KIA group. At 6pm on 8 October, thecolumn seized one AK-47,60 rounds of ammunition,two magazines, and oneset of uniform installed withCpl badge of KIA (Kachin)

Military columns seizearms and…

(from page 16)Saw El Htoo at major level of KNU/KNLA

reported that in the past, they lived separatelyfrom the families without any future guarantee.Although the State offered a chance to join handswith the Tatmadaw for formation of the BorderGuard Force, leaders of KNU/KNLA Peace Councildid not participate in formation of the BGF andlived in their camps. They were always worriedabout their life. Therefore, the group members

15 members of KNU/KNLA return to…

group from 60 square feetbrick building roofing withcorrugated iron sheets, two60 mm mortars, one M-21,one magazine, 10 roundsof ammunition, five blocksof gunpowder, 1020 stimu-lant tablets, seven five-gal-lon containers of sulphuricacid, two packets contain-

ing about three viss of as-sorted gunpowder, abouthalf of condensed milk tinof powder assumed to beused in narcotic drug pro-duction, 160 packets ofdry ration and two motor-cycles from brick watertank closed with concrete,west of the building, docu-ments on CV of KIA group,521,340 stimulant tablets,one machine for produc-tion of tablets, four tablet

moulds and accessories, 60ticals each of block powderin 18 packets assumed tobe acid gunpowder, seven5-gallon containers of sul-phuric acid and a laptopwith documentary photosin it in the raid at Tima workcamp of the Myanmar Cor-rectional Department fromthe building.

The incidents ob-viously proved that despiteshowing various reasons,KIA group is producingand selling narcotic drugs

menacing the mankind.Officials of the

military column system-atically handed overnarcotic drugs and machin-ery to be used in narcoticdrug production of theseized materials to theAdministrator of MuseTownship, the Com-mander of Muse Town-ship Police Force and theHead of the Muse SpecialAnti-Drug Squad at 8 pmyesterday.

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held meetings among them and gathered arms andammunition to be handed over to the State. Then,they returned to the legal fold. They do not want tobe an opposition group against the State, and theycame to the legal fold of their own accord forshaping their life safely and peacefully under theprotection of the government. He asked officials tolook after them in necessity. He then handed overarms and ammunition to State Minister for Securityand Border Affairs Col Htay Myint Aung.

Mon State Government provided K 1.5million for 15 members of the group that returnedto the legal fold after unconditionally handing overtheir arms and ammunition, and Mon State PoliceForce 15 bags of rice and 15 viss of edible oil tothem.—MNA

YANGON, 10 Oct—Thadingyut lighting festi-val will be celebrated alongwith first cartoon show atthe 50th Street (UpperBlock), No. 10 Ward ofPazundaung Townshiphere tomorrow to 13October.

Enthusiasts canenjoy over 200 works offamous cartoonists on 3x2feet vinyl, said one of theorganizers who added thatthe lighting festival is pre-pared to be further illumi-nated with adult and child

Time to celebrateThadingyut

singing contests, stage-show, and open movieshow in No. 7 Ward, No. 8Ward, No. 9 Ward,Yekyaw and No.10 Ward.

Prizes will begiven to three shops andten houses of bestThadingyut illuminationsin No. 10 Ward. The festi-val organizing committeesaid that it will prohibitgambling and strictly en-force rules during the fes-tival period, taking tightsecurity measures.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Oct—The Myanmar NationalWomen’s Team will takepart in the AFF Women’sChampionship 2011 to beheld in Vientiane of Laosfrom 16 to26 October.

The Myanmarwomen’s team is formedwith goalkeeper May KhinYamin and Mya PhuNgon, defenders MyintMyint Aye, San San Maw,Su Su Wai, Nan Hnin HninHtwe, Shwe Sin Aung,Khin Than Wai and ThidaOo, midfielders ThandaMoe, Than Than Htwe,Nan Kyay Ngon, KhinMoe Wai, San Yu Naing,Nilar Myint and Aye AyeMar and strikers KhinMarlar Tun, Mai Nilar

Myanmar to competein AFF Women’s

Championship 2011

Htwe, Yi Yi Oo and NawAhlo Wah Phaw.

The team willcomprise Secretary of theteam Staff Officer DawAye Aye Maw of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment, JapaneseChief Coach Mr KumadaYoshi Nori, AssistantCoach Daw Thet Thet Win,Goalkeeper Coach U KhinMaung Shwe, Team Medi-cal Officer AssistantSurgeon Dr Khin Saw Ooof Yangon General Hos-pital and Japanese inter-preter Daw Theingi Aungled by team leader andmanager Daw Myat MyatOo of Myanmar FootballFederation.

MNA

Major Saw El Htoo of KNU/KNLA PeaceCouncil hands over arms and ammunition toMon State Minister for Security and Border

Affairs Col Htay Myint Aung.MNA

Narcotics and

drug-produc-

tion equipment

seized from KIA

armed group in

Muse Township

of Muse District

in Shan State.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—The Department ofMeteorology and Hydrology announced today thatsouthwest monsoon has withdrawn from the SouthBay, Andaman Sea and the whole country duringthe past (24) hours.—MNA

Southwest monsoonwithdraws from Myanmar

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A man takes photos of canvas at “China’sMemory — Comprehensive Fine Arts

Works Exhibition for the 100th anniversaryof the 1911 (Xinhai) Revolution” in the

National Art Museum of China in Beijing,capital of China, on 9 Oct, 2011. Some 100Chinese painting, canvas and print works

were displayed on the exhibition thatkicked off here on Sunday.

XINHUA

Former Weezer bassist MikeyWelsh found dead in Chicago

Two robots play pingpong at ZhejiangUniversity in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang

Province, on 9 Oct, 2011. Two smart robotsthat are able to track the movements of a table

tennis ball and play back through a motioncontrol system equipped with a built-in camera

and an intelligence processing unit wereunveiled by a lab of Zhejiang University here

Sunday.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 10 Oct—Mikey Welsh, most famouslyknown as the former bassist for the rock bandWeezer, died unexpectedly in a Chicago hotelSaturday, the band said on Sunday.

Workers at the Rafaello Hotel found Welshunresponsive and not breathing when they went tohis room on Saturday afternoon after he failed tocheck out as scheduled, police said.

The cause of his death was not immediatelyknown. Police are conducting a death investigationrelated to the case, pending autopsy results andtoxicology tests. It sometimes takes two months forthe results of toxicology tests.

Welsh, 40, who left the band a decade ago, hadbeen in Chicago to attend Weezer’s appearance atRiotFest on Sunday night, a concert that will go onas scheduled, the band said on its website innotifying fans of his death.

A decade ago, he had achieved fame as thebassist for the band Weezer, replacing the band’slongtime bassist Matt Sharp, according to Welsh’sofficial website.

The band remembered Welsh as a vitalchapter to their history and one to never “shy awayfrom the absurd, dangerous or strange,” accordingto a statement on Weezer’s website.

Welsh left the band in 2001 shortly after, sayinghe had suffered a nervous breakdown, resurfacinglater as an artist and painter.

Welsh said in a posting on his Facebook pageearlier in October that he was looking forward tomeeting up with the band in Chicago.

Xinhua

13 Chinese sailors confirmeddead after drug ring hijackedships

BANGKOK, 10 Oct—Atotal of 13 Chinesesailors, who were on twoships hijacked by drugtraffickers last week,were confirmed deadafter investigators foundanother body onMekong River in northThailand’s Chiang RaiProvince, localauthorities told Xinhuaon Monday.

Searchers found thebody in nearby ChiangKhong District early onMonday, said SeramsakSeesan, chief of ChiangRai’s Chiang SaenDistrict, where the otherbodies were found.

The two hijackedChinese-flagged shipsreportedly had 13 crewmembers.

Investigators suspect

China’s tallest building “Shanghai Tower” isunder construction in Shanghai, east China,

on 9 Oct, 2011. The construction of the higherpart above the 35th floor of the Shanghai

Tower has begun, and the buiding’s heightwas about to exceed 200 metres.—XINHUA

Small plane crash woundspilot in south Russia

MOSCOW, 10 Oct—An Antonov biplane crashedSunday in the Krasnodar territory in south Russia,injuring the pilot, local emergencies ministryspokesman said on Sunday.

According to the spokesman, the An-2 planecrashed at about 12:00 Moscow time (0800 GMT)near the village of Zasovskaya.

“According to preliminary information, therewas only one pilot aboard the plane. The pilotsurvived the crash and was hospitalized,” thespokesman told reporters.

Xinhua

Thyroid testing beginsfor children

TOKYO, 10 Oct—Japan began testingabout 360,000 childrenin Fukushima PrefectureSunday for any thyroidgland damage causedby radiation from thenuclear crisis there.

The children arereceiving the ultrasonicthyroid examinationsbecause of the radiationleak at the Fukushima

that a drug ring of TaiYai ethnic group led byNo Kham wasresponsible for theincident, Seesan toldXinhua in a telephoneinterview. Autopsies arebeing conducted inChiang Saen Hospital.

Relatives of thesailors will arrive on alater date to cooperatein investigation andclaim the bodies, hesaid.

This was the firsttime a commercial shipwas hijacked by drugtraffickers, Seesanadded.

A committee ofpolice, military andlocal authorities arefurther investigating thecase, he said.

Xinhua

Daiichi nuclear powerplant whose reactorswere crippled by the 11March earthquake andtsunami. The thyroidgland in children isparticularly vulnerable toradiation damage.

Authorities said thescale of the testing isunprecedented in theworld, Kyodo Newsreported.

The report said theprefectural governmentdecided to implement thewide-scale programmebecause of parents’concerns about evidenceof increased thyroidcancer among childrenafter the 1986 Chernobyldisaster in Ukraine.

Among the first toface the tests at theFukushima MedicalUniversity are childrenfrom the two townsnearest to the quake-hitnuclear plant, the Voiceof America reported.

The 11 Marchdisaster also killed or left

missing about 20,000people and causeddamage to the Japaneseeconomy running intothe hundreds of billionsof dollars.

Dr Shinichi Suzukiat the medical universitysaid it will take severalyears to carry outpreliminary ex-aminations of those ages18 and under as it cantake a long time for anyirregularities in thethyroid to manifest ascancer, the VOAreported.

There will be follow-up tests every two yearsuntil the children reachthe age of 20 and similartests will be done everyfive years after that.

The leak of radiationfrom the plant has yet tobe fully halted, andthousands of people wholived within a 12.5-mileradius of the plant havenot been allowed toreturn home.

Internet

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Toxic oil spilled from a Liberian-flagged cargo ship stuck on a reef offNew Zealand began washing ashore around the port City of Taurangaon,10 October, 2011, New Zealand. The 47,000 tonne vessel Rena struck a

reef on Wednesday causing an oil leak that has spread over fivekilometres. Authorities are preparing for the worst environmental disasterin New Zealand history should the vessel break up and spill 1,700 tonnes

of fuel into the Bay of Plenty.—XINHUA

Flood cripples life in western, southern TurkeyISTANBUL, 10 Oct—

Normal life along theMediterranean andAegean coasts of Turkeywere crippled Sundaydue to flood caused byheavy rains over the last24 hours.

All flights from theTurkish MediterraneanProvince of Antalya andthe Aegean regions ofBodrum and Izmir areexperiencing severedelays, the TurkishDogan news agencyreported.

Vast urban and rural

Citizens appreciate the new version of the

painting “Dwelling in the Fuchun

Mountains” during a tour exhibition held

in the provincial museum in Shenyang,

capital of northeast China’s Liaoning

Province, on 9 Oct, 2011.

This 66-meter new version of “Dwelling in

the Fuchun Mountains” was created by the

artists from Chinese mainland and Taipei.

The original version of landscape painting

“Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains” was

painted by the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368)

painter Huang Gongwang.—XINHUA

Seven rescued after boatsinks off Fla Keys

Vehicles move slowly on the street as a heavyfog envelopes Jinan, capital of east China’s

Shandong Province, 10 Oct, 2011.Meteorological authorities on Monday

continued to issue a blue-coded alert for heavyfog across the country’s eastern regions.

XINHUA

MIAMI, 10 Oct—Sevenpeople were fished fromthe water off the FloridaKeys Sunday, almost a dayafter their boat sank,leaving one elderlywoman dead, authoritiessaid.

The US Coast Guardin Miami said the group’srecreational boat capsizedin rough waters aboutnoon Saturday and sank,

The Miami Heraldreported.

A passing boaterspotted three of the victimsabout 8 am Sunday andcontacted the Coast Guard.The rest of the group hadfloated 4 miles from theothers. Those rescuedincluded a 4-year-old girl.“Our understanding is thatthey used something likea cooler to keep the girlabove water,” Petty OfficerSecond Class Nick Ameentold the newspaper.

“The weather was notfavorable at all for boatingover the weekend. It’s alsopretty amazing that thegroup was able to treadwater for so long in thoserough seas.”

The name of thevictims, including the 80-year-old woman whodrowned, had not beenreleased. The woman’sbody had not beenrecovered.

Internet

Tropical Storm Irwin holding steadyMIAMI, 10 Oct—

Pacific Tropical StormIrwin was still far out tosea Sunday night, posingno threat to the westernUS and Mexican coasts,US forecasters said.

At 8 am PDT, the USNational HurricaneCentre in Miami saidIrwin was 785 miles

southwest of the southerntip of Baja, Calif, movingto the east at 6 mph. Theninth named Pacificstorm of the year hadsustained winds of 50mph, the forecasters said.

Irwin likely will gainsome forward speed butforecasters said littlechange is expected in its

areas have beeninundated by floodsubmerging manybusiness premises andshops, the state-runAnatolia news agencyreported.

Strong winds of upto 80 kph were alsoreported in the area,

causing more damages.Despite reports of

material damage due toheave rains and flooding,no casualties have beenreported yet.

Emergency teamshave been on standby todeal with any emergentcases.—Xinhua

People travel on a flooded street in KandalProvince on 10 October, 2011.—INTERNET

Floods claim 207 lives, affect 1.2 million people in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, 10 Oct—

The Mekong River andflash floods had killed atleast 207 people andaffected about 1.2million people in 19inundated cities andprovinces in Cambodia,Nhim Vanda, the firstvice president of theNational Committee forDisaster Management,said on Monday in aPress briefing.

“Among the dead,52 percent is children,”he said. More than300,000 hectares of ricepaddies have beenaffected and other100,000 hectares of ricepaddies werecompletely damaged.

Some 600 houseswere swept away byfloods and other 196,600houses, 1,132 schoolsand 400 Buddhistpagodas are inundated,

dia has released 1,900tons of milled rice todistribute to the victims.So far, the governmentof Cambodia, Cambo-dian Red Cross,charitable countries andorganizations has

Moderate earthquake jolts northeast JapanTOKYO, 10 Oct—An

earthquake measuring5.6 on the Richter scaleon Monday hitFukushima Prefectureand its vicinity innortheast Japan, said the

Japan MeteorologicalAgency.

The focus of thequake, which occurredat 11:46 am local time(0246 GMT), was locatedsome 50 km under the

sea off Fukushima, saidthe agency. There wereno immediate reports ofcasualties or damage toproperties, and notsunami warning wasissued.—Xinhua

wind strength as itcontinues on its currenttrack for the next coupleof days.

Tropical storm-forcewinds were extending asfar as 85 miles from thestorm’s center. Therewere no coastal weatherwatches or warningsposted.—Internet

he said, adding that some180 kilometers ofnational roads andaround 1,800 kilometersof gravel roads havebeen affected.

“It’s estimated thatthe damaged cost from

floods this year seemscomparable to thedamage in the floods inthe year 2000 of 161million US dollars,” hesaid. Meanwhile, NhimVanda said that thegovernment of Cambo-

distributed emergencyrelief to more than70,000 families withabout 280,000 peopleout of the 100,000families who have beenevacuated to higherground.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PULAU CEBU VOY NO (41)Consignees of cargo carried on MV PULAU

CEBU VOY NO (41) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 9.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W-5 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: EASTERN-CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Report: Swiss locate two stolen Picassos in SerbiaGENEVA, 10 Oct — Swiss broadcaster SF reports that two stolen Pablo

Picasso paintings worth millions of dollars have been found in Serbia. SF citesa Swiss prosecutor saying the oil paintings are in a safe location. Schwyzcantonal (state) prosecutor Charles Faessler told SF in a programme aired lateFriday that Switzerland has submitted a request to Serbia for the paintings tobe returned.—Internet

Cop uses ringfinger to stop a

shootingNEW YORK, 10 Oct — A

New York City police of-ficer saved his own life bysticking his fingerbetween the hammer andcylinder of a gun jammedin his stomach by asuspect.

Brooklyn Sgt MichaelMiller ended up with only abroken finger, the New YorkDaily News reported onSunday. Miller and OfficerWilliam Reddin pulled overa speeding car in theBedfo rd -S tuyvesan tneighbourhood inBrooklyn.—Internet

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SANG THAI OCEAN VOY NO (08)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAI

OCEAN VOY NO (08) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 11.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of B.S.W-1 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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


AGENT FOR: SANG THAI SHIPPING CO LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (453)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATABAH VOY NO (453) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 10.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe 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 discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.



AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV NAVARRA VOY NO (1109)Consignees of cargo carried on MV NAVARRA

VOY NO (1109) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 11.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: CITIC-SHIP MANAGEMENT LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RAINBOW ANGEL VOY NO (7)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RAINBOWANGEL VOY NO (7) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 10.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W-6 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN-CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAN JIANG VOY NO (037)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAN JIANG

VOY NO (037) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 11.10.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.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 discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.



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

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Foot-and-mouthdisease foundwith cattle in

Tibet; epidemiccontained

BEIJING, 10 Oct—Cattle in southwestChina’s Tibet Autono-mous Region werefound with foot-and-mouth disease, theMinistry of Agriculture(MOA) announcedMonday.

The virus wasdetected in 7 cattle in theNyingchi area in Tibeton 30 Sept, the MOAsaid. Test results onSunday revealed that thecattle were carrying theO-type virus.

Xinhua

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Woman gets 18 months for sinking yachtA “manipulative, angry” woman who admitted sinking her estranged

husband’s yacht was sentenced in a British court Thursday to 18 monthsbehind bars.

Mandy Fleming, 47, of Sheerness in Kent, cried when she heard she wouldbe jailed, The Guardian reported. She entered a guilty plea last month at theOld Bailey in London to endangering life through criminal damage.

“You were a manipulative, angry and troubled individual,” the judge,Richard Hone, told her.

Fleming and her husband, who have since divorced, were separated in2004 when she went to his boat, the Double Dragon, for a sexual encounterwith a couple, Mark Gadsden, the prosecutor, said. The boat was docked atthe time at a marina in Brighton.

Workers prepare a 7-meter-tall

effigy of a beer mug to be lifted

onto a 30-meter tower next to

the Paulaner tent ahead of the

178th Oktoberfest on September

9, 2011 in Munich, Germany.

Woman spared jail for assault on ‘witch’A woman who spent her wedding

night in jail after assaulting a neighbourin northern England she thought wasa witch was spared a prison termThursday.

Imogen Hope, 37, of Halifaxreceived a 12-month suspendedsentence, the Halifax Courierreported. She appeared in amagistrate’s court where she wasfound guilty of an assault on DorisPilling.

Pilling, who lives next door toHope’s new in-laws — and one houseover from Hope and her husband —said her neighbour banged on her

Marie (L) and Gabrielle (R)

Vaudremer, a pair of 101-year-

old Belgian twins, celebrate their

birthday at the Chateau Sous-Bois

retirement home in Spa 2

October, 2011. Marie and

Gabrielle were born in 1910 and

are the world’s oldest pair of twin

sisters, according to the Guinness

World Records.

Robber prayed with

victim

N e w s A l b u m

Police in Pennsylvania said theyarrested an alleged robber who knelton the floor near his wheelchair-bound victim while she prayed.

New Castle police said thewoman opened her inside door whenshe heard a knock Friday eveningand she saw a man who then pulledon the outside door and broke thechain, the New Castle News reportedThursday.

The woman told police the manasked her for money and she gavehim $5, but he pushed past her andtook $20 from her purse.

“I’m sorry, I’ve never done thisbefore. I’m desperate,” the womanquoted the robber as saying. Thewoman said she began to pray andthe man knelt down on the floor untilshe was finished, the newspaperreported.

Police said a Shenango Townshipofficer spotted a man matching therobber’s description and was able toretrieve his dropped backpack whilegiving chase.

door late in the evening July 19 andthat Hope’s husband accused her ofbeing a “white witch” and cursinghis father and giving him cancer.Pilling, a nursing student, said she isa practicing pagan who works withherbs and crystals but does not docurses. Hope had been marriedearlier that day at the registry officeand then spent the evening at thepub celebrating. Pilling said she didnot try to fight back for fear of theearthly powers she learned in theArmy: “I was trained to kill.”

Hope and her husband saidPilling provoked the confrontation.

Tilda Swinton to quit acting?LONDON, 10 Oct—

Actress Tilda Swintonrecently hinted at quittingher movie career whenshe said acting was “amajor mistake”.

“I’m not reallyinterested in acting. I’vegiven up waiting for anepiphany of interest tostrike. Acting is a red Actress Tilda Swinton

Johnny Depp to work in biopic

hollywoodreporter.comreports.

Seuss, whose realname is Theodor Geisel,is famous for his workslike “The Cat in the Hat”,“Green Eggs and Ham”,“How the Grinch StoleChristmas!” and “HortonHears a Who”.

Internet

Actor Johnny Depp

LOS ANGELES, 10Oct— Actor JohnnyDepp will play the leadin a biopic on author DrSeuss.

Depp will alsoproduce the film withChristi Dembrowski,Christopher Meledandriand David Kennedy,

LOS ANGELES, 10 Oct—Actress Lindsay Lohanhas been sued after she failed to pay a bill for usinga limousine in 2009.

The Elite Transportation Limo and SecurityServices says Lohan used its services February-May 2009. The services cost of USD 33,978.

It says Lohan has not paid up and the star isbeing sued for the full amount plus costs, totallingUSD 90,585, according to Tmz.com.—Internet

Lohan sued for unpaid limo bill

S Korean actress Song Hye-gyo shares her

experience filming first Chinese movieBUSAN, 10 Oct—

South Korean actressSong Hye-gyo saidSaturday she feels likegoing back to a beginningactress when she workson a film in China.

“I’m filming my firstChinese movie, and thereare many differencesfrom working in SouthKorea,” Song told at aPress conference held onthe sidelines of the BusanInternational FilmFestival. “There are alsosome difficulties withdoing lines in Chinese,and all make me feel likeI’m new again.”

She is currentlyworking with directorWong Kar-wai ofChina’s Hong Kong,making “Legend of Yip

South Korean actress

Song Hye-gyo attends

the press conference

of the film “A Reason

to Live” at the 16th

Busan International

Film Festival (BIFF)

in Busan, South

Korea, on 8 Oct,

2011.—XINHUA

Man.”Song said she has

mostly played staticcharacters in her career,and her role in theWang’s movie is quitesimilar, yet she haslearned a new lesson.

“I’ve learned how toact by using my body.Director Wang has taughtme how to expressfeelings with the use ofbody,” said Song.

Zhang Ziyi poses for

“Self” magazine.

INTERNET

Song attended theBusan International FilmFestival to promote hernew South Korean film,“A Reason to Live,”directed by localfilmmaker Lee Jeong-hyang. The actress saidthat she can find somesimilarities between bothdirectors, Wang and Lee.

“The two directorspay attention to the detailsof the movies, and caresabout every little thing ofthe movies,” said Song.

Xinhua

herring and a majormistake and I’m stilltrying to get back ontrack,” express.co.ukquoted Swinton assaying.

“Every time I’m in afilm I’m determined it’sthe last I’m in then I’llfall into a conversationwith someone and we’ll

cook up a new scheme.Basically it’s gone onfor 20 years but I’mhoping to pull it to aclose shortly. “It’s notlike I’m looking foropportunities to dothings. I would like anopportunity to have agood sleep and get onwith some writing,” the“Chronicals of Narnia”star said.—Internet

Actress Lindsay Lohan

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Radwanska survives 154-minute battle to liftChina Open title

Ferdinand hails home front

Capello warns Rooney overEuro 2012 place

LONDON, 10 Oct — England coach Fabio Capellohas warned Wayne Rooney that he cannot expect tostroll back into the Euro 2012 reckoning after servinghis suspension for his red card in Montenegro.Rooney will serve at least a one-match ban at thefinals in Poland and Ukraine next summer after theManchester United star suffered the sixth sending offof his career and Capello said he will no hesitate tolook at alternatives.

"Yes," replied Capello, when asked if he wasprepared to leave Rooney out of his team. "In my lifeas a manager I have put on the bench a lot of players.I always decided who was the best player at thatmoment." The Italian added: "I need to find thesolution for the first game, or two games, that Rooneywill not play. "And if we find that solution, he needsto work to return to the first 11. "You know me.Sometimes I make mistakes but I try to select the bestplayers, in the best moment of form."—Internet

Neville says England lackquality to win Euro 2012

Schweinsteiger says Germansvery proud of Vettel

England's Wayne Rooney (R) is given a red cardduring the Euro 2012 group G qualifyingfootball match Montenegro vs England in

Podgorica, on 7 October. — INTERNETRio Ferdinand has set

his sights on theBarclays Premier

League title

LONDON, 10 Oct — RioFerdinand wants a 20thleague title for Man-chester United afterhelping them turn Old

Trafford into a"fortress".United are topof the Barclays PremierLeague after going un-beaten in their openingseven matches, whilethey have won all fourhome matches andscored 16 goals, conced-ing just three.Ferdinandputs much of their earlysuccess down to theirprowess on home turfand is confident Sir AlexFerguson's men can re-tain the crown this term.

Internet

Germany's midfielderBastian Schweinsteiger

DUESSELDORF , 10Oct—The Germanfootball squad are "veryproud" of SebastianVettel, internationalmidfielder BastianSchweinsteiger said Sun-day hours after his com-patriot retained his worldtitle.

"He's essentially ahero as it's an exceptionalachievement to win twoworld titles at such ayoung age," the BayernMunich star said as thesquad gathered inDuesseldorf ahead ofTuesday's final Euro

2012 qualifier at home toBelgium. Coach JoachimLoew also saluted Vettelfor his "competence, dis-cipline and mentalstrength" and said the 24-year-old should be re-garded as "one of the topGerman sportsmen of alltime."

Vettel earlier becamethe youngest driver everto retain his Formula Onecrown when his third placeat Suzuka was sufficientto retain last year's title.

At just 24 years and98 days, Vettel outstripsfellow consecutive win-ners Alberto Ascari, JuanManuel Fangio, JackBrabham, Alain Prost,Senna, Schumacher, MikaHakkinen and FernandoAlonso as the youngestdriver to achieve the feat.

Internet

Former ManchesterUnited right-back and

England defenderGary Neville

LONDON, 10 Oct —Former England defenderGary Neville claims hiscountry will struggle atEuro 2012 because themajority of the players have"no mobility and very littleinvention". FabioCapello's team bookedtheir place at next year'sfinals in Poland and theUkraine thanks to a 2-2draw against Montenegroon Friday. But Neville,who won 85 caps for Eng-land, was unimpressedwith the spluttering natureof the English perform-ance as they threw away atwo-goal lead and had starstriker Wayne Rooney sentoff.

Rooney will miss atleast the first of England'sgroup matches in the fi-nals and the ban couldextend to two games. Butformer Manchester Unitedright-back Neville believesthe controversy overRooney's needless red cardfor a petulant kick isdistracting attention fromthe real problem. He in-sists the spine of Capello'steam against Montenegro,which included captainJohn Terry, Gareth Barryand Darren Bent, is notgood enough to winmatches against the topEuropean countries.

Internet

Osman happy with added duties

Leon OsmanSpain’s Albiol suffers facial

injury in training

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland holdsthe trophy during the awarding ceremonyfor the final of women's singles at China

Open Tennis Tournament in Beijing,China,on 9 Oct, 2011.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 10 Oct — AgnieszkaRadwanska from Poland experienced a154-minute battle to disarm Germanworld No. 11 Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 0-6,6-4 to seal the title of China Open hereon Sunday. The victory awarded thePole the 11th straight WTA match andsecond title in a row. It was also thebiggest victory ever for Radwanska.

At the awarding ceremony,Radwanska and Petkovic performed ashort Chinese dance as was promisedafter yesterday's semis. Petkovic, whowas plagued by injury all through thematch, burst into tears and buried herface into the towel after the dance. "Shedid a great job today. I was scared when

I got hurt during the match, but the doctorsaid it's no problem," said Petkovic. "Shedeserved the title." — Xinhua

LONDON, 10 Oct — LeonOsman is happy to takeon extra playmakingduties in midfield forEverton now Mikel Artetahas left the club.The Tof-fees lost their chief crea-tor when Arteta signed forArsenal on transfer dead-line day, but Osman hasproved an influential fig-ure for the Merseysideoutfit during his lengthycareer at Goodison Parkand is comfortable beingthe man to "make thingshappen" for them fromthe middle of the park.

Asked if Arteta's movehad left him with addedresponsibilities, Osmantold the club's official

website: "Most probably,yes. "It is a loss that Mikelmoved on but we are notgoing to mope about it."We have got a goodsquad in place here andgood players so we arelooking forward." The 30-year-old added: "I havefound myself playing abit more centrally, whichhas been good for me andhopefully I can continueto do so. —Internet

Iran women soccer teambeats Syria 4-1

TEHERAN, 10 Oct — Iran's women football teamdefeated Syria 4-1 in the 4th West Asian Women' sFootball Championship, the local Mehr news agencyreported on Sunday.

The match was held at the Sultan bin ZayedStadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Iran has alreadydefeated the United Arab Emirates 4-1 and Lebanon8-1 in Group B of the competitions. — Xinhua

Spanish defenderRaul Albiol

MADRID, 10 Oct —Spanish defender RaulAlbiol suffered a facialinjury Sunday duringtraining ahead of the finalEuro 2012 Group I quali-fier between the defend-ing champions and sec-ond-placed Scotland.

The Spanish FootballFederation (RFEF) said ina statement Albiol wouldundergo scans to ascer-tain the exact damage be-fore a final decision wastaken as to whether hewould be fit to play onTuesday.

Spain have already

qualified for next year'sfinals, being co-hosted byPoland and Ukraine, whileScotland will hope theymatch the result of third-placed Czech Republic'smatch away to Lithuaniato seal their place in theplay-offs. — Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 10 Oct— With the 2011 Brazil-ian Championship enter-ing its final stretch, the29th round of play offersplenty of excitement. Inthe first day of the 29thround, leader Corinthianswill look to maintain itsdominance while at homeagainst Botafogo on 12October.

Six other matches willtake place on that date asSao Paulo will receiveInternacional, Flamengoplays host to Palmeiras,Gremio receivesFigueirense, Avai wel-comes Atletico-GO,Cruzeiro travels to faceBahia and Ceara travels tomatch up against last placeAmerica-MG.—Xinhua

S P O R T S

The 29th roundof the BrazilianChampionship

is full ofexpectation

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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Weather forecast for 11th October, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song8:00 am 6. Health Programme

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(11-10-2011) (Tuesday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (11-10-11 09:30 am ~ 12-10-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Shwe U Min Natural Cave in Kalaw* News* Thadingyut Festival, Heart & Soul* News* Yangon Lifestyle Furniture Fair (2011)* News* Survival After Serve Struggle

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* Shwe U Min Natural Cave in Kalaw* News* Thadingyut Festival, Heart & Soul* News* Yangon Lifestyle Furniture Fair (2011)* News* Thadingyut Festival of 9000 Lights: Zalun

Pyitawpyan Pagoda Glows Bright* News* Youth of the Future (Episode-1) Golfer* News* Record Album* News* Culture Stage* Reflection of Myanmar Fashion “Yesteryears

Bridal Hairstyle”* News* Journey to the Golden Rock (Kyaik Htee Yoe

Pagoda) (Part-1)* Myanmar Movie “Loud Speaker”

8:05 am 7. Songs of Yester

Years8:15 am 8. Songs of National

Races8:20 am 9. Thadin Kyut Songs8:25 am10. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (Maha Gita)(Higher EducationLevel) (Men/Women)

8:50 am11. International News4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. The Mirror Images

of The MusicalOldies

4:20 pm 3. Dhamma Sekka

ThuttaRecitingetition (3rd

Prize Winner)(B.E.H.S-1)

4:40 pm 4. University of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-Third Year(English)

4:55 pm 5. Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:00 pm 6. Thadin Kyut Songs5:10 pm 7. Documentary5:25 pm 8. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (Oldies &Mono Classical)(HigherEducation Level)(Men)

5:35 pm 9. Greatest Famous

Songs

6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Kyae Pwint

Myaye Yin Khone Than

6:35 pm13. Sing A Song7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International

News17. Weather Report18. 18th Myanmar

TraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) Interview(Music)

19. Bakery World20. TV Drama Series21. India Drama

Series

NEW DELHI, 10 Oct—In a firstshowcase of Indian indigenous writing,a literary panorama featuring works byover 30 language writers will be ondisplay at the Frankfurt Book Fair in apilot exhibition for readers and publishersfrom Europe, the US and other countries.

The literary panorama, initiated bythe union culture ministry under the‘ILA: Indian Literature Abroad’ project,will be held 12-16 Oct.

The project aims to carry the diversityof contemporary regional Indianliterature from the grassroots to the worldthrough source translation, whichinvolves creation of original work directlyto foreign languages in an attempt toremove dependence on Englishtranslation, a top ILA official said.

Initially, the focus of translation ison six UNESCO languages: Arabic,Chinese, English, French, Russian andSpanish.

A discussion, ‘Romancing theLanguages: Indian Literature’s Journeys’will debate on the future of Indian regional

Kohei Uchimura of Japanperforms on the parallel barsduring the men’s qualificationround of the World GymnasticsChampionships 2011 in Tokyo,Japan, on 9 Oct 2011.—XINHUA

Indian language literature goes toFrankfurt Book Fair

language writing and its global positioning13 Oct.—MNA/PTI

Sr. No.

Regions/States Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 35/95 23/73 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 29/84 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 34/93 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 23/73 12/54 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 34/93 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 34/93 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 32/90 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 31/88 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 33/91 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 34/93 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 33/91 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

12 Yangon 32/90 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 32/90 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 24/75 16/61 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 30/86 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 32/90 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring

Nay Pyi Taw 34/93 23/73 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 32/90 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 34/93 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at

09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, Southwest Monsoon has withdrawn from South Bay, Andaman Sea and the whole country. Weather has been partly cloudy Sagaing and Magway Regions, Kachin State, isolated in Mandalay and Ayeyawady Regions, Chin, Rakhine and Kayah States, scattered in Bago and Yangon Regions and Shan State, widespread in Taninthayi Region, Kachin and Mon States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Theinzayat (1.34) inches, Thaton (1.21) inches and Kawkareik (1.02) inches.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy in Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for sub-sequent two days

Likelihood of decrease of rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

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Danañca; generosity; this is the way to auspiciousness

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—A KIA group openedfire at Tima work camp in Muse Township of MuseDistrict in Shan State at about 1.30 pm on 21 Septemberand took three members of Myanmar Police Force,three staff of Myanmar Correctional Department,eight small arms and 55 prisoners of the work camp.

The military column was in hot pursuit of theKIA group. During the skirmish from 25 Septemberto 6 October, the military column seized 12 assortedsmall arms, 16 assorted mines, 45 bags of gunpowder,nine bars of gunpowder, four vehicles without licence,nine motorcycles, 46 buildings, 59 tents and 244 bagsof rice. The military column rescued three policemembers, three staff of MCD and 37 prisoners of thework camp. The remaining 18 prisoners from thework camp managed to escape as fugitives from theincident.

(See page 9)

Military columns seize arms and ammunition,narcotic drugs, machinery for production ofnarcotic drugs in Muse District, Shan State

15 members of KNU/KNLAreturn to legal fold

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—The State is buildinga modern and developed democratic new nation inline with the constitution. Some national racearmed groups who realize the goodwill and genuineattitude of the State are exchanging arms for peacein groups or individuals to join hands with thepeople in undertaking development tasks of thenation.

A 15-member group led by Saw El Htooand Saw El Sae at major level of KNU/KNLAPeace Council, bringing along with five .45 pistols,one .38 special revolver, one .30 carbine, onegrenade rifle, one RPG-2, one long-barrel nine-shot-gun, 11 RPG shells, 10 grenades, two carmines, two packets of soft TNTs, 274 rounds ofammunition and eight assorted magazines returnedto the legal fold in South-East Command areayesterday.

A ceremony to welcome 15 persons whohave returned to the legal fold after unconditionallyhanding over their weapons was held at the MonState hall in Mawlamyine at 11 am today.

It was also attended by Mon State ChiefMinister U Ohn Myint, state ministers, state, districtand township level departmental personnel andtownselders.

(See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct— Ac-cording to the (12:30) hr M.S.T ob-servation today, the water level ofSittoung River at Toungoo (632) cmhas exceeded by (32) cm (about 1 ft)above its danger level. It may fallbelow its danger level (600) cm duringthe next (48) hours commencing noontoday, announced the Meteorologyand Hydrology Department.—MNA

Flood Bulletin

Narcotic drugs and machin-

ery for production of

narcotic drug seized from

KIA armed group in Muse

Township of Muse District in

Shan State.—MNA

A 15-member armed group led by Saw El Htoo and Saw El Sae at major level of KNU/KNLA PeaceCouncil return to legal fold, having realized the genuine goodwill and attitude of the State.—MNA

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Union Electric PowerNo (2) Minister inspects

Bayintnaung mainpower station

Request submitted in openletter by Myanmar NationalHuman Rights Commissionto President of Republic of

Union of Myanmar

Amendment to Note ofElection Objection

No. 11/2011, No. 12/2011 heard

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Rooney overEuro 2012

place

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