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Volume XIX, Number 209 6th Waning of Tazaungmon 1373 ME Wednesday, 16 November, 2011

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of the

Union

* Non-disintegration of National

Solidarity

* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov— Vice-President ofthe Republic of the Union of Myanmar Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo received Member of Parliamentand Secretary of State for International Develop-ment Mr. Andrew John Bower Mitchell of Britainand party at the President Office here from 3 pm to4:15 pm today.

Present at the call together with Vice-Presi-dent Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo wereDeputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint,Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Phone Swe, Deputy Minister forEducation U Ba Shwe, Deputy Minister for HealthDr Win Myint and departmental heads.Member of Parliament and Secretary of State forInternational Development of Britain Mr. AndrewJohn Bower Mitchell was accompanied by British

Vice-President Thiha Thura

U Tin Aung Myint Oo receives Member of

Parliament and Secretary of State for

International Development Mr. Andrew

John Bower Mitchell of Britain

Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union

of Myanmar ThihaThura U Tin AungMyint Oo receives

Member of Parliamentand Secretary of State

for InternationalDevelopment of

Britain Mr. AndrewJohn Bower

Mitchell.—MNA

Ambassador to the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Mr. Andrew Richard Heyn.

They had a cordial discussion on furthercementing friendly ties and cooperation between thetwo countries.

MNA

Vice-President of the Republic of the Union

of Myanmar Thiha Thura U Tin Aung

Myint Oo cordially greets Member of

Parliament and Secretary of State for Inter-

national Development Mr. Andrew John

Bower Mitchell of Britain at the President

Office in Nay Pyi Taw.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—TheDepartment of Meteorology and Hy-drology released that a slight earth-quake of magnitude 4.8 RichterScale with i ts epicenter outsideMyanmar (Andaman Islands, IndiaRegion) about 430 miles southwestof Kaba Aye Seismological obser-vatory was recorded at 16 hrs 48min 40 sec MST today.

MNA

Slight Earthquakerecorded

Ayeyawady Region,Kachin State Hluttaws

continue regular sessions

Leader of Spokespersons andInformation Team Union Minister forInformation and for Culture receives

Bureau Chief of Southeast Asian Branchof the Wall Street Journal

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PERSPECTIVESWednesday, 16 November, 2011

Each and every mother is responsible totake care of their children who are likeblossoming flowers and future of our world tobe healthy and highly intelligent since theirearly age as brain development of children isbased on their mothers.

From prenatal period to age fivedramatically influences on IQ development ofchildren for the rest of their life. It is requiredfor Children to develop fully both physicallyand mentally.

Mother care is vital importance to physicaland mental development of a child.

Scientists cited that it is needed to ensureproper brain development from birth to agefive for a child. Being the closest persons forproper brain development in their children,mothers need to be careful about everythingfrom breastfeeding to caring, love and theireating habit when they are looking after theirchildren.

For brain development in children, havingproper nutritious food, fresh fruit andvegetables, taking a daily walk for health anddoing regular medical check-ups are needed.

Only when mothers, particularly, are tocompletely refrain from drinking alcohol andsmoking, will their children have higherintelligence.

A quality life for the rest of their life calls forsystematic cares to be given to the childrensince the period from the time before birth to thetime after birth. For all-round development ofchildren, the onus is on every mother to takecare of their children systematically andcarefully, giving them skin-to-skin contact,loving-kindness and support.

Take care of children sinceearly age

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Chairman of UnionElection Commission U Tin Aye received AustralianAmbassador to Myanmar Ms Bronte Moules at thehall of the Union Election Commission, here, at 11am today.

Union Election Commission Chairman receivesAustralian Ambassador

Also present at the call were members of theUnion Election Commission U Myint Naing, UAung Myint and Dr Daw Myint Myint Kyi.

Their discussions focused on matters related toelection affairs and political parties.—MNA

Chairman of Union Election Commission U Tin Aye receives Australian Ambassador toMyanmar Ms Bronte Moules.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Maung Aung Aung,27, and Maung Zeyar Oo, 21, of Malikha Villageof Nankway Village-tract in Myitkyina Townshipof Kachin State stepped on a mine planted by KIA(Kachin) group while going to the work to makecharcoals, seven miles east of the village, at 9.30am on 13 November.In the mine blast, Maung AungAung was injured at right calf with bruise and MaungZeyar Oo, injuries at face and chest. They were takento Myitkyina People’s Hospital and officials haveprovided necessary assistance to them.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Yangon-basedUnited Nations Foodand Agriculture Organi-zation (UNFAO) andMeteorology andHydrology Department(MHD) jointlyorganized national levelmonsoon forum at theAmara Hotel in Nay PyiTaw Hotel Zone, here,this morning.

Deputy Minister forTransport U Win Shein,Director-General MHDDr Harin Naing Ti Yanand officials of MHD,Mr Bruce Isaacson of

Monsoon forum to preventnatural disaster held

UNFAO and scholars ofRIMES, UNDP,UNOCHA and MHDattended the forum at

which farming, agricul-ture, fisheries, animalbreeding, health andnutrition plan, natural

Myanmar sportspersons keep baggingmedals in XXVI SEA Games

Knowledge on Traffic Rulesdisseminated in PyinmanaNAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Under the programme for

declining road accidents being launched by MyanmarPolice Force, an educative talk on traffic rules was heldat Maha Visuta Rama Taguntaing Monastery inPyinmana Township, here, on 13 November.

Police Inspector Win Myint of Nay Pyi Taw TrafficPolice Corps gave talks on root cause of road accidents,deaths and injuries in road accidents, rules to befollowed by road users and international vehiclemaintenance methods. Educative programmes on trafficrules enforcement were shown on projector andpamphlets distributed at the talks.—MNA

YANGON, 15 Nov—Myanmar selectedathletes kept catchingmedals in XXVI SEAGames. Phyu ThetWah bagged si lver

Two innocent people woundedin mine blast

YANGON, 15 Nov— Myanmar GolfFederation and R & A Rules Limited(St. Andrews) will launch theIntroductory Rules School (level-1) onbasic golf rules at Myanmar Golfers’Association on Pyay Road here from 5

medal in 5000-mwomen’s race, KyawOo and Nay Thway Oosilver medal in EnglishBil l iard Double inmen’s double event,

Naing Dway Sheinsilver in under 54-kgFin Weight taekwondo,Zaw Min Aung bronzein 60-kg (Greco-Roman) wrestling, and

Soe Sanda Nyunt andHaymar Hnin bronzein 10-m Platform(Sync) diving eventyesterday.

At today’s games,Maung Kyu baggedbronze medal in 50-mfree pistol shootingcontest , Thin ThinKhaing si lver inIndividual Recurvearchery. Wai Wai Lwinalso shared third placewith Malaysiansportswoman in 50-55-kg Panjat Si latgame.—MNA

Course on basic golf rules to be launchedto 7 December.

Only when the trainees pass the R& A (level-1), will they be able to takethe R & A (level-2). Those interested,for details, may dial 09-73078544 or 09-2037671.—MNA

National levelMonsoon Forum in

progress.—MNA

disaster preventionmeasures and waterresource managementwere discussed.—MNA

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Seven killed in US drone strike in NWPakistan

ISLAMABAD, 15 Nov— At least sevenpeople were killed in a US drone strikeearly Tuesday in Pakistan’s northwesttribal area of North Waziristan whichborders Afghanistan, reported localUrdu TV channel ARY.

The report quoted local securityofficials as saying that the USunmanned aircraft fired a number ofmissiles at a house in Miranshah, aplace believed to be a hideout of

US drone.INTERNET

One dead,over 20

injured inPhilippine

grenade attackCOTABATO, 15 Nov

— A grenade explosionon Monday night leftone dead and 22 otherswounded in southernPhilippines, a localofficial said Tuesday.

A man tossed agrenade at people in theRecreation Park in thetownship of Carmenaround 10:00 pm, saidEmmylou LalaMendoza, the governorof North Cotabatoprovince. She said theblast killed one personand more than 20 otherswere rushed to hospitalfor treatment.

No group hasclaimed responsibilityfor the attack and thesuspect who hurled theexplosive is nowsubject to policemanhunt.

Xinhua

Palestinians look over destroyed police post in northern Gaza Strip, on 14Nov, 2011. An Israeli airstrike at a Hamas naval police post in Gaza

killed a policeman and wounded four others, Palestinian witnesses andmedical sources said Monday.—XINHUA

Suicide bomber, civilian killedin Iraq’s violence

BAGHDAD, 15 Nov— A would-be suicide bomberand a civilian were killed and 10 people woundedMonday in separate bomb and gunfire attacks inBaghdad and eastern Iraq, the police said.

In Baghdad, Iraqi security forces killed a would-be suicide bomber and arrested two suspects whowere accompanying him in a car at a checkpoint inal-Jamia District in western part of the capital, anInterior Ministry source told Xinhua on conditionof anonymity.

The incident occurred before midday when thethree tried to run away from the checkpoint,prompting the soldiers to open fire on one of thesuspects who was wearing an explosive vest andblew it up, while arresting the other two, the sourcesaid. Also in the district, gunmen using silencedweapons attacked in the morning a police checkpointand wounded two policemen, the source added.

Xinhua

Texas man found guilty of trying to helpal-Qaeda

HOUSTON, 15 Nov— A US man was convictedby the federal courthouse in Houston on Mondayof attempting to provide material support to theterror group of al-Qaeda and aggravated identitytheft, according to local Press reports.

Texan Barry Bujol, 30, is expected to besentenced early next year and could get 20 years inprison without parole, the newspaper HoustonChronicle reported.

Prosecutors say that Bujol sought to join al-Qaeda and to provide the group with money,restricted US military documents and GPS and cellphone equipment.

Bujol had denied the accusation, saying that henever intended to help al-Qaeda and that he wanted

to leave the US because he disagreed with thecountry’s foreign policy.

Bujol was arrested by the FBI in May 2010 afterhe used fake identification to sneak into a Houstonport and board a ship bound for the Middle East.

FBI agents began to investigate Bujol, who wasa student at Prairie View A&M University, threeyears ago. The FBI reportedly used an undercoverinformant who posed as an al-Qaeda recruiter tomake the case against Bujol.

According to court documents, Bujol useddifferent email addressed to hide activities fromauthorities and also advocated attacking USfacilities.

Xinhua

IED blast wounds five Afghan civiliansKABUL, 15 Nov— Five civilians sustained injuries as an Improvised

Explosive Device (IED) struck a car in Qara Bagh District some 40 km northof capital City Kabul on Tuesday, Interior Ministry said in a Press releaseissued here.

“Today at 11:20 am local time, IEDs which was placed in a civilian vehicleexploded in Qara Bagh bazaar, district of Kabul Province. As a result of theblast, five members of a family were wounded, all the victims are civilians,”the Press release added.

The wounded were taken to hospital by Afghan National Police, it said.Tuesday’s attack happened amid government’s preparations to open the

traditional Loya Jirga, or grand assembly of tribal elders, lawmakers andgovernment functionaries on Wednesday to discuss the proposed US-Afghanstrategic partnership amid Taleban threats.

Taleban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops have vowed toderail the Loya Jirga.—Xinhua

Afghan policemen inspect a police vehicle afteran explosion in Heart Province on 12 Nov,

2011. At least five civilians were wounded whenexplosives attached to a bicycle went off in

western city of Herat on Saturday, according topolice officials.—INTERNET

Afghans standaround the wreckageof a bicycle, in whichbomb was placed, atthe scene of a bomb

blast in Injil district ofHerat, province west

of Kabul,Afghanistan, on 12

Nov, 2011. A bicyclebomb in western

Herat province’s Injildistrict wounded two

police officers and twocivilians, the Interior

Ministry said.INTERNET

militants.Thick smoke was seen rising out

of the house targeted in the droneattack, said the local security officials,adding that several drones were seenhovering over the area. Tuesday’s USdrone strike is the 61st of its kind(counted on daily basis) in Pakistan in2011. A total of 514 people havereportedly been killed in such strikesso far this year.—Xinhua

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Soon, wonder drug to make cancer cells‘commit suicide’

LONDON, 15 Nov —Scientists claim to have come up with radical new drugthat will make cancer cells “commit suicide” and may also prove highlyeffective in wiping out some of the most deadly forms of the disease.

The wonder drug will bring fresh hopes to patients with aggressive anddeadly tumours and could also prove highly effective against other, lessvirulent, types of cancer.

The added bonuses of the treatment, which would be delivered in pillform, is that it has very few side effects and tumorous cells are unlikely tobecome resistant, as is the case with current therapies.

According to Professor David Cheresh and his team from the School ofMedicine at the University of California, San Diego, the drug “blocks thefunction of proliferation” and the malignant cells commit suicide when theycan’t multiply.

The KG5 drug, which has proved effective tests against pancreatic, breastand kidney cancers, works by stopping tumorous cells from multiplying andthey then shut themselves down. According to the research, KG5 works in atotally different way as compared to traditional therapies by altering thestructure of a cancer growth protein, an enzyme known as RAF.

Existing treatments block RAF’s activity, but KG5 changes the entireshape of the protein, which neutralises it without leading to unwanted side-effects.

“Before this drug was designed, we had no idea RAF could promotetumour cell cycle progression,” the Daily Express quoted Cheresh as saying.

“This may be only one example of how, by designing drugs that avoidthe active site of an enzyme, we can identify new and unexpected ways todisrupt the growth of tumours.

“In essence, we are attacking an important enzyme in a whole new wayand thereby discovering new things this enzyme was intended for,” he said.

The study has been recently published online in the Nature Medicinejournal.—Internet

522 million people could have diabetes by 2030

GENEVA, 15 Nov—The InternationalDiabetes Federationpredicts that one in 10adults could havediabetes by 2030,according to their lateststatistics. In a report issuedon Monday, the advocacygroup estimated that 522million people wouldhave diabetes in the nexttwo decades, based onthings like aging anddemographic changes.

The figure includesboth types of diabetes. Thegroup expects the numberof cases to jump by 90percent even in Africa,

522 million people could have diabetes by 2030.INTERNET

where infectious diseaseshave previously been thetop killer. Withoutincluding the impact ofincreasing obesity, theInternational DiabetesFederation said its figureswere conservative.According to the WorldHealth Organization,there are about 346million people worldwidewith diabetes, with more

than 80 percent of deathsoccurring in developingcountries. The agencyprojects diabetes deathswill double by 2030 andsaid the InternationalDiabetes Federation’sprediction was possible.

“It’s a crediblefigure,” said Gojka Roglic,head of WHO’s diabetesunit. “But whether or notit’s correct, we can’t say.”

Roglic said theprojected future rise indiabetes cases wasbecause of aging ratherthan the obesity epidemic.Most cases of diabetes areType 2, the kind thatmainly hits people inmiddle age, and is linkedto weight gain and asedentary lifestyle.

Internet

Timing questions emerge onMF Global customer cash

shortfall

BofA cuts shares of China ConstructionBank of America said itwould reduce its

ownership of ChinaConstruction Bank fromabout 10 percent to about

1 percent to raise itscapital base.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 15 Nov—MF Global Holdings Ltdmay have faced a shortfall in customer funds evenas far back as 27 October, four days before the USfutures brokerage filed for bankruptcy protection,the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiarwith the situation.

Just hours before the bankruptcy filing, MFGlobal executives told regulators they believed ashortfall had somehow occurred, possibly startingon 27 October or 28 October, the people told thepaper.

Customer funds were found to be short byabout $200 million on 27 October, the paper said.

The CFTC is also examining whether hundredsof millions of dollars in customer accounts weretransferred at MF Global during the week thatbegan 24 October, the paper said.

According to CFTC, the transfers were notrecorded in the firm’s general ledger reviewed byexchange officials, the paper said.

MF Global filed for bankruptcy after its bets onEuropean sovereign debt unnerved investors, creditagencies, customers and counterparties, causingliquidity to disappear.

Thereafter, regulators are seeking to find some$600 million missing from the company’s customeraccounts.—Reuters

The sign marking the MF Global Holdings Ltdoffices at 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan isseen in New York on 2 Nov, 2011.—REUTERS

Free meds can help prevent repeat heart attacksORLANDO, 15 Nov—A study finds that offering

people free medicines after a heart attack can helpcut the chances they will suffer another one. It alsosaves them about $500 for health care over the nextyear without raising costs for insurers.

However, doctors were shocked that only abouthalf of these patients filled their prescriptions eventhough they got them for free.

Insurance company Aetna says it soon will startoffering certain heart medicines such as cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for free or with a reducedcopay to some heart attack survivors because of

Free meds can help prevent repeat heartattacks.—INTERNET

CHARLOTTE, 15 Nov—Bank of America said itwould reduce itsownership of ChinaConstruction Bank from

about 10 percent to about1 percent to raise itscapital base.

Chief FinancialOfficer Bruce Thompsonsaid the bank would add$2.9 billion to its capitalbase with $1.8 billionrealized with the sale of10.4 billion shares ofChina Constructioncommon stock and therealization of deferred taxassets, the Los Angeles

Times reported Monday.BofA already sold

$3.6 billion worth ofChina Constructionshares in the third quarter.BofA, after a long run ofacquisitions, is nowtrying to recreate itself asa smaller bank. Alreadythis year, BofA gave upits position as thecountry’s largest bank toJPMorgan Chase &Co.—Internet

these results. Aetna helped sponsor the study. Theresearch was discussed Monday at an AmericanHeart Association conference in Florida.—Internet

Crude oil slides amid rallyNEW YORK, 15 Nov—

Crude oil prices slidMonday in New York to$98 per barrel but havenot steered far from avigorous one-monthrally.

West Texas Inter-

mediate crude oil in earlyOctober stood at $77 perbarrel on the New YorkMercantile Exchange. OnMonday, prices shiftedoff the opening price of$99.30 per barrel to$98.06.

Prices for crude oilremain 24 percent higherthan just a month earlier.Prices at the gas pump amonth ago averaged$3.452 per gallon ofunleaded gasoline. OnMonday, the national

average price of unleadedfell to $3.417 per gallon,down from $3.422, AAAsaid. Home heating oilprices added 0.13 centsto $3.1635 gallon.Reformulated blendstockgasoline dropped 0.53cents to $3.53 pergallon.—Internet

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Apple releases iTunes Matchavailable in the UnitedStates.

Subscriptions foriTunes Match areunavailable for a whileMonday morning due toexcessive demand.

The iTunes Matchwas first introduced inJune along with Apple’siCloud platform, thecompany’s cloud serviceenabling users to synctheir files, apps andcontent among Appledevices.—Xinhua

SAN FRANCISCO, 15Nov—Apple onMonday released a newversion of its mediaplayer programmeiTunes, adding themuch- anticipated scan-and-match service formusic iTunes Match.

The feature,included in iTunes10.5.1, can scan a user’slibrary to find music andmatch the content to themusic available in iTunesStore. If it finds a match,

users don’t need toupload the music and canlisten to them anywhere,even better-qualityversions, on any devicesrunning Apple’s iOSoperating system. Musicthat doesn’t match isautomatically uploaded.

With a subscriptionfee of 24.99 US dollars ayear, users can store upto 25,000 of their ownsongs in Apple’s cloudserver. The iTunesMatch is currently only

Tech

British researchers saya new iPhone app thatlets users spot leopards,elephants and otheranimals in the wild willdetermine if populationsare under threat.INTERNET

iPhone users can helpconservation efforts

LONDON, 15 Nov—British researchers say anew iPhone app that letsusers spot leopards,elephants and otheranimals in the wild willdetermine if populationsare under threat.

The free InstantWILD app, released bythe Zoological Societyof London, connectsusers to motion-sensitivecameras in animal

Techhabitats in Kenya, SriLanka and Mongolia,and will send images tothe phones in real-timewhen a camera senses anearby animal, New-Scientist.com reportedMonday.

The app then asksusers to identify whichspecies it belongs to.

Sifting through suchanimal images normallytakes days, conserva-tionists said, and theyhope crowd-sourcing theactivity will speed up theidentification process.

“By asking peopleto help us identifyspecies through the app,we are turning wildlifeconservation into themassive team effort thatit needs to be,” saidJonathan Baillie, ZSLconservation director.

Internet

New crew headed to space stationBAIKONUR, 15 Nov—

New crew members areheading for the Interna-tional Space Stationaboard a Soyuz capsulelaunched from theBaikonur Cosmodromein Kazakhstan, NASAannounced.

The Soyuz TMA-22spacecraft carrying crewmembers Anton Shka-plerov, Anatoly Ivani-shin and Dan Burbankblasted off at 11:14 pmEST Sunday, a NASArelease said.

The Soyuz will dockwith the ISS Wednesdaymorning and the newcrew will join MikeFossum, the Expedition29 commander, andflight engineers SatoshiFurukawa and SergeiVolkov.

NASA astronaut andflight engineer Burbankis making his third visit

to the ISS. He previouslyvisited aboard the spaceshuttle Atlantis.

Fossum, Furukawaand Volkov will undockfrom the Rassvet mini-research module insidethe Soyuz TMA-02M fora 21 Nov return to Earth.

Shkaplerov, Ivani-shin and Burbank arescheduled to live andwork aboard the orbitinglaboratory until March.

Internet

Science

Wood use mitigates climate changeMalmsheimer, who chaired a task forcethat prepared the report, said in auniversity release Monday.

Malmsheimer called the report anassessment of “the current state of thescience” regarding forest managementand carbon production.

“Using forest products means we’remostly recirculating carbon that hasalready existed in the atmosphere. Itwas sequestered by trees and when weburn the wood for energy, we’rereleasing it again.

“Or if we produce wood products,we’re continuing to sequester it. But ifyou produce something out of plasticor concrete or metal you need to usemore Earth-based fossil fuel to produceit, and that releases all that additionalcarbon into the atmosphere.”—Internet

SYRACUSE, 15 Nov—Using woodfor energy and consumer products haslong-term benefits for the environmentif done in a sustainable manner, USresearchers said. A report in the Journalof Forestry says forests can provideboth environmental and economicbenefits if US policies are based onsound science. “This work should helppolicymakers reconsider the criticalimpact forests have on our daily livesand the potential they have to solveproblems that confront our nation,”said Robert Malmsheimer, a professorat the SUNY College of EnvironmentalScience and Forestry in Syracuse, NY.

“We believe our science-basedfindings should lead toward positivereforms that encourage investment inthis vital renewable resource,”

This NASA imagetaken on 12 July, 2011shows NASA astronaut

Mike Fossum,suspended from the

end of theInternational SpaceStation as part of a

spacewalk.INTERNET

Chinese, Chilean scientists hold seminaron astrophysics, astronomy

page in the scientific andtechnological cooper-ation between the twocountries.

The Chinese viceminister also suggestedthat the two sides pro-mote exchange mecha-nisms in science, techno-logy and innovationissues, enhance relationsbetween the two coun-tries’ research centers,universities and com-panies, and boostexchanges of youngscientists.

Xinhua

Jose Miguel Agui-lera, president of theCONICYT, opened thetwo-day seminar, sayingChile and China arecommitted to a strategicpartnership to advancethe training of high-endknowledge.

Aguilera said Presi-dent Sebastian Pineraconsiders the Asia-Pacific region as a fun-damental venue for deve-loping such cooperation.

Speaking at the be-ginning of the seminar,Chen said the prog-ramme opened a new

SANTIAGO, 15 Nov—A Chinese scientificdelegation held a jointseminar on astrophysicsand astronomy onMonday here with theChilean National Com-mission of Scientific andTechnological Inves-tigation (CONICYT).

Headed by ChenXiaoya, a vice ministerof China’s Ministry ofScience and Techno-logy, the delegationincludes five astrono-mers who will participatein joint activities withChilean researchers.

Babble ‘mom blog’network joins Disney

LOS ANGELES, 15 Nov—The WaltDisney Co said Monday it has boughtBabble Media, an online hub for parentsfeaturing more than 200 “mom blogs”.

Disney did not announce apurchase price for the acquisition ofthe New York-based Babble Media.

“With more than 3.9 million momblogs in the US alone, DisneyInteractive recognizes and values theimportant and powerful role momshave taken on in new media,” DisneyInteractive senior vice president BrookeChaffin said. “We believe that Babbleand Disney can harness the power ofstorytelling to inform, entertain andempower parents everywhere,” Chaffinsaid in a statement.

Babble co-founders Rufus Griscomand Alisa Volkman said they “lookforward to bringing together Babble’s

Babble ‘mom blog’ network

resonant voice and community withDisney’s expansive family audience,wide range of content and multi-mediaplatform.” Babble’s bloggers publishdaily posts on a variety of parentingtopics such as pregnancy, child care,health, food and family activities.

The acquisition of Babble comesjust a week after Disney Interactiveand YouTube announced they wereteaming up to produce an original videoseries and feature “family-friendly”Disney programming on the video-sharing site.—Xinhua

Science

Tech

Science

Apple released a new resionof its media programmeiTunes, addingthe much-anticipatedmatchservice formusic iTunesMatch.INTERNET

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Britain doesn’t rule out military actionon Iran

A fishing boat that sunk in a boat harbor is shown in Nome, Alaska, on10 Nov, 2011. A massive storm that battered Alaska’s western coast withhurricane-strength winds and towering sea surges has passed out of the

region in a much weaker state, leaving behind widespread damage and amissing man who may have been swept out to a churning sea.

INTERNET

arch and technologydevelopment after 2003,at a time when it declareda halt in its nuclearprogramme.

The report saidTeheran had temporarilyfrozen nuclear activities,but that there wasevidence the programmecontinued to be carriedout at a more modest pace.

Russia has criticisedthe IAEA report whileFrance and Germanyhave called for moreeconomic sanctionsagainst Iran.

Internet

LONDON, 15 Nov—Britain does not excludemilitary action againstIran in the long-term ifnegotiations fail to haltTeheran’s controversialnuclear programme,British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague saidMonday.

“We are not consi-dering that (militaryaction) at the moment.We are not calling oradvocating militaryaction. At the same timewe say all options shouldremain in future,” Haguewas quoted as saying by

The Telegraph.“Of course, we will

also look over the comingmonths to increase thepeaceful legitimate press-ure on Iran as part of ourdual track approach ofbeing available fornegotiations if they’rereal negotiations but atthe same time placingmore pressure on Iranthrough sanctions,” hesaid.

A recent report bythe International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)said Iran continued itsnuclear weapons rese-

At least eight people were confirmed dead and 31others were injured in the explosion at a fast food

restaurant in Xi’an, the capital of northwestChina’s Shaa-nxi Province.—INTERNET

Surface-to-air missiles may be used toprotect London Olympics

LONDON, 15 Nov—British Defence Secre-tary Philip Hammond hassaid that surface-to-airmissiles are likely to bedeployed to secure the2012 London Olympics.

Hammond confirm-ed the weapons were partof the armoury availableto guarantee safety at theupcoming sportingevent. According to theDaily Mail, Hammond’sstatement was seen as anattempt to show how

seriously the UK istaking the terror threat,as it emerged the US ispreparing to send 1000of its agents, including500 FBI agents, toprotect its own athletes.

‘I can assure you thatall necessary measuresto ensure the security andsafety of the LondonOlympic Games will betaken including, if theadvice of the military isthat it is required,including appropriate

ground-to-air defences,”the paper quoted Hamm-ond, as saying.

Former defencesecretary Liam Fox raisedthe issue of Olympicssecurity with his succ-essor during DefenceQuestions in the Com-mons.

He urged ministersto ensure there would be‘a full range of multi-layered defence anddeterrence for the Lon-don Games, including

ground-to-air basedmissiles in London’.

According to thereport, security chiefs aredetermined to put in placecontingencies in caseterrorists attempt to carryout an atrocity by flyingan aircraft into a venuepacked with fans.

British troops wouldoperate surface-to-airmissile stations orshoulder-mounted man-portable air defencesystems, or ‘Manpads’,close to venues such asthe Olympic Park inStratford, East London.

Internet

British PM says powers should“ebb back” to nation states

Pakistan, China hold joint military exercise

LONDON, 15 Nov—Powers should “ebb back”from Brussels to nation states, British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron said in a keynote foreign policyspeech on Monday.

Against a background of financial and politicaluncertainty and change in the European Union(EU) and the eurozone, Cameron struck a scepticalnote about the current nature of the EU.

Meanwhile, the PM emphasized “leaving EU isnot in our national interest.” “As I said, changebrings opportunities. An opportunity to begin torefashion the EU so it better serves this nation’sinterests and the interests of its other 26 nations,”Cameron said.

He then called for “open markets, flexibleeconomies and enterprise” and the completion ofthe single market in services.

The PM reaffirmed his commitment to have noBritish combat troops fighting in Afghanistan bythe end of 2014.

He also reiterated a commitment to tackle piratesoff the coast of Somalia, “Somali pirates aren’tinvincible. They are violent and lawless men insmall boats and it is time we properly stood up tothem.”

Cameron said that British military interventionin Libya under a United Nations mandate, had beena success but said it did not represent a “new Britishdoctrine for intervention.”

In Libya, he said the role of the Arab Leaguehad been crucial, and welcomed “their decisionthis weekend to suspend Syria’s membership.”

Xinhua

Brazilian police seize two slumscontrolled by drug traffickers

RIO DE JANEIRO, 15 Nov—The Brazilian government saidSunday that police have takencontrol of two slums in southernRio de Janeiro without resistancefrom drug dealers.

The operation ended earlySunday with the arrest of onedrug dealer and the confiscationof 12 fusils and one machinegun. Jose Mariano Beltrame,security secretary from Rio de

Residents gather as police officersraise the state flag of Rio de

Janeiro and Brazil’s national flagannouncing they had secured theRocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil, on 13 Nov, 2011.—INTERNET

Janeiro State, said the operation’smain goal was to return the areato the population.

The two shantytowns,Rocinha and Vidigal, had beencontrolled by drug dealers forseveral decades.

Several peacekeeping unitswill be deployed in the two slumsto expel the drug traffickers, asRio de Janeiro is getting readyto host the 2014 FIFA World

Cup and the 2016 Olympics.Rocinha, the largest and most

notorious shantytown in the country,is located near a fancy neighbourhoodand considered one of the laststrongholds of Rio’s drug traffickers inthe beach zone.—Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 15 Nov—Pakistan and China are holding a jointmilitary exercise that would enable them to exchange informationin real time. The Pakistan-China Joint Military Exercise, calledYOUYI-IV, is aimed at mutual exchange of experience andinformation through a comprehensive training programme inreal time. It commenced near Jhelum Monday, reported AssociatedPress of Pakistan. The joint exercise is spread over two weeksand is fourth in a series in which special forces from both sidestook part. A communique said it is a brigade level joint exercisebetween the two armies.

The first of the joint military exercises was held in 2004. Sofar three exercises have been conducted, including two in Chinaand one in Pakistan. These exercises were mandated to boostexisting professional relationship between the two friendlyarmies.—Internet

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S Korea’strade terms

worsens in Q3SEOUL, 15 Nov—

South Korea’s tradeterms worsened in thethird quarter as importprice growth outpacedexport price rise, thecentral bank saidMonday.

Net terms-of-tradeindex for goods,calculated by dividingper-unit export priceindex by per-unit importprice index, stood at 78.7during the July-September period, down9.9 percent from a yearearlier, the Bank ofKorea (BOK) said in astatement.

The aggravated tradeterms came as the per-unit import price growthoutpaced per-unit exportprice advance amidrising commodity prices,according to the BOK.

The per-unit importprice index jumped 21.5percent on-year for thethree months ended Sept.30 due to higher rawmaterial prices.

The per-unit exportprice index gained 9.5percent in the thirdquarter from a yearearlier as price rise inpetroleum productsovershadowed pricedeclines in semi-conductors, the BOKsaid.

Xinhua

Army doc awarded for creating ‘Band-Aid’that keeps soldiers warm

LONDON, 15 Nov —ASouthampton armymedic has created a‘band-aid’ that wouldkeep soldiers warm atthe frontline and alsostop their bleeding dueto major injuries.

Reservist MajorRobert Dawes has wonaccolades for creatingthe revolutionary

clotting dressings, theDaily Mail reported. The43-year-old wasnominated for savingcountless lives throughhis ‘awe inspiringdedication to patients’.“The quality of careavailable to our ArmedForces is quite remar-kable,” said AndrewRobathan, Minister forDefence Personnel,Welfare and Veterans inUK.

“These awards areabout honouring the bestof the best, people who,often in the most deman-ding of circumstances,are delivering excep-tional healthcare,” headded.—Internet

APEC committed to building seamless regional economyHONOLULU, 15 Nov— Leaders of the Asia-Pacific

Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum said hereSunday that they are committed to building aseamless regional economy through a host of jointefforts.

“In APEC this year, we have committed totaking concrete steps toward a seamless regionaleconomy, in order to link our economies andmarkets ever closer together, to the benefit of all,”said “The Honolulu Declaration — Toward aSeamless Regional Economy,” which was postedon APEC’s official website.

People dressed as Black Peter, orZwarte Piet, are seen in Haarlem,the Netherlands, on 13 Nov, 2011.In the folklore and legends of theNetherlands and Belgium, Black

Peter is a companion of SaintNicholas whose yearly feast in theNetherlands is usually celebrated

on the evening of 5 Dec, when theydistribute sweets and presents to all

good children.—XINHUA

18-year-old US boy elected mayor insmall Iowa town

NEW YORK, 15 Nov —An 18-year-old US boy has beenelected as mayor of Aredale in Iowa.

Jeremy Minnier of Hampton Dumont High School waselected Tuesday with 24 write-in votes, defeating incumbentMayor Virgil Homer. The high school senior may not be oldenough to drink, but he can now dictate municipal policy.

According to local television channel KIMT-TV, Minnierdecided to seek elected office because he thought the voices ofAredale’s 73 residents were going unheard.

“It’s just one of them things where people think you’re only18 you can’t do this because you don’t know what’s going on-well that’s a false statement,” the New York Daily News quotedhim as saying. Minnier is taking after his father, who was mayorof the town before he was born. The high school band memberwill assume office on 3 Jan, and plans to attend communitycollege so that he can finish his four-year term.—Internet

“We meet at a time of uncertainty for the globaleconomy. Growth and job creation have weakenedin many economies, and significant downside risksremain, including those arising from the financialchallenges in Europe and a succession of naturaldisasters in our region,” noted the document.

“These challenges have only strengthened ourcommitment to cooperation as the way forward.Building on the Yokohama Vision, we firmlyresolve to support the strong, sustained, andbalanced growth of the regional and globaleconomy,” said the statement.—Xinhua

‘Blizzard Heat pack’ andhas also been namedHealthcare Reservist ofthe Year at the Militaryand Civilian HealthPartnership Awards. Thetrainee anaesthetist iscredited with introducingit to frontline operationsin Afghanistan alongwith new airwayequipment and blood-

Airbus bags order for 50 planesthe consumption of 1,000mid size cars. Airbus’deals followed an orderof 50 Boeing 777-ERsworth USD 18 billionfrom Dubai airlineEmirates Sunday when thebiannual airshow opened.It was the largest dollar-value order in the Chicagoplane producer’s history.

Boeing also won anew regional customer,Oman Air, for its 787aircraft Monday. OmanAir signed an order for sixBoeing 787-8s, comple-ting an arrangement withBoeing and Alafco totransfer existing orders forthe six Dreamliners fromAlafco to Oman Air.

Internet

DUBAI, 15 Nov—TheAirbus has bagged acontract to supply 50A320neo aircraft to theKuwait-based Alafcofinance company on thesecond day of the DubaiAirshow.

Alafco (AviationLease and Finance Com-pany) also plans to buy30 more aircraft to befinalized by the end ofthis year, the Airbus saidin a statement Monday.

The contract is anincrease of the initialagreement made thissummer at the Paris LeBourget Airshow for 30aircraft, Xinhua reported.

“The A320neo is themarket’s favorite single-

aisle aircraft family,” saidAhmed Al Zabin, Alafcochairman.

“The significant fuelburn savings it offers,combined with theoperational reliability andcost effectiveness of theA320 Family, make it anabsolute ‘must have’ inour portfolio to meet thedemand and the require-ments of our customers.”

The A320neo is a newengine option for theA320 Family entering intoservice from 2015. It uses15 percent less fuel thanolder models of thesingle-aisle A320.

This reduction in fuelburn is equivalent to 1.4million litres of fuel —

China’s “Xiaolong” fighter aircraft makes itsdebut in first day of the Dubai International

Airshow in Dubai, capital of United ArabEmirates, on 13 Nov, 2011. As the leading

aviation event in the Middle East, the biannualDubai airshow runs until Thursday. Organizers

said fair this year will be the biggest yet andexpects some 55,000 professional visitors.

XINHUA

Soldiers march during the commemorationceremony of the 201st anniversary of the

National Army’s creation, in the city of El Alto,Bolivia, on 14 Nov, 2011.—XINHUA

A visitor takes photos of a TOYOTA car atthe 2011 Dubai international auto show in

Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on14 Nov, 2011. The five-day car exhibition,

the biggest in the Middle East, will be closedon Monday.

XINHUA

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At the invitation of afriend, we the news crewof Myanma Alin dailyattended harvestingceremony of farmereducative special yieldpaddy plantation andcovered news.

The harvestingceremony was held inShwenyaung Hnapinfield of farmer U SeinWin in Bawaing Villageof Pantanaw Township,Ayeyawady Region.

On arrival at the field,I saw golden paddyplantations touching thehovizons. We allapproached the paddyplantation together with

Photo shows thriving paddy plantation of farmer U Sein Win in Bawaing Village in PantanawTownship.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Leader of theSpokespersons and Information Team of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar Union Minister for Infor-mation and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan receivedBureau Chief Mr Jon Patrick Barta of SoutheastAsian Branch of the Wall Street Journal at the hall ofthe President Office, here, at 10 am today.

Also present at the call were members of theSpokespersons and Information Team DeputyMinister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw ZanMyint, Deputy Minister for Information U Soe Win,Director-General of Union Government Office UTin Myo Kyi, Managing Director U Zaw Min Oo ofNews and Periodicals Enterprise, Deputy Director-General U Ye Min of President Staff Office, Leaderof the Political Advisory Group to President U Ko KoHlaing and Director-General U Ye Htut ofInformation and Public Relations Department.

Leader of Spokespersons and InformationTeam Union Minister for Information and

for Culture receives Bureau Chief ofSoutheast Asian Branch of Wall Street Journal

At the call, the Union Minister explainedcurrent situations of political, economic, humanrights, reforms and international relations matters of

Myanmar and replied to queries raised by the WallStreet Journal.

MNA

Leader of Spokespersons and InformationTeam of the Republic of the Union of

Myanmar Union Minister for Informationand for Culture U Kyaw Hsan receivesBureau Chief Mr Jon Patrick Barta ofSoutheast Asian Branch of Wall Street

Journal.—MNA

A visit to model plot in BawaingA visit to model plot in BawaingVillage of Pantanaw TownshipVillage of Pantanaw Township

Article: Tin Win Lay(Kyimyindine)

Photos: Myint Aung (Ahlon)

Officials concerned and paddy growers view harvesting of modelpaddy plot.

township level officials. Wewitnessed remarkablethriring of ears of paddy asa good result based onvigorous efforts of farmerU Sein Win.

We have learnt that theplantation comprised 1.5acres of Pawhsan Baygyarpaddy strain, 1.5 acres ofHsinthukha paddy strainand four acres of newpaddy strain cultivated withthe assistance of GoldenKey Company throughgood agricultural pattern.

Farmer U Sein Winexplained, “It is a high yieldpaddy strain. Its cultivationperiod lasts 114 daysincluding 18 nurturing

days. We forecast 141baskets of paddy per acremay be produced on themodel paddy plot. As it isan export paddy strain,benefit of the technologymay contribute much topoverty alleviation offarmers.”

U Thura of GoldenKey Company said,“Today, all the farmersapply new technologies oncultivation, nurturing, soilpreparations and use ofquality paddy strains.Thanks to assistance ofthe State and

encouragement of inputcompanies, farmers havegrasped manyopportunities.”

We went to combinedharvester near the pandalfor covering the news.

Two men put sheaf ofpaddy carried by girls intothe combined harvesterthat continuously pouredout paddy seeds from itstube.

Officials of TownshipMyanma AgricultureService and staff membersof Golden Key Companymeasured per acre yield of

paddy.One of them said

loudly that it was 137.50baskets per acre ofpaddy (wet).

Under the leader-ship of the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irri-gation, concerted effortsof the input companiesand farmers resultedproduction of paddythrough bettercultivation system in thenew era.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:15-11-2011

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Objectives of the 91st

Anniversary NationalDay

* To uplift national prestige andintegrity and to strengthenUnion Spirit

* To promote national education * To ensure perpetuity of

independence and sovereigntyof the State

* To build a modern anddeveloped new nation

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—The Sacred Buddha ToothRelic is temporarily being kept for the public obeisancefor the tenth day today in front of Maha ManimayaGotama Buddha Patima Yadana Jade Buddha Imageat Nay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti Pagoda.

The pagoda was crowded with monks and pilgrimsand member of the State Central Working Committeeof the Sangha of All Ganas Yadanasi Sayadaw AggaMaha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Silanandaof Loilem in Shan State (South) paid homage to thesacred tooth relic.

Likewise, representatives of Pyithu Hluttaw andAmyotha Hluttaw paid homage to the sacred tooth

Members of Sangha, people payobeisance to Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic

Likewise, members of the financial subcommit-tee accepted K 370,000 by Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives, K 375,000 by Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives, K 500,000 by reporter U Zaw MinAung of Kyemon Daily, daughter The Su Hlaing ofMinistry of Commerce and family in memory of lateDaw Tin Hlaing, K 333,300 by manager and staff ofYaypyar drinking water factory of Myanma Eco-nomic Corporation (Nay Pyi Taw), K 300,000 by UAung Kyaw Thu-Daw Thida Myint (Thida Biriani)family of Lashio, K 237,000 by a family of YwathitSub-Township of Bawlake District in Kayah State, K200,000 each by Col Kyaw Win and family of

by U Myo Hlaing-Daw Nan Loung Hsai and familyof Pyinmana under the patronage of both side par-ents, one golden locket worth about K 230,000 byDaw Ngwe Kyi and daughter Khin Su Su Htwe ofKyaikto in memory of late U Kyaw Sein, one goldenring worth about K 227,000 by daughter Daw NanLoung Hsai and family of Pyinmana in memory oflate Sayadaw U Vimalasami, one golden ring worthabout K 200,000 by U Htay Lwin-Daw Phyu PhyuLwin and family of Namhsan of Shan State (South)and K 100,000 and above donations by 63 wellwishersand gold, silverware and jewellery by 58 wellwishers.Certificates of honour were presented to the donors.

Yesterday evening, Director-General U KyawMyint Hlaing of Irrigation Department and wife DawSanda Khin (Deputy Minister for Culture) and familyand Union Minister for Rail Transportation U AungMin-Dr Wai Wai Tha and family under the patronageof grandfather U Tha Khaing donated K 500,000each, Union Minister for Religious Affairs Thura UMyint Maung-Daw Aye Aye Tun and family K300,000, Union Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi-Daw Thwe Thwe Sein and family K 100,000 and DawMya Sein and family of Zeyatheikdi Ward K 200,000,US$ 200 and ¥ 1000.

From evening of 14th November to 6 pm today,donations at the centres amounted to K 28,184,207,FEC 10, US$ 479, RMB 203, Thai baht 1010, Indianrupee 62, S$ 20, Korean Wam 500, Japanese ¥ 1000,Sri Lankan rupee 100, 81 items of gold, silver andjewellery ornaments worth about K 6,419,400.

MNA

Commander-in-Chief (Army)’s Office and grand-son Thit Htoo San, U Aung Kyaw Moe-Daw KhinKyi and family and U Htaik Sein-Daw Lily andfamily of the US, one ring decorated with nineprecious stones worth about K 340,000 by U MaungSein-Daw Mya Kyi Aye, daughter Amyotha HluttawRepresentative Daw Yi Yi Myint of MawlamyineConstituency, one golden bracelet worth about K332,000 by U Thein Aung-Daw Than Myint andfamily of Dawei, two golden rings worth about K294,000 by Captain Myo Zaw Aung-Ma Yamin SweZaw of Nay Pyi Taw Command, one golden necklaceworth about K 280,000 by Daw Hla Myint of HlineTownship, one pair of golden earplug worth about K257,500 by Col Aung Myint Oo-Daw Tin Mar Nweand family of Kyaikto in memory of late father UKyaw Sein, one golden chain worth about K 250,000

relic and donated cash.Bureau Chief Mr Jon Patrick Barta of South-East

Asian branch of Wall Street Journal paid homage tothe sacred tooth relic this morning and viewed peacefuland happy obeisance of the people to the tooth relicand making donations at the donation centres.

Staff families of the Ministry of Finance andRevenue donated K 401,000, staff families of Minis-try of Home Affairs and the Ministry of ReligiousAffairs K 365,000, Maj-Gen Nyan Tun and family ofthe Commander-in-Chief (Army)’s Office K 500,000,Asia World Co family K 400,000, U Kyaw Swe andfamily K 100,000, Daw Khin Aye Than-Daw NweNwe Than family and U Aung Mya Thein-Daw Le YiMoe family K 50,000 each, U Myat Min-Daw PhuPwint Thwe and family K 30,000 and others. Theirdonations amounted to K 1,896,000.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Fourth day secondregular session of Ayeyawady Region and KachinState Hluttaws were held yesterday at their Hluttawbuildings respectively.

During the meeting of Ayeyawady RegionHluttaw, seven questions on public works of roadsand bridges, five questions on health care services,two questions on municipal roads and bridges andtwo questions on agricultural sector were answered,and legislative committee of Ayeyawady RegionHluttaw decided to discuss the plans for fifth short-term five-year project of the regional government.

Three proposals were also submitted duringthe meeting.

During the meeting of the Kachin StateHluttaw, 15 questions were answered, one proposalwas discussed and approved by the Hluttaw. TheHluttaw also discussed the proposal to end armedconflicts and to make efforts for bringing securityof the people, eternal peace and development in

Ayeyawady Region, Kachin State Hluttawscontinue regular sessions

Kachin State by the government, KIO and KIA andall national races and recorded the donation in cashfor the refugees in the state and flood victims inPakokku Township.—MNA

Fourth day of second regular session of

Kachin State Hluttaw in progress.

MNA

Pilgrims pay homage to the Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic.—MNA

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Sri Lanka cuts tourist visa feeCOLOMBO, 15 Nov—

Tourism operators in SriLanka heaved a sigh ofrelief after the govern-ment reduced a 50 USdollar visa fee to 20dollars, an official saidhere on Monday.

The scheme,scheduled to be in effectfrom January 2012, willnow charge 10 US dollarsfrom South Asiantravelers and 20 USdollars from others.

The move comesafter Sri Lanka’s

neighbour Indiaprotested the 50 USdollar fee as being tooexcessive and warnedthat it would severelyimpact tourism, whichhas hit an all-time highof nearly 670,000arrivals.

Sri Lanka hopes toattract 2.5 milliontourists by 2016.

Tourist HotelsAssociation PresidentAnura Lokuhetty statedthat the reduced visa feewas encouraging news

for the industry.“The initial 50 US

dollar would have had adefinite impact onarrivals to the country. Itwould have surelyslowed down thenumbers,” Lokuhettysaid.

“I still think it is notthe correct amount tocompete with countrieslike Thailand andMalaysia. We must offeran attractive, costeffective product,” hesaid.—Internet

Photo taken on 13 Nov, 2011 shows ice on the Songhua River in Harbin,capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The temperature inHeilongjiang has dropped by a large margin from Saturday.—XINHUA

Photo taken on 13 Nov,2011 shows the trafficaccident scene on theJinlu Road in WayaoTownship of Baoshan,southwest China’sYunnan Province, on 13Nov, 2011. At least sixpeople were confirmeddead and 25 othersinjured after a vancarrying passengersoverturned Sunday inBaoshan.—XINHUA

KINSHASA, 15 Nov—Virunga National Park isinviting tourists on an overnight trek to a spectaculareruption of Mount Nyamulagira in eastern Congo.

The volcano began erupting on 6 Nov and hasseveral lava fountains spewing up to 650 feet (200metres) into the air. A Monday statement from thepark that is a World Heritage site says rivers ofincandescent lava are flowing slowly north into anuninhabited part of the park and pose no danger toits critically endangered mountain gorillas.

The park has set up a camp in a safe area closeto Nyamulagira, sometimes called Nyamuragira,where visitors can spend the night. The eruptioncould last days, or months.

An eruption of nearby Mount Nyiragongo in2002 destroyed most of Goma city and forced350,000 residents to flee.—Internet

Tourists invited to seeerupting Congo volcano

China planning to establish nuclearsecurity training centre in Beijing

Daming, as saying.According to the US

National NuclearSecurity Administra-tion’s Press release, thecentre will serve as aplatform for exchangingtechnical informationand promoting technicalcollaborations toenhance nuclear securityin Asia.

CIAE’s PublicityDepartment DeputyDirector Chen Xiaopengsaid the centre would use

BEIJING, 15 Nov—China is planning tobuild a nuclear trainingcentre in Beijing topromote effective sec-urity and safeguards.

China Institute ofAtomic Energy’s (CIAE)Radioactive ChemistryDepartment DeputyDirector Liu Damingsaid President Hu Jintaohad put forward the ideaof building the Centre ofExcellence on NuclearSecurity during the 2010

Nuclear Security Sum-mit in Washington.

China had earliersigned a memorandumof understanding (MoU)with the United States’Department of Energyto establish the centre.

“The location hasbeen selected andconstruction will beginafter project review,including that of tech-nical design and relevantapproval procedures,”the China Daily quoted

Malaysia seizes $6m Ecstasy chemicals, arrests 11KUALA LUMPUR, 15

Nov—Malaysian policesay they have arrested 11members of aninternational drugnetwork and seizedchemicals to produce 20million ringgit ($6.4million) worth of Ecstasy.

Police said Mondaythey are holding a Dutchcitizen believed to be theleader of the group. Theysaid the other suspectsare five Malaysians, twoSingaporeans, twoBritons and a Frenchman. A police statement

said authorities made thearrests Friday whileraiding a factory innorthern Kedah State.

Drug traffickingcarries a mandatorypenalty of execution byhanging in Malaysia.

Internet

scenario-driven respo-nse exercises to imparthands-on training oninternational nuclearsafeguards requirementsand inspection techni-ques.

The use of nuclearpower has grown rapidlyin China in the recentyears.

The country’snuclear power plants areexpected to have a 40million kilowatt capacityduring the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015)period, which is overdouble the existing16.97 million kilowattoutput.—Internet

US Customs and Border Protection Agent William,right, monitors the activities of a Predator Bunmanned aircraft at the Naval Air Station, on 8Nov, 2011, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Using thesame technology responsible for lethal strikeselsewhere in the world, US Customs and BorderProtection is expanding its use of Predator Bunmanned aircraft outfitted with powerful infraredcameras and sensitive radar to patrol US borders.

INTERNET

A “Santa Claus” from Finland poses with his fansupon his arrival in Harbin, capital of northeast

China’s Heilongjiang Province, on 13 Nov,2011.—XINHUA

China’scentral SOEdonations hit1.69 bln yuan

in Q1-Q3

BEIJING, 15 Nov—Charitable donations from 92 centrally administeredstate-owned enterprises (SOEs) totaled 1.69 billion yuan (268.4 million USdollars) in the first three quarters of 2011, official data showed on Monday.

About 976.5 million yuan, or 57.8 percent of the donations, was made topublic welfare causes, while about 560.2 million yuan, or 33.1 percent of thedonations, was used for disaster-relief and poverty reduction, according tofigures released by the State-owned Assets Supervision and AdministrationCommission of the State Council (SASAC), China’s SOE regulatory body.

Xinhua

Six killed inArgentinacare home

fireBUENOS AIRES, 15

Nov—Six people diedwhen a fire broke out ata care home in Argen-tina’s Pergamino City,police said.

Pergamino policecommissioner FabianVizcaino said the victimsinclude five men andone woman.

The fire broke outSunday night at the two-storey Maria CresenciaOld People’s Home,Xinhua reported.

The cause of theblaze remains unclear.

Internet

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Algeria denies paying ransom to Somali piratesALGIERS, 15 Nov—

Algeria has once againdenied paying anyransom for the release ofAlgerian sailors on thebulk carrier MV Blidakidnapped by Somalipirates months ago.

Algerian Secretary ofState at Foreign Ministryfor National CommunityAbroad Affairs HalimBenatallah was quoted onMonday by the local radioas saying that “the 17Algerian hostages werereleased thanks to thecooperation of friendlycountries in the frame ofcounterterrorism, and yetno ransom has beenpaid.”

Benatallah, whomade the statement as thesailors arrived atAlgeria’s Boufarikmilitary airport onSunday, further hailedthe kidnapped sailors’family members for theirpatience, understandingand confidence in thegovernment.

“There were indeedhard times, but wemanaged to overcome(them) gradually,” hesaid. MV Blida, anAlgerian-flagged bulkcarrier with a crew of 27,including 17 fromAlgeria, was captured inJanuary 2011 by Somalipirates around 150 miles

southeast of Salalah insouthern Oman whenheading to the port ofMombasa in Kenya.

One Algerian crewmember and a Ukrainianwere released on 12 Oct,while the others werereleased earlier thismonth. NacereddineMansouri, executivemanager of the shipo-wner International BulkCarriers (IBC), hasalready stated that noransom had been paid toSomali pirates for thesailors’ release.

“The position ofAlgeria in this regard isfirm and unequivocal, “said Mansouri.—Xinhua

Singer gunned down in MexicoCULIACAN (Mexico),

15 Nov—A singer-songwriter who perfor-mmed “narcocorridos”,ballads that recount theexploits and travails ofdrug kingpins, wasgunned down over theweekend in Culiacan, thecapital of the Mexicanstate of Sinaloa, officialssaid.

Diego Rivas waskilled Sunday by gunmenwho opened fire at closerange in Culiacan’sLazaro Cardenas neigh-bourhood, the SinaloaAttorney General’s Officesaid.

5.2-magnitudequake hits

easternTurkey

CAIRO, 15 Nov—Anearthquake measuring5.2 on the Richter scalejolted eastern Turkey at00:08 early Tuesday(22:08 GMT Monday),the US GeologicalSurvey said.

The epicentre, witha depth of 10.00 km,was initially determinedto be at 38.6644 degreesnorth latitude and43.0993 degrees eastlongitude.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 14 Nov, 2011 shows a group of waterfalls at BaligouScenic Area of Taihang Mountain, central China’s Henan Province.Waterfalls, brooks and ponds constitute picturesque sceneries in this

region, attracting a lot of visitors.—XINHUA

A man tends sheep to the shearing during thewool harvesting 2011/2012 in an agricultural

establishment in the Treintay Tres area, 300kmfrom Montevideo of Uruguay, on 14 Nov, 2011.

As an important buyer of Uruguay’s wool,China was responsible for the acquisition of

89.4% of its dirty wool, 41.2% of washed wooland 34% of industrialized exported wool of the

previous harvest.—XINHUA

Rivas, known for thehits “El amor no sevende”, “Los ojitos demi Elena” and “Soy yo”,was drinking in the streetwith several other peoplewhen the gunmenopened fire.

Alfredo HerreraGomez, 24, was alsokilled. Another man,identified as 22-year-oldJeffry Olguin Garcia, diedwhile being treated at ahospital.

Investigators foundbullet casings from AK-47 assault rifles and otherweapons, as well as twovehicles, at the crime

scene, the AG’s officesaid.

Rivas is the latestnarcocorrido performerto be murdered innorthern Mexico in recentyears.

Singer Sergio Vega,known as “El Shaka”,was shot dead whiledriving on a highway inSinaloa 26 June, 2010.

Vega was driving toAlhuey, where heplanned to perform withseveral other artists,when gunmen who hadapparently been follow-ing him opened fire onthe vehicle.—Internet

US fines airline 900,000dollars for tarmac delays

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov—The US Department ofTransportation fined American Eagle Airlines USD900,000 for keeping 600 passengers waiting on therunway for more than three hours in 15 of itsairliners as a result of flight delays at Chicago’sO’Hare International Airport.

This was the first offense against the rule imposedby the federal government in April 2010 for tarmacdelays of domestic flights.

“We put the tarmac rule in place to protectpassengers, and we take any violation veryseriously,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHoodsaid in a statement. “We will work to ensure thatairlines and airports coordinate their resources andplans to avoid keeping passengers delayed on thetarmac.”

The fine stemmed from incidents that occurred29 May when American Eagle, a subsidiary ofAmerican Airlines, kept 15 flights grounded on theO’Hare runway for more than three hours.

A total of 608 passengers had to stay more thanthree hours inside the planes on the landing stripwith no way to get back into the terminal, accordingto a Department of Transportation investigation.

Internet

Floating hotel burns on Moscow RiverMOSCOW, 15 Nov—

A floating hotel on theMoscow river was guttedin a fire in the early hourstoday.

While no one wasreported killed, all 31 onboard—15 passengersand 16 crew members—were evacuated andsome taken to hospital.

Two people werehospitalised as a motorship used as a hotelcaught fire in northernMoscow, RIA Novostireported quoting emer-gencies services.

The Sergei Abramovmotor vessel’s lowerdeck caught fire in theearly hours of Mondayin the Russian capital’sNorthern River Port nearthe Rechnoi Vokzalsubway station.

All people from theship have been saved,Moscow emergencyservices spokesmanYevgeny Bobylyovsaid.

A firefighting head-quarters spokesman saidthe fire engulfed all threedecks of the vessel andwas raging on an area of300 sq metres.

Traffic on nearbyLeningradskoye High-way was restricted toensure movement offirefighting units.

The incident narrow-ly avoided becoming thefifth river transporttragedy this year and thefourth on the MoscowRiver.

The Moscow Riverwas the scene of threefatal boating accidentsearlier this year. InAugust, a young manwas killed and youngwoman injured asanother boat tried toovertake them at closequarters.

The next day a drunkyoung man leapt from aboat going past Kievskyrailway station anddrowned.

Internet

People are seenenjoying an

Autumnsunshining day in

KunmingBotanicalGarden,

Kunming, capitalof southwest

China’s YunnanProvince, on 13

Nov, 2011.XINHUA

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$3m bid wins 1st island sale

Da-yangyu, the first island ever tobe put up for auction in China, soldfor 20 million yuan ($3.15 million)

on Friday.—XINHUA

Yang Weihua, general manager ofNingbo Gaobao Investment, makesthe winning bid for the right to lease

Dayangyu Island, which lies offthe coast of Ningbo, Zhejiang

Province.— XINHUA

BEIJING, 15 Nov— Da-yangyu, thefirst island ever to be put up for auctionin China, sold for 20 million yuan ($3.15million) on Friday. Ningbo Gaobao In-vestment, which deals in real estate andtourism development, won a three-waybidding war for the right to use the landfor 50 years and build a luxury resort. "Ithink 20 million yuan is a reasonableprice," said Yang Weihua, general man-ager of Ningbo Gaobao. "It has richnatural resources, especially in vegeta-tion and seafood, and it's a great spot forsailing on the big, blue sea."

She said her company will investabout 500 million yuan into the project,but declined to reveal more details.Dayangyu Island, which lies off the

coast of Ningbo in Zhejiang Povince,covers 258,000 square metres - the sizeof 36 soccer fields - and was once anorchard and hunting site. It is among thefirst batch of 176 uninhabited islandsmade available to domestic and foreigndevelopers by the State Oceanic Ad-ministration.

"Located between urban areas andscenic attractions, Dayangyu is one ofthe islands with relatively good re-sources," said Jin Tengyong at theXiangshan county ocean and fisheriesbureau, explaining the 15-million-yuanreserve price at auction. "It's just 300meters off the mainland, meaning theisland is more suitable for reclamation ifyou take into account the cost of infra-structure, such as fresh water, electricityand roads."—Xinhua

OK, braveguy, you go

firstBEIJING, 15 Nov —

Jutting out from a sheercliff 1,430 meters high,the glass skywalk inZhangjiajie NationalForest Park makes miceof men.

"My girlfriend blamedme for not actingbravely," said a man fromShandong Province, whorefused to give his namebecause he was ashamedof not having the guts towalk across the see-through walkway. "I willchallenge the road nexttime, when I'm ready forthe height, and then I willshout my name out loud."

The glass skywalkspans 60 metres of a 2-kmloop encircling the verti-cal cliffs of TianmenMountain in HunanProvince, a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site.

Xinhua

‘Endangered spoon-billed sandpipers arrive in UK

The birds sift throughthe mud for their foodand seem to use their

unusual bill as ashovel.—INTERNET

The tiny chicks hatchedin Russia and the teamhad to encourage them

to feed.— INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Nov —Conservationists havebrought one of the world’smost threatened bird spe-cies to the UK in order tostart a captive breedingprogramme. The 13spoon-billed sandpipersarrived in the country onFriday, 11 November.They were taken to theWildfowl and WetlandsTrust (WWT) reserve inSlimbridge, Gloucester-shire. It was the final stageof an epic 8,000km jour-ney for the birds, whichhave been brought from

their breeding grounds inRussia’s Far East.

Having spent 60 daysin quarantine at MoscowZoo, the team say that allof the birds arrived atHeathrow Airport looking“bright-eyed, alert andactive”. The WWT nowhopes to start a breedingprogramme, which theysay could save the Criti-cally Endangered spoon-

billed sandpiper from ex-tinction. Nigel Jarrett, headof conservation breedingat the WWT, led the teamthat gathered the eggs fromthe tundra of Chukotka innorth-eastern Russia.”Wehad to search an area of100 square miles,” he toldBBC Nature.

Internet

Sugar-sweetened beveragesmay increase cardiovascular

risk in womenWASHINGTON, 15 Nov—

Drinking two or moresugar-sweetened bever-ages a day may expand awoman’s waistline and in-crease her risk of heart dis-ease and diabetes, accord-ing to research findingspresented Sunday at theAmerican Heart Associa-tion’s Scientific Sessions2011. In this study, re-searchers compared mid-dle-aged and older womenwho drank two or moresugar-sweetened bever-ages a day, such as carbon-ated sodas or flavored wa-ters with added sugar, withwomen who drank one orless daily.

Women consumingtwo or more beverages perday were nearly four timesas likely to develop hightriglycerides and were sig-

nificantly more likely toincrease their waist sizesand to develop impairedfasting glucose levels. Thesame associations werenot observed in men.“Women who drank morethan two sugar-sweeteneddrinks a day had increas-ing waist sizes, but weren’tnecessarily gainingweight,” said ChristinaShay, lead author of thestudy and assistant profes-sor at the Universityof Oklahoma HealthSciences Centre.

“These women alsodeveloped hightriglycerides and womenwith normal blood glucoselevels more frequentlywent from having a lowrisk to a high risk of devel-oping diabetes over time,”Shay said. —Xinhua

Broken heart fix with stem cellsPARIS, 15 Nov—Stem

cells from heart-attackpatients helped improveblood-pumping abilityand restore vitality in

A model

of a

heart.

INTERNET

cardiac muscle,according to a small trialpublished on Monday.

It is the first timepatients have been givenan infusion of their own

cardiac stem cells inthe aim of solving theimpact of heart failurerather than simply treatingthe symptoms of it.

Stem cells are infantcells that develop into thespecialised tissues of thebody.

They have sparked

great excitement as theyoffer hopes of rebuildingorgans damaged bydisease or accident.

The index used forcardiac health is calledthe left ventricular ejectionfraction (LVFV), whichcalculates the capacity ofthe left ventricle to expelblood in the space of aheartbeat.

For a person innormal health, the LVFVis 50 percent or higher.

Among the study

patients, though, this hadfallen to 40 percent orlower. At such a threshold,shortness of breath andfatigue are chronic andoften disabling.

The stem cells wereisolated from a coronaryartery that had beenremoved when thepatients underwent acoronary bypass. Scansof the patients’ hearts alsoshowed a reduction in thearea of tissue that had beenscarred by the infarction,

a discovery thatchallenges conventionalbelief that once scarringoccurs, heart tissue ispermanently dead.

The volunteers alsoreported a substantialimprovement in qualityof life, and there were nosignificant side effects.

Seven patients withsimilar heart problemswere enrolled as“controls”, to serve as acomparison. There wasno change in their LVFV,in scar tissue or in theirquality of life.—Internet

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Tell-tale footprintssnag alleged robber

Police said they captured analleged bank robber by following hisfootprints in the snow to an Ogden,Utah, apartment where he was hidingwith the money.

Lt Troy Burnett said a 27-year-old man came into the Alliance CreditUnion about 12:55 pm Saturday,handed a teller a note demandingmoney and left on foot after the bankemployee complied, The Salt LakeTribune reported.

A witness followed the allegedrobber to an apartment complex, laterleading police officers there.

Burnett said they picked up theman’s trail, following his footprintsleft in the snow to the apartmentwhere he lived and where they foundall the stolen money.

The unnamed perpetrator, whoallegedly made a full confession, wasarrested on suspicion of first-degreefelony robbery. News Album

“Avatar” star ZoeSaldana

Zoe Saldana splits with fianceHOLLYWOOD, 15 Nov— “Avatar” star Zoe Saldana has split up with

longtime boyfriend Keith Britton, but they will remain business partners,Saldana’s representative confirmed.

Saldana, 33, and Britton, 35, were an item for 11 years and were onceengaged to get married; however, Us Weekly said this weekend they decidedto call it quits.

“(They) remain committed business partners as co-founders of fashionresource MyFDB.com,” Saldana’s rep told People magazine. “Respect oftheir privacy is appreciated during this time.”

The exact reason for the breakup wasn’t revealed, but Us said sourcesnoted Saldana tended to downplay her relationship with Britton in public.

“She likes to keep her personal life to herself and wants people to focuson her as an actress,” a source said.—Internet

Sacha Baron to star Tarantino filmconcerned aboutchoosing a suitable actorfor the part as thecharacter is vital to thestory.

“Django Unchai-ned” follows the story ofDjango, a freed slavewho under the tutelageof a German bountyhunter Ace Woodybecomes a bountyhunter himself. AfterActor Sacha Baron

Cohen

Susan Boyle scores chart-toppinghat trick with new album

LONDON, 15 Nov—Susan Boyle has toppedthe charts once againwith her new album‘Someone to WatchOver Me’.

This is her thirdalbum to reach the No 1position in just twoyears, and with this theformer No 1 Florenceand the Machine has

reached third positionwith Michael Buble’sChristmas album at No2.

Cher Lloyd’s debutSticks and Stonesentered the chart at No 4followed by Battle-ground by The Wanted,the Sun reported.

In the singles chart,last week’s second placeholder We Found Loveby Rihanna crept to thetop while the Read AllAbout It by Prof Greendropped from No 1 toNo 4.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 15 Nov—Actor Sacha BaronCohen is the latest to jointhe star-studded cast ofQuentin Tarantino’s“Django Unchained”.

The “Borat” actor isreportedly is in finalnegotiations to play “agambler who buysDjango’s wife as a femalecompanion.”

Though the role issmall, Tarantino was

assisting Woody intaking down some badguys for profit, he tracksdown his slave wife andliberates her from an evilplantation owner, var-iety.com reports .

The cast includesJamie Foxx, ChristophWaltz, Leonardo Di-Caprio, Kerry Washing-ton and Samuel LJackson.—Internet

James Taylor joins ‘ChristmasCarol’ cast

PITTSFIELD, 15 Nov—Singer James Taylor willplay Bob Cratchit in aNew England theatercompany’s annual pro-duction of “A ChristmasCarol,” the producersannounced.

Taylor will make hisstage debut with hishometown BerkshireTheater Group inMassachusetts playingthe put-upon clerkopposite Mr Scrooge.

Despite the 63-year-old Taylor’s lack ofexperience and his agedifference with family-man Cratchit, companyleaders say they madethe right choice. “I thinkhe’s perfect for the role,”co-director Eric Hill toldthe Berkshire Eagle.“Cratchit is a natural, self-effacing character, hum-ble, very unassuming andgentle, trying to find theright path throughdifficult challenges.

Singer James Taylor

James seems to have anatural instinct for suchsituations.”

Taylor will haveplenty of family supportwhen he hits the stage.His wife, Kim, has beencast as Mrs Cratchit and10-year-old sons Rufusand Henry will havesupporting roles as well.

Internet

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary OscarBEIJING, 15 Nov—

Oprah Winfrey receiveda special Oscar awardfor her charitable workat the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts andScience’s annualGovernors Awards inLos Angeles Saturday.

The award, JeanHersholt HumanitarianAward, is bestowed onthe people in the industry

Oprah Winfrey

for their outstandingcontributions to

humanitarian causes.“I never imagined

myself receiving anOscar, certainly not fordoing what I believe is apart of my calling,” saidthe 57-year-old filmactress and former talk-show host in acceptancespeech. Besides anactress and talk showhost, Winfrey is also aphilanthropist.—Xinhua

Mom tells deputies of son’s pot plantsAuthorities in Florida said an 18-

year-old was arrested after his mothercalled deputies and asked them toremove marijuana plants from hisbedroom.

The Manatee County Sheriff’sOffice said deputies were dispatchedto the Parrish home Monday eveningand Zachary Kirlangitis, 18, arrived

An employee prepares a “joint” forsale in a medicinal cannabis shop in

San Francisco on 7 June, 2005.People with a doctor’s recommend-

ation and a card from the CaliforniaDepartment of Public Health can

purchase from the store. The SupremeCourt dealt a blow to the medical

marijuana movement 6/6, ruling thatthe federal government can still ban

possession of the drug in states.

at the house during the investigation,the Bradenton Herald reportedWednesday.

Kirlangitis admitted the plantsbelonged to him, the newspaper said,and he was arrested on a charge ofpossession of marijuana with intentto sell. He was taken to the ManateeCounty jail in lieu of $5,000 bond.

Police use free beer to lure fugitivesoperation are charged with seriouscrimes, including burglary, robberyand sexual assault, and had managedto evade arrest for weeks.

“These suspects are people whohave managed to evade arrest forsome time, so we have used differenttactics to find them,” said ChiefInspector Graham McLaughlin, whowas in charge of the sting. “It has beenvery cost-effective as it can take a lotof time and money to track peopledown.”

Nineteen people facing arrest inone English county who thought theywere getting a free case of beer gotdetention instead. Police in Derbyshiresent out several dozen letterspurportedly from a marketingcompany, The Guardian reported. Thesuspects were invited to call a marketingcompany to arrange for the beer.

What they did not realize was thatthe number was for a line in the policestation in Chesterfield. Officers whoanswered the calls made arrangementsfor pickup of the beer — but it was thecallers who were picked up instead.

Police said those targeted by the

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Suarez plays down backconcerns

Martinez wants Rodallega tosign on

Agent says Inter’s CristianChivu could join Real Madrid

Kvitova wins WTA player ofyear honours for 2011

Promoter ready to set up Pacquiao-Marquez IV

Adebayor set for Togo returnin WCup qualifier

Alessandro Del Piero wants toplay ‘until I’m 40’

Stepfather of female boxerjailed for shooting her

BERLIN, 15 Nov —The stepfather of an undefeatedfemale boxer was sentenced Monday to six years injail for shooting her in the dressing room ahead of atitle fight. Rola El-Halabi of Germany was shot in thehand, knee and feet by the gunman, who was onceher manager, before a bout with Irma Balijagic Adlerof Bosnia for the vacant IBF lightweight title inBerlin. A Berlin court said Hicham El-H as he wasidentified in line with German privacy laws, deliber-ately shot the boxer on 1 April to “prevent her fromcontinuing her boxing career.”—Internet

Woods-Strickernot a done deal

MELBOURNE, 15 Nov—Tiger Woods and SteveStricker might not be play-ing together in everymatch at the PresidentsCup. Woods and Strickerbecame the first partner-ship in 30 years to win allfour matches in any cupcompetition two years agoin the Presidents Cup.They lost only one out ofthree matches last Octo-ber in the Ryder Cup.

Woods says Strickerappears to be hitting theball as well as ever. But hesays the pairings are notset in stone. One possibil-ity is for Woods to playwith Dustin Johnson inthe fourballs competition.

Internet

Luis Suarez has shakenoff a minor back injury

LIVERPOOL, 15 Nov —Liverpool striker LuisSuarez has declared him-self fit to face Italy in Uru-guay's friendly on Tues-day. But the Merseysiders'frontman admits he alreadyhas one eye on Sunday'sBarclays Premier Leaguemeeting with Chelsea. The24-year-old scored all thegoals in Friday's 4-0 World

Cup qualifying victoryover Chile in Montevideobut came off 13 minutesfrom the end with a minorback complaint. Suarez isconfident he is ready for asecond match in four days— with a transatlantic flightin between — but has sug-gested it may be more im-portant for him not to riskaggravating the problem.

"I was a little scared bythe pain I had in the gamebut treatment I had wasjust a precaution and itdoes not hurt," he said."There will be no problembut the decision is going tobe the coach (OscarTabarez). —Internet

Veteran Juventusstriker Alessandro

Del Piero

MADRID, 15 Nov —Veteran Juventus strikerAlessandro Del Pierowants to extend his foot-ball career for anotherthree years at least.Juventus and Del Pierohave already confirmedthis will be the 37-year-old’s last season at theSerie A club.

Del Piero said in aninterview with Spanishnewspaper El Pais, how-ever, that he wants to play“until I’m 40” and “I don’twant to say where I’ll fin-ish my career, I want tofinish this phase calmly.What will be will be.”

He is Juve’s all-timeleading scorer since join-ing in 1993 and has helpedthe club win five Serie Atitles and the ChampionsLeague in 1996. Del Piero,Juventus’ most cappedplayer with nearly 700games, was a member ofItaly’s 2006 World Cup-winning team.

Internet

Juan Manuel Marquez,left, and Manny

Pacquiao exchangespunches round duringa WBO welterweighttitle fight, on 12 Nov,2011, in Las Vegas.

INTERNET

LAS VEGAS. 15 Nov —Only seconds after MannyPacquiao squeezed out amajority decision victoryover Juan ManuelMarquez on Saturday atthe MGM Grand GardenArena, prompting angryfans to pelt the ringsidearea with drinks, promoterBob Arum said he’s go-ing to do a fourth fightbetween the men.

Pacquiao retained his

World Boxing Organiza-tion welterweight belt bydefeating Marquez by theclosest of margins. JudgeGlenn Trowbridge had it116-112. Dave Morettisaw it 115-113 and RobertHoyle had it 114-114. Ashe made his way throughan angry crowd thatshouted obscenities athim, Arum told Yahoo!Sports, “It was a great,great fight. I had Manny,

but it was close, so whynot bring them togetheragain in May? It makes alot of sense to do that.”

The fighters fought to asplit draw in 2004 in afeatherweight fight.Pacquiao won a split deci-sion in a super feather-weight title fight in 2008.Representatives of FloydMayweather Jr had re-served the MGM Grandfor 5 May, ostensibly tomake a fight withPacquiao.—Internet

Roberto Martinez iskeen to get the striker

to sign up

LONDON, 15 Nov —Wigan manager RobertoMartinez wants a speedysolution to striker HugoRodallega's contract issue.The Colombia interna-tional's current deal ex-pires in the summer andthe Latics' boss wants himto sign an new deal before

the transfer window opensin January. There has al-ready been interest fromItalian side Juventus, whowould be able to opennegotiations in the NewYear. Martinez has othermore pressing issues withhis team bottom of thetable, but is optimistic thecontract of the club's all-time record PremierLeague scorer will besorted in the next sixweeks.

"We have been talk-ing with Hugo for a longtime and it's somethingwe need to sort out," theLatics manager said.

Internet

Wimbledon championPetra Kvitova

ST PETERSBURG, 15 Nov— Wimbledon championPetra Kvitova has beenhonoured as the WTA’splayer of the year for 2011to cap her breakthroughseason. The 21-year-oldKvitova went 60-13 withsix singles titles, includ-ing at the season-endingtour championships, androse from No 34 to No 2 inthe rankings. She helpedthe Czech Republic winthe Fed Cup and won morethan $5 million in prizemoney.

In the awards an-nounced on Monday,Kvitova also won for mostimproved player and

sportsmanship. SabineLisicki of Belgium washonoured as comebackplayer of the year, Irina-Camelia Begu of Roma-nia was the newcomer ofthe year, and the top-ranked pairing of KvetaPeschke and KatarinaSrebotnik won for dou-bles team of the year.

Internet

Cristian Chivu

MILAN, 15 Nov — Theagent of Cristian Chivu hasrevealed that the Interdefender could join RealMadrid as a free agent nextsummer and has dismissedsuggestions of his returnto Ajax. Chivu’s currentcontract with the Italiangiants runs out at the endof the season and so far anagreement over a new dealhas not been reached. Re-cent reports have linkedthe 31-year-old with amove back to his old clubAjax, for whom he playedbetween 1999 and 2003.

However, the Romani-an’s representative hasturned down the possibil-ity of a return, instead say-ing that he has spoken withMadrid coach JoseMourinho, who workedwith the versatile defenderbetween 2007 and 2010 at

Inter. "Back to Ajax? I'dsay he could continue play-ing abroad, maybe at RealMadrid," Joan Becali isquoted as saying byESPNSoccernet.

''I'm talking with threeor four big-level teams. Hecan continue playing forfour or five years.'' "Real?Mourinho knows him well.I've spoken with him, we'llsee. The most importantthing is that Cristian playsas a pure defender."

Internet

S P O R T S

Emmanuel Adebayor

LOME, 15 Nov—Emmanuel Adebayor isin line for an interna-tional return with Togoafter its federation agreedMonday to his demandsfor the better treatmentof players.

Federation spokes-man Agbovie PapaviPatatu said officials had“unanimously agreed

with all the points” raisedby the Tottenhamforward at a series ofmeetings in Ghana, open-ing the way for his come-back in Tuesday’s homeWorld Cup qualifieragainst Guinea-Bissau.

Adebayor said his re-turn for Togo was “nowdefinite” after officialsagreed to the demands,which include the fed-eration paying promptlyfor air tickets for playersto travel for games.Adebayor retired from in-ternational football in2010 following a deadlygun attack on Togo’s teambus as it traveled by roadto the African Cup ofNations in Angola.

Internet

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Programme Schedule(16-11-2011) (Wednesday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (16-11-11 09:30 am ~ 17-11-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening

* News

* The Untouched Footprint of Buddha

* News

* Golden Dreams & His Art (Academy

Diramo)

* News

* Music Gallery

* News

* Enterprise India Show

Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* The Untouched Footprint of Buddha* News* Golden Dreams & His Art (Academy

Diramo)* Music Gallery* News

* Enterprise India Show* News* Youth & Education "Technology Boost

Nation’s Prestige"(University ofComputer Studies, Yangon)

* News* Traditional Banana Shrine Art* Record Album* News* Travellers Art Exhibition* Culture Stage* News* Me N My Travel "Pyin Oo Lwin"* Myanmar Movie "Misdeed"

Weather forecast for 16th November, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta by Hill

Region MissionarySayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News

7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song7:50 am 5.Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 6. Health Programme8:10 am 7. Cultural Dances8:20 am 8. Documentary8:30 am 9. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performingarts Competitions

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical

Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10pm 2. Musical Programme4:20 pm 3. Songs for Upholding

National Spirit

4:30 pm 4. Joint Performance

by State Orchestraand StateTraditionalOrchestra

4:50pm 5. University of

DistanceEducation(TV Lectures)- Second Year (Myanmar)

5:00pm 6. Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:10pm 7. Classical Song5:20pm 8. Teleplay (Health)5:25pm 9. “ASEAN”

Programmes5:35pm10. Documentary

6:00 pm11. Evening News6:15 pm12. Weather Report6:20 pm13. Traditional Boxing6:35 pm14. Shwe Yin Chone

Than7:15pm15. Songs Programme7:30pm16. Documentary7:40pm17. Myanmar Culture7:45pm18. Wut Hmom Music

Troupe8:00 pm19. News20. International News21. Weather Report22. Korea NG Award23. TV Drama Series24. Myanmar Video

Feature

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Sr.

No. Regions/States

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 30/86 14/57 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

2 Kayah 28/82 11/52 Partly cloudy

3 Kayin 33/91 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

4 Chin 16/61 07/45 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 30/86 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

6 Lower Sagaing 32/90 19/66 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 33/91 21/70 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

8 Bago 32/90 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

9 Magway 32/90 20/68 Partly cloudy

10 Mandalay 32/90 19/66 Partly cloudy

11 Mon 33/91 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

12 Yangon 33/91 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

13 Rakhine 31/88 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

14 Southern Shan 25/77 10/50 Partly cloudy

15 Northern Shan 25/77 12/54 Partly cloudy

16 Eastern Shan 27/81 12/54 Partly cloudy

17 Ayeyawady 32/90 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 34/93 18/64 Partly cloudy

19 Neighbouring Yangon 33/91 21/70 Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers 40%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 32/90 19/66 Generally fair weather

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers has been isolated in Yangon and Taninthayi Regions,

weather have been partly cloudy in Upper Sagaing and Ayeyawady Regions and Kacnin, Mon and Kayin

States and generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Night temperatures were (3°C) above

November average temperatures in Mon State, (3°C) to (4°C) below November average temperatures in

Mandalay, Bago and Taninthayi Regions, Kachin, Rakhine and Kayah States, (7°C) below November

average temperatures in Upper Sagaing Region and about November average temperatures in the remaining

Regions and States.The significant night temperature was Pinlaung (5°C). The noteworthy amount of

rainfall recorded was Cocogyun (0.67) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is generally for in North Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay of

Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of slight decrease of night temperatures in Eastern Myanmar areas.

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov—The anti-clotting drug Rivaroxaban lowered riskof death, heart attack and stroke inacute coronary syndrome patients, anew study showed.

The study presented at a meetingof the American Heart Association inOrlando, Florida, Sunday concludedthat patients who took Rivaroxabanhad a 16-percent reduced risk ofcardiovas-cular death, stroke or heartattack compared to patients who didn’t.

“Our findings are importantbecause blocking the production ofthrombin is an important new way toimprove acute coronary syndromepatients’ long-term risk of death, strokeand heart attack after being hospitalizedwith an acute coronary syndrome,”said Michael Gibson, seniorinvestigator of the TIMI Study Groupat Harvard Medical School.

He explained that people with aheart attack or unstable angina make toomuch thrombin, an enzyme that formsclots. Therefore, researchers focused on

Study shows new drug reduces mortality ofheart patients

ways to reduce the production ofthrombin with Rivaroxaban, he said.

More than 15,000 peoplehospitalized with a recent heart attack orunstable angina were analysed in thecourse of the study.

The study has also found that the riskof death, including all causes of death,was reduced more than 30 percent withthe addition of Rivaroxaban.

Meanwhile, stent thrombosis wasreduced by 31 percent in patients takingthe drug compared to patients who didn’t.

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Speaker of PyithuHluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann received Mr. AndrewJohn Bower Mitchell, Member of Parliament andSecretary of State for International Development ofBritain and party at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall of HluttawBuilding, here, this morning.

The Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker elaborated onHluttaw's measures to fulfill the wishes of thepeople, Hluttaw’s role in balancing three pillars—executive, legislature and judiciary and ongoingtasks for drafting bills. They held discussions onMyanmar’s cooperation with internationalcommunity.

Also present at the call were Pyithu HluttawDeputy Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa, chairmenand secretaries of Pyithu Hluttaw committees andBritish Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. AndrewRichard Heyn.

After the ceremony, the Pyithu Hluttaw Speakerand Secretary of State for International Developmentposed for a documentary photo and answeredqueries raised by international media persons.

MNA

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw receives Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw receives Member of ParliamentMember of Parliament andandSecretary of State for International Development of BritainSecretary of State for International Development of Britain

Kani Township of Sagaing Region gets new school building,village libraries, Sangha Hospital and X-ray room

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Theopening of a new school building(Daw Tin Aye school building) forBasic Education Post-primary Schoolat Tapone village in Kani Townshipof Sagaing Region was held at theschool on 11 November. Judge of theSupreme Court of the State U ThaHtay, Sagaing Region Minister forSocial Affairs Dr Myint Thein andSagaing Region HluttawRepresentative U Shein formallyopened the new school building andChairperson of the ConstitutionalTribunal of the State U Thein Soeunveiled the signboard of the schoolbuilding.

Next, Chairperson U Thein Soe,Sagaing Region Chief Minister U ThaAye and officials inspected the newschool building.

Then the Chairperson handed overdocuments related to the new schoolbuilding to the Ministry of Education.

Afterwards, the Chairperson andthe Region Chief Minister presented

teaching aids, sports gear and cashdonation to the school.

At the opening ceremony ofLawka Pyatin Library of TaponeVillage, the Chairperson and theRegion Chief Minister presentedpublications to the library, and spokewords of encouragement to villagerswho are reading at the library.

Next, they delivered addresses atthe opening of Sangha Hospital andX-ray room at Winmanar village in

the township, and viewed round thehospital and X-ray room.

Region Hluttaw RepresentativeU Khin Maung Swe who madedonation for the X-ray room,explained purpose of donation andhanded over relevant documents tothe Ministry of Health.

Next, the Chairperson, the RegionChief Minister and officials presenteda refrigerator, a generator and medicalequipment and cash donation to the

hospital.Then they presented publications

to Pyinnya Alin Library of Winmanarvillage at its opening ceremony, andgreeted local people.

Afterwards, they oversawconstruction of new school buildingfor Winmanar village Basic EducationHigh School and visited StationHospital where they presented gifts topatients.

MNA

Chairperson of the ConstitutionalTribunal of the State U Thein Soe

unveils the signboard of theschool building. —MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann receives Member of Parliament and Secretary ofState for International Development of Britain Mr. Andrew John Bower Mitchell.— MNA

Scientific cultivation produces115 baskets per acre

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Ascientific cultivation has provedto boost rice yield, reaching115 baskets per acre in aharvesting in Nay Pyi TawTatkon yesterday.

The three-acre rain-fedmodel field in Khayansatgon

Village-tract in Nay Pyi Taw TatkonTownship was put under rice withthe use of 14 scientific cultivationmethods and produced 115 basketsper acre this year while it undertraditional cultivation methodspreviously produced around 68baskets per acre.—MNA

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