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Established 1914

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

Volume XV, Number 268 2nd Waxing of Pyatho 1369 ME Wednesday, 9 January, 2008

Tapo ça, ascetic practices; this is the way to auspiciousness.

Four political objectives

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

YANGON, 8 Jan—Minister for Industry-2 Maj-GenSaw Lwin together with Director-General U KhinMaung of the Directorate of Myanma Industrial Plan-ning and departmental officials visited No 1 Automo-bile Factory on Inya Lake Hotel Road in MayangonTownship, here yesterday afternoon.

At the workshop, the minister inspected produc-tion of frames and bodies of 6.5-ton TE trucks and TEwater tankers, assembling process of vehicles andassembled ones. On arrival at the forging shop, he

Minister inspects No 1 Automobile Factorylooked into the production of body for Mazda Jeeps. The minister was conducted round the factory byManaging Director of Myanma Automobile and Die-sel Engine Industries U Hla Myint Thein and FactoryGeneral Manager U Hlaing Thein.

The minister called for efforts to meet the targetednumber of automobiles, quality control, meeting theset standards, minimizing the costs, and operation ofthe machines at full capacity.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Jan — The 45th State and DivisionTennis Tournament for 2008 was held at TheinbyuTennis Grounds yesterday.

The participating teams took designated placesand the previous-year champion teams Yangon Divi-sion Women’s Team and Yangon Division Men’sTeam presented Championship Shields to Chairmanof Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.

The minister made an opening speech.Then, he met with the players of the teams which

would take part in the tournament.The first day events were played.The tournament continues till 12 January and

45th State/Division Tennis Tournament heldaltogether seven women’s teams and 16 men’s teamswill compete in the tournament. —MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint delivers an address at opening of 45th State andDivision Tennis Tournament. — SPED

Panasonic unveils world's largest plasma television

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,8 Jan—Japanese electron-ics titan Panasonic un-veiled the world’s largestplasma television on Mon-day at the opening of theworld’s biggest consumerelectronics trade show.

The Viera brand high-definition television called“Life Screen” measures150 inches, or some 12.5feet (381 centimetres)diagonally.

“This stunning dis-play allows you to displaythe elephant in the roomin all its glory,” PanasonicAVC Networks Companypresident ToshihiroSakamoto quipped while

showing it off during anopening speech at the Con-sumer Electronics Show.

“This gives newmeaning to reality televi-

sion. Can you imaginewatching the Olympicson this baby?”

Panasonic crafted thecolossal creation for dig-

ital theatres and other busi-nesses, but expects it to“make its way into someluxury homes.”

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PERSPECTIVES

Nursing is indispensable in the healthsector. It is such a demanding duty thatonly those who possess a noble heart,strong compassion and sympathy, keengoodwill, resilience in the face of hardshipand selflessness can carry out.PAGE 2

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

People’s DesireWednesday, 9 January, 2008

Provide health care toservicemen and the people

The Graduation Parade of the 5th Intake ofDefence Services Institute of Nursing andParamedical Science took place at the paradeground of the Defence Services Medical Academyin Yangon the other day.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye in his speech said,“Living up to the motto, ‘Competent and helpfulmembers of the Medical Corps’, you comradesshould also provide health care to the peoplewhile playing a role in fulfillinag the nationaldefence duty through your professionalknowledge and expertise. Wherever you areassigned duties, you should care for the localpopulation as if they were your own parents”.

The Defence Services Institute of Nursingand Paramedical Science conducts courses ofBachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor ofScience in Pharmacy, diagnosis, radiology andphysiotherapy. Furthermore, it prescribesmilitary training and training in militaryleadership at the platoon commander level.

The graduates have studied advanced nursingand paramedical science and undergone militarytraining. So, they will soon take charge of militaryduties and paramedical science duties in theDefence Services Medical Corps.

Nursing is indispensable in the health sector.It is such a demanding duty that only those whopossess a noble heart, strong compassion andsympathy, keen goodwill, resilience in the face ofhardship and selflessness can carry out.

The cadets possess physical and mentalprowess and are competent and helpful membersof the Medical Corps. So, they will be able topreserve the fine traditions of the Tatmadaw,while devoting themselves to health care servicefor servicemen and the people.

YANGON, 7 Jan — The research seminar on health inMyanmar was opened at Medical Research Department(Lower Myanmar) on Ziwaka Road in Dagon Townshipthis morning. Deputy Minister for Health Dr Paing Soe delivered

Research seminar on health in Myanmar opens

School Family Day observed

YANGON, 8 Jan —The Pinsein tarred road wasopened to mark the 60th

anniversary IndependenceDay in Shan State (South)

New tarred road opens in Loilemon 31 December, whichwas built by LoilemTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee in2007-2008 financial year.

Chairman U Aung Htay ofDistrict Peace andDevelopment Councilmade inaugural speech andDeputy Director U Van

Kywan, Executive Officerof Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee, ex-plained matters on the roadand presented thecommemorative pennantsto the officials. Next, thethairman of the DistrictPeace and DevelopmentCouncil and the executiveofficer of the TownshipDAD opened the newly-tarred road. The road —1,200 foot long and 12 footwide —was built at a costof K 3.9 million.—MNA

a speech. The deputy minister and guests viewedresearch posters on health and medicine and medicalequipment at the booth. Research paper-reading session on health in Myanmarwas held and it continues until 11 January.—MNA

Deputy Minister Dr Paing Soe delivers an address at the research seminar on health. — HEALTH

Daw Kyi Kyi Win, Dr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo and Daw Tin Tin Nwemeet with trainees of the pastry-making course. — SWRR

Director-General of No 2 Basic EducationDepartment U Aye Lwin awards an

outstanding student of No 1 BEHS of Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana Township. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8Jan — Director-General UAye Lwin of No 2 BasicEducation Departmentattended School FamilyDay in conjunction withprize-presentation for2007-2008 academic yearheld at No 1 BEHS in Nay

Pyi Taw Pyinmana on 1January. Schoolboys andschoolgirls of No 1 BEHSpresented songs andtownship educationofficer U Hla Htoo madean opening speech.

Prizes werepresented to outstanding

students. Present on theoccasion were thetownship educationofficer, schoolheads andteachers of basic educationhigh schools, prize-winning students, schoolboard of trustees andparents. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8Jan — Pastry-makingcourse organized by SocialWelfare Department of theMinistry of SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement andRehabilitation andReintegration Group of theMyanmar Women’sAffairs Federation wasopened at Yinthway-yadana pre-primaryschool, here, yesterday.

Present wereHead of InformationDepart-ment of MWAFDaw Kyi Kyi Win, Headof Organizing DepartmentDr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo,the director-general andofficials of SWD,members of Nay Pyi TawPyinmana district and

Pastry-making course opens

township women’s affairsorganizations, instructorsand trainees.

Leader ofRehabilitation andReintegration Group of

MWAF Daw Tin Tin Nwespoke. Assistant Directorof SWD Daw Thin ThinNwe explained mattersrelating to the course. Afterthe opening ceremony,

Heads of Department andmembers cordially met thetrainees.

The four-weekcourse is being attendedby 20 trainees. — MNA

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A 29-ton crane is seen on China’s expedition ship “Xuelong”, or Snow Dragon,before arriving at the Changcheng Station in western Antarctic.—INTERNET

A photograph shows the Three Gorges Dam area brimming with tourists. On5 January, the Yangtze River Three Gorges Tourism Development Co Ltd

announced that in 2007 the Three Gorges Dam tourist area received a total of1.25 million tourists from home and abroad (excluding the Jiuwanxi and the

Sixi scenic areas). This is a growth of 6% over 2006: a record high in thenumber of tourists.—INTERNET

Egypt reiterates rejectingUS aid with conditions

Iran says US failingin Middle East

Israeli strike on central Gaza killstwo women

GAZA, 7 Jan—Two Palestinian women were killedand eight civilians wounded in an Israeli shelling on ahouse east of al-Bureij refugee camp in central GazaStrip on Sunday afternoon, medics and witnesses said.

The witnesses said it was hard to determine what hitthe house, adding that an Israeli helicopter fired amissile while a tank fired a shell. Medics at al-AqsaHospital said that two women were killed and eightothers wounded as they were in the house, adding thatPalestinian ambulances had hardly managed to takethe casualties out. Witnesses said that intensive gun-battle erupted since early morning between Israelisoldiers and Palestinian militants, noting that severalIsraeli Army tanks and armoured vehicles rolled to eastof the refugee camp. — MNA/Xinhua

CAIRO, 7 Jan —Egyptian Foreign Minis-ter Ahmed Abul Gheiton Saturday reiteratedEgypt’s stance rejectingany preconditions beingattached to extendingassistance to Egypt, theEgyptian Foreign Min-istry said.

Abul Gheit made theremarks during hismeeting with visiting USDemocrat CongressmanSteve Israel, which tackledon efforts for maintainingstability in the Middle Eastand assisting all partiesconcerned to achievepeace and development,as well as the issue of USassistance to Egypt,Egyptian Foreign Ministryspokesman Hossam Zakisaid in a statement.

The Egyptian top

diplomat noted that Egyptrefuses any foreigndictations that wouldaffect its decisions, visionsor its way of dealing withexternal and internaldevelopments, Zakiadded.

The US Congressrecently approved to holdback 100 million USdollars in aid to Egypt, thesecond largest recipient ofUS aid in the Middle East,behind Israel.

Abul Gheit said earlierthat Israel and some pro-Israel US Congressmenare behind the aid issue,warning that Egypt coulduse its diplomatic in-fluence against those whoseek to harm its interestsand relations with theUnited States.

MNA/Xinhua

TEHERAN, 7 Jan — Iranaccused the United Stateson Sunday of interferingin the Middle East afterPresident George W Bushsaid he would press alliesto help keep Iran’s“aggressive ambitions” in

check during a regionaltrip this week.

“The aim of theserepeated trips is tocompensate for the failedpolicies of America in theregion,” Iranian ForeignMinistry spokesmanMohammad Ali Hosseinitold a news conference.

He said Washington,which is leading effortsto isolate the IslamicRepublic over its disputednuclear ambitions, was“interfering in therelations of countries inthe region” but thatIran had neverthelessboosted ties with itsneighbours.

“America has not beensuccessful in isolatingIran,” he said. “We arewitnessing the expansionof Iran’s relations withdifferent countries.”

Bush will travel toIsrael and the PalestinianWest Bank as he tries tohelp the two sides reach a

peace agreement. But hewill focus on Iran when hevisits five regional allies— Kuwait, Egypt, SaudiArabia, United ArabEmirates and Bahrain.

Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadlast month became the firstpresident from non-ArabShiite Iran to attend asummit of Gulf Arabstates, which worry thatTeheran might one day usenuclear arms to dominatethe region.

MNA/Reuters

Two NATOsoldierskilled in

S AfghanistanKABUL, 8 Jan— Two

soldiers of the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)lost their lives as theirvehicle met road accidentin Afghanistan’s southernKandahar Province, aPress release of thealliance said Monday.

“Two ISAF soldiersdied on Sunday whentheir vehicle rolled overduring a move acrossdifficult terrain in ZhariDistrict, Kandahar Pro-vince,” the Press releaseadded. However, it didnot identify the nationalityof the diecased soldiers.

In accordance withISAF policy, ISAF doesnot release the casualty’snationality prior to therelevant national authoritydoing so.

More than 2,000Canadian soldiers havebeen stationed in Kanda-har under NATO com-mand to stabilize securitythere. —MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia, India to step up defencecooperation

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Jan—Malaysia and India agreedon Monday to step up defence cooperation, includingtraining of Air Force pilots and submarine personnel,defence ministers from both sides said. Keeping pacewith its new economic powerhouse image, India’smilitary, the world’s fourth largest, is fostering closerties with Southeast Asian allies. “Both sides willenhance defence exchanges at various levels, promotecooperation in training, in strategic and securitystudies,” Indian Defence Minister AK Anthony saidafter talks with his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak.

Najib said they did not discuss the issue of ethnicIndians, who staged an unprecedented protest inNovember to complain of racial discrimination.

MNA/Reuters

A view of the Syncrude facility in the northernAlberta oil sand fields. A report commissioned by

the Canadian government states that Canada mustintroduce a carbon tax, or a cap and trade systemfor greenhouse gas emissions, or both, if there isany hope of the country deeply cutting its CO2

emissions by mid-century.—INTERNET

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Iraqi Army soldiers block the road at the site of a roadside bomb on 7 Jan,2008. Up to 14 people were killed, including an anti-Qaida leader, in a twinsuicide bombing in a northern Baghdad neighbourhood on 7 Jan, 2008.—

XINHUA

Children play at an igloo during the Seoul ice festival in front of a city hall on7 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Gregory French of Process Solutions poses withhis latest product, made by a Chinese toy

manufacturer, which features a CMOS cameralinked to an RC radio with integrated head

tracking, at the annual Toys and Games Fair inHong Kong on 7 Jan, 2008. —INTERNET

NAIROBI, 7 Jan — Kenyan President Mwai Kibakisaid Saturday he was ready to form a unity governmentin order to unite Kenyans who have been affected bypost-election violence.

A statement issued after a meeting between PresidentKibaki and visiting US Assistant Secretary for AfricanAffairs Dr Jendayi Frazer said the Kenyan leader saidsuch a government would also help in the healing andreconciliation process. “The President said he wasready to form a Government of National Unity thatwould not only unite Kenyans but would also help inthe healing and reconciliation process,” the statementsaid. —MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 7 Jan — A6.2 magnitude underseaquake jolted easternIndonesia on Monday,damaging some housesand sparking panic amongresidents but causing nodeaths, a meteorologyagency official said.

The US GeologicalSurvey placed the strongquake, shallow at only 35kilometres (21.7 miles)deep, at an epicentre at 8kilometres (5 miles) northof the coastal town ofManokwari in Indonesia’sWest Papua Province.

“There are severalhouses on fire but we don’tknow yet how manyexactly,” Fauzi, head ofthe Meteorology andGeophysics Agency’searthquake centre toldReuters. —MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 7 Jan—Pakistan President PervezMusharraf conceded thata gunman may have shotBenazir Bhutto but saidthe opposition leaderexposed herself to dangerand bore responsibilityfor her death, CBS Newssaid on Saturday.

Musharraf was alsoquoted as telling the CBS“60 Minutes” programmeto be broadcast on Sundaythat his government dideverything it could toprovide security forBhutto, who was killedlast week in a gun andsuicide-bomb attack aftera political rally.

“For standing upoutside the car, I think itwas she to blame alone.Nobody else. Responsi-bility is hers,” Musharrafsaid in the interview taped

BAGHDAD, 7 Jan— Two US soldiers were killed inseparate bomb attacks in Iraq this weekend, the USmilitary said on Sunday.

One soldier was killed on Sunday when his vehiclewas hit by a bomb explosion in southern Baghdad, themilitary said in a statement. Three others were woundedin the attack.

The US soldiers were on patrols along with the IraqiArmy and police “in order to disrupt terrorist andextremist elements operating in this section of the Iraqicapital”, the statement said.

On Saturday, a US soldier succumbed to his woundsin a roadside bomb blast in the volatile province ofDiyala, the military said in a statement.

TEHERAN, 7 Jan — Iranhas expelled a Germandiplomat for “non-diplo-matic activities”, the Ira-nian Foreign Ministry saidon Sunday, in what maybe retaliation for theexpulsion of an Iraniandiplomat from Germanyin July.

Foreign Ministryspokesman MohammadAli Hosseini confirmed aGerman news agencyreport that a Germandiplomat had been ordered

Iran confirms expulsion ofGerman diplomat

to leave Iran.Berlin said only that a

diplomat had left Teheran.“Those in charge

recognized that non-diplomatic activities arebeing undertaken andannounced that thisdiplomat should leave thesoil of the Islamic Re-public of Iran,” Hosseinitold a news conference.

Hosseini gave nofurther details and did notmake clear if it was thediplomat who was res-ponsible for the “non-diplomatic activities”.

The German Embassyin Teheran referred all

queries to the ForeignMinistry in Berlin.

The Hamburg-basedweekly Der Spiegel re-ported in December thatan Iranian official wasforced to leave Germanylast summer after he triedto acquire components forTeheran’s disputed nu-clear programme.

German news agencyDPA reported on Saturdaythat a German diplomathad had to leave Teheranand it was thought this wasa result of the expulsion ofthe Iranian official fromGermany.

MNA/Reuters

Two US soldiers killedin bomb attacks in Iraq

MNA/Xinhua

Kenyan leader ready to formunity govt

Bhutto bears responsibilityfor her death

on Saturday morning.Pakistan’s Govern-

ment has said Bhutto diedwhen she struck her headon a handle on hervehicle’s sunroof — acontention widely deridedin Pakistan where manypeople suspect Mushar-raf’s Government of

complicity. The govern-ment has also blamed al-Qaeda for the attack.

Musharraf was askedby CBS, which providedexcerpts of the interview,whether a gunshot couldhave caused Bhutto’s headinjury. He replied, “Yes,yes”. —MNA/Reuters

Quake joltspanic in

Indonesia’sWest Papua

ULAN BATOR, 8 Jan—Horse flu continues tospread in Mongolia andmore than 60,000 horsesin 11 provinces in southernMongolia have beeninfected since October,2007.

Mongolian GeneralAuthority for EmergencyManagement said onMonday that 21 horses hadgone down with the equineinfluenza virus throughMongolia.

MNA/Xinhua

Horse fluspreads inMongolia

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Models pose with Hyundai Motor’s new sedan “Genesis” at a photo callahead of its unveiling ceremony in Seoul on 8 Jan, 2008. —INTERNET

Japan, US, EU eye newenergy-saving body

187 nations, organizations tojoin Shanghai World Expo

Gazprom targetsNigerian gas reserves

LAGOS, 7 Jan—Russia’s gas export monopolyGazprom is in talks with Nigeria to spend up to 2.5billion US dollars on developing its vast natural gasreserves, a senior Nigerian gas official said on Saturday.

The Russian company is on a global hunt for newreserves and has emerged as one of the leading suitorsto Africa’s top energy producer as it reforms its gassector.

“Gazprom has come twice to visit the federalgovernment. They want to invest in Nigeria in gasexploitation, gathering and processing,” a seniorNigerian Government official working on gas policytold Reuters.

Gazprom has offered to invest between one billionUS dollars and 2.5 billion US dollars to begin with, headded. A Gazprom spokesman was not immediatelyavailable to comment.

Nigeria is the world’s eighth-biggest exporter ofcrude oil but even though it has the seventh-largestproven gas reserves in the world it has not developedits gas industry to anywhere near full potential.

Investors say the lack of a stable fiscal frameworkand market pricing for gas means that most investmentideas in the sector are uneconomic.

The seven-month-old government of PresidentUmaru Yar’Adua has begun a root-and-branch reformof the energy sector.—MNA/Reuters

TOKYO, 7 Jan—Japan, theUnited States and theEuropean Union willjointly propose the creationof a new body to act as aninternational commandcentre in efforts to counterglobal warming, a leadingJapanese daily said onSunday.

The proposal would beformally unveiled at aGroup of Eight summiton the Japanese island ofHokkaido in July, theYomiuri newspaper saidwithout quoting specificsources.

The new organizationwould make suggestionson energy conservation

measures for countriessuch as the G-8 leadingindustrialized nations andmembers of the Inter-national Energy Agency,as well as China and India,the newspaper said. Theaim was to transfer deve-loped countries' know-ledge of energy con-servation to other largeenergy consumers and tostudy their effectiveness,Yomiuri said.

The body would createindicators for con-servation related to theamount of fuel or energyused by cars, homeappliances and the in-dustrial sector, and use

the data as the basis forits policy suggestions,Yomiuri said.

The idea of joint fundingby Japan, the United Statesand the European Unionwas being discussed, aswell as the possibility ofsetting up the new bodywithin the InternationalEnergy Agency in Paris,Yomiuri said.

The new organizationwould be discussed at apreparatory meeting ofG-8 energy ministers on22-23 January, and atanother ministerialgathering in Japan in June,the report said.

MNA/Reuters

KUNMING, 7 Jan—Atotal of 187 countries andinternational organi-zations have confirmedtheir participation at theShanghai World Expo in2010, organizers said hereon Sunday.

The number has alreadyset a record in the WorldExpo history, surpassingthe previous record heldby Hanover, Germany, in

2000, said Zhu Yonglei,deputy director of theBureau of Shanghai WorldExpo Coordination.

“Shanghai will strive toget confirmation from 200countries or internationalorganizations by the endof 2008,” said Zhu.

The city has just startedto organize domesticparticipants. On 2 Jan-uary, Hong Kong SAR

Government submitted itstheme statement, anofficial document toconfirm the theme of itspavilion to the Bureauof Shanghai WorldExpo Coordination.

Currently, four majorpermanent buildings ofthe Expo, including theChina National Pavilion,have all started con-struction.

Shanghai unveiled itsmascot for the Expo lastmonth. The mascot isnamed Haibao, literallymeans “treasure of theworld”. The blue smilingcartoon figure has curlyhair and is in the shapeof Chinese characterREN, or human beings.

The expo, which runs1 May to 31 October,2010, was expected todraw 70 million visitors,an average of 400,000 aday.

MNA/Xinhua

Palestinians hold flags and a banner as they march during a protest ahead ofUS President Bush visiting the region, in Gaza City, on Tuesday on 7 Jan,

2008. —INTERNET

Philips’ heart-shaped 1GB USB drives are shown

at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las

Vegas, on 7 Jan, 2008.

INTERNET

PM says Britain faces testin “dangerous” eco times

LONDON, 7 Jan— Britainfaces a testing time withthe world economy in a“difficult and dangeroussituation”, Prime MinisterGordon Brown said,promising not to shirkunpopular, long-termdecisions to ensurestability. In an interviewwith Sunday newspaperThe Observer, Brownsaid 2008 was a “decisive”year for his government,with tough choices to bemade on infrastructure,transport and nuclearpower.

Brown, six months intohis premiership aftersucceeding Tony Blair, istrailing the oppositionConservative Party inpolls following a string ofsetbacks late last year.Brown does not have tocall an election until 2010.

“This is the year whenwe will make andimplement all the majorlong-term decisions thatare going to safeguard and

equip Britain properly forthe future,” Brown told TheObserver in the interviewpublished late on Saturday.

MNA/Reuters

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Students balance books on their heads during an etiquette training class at avocational school in Beijing on 7 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Photo taken on 7 Jan, 2008shows NationalAquatics Center(NAC). National Aquatics Centre

(NAC)is going intooperation soon as “Good LuckBeijing”Swimming Open will be held here from

31 Jan, to 5 Feb.—INTERNET

Firefighters work at a storehouse in Icheon city,South Korea, on 7 Jan, 2008. At least seven peoplewere killed and 28 others were reported missing ina massive explosion taking place at the storehouse

on 7Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

China constructs railway linkingspecial eco zones

Chavez says PDVSA to createfood subsidiary

CARACAS, 7 Jan —Venezuelan state oilcompany PDVSA iscreating a subsidiary toproduce and distributefood in the OPEC nation,President Hugo Chavezsaid on Sunday, followingmonths of shortages ofbasic food products.

After a stingingDecember poll defeat,Chavez has promised toresolve the naggingshortages of groceries like

beef, eggs and milk thathave sparked long linesin recent months — aproblem business blameon government pricecontrols.

During his weeklySunday broadcast, Chavezsaid the subsidiary, calledPDVAL, will be a “newinstrument for nutritionalsovereignty”.

“They are going tobelong to PDVSA, soonthe PDVALs will start

appearing, to produceand distribute food,” hesaid.

PDVSA is the prin-cipal financier ofChavez’s self-styledsocialist revolution, de-dicating 13 billionUS dollars to social pro-jects in 2006 — whichcritics say has harmedthe oil industry of thefourth-largest exporterof oil to the United States.

MNA/Reuters

SHENZHEN, 7 Jan —China began building arailway linking China’stwo economic zones, theXiamen Economic Zone inFujian Province andShenzhen Economic Zonein Guangdong Province.

The railway starts fromXiamen, a port city facingTaiwan, and runs 502.4kilometres southwest alongthe coast to Shenzhen, abooming city borderingHong Kong.

Upon its completion in2011, the railway will allow

trains to travel at a speed of200 kilometres per hour,and a journey between thetwo cities will take aboutthree hours compared withcurrent 11 hours.

The rail link is designedto transport 12 million tonsof cargo a year and ac-commodate 120 pairs oftrains per day.

The 41.7-billion-yuan(5.6-billion-US-dollar)project will be co-fundedby the Ministry of Rail-ways, and the Fujian andGuangdong provincial

governments. The new line will be

another important sectionof China’s coastal railwayartery.

Currently, two railwaylines, one links Wenzhouof Zhejiang Province withFuzhou, capital of Fujian,and the other links Fuzhouand Xiamen, are underconstruction.

MNA/Xinhua

1,000 Ecuadoreans evacuateddue to active volcano

Hamas dismisses BushMideast visit as “photo op”

Zambia awards Kuwait’sIPG 1.4 m tons of oil deal

QUITO, 7 Jan — At least1,000 local residents havebeen evacuated due tothe intensified activity ofthe Tungurahua Volcanoin Ecuador, said the au-thorities on Sunday.

The evacuation was aprecautionary measure asthe volcano has been moreactive in these days, andthose evacuated peopleare allowed to return atdaytime to tend to theircrops and animals, anemergency operation

official was quoted assaying by local media.

However, local mayorJuan Salazar said thoseevacuated families haveasked the government toresettle them in otherplaces instead of the en-dangered zone.

Ecuador’s GeophysicsInstitute said the volcanohas spewed ash and couldbe more intense in thecoming days, but notingthere have been no lavaflows. — MNA/Xinhua

LUSAKA, 7 Jan—Zambiahas awarded a 1.2-billion-US-dollar two-year oilsupply contract toKuwait’s InternationalPetroleum Group (IPG), asenior energy official saidon Saturday.

Energy and waterdevelopment permanentsecretary Peter Mumbasaid IPG had been selectedahead of four otherinternational firms,including Russia’s Lukoil.

“IPG has been awarded(a contract) for supply of1,440,000 metric tonnesof crude oil over a periodof two years and the firstbatch of 90,000 tonnes willarrive on or before 9February,” Mumba toldReuters in an interview.

Mumba said IPG wouldsupply 16 shipments of90,000 tons of crude oil tothe mineral-rich southern

African country, which hasrecently faced serious fuelshortages. “The cost of thiscrude oil will tentativelybe 1.2 billion US dollarsand it may go up or comedown depending on theprices on the internationalmarket and our hope is thatthe prices will begin tocome down,” Mumbasaid.—MNA/Reuters

GAZA, 7 Jan —Palestinian Islamistgroup Hamas on Saturdaydismissed US PresidentGeorge W Bush’s up-coming visit to theMiddle East as a “photoopportunity” and said hewas not welcome in theregion.

Hamas, which seizedcontrol of the Gaza Stripin June and opposesPalestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’ bid tomake peace with Israel,said Bush’s visit wasaimed at shoring upsupport for the Jewishstate and its occupationof Palestinian land.

“Bush’s visit is

unwelcome because itaims to serve the occu-pation and provide itwith political and psy-chological support ,”Hamas official SamiAbu Zuhri said in astatement.

“The visit is nothingbut a farewell visit to getsome photo opportunitiesas Bush prepares to leavethe White House.

“Israeli Prime MinisterEhud Olmert and Abbasagreed at a conference inAnnapolis, Maryland, inNovember to try to forgea deal on Palestinianstatehood before Bushsteps down.

MNA/Reuters

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Pakistan says will not letforeign troops on its soil ISLAMABAD, 8 Jan— Pakistan will not allow any country to conduct

military operations on its territory, officials said on Monday, rejecting areport that said the United States was considering authorizing its forces to actin Pakistan.

The New York Timessaid on Sunday the USGovernment was con-sidering expanding theauthority of the CIA andthe military to conduct farmore aggressive covertoperations in Pakistan.

The US officialsconsidering the movewere concerned overintelligence reports that al-Qaeda and the Talebanwere more intent ondestabilizing Pakistan, the

newspaper said.Pakistani govern-

ment and military officialsdismissed the report andsaid Pakistan would notpermit any such action.

“Pakistan’s positionin the war on terror hasbeen very clear — thatany action on Pakistanisoil will be taken only byPakistani forces andPakistani securityagencies,” said ForeignMinistry spokesman

Mohammad Sadiq.“No other country

will be allowed to carryout operations inPakistan. This has beenconveyed at the highestlevel,” he said.

Military spokesmanMajor-General WaheedArshad rejected thereport as baseless, say-ing no US militaryoperations, overt orcovert, were allowed.

MNA/Reuters

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) hands over the award certificate tooutstanding Chinese petrochemical scientist Min Enze at the awarding

ceremony to grant the State Scientific and Technological Award for 2007in Beijing, capital of China, on 8 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Anti-al-Qaeda leader killed in northern Baghdad Threekilled inBaghdadbombings

BAGHDAD, 8 Jan —Three Iraqis were killedand 19 others wounded intwo bomb attacks inBaghdad on Monday, awell-informed policesource said.

“An explosive-charge detonated in a stallin a crowded marketplacenear the University ofTechnology in easternBaghdad, killing threepeople and wounding 16others,” the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The blast damagedseveral nearby stalls andshops in the market, thesource said.

MNA/Xinhua

MANAMA, 8 Jan— The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet said two F/A-18 fighteraircraft crashed during operations in the Gulf on Monday, but there were nofatalities.

Photo taken on 3 Jan, shows a US F-18 fighter jet takes off the aircraftcarrier USS Harry S Truman. Two US F-18 fighter jets collided in flight on

Monday and crashed into the waters of the Gulf.—INTERNET

Four young Lipizzaner stallions are controlled by horse keepers at theSpanish Riding School of Vienna during a photocall on 8 Jan, 2008. The

stallions arrived in Vienna on Monday to begin their six-year training at theRiding School.—INTERNET

Two US “F/A-18s” crashin Gulf

“Teams from USSHarry S Truman (CVN75) rescued all threeaviators after two F/A-18Super Hornets crashedduring operations in theArabian Gulf January 7,”it said in a statement. “Thecause of the accident isunder investigation.”

The Bahrain-basedFifth Fleet said the planes’crews were back aboardthe aircraft carrier, and

were reported in goodphysical condition afterejecting.

The aircraft wereproviding close air supportfrom Iraq when theycrashed, it said. The aircraftwere part of the strike groupof the nuclear aircraftcarrier, which is in theregion as part of a routinepresence of US warshipsin the Gulf, it said.

The Pentagon said

earlier on Monday thatfive Iranian boats madeaggressive manoeuvresand showed hostile intenttowards three US Navyships at the weekend inthe Strait of Hormuz, amajor oil shipping routein the Gulf.

The Pentagon said theincident was serious butthe Iranian ForeignMinistry described theincident as ordinary.

MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 8 Jan—Gunmen killed a leader ofAwakening Council groupin a northern Baghdadneighbourhood on

Sunday, a well- informedpolice source said.

“Ismael Abbas, one ofthe leaders of AwakeningCouncil groups of the

Sha’ab neighbourhoodwas killed when unknowngunmen in a civilian carshowered him withbullets,” the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The AwakeningCouncils are groups oflocal neighbourhoodsfighters, including somepowerful anti-US Sunniinsurgent groups, whohave turned their riflestoward the al-Qaedanetwork to provide securityto their neighbourhoods.

Rifts emerged be-tween the AwakeningCouncil groups and the al-Qaeda militants after thelater adopted a hardlineIslam and exercisedindiscriminate killingsagainst both Shiite andSunni Muslim com-munities. —MNA/Xinhua

UAE’s non-oil sectors to contributeto 70% of GDP by ’10

ABU DHABI, 8 Jan—Revenues from non-oilsectors of the United ArabEmirates (UAE) areprojected to contribute to70 per cent of the grossdomestic product (GDP)by 2010, local newspaperKhaleej Times reported onMonday.

The forecast wasmade by the latest reportby NCB Capital, theasset management andinvestment arm of SaudiArabia-based NationalCommercial Bank,according to Khaleej Times.

“Economic prospectsin the UAE look bright,with the pace of growthlikely to remain strongsupported by sustainedhigh energy prices, a stronginvestment momentumand an improved domesticbusiness climate,” the

NCB Capital report titled“Investment Strategy:Capitalizing on thePetrodollar Windfall” said.

MNA/Xinhua

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Electric Power-2 Minister inspectstesting of meters

YANGON, 7 Jan—Minister for ElectricPower-2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint inspectedthe testing of meters atpower system safe-guarding and testing di-vision-1 on Strand Roadin Ahlon Township here

today.At the briefing hall,

Yangon SuperintendingEngineer U Nyunt Thanof the division-1 re-ported to the ministeron the testing of meters,high voltage apparatusof power stations, sub-

power stations, instal-lation of nine testingboards and tes t ingworks in states and di-visions.

Next, the ministergave necessary instruc-tions and inspected thedivision.—MNA

Vice-Mayor oversees development tasks inSeikkyi Khanaungto, Dalla townships

YANGON, 8 Jan —Central Executive Com-mittee Member of UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association Vice-Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeVice-Mayor Col MaungPa met with townseldersin Seikkyi KhanaungtoTownship today.

After hearing reportson development tasks inthe township at the meet-ing, the deputy mayor at-tended to the need andhanded over cash providedby Yangon DivisionUSDA to be spent on de-velopment tasks in thetownship to the chairmanof the township Peace andDevelopment Council.

Afterwards, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa andparty visited Phyo CettanaFree Clinic and PhyoCettana Free TraditionalMedicine Clinic at the of-fice of township USDA.

During his tour of in-spection, the vice-mayoralso inspected lakes, up-grading of sports groundand bridges in the town-ship.

The vice-mayor andparty also visited thetownship hospital andprovided cash assistanceto patients. The vice-mayor and wife madecash donation at the hos-pital to install air-condi-tioner in the operationtheatre of the hospital.

During the tour toDalla yesterday, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa andparty visited ThuriyaMuni Bronze Buddhastatue and Maha ThingyanPagoda. They donated of-fertories to the Sayadawof Phayagyi Monasteryand the Sayadaw ofNyaunggon ThahtayMonastery in Dalla.

At a meeting with lo-cal people in Dalla Town-ship, the vice-mayor ful-filled the requirements fordevelopment of the town-ship.

He also inspectedPyawbwegyi Station Hos-pital and the People’sHospital in Dalla town-ship. — MNA

Deputy Minister visits extensive healthcare services in Bago Div

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Jan— Secretary of NationalHealth Committee DeputyMinister for Health DrMya Oo, accompanied byofficials concerned, metwith health staff, membersof township health com-mittee and social organi-zations at the office ofGeneral AdministrationDepartment in Paungde,Bago Division (West), on1 January.

At the meeting, thedeputy minister gave in-

structions on focusing onhealth care services, pri-ority to be given for healthcare services to rural peo-ple and their children,measures to be taken tofight against malaria, TB,HIV/AIDS and infectiousdiseases as a national con-cern and not to use nar-cotic drugs.

After the instruc-tions, the deputy minis-ter inspected PaungdePeople’s Hospital andattended to the need.

Upon arrival at NattalinPeople’s Hospital, helooked into it and ful-filled the requirements.

On arrival at Zegon,he met with health staff,members of townshiphealth committee and so-cial organizations at theoffice of Township Peaceand Development Coun-cil and called them for par-ticipation in health careservices and oversaw thehospital.

MNA

Stolen money returned to the ownerYANGON, 8 Jan—The

money stolen from CyberCity computer shop onTheinbyu Road in Kan/Taung Ward, MingalaTaungnyunt Township,here, was handed over tothe owner at the townshippolice station on 6 January.

On 5 December 2007,the owner of Cyber Citycomputer shop filed alawsuit at MingalaTaungnyunt Police Station,claiming that the shop wasburgled and US$ 36,000,1000 FEC, and K 8 millionwere stolen. PoliceInspector Myint Thaungand members of the

Yangon Division PoliceForce Office conductedinvestigation into the case,and seized Aung KyawHtet (a) Aung Thu (a) BawSeit, 14, on 22 December,Taw Thar Lay (a) NaingMin Aung, 15, on 27December, and Taw TharGyi (a) Zaw Htet (a)Gadon, 15, on 28December.

According to theirconfession, they met atPaywetseikgon station atabout 3 pm on a day (theydid not remember) inDecember 2007. They thenwent by train toPazundaung station andobserved the shop andsurrounding areas. At that

time, it was too early to getinto the shop, so they sleptin the nearby monasteryand on the trees. At 3 pmthe following day, theyburgled the shop. Theyfound the rare wooden doorof the shop unlocked, sothey could get into it easily.The three pulled open theinner wooden doors. Then,they opened the drawerswith the use of a screwdriver and stole the money.

Head of East DistrictPolice Force PoliceLt-Col Kyaw Ayereturned the moneyrecovered from the threeculprits to Manager of theshop U Aung Thura.

MNA

Raw opium, morphineseized in Phekon Township

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Jan—A combined teamcomprising members ofTaunggyi Anti-drugSquad and Pinlaung PoliceForce searched the houseof Tun Shwe, 39, son of UTet Toe, of BawyanVillage, PhekonTownship at 5 am on 6January 2008.

In the raid, themembers found Tun Shweand Maung Pi, 29, son ofU Laung, of HsaungdanVillage, PinlaungTownship, and seized 3.92kilos of raw opium worthK 2.94 million hidden in abamboo basket near thebed of Maung Pi, and apackage containing ninekilos of morphine worthK 88.2 million, 100 kilosof ammonia chlorideworth K 150,000, a jackand a large pan hidden in

the wooden cupboard inthe beb-room of TunShwe.

Another search of thehouse of Tun Shwe’s fatherU Tet Toe led to the seizureof 80.6 kilos of raw opiumworth K 60.45 millionhidden in the box in thebed-room, 17.15 kilos ofraw opium worth K 12.86million hidden in thewooden box, and 8.15kilos of raw opium worthK 6.11 million hidden in agreen plastic container,totalling 109.82 kilos ofraw opium with a streetvalue of about K 82.36million.

Pinlaung Police Forcefiled a lawsuit against TunShwe and Maung Pi underSection 15/19 (A)/20 ofNarcotic DrugsPsychotropic SubstancesLaw.—MNA

A first train service on Kyeeni-Chauk Railroad Section after the inauguration of the railroad

section on 2 September 2007.—MR

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Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo presents prize to an outstandingstudent. — MNA

Director-General of Myanmar Correctional Department U Zaw Winformally opens a ceremony to celebrate the 60th Anniversary

Independence Day.—MCD

YANGON, 8 Jan —Secretary of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeU Aung Than Wininspected repaving ofasphalt on Nawarat andAyeyawon roads inTharkayta Township and

YCDC Secretary inspectsrepaving of roads

Hlawga and ThanlwinRoads in Dagon Myothit(South) and No 2 Road inDagon Myothit (East) thismorning.

He then looked intoconstruction of sluice gateof Ngamoeyeik Creek on

Myitta Road in Ward 14of South OkkalapaTownship and setting upof two-storey newbuilding at No 6 BEHSSouth Okkalapatownship, and fulfilledthe needs. — MNA

YANGON, 8 Jan — Aceremony to observe the60th AnnirversaryIndenpendence Day ofDirector-General’s HeadOffice of MyanmarCorrectional Departmentand Insein Central Jail washeld at play grounds ofCorrectional Department

Myanmar Correctional Departmentholds Independence Day Ceremony

in Insein on 4 January.Director-General U

Zaw Win of the MyanmarCorrectional Departmentread out the message sentby Head of the State Peaceand Development CouncilSenior General ThanShwe on the occasion ofthe 60th Anniversary

New tarred road opened in PyinOoLwinYANGON, 7 Jan — To

hail the 60th anniversaryIndependence Day 2008, anopening ceremony of newYadana tarred road inPadaythar Myothit, built byPyinOo Lwin Townshipdevelop-ment committeeduring 2007-2008 finicialyear, was held at its archwayon 3 January.

It was attended byPyinOoLwin StationCommander Brig-Gen ZayYar Aung, senior military

officers, chairmen andmembers of districts andtownships Peace andDevelopment Council,departmental officals,members of women’saffairs organization andmaternal and child welfareassociation guests and localresidents.

Chairman of PyinOoLwin District Peace andDevelopment Council UMin Lwin and townshipdevelopment committee

executive officer U AungKo Lat cut the ribbon toopen the new tarred road.Afterward, PyinOoLwinStation Commander Brig-Gen Zay Yar Aung unveiledthe signboard.

The new tarred road ismain road which links thesouth and the north ofPadaythar Myothit acrossCherry Road.Opening thisroad, it can contribute tosmooth transportation forlocal residents.—MNA

Respects paid to Tatmadaw refereesYANGON, 8 Jan —The

11th respect payingceremony to referees whoparticipated in footballmatches of Tatmadawtook place at YangonCommand Sports Ground(Mingaladon) here today.

Chairman ofTatmadaw FootballCommittee Principal ofDefence Services Self-defence and SportsInstitute Col Htin ZawWin, former Myanmarselected footballer CaptTin Aung (Retd) andSecretary General ofMyanmar Football

Federation U Bunny TinAung delivered addresseson the occasion.

Respects were paid tosenior referees ofTatmadaw and gifts werepresented to them.

Prizes were presentedto former old internationalreferees who wererecognized by FIFA, SgtWin Cho who was selectedas elite referee for threestraight years by AFC, L/Cpl Khin Maung Htwewho was selected as themost developed refereeduring 2007 season and CplTin Tun who was selected

as the most developedassistant referee.

It was attended byChairman of TatmadawFootball CommitteePrincipal of DefenceServices Self-defence andSports Institute Col HtinZaw Win, Secretary MajTint Zaw and committeemembers, GeneralSecretary of MyanmarFootball Federation UBunny Tin Aung, In-Charge Capt Tin Aung(Retd) of FootballTournaments of MyanmarFootball Federation, andreferees. — MNA

Home Affairs Ministry honoursoutstanding students, athletesNAY PYI TAW, 8 Jan —

Ministry of Home Affairshonoured outstandingstudents of the staffs andathletes of the ministry heretoday.

Present on theoccasion were Ministerfor Home Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo and wife DrDaw Nyunt Nyunt Oo ofMyanmar Women’sAffairs Federation,directors-general, deputydirectors-general and theirwives, officials concernedand prize winners.

First, the ministerdelivered an address and

presented prizes to anoutstanding student andtwo students who won sixdistinctions in thematriculation examinationof the 2006-2007 academicyear.

Next, Dr Daw NyuntNyunt Oo awarded prizesthree students who won sixdistinctions in thematriculation examinationof the 2006-2007 academicyear. Directors-Generaland officials also awardedprizes to outstandingstudents who passed theexaminations atuniversities and

matriculation exami-nations.

Afterwards, theminister presented theprizes to three maleathletes who won goldmedals in internationalgames and Dr Daw NyuntNyunt Oo to four femaleathletes.

Directors-General andofficials concernedpresented the prizes toathletes who won goldmedals in local games.

Later, an outstandingstudent and athlete spokewords of thanks.

MNA

Independence Day.Prizes were awarded

to those who won GoodService Medals for 2007and outstanding prizes atinternal and externaldepartmental training,and sports games wereheld.

MNA

Youths receive skills for raisingawareness of HIV, VD, drugs

YANGON, 8 Jan —Myanmar Anti-narcoticsAssociation and UnitedNations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) jointlyconducted a multipliercourse on raisingawareness of HIV andnarcotic drugs at theassociation in KamayutTownship yesterday.

Altogether 36trainees from Muse,Taunggyi, Kengtung,Tachilek and Yangon are

attending the 10-daycourse which is designedto help youths solve dailyproblems and raise theirawareness of HIV,venereal disease (VD)and the danger of narcoticdrugs.

After completing thecourse, the trainees willalso raise awareness ofHIV, VD and narcoticdrugs among youths. Thecourse will end on 16January.

Also present at theopening ceremony wereresponsible persons ofUNICEF, lecturers fromMyanmar Red CrossSociety and members ofthe executive committeeof Myanmar Anti-narcotics Association.

The ceremony wasopened with an addressby Chairman of MyanmarA n t i - n a r c o t i c sAssociation U San Thein.

MNA

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YANGON, 8 Jan—The On-job Training Course No18 for Deputy Township Judges organized by theSupreme Court was opened yesterday morning at theSupreme Court’s training centre in HlinethayaTownship, Yangon Division.

It was attended by Deputy Chief Justice U TheinSoe, SC Justices U Khin Myint, Dr Tin Aung Aye, UMyint Thein, U Chit Lwin, U Thet Tun and U HanShein, Director-General U Mya Thein and directors,the Yangon Division Judge, the District Judges andofficials, instructors and trainees.

Deputy Chief Justice U Thein Soe made an openingspeech on the occasion.

The 18-week course is being attended by 60trainees.

MNA

On-job Training Course for Judges opened

Deputy Chief Justice U Thein Soe delivers an address at On-job Training Course for Deputy Township Judges. — MNA

Myanma traditionalmedicine course openedYANGON, 8 Jan—The Traditional Medicine

Department under the Ministry of Health openedMyanma traditional medicine resource developmentcourse No 4 at the Traditional Medicine Institute inMandalay on 1 January.

Chairman of the course supervisory workcommittee Rector of Traditional Medicine UniversityDr Lwin Ko delivered a speech. Secretary of thecommittee Principal of the Institute U Aung Htatexplained the purpose of the course.

Thirty traditional health assistant trainees fromstates and divisions are attending the four-week course.

MNA

Cash donatedto SantiSukha

MonasteryYANGON, 8 Jan—

Wellwishers on 6 Januarydonated cash for buildingan ordination hall in theprecinct of Santi SukhaMonastery at the foot ofthe mountain ofDaysunpar Pagoda inWanbe Inn Village, BagoTownship, Bago Division.

Seventy wellwishersdonated K 13 millionincluding K 10 million byDaw Hla Myint and familyand sisters and brothers ofYangon; K 1 million byAraham Saya Aung-DawHnin Yi Kyaw and familyof Thanlyin; K 250,000by U Khin Maung Win-Daw Khin Thaung Aye(Pale Hsu PaingBrokerage) of Aunglan; K200,000 by U Zaw MinHein-Daw Hla Hla Khaingand family of Wakema;and K 100,000 each by UTin Ohn (ForestDepartment)-Daw NaingNaing Zaw and family ofYangon, U Win Soe-MaThan Than Mar and familyof Khayan Township, UAphi-Daw Khin Yee andfamily, U Kan Nyunt-DawKyu Kyu ad family, U WinSwe-Daw Aye Thit andfamily and Ma Khin SanWai and family of WawTownship.—MNA

Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’sChampionship Shield Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and

Air) Swimming and Water Polo Contest openedYANGON, 8 Jan—The

Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief’sChampionship ShieldTatmadaw (Army, Navyand Air) Swimming andWater Polo Contest for2007 was opened inconjunction with the prize-distribution ceremony atthe Tatmadaw (Navy)Swimming Pool ofAyeyawady Navel RegionCommand yesterdaymorning with an address

by Commander ofAyeyawady Navel RegionCommand CommodoreWin Shein.

After the contest, theCentral Commandemerged champion inswimming (seniordivision) and water polocontest while the YangonCommand emergedchampion in swimming(novice division) contest.

This was followed bythe prize-presentation

ceremony.Officials presented

prizes to those who stoodfirst, second and third inthe respective events andCommander of Ayeya-wady Navel RegionCommand CommodoreWin Shein presented thechampionship shield to theCentral Command thatemerged champion inswimming (seniordivision) and water polocontest.—MNA

YANGON, 8 Jan—Chairman of MyanmarAnti-Narcotics Asso-ciation U San Thein,Central Executivemember of Internationalcommittee Relation In-charge Daw Tin Tin anddepartmental officialsmade arrangements foropening of courses onFacts for Life to prevent

AIDS among the youthsin cooperation withauthorities concerned inMuse Township on 28January.

The Chairman ofMANA inspected AIDSpreventive measures fordrug addicts in No 9 Wardin Lashio, Naungmon andNantpaung Villages beingundertaken in cooperation

with 3 D Fund.Chairman of MANA

U San Thein looked intothe tasks of prevention forAIDS in PyigyidagonTownship in Mandalay.He accepted K 550,000donated by wellwishersfor construction of MANAHead Office on KyundawRoad in KamayutTownship.—MNA

Chairman of MANA inspects anti-narcotic drugs courses in three townships

Expressway accidentkills 10, injures 50 in

GuangdongGUANGZHOU, 8 Jan — Ten people died instantly

and about 50 others were injured when a speeding bushit a tanker truck, then another bus on an expresswayin the southern province of Guangdong early onMonday, the local government said.

The speeding bus, en route from Shenzhen toNanning in the neighbouring Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, rear-ended the truck at around1:00 a.m. on an expressway in the coastal city ofZhanjiang, traffic police there said.

The bus then veered across the median of theexpressway and crashed into an oncoming bus thatwas en route from Nanning to Zhuhai.

Police said the injured passengers were beingtreated at several hospitals.

Authorities have yet to identify the dead. MNA/Xinhua

Portugal finds 9.4tons of cocaine in

octopus cargoLISBON, 8 Jan—

Portuguese police haveseized 9.4 tons of cocainehidden in a octopusshipment from Venezuelaas it entered the port ofLisbon, authorities said onMonday.

The seizure, lastmonth, led to the arrest ofseven people including aColombian in Spain whowas part of an internationaldrug smuggling ring,Portuguese police said ina statement.The cocainewas frozen and mixedinside crates of octopus,police said. The majorityof cocaine that is smuggledto Europe comes throughIberia on its way fromSouth America.

MNA/Reuters

Death toll rises to 40 in S Korea warehouse fire SEOUL, 8 Jan — The death toll from

a fire that ripped through a warehouseunder construction outside of Seoul hasrisen to 40, officials said on Tuesday,with most of the victims overcome bytoxic fumes.

The fire in Icheon, about 60kilometres (40 miles) southeast of theSouth Korean capital, started on Mondayand triggered several explosions.

Fire officials said most of thevictims were construction workerstrapped inside the basement of therefrigerated goods facility who couldnot escape a toxic cloud of gas that camefrom burning insulation material.

The exact cause is not yet knownbut local media said authorities wereinvestigating whether gas caught fire ina basement engine room at thewarehouse, starting the blaze.

Ten workers were taken to hospitaland another seven escaped without majorinjuries, fire officials said. More than600 fire fighters and police weredispatched to the scene.

The fire is the deadliest in SouthKorea since a blaze in the subwaysystem of Daegu, 250 kilometressoutheast of Seoul, killed nearly 200people in 2003.

MNA/Reuters

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DayVisitors look around at ice pagodas at the ice and snow world in Shenyang,capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Jan. 6, 2008. Pagodas withdifferent appearance opened on Sunday attracted many visitors.—INTERNET

Two swans fly over Shengtian Lake in a provincial wet land reserve of

North China’s Shanxi Porvince January 3, 2007. Thousands of swans fly to

the reserve to live through the winter, making the lake a “swan lake”.

INTERNET

A womandresses up asa cello joinsthe “ThreeWise Men”parade inMadrid,

capital ofSpain, Janu-ary 5, 2008.

INTERNET

Mice peer out from a loaf of bread which they hollow out and use the crustto live in, during an attraction for New Year visitors at the Inokashira Park

Zoo in suburban Tokyo, on the last day of Japan’s largest holiday. Thisyear is the Year of the Rat, according to the Chinese zodiac.—INTERNET

An Edelweissflower in thewild. Swiss

botanists saidMonday they

have created alonger-

stemmedversion of thefamous Edel-weiss flowerthat can be

grown in soilor a household

pot.INTERNET

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Vietnam to importmore consumers

goods in 2008

Floods kill six incentral Mozambique

HANOI, 7 Jan—Vietnam is estimated tomake consumer goodsimport turnovers of 5.7billion US dollars in 2008,up from two billiondollars in 2007, localnewspaper Labour re-ported on Monday.

According to theVietnamese Ministry ofIndustry and Trade,among the country’s allimport items in 2008, upto 66.2 per cent will bematerials and fuels, 26.3per cent machine, equip-ment and components, and

7.5 per cent consumergoods. Its total importturnovers are estimated at76 billion dollars this year,up 25 per cent against lastyear.

Vietnam is expected tomake total export turn-overs of more than 59billion dollars in 2008,up 22 per cent over 2007.It is strengthening exportand production ofmaterials, accessories andgoods for domesticconsumption to reducetrade surplus.

MNA/Xinhua

MAPUTO, 7 Jan—Floodsin central Mozambiquehave killed six people,driven thousands fromtheir homes and forcedothers to seek refuge intrees and on rooftops, asenior official said onSunday.

The head of Mozam-bique’s national reliefagency INGC, PauloZucula, said the floodingcaused by torrential rainshad cut major transportlinks to neighbouringcountries. “So far sixpeople drowned and 5,000others have been eva-cuated from rooftops and

trees and a potential60,000 could be drivenaway from their homes inthe next few days, threetowns ... are under water”,he told Reuters in aninterview.

“The government mettwo days ago and declaredthe red alert.”

The flooding had startedon Wednesday, he said.Waters had reached adepth of six metres (18feet) and were notexpected to subside anytime soon.

Main roads to Zim-babwe, Malawi andZambia have been cut infive places. Truckscarrying goods destinedfor the landlockedcountries have formedlong queues.

Zucula said floodingwas posing dangers tosome people who refuseto leave affected areas.

MNA/Reuters

Technicians set up abooth promoting the Blu-

ray format at theConsumer Electronics

Show in Las Vegas,Nevada on 6 Jan, 2008.

XINHUA

Tourist arrivals to Three Gorges Damhits record high in ’07

The new McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 formula one car is unveiled at theMercedes-Benz-Museum in Stuttgart, southern Germany.

INTERNET

Nepal to host micro-financeworld summit in February

KATHMANDU, 7 Jan—Nepal is set to host a worldsummit on micro-finance next month as the countrycontinues its long battle to expand and consolidate theservice delivery institutions, The Himalayan Timesreported on Saturday.

According to the daily, the three-day conference,the first of its kind and themed Reaching the Poorest ofthe Poor for Sustainable Income, kicks off inKathmandu on 14 February.

The summit is intended to facilitate a broad dialogueand create a common understanding among thestakeholders, including policymakers and politiciansto make micro-finance a priority issue in the nationaldevelopment strategy, according to the organizers.

Some 300 participants—policy makers, practitioners,rural development, micro-finance development andcommercial banks, and cooperatives andrepresentatives from non-governmental organizationsfrom around the world are expected to attend thesummit, organizers said.

The stakeholders will discuss their experiences andjointly decide on the future of micro-finance in Nepal,they said. — MNA/Xinhua

Pakistan, Iran to finalize gas pipelineproject by 25 January

ISLAMABAD, 7 Jan—Iranian ambassador toIslamabad Mash AllahShakeri has said thatPakistan and Iran are setto finalize an agreement

on the multi-billion-dollargas pipeline project by 25January this year,according to a report bythe private NNI newsagency Sunday.

The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipelineproject is one of the mostimportant economicprojects of the region,which would bringextensive benefits for thethree countries, saidShakeri.

He said that the projectdid not merely carry theeconomic importance butits social and securityachievements were alsonoteworthy.

The Iranian envoydescribed the measurestaken by Pakistan and Iranas indicative of their firmwill for the execution ofthe project..

MNA/Xinhua

YICHANG, 7 Jan—China’s Three GorgesDam attracted a record highof 1.25 million touristarrivals last year, a year-on-year increase of 6 percent, according to tourismdevelopers.

The dam received310,000 foreign tourists in2007, up 35 per cent from2006, said Xu Ting, amarketing clerk with theYangtze River ThreeGorges Tourism Develop-ment Co, Ltd. 2007 wasalso the third consecutiveyear for the dam to hostmore than one milliontourists, according to Xu.

The dam area will seemore tourists this yearthanks to the great nationalevents of the basiccompletion of the ThreeGorges Project within theyear and the OlympicGames in August, Xuadded.

The company launchedchartered flight business inMay last year incooperation with travelagencies in Hong Kong andTaiwan to develop themarket in these areas.

The Three GorgesAirport was approved inNovember to open tooverseas passengers,making it possible forforeign tourists to flydirectly to Yichang, HubeiProvince where the dam islocated, on international orregion lines. The 22.5-billion-US-dollar ThreeGorges hydropower pro-ject was launched in 1993in the mid-section of theYangtze River, China'slongest. Its 26 turbo-generators are designed toeventually produce 84.7billion kilowatts hour ofelectricity a year after itsscheduled completion in2008. — MNA/Xinhua

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Japanese pop singerAyumi Hamasaki has

revealed she hasgone deaf in her leftear, but has vowed tocontinue her career

and go ahead with anupcoming tour ofAsia. The 29-year

old, who is Japan’stop-selling singer

with 28 number-onehits and nearly 50

million albums sold,wrote on her blogthat her left ear“doesn’t work

anymore” and that itwas inoperable.

INTERNET

Traffic moves at a busy intersection in New Delhi on 7 January, 2008. TataMotors, India’s third-biggest auto marker will showcase its $2,500 car at theAuto Expo in New Delhi on 10 Jan, with a commercial launch planned for

later in 2008. —INTERNET

In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, ‘King’an adult male marmoset carries the offspring he fathered with his mate,

‘Squirt,’ on his back at the Bronx Zoo in New York, His primaryresponsibility being child rearing, King will guide the twins into

adulthood.— INTERNET

Vitamin D deficiency doublesheart disease risk

BEIJING, 8 Jan— Moderate vitamin D deficiency nearly doubles the risk ofmyocardial infarction, stroke and heart failure over a mean of 5.4 years inpatients with high blood pressure, according to media reports Tuesday quotingHarvard researchers.

91 killed in natural disastersin Indonesia’s Java

Researchers led byDr Thomas Wang ofHarvard Medical Schoolin Boston followed 1,739people, average age 59,for 5 years.

The people in this studywere offspring of originalparticipants in the long-running FraminghamHeart Study centred inMassachusetts, andhadno prior history of car-diovascular disease.

Wang and colleagues

wanted to know whethervitamin D levels in theFramingham offspringfrom the 1996-2001exams were correlatedwith the rate of firstcardiovascular eventsoccurring later.

Research indicatedthat those with lowvitamin D levels had abouta 60 percent higher risk ofa cardiovascular event likeheart attack, heart failureor stroke compared to

those with higher levels,even with well-knowncardiovascular risk fac-tors such as diabetes, highcholesterol and high bloodpressure taken intoaccount. The risk for heartattack, heart failure orstroke was double inpeople with both highblood pressure, alsoknown as hypertension,and vitamin D de ficiency,the researchers said.

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Underwater quakes occur offCanada’s Pacific coast

OTTAWA, 8 Jan — A series of underwater earthquakesoccurred off the coast of Canada’s British ColumbiaProvince Saturday, with the strongest registering amagnitude of 6.7 on the open-ended Richter Scale,according to the local media.

The first quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scaletook place at 3:45 am local time (1145 GMT) about135 miles (217 kilometres) southwest of Sandspit,which is located on Moreby Island, north of VancouverIsland, said Guy Urban, an official from the WestCoast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre(ATWC).

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 8 Jan — Therecent spate of naturaldisasters hitting theIndonesian province ofCentral Java have left 91people dead and 74 othersseriously injured. A total

of 67 houses collapsed, 661seriously damaged, and2,663 others lightlydamaged in the naturaldisasters between 17December, 2007 and 7January 2008, Antara news

agency Tuesday quotedchief of the Central JavaMitigation Task ForceAchmad Rofai as saying.

The natural disastersincluded floods, landslidesand whirlwinds, AchmadRofai said on Monday.

Meanwhile, at least29,048.75 hectares ofpaddies in 17 districts inCentral Java have beenunder flood waters sincelate December 2007,causing farmers to sufferenormous losses, a pro-vincial legislator said.Itwas reported that as per 2January, 2008 some288.29 hectares of paddyfields in the province willfail to yield due to floods.

Philippines boataccident injures 40,

two missing MANILA, 8 Jan— At

least 40 people in thePhilippines were injuredmany of them sustainingelectric shocks, and twowere missing after a boatparticipating in a localfestival hit an overheadelectric cable, radio said.

The boat, in the shapeof a pagoda, was one ofseveral in a river parade tocelebrate a feast in theprovince of Pampanga,north of Manila, on Sunday.“When the floating pagodacrossed the PampangaRiver, its metal arch hit acable of the local electriccompany,” Bajun Lacap,vice-mayor of the nearbytown of Masantol, toldradio. —MNA/Reuters

California on flood watchafter powerful storms

LOS ANGELES, 7 Jan — California, where more than100,000 homes remained without power on Sundayafter powerful storms, could still face flooding andmudslides in some areas through Monday, accordingto weather officials.

The US National Weather Service said flood watcheswere in effect through early Monday for SouthernCalifornia and the central coast, particularly in areashit last year by wildfires.

“The hillsides are so saturated in the burn areas, thateven if we don’t see as much rain, it could causemudslides and flooding,” said Carol Singleton, aspokeswoman for the California Governor’s Office ofEmergency Services.

Singleton said more than 100,000 NorthernCalifornia homes remained without power one dayafter nearly three million people experienced powerdisruptions statewide due to powerful storms thatbattered three Western states. “Certainly the storm haswound down for the Sierra Nevada (Mountains) andthe focus has now shifted to Southern California,” saidUS National Weather Service spokeswoman JaneHollingsworth. — MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Peru’s players celebrate after scoring againstVenezuela during the women’s Olympics qualifyingvolleyball game in Lima on 7 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Inter Milan’s Javier Zanetti (R) challenges GuinazaPablo (L) of Internacional de Porto Alegre of Brazilduring the soccer final of the Mohammad Bin Rashid

International Football Championship in Dubai,on 7 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Qatar’s Mohammad Salem (L) fights for the ballwith Talal Al Anzi of Kuwait during their Gulf

Cup Olympic Team under-23 soccer matchin Riyadh on 7 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia makesa backhand return during her matchagainst France’s Virginie Razzanoat the Sydney International tennistournament in Sydney, Australia,

on 8 Jan, 2008. Ivanovic won in threesets 6-1, 2-6, 7-5.—INTERNET

Denver Nuggets guard Allen Iverson(3) drives the baseline past PhoenixSuns forward Shawn Marion (31)

during the first quarter of NBAbasketball game on 7 Jan, 2008

in Phoenix.—INTERNET

Dokic victory createsOpen dilemma

Chelsea make offerfor Bolton’s Anelka

LONDON, 8 Jan — Chelsea have made abid to sign France striker Nicolas Anelkafrom Premier League rivals Bolton Wan-derers. “Chelsea can confirm we havemade an official offer for the transferof Nicolas Anelka which is being dis-cussed with Bolton Wanderers,” theLondon club said on their Web site(www.chelseafc.co.uk) on Monday.

Manager Avram Grant is keen to find areplacement for Didier Drogba while theChelsea striker is on duty for Ivory Coastat the African Nations Cup in Ghana whichstarts on 20 January.—MNA/Reuters

Everton admit defeatin Pienaar affair

LONDON, 8 Jan — Everton have criticized the SouthAfrican Football Association (SAFA) and world gov-erning body FIFA after being told midfielder StevenPienaar must report for international duty immediately.

The Premier League club had hoped that Pienaarwould be allowed to play in their League Cup semi-final first leg against Chelsea on Tuesday before join-ing up with South Africa for the African Nations Cupin Ghana. Everton had argued that they did not need torelease the player until after Tuesday's match as hiscountry's first game in the tournament against Angolawas not until 23 January.

However, FIFA confirmed on Monday that theSAFA were within their rights to demand Pienaar'srelease as the 14-day rule for international playersrelated to the tournament's opening game on January20 between hosts Ghana and Guinea.

MNA/Reuters

Defoe wants to stay at Spurs LONDON, 8 Jan — England striker Jermain Defoe

wants to remain at Tottenham Hotspur despite beingtold by manager Juande Ramos he can quit the EnglishPremier League club.

"The manager has said I can leave if I want but Iwant to prove him wrong," Defoe told the Sun news-paper on Tuesday. "I want to stay here. "He (Ramos)just said, 'You can leave if you want to'. Yet I have nointentions of leaving this club because I love it here."

The 25-year-old Defoe, one of four top strikers atSpurs including Robbie Keane, Dimitar Berbatov andDarren Bent, has been unable to claim a regular placein the starting lineup in the last year and a half.

The former West Ham United forward said he couldnot sign a new, long-term contract with the club unlessRamos started playing him regularly. — MNA/Reuters

Swede Chopra sealsplayoff victory at KapaluaTired Nadal

routed by Youzhnyin Chennai final CHENNAI (India), 8 Jan

— Exhausted worldnumber two Rafael Nadalsuffered a setback beforethis month's AustralianOpen after he was thrashed6-0, 6-1 by MikhailYouzhny in the ChennaiOpen final on Sunday.

The Spaniard lookedstiff from the start againstfourth seed Youzhny,clearly showing the effectof his marathon four-hoursemifinal win over com-patriot Carlos Moya theprevious day.

Nadal called for medi-cal attention trailing 4-1in the second set and thenwent through the motionsas Youzhny completed hisfourth career title win withease, disappointing a largeholiday crowd cheeringthe Spaniard.

MNA/Reuters

Olympiakos lead at halfwaymark as AEK lose

ATHENS, 8 Jan — Olympiakos Piraeusare top of the Greek Super League at thehalfway stage of the championship afterAEK Athens lost 2-1 at Asteras Tripolison Sunday. Olympiakos have 34 pointsafter beating Iraklis 2-1 on Saturday, onemore than AEK and Panathinaikos whobegan their centenary celebrations witha 1-0 win over Apollon Kalamaria.

Asteras Tripolis, who have beaten thetop three in their first season in the SuperLeague, lie fourth with 28 points.

The Peloponnese club, who have lostjust once at home this season, were nevergoing to be a pushover but the way theytook the lead four minutes into the sec-ond half owed more to good fortune andpoor goalkeeping than anything else.

MNA/Reuters

HOBART (Tasmania), 8Jan — Former worldnumber four Jelena Dokicwon her first competitivematch on the WTA tour inalmost three years whenshe beat Germany'sMartina Mueller 6-4, 0-6,6-2 in the first round of theHobart International onMonday.

The victory, however,has created a dilemma for

the 24-year-old, who wasnot given a wildcard fornext week's AustralianOpen by organizers.

The wildcard qualify-ing tournament for the sea-son-opening grand slambegins in Melbourne onThursday and if Dokiccontinues her winningform in Hobart, the Aus-tralian must decidewhether or not to abandonthe Tasmanian event orhead to Melbourne Park.

Dokic, who beat twoplayers in the world's top-100 in qualifying for theHobart tournament andwas impressive in her vic-tory against the 54th-ranked Meuller, said shewould not make a deci-sion on the rest of the weekuntil after her secondround match against Ita-ly's Flavia Penetta.

MNA/Reuters

KAPALUA (Hawaii), 8Jan — Swede DanielChopra held his nervein fading light to beatAmerican Steve Strickerin a playoff for the PGATour's season-openingMercedes-Benz Champi-onship on Sunday.

The Stockholm nativebirdied the fourth extrahole at Kapalua Resort’sPlantation Course to earn

the winner’s cheque for1.1 million US dollars andhis second Tour title.

Both players missedbirdie opportunities fromaround six feet at the firstplayoff hole beforeChopra sealed victorywith a two-putt birdie atthe par-five ninth, his ea-gle attempt having cometo rest on the edge of thecup.

It was the seventhplayoff in the last 14 yearsat the event which bringstogether the title-holdersfrom the previous Tourseason.

The pair had com-pleted the 72 regulationholes in 18-under-par 274on a sun-kissed day onthe Hawaiian island ofMaui, Chopra carding a66 and Stricker finishingbirdie-birdie-par-birdiefor a 64.

"It was unbelievable,"a beaming Chopra told re-porters after delivering amaster class with hisputter to book his place atthe Masters for the firsttime. —MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Taninthayi Division and gener-ally fair in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (5ºC) below January average temperatures inupper Sagaing Division, (3ºC) below January averagetemperatures in Chin State, Magway and Yangon Di-visions and about January average temperatures inthe remaining areas. The significant night tempera-tures were Haka (0ºC), Heho (3ºC), Namhsam andMogok (4ºC) each.

Maximum temperature on 7-1-2008 was 91ºF.Minimum temperature on 8-1-2008 was 62ºF. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 8-1-2008 was91%. Total sunshine hours on 7-1-2008 was (8.3) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 8-1-2008 was nil at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008was nil at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5)mph from North at (15:30) hours MST on 7-1-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theSouth Bay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 9-1-2008: Weatherwill be partly cloudy in Taninthayi Division and gen-erally fair in the remaining States and Divisions.

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrease of night temperatures in the CentralMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 9-1-2008: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 9-1-2008: Fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 9-1-2008: Fair weather.

R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Editednd printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

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20.The next day’sprogramme

Wednesday, 9 JanuaryView on today

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music

-Kids wannarock

8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music

-Eenie Meenie8:50 am National news/

Slogan9:00 am Music

-Let your lovego

9:05 am International news

9:10 am Music-You’ll be mine

1:30 pm News/ Slogan1:40 pm Lunch time

music-Little wing-Sleeping child

9:00pm Variations on atune“Take me homecountry road”

9:10pm Article9:30pm Music at your

request-Over and overagain-Cherry pinkand appleblossom

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Thai policeman charged withkilling Canadian

BANGKOK, 8 Jan — A Thai police sergeant was charged on Monday withkilling a Canadian and attempting to kill the man’s pregnant ex-wife during anargument between the tourists in the northern tourist town of Pai, the local policechief said.

Sergeant UthaiDechawiwat was allowed towalk free during theinvestigation because heturned himself in after whathe said was an accident andpromised not to tamper withwitnesses, Pai police chiefWanchai Suwanririkate said.

Wanchai quoted wit-nesses as saying Uthai, whohad just finished his shift,was asked to stop a fightbetween John Leo DelPinto, 25, and his ex-wifeCarly Reisig, 24, on

Saturday night. But the man, 1.8 metres

(5 feet 11inches) tall, and hisex-wife turned on the 5 feet3 inches policeman, whopulled out his pistol whenthey started beating him,they were quoted as saying.

“The policeman, whois about 1.6 metres, wasbeaten to the ground by theman, a bodybuilder 1.8-metre tall, and the hippywoman,” Wanchai said.

Del Pinto tried tosnatch the pistol, shots were

fired and the couple fell,according to witnesses,Wanchai added.

Del Pinto, a frequentvisitor to Pai, died at thescene. Reisig was beingtreated in a hospital in nearbyprovince of Chiang Mai andher wounds were not lifethreatening, Wanchai said.

Police and Canadianconsular officials wouldinterview Reisig, who waspregnant by a Thai man,Wanchai said.

MNA/Reuters

McDonalds bomber escapes fromIndonesian prison

JAKARTA, 8 Jan — AnIslamic militant serving19 years for his role in thebombing of a McDonald’srestaurant has escapedfrom a prison onIndonesia’s SulawesiIsland, a prison officialsaid on Monday.

Wirahadi, 25, fled theGunung Sari prison inMakassar, South SulawesiProvince, with a fellowinmate during busy

visiting hours on Sundaymorning by climbing overa barbed wired wall, prisonchief Bambang Yudotomotold Reuters.

The Indonesianwas sentenced to 19 yearsin prison for his role in a2002 blast at a McDonald’sfast food outlet in Makassarin which three people werekilled.

Fellow escaperMarcus Valyhuwae was

serving a 15-year sentencefor murder.

“It was crowdedthat day, many visitorscame to see the prisoners,”said Yudotomo, “Wedidn’t have enoughguards. There were only13 people on duty,whereas there are 511inmates. This incident is(a result of) ourcarelessness.

MNA/Reuters

Two Jordanianair force pilotskilled in plane

crashAMMAN,8 Jan—A

Jordanian Royal AirForce plane crashedSunday afternoon duringa routine trainingmission, killing its twopilots, official newsagency Petra reported.

The report quoted anofficial military sourcefrom the Jordan ArmedForces as saying that thepilots were identified asRidwan Salim MahmoudAbabneh and YazanBassam Hanna Arnaki.

The fighter jetcrashed in the townof Ein al-Basha,20kilometres north ofAmman, said the report,adding that authoritieswere investigating tehcause of the crash. MNA/Xinhua

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YANGON, 8 Jan —Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aunglooked into thriving 300acres of teak plantationsestablished in 2004, 800acres of teak plantationsestablished in 2005 and50 acres of hard wood(Yinma) plantationsgrown in 2007 at BagoYoma Greening Projectin Kinmontaung forest re-serve on 5 January.

At the briefing hall,officers of the TownshipForest Department andDeputy Director U KyiSoe briefed the ministeron conservation of forestreserves and thrivingplantations. After hearingthe reports, the ministergave necessary instruc-tions. The following daythe minister and officialsconcerned inspected 500acres of teak plantationstarted in 2004 inThuyetan forest reserveof Padaung Township.Next, the minister and

Minister looks into forest reservesin states and divisions

party oversaw 33 acres ofteak plantation estab-lished in 1974 inYankhaw forest reservein Taungup.

At the office ofTaungup Forest Depart-ment, Staff Officer U SoeThan and Director U ThanMyint briefed the minis-ter and party on conser-

vation of forest reservesand the establishment offorest plantations.

Upon arrival at No 99Saw Mill in Taungup, theminister inspected sawntimber, running of the sawmill and Moat timberjetty. The next day theminister and party held ameeting with service per-

sonnel of Myanma Tim-ber Enterprise and ForestDepartment at the officeof the Deputy GeneralManager in Thandwe anddiscussed matters relat-ing to the realization ofthe aims of the depart-ments concerned.

Next, they lookedinto No 68 Saw Mill, 50

acres of teak plantationestablished in 1969,50 acres in 1970 and 45acres in 1971 in Thandwemodel forest reserve. Af-terwards, they inspectedNo 85 Saw Mill,Daungchaug Station onY e k y i - N g a t h a i n g -chaung-Gwa road, theforest plantation station

in Gwa and made cashdonations to Thittaw Vil-lage Basic Education Pri-mary School.

After that, the minis-ter and party oversaw 10acres of different kinds ofwood (mahogany) estab-lished in 2007 andMalarkwin timber jetty inYekyi Township.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects teak plantation in a model forest reserve in Thandwe. — MNA

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