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Volume XVII, Number 83 2nd Waning of Waso 1371 ME Wednesday, 8 July, 2009

A trip to Mon State through Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine), a dream come trueArticle:

Win Naing(Kyemon);

Photos: KhinMaung Win(Kyemon)

In our drive forcollecting facts aboutremarkable develo-pment of the wholecountry to write bylinesfor public knowledge, werecently made a journeyby train from Yangon to

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* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and 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 integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

YANGON, 7 July—The Waso-robe offeringceremony of Pitaka Thone Pon Nikaya Monastery washeld in conjunction with a ceremony to honour Tipitakamonks at the monastery in Dagon Myothit (South)Township here yesterday.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence,Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Yangon Command Maj-GenWin Myint and officials, wellwishers, members ofsocial organizations received the Nine Precepts from

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attendsceremony to offer Waso robes,

to honour Tipitaka monks

Ceremony to offer Waso robes and honour Tipitaka monks in progress at Pitaka Thone PonNikaya Monastery.—MNA

the Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw.Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and party

offered Waso robes and provisions to members of theSangha.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and the commanderpresented offertories and certificates of honour to theTipitaka monks.

Then the Sayadaw delivered a sermon and Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and the congregationshared the merits gained.—MNA

Thanlwin Bridge

(Mawlamyine) in

Mon State.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 July, 2009

Wednesday, 8 July, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Instil right thoughts intothe youth

The government of Myanmar isworking towards a peaceful and developednation through the united force of nationalraces and highly-qualified human resourceswho are full of Union Spirit as the unity ofnational races is necessary for peace andstability and highly-qualified humanresources for national development.

A look at the international situation ofthe 21st century shows that the whole worldis faced with political, economic andeducational challenges unprecedentedthroughout history. At a time like this, it isrequired to enhance the calibre of the entirepeople through a sound educationalfoundation. Only then will the perpetuity ofthe Union and sustainable development forposterity be possible and the nation and thepeople be able to stand tall in the internationalcommunity.

Union Spirit is the soul of the nationand the people. Historical evidence showsthat colonialists had constantly tried to breakit but in vain. Therefore, all the nationalraces will have to continue working hardtogether in unity in order that the Union canlast as long as the world exists and keep pacewith the international community.

The youth of today are the leaders oftomorrow and they will have to shoulder theduties of the State in the future. It is the dutyof teachers to educate and nurture the youth.Therefore, we would like to call on teachersto equip themselves with strong nationalconvictions, to instil right thoughts into theirstudents and lead them onto the right path.

NAY PYI TAW, 7 July—Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Northwest Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe attendeda ceremony to open the Commander’s shield footballtournament held in the sport ground of NorthwestCommand in Monywa, Sagaing Division on 29 June.

Also present on the occasion were staff officers of

NAY PYI TAW, 7 July— Chairman of Shan StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofEastern Command Maj-Gen Yar Pyae deliveredan address at the workcoordination meeting (1/2009) of Shan Sate DrugAbuse Control Committeeheld at the meeting hall ofthe State’s office inTaunggyi on 18 June.

The commander andofficials concernedattended collectivemonsoon paddy growingceremony held in HlaingBon Thar village on 19June and inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 7July—Monsoon tree-planting ceremony 2009of Ministry of ReligiousAffairs took place at theMinistry in Nay Pyi Tawthis morning, attended byMinister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung and wife

Gift of ItalianCooperation

YANGON, 7 July—Italian Ambassador toMyanmar Mr GiuseppeCinti, on behalf of ItalianCooperation, donated US$ 155,815 to East YangonGeneral Hospital on 7 July.Medical SuperintendentDr Tun Nay Aungpresented certificate ofhonour to him.

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NAY PYI TAW, 7July—Deputy Ministerfor Progress of BorderAreas and National Racesand Development AffairsCol Tin Ngwe met withrural people from fivevillages in Wetlettownship of SagaingDivision at Shwe Pan KonModel Village (branch)Basic Education HighSchool today.

Townselders pre-sented reports to thedeputy minister on the

Deputy Minister meets with rural people,inspects development tasks

requirements for theregional development.After hearing the reports,the deputy ministerpresented 100 dozens ofexercise books to thestudents and prizes todistinction winners.

Next, the deputyminister presented K100,000 for BEHS(branch) and 50 bags ofcement and a toilet roomand K 100,000 for thedelivery room.

Afterwards, he

inspected progress inresurfacing Minkyaungroad with the extension ofthree feet on each side andAung Sabei road,preparing five-furlonglong village-to-villagegravel road and one-milelong gravel road on threeand half miles longvillage-to-village road andthe wooden bridge onThanachaung-Meiktilavillage-to-village road andgave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Ministry of Religious Affairs grows treesand planted mangosapling.

Next, director-generalof Department forPromotion and Pro-pagation of the Sasana,

deputy directors-general,directors and servicepersonnel planted thesaplings at designatedplace.

The minister and

departmental headsviewed the planting byservice personnel.

A total of 2,500saplings were grown at theceremony.—MNA

Coordination meeting of Shan State DrugAbuse Control Committee held

Taryaw agriculturalresearch farm and worksite of low-cost housing

project in No.11 ward,Ayetharyar. After that,the commander met with

Commander’s shield football tournamentcommences in Sagaing Div

the Command, departmental officials of division,districts and townships, commanders and officers ofregiments and units, other ranks and their families andplayers.

The Commander made a speech at the ceremonyand watched the opening match.

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state-level departmentalofficials at the meeting hallof State’s office.—MNA

Medical Superintendent Dr Tun Nay Aung

presents certificate of honour to Italian

Ambassador Mr Giuseppe Cinti.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Yar Pyae inspects Taryaw agricultural researchfarm.—MNA

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US, Russia agree to missile cuts,but tensions remain

Afghan chopper crashkills three troops

KABUL, 7 July — A spokesman for NATO saystwo Canadian troops and a Briton were killed in a heli-copter crash in southern Afghanistan.

Lt Cmdr Chris Hall says the helicopter went downon Monday in the southern province of Zabul.

An additional seven American troops were killedon Monday, making it one of the deadliest for foreigntroops in Afghanistan since the ouster of the Talebanin 2001.

Hall says the crash was not caused by insurgentfire.

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A truck which

was damaged

when a

suicide car

bomber struck

outside the

main NATO

base at the

airport in

Kandahar, in

southern

Afghanistan,

on 6 July,

2009.

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12 wounded in shooting at Miami party

City of Miami police officers place cones at the scene where a shooting tookplace in Miami, on 6 July, 2009. —INTERNET

MOSCOW, 7 July —Presidents Barack Obamaand Dmitry Medvedev onMonday agreed to cut upto a third of the nuclearwarheads in their strategicarsenals, but acknowl-edged that disagreementslinger about a proposedUS missile defence shield.

Obama and Medvedevstressed that the proposalmarked a turn away fromthe post-Cold War lows ofthe past few years.

In addition to the con-versation about nuclear

weapons, Russia said thatit would begin allowingthe US to ship arms forAfghanistan through thecountry. Russia and the USalso are resuming military-to-military cooperation, aprocess suspended afterthe Russia - Georgia warlast summer.

Speaking to reportersduring Obama’s first triphere as president, bothmen said that they weredetermined to put the ten-sions of recent years be-hind them.

“It is not a simple job,because the backlog ofproblems is quite impres-sive,” Medvedev said.

Obama said relationshave “suffered from asense of drift,” but he andMedvedev were “commit-ted to leaving behind thesuspicion and the rivalry ofthe past.” The recent pastincludes Russia’s invasionof one US ally — Georgia— in August and suspen-sion of gas supplies to an-other — Ukraine — inJanuary.—Internet

ABUJA, 7 July — Nigeria’s main mili-tant group said on Monday it had seizeda chemical tanker with six foreign crewmembers aboard and had attacked a sec-ond oil facility following a vow to stepup the intensity of its attacks.

The Movement for the Emancipationof the Niger Delta said in an e-mail state-ment that the tanker was seized on Sun-day about 20 nautical miles fromEscravos in the south of the country andwould be held until further notice.

It said three of those aboard are Rus-sian, two are from the Philippines andthe sixth crew member is from India.

“Their arrest is meant to serve as a

150 people fall ill onvirus-struck cruise

ship in ScotlandLONDON, 7 July —

About 150 people havefallen ill aboard a cruiseship berthed in Scotlandfollowing a suspectedoutbreak of the vomit-in-ducing norovirus, healthofficials said Monday.

A 74-year-old Englishman has also died on boardthe Marco Polo, which isberthed near Invergordonin northeastern Scotland,but the ship’s operatorssaid his death was unre-lated to the outbreak. Twopeople have been hospital-ised and the others are be-ing treated on board, ac-cording to Ken Oates, thelocal National Health Serv-ice (NHS) director of pub-lic health.

“NHS Highland canconfirm that around 150people on board a cruiseship docked at Invergordonhave become unwell withsuspected norovirus,” hesaid.—Internet

Fighters of the movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)speed away from the militia's creek camp in the Niger Delta in 2008.—INTERNET

Nigeria militants claim tohijack chemical tanker

MIAMI, 7 July — As many as threegunmen stormed a birthday party onthe edge of downtown Miami andopened fire early Monday, shooting 12people and causing a chaotic scrambleas people tried to flee, authorities said.

Three of the wounded were hospi-talized in critical condition, policespokesman Det William Moreno said.Another person fleeing the home wasstruck by a vehicle and was in stablecondition. Police are searching for thesuspects.

The men were wearing all black andopened fire with automatic weaponsaround 12:45 am Shell casings from anAK-47 and two pistols were found,

police said.It was unclear if the shooting hap-

pened in the home or outside what au-thorities described as a block party.

Police roped off about four blockswith yellow tape in the area of theshooting, located in Miami’s Overtownneighbourhood, a run down area in theshadows of downtown’s glistening sky-scrapers. Crime scene trucks wereparked along the street as detectivessearched for a motive. Shell casingwere sprayed across the road and in-side the home, some possibly fromFourth of July celebrations, authoritiessaid.

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warning to others that there are root is-sues that have to be resolved with theNigerian government before normalcycan resume,” the group said in its state-ment.

More than 200 foreign workers havebeen taken captive in the restive NigerDelta since violence increased in 2006,with most released unharmed after a ran-som is paid.

The militants’ claim came a day afterthey vowed to carry out “phased attacksthat increase in intensity until its goal hasbeen achieved” as part of an operationdubbed Hurricane Moses.

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Tropical Storm Blancaforms off western MexicoMEXICO CITY, 7 July—Tropical Storm Blanca

formed Monday off western Mexico as the secondnamed storm of the Pacific season, but forecasters pre-dicted it would follow a course far away from land.

Blanca was located about 410 miles (660 kilome-tres) south of the tip of the Baja California Peninsulaon Monday night, and was heading west-northwest at10 mph (16 kph), the National Hurricane Center inMiami said.

The storm had maximum sustained winds near 50mph (85 kph).

The center said Blanca is expected to move intocolder waters in the next couple of days, which shouldsap its energy.—Internet

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ROME, 7 July—Italyand China signed dealsworth a total of more thanone billion euros on Mon-day including a joint ven-ture between auto giantFiat and the GuangzhouAutomobile IndustryGroup (GAIG), officialssaid.

The accords weresigned during a visit byChinese President HuJintao, who will attend theGroup of Eight summitstarting on Wednesday in

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) jokes with Chinese PresidentHu Jintao after signing economic agreements in Rome. —INTERNET

A navy search party, comprising US, French, Yemeni and Comoran navydivers, approaches Galawa beach on the north coast of Grande Comore

island in the Comoros. —INTERNET

Samsung Electronics workers are seen at a microchip plant in Suwon, south ofSeoul. Samsung Electronics said it expects second-quarter operating profit of 2.2-

2.6 trillion won ($1.7-2 b), a sharp increase from the first quarter.—INTERNET

NAIROBI, 7 July—Speedboats whiskedFrench navy divers to thesite of an Indian Oceanplane crash on Monday tosearch for the black boxesbelonging to Yemenia Air-ways Flight 626. A 12-year-old girl was the solesurvivor when the planecarrying 153 peopleplunged into the sea earlyTuesday as it tried to landin the Comoran capital ofMoroni in darkness and

Italy, China sign 1 bln eurosin trade accords

TOKYO, 7 July—It is a commonly-held view amongJapanese government and analysts that the country’seconomy has bottomed out in the first quarter this year,but it might be too upbeat to hope for a V-shaped re-bound.

Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in Sep-tember last year, demand fell sharply in major Japa-nese export destinations such as Europe and the UnitedStates. As a result, Japanese corporate earnings dete-riorated, equipment investment contracted and per-sonal consumption plunged.—Internet

TEMPE, 7 July—US Airways Group Inc said Mon-day traffic fell 4.1 percent in June as the ongoing re-cession continued to curb consumers’ appetites for airtravel.

The airline said paying passengers on US Airwaysflew 5.43 billion miles in June, down from 5.67 billiona year earlier. The carrier said its passenger revenueseat mile — a key performance metric for airlines —was down 20 percent last month compared with a yearago, as business travel demand weakened and it madeless money overall per ticket. Most carriers have cutticket prices in an effort to spur bookings.

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SINGAPORE, 7 July—Oil edged up above $64 abarrel on Tuesday, afterfour consecutive days offalls on worries about theeconomy that havebrought the stock marketrally to a halt and pushedthe dollar higher.

Japan’s Nikkei aver-age (.N225) opened loweron persistent economicconcerns aggravated lastweek by weaker-than-ex-pected US employmentdata for June, while theUS dollar gained on ris-ing risk aversion.

The market could findmore direction from theAmerican Petroleum In-stitute’s weekly crude andproducts stocks data to bereleased at 2030 GMT,and expected to show afall in crude and a rise inproduct stocks.

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PORTLAND, 7 July—US healthcare can cause harmwhen the focus is on providing services instead of im-proving health, two physicians said in a commentary.

Dr Charles M Kilo, chief executive officer ofGreenField Health in Portland, Ore, and co-author DrEric B Larson of Group Health Cooperative in Seattledistinguish health from healthcare — asserting onecan never have too much health but with overuse ofmedicine one can get so much healthcare it causesharm.

“Although healthcare’s objective should be to im-prove health, its primary emphasis has been on pro-ducing services,” the authors said in a statement.

Fee-for-service payment encourages using moretreatment, new technology and extra testing, the re-searchers said. These additional services, and their at-tendant extra costs, may harm health, they said.

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L’Aquila, central Italy.The Italian and Chi-

nese trade ministerssigned protocols to boostinvestments in each oth-er’s countries as well ason cooperation in tech-nology and tourism.

Fiat and GAIG signedan accord to build a jointfactory in China, an in-vestment worth morethan 400 million euros(550 million dollars), theItalian group said.

Production is set to

begin in the second half of2011 with an initial annualoutput of 140,000 FiatLineas, a medium-sizedfamily car, and 220,000 T-Jet engines of 120 and 150horsepower.

The pace is expected torise to 250,000 cars and300,000 engines, Fiat said.

“It’s an important phase,with a strong partner, in Fi-at’s internationalization,”Fiat chairman LucaCordero di Monte-zemolotold reporters.—Internet

Divers at Comoros crash site to hunt black boxeshigh winds. Yemenia saysit is too early to know thecause of the crash but crit-ics have accused the airlineof using a substandardplane after it emerged a2007 French safety reviewfound the Airbus 310 hada number of safety faults.

French militaryspokesman ChristophePrazuck said a Frenchsubmarine had heard sig-nals emitting from the twoblack boxes on Sunday.

Divers reached the crashsite Monday but did notgo in the water. Any diveson Tuesday or later thisweek depend on weatherconditions and how thesearch is coordinated.

The black boxes casescarrying the flight data andcockpit voice recorders arebelieved to be lying be-tween 1,600 to 4,000 feet(500 to 1,200 metres) un-der the surface of the ocean,Prazuck said.—Internet

Oil edgesabove $64after 4 pct

fall oneconomy

USAirwaystraffic

falls 4.1percentin June

Japan still a long way before recovery

When healthcare can causeharm

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Chinese official encouragesprivate business to go “green” SHIJIAZHUANG, 7 July—

Chinese top political advi-sor Jia Qinglin Mondayencouraged private com-panies to go “green” bydeveloping new energyand energy-saving tech-nologies.

In a one-day inspectiontour to Langfang city ofcentral China’s HebeiProvince, Jia, chairman ofthe National Committee ofthe Chinese People’s Po-litical Consultative Con-ference (CPPCC), visitedthe XinAo Group, a localprivate company special-

ized in research and devel-opment of renewable en-ergy and new energy.

When talking with thestaff of the company, Jiasaid new energy and en-ergy-saving industrieswould not only serve as aneffective stimulus for thecountry’s economic recov-ery, but were also of greatpotential and importanceto future development.

“Developing a greeneconomy has been widelyrecognized by the world.Private companies canplay an important role in

the development of newenergy and the environ-ment-friendly and energy-saving industries,” Jia said.

He noted that China'sprivate companies werefaced with both challengesand opportunities amid thecurrent global financialcrisis, and urged them toboost research, develop-ment and trade of energy-saving products and tech-nologies. “In this way, theprivate business can createnew market demand andmore job opportunities,”he said.—Xinhua

Jia Qinglin (2nd L Front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chi-nese People’s Political Consultative Conference, visits XinAo Group, a private

company specialized in research and development of renewable energy andnew energy, during his inspection tour in Langfang, a city in north China’s

Hebei Province, on 6 July, 2009. —XINHUA

Egypt denies deploying US troopson its borders with Israel

CAIRO, 7 July—Egypt denied on Monday media re-ports about the deploying of US troops on Egypt’s bor-ders with Israel and Gaza Strip, Foreign Ministryspokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement.

“The fact is that the United States is doing a peri-odic change to part of its troops taking part in the mul-tinational force in Sinai,” said Zaki, stressing that “thisprocess is done regularly since deploying the multi-national force.”

“The media reports are baseless,” calling for accu-racy when reporting such things, he added.

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Costa Rica to launch satellitesystem against drug trafficking

SAN JOSE, 7 July—The Costa Rican government onMonday announced it will launch a satellite trackingsystem to aid the anti-drug fight on the seas.

The system, which will record vessels’ route, positionand movements at real time, will allow the authorities toprovide aid in case of emergencies, and reinforce the po-lice actions to seize drugs, executive president of the CostaRican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture Luis Doblestold Xinhua. The system will mainly guard tuna fishingships and foreign-flag vessels with a length of more than18 meters in its first phase, and will also cover smallerships in the future, the official said.—Xinhua

Magnitude-5.4 earthquake shakesPacific coast of Nicaragua

MANAGUA, 7 July—An earthquake measuring 5.4 onthe Richter scale shook on Monday morning the Pa-cific coast of Nicaragua, with no injuries or propertydamage reported, official sources said.

The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies(INETER) said at its website that the earthquake oc-curred at 8:37 am local times (1437 GMT).

The INETER said that the earthquake was felt in theNicaraguan Pacific Litoral, La Boquita and Casares inthe department of Carazo, some 46 km south of Managua.The earthquake was a result of the clash between thetectonic plates Coco and Caribe, it added.—Xinhua

Israel frees Hamas lawmaker, resident of east Jerusalem

Giant panda twins “PingPing” (R) and “An An” eat a

cake to celebrate theirbirthday at the Bifengxia

breeding base in Ya’an Cityof southwest China’s

Sichuan Province, on 6 July,2009. Giant panda “Guo

Guo”, an evacuee from thesouthwest China earthquake,gave birth to the twins “Ping

Ping” and “An An” on6 July, 2008, becoming the

first panda to bear cubs sincethe disaster in Sichuan

Province on 12 May, 2008.XINHUA

World economy remains in dangerWASHINGTON, 7 July—The world economy is still in

danger despite recent positive signs, World Bank Presi-dent Robert Zoellick said Monday.

“The actions you and other leaders have taken overthe last few months have broken the fall in the globaleconomy by stabilizing financial markets and boost-ing demand,” Zoellick said in a letter to the Group ofEight summit scheduled to held later this week.

“Yet 2009 remains a dangerous year. Recent gainscould be reversed easily, and the pace of recovery in2010 far from certain. I recognize that some devel-oped countries are now considering a policy mix thatassumes the recovery is at hand.—Xinhua

Riders compete during a yak race at the Fourth Minority Traditional SportsGame in Haibei, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on 6 July, 2009. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

RAMALLAH, 7 July—Is-rael freed late on Mondayafternoon an IslamicHamas movement law-maker, after he ended his38-month sentence in Is-raeli prison, Hamasmovement said in a state-ment.

Hamas said that the Is-raeli authorities releasedIbrahim Abu Salem, alawmaker in the Hamas-dominated parliamentthree days after he endeda 38-month sentence in

Israeli prison.“An Israeli police force

took Abu Salem, a resi-dent of the Arab East Je-rusalem, to an Israeliarmy barrier that linksbetween Hebron (south ofthe West Bank) and Jeru-salem and didn’t let himgo to his home in the city,”Hamas said.

Abu Salem was de-tained together with 40Hamas lawmakers andministers in the WestBank at the end of June

2006, in reaction to thekidnapping of Israeli cor-poral Gilad Shalit byHamas and two otherarmed groups.

Two weeks ago, Israelfreed parliament speakerAziz al-Dweik and someother lawmakers afterthey ended their sentencesin Israeli jails. Israel keepsdetaining 35 other Hamaslawmakers and three oth-ers representing other fac-tions.

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NEWS ALBUM

A one-day-old male Asian elephant

calf walks with its mother Thong

Dee at Taronga Zoo in Sydney.

Spanish policesaid they hadfoiled an Italiandrug trafficker’splan to break outof jail in the Ca-nary Islands usingclimbing equip-ment and a four-metre-long zeppe-

Cows graze in a field next to aZeppelin airship parked outside the

Swiss village of Lindau, nearZurich.

British artist Anthony Gormley (C)

poses for photographers with people

from different walks of life during a

photocall for the “One & Other”

fourth plinth project in Trafalgar

Square, central London.

Police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak

A housewife from Sleaford in Lincolnshire will be thefirst of thousands of people to stand for one hour on top of aplinth in London’s Trafalgar Square as part of a 100-day “livesculpture” exercise.

“One & Other” is a work devised by sculptor AntonyGormley for the square’s empty plinth, now a platform fortemporary works of art.

The first of 2,400 people to feature in Gormley’s work isRachel Wardell, a 35-year-old housewife and mother-of-two.Participants are chosen at random, and 14,500 people haveapplied so far.

Housewife first up for 100-day“live sculpture”

lin.“The plan con-

sisted of using aremotely control-led zeppelin tobring him night-vision goggles andclimbing equip-ment with whichto escape,” a Na-

tional Police state-ment said.

The prisoner,named as GiulioB, 52, was in jailafter being caughtpiloting a seaplanetaking 200 kg(440 pounds) ofcocaine from

Mauritania to theCanaries.

Police saidthey had arrestedthree people out-side the jail whowere preparingthe escape, andhad intercepted apackage sentfrom Italy con-taining the bal-loon, night-visiongoggles andclimbing gear.

An Oregonwoman obsessedwith bunnies hasbeen ordered backbehind bars afterpolice found her in

Oregon woman obsessed withrabbits back in jail

a hotel room withmore than a dozenrabbits.

Wa s h i n g t o nCounty CircuitJudge GayleNachtigal ruledthat 47-year-oldMiriam Sakewitzviolated her pro-bation by havingthe rabbits. Thejudge sentencedthe woman to 90days in the county

jail.Police arrested

Sakewitz after shecalled a mainte-nance worker toher room in thePortland suburbof Tigard to fix abroken televisionset.

The workersaw and smelledthe rabbits, someof them hoppingfree.

Va woman rides tolandfill in trash binWorkers at the Frederick County

Landfill were surprised by what theyfound in a large trash bin trucked infrom a Goodwill Industries store: awoman who had apparently gottentrapped.

“They opened the door and she gotout,” said landfill manager RonKimble.

Maj Robert Eckman of theFrederick County Sheriff’s Office saidthe 48-year-old woman crawled intothe bin at a store sometime Wednes-day night, couldn’t get out, and fellasleep.

A truck picked up the bin just after8 am on Thursday and hauled it, alongwith the unwitting passenger, to thedump.

WASHINGTON, 7 July —The US Food and DrugAdministration (FDA)has approved Alimta(pemetrexed), the firstdrug available for mainte-nance therapy of ad-vanced or metastatic lungcancer, the FDA said onMonday in a statement.

HANOI, 7 July—Thedeath toll from floodingand landslides in moun-tainous northern Vietnamhas risen to at least 28, au-thorities have said.

Most of the deathswere in Bac Kan and LaiChau provinces, said theNational Flood and StormControl Committee, up-dating its previous figureof at least 22 deaths sinceheavy rains began on Fri-day.

Thanh Nien newspa-per quoted Trieu KiemVang, a farmer in Bac

Villagers salvage wood from a wrecked house in aflood-hit village in Vietnam’s northern Province ofBac Kan on 5 July. The death toll in the region has

risen to at least 28, authorities have said.INTERNET

NEW YORK, 7 July —Cooler than average weatherpatterns in the US northeast, attributed to the solarcycle, will likely persist for the rest of the summer,forecasters said.

There will be spikes of summer weather,AccuWeather.com reported on Monday, but weatherpatterns that have prevailed so far will probably last.

This year represents a low point for sunspots,NASA said. Studies indicate the lower the sunspots,the less bright the sun, which could translate to lessheating of Earth, although many other factors couldalso be pertinent.

In addition, a dip in the jet stream during the nextfew weeks will keep New England, New York andthe northern portions of Pennsylvania and New Jer-sey relatively cool. The Mid-Atlantic states will ex-perience more warmth and less rain, AccuWeatherpredicts. This summer is not expected to be anotheryear without a summer, such as occurred in 1816 whenthere was massive crop destruction and killing frostsall summer, the report said.—Internet

CHICAGO, 7 July—Sleepless people sometimes usethe Internet to get through the night. Now a small studyshows promising results for insomniacs with nineweeks of Internet-based therapy.

No human therapist is involved. The Internet soft-ware gives advice, even specific bedtimes, based onusers’ sleep diaries. Patients learn better sleep habits— like avoiding daytime naps — through stories, quiz-zes and games.

“This is a very interactive, tailored, personalizedprogramme,” said study co-author Frances Thorndikeof the University of Virginia Health System, whohelped design the software, called Sleep Healthy Us-ing the Internet, or SHUTi.

Such software could one day be a low-cost alter-native for some patients, Thorndike said. And it couldbe the only non-drug option for people who live inareas without trained specialists, she said.

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Vietnam flood toll hits 28Kan’s Khen Len hamlet,as saying his two sons,their wives and twogranddaughters were bur-ied in a landslide.

There were also deathsin Cao Bang, Son La, LaoCai and Ha Giang prov-inces, the flood commit-tee said, listing three peo-ple as missing.

The storms destroyednine bridges, flooded hun-dreds of houses and about600 hectares (1,480 acres)of cropland, authoritiessaid.

Security forces are as-

sisting in the aid and res-cue effort, state televisionreported.

Vietnam’s flood andstorm season generallystarts in July and lasts un-til November. Last year atleast 550 people died indisasters triggered by badweather, the national sta-tistics office said earlier.

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US FDA approves first maintenance drugtherapy for advanced lung cancer

Patients with canceroften receive mainte-nance therapy to preventthe disease from pro-gressing after their tumorhas shrunk or the diseasehas stabilized in responseto chemotherapy. Alimtadisrupts metabolic proc-esses that are dependenton the B-vitamin folate, anecessary ingredient for

cell replication.There are two main

types of lung cancers:small cell lung cancer andnon-small cell lung can-cer. Non-small cell lungcancer has severalsubtypes, including squa-mous cell, large cell, ad-enocarcinoma and mixedhistology cancers.

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(from page 1)Mawlamyine Township,which lies on theThanlwin River in MonState in the southern partof Myanmar.

We set out at 6.30am and arrived atMottama Station on theother bank of theThanlwin River at about2 pm the same day. Sometime after leaving thestation, our train,schedule No 35 (up), wason the approach road toThanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine).

Up to that time, Ihad never been toMawlamyine, nor had Ipassed such a long

A trip to Mon State through Thanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine), a dream come true

Article: Win Naing (Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

An approach road to Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine).

A road section (Rakhinegone) indicates significant development ofMawlamyine.

One of the upgraded internal road sections of Yangon-Mawlamyine-Ye-Dawei-Myeik Road in Mawlamyine.

bridge. Therefore, I gazedawestruck at the bridgefrom the approachstructure. Then, I cameto realize why localpeople of Mon State callThanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine), a dreamcome true.

Previously, localpeople of Mon State,Kayin State andTaninthayi Division hadto grapple with a varietyof challenges to get acrossand use the ThanlwinRiver by Z-craft, by ship

and by motorboat. Incontrast, now the swiftcurrent no longer forms anatural barrier betweenthe two sides of it due toan all-weather transportfacility. Local people are,therefore, just proud of thebridge of their dreams.

Thanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine) has amotorway and a railroadon it. The length of themotorway is 11,575 feet,and that of the railroad,21,678 feet. The bridge isthe longest of its kind inMyanmar. The project forconstruction of the bridgewas launched on 18 March2000, and the facility wasput into commission on 5

February 2005. Therailroad was built on 19January 2003 andlaunched on 17 January2006.

Thanlwin by natureis a violent river full oflands of rock mass. So, toconstruct a bridge over theThanlwin River was justlike a dream in the past.However, now there havebeen seven bridgesspanning the ThanlwinRiver owing to thebenevolent attitude, whichthe government shows

towards national brethren,and the calibres ofMyanmar engineers.

As a result of such aprudent project, localpeople of Mon State,Kayin State andTaninthayi Division cantravel by train and by landto any other region acrossthe nation at any times.And the bridge helpsfurther cement theamicable relationsbetween national peopleand improve the transportof local goods to other

regions, thus ensuringswift commodity flow.

The 10 above-180-foot bridges thegovernment hasconstructed so far in MonState for comfort andconvenience of the peoplemake superb contributiontowards both regional andnational development.

The Ministry ofConstruction not onlyimplements bridgeprojects but also upgrades

the present roads in MonState. In the process, it hasupgraded Sittoung-Mottam Section ofYangon-Mawlamyine-Ye-Dawei-Myeik Road toa 24-foot-wide one; theinternal road ofMawlamyine to a 74-foot-wide one; many roads inMudon, Thanbyuzayatand Ye, to 44-foot-wideones; and Mawlamyine-Hpa-an Road linking MonState and Kayin State to a

24-foot-wide one. So,people can travel fromone place to another inthe regions withconvenience in a shorttime.

A trip to MonState bears witness torapid development ofMon State that is farbetter than thatpreviously.

*****Translation: MSKyemon: 7-7-2009

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NAY PYI TAW, 7 July –Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung visited705-acre teak plantation ofTaung Nyo forest reservein Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmanaon 4 July. The ministerheard reports on thrivingplantations, completion oftree planting in rainy sea-son and progress in grow-ing of eucalyptus planta-tion in villages presentedby the deputy director andofficials of the Forest De-partment and gave neces-sary instructions.

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NAY PYI TAW, 7 July — Ministerfor Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Theininspected the construction of factoriesfor turbine and generator productionproject and multipurpose diesel en-gine production project in Thagara In-

YANGON, 7 July — Chairman ofYangon City Development CommitteeYangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin inspected construction of 4-ft wideand 7-ft deep brick culvert alongsidethe Banyadala Road and the situationsin water drainage of Aung Mingala boxculvert to prevent overflowing in the

NAY PYI TAW, 7 July—A cer-emony to meet local people fromKyaukpadaung Township was held inIndaing (East) village-tract inKyaukpadaung Township on 5 July.

It was attended by local au-thorities, departmental officials at town-ship level, members of social organiza-tions and local people from Indaing(East), Hsintaingkan, Dagama, Dawa,Nyaungkandaunk, Letpanpin andHsintatkyin village-tract and 12 others.

Minister for Finance and Rev-enue Maj-Gen Hla Tun made a speechon the occasion and presented exercisebooks and stationery to students andpublications for the libraries.

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Industry-2 Minister inspectsThagara Industrial Zone

Minister meets with local peoplein Kyaukpadaung

Forestry Minister inspects teak plantationsThe minister viewed

thriving teak plantationsin Palway forest reservein Nay Pyi Taw Tatkonand Kin-moon-taung for-est reserve inTaungdwingyi Township.

Next, the minister in-spected rural housingbuilt with of eucalyptuswood.

At No (25) Saw Mill inNgaphe Towsnhip, theminister looked into pro-duction line and sawnwoods.

In the evening, the min-

ister inspected one-acre teaplantation grown on trialbasic by Forest Depart-ment in Nat-yay-kan-taungregion.

Then the minister over-saw thriving tea plantationsof private companies. Af-ter hearing reports onprogress of cultivation of415-acre tea plantation andsite chosen for green teafactory in Padan villagepresented by the manag-ing director of MomentumCo, the minister left neces-sary instructions. — MNA

dustrial Zone yesterday morning.He called for completion of the

projects according to schedule and seek-ing the technologies by workers of thefactory.

MNA

development. After hearing the reports,the minister attended to the needs.

Afterwards, Chairman of Town-ship Peace and Development Council UZaw Myint Thein briefed on tasks beingcarried out for the regional developmentand future tasks to be carried out,townselder U Aung Win Kyi on require-ments for the development of agriculturesector and Deputy General Manager UAung Kyaw Soe on plans to provideassistance for the development of agri-culture sector.

Managing Director U Myat Mawof Myanma Economic Bank later gave asupplementary report.

Next, the minister said there hasbeen success in regional socio-economiclife due to fulfilment of the State andconcerted efforts of local people.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 July – Membersof Kachin State Anti-drug squad(Myitkyina) seized 984 tablets of WYstimulant tablet while they searchedNaing Lin (a) Alay at a restaurant inSeik-mu Ward in Phakant at 12.45 p.m.on 4 July. According to his confession,the seized tablets were of U Hngwa Lu

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun donates exercise books and stationery tostudents and publications to libraries in Kyaukpadaung Township

through a responsible person.—F&R

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects 300 acres of teak plantations ofKin-moon-taung forest reserve in Taungdwingyi Township.—FORESTRY

Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin

inspects extend-ing building ofbrick culvert

alongsideBanyadala

Road and waterdrainage of

Aung Mingalabox culvert in

Tarmwe Town-ship.—YCDC

Stimulant tablets seized in Phakantwho lives at Nat-kyi-sin in Ward-1 inPhakant. After searching the house of UHngwa Lu, 760 WY stimulant tabletswere seized on the ceiling of the bed-room. Naing Lin (a) Alay and U HngwaLu were arrested in order to exposeother accomplices.

MNA

Yangon Mayor inspects tasks forproper drainage

rainy season in Tamway Township thismorning.

He viewed the construction of un-derground box culvert with 100-ft lengthand 5-ft depth crossing Pyay Road for theproper drainage of the culverts along theroad in Mayangon Township.

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 7July—Rainy season tree-planting ceremony of theMinistry of Communi-cations, Posts andTelegraphs was held at theMinister’s office, Nay PyiTaw Post Office and NayPyi Taw exchange officetoday in conjunction witha ceremony to putfingerlings into the dam.It was attended byMinister for

CPT Minister attends monsoontree-growing ceremony

Communications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw and wife,Deputy Minister Maj-GenThein Tun and wife, andstaff.

The minister and wifeand the deputy ministerand wife grew Eugeniasapling. Director-General,Managing Director andGeneral Manager grewEugenia sapling anddepartmental heads grew

star flowers saplings.After that, they viewed theplanting of saplings bystaff. The minister, thedeputy minister and theirwives, and departmentalheads put different speciesof fingerling into the dam.

A total of 684saplings were grown and35,000 fingerlings wereput into the dam at theceremony.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7July—Prize-presentingceremony for outstandingstudents in 2009matriculation examina-tion and donationceremony for Sagawar-myay educationalfoundation took place atgymnasium hall inKyaukpadaung Town-ship, Mandalay Divisionon 5 July. Minister forFinance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tundelivered an address.

Director U AungKyaw Than of CentralBank of Myanmarpresented prizes to

F & R Minister attends prize-presentingceremony and donation ceremony for

Sagawar-myay educational foundation

1-distinction winners,Managing Director UMyat Maw of MyanmaEconomic Bank to 2-distinction winners,minister’s wife Daw KhinThan Win to 3-distinctionwinners and Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun to 4, 5 and 6-distinction winners.

Next, the ministerpresented gifts to teachersthrough TownshipEducation Officer DawAkyu and Headmistresses.

A 6-distinctionwinner Ma Khin WathoneOo spoke words of thankson behalf of the winners.

Afterwards, Patronof Sagawar-myayeducational foundationMinister Maj-Gen Hla Tun

and wife donated K 2.5million to Chairman ofeducational foundation UTin Maung Nyunt at aceremony held inKyaukpadaung Township.

The ministeraccepted K 2 milliondonated by townselder UAung Win Kyi on behalfof Patron of foundationMinister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung. Chairmanof Township Peace andDevelopment Council,chairman of foundationand executive membersaccepted cash donated bywell-wishers.

After that, Patronof foundation MinisterMaj-Gen Hla Tun spokewords of thanks.—MNA

YANGON, 7 July—A meeting on prevention againstnew influenza A(H1N1) 2009 took place at YangonWest Hospital this morning.

Secretary of the Infectious Diseases Control CentralCommittee Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo inhis address said that Myanmar is taking precautionarymeasures against new influenza A(H1N1), based onthe experiences gained from preventive measures takenagainst SARS in 2003, and against bird flu in 2004; thataccording to WHO, up to 6 July, new influenza

Deputy Health Minister inspects hospitals in YangonA(H1N1) had spread to 135 countries and affected94,512 people and cost 429 lives; and that the girl whowas infected with the virus in Singapore is now gettingbetter, and will be discharged from the hospital soon,and the period of surveillance on those who came intocontact with the girl has been over since yesterday. Thedeputy minister inspected wards of the hospital. Healso made inspection tour of Yangon General Hospitaland the Children’s Hospital (Yangon).

MNA

YANGON, 7 July—The final matches ofCommander-in-Chief (Navy)'s Championship ShieldRowing Contest (2009) took place along with theawarding ceremony at Defence Services (Navy)Rowing Club (Inya Lake) on 3 July.

The commander of the Naval DockyardCommand, on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief(Navy), delivered an introductory speech, andpresented the championship shield to the winningteam.—MNA

C-in-C (Navy)'s C'ship ShieldRowing Contest ends

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw puts fingerlings into the dam.MPT

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun presents prize to

an outstanding student.—F&R

Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo delivers address at meeting in Yangon West Hospital.—HEALTH

The Commander of Naval Dockyard Commandpresents shield to winning team.—MNA

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Pathein, a township with a prosperous futureArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

(from page 16)golden statute of Tatmadaw members and nationalpeople.

Along Maha Bandoola Road to the downtownarea, we saw pleasant sight of the road decorated withlandscaping plants, flower beds and casuarinas plantson both sides. And at the junction of Maha BandoolaPark, the roads were coping with heavy traffic, mostof which were motorcycles and bicycles. Pathein hasdeveloped a lot if compared with the conditions Ifound in my last visit to it.

In Maha Bandoola Park was the statue of MahaBandoola standing magnificently. I noticed that thewhole Pathein was hustle and bustle with trade activi-ties. Then, we visited the office of Pathein TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee and met ExecutiveOfficer (Deputy Director) U Soe Win.

In response to my question about regional devel-opment, he said, "We are working diligently in com-

pliance with the guidance of the Head of State, super-vision of Ayeyawdy Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil and directives of our ministry for develop-ment of urban and rural areas. We have a plan to growmany more landscaping plants along the roads to keepour township clean and attractive. We dredge thedrainage ditches every day. And we will plan to up-grade the roads."

It was heartening to learn that they would have tocarry out follow-up programmes to achieve the goal.

U Hla Soe said, "They would continue to decorateMoelaywatha Roundabout, the traffic island ofAungthukha Road, the clock tower, and other busyplaces with landscaping plants and flower beds. Up tonow, we have laid concrete on Strand Road for about4000 feet. Previously, this road was flooded wheneverthe Ngawun River was swollen. Now, such necessarythings are no more. And we maintain the bridges, roadsand parks in the township."

Strand Road in Pathein was a tarred one. We also

saw stockpiles of sand and gravels along Strand Roadto construct buildings.

The Town Hall of Pathein was on Strand Road,and near the hall was the notice board for publicknowledge.

On the left of Strand Road were departmentaloffices, Pathein Market and the road to Chaungthaand Ngwehsaung beach resorts. Pathein Hotel and the50-foot-high clock tower were found decorated withsodium bulbs and coloured lamps.

In the township, Kanthaya and Bandoola parkswere found like recreation centres, and attractive andbeautiful with beds of flowers of various species,landscaping plants, green lawns, statues of animals,fountains and lake.

Therefore, it can be deduced from the scenes andthings we found during our trip that Pathein is gettingprosperous considerably.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 2-7-2009

Shweyoketu Roundabout, which depicts the strength of the nation lies within.

Pathein Suspension Bridge with a tarred roadon it.

(from page 16)of Kazonma-Yaypya-Myaing-Taungyamar road sec-tion at the junction of Seikphyu-Saw-Kanpetlet roadand Pathein-Monywa road, Lt-Gen Tha Aye heard thereport presented by superintending engineer of Divi-sion Public Works and officials concerned on progressin construction of earth work along Seikphyu-Sawmotor road and fulfilled the needs.

On arrival at Kazonma station hospital in SeikphyuTownship, Lt-Gen Tha Aye gave necessary instruc-tions to responsible persons. After that, the director ofHealth Department under the Ministry of Health pre-sented medical equipment for station hospital to themedical superintendent of the station hospital.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party then proceeded toShwetaungtan agricultural farm of U Mya Maung atthe entrance to Kanpetlet, Chin State. At the farm, theyinspected tea, yan tuber, grape fruit and orange plan-tations and left necessary instructions.— MNA

Regional developmenttasks in Magway Div …

YANGON, 7 July—The tropics timber associationof the Forest Department under the Ministry of For-estry and the community funds for commoditiesjointly held a workshop on extensive use of teak fromteak plantations of ASEAN at the Central ForestDevelopment Training Centre in Hmawby this morn-ing.

It was attended by five forest experts from Indone-sia, the Philippines, India, and China, and representa-tives from NGOs and the Myanmar Forest Productsand Timber Merchants Association, totalling 55.

The five foreign experts will read out five papers,and local experts, six papers at the seminar that contin-ues till 10 July.

MNA

Workshop on extensiveuse of teak from ASEAN

teak plantations

YANGON, 7 July—Monsoon tree-planting cer-emony of Myaungmya Township Forest Departmentwas held in front of affiliated basic education highschool near the road, in Pyin Village, MyaungmyaTownship on 20 July.

Chairman of Myaungmya District, chair-man of township and staff officers of Forest De-partment planted windbreaker and eucalyptus sap-lings.

A total of 1200 eucalyptus saplings were collec-tively grown on both sides of the road by officials,members of social organizations, teachers and stu-dents.

MNA

Rainy season tree-

planting ceremony for

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Russia bank may help Ukraine with$4b gas loan

LONDON, 7 July —Three more Britons includingtwo children have died after contracting the H1N1 fluvirus, taking to seven the number of people in Britainwho have died after catching the infection, healthofficials said on Monday.

The latest victims, a nine-year-old child fromsouth London and a man and a child from the Kirkleesarea of West Yorkshire in northern England, all hadunderlying health issues, the National Health Servicesaid.

The nine-year-old is the second person to die inthe capital since the flu outbreak spread from Mexicoto Britain in April. A 19-year-old, who was also fromsouth London and had serious pre-existing illnesses,died last week.

“Once again we would wish to take thisopportunity to remind the public that for most peoplethis is a mild illness and that they should start to feelbetter after a few days without needing to go to theirdoctor,” NHS London said in a statement.

A spokesman for NHS services in Yorkshire saidit was not yet clear if the virus, known as swine flu,was the main cause of the other two deaths.

The World Health Organization declared on 11June that the outbreak of the virus was a pandemic.More than 77,000 people have been infectedworldwide, including about 7,500 confirmed cases inBritain. — MNA/Reuters

Three more Britons dieafter contracting H1N1 flu

STOCKHOLM, 7 July — A European health agencysaid on Monday that 82 new A/H1N1 flu cases werereported in European countries within the last 24hours.

Of the new cases, 22 were confirmed in Germany,11 in Greece, nine in Hungary, eight in Cyprus, sevenrespectively in Finland and Netherlands, six in Ireland,three respectively in Sweden, Portugal and Bulgaria,one respectively in Slovenia, Slovakia and Denmark,the European Center for Disease Prevention andControl ( ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1flu virus in the EU and European Free TradeAssociation (EFTA) countries rose to 10,342, with776 cases in Spain and 7,447 in Britain, 318 in Franceand 527 in Germany, the ECDC said. The ECDCpublishes a daily situation report about the H1N1 flucases in the EU and EFTA countries based on officialinformation from these countries.— MNA/Xinhua

82 new A/H1N1 flu casesconfirmed in Europe

KIEV, 7 July —Ukraine’s state firmNaftogaz could secure upto four billion US dollarsin financing with the helpof Russian investmentbank Troika to ensurepayment for gas importsfrom Moscow, theInternet site UkrainskaPravda reported onMonday.

A banking sourcelater told Reuters thatTroika was only largeenough to serve as aconduct for the funds,

which could ultimatelycome from Russian gasexport monopolyGazprom. Naftogaz,which must pay for gasimports by the seventhday of the monthfollowing purchases,offered no comment onthe report, based on whatthe authoritative Internetnews service said was afax of a draft contractbetween the companies.

“But Troika isdefinitely just a pass-through structure...

Gazprom’s structures arethe ones most likely toprovide the financing,” aninvestment banking sourcesaid. Naftogaz said laterMonday that it had paid infull for June imports ofRussian import about 1.1billion cubic metres of gasin June valued at about300 million US dollars.Tymoshenko had earlierinsisted that Ukrainewould not miss the on 7July payment deadlinefor gas consumed in June.

MNA/Reuters

As if the atmosphere outside Staples Center didn’t promise to be circus-likeenough come on Tuesday morning, they’re sending in the elephants.

INTERNET

On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts NeilArmstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first

humans to walk on the moon. Forty years later, avariety of museums, space centers and otherinstitutions are marking the anniversary with

events, exhibits, concerts and lectures.INTERNET

This undated photo shows a small town on thebanks of the Tigris river in Turkey. Determined to

reduce dependence on foreign energy, Turkeyvowed on Tuesday to push on with an ambitious

dam construction programme on the Tigris despitethe loss of financing for a key project and loudobjections from environmentalists.—INTERNET

STOCKHOLM, 7 July—Sweden with the presidencyof EU confirmed on Monday that European Parliamentvote on whether to approve a second five-year term forEuropean Commission President Jose Manuel Barrosowill be put off to a future date.

“I have had the opportunity to discuss this with anumber of the Parliament’s group leaders, and haveunderstood that the Parliament is not ready to vote inJuly. I respect the Parliament’s views,” said SwedishPrime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt at a joint Pressconference with the President of the EuropeanParliament Hans-Gert Pottering, who is on his officialvisit in Sweden.

“With so many shared challenges ahead of us, inEurope and internationally, I think it is important tohave a strong commission. And for that, we need toappoint a new president soon, “ said Reinfeldt. “I hadhoped that we would be able to vote on the presidentof the commission in July, but as the president of theEuropean Parliament, I respect the political groupleaders’ wish to wait. I hope that we can make adecision at the European Parliament’s Septembersession instead,” Pottering said.

At the European Council’s meeting in June, all 27EU heads of state and government agreed to nominatethe current President Jose Manuel Barroso for a secondterm of office in the commission, whose term runs outin the autumn. — MNA/Xinhua

European Parliamentvote on Barroso to be

put offRussia sends three military satellites

into spaceMOSCOW, 7 July — Russia successfully put three

military satellites into orbit early Monday, news agenciesreported citing a spokesman for Russia’s Space Forces.

A Russian Rokot carrier rocket carrying threeCosmos-series satellites was launched by the SpaceForces from the Plesetsk space centre in northwestRussia, said Alexei Zolotukhin.

Rokot is a modified version of the RS-18 two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. —MNA/Xinhua

Mexican pork exportdrops 90% due to flu

MEXICO CITY, 7 July—Mexico’s pork exportdropped 90 percent, oraround 30,000 tons, due tothe spread of the A/H1N1flu, according to a reporton Monday.

Since the World TradeOrganization (WTO)declared the A/H1N1 fluoutbreak in Mexico a“public health emergencyof international concern”,20 nations have imposedimport controls on

Mexican meat, said areport from the PublicFinance Study Centre.

Despite the impact onthe export of pork, thepoultry industry has notbeen affected, it added.Mexico’s pork exporttotals some 22 million USdollars each month withsome 3.9 million dollars’worth going to Japan, thelargest single exportmarket.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (259)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (259) are hereby notified that thevessel due to arrive on 7.7.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BANTEN VOY NO (053)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINARBANTEN VOY NO (053) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 8.7.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BIENNAM 16 VOY NO (907 )Consignees of cargo carried on MV BIENNAM 16

VOY NO (907 ) are hereby notified that the vessel willdue to arrive on 4.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.6 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S BIENNAM MARITIME CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256919/256916/256912

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BRISA AZUL VOY NO (103)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BRISA AZULVOY NO (103) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 8.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

Apple iPodmay getcamera

BEIJING, 7 July—Tech-nological sources in Asiasuggest that the AppleiPod may be getting acamera.

One technologicalwebsite, TechCrunchclaims Apple has alreadyplaced orders for a cam-era module for the nextversion of the iPod. Otherpointers to the potentialupgrade are that newcases for the device showa hole where a cameramight be.

Rumors have persistedbefore, and Apple won’tconfirm anything.

Only the iPhone cur-rently possesses a camerain all of its models. Its lat-est version, the iPhone3Gs, boasts a 3 megapixaldevice as well as videocapture and editing soft-ware which also enablesusers to upload video clipsto YouTube.

Internet

Brazil reports 20 new cases ofA/H1N1 flu, raising total to 905

Venezuela reports222 A/H1N1 flu

cases CARACAS, 7 July—Venezue-

lan health authorities on Mondayconfirmed 222 cases of the influ-enza A/H1N1 in the country.

The National Institute of Hy-giene said 66 patients were receiv-ing free medical treatment andother 156 had recovered from thedisease.

Nancy Perez, deputy minis-ter for collective health networks,said that the patients had light tomoderate symptoms and thosefirst infected had a fast recovery.

Perez said that the number ofpatients had reduced thanks to thecontrol, tracking and recommen-dations given by the health ministry.—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 7 July —Brazil’sHealth Ministry announced on Mon-day the confirmation of 20 new casesof A/H1N1 flu, which brought the to-tal to 905 in the country. The new casesare spread over five states: seven in RioGrande do Sul six in Parana, three inGoias, three in Sao Paulo and one inRio Grande do Norte. Most of the in-fected patients have already been dis-charged or are recovering from the dis-ease, the Ministry said.

So far, the A/H1N1 flu has killedone person in Brazil, a 29-year-oldtruck driver from Rio Grande do Sulstate. The Health Ministry also in-formed that there are 1,414 patientssuspected of having contracted the A/H1N1flu in the country, who are be-ing tested in order to confirm the con-tagion. Additionally, the Ministry

said, the A/H1N1 flu has been dis-carded in 1,203 cases.

According to the Ministry, about60 percent of the Brazilian patientswere infected during internationaltrips, mostly to Argentina, the US,and Chile. Other 23 percent were in-fected in Brazilian territory, and theremaining cases are being investi-gated. Despite the increasing domes-tic transmission cases, the Ministrysaid that the A/H1N1 virus is not cir-culating in the country and that do-mestic transmission is restricted.

So far, there are about 94,500 con-firmed cases of A/H1N1 flu in theworld, according to the latest reportfrom the World Health Organization(WHO). The disease has alreadykilled 429 people worldwide.

Internet

A boat sails with tourists in the ancient historical port city of Byblos, north ofBeirut. Lebanon is expecting a record two million tourists this summer if the

security and political stability persists, the Lebanese Minister of Tourismannounced.—INTERNET

Drivewithcare

National Open Tender NoticeContract reference DCI-ASIE/2008/1 66 - 067

Save the Children intend to award a Supply Contract for construction materialsin Island of Pyinkayaing, Ngapudaw Township, Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar,with financial assistance from the “Integrated Non-Formal Education and Liveli-hoods programme to aid the recover and resilience of cyclone uprooted vulnerablepeople on the Island of Pyinkayaing ”, program of the European Commission.

The tender documents are available at the following addresses:

Save the Children, Wizaya Plaza, 226 U Wisara Road, Bahan Township, Yangon ,Myanmar

The deadline for submission of tenders is 8th August 2009 at the end of business hours.

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Corals are seen at the Great Barrier Reef in this January 2002 handoutphoto.—INTERNET

Experts warn of reef extinction byend of century

BEIJING, 7 July — Wild-life experts warn that theworld's coral reefs may beextinct by the end of thiscentury unless the amountof carbon dioxide (CO2) inthe atmosphere is cut down.

At a meeting in Londonon Monday, leading wild-life experts claimed that thepredicted pace of emissionsmeans a level of 450 partsper million of CO2 in theatmosphere will be reachedby 2050. The emissionswill lead to increasingly

acidic oceans and warmingwater temperatures, whichwill kill off the coral reefsin the following decades.

“The kitchen is on fireand it’s spreading aroundthe house,” said AlexRogers of the ZoologicalSociety of London and theInternational Programmeon the State of the Ocean.

“If we act quickly anddecisively we may be ableto put it out before the dam-age becomes irreversible,”he added.

Coral reefs are importantnurseries and shelters forfish and other sea life.

They also protect coast-lines, provide a criticalsource of food for millionsof people, attract touristsand are potential store-house of medicines for can-cer and other diseases.

The biggest is the GreatBarrier Reef, a collection of2,900 reefs along 2,100 kmof Australia's north eastcoast in a marine park thesize of Germany.—Internet

Thailand’s death toll fromA/H1N1 flu rises to eight

BANGKOK, 7 July — Thailand’s Public Health Min-istry on Tuesday announced the country’s eighth deathrelated to the Influenza A/H1N1 virus.

The eighth death is a man of 58 years old, whodied from renal failure at a hospital in the capital ofBangkok, the Thai-language news agency INN re-ported. As of on Tuesday morning, the ministry an-nounced 156 more confirmed cases, bringing thecountry's total number to 2,428.

On Saturday, the ministry reported the country'sseventh flu death case, who is a 37-year-old womanfrom the central Province of Ratcha Buri.—Internet

Two more A/H1N1 flu victimsdie in Britain

LONDON, 7 July —Two more victims infected withthe A/H1N1 have died in Britain following the re-port of a nine-year-old child who died over the week-end, officials said on Monday.

A man and a girl from Kirklees, West Yorkshiredied last week, but no more details have been re-vealed. This brings the death toll of people contractedwith the H1N1 flu in Britain to seven.

The nine-year-old from south London had “seri-ous underlying health problems,” said a spokesmanfor the National Health Service(NHS) in London.

Last week, a 19-year-old man from south Londondied after infected with the H1N1 flu virus. To date,the oldest dying from the flu aged 73 while the young-est being six.—Internet

Chile reports two new deathsfrom A/H1N1 flu

SANTIAGO, 7 July — The death toll related to theA/H1N1 flu outbreak in Chile rose to 18 after healthauthorities confirmed on Monday the deaths of twomore people from the disease.

The victims were a 52-year-old man who diedearly Monday morning in San Antonio city, and a68-year-old female who died in Tome locality.

According to a report from the Health Services ofSan Antonio, the male patient had a respiratory dis-ease, which complicated his condition.

“He had a chronic lung disease and he was beingtreated for a lymphoma. He entered the Claudio Vi-cuna Hospital one week ago and just yesterday hewas confirmed as positive (for the flu),” the reportsaid.—Internet

Inexplicable leukemias rock smallGerman rural region

Mayor of Drage andpresident of the asso-

ciation “AgainstLeukemia in the

Elbmarsch Region,”Uwe Harden, is seen infront of the Kruemmelnuclear power plant, in

Marschacht.INTERNET

Keeping blood sugar in check goodfor the heart

Blood clotsrisk up

significantlywith long

travelBEIJING, 7 July — A re-

view of past researchconfirm that a long-dis-tance travel could signifi-cantly increase the riskfor developing bloodclots in people’s legs, ac-cording to media reportson Tuesday.

The researchersanalyzed 14 previousstudies and found out thatthe risk grows with thelength of the trip.

The risk climbedalong with the durationof the trip — rising 18percent for every twohours of any type oftravel, and by 26 percentfor every two hours ofair travel.

But while the currentfindings confirm thetravel-VTE link, lead re-searcher Dr DivayChandra of the HarvardSchool of Public Healthin Boston said “there isno reason for panic” be-cause the absolute risk toany one traveler is stilllow.

Still, Chandra said,“people who travel longdistances should beaware of the risk of bloodclots and learn to recog-nize the symptoms.”

The clotting is alsoknown as deep veinthrombosis. Symptomsinclude swelling, painand redness in the leg.

Internet

NEW YORK, 7 July —Anew study highlights theimportance of good long-term control of bloodsugar in people with dia-betes.

The study found thatpoor long-term bloodsugar control in diabeticsis associated with a sub-stantial increase in the riskof dying from ischemicheart disease — the typeof heart disease character-ized by restricted bloodflow to the arteries of theheart.However, with rea-sonably good blood sugaror “glycemic” control, therisk of death fromischemic heart disease iscomparable to that seen in

people without diabetes,the researchers found.

“Due to these findings,good glycemic control inpersons with newly diag-nosed diabetes should berecommended,” Dr Ane CDale, from the NorwegianUniversity of Science andTechnology in Tron-dheim, told ReutersHealth. “In addition, it isnecessary to control othercardiovascular risk factorsproperly.”

In a 20-year follow upstudy, Dale and colleaguescompared death rates fromischemic heart disease in205 patients newly diag-nosed with diabetes and205 matched subjects

without diabetes at the out-set.

The researchers reportin the European HeartJournal that diabetic pa-tients had nearly a two-fold greater risk of dyingcompared to nondiabeticpatients.

The risk for death fromischemic heart disease wasfour times higher in dia-betic subjects with poorlong-term blood sugarcontrol compared to thecontrol group, whereas indiabetes patients with“reasonably good” bloodsugar control the risk wasalmost the same as in sub-jects without diabetes,Dale said.—Internet

GEESTHACHT, 7 July— For 20 years, children from asmall rural northern German region — where AlfredNobel invented dynamite — have been contractingleukemia at a higher rate than anywhere else in theworld and no one knows exactly why.

Nineteen cases of leukemia among children under15 have been recorded since 1989 in the region ofElbmarsch, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) from thecity of Hamburg, three or four times the average rate.

“Such a high rate of leukemia is unique in theworld,” according to Hayo Dieckmann, a health offi-cial in the nearby town of Lueneburg who is also amedical doctor.

Authorities in this area, which bills itself as a cen-tre for energy and scientific research, have carried outvarious studies and tests but failed to come up withconclusive results accepted by all parties as to why itshould be a leukemia hotspot.

Campaigners, however, point out that within twokilometres of the region lie the Kruemmel nuclearpower station and the GKSS scientific research cen-tre, both of which they believe are to blame for theleukemia outbreaks.

Internet

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S P O R T SReal Madrid presents

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid’s newPortuguese soccerplayer Cristiano

Ronaldo greets thecrowd during his

presentation at SantiagoBernabeu stadium in

Madrid, on 6 July,2009.—INTERNET

Israeli Benayoun signs contractextension with Liverpool

FC Porto signs Argentinianmidfielder Belluschi

Portuguese championsFC Porto on Mondaysigned Argentinianmidfielder Daniel

Belluschi, seen herein 2008, for five million

euros from Greekgiants Olympiakos.

INTERNET

Van Bommel wants Riberyaffair cleared up

Bayern Munichmidfielder Mark vanBommel, seen here inMay 2009, on Mondaycalled for a swift end to

the uncertainty sur-rounding the future ofwant-away French starFranck Ribery, who isangling to join RealMadrid.—INTERNET

Mbia snubs Everton for MarseilleMARSEILLE, 7 July—Rennes' Cameroon defender

Stephane Mbia has snubbed a move to English sideEverton for French club Marseille, a source close tothe deal revealed on Monday.

The move by the 23-year-old, who had also beenan Everton target, had looked in doubt after Marseillepresident Jean-Claude Dassier insisted at the week-end that the transfer fee of 12 million euros was "a

Rennes' defender StephaneMbia, seen here in March

2009, has snubbed a move toEnglish side Everton forFrench club Marseille, a

source close to the deal re-vealed on Monday.—INTERNET

Chelsea sign Russianwinger Zhirkov

LONDON, 7 July—Russian international winger YuriZhirkov has signed for English Premiership giantsChelsea, the club's new manager Carlo Ancelotti saidon Monday.—Internet

Russian defenderAlexander Anyukov(left) and midfielder

teammate YuriZhirkov celebrateat St Jakob-Parkin Basel, 2008.

INTERNET

Germany’s Benjamin Becker, seenhere in June 2009, was knocked outon Monday during the first day ofthe 500,000-dollar ATP Hall ofFame Championships.—INTERNET

Becker ousted, Fish flees as NewportATP favourites vanish

NEWPORT, 7 July—US top seed Mardy Fish withdrew and fourth seedBenjamin Becker of Germany was knocked out on Monday during thefirst day of the 500,000 dollar ATP Hall of Fame Championships.

Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick withdrew from this week's USDavis Cup quarter-final tie at Croatia, prompting Fish to be called uponto replace him and thus skip the final grass-court tournament of theseason.

American Brendan Evans pulled the first upset of the event by elimi-nating Becker 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-5. Evans will next face countryman RobbyGinepri, who defeated Spain's Santiago Ventura 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.—Internet

Chelsea want Terry ‘forever’says new boss

Chelsea captain JohnTerry. Chelsea want in-spirational captain Terryto stay at the club “for-ever” according to newBlues manager CarloAncelotti.—INTERNET

LISBON, 7 July—FCPorto signed Argentinianmidfielder DanielBelluschi for five millioneuros from Greek clubOlympiakos on Monday.

The 25-year-oldsigned a four year contractwith the Portuguesechampions with a transferfee in case he leaves be-fore his contract is fin-ished.

Belluschi will fill theplace of his compatriotLucho Gonzalez whosigned for French teamMarseille last week for17.5 million euros.

Internet

Liverpool’s Israeli mid-fielder Yossi Benayoun,seen here in April 2009,on Monday signed a newtwo-year extension to hiscontract which will keep

him at the club until2013.—INTERNET

BERLIN, 7 July—BayernMunich midfielder Markvan Bommel on Mondaycalled for a swift end to theuncertainty surroundingthe future of want-awayFrench star Franck Ribery,

who is angling to join RealMadrid.

"Franck must clearthings up with the coachand the board and it will begood if he does so quickly,"said the Dutchman, whosays the transfer windowought not to stay open un-til the end of August. "Thatis ridiculous - by then wewill already long have re-turned to action," he com-plained to German sportsagency SID.

The German club aremeanwhile consideringputting a fine system inplace in the wake ofmidfielder Ribery's insist-ence in a French media in-terview last week that hewill leave for Spain.

Bayern's bosses haverepeatedly insisted he isgoing nowhere and the af-fair is disrupting prepara-tions for a new season setto begin on 7 August.

Internet

LONDON, 7 July—Chel-sea want inspirationalcaptain John Terry to stayat the club "forever" ac-cording to new Bluesmanager Carlo Ancelotti.

England skipper Terryhas been linked with amega-money move toChelsea's cash-richPremier League rivals

Manchester City.But while City aspire to

be one of England's lead-ing clubs, Chelsea alreadyare and Ancelotti, theformer AC Milan boss,said he wanted centre-halfTerry - who has spent allhis senior career with theBlues - to stay in westLondon.

"John Terry is a symbolof this team," Ancelottisaid at his first news con-ference as Chelsea man-ager here Monday.

"He will be captainnext season: he said hewants to stay forever andwe want to keep him forever," the Italian added.

“Now there is a ques-tion of Man City, but forTerry (there is) no price.

Terry will be at Chel-sea forever.”—Internet

LONDON, 7 July—Is-raeli midfielder YossiBenayoun signed a newtwo-year extension to hiscontract with English pre-mier league club Liver-pool, the club website re-ported.

Benayoun, 29, willstay with the club until2013.

"I am very happy thatwe have reached an agree-ment. Of course, to be ata club like this is a dreamcome true and I want tokeep playing here.

"Hopefully now I canconcentrate on the hardwork that needs to bedone and try to play bet-ter and better and winsome silverware," he toldwww.liverpoolfc.tv.

Benayoun, whomoved to Anfield fromWest Ham in July 2007,scored nine goals in 42

appearances during the2008-09 campaign, in-cluding the late winneragainst Real in the Cham-pions League last 16 at theBernabeu stadium in Feb-ruary. —Internet

little expensive".M e a n w h i l e

M a r s e i l l emidfielder KarimZiani is on theway to Germanchampions VfLWolfsburg in adeal believed to beworth in the re-gion of seven mil-lion euros, accord-ing to the samesource.—Internet

MADRID, 7 July—TheSpanish soccer club RealMadrid presented onMonday its new player,Portuguese CristianoRonaldo as part of theclub, during an event inSantiago Bernabeu sta-

dium with 80,000 soccerfans.

During the event thefans sang "Yes, yes, yes,Ronaldo is already here!"

Real Madrid's presi-dent Florentio Perex toldRonaldo, "Cristiano, wel-come to SantiagoBernabeu Stadium, wel-come to your house, oneof Real Madrid."

Ronaldo said that "I'mhappy of being in Real-Madrid, I can not believethe stadium is so full as itis, I'm very excited... I'vefulfilled my dream."

Ronaldo costs 94 mil-lion euros, being the mostexpensive player in theworld.

On Monday Ronaldowent to a medical checkup and later he signed thecontract with the club forsix years for nine millioneuros each season.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain have been isolatedin Kayah State and lower Sagaing Division, scatteredin Chin State, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairlywidespread in Taninthayi Division and widespread inthe remaining areas with locally heavyfall in RakhineState and isolated heavyfall in Kachin State. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were NayPyi Taw (0.75) inch, Maungdaw (6.50) inches, Sittwe(5.87) inches, Myitkyina (3.98), Thandwe (3.82)inches, Dawei (2.76) inches, Ann, Hmawbi andTheinzayat (2.40) inches each, Kyaukpyu andGyibingouk (2.36) inches each, Minbu (1.46) inchesand Magway (1.26) inches.

Maximum temperature on 6-7-2009 was 83°F.Minimum temperature on 7-7-2009 was 66°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7-7-2009 was 100%.Total sun shine hours on 6-7-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 7-7-2009 was (2.16) inches atMingaladon, (1.69) inches at Kaba-Aye and (1.58)inches at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009was (44.17) inches at Mingaladon, (48.42) inches atKaba-Aye and (51.54) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (18)mph from Southwest at (20:50) hours MST on 6-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally strong inthe Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 8th July 2009:Rain will be scattered in Kayah State, lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly widespreadin Shan and Chin States and widespread in the remainingareas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhineand Mon States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Occasional squalls with moderateto rough seas will be experienced off and alongMyanmar Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls mayreach (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generallystrong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 8-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 8-7-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 8-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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PARIS, 7 July—France and Brazil urged a biggerrole for the International Labour Organization in areshaped global economic system that would also seemore influence given to developing countries in theUnited Nations Security Council.

“Everywhere in the world, employees are askingfor more justice, more security. They must be heard,”French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Braziliancounterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a jointcolumn published in France’s Liberation daily andBrazil’s Folha de Sao Paulo on Tuesday.

The column urging the creation of an “Alliance forChange” appears ahead of this week’s meeting inL’Aquila, Italy of heads of the Group of Eight industrialnations — the United States, Japan, Germany, Italy,France, Britain, Canada and Russia.

The meeting will also include parallel talks betweenthe Group of Five countries — China, India, Brazil,South Africa and Mexico and then talks between thetwo groups.

Sarkozy and Lula said the economic crisis hadunderlined the need for more contact betweenindustrialized countries and the developing world.The two leaders also repeated calls for an overhaul ofthe UN Security Council.— MNA/Reuters

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NAY PYI TAW, 7 July—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by departmentalofficials, left here by car on 2 June. Lt-Gen Tha Ayewas welcomed by Chairman of Sagaing Division Peaceand Development Council Commander of North-WestCommand Maj-Gen Myint Soe, Chairman of MagwayDivision Peace and Development Council Col PhoneMaw Shwe and departmental officials at Chauk Town-ship, Magway Division.

On arrival at Women Vocational Training Schoolof Education and Training Department in SeikphyuTownship, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party inspected train-ees taking tailoring course.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspected Seikphyu-Saw-Kanpetlet road section by car. At the briefing hall

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Regional development tasks in Magway Div and Chin State inspected

Myanmar keeps on taking precautionarymeasures against New Influenza A (H1N1)None of those who have come into contact with

13-year-old girl victim found infected with virusNAY PYI TAW, 7 July—Up to yesterday, New Influenza A (H1N1) had spread

to 135 countries, having affected 94,512 people and killed 429 people.Myanmar is putting sustained efforts into control and preventive measures

against the latest form of flu. So far, it has given medical check-ups to 1,791,882people at airports, ports and border checkpoints and examined those suspiciouswith the deadly disease.

According to the results of laboratory tests, of 36 people suspicious withNew Influenza A (H1N1) in the nation, only one was found infected with thevirus; 21, suffering seasonal flu only, and 14, in healthy conditions.

The Ministry of Health today announced that the period of surveillancecarried out on 203 persons who came into contact with the 13-year-old femalevictim has been over since yesterday; and that the virus has not spread to any otherperson and the case is now under control.—MNA

Pathein, a township with a prosperous futureArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe;

Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

Pathein Bridge, ashowcase of Pathein,Ayeyawady Division.

The clock tower of Pathein.

When we arrived atthe entrance to Patheinby car through Yangon-Pathein Highway at about3 pm, we were greeted bythe signboard saying"Welcome to Pathein".Under the greeting wordswas a picture of threeparasols, the symbol ofPathein. Reading thesignboard and having alook at the picture, I felt a

glow of pleasure. And onthe right hand side was asignboard that said"Ayeyawady Delta,hardworking dwellers"indicating the vigour oflocal people.

It was pleasant to viewlandscaping plants andflower beds on both sidesof the road with a lush,green lawn in the back-ground. The scene at the

entrance to Pathein mademe feel relaxed and re-freshed.

Some time after leav-ing Technological Uni-versity (Pathein) andPathein University, wegot to the roundabout ofgolden statues. The 25-foot-high roundabout atthe junction of Pathein-Yangon Road, Pathein-Chaungtha-NgwehsaungRoad, Maha BandoolaRoad and AnawrahtaRoad is composed of

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Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defenceinspects Shwetaungtan agricultural farm in

Chin State.—MNA

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