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Volume XVIII, Number 109 13th Waning of Second Waso 1372 ME Sunday, 8 August, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round developmentof other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage 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 Constitu-

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

ASEAN has potential to physically anchor itself astransportation, information and communication

technology, and tourism hub of the region

It gives me great pleasure and honour to extendmy warmest greetings and best wishes to theGovernments and peoples of all the ASEAN MemberStates, on this auspicious day.

Today marks the 43rd Anniversary of thefounding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN). On this day every year, we used to takestock of ASEAN’s past achievements and think aboutits future direction. This year is no exception.

In the last couple of years, ASEAN has madeimportant milestones, including the entry into force ofthe ASEAN Charter in December 2008 and thedeclaration of the Roadmap for the ASEANCommunity in March 2009. Progress is being achieved

in the implementation of the ASEAN Political-SecurityCommunity (APSC) Blueprint, the ASEAN EconomicCommunity (AEC) Blueprint and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint.

The ASEAN Leaders discussed the concept ofASEAN Connectivity and adopted a statement thereonat the 15th ASEAN Summit in October 2009. Theyobserved that, located at the crossroads of aneconomically vibrant and growing region, ASEAN thushad the potential to physically anchor itself as theTransportation, Information and CommunicationTechnology, and tourism hub of the region. They taskedthe High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Connectivity(HLTF-AC) to develop an ASEAN Master Plan on

regional connectivity. We are pleased to note that theHLTF-AC is on track for the completion of the MasterPlan on ASEAN Connectivity by the 17th ASEANSummit.

We have learned that the Master Plan will focuson physical connectivity, institutional connectivityand people-to-people connectivity. We note that thetheme for this year’s ASEAN Day, “Bridging Markets,Connecting Peoples”, if fully in line with the conceptof ASEAN Connectivity. We sincerely hope that theMaster Plan would reach a win-win solution to reflectthe interest of all ASEAN Member States and strivefor balance between regional and national interests.

MNA

Inlay Lake, a natural heritage of the nation as well as a pride of Shan StateState

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug—Prime Minister U TheinSein, accompanied by ministers, deputy ministersand heads of department, from Namlat Creekyesterday inspected the dredging and clearing ofwater hyacinth, flotsam and duckweed in Inlay Lake,Nyaungshwe, Shan State (South).

The Prime Minister and entourage offered almes,flowers and water to Inlay PhaungdawU BuddhaImages. Next, they offered gold foils to them.

The Prime Minister viewed progress inrenovating the images.

He had a meeting with townselders,

departmental heads and hoteliers at InlayPhaungdawU Zalatthala prayer hall. Chairman of theSupervisory Committee for Conservation of InlayLake Chairman of Shan State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Eastern

(See page 8)

Prime Minister U Thein Sein views maintenance of retaining walls of Inlay PhaungdawU Hill.—MNA

Congratulatory Message from Senior General Than Shwe,Chairman of State Peace and Development Council of

Union of Myanmar on occasion of 43rd Anniversary of ASEAN Day

Prime Minister inspects tasks for sustainability of Inlay Lake

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug—Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe sent a congratulatory messageon the occasion of the 43rd Anniversary of ASEAN Day. The full text of the message is as follows:-

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 8 August, 2010

Sunday, 8 August, 2010

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 Desire

Take preventive andpreparedness measuresagainst natural disasters

According to the meteorologicalobservations over a couple of days, thereremains a low pressure area in the northwestof the Bay of Bengal. Monsoon is strong in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.Thundershowers may scatter in various regionsand isolated rains in Rakhine and Mon Statesand Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions.

Some regional and neighbouringcountries are facing overflows of water at riversand floods in the lowland areas. Thousands ofpeople lost lives. Wells and lakes in some floodedregions were polluted, and thus there arewaterborne diseases problems following floods.

Due to strong monsoon, heavy rainsoccurred in Myanmar. As the water levels ofAyeyawady and Chindwin rivers may reachthe danger levels at towns and villages alongthem, it is necessary to take preventive andpreparedness measures against naturaldisasters.

All the people are to follow the floodwarnings issued by the Department ofMeteorology and Hydrology. The people fromthe towns and villages of floods-prone areasare to constantly watch the rising water levels.They have to constantly check theembankments and gather bags of sand andgravel.

The flood prevention groups and therescue and health groups are to be formed inthe respective towns and villages in time.Moreover, preventive measures are to be takenfor maintenance of roads, bridges andcommunication facilities that may be affectedduring the floods.

Serious attention is to be paid to naturaldisasters including floods that may occur atany time. As such, the local authorities, socialorganizations and local people are toharmoniously join hands in carrying outdisaster preventive and preparedness measuresin all seasons.

YANGON, 7 Aug—SANTINI InternationalTraining Academy hasbeen conductinghospitality managementcourses and computercourses for those wishingto work in restaurants,cafeterias, shoppingmalls, hotels and cruisersat home and abroad.

Courses such as Front

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug— Commander of NayPyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin on5 Aug at tended theopening of WorldBreastfeeding Weekand Nutri t ion Weekact iv i t ies inKandawmingala Hall ofNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.

Dis t r ic t andtownship leveldepartmental officials,members of socia lorganiza t ions andguests a t tended theceremony.

The commandermade an openingspeech and officialspresented awards towinners in com-memorat ive com-petitions.

Commander attends launching ceremony of WorldBreastfeeding Week and Nutrition Week activities

The commanderand off ic ia ls la terdistributed nutritive

agents to expectedmothers andbreastfeeding mothers

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug— Ministry for Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs

PBANRDA Ministry, Nay Pyi Taw DevelopmentCommittee award outstanding students

and Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Com-mittee awardedoutstanding studentswho passed the

matriculation exami-nation with flyingcolours in 2009-2010Academic year at theministry yesterday.

Minister for Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment AffairsNay Pyi Taw Mayor UThein Nyunt delivered anopening speech.

Secretary U Tun Kyiand members of Nay PyiTaw DevelopmentCommittee, directors-general, managingdirectors, deputydirectors-general anddirectors of thedepartments andenterprises, staff,students and parentsattended the ceremony.

The mayor andofficials presented theprizes and certificates ofhonour to outstandingoffspring of stafffamilies of the ministryand committee. A six-distinction winner spokewords of thanks onbehalf of the awardwinning students.

MNA

Hospitality managementcourses in August

month front officeoperation course.

The training academyorganizes a talk on“Trends of hospitalityindustry: Service & JobOpportunities” on 14August (Saturday). The

Desk Representative,Guestroom Attendant,Restaurant Server,Commercial Aviation,Bartender & Arts ofMixology, Banquet Set upand Catered Events, eachof which lasts one andhalf month will be openedin August along with ITcourse for governmentand company staff and 4-

talk is free to all and 20%discount will be offeredto those enroll on that day.

For details, contact No.170/176, New AyeyaHotel, Bo Aung KyawStreet, BotahtaungTownship, here (near

Aladin Game Centre),Email: info-@san-t i n i t r a i n i n g .com,[email protected], website:www.santinitraining.com,Ph: 383739, 383740,256938-44.—MNA

Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin feedsvitamin to a child at launching of World Breastfeeding Week and

Nutrition Week .—MNA

Minister forPBANRDA

Mayor of NayPyi Taw U

Thein Nyuntawards an

outstandingstudent who

passedmatriculationexaminationwith flying

colours.MNA

and gave vitamin tabletsto kids.

MNA

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Six Americans on medicalteam killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, 7 Aug—Ten members of amedical team, including six Americans,were shot and killed by Taleban as theywere returning from providing eyetreatment and other health care inremote vi l lages in northernAfghanistan, a spokesman for the teamsaid on Saturday.

Dirk Frans, director of theInternational Assistance Mission, saidone German, one Briton and twoAfghans also were part of the team thatmade the three-week trip to Nuristanprovince. They drove to the province,left their vehicles and hiked for hours

with pack horses over mountainousterrain to reach the Parun valley inthe province’s northwest.

Taleban spokesman ZabiullahMujahid said that they killed theforeigners because they were“spying for the Americans” and“preaching Christianity.”

Frans said the InternationalAssistance Mission, the longestserving nongovernmentalorganizat ion operat ing inAfghanistan, is registered as anonprofit Christian organizationbut does not proselytize.—Internet

This handout photograph released by The Jammu and Ladakh InformationDepartment on 7 Aug, shows collapsed buildings in a flood-affected area ofLeh. Rescuers struggled to find survivors after devastating floods caused by

freak rains killed at least 132 people in a remote part of India's Ladakhpopular for adventure sports.—INTERNET

KUNDUZ, 7 Aug—Some 40 foreign fighters havebeen supporting Taleban militants in Afghanistan’snorthern Kunduz province, provincial deputy policechief Abdul Rahman Haqtash said on Saturday.

While showing three foreign fighters tojournalists, he said they have been fighting underUzbek extremist commander Tahir Yaldash.

“They are from Tajikistan and they receivedone-year training in Pakistan’s tribal area of MiranShah bordering Afghanistan last year,” Haqtashtold a news conference here.

They were arrested along with their Afghancomrade Abdul Sattar this morning and arms andammunition in their possession were seized, headded.

“UP to 40 foreign fighters from Arab, Chechen,Tajikistan and other central Asian states have beenfighting alongside with Taleban militants in Kunduzprovince,” Haqtash said.

A relatively peaceful province in northernAfghanistan, Kunduz has seen increasing Taleban-led insurgency since beginning of this year.

Xinhua

Foreigners fight alongsidewith Taleban in northern

Afghan province

Afghans gather at the scene of an attack on apresidential adviser in Jalalabad, east of Kabul,Afghanistan, Monday, 2 Aug, 2010. Militants

attacked the second government official in the easton the same day. The convoy was hit by a remote-

controlled bomb hidden in a rickshaw as it wasdriving through city, police said.

INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 7 Aug—Six policemen were killedand 12 injured in three attacks in Baghdad andwestern Iraq late on Friday and early Saturday, anInterior Ministry source said.

Four policemen were killed and ten otherswounded in a clash with gunmen which eruptedaround midnight in Saidiyah neighborhood insouthern Baghdad, the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, gunmen opened fire ona traffic police patrol in the al-Hurriyahneighborhood in northern Baghdad late on Friday,killing a policeman and wounding two others, hesaid.

In Iraq’s western Anbar province, CaptainAbdul Rahman al- Kubaisi, an Iraqi police officer,was shot dead by gunmen on Saturday morningnear his house in the city of Rutba, some 375 kmwest of Baghdad, a provincial police source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity.

On Friday, the police said that a total of threepeople were killed and 26 wounded in four roadsidebombs across the capital.—Xinhua

Six policemen killedin Iraq’s violence

Afghans visit men injured in an attack on a

presidential adviser in Jalalabad, east of

Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, 2 Aug, 2010.

Militants attacked the second government

official in the east on the same day. The

convoy was hit by a remote-controlled bomb

hidden in a rickshaw as it was driving

through city, police said.

INTERNET

KABUL, 7 Aug—Four policemen and a civilianwere killed on Saturday morning as explosive deviceplanted inside a hand cart went off next to a policevehicle in Nahr-e-Saraj district of Taleban strongholdHelmand province in southern Afghanistan, InteriorMinistry said in a statement.

“The tragic incident occurred in the morning rushhour at 09:00 am local time. As a result five personsincluding four policemen and one innocent civilianwere martyred,” the statement said.

It also added that 12 civilians and a policemanwere injured in the blast.

No group or individuals have claimed theresponsibility for the attack.

However, Taleban militants who have vowed tospeed up activities often carry out suicide attacks androadside bombings which mostly harm civilians.

Xinhua

People pass the site of an attack on a checkpoint in

Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, on 3 Aug, 2010.

Suspected al-Qaida militants killed 5 Iraqi soldiers

in a brazen dawn attack Tuesday at a western

Baghdad checkpoint and planted the terror

group’s black banner before fleeing the scene,

officials said.—INTERNET

Bomb blast kills fourAfghan policemen, onecivilian in Taleban hub

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Otter Tail electric bills risewith wind power

BISMARCK, 7 Aug—Otter Tail PowerCo.’s North Dakota customers will seehigher electric bills as the utility adds morewind power to its energy sources, stateregulators say. Beginning 1 Sept, a separatecharge assessed to ratepayers to pay forOtter Tail wind energy projects willincrease the monthly bill by almost $1.40for a residential customer who uses 750kilowatt-hours of electricity, state PublicService Commission filings say.

For that customer, the wind energycharge would rise from $2.76 monthly to$4.13, an increase of almost 50 percent.The “renewable energy rider” is listedseparately on customers’ bills.Commissioner Tony Clark said the chargeis intended to allow Otter Tail Power tobegin recouping development costs forwind projects. But it does have itsdrawbacks, Clark said.

A Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) is

seen at a primate rescue and rehabilitation

center near Santiago on 3 August, 2010. The

Pygmy Marmoset, known as the world’s

smallest monkey and under danger of

extinction, was confiscated after being found

inside the clothes of a Peruvian citizen during

a highway police check at the northern

city of Antofagasta, some 1367 km

(849 miles) of Santiago.

INTERNET

“It makes wind perhaps look a littleboutique, or that we’re treating it a littledifferent,” he said. “It’s certainly notintended to be that way.”

Fergus Falls, Minn.-based Otter TailPower has about 57,000 North Dakotaelectric customers. It serves the cities ofWahpeton, Devils Lake and Jamestown,as well as a number of rural communities.

About 18 percent of the utility’selectricity comes from wind turbines,including power that Otter Tail buys fromother sources, company spokeswoman CrisKling said on Thursday. Almost three-quarters of its power is generated by coal-fueled plants.

Otter Tail owns part of wind energyprojects that were recently built nearLangdon, in North Dakota’s northeastcorner, and Lake Ashtabula, near ValleyCity in Barnes County.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 7 Aug—Travelling by car increases global temperaturesmore than by plane, but only in the long run according to new findings releasedby the American Chemical Society on Wednesday.

The study, published in the August issue of Environmental Science &Technology, said that in the long run, the global temperature increase from acar trip will be on average higher than from a plane journey for the samedistance.

"Car travel emits more carbon dioxide than air travel per passenger mile.As carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere longer than the other gases, carshave a more harmful impact on climate change in the long term," said Kleefeldfrom the International Institute for Applied System in Austria.

However, in the short run, travelling by air has a larger adverse impact onclimate because airplanes only affect short-lived warming processes at highaltitudes.

In the first years after the journey, air travel increases global temperaturesfour times more than car travel. Passanger trains and buses cause four to fivetimes less impact than automobile travel for every mile a passanger travels,according to the study.—MNA/Xinhua

In this undated photograph, LaPorscha Armstrong, left, meets with NancyWetmore, right, manager of local accounts with Keller Center for CorporateLearning during a National Career Fairs Job Fair, in Plano, Texas. Initial

requests for jobless benefits rose last week to their highest level since April, asign that hiring remains weak and some companies are still cutting

workers.—INTERNET

Travelling by car contributes more toglobal warming

BEIJING, 7 Aug—Western Mining Co.,China’s second-largestmaker of lead concentrate,said on Thursday thatprofits in the first half of2010 jumped 1,175 percentto hit 581 million yuan(85.8 million US dollars).

Total revenues for thecompany during theJanuary-to-June periodrose 79 percent to 7.82billion yuan, the companysaid in a statement filedwith the Shanghai StockExchange.

Western Mining Co.attributed the stronggrowth to the increase intrade revenues, whichsurged by 2.5 billion yuanin the first six months, arise of 119 percent fromone year earlier.

Xinhua

China’sWestern Mining

Co reportstenfold profitsurge in 1H

WASHINGTON, 7 Aug—US mortgage giant FannieMae on Thursday reportedthe smallest quarterly lossin three years, while askingfor another 1.5 billion dollarsin federal aid.

Fannie Mae posts smallest quarterly loss inthree yearsThe company reported

a net loss of 1.2 billion dollarsin the second quarter of2010, compared to a net lossof 11.5 billion dollars in theearlier quarter.

Fannie Mae Chief

Executive Mike Williamsattributed the improve-ments in its financial resultsto the conservative approachthe company adoptedrecently.

“We are focused onsustainable homeowner-ship, and our higherunderwriting and eligibilitystandards reflect that,” hesaid in a statement. “Acrossour industry, we are seeinga more realistic approach tohousing and lending thatbodes well for the future.”

Net revenue was 4.5billion dollars in the April-to-June period, up 49percent from the firstquarter of this year, theearnings report showed.

Internet

BEIJING, 7 Aug—China’s drug watchdog, theState Food and Drug Administration (SFDA),announced on Thursday that 4-methylmethcathinone(4-MMC) will be listed as the a class onepsychotropic drug substance beginning on 1September, 2010.

The substance, 4-MMC, is a psychoactivestimulant.

The circular issued by SFDA, on its officialwebsite, notes that the regulation has been adoptedbecause there have been some cases of 4-MMCabuse in other countries, and China seeks to preventsuch abuses from occurring within the country.

The SFDA said that no companies or individualsare permitted to be involved in 4-MMC relatedresearch or business without official permission.

4-MMC has never been sold on the Chinesedrug market.—Xinhua

China’s drug watchdog tocontrol the use of 4-MMC

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ADDIS ABABA, 7 Aug—Chinese Ambassador toEthiopia Gu Xiaojie on Thursday said the Chinesegovernment is keen to enhance the development cooperationwith Ethiopia and China would continue assisting Ethiopiain the health sector.

The ambassador, along with Kebede Worku, Ethiopianstate minister of Health and other officials, visited theconstruction project of Tirunesh-Beijing Hospital which isbeing undertaken by a Chinese company with the aid fromthe Chinese government.

Speaking on the occasion, Gu said that China wouldcontinue supporting Ethiopia in the health sector. Theambassador said that the project is one of Chinesedevelopment commitments in light of the China -AfricaCooperation. “The Chinese government attaches greatimportance to the successful implementation of the projectbecause it is a symbol for the good cooperation between thetwo countries,” he said. “The project is very impressive andthe progress is very good,” said Kebede. The state ministersaid the project is a testimony for the good relations betweenEthiopia and China.—Xinhua

A midwife monitors a pregnant woman. Women who conceive within sixmonths after a miscarriage have a better chance of a healthy pregnancy

without complications compared to women who wait longer, according to astudy released Friday.—INTERNET

China says to continuesupporting Ethiopia’s

health sector

BEIJING, 7 Aug—Chinese equities fellmodestly at middayThursday with thebenchmark ShanghaiComposite Index losing15.72 points, or 0.6percent, to finish themorning session at2,622.81.

The ShenzhenComponent Indexweakened 0.72 percent toend at 10,792.28 atmidday.—Xinhua

Chinese sharesclose lower at

middayThursday

KIEV, 7 Aug—Ukraine’s state owned company “Yuzhmash” based in eastern city Dnipropetrovskpostponed the delivery of the basic part of the Taurus-II launch vehicle’s first stage to a US company, theUkranian company said in a statement on Tuesday.

“For some technical reasons, the delivery datehas been put off to September-October,” the statementsaid. The delivery was reportedly scheduled forAugust.

The two-stage launch vehicle is designed totransport loads of up to five tons into low orbit.

In 2008, Ukraine’s companies “Yuzhnoye” and“Yuzhmash” signed a long-term contract with USOrbital Sciences Corp on cooperation in producingTaurus-II rocket till 2019.

According to the document, the Ukrainian side isresponsible for designing and producing the firststage of the launch vehicle, the US side for the secondstage, ground complex and assembly. The Taurus-IIprogram is funded by NASA.—Internet

Ukraine postpones delivery ofTaurus-II launch vehicle’s first

stage to US

BEIJING, 7 Aug—Labor experts have called for anamendment in law and more effective measures to protectthe rights of laborers who work in high temperatures.

The scorching heat in China has claimed more than40 lives this year.

The prolonged extreme weather has baked many

Calls to amend archaic heat law

A worker works at a building site in Hangzhou,east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 5 Aug, 2010.The temperature reached 35 degrees Celsius in

Hangzhou on Thursday.XINHUA

regions in the country since July, with the Inner Mongoliaautonomous region, Shandong and Shaanxi provincesand Chongqing municipality reporting the highest number

of weather-related deaths.In Ji’nan, Shandong province, eight workers

have died from sunstroke in the past week. Most ofthe victims were street cleaners and migrantconstruction workers.

The recent deaths have prompted experts tourge the government to ensure the legal rights ofworkers who are exposed to the unbearable heat,said Yang Yansui, a professor at the School ofPublic Policy and Management at TsinghuaUniversity.

China’s exclusive national law on sunstrokeprevention, which mainly stipulates ways to cooldown high temperatures at some specific workplaces,such as metallurgical mills, was put into effect in1960.

The archaic law, which has not been amended infive decades, does not stipulate days of extremeheat when workers can stay off duty.

“The law is like a dead letter. There are bigloopholes in the legal protection of workers,especially those who toil outdoors,” Yang said.

Although some State and local regulations havebeen introduced in the past years with an aim tobetter guarantee workers’ rights in scorchingtemperatures, they have not been implementedproperly, Yang said.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 7 Aug—Two driverless electric vehicles have begun an epic 13,000-kmjourney from Italy to Expo 2010 Shanghai along the Silk Road.

The vehicles, developed by the Artificial Vision and Intelligent Systems Laboratory(VisLab) at Parma University in Italy, started their journey on 26 July and are expectedto arrive in Shanghai around 28 Oct, just days before the end of the Expo.

The European Research Council has funded the project, which hopes to demonstratethe possibility of transferring goods between continents using new-energy vehicles andwithout a human in the driver’s seat.

The long journey will assess the performance of various technologies, including lane,vehicle and pedestrian detections, terrain and slope estimation, off-road sensors, andtrajectory planning.

These technologies will one day be installed in ordinary vehicles, said AlbertoBroggi, director of the project, at a press conference in Milan before the vehicles’departure. He said the Expo prompted him to choose Shanghai as the final destination ofthe test.

“We want to hit the center of the world to show our technologies,” he said. “And wethought, why not go there by driverless car?”

He said since the next edition of the World Expo will be held in Milan in 2015, histeam wanted to create a bridge to connect with Shanghai.—Xinhua

Solar-powered robot cars on Silk Road tooriental Expo

Artists perform Haka, a kind of New Zealand’s traditional dancing to cheerup Maori soldiers before their battle, in 2010 World Expo Site in Shanghai,

China, on 7 Aug, 2010.XINHUA

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Indonesia not to blockBlackBerry servicesJAKARTA, 7 Aug — The Indonesian Government

will not follow steps taken by Saudi Arabia andUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) to block several servicesprovided by Canada-based global cellular phonecommunication system BlackBerry, an official saidhere on Thursday.

“The government has yet to see the negativeimpact of BlackBerry service in the country,” saidGatot S, Dewobroto, head of Information Center andPublic Relations at the Information andCommunication (Kominfo) Ministry. Gatot saidpolicies to use or not using such services provided byBlackBerry were purely internal affairs of eachrespective governments, the Kompas.com reported.Indonesia sees increasing BlackBerry customers withthe last data recorded last year reached around400,000. The two Middle East countries planned toblock the BlackBerry’s browser, e-mail andmessenger services for security and sovereigntyreasons. The service blockade policy on BlackBerry’sessential service will take into force on Friday inSaudi Arabia, meanwhile UAE will apply theblockade in October this year.—MNA/Xinhua

US, Vietnam incivilian nuclear talks

WASHINGTON, 7 Aug— The United States andVietnam are negotiatinga civilian atomicagreement that wouldallow Washington toshare nuclear fuel andtechnology with Hanoi, aState Departmentspokesman said onThursday.

State Departmentspokesman P.J. Crowleysaid the talks withVietnam follow similarbilateral pactsWashington struck withIndia in 2005 and withthe United Arab Emirateslast year.

Washington hopesVietnam and any otherfuture civil nuclearpartner follows theexample set by last year’sagreement with the UAE,which agreed to forgo

Thailand, China reinforceeducation ties

BANGKOK, 7 Aug—Thailand’s EducationMinis ter ChinawornBoonyak ia t andChina’s Educa t ionMinister Yuan Guirenon Wednesday signeda bilateral agreement tocertify education andacademic degrees inbo th coun t r i e s , theKom Chad Luek onlinereported.

Th i s b i l a te ra lagreement is aimed tocreate a mechanism,which will facilitate

UAE agency says attack caused damageto Japan tanker

DUBAI, 7 Aug—Investigators probing ablast on a Japanesesupertanker near the Straitof Hormuz last week foundremains of homemadeexplosives and haveblamed the incident on a“terrorist attack”, theUnited Arab Emirates statenews agency said on Friday.The crew of the 333-metre-long M.Star reported anexplosion shortly aftermidnight last Wednesday,

injuring one seaman butcausing no oil spill ordisruption to shipping inthe strategic waterway.

“An examinationcarried out by specializedteams had confirmed thatthe tanker had been thesubject of a terrorist attack,”the news agency WAMsaid, quoting anunidentified Coast Guardsource.

“UAE explosivesexperts who collected and

Russian Air Force’s jet crashes,pilots survive

MOSCOW, 7 Aug— A combat-training Sukhoi Su-25 plane of Russian Air Force crashed in the Trans-Baikal Territory on Friday, the Air Force spokesmanVladimir Drik said.

The crew ejected and survived, ITAR-TASS newsagency quoted Drik as saying. The plane was flyingfrom the Styep airfield to the Domna airfield when itcrashed. There was neither loss of life, nor destructionon the ground, and the plane did not carry any weapons,the spokesman said. Experts of the Defence Ministryand the Air Force have launched investigation, headded.—MNA/Xinhua

A classic car is seen on display in the parking lot of aCoquitlam grocery store in Suburban Vancouver, on 19July, 2010. More than 100 classic cars, mainly made in

the 1950s and 1960s were displayed on the show.XINHUA

Model Tang

Wen is

confident of her

chances in the

upcoming 2010

Miss Universe

Competition.

XINHUA

This undated handout picture released by the World Widelife Fund (WWF) inMalaysia shows a Malaysan pangolin (Manis javanica), also known as a scalyanteater, climbing a tree. More than five tonnes of bushmeat from primates,

crocodiles and other rare or protected animals are smuggled in luggage through oneof Europe’s busiest airports every week, a study has said.—INTERNET

enriching its ownuranium and buy all itsnuclear fuel on theinternational market, hesaid. “We certainlywould encouragecountries to make thesame decision that theUAE has made,” saidCrowley.

“At the same time,not every country is notgoing to make thatdecision,” he said, addingthat Vietnam has the rightto enrich uranium forenergy as a signatory tothe NuclearNonproliferation Treaty.

“That is a decisionfor them to make. It’s nota decision for the UnitedStates to make,” Crowleysaid.

MNA/Reuters

examined samples found adent on the starboard sideabove the water line andremains of home-madeexplosives on the hull”, thesource said. The incidentprovoked several theoriesabout the cause, rangingfrom a freak wave to acollision with a US nuclearsubmarine. Two days ago amilitant group linked to al-Qaeda claimedresponsibility for theincident.—MNA/Reuters

academic exchangeprogrammes betweenthe two countries in thefuture.

In l igh t o f thebi la teral agreement ,academic degrees andqualifications from anyunivers i t i e s o rins t i tu tes in bo thcoun t r i e s wi l l becertified by the Chineseand Thai Government.

Prior to the newagreement, Thailandand China in the pastconducted a three-

year t r i a l fo r theeducational exchangeprogramme betweenthe two coun t r i e s .“But, under the newbi la te ra l ag reementboth countries do notspec i fy thecooperation’s period asthe agreement can berevoked when eitherTha i l and o r Chinawants to amend i t sde ta i l s , ” the Tha iEduca t ion Min i s te rexplained.

MNA/Xinhua

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The Association of Southeast Asian Na-tions (ASEAN) was established on 8 August1967 with ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Dec-laration) in Bangkok by the five original Membercountries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phil-ippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei joinedon 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995,Laos and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambo-dia on 30 April 1999.

Although Southeast Asia has diverse ad-ministrative, economic and political systems andreligions as well, countries in the region haveestablished ASEAN. Therefore, ASEAN that ismade up of 10 Southeast Asian countries, ismindful of the existence of mutual interests andinterdependence among the peoples and Mem-ber States of ASEAN which are bound by geog-raphy, common objectives and shared destiny.

ASEAN leaders are convinced of the needto strengthen existing bonds of regional solidarityto realize an ASEAN Community that is politi-cally cohesive, economically integrated and so-cially responsible in order to effectively respondto current and future challenges and opportunities.

With such conviction, ASEAN leaders arecommitted to intensifying community buildingthrough enhanced regional cooperation and inte-gration, in particular by establishing an ASEANCommunity comprising the ASEAN Security Com-munity, the ASEAN Economic Community andthe ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, as pro-vided for in the Bali Declaration of ASEAN Con-cord II ific at 9th ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indone-sia on 7 October 2003. Inspired by One Vision, OneIdentity and One Caring and Sharing Community,ASEAN leaders are striving for the unity.ASEAN Charter

At the 11th ASEAN Summit held inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2009, theHeads of State/Government of the Member Statesof ASEAN declared Kuala Lumpur Declarationto prepare an ASEAN Charter as there was nofundamental rule for the association and theytasked Eminent Persons Group (EPG) and HighLevel Task Force (HLTF) from ASEAN Mem-ber States to prepare the draft ASEAN Charter.

On 20th November 2007, the ASEANCharter was signed by ASEAN Leaders includ-ing Myanmar at the 13th ASEAN Summit whichwas held in Singapore. Myanmar ratified ASEANCharter as a Seventh State on 21st July 2008. TheASEAN Charter entered into force on 15th De-cember 2008 after all ASEAN Member Stateshave ratified it.

ASEAN Member States are endeavoringto realize an ASEAN Community by 2015 whichincludes ASEAN Political-Security Community(APSC), ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)as the three main pillars in accordance with theASEAN Charter.ASEAN Political-Security Community(APSC)

The APSC aims to ensure that the peopleand Member States of ASEAN live in peace with

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and MyanmarMaung ASEAN

one another and with the world at large a just,democratic and harmonious environment.

To achieve this, the APSC will promotepolitical development in adherence to the princi-ples of democracy, the rule of law and goodgovernance, respect for, promotion and protectionof human rights and fundamental freedoms asinscribed in the ASEAN Charter. It also sub-scribes to a comprehensive approach to security.At the same time, the APSC seeks to strengthenthe mutually beneficial relations between ASEANand its Dialogue Partners and friends.

The APSC thus envisages the followingkey characteristics: (a) rules-based Community ofshared values and norms; (b) a cohesive, peaceful,stable and resilient region with shared responsibil-ity for comprehensive security; and (c) a dynamicand outward-looking region in an increasinglyintegrated and outward-looking region in an in-creasingly integrated and interdependent world.

The Blueprint towards establishing theAPSC was adopted by the ASEAN Leaders at the14th ASEAN Summit which was held in Hua Hin,Thailand on 13-18 December 2008.ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

The AEC aims to transform ASEAN intoa stable, prosperous, and highly competitive regionwith equitable economic development, and re-duced poverty and socio-economic disparities.

Specifically, it comprises four key pillars:(a) a single market and production base; (b) ahighly competitive economic region; (c) a regionof equitable economic development; and (d) aregion fully integrated into the global economy.

To realize the AEC, ASEAN Leaderssigned the Declaration on the AEC Blueprint at the13th ASEAN Summit which was held in Singa-pore on (18-22) November 2007. The Blueprintserves as a master plan towards achieving an AECby 2015 by identifying economic integrationmeasures, and targets and timelines for their im-plementation. To ensure that the targets can beachieved by 2015, a scorecard system to trackprogress and an AEC communications plan toengage all stakeholders have been put in place.ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)

The ASCC aims to contribute to realizing anASEAN Community that is people-centred and so-cially responsible with a view to achieving enduringsolidarity and unity among the peoples and MemberStates of ASEAN. It seeks to forge a commonidentity and build a caring and sharing society whichis inclusive and where the well-being, livelihood,and welfare of the peoples are enhanced.

To achieve this, the ASCC will implementcooperation activities that are people-oriented andenvironmentally friendly and geared towards thepromotion of sustainable development. It will alsocontribute to building a strong foundation forgreater understanding, good neighbourliness anda shared sense of responsibility.

The ASCC envisages the following char-acteristics: (a) human development; (b) socialwelfare and protection; (c) social justice and rights;(d) ensuring environmental sustainability; (e) build-

ing the ASEAN identity; and (f) narrowing thedevelopment gap.

The ASCC Blueprint was adopted by theASEAN Leaders at the 14th ASEAN Summit. Inthe ASCC, peoples are truly at the centre-stage ofASEAN community building.

Important Treaties and AgreementsBangkok Declaration

The Association of Southeast Asian Na-tions (ASEAN) was established on 8 August1967 with ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Dec-laration) in Bangkok by the five original Membercountries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phil-ippines, Singapore and Thailand.Bali Agreement (Declaration of ASEAN Con-cord)

Bali Concord is the agreement laid downby the ASEAN leaders on 24 February 1976 in Bali,Indonesia. At first, it has been noted as Declarationof ASEAN Concord or Bali Concord. Howeverwhen Bali Concord II was signed in 2003, theprevious agreement was called as Bali Concord I.This Agreement sets the frame work for ASEANcooperation which included politics, economic,social and culture, information, security strength-ening ASEAN mechanism.Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in SoutheastAsia

The Treaty of Amity and Cooperationin Southeast Asia (TAC) was signed by theoriginal Member States of ASEAN in 1976.The First Protocol Amending and the SecondProtocol Amending were made in 1987 and1988 respectively. Myanmar signed theaccession to TAC at the 28th ASEANMinisterial Meeting, Brunei in 1995. MoreoverChina, Russia, India, Australia, New Zealand,Japan and Korea also signed the accession toTAC. French and Timor-Leste are accession toTAC in Cebu Summit in January 2007,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are signed theaccession to TAC at the 40th ASEANMinisterial Meeting on July 2007 in Manila,the Philippines respectively. The DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea in July 2008, theUnited States of America in July 2009 andTurkey and Canada signed the treaty in July2010.

The purpose of this Treaty is to promoteperpetual peace, everlasting amity and coopera-tion among their peoples which would contributeto their strength, solidarity and closer relationship;— Mutual respect for the independence,

soveeignty, equality, territorial integrity andnational identity of all nations;

— The right of every State to lead its nationalexistence free from external interference, sub-version or coercion;

— Non-interference in the internal affairs of oneanother;

— Settlement of differences or disputes bypeaceful means;

— Renunciation of the threat or use of force;— Effective cooperation among themselves.

(To be continued)

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Inlay Lake, a natural heritage ofthe nation ...

(from page 1)Command Maj-GenYar Pyae gave anaccount of ongoingtasks for maintenanceof the lake for i tsdurability and ensuringregular f low ofcurrents, and follow-upplans.

Director U Tin Ayeof Shan State (South)Forest Department andDirector U Win Kyi ofShan State (South)

Irrigation Departmentreported on workprogress forsustainability of thelake.

Ministers U HtayOo, U Thein Aung andU Tin Naing Thein andDeputy Minister U AyeMyint Kyu reported ontasks under way formaintenance andgreening of the lake andfuture tasks.

In his speech, the

Prime Minister said thatdue to global warmingand climate changes,many countr iesencountered naturaldisasters such asdrought, floods, andearthquake, and so didMyanmar to an extent.

Owing to climatechanges, environmentaldegradation and humanactivities for years, thelake is slowly receding.

In real i ty, InlayLake is a naturalheritage of the nation aswell as a landmark of

Shan State. Moreover, itcontributes con-siderablytowards the socio-economic life of localpeople and generation ofhydropower.

Departments con-cerned are to lay downwork plans forprevention of silting up,improvement of thenatural ecology, and

greening of the lake.In the process, he

underlined maintenanceof the watershed areas,reforestation of barrenareas, dredging of thelake and cleaning off loat ing is lands,duckweed and waterhyacinth, and replacingslash and burn withhighland cultivation.

In conserving theenvironment throughreforestation, priority isto be given to perennialtrees and it is requiredto encourage emergenceof private-run perennialcrop plantations.

Stepping up tasksfor greening the lakemakes contr ibutiontowards environmentalconservation and it alsomeans maintenance ofone of the State’s naturalheritages.

In conclusion, hecalled for sustainabilityof the lake throughState’s assistance and

(See page 9)

All-round renovated Inlay PhaungdawU Hill.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein views products

of Myasekkya Weaving Workshop.—MNA

Lotus scarves and

robes from lotus

trunks produced by

Myasekkya

Weaving Workshop.

MNA

Sanitation tasks being carried out in Inlay Lake.—MNA

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Inlay Lake, a natural heritage ofthe nation…

(from page 8)cooperation of entrepreneurs and local people.

The Prime Minister viewed tasks formaintenance of the retaining wall of InlayPhaungdawU Hill. Officials reported on workprogress, and in response the Prime Minister gaveinstructions on tasks.

On arrival at Myasekkya Weaving Workshopin Innpawkhon, the Prime Minister viewed the processof making lotus scarves and robes from lotus trunks,along with traditional silk and cotton clothes. Heobserved the products at the workshop.

The Prime Minister and party arrived atTaunggyi in the afternoon.

Inlay, a lake in Nyaungshwe Township, Shan

State (South), stands at an altitude of about 2950feet. The freshwater lake is one of major touristdestinations in Myanmar.

In 2008, the area of the lake was about 40square miles. However, this year, the area wasreduced to only 27 square miles due to record heat.And its length was reduced from 36 to 11 miles, andits width, from eight to four miles.

Locals are therefore to maintain the naturallake hand in hand with the government for itssustainability, and adding to the natural beauty ofInlay region.—MNA

YANGON, 7 Aug—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence thismorning attended theworkshop on promotionof Myanma beans andpulses, maize andsesame cultivation andsales organized byMyanmar Beans andPulses and SesameMerchants Associationat the hall of Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry inLanmadaw Township.

Also present at theworkshop wereChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment Council

Lt-Gen Myint Swe participates in workshop of MBPSMA

Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint , the DeputyMinister for Commerce,the president of

UMFCCI and CECmembers, the chairmanof MBPSMA andexecutives, members,officials and resource

persons.First, Lt-Gen Myint

Swe delivered anaddress.

The deputy minister

and off icials gavenecessary instructions.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweand party viewed samplebeans and pulses and

browsed thedocumentary photos ofbeans and pulsescompanies.

MNA

Sand and silt being dredged at InlayLake.—MNA

Dredger at work in conservation of InlayLake.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence speaking at workshop on promotion of Myanma beans and pulses,maize and sesame cultivation and sales.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug— Myanmar CNMCNickel Co Ltd, workingin partnership with No. 3Mining Enterprise ofMinistry of Mines atTagaung Hill NickelMine on a profit-sharingbasis, inked a deal with

Contract for coal signedHtoo Han Thit Co Ltd tobuy coal at thePresidential Suite of MyatTawin Hotel here thisafternoon.

U Win Htein,Managing Director of theNo. 3 Mining Enterprise,extended greetings at the

signing ceremony inwhich Managing Directorof Myanmar CNMCNickel Co Ltd Mr WangXlaowei and MD U HtinLin Kyaw of Htoo HanThit Co Ltd signed thecontract and exchangeddocuments.—MNA

N A Y P Y I T A W, 7Aug—A motorbikecarrying two menexploded near nightmarket-stands in No. 4Ward, Myawady, KayinState about 8.25 pm

Blast kills two, wounds 4 inMyawady, Kayin State

yesterday, killing thetwo men on the spot andwounding one man andthree women near thescene.

According toprimary investigations,

some kind of explosivecarr ied on themotorbike caused theblast and authoritiesconcerned areinvestigating into thecase.—MNA

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YANGON, 7 Aug—Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltdand Lucky Bird TradingCo Ltd organized a recep-tion to mark the 25th anni-versary of Toshiba Note-book PC along with intro-duction of new modelnotebooks at ParkroyalHotel here yesterdayevening.

Toshiba, one of thetop five brands in notebooksmarket has launched threenew models, Libretto W110, Portege R 700, andPortege T 200. Other mod-els already on market areToshiba Satellite L 640,Toshiba Satellite L 655, andToshiba Satellite L 645.

Toshiba launches new productsCustomers may

visit Lucky Bird show-rooms at No. 355,Theinbyu Street, MingalaTaungnyunt Township,here, Ph: 01-248167,379875 and 399011, at No.

5, 26th Street, between78th and 79th Street, Man-dalay, Ph: 02-21527 andat Northwest Corner,Thabyegon Market, NayPyi Taw, Ph: 067-414113.

MNA YANGON, 7 Aug—The opening ceremony ofSpecial Refresher Course

Special Refresher CourseNo. 18/2010 for police

officers openedNo. 18/2010 for policeofficers of MyanmarPolice Force under theMinistry of Home Affairswas held at NawaratHall of Central Instituteof Civil Service(Phaunggyi), Hlegu Town-ship here today with an ad-dress by Minister for HomeAffairs and for Immigra-tion and Population UMaung Oo.

Members of CivilService Selection and

Training Board UHla Myint Oo andU Win Aung, responsiblepersons from theMinistry of Home Affairs,the rector of CICS(Phaunggyi) and the pro-rectors, departmental heads,instructors and traineeswere present at the cer-emony.

The four-week-course is being attended by212 officer trainees.

MNA

New motor road under…(from page 16)

In accord withthe guidance of the Headof State, PyinOoLwinDistrict Public Works on2 May 2010 surveyed thealignment for theP y i n O o L w i n -M o e g y o p y i t -K y a u k m e l a y -Yadanatheingi-Pintaung-Peintin-Monglon-Mogokroute for construction ofPyinOoLwin-Mogokmotor road.

In the past, therewas no direct motor roadfrom PyinOoLwin toMogok, and PyinOoLwinwas linked with Mogokalong 160 miles longroute passing Mandalay,Madaya, Singu andThabeikkyin. On comple-tion, the new motor roadwill be 97 miles and sevenfurlongs long, which is62 miles and one furlongshorter than the old route.

At present, a newmotor road will linkPyinOoLwin of over 100years old and ruby landMogok of over 700 yearsold.

We the newscrew observed progressof PyinOoLwin-Yenge-Mogyopyit-Nyaunggonroad section being con-structed by PyinOoLwinDistrict Public Works andNyaunggon-Medaw-Naungpein-Kyaukmelayroad section by AyeyaShwewah Company.

In an interview,

Progress of PyinOoLwin-Mogok Road construction project seen withheavy machinery.

Daw Aye Aye Maw, Sen-ior Engineer ofPyinOoLwin District Pub-lic Works, said that the roadconstruction inPyinOoLwin is being builtby PyinOoLwin DistrictPublic Works and herselfunder supervision of oneChief Engineer of PublicWorks (Head Office) andMandalay Division Super-intending Engineer U SoeAung, the road section ofKyaukme District byDeputy SuperintendingEngineer U Kyauk Wai ofRoad Special Group No. 1and party and the sectionof Mogok by AssistantEngineer Daw Nu Yin Minand those from 10 compa-nies. Before surveying thealignment, the area hadinter-village roads includ-ing 8 miles and seven fur-longs long tarred road, 37miles and two furlongs longhard road, 39 miles and sixfurlongs long gravel roadand 39 miles and six fur-longs long walkways andcart tracks. The route fromLonkham to Legyi wassteep in the hilly area, shesaid.

She added thatplan is under way to con-struct 50 conduits and boxculverts, sixty-three 10feet-30 feet long bridgesand one 240 feet longbridge, totalling 64 along97 miles and seven fur-longs long road. The widthof the road will be ex-panded up to 34 feet. The

roads will be upgraded togravel ones this year and toasphalt facilities next yeardue to heavyrain fallingthe area.

With the assist-ance of AE Daw Nu YinMin of Mogok TownshipPublic Works, we hadsmooth trips. In the earlymorning, we passed Man-dalay, Madaya, Singu andThabeikkyin by car.

We looked intoconstruction works of SeinKaung Yadana Companyand MMIC Company intheir sections atPanmahteik, Aphyu-yaung, Lower Nyaunggon,Kyauktalon and Legyi vil-lages in Mogok area. Theconstruction tasks werebeing undertaken with theuse of heavy machinery,and some ground workswere completed with 34feet wide earth road.

On arrival at LegyiVillage, we saw progressof Namhpan Creek Bridgebeing built by Directorateof Military Engineers. Thepreliminary engineeringworks had been completedrecently, and miniboredpile and pile caps wereunder construction.

We had an inter-view with AE Daw Nu YinMin who was supervisingthe tasks of constructioncompanies on Mogokbank. She explained thatMogok Township PublicWorks is to expand 12 feetwide Mogok-Monglon oldmotor road with the lengthof 14 miles to 34 feet wideone. Sein Kaung Yadana

Co is to construct 10 mileslong road section andPanthee Co, four miles longsection, totaling 14 milesfrom Mogok to LegyiVillage. They haveexperience in constructingthe roads. Sein KaungYadana Co started its taskson 27 June and Panthee Co10 July. They do notsuspend their works evenin the rainy season, shesaid.

The 125 miles andone furlong long Pyay-Paukkaung-Toungooroad, the 96 miles longPathein-Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsun road and the20 miles and three furlongslong Nay Pyi TawP y i n m a n a - P i n l a u n g(Kintha-Koegway) roadbuilt by Public Works wereinaugurated in recentmonths. A total of 15 roadswith the length of 1815miles and two furlongs areunder construction.

On completion,

PyinOoLwin-Mogok newroad will help develop over20 villages along its route.It is because arrangementshave been made to reclaimover 100,000 acres of farm-lands to grow paddy,maize, beans, pine apple,strawberry, tea, avocado,djenkol bean, damson, cof-fee, orange and othersalong both sides of the new

road. The direct motorroad to link PyinOoLwinhill station and Mogokruby land will emerge inthe near future thanks toconcerted efforts of en-gineers and workers ofPublic Works and pri-vate constructioncompanies.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 5-8-2010

Profile of 160 feet long NamhpanCreek Bridge Project

Location: Legyi Village, Mogok Town-ship, (Mogok-PyinOoLwin

Road)Type of bridge: Bailey suspension bridgeWithstanding: 60-ton loadsLength: 160 feet long with three spans

(60+60+40 feet)Width: 12 feet wide motor wayType offoundation: 0-8 minibored pile foundation,

0 cassion foundationClearance(free boat): 156 feet wide and three

feet highStart of project: 25-6-2010Project duration: within six months.

Toshiba Notebook

25th Anniversary in

progress.

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Canada judge slams US interrorism extradition case

VANCOUVER, 7 Aug—A judge refused onWednesday to extradite a Canadian man wanted onUS terrorism charges and whose brother is detained atGuantanamo, saying the United States violated hisrights.

The judge ruled Abdullah Khadr’s rights,including access to Canadian diplomatic counsel, wereviolated after he was detained in 2004 by Pakistaniintelligence officials, acting on a US offer of a 500,000Canadiam dollars bounty.

“In this case, the sum of the human rights violationssuffered by Khadr is both shocking and unjustifiable,”Ontario Superior Court Justice Christopher Speyerruled in Toronto.

Khadr was held secretly in Pakistan for 14 monthsbut allowed to return to Canada in 2005. Canada laterarrested him at the request of the United States, whichaccuses him of supplying weapons to al-Qaeda inPakistan.

MNA/Reuters

South Korean kids play the ice piano at the ice gallery in Seoul, South Korea,on 5 Aug, 2010. The ice gallery attracted a lot of children as temperatureshovered around 35 degrees Celcius in most part of South Korea.— XINHUA

Thai Kingallows

artificialrainmaking

to easedrought

BANGKOK, 7 Aug—King Bhumibol Adulya-dej of Thailand onThursday has allowedQueensland, Australia, touse artificial rainmakingtechnique to mitigatedrought there, the ThaiNews Agency (TNA)reported.

Thailand has been aworld leader in the fieldof artificial rainmakingdue to the effort of theKing, who began trial ofthe artificial rainmakingtechnique.

The European PatentOffice in 2006 grantedKing Bhumibol a patentfor “weather modificationby royal rainmakingtechnology.”

MNA/Xinhua

Russia’s Security Councildiscusses wildfires

MOSCOW, 7 Aug—Wildfires raging in 17 Russianregions became the only topic discussed during ameeting of the national Security Council chaired byPresident Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, the RIANovosti news agency reported.

The President ordered the Interior Ministry not tolet anarchy spread in the areas affected by the fires.

“By no means you may allow anarchy as a resultof severe accidents and tragedies. You must not let thesituation go out of local authorities’ control,” Medvedevsaid. He stressed that the principal responsibility forkeeping the situation under control lies with the InteriorMinistry.

“You should ... calm people down ... explain tothem what to do and what not,” the President told theInterior Minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev.

He pointed out that police stations and other lawenforcement infrastructure must be under steadfastsurveillance.

Medvedev also demanded the drafting of a newprogramme to secure national fire safety in the future.

MNA/Xinhua

A victim of the 6 August1945 Hiroshima atomicbomb attack cries amidthe ruins of a home inthe devastated city. An

estimated 140,000 peopledied instantly in

Hiroshima orsuccumbed to burns andradiation sickness soonafter the blast, and over

70,000 perished as aresult of the Nagasakiattack three days later.

INTERNET

DPRK suffers from seriousflood damage

PYONGYANG, 7 Aug—Heavy rainfall drenched theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) lastmonth, causing great damage to the national economyand people’s daily lives, the official news agencyKCNA said on Thursday.

According to the KCNA, the heavy downpourcreated floods and caused massive losses to thecountry’s railway traffic, agriculture and othereconomic sectors.

Some 5,560 houses and more than 350 publicbuildings were destroyed and about 14,850 hectares offarmland was submerged. A number of industrialestablishments, transformers, roadbeds and railwayswere also damaged.—MNA/Xinhua

US attends Hiroshima bombingceremony for first time

Workers use nets to scoop small globs of oil from the water off of RigoletsHarbor restaurant and lounge as oil residue washes in from the DeepwaterHorizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico recently in Greens Ditch, Louisiana.

INTERNET

HIROSHIMA, 7 Aug—Japan marked the 65th

anniversary of the USatomic bombing ofHiroshima on Friday withthe United Statesrepresented at theceremony for the first time.

A peace bell tolled at8:15 am, the time the bombwas dropped by the US B-29 warplane Enola Gay on6 August, 1945, as tens ofthousands of elderlysurvivors, children anddignitaries held a minuteof silence under theburning summer sun.“Clearly, the urgency ofnuclear weapons abolitionis permeating our globalconscience,” HiroshimaMayor Tadatoshi Akibasaid in a speech followedby the release of whitedoves. The Hiroshimabomb, nicknamed “LittleBoy”, released a mix ofshockwaves, heat rays andradiation, killing thousandsinstantly.

By the end of 1945,the death toll had risen tosome 140,000 out of anestimated population of350,000. Thousands moredied of illness and injurieslater. The United States

sent a representative to theceremony for the first time,reflecting PresidentBarack Obama’s push torid the world of nuclearweapons. “For the sake offuture generations, wemust continue to worktogether to realise a worldwithout nuclear weapons,”US Ambassador JohnRoos said in a statement.

MNA/Reuters

Four dead, four missing in Indonesia’svolcano eruption

JAKARTA, 7 Aug—Four locals l ivingaround Karangetangvolcano in Sitaro islesin Indonesia’s NorthSulawesi province werereportedly missingfollowing an eruption ofthe volcano earl ierFriday morning, anofficial said on Friday.

Head of SocialDepartment at NorthSulawesi provincialoffice Recky Tumanduksaid that those missing

persons werepresumably death,adding that the rescueteam had found fourdead bodies followingthe eruption.

“Those four deadvictims were alreadyevacuated by teamsengaged by localadministrator . Theevacuation had beenreported to thegovernor,” Recky wasquoted by the state’sofficial news service,

Antara, as saying in hisoffice in Manado, theprovince’s capital city.He added the searchingefforts over thosemissing victims werestill underway.

Recky said that theeruption in the mostactive volcano in thearea inci ted panicamong the people livingin the isles, and madethem refuge to placesconsidered safe.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MCP ALTONA VOY NO (016)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MCP ALTONAVOY NO (016) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 8.8.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S HARTMANN ASIA LINEPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (1030 W)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (1030 W) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 8.8.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.


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


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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

INVITATION TO TENDER(TENDER NO. 5 T (C/RB)/PASA/PW/2010-2011)

1. Sealed Tender is invited by the Public Works, NayPyi Taw, Myanmar. The Ministry of Constructionfor the supply of C. Channel & M.S Plate.

2. Tender Closing Date is (31-8-2010 at 16:00 hr).3. Tender Documents and detail specification are avail-

able at the Public Works, Procurement section StoresDivision, No (40) Public Works, Nay Pyi Taw(9.8.2010) on Payment of (FEC-1000). To enquirycontact Phone No-067 407577, 067-407581.

4. Only bid from tenderer who has purchased tenderdocuments officially from Public Works will beaccepted for evaluation.

Managing Director Public Works

Ministry of Construction Ph:067 407577, 407581

MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTIONPUBLIC WORKS

CALL FOR SEALED TENDER1. Public Works under Ministry of Construction iswilling to purchase under materials with Myanmar kyats asper Tender No.6T (C/RB)/PASA/PW/2010-2011 and tenderclosing date and time as (31.8.2010) at (16:00) PM.

Kind of materials QuantityM.S Plate1.8 mm thickness 300 ton2.5 mm thickness 10 ton3.3 mm thickness 15 ton

325 tonAngle Iron1.3"x3"x5/16" length 130 ton2.3"x2"x5/16" length 20 ton3.2"x2"x5/16" length 5 ton

155 ton2. Tender forms can be purchased at Office No.(40),Public Works, Head of materials, with effect from (9.8.2010)within office hours with Ks.50000/- (kyats fifty thousandonly) per Tender Form, and may enquire required aboutdetailed facts through under telephones.

Managing Director Public Works Ministry of Construction Phone No. 067-407577 and 067-407581

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (527)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (527) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 8.8.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.


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


AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINE

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

An Italian couple sits during lunch as Steve Black ofAustralia dives past their balcony in the lead up roundfour of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving world seriesin Polignano a Mare on 5 Aug, 2010. Gary Hunt ofEngland currently leads the six roundseries, with the fourth stop taking place this Sunday, on 8 August. — INTERNET

Conn man kills nine, self, in his workplace

Ariz toddler’s body found in sludge pitDEWEY, 7 Aug — The body of Emmett Trapp, a 2-year-old Arizona boy who

had gone missing on Monday was found in a sludge pit about a mile from hishome, officials said. The boy’s mother called the sheriff’s office Monday night toreport him missing. She said she had awakened from a nap and couldn’t find him,the Prescott (Ariz) Daily Courier reported on Thursday. Sheriff’s deputies arrivedabout 10 minutes later and started searching the area.

More than 90 searchers from public safety departments and volunteer organi-zations, along with the FBI, looked for the child. Horseback and all-terrain vehicleriders with bloodhounds joined the search. Dwight D’Evelyn, a Yavapai CountySheriff’s Office spokesman, said a searcher who lives near the pit saw small foot-prints and told the sheriff’s office. —Internet

HARTFORD, 7 Aug —Company officialsThursday rejected a sug-gestion that OmarThornton was driven byracial harassment to killeight people at a Con-necticut beer distri-butorship. Ross Hol-lander, chief exe-cutiveofficer of Hartford Dis-tributors Inc, told report-ers on ThursdayThornton had been “em-

braced” by the companyuntil he was found to bestealing beer and then re-selling it, ABC Newsreported.

Thornton started shoot-ing after being shown sur-veillance video in which hewas seen stealing, killingeight people on Tuesdaybefore taking his own life.

“As for the claims thatOmar’s actions were resultof racial insensitivity, I can

state to you unequivocallythat no claim has ever beenbrought to the attention ofour company,” Hollandersaid, reading from a pre-pared statement. Thorn-ton’s girlfriend told ABC’s“Good Morning Ame-rica”on Thursday he had de-scribed racial harassmentdirected at him that wasenough to drive someone“crazy.”

Internet

LONDON, 7 Aug—AVolkswagen Beetle pow-ered by gas from sewagehas taken to the road for thefirst time in Britain. TheBio-Bug was launched byWessex Water, which is

generating methane fromhuman waste at a sewagetreatment works nearBristol. The companyclaims the prototype is ableto cover 10,000 milesannually on the waste from70 households.

Mohammed Saddiq, ofsustainable energy firmGENeco, which developedthe prototype believes thecar can ‘blow away’electric cars and pave theway for a green motoringrevolution. He says theincreased production of biogas will acce-lerate thegrowth in this still-nascentmarket.—Internet

Thousands of icebergs calve from Greenland’sglaciers every year.— INTERNET

Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacierOTTAWA, 7 Aug—A gi-

ant sheet of ice measuring260 sq km (100 sq miles)has broken off a glacier inGreenland, according toresearchers at a US uni-versity. The block of iceseparated from the

Petermann Glacier, on thenorth-west coast ofGreenland. It is the larg-est Arctic iceberg to calvesince 1962, said ProfAndreas Muenchow ofthe University of Dela-ware.

The ice could becomefrozen in place over win-ter or escape into the wa-

ters between Greenlandand Canada. If the icebergmoves south, it could in-terfere with shipping, ProfMuenchow said. Cracksin the Petermann Glacierhad been observed lastyear and it was expectedthat an iceberg wouldcalve from it soon.

Internet

Sewage-powered car hits the road

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BEIJING, 7 Aug—TheOprah Winfrey Networksigned RosiesO’Donnell to host adaily program scheduledto begin airing in 2011,the network announcedThursday.

“Rosie is anundeniable talent whohas captivated TVaudiences for nearly 20years,” Oprah Winfreysaid in a s tatement“She’s a true original,who brings her authenticvoice, dynamic energyand pure passion toeverything she does.”

O’Donnell earnedsix Daytime Emmys for

Oprah Winfrey Network picks RosieO’Donnell to host new talk show

Rosie O’Donnell

Outstanding Talk ShowHost during her years on“The Rosie O’DonnellShow” from 1996 to2002.

In 2006, shereplaced MeredithVieira as co-host andmoderator of “TheView”.

The new programproduced by O’Donnellwill be a one-hour dailyshow based in NewYork.

“It’s an honor and aprivilege to work withOprah Winfrey on hernetwork,” O’Donnellsaid in a statementl. “I’mexcited to be back on

US actor Jaden

Smith (R) poses with

his sister Willow at

the Japanese

premiere of “The

Karate Kid” in

Tokyo on 5 August,

2010.

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BEIJING, 7 Aug — Chinesefilmmaker Jia Zhangke has received alifetime achievement honour from theLocarno International Film Festival inSwitzerland.

The 40-year-old director acceptedthe Leopard of Honour in Locarno onThursday ( 5 August).

Olivier Père, the festival’s artisticdirector, said, “This is the first time thatLocarno has given a Leopard of Honourto such a young filmmaker, but he isalready one of the major names in worldcinema.”

The award joins Jia’s collection ofinternational awards that also include aVenice Golden Lion.

Jia’s notable works include “StillLife”, “24 City” and “Pickpocket”.These art-house films have brought the

Jia Zhangke given lifetime honour atSwiss Film Fest

Kate Winslet is pictured

with her rumoured new

boyfriend Louis Dowler

for the first time when

she enjoys an afternoon

of exercise with the

British model in

New York City.

INTERNET

MEMPHIS, 7 Aug—Prince Albert of Monacoand his fiancee visited thehome of the “King ofRock ‘N’ Roll” andsampled some barbecueduring a vacation stop inMemphis.

The couple took atour Thursday ofGraceland, the 38-roommansion where ElvisPresley died in 1977 andis buried.

The prince says healways wanted to visitGraceland and calls Elvisan “extraordinaryfigure.”

Internet

Prince Albert ofMonaco visits the

King of Rock

Chinese film director Jia Zhangkeposes with the Leopard of Honor

statuette at the 63rd LocarnoInternational Film Festival in

Locarno, Switzerland on Thursday,5 August, 2010.

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director to the international limelight,but have yet to enter the domesticmainstream.

Xinhua

Sweet cake says: “I dare you!”

A county official in Oregon has apologized after a 7-year-old’sbusiness venture was soured because health inspectors shut downher lemonade stand.

Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen, the county’s topelected official, said on Thursday that running a lemonade stand isa “classic iconic American kid thing to do.”

He says he called Julie Murphy’s mother, Maria Fife, to offer hisapology and says she appreciated it.

Fife helped her daughter set up a lemonade stand last week at alocal arts fair in northeast Portland. They had to pack up and leaveafter being approached by two inspectors who said the stand lackeda license. Cogen says while the inspectors were doing their job, therules are meant for professional food service operators. He adds heran lemonade stands as a child.

Apology after girl’s lemonadestand shut down

A zoo keepersprays water tocool a lion atJordan’s zoo

in Yadudanear Ammanon 4 August,2010. Jordan

has been sweptby a heatwavesince Friday

withtemperatures

well abovetheir seasonal

average,reaching 40

degreesCelsius (104

degreesFahrenheit) in

Amman,according to

local media onWednesday.

A man who won 60,000 New Zealand dollars ($44,000) playing poker at anAuckland casino was refused the jackpot because he had banned himself from thepremises for gambling too much, a newspaper reported on Friday. Sothea Sinn,28, won the prize playing Caribbean stud poker at Auckland’s Skycity Casino onWednesday but casino staff refused to pay, saying he was banned at his ownrequest,The Dominion-Post newspaper reported. “I was absolutely gutted,” Sinntold the newspaper.

Sinn said that in 2004 he demanded the casino ban him and his girlfriendbecause he was gambling too much. He said he thought the ban had expired, butcasino staff said he had agreed to undergo counseling before readmission and hadnot done so. Sinn said he would take his case to New Zealand gamblingauthorities.

Newspaper: NZ gambler trumped by owncasino ban

Photo shows a 22-

feet-long (6.7-meter-

long) crocodile, which

terrorized locals in a

remote community in

Australia. It has been

shot by farmers. But

two more giant

crocodiles, even

bigger than this

one, are believed to be

still there.

News Album

daytime television.”Internet

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Fabregas confirms he willstay at Arsenal

Ancelotti quashes Coentrao talk

Bellamy set for Wales return

International club friendliesresults

5 AugustReal Madrid 3 - 2 CF AmericaPalermo 1 - 2 Eintracht FrankfurtPen Levante 0 - 0 AS RomaParma 1 - 1 Racing Santander6 AugustFC Dallas 2 - 2 Inter MilanFortuna Cologne 0 - 2 Bayer LeverkusenFC Eindhoven 1 - 1 ErgotelisFC Dordrecht 1 - 1 RKC WaalwijkAston Villa 0 - 0 ValenciaWrexham 0 - 0 Stoke C.Bolton W 2 - 0 OsasunaPen Cadiz 1 - 1 Atletico Madrid

Internet

LONDON, 7 Aug —Carlo Ancelotti hasrubbished reports Chelseaare ready to sign Benficaleft-back Fabio Coentraoas a replacement for un-settled star Ashley Cole.

Ancelotti was linkedwith a move for Coentraothis week followingclaims Cole had told theBlues boss he wants tojoin Real Madrid to es-cape the recent scrutinyinto his private life.

But Ancelotti is deter-mined to keep Cole and,speaking on Friday aheadof Sunday’s CommunityShield clash with Man-chester United, he said ofthe Coentrao rumours:“It’s not true, totally rub-bish.”

While Ancelotti isn’t

in the hunt for a replace-ment for Cole, he doeswant to bolster his optionsin midfield and is said tobe close to signing Brazilmidfielder Ramires fromBenfica for around 18million pounds.—Internet

Carlo Ancelotti hasrubbished reports Chel-sea are ready to signBenfica left-back FabioCoentrao.—INTERNET

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CARDIFF, 7 Aug —Manchester City CraigBellamy should make hisfirst Wales appearance in10 months after beingnamed in John Toshack’ssquad to face Luxem-bourg in a friendly nextweek.

Bellamy has been ab-sent from the last fourWales matches, but hasbeen selected in a 23-manparty for the clash atLlanelli’s Parcy Scarletson Wednesday.

Millwall striker SteveMorison also features forthe first time after pledg-ing his allegiance to Wales,while Cardiff defenderDarcy Blake could also bein line for a first cap.

Morison, who is eligibledue to a Welsh grandparent,scored 23 goals as Millwall

won promotion fromLeague One last season andhe could partner Bellamynext week. Bellamy’s in-ternational future becamethe subject of speculationwhen Toshack overlookedhim for a friendly againstSweden in March.

Internet

LONDON, 7 Aug — CescFabregas confirmed on Fri-day he will stay at Arsenalthis season after concedinghe won’t get his wish torejoin Barcelona.

Fabregas met ArseneWenger before the WorldCup to ask the Gunnersboss to let him move to theSpanish champions, spark-ing a summer-long saga ofclaim and counter-claimbetween the two clubs.

But the 23-year-oldSpain midfielder, who quitthe Nou Camp to join Ar-senal as a teenager, was

unable to persuade Wengerto accept Barca’s offers ofaround 30 million pounds(47.7 million dollars) andhas now announced he willremain at the PremierLeague club.

“Firstly I would like toapologise to all the Arse-nal fans for not speakingsooner about my future butI have not known what Iwas going to do until thismoment,” Fabregas said ina statement. “I cannot denythat joining a club like Bar-celona was not an attrac-tive move for me.

“This was the clubwhere I learned my foot-ball, it is my home townwhere my friends and fam-ily are and a club where Ihave always dreamed ofplaying. “There are notmany players in the worldwho would not want toplay for Barcelona.

Internet

Liverpool face Turkishchallenge in Europa League

Manchester City CraigBellamy.—INTERNET

Liverpool’s StevenGerrard celebrates after

scoring a penaltyagainst RabotnickiSkopje.—INTERNET

S P O R T S

Goosen takes 1-shot leadover Mickelson

NYON, 7 Aug —Former European cham-pions Liverpool, whomissed out on their ac-customed ChampionsLeague place, will faceTurkish side Trabzonspor

in the play-offs of thesecond-tier EuropaLeague. The draw, stagedat UEFA’s headquarterson Friday, also pittedManchester City againstTimisoara of Romania,while Aston Villa faceAustria’s Rapid Viennaand Celtic meet Dutchside Utrecht.

This is the second suc-cessive season Villa andVienna have met at thisstage of the competition,with the Austrian side ad-vancing on away goalslast season.

Celtic dropped downto Europe’s second tierclub competition after de-feat to Sporting Braga inthe Champions Leaguequalifiers.—Internet

AKRON, 7 Aug — PhilMickelson is closing in onNo 1. The first step is tomake up a one-shot defi-cit against Retief Goosen,the 36-hole leader on Fri-day at the BridgestoneInvitational. Lookingmore inevitable isMickelson finally sup-planting Tiger Woodsatop the world ranking.

Goosen turned bogeyinto birdie by chipping infrom 25 yards off thegreen at No 4, sendinghim on his way to a4-under 66 that gave hima one-shot lead over Tiger Woods

Mickelson and JustinLeonard (66) going intothe weekend at Fire-stone.—Internet

Cesc Fabregas

Tigana relishingnew French challenge

Newly appointedGirondins de Bordeaux

coach Jean Tigana.INTERNET

PARIS, 7 Aug—NewBordeaux coach JeanTigana is relishing beingback at the helm of aFrench side 11 years afterleaving Monaco and hav-ing a spell in England withFulham, the former Francestar said on Friday.

“Certainly I shall be alittle emotional,” the Euro2004 winner admitted as

he prepared for Sunday’strip to Montpellier.

“Preparations havegone well — there havebeen no major problems,”said Tigana, who has toraise the bar for a Bor-deaux side which won theleague in 2009 to break aseven-year streak by Lyonbut which last year fellaway to miss out onEuropean qualificationaltogether.

The club then lostcoach Laurent Blanc to theFrench national side afterthe controversial reign ofRaymond Domenechcame to an ignominiousclose at the World Cup inSouth Africa.—Internet

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Nay Pyi Taw WeatherMaximum temperature on 6-8-2010 was 89°F.

Minimum temperature on 7-8-2010 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7-8-2010 (92%).Rainfall on 7-8-2010 was (0.79) inch.

Yangon (Kaba-Aye) WeatherMaximum temperature on 6-8-2010 was 84°F.

Minimum temperature on 7-8-2010 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7-8-2010 (92%).Total Sunshine hours on 6-8-2010 was (Nil).

Rainfall on 6-8-2010 was (0.67) inch atMingaladon, (0.40) inch at Kaba-Aye and (1.02) inchesat Central Yangon . Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(45.63) inches at Mingaladon, (52.60) inches at Kaba-Aye and (61.77) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwindspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph fromSouth at (16:30) hours MST on 6-8-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate in theNorth Bay and strong in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 8th August2010: Rain or thundershowers will be isolated inKayah State, lower Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, scattered in Shan, Chin and RakhineStates and Mandalay Division, fairly widespread inKachin State, upper Sagaing and Bago Divisionsand widespread in the remaining States and Divisionswith likelihood of isolated heavy falls in Kayin andMon States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speedin squalls may reach (35) mph. Seas will bemoderate elsewhere in Myanmar water.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofdecrease of rain in the Rakhine coastal areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 8-8-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 8-8-2010: One or Two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 8-8-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Courses* Secret Places for Yummy Foods

(Episode-2)* Flower Buds of Union* News* The Golden Land* News* A Step for Mitigation of Natural Disaster

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Programme Schedule(8-8-2010) (Sunday)

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Courses* Secret Places for Yummy Foods

(Episode-2)* Flower Buds of Union* News* The Golden Land* News* A Step for Mitigation of Natural Disaster* News* Ywama Floating Market: A place of

Matchlessness* Famous Pagoda Festival in Shwebo* News* Surprising Myanmar (Longyi)* Music Gallery* News* Traditonal New Year Festivals in

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Ma Yu Yu Mar (a) Mi NgeAged 32

Daughter of (U Maung Maung) + Daw BabeThan at the fist floor of No 165, 46th

Street,Botahtaung Township, Yangon, daughter-in-law of U Aung Myint + Daw Than Myat, wifeof Ko Min Min Htun, younger sister of Ko TunHtwe-Ma Lei Lei Mar, Ma Soe Soe Mar, Ko AyeThein+ Ma Thin Thin Mar and Ko Aung Soe Moe+ Ma Swe Swe, aunt of Maung Lwin Bo Aung,Maung Ye Wai Yan Hein and Maung Htet WaiYan Kaung, passed away at 3.55 pm on 6-8-2010. The funeral service will be held at YaywayCemetery, noon on 10-8-2010. The buses willleave the house at 10 am on 10-8-2010.

Bereaved Family

Members of a summer camp from Russia learnChinese five-step boxing during their tour at a

martial club in Dalian, northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 7 Aug, 2010.

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

13th Waning of Second Waso 1372 ME Sunday, 8 August, 2010

New motor road under construction to link Hill Resort and Ruby Land

Recently, I was on a trip to observe construc-tion of a new motor road from PyinOoLwin to Mogokfor writing a byline on its progress. On 20 June, Iarrived in Mandalay and then proceeded toPyinOoLwin by car.

I saw construction of the new road sectionalong Thekkan-Nyaungdon-Medaw-Naungpein route

Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Moe Myint Hlaing

Medaw-Naungpein road section onPyinOoLwin-Mogok Road being

constructed by Ayeya Shwewah Co inPyinOoLwin District.

with the use of bulldozers and dumper trucks.Public Works of the Ministry of Construction

is undertaking extended construction and maintenanceof roads and bridges as the main duty for ensuringsecure and smooth transport and building a modernand developed new nation.

(See page 10)

New PyinOoLwin-Mogok Road expended to 34 feet wide earth road on a hill in Legyi Villageof Mogok Township.

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