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Volume XVI, Number 68 7th Waning of Nayon 1370 ME Wednesday, 25 June, 2008

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 24 June — Chairman of theNational Disaster Preparedness Central CommitteePrime Minister General Thein Sein, accompanied bymembers of NDPCC ministers, deputy ministers, theDirector-General of the Government Office and offi-cials, arrived in Mawlamyinegyun from Pathein thismorning.

At the hall of the local battalion, the PrimeMinister and party heard a report presented by Ministerfor Progress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs Col Thein Nyunt on relief aidincluding food being provided to storm survivors inMawlamyinegyun Township, distribution of paddyseeds, requirement of paddy seeds, arrival of powertillers, land preparation for monsoon paddy and culti-vation of paddy, progress in reconstruction of schools,reopening of schools, progress in reconstruction ofhospitals and installation of TV retransmission sta-tions, reconstruction of Mawlamyinegyun Townshipand regional development tasks.

Next, the ministers who accompanied the PrimeMinister reported on measures to be taken by therespective ministries for rehabilitation of the storm-hitregions in Ayeyawady Division includingMawlamyinegyun Township.

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Prime Minister inspects construction of durable housesfor storm victims in Ayeyawady Division

Officials urged to help grow paddy fully in townships

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects houses for storm-victims in Pyapon Township on 23 June.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein distributes food to school children at a pre-primary schoolin Poelaung Village in Labutta Township on 23 June.—MNA

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

People’s DesireWednesday, 25 June, 2008

Due to the cyclone that hit Myanmarseverely in early May, some areas inAyeyawady and Yangon divisions not onlylost many lives of local people but also suffereddestruction to their economic, education andhealth enterprises.

The government is now carrying out relief,rehabilitation and preparedness tasks in orderof priority in the storm-affected areas. So far,it has spent funds heavily on the works.

Reconstruction tasks are being carriedout with the donations of the government andwell-wishers in the storm-hit areas to provideshelter, food, and health care andrequirements are being fulfilled for the victimsto be able to resume their businesses.

Measures are being taken with addedmomentum under the leadership of thegovernment to reconstruct ravaged housesand buildings and to ensure normalcy ofpower supply and communication services.In building new roads for smooth transport,the roads are designed to be higher thannormal in the affected areas stretching to thecoastal regions. So, the programme willcontribute towards long-term natural disasterpreparedness works.

Hospitals and basic education schools arebeing upgraded, while reconstruction worksare being carried out for the convenience oflocal people in the affected areas. So, theentire region will enjoy improvement in theeducation and health sectors.

Due to the strenuous efforts thegovernment, the people and the Tatmadaware making with heart and soul with the useof the cash and kind and services beingcontributed by well-wishers and donors tomaterialize reconstruction works, the tasksare now gaining momentum in the storm-hitareas.

Reconstruction tasks in fullswing thanks to collaboration

NAY PYI TAW, 24 June—The VOA, one of the foreign broadcasting stations notoriously known forairing falsehood with negative attitude, made up a new story on 23 June.

The invented story said that a tornado carrying a great deal of sand and earth struck Kaingthoungvillage of Pyinsalu in Labutta Township, Ayeyawady Division, on 19 May, killing all the villagers with allthe houses overwhelmed and covered by sand and earth.

The fact was that some 300 houses were damaged as a result of the storm Nargis in Kaingthoungvillage of Pyinsalu and there were no casualties in the storm. In the aftermath of the storm, the State carriedout rehabilitation tasks and now all the houses have been rebuilt. A total of 3744 people are now in goodhealth. There was no incident of tornado that struck Kaingthoung village as broadcast. As such there wereno casualties and damages.

The VOA holding negative views always broadcast fabricated news. In this regard, the people feelthat it is necessary to listen to the news of the VOA with common sense.—MNA

VOA airs falsehood that tornado wipesout entire Kaingthoung village

Villagers with us, in good health

YANGON, 24 June—A ceremony to donate reliefsupplies to the storm victims was held at the buildingof Myanma Port Authority in Bo Aung Kyaw containeryard this afternoon.

The supplies were donated by Man Fut TongWelfare Society and JBS Co of Singapore.

It was attended by Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence, Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Yangon Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin, Deputy Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint,officials of Man Fut Tong Welfare Society and JBS Coof Singapore, Managing Director U Kyaw Khin of JBSCo and members.

Man Fut Tong Welfare Society and JBS Co ofSingapore donate supplies to storm victims

Vice-President Miss Jane Jan of Man Fut TongWelfare Society and Managing Director U Kyaw Khinof JBS Co presented the supplies to the deputy ministerand Director-General of Relief and ResettlementDepartment U Than Oo.

The five containers of supplies include assortedbiscuits, condensed milk, dried noodles, juices, seafood, bottled water, canned food, medicines, clothes,blankets, toys, watches and slippers worth US $64765.21.

Relief supplies for the victims donated bywellwishers from abroad arrived here by air or by ship.They are being delivered to the storm-hit areas byhelicopter, vehicle or ship without delay.— MNA

Daw Thein Kyi and family of No 161,Tamway Township, donated K 100,000 toHninzigon Home for the Aged recently in

memory of late U Myo Nyunt. Joint-Treasurerof the Home U Chit Myaing accepts the cash

presented by the wellwishers. — H

Man Fut Tong Welfare Society and JBS Company of Singapore donate relief aids in thepresence of Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence.—MNA

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BAGHADAD, 24 June—Two American soldiers,two US civilians and sixIraqis have been killed ina bomb attack at a localcouncil office in easternBaghdad.

One of the UScivilians was an officialwith the state departmentand the other worked forthe defence department,US embassy officials said.

Ten people werewounded including threemembers of the Sadr Citycouncil.

The US military hasblamed the attack on whatit calls “special groups”,

Four Americans die inIraq attack

MOGADISHU, 24 June—Pirates took fourEuropean tourists hostageafter their yacht ran out offuel off the coast ofnorthern Somalia in theRed Sea’s Gulf of Aden,according to a Somalilandofficial.

The pirates then took

FRESNO, 24 June —California An adviser toSen. John McCainapologized Monday forsaying a terrorist attackon the United Stateswould be “a big

NABLUS, 24 June—Israeli forces killed twoPalestinians, including anIslamic Jihad commander,in the West Bank city ofNablus on Tuesday in thefirst fatal raid since aceasefire took hold in theGaza Strip last week.

Islamic Jihadthreatened to launch

Adviser sorry he said terrorattack would help McCain

advantage” for theRepublican presidentialcandidate.

Adviser Charlie Blackapologized for sayingMcCain’s campaignwould benefit fromanother US terror attack.

Adviser Charlie Blackapologized for sayingMcCain’s campaignwould benefit fromanother US terror attack.

McCain said he“strenuously” disagreed

with the remark.Charlie Black, a

senior adviser to McCain,said he “deeply regrets”his comments to Fortunemagazine.

“They wereinappropriate,” Black toldreporters at a fund-raisingevent in California. “Irecognize that JohnMcCain has devoted hisentire life to protecting hiscountry.”

Internet

Israeli Forces kill 2 Palestinians inWest Bank

attacks inside Israel toavenge the death of TarekJuma Abu Ghali, whomthe militant groupdescribed as one of itsmost senior commandersin the northern WestBank.

A second Palestinian,affiliated with the Islamistmilitant group Hamas,

was also killed in theovernight raid, Palestiniansecurity sources said.

The killings, whichwere confirmed by theIsraeli army, could test thefragile ceasefire that tookeffect last Thursdaybetween Israel and militantsin the Hamas-controlledGaza Strip.—Internet

Pandas evacuated fromearthquake-hit areaBEIJING, 24 June —

Pandas living in anearthquake-hit part ofsouthwestern China havebeen evacuated totemporary shelters due tothe continuing threat oflandslides and otherhazards, a forestry bureaureport said Tuesday.

The May 12 Sichuanprovince quake causedsevere damage in theWolong Nature Reserve,and the report said pandas

from it’s HetaopingResearch andConservation Center willhave to stay elsewhereuntil the center is rebuilt.

The area’s annualrainy season starts in June,and rivers routinelyoverflow their banks.Landslides are a particularconcern because the quakecaused steep hillsides toshear away and crash intovalleys below.

Internet

Pirates take four Europeantourists hostage

their hostages — a man,woman, their child andtheir yacht’s pilot — intohills around the fishingtown of Las Qoray, saidAhmed Yusuf Yasin, vicepresident of the Republicof Somaliland.

Somaliland soldiersand local residents were

searching for the piratesin an effort to free thehostages, Yasinsaid.Yasin said hebelieved the hostages wereeither French or German.

Earlier this month theUN Security Council gavenations new powers topursue pirates into thewaters off Somalia in aneffort to combat a newspate of hijackings off theHorn of Africa.

The Gulf of Aden inparticular has become atreacherous stretch forshipping in recent months,with more than two dozenpirate attacks reportedsince the beginning of2008, according to theInternational MaritimeBureau. Nine of those havebeen successfulhijackings, the bureausaid.—Internet

CANBERRA, 24 June—An Australian govern-ment data showed onTuesday that Australiansare among the world’sworst greenhouse-gaspolluters by emitting 28tons of greenhouse-gassesper person every year.

Australian Conser-vation Foundation climatechange program manager

Australians among world’s worstgreenhouse polluters

or rogue members of ShiaMuslim militias.

Iraqi police said theattack was carried out bya suicide bomber, butinvestigations by the USmilitary suggested a bombhad been planted in thebuilding.

A suspect who testedpositive for contact withexplosives had beencaught trying to flee thescene, the US said.

Eyewitnesses said thebomb exploded inside theoffice of the deputy leaderof the council, who wasamong the injured.

Internet

Tony Mohr said the figurewas among one of the highestin the world, even higherthan the United States, Japanand the Western Europeancountries.

Mohr said theinternational communitywill look at Australia’s highper capita emissions, andexpect serious cuts as partof a global effort to tackle

climate change.The government’s

National Greenhouse GasInventory, 2006, said the“magnitude” of per capitaemissions was caused byAustralia’s reliance oncoal-fired electricity, highhistorical levels of landclearing, and large resourceand agricultural industries.

Internet

Palestinians observe thedamage in a house afteran Israeli militaryoperation in the WestBank city of Nablus on 24June, 2008.—INTERNET

McCain

One-year-old panda babies rest at China Conservativeand Research Center for the Giant Panda whilelandslide triggered by the May 12 earthquake is seenon a nearby mountain in Wolong of Aba, China’ssouthwest Sichuan province recently.—INTERNET

Bill Clinton‘committedto’ Obama

WASHINGTON, 24June—Former USPresident Bill Clinton hasannounced for the first timethat he is backing fellowDemocrat Barack Obamato win the US presidentialelection.

The Obama campaignwelcomed Mr Clinton’sdeclaration of support,saying: “A unifiedDemocratic Party is goingto be a powerful force forchange this year and we’reconfident PresidentClinton will play a big rolein that.”

Relations between MrClinton and Mr Obamahave been “frosty” sinceMrs Clinton suspended hercampaign, and the two menhave not spoken, a newsreport said.

During the primarybattle between Mr Obamaand Mrs Clinton, MrClinton made the headlineswhen he described MrObama’s record ofopposition to the Iraq Waras a “fairy-tale”, and whenhe accused Mr Obama of“playing the race card”.

Internet

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A woman looks at the River Padma from her house under threat from erosion

of the river in Shariatpur, India on 23 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Firefighters from Rio Vista, Calif, overlook a helicopter water drop at awildfire in Green Valley Calif, on 22 June, 2008. The fire has consumed

more than 3500 acres in Napa and Solano county.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 24 June —Up to 41 foreign oil firmsare now qualified toparticipate in Iraq’scoming licensing roundfor oil and gas contracts,the Iraqi Oil Ministry saidon Sunday.

Six more state-ownedoil companies are addedto 35 companies qualifiedin mid April to won rightsto bid tenders to developoil and gas fields in Iraq, asource of the oil ministry

Iraq qualifies six more firmsfor oil contracts

LIBREVILLE, 24 June —Central African Re-public’s government hassigned a peace accord withrebel groups that seeks toend several years of bushguerilla war in the poorformer French colony thatborders with Sudan andChad.

The accord, signed inGabon’s capital Librevilleon Saturday, consolidatesindividual ceasefiresalready made by PresidentFrancois Bozize’s Gov-ernment with three insur-gent movements as part ofa national peace process.

Bozize, who seizedpower in 2003 and wonelections two years later,is promoting a politicaldialogue in Central Afri-can Republic to end re-bellions in the northwestand northeast which haveforced tens of thousandsof civilians from theirhomes.

MNA/Reuters

media office told Xinhuaon condition of anony-mity.

“The new oil firms arefrom Algeria, Angola,Pakistan, Thailand, Tur-key and Vietnam,” thesource added.

In April, Iraq qualified35 companies out of 120applicants around theworld. The qualificationwas in accordance tocriteria put by the Iraqi OilMinistry.

The ministry will sign

deals with the qualified oilcompanies to bid for oiland gas service contractsin all Iraq’s regions soon,the source said.

Early in January, Iraqioil ministry asked inter-national oil companies toregister with the newly set-up Contracts and Licen-sing Office of the ministryand set 18 February thedeadline for receivingregistration document-ation.

MNA/Xinhua

KABUL, 24 June — Rocket attacks on the bases ofthe NATO-led International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan claimed thelives of four Afghan civilians, a statement of thealliance released here Sunday said.

“Four Afghan civilians were killed in two separaterocket attacks on ISAF bases in Khost Provincetoday,” the statement added.

The first rocket attack, according to the statementoccurred shortly after midnight when 13 rocketswere fired from inside Afghanistan, killing onecivilian. The second attack of five rockets thestatement added was launched from inside Pakistanaround dusk. —MNA/Xinhua

KINSHASA, 24 June— Congo’s Army has killed29 militia fighters in operations since late Mayagainst a local militia group and its Rwandan Huturebel allies in the country’s northeast, a senior Armyofficer said on Sunday.

Four government soldiers were also killed in theclashes and a number of others were wounded,General Jean-Claude Kifwa, the Army commanderin Orientale province of Democratic Republic ofCongo, told UN-sponsored Radio Okapi.

The Army had launched the operations to forcemilitia fighters known as Mai-Mai in gold-richBafwasende territory, around 260 kilometres (160miles) northwest of the provincial capital Kisangani,to disband or join the Army. —MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 24 June — US troops killed six suspectedIranian-backed Shiite militiamen and wounded anotherin eastern Baghdad, the US military said on Sunday.In a statement issued by the US military, US soldierson Friday sporadically fought “Special Groups”members trying to plant roadside bombs in Baghdadal-Jadida neighborhood, or New Baghdad.

Earlier in the day, the US military said its troopsdetained a suspected “Special Groups” member whobelieved to be one of the most wanted criminals dur-inga predawn raid on his hideout in Bayaa neigh-bourhoodin southern Baghdad on Saturday. —MNA/Xinhua

Central AfricaRepublic, rebelssign peace pact

Six rebels killed, trains halted in Thai south

Rocket attacks on NATObases kill four Afghans

Congo’s army has killed 29militia in northeast

US troops kill six Shiite militiamenin Baghdad

Smoke rises from Bab

Tibbaneh district

during clashes between

Sunni supporters of

the government and

Alawite gunmen close

to the Hezbollah-led

opposition in Tripoli,

northern Lebanon on

23 June, 2008.

INTERNET

YALA (Thailand), 24June — Security forceskilled six suspectedMuslim rebels insouthern Thailand onMonday, where all railservices have been haltedafter a brutal weekendattack on a train, policesaid.

About 200 police andsoldiers raided a junglehideout used by Muslimseparatist guerillas inYala, one of the four

southernmost provinceswhere more than 3,000people have been killedin a four-year insurgency,police said.

“It’s a major victoryas we have eliminatedsome snipers,” PoliceColonel SompienEkpanya told Reuters atthe scene of the fighting.

Police said they hadfound a rifle withtelescopic sights and adozen mobile phones

used for detonatingbombs.

After a relative fivemonth lull, the insurgents— who have neveridentified themselves ortheir aims — havestepped up operationsthis month, most notablywith Saturday’s ambushof a moving train inwhich a policeman andthree rail workers werekilled.

MNA/Reuters

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A file photo shows People surf the Internet in Beijing in 2007. Internet usersshould soon be able to use new domain names such as love, paris or bank if

one of the world wide web’s biggest shakeups is approved this week asexpected by the web regulator ICANN.—INTERNET

A member of the Philippine Air Force (PAF)search and rescue carries a survivor in San

Fernando town in Romblon province, centralPhilippines on 23 June, 2008 after the passenger

ferry MV Princess of Stars capsized off theSibuyan Island, central Philippines.—INTERNET

Hamas says US involved ininter-Palestinian crisis

Singapore prevents profiteeringfor hiring foreign workers

SINGAPORE, 24 June—Singapore’s Ministry ofManpower (MOM) announced Friday that it willintroduce new rules to bar employers from receivingpayment for employing foreign workers, and to prohibitemployment agencies from offering payment toemployers.

The new rules “seek to better safeguard the well-being of foreign workers in Singapore. They alsoprevent labour market distortions”, said the ministry ina statement.

Starting from 14 July, employers cannot receivepayment - whether monetary or in kind - as considerationfor employing a Work Permit or S Pass holder.

Employers will also be prohibited from recoveringemployment-related expenses such as the levy andsecurity bond from their Work Permit or S Pass holders.

A new licence condition will also be introduced toprohibit employment agencies from offering paymentto employers, in exchange for hiring foreign workersthrough them.—Xinhua

GAZA, 24 June—IslamicHamas movement onSunday accused theUnited States of beinginvolved in internalPalestinian differences bysupporting a party againstanother party.

“The US administrationis not interested in anyPalestinian agreement andit pushes the situationtowards collision,” Hamasspokesman Sami AbuZuhri said in a statementfaxed to the media.

The statement wasmade in response to the

US Consulate General inJerusalem which praisedthe graduation of a groupof Palestinian forces loyalto President MahmoudAbbas of Fatah move-ment.

The Consulate Generalhas reportedly said that thegraduation of these forcesaims at supporting thelegitimate PalestinianNational Authority (PNA)and fighting the terrorismin the region.

“This statement was anevidence of the USinvolvement,” Abu Zuhrisaid. He added that thesestatements “explain the

backgrounds” of thefighting between Hamasand Fatah which ended inJune last year with Hamastaking over Gaza andousting Fatah.

Abu Zuhri continuedthat the statements also“emphasize the natureof the security forceswork in West Bank;crushing the groups ofresistances”.

When pro-Abbas forceslost Gaza, they receivedmore support to strengthentheir role in the WestBank in order to maintainthe territory, he said.

XinhuaSarkozy criticizes Israelfor settlements expansion

In this image released by Miss Universe LP, LLLP,Miss Peru 2008 Karol Castillo kisses a child as shevisits the Tam Binh Center Orphanage in Ho Chi

Minh City on 23 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Saudi energy summitclosed on Sunday

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, 24 June—The energy summitstaged in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to curb rocketing oilprices, is closed on Sunday.

Leaders and ministers from the 36 nations agreedthat “the transparency and regulation of financialmarkets should be improved through measures tocapture more data on index fund activity and to examinecross-exchange interactions in the crude market”.

The increasing oil prices have hit almost 135 USdollars per barrel on Friday, which affects consumersand economies across the United States, Europe andmuch of the world. Many countries have experiencedsocial unrest and economic turmoil.

As the world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia hasbeen under intense pressure from the US and other oilconsumers to increase its crude output to help rein inthe oil price hike. Saudi King Abdullah said at theopening ceremony of the Jeddah oil meeting that hiscountry has increased output to 9.7 million barrels aday and it is willing to increase oil output if necessary.

Xinhua

Israel reopens crossings, allowsgoods, fuels into Gaza

GAZA, 24 June —After 72 hours of implementing atruce between Hamas and Israel, the latter on Sundayreopened two borders crossing points and allowedfood and fuels into the territory, Palestinian securitysources said. The sources said that at 9:00 am localtime (0600 GMT), the Israeli Army reopened thecrossings between Gaza and Israel and allowed productsof basic food supplies coming into Gaza, where mostof them was not allowed in for one year.

Witnesses said Israel opened the Sofa Crossing onthe border between southeast Gaza Strip and Israel,adding that goods are left on the ground 500 metres farfrom the crossing.

Xinhua

JERUSALEM, 24 June—Visiting French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy criticizedon Sunday the expansionof Jewish settlements inthe West Bank and theconstruction in eastJerusalem.

“You have made somebad decisions, like theexpansion of settlementsand east Jerusalem, wherethe construction is notgood for Israel,” saidSarkozy during his visit toIsraeli President ShimonPeres’ residence inJerusalem.

Sarkozy and his wife,Carla Bruni, arrived in

Israel late Sundayafternoon for a three-daytrip as guests of Peres.“The best and onlyguarantee for the state ofIsrael is an independent,democratic Palestinianstate at its side,” he added.

Peres responded that“there are no disagree-ments between us on theissue of the Palestinianstate and the settlements.However, we evacuatedmany settlements in Gazaand the unfortunate resultis Hamas firing atcivilians, firing missiles atthem”.

Xinhua

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USDA members and Tatmadawmen take partin reconstruction work in Kyeinchaunggyi

Village in Bogale Township.—MNA

Members of USDA clearing downed trees inHsincheya Village in Labutta Township.

MNA

MMA team makes field tripsto storm-hit regions

YANGON, 24 June — Under the leadership of theMinistry of Health, a medical team of MyanmarMedical Association made field trips to the storm-affected regions in Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisionson 22 June morning. The team comprised MMACentral Leading Committee member Prof Dr MyoMyint, MMA Chairman Prof Dr Kyaw Myint Naing,Vice-Chairman U S Kyaw Hla, Joint-Secretary ProfDr Myint Thaung and CEC members, Chairman ofGeneral Practitioners Association Dr Tin Aung Ayeand member doctors, new generation doctors andothers including Professor of PsychologicalDepartment totalling 40.

The team met officials of Township Peace andDevelopment Councils, members of socialorganizations and voluntary associations and officialsof Township Health Departments in Kungyangonand Dedaye Townships and explained health carematters.

The medical team gave 178 patients of HmawinnVillage in Dedaye Township and from nearby areasand donated medicines and household goods to 250households.

The health care team will continue providinghealth care in Kungyangon Township in YangonDivision and Dedaye, Labutta, Bogale andMawlamyinegyun townships in AyeyawadyDivision.

In the work of relief and rehabilitation of stormvictims, MMA gave medical treatment 34 times withthe strength of 464 doctors. Altogether 21834 peoplewere treated and relief items were provided.

MNA

A cyclone with the wind speed of about 200

kilometres per hour ravaged the lower part of

Ayeyawady Division and some areas in Yangon

Division on 2 and 3 May 2008, leaving millions of

people homeless, and over 130,000, dead. It went

down in the annals of the nation’s history as the most

destructive natural disaster.

I wish I would never hear of such an untold misery

again in my life. Moreover, I wish I would never

witness various forms of terrible loss of wealth, health,

relatives, virtue and faith in the next existences. And

I wish any of the world people would never suffer

such forms of loss.

I did not face the violent catastrophe firsthand.

However, when I learnt about and witnessed the

sufferings of the victims, members of the Sangha and

people, I happened to share a variety of hardships and

adversities the victims were suffering. I did not know

how heart-rending I felt. Therefore, I thought over

which ways I should take to relieve their sufferings. I

held a meeting with members of the Sitagu missionary

association on 8 May night.

The meeting reached an agreement to lay down a

policy of “Compassion in action” so as to build

“Compassionate Common Platform” and to march

forward along the path. We would have to translate

Mano Kamma Karuna (compassion) into Kayakam

Karuna (deeds). It was required of those capable in

that regard to equip themselves with willingness of

contributing towards the tasks. Lacking capability

and skills, in spite of eagerness, volunteers would not

be able to carry out the tasks effectively. So, I sent

monk disciples and lay persons of Sitagu missionary

association to the storm-affected areas.

Sitagu forward relief camp was opened at Sitagu

Dhamma Vihara monastery in Kun-thi-chaung village,

Bogale Township on 9 May. And details of our plan

were made public internationally. We invited a member

of the Sangha each from monasteries and the head of

each ward and village in the storm-hit areas. With

their help, we gave away over 100 kinds of supplies

such as rice, clothes, blankets, mosquito nets and

household utensils plus food supplies. We opened

four hospitals and dispensaries with the doctors and

nurses from Sigatu health care centre and Asia Taw

Win clinic at Kadon, Amar, Setsan and Kunthigyaung.

The medicines and medical equipment I had received

as donations were used to give health care to the

victims. I visited three times the 10 monasteries in the

urban areas in Bogale Township where relief camps

were opened and donated cash and kind to the camps.

We donated 100 corrugated iron sheets and K 100,000

to each of the ravaged monasteries. Some monasteries

received cash assistance ranging from 500,000 to 1

Feeling sad and gladsimultaneously

million kyats. We renovated two government hospitals

in Kadonkani and Amar villages, and donated all

necessary medicines and medical equipment.

Arrangements have been made to provide donations

worth about 50,000 US dollars to the people’s hospital

in Bogale. The donations Sitagu missionary group

had donated up to 9 June were K 134.4 million to

1344 monasteries in six townships, 146,600 CI sheets

at the rate of 100 sheets to a monastery, more than

10,000 bags of rice to 1344 monasteries and over 900

villages, clothes, and 300 truck loads of aluminum

pots and containers and food.

And Sigatu missionary association had donated

medical equipment such as a ultrasound machine,

ECG monitoring system, ECG machine, anesthesia

machine, diathermy, autoclave, surgical instrument

set, defibrillator, electric generator, oxygen

concentrator, medicine trolley, dressing trolley,

instrument trolley, 16 patient beds, and 16 bedside

lockers to Bogale Township People’s Hospital; and

operation bed, operation light, anesthesia machine,

diathermy, ECG machine, autoclave, surgical

instrument set, electronic generator, and patient beds

and beside tables to Amar Township People’s

Hospital.

We had donated all necessary medical equipment

to operation theatre, lab room, and X-ray room of

Kadonkani hospital before the natural disaster. Sitagu

missionary association again donated a 2000-

household-capacity water purifier, ECG machine,

cardiac table, medicine trolley, dressing trolley,

instrument trolley, labour table, vacuum extractor,

foot suction, O2 flowmeter, flower’s bed, and generator

(60 KVA).

In donating supplies, Sitagu missionary group

gave priority to the religious, education and health

affairs. We have chosen primary monastic education

schools and government basic education primary

schools in remote areas that are in need or that need

repair. We are working together as much as we can in

the interests of members of the Sangha and people. I

feel sad because our donations and performances do

not fulfil our wishes fully. Now, relief and rehabilitation

tasks are being carried out effectively thanks to loving-

kindness and compassion of internal and external

donors. The volume of the undertakings rests on the

amount of the donations. Anyhow, I am glad to perform

such great wholesome deeds in this very life. I thank

and appreciate the donors, those who have contributed

their voluntary services, and responsible persons of

government bodies at different levels.

May all human beings enjoy longevity with good

health.

Translation: MS

Sitagu Sayadaw Dr Ashin Ñanissara

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 June— Indian delegation ledby Minister of State forCommerce and Power MrShri Jairam Remesh calledon Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Thaat the ministry here todayand they frankly discussedmatters on bilateralcooperation in economicand trade sectors.

After the meeting, thetwo sides signed theeconomic cooperationagreements at the meetinghall of the ministry.

The BilateralInvestment PromotionAgreement was signed byMinister U Soe Tha andIndian Minister Mr ShriJairam Remesh.

A credit lineagreement between theExim Bank of India andthe Myanmar Trade Bankfor $ 20 million forfinancing theestablishment of analuminium conductorsteel reinforced (ACSR)wire manufacturing

YANGON, 24 June —An Indian delegationheaded by Minister of Statefor Commerce and PowerMr Shri Jairam Ramesh ofthe Ministry of Commerceof Republic of India arrivedhere by air on 22 June.

They were welcomedby Deputy Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentCol Thurein Zaw,departmental heads and

YANGON, 24 June –Adelegation led by Ministerof State for Commerce andPower of the Republic ofIndia Mr Shri JairamRamesh arrived in Sittway,Rakhine State, by MyanmaAirways yesterdaymorning. They werewelcomed at SittwayAirport by Secretary ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment Council U YeNaing Aung and officials.

A briefing on multi-purpose transport inKaladan River was held atthe Sittway Hotel. Presenton the discussion were

Indian delegation arrivesin Yangon

Indian Ambassador MrBhaskar Kumar Mitra at theYangon InternationalAirport.

The guests visitedBago together with IndianAmbassador and paidhomage to ShwetharhlaungBuddha Image before theirvisit to KambozathadiGolden Palace.

On their arrival atYangon, the IndianMinister donated US $ 0.2

million to ShwedagonPagoda to repairdestroyed buildings onthe precinct of the pagoda.Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung acceptedthe donation andpresented replica of thepagoda to the IndianMinister who offeredflowers, water and lightsto the pagoda, afterwards.

MNA

Indian delegation on tour of Sittway

Myanmar, India sign cooperationagreementsfacility and a credit lineagreement between theExim Bank of India andthe Myanmar ForeignTrade Bank for $ 64million for financing three230 kv transmission linesin Myanmar were signedby Managing Director ofMyanmar Foreign TradeBank U Than Yi and MrSunil Trikha of the EximBank.

The Agreement forproviding the bankingarrangement was signedby managing directors ofMyanmar Foreign TradeBank and MyanmarInvestment and TradeBank andMr Ashok Rai of UnitedBank of India.

The ceremony to signthe agreements were alsoattended by DeputyMinister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment Col ThureinZaw, Deputy Minister forIndustry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw, DeputyMinister for ElectricPower No 2 Brig-Gen Win

Myint, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin,President of the CentralBank of Myanmar U ThanNyein, Indian Am-bassador to Myanmar MrBhaskar Kumar Mitra andofficials concerned.

The Indian delegationarrived at Nay Pyi TawAirport at noon today andthey were welcomed byDeputy Minister forNPED Col Thurein Zawand officials concerned.

Minister of State forCommerce and Power MrShri Jairam Remesh alsocalled on Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein anddiscussed matters onpromotion of bilateraltrade.

Also present at themeeting were DeputyMinister for CommerceBrig-Gen Aung Tun andd i r e c t o r s - g e n e r a l ,managing-directors andofficials concerned underthe Ministry ofCommerce.

Mr Shri JairamRemesh also called onMinister for ElectricPower No. 1 Col Zaw Minat the latter’s office herethis evening and discussedmatters related to hydelprojects in Myanmar.

Also present at themeeting were DeputyMinister for Electric PowerNo. 1 U Myo Myint,directors-general of theenterprises and departmentsunder the ministry and IndiaAmbassador to MyanmarMr Bhaskar Kumar Mitra.

MNA

Director-General U KhinSoe of CompaniesInvestment Departmentunder Ministry of NationalPlanning and EconomicDepartment, Director-General U Soe Myint ofDirectorate of WaterResources andImprovement of RiverSystem under the Ministryof Transport anddepartmental officials, MrShri Jairam Ramesh andparty.

Director-General USoe Myint and GeneralManager for Myanma PortAuthority U Cho Than

Maung explained thesalient points onmultipurpose-transportproject in Kaladan Riverand replied to queriesraised by the guests.

Next, Mr Shri JairamRamesh and party viewedthe site chosen forimplementation of theproject.

Afterwards, Secretaryof Rakine State PDC UYe Naing Aung hosted aluncheon to the visitingguests.

Next, the visitingguests viewed round theriver by boat. They alsovisited Rakine StateMuseum and paid homageto Lawkananda Pagoda.

The Indian delegationand party arrived backhere in the evening. – MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung accepts US $ 200,000presented by Mr Shri Jairam Ramesh.—MNA

Indian delegation led by Mr Shri JairamRamesh visits Rakhine State culture museum

in Sittway.MNA

YANGON, 24 June — Theinternational community has been donatingrelief supplies to regions severely hit bythe storm. Relief supplies weighing 74.58tons donated by Thai based WFP, relief

More relief aids arrive at YgnInt’l Airport

aids weighing 78.45 tons donated byMalaysia based ICRC and Red Crescentand 14.96 tons donated by Spanish RedCross Society arrived at YangonInternational Airport today. —MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 June— General Thein Sein,Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar,received Ms NoeleenHeyzer, UN UnderSecretary General andUNESCAP ExecutiveSecretary, at ZeyathiriBeikman on Kon-myinttha, Yangon, thisevening.

Together with thePrime Minister at the callwere Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe,Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U KyawThu, Director-General ofGovernment’s Office ColThant Shin, and DeputyDirector-General U SoeWin of ProtocolDepartment of the Ministryof Foreign Affairs.

MNA

Prime Minister receives UN Under SecretaryGeneral and UNESCAP Executive Secretary

NAY PYI TAW, 24 June— Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union ofMyanmar Lt-Gen Thiha

Secretary-1 receivesIndian Minister of State

for Commerce and Powerat the Office of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil here today.

Also present at the callwere Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha,Director-General ColKyaw Kyaw Win of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilOffice, Director-General UKyaw Kyaw of theProtocol Department underthe Ministry of ForeignAffairs and IndianAmbassador to MyanmarMr Bhaskar KumarMitra.—MNA

Thura Tin Aung Myint Ooreceived Mr Shri JairamRamesh, Minister of Statefor Commerce and Powerof the Republic of India,

Secretary-1 Lt-GenThiha Thura Tin Aung

Myint Oo receivesMinister of State for

Commerce and Powerof India Mr Shri

Jairam Ramesh inNay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives UN Under SecretaryGeneral and UNESCAP Executive Secretary Ms Noeleen Heyzer in

Yangon. —MNA

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(from page 1)In his address, the

Prime Minister said thatthe sown acreage ofAyeyawady Divisiondamaged in the storm wasinsignificant if comparedwith those of the wholedivision, adding that thegovernment is providingstorm-hit regions with allthe necessary assistanceincluding power tillers andpaddy seeds.

He stressed the needfor officials to make fieldtrips right down to respec-tive regions and give ahelping hand to local peo-ple so that they can put allacres under crops andboost production.

With the assistance ofthe government, the re-spective companies arebuilding durable houses ofwooden type for storm vic-tims, he said and spoke ofthe need for officials to

Prime Minister inspectsconstruction of durable…

impart knowledge of ag-riculture to local peopleto grow vegetables in theirhouses’ compounds sothat they can consumefresh vegetables and savemoney as well.

Next, the Prime Min-ister by car inspected theconditions ofMawlamyinegyun thathas returned to normal.

The Prime Ministerand party leftMawlamyinegyun byhelicopter for Kyondahvillage in Dedaye Town-ship, and inspected con-ditions of Bogale andPyapon, progress ofploughing fields and nur-turing paddy saplings forcultivation of monsoonpaddy along the route.

On arrival at Kyondahvillage, the Prime Minis-ter had a cordial meetingwith service personnel,members of USDA,

Women’s Affairs Organi-zations, Maternal andChild Welfare Associa-tions, Red Cross and FireBrigade and townselders.

In meeting with theteachers and students, thePrime Minister asked

about the pass rate of ma-triculation students, say-ing that teachers are re-quired to study constantlyso that they will master thesubjects they teach; that itis also needed to nurtureand guide the students tobecome brilliant citizenswho abide by the disci-plines and who cherish thenation and the people; andthat students on their partare to try hard to be out-standing and reliable citi-zens.

Next, the Prime Min-ister inspected the con-struction of durable houseswith the donations of EdenGroups Co Ltd to provideshelter for homeless vic-tims of Kyondah village,and the contribution ofsocial organization mem-bers to the programme.

Minister for Rail Trans-portation Maj-Gen AungMin who is supervisingreconstruction tasks inDedaye Township re-ported on progress of re-construction tasks andmeasures for regional de-velopment.

He also inspected theconstruction of 16'x20'

housing units. ManagingDirector U Chit Khaingof Eden Groups Co Ltdreported on the pro-gramme to construct anddonate 65 units to the vic-tims.

The Prime Ministercordially greeted volun-teers from social organi-zations and workers.

The Prime Ministerand party left Kyondahvillage by helicopter. Onthe way, they looked into

the conditions of Dedaye,Kungyangon and Dallatownships, ploughingfields for growingmonsoon paddy, nurturingof paddy saplings, culti-vation of paddy, and ves-sels plying along theYangon port. They arrivedback at Yangon in the af-ternoon.

Now, companies con-cerned are building16' x 20' houses with postshoes, roofed with CIsheets, floored with tim-ber and covered with tim-ber and bamboo mats forhomeless victims. Well-wishers Htoo Trading Cois building 116 units inKyeinchaunggyi village inBogale Township; Dia-mond Mercury Co, 108units with the donations ofNgwe Hsin Co in Setsan

village in Bogale Town-ship; Dagon ConstructionCo, 124 units with the do-nations of C B Bank Chair-man U Khin Maung Ayein Kadonkani village forhomeless victims fromKyunthaya village; and,Managing Director U ChitKhaing of Eden GroupsCo, 65 units with his do-nations. KanbawzaGroups Co Lte ChairmanU Aung Ko Win is makingarrangements to build anddonate 1000 units in the7th Mile camp in LabuttaTownship.—MNA

Companies concerned are building 16' x 20' houseswith post shoes, roofed with CI sheets, floored withtimber and covered with timber and bamboo matsfor homeless victims.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects houses for storm survivors in Kyondah Village, Dedaye Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein greets residents in Poelaung Village in Labutta Township ashe inspects rehabilitation works in the village. (News reported)—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein comforts a patient receivingtreatment in a hospital in the town of Ahmar. (News reported)—MNA

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YANGON, 24 June – A billboard hailing Myanmar Women’s Day which fallson 3 July was set up in front of the City Hall in Kyauktada Township today.

Vice-President of Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation Daw Khin ThetHtay unveiled the billboard.

The ceremony to unveil the billboard was also attended by secretariatmembers of MWAF, leaders of work groups under MWAF, the patron andmembers of Yangon Division WAO, social organizations, members of townshipUnion Solidarity and Development Association in Yangon West District anddepartmental officials altogether 1,000. — MNA

Billboard erected to welcomeMyanmar Women’s Day

YANGON, 23 June - ASEANRoundtable on Post Nargis JointAssessment for Response, Recovery andReconstruction was held at ChatriumHotel on Natmauk Road here thismorning.

Present were Secretary-General ofASEAN Dr Surin Pitsuwan, UnderSecretary-General of the United Nationsand Executive Secretary of UN-ESCAPMs Noeleen Heyzer, Chairman of theTripartite Core Group (TCG) DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U KyawThu, officials of TCG, Ambassadors ofASEAN nations to Myanmar andASEAN dialogue partner countries,Korea, China and Japan, embassy staff,diplomats and delegates of Bangladesh,

ASEAN Roundtable on Post Nargis Joint Assessmentfor Response, Recovery and Reconstruction held

Germany, Italy, France, Britain, the US,Egypt, Switzerland, Czech, Saudi Arabiaand Australia, UN Resident Coordinatorand resident representatives of UNAgencies, international socialorganizations and officials.

Secretary-General of ASEAN DrSurin Pitsuwan and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations andExecutive Secretary of UN-ESCAP MsNoeleen Heyzer delivered speeches.

Next, Chairman of (TCG) DeputyMinister U Kyaw Thu said theroundtable was held to exchangeexperiences and review the devastatingeffect of cyclone Nargis. The death tollis 84,537 with 53,836 people missingand 19,359 injured due to the storm.

Although the extent of damages causedby the cyclone was unprecedented, thegovernment was able to react very fastand attended to the requirements of thepeople in the aftermath of the storm. TheNational Disaster Preparedness CentralCommittee chaired by the Prime Ministerassumes the overall coordination of theNargis response. The ministers and thedeputy ministers are designated to be thefocal point.

A total of K 27.6 billion was spenton emergency assistance so far. Animportant task of TCG is to conduct acredible assessment and to formulate arecovery plan. Therefore, TCG meetingsare held regularly.

Two advance assessment teams weredeployed to the storm-affected areas on5-7 June. The ASEAN Emergency RapidAssessment Teams comprise expertsfrom Myanmar government and the UN.After the storm, the data collection phaseof Post Nargis Joint Assessment hasnow been concluded.

The objective of today’s roundtableis to provide the government with initialfindings from the Post Nargis JointAssessment and other recommendationsfrom specific sectoral interventions. Theroundtable will also present ASEANand other countries’ experiences.Considering these recommendations, theASEAN Humanitarian Task Force willintensify the momentum and theroundtable will also provide thegovernment with recommendationstowards more effective relief andrecovery efforts.

Next, the panel 1 of the roundtableof preliminary findings from the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment was presidedover by Chairman of (TCG) DeputyMinister U Kyaw Thu. Dr Puji Pujiono,ASEAN member of TCD reported onpost Nargis assessment, Mr RichardBlewitt and Mr Yves-Kim Creach onrelief and early recovery and Mr RajaRehan Arshed on damage and loss.

Those present at the roundtable tookpart in the discussions.

In the afternoon, the panel 2 of theroundtable of Countries’ experiences inmanaging response and preparation forrecovery was presided over by Mr RobertChua Hian Kong, Ambassador ofSingapore to Myanmar. Mr HeruPrasetyo and Mr Suprayoga Hadi ofIndonesia, Mr Maltree Jangkraijug ofThailand, Mr K H Masud Shiddiqui ofBangladesh and Lt-Gen Nadeem Ahmedof Pakistan discussed the experiences.

The panel 3 of Panel Discussion onPost-Nargis Strategic Next Steps washeld. The session was presided over bySecretary-General of ASEAN Dr SurinPitsuwan.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator MrDaniel Baker reported on continuing reliefimperatives, UNDP/UN ResidentCoordinator Mr Bishow Parajulla on earlyrecovery aspects and ASEAN expert MrRaja Rehan Arshad on possible strategiesfor recovery and reconstruction and UNAssistant Secretary-General (Retd) U TunMyat took part in the discussions.

Those present took part in thediscussions.—MNA

Vice-President of Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation Daw KhinThet Htay unveils the billboard hailing Myanmar Women’s Day

which falls on 3 July.—MNA

ASEAN Roundtable on Post Nargis Joint Assessment for Response,Recovery and Reconstruction in progess.—MNA

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A Turkish police officer inspects the site of the railway accident area inGaziantep Province recently. Ten people were killed in Turkey when a freighttrain rammed into a minibus passing a level crossing despite warnings to stop,

revising down an earlier toll of 11 dead.—INTERNET

Australia says uraniumsales to India may happen CANBERRA, 24 June —

Australia said on Mondayit would consider uraniumsales to India if New Delhiwas able to strike alandmark nuclear pactwith the United States andsatisfy internationalconcerns about safe-guards.

The new centre-leftLabour government wasclosely watching so-called“123” negotiations,although it would not sellyellowcake to countriesthat had not signed the

Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT), Foreign MinisterStephen Smith said aftermeeting his Indian coun-terpart Pranab Mukherjeein Canberra.

“If and when the 123Agreement gets to eitherthe International AtomicEnergy Agency or theNuclear Suppliers Group(NSG), Australia will thengive consideration to whatits attitude to thatagreement is,” Smith toldreporters.

Australia has 40 per

cent of the world’s knownreserves of uranium andexports to 36 countries.India has been lobbyingCanberra for access to it,despite not having agreedto the NPT.

India is trying toconvince the 45-memberNSG, including Australia,to back a waiver on tradewith non-NPT membersto allow sale of nuclearmaterial, as well as strikeagreement with the IAEAon safeguards.

MNA/Reuters

Local residents, carrying their belongings, walk on a flooded road on theoutskirts of Hefei, Anhui Province on 23 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Iran, Russia to jointly producepassenger airplanes

TEHERAN, 24 June —Teheran and Moscow havereached preliminary con-sensus on joint productionof 100 passenger airlinersof Tu-204 and Tu-214 inIran, Iran’s English-language Press TVreported on Sunday.

“The manufacturing ofRussia’s updated Tu-204and Tu-214 passengeraircraft in Iran was puton the agenda afterRussian experts studiedthe technological cap-

abilities and humanresources of Iran’sAviation IndustriesOrganization (IAIO),”IAIO Deputy ExecutiveDirector Ali Akbar GhaziMoradi was quoted assaying.

Russia and Iran wereholding talks on the projectto build the medium-haul210-seat liners in the next

10 years for Iran, he said,adding that the countrieswere also discussing thespare parts production, testflights, and the con-struction of a maintenancecenter in the country.

“The agreement betweenIran and Russia will besigned in the near future,”Ghazi Moradi said.

MNA/Xinhua

Israel arrests nine Palestiniansin West Bank

RAMALLAH, 24 June—Israeli forces arrested ninePalestinians during raids in West Bank, Palestinianand Israeli sources said on Monday.

The detentions took place in Nablus, Ramallah, andQabatya, the Palestinian sources said. Israeli sourcessaid that nine wanted Palestinians were arrested andtaken to interrogation.

The West Bank, where President Mahmoud Abbas'forces control, is not included in a six-month ceasefirewhich took place in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Stripon Thursday.—MNA/Xinhua

Labourers pluck tea leaves in a tea plantation at Shipaidura village, about 40km (25 miles) north of the northeastern hill resort of Darjeeling, on 23 June,

2008.—INTERNET

India, France to co-producesurface-to-air missiles

Niger Tuareg rebels seize fourFrench uranium workers

NIAMEY, 24 June—Tuareg-led rebels in Niger seizedfour French employees of a French-run uranium mineon Sunday in an abduction they said showed thecountry's government could not guarantee the safety offoreign mining operations.

Niger’s government said the four, who worked forthe French nuclear group Areva at its Cominak mine atArlit in the north of the West African country, werekidnapped by “armed bandits”, the term it usually usesto refer to the rebels. The rebel Niger Justice Movement(MNJ) said it carried out the kidnapping as a warningto foreign mining companies. It said it was respondingto a public pledge made by Niger’s government earlierthis month that it would provide military protection togrowing foreign investments in uranium mining andoil.— MNA/Reuters

Hamas leader deniesdeployment of Arab forcesGAZA, 24 June—Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haneya

on Sunday denied that the ceasefire deal with Israelcomprises the entry of Arab forces to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. “No one has officially spokenabout Arab forces in Gaza Strip and there is no Arabstate thinking of sending troops to Gaza,” said Haneya,who has a government ruling Gaza despite being firedby the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Moreover, he added that Hamas “doesn’t acceptArab forces” to prevent friction with Israel, but“welcomes Arab forces helping the Palestinian peoplein their liberation”. A few days ago, an Israeli newspaperreported that the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire mayinclude the deployment of multinational Arab forces inGaza in its final stages. —MNA/Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 24 June—India and France plan toco- produce surface-to-airmissiles (SAM) Maitri,which will be offered tothe Indian Army forreplacing the near-obsoleteRussian SAMs, the Hindunewspaper reportedMonday.

“We have been assuredof support at the highestpolitical level by FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozyafter he discussed theproject with Prime Mini-ster Manmohan Singhduring the former’s visit toNew Delhi in January thisyear,” said AntoineBouvier, chief executiveofficer of Europe's MBDA,one of the world's largestmissile manufacturers.

The MBDA had initiateddiscussions with India’smissile manu-facturerBharat Dynamics Limited(BDL) and the DefenceResearch and Development

Organi-zation (DRDO) inNovember 2005 on acompletely new missileversion. The next step isjoint development with theDRDO and production bythe BDL some of whichcan also be earmarked forexport, said Bouvier.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (190)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (190) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 25.6.2008 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.

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Norway, India to cooperate on higher education

Iraq official says British captives are alive

6,000 troops urgently needed in AfghanistanBERLIN, 24 June—Up to 6,000 additional troops are

urgently needed in Afghanistan and a failure to deploythem will only prolong the presence of Western forces inthe country, a German NATO general said on Sunday.Egon Ramms told public radio station Deutschlandfunkthat alliance members would end up paying a price laterif they did not boost troop numbers now.

“We are talking about a total of 5,000, 6,000 soldiers,”Ramms said. “We need these soldiers now, very soon,because we need to hold specific areas, we need to winover Afghanistan’s citizens and because at somepoint, in 2010, 2011 or 2012 we will want to hand overresponsibility to Afghan forces.— MNA/Reuters

STOCKHOLM, 24 June—Norway and India willenhance their cooperationin higher education,according to reportsreaching here from OsloSaturday.

The two countriessigned an agreement onthe cooperation this weekin Oslo and the specificcollaboration topics willbe clarified in furtherfollow-up between the

countries, the NorwegianMinistry of HigherEducation and Researchsaid in a statement.

Cooperation in scienceand technology educationwill be given priority byNorway. It is importantthat collaboration ineducation is linked withthat in the field of research,especially at the masterand PhD levels, theMinistry added.

India is among the mostimportant countries tocollaborate with in theglobal knowledge societyand the agreement couldhave important con-sequences for highereducational institutionsand students in Norway,the Norwegian Minister ofHigher Education andResearch Tora Aaslandsaid in the statement.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 23 June—FiveBritons who were kid-napped in Baghdad morethan a year ago are stillalive, Iraq’s most seniorsecurity official told theBBC on Saturday.

Mowaffak al-Rubaie,Iraq’s national security

adviser, said authoritieshad “very good, strongintelligence telling us theyare alive”, the BBC said.

“And we roughly knowthe area where they are,”Rubaie added. “But wedon’t want to be aggressivein our approach, not to risk

their lives.“ The Britons—a computer instructorand his four bodyguards—were seized by a Shi’itemilitant group from insidean Iraqi Finance Ministrybuilding in a raid inBaghdad in May 2007.

There was no news ofthe men until a videofeaturing one of thehostages was released lastDecember. It included astatement from his captorsthreatening to kill himunless Britain pulled itstroops out of Iraq.

A second video wasreleased in February, thistime featuring a secondhostage who appealed forthe release of nine Iraqisin return for the Britons’freedom.—MNA/Reuters

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“Lap band” surgery improveshealth of obese teens

French authorities remainvigilant on bird flu

A boy jumps into a canal to cool himself during a hot day in Larkana,Pakistan on 23 June, 2008. Temperatures have soared to more than 49

degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country sinceon 8 June, the meteorological department said.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 24 June— A type of minimallyinvasive weight-losssurgery called gastricbanding not only helpsmorbidly obese teenagerslose a substantial amountof weight, but also leadsto healthy changes in bloodsugar and blood fats, asmall study shows.

Teenagers who areextremely obese are at riskof type 2 diabetes andmetabolic syndrome - acluster of heart disease riskfactors that includes highblood pressure, elevated

blood sugar and abnormalcholesterol levels.

Previous studies haveshown that gastric band-ing, or “lap band” surgery,performed using laparos-copic, or key-hole techni-ques, is a safe and effectiveway for morbidly obeseteens to lose weight.

“Our goal with the lapband in this study wasto try to reduce the morbidconditions that wesee associated withobesity,” explained DrIlene Fennoy, professor ofpediatrics at Columbia

University College ofPhysicians and Surgeons.

In lap band surgery,surgeons place a siliconeband around the upper partof the stomach to create asmall pouch thatsubstantially limits theamount of food a personcan eat at a time. The bandis attached to a port placedjust below the skin, whichallows doctors to tightenor loosen the band byinflating or deflating asaline-filled balloon thatlies inside the band.

MNA/Reuters

Russia condemnsrewriting of World

War II history

A Novartis researcher in an undated image. Ahighly effective leukemia pill may reduce

complications and boost the effectiveness of atreatment for the most common type of stroke, an

international team of researchers saidon 22June 2008.—INTERNET

Oil summit to urge financialmarket transparency

PARIS, 24 June – Thesituation with regard to theavian influenza today “isneither better nor worse”compared to a decade agoand French authoritiesremain as much vigilantas ever before, DidierHoussin, France’s directorgeneral for public health,has said.

Houssin, who wasspeaking on Friday, wasaddressing reporters onwhat the governmentwas doing to prepare tofight against a possiblepandemic, according tothe French Press.

In his remarks, thepublic health generaldirector, who is part ofan inter-ministerial de-legation on the fightagainst the avian in-fluenza, was quoted assaying that “no scientificauthority had ever saidthat the flu threat had

disappeared”. “The premise of a

possible pandemic is stillmuch present. We knowthat there is a possibilityof a future return, whichmeans that we should beprepared to handle suchan eventuality,” he said,adding that his team wasfine-tuning the plan tomake it “more and moreoperational”.

Since 2003, whichmarked the beginning ofthe epidemic, 385 casesof avian influenza, in-cluding 243 deaths, havebeen tabulated in 15countries.

In four grouped-or-clustered human cases, aninter-human transmissionhas been confirmed,which has notably led tofears of a “humanizationof the avian virus”,saidFrancoise Weber.

MNA/Xinhua

ALGIERS, 24 June —A draft final communiquefor Sunday’s summit ofenergy powers calls forgreater financial markettransparency and moreexchanges of informationabout oil fundamentalsand the actions of invest-ment funds, Algeria’sofficial APS news agencyreported on Saturday.

The agency, whosecountry currently holdsthe rot-ating presidencyof OPEC, said thedocument also underlinedthe need to “take thenecessary measures toguarantee the stability andpermanence of the energysystem and raise refiningcapacities.”

APS said the draft had

been prepared ahead oftalks on Sunday in theSaudi city of Jeddahbetween top officials andpolicy-makers from theworld’s biggest oil pro-ducers and consumers,plus the chief executivesof leading oil companies.

Participants willinclude OPEC, the Inter-national Energy Agency(IEA), and the Inter-national Energy Forum(IEF).

Oil prices have morethan doubled in a year toalmost 140 US dollars abarrel, triggering protestsfrom Brussels to Bangkokover record fuel costs thatthreaten the world’seconomy.

MNA/Reuters

A journalist takes a photo of a ship at the new‘International Maritime Museum Hamburg’ on 23June, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. The museum will be opened on Wednesday.—INTERNET

US gas prices climb to record$4.10; could be peak

NEW YORK, 24 June — Gasoline is costing USdrivers a record 4.10 US dollars per gallon on average,but pump prices may be at a peak and could start tocome down, an industry analyst said on Sunday.

That optimism is linked to a pledge by Saudi Arabiato pump more oil in response to consumer countries’requests, according to Trilby Lundberg, editor of thenationwide Lundberg survey of about 7,000 gasstations.

“I suspect that oil prices have peaked and will flipfurther because of this news and the physical additionof more oil on the market in July,” Lundberg said.“This gives a strong chance that pump prices arepeaking now, or may already have done so.”

A barrel of oil has doubled in price over the past year,stoking inflation, triggering protests from Asia to Europe,and compounding the financial pain of US consumersalready grappling with a sagging housing market, jobuncertainty and soaring food costs. — MNA/Reuters

BREST (Belarus), 24June — Russian Presid-ent Dmitry Medvedevcondemned on Sundaywhat he described as att-empts to rewrite wartimehistory — an attack theKremlin said was aimedat Ukraine and the threeBaltic states.

In a joint declarationmarking the 1941 Naziinvasion of the SovietUnion, Medvedev andBelarussian PresidentAlexander Lukashenkodenounced a “politicizedapproach to history”.

Their countries“strongly condemn anyattempt at rewritinghistory and revision of the

results of World War II”,they said.

Ukraine and the Balticstates Estonia, Latvia andLithuania have challeng-edMoscow’s view of history,saying their nationalssuffered from Soviet as wellas Nazi oppression, and aKremlin spokesman saidlater the criticism was aimedat them. Meeting in theBelarussian town of Brest,where Nazi forces firstcrossed the Soviet borderon 22 June, 1941, the twoleaders said that “aselective, politicized ap-proach to history shouldbe set against honest,scientific debate”.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Fernando Gonzalez of Chile gets helped back to hisfeet during his first round singles match againstRobby Ginepri of the US at Wimbledon, on 23 June,

2008.—INTERNET

Qatar’s Hussein Yasser (L) vies forthe ball with Iraq’s Mahdi Karimduring their Group 1 Asian zone

World Cup qualifying football matchin Dubai. Qatar won 1-0.—INTERNET

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in actionduring her first round match against

Rossana De los rios of Paraguayon Center Court at Wimbledon,on 23 June, 2008.—INTERNET

SerenaWilliams of

the UScelebratesher win

against KaiaKanepi of

Estonia at theWimbledon

tennis cham-pionships inLondon on23 June,

2008.INTERNET

Tactical preview of Germany vs Turkey

Italian Rosetti to refereeEuro 2008 final

REGENSDORF (Switzerland), 24 June — Italian RobertoRosetti will referee the Euro 2008 final in Vienna onSunday, organizers UEFA said on Monday.

The 40-year-old hospital manager from Turin hadmixed feelings when he watched Italy being knockedout of the tournament by Spain 4-2 on penalties aftertheir quarterfinal finished goalless after extra time.

Sunday’s result, however, meant he was eligible tohandle the final as only referees whose teams are nottaking part can officiate.

“First of all, I'm a supporter of the national team as Ihave been since I was a little boy. The penalty shootoutwas a very emotional moment and not very nice for theteam,” Rosetti told reporters. —MNA/Reuters

Nalbandian sent packingin first round at wimbledon

LONDON, 24 June — Former finalistDavid Nalbandian became the highestmen’s seed to perish at Wimbledon onMonday, beaten 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 by Cana-da's Frank Dancevic.

The seventh-seeded Argentine, runner-up to Lleyton Hewitt in 2002, lookedcompletely out of sorts, bamboozled timeand again by winners flying off Dancevic'sracket. The 95th-ranked Dancevic putNalbandian out of misery with a boomingace, his 16th of the match.

The defeat condemned the Argentineto his earliest exit from the All EnglandClub. Dancevic will next face AmericanBobby Reynolds as he bids to reach thethird round of a grand slam for the firsttime. —MNA/Reuters

Djokovicmoves

through afterhiccup

LONDON, 24 June —Third seed NovakDjokovic moved safelythrough to the secondround of Wimbledon onMonday, beating Germanjourneyman MichaelBerrer 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.

The Serb edged a tightfirst set, breaking theBerrer serve at 6-5 only tolose five games in a row inthe second set as Berrerbriefly threatened a first-day shock.

Australian Open win-ner Djokovic, seeded toplay five-times championRoger Federer in the semi-finals this year, quicklyregained control withsome classy tennis.

After taking the thirdset with a single break ofserve he swept throughthe fourth in style againsthis flagging opponent toset up an eyecatching sec-ond round with formerworld number one MaratSafin. —MNA/Reuters

Ageless Lehmann provesdoubters wrong

TENERO (Switzerland), 24 June — Germans worriedthat Jens Lehmann was too old, too slow and toounreliable for Euro 2008 but the 38-year-old keeperhas proved that reports of his decline were wildlyoverplayed.

Lehmann looked so distracted in Germany's finaltwo matches ahead of the tournament that he becamean obvious target.

“I’m going to stay standing up and give you all moresurface area to aim at,” he said to the assembled mediawhen he walked in for his first news conference at theteam's training base.

It is clear enough why the goalkeeper was the bigworry for fans, reporters and even the coaches.

Lehmann lost his place in the Arsenal team lastseason, was without a club to go to and came into thetournament desperately short of the sharpness thatonly comes from playing regularly.—MNA/Reuters

Zidane tips Deschamps for France job

UAE squeeze into last roundof World Cup qualifiers

AL AIN (United Arab Emirates),24June — Ismail Matar scored with 10minutes remaining to send the UnitedArab Emirates into the final round ofWorld Cup qualifiers after a tense 3-1defeat by Syria on Sunday.

Matar's penalty proved decisive andended the hopes of the unheralded Syr-ians, whose were considered one of theweakest teams in qualifying after ad-vancing from the preliminaries for thefirst time.

Syria’s win put them level with theiropponents on points and goals scoredbut the heart-breaking penalty added onemore to their goals conceded columnand pushed UAE into the last 10.

MNA/Reuters

Cink holds on totriumph at River

Highlands NEW YORK, 24 June —

American Stewart Cinkheld his nerve to win hisfirst PGA Tour title in al-most four years with a one-shot victory at the Travel-lers Championship inCromwell, Connecticut, onSunday.

Two ahead overnight,Cink surrendered the out-right lead after seven holesat the rain-softened TPCRiver Highlands but bird-ied three of the last 10 for aclosing three-under-par 67.

Cink, who had not wonsince the 2004 WGC-NECInvitational, stayed aheadof the chasing pack withbirdies on 13 and 15 andgot up and down from be-hind the green to save par atthe last for an 18-under to-tal of 262. “I can’t believe itwas this long since (win-ning) the last one,” a smil-ing Cink told reporters af-ter clinching his fifth PGATour title and a winner'scheque for 1.08 million USdollars.—MNA/Reuters

BASEL, 24 June — A look at the likelyformations, strengths and weaknessesof Germany and Turkey who meet in thesemifinal of Euro 2008 at St. Jakob Parkon Wednesday (1845 GMT). Germanycoach Joachim Loew, back on the benchafter his one match banishment to thestands by UEFA, will have to decidewhether to stick with the 4-5-1 forma-tion he used against Portugal, or revertto his favoured 4-4-2.

Playing five in midfield meant hecould give a much freer role to MichaelBallack, who was devastating in attack.Loew must be tempted to stick with thesame strategy.

Turkey coach Fatih Terim's hand will

be forced by what players he has avail-able, but is likely to also play 4-4-2although who fills those positions is thesubject of some conjecture because hehas so many injuries and suspensions todeal with.

Germany clearly have strengths inevery department, but their biggest at-tribute on Wednesday may well be intheir heads.

The Germans grow up believing theywill reach the later stages, if not the final,of every competition they enter, and arealso bound to feel confident playingagainst a Turkish team severely depletedby absent personnel.

MNA/Reuters

VIENNA, 24 June —Former France greatZinedine Zidane tipped his1998 World Cup winningcaptain Didier Deschampson Sunday to becomecoach of the national team.

His comments cameamid media speculationRaymond Domenechcould be sacked as coach

by the French FootballFederation when it meetson July 3 to assess the coun-try's disappointing groupstage exit from Euro 2008.

Zidane, who retired af-ter the 2006 World Cup,was initially reluctant todiscuss such a sensitive is-sue, pointing outDomenech's future was not

his decision. “It will be decided on

the 3rd of July and we'llsee whether or not there isgoing to be a new coach,”he told a news conference.

But he later added: "It'strue someone who couldreplace the current coachis clearly Didier Des-champs.—MNA/Reuters

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Tuesday, 24 June, 2008

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Chin State, lower Sagaing, Magway and YangonDivisions, scattered in Shan, Rakhine and Kayah States, up-per Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions. The note-worthy amounts of rainfalls recorded were Co Co Island (2.20)inches, Mogok and Kawthoung (1.54) inches each, Hkamtiand Gwa (1.46) inches each, Loilin (1.38) inches, Kyaukpyu(1.30) inches and Pathein (1.26)inches.

Maximum temperature on 23-6-2008 was 92ºF. Mini-mum temperature on 24-6-2008 was 72ºF. Relative humid-ity at (09:30) hours MST on 24-6-2008 was 96%. Totalsunshine hours on 23-6-2008 was (5.3) hour (approx).

Rainfall on 24-6-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, ( Nil)at Kaba-Aye and ( Nil) at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2008 was (38.07)inches at Mingaladon, (47.32)inches at Kaba-Aye and (58.03) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom South at (16:30) hours MST on 23-6-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 25-6-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be widesperad in Mon, Kayin Statesand Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Kachin, Shanand Rakhine States, upper Sagaing, Yangon, Bago, andAyeyawady Divisions and isolated to scattered in the re-maining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(35-40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderate to strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for25-6-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 25-6-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for25-6-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Eight shot and burned inGuyana diamond mine

Pakistan finds new birdflu outbreak

GEORGETOWN, 24 June— Unknown assailants shotup to eight people andburned the bodies at aremote diamond miningcamp in Guyana, the PrimeMinister said on Monday.

Guyana, an English-speaking South Americancountry, has struggled tocontain violence bycriminal gangs thatsometimes take refuge inthe mineral-rich easternjungles popular withinformal miners seekinggold and diamonds.

“It’s almost like acremation,” Prime MinisterSamuel Hinds told Reuters,adding it was not yet clearwhen the victims werekilled. Initial forensicchecks of the skeletal

remains indicate as many aseight people died in the camp,he said.

The government said ithad learned of the destructionof the small diamond campon Saturday and police wereinvestigating the killings.

MNA/Reuter

ISLAMABAD, 24J u n e — P a k i s t a nconfirmed a new outbreakof avian flu in poultry farmin northwestern Pakistan,culling some 2,000chickens, local mediareported on Monday.

Local Livestock and

Dairy DevelopmentDepartment and the WorldHealth Organization(WHO) officials said testsconducted in Islamabadlaboratory proved thepresence of deadly H5N1strain of bird flu.

The virus was detectedin Hamid poultry farm inSwabi district of NorthWest Frontier Province(NWFP) after the owner ofthe farm informed that4,000 chickens died in thepast days, The Newsnewspaper said.

The remaining 2,000chickens were culled afterthe confirmation of birdflu outbreak. Anotherpoultry farm was alsosealed.

MNA/Xinhua

Zambia gears up to improve food security LUSAKA, 24 June — The Zambian Government

has put in place a national agriculture policy (NAP) tofacilitate and support the development of a sustainableand competitive agricultural sector to assure food securityat national and household levels, Minister of Agricultureand Cooperatives Sarah Sayifwanda has said.

She said that the Ministry of Agriculture regardsthe sector as an important instrument in the socio economicdevelopment of the country in a speech read for her at theofficial opening of the Chongwe District commercialshow near Lusaka on Saturday, according to ZambiaNews and Information Serivices.

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Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that may tar-nish the image of the nation and its people.

� Certain internal and external anti-government elements, self-centred persons and un-scrupulous elements are now seeking their self-interests by sending to the foreign newsagencies stories about relief and rehabilitation work they have made up and shot on video.

� Storm victims are hereby warned to remain vigilant with nationalistic spirit against thedeceptions of the self-centred persons and unscrupulous elements.

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Anyone may dial the following phone numbers of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement if he witnesses or knows that the cash assistance and relief supplies donated fromabroad and at home to the storm victims are kept for self-interest, traded, used for particular personsand organizations, or misappropriated for other purposes.

Head of Office Ph: 067 404021 and 067 404022Deputy Head of Office Ph: 09 860 1002

Witness may inform about misappropriation ofinternal and international relief funds and supplies

Schools opened in Kaingthoung VillageYANGON, 24 June— Affiliated Basic Education Middle School and

Primary School of Kaingthoung Village, Pyinsalu town, Labutta Township inAyeyawady Division have already been opened on 16 June. So far, a total of 485students—345 primary students and 140 middle school students—are attendingclasses at the two schools.

MNA

YANGON, 24 June — Members ofMawlamyinegyun Township Red CrossSociety provided supplies to 122 house-holds and six orphans in Ywale ChaungVillage of Shaukchaung Village-tract inMawlamyinegyun Township this morn-ing.

YANGON, 24 June—A health edu-cative talks sponsored by TownshipHealth Department was held at the post-primary school in MawlamyinegyunTownship on 22 June.

Doctors gave lectures on dengue

Ywale Chaung Village getsRed Cross Society supplies

Supplies provided to every house-hold were kitchen utensils such as plate,spoon, fork, knief, cake of soap, pair ofslipper, bottled water, mosquito net,sugar, ovaltin and iodized salt. Two tar-paulins were also donated to the primaryschool in the village.—MNA

Health talks in Mawlamyinegyun

fever, injection of vaccines and preven-tion of diarrhoea.

Township Women’s Affairs Or-ganization presented text books and otherstationery, bottles of water and pack-ages of food to the school. —MNA

Reconstruction itemssent to Pyinsalu

YANGON, 24 June — A total ofeight Maung Myanmar vessels carry-ing various kinds of relief supplies leftLabutta for Pyinsalu this afternoon.

Relief aids on board the vessels

were 4300 CI sheets, carpentry tools,2992 bags of paddy seed, foodstuff andclothes, and reconstruction materials forPyinsalu, and machines to reconstructembankment that deter sea water.—MNA

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