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Volume XIX, Number 37 11th Waning of Kason 1373 ME Saturday, 28 May, 2011

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* Strengthening of national solidarity* Building and strengthening of discipline-flourish-

ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the Constitution

Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

opment, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical

know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands

of the State and the national peoples

Four economic objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

Four social objectives

Region Government to hold coordination meetings for effectivelycarrying out respective tasks and to take responsibility for its tasks

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham visits research booths ofYangon University, Youth Training Centre (Thuwunna)

YANGON, 27 May—Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar Dr Sai MaukKham, accompanied by Union Ministers anddepartmental heads, arrived here from Nay Pyi Tawat 1 pm today.

They were welcomed at Yangon InternationalAirport by Union Minister for Religious Affairs Thura UMyint Maung, Chief Minister of Yangon Region UMyint Swe and region ministers.

At the meeting hall of Yangon Region Government,the Vice-President accompanied by Union Minister forForestry U Win Tun and Union Minister for Hotels andTourism and for Sports U Tint Hsan met the Region ChiefMinister and region ministers.

In his address, the Vice-President said he wasglad to meet the Region Chief Minister and regionministers. In accord with the constitution, the UnionGovernment and the region and state governments haveemerged. The respective governments have duty,authority and responsibility.

Region and State governments are regionaladministrative institutions which can quickly responseto the requirements of respective regions and states,seeing what is happening in the region. Yangon Regionis a populous area which maintains substantial externalcontacts. The Region Government is striving fordevelopment of Yangon Region.

In so doing, the Region Government is to holdcoordination meetings for effectively carrying outrespective tasks and to take responsibility for its

tasks. The Region Government is to report itsendeavours to respective Union Ministries on time.As the government has planned to grow 30 millionsaplings this rainy season, Yangon Region is tocultivate the designated number of saplings and tonurture these saplings. In conclusion, the Vice-President urged those present to keep Yangon clean

and pleasant as a symbol for other cities. UnionMinister U Win Tun reported on arrangements of theMinistry of Forestry to grow 30 saplings.

Chief Minister U Myint Swe submitted a reporton arrangements for planting 1.5 million saplings—1.2million saplings of Ministry of Forestry and 300,000 (See page 8)

Youth Training Camp (Thuwunna) Football Stadium on Waizayanta Street in Thingangyun Township in Yangon.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham at Universities’ Science Research Department.—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 DesireSaturday, 28 May, 2011

Make sure that everyschool-age child enrols

It is the duty of the brilliant and patrioticyouth to shape a bright future of the nation.Now, the Education Ministry has designatedthe period from 25 to 31 May as schoolenrolment week. So, all parents are duty-bound to make sure that all school-age childrenenrol.

The ministry has already arranged toprovide exercise books free of charge forbasic primary students at the school openingseason in 2011.

Parents must send their children toschool. The State is making a collaborativeeffort with parents to enable all school-agechildren to pursue education and to makethem happy at school so that they can completebasic education one step after another.

Parents must leave their children toteachers for their education in order thatthey can become polite and good citizens.Teachers on their part are to train the youngergeneration not only to improve their educationbut also to promote their spirit and discipline.Only then will they become good citizens.

To ensure that schoolchildren are happyat school, priority must be given to keepingschool and its environs clean and tidy. Parentstherefore are urged to cooperate in makingsure that every school-age child goes to school.

NAY PYI TAW, 27May — Mandalay CityDevelopment Com-mittee provided cashassistance, schooluniforms and stationeryfor the children of itsstaff at the city hall on 25May. Mandalay MayorDevelopment AffairsMinister U Phone Zaw

MCDC provides cashassistance, school

uniforms, stationeryHan spoke on theoccasion.

Next, he visitedZaycho Market andinspected the stonecrusher of MCDC inKyaukchaw region andtarmacking of Mandalaycircular road betweenPayantaw Creek Bridgeand 35th Street. —MNA

The closing ceremony of workshop onpromotion of education sector of Ministry of

Education in progress.MNA

Workshop on education sector concluded

NAY PYI TAW, 27May— A workshop onpromotion of education

sector was concluded atthe assembly hall of theMinistry of Educationhere this evening.

On the occasion,Director-General DrThein Myint (Retd) ofHigher EducationDepartment (UpperMyanmar) recounteddetails on higher educa-tion sector, Director-General U Tin Nyo(Retd) of Department ofBasic Education No.1,on basic educationsector. Then, DeputyMinister for EducationU Aye Kyu attended tothe needs.

MNA

Young members ofPyinnya Yaungchilibrary of Lonetonvillage in Mohnyin

Township participatesin activity to freeSoutheast Asia’slargest Wetland

Indawgyi Lake and itssurrounding villagesfrom plastics on every

Sunday.—NLM 001

YANGON, 27 May—To participate in 26 of56 kinds of sports in 26th SEA Games 2011 to behosted by the Republic of Indonesia, athletes ofrespective sports federations are throwingthemselves heart and soul into training.

Categories include swimming, archery,track and field, billiards, snooker, boxing, canoe,chess, cycling, men’s soccer, golf, Judo, Karatedo,Taekwondo, western boat racing, yachting,shooting, table tennis, Taekwondo, tennis,traditional boat racing, men’s volleyball,weightlifting, Wushu, badminton, andbasketball.—MNA

Myanmar to take part in 26sports in 26th SEA Games

Steel bowls, cash donated for abbots of UppatasantiPagoda, hilly and border area missionary

YANGON, 27 May—A ceremony to donatecash and bowls to

missionary abbots fromUppatasanti Pagoda,border areas and hilly

regions was held atZabuthiri Beikman inMayangon Township

this morning.Patron of Hilly

Missionary TheravadaBuddhist Nuggaha As-sociation Union Ministerfor Religious AffairsThura U Myint Maungaccepted 105 steel bowlsfor Uppatasanti Pagodadonated by Mr Tonga-riodjo Anagkasa thro-ugh U Win Pe (MyittaCentre).

Moreover, Chairmanof the associationDr Khin Shwe accepted100 steel bowls for hillyregion missionary abbotsand Director-GeneralU Khaing Aung of Depa-rtment for Promotion andPropagation of theSasana, K 1 million.

Later, the UnionMinister spoke words ofthanks.—MNA

Union Minister Thura U Myint Maung accepts 105 steel bowls presentedby U Win Pe (Myitta Centre) on behalf of donor Mr Tongariodjo

Anagkasa.—MNA

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MANILA, 27 May—TyphoonSongda is leaving the Philippines withtwo people dead and tons of cropsand property destroyed.

Benito Ramos, executive officerof the National Disaster RiskReduction and Management Council,identified the two casualties as JaimeTorillos, 70, and Emmanuel Macaro,27.

Songda also damaged 11.46million pesos (263,448 US dollars)worth of crops and properties.

Ramos said Songda affected67,514 families in eastern and southern BAGHDAD, 27 May—

The head of a committeetasked with rooting outIraqis with ties to SaddamHussein’s deposedregime and who was oncearrested for alleged tiesto Shiite militias was shotto death late Thursday inBaghdad, officials said.

Ali al-Lami was adivisive figure in Iraqipolitics who had close

MORELIA, 27 May—A gunbattle betweenrival drug gangs inwestern Mexico left 29bodies in fake militaryuniforms heaped acrossa roadway and insidebullet-riddled vehicles inthe Pacific coast state ofNayarit, the army saidThursday.

The bodies, all male,were found Wednesday

KABUL, 27 May—Nine NATO service memberswere killed Thursday in Afghanistan, includingseven US troops among eight who died when apowerful bomb exploded in a field where they werepatrolling on foot, officials said.

Two Afghan policemen also died and twoothers were wounded in the explosion in themountainous Shorabak District of KandaharProvince, 12 miles (19 kilometres) from the Pakistanborder, said Gen Abdul Raziq, chief of the Afghanborder police in the province. “Two months ago,we cleared this area of terrorists, but still they areactive there,” Raziq said.

The Taleban claimed responsibility for the blast.Internet

RAMADI, 27 May—At least three soldiers werekilled and six others wounded in a suicide bombattack against a crowd of Iraqi army soldiers in westof Baghdad on Thursday, a local police source said.

The attack took place in the afternoon when asuicide bomber blew up his explosive-belt among acrowd of Iraqi soldiers in al- Shuhadaaneighbourhood in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 kmwest of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on conditionof anonymity. Iraqi security forces cordoned off thescene, as ambulances evacuated the victims to nearbyhospitals and medical centres, the source said.

Violence in the country underscore the challengesthat the Iraqi security forces are facing as theystruggle to restore stability and normalcy in Iraqicities about eight months before the departure of allAmerican forces by the end of 2011.—Xinhua

Two dead as Typhoon Songda leavesPhilippines

29 dead after drug gangs battle in west Mexico

A soldier inspects a vehicle at a check point inBuenavista in the state of Michoacan on

26 May, 2011.—INTERNET

stretch of rural highway.Military-style boots,bulletproof vests, handgrenades and thousandsof rounds ofammunition were foundat the scene.

Federal and stateofficials gave conflictingreports on the incident.

Nayarit State policesaid officers respondingto reports of akidnapping found fourwounded men at thescene of the shootout.One injured person diedlater, and three remainat the hospital, Nayaritofficials said.—Internet

Gunmen kill Iraqi tasked with purgingSaddamists

An Iraqi police officerinspects the bullet-

racked car of the policechief of the restive Dibsregion, Hassan Nehme,who was assassinated

on 25 May, 2011 whiledriving his vehicle from

home to work.INTERNET

At least three soldiers killed insuicide bomb attack in west

of Baghdad

Seven US troops among nineNATO dead in Afghanistan

Pakistani doctors treatHaiya Khan, who was

injured in a suicidebombing, at a local

hospital in Peshawar,Pakistan, on

26 May, 2011.INTERNET

Philippines. Of the affected population,53,792 families are from the Bicolregion where authorities effected apre-emptive evacuation of people whoare living in flood and landslide proneareas.

The Philippine AtmosphericGeophysical and AstronomicalServices Administration (PAGASA)said Songda is moving towards thenorth, and as of 1 pm, local time, isnow located 200 kilometres east ofAparri, Cagayan. PAGASA expectsSongda to exit Philippine territory earlySunday.—Xinhua

Iraqi policemen areseen at a checkpointin central Baghdad,

Iraq, on26 May, 2011.

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Afghan relatives, right, of a wounded labourerpush his trolley in the hospital in Kandahar south

of Kabul, Afghanistan on 24 May, 2011.INTERNET

scattered around 14 shot-up pickup trucks andsport utility vehicles, twoof which hadbulletproofing.

Television images ofthe scene near the townof Ruiz showed whatappeared to have been aconvoy of cartel vehiclesthat was ambushed orengaged by anothercolumn of gunmen on a

ties to neighbouringIran’s Shiite Muslimgovernment and wasknown for the vigor withwhich he tried to root outSaddam-era loyalistsfrom all levels of Iraqigovernment. He also ranafoul of the US after hewas implicated in abombing that killedAmericans.

His role last year in

trying to oust hundredsof Sunni candidates fromrunning in theparliamentary electiondue to alleged ties to theSaddam regime fueledcriticism that Iraqi Shiites,backed by Iran, weretrying to sideline Sunnisfrom power andthreatened to re-ignitesectarian tensions.

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MADRID, 27 May—ASpanish official in Ibizasays some 800 people,including British andGerman tourists, havebeen evacuated fromhomes and hotels becauseof the worst forest fireever recorded on theMediterranean resortisland. Regionalgovernment emergencysituations spokeswomanAsuncion Saiz says thefire that started

Spain: forest fire on Ibiza stillburning wildly

Wednesday has nowburned about 2,000hectares (5,000 acres) ofpine forest in the north ofthe island.

No one has been hurt.Some 300 local peoplewere evacuated from theirhomes, and tour operatorsmoved about 500 touristsfrom their hotels to otherlodgings, although Saizinsisted that at no timewere they were in dangerfrom the fire.—Internet

AFP Aerialview of the fire

burning inSerra de

Monar on theSpanish islandof Ibiza on 26

May, 2011.INTERNET

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Space telescope Spitzerobserves crystal “rain”

in outer clouds of infant star

LOS ANGELES, 27May—NASA’s spacetelescope Spitzer haveobserved olivine fallingdown like rain on a

NASA’s Spitzer SpaceTelescope detected tinygreen crystals, calledolivine, thought to be

raining down on adeveloping star. Thisgraphic illustrates the

process, beginning with apicture of the star andending with an artist’s

concept of what thecrystal “rain” might look

like.—INTERNET

burgeoning star, it wasannounced on Thursday.This is the first time suchcrystals have been ob-served in the dusty cloudsof gas that collapsearound forming stars,according to NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory(JPL).

Spitzer’s infrareddetectors spotted thecrystal rain around adistant, sun-like embr-yonic star, or protostar,referred to as HOPS-68,in the constellationOrion, said JPL inPasadena, Los Angeles.In the form of forsterite,the crystals belong to theolivine family of silicateminerals and can befound everywhere froma periodot gemstone tothe green sand beachesof Hawaii to remote gala-xies, JPL said.—Xinhua

In this image from NASAtelevision Astronauts

Greg Chamitoff ,foreground, and Mike

Fincke work outside theInternational Space

Station repositioning theshuttle’s Orbiter Boom

Sensor System during thefourth spacewalk on 27May, 2011.—INTERNET

Study finds more water inside moonCLEVELAND, 27 May—Parts of the moon’s interior contain as much water

as the upper mantle of Earth, 100 times more than previously measured, USresearchers says.

Scientists from Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie Institution forScience and Brown University discovered water along with volatile elementsin lunar magma inside crystals trapped inside tiny volcanic glass beadsreturned to Earth by Apollo 17, a Case Western release said Thursday. Theorange-coloured beads, no bigger than a period on a page, came from deepinside the moon during volcanic eruptions.

“These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of waterin the interior of the moon,” James Van Orman, Case Western professor ofgeological sciences, said. “The interior seems to be pretty similar to theinterior of the Earth, from what we know about water abundance.”

The concentrations of water and volatile elements, including fluorine,chlorine and sulfur, in lunar magma are almost identical to concentrations insolidified magma from primitive terrestrial mid-ocean ridges on Earth, theresearchers said. The same team, in a study three years ago led by AlbertoSaal, a professor of geological sciences at Brown University, found the firstevidence of the presence of water in lunar volcanic glasses.—Internet

Russian Soyuzspace capsule

returns toEarth

BEIJING, 27 May—The Russian Soyuzspace capsule hasreturned to Kazakhstansafely.

It’s arrival on earthbrings an end to the fivemonth stay in orbit.Earlier on Monday, theSoyuz TMA-20 success-fully backed away fromthe International SpaceStation and the shuttleEndeavour. Onboardthe Soyuz was Italianastronaut Paolo Nespoli,American astronaut,Catherine Coleman, andRussian cosmonaut,Dmitry Kondratyev.

The departure leftbehind three spacestation residents andEndeavour’s six-mancrew.

Xinhua

US Internet ad revenues hit record high in Q1

SAN FRANCISCO, 27May— Internet adver-tising revenues in theUnited States surged to7.3 billion US dollars inthe first quarter of 2011,the highest first-quarterrevenue level on recordfor the industry, said anew report released onThursday.

The numbers alsorepresented a 23-percentincrease over the sameperiod a year earlier, theInteractive AdvertisingBureau ( IAB) andPricewaterhouseCooperssaid in the report.

“The consistent andconsiderable year-over-

year growth we’reseeing demonstrates thatdigital media is anincreasingly populardestination for addollars, and for goodreason,” Randall Roth-enberg, chief executiveofficer of the IAB, saidin a statement.

“As Americans sp-end more time onlinefor information andentertainment purposes,digital advertising andmarketing has emergedas one of the mosteffective tools bus-inesses have to attractand retain customers,”he added.

“These numbersindicate that theinteractive advertisingfield hasn’t simplybounced back since therecession; it’s growingwith dynamic energy,”noted David Silverman,a partner at Price-waterhouseCoopers.

IAB, a tradeassociation for inter-active marketing, com-prised more than 500media and technologycompanies who areresponsible for selling 86percent of onlineadvertising in the UnitedStates.

Xinhua

E-book readersfrom Chinesemanufacturer

Hanvon are seen ondisplay at the BookExpo America inNew York, on 25

May, 2011.XINHUA

Sony to begin restoringPlayStation network in AsiaTOKYO, 27 May—Sony Corp said on Friday it

would begin the restoration of its PlayStationvideogame network in Asia, including Japan, onSaturday, more than a month after a massive securitybreach leaked details on tens of millions of accounts.

The company, which has already begunrestoring services in other parts of the world, said itwould also offer customers in Asia a new identityprotection service.

Sony said the previous day it was keeping to itstarget of restoring all PlayStation network servicesby the end of May, with any delay beyond that notlikely to be more than a few days.—Reuters

A man looks atSony Corp’s

products at anelectronics store inTokyo on 26 May,

2011.INTERNET

US scientists develop new clean energy technologyLOS ANGELES, 27 May—US scientists have developed a new clean energy

known as Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for future Pentagon and commercialapplications, it was announced on Thursday.

This novel fuel cell technology uses liquid methanol as a fuel to produceelectrical energy, and does not require any fuel processing, according toNASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which partnered with the Universityof Southern California (USC) in developing the technology.

Pure water and carbon dioxide are the only byproducts of the fuel cell, andno pollutants are emitted, said JPL in Pasadena, Los Angeles.

Direct Methanol Fuel Cells offer several advantages over other currentfuel cell systems, especially with regard to simplicity of design and higherenergy density, JPL said. Current systems rely on hydrogen gas, a substancethat is more difficult to transport and store. “JPL invented the Direct MethanolFuel Cell concept and also made significant contributions to all the facets ofthe technology. These contributions include: development of advancedcatalyst materials, high-performance fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies,compact fuel cell stacks, and system designs”.—Xinhua

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BERLIN, 27 May—German health officialssaid Thursday thatcucumbers importedfrom Spain was onesource of a recent deadlyE coli outbreak innorthern states that killedthree people and madehundreds sick.

The Hamburg In-stitute for Hygiene andthe Environment (HU)found that four cu-cumbers in a localmarket were con-

Germany finds deadly E coli virusin Spanish cucumbers

A scientist holds a petri dish with bacterialstrains of enterohaemorrhagic E coli (EHEC) at

a hospital laboratory in Hamburg, northernGermany.—INTERNET

taminated by Entero-haemorrhagic E coli(EHEC), and three ofthem were imported fromtwo separate Spanishsuppliers, Hamburg statehealth authorities said.

The origin of thefourth cucumber was stillunder investigation,officials added. Germansupermarkets began topull Spanish cucumbersoff shelves Thursdayafternoon following thefindings in Hamburg.

The food- monitoringagencies in the northernstates were launchinginvestigations on vege-table markets, the federalagriculture ministry saidin a statement.

Figures showed thatSpain is Germany’ssecond largest supplierof cucumbers within theEuropean Union, ac-counting for some 40percent of the country’scucumber imports.

Scientists said thatEHEC is a virulent strainof gut bacterium that cancause severe stomachupsets, diarrhea, strokeand coma. It would leadto kidney failure inextreme cases.

Germany saw aterrible E coli outbreaktwo weeks ago, startingfrom the northern stateslike Hamburg and thenspreading to eastern andsouthern regions.

Xinhua

Filipinos stand around a quilt made by personswith HIV and AIDS during a ceremony to mark

the 27th International AIDS CandlelightMemorial at the Department of Foreign Affairsheadquarters in suburban Manila, Philippines

on 26 May, 2011.—INTERNET

ROME, 27 May—African swine fever, a viraldisease deadly to pigs butharmless to human beings,is spreading beyond Rus-sia and the Caucasusregion into Europe, theUnited Nations’ foodagency said Thursday.

“African swine feveris fast becoming a globalissue,” said Juan Lubroth,chief veterinary officer forthe Food and AgricultureOrganization.

“It now poses animmediate threat to Europeand beyond. Countriesneed to be on the alert andto strengthen theirpreparedness and con-tingency plans,” he said.The disease, for whichthere is currently novaccine, was introducedinto Georgia fromsouthern Africa late in2006.—Xinhua

African swinefever

spreading intoEurope

Travelling long distances in the car can take a tollon your back. The American ChiropracticAssociation suggests how to keep back pain at bayduring a car trip:

* Adjust your seat so you’re sitting comfortablyclose to the wheel, with your knees just higherthan your hips.

* Use a back support.* Take regular breaks to rest.* Stretch your toes, leg muscles and shoulders as

you drive.* Keep hands on the steering wheel at the 3:00

and 7:00 positions, alternating occasionally withthe 10:00 and 2:00 positions.

* Keep a relaxed grip on the wheel, occasionallytightening, then loosening, your hold.—Internet

Health Tip: Prevent back painin the car

Honda North American production to reach100% in August for most models

TORONTO, 27 May— Japaneseautomaker Honda on Thursdayannounced plans for the acceleratedrecovery of its auto production inNorth America, after the 11 Marchearthquake and tsunami in Japanseriously disrupted auto parts supply.

Honda will increase productionvolume at its North Americanautomobile plants to a rate of 100percent of its original production planin August, for all models except the2012 Civic, said the company.

As the supply of parts from Japanimproves, production will ramp up inAugust on a step-by-step, plant-by-plant and model-by-model basis, withproduction returning to 100 percentof the original plan.

Production of the all-new 2012Civic lineup will continue at a reducedrate of approximately 50 percent due

A woman walks out from Tiffany’sFifth Avenue store with a

purchase, on 25 May, 2011 in NewYork. Tiffany said Thursday, itsfirst-quarter earnings rose 25

percent on worldwide salesgrowth.INTERNET

Struggling automaker Saab restartsproduction

STOCKHOLM, 27May—Spyker Cars NV’scash-strapped Swedishunit Saab Automobile onFriday resumed carproduction after a nearseven-week standstillcaused largely bypayment problems to itssuppliers. The long-awaited resumption cameafter Chinese group PangDa last week agreed tobuy a 24 percent stake inSpyker for euro65million ($92 million). Italso made a euro30million upfront paymentfor 1,300 Saab cars.

The first cars to rolloff production lines at theTrollhatten plant insouthwestern Swedenwere a silver Saab 9-5Aero and an orange Saab9-3 convertible, with abatch of about 100planned on the firstproduction day sinceearly April.

Saab spokeswoman

Gunilla Gustavs saidPang Da would decidesoon on another orderworth some euro15million. The Pang Da dealappeared to rescue theailing car maker asskeptics predicted Saabwas heading for collapseafter a manufacturingdeal with China’s Hawtaifell through. However, itis still subject to approval,including from Chinesegovernment agencies,the European InvestmentBank, previous Saabowner General MotorsCorp. and the SwedishNational Debt Office.

Spyker CEO VictorMuller, who is also thechief executive andchairman of Saab, calledthe startup “a great day”for the Swedishcompany.

“We have gonethrough a rough patch inrecent weeks but Saab isback in action again,”

Muller said. “We willwork hard in the comingperiod to regainconfidence and show ourability to become asuccessful car maker.”

Gunnar Brunius,from the company’spurchasing andmanufacturing division,cautioned that they mightface problems in the earlystages. “But we will workhard together with oursuppliers to minimize anydisruptions to produc-tion,” he said. Saab saidthe company now has atotal order for more than8,000 cars.

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to the limited supply of keycomponents. However, this situationcontinues to be evaluated and fullproduction is expected to resumesometime in the fall, with plans tomeet anticipated strong demand forthe fuel-efficient Civic lineup.

“We are pleased to see a positiveturnaround represented by thissignificant improvement in ourproduction situation,” said JerryChenkin, executive vice president ofHonda Canada Inc.

Honda has managed theunprecedented parts supply issues thatresulted from the devastating impactof the 11 March earthquake andtsunami in Japan, with no layoffs atany of its 14 production plants inNorth America. Honda Canada Incwas founded in 1969.

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16th NAM ministerial meetingends in Bali

BALI, 27 May—The16th Ministerial Con-ference and Com-memorative Meeting ofthe Non-Aligned Move-ment (NAM) came to anend in Bali, Indonesiaon Friday.

Marty Natalegawa,Indonesian ForeignMinister, said in hisclosing remarks that themeeting had been afruitful conference anda meaningful com-memorative meeting.

He said that thedeliberations yielded an127-page Final Docu-ment that reflected theshared vision andcommon position of theMovement, which sentstrong message on theneed to step up NAM ‘sefforts on the reform ofthe United Nations and

Toddler, police contract potentially deadlymosquito-borne disease in Western Australia

SYDNEY, 27 May—Atoddler and a policemanhave become the latestvictims of a rare andpotentially deadly mos-quito-borne disease inWestern Australia (WA),local media reported onFriday. The two-year-old child contractedMurray Valley encep-halitis (MVE) in the Kim-berley of WA and is nowin Royal DarwinHospital in a stablecondition, according toAustralian Associated

China seeks to expand modernphilanthropy

BEIJING, 27 May—Zong Qinghou, once therichest man on theChinese mainland, hasconfirmed in an exclu-sive interview withXinhua that he will set upa charity foundationnamed after him with oneto two million yuan asinitial capital.

“Donation is notcharity. A true philan-thropist should be able tohelp people in need bycontinuously creating

Chinese Vice Foreign

Minister Zhai Jun

speaks during the

16th Ministerial

Conference of

the Non-Aligned

Movement (NAM)

in Bali, Indonesia,

on 27 May, 2011.

XINHUA

Miss USA contestants Jordan Marie Morkin (L) of Wisconsin, AshleyNicole Caldwell of Ohio, centre, and Alida D’Angona of Massachusetts

work together during the USO Build a Bike event where bikes areassemble and donated to military families at Pier 88 on 26 May, 2011 in

New York City. —INTERNET

Comoros PresidentIkililou DhoinineMadi (1st L) talks

with Chinese specialenvoy Hao Pingduring Ikililou’s

inaugurationceremony in capitalMoroni on 26 May,

2011.XINHUA

Press (AAP).The 29-year-old

police officer, who wasrecently contracted thedisease at an Aboriginalcommunity of WA, hasemerged from a coma ina Perth hospital but isstill unable to com-municate. It is not knownif the victims from WA’sfar north will fullyrecover.

In April 2011, a manwho had been travelingin WA’s northwestbecame the first person

in the state to die fromthe disease in three years.A 19-year-old Canadiantourist also died aftercontracting MVE whiletravelling through theNorthern Territory earlierin May.

A WA HealthDepartment spokes-woman said nine WestAustralians had con-tracted MVE so far in2011. Several peopleremain very ill in hos-pital, she said.

Xinhua

Road accident kills 11 in Russia

MOSCOW, 27 May—At least 11 people werekilled in a traffic accident in Moscow Regionon Friday, said the Emergency SituationsMinistry.

A passenger bus, carrying 21 passengerand two drivers, collided with a Kamaz truckand caught fire at early hours Friday morning.

Local reports said at least four people werehospitalized.

Preli-minary investigation showed that theaccident might be caused by fatigue driving.Interfax news agency said the bus was privately-owned.

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NANJING, 27 May—Nanjing YouthOlympics organizers announcedmarketing plans for the 2014 SummerYouth Olympic Games here on Friday.

The organizing committee aims tocooperate with companies fromvarious industries, including logistics,financial services and tourism toprovide financial support for theGames.

In a video message, InternationalOlympic Committee presidentJacques Rogge also called forcompanies in China and worldwide tohelp the committee deliver a “fantasticevent”.

“The Nanjing 2014 OrganizingCommittee can not deliver the Gameson its own.

It needs the support of key

Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic committeeunveils marketing plan

partnerships with the businesscommunity that will become integralto the success of the Games,” saidRogge.

“Youth Olympic Games Partnerswill help us forge new ground,bringing industry-leading expertise,innovation, and financial support tothe Games,” he added.

The Youth Olympic Games, thebrainchild of Rogge, features athletesbetween the age of 14 and 18.

The first Summer Youth OlympicGames was held in Singapore lastyear.

Nanjing was awarded the right tostage the second Summer YouthOlympic Games from 14 Aug to 26Aug.

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social wealth,” Zongsays. The charityfoundation will becontinuously supportedby Zong, the chairmanof Wahaha, China’slargest beverage pro-ducer. He topped the2010 Forbes China RichList with a personalfortune of 8 billion USdollars in net worth.

Zong is not alone inhis pursuit of modernphilanthropy in China.The number of

professional charityfoundations in China isbooming, and donationsare increasing every year.China is changing theway it approachesphilanthropy.—Xinhua

Croatian PresidentIvo Josipovic (C) and

his wife ToomasHendrik Ilves pay a

visit to Tallin,capital of Estonia,on 27 May, 2011.

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the global economic andfinancial system.

The final documentas well as the BaliCommemorative De-claration issued onWednesday also pre-scribed measures toaddress emergingchallenges in the worldof 21st century, calledfor enhanced inter-national cooperation toaddress challenges thatdefy national solutionalone, he added.

Marty said that themeeting also affirmed theadmission of Azerbaijanand Fiji into the NAMfamily, and reaffirmedthe commitment ofmember countries todemocratic values andthe pro-motion andprotection of humanrights.—Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 27 May— Adelegation led by Chief of Army Staffof the People’s Republic ofBangladesh General MuhammadAbdul Mubeen, ndc, psc and wife leftNay Pyi Taw by air on 24 May morningand visited the Defence ServicesAcademy and the NationalKandawgyi Garden in PyinOoLwinin the afternoon.

On Mandalay Hill, theyenjoyed the scenic beauty ofMandalay at sunset.

In the evening, Commanderof Central Command Brig-Gen YeAung and wife hosted a dinner to thedelegation at Sedona Hotel inMandalay.

On 25 May morning, theyarrived at Heho by air and visited theCommand and General Staff College.

Bangladeshi Chief of Army Staffand party conclude visit

YANGON, 27 May—JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA)donated rescue equipment to FireServices Department under Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlementat the department (headquarters) inMayangon Township here yesterdayevening, attended by Union SWRRMinister U Aung Kyi.

Head of resident representatives ofJICA Mr Hideo Miyamoto presented 16

JICA donates rescueequipment to FSD

Union SWRR Minister U Aung Kyi inspects rescue equipment donatedby JICA to Fire Services Department.—MNA

In Taunggyi, Commander of EasternCommand Brig-Gen Hsan Oo and wifehosted a dinner to the Bangladeshiguests.

Yesterday, the guests visitedInlay Lake and proceeded to Yangonby air. While in Yangon, theypaid tribute to Memorial to FallenHeroes.

At Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel,they were hosted a luncheon byCommander of Yangon CommandBrig-Gen Tun Than.

The Bangladeshi General andwife paid homage to King Zafar Shah’sTomb this morning. They also visitedShwedagon Pagoda and paid homageat Bangle Sunni Jaymay Mosque onSule Pagoda Road. They left Yangonby air in the evening.

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kinds of rescue equipment includingsafety air cushions, smoke ejector,hydraulic cutter and spreaders, powerunit and fireman’s suits through Director-General U Tin Moe of FSD whopresented certificate of honour and giftsto the former and spoke words of thanks.

The Union Minister and partythen viewed demonstration of rescueequipment which worth US$ 101,294.

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NAY PYI TAW, 27 May— At ChiefMinister’s Office of Shan StateGovernment, Shan State MyanmarTraditional Artiste and ArtesianAsiayon on 24 May held a ceremonyto provide cash assistance forearthquake-hit victims of Tahlay,Tachilek District.

Chairman of the Asiayon U Tin

Shan State Myanmar Traditional Artiste andArtesian Asiayon donates earthquake victims

Win and Secretary U Moe Win donated1.35 million kyat, a disaster relief fundraised by Shan State MyanmarTraditional Artiste and ArtesianAsiayon by organizing Help Art ShowPhoto and Painting Exhibition from 10to 14 May, through Shan State ChiefMinister U Sao Aung Myat.

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Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh General Muhammad AbdulMubeen, ndc, psc and wife being seen off by officials concerned at

Yangon International Airport.—MNA

New notebooks of Toshibaintroduced

YANGON, 27 May—Toshiba SingaporePte.Ltd and Lucky BirdTrading Co.Ltd organizedToshiba Art Collectionand introduced newnotebooks of advancedtechnologies at TradersHotel, here, yesterdayevening.

Managing Director UHtin Aung Khaing ofLucky Bird Co and MrLin Yasi of ToshibaSingapore Pte Ltdextended greetings.

Next, the Art Jamcollection contest was held

to make clear the newtechnology of ToshibaNotebook.

Responsible personsawarded winners in thecontest. Toshiba Notebookhas been standing at thefourth of world PC field for25 years. The notebook hasbest innovation, right design,high quality and design bytechnology of Toshiba.

User for ToshibaNotebook gets one yearinternational warranty addedwith three years localwarranty or internationalwarranty through select

service programme.Those wishing to buy

Toshiba Notebook maycontact Lucky Bird TradingCo Ltd, No. 103, TheinbyuStreet, MingalaTaungnyunt Township,Tel: 01-248167, 01-379875 and 01-399011 inYangon, at No.100 at thecorner of 75th Street and31st Street in MawgagiwaWard of ChanayethazanTownship, Tel: 02-73478,Thabyegon Market atnorth-west roundabout inNay Pyi Taw, Tel: 067-414113.—NLM

Managing Director U Htin Aung Khaing extends greetings at the newnotebook introducing ceremony.—NLM

RUMFCCI to cooperate with HannsSeidel Foundation in various sectorsYANGON, 27 May — Mr Christian J

Hegemer, Director of Hanns SeidelFoundation & Germany Institute forInternational Cooperation, Vietnam,and Myanmar Representative Mr AxelNeubert called on President of theRepublic of the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry U Win Aung, Vice-Presidents U Zaw Min Win and UThaung Tin and Joint GeneralSecretary U Moe Kyaw at thefederation office on 18 May afternoon.

They discussed matters related torecommunication between HannsSeidel Foundation and RUMFCCI,assistance being provided by HannsSeidel Foundation for social andeconomic development projects inASEAN countries, technologies inpromoting private economic sector,opening of on-job training courses,light- and medium-scale industries,agricultural tasks and joint conductingof course for human resourcesdevelopment.—MNA

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Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham visits booths of research at Arts Hall of YangonUniversity.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham meets rector, pro-rectors and professors/deans of Yangon University at its Conference Room.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham at Stadium of Youth Training Centre (Thuwunna).—MNA

Region Government to holdcoordination…

(from page 1)saplings of Yangon City Development Committee—inthe rainy season tree growing period.

After the meeting, the Vice-President and partyviewed the Nano technology research works, scienceresearch, research on medicinal plants, research onproduction and geological research at the Arts Hall ofYangon University. Deputy Minister for Education U

Ba Shwe and officials conducted the Vice-Presidentand party round the research works.

After hearing the reports, the Vice-Presidentinstructed officials to do continuous research works ona wider scale for serving the interest of the nation.

The Vice-President met with the YangonUniversity rector, pro-rectors and faculty heads at theConference Room. Deputy Minister U Ba Shweexplained conducting of post-graduate courses, MAand MSc courses, and PhD courses and researchworks.

Yangon University Rector Dr Tin Tun elaboratedon academic matters and administration of theuniversity, research works and outcomes, renovation

of university buildings, and measures to keep theuniversity campus green and clean.

The Vice-President said that research boothsand research results were encouraging; that prioritywas to be given to short-term researches contributingto rapid growth of the nation; that intellectuals andintelligentsia were fundamental in development of anation. He called for production of intellectuals andintelligentsia who could facilitate better educationstandard of the nation saying that only with theintellectuals and intelligentsia, can the nation betransformed into industrialized one from a conventionalproduction nation.

(See page 9)Region Government is tohold coordination meetings foreffectively carrying outrespective tasks and to takeresponsibility for its tasks. TheRegion Government is toreport its endeavours torespective Union Ministries ontime. As the government hasplanned to grow 30 millionsaplings this rainy season,Yangon Region is to cultivatethe designated number ofsaplings and to nurture thesesaplings.

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An opening ceremony of Mya Alin Ein Library on 23 May morningwas taken place in Mya Kyun Tha Village,Yepawthe village-tract inHmawby Township, Yangon North District. Administrator U Kyaw

Soe Lwin of Township Administration Department, Head of TownshipDepartment of Information and Public Relations Daw Khin Thida Oo

and Village Administrator U Thet Naung Oo cut the ribbon to openthe library. Myanmar Library Foundation, Hmawby Township Writers

and Journalists Association, and well-wishers donated publicationsthrough Librian U Myo Aung. —Township IPRD

Region Government to holdcoordination…

(from page 8)After the meeting, the Vice-President visited

Science Research Department and viewed electronicmicroscopy lab and atomic absorption spectroscopy.While visiting Youth Training Centre (Thuwunna) on

Weizayanda Street in Thingangyun Township, the Vice-President heard reports on current condition of the pitchof the centre with seating capacity for 20000 audience,and extension of additional 15,000 seats presented byDirector-General of Sports and Physical EducationDepartment U Thaung Htaik.

President of Myanmar Football Federation UZaw Zaw gave an account of extension of the stadium,efforts for development of Myanmar football standard,

Gold Projects provided by FIFA and the Vice-Presidentcalled for safety of audience while watching matches.

The Vice-President and party looked roundcondition of the football pitch and extension of easternpavilion of the Youth Training Centre. The Vice-President then went to Theinbyu Gymnasium and viewedskill demonstration of Karatedo, Taekwondo, Wushu,Boxing and Aerobics players.

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Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham enjoys practising of Myanmar athletes.—MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Council member visitsvillages in Zeyathiri, Tatkon Tsps

NAY PYI TAW, 27May— Member of NayPyi Taw Council DrPaing Soe together withTownship AdministratorU Myat Thein Tuninspected the 100-bedhospital and the 50-bed

hospital being built inTatkon on 25 May.

In the afternoon,they looked into BEPS(Branch) in SetkonVillage in ZeyathiriTownship, rural healthbranch in Mayingyi

Village, MaseechaungDiversion Weir andYezin Station Hospital.

In meeting with localauthorities, he explainedregional developmentand health care serv-ices.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27 May—SagaingRegion Chief Minister U Tha Ayespoke to automobile and sealift serviceowners at Monywa Township TownHall at which responsible personnelexplained matters related to traffic rules,tax collection and service license, on25 May.

The chief minister attended thestake-driving ceremony forconstruction of two-storey ChindwinMarket yesterday and delivered aninaugural speech at the annual generalmeeting of Monywa Township

Sagaing Region Chief Minister emphasizesstandardized collection of toll

Cooperative.The chief minister viewed

edible oil mill, peas mill and weavingworkshop of the cooperative. Heattended the coordination meetingof superintending engineers ofPublic Works, private companiesworking under B.O.T system andtoll-collecting businessmen andcalled for repair of roads and bridges,standardized collection of toll andparallel completion of roads andbridges under construction.

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YANGON, 27 May—MagneticResonance Imaging Building ofParami Hospital-Yangon was openedin conjunction with the launching ofMRI service at the hospital on ParamiNew Road, here, this morning,attended by Chief Minister of Yangon

Parami Hospital-Yangonlaunches MRI service

Region U Myint Swe.Yangon Mayor U Hla Myint

and officials formally opened thebuilding.

MRI service is the first of itskind in private health care sector inYangon.—NLM

Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe observing MRI service at

the hospital.—NLM

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.The second best time is now.

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Severe weather batters 11 statesNASHVILLE, 27 May—

Communities across themiddle of the countrycleaned up on Thursdayfrom more tornadoes andhigh winds after anotherstormy night, while statesfurther East began facingsevere weather problemsof their own.

A wave of stormsstarted hitting the Southand East Thursdayafternoon, with softball-sized hail in Georgia andhigh winds downingtrees in upstate NewYork. Thunderstormsaccompanied by heavyrains and strong windsin Atlanta late Thursdaycaused three deaths fromfalling trees, and leftmore than 100,000without power,according to local mediareports.

The known toll of

Tamera Wirick climbs a ladder to her aunt’sdestroyed apartment building in Joplin,Missouri on 25 May, 2011.—INTERNET

dead from Sunday’smassive tornado inJoplin, Missouri,meanwhile went up byone on Thursday to 126.

A series of twistershad killed another 16people in three states onTuesday night.

By Thursday, nearly100 hours after thedeadliest tornado in theUnited States in 64 years,

officials in Joplin werestill trying to find 232people unaccounted forafter the tornado, whichalso injured more than900 people.

Search crews withcadaver dogs were stilllooking for victims inthe miles of rubble leftby the storm, but hopewas fading for findingpeople alive.—Reuters

Japan plans global nuclear safetymeeting

DEAUVILLE (France), 27 May—Japan intends to host a global meetingon nuclear safety with UN atomicenergy watchdog IAEA late next year,Prime Minister Naoto Kan told Groupof Eight leaders on Thursday.

“Japan would like to open aninternational summit on nuclear safetyin cooperation with the IAEA latenext year in Japan,” Kan said duringlunch at the G8 summit in Deauville,according to a senior governmentofficial.

Kan was speaking to G8counterparts from Britain, Canada,France, Germany, Italy, Russia andthe United States.

Nuclear safety is high on theagenda following the earthquake inJapan, which triggered a tsunamiwave that devastated several towns,killed 25,000 people and flooded theFukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Japan has drawn up a timetable inwhich it aims to stabilize the nuclearplant by early next year. Currently an

Wearing suits to protect againstradiation, residents of the town ofFutaba line up to leave Tamura,

Fukushima Prefecture, northeasternJapan, to visit their homes.

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international team of IAEA specialistsare visiting and inspecting the plant.

Describing the nuclear situationas “gradually stabilising,” Kanpledged transparency and appealedfor his country, where the economyslipped into a recession following thetwin calamities.—Internet

Britons spend12 hours staring

at electronicscreens

LONDON, 27 May —Britons spend almost 12hours every day staringat an electronic screen,including that of acomputer, television ormobile phone, says anew study.

Five hours is takenup by computers, threehours by TVs, and atleast one hour bymobile phones. Othergadgets like iPads ande-book readers accountfor the rest of the screengazing time, says thestudy by Esure insurers.Over two-thirds of thosepolled simultaneouslyuse phones and laptopswhile watching TV,reports the DailyExpress.

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BP oil spill partly blamedfor Gulf dolphin deathsMIAMI, 27 May— The deaths of over 150

dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico so far this year is duein part to the devastating 2010 BP oil spill and thechemical dispersants used to contain it, a reportsaid Thursday.

A total of 153 dolphins have been found in theGulf so far in 2011, according to the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Sixty-five of the mammals were babies.

In a study on the effects of the spill, marineexpert Graham Worthy of the University of CentralFlorida, along with 26 other experts, said thedolphins were found in a part of the Gulf that sawnearly five million barrels of crude leak in the worstoil spill in US history.

“I suspect what we might be seeing are severalthings coming together to form a perfect storm,”Worthy said.

However, unusual cold waters that were partiallyto blame are also conditions that the dolphins couldnormally survive — so the deaths “may also beseeing an indirect effect stemming from the BP oilspill,” he said.—Internet

Two M pets left at home whileBritons go to work

LONDON, 27 May—Around 2.6 million pets arelocked up in their homes across Britain while theirowners are busy at work, says a new study.

At least 25 percent of the total number of dogsare left home alone every day, says the DailyExpress. Around 72 percent of dog owners feelguilty about leaving their pets alone, says the studyby gocompare.com, which polled 2,000 dogowners. One-third Britons leave doors open insidethe house so that the pet can wander around freely,while 27 percent leave meals for them.

Around 13 percent of dog owners regret theyshould never have bought a dog because they haveno time to look after it. Phil Paterson-Fox, head ofpet insurance at the company, said: “This isdistressing news. Unfortunately for the dogs, itdoes mean long term health implications as theymay not be getting enough fresh air, exercise orattention.”—Internet

The dorsal fin of a dolphin is seen as clean-upworkers collect tar balls of oil along a stretch of

oil-contaminated beach in Grand Isle,Louisiana, in 2010.—INTERNET

S Korea, US to collect groundwater samplesover alleged burial of Agent Orange

SEOUL, 27 May — South Korea and the United States are set to initiate ajoint investigation on Friday, which involves collecting groundwater samplesnear a US army base in South Korea suspected to be a burial site of the toxicdefoliant Agent Orange.

Experts from the Ministry of Environment in South Korea plan to collectgroundwater samples on Friday afternoon at 10 locations near Camp Carrollin Chilgok, some 300 kilometres southeast of Seoul, in the presence of USofficials, local media reported.

Seoul’s Yonhap news agency quoted a ministry official as saying that itwould take more than two weeks for analysis results of the groundwatersamples to come out.

The investigation comes after three US Army veterans revealed last weekthat they helped bury drums of Agent Orange at Camp Carroll in 1978.

Earlier this week, the US Eighth Army in South Korea said a 1992 studyshowed that a “large amount” of pesticides, herbicides and other chemicalswere buried at Camp Carroll in 1978 but were removed during the followingtwo years, along with 40 to 60 tons of soil. It did not know if Agent Orangewas among the chemicals.—Xinhua

A woman poses forphotos along the sides ofthe Chonggye Stream incentral Seoul on 27 May,

2011. The 6km longwaterway which used to

be an overpass, wasrestored into a

recreational space in2005 as part of the city’surban renewal project.

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LONDON, 27 May—A footballer in Britainswapped his 36,000-pound diamond-encrusted watch with a waiter’s 150-poundtimepiece after a compliment.

Vedran Corluka, 25, was at a club inLondon when he was complimented by thewaiter for his expensive watch, The Sunreported.

The footballer then immediatelyexchanged it for the waiters’ watch.

“Charlie took it off and handed it to him.“Then he spotted the waiter’s watch and

said he liked it. He said, ‘Let’s swap’. Thewaiter thought he was joking. Charlie’s alovely bloke and always polite,” a source wasquoted as saying.

Internet

Two surfers paddle past icebergs covered in ashfrom the Grimsvotn volcano eruption, in the

glacier lagoon at the base of Vatnajokull,Iceland, on 26 May, 2011. Iceland’s Grimsvotnvolcano is producing mostly steam rather thanash and should calm down within a few days,

national police said on Thursday, encouraginghopes there will be no further disruption to

flights in northern Europe.—XINHUA

Antique buyers fall for old tricksBEIJING, 27 May—A local woman

with a porcelain pot approached DingYuanhai in Harbin. She told Ding,director of the Cultural Heritage ForensicEvaluation Institute of HeilongjiangMuseum, that her antique had beenappraised at 100,000 yuan ($15,400).And she had a document to prove it,provided and signed by an expert shehad found through connections inBeijing.

Ding and his colleagues looked overthe item and broke the news: The pot wascounterfeit. The woman had no chanceof recovering the 20,000 yuan appraisalfee she paid to the “expert” in the capital.

“She fell onto the chair and sat there,fixed, when she heard the ‘antique’ was

An archaeology expertoffers free appraisalsfor residents in Hefei,

capital of AnhuiProvince. The

occasion was the city’sthird cultural heritage

day in 2008.XINHUA

a fake,” Ding said. “I felt so sorry.”More than 1 million items have been

submitted to Ding and his colleagues forreview at the institute over the last twoyears. The institute is the only organizationin the province entitled to conductforensic appraisals, which are used forcourt proceedings.

“We could only guarantee 61 itemsof those submitted and we handed outcredentials to the owners,” Ding said.

China’s legitimate art and relicsmarket is thriving. Last year it overtookthe United Kingdom’s to become thesecond largest market worldwide,according to an annual report by theEuropean Fine Arts Foundation.

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A local retreat: Purple Bamboo ParkBEIJING, 27 May—The

Purple Bamboo Park(Zizhuyuan) is a coolrespite in northwesternBeijing’s Haidian Districtfor those seeking arefreshing walk without thehassle of visiting a populartourist site.

Covering 14 hectaresnear Beijing Zoo andNational Library, PurpleBamboo Park is one of theseven largest parks in

Beijing. The parkencompasses 3 lakes anda canal that runs to theSummer Palace. The lakesare connected by a seriesof bridges and little islandsdotted with benches andplenty of shade providedby an abundance of trees.The garden paths andlakeside benches are well-kept and the park is almostlitter free.

The lakes served as a

reservoir for the city’swater supply during the13th century, and the parkwas a favorite destinationfor city dwellers markingthe “Pure Brightness”festival (Qingming)during the Ming dynasty.After the establishment ofthe People’s Republic ofChina in 1949, the parkwas renovated and re-opened with its currentcrop of lush bamboo,scenic lakes and gardenpaths.

As its name suggests,the park is home to severalbamboo gardens and over50 varieties of bamboocan be found here.

Locals are especiallyfond of this park, makingit a great location forforeigners to practice theirChinese. On the gardenpaths groups of elderlyBeijing residents gatherto play cards or mahjong.

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A variety of pleasure boats are available for rentat the lakeside in Purple Bamboo Park.

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Footballer swaps 36,000-pound watch with waiter’s

S Africa to push ahead withnuclear plans

CAPE TOWN, 27 May—Energy-hungry South Africasaid Thursday it would not abandon plans to scale upnuclear power despite the meltdown in March at theFukushima plant in Japan. The state wants to ramp upnuclear sources to 20 percent of electricity capacity tohelp break the country’s massive reliance on coal andboost its ageing power grid that led to widespreadblackouts in early 2008.

“The nuclear transaction needs to be commencedwell in time so that we can commission the power by2023,” Minister Dipuo Peters said in her budget speechto parliament on Thursday.

South Africa plans to build 9,600 megawatts of newnuclear capacity in the next two decades.

“We still believe that to mitigate against greenhousegases, nuclear is going to play a very important role.However, we are going to factor in the lessons learnedfrom Fukushima,” energy director general NelisiweMagubane said. The country’s new power project

The Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, about 30kms from the centre of the city. Energy-hungry

South Africa said Thursday it would notabandon plans to scale up nuclear power

despite the meltdown in March at theFukushima plant in Japan.—INTERNET

guidelines were given the nod five days afterJapan’s deadly March tsunami, which forceda global re-think on nuclear power afterdamage to the Fukushima plant’s coolingsystems triggered the worst nuclear crisissince Chernobyl 25 years ago.—Internet

TURALEI, 27 May—An official in Sudan says familiesfleeing violence in the disputed Abyei region havealmost doubled the population of the town of Turalei.

County Commissioner Dominic Deng said Fridaythat up to 40,000 people have arrived in Turalei and thatthe town’s food and fuel are scarce.

He says around 80,000 people have fled Abyei intotal.

Northern Sudanese tanks rolled into Abyei lastweekend, forcing residents to flee. Both northern andSouthern Sudan stake a claim to Abyei, a fertile grasslandnear several oil fields.

Southern Sudan’s president says the south will notrespond militarily and risk a resumption of the country’scivil war. More than 2 million people were killed duringwar, which ended with a peace deal in 2005.

Internet

Fleeing residents flood Sudantown; food scarce

SANTIAGO, 27 May—Chile and Thailand onThursday concluded here the second round ofnegotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).

During this round, both delegations discussedtopics related to goods trade and cooperation, rulesof origins, customs procedures, sanitary andphytosanitary measures, technical obstacles fortrading, legal issues and services and investments.

Chief of the Chilean delegation RodrigoContreras said that “regarding goods, the result wasvery meaningful.”

In the other sectors, there were no bigdifferences, “but there was a great understandingbetween the countries, which is a very good signalfor reaching an agreement in the short term,”Contreras said.

The third round will be held in July in Thailand.Xinhua

Chile, Thailand concludesecond round of FTA

negotiations

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HAL ADMIRALTY VOY NO (025)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HAL ADMI-RALTY VOY NO (025) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 28.5.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe 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 to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S HARTMANN ASIACONTAINER LINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SAN JIANG KOU VOY NO (248)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SAN JIANGKOU VOY NO (248) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 29.5.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.


AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DELIGHT VOY NO (148)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DELIGHTVOY NO (148) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 28.5.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W(2) where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.


AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND REVENUEINTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENTCOMMERCIAL TAX DIRECTORATE

Reminding to furnish the Annual Return

1. This is to remind that state economic enterprises, state owned mills, factories,trading and service enterprises, development committee, co-operative society, individuals,individually organized society or organization, companies, partnerships and joint ventures,who have taxable sale proceed or receipt from services in the financial year 2010-2011 (1st

April 2010 to 31st March 2011) are reminded that they are according to the Commercial TaxLaw, to fill up, sign and furnish an annual return to the respective Township Revenue Officeor Company Circle Tax Office, by hand or by registered post. If personally submitted torespective office, an acknowledgement receipt of Annual Return must be compulsorilyreceived.2. Taxable proceeds of sale or receipts from service

(a) Production or manufacture of goods (except production of salt), kyats 240001and above:

(b) Transport of passengers, kyats 180001 and above:(c) Trade (buying and selling of goods), kyats 300001 and above;(d) Entertainments, Hotel and lodgings, Restaurants, Travel and Tours (including

tour guide only), Motor vehicle servicing, Insurance (excluding life insurance),Hair dressing and beauty salon, Body fitness centres, Printing, Computer desktopPrinting and design services (excluding photo copying) for financial year totalreceipts from service.

Last Date3. 30th June 2011 (Thursday) (It will be accepted until 6:00 PM on that day).Penalty4. If there is failure to filing of Annual Return, the amount not more than ten percentof tax may be imposed as penalty.Annual Return form5. The prescribed Annual Return forms will be provided, free of charge, at therespective Township Revenue Office or the Company Circle Tax Office.Inquiry6. Inquiry may be made at the respective Township Revenue Office or CompanyCircle Tax Office.

San Lwin Director

Commercial Tax Directorate

Skin cells ‘turned into neurons’ by US scientists

An image of neurons in the brain.The researchers claim such cells canbe made from skin cells.— INTERNET

Xinhua, UNDP launch poverty-themedglobal photo contest

Smoking causes17% of annualdeaths in Cuba

HAVANA, 27 May—Smoking causes 17 per-cent of annual deaths inCuba besides heavy eco-nomic losses to the state,according to a local ex-pert here on Thursday.Alfredo Duenas, chief ofPreventive Cardiology atthe Institute of Cardiol-ogy and CardiovascularSurgery, said that the“addiction takes away 10years of remaining life ofthe smokers.”

Duenas said that a thirdof the Cuban adult popu-lation smoke, “which is ahindrance to the develop-ment of the nation”. “Thedire consequences ofsmoking, besides dimin-ishing quality of life, havesignificant impact onhealth and economic coststo the individuals and tothe country’s budget, dueto illness and the expenseinvolved,” he said.

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A magnificent imperialKesi-Embellis and

polychrome-lacqueredhardwood ten-foldscreen is on display

during a mediapreview in Hong Kong,

south China, on 26May, 2011. —XINHUA

NEW YORK, 27 May—A Californianteam say they have managed to converthuman skin cells directly into function-ing brain cells. The scientists manipu-lated the process by which DNA istranscribed within foetal skin cells tocreate cells which behaved like neurons.The technique had previously been dem-onstrated in mice, says the report inNature. It could be used for neurological

research, and might conceivably be usedto create brain cells for transplant.

The scientists used genetically modi-fied viruses to introduce four different“transcription factors” into foetal skincells. These transcription factors play arole in the “reading” of DNA and theencoding of proteins within the cell.They found the introduction of thesefour transcription factors had the effectof switching a small portion of the skincells into cells which functioned likeneurons. Unlike other approaches, theprocess did not involve the reprogram-ming of the skin cells into stem cells, butrather the direct transformation of skincells into neurons.

Marius Wernig, an assistant professorof pathology at Stanford UniversitySchool of Medicine in California, wasone of the researchers. —Internet

BEIJING, 27 May—Chi-na's Xinhua News Agencyand the United NationsDevelopment Pro-gramme (UNDP)announced on Friday inBeijing the launch of aninternational photo con-test focusing on globalfight against poverty.

Titled “Zoom in onPoverty InternationalPhoto Contest,” the eventis co-organized by thetwo agencies with an aimto arouse attention andwin support from peopleand governments across

the world for povertyeradication, organizerssaid at a PressConference.

Photographers aroundthe world, both amateurand professional, havebeen invited to submitworks with anti-povertythemes from Friday until1 Sept, according to or-ganizers.

The contest will con-clude on 17 Oct, the In-ternational Day for theEradication of Poverty.An award ceremony willbe held in Beijing on thatday.

The best entries willbe presented to the pub-lic via the Xinhuanewswire network andits affiliated magazines,newspapers and TV net-work, as well as throughonline platforms andshowrooms in UNagencies around theworld.—Xinhua

Parent company increasesstake in PetroChina

BEIJING, 27 May—PetroChina Co, Ltd, the listedarm of the country’s largest oil and gas producer, saidFriday that its parent China National PetroleumCorporation (CNPC) has raised its stake in the companyby nearly 0.02 percent to 86.3 percent.

CNPC has bought 31.08 million yuan-denominatedA-shares in the company, accounting for 0.017 percentof PetroChina’s total shares, said the company in astatement filed to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

CNPC would also continue to buy shares ofPetroChina on the secondary market in the next 12months, but the total increase will not exceed 2 percentof the company’s shares, it said. CNPC also promisedthat it will not sell any shares in the next 12 months, saidthe statement. The share price of PetroChina was up0.83 percent to 10.97 yuan in Shanghai and jumped 3.8percent to 10.94 Hong Kong dollars on the Hong Kongbourse on Friday.—Xinhua

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Phone app tells tales on murdererIt began with a

simple phrase — “braceyourself” — sent by auniversity professor tohis mistress via a SouthKorean messagingservice app used bymillions every day.

But now themessage has becomekey evidence in amurder investigation,

Rabari gypsies from Indiaparticipate in Prague’s 2011

Khamoro Festival of World RomaCulture play music and dance on

26 May, 2011 in Prague. TheKhamoro Festival is presentingperformances by more than 100

artists from 19 countries in Prague.European Union states vowed on19 May to take action to betterintegrate Roma minorities in the27-nation bloc, one year after a

furor over their treatment inFrance.

FBI says “mullet bandit” holds upanother bank

The Ohio bank robber dubbed the “mullet bandit”by federal authorities appears to have struck again.The latest heist took place on Wednesday morningat a Key Bank branch on Stringtown Road in GroveCity, Ohio.

The FBI said a man matching the physicaldescription of the mullet-wearing suspect sought intwo previous holdups walked into the bank andhanded a teller a note, saying he was robbing thebank, had a gun, and would hurt the teller if she didnot cooperate. The robber was dressed in the mulletbandit’s garb, including Seattle Mariners baseballcap and large dark sunglasses.

Initial surveillance photos suggested he hadshed his distinctive hairdo to evade detection,swapping out his mullet — a style popular in the1980s that is short on the top, tight on the sides andlong in the back — for something more up to date.

A surveillance imagereleased by the FBIshows a man with amullet and a SeattleMariners cap at theFifth Third Bank inColumbus Ohio on

18 May, 2011.

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with the professorarrested for killing hiswife and his mistresssought as an accomplice,police said. Theprofessor, whose fullname was not given,went to the head officeof the “Kakao Talk”messenger serviceprovider after the murderand asked them to delete

the message. But themessage was saved for amonth and police wereable to retrieve it as partof an investigation of hisphone records.

Eventually theprofessor confessed tostrangling his wife, usinghis mistress’s car totransport the body, anddumping it into the sea.

He and his wife were inthe process of getting adivorce. “The messagehelped us discover thatthe woman was hisaccomplice,” aspokesman at a policestation in the southerncity of Busan said.

Lindsay Lohan begins housedetention

LOS ANGELES, 27May— Actress LindsayLohan began her 35 daysof house arrest afterturning herself in at aLynwood detentioncentre early Thursdaymorning, authorities said.

The 24-year-old starwent home to begin hercourt-ordered housearrest after she was fittedwith an ankle monitoringbracelet and releasedfrom the CenturyRegional DetentionFacility in Lynwood,Southern California.

The troubled actress,who was accused ofstealing a 2,500 dollarnecklace from Kamofie

Lindsay Lohan

& Co, a Venice jewelrystore, surrendered herselfto jail officials forbooking. The processwas “over-the-counter,”and no booking picturewas taken, LA CountySheriff’s Departmentspokesperson SteveWhitmore said.

Los Angeles SuperiorCourt Judge StephanieSautner ordered Lohanto complete the 120 daysin jail and 480 hours ofcommunity service shehad already beensentenced to. However,the sentence was reducedto 35 days under homeconfinement due to jailovercrowding. Thestarlet’s release date isestimated to be around29 June, according to thesheriff’s department.

The jewelry storeowner, Sofia Kaman,testified last month thatshe realized about 10minutes after Lohan leftthe store on 22 Jan thenecklace was missing.

Xinhua

Tim Burton show brings gothic visionto LA

LOS ANGELES, 27 May—Tim Burton’s arresting visual style iswell known from movies like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”and “Alice in Wonderland” — but a new show reveals the fullscale of his Gothic vision.

The US filmmaker, partner of quirky British actress HelenaBonham-Cartre, was an accomplished artist, and a Disney animator,before moving into directing Hollywood movies. “This exhibitionshows the full range of Tim Burton’s extraordinary creativity,”said Britt Salvesen, the exhibition’s organizer at the Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art (LACMA), which is presenting the showfrom 29 May to 31 October. “Most people have a good sense ofhis style, but seeing the show demonstrates how persistent hisvision is and how evident it was from very early on, before he waseven thinking about making full-scale feature films.”—Internet

The Los Angeles County Museumof Art (LACMA) is running an

exhibition on US filmmaker TimBurton, which explores the rangeof his creative work, as a director,

artist, illustrator, photographerand writer.—INTERNET

US singer and actress Miley

Cyrus poses for the media in

Mexico City, Mexico, on 26

May, 2011. Cyrus visited Mexico

to promote her new album

“Can’t be tamed” and give a

concert. —XINHUA

Cheryl Cole ‘dropped from US X Factor’

LONDON, 27 May—British singer Cheryl Cole has been kickedoff the judging panel of the new US version of “The X Factor”,a US report said on Thursday.

Celebrity website TMZ reported that producers dropped the27-year-old from Newcastle, in northern England, because theyfeared US audiences would have trouble with her accent.

Ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who has appeared onthe UK show, was tipped as a likely replacement.

British singer CherylCole

Cole was due to appear alongsideformer “American Idol” judge PaulaAbdul, Antonio LA Reid and “The XFactor” creator Simon Cowell, whenthe show starts in September.

She was not appearing in “The XFactor” in Britain this autumn becauseof her American role.—Internet

Octopus Iker looks attwo boxes decorated

with crests by theManchester United and

Barcelona footballteams at the SeaLife

Aquarium inBenalmadena, Malaga.

Iker the ‘psychic’ octopus haspredicted Manchester United willbeat Barcelona to be crowned clubchampions of Europe in Saturday’sfinal in London.

Iker forecast a United win in theChampions League by choosing toeat a sardine from a glass cylinderdecorated with the club’s crestinstead of one from a cylinder withBarcelona’s crest at the Sea LifeAquarium in the southern resort ofBenalmadena. Barca need not worrythough, as Iker last month wronglyforecast the Spanish club’s arch-rivalReal Madrid would make theWembley final.

Octopus tipsUnited to beat

Barca

The 16-kilo (35-pound) cephalopodfrom the Pacific,named after Realkeeper Iker Casillas,did however correctlypredict Real’s 1-1draw againstBarcelona in La Ligaon 16 April and theclub’s 1-0 win over theCatalan club in theKing’s Cup final fourdays later.

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Overton takes Nelson lead withbogey-free 64

Alex Ferguson’s Euro odyssey leads to WembleyArgentina likely toleave out Tevez for

Copa: BatistaRESISTENCIA, 27 May—

Argentina coach SergioBatista has indicated hewill not call up Manches-ter City striker Carlos Tevezfor the Copa America inJuly.

Tevez is coming off along but successful sea-son with City with whomhe won the FA Cup andalso qualified for theChampions League butBatista said he had todetermine what was bestfor the squad as a wholewith World Cup qualifierslooming after the Copa.

Internet

Chicharito a hero in toughtimes for Mexico

Manchester United managerSir Alex Ferguson

LONDON, 27 May — Sir Alex Ferguson'slove affair with Europe began as a teen-ager when he was among the 135,000fans who crammed into Hampden Parkfor Real Madrid's destruction of EintrachtFrankfurt in 1960. Watching the fabledMadrid of Alfredo Di Stefano and FerencPuskas demolish Frankfurt 7-3 left a last-ing impression on Ferguson, who hassaid the match “epitomised all the dreamsof European football”.

Ferguson has been captivated by Eu-rope ever since and milestones such asCeltic’s win in 1967 and ManchesterUnited's victory over Benfica the follow-ing year remain etched in the Scot'smemory. “When Celtic won in 1967 Iwas with the Scotland team abroad inHong Kong,” recalled Ferguson this weekas he prepared for Saturday’s Champi-ons League final against Barcelona.

Since then Ferguson has won theEuropean Cup twice, with United stun-ning Bayern Munich 2-1 in injury time in

1999 before downing Chelsea in 2008.Now, more than half a century afterwatching the white-shirted matadors ofMadrid torment Frankfurt at Hampden,Ferguson is on the threshold of his ownpiece of European history.

If United beat Barcelona at Wembleyon Saturday he will equal Liverpool leg-end Bob Paisley’s record as the onlymanager to win the European Cup threetimes. Typically, Ferguson thinks Unitedshould have more victories in the Euro-pean Cup than their wins in 1968, 1999and 2008. —Internet

Manchester Citystriker

Carlos Tevez

Manchester United'sJavier Hernandez

MEXICO CITY, 27 May—Look up from an oppres-sive Mexico City trafficjam and you see the babyface of Javier“Chicharito” Hernandezsmiling down from a gi-ant billboard. Look aheadand his image beams froman ad on a bakery truck.

Though he lives and

plays more than 5,000miles away for Englishclub Manchester United,the 22-year-old whosenickname means “LittlePea” is everywhere in hishome country at a timewhen Mexico is in direneed of a hero.

It’s not just becauseChicharito has enjoyed astunning debut seasonwith the English power-house, scoring 20 goalsand winning a fan vote asplayer of the season afterhis $9.8 million movefrom Guadalajara’s LasChivas. It’s not even thathe could be one ofUnited’s key players inSaturday’s ChampionsLeague final at Wembleyagainst favored Bar-celona.—Internet

Money counted in title race,says Nesta

ROME, 27 May—ACMilan centre-back Ales-sandro Nesta says theclub’s financial outlay onstars such as ZlatanIbrahimovic and Robinhomade a difference in seal-ing the Serie A title. Milanbegan the season bybringing in Ibrahimovic,Robinho, Kevin-PrinceBoateng and SokratisPapastathopoulos beforealso adding Mark vanBommel and AntonioCassano in January.

And although theyhardly paid anything upfront for those players,

Serena Williams to playWorld TeamTennis in July

Zidane to be Real’s new sports director

Abidal set for France returnPARIS, 27 May—Bar-

celona defender EricAbidal, who underwentsurgery on a liver tumourin March, was on Thurs-day recalled to the Franceteam by coach LaurentBlanc for a Euro 2012qualifier against Belarusand two friendlies nextmonth.

Sochaux midfielderMarvin Martin also re-ceived his first call up tothe national team after be-ing named by Blanc in the26-man squad. Abidal,31, was forced to with-

Former French foot-ball player Zinedine

Zidane (L).—INTERNET

MADRID, 27 May—RealMadrid will appointFrench great ZinedineZidane, who currentlyworks as an advisor thethe club's president on first-team affairs, as its newsports director, a newspa-per reported on Thursday.Real president FlorentinoPerez announcedWednesday that the club'smanagement would be re-structured following thedismissal of director gen-eral Jorge Valdano, whohad clashed repeatedlywith coach Jose Mourinho.

“There were two peo-ple with a strong sportscharacter and the har-mony that needs to existwas lacking. You were allwitnesses of this over thepast season. There was aclear dysfunction thatneeded to be resolved,”he said.

Perez said the restruc-turing would give the cluba more “English” style thatwould grant Mourinhomore autonomy over de-cision-making as the Por-tuguese coach has longdemanded. Zidane, who

Barcelona defenderEric Abidal

draw for the last twomatches — a 2-0 win atLuxembourg and 0-0 drawagainst Croatia — and wasreplaced by Patrice Evraand then Gael Clichy. Evrahas been included inThursday’s squad but notClichy.—Internet

AC Milan centre-backAlessandro Nesta

Ibrahimovic will eventu-ally cost 24 million eurosand Robinho 18 millioneuros. And it is that kindof spending that Nestabelieves is crucial tosuccess.“We won the titlebecause we spent a lot ofmoney,” he said.

Internet

played for Real for fiveyears between 2001 and2006, has been a specialadvisor to Perez sinceNovember 2010.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 27 May— The WorldTeamTennis announcedon its website on Thurs-day that thirteen-timeGrand Slam winner

Serena Williams willmake a return to play inthe WTT event in July.

According to the WTTwebsite, Serena Williamswill play on 7 July inWashington and two dayslater at Sacramento,California. Her sisterVenus Williams is alsoscheduled to play on thesame Kastles team withSerena.

Serena has not playedsince July of 2010 afterundergoing foot surgeryand then developingblood clots in her lung.World TeamTennis is anine-team league that wasfounded by Billie JeanKing. The event runsfrom 4-24 July.— Xinhua

S P O R T SIRVING, 27 May—When the par puttdropped for Jeff Overtonon the second hole earlyin the Byron NelsonChampionship, thingssuddenly seemed to begoing in the right direc-tion for him again.

“That broke a lot and Ithought I missed it, and itactually went in,” Overtonsaid about the 10-footeron the 220-yard par-3hole. “And next thing, Iwas able to hit a lot ofgreat shots and strike outearly. I never had a chanceof making bogey fromthere.” Overton went onto a bogey-free 6-under

64 on Thursday to takethe first-round lead at theNelson, a stroke betterthan Ryan Palmer.

After that breaker onNo 2, Overton made con-secutive birdies.

He then started hisback nine with fourbirdies in a seven-holestretch for his best scorein 15 career rounds at theNelson, even after his22-foot birdie try on theclosing hole lipped out.Among his three runner-up finishes last season,when Overton was on theRyder Cup team, was atthe Nelson.

Internet

Chicago Bulls centre Joakim Noah, right, getsboxed out by Miami Heat forwards LeBron

James (6) and Chris Bosh (1) during the secondquarter of Game 5 of the NBA basketball

Eastern Conference finals Thursday, on 26May, 2011, in Chicago. At left is Heat guardDwyane Wade (3). The Heat won 83-80, and

advanced to the NBA Finals.—INTERNET

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Friday, 27th May, 2011

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (28-5-11 09:30 am ~

29-5-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Sapphire Sea... Emerald Trees... and

Adventurous Journey* News* A Shining Music Star* News* Me N My Travel with Maria Shwe San Taw

Pagoda (Pyay)* News* A Glimpse at the Mighty Loggers

Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Sapphire Sea... Emerald Trees... and

Adventurous Journey* News* A Shining Music Star* News* Me N My Travel with Maria Shwe San Taw

Pagoda (Pyay)* News* A Glimpse at the Mighty Loggers* News* Youth and Their Role In Our Future* News* Rakhine Traditional Wedding Ceremony* Music Gallery* News* The Art of Paper Folding “Origami”* News* Discovering Imaw Bum Area* Myanmar Movie “Great Goodwill”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(28-5-2011) (Saturday)

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Hilly RegionMissionarySayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja

Song7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 4. Morning News

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoon has advancedinto Central Bay of Bengal and Deltaic Region. Rain orthundershowers have been isolated in Sagaing and YangonRegions, Kachin State, scattered in Mandalay, Magway andBago Regions, Rakhine State, fairly widespread in Shan andChin States and widespread in the remaining Regions andStates with isolated heavy falls in Magway Region and MonState. Day temperatures were (7°C) above May averagetemperatures in Upper Sagaing, (5°C) above May averagetemperatures in Magway and Ayeyawady Regions, (3°C) to(4°C) above May average temperatures in Kachin andRakhine States and about May average temperatures in theremaining Regions and States. The significant daytemperature were Chauk (43°C) and Pauk (41°C). Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Theinzayet(3.03) inches, Taungup (1.89) inches, Maubin (1.77)inches,Kyaukhtu (1.73) inches, Hsipaw (1.61) inches andSittway (1.57) inches.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 26-5-2011 was 99°F.

Minimum temperature on 27-5-2011 was 77°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 27-5-2011 was (84%).Rainfall on 27-5-2011 was (Nil).

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport)Maximum temperature on 26-5-2011 was 95°F.

Minimum temperature on 27-5-2011 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 27-5-2011 was (79%).Rainfall on 27-5-2011 was (Nil).

Rainfall on 27-5-2011 was (Nil) at Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon(Kaba-Aye) and Mandalay. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was

(11.94) inches at Nay Pyi Taw, (21.81) inches at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) and (10.63) inches at Mandalay. Maximum windspeed at Nay Pyi Taw was (4) mph from South at (12:30) hoursMST on 27-5-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in theNorth Bay and monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 28th May2011: Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in theAyeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Rakhine, Mon andKayin States, fairly widespread in the Bago and YangonRegions, Shan and Chin States and scattered in the remainingRegions and States with likelihood of isolated heavy falls inMon State. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coast. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in the Rakhine Coastal Areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for28th May 2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for28th May 2011: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof cerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for28th May 2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcerainty is (80%).

Forecast for June 1st weekend, Rain or thundershowerswill be widespread in Yangon Region and scattered inMandalay Region.

WEATHER

7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme8:00 am 7. Poem Garden8:20 am 8. Musical Programme8:30 am 9. International News8:35 am10. Myanmar

TraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

8:40 am11. Local Talent8:45 am12. Teleplay (Health)11:00 am 1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. Musical

Programme11:25 am 3. Game For Children

11:55 am 4. Round Up Of The

Week’s TV LocalNews

12:40 pm 5. Yan Can Cook12:55 pm 6. TV Dramma

Series1:40 pm 7. Documentary1:55 pm 8. Dance Of National

Races2:05 pm 9. Joint Performance

by State Orchestraand StateTraditionalOrchestra

2:20 pm10. One village and

one Product2:35 pm11. Teleplay

(Education)2:45 pm12. Song Varieties

2:55 pm13. International News3:45 pm 1. Myanmar National

League MNL GrandRoyal Cup (2011)(Live) (Nay Pyi TawFC & YadanarbonFC)

5:45 pm 2. Musical Programme6:00 pm 3. Evening News6:15 pm 4. Weather Report6:20 pm5. Ahlashamae

Hlagabawai6:35 pm 6. Yindagomae7:00 pm 7. TV Drama Series8:00 pm 8. News 9. International News10. Weather Report11. Cartoon Series12. TV Dramma Series13. Gitadagale

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Heavy snows spoil weekendholiday plans in West

DENVER, 27 May—Ski resorts are bustling withactivity. A key highway into Yellowstone is closedbecause parts of the road have seen more than 25feet of snow. And campgrounds are feverishlyremoving snow from campsites to clear the way forvisitors.

Welcome to Memorial Day weekend in muchof the West. The traditional kickoff of the summerseason will have a decidedly wintry feel in theRocky Mountains, as well as California’s SierraNevada, because of a lingering record snowfall.

Epic snowpack in parts of Colorado, Utah,Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Californiais forcing many tourists to abandon the annual rites

This photo showsa view of Lake

Tahoe nearReno, Nev., after

several recentstorms added tothe snow pack,26 May, 2011.

INTERNET

of launching their summer holidays with a campingtrip. Others plan to take advantage of prolongedskiing and showshoeing this strange spring.

In Denver, Brooke Schmidgall had her sightsset on high-country camping this weekend as sheshopped for gear at a sporting goods store.

Internet

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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

11th Waning of Kason 1373 ME Saturday, 28 May, 2011

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall (27-5-2011)

Theinzayet 3.03 inchesTaungup 1.89 inchesMaubin 1.77 inchesKyaukhtu 1.73 inchesHsipaw 1.61 inchesSittway 1.57 inches

Officials harvest model summer paddy plot to compile accurate yieldper acre record.—TOWNSHIP IPRD

Summer paddy model plot harvestedYEDASHE, 27 May—

Yedashe TownshipAdministrator U MyintThein, Head of TownshipLand Records DepartmentU Han Nyein, TownshipManager of MyanmaAgriculture Service U TinWin and staff on 20 Mayharvested model plot from5.31 acres of Hsinthukhapaddy of farmer Daw Puin Konegyi village-tract inYedashe Township toobtain accurate yield peracre. The recorded yieldper acre was 118.90baskets. The townshipmanager explained 14scientific ways to getabove 100 baskets peracre to local farmers.

Township IPRD

Creative Writing Course openedYANGON, 27 May —

The opening ceremonyof Creative Writ ingCourse No (2/2011)conducted by WritersGroup of MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssociation was held atMWJA hall in Sarpay

Beikman Building onMerchant Street here on25 May, with an openingaddress by MWJA Vice-Chairman U Khin MaungTun (Khin Maung Tun-Lanmadaw).

MWJA Secretary UKo Ko (Ko Ko-Sethmu

Tekkatho) presentedongoing tasks and futureplans of the associationbefore Trainer DawKhin Than Win (KyuKyu Thin) talked aboutthe course.

A series of cashdonations was made

through the v ice-chairman and MWJATreasurer U MaungMaung Aye (MaungHay Mar).

The one-monthcourse is being attendedby 63 trainees.

MNA

16th NAMministerial

meetingends in

Bali

Germanyfinds deadlyE coli virusin Spanishcucumbers

Antiquebuyersfall for

old tricks

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