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Volume XVI, Number 94 4th Waning of Waso 1370 ME Monday, 21 July, 2008

INSIDE

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Panditanañ ca sevana, to associate with the wise; this is the way to auspiciousness

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 20 July – Seinbudaw andHngetmyatnardaw hoisting ceremony of HsuhtoopanThitsar Mandaing Lawkamarazein Pagoda was held in

Seinbudaw and Hngetmyatnardaw hoistedatop Hsuhtoopan Thitsar MandaingLawkamarazein Pagoda in Pyawbwe

Lt-Gen Tin Aye of Ministry of Defence hoists Seinbudaw atop Hsuhtoopan Thitsar MandaingLawkamarazein Pagoda.— MNA

the precincts of the pagoda in Pyawbwe Township thismorning. The 108-cubit pagoda was built on Maha Mingala

Zeya Theikdhi hill near Thayagon Village, HsartaungVillage Tract in Pyawbwe Township, Yamethin Dis-trict, Mandalay Division by Kaba Shweyinaye SayadawAbhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika BhaddantaVijjabala. Member of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence attendedthe ceremony and hoisted the Seinbudaw atop thepagoda. Also present were members of the Sangha led byState Ovadacariya Sayadaws Hsinkyon TawyaSayadaw of Yamethin Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Bhaddanta Kosalla, PresidingNayaka Sayadaw of Yele Pali Tekkatho in PyawbweAbhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika BhaddantaKovida, Minister for Rail TransportationMaj-Gen Aung Min and wife Daw Wai Wai Tha,

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Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area:Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty

is (80%).Yangon and neighbouring area:

One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring area:Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather Forecast for (21-7-2008)

No government will ignore the people in distress. Particularly, ourgovernment used to pay more attention to the affairs of people indistress since the government and the people of the country deal withone another like parents and offspring.

Reconstruction and rehabilitation tasks at full stretch (1)

KYAW YE MIN

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 21 July, 2008

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 DesireMonday, 21 July, 2008

The government is making efforts for

rapid development of storm-hit areas in

Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions spending

a large amount of money and with unity and

the use of machinery. As a result, achievements

have been made in no time.

National entrepreneurs and wellwishers

are providing necessary assistance to the

construction of houses, libraries and

dispensaries in the model villages and farm

implements and fishing gear to the farmers

and fishermen.

Village roads and houses have been built

in the Ayeyawady Division and vegetable and

fruit producers and exporters donate seeds to

families living in the newly-built houses.

Arrangements have been made for supply of

safe and clean water in the regions and for

enabling local people to resume their

businesses.

Now, conditions of the villages in the

storm-affected areas are far more better than

in the past due to the arrangements of the

government, assistance of the wellwishers and

cooperation of the people.

Much progress will be made in economic,

education, health and transport and

communication sectors of the regions as the

national entrepreneurs including the people

hand in hand with the government are

carrying out reconstruction and rehabilitation

tasks.

Strive for more progress ofstorm-ravaged areas

Deputy Minister Col Nyan Tun Aung andwife Daw Wai Wai present K 500,000 to a

medical university student in NatogyiTownship.—TRANSPORT

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan inspects flow of water into the dam and breeding of fish.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 July — Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attended the rainy season treeplanting ceremony for the fifth week of 2008 in theenvirons of the Ministry of Information, here, thismorning.

The minister planted a Gangaw (Mesus ferrea)sapling.

Managing Director U Soe Win of News andPeriodicals Enterprise grew a star-flower sapling,Managing Director U Aung Nyein of PPE, a gum-kinosapling and General Manager U Zaw Min Oo of NPEa gold mohur sapling.

Next, the minister viewed participation of staff in

Minister for Information attends fifthweek tree planting ceremony

the tree planting ceremony and flow of water into thedams and breeding of fish.

In the fifth week ceremony, the Ministry ofInformation planted 449 perennial saplings in theministry’s environs in Nay Pyi Taw, 2,344 saplings atMyanma Radio and Television in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon,812 saplings at Nay Pyi Taw Newspaper House in NayPyi Taw Tatkon and 525 saplings at Nay Pyi TawPrinting Press in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon, totaling 4,130.

The ministry will weekly grow the trees in vacantand virgin lands for greening. The plan is under way togrow the remaining trees at the designated places inJuly. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 July— Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationCEC member DeputyMinister for Transport ColNyan Tun Aung and wifeDaw Wai Wai on 13 Julymorning offered ‘soon’,oil lights, flowers andwater to the Buddha Imagekept in SeiktathukhaDhammayon in LonedawVillage, NatogyiTownship. Next, theyoffered breakfast and

USDA CEC member awards outstandingstudents in Natogyi Township

provisions to members ofthe Sangha.

Afterwards, the CECmember and partyattended a ceremony toaward outstandingstudents at Natogyi BEHS.

In the afternoon, thedeputy minister and partypaid homage toShinpinthadunU Pagodain the township and madecash donations.

They also attended aprize-presentation ceremony

for outstanding students,donated 50 dozens of exercisebooks and presented cashawards to outstandingstudents and 19 teachers.Later, the deputy ministermet with responsiblepersons and members ofsocial organizations at

YANGON, 20 July — The quarterfinal matches ofthe 9th Sports Minister’s Cup Inter-State/Division U-19 Men’s Novice Football Tournament continued atShan State Sports Ground in Taunggyi this afternoon.

In the match Kayin State edged out Kayah State1-0 and sailed to the semifinal.

Tomorrow, Ayeyawady Division will competeagainst Sagaing Division.

MNA

Quarterfinals of ISDU-19 Football

Tournament continue

Suyitgon Village andYwathaaye Village. Hedonated 30 dozens ofexercise books to theprimary school of SuyitgonVillage and 50 dozens tothe school of YwathaayeVillage.

MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Chavez demands respectfrom US, EU

From left to right, front row, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega,Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya

and Paraguay’s Presidentelect Fernando Lugo.—INTERNET

Iran rules out enrichment freezeat nuclear talks

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) smiles before a meeting onnuclear issues with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (R) at the Town

Hall in Geneva on 19 July, 2008. —INTERNET

GENEVA, 20 July —International talks on Iran’s nuclear issue ended indeadlock on Saturday. Iranian diplomats reiterated before the talks that theyconsidered the issue—it stop enriching uranian—nonnegotiable.

condition set by the UnitedStates and other majorpowers for formalnegotiations to end the long-running dispute.

Iran's ambassador toSwitzerland said Iran wouldnot accept a freeze. "It is notin Iran's agenda to discussthis issue," Keyvan Imanitold reporters.

"As our supreme leader

(Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)clearly said, our path is veryclear: We are not going toabandon our rights."

Khamenei said onWednesday Iran was readyto negotiate, but showed nosign of backing down onthe Islamic Republic'srefusal to halt atomicactivities.

Internet

MANAGUA, 20 July —Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez has amessage for future USand European leaders:Treat Latin America withrespect.

Chavez saysWashington and theEuropean Union “mustrespect the sovereigntyof the Latin American

people.”Chavez also says a

widely criticized new EUrule on illegal immigra-tion will be a central partof his agenda during anupcoming European tour.He repeated previouswarnings that Venezuelacould expel investors fromcountries that apply thenew rules.

Chavez spokeSaturday at a 29thanniversary celebrationof the Sandinistarevolution in Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan PresidentDaniel Ortega, Honduras'Manuel Zelaya andParaguay’s President-elect, Fernando Lugo,also attended thefestivities.—Internet

Ancient Egyptian boat to beexcavated, reassembled

CAIRO, 20 July —Archaeologists will exca-vate hundreds of fragmentsof an ancient Egyptianwooden boat entombed inan underground chambernext to Giza’s GreatPyramid and try to reassem-ble the craft, Egyptologistsannounced Saturday.

The 4,500-year-oldvessel is the sister ship of asimilar boat removed inpieces from another pit in1954 and painstakinglyreconstructed. Expertsbelieve the boats weremeant to ferry the pharaohwho built the Great Pyramid

Dog rescues woman from Kangaroo

Coalition forces‘bombs Afghan police’

KABUL, 20 July — Nine Afghan policemenhave been killed in a air strike after an apparentlymistaken clash with international-led coalitionforces, local officials say.

The deputy governor of Farah Province, YounusRasuli, said the foreign troops did not inform policethey were coming and were mistaken for enemyfighters.

The two sides fought from midnight until about4am, until the troops called in the airstrike, he said.

NATO and US coalition officials areinvestigating the reports.—Internet

A kangaroo.—INTERNET

in the afterlife.Starting Saturday,

tourists were allowed toview images of the insideof the second boat pit froma camera inserted throughthe a hole in the chamber’slimestone ceiling. Thevideo image, transmittedonto a small TV monitor atthe site, showed layers ofcrisscrossing beams andplanks on the floor of thedark pit.

“You can smell the past,”said Zahi Hawass, directorof Egypt’s SupremeCouncil of Antiquities.

The discovery of the boat

pits more than 50 years agoby workmen clearing a largemound of wind-blowndebris from the south sideof the Great Pyramid isconsidered one of the mostsignificant finds on theplateau. They are the oldestvessels to have survivedfrom antiquity.

The reconstructed ship ison display in a museum builtabove the pit where it wasdiscovered. It is a narrowvessel measuring 142 feetwith a rectangulardeckhouse and long,interlocking oars that soaroverhead.—Internet

MUDGEE (Australia),20 July — A woman hasbeen savaged by akangaroo on her farm in

Australia but was savedby her son’s dog.

Rosemary Neal, 65,from New South Wales,

was crossing a field tocheck her horses when the6ft' 6" animal, weighing15-and-a-half stone,knocked her to the ground.

“The kangaroo hasjust jumped up andlaunched straight at her,”said her son Darren.

“He hit her once andshe just dropped androlled.

“My dog heard herscreaming and bolteddown and chased him off.If it wasn’t for the dogshe'd probably be dead.

“Her face has beenripped apart, her hand hasbeen mauled and she’s gotscratches all over her backand concussion.”

Mr Neal said the area,near the town of Mudgee,had been overrun bykangaroos in recent years.

“The whole town hasbeen complaining aboutthese kangaroos,” heexplained.

“You can’t drivedown the street withoutswerving to miss them.”

Internet

Tourists surround asmall modern wooden

model of the firstPharos King Cheops’

second solar boatduring their visit to the

boat museum at thePyramids site in Giza,

Egypt, on 19 July,2008.

INTERNET

Iranian officials ruledout any freeze in uraniumenrichment on Saturday atthe start of talks overTehran's nuclear programattended for the first timeby a senior US diplomat.

"Any kind ofsuspension or freeze is outof the question," an Iranianofficial told Reuters,rejecting the main

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Iraqi leader says US shouldleave as soon as possible

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speakswhile Parliament Speaker Mahmud Al-

Mashahdani (R) listens during a press conferenceheld after the opening ceremony of the national

reconciliation conference in Baghdad,March 2008. —INTERNET

British hostage inIraq is dead

LONDON, 20 July — A Shiite militia that claimedresponsibility for the kidnapping of five Britons in Iraqmore than a year ago said one of its hostages committedsuicide, a British newspaper reported.

The Sunday Times of London published what it saidwas a statement in a video it obtained from the groupthrough an intermediary in Iraq.

The video, available on the Times Web site lateSaturday night, shows an Arabic-language statementclaiming that one of the hostages — identified only asJason — killed himself on 25 May. A photograph,apparently of Jason, is affixed to the top left corner ofthe statement.

The newspaper said the statement blamed the Britishgovernment for ignoring previous statements that thekidnappers and the captives have made. In the past, themilitia has demanded that that all British forces bewithdrawn from Iraq and that Iraqis held by US-ledforces be freed.

“This procrastination and foot-dragging andlack of seriousness on the part of the British governmenthas prolonged their psychological deterioration, pushingone of them, Jason, to commit suicide on 25/5/2008,”the Times quoted the statement as saying.—Internet

Human blood vessels grownin mice

Cern lab goes ‘colder than space’

BERLIN, 20 July — IraqiPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says US troopsshould leave Iraq "as soonas possible," according toa magazine report, and hecalled presidentialcandidate BarackObama's suggestion of 16months "the righttimeframe for awithdrawal."

In Baghdad, however,the chief spokesman foral-Maliki issued astatement Sunday sayingthe prime minister'scomments were "notconveyed accurately" byGermany's Der Spiegelmagazine.

Spokesman Ali al-

Dabbagh said al-Malikidid not endorse a specifictimetable but insteaddiscussed a "an Iraqivision" of US troopwithdrawals based onnegotiations withWashington and "and inthe light of the continuingpositive developments onthe ground."

The Der Spiegelarticle, released Saturday,quoted al-Maliki asgiving apparent backingto the withdrawal plansdiscussed by Obama —the Illinois senator andlikely Democraticnominee has pledged towithdraw combat troopsfrom Iraq within 16

months if he is elected."That, we think, would

be the right timeframe fora withdrawal, with thepossibility of slightchanges," al-Maliki wasquoted as saying. "Thosewho operate on thepremise of short timeperiods in Iraq today arebeing more realistic.Artificially prolongingthe tenure of US troops inIraq would causeproblems."

Asked when US forceswould leave Iraq, heresponded, "As soon aspossible, as far a we'reconcerned."

In the interview, al-Maliki said he was notseeking to endorseObama.

Sadiq al-Rikabi, anadviser to al-Maliki, saidlater that Iraqi officialsdo not intend to be "partof the electoral campaignin the United States."

"We will deal with anyadministration that comesto power," he said.

Internet

HARVARD, 20 July—Scientists have usedhuman cells to grow newblood vessels in a mousefor the first time, a USjournal reports.

It could eventuallyhelp patients who hadsuffered heart attacks,they said.

A mixture of"progenitor" cells, takenfrom blood and bonemarrow, made cells liningthe vessels, and also thosesurrounding the lining.

A UK expert said thatthe Harvard research was"promising", and couldeventually help lab-grownorgans to be implantedsuccessfully.

The ability to develop

swiftly a new network oftiny blood vessels —known as capillaries —would be a prize forscientists.

There are dozens ofpotential applications inmedicine, particularly in

The structure of blood vessels is complex.—INTERNET

the treatment of conditionswhich involve damage toa tissue's blood supply,such as that to the heartmuscle following a heartattack. However, thecomplex structure of thesevessels has slowedprogress.—Internet

Superconductingmagnets are cooleddown using liquid

helium.INTERNET

GENEVA, 20 July — Avast physics experimentbuilt in a tunnel below theFrench-Swiss border isfast becoming one of thecoolest places in theUniverse.

The Large HadronCollider is entering thefinal stages of beinglowered to a temperatureof 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) —colder than deepspace.

The LHC hasthousands of magnetswhich will be maintainedin this frigid conditionusing liquid helium.

The magnets arearranged in a ring that runsfor 27km through the

giant tunnel. Once the LHC is

operational, two particlebeams usually consistingof protons —acceleratedto high energies — willbe fired down pipesrunning through themagnets.

These beams will thentravel in oppositedirections around themain ring at close to thespeed of light.

At allotted pointsalong the tunnel, thebeams will cross paths,smashing into one anotherwith cataclysmic force.Scientists hope to see newparticles in the debris ofthese collisions, revealing

fundamental newinsights into the natureof the cosmos and how itcame into being.

The most powerfulphysics experiment everbuilt, the LHC will re-create the conditions justafter the Big Bang.

Currently, six out ofthe LHC's eight sectorsare between 4.5 and 1.9Kelvin, though all sectorsof the machine have beendown to 1.9 Kelvin atsome stage over the lastfew months.—Internet

Afghan civilian killed, 4 otherswounded by NATO’s accidental fire

KABUL, 20 July — TheNATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF) Saturday night“accidentally” killed fourcivilians and wounded

four others in the easternAfghan province ofPaktika, said an ISAFstatement released here onSunday.

The accident occurred

in the Barmal district ofPaktika when an ISAFunit fired two mortarrounds, which landednearly one kilometreaway from the intendedtarget, the statement said.

“Further three deathwas feared but un-confirmed at the mo-ment,” it said.

Shortly afterwardswounded civilians pre-sented themselves fortreatment at an ISAF base,and a helicopter medicalevacuation mission wasimmediately launched toassist, it said.

Internet

Thousands protestUS warship

deployment in JapanTOKYO, 20 July —

Over 10,000 localresidents rallied onSaturday in protestingagainst the deployment ofa nuclear-powered USwarship at the US navybase near Tokyo.

The protesters calledfor the Japanesegovernment to stop thedeployment of the aircraftcarrier USS GeorgeWashington in Yokosuka,45 km southwest ofTokyo. —Internet

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Three killed in Thai southafter “ceasefire”

BANGKOK, 20 July — Militants fired on an army outpost and killed three villagersin separate attacks in Thailand's south, police said on Sunday, days after anunknown rebel group declared a ceasefire.

One soldier was wounded when a grenade exploded at the outpost late onSaturday in Pattani, one of three southernmost provinces where more than 3,000people have been killed in separatist attacks since 2004.

Also in Pattani, three villagers were shot dead by suspected militants, police said.Thai authorities feared a spike in violence after the unknown Thailand United

Southern Underground announced a "ceasefire" last week that was dismissed byarmy officials and security experts who said its leaders had no influence in theregion.

The Thai army identified the group's leader as Malipeng Khan, a separatist activein the 1980s who had failed to unify insurgent factions in the region annexed bypredominately Buddhist Thailand a century ago.

Unsafe chargers “flooding” the UK

Brazil official’s Nazi referencerocks WTO talks

Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, right, and Argentina's ForeignMinister Jorge Taiana front left, attend a Mercosur meeting, in Rio de

Janeiro, on 14 July, 2008.—INTENET

GENEVA, 20 July —Some pre-negotiationjabbing turned into apotentially damagingdiplomatic incidentSaturday when Brazil'sforeign minister said richcountries' deception intrade talks reminded himof tactics used by Nazipropaganda chief JosephGoebbels.

His comments drew asharp rebuke from theUnited States, whose chieftrade negotiator, SusanSchwab, is the daughterof Jewish Holocaustsurvivors. Her spokesman

described the reference toGoebbels as “incrediblywrong.”The controversythreatens to overshadownext week’s last-ditcheffort to save seven yearsof frustrating talks on anew global trade pacttoward alleviatingpoverty around the world.

The so-called Dohatrade round is alreadyteetering on the brink ofcollapse. President Bushhas made a Doha deal akey part of his tradeagenda. B r a z i l i a nForeign Minister CelsoAmorim said the US,

Europe and other wealthyeconomies have sofrequently misrepresentedthe talks launched inQatar's capital in 2001 thatpublic perception hasbecome totally warped.

“Goebbels used tosay if you repeat a lieseveral times it becomesa truth,” Amorim toldreporters at the WorldTrade Organization,where top negotiatorsfrom over two dozencountries are expectedMonday for the officialstart of the talks.

Intenet

Hundreds of dead penguinswash up on Brazil beaches

Unsafe chargers are about a thirdof the cost of safe alternatives.

INTERNET

LONDON, 20 July — Hundreds ofthousands of unsafe chargers for mobilephones, games consoles and musicdevices could have made their way intothe UK.Trading standards officersstudying dangerous chargers say vastnumbers are available on the Internetand in shops.

Their tests show one brand canoverheat or cause electrocution.

One of the chargers concerned hasthe code marking DE62347066. Othershave no code and are called TravelCharger.

A specific warning has already beenissued about chargers for Nintendo DSand DS Lite machines, but which couldalso be used to charge Gameboymachines.

Trading standards officers are tryingto recall the chargers.But ChrisHolden, senior trading standardsofficer at Buckinghamshire CountyCouncil, said that investigations wereshedding light on a much biggerproblem.Some chargers carry a CEsafety mark which officers believe tobe fake.

Officers have primarily found unsafe

chargers for use with games consoles,although others are available to use withmusic devices and mobile phones.

Wires become detached after beingused for a while leading to a risk ofelectric shocks.

The pins do not fit properly into UKsockets causing overheating.Concernswere raised about the safety of chargers18 months ago following the death ofBritish boy Connor Dean O'Keeffe.

The seven-year-old was found deadby his mother on the floor of an apartmentin Thailand during a holiday after usinghis games console charger.

Internet

A penguin, rescued off the coast of Rio deJaneiro by the Brazilian Coast Guard, received

treatment from a veterinarian at the NiteroiZoo.—INTERNET

Brazil police find stolen Picasso

Picasso’s work was some of the 20th Century’smost famous.—INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO,Brazil, 20 July —Hundreds ofbaby penguins sweptfrom the icy shores ofAntarctica and Patagonia

are washing up dead onRio de Janeiro's tropicalbeaches, rescuers andpenguin experts saidFriday.

More than 400penguins, most of themyoung, have been founddead on the beaches ofRio de Janeiro state overthe past two months,according to EduardoPimenta, superintendentfor the state coastalprotection and environ-ment agency in the resortcity of Cabo Frio.While itis common here to findsome penguins — bothdead and alive — swept bystrong ocean currents fromthe Strait of Magellan,Pimenta said there havebeen more this year than atany time in recent memory.Experts are divided overthe possible causes.

Internet

SAO PAULO (Brazil), 20July—Police in Brazilhave recovered anengraving by PabloPicasso that was stolenfrom a museum in SaoPaulo.The Painter and theModel was taken in adaylight robbery in Junefrom the state-ownedEstacao Pinacotecamuseum.Police said anarrested suspect had ledthem to the engraving,wrapped in a plastic bagand hidden in an attic,apparently in perfectcondition. AnotherPicasso and two paintingsby Brazilian artists stolenin the same robbery havenot yet been recovered.

The man arrested washeld on suspicion of tryingto steal a cash machine,but instead led police tothe stole Picasso.

The man, a 30-year-oldSao Paulo resident, wasarrested on charges of

robbery, police said.Thetwo Picasso engravingsand the other works stolenin June have a combinedestimated value of 1million Brazilian reals(US$63 0,000), museumofficials have said.

Internet Internet

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Performers from the China National Peking Opera Company prepare theirface paint backstage before a show in Beijing on 19 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Iraqi children drink water at a camp for internallydisplaced persons on the outskirts of Najaf, 160kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq,

on 19 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Brandenburg Gate not venuefor Obama speech

WASHINGTON, 20 July— US presidentialcandidate Barack Obamahas decided against usingthe Brandenburg Gate as abackdrop for a speech inBerlin, his aides said onFriday.

The Democratic WhiteHouse candidate plans totravel next week to Jordan,Israel, Britain, France andGermany. The Berlinspeech will be one of themajor events of the tour.

“Barack made clear tous very early ... that hedidn't think it made sense

at all for him to speakat the BrandenburgGate, which he thoughtwould be too perhapspresumptuous,” saidDenis McDonough, asenior foreign policy aideto Obama.

The Obama campaignwould not give dates forany events on the trip buta spokesman for GermanChancellor AngelaMerkel said Merkel wouldmeet Obama in Berlinnext Thursday.

Some Obama advisershad tentatively raised with

German officials thepossibility of holding thespeech at the BrandenburgGate, a symbol of Germanunity.

Merkel has saidthrough a spokesman shewould frown upon usingthe landmark for“electioneering”.

Former US presidentRonald Reagan stood infront of the gate when hecalled on Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev to“tear down this wall”. BillClinton also used it as abackdrop.

Republican JohnMcCain, Obama’s op-ponent in the Novemberelection, said theEuropean trip seemed tobe an attempt hold apolitical rally abroad.Obama is popular inEurope and the Berlinspeech is expected to drawa large crowd.

MNA/Reuters

Cuba grants additional land to farmers HAVANA, 20 July—

Cuban President RaulCastro, looking toincrease food productionin his socialist country,has approved the lendingof small amounts ofadditional state land toprivate farmers andcooperatives accordingto a decree publishedhere.

Private farmers whohave shown themselvesto be productive can get

up to 99 acres (40 hectares)of land for an initial periodof 10 years that can berenewed, said the decreepublished in CommunistParty newspaper Granma.

-Under land reformsput in place after the 1959revolution, Cubans havebeen able to own smallamounts of land.

Cooperatives can alsoget up to 99 acres (40hectares) for 25 years,

with the possibility ofrenewing, according tothe new law.

The decree, whichhas been promised forsome time by Castro, isthe latest of several smallreforms he has made tomake Cuba’s state-runeconomy more produc-tive since formallyreplacing ailing brotherFidel Castro as presidentin February.

MNA/Reuters

Star Wars exhibition employees in Stormtrooper outfits take a look at lunchboxes and other items at the Makuhari Messe convention complex in Makuhari,east of Tokyo, on 19 July, 2008. The event, called the Star Wars CelebrationJapan, opened on Saturday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the showing

of the ‘Star Wars’ movie in this country.—INTERNET

FARC rebelskidnap five

Colombian officersBOGTA, 20 July—

The rebel RevolutionaryArmed Forces ofColombia (FARC) hadkidnapped fiveColombian officers,who were travelling in aboat, which had beenreported as missing with13 persons aboard in theAtrato River in theColombian Pacific,Colombia’s Army saidFriday.

The other eightpersons aboard the boatwere released by FARC,the Army said. “Amongthe released, six areadults and two areminors, (they) alreadyhave been transferred tothe capital of Choco,Quibdo. There are Armyactions by air and landin order to rescue theother five persons,” theArmy said.

MNA/Xinhua

Brown seeks to boostinvestment in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 20 July— British Prime MinisterGordon Brown made an unannounced visit to Iraq onSaturday, seeking to build on the improved securitysituation in the country to promote investment.

Iraqi officials said Brown was holding talks withPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad.

Brown is expected to hail a reduction in violencein Iraq, particularly in the southern province of Basra,which was under the control of British troops until theyhanded over to Iraqi forces last December.

A spokesman for Brown said this week that thePrime Minister wanted to focus on the “economicelement” during the trip and encourage investment inoil rich Basra, the transit point for most of Iraq’s crudeexports.

He said he did not expect Brown to make anyannouncement on the level of British troops in thecountry, which remains at around 4,000 after plans toreduce them further were delayed.

Brown’s government, whose opinion poll ratingshave slumped, is expected to make a statement toParliament next Tuesday on Britain’s future role inIraq.

MNA/Reuters

BERLIN, 20 July—Iraqi Prime Minister Nurial-Maliki told a Germanmagazine he supportedprospective USDemocratic presidentialcandidate BarackObama’s proposal that UStroops should leave Iraqwithin 16 months.

In an interviewwith Der Spiegel releasedon Saturday, Maliki said

Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit planhe wanted US troops towithdraw from Iraq as soonas possible.

“US presidentialcandidate Barack Obamatalks about 16 months.That, we think, would bethe right timeframe for awithdrawal, with thepossibility of slightchanges.”

It is the first timehe has backed the

withdrawal timetableput forward by Obama,who is visitingAfghanistan and us set togo to Iraq as part of a tourof Europe and the MiddleEast.

Obama hascalled for a shift awayfrom a “single-minded”focus on Iraq and wantsto pull out troops within16 months, insteadadding US soldiers toAfghanistan.

MNA/Reuters

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 July— Under the aegis ofMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan andwife Daw Kyi Kyi Win,News and PeriodicalsEnterprise held the secondWaso robe offeringceremony at Shwe-inYeiktha PariyattiMonastery in Saya SanWard of Nay Pyi TawTatkon this morning.

It was attended byPresiding Nayaka of themonastery MahaGanthavaçaka PanditaBhaddanta Neminda and

NPE offers Waso robes inNay Pyi Taw

members of the Sangha,Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan, Director-General UKhin Maung Htay ofMyanma Radio andTelevision and wife,Director-General U ChitNaing of Information andPublic RelationsDepartment, ManagingDirector U Soe Win ofNews and PeriodicalsEnterprise and wife,Managing Director UAnug Nyein of Printing andPublishing Enterprise andwife, departmentalofficials, staff and their

families.Sayadaw Gantha-

vaçaka Pandita BhaddantaPaññasami invested thecongregation with FivePrecepts.

The minister andofficials donated Wasorobes and alms to membersof the Sangha. AfterSayadaw BhaddantaPaññasami had delivered asermon, the minister andparty shared the meritsgained. Later, the ministerand the congregationoffered meals to membersof the Sangha. — MNA

Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun accepts cash donationsfrom wellwishers.—MNA

The congregation led by Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan share merits

for the second Waso robe offering ceremony of NPE.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20July — The Departmentof Meteorology andHydrology today issued aflood bulletin that thewater level of AyeyawadyRiver at Hinthada hasexceeded 24 cm (about 0.8foot) above its dangerlevel. The water level isfalling by 0.5 cm/hr atpresent and it is forecastto fall below the dangerlevel of Hinthada (1342)cm during the next twodays.

The water level ofSittoung River at Madaukhas exceeded 6 cm (about0.2 foot) above its dangerlevel and may fall belowits danger level 1070 cmduring the next two days.

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Flood bulletin

issuedYANGON, 20 July —Families of DefenceServices (Army, Navy andAir) and wellwishersdonated provisions to 16monasteries and one

Tatmadaw families, wellwishers offer provisions tomonasteries, nunnery in Hlinethaya, Kamayut

nunnery in HlinethayaTownship this morning.

At Maha AungmyeYeiktha Monastery inWard 7 of HlinethayaTownship, Deputy

Commander of YangonCommand Brig-GenKyaw Kyaw Tun, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa andofficials donated robes andalms to members of the

Sangha. Three seniormilitary officers, on behalfof the Tatmadaw families,offered rice, edible oil, saltand gram to members ofthe Sangha and nuns.

The deputycommander, the vice-mayor and senior militaryofficers accepted cashdonations fromwellwishers and presentedcertificates of honour tothem.

Today’s donationsto monasteries and nunneryin Hlinethaya Townshipamounted to 442 bags ofrice, 489 viss of edible oil,356 viss of gram, 1,782viss of iodized salt, 357tubes of toothpaste, 1,000packets of chilli powder,400 bottles of traditionalmedicine and K13,297,000.

A similar ceremonytook place at Thuseiktayon

Pariyatti Monastery inWard 3 of KamayutTownship this afternoonfor four monasteries of thetownship.

The deputycommander, the vice-mayor and wellwishersoffered alms to members ofthe Sangha. On behalf ofthe Sayadaws, the deputycommander, the vice-mayor and senior militaryofficers accepted cashdonations from wellwishersand gave away certificatesof honour to them.

Today’s donationsto monasteries in KamayutTownship amounted to 51bags of rice, 29 viss ofedible oil, 294 viss ofiodized salt, 59 tubes oftoothpaste, 586 bottles oftraditional medicine, 58viss of gram, 1,000 packetsof chilli powder and K4,507,000. — MNA

1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national cultureand character

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

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Referring to the saying that goes “Close friends arelike relatives, desired dishes are like delicious ones”, itis safe to say that the people in the whole delta are likemy relatives. Indeed, I have made friends and ac-quaintances with them. I enjoyed many lovely mealslocal people served me with generosity. Therefore, Iam grateful to them for their generous donations.

I used to be in service at a department inHainggyikyun for two times: from 1993 to 1994, andfrom 2002 to 2006. During those periods, I visited allparts of the delta. I don’t think even any native has evervisited the places in the delta as many as I have done,and any native knows about the delta as much as I do.In particular, I had to visit coastal regions, the coast, themouth to the sea and the mouths of creeks in the deltaso many times. In that regard, sometimes I took thesmall ship of our department, sometimes a large ship,sometimes a motorized boat or a ferry, sometimes asmall ship with salt on board, a small ship with ice onboard, and sometimes a trawler to travel along therivers and creeks and canals in the delta.

I used to travel from Hainggyikyun not only tomany townships and towns along the coast such asLabutta, Myaungmya, Pyinsalu, Bogale,Mawlamyinegyun, Amar, Pyapon, Dedaye,Kungyangon, Kawhmu and Dalla but also to large andsmall villages. I have visited almost all the places in thedelta. Wherever I was, I made friends with everyone Ihad to deal with. I enjoyed a peaceful life, staying,going somewhere, and having meals together withthem. My friends and acquaintances included well-known rice millers, fishery businessmen, merchants,farmers, gardeners, boat crew and fishermen. So, I saidthat the entire people in the coastal regions were like

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my relatives. And there were so many delicious meals Ienjoyed. Up to now, recalling those past events makesme feel nostalgic.

I have not been there for about two years. But I neverforget them. I remember past events whenever oppor-tune. These days, I remember my relatives in the deltaevery day due to the storm ‘Nargis’.

I feel heartrending for heavy damage to the wholedelta triggered by Nargis and the dire straits my relativesare suffering. So, I am making donations to the stormsurvivors constantly. I am also overloaded with worriesabout their basic needs. I am encouraged to witness andlearn that well-wishers from the four corners of thenation are donating cash and kind to the storm victims.

Actually, natural disasters are unavoidable.Whenever in the face of a natural disaster, anation suffers loss of life and property based on itsstrength. There is no use of crying for the loss ofproperty. A storm is a natural disaster, so it is notto blame. So, if we face a disaster, we have to try torise from it, and regenerate the storm-affectedareas. The people of the delta work hard to helpimprove the economic growth of the nation. Ifirmly believe that they are capable enough toreconstruct their own regions.

The government is carrying out reconstruction taskswith the motto “We must replace earth bricks with stoneones”. While the catastrophe was raging on 3 May, theNational Disaster Preparedness Central Committee ledby the Prime Minister held an emergency meeting andlaunched rescue measures immediately. In compliancewith the instruction “Every survivor must continue tosurvive”, rescue tasks were launched in no time. And therescue tasks were carried out at the national level. As a

result, the majority of the survivors could be rescued.As part of the rescue and resettlement tasks, five basecamps, 15 transit camps and 12 forward camps wereopened and more than one million people were res-cued. Food supplies were distributed to the interiorparts of the storm-hit areas by mortorized boat and byhelicopter.

In their inspection tours, the Head of State and theDeputy Head of State cordially met with and com-forted the victims, and gave work guidelines. Thatresulted in great success in expediting the rescue andrehabilitation tasks. Without any doubt, the State lead-ers are worried about the future of the victims manytimes more than I am.

Thanks to energetic efforts the government, thepeople and the Tatmadaw are making in harness, alongwith generous donation of relief supplies of internaland international donors, the rescue and rehabilitationoperation has proved successful. Therefore, now reha-bilitation tasks are under way. I can breathe a sigh ofrelief regarding the future of my relatives in the delta.

In order to achieve the objective of “conditionsmust be better than that before the disaster” in imple-menting the rehabilitation tasks, 16' x 20' durablehouses roofed with corrugated iron sheets along withconcrete post shoes and wooden floor and bamboo matwalls are being built, and they are being provided forthe homeless victims. I am very pleased to see thedurable houses in row in the villages of fishermenwhere there were only small huts in the past. Surely, thefishermen are more pleased than me for the houses. Ilearnt that with the aegis of the government, well-wisher companies are planning to establish new townswith 1000-house wards in the places where there canbe no strong winds or floods.

Now, all the schools in the storm-hit areas havebeen opened. The affiliated schools where some of mysubordinates and I took classes part-time have beenupgraded to government basic education schools. Inthe past, my nephews and nieces attended classes withmany requirements, but I think now they are in betterconditions than in the past. I wish them a brighterfuture.

(See page 9)

The people of the delta work hard to helpimprove the economic growth of the nation. Ifirmly believe that they are capable enough toreconstruct their home regions.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presenting meals to boys and girls at Hlinephone village relief camp in Labutta Township,Ayeyawady Division. The government is using its reserve rice stocks for storm victims.—MNA

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(from page 8)To enable them to restore their businesses, trac-

tor stations have been opened. Local farmers are nowploughing fields with the use of power-tillers. Previ-ously, the majority of the farmers had to rely on cattleto plough their fields. Now, power-tillers, diesel, paddyseeds, fertilizers and pesticides are being distributedunder bill payment system to farmers. Moreover, smallloans are being given acre-wise under the system.Now, Ayeyawady dwellers are working hard in theiragricultural businesses. I am sure there will soon begreen paddy fields that stretch out as far as one can see.

Fishermen are now resuming their livelihoodafter salvaging their sunken boats and repairing themwith the help of the authorities concerned. At thesame time, off-shore fishing has returned to normal asthey were fulfilled with fishing boats, fishing nets,fuel and other necessities. One in some storm-hitregions can earn his living if he has a boat and afishing net. In such situation, I didn’t need to worryabout my relatives in those regions. Likewise, thosewho are engaged in salt industry and prawn breedingwill soon be able to do their business with peace ofmind.

Meanwhile, schools, hospitals, monasteries andgovernment offices are being reconstructed. Thosebuildings are being designed and reconstructed ascyclone shelters so that they can withstand the impactof possible disasters. It is also learnt that the five mainroads project in coastal regions will be implementedup to the status of earth roads in the rainy season. Theroad sections close to villages will be built up to theheight from 20 to 30 feet, and they will be used asshelters in the event of disasters. Work is under wayfor preservation of mangroves capable of alleviatingthe impact of disasters. As the government is takingsystematic measures for prevention against possibledisasters, we no longer need to worry about ourrelatives who reside in coastal regions.

As a matter of fact, the government has tospend billions of kyats plus the generous contribu-tions of departments, companies and the people inorder that the storm-hit regions can return to normal.Likewise, the global nations, the UN agencies,neighboring countries as well as INGOs and NGOshelped the storm-hit regions with donations in cashand kind. All should recognize the generous contri-butions of well-wishers, international donors andlocal companies under the leadership of the govern-ment.

The volume of relief items donated was huge,and they are of different kinds. Here, I would like topresent the volume of rice donated from 4 and 5 Mayto 14 July for storm survivors in figure as rice is ourstaple food. As rice is imperative for Myanmar peo-ple, the government provided storm victims with ricemost.

The government has to store reserve rice sys-

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1. Government 378363 bags 123686 bags 254677 bags

(from reserve rice) (18918.15 tons) (6184.3 tons) (12733.85 tons)

2. Companies and 233167 bags 233167 bags

Well-wishers (11658.35 tons) (11658.35 tons)

3. WFP 66824 bags 66824 bags

(3341.2 tons) (3341.2 tons)

Total 678354 bags 423677 bags 254677 bags

(33917.7 tons) (21183.85 tons) (12733.85 tons)

tematically to cope with food security of people intimes of emergency. It has purchased the reserve ricewith the State funds. When the storm “Nargis” hit thenation, it delivered the reserve rice right to the storm-hit regions to save the storm victims from starvation.Soon after the storm, it had to prepare food for those inrelief camps starting 4/5 May. There were by thenaltogether 726 relief camps with over 1.3 million stormvictims.

At such a situation like this, the government hadto provide the storm victims with the reserve rice. Asthe relief measures were in full swing, it was able tofully supply the storm victims with household andkitchen items. And then it provided the storm victimswith rice at the original price so that they can cook andeat it. The government is providing them with rice upto date and will continue to do so to a certain extent.

Up to 14-7-2008, the rice received for the storm-hit regions is 378,363 bags of rice (18,918.15 tons) bythe government, 233,167 bags of rice (11,658.35 tons)by companies and well-wishers and 66,824 bags ofrice (3341.2 tons) by WFP totaling 678,354 bags ofrice (33,917.7 tons). Of them, 423,677 bags of rice(21,183.85 tons) have already been delivered to storm-hit regionsup to 14-7-2008. The government has al-ready stockpiled more 254,677 bags of reserve rice(12,733.85 tons) for the storm survivors. It providedthe storm-hit regions with over 400,000 bags of riceout of about 700,000 bags of rice it had stored. Viewingthe amount, one can vividly see how much the govern-ment has spent funds on the relief operation.

By percentage, the donation of rice by the gov-ernment is 55.7 per cent, companies and well-wishers

34.4 per cent and WFP 9.9 per cent. And the donationof the government, companies and well-wishers isabout 90 per cent. Rice demand for storm victims willbe surely high, for the government had to supply over400,000 bags of rice within two months. The need ofrice for the storm victims will rise in future as there areonly 250,000 bags of rice left. If the donations do notmeet the demand the government will have to con-tinue supplying its reserve rice. No government willignore the people in distress. Particularly, our govern-ment used to pay more attention to the affairs ofpeople in distress since the government and the peo-ple of the country deal with one another like parentsand offspring. This being so, we should realize thegratitude of the government.

The donations for storm victims included instantfood such as biscuit, dried noodles, canned fishes andsoft drinks. But only the figures of rice donated areemphasized as rice is our staple food. I will continuepresenting the figures of donated farm equipment,fisheries items and construction materials.

To sum up, the delta region is the granary ofMyanmar. The entire people including me have torely on rice produced by those from AyeyawadyDivision. But we are now in a position to providethem with rice. It is an opportunity for us to repay theirgratitude. Therefore, it is necessary for us to continuegiving a helping hand to them. The quantity of ricedonated only reveals the need for more donations.

The storm survivors have now been able toregenerate their original livelihood such as agricul-ture, fisheries and salt industries. And they will soonbe able to live a more prosperous life than ever. Theunforgettable events in the past put me in the mind ofthe future prosperity of those from Ayeyawady Divi-sion. We feel pleased and honoured to see theirrelentless efforts being exerted with unyielding spirit.If the government, private companies and well-wisherscontinue providing the division with necessary assist-ance it is sure that it will be more prosperous thanever. Hence, all are urged to contribute their shares inthat regard.

(Translation: MS + TS)

Rice demand for storm victims will besurely high, for the government had to sup-ply over 400,000 bags of rice within twomonths.

Rice provided to storm-hit regions (4-5-2008 to 14-7-2008)

SrNo

❍ The donations are 55.7 per cent by the government from reserve rice, 34.4 per cent by companiesand well-wishers and 9.9 per cent by WFP. The donation of the government, companies andwell-wishers is 90 per cent.

❍ The government is providing rice to storm victims from the remaining stock of 254677 bags ofrice (12733.85 tons) and will continue to do so to a certain extent.

❍ If the donations do not meet the demand the government will have to continue supplying thestorm victims from its reserve rice.

Donors received delivered balance remark

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(from page 1)Maj-Gen Tin Soe of theMinistry of Defence andwife, Brig-Gen Hla Myintof regional battalion andsenior military officers,local authorities, membersof the pagoda board of trus-tees, members of the Un-ion Solidarity and Devel-opment Association, socialorganizations, townseldersand local people. The congregation re-ceived the Nine Preceptsfrom Sayadaw AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddham-majotika BhaddantaKosalla. Next, disciplespresented paritta flowers,water, sand and thread tothe members of theSangha.

Members of theSangha recited Metta Suttaand Parittas. Next, Lt-GenTin Aye presented theSeinbudaw to HsinkyonTawya Sayadaw. MinisterMaj-Gen Aung Min andMaj-Gen Tin Soe pre-sented Hngetmyatnardawand Brig-Gen Hla Myintof regional battalionShwekyar robe to mem-bers of the Sangha.

Next, Lt-Gen Tin Aye,Maj-Gen Aung Min andwife, Maj-Gen Tin Soe andwife presented offertoriesto the members of theSangha.

Sayadaw AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhamma-jotika Bhaddanta Kovidadelivered a sermon, fol-lowed by sharing of mer-its.

Afterwards, Lt-GenTin Aye, Minister Maj-

Seinbudaw andHngetmyatnardaw hoistedatop Hsuhtoopan Thitsar…

Maj-Gen Ko Ko attendsSeinbudaw and…

(from page 16)Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Nanda Marlaof State Central Work-ing Committee of theSangha, members of theSangha led by Chairmanof Ayeyawady DivisionSangha Nayaka Commit-tee Sayadaw Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaVilasa of Kontha mon-astery in Pathein, Chair-man of Ayeyawady Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-

Gen Aung Min, Maj-GenTin Soe and senior mili-tary officers conveyedHngetmyatnardaw andShwekyar robe around thepagoda and sent them tothe pandal.

Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Min-ister Maj-Gen Aung Min,Maj-Gen Tin Soe and sen-ior military officers

conveyed theHngetmyatnardaw andShwekyar robe and sprin-kled scented water on them.

Lt-Gen Tin Aye andparty hoisted theSeinbudaw, Hngetmyat-nardaw and Shwekyarrobes atop the pagoda andsprinkled scented water onthem.

After the ceremony,Lt-Gen Tin Aye and partyvisited around the BuddhaImages in the Gandakutiof the pagoda. Next, mem-bers of the Sangha conse-crated the pagoda.

MNA

mander of South-WestCommand Brig-GenKyaw Swe and wife DawWin Win Maw, Brig-GenMyo Myint Than ofHainggyikyun Stationand wife, Brig-Gen ZinYaw of Pathein Stationand senior military of-ficers, departmental of-ficials, members of so-cial organizations, mem-bers of the Board of Trus-tees of the Pagoda and

local people.Maj-Gen Ko Ko,

the commander and wifeand the congregation re-ceived the Nine Preceptsfrom Sayadaw BhaddantaVilasa, and members ofthe Sangha recited theparittas.

Next, Maj-Gen KoKo, the commander andwife and officials offeredSeinbudaw, Hngetmyat-nardaw, robes and provi-sions to the members ofthe Sangha.

They conveyed

Seinbudaw andHngetmyatnardaw roundthe Pagoda. Maj-Gen KoKo and the commanderhoisted Seinbudaw andHngetmyatnardaw atopthe Pagoda and officials,Datpaungsu Pagoda,PhaungdawU Pagoda,Paungtawseik Pagoda andcorner stupas simultane-ously.

Next, members ofthe Sangha consecratedthe Pagodas and cornerstupas.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 July — Minis-try of Construction held its work coor-dination meeting at the ministry heretoday.

It was attended by Minister forConstruction Maj-Gen Saw Tun,Deputy Ministers U Tint Swe and Brig-Gen Myint Thein, the heads of depart-

Construction Ministry holds workcoord meeting

ment, chief engineers and engineers.At the meeting, Minister Maj-

Gen Saw Tun delivered an address.Next, the chief engineers from Statesand Divisions reported to the ministeron their respective tasks. The meetingended with concluding remarks by theminister.—MNA

YANGON, 20 July —The Asian Cricket Coun-

Level O Cricket Coaching Course opened

ACC Cricket Development Officer Mr AminulIslam speaks at the opening of cricket

coaching course.— MCF

Congregation led by Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence take the Nine Precepts from a Sayadaw at the hoistingceremony of Seinbudaw and Hngetmyatnardaw.—MNA

Fools, men of little intelligence, betake themselves to intoxica-tion. The wise one protects non-intoxication as a supreme treasure.

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Wise one protects non-intoxicationas supreme treasure

cil and the MyanmarCricket Federation jointly

opened the Level OCricket Coaching Courseat the hall of the federa-tion at Aung San Stadium,here, this morning.

President of the fed-eration U Nyunt Win de-livered a speech, and ACCCricket Development of-ficer Mr Aminul Islamextended greetings.

Altogether 30 train-ees are attending thecourse that will last from20 to 23 July.

MNA

The best time to plant a tree was20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

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Reconstruction and rehabilitation gainingmomentum in Pyinsalu

Article: Myo NyuntPhotos: Thant Zin Tun (Kyemon)

Major Myo Myint ofDirectorate of

Resettlement of theMinistry of Defence.

Project DirectorU Aung Myo Myint of

Max Myanmar Co. Photo shows ploughing on farmlands in Pyinsalu.

Lt-Cmdr MaungMaung Myint of

Ayeyawady NavalRegion Command

Headquarters.

Tatmadawmen of Directorate of Resettlement of the Ministry of Defenceparticipating in construction of houses. Monywa District

USDA Executive UPhyo Maung Maung.

USDA members of States and Divisions fumigating on both sides of the road.

On 1st July, our newsteam arrived at Pyinsaluof Labutta Township forthe second time. From thejetty, we saw progress ofrehabilitation andreconstruction works inPyinsalu. Along the

Strand road, houses forthe people were underconstruction by MaxMyanmar Company in theplaces of tarpaulin tentsthat we had witnessedduring our first trip.

The houses weresystematically alloted inwards. We sawparticipation ofconstruction workers ofMax Myanmar Companytogether with local people,members of State/Division Union Solidarityand DevelopmentAssociations andTatmadawmen in

building the houses, andwe had interviews withresponsible persons.

Major Myo Myintexplained that a total of 81Tatmadawmen from No. 1Tatmadaw VocationalTraining Depot under theDirectorate ofResettlement of the

Ministry of Defence and 19Tatmadawmen of No.1Recruitment andResettlement Unit, totaling100 were taking part in thehouse construction projectbeing implemented by MaxMyanmar Company.

We also witnessedofficers and other ranks ofthe Defence Services(Navy) who were carryingconstruction materials fromthe port of Pyinsalu. Theywere 50 naval servicemenfrom Ayeyawady NavalRegion CommandHeadquarters. Lt-CmdrMaung Maung Myint

explained that they werestationed in Pyinsalujoining hands with the localpeople in undertaking theremoval of debris,construction of housingestates, cleaning offarmlands and lakes,reclamation of farmlandsand ploughing task inLayyinkwin, Ywathaaye,Nanthagon, Kongyi,Waboegon andKyarchaung villages ofPyinsalu.

Actually, USDAmembers of States andDivisions, who were basedin Pyinsalu, made field tripsto surrounding villages ofPyinsalu and participatedin rehabilitation andreconstruction tasks.Moreover, they dailyundertook sanitation at theenvirons of houses,

fumigation, dredging oflakes, maintenance of roadsfor smooth transport andassembling of power-tillersfor agricultural purpose incooperation with theworkers of AgriculturalMechanization Depart-ment.

We saw the USDAmembers fumigating bothsides of roads in Pyinsalu.In an interview, Monywa

District USDA executiveU Phyo Maung Maung saidthat their group comprised49 USDA members fromSagaing Division, YangonDivision, Chin State andAyeyawady Division. In theregion, they observed therequirements of the regionand provided necessaryassistance for the region, hesaid. He added that theUSDA members weredivided into three groups inassisting the local people.He continued to say thatsix-member teams of thegroup-2 participated infumigating two times dailyin the morning and in the

evening and constructionof houses. The group-1 andthe group-3 maintained theroads in Waboegon Village,while the medical teamprovided health careservices to the people inLayyinkwin Village, headded. He explained thatthe local people welcomedtheir voluntary works. Inaddition, he said that thelocal people hand in hand

with the USDA memberscarried out developmenttasks. As a result, thevillages were kept clean andpleasant day after day andthe farmlands were readyfor cultivation, he said.

We viewed ploughingat farmlands near Ward 3 ofPyinsalu. MyanmaAgriculture Service hassupplied paddy strains tothe local farmers. Likewise,Agricultural Mechani-zation Department hasdistributed 76 power-tillersto them. Up to now, a totalof 700 acres of farmlandshave been ploughed.

To cover the news on

progress of rehabilitationworks, we had aninterview with ProjectDirector U Aung MyoMyint of Max MyanmarCompany. He said,“Max MyanmarCompany gave priorityto construction ofhospitals, clinics andschools for the first

phase, building of housesfor the second phase andcultivation of 5,000 acresof paddy for the thirdphase. In addition,aluminum zinc sheetshave been roofed on thehouses.”

After greeting thedepartmental personneland responsible personsfrom various associa-tions, we left for Labuttaby boat.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 14-7-2008

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Abducted five-year-old girlfound safe in New Zealand

FormerADB chiefdies at 74 MANILA, 20 July —

Tadao Chino, formerpresident of the Manila-based AsianDevelopment Bank(ADB), has passed awayat the age of 74, theregional lenderannounced Friday.

Chino, who served asthe ADB chief from 1999to 2005, died of liverfailure in Tokyo, Japanon Thursday. He leftbehind his wife and twodaughters.

“Mr. Chino will besorely missed by thisinstitution and the peoplewho have known andworked with him.

He was a strong voicefor eradicating povertyand his influencecontinues to be felttoday,” said ADBPresident HaruhikoKuroda.

Soon after Chinoassumed the top post,ADB approved itspoverty reductionstrategy, declaringpoverty reduction itsoverarching goal, ADBsaid.

MNA/Xinhua

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG FENG VOY NO (8033)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG FENGVOY NO (8033) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 21.7.2008 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINASHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

WELLINGTON, 20 July— The abducted five-year-old girl was foundsafe in Auckland onFriday, police said.

Cina Ma, of Chineseorigin, was taken fromoutside her home inAuckland on Monday. Shehad been snatched by amasked or disguised manand bundled into a car.

Detective InspectorSteve Wood told a Pressconference that the girlwas safe and back in thecare of her family.

She was found at aNorth Shore address onFriday afternoon.

The police in Aucklandarrested a 25-year-oldChinese national who willface a charge of assault.

He will appear in theNorth Shore District Courton Saturday. Further, moreserious charges areexpected to follow.

The police are notruling out further arrests.

They cannot yet say theextent of any injuries thatCina Ma may havereceived, while being heldcaptive since Mondayafternoon.

MNA/Xinhua

Zimbabwe introduces100-billion-dollar noteHARARE, 20 July — Zimbabwe, grappling with a

record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced anew 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tacklerampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.The new note will go into circulation on Monday, thebank said in a statement cited by state media, joiningabout half a dozen new high denomination notesalready issued this year.

In January, a 10-million-dollar note was issued, thena 50-million-dollar note in April. In May, notes for 100million and 250 million dollars were issued, swiftlyfollowed by those for five billion, 25 billion and 50billion.The southern African nation, currently grippedby a post-election crisis, has been ravaged byhyperinflation which shot up from 165,000 percent inFebruary to 2.2 million in June.

Independent economists however believe the officialinflation figure is grossly understated, estimating itcould be running between 10 million and 15 millionpercent.

Internet

Strong quake jolts sea areain Santa Cruz Islands

HONG KONG, 20 July — A strong earthquake measuring6.7 on the Richter Scale struck sea area in Santa CruzIslands region in the south Pacific Ocean at 0937 GMTSaturday, the Hong Kong Observatory said in a bulletinreleased here Saturday afternoon.

The epicentre was initially determined by the HongKong Observatory at 11 degrees south latitude and 164.5degrees east Longitude, about 530 kilometres east-southeastof Honiara, Solomon Islands. — MNA/XINHUA

Mom’s diabetes tied toearly diabetes in offspring

NEW YORK, 20 July— Babies who are exposedto mom’s diabetes and obesity while in the womb areat increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes inadolescence, according to new research.

To prevent “youth-onset” type 2 diabetes, “wemay need to take a life course approach, targeting, inaddition to childhood obesity, the increasing numberof women with pregnancies complicated by obesityand diabetes,” researchers conclude. Dr Dana Dabeleaat the University of Colorado Denver and co-investigators studied 79 youths who were diagnosedwith type 2 diabetes before their 20th birthday and190 nondiabetic control youths.

They found that far more diabetic youth thannondiabetic youth were exposed to mom’s diabetesin the womb (roughly 30 per cent versus 6 per cent).The same was true for overweight and obesity, with57 per cent of diabetic youth versus 27 per cent ofnondiabetic youth being exposed to maternaloverweight/obesity. — MNA/Reuters

French DM payssurprise visit to

Afghanistan KABUL, 20 July—

French Defence MinisterHerve Morin arrived inAfghan capital KabulSaturday for a surprisevisit to meet high rankingofficials and Frenchtroops based near thecapital.

It is the third visit tothe post-Taleban countryfor Herve Morin whoplans to visit around 700French troops based in therelatively peaceful KapisaProvince adjoining Kabul,officials said.

MNA/Xinhua

Raphael, a shihtzu owned by Patty Suplee of Houston,jumps a hurdle during an agility competition on thesecond day of the Reliant Park World Series of DogShows on 18 July, 2008, in Houston.—INTERNET

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Miss England winner Laura Coleman is flanked by first runner-up ChloeMarshall, left, and second runner-up Vanessa Lansom as Coleman, MissDerby, is crowned Miss England during the Miss England 2008 final in

London on 18 July, 2008. The 22-year-old, blue-eyed blonde willrepresent England in the Miss World competition to be held in Kiev,

Ukraine.—INTERNET

A policeman searches a man at a checkpoint inKabul on 19 July, 2008. US Democratic

presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived inAfghanistan on Saturday, on the first leg of a trip

aimed at proving his foreign policy credentialsthat will also take in the Middle East and

Europe.—INTERNET

Chile to build volcanomonitoring centers

SANTIAGO, 20 July —Chile plans to invest 31million US dollars inbuilding three monitoringcenters to closely watchvolcanic activities, thecountry’s NationalGeology Service saidSaturday.

The new centers will beput into operation withinfive years and employ 40experts, Mining MinisterSantiago Gonzalez said.

Chile has the second

largest volcanic chain inthe world followingIndonesia.

The country has 122active volcanoes, butonly eight of them havebeen closely watched,according to the NationalGeology Service.

At the beginning of thismonth, top alert was issuedaround the Llaima volcanoin south Chile days after itspewed new lava.

Internet

Passenger trainderails ineastern

ThailandBANGKOK, 20 July —

Seven of eight cars of apassenger train boundingfrom Bangkok to easternKanchanaburi Provincederailed Sunday morningat Vanyean district,causing the easternrailway service fall intohalt, local traffic radioreported.

Initial report said thetrain, which have some 30passengers aboard,derailed when it was justentering Vanyean stationof KanchanaburiProvince. The FM 100Traffic Radio said nobodywas wounded but therailway service fell into amess. —Internet

Small plane crashesin northeast Texas; three killed

KEMP (Texas), 20 July— A single-engine planecrashed shortly aftertakeoff Saturday, killingall three people aboardand sparking a fire thatburned two rural acres,authorities said.

It was not immediatelyknown what caused theaccident, which left theplane charred to nearly askeleton in the middle ofa scorched field about 40miles southeast of Dallas.

No one else besides thethree killed were onboard, Kaufman CountySheriff's spokesmanBryan Francis said.Names of the victimswere not immediatelyreleased.

Shelley Bradley toldThe Dallas MorningNews that she wasstanding near the smallprivate grass airstripwhen the plane dippedits wings and lostairspeed.

“He took off and the

wind changed,” Bradleysaid. “He should havebanked to the right but hebanked to the left. He wasflapping his wings as ifhe was saying goodbye,but then we realized hewas in trouble.”

Internet

Singers performduring a dress

rehearsal of GiacomoPuccini’s “Tosca” ona giant floating stageon Lake Constance in

Bregenz ,Austria on 18July, 2008. The annual

Bregenz festival willopen on 23 July.

INTERNET

Number of poor people reaches7.9 mln in France in 2006

PSRIS, 20 July— The number of poor people inmetropolitan France in 2006 was estimated at 7.9million, which is equal to about 13.2 per cent of the totalpopulation, France’s National Institute for Statisticsand Economic Studies (INSEE) has reported.

According to a report published Friday by the state-run premier statistics body, the rate of poverty in thecountry has stabilized at almost the same level since2002 after falling consistently over the previous years.

“Poor people accounted for 13.2 per cent of thepopulation in 2006,” said the report, which noted thatthe standard of living for this category of people was“less than 880 euros (about 1,364 US dollars) permonth,” in a country where the median income is 1,470euros per month. By comparison, the minimum insertionincome ceiling for a single person was 433 euros permonth as of January 1, 2006. In total, the number of poorpeople living below the poverty line in France in 2006was 7.9 million, according to the report.

MNA/Xinhua

Study says limit sucrose aspainkiller for newborns

NEW YORK, 20 July —Giving newborns a smalldose of a sucrose (sugar)solution seems to ease painassociated with havingblood taken (venipun-cture) for the standardnewborn screening testbut it does little to curbpain associated withintramuscular injectionsor heel lances, results of astudy suggest.

Oral sucrose is widelyused to manage painassociated with certainstandard proceduresperformed in healthy termnewborns, “even repla-

cing established anal-gesics such as opioids andlocal anesthetics”, thestudy team notes in areport in the CanadianMedical AssociationJournal.

In their study, Dr.Anna Taddio at theUniversity of Toronto inOntario and colleaguesrandomly assigned 120newborns to sucrose and120 to placebo given twominutes before variouspainful procedures. Painwas assessed largely byinfant’s facial expres-

sions and behaviourand changes in heart rateand oxygen intake.“Sucrose reduced overallpain in newborns whenadmini-stered beforepainful medical pro-cedures during the firsttwo days after birth,” theyreport.

However, “unexpec-tedly,” they note, the sugarsolution did not seem tocurb pain during eitherintramuscular injection ofvitamin K or duringrepeated heel-lancing forblood sugar monitoringin newborns of diabeticmothers.

Based on their

findings, the investigators

say sucrose “may be a

relatively weak analgesic

that is more effective at

calming infants during the

recovery period after a

painful procedure than

during the actual

procedure when pain is at

its peak”.MNA/Reuters

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Report threats “embarrassing”

Manchester Unitedmanager

Sir Alex Ferguson

Gerrard suffers injury blowReds skipper returns home

after groin setback

Steven Gerrard

Milan rule out Kaka saleSerie A giants issue‘hands-off’ warning

Norman dares to dreamAussie holds two-shot lead overdefending champion Harrington

and Choi

Greg Norman

Kaka

MILAN, 20 July — ACMilan have ruled out thepossibility of Kakajoining Chelsea thissummer.

Kaka's advisor revealedthe Brazil playmaker waskeen to join the Premier

League giants in a worldrecord deal.

With Milan keen toraise funds to aid the ar-rival of Ronaldinho theywere reportedly willingto cash in on Kaka. How-ever, the Rossoneri havecleared up any confusionover the 26-year-old's fu-ture by issuing a short butconcise statement on theirstar player.

"Kaka is absolutely notfor sale," director of com-munications VittorioMentana told Milan's of-ficial website.

Kaka is under contractwith the Serie A giantsuntil the summer of 2013.

Internet

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LONDON, 20 July — Manchester Unitedmanager Sir Alex Ferguson has hit backat Tottenham Hotspur chairman DanielLevy, believing that the club's threat toreport the Red Devils to the PremierLeague is "embarrassing".

Levy accused Ferguson and United of"hypocritical" behaviour in their pursuitof Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov, citingcomments by the manager and club offi-cials which suggested a deal for the Bul-garia international was imminent.

Ferguson has been embroiled in hisown battle to retain the services ofCristiano Ronaldo after sustained public

Manchester United’s John O’Shea,center, fights for the ball against

Kaizer Chiefs’ Tinashe Nengomasheplayers Cape Town, South Africa,

on 19 July, 2008.INTERNET

courting by Real Madrid, and the Old Trafford boss is adamant thathis club have acted honourably throughout their bid to sign the formerBayer Leverkusen player.—Internet

Wenger expects Adebayor stayGunners boss not expect Togo ace

to leave

Emmanuel Adebayor

Phil Mickelson of the US plays a shot from therough on the 16th hole during third round playat the 2008 British Open Golf Championship atRoyal Birkdale, Southport, northern England,

on 19 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Spanish Oscar Freire (centre) sprints on the finishline at the end of the 194,5 km fourteenth stage ofthe 2008 Tour de France race run between Nimes

and Digne-Les-Bains on 19 July,2008. Freire,riding for Rabobank, won the 14th stage of the

Tour de France.—INTERNET

S O U T H P O R T ,(England), 20July—Greg Nor-man's fairytalerun at the 137thOpen Champion-ship continued onSaturday with a72 ensuring hewill take a two-shot lead into thefinal round at Royal Birkdale.

Some 22 years after his first Open triumph atTurnberry in 1986, the 53 year-old Australian is nowjust 18 holes away from becoming the oldest-evermajor winner in what would be the most remarkable ofstories.

Norman, who stands at two-over, will head out inSunday's final pairing with Padraig Harrington whosetitle defence remains on track after a battling 72.

The Dubliner is two shots off the pace along withovernight leader KJ Choi who carded a 75 on Satur-day.

Englishman Simon Wakefield climbed into fourthon his own at five-over after a best-of-the day 70, thesame score as 2003 champion Ben Curtis who heads agroup of four at seven-over that also includes RossFisher, Anthony Kim and Alexander Noren.

Internet

LONDON, 20 July —Arsenal boss ArseneWenger expects starstriker Emmanuel Ade-bayor to still be a Gunnerfor the start of the newseason.

Adebayor has beenstrongly linked with asummer move to Milan,although Arsenal have al-ways maintained their de-sire to retain the Togo in-ternational.

Speaking after Arse-nal 's 2-1 pre-seasonfriendly win over Barnet,Wenger stated he expectsAdebayor to make hisfirst appearance at train-ing.

"Adebayor is undercontract," Wenger told SkySports News.

"We expect him to turnup on Monday and prac-tice with us."

"Of course," he repliedwhen asked if Adebayorwill be with Arsenal at thestart of the new Premier

League season.Wenger has lost Alex-

ander Hleb although theFrench tactician was an-ticipating his exit to Bar-celona by admitting theyplanned on signing SamirNasri as his replacementsome time ago.

"He had an opportunityto leave. He's done threeyears. I'd loved him to staybut on the other hand hewas in a strong position,"he continued.

Internet

LONDON, 20 July — Liv-erpool have confirmedcaptain Steven Gerrardhas returned home fortreatment on a groin in-jury.

The England ace hadbeen in Switzerland at theteam's training camp pre-paring for Saturday's clashwith Polish outfit WislaKrakow.

Gerrard was an unusedsubstitute in Wednesday's 2-1 win over Lucerne andwill now miss next week's clash with Hertha Berlin.

"Steven has a slight groin strain which will keep himout for between seven and 10 days," club spokesmanIan Cotton told the club's official website. —Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours,weather has been partlycloudy in MagwayDivision,rain or thundershowers havebeen scattered in Kayah,Chin, Rakhine States and Man-dalay Division,fairly widespread in Shan and MonStates,lower Sagaing, Bago and Yangon Divisions andwidespread in the remaning areas with isolated heavyfallin Bago Division. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallsrecorded were Nyaunglaypin(4.72) inches, Maungdaw(2.72) inches, Shwegyin (2.68) inches, Putao (2.56) inches,Myeik (2.12) inches, Kawthong (2.40) inches,Yangon(Mingaladon),Dawei and Falam (1.89)inches each,Zaungtu (1.81) inches, Hkamti (1.26) inches, Kyaukpyu(1.22) inches, Bago (1.19) inches, Yangon (Central) andKhayan (1.14) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 19-7-2008 was 89˚F.Minimum temperature on 20-7-2008 was 72ºF. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 20-7-2008 was 100%.Total sunshine hours on 19-7-2008 was (1.6) hours(approx).

Rainfall on 20-7-2008 was (1.89)inches atMingaladon,(0.59) inch at Kaba-Aye and (1.14)inches atCentral Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (53.82)inches at Mingaladon, (61.46) inches at Kaba-Aye and(75.31) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speedat Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southwest at(00:30) hours MST on 20-7-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-7-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State andMagway Division,scattered in Chin State and MandalayDivision, fairly widespread in Rakhine and Shan States,lower Sagaing,Bago,Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisionsand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 21-7-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-7-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for21-7-2008: Likehood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Tsunamiwarning lifted in

N-E JapanTOKYO, 20 July—

Japan’s MeteorologicalAgency lifted the tsunamiwarning it issued fornortheastern Japan onSaturday after anearthquake struck off theeast coast of Honshu.

There were no initialreports of damage fromthe quake.

The biggest tsunamimeasured was 20centimetres (7.9 inches)along the coasts ofFukushima and Miyagiprefectures, the agency said.

The US GeologicalSurvey said the 7.0magnitude tremor struckbeneath the north PacificOcean, 77 miles (123kilometres) east northeastof Iwaki, Japan at 0239GMT at a depth of 25miles (40 kilometres).

MNA/Reuters

Beijing opens new subway linesfor Olympics

Runners in leather trousers and Dirndl — a type of traditional dress worn insouthern Germany and Austria — participate in a fun competition in

traditional dresses through downtown Munich, southern Germany on 19July, 2008 on occasion of a Town Foundation Festival. In 2008 Munich is

celebrating its 850th birthday.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 20 July—Beijing opened two newsubway lines onSaturday, delayed from aplanned late-June startbut just in time to carrypassengers banned fromtheir cars as the capitaltries to clean up its skiesbefore next month’sOlympics.

Passenger servicehas yet to start, however,on a third line that willserve the Olympic Greenand was the site of anopening ceremony andtest ride for the media onSaturday morning.

An official with theBeijing subway oper-ating company said it wasnot clear when the linewould begin regularservice.

The three new lines,which cost 22.3 billionyuan (3.3 billion USdollars ) to build and arepart of massive infra-structure plans to easetransport during theGames, will increase thecity’s subway lines toeight and expand theirreach by 40 per cent to200 kilometres (125miles).

Eager crowds rushedthrough the turnstyleswhen the airport lineformally opened in theafternoon, while a largecontingent of uniformedsecurity officers keptwatch over travellers withsuitcases and families outfor a short excursion onthe gleaming new trains.

MNA/Reuters

Three Indonesians, includingmother, son convicted for murder

JAKARTA, 20 July—Indonesia has executedthree people convicted formurder, including a motherand a son, an official saidon Saturday, the latest in astring of recent executionsin the country.

Jakarta has defended thedeath penalty as a necessarydeterrent. Three militants ondeath row for the 2002 Balibombings are likely to beexecuted soon after theSupreme Court rejected theirfinal appeal, but no date hasbeen announced.

The 59-year-oldmother, Sumiarsih, and her43-year-old son, Sugeng,faced a firing squad inSurabaya city in East Javaprovince around midnight,Abdul Hakim Ritonga,

deputy attorney generalfor general crimes, said.Both were sentenced todeath for murdering fivemembers of a family 20years ago over a moneydispute.

Separately, anIndonesian shaman,Tubagus Yusuf Maulana,was executed on Fridaynight in Banten Province,near Jakarta, Ritonga said.

MNA/Reuters

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

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Anyone may dial the following phone numbers of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and

Resettlement if he witnesses or knows that the cash assistance and relief supplies donated from

abroad and at home to the storm victims are kept for self-interest, traded, used for particular persons

and organizations, or misappropriated for other purposes.

Head of Office Ph: 067 404021 and 067 404022

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

NAY PYI TAW, 20 July – A ceremony to hoistSeinbudaw (diamond orb) and Hngetmyatnardaw(pennant vane) to Maha Makutayanthi Hsandawshin

Maj-Gen Ko Ko attends Seinbudaw and Hngetmyatnardaw HoistingCeremony of Maha Makutayanthi Hsandawshin Myatmawtin Pagoda

Myatmawtin Pagoda, Datpaungsu Pagoda,PhaungdawU Pagoda, Paungtawseik Pagoda and en-circling pagodas was held in conjunction with conse-

cration ceremony at the pavilion on the platform ofthe Pagoda in Hainggyikyun region of AyeyawadyDivision on 17 July. Maj-Gen Ko Ko of the Ministryof Defence attended the ceremony and hoisted theSeinbudaw and Hngetmyatnadaw atop the pagoda.

It was attended by Presiding Nayaka Sayadawof Yadana Okyaung Monastery in Pathein

(See page 10)

Maj-Gen

Ko Ko of

Ministry of

Defence

donates

Seinbudaw

to a

Sayadaw at

the

Seinbudaw

and

Hngetmyat-

nardaw

Hoisting

Ceremony.

MNA

YANGON, 20 July —Under the arrangement ofthe Health Department of the Ministry of Health, amedical team comprising Paediatrician Dr AungMyo Tun, Psychiatrist Dr Swe Swe Win, Eye Spe-cialist Dr Myo Aung Kyaw and Dental Surgeon DrZaw Win led by Professor Dr Kyaw Lwin Oo pro-vided medical treatment and psychological supportto 823 children, 332 patients with eye complaints,269 patients with dental disease, 270 patients suffer-ing from mental illness and 2,555 general patients of29 storm-hit villages in Mawlamyinegyun Townshipon board vessel ‘Teinkho’ from 5 to 19 July.

MNA

Specialists provide healthcare in Mawlamyinegyun

Township

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