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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior GeneralThan Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing donate provisions to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaingattend religious titles and rice offering ceremonies in

precinct of Nay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti PagodaNAY PYI TAW, 27

April—Chairman of theState Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andwife Daw KyaingKyaing attended the re-ligious title offering cer-emony and rice offeringceremony to the title re-cipient Sayadaws, nunsand laypersons at SasanaMaha Beikman in theprecinct of UppatasantiPagoda, here, this after-noon.

Also present on theoccasion were membersof the State Sangha MahaNayaka Committee,Tipitakadhara Tipitaka-kovida Sayadaws, title re-cipient Sayadaws andnuns, Vice-Chairman ofthe State Peace and De-velopment CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye and wifeDaw Mya Mya San, Mem-ber of the State Peace andDevelopment CouncilGeneral Thura ShweMann and wife Daw KhinLay Thet, Prime MinisterU Thein Sein and wifeDaw Khin Khin Win,Member of the State Peaceand Development CouncilLt-Gen Tin Aye, Com-mander-in-Chief (Navy)Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun,Commander-in-Chief (Air)Lt-Gen Myat Hein, senior

military officers of the Min-istry of Defence and theirwives, the commander ofNay Pyi Taw Commandand wife, the ministers andtheir wives, the Auditor-General, the deputy minis-ters, senior military offic-ers, departmental heads,Ambassadors and Chargesd’Affaires ai of foreign mis-

sions in Yangon, responsi-ble persons of religious as-sociations and social organi-zations, staff of the Minis-try of Religious Affairs, ti-tle recipient laypersons andwellwishers.

Officials ushered theSayadaws and laypersonsled by members of theState Sangha Maha

Nayaka Committee intothe designated places.

Deputy Minister forReligious Affairs ThuraU Aung Ko supplicatedon opening of the cer-emony. Vice-Chairman ofthe SSMNC YankinDhammikayama KyaikpiMonastery Sayadaw AggaMaha Pandita Agga Maha

Saddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Gunesana ad-ministered the Five Pre-cepts.

State OvadaçariyaShwebo Pakhan Monas-tery Presiding NayakaAbhidha Maha RatthaGuru title recipientSayadaw BhaddantaVimalabhivamsa read the

Ovadakatha.Next, religious titles of-

fering ceremony followed.Vice-Senior General MaungAye presented certificates ofAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru title and religious in-signia to Sayadaw BhaddantaNeminda of MahaWizayayama (Ashaetaik) in

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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 Desire

Unitedly strive to achieve

national goalNowadays, the government is placing

emphasis on improvement of infrastructures in

all sectors, aiming at all-round development of

political, economic and social sectors of the

nation not only for the present but also for the

future.

On 16 April, a ceremony to drive stakes

for construction of Yadanatheinga Bridge took

place at the pandal near the bridge construction

project on Kyaukmyaung Bank in Sagaing

Division.

Yadanatheinga Bridge is an Ayeyawady

River crossing facility to enable locals in Sagaing

Division to have easy access to Kachin and Shan

States.

Thanks to construction of the bridge, they

can travel to the Mandalay-Madaya-Bhamo-

Myitkyina Road via Singu on the east bank of

Ayeyawady River and then to Mogok, Momeik

and Mabein through the road. Moreover, the

people can go to the Mandalay-Shwebo-

Myitkyina Road and the Shwebo-KhinU-YeU-

Kalewa Road via Nwenyein-Kyaukmyaung-

Shwebo on the west bank of the river and to

Chin State along Shwebo-Ayadaw-Monywa-

Yagyi-Kalewa-Kalay Road.

In the past, Inwa Bridge was the only

facility across Ayeyawady River. From 1988 to

date, eight large bridges were constructed across

Ayeyawady River. At present, five more

Ayeyawady River crossing bridges namely

Sinkhan, Pakokku, Malun, Nyaungdon and

Yadanatheinga are simultaneously under

construction. On completion, a total of 13

Ayeyawady Bridges can be put into service.

Yadanatheinga Bridge will have a 28-foot-

wide two-way motor road flanked by three feet

wide pedestrian ways. The facility will be 2,480

feet long.

As the government is building railroads,

motor roads and bridges as networks across the

Union up to now, the people are enjoying fruits

of better transport to travel to all the States and

Divisions in a short period. That is why all the

national people are to harmoniously join hands

with the government in undertaking the

development of the Union.

STI to conduct foundation

studies coursesYANGON, 27 April—STI is now conducting Grade

12-level certificate courses, which are recognized by

schools from England, Australia and Singapore. These

courses are CECS, CBME and CBIS.

CECS course is the same syllabus as famous

universities in England. After ending the course,

students can have good command of English. CBME

and CBIS courses include international economic,

management and information and technology subjects.

Those who have passed the matriculation exam may

attend the courses.

After completion of the courses, they can attend

first year courses in universities of Australia and

England as well as diploma courses in STI that are

equivalent to first year. Those wishing to attend press

meet on the courses may register at Shwebontha STI at

4pm on 2 May free of charge.

In addition, may register at No. 377, Shwebontha

Street (Upper), Pabedan Township here and ward.(4),

Room (7), Myanmar Info-Tech, Hline Township (ph-

250056, 700273, 507048, 507151 and 507152).—MNA

Bo Tree at Uppatasanti Pagoda wateredon Fullmoon Day

NAY PYI TAW, 27April — A ceremony topour water on the Bo treein the compound ofUppatasanti Pagoda inNay Pyi Taw was held atthe pagoda today.

Commander of Nay

of rel igiousorganizations sprinkledscented water andpoured water on the tree.

Before the ceremony,Buddhist devotees fromthe religious organizationsin Nay Pyi Taw District

Press meet on findings of breastfeedingknowledge and behaviours held

YANGON, 27 April—Organized by HealthDepartment underMinistry of Health andUNICEF, a Press meeton findings ofbreastfeeding knowledgeand behaviours tookplace at Traders Hotelhere yesterday eveningwith an opening speech

of Chief of ProgrammeCommunication &Information Section ofUNICEF (Myanmar) MsZafrin Chowdhury.

Chief of Health andNutrition Section ofUNICEF (Myanmar) MrOsamu Kunii reported onpractising onlybreastfeeding from

newly-born children tochildren of six monthsand Dr Saw EaindaniAung, an officer ofInformation Departmentfrom UNICEF (Myan-mar) presented reportson breastfeedingmeasures for infants inOtwin and PyuTownships of Bago

Division.Deputy director of

Health Department DrDaw Aye Aye Thaw,Expert of HD Dr KyawWin Sein andresponsible persons fromUNICEF (Myanmar)answered the queriesraised by those present.

MNA

Press meet on findings of breastfeeding

knowledge and behaviours in progress.

MNA

CommanderMaj-Gen Wai Lwinpours water on Bo

Tree in thecompound of

Uppatasanti Pagodain Nay Pyi Taw.

MNA

Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin, thedeputy commander, thedeputy minister forReligious Affairs ,senior military officersof the Ministry ofDefence and members

recited religious verses topay homage to the pagoda.

On the Fullmoon Dayof Kason today,Uppatasanti Pagoda iscrowded with pilgrims,meditating and praying.

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A medic helps a man wounded in a blast inKandahar city, south of Kabul. Three

explosions struck Kandahar, killing twocivilians in the key southern Afghan city wherethe US is planning an offensive to clear out the

Taleban. The American-led effort to wrestcontrol of southern Afghanistan is off to a slow

start and the political clock is ticking as UStroops head into what could be the bloodiest

fight yet in the eight-year war.INTERNET

Iran tolaunch new

satellitesbefore

March 2011TEHERAN, 27 April—

T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nMinister Reza Taghipoursaid on Monday that Iranwill launch new satellitescapable of transmittingdata and images byMarch next year, officialmedia said.

“The satellites,which will be sent intospace this (Iranian) year(which runs to March2011), have telecomm-unication and filmingcapability,” Taghipoursaid on a visit toMoscow, the statetelevision website said.

“These are Iranian-made and are currentlyundergoing tests... and,once approved, they willbe sent into space.”

He said the launchwould take place oncethe “launcher, the groundstation and the guidancesystem are ready.”

Internet

Venezuela’sChavezrebuffs

Pentagonreport

CARACAS, 27 April—President Hugo Chavezrebuffed a Pentagonreport that found that anelite unit from Iran’sRevolutionary Guardhas a presence inVenezuela, warning thatthe United States couldbe looking for an excuseto attack his country.

Chavez on Mondaycalled the 12-page reportthat was delivered to theUS Congress last week“a disgrace,” saying“these are the thingsthey raise and repeat inreports to later justifyanything.”

In the report, thePentagon concluded thatIran’s Qods Force, aneli te unit within i tsIslamic RevolutionaryGuard Corps, is wellestablished andincreasing its presencein Latin America,particularly Venezuela.

“It’s totally false,”Chavez said of thereport’s findings.

Internet

Airstrike kills Taleban commander,two advisors in N Afghanistan

KABUL, 27 April—Airstrike carried out byNATO-led forces againstmilitants left a seniorTaleban commanderalong with his twoadvisors dead in northernAfghanistan’s KunduzProvince on Monday, thealliance said in a Pressrelease. “The seniormilitants were drivingthrough a rural desert areaapproximately 18 milesnortheast of Kunduz Citythe capital of same nameKunduz Province when

they were struck byprecision air fire, killingall three,” the Press releaseemphasized.

It said that the seniorTaleban commander wasinvolved in all aspects ofmilitary operations inKunduz Province. “He wasresponsible for settingtarget Priorities, weaponsdistribution and directingattacks against coalitionand Afghan forces.However, the Press releasedid not identify the namesof those killed in the air

raid.Earlier, media

reported that a Talebancommander Mullah YarMohammad alias MullahNoor Mohammad waskilled in Kunduz.

“Mullah Yar Moha-mmad, the shadowygovernor of KunduzProvince, was killed in thewee hours of Monday inDasht-e-Archi District,”Mohammad Omar thegovernor of Kunduz wasquoted by media as saying.

Internet

British ambassador to Yemen survivessuicide attack

SANAA, 27 April—British ambassador toYemen Tim Torlotsurvived a suicide attacksuspected to be launchedby al- Qaeda thattargeted his convoy inSanaa on Monday, asecuri ty off icial ofInterior Ministry toldXinhua.

The official whorequired anonymity saidthe bomber ignited the

explosive carried withhim when the convey ofBritish ambassador waspassing by, but Torlotwas unharmed as theexplosion was small.Yemeni InteriorMinistry said al-Qaedawas behind the attack.

The source said aninvest igat ion isunderway and the policehas collected the bodyof the suicide bomber

and tried to identify himby making a DNAidentification test.

Al-Qaeda has notissued any statement toclaim responsibility ofthe attack till now, butthe security official saidthe attack was “their oldtactics.”

The British embassyis shut down after theattack.

Xinhua

A volcano in Guatemala is seen spewing smokeand ash south of the capital. The Santiaguito

volcano has showered sand and ash over a largearea of the west of the country in an “unusual”and “violent” display, the national seismological

institute has said.—INTERNET

Firefighters battle a blaze at a street market in Riode Janeiro, on 26 April, 2010. According to localmedia the market, nearby Rio de Janeiro’s train

and bus central station, caught fire Mondayafternoon allegedly when a gas container exploded

at a bakery. No injuries or dead people werereported.—INTERNET

Militant assassinations sow newfear in Afghan city

KANDAHAR, 27April—On Sundayevening in Afghanistan’ssouthern city of Kandahartwo masked men on amotorbike stopped in themiddle of a bazaar, pulledout guns, killed a man andthen sped off.

The dead man wasHaji Abdul-Hai, a tribalchieftain with strongconnections to the

Westernbacked gove-rnment of PresidentHamid Karzai, which isthe target of a bitterTaleban insurgency.

The assassination ofgovernment officials,their associates or anyonenotably linked to thegovernment has becomeroutine in the volatile city.A series of shockinglyaudacious murders in

recent months has spreadfear throughout the cityand as far as the highestlevels of leadership inKabul.

The UN on Mondayordered its 200 Afghanstaff in the city to remainindoors for their ownsafety, and relocatedforeign staff to Kabul, aspokesman said.

Internet

British ambassador to Yemen Tim Torlot surviveda suicide attack suspected to be launched by al-

Qaeda that targeted his convoy in Sanaa onMonday. XINHUA

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An employee providesservices in the Press

center of 2010 ShanghaiExpo in Shanghai, east

China, on 27 April,2010. The opening

ceremony of the 2010Shanghai Expo PressCentre was held on

Tuesday.XINHUA

Shanghai World Expo to opennew chapter in expo history, says

Chinese diplomatGENEVA, 27 April— As the first

World Expo ever hosted by adeveloping country, the ShanghaiWorld Expo will open a new chapter inthe history of such events, China’sambassador to the United NationsOffice in Geneva said on Monday.

“The Shanghai Expo is anunprecedented grand gathering ofhuman civilizations with many newrecords in the Expo history,” He Yafeisaid at the opening of a photo exhibitionon the Shanghai event.

He said some 192 countries and 50international organizations would takepart in the Shanghai Expo, whichfeatures some 189 National Pavilion

Days and 39 International OrganizationDays as well as 20,000 culturalperformances.

The six-month event is expected toattract over 70 million visitors, of which3.5 million are from abroad. It will alsobe participated by leaders from morethan 100 countries.

“It is fair to say that the ShanghaiExpo is just like a global villageenriched with diverse civilizations fromall over the world ... Shanghai willbecome a grand stage for dialogue andinteraction among nations andcultures,” He told Geneva-baseddiplomats and UN officials.

Xinhua

IndonesiareducesMalaria

cases by two-thirds

JAKARTA, 27 April—The number of malariacases in Indonesia droppedto over 1.1 million in 2009from about 3 million peryear in the past due toappropriate technology incombating the deadlydisease, a statement fromHealth Ministry said onMonday.

Health MinisterEndang RahayuSedyaningsih said thatamong the technology werenew anti-malaria drugA r t e m i s i n i n - b a s e dCombination Therapy,Rapid Diagnostic Test tooland mosquito-net equippedwith insecticide.

However, the ministersaid that the current numberof malaria cases stillresulted in huge financiallost.—Xinhua

S Korea, Turkeydiscuss jointresearch on

nuclear energySEOUL, 27 April—

South Korean Knowl-edgeEconomy Minister ChoiKyung-hwan on Mondaymet with Turkey’s energyvice minister Metin Kilcito discuss joint research onwhether to constructnuclear reactors in theEurasian country.According to the economyministry, the two officialsmet in Seoul to look intothe feasibility of a SouthKorean-designed reactor inthe proposed Sinop nuclearplant on Turkey’s BlackSea coast. “The minister

sought for joint research

and evaluation efforts

leading to the actual

building of a nuclear

power generation plant,

“ a ministry official was

quoted as saying.

Xinhua

Fidel Castro warns ofaftermath of climate

changeHAVANA, 27 April—

Former Cuban leader FidelCastro warned of theaftermath ofuncontrollable climatechange and the side effectof scientific progress in anarticle published onMonday.

“Science created theability to destroy ourselvesand the planet several timesin a matter of hours,” saidCastro in an editorialpublished by local media.“The greatest contradictionin our age is the ability ofour species to destroy itselfand its inability to governitself at the same time.”

In the editorial entitled“The madness of our time.”Castro listed thecatastrophic effects ofglobal warming andpointed to threats posed bynew weapons and militarytechnologies of the UnitedStates.

Photo taken on 26 April, 2010 shows employeeswork in the Japanese Industry Pavilion at the

World Expo Park in Shanghai, east China. TheJapanese Industry Pavilion was unveiled to the

Press on Monday.XINHUA

Pedestrians use their mobilephones as they walk past a

NTT docomo shop in Tokyoin 2008. Four leading

Japanese electronics makerssaid on Monday they willteam up with top networkoperator NTT DoCoMo to

develop the operating systemfor its next-generation

cellphones, due for launchnext year.

XINHUA

Toyota road-test hybrid electric cars in StrasbourgSTRASBOURG, 27

April—A hundred plug-in hybrid electricvehicles (PHEV) jointlydeveloped by Frenchpower giant Electricitede France (EDF) andJapanese car makerToyota rolled outMonday onto the streetsof Strasbourg.

The Prius hybrid carswill be leased to selectedindividuals and

companies, who will beamong the first in Europeto road-test the vehiclesover a duration of threeyears, reports said.

To kick off the real-world trial, Frenchenergy companySchneider Electric,partner of the PHEVproject, unveiled 135chargers installed in theparking lots of partnercompanies and at the

homes of participatingStrasbourg residents.

“Schneider Electrictoday presented theelectric vehicle chargersit has supplied for theplug-in hybrid vehicle(PHV) trial inStrasbourg, beingconducted jointly byEDF and Toyota,” thecompany confirmed in anews release.

Xinhua

Sales signs invite

people in a shopping

district of Seoul, in

January. S Korea’s

economy grew a faster

than expected 1.8

percent in the first

quarter thanks to a

firm export

performance and

improved domestic

demand, the central

bank said on Tuesday.

XINHUA

All items from XinhuaNews Agency

He criticized theUnited States fordeveloping new high-techmilitary devices such asthe recent launch of anunmanned “space plane”by US air force from CapeCanaveral.

These moves “revealthe true philosophy of theUnited States,” saidCastro. He also describedthe role of US PresidentBarack Obama at theClimate Change Summitin Copenhagen as“disappointing” and a“painful deception” to thepublic.

Castro said globalwarming will lead to therise of sea levels, thedecrease of drinkablewater and arable land.

Xinhua

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France announces 260 mln euros loss involcanic ash trouble

PARIS, 27 April— Thedisruption of civilaviation due to volcanicash clouds from Icelandhas cost France 260million euros (346.6million US dollars) insectors of air traffic andtourism, French StateSecretary for TourismHerve Novelli announcedon Monday.

Russian government mullsvolcano-induced

compensation for airlinesMoscow, 27 April— The Russian government is

considering proper compensation for Russian airlinessuffering losses of terminated flights due to theIcelandic volcanic ash, said a Deputy Prime Ministeron Monday.

Sergei Ivanov said at the Volga city of Rybinskthat Russian airlines could calculate their respectivelosses within two weeks before submitting the sums tothe government.

“As soon as they are presented, we will thinkabout compensation in the near future,” the RIA Novostinews agency quoted Ivanov as saying.

Xinhua

Foreign investment banks to leaveArgentina amid tightened regulation

BUENOS AIRES, 27April—More than 10investment banks,including Wells Fargo,HSBC, Merryl Linch andCredit Suisse, will leaveArgentina in the comingweeks, a local newspaperreported on Monday.

The decision cameafter the Central Bank ofArgentina tightened therequirements for foreigninvestment banks tooperate in the country,local daily Clarinreported, citing operatorswho spoke on condition

of anonymity.Wells Fargo is about

to close its office inArgentina due to a“regional strategicdecision,” Tony Matera,the bank’s spokesman,was quoted as saying.

The newrequirements, which havebeen in force since earlyApril, aimed to preventthe banks from makingcertain transactions, butthey did not stop thebanks from advisingclients with offshoreaccounts or managing

their portfolios.The Central Bank of

Argentina said 39 foreignbanks are affected by thenew requirements, ofwhich some 16 will leavethe country.

Wells Fargo andHSBC will move theiroperations to the US cityof Miami, while MerrylLinch and Credit Suissewill continue their wealthmanagement operationsfrom Montevideo, capitalof Uruguay.

Xinhua

A picture taken with a fisheye lens shows a view of the Shanghai World Expoon 25 April , 2010. Along with daily parades, fireworks and other festivities,the Shanghai World Expo’s 192 participating countries are contributing to a

six-month calendar of music, dance and stage shows.INTERNET

Maruti 800 cars are parked at the factory inGurgaon, Haryana, India, in December 2008.

Maruti Suzuki, India’s biggest car firm, reported a170 percent jump in quarterly net profit Monday,

as the vehicle market roared ahead, helped bycheap loans and government stimulus steps.

INTERNET

Iran to issuebonds worth750 million

eurosTEHERAN, 27 April—

Iran will soon issue bondsworth 750 million eurosto develop its oil industry,which will be followed bya further five billion eurosafter March next year, atop oil official said onMonday.

“We were authorisedto issue one billion eurosof bonds,” the ILNA newsagency quoted the deputyhead of the state-ownedNational Iranian OilCompany, HojatollahGhanimi-Fard, as saying.

He added: “250billion euros were issuedand the rest will be issuednext Monday.”

Ghanimi-Fard saidthat “euro bonds worthfive billion will be issued”next Iranian year whichbegins on 21 March ,2011.

Internet

Mazda, MMC forecast jump in profit assales recover

TOKYO, 27 April—Mazda Motor Corp(7261.T) and MitsubishiMotors Corp (7211.T),Japan’s No5 and No 6automakers, forecast amore than trebling inannual operating profiton Tuesday, counting onnew models to ride asales recovery in theUnited States and Japan.

With Mazdabouncing back from the

worst of the financialcrisis, analysts are nowlooking at how quicklythe Hiroshima-basedcompany can turn itsrecent capital boost intosustainable profits.

Late last year, Mazdaraised about $1 billion ina share sale to invest inhybrid and othertechnologies. It agreedwith Toyota Motor Corp(7203.T) last month to

license hybridtechnology with the aimof launching a hybridmodel in Japan by 2013— still later than mostdomestic rivals.

Mazda’s operatingprofit forecast for thenew business year is stilljust a fraction of the pre-crisis 162 billion yenposted in 2007/08.

Internet

Brazil, Caribbean countries to strengthen co-op in economyBRASILIA, 27 April—

Brazil and Caribbeancountries on Mondaypledged to further promotethe integration of theireconomies as well ascooperation in internationalpolitics. Heads of state andgovernment of Brazil and14 Caribbean countriessigned here the BrasiliaDeclaration at the end ofthe first Brazil-CARICOMSummit, expressing theirmutual desire for furtherintegration and

future,” said thedeclaration.

They acknowledgedthat “the currentinternational financialstructures do not correspondto the unique needs of highlyindebted small countrieswith middle income, likeCARICOM members,” andBrazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva pledgedto bring these concerns tothe deliberations of the nextG-20 meeting, which willtake place in Canada in June.

Xinhua

Passengers take a taxi adourned with the logo ofe-commerce firm Alibaba in Hong Kong. Thecompany has said its new transaction platformwould accept payments from users of US online

payment service PayPal.—INTERNET

evaluation of the aviationcrisis in the two sectorsimpacted by the latetrouble of the volcanicash clouds.

During a meeting onTuesday, Novellireleased an estimation of200 million euros’ lossresulted from the eruptionof Iceland volcano.

Xinhua

The volcanic ashtrouble caused a 188-million-euro loss for civilaviation companies, 31million euros for touroperators and 40 millioneuros for travel agencies,Novelli told a newsconference here.

His announcementcame after the secondmeeting about the loss

Brazilian President Lula (C) and leaders from theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) have a group

photo taken in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, on 26April , 2010.—XINHUA

cooperation. The two sideswill work “to strengthenthe historical and cultural

ties that unite thesecountries and draw ablueprint for a common

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105-year-old woman spends day at collegeA 105-year-old Virginia woman

said the day she spent at VirginiaWesleyan College fulfilled herlifelong dream of being a collegestudent.

Florence Walner, who will turn106 in August, attended classes at thePortsmouth school as part of aprogram at Virginia Beach’s BethSholom Village that works to fulfillwishes for its residents, WAVY-TV,

Portsmouth, Va, reported on Monday.“It’s beautiful,” Walner said. “It’s

beautiful to look at.”College President Billy Greer

greeted Walner and welcomed her tothe campus.

Model Flip Driver has a makeover using

an Egyptian makeup palette from the

18th Dynasty at the Science Museum in

London, on 26 April, 2010. The museum

will stage an Egyptian style makeup

workshop at it’s Lates evening on 28

April.

Man sets 380-foot free-diving recordA New Zealand man

set a world record bydiving 380 feet beneath thesurface of the AtlanticOcean without the use offins, the World RecordsAcademy confirmed.

William Trubridge, 29,held his breath underwaterfor 4 minutes and 9 secondson Sunday at the Vertical

William Trubridge

Blue Suunto Dive-Off atDean’s Blue Hole in theBahamas, The Times ofLondon reported onMonday. A report on theacademy’s Web site saidTrubridge’s record is for“the deepest freeimmersion dive.”Trubridge, who used thebreaststroke to push himself

Woman gets 9 months for rat extortionA Wisconsin woman

who planted a rat in herfood at a restaurant anddemanded $500,000 tokeep quiet wassentenced to ninemonths in jail.

Debbie Miller, 43,of Appleton, wassentenced to ninemonths in jail followedby four years of

probation on Friday,after she pleaded nocontest in OutagamieCounty Court to afelony charge ofextort ion and amisdemeanor count ofobstructing police, theAppleton Post-Crescentreported on Monday.Miller planted a dead ratin her food at The Seasons

restaurant on 17 April,2008, and demanded theowners pay her off to keepquiet about the incident.Defence attorney EdmundJelinski said the amount ofmoney his clientdemanded displays hermental problems, whichhe said originated fromyears of abuse.

David Horan wields apropane torch to brown themeringue of a gargantuanKey lime pie in Key West,Florida on 23 April, 2010.

The 7-foot-in-diameter pastrywas concocted from the juiceof 1,080 Key limes, 360 eggs,

90 cans of sweetenedcondensed milk, 20 pounds of

sugar and 20 pounds of piedough.

Hippos rest on the bank of the MaraRiver on the Kenya section on 11 April,

2010. The East African Community(EAC) described the Mara River Basinas a regional and global resource that

should be conserved at all costs,according to its newly released reportsdeveloped following the reduction in

vegetation cover and species diversity,and the over-exploitation and

competition from invasive species,mainly as a consequence of human

population growth.

A kid pastes the bones model of a dinosaur on the wall of the science anddiscovery museum that was recently completed in Tampere, southern Finland

on 24 April, 2010.—XINHUA

Bangladesh to strengthenmeasures after first A/H1N1

flu death of this year

Study links drug enforcement to more violenceMEXICO CITY, 27

April—The surge ofgunbattles, beheadingsand kidnappings that hasaccompanied Mexico’swar on drug cartels is anentirely predictableescalation in violencebased on decades ofscientific literature, a newstudy contends.

A systematic reviewpublished Tuesday ofmore than 300international studiesdating back 20 yearsfound that when policecrack down on drug usersand dealers, the result isalmost always an increase

in violence, sayresearchers at theInternational Centre forScience in Drug Policy, anonprofit group based inBritain and Canada.

When communitiesget tough on drug crime,that drives up the blackmarket profits, prompting

DHAKA, 27 April—Bangladesh on Monday saidit will further strengthen measures to prevent andbetter combat outbreaks of A/H1N1 flu after a 34-year-old woman became the first case in thecountry to die from complications of the infectiousdisease this year.

Mahmudur Rahman, Head of the country’sInstitute of Epidemiology, Disease Control andResearch (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry, toldXinhua on Monday, “Rumana Jahangir died onFriday after suffering from A/H1N1 flu.”

According to health officials, Rumana, anassistant professor of a private university inBangladesh’s capital Dhaka, had underlying healthconditions that made it more difficult to fend offthe flu.

Rumana Jahangir’s sister, who preferred to beunnamed, said, ‘‘my sister died in an aeroplaneon way to Singapore on Friday evening.’’

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USGS to fund 47earthquake projects

RESTON, 27 April—The US Geological Surveysays it will award about $4 million for 2010 earthquakeresearch at 47 universities, state geological surveysand private firms.“These external research grants arean important component of our overall strategy forearthquake risk reduction,” said Marcia McNutt,USGS director. “They help us engage the creativityand imagination of the best researchers nationwidewho develop new tools and insights that will ultimatelymake us safer from seismic hazards.”

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fierce battles to controlthe lucrative trade, theirstudy says. And whenpowerful and successfuldrug bosses are taken out,it’s all too common formore brutal and lesssophisticated criminals tostep in.

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downward, said hestruggled with nitrogennarcosis during his feat.

Cambodia’s death toll bylightning increases to 13PHNOM PENH, 27 April— At least 13 Cambodians

have so far died by lightning since the first early rainthat dropped last month, a government official saidon Monday.

Keo Vy, communication officer of NationalCommittee of Disaster Management said, to date,including the latest victims by lightning that occurredlast Friday in Kompong Cham Province, the deathtoll is 13. Early last week, six people have died bylightning in Pursat Province alone.

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Devotees pour water on Bo trees on Fullmoon Day of Kason

NAY PYI TAW, 27April—Today isFullmoon Day of Kason.On this significant day,this Buddhists pour wateron Bo Tree dedicated tothe Lord Buddha.

At UppatasantiPagoda, the most famousin Nay Pyi Taw, religiousassociations ofministries, regiments andunits recited religiousverses and the Desana ofBuddha. The local peopleoffered flowers, waterand lights to the Buddhaimages. The devoteespractised meditation andperformed meritorious

24th water pouring ceremony at Bo tree in progress at Maha WizayaPagoda on Fullmoon Day of Kason.—MNA

27th Kason water pouring ceremony seen at Bo tree of ShwedagonPagoda.—MNA

People pouring water on Bo tree at Lawkamareinzein Pagoda inYanaung Ward 2 of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.—MNA

People pour water at Bo tree of Datusaya Datpaungsu Pagoda inNay Pyi Taw Zabuthiri Township.—MNA

Ceremony of pouring water on Bo tree in precinct of Nay Pyi TawUppatasanti Pagoda in progress on Fullmoon Day of Kason.—MNA

deeds.Datusaya Dat-

paungsu Pagoda in NayPyi Taw ZabuthiriTownship, Phayakoehsuand Koekhangyi andL a w k a m a r e i n z e i npagodas in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana were packed

with pilgrims andvisitors.

The people pouredwater on Bo trees at thepagodas, stupas andreligious edifices in NayPyi Taw District.

The 27th waterpouring ceremony washeld at Bo tree ofShwedagon Pagoda thismorning, with theparticipation of membersof the Pagoda Board ofTrustees, religiousassociations and pilgrims.

Similar ceremoniestook place at Sule Pagoda,Botahtaung Pagoda,Maha Wizaya Pagoda,

Shwephonepwint Pagoda,Kaba Aye Pagoda, SacredTooth Relic Pagoda andKyaikkasan Pagoda.

Likewise, cere-monies to pour water onBo trees were held atKoedatgyi, Mogaung,Ngadatgyi, Chaukhtetgyi,

Lawka Chantha AbhayaLabha Muni BuddhaImage, Meilamu,Okkalapa, Kyaikkaloh-Khaikkale, Kyaikkhaukand Kyaukhmawwunpagodas in YangonDivision.

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YANGON, 27 April—Conducted by MyanmarPrinters and PublishersAssociation, a party led bySecretary of the associationU Tin Ko Ko yesterday

morning left here for HongKong, the People’sRepublic of China, to visit“Hong Kong Printing andPackaging Fair 2010” to beheld from 27 through 29

April. The printers andpublishers were seen off byChairman of MPPA Dr TinTun Oo and family membersat Yangon InternationalAirport. —MNA

Myanmar Printers and Publishers to observeHong Kong Printing and Packaging Fair 2010

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(from page 16)Maha SaddhammaJotikadhaja, SaddhammaJotikadhaja, Agga MahaKammathanaçariya, AggaMaha GanthavaçakaPandita, MahaKammathanaçariya, Maha

Senior General Than Shwe,wife Daw Kyaing Kyaingattend religious …

Ganthavaçaka Pandita,K a m m a t h a n a ç a r i y a ,Ganthavaçaka Pandita andD h a m m a k a h t i k aBahujanahitadhara titlesand religious insignia tothe title recipientSayadaws.

Daw Mya Mya San,wife of Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye, pre-sented certificates of AggaMaha Ganthavaçaka

Pandita title and religiousinsignia to Nun DawÑanobhasi of AletawyaT h a m e i k d a w d a y aMawlamyine Nunnery ofBahan Township ofYangon Division and NunDaw Paññasiri of Myo YinYin Nunnery, certificates

of Maha SaddhammaJotikadhaja title and reli-gious insignia to MaeChee San Sanee Sthirasutaof Sathira DhammasathanFoundation of Bangkok ofThailand and Nun DawKhemaçari of Sasana

Gonyi Nunnery and Nun-nery Education School ofThingangyun Township.

Daw Khin Lay Thet,wife of Member of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council GeneralThura Shwe Mann, pre-sented certificates ofGanthavaçaka Pandita ti-tle and religious insigniato Nun Daw Ñanavati ofPyay Dhammikayon Nun-

nery, Nun Daw Kulavatiof SaddhammayanthiNunnery of Monywa ofSagaing Division and NunDaw Tinnavati of YadanaManaung Nunnery ofDawei of Taninthayi Di-vision.

Daw Khin Khin Win,

wife of Prime Minister UThein Sein, offered cer-tificate of GanthavaçakaPandita title and insigniato Nun Daw Kulaçari ofZeyamedani MyomaPariyatti Nunnery ofYesagyo of Magway Di-vision, certificates ofSaddhamma Jotikadhajatitle and insignia to NunDaw Nandi of ChanmyaeMyinzayi Nunnery of

Bhamo Township ofKachin State and NunDaw Vannasingi ofKanbawza Theingi No.1 Nunnery PrimarySchool of Mongyu 105-Mile Village of MuseTownship, Shan State(North).

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye conferredcertificates of MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhaja

title and religious insigniaon U Bo Gale (a) U BoThaung of Kalay ofSagaing Division and Mr.Ricardo Vieira Sasaki Riode Janeiro; RJ of Brazil.

Minister for ReligiousAffairs Thura U MyintMaung supplicated on the

religious affairs.Then, Secretary of

State Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteeSayadaw AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhamma

Jotika Agga MahaPandita Dr BhaddantaKumara-bhivamsa ofBhamo Monastery inAungmye-thazan Town-ship, Mandalay Divisiondelivered a sermon to thecongregation, sharing

merits gained. The cer-emony came to a closewith a three-time recita-tion of Buddha SasanamCiram Titthatu.

This was followed by

a ceremony to offer riceand alms to the title-re-cipient Sayadaws andnuns. The rice and almswere donated by the fami-lies of the Ministry ofDefence, the Prime Min-ister’s Office, the State

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Office and cen-tral offices, the office ofthe Commander-in-Chief(Navy), the office of theCommander-in-Chief

Prime

Minister

U Thein

Sein and

wife Daw

Khin Khin

Win offer

provisions

to a

Sayadaw.

MNA

Memberof theState

Peace andDevelop-

mentCouncilLt-GenTin Ayeand wifeDaw KyiKyi Ohndonate

provisionsto a

Sayadaw.MNA

Com-

mander-

in-Chief

(Air) Lt-

Gen Myat

Hein and

wife

present

provisions

to a

Sayadaw.

MNA

Member of the State Peace and Development Council General ThuraShwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet offer alms to a Sayadaw.— MNA

Com-

mander-in-

Chief

(Navy)

Vice-

Admiral

Nyan Tun

and wife

offer alms

to a

Sayadaw.

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(Air), the Adjutant-Gen-eral’s Office, the Quarter-master General’s Office,Nay Pyi Taw Command,the ministries, the officesof the Supreme Court, theA t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l ,

(See page 9)

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(from page 8)the Auditor-General,Civil Service Selectionand Training Board, NayPyi Taw DevelopmentCommittee, Nay Pyi TawDistrict and TownshipPDCs, religious and so-cial organizations, com-panies and publicwellwishers.

Taking positions atdesignated places of the

Senior General Than Shwe,wife Daw Kyaing Kyaingattend religious …

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye offers religious title to a Sayadaw.MNA

SPDC Member General Thura Shwe Mann offers religious title to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein offers religious title to a Sayadaw.—MNA

SPDC

member

Lt-Gen Tin

Aye offers

religious

title to a

Sayadaw.

MNA

Com-mander-in-Chief(Navy)Vice-

AdmiralNyan Tun

offersreligioustitle to aSayadaw.

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Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein offers religious title toa Sayadaw.—MNA

Southern Archway andthe circular road of theUppatasanti, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andwife Daw KyaingKyaing, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye andwife Daw Mya Mya San,SPDC Member GeneralThura Shwe Mann andwife Daw Khin Lay Thet,Prime Minister U TheinSein and wife Daw Khin

Khin Win, SPDC Mem-ber Lt-Gen Tin Aye andwife Daw Kyi Kyi Ohn,the Commander-in-Chief(Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air) and seniormilitary officers of theMinistry of Defence andtheir wives, the ministers,the auditor-general, thechairman of CSSTB, thedeputy ministers, de-partmental heads, stafffamil ies and publ icwellwishers offered riceand a lms to theSayadaws.

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YANGON, 27 April—MyanmarWWW Institute established in 2003has been opening advanced IT digitalmedia courses.

The training courses will pro-vide technology of animation, ap-plication of actionScript, Symboland Flash component to the train-ees.

The enthusiasts in Web Designand Flash technology may join the

Myanmar WWW Institute to conduct digital media coursestwo and a half months courses thatwill be opened on every Tuesday andThursday. The professional multi-de-signer course will last four months.The advanced photoshop will beopened in the first week of June 2010.

For detail information, contactRoom 4 of Building 5 at MyanmarInfo-Tech, Hline Campus, Yangon,Tel: 521125, 652288 and 652320.

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Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye presents

certificate ofreligious title to a lay

person.(News on page 1)

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Daw Mya Mya San,wife of Vice-Senior

General MaungAye, presents

religious title to anun.

(News on page 1)MNA

Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of Prime Minister U Thein Sein, presentsreligious title to a nun. (News on page 1)—MNA

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of General Thura Shwe Mann, offersreligious title to a nun. (News on page 1)—MNA

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YANGON, 27 April —Under the directive of theMinistry of Sports,Myanmar KaratedoFederation will conduct

Junior Karatedo Competitions-2010 on 12-13 MayJunior KaratedoCompetitions-2010 atAung San Stadium herefrom 12 to 13 May on agrand scale.

Women event willcomprise Kata (single),Kata (interclub), Kumite(single) 48 kilos andunder, 53 kilos and under,59 kilos and under andabove 59 kilos. Men eventwill comprise Kata(single), Kata (interclub),Kumite (single) 55 kilosand under, 61 kilos andunder, 68 kilos and under,above 76 kilos.

Karatedo clubs whichare registered at MKF maytake part in the

competitions. SelectedKaratedo players agedbetween 16 and 21, whowere born between 12May, 1989 and 12 May,1994, are eligible toparticipate in it. It isrequired to apply theforms enclosed with copyof birth certificate (or)NRC card.

Drawing fixtures forthe competitions inconjunction with themeeting of coach/manager at the hall ofMKF in Aung SanStadium is to be attendedby the coaches and themanagers.

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Talk on strategies for managingchange on 1 May

YANGON, 27 April—Subject-wise talks (May/2010), conducted by the Union of Myanmar Federationof Chambers of Commerce and Industry, will be heldat 2 pm on 1 May on the first floor of the UMFCCIOfficer Tower of No.29, Min Ye Kyaw Swa Street inLanmadaw Township here.

U Aye Kyaw (MHR) will give a talk on strategiesfor managing change. The talk can be attended bychairmen, executives and members of the UMFCCIand its congenial associations and interested persons.

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21st Annual General Meeting of MFCC held

21st Annual Meeting of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club

takes place at Chatrium Hotel.—MNA

YANGON, 27 April—

The 21st Annual Meeting

of Myanmar Foreign

Correspondents Club was

held at Chatrium Hotel

here this evening.

U Khin Maung

Thwin (Mainichi), who

chaired the meeting,

spoke on the occasion,

Secretary of MFCC U

Thitsar Hla Htway

reported on financial

statement for approval.

New executive

committee members for

2010-2011 were elected.

Those elected were U Hla

Htway (Nikkei Shimbun)

as Patron, U Min Zaw

(Tokyo Shimbun) as

president, Mr Zhang

Yunfei (Xinhua) as Vice-

President, U Han Htwe

Aung (TV Asahi) as

Secretary, U Myat Thura

(Kyodo News) as Joint-

Secretary, U Thurein Hla

Htway (Nikkei Shimbun)

as Treasurer and Daw

Sint Sint Aung (NTV) as

Auditor.

The meeting ended

with the concluding

remarks by Patron U Hla

Htway.

MFCC hosted a dinner

in honour of the guests.

Officials of the Ministry

of Information, honourary

members of MFCC H E

Yasuaki Nogawa,

Ambassador of Japan and

U Thein Tun, Chairman of

Tun Foundation Bank and

MFCC members attended

the dinner.

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Two nabbed after beating toddler inS African robbery

JOHANNESBURG, 27April—South Africanpolice have arrested twopeople for beating a one-year-old baby and a helperin a house robbery inJohannesburg, in a casewhich as causedwidespread reaction inSouth Africa. On FridayNomvula Mokonyane, thepremier of South AfricanGauteng province, said shewas shocked by the attackon the one- year-old childand her helper.

News of the incident

featured on the front pagesof most newspapers inJohannesburg on Friday,and there were regularupdates broadcast on radioand television throughoutthe weekend.

The toddler wasseverely beaten, along withhelper Francina Sekhu, ina house robbery onThursday.

On Sunday, LiezelFurlong, spokeswoman forthe Sandton Medi-Clinicin northern Johannesburg,said the girl remained in a

serious but stablecondition. Sekhu wasbeing treated for serioushead injuries in a hospitalin Southern Johannesburg.

On Sunday Gautengpolice Eugene Oppermantold the South AfricanPress Association (SAPA)about the arrests.

“I can’t tell you if weare expecting to make anymore arrests. We are lettingthe investigations continueand then we will see whatcomes out of it,” he said.

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Three detained inSwitzerland on suspicionof planning bomb attack

GENEVA, 27 April— Three men have been detainedin Switzerland on suspicion of planning a bomb attackagainst the Swiss subsidiary of a major internationalcompany, the official Swissinfo.ch news websitereported on Sunday.

The three men, two Italians and a Swiss living inItaly, were held on 15 April during a police trafficcontrol in the canton of Zurich, the website quoted thefederal prosecutor’s office as saying.

Police found explosives and other items in theircar that could have been used in an attack. But theoffice said that no other details could be given for thetime being as inquiries were continuing.

The office also declined to comment on anewspaper report which said the target of the plannedattack was the IBM research center in Ruschlikon,near Zurich, according to the website.—Internet

Held by college students sumo wresters, a couple of babies cry in theircompetition during Naki Sumo, or Crying Baby Contest, at Sensoji temple in

Tokyo on 25 April, 2010.—XINHUA

A man drinks waterfrom a water fountainin Kuwait, capital cityof Kuwait, on 25 April,

2010. Under theassistance of the

Kuwait government,some rich householdsin the city designed

and built waterfountains piping fresh

water from theirhouses to offer freedrinks to passers-by.

XINHUA

Mexico says cartels turningattacks on authorities

MEXICO CTY, 27Apr i l—Mexico’sdrug cartels havechanged tactics andare turning moreattacks on authorities,rather than focusingtheir fire on rivalsgangs, the country’stop security officialsaid on Sunday.

Interior SecretaryFernandez Gomez-Mont said at a newsconference that twoback-to-back, bloodyambushes ofgovernment convoys— both blamed oncartels — represent anew tactic.

“In the last fewweeks the dynamicsof the violence havechanged. Thecriminals havedecided to directlyconfront and attackthe authorities,”Gomez-Mont said.

“They are tryingto direct their firepower at what theyfear most at thismoment, which is theauthorities,” he said.

Officials herehave long said thatmore than 90 percentof the death toll inMexico’s wave ofdrug violence —

80 Afghan schoolgirlssickened in a weekKABUL, 27 April—Authorities say

more than 80 schoolgirls in northernAfghanistan have fallen ill in three casesof mass sickness over the past week.That’s raising fears that militants whooppose education for girls are trying topoison them to scare them away fromschool.

Kunduz provincial spokesmanMahbobullah Sayedi said the latest caseoccurred on Sunday when 12 girls fell illat school. Officials said 47 complainedof dizziness and nausea on Saturday, andanother 23 got sick last Wednesday. Noneof the illnesses have been serious. Sayediblames the sickness on “enemies” whooppose education for girls. Girls werenot allowed to attend school when theTaleban controlled most of Afghanistanuntil they were ousted in the 2001 US ledinvasion.

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which has claimedmore than 22,700livessince a govern-ment crackdown beganin December 2006 —are victims of disputesbetween rival gangs.

Mexican druggangs have been knownto target securityofficials. The nation’sacting federal policechief was shot dead inMay 2008 in an attackattributed to drugtraffickers lashing backat President FelipeCalderon’s offensiveagainst organizedcrime.

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LUSAKA, 27 April—The Zambian governmentand the United NationChildren’s Fund(UNICEF) on Mondaylaunched the ZambianChildren’s ClimateConference (ZCCC), thefirst of its kind in the worldsince the InternationalChildren’s ClimateForum(ICCF) was held in

World’s 1st Children’s ClimateConference kicks off in Zamiba

Copenhagen last year.The conference is

held in the Zambiancapital Lusaka, wherenearly 200 children fromall over Zambia gatheredto receive knowledge onadaptation and mitigationand to become main forceto combat ClimateChange in their homedistricts, according toUNICEF.

The three-dayconference aims toproduce climate ambassa-dors who also can serveas HIV/AIDS peereducators, and to developa group of young peoplewho can band together totackle some of thecountry’s most criticalproblems.

Sitting in the main

hall of MulungushiConvention Centre, whereZambia has hosted mostof its international confer-ences, the selected youngdelegates, aged 12 to 18,dressed in hunter greenshirts, are graduallyrevealing their innerleadership quality throughtheir frowns and smiles asthey are undertaking theresponsibilities ofsustainable develo-pmentof their country.

According toUNICEF Zambia CountryRepresentative LottaSylwander, Zambia hasnever held these type ofactivities before,especially when childrenthemselves are designingthem.

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A south Sudanese girl grinds simsimseeds at a village in 2009 near Wau, anarea where the population is exposedto malaria — a leading cause of deathof infants and children in Africa. TheGlobal Fund for HIV/AIDS, malariaand tuberculosis in poor countries is

facing a crucial challenge to find cashafter the financial crisis, its head said

Monday.—INTERNET

A worker cleans the glass of an office building inBeijing on 27 April, 2010.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (060)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMA

VOY NO (060) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 28.4.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

A doctor prepares an Influenza A H1N1vaccination shot for a health workerinside a Department of Health (DOH)office in Mandaluyong City, Metro Ma-nila on 26 April, 2010. At least 1.9 mil-lion doses of Influenza A (H1N1)vaccines donated by the World HealthOrganization (WHO) will be used tovaccinate more than 36,000 healthworkers, as part of the country’s re-sponse to the pandemic which WHOsaid has killed more 17,000 people in213 countries, according to the health department.—INTERNET

Cheated spouses take it out on car

Cheated spouses take revengeon the cars.—INTERNET

Star bullfighter Jose Tomas gored in Mexico

LONDON, 27 April — Three infive people would take revengeon cheating spouses, with carsthe main target of their fury, ac-cording to a survey. Womenwere more likely than men to geteven, with 10% of angered fe-males targeting their man’s mo-tor, the poll of 3,000 people bythe Autoglass company found.

Employ-ees workon the

assemblyline ofAnhui

JianghuaiAutomo-bile Co.Ltd inHefei,Anhui

Provinceon 26April ,2010.

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The matador bled so profuselyofficials appealed for donors at the

ring.— INTERNET

when he was pierced by a 1,100 pound(500kg) bull, Navegante, in Saturday’sfight in Aguascalientes.

The injury punctured one of MrTomas’s veins and an artery and he wasoperated on immediately at the scene. The34-year-old bled so profusely that officialsappealed over loudspeakers for compat-ible donors to come forward from thecrowd, Mr Boix told the Spanish radiostation Cadena Ser. Mr Tomas — whohas the relatively rare blood type A+ - wasthen taken to hospital where he underwentsurgery for a number of hours, his man-ager added.

Despite the dangers of their profession,top-level bullfighters are rarely seriouslyinjured in the ring. One of Spain’s top bull-fighters, Jose Tomas, has been badly goredduring a fight in Mexico, his managersays.—Internet

Of those wanting to take re-venge, 22-25-year-olds are mostlikely to smash a car windscreen,while 19-21-year-olds would dam-age the paintwork. Those aged 31-35 were most likely to sell the ve-hicle for a few pence to get theirown back. Those aged over 50were more inclined to give theircheating partner the silent treat-ment, while spending as muchmoney as possible.

The most vengeful partnersare to be found in Wales, where67% would not be able to resistgetting even. Of these, around athird would target the car.

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Balloon expeditionshave become commonin the UAE in recent

years.—INTERNET

Two people killedas ballooncrashes in

Emirates desertABU DHABI, 27 April

— Two people were killedwhen a hot air balloonwith 14 people on boardcrashed in the UnitedArab Emirates. Severalother passengers were in-jured, one seriously, in thecrash in a desert area eastof the capital, Abu Dhabi.

A French and an In-dian national died as thepilot made an emergencylanding in rising winds,the tourist companywhich operated the flightsaid. An investigation intothe cause of Sunday’scrash was under way, theGeneral Civil AviationAuthority said.

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MEXICO CITY, 27 April — One ofSpain’s top bullfighters, Jose Tomas,has been badly gored during a fight inMexico, his manager says. The mata-dor was in a serious condition in hos-pital after losing several litres of blood,manager Salvador Boix said. He re-ceived a 4-inch (10cm) tear to the groin

Amitabh Bachchanhas cirrhosis

MUMBAI, 27 April —Bollywood superstar AmitabhBachchan has revealed he hascirrhosis of the liver and needsregular medical check-ups.

Bachchan, 67, is teetotal butwriting on his blog he said 25%of his liver had been destroyedby the condition.

The liver damage is the resultof a blood transfusion after an ac-cident when filming nearly threedecades ago.

Bachchan said he knew anydisclosure about his health couldcause alarm in fans but said hewanted to be open. —Internet

Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire readyto dazzle Sydney with his memory

Brazilian housewifelynched after drunk

hit and runRIO DE JANEIRO, 27

April — A Brazilianhousewife celebrating her24th birthday was shot andlynched after running overa pregnant woman and herdaughter while drivingdrunk.

Pamela de Souza Costawas shot five times afterbeing caught by a group ofresidents in the town ofMacae, 160km northeast ofRio de Janeiro, immedi-ately after the accident onFriday. The woman she raninto, Silmara Rodrigues,was badly hurt and lost herunborn baby.—Internet

SYDNEY, 27 April — Anartist who can draw a cityskyline after looking at it fora few minutes is set to takeon Sydney. Stephen Wilt-shire will arrive in Australiathis week to show off hisextraordinary talent fordrawing cities in intricatedetail. The 36-year-old art-ist, who was diagnosedwith autism when he wasthree, hopes to produce aposter-size pen and inkdrawing of the harbour cityafter examining its skylinefor just 20 minutes.

He’s already impressedmany around the worldwith his large-scale intricate

panoramas of New Yorkand London.Before draw-ing those two world-fa-mous cities, he memorisedthe position and size of hun-dreds of buildings and land-marks while on 20-minutehelicopter rides. His four-metre long panorama ofLondon on a curved can-vas took five days to com-plete in 2007, with notone sneak peak at a pho-tograph of the city forhelp.—Internet

US woman sentenced to death for killingfortune teller and her daughter

LOS ANGELES, 27 April — A woman convicted of mur-dering a fortune teller and her daughter was today sen-tenced to death by a judge in Orange County, Califor-nia. Mother-of-four Tanya Nelson, 45, did not reactwhen Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank FFasel imposed the sentence, the Orange County Regis-ter said. She still denies committing the crimes, but inMarch a jury recommended the death penalty for Nel-son, who resided in North Carolina, for the 23 April,2005, stabbing of Ha Smith, 52, and her 23-year-olddaughter Anita Vo.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 27 April—Aliens almost certainly ex-ist but humans should avoid making contact, ProfessorStephen Hawking has warned. In a series for the Dis-covery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was“perfectly rational” to assume intelligent life exists else-where. But he warned that aliens might simply raid Earthfor resources, then move on. “If aliens visit us, the out-come would be much as when Columbus landed inAmerica, which didn’t turn out well for the NativeAmericans,” he said. Prof Hawking thinks that, ratherthan actively trying to communicate with extra-terres-trials, humans should do everything possible to avoidcontact. He explained: “We only have to look at our-selves to see how intelligent life might develop intosomething we wouldn’t want to meet.” —Internet

Stephen Hawking warns overmaking contact with aliens

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Ancient asphalt domes discoveredoff California coast

SANTA BARBARA, 27April—They pavedparadise and, it turns out,actually did put up a parkinglot, a big one. Some 700feet deep in the waters off

Chris Reddy (left) of WHOI and Chief ScientistDave Valentine of UCSB hold a large chunk of

undersea asphalt collected with one of the roboticarms of the DSV Alvin. The sample was

surprising light in weight compared to rock.INTERNET

California’s jewel of acoastal resort, SantaBarbara, sits a group offootball-field-sized asphaltdomes unlike any otherunderwater features known

to exist.About 35,000 years

ago, a series of apparentundersea volcanoes depo-sited massive flows ofpetroleum 10 milesoffshore. The depositshardened into domes thatwere discovered recentlyby scientists from theWoods Hole Oceano-graphic Institution (WHOI)and UC Santa Barbara(UCSB). Their report —co-authored withresearchers from UC Davis,the University of Sydneyand the University of RhodeIsland — appears onlineon 25 April in the JournalNature Geoscience. Thework was funded by theNational ScienceFoundation, USDepartment of Energy andthe Seaver Institute.

Internet

(L-R) David Cvet, Dale Gienow, and Matt Brundle sit before participating inan authentic reproduction of a 14th century martial arts tournament held byThe Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (AEMMA) in Toronto, on

25 April, 2010.—INTERNET

SCIENCEDAILY, 27 April—An ongoing study byMathilde Beaulieu-Lefebvre, a graduate student fromthe Universite de Montreal Department ofPsychology, has debunked the myth that the blindhave a more acute sense of smell than the sighted.Vision loss simply makes blind people pay moreattention to how they perceive smells.

“If you enter a room in which coffee is brewing,you will quickly look for the coffee machine. Theblind person entering the same room will only havethe smell of coffee as information,” says Beaulieu-Lefebvre. “That smell will therefore become veryimportant for their spatial representation.”

The three-step study tested 25 subjects, 11 ofwhom were blind from birth. Participants answereda questionnaire and were subjected to twoexperiments: one where they had to differentiate 16different perfumes using an olfactometer, anotherwhere they lay in a tomodensitometer to identifythree smells: a rose, vanilla and butanol (a sweetalcohol).

Internet

Do the blind have amore acute sense of

smell?

HAMBURG, 27 April—Though scientists argue that the emerging technology ofspintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generationof faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech devices, no one hasactually seen the spin — a quantum mechanical property of electrons — in

Physicists capture first images ofatomic spin

The different shape and appearance of theseindividual cobalt atoms is caused by the

different spin directions.—INTERNET

individual atoms until now.In a study published as an Advance Online

Publication in the journal Nature Nanotechno-logy,physicists at Ohio University and the University ofHamburg in Germany present the first images of spinin action.

The researchers used a custom-built microscopewith an iron-coated tip to manipulate cobalt atoms on aplate of manganese. Through scanning tunnelingmicroscopy, the team repositioned individual cobaltatoms on a surface that changed the direction of theelectrons’ spin. Images captured by the scientists showedthat the atoms appeared as a single protrusion if the spindirection was upward, and as double protrusions withequal heights when the spin direction was downward.

The study suggests that scientists can observe andmanipulate spin, a finding that may impact futuredevelopment of nanoscale magnetic storage, quantumcomputers and spintronic devices.

Internet

Leafcutter ant

workers carry leaf

pieces down into

underground nests

where they use them

as fertilizer for their

fungus garden. Ants

eat the fungus, not

the leaves.

INTERNET

Females shut downmale-male sperm competition in

leafcutter antsPANAMA, 27 April—

Leafcutter ant queens canlive for twenty years,fertilizing millions ofeggs with sperm storedafter a single day ofsexual activity.

Danish researcherswho have studied ants atthe Smithsonian TropicalResearch Institute inPanama since 1992discovered that in bothant and bee species inwhich queens havemultiple mates, a male’s

seminal fluid favours thesurvival of its own spermover the other males’sperm. However, oncesperm has been stored,leafcutter ant queensneutralize male-malesperm competition withglandular secretions intheir sperm-storageorgan.

“Females belongingto many species — fromvertebrates to insects—have multiple malepartners. Seminalproducts evolve rapidly,probably in response tothe intense male-malecompetition thatcontinues even aftercourtship and matinghave taken place,” saidWilliam Eberhard,Smithsonian staffscientist.

“This studycontinues the STRItradition of looking atpost-copulatory selectionin a very biodiverse rangeof organisms, followingin the footsteps of peoplelike Bob Silberglied, whoasked why butterflies andmoths have two kinds ofsperm in the 1970’s.”

Internet

UGA research scientist Vladimir Samarkin and hiscolleagues measured the production of nitrous oxide, an

important greenhouse gas, at Don Juan Pond inAntarctica and discovered at the site a previously

unreported chemical mechanism for the production ofthis important greenhouse gas. The discovery could

help space scientists understand the meaning of similarbrine pools on Mars.—INTERNET

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S P O R T S MADRID, 27 April —Athletic Bilbao droppedkey points in their bid fora place in the EuropaLeague after being held toa 0-0 draw on Monday byOsasuna. It was a hard-fought battle from begin-ning to end between thetwo rivals from the northof Spain.

What the game gainedin determination andwork-rate it lost in finessewith chances few and farbetween.While Osasuna,looking to secure theirtop-flight status, tried totake the game to Athletic

BARCELONA, 27 April—Barcelona strikerZlatan Ibrahimovic isconfident that if his sideare faithful to their styleof football then they donot need to be worriedabout the physical threatfrom Inter Milan and canturn around their Cham-pions League semi-finaltie.

Coach Pep Guardiolahas constructed an all-conquering side thatswept all before them lastseason but now they facetheir toughest Europeantest against Inter after los-ing the first-leg 3-1.

The showdown at theSan Siro was about twodifferent styles of foot-ball. The free-flowingopen game of Guardiolawas pitted against thecontrolled approach ofJose Mourinho and it wasthe Inter coach who cameout on top.—Internet

MADRID, 27 April—Barcelona defenderGerard Pique has urgedthe public to fill the CampNou stadium and cheeron the Spanish side dur-ing their ChampionsLeague semi-finals sec-ond leg against Inter Mi-lan.

“I hope the Camp Noumakes history.

I hope it will be aCamp Nou as it has neverbeen seen before, thatthere is not one emptyseat and when the play-ers enter the pitch theyhate their profession for90 minutes,” he told anews conference onMonday.

Internet

Barca can pass way to victory,says Ibrahimovic

Barcelona’s Swedishforward Zlatan

Ibrahimovic celebrateshaving scored duringa match against Jerez

on 24 April inBarcelona.—INTERNET

ROME, 27 April—Latvia’s Ernests Gulbistook little more than anhour to dispose of CypriotMarcos Baghdatis 6-2, 6-2 at the Rome Mastershere on Monday to set upa second round clash withworld number one RogerFederer.

The Swiss master hada first round bye and thebig serving Gulbis tookonly 69 minutes to secure

Bilbao’s FernandoLlorente. Athletic

Bilbao dropped keypoints in their bid for a

place in the EuropaLeague after being held

to a 0-0 draw onMonday by Osasuna.

INTERNET

Bilbao’s European hopes suffer in Osasuna stalematethey rarely caused anydanger and it was the visi-tors who had the betterchances in the first halfwith Fernando Llorentegoing closest with aheader which was palmedaway by the Osasunakeeper Ricardo Lopez.

Osasuna’s main threatcame from JuanfranTorres down the rightwing and he almostcaught out keeper Gorka

Iraola with a cross whichturned into more of a shot,but Iraola managed toscramble the ball away.There were even fewerchances after the breakand so Athletic will con-sider it as two pointsdropped which wouldhave kept them level withVillarreal in sixth placewho beat Racing Sant-ander 2-1 on Sunday.

Internet

Pique wants packed stadiumfor Inter Milan clash

Barcelona defenderGerard Pique, has

urged the public to fillthe Camp Nou stadium

and cheer on theSpanish side during

their ChampionsLeague.INTERNET

Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis

Gulbis sets up Federer clash asFerrero crashes in Rome tennis

LIVERPOOL, 27 April—Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool’sseason could yet end on a high with the club back in conten-tion for a top four finish in the Premier League as well asgunning for the Europa League trophy.

A deeply disappointing campaign had seemed destinedfor a dispiriting finale after Fernando Torrees was forced toundergo his second knee operation in three months.

But a 3-0 win over West Ham last on Monday followedby Sunday’s 4-0 defeat of Burnley — Liverpool’s first awayvictory in eight attempts - has proved they can score goalswithout their leading striker.—Internet

Steven Gerrard,believes Liverpool’sseason could yet endon a high with the

club back in conten-tion for a top four

finish in the PremierLeague as well asgunning for theEuropa League

trophy.INTERNET

Gerrard sees Reds confidence flooding back

ROME, 27 April —Juventus legend Alessan-dro Del Piero insisted histeam can still finish fourthdespite trailing Sampd-oria by six points with justthree games to play. Juvedominated Bari 3-0 athome on Sunday to moveto within four points ofPalermo but their hopes ofChampions League foot-ball next season were thenbadly hit as Samp won

Juventus legendAlessandro Del Piero,insisted his team can

still finish fourthdespite trailing

Sampdoria by six pointswith just three games

to play.—INTERNET

Del Piero still believes in fourth spot

2-1 away to AS Roma.Even if Juve win their

last three games, includ-ing an away trip to AC

Milan, they will need bothSamp and Palermo to col-lapse in order to snatchfourth place, but DelPiero thinks it’s possible.

“It will be very toughfor us to finish fourth butthat’s what we want andwe have to believe,” hesaid.

“We can’t look toomuch at the other gamesand just think first andforemost about ourselves.

“We won and we’rehappy but now we have towin our last three gamesas well and then cross ourfingers. —Internet

his bid for what he hopeswill be an early tourna-ment upset. Gulbis isranked only 40th in theworld but the 21-year-oldhas no qualms about hisnext challenge havingtaken a set off Federer inDoha earlier this year.

“It’s really good that Iplayed him in Doha be-cause the first matchagainst a player like thatis the toughest mentally,”he said.” In Doha in thewarm-up I was prettyscared but now I know Ican play with him, I wona set, it’s his first matchon clay (this year) so I’mnot going to think aboutit.—Internet

MADRID, 27 April —Real Madrid’s Dutch in-ternational midfielderRafael van der Vaart willbe sidelined for at leastthree weeks after he torea muscle in his left thighduring a weekend match,the Spanish club said onMonday.

The injury means the27-year-old will miss Re-al’s four remaining leaguematches but may be fit intime to play for Hollandat the World Cup in SouthAfrica in June

The club made the an-nouncement after van derVaart, who was replacedby Raul after 15 minutesin Real’s 2-1 away winover Real Zaragoza onSaturday, underwent ascan at a Madrid hospital.

Van der Vaart, productof the Ajax youth system,has scored 15 times forthe Dutch national team

Injured van der Vaart to missseason run-in

Real Madrid’s Dutchinternational

midfielder Rafael vander Vaart (front), will be

sidelined for at leastthree weeks after he

tore a musclein his left thigh during

a weekend match.INTERNET

LONDON, 27 April—Stoke goalkeeper ThomasSorensen learned on Mon-day that the dislocated el-bow he suffered in Sun-day’s 7-0 thrashing atChelsea will not requiresurgery, suggesting heshould be able to go to theWorld Cup with Denmark.

Sorensen, who sufferedthe injury while trying toprevent Salomon Kaloufrom putting Chelsea 2-0ahead, initially looked cer-tain to miss the trip toSouth Africa.—Internet

Sorensen World Cup dreamalive as surgery avoided

Stoke goalkeeper Tho-mas Sorensen, learned

on Monday that thedislocated elbow hesuffered in Sunday’s

7-0 thrashing atChelsea will not requiresurgery, suggesting heshould be able to go to

the World Cup withDenmark.—INTERNET

during 75 appearances.He joined Real in 2008

from German side Ham-burg on a five-year con-tract.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours , rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kachin and Chin States,upperSagaing Division, isolated in Shan, Rakhine and MonStates, Mandalay, Magway and Taninthayi Divisions,weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining areas.Day temperatures were (8 °C) above April averagetemperatures in Taninthayi Division,(5°C) to (6°C) aboveApril average temperatures in Kachin and Mon States,Mandalay and Magway Divisions,(3°C) to (4°C)aboveApril average temperatures in Shan, Rakhine, Kayah,Kayin States,Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,(5°C) below April average temperatures in upper SagaingDivision and about April average temperatures in theremaining areas. The significant day temperatures wereMinbu(43.5°C), Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) andMagway(43.0 °C), Chauk(43.3°C) , Myingyan(42.8°C)and Aunglan(42.6 °C) . The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Hakha and Pakokku (0.86) inch each,Myeik(0.79) inch, Falan(0.47) inch and Kalay and Kalaywa(0.32) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 26-4-2010 was 104°F.Minimum temperature on 27-4-2010 was 81°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 27 -4-2010 was 61%.Total sun shine hours on 26-4-2010 was (10.1) hours.

Rainfall on 26 -4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Northwest at (15:30) hours MST on 26-4-2010.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudyin the Andaman sea and South Bay and p artly cloudyeleswhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 28th April2010: Rain or thundershowers are likely to beisolated in Kachin, Chin and North Rakhine States,upper Sagaing, Mandalay , Yangon, Magway andTaninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof continuation of isolated rain or thundershowers inthe upper Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 28-4-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Degree ofcertainty is ( 60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 28-4-2010: Possibility of isolated rain orthundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Degreeof certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 28-4-2010: Possibility of isolated rain orthundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Degreeof certainty is (40%).

WEATHERTuesday, 27th April, 2010

Zhang Lin of the Beijing team competes in themen’s 1500m freestyle final at the Chinese

Swimming Championships in Shaoxing, eastChina’s Zhejiang Province, on 26 April, 2010.Zhang won the gold medal with 15 minutes and

00.39 seconds. — XINHUA

Asleep in JesusRev. Fr. Singa Rayar

75 years43 years of priesthood(7.3.1967 - 7.3.2010)

Rev. Fr. Singa Rayar, the Parish Priestof St. Anthony’s Church and dearly beloveddaddy and greatest benefactor of all the servites,compassionate daddy of (140) poor children ofSt. Mary’s Home passed away suddenly on the27th April at 12:45 am.

We will be terribly missing him in our lives.May God reward him for all his goodness especially

his untiring zeal, selfless service and deep commitment.In death, life is not destroyed, but, changed.Heart breakingly missed by his beloved

servites.

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1st Waning of Kason 1372 ME Wednesday, 28 April, 2010

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

The significant day temperatures

Minbu 43.5° C

Chauk 43.3° C

Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) 43.0° C

Magway 43.0° C

Myingyan 42.8° C

Aunglan 42.6° C

(27-4-2010)

(from page 1)Pakokku of Magway Di-vision, SayadawBhaddanta Paññasiri ofNay Pyi Taw TatkonNgwetaung Tawya Mon-astery and SayadawBhaddanta Vimala-bhivamsa of Pakhan Mon-astery in Shwebo ofSagaing Division.

Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThuraShwe Mann presented cer-tificates of AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddham-majotika title and religiousinsignia to SayadawBhaddanta Kovida ofHtonkyitaung Monasteryat Htonekyi Village inKanma Township ofMagway Division,Sayadaw BhaddantaIndaka of DhammikayonPali Tekkatho inDewathagara TheinkonMonastery in MingalaTaungnyunt Township ofYangon Division andSayadaw BhaddantaTiloka of ThantawhsintKyaung in MahaWithokdayon Monasteryin Mahaaungmye Town-

Senior General Than Shwe,wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing…

ship of Mandalay Division.Prime Minister U

Thein Sein presented cer-tificates of TipitakadharaDhammabhandagarikatitle and religious insig-n i ato Sayadaw BhaddantaSundara of SunlunguVipassana Monastery ofThingangyun Townshipof Yangon Division andSayadaw BhaddantaIndapala of TipitakaNikaya Monastery ofSagaing of Sagaing Di-vision.

Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Tin Ayeoffered certificates ofAgga Maha Pandita titleand insignia to Ven.Mahopadyaya AluthgamaDhammananda Thero ofMalwatta Monastery ofKandy of Socialist Demo-cratic Republic of SriLanka, SayadawBhaddanta Sobhana-bhivamsa of U ZagaragyiMonastery ofDekkhinayama PhayagyiTaik in ChanmyathaziTownship of MandalayDivision and Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Ñanosuriya ofDhammamedani Monas-tery of Aukkyin Ward ofThaton.

C o m m a n d e r - i n -Chief (Navy) Vice-Admi-ral Nyan Tun presentedcertificates of Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhajatitle and religious insig-nia to three Sayadaws andCommander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein,certificates of Agga Maha

Pandita title and religiousinsignia to threeSayadaws.

The senior military of-ficers of the Ministry ofDefence, the Commanderof Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand, the Auditor-Gen-eral, the ministers and thedeputy ministers offeredcertificates of Agga MahaPandita, Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhaja,

(See page 8)

Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San

donate alms to a Sayadaw.—MNA

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