the new light of myanmar 02-08-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 108 12th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Sunday, 2 August, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Aug—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman ofMandalay Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Central Command Maj-Gen TinNgwe and officials, looked into cleaning andbeautifying tasks of Mandalay Railway Stationroundabout in Chanayetharsan Township andKandawgyi roundabout in Chanmyatharsi Township,

Lt-Gen Tha Aye toursMandalay Division, inspectsregional development tasks

Mandalay, on 30 July and gave necessaryinstructions.

At the briefing hall of Yeywa Hydel PowerProject, Lt-Gen Tha Aye heard reports of officialson the progress of the project. He then instructed tothem to finish the project in time and to meet thestandard and presented the fruit baskets to officials.

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Positive scenes of Tachilek,a border town

Article: Sai Thein (Kengtung) Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational 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 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 Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

A panoramic view of Tachilek.

On a trip toTachilek, a bordertownship, I happened tovisit urban and ruralareas, whereagricultural andlivestock farming hasdeveloped consider-ably. Tachilek Town-ship in TachilekDistrict, standing at analtitude of 1285 feet, hasfavourable conditions torun agricultural farmingon a vast scale. In theeast of Tachilek is theLao People’s Demo-cratic Republic, and inthe south, Thailand.

Occasionally,officials on theirinspection tours ofTachilek call forgrowing vegetables andfruits, paddy and cropsextensively; renderingassistance toagricultural farms, andbreeding chicken,duck, pig, cow, goatand fish.

C o n s t a n tsupervision andfulfillment ofrequirements byofficials at all levelshave led to agriculturaldevelopment far better

than expected in thetownship, home to variousnational races.

This season, thetownship collected3,444,945 baskets ofmonsoon paddy from44,507 acres, accountingfor per acre paddy yield of

77.40 baskets. So, thepaddy supply exceeds thedemand of Tachilek,Tarley and Kenglattownships, whosepopulations total nearly100,000. In addition, thetownship enjoyed abumper harvest from over

2600 acres of summerpaddy.

Under thearrangements of Shan State(East) Peace andDevelopment Council forextensive growing of edibleoil and chick pea in 2008-2009, the township

distributed seeds of 15baskets of niger, 20 basketsof sunflower, seven basketsof chick pea and five basketsof lima bean to local

farmers. Growing variouscrops and edible oil cropsin all seasons, Tachilek isgreen all-year round.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 August, 2009

Sunday, 2 August, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Try to increase per acreyield of monsoon paddy

The early monsoon is picking up in thiscultivation season. So monsoon paddy is beinggrown in the farmlands of Myanmar.Ceremonies to complete cultivation ofmonsoon paddy have taken place inconjunction with paddy transplantingcompetitions in Yangon and Bago Divisions.

Yangon Division held the ceremony tocomplete cultivation of monsoon paddy on29 July as it has nearly met the target ofgrowing 1.2 million acres of monsoon paddyyearly. It will continue to try to increase theper acre yield.

Likewise, Bago Division is trying tocultivate more than 3 million acres ofmonsoon paddy. It also held the ceremony toconclude the cultivation of monsoon paddyand paddy transplanting contest on 29 July.

Being the biggest paddy growers, theseregions have the increased yield of paddycapable of cultivating monsoon paddy yearlyin time. They will have to grow more monsoonpaddy to exceed the target.

As a paddy strain plays an importantpart in increasing the per acre yield, it isnecessary to choose and grow high-yieldquality strains. Moreover, emphasis is to beplaced on using correct agricultural methods,a mixture of chemical and natural fertilizersand more advanced farm equipment.

With the good early monsoon, regionalbodies have rendered necessary assistancefor timely completion of monsoon paddycultivation and for basic agricultural needs.All the farmers, therefore, are to try toincrease the per acre yield of monsoon paddy.

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Aug—Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe and Minister for Agriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo inspected supply of water tofarmlands through Kintet left tributary of ThaphanseikDiversion Weir, cultivation of monsoon paddy withthe use of pump and monsoon paddy farmlands on 26July.

Next, the commander and the minister

YANGON, 1 Aug—Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe,accompanied byDirector-General U SoeKyi of Social WelfareDepartment andofficials, inspected No(5) Pre-Primary Schoolof SWD in TamwayTownship and the pre-primary school inMingala TaungnyuntTownship this morning.

The respectiveschool heads reported tothe minister on thestrength of staff andnumber of students aswell as early childhood

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe looks into Pre-Primary schoolin Mingala Taungnyunt Township.—SOCIAL WELFARE

Director Daw May Phyu Thwe of ToshibaNotebook Lucky Bird Trading Co Ltd extendsgreetings at press meet on Toshiba Notebook

“New Art Collection” & Launch 2009ceremony.—MNA

YANGON, 1 Aug— Apress meet on Toshiba

N-W Command Commander and Ministerinspect monsoon paddy cultivation

viewed supply of water to 450- acre of monsoonpaddy in field No (968) and supply of water with theuse of paddy husk-fired pumps at Thabyaetha village-tract in Kanbalu Township and at AungmingalaWard in KhinU.

The minister also met the farmers whocultivated monsoon paddy and urged them to boostagricultural production and increase quality paddystrains.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe inspectspre-primary schools

care and developmentbeing undertaken at theschools.

Press meet on Toshiba Notebook “New ArtCollection” & Launch 2009 held

Notebook “New ArtCollection” & Launch2009 was held atSedona Hotel here thismorning.

Director Daw MayPhyu Thwe of ToshibaNotebook Lucky BirdTrading Co.,Ltd.extended greetings andDistributor BusinessManager Ms. Angle LeeEng Eng of ToshibaSingapore Pte.,Ltd.explained the purpose ofholding the press meet on

Toshiba Notebook “NewArt Collection” &Launch 2009, sales ofToshiba Notebooks for25 years and the newToshiba Notebook Seriesat Silver Jubilee in 2009.

The Toshiba inventedthe world earliestNotebook PC in 1985.Lucky Bird TradingCo.,Ltd has been doingbusiness with ComputerSystem Division ofToshiba SingaporePte.,Ltd. for two years.

For more informationand services, contactNo (355) on TheinbyuRoad in MingalaTaungnyunt Township,Yangon (Ph: 01-379875,248167 and 09-9927729), No (5) 26thStreet between 78th and79th streets inMandalay( Ph: 02-21572) and Northwestsection of Nay Pyi TawThabyaegone Market(Ph: 067-414113).

MNA

After that, theminister looked intoclassrooms, school

structures and renovationof water tank.

MNA

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New Eurofighter deal signedby 4 partner countries

Euro regulators orderAirbus sensors replaced

BRUSSELS, 1 Aug—European air safety regulatorstold world airlines on Friday they will have to replacehundreds of air speed sensors of the type that mayhave contributed to the Air France Airbus A330 crashin the Atlantic Ocean in June.

The announcement came after Airbus recommendedthat airlines flying its planes exchange some of thespeed sensors manufactured by Thales Corp for an-other model.

Investigators have focused on the possibility thatthe external monitors on the A330, known as pitottubes, iced over and gave false speed readings to theAir France plane’s computers as it ran into a turbulentthunderstorm. Each modern jet airliner carries at leastthree of the L-shaped metal pitot tubes that jut fromthe forward fuselage.—Internet

China’s military celebrate82nd anniversary

Afghan war spreads to residential areas

China marked the 82nd anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army onSaturday with a call to the force once led by revolutionary Mao Zedong to

play a lead role in maintaining social stability.—INTERNET

People wait to board the train of the inter-city railwaybetween Shenyang and Fushun at the Fushun North

Railway Station in Fushun, northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 30 July, 2009. The inter-city

railway between Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Prov-ince, and Fushun, was officially put into use on

Thursday.—INTERNET

US service member killedin Afghanistan

KABUL, 1 Aug—A Taleban ambush on a NATO con-voy in western Afghanistan left nine militants and apoliceman dead, a police official said on Friday. A USservice member died in the south of the country, theUS military said.

The clash in western Herat Province, a relativelycalm area, highlighted the volatile situation in muchof Afghanistan ahead of the 20 Aug presidentialelections.

Militants launched the attack on Thursday with aroadside bomb against a vehicle of a private securityfirm escorting the NATO convoy, injuring threeAfghan security guards, Herat police chief GenEsmatullah Alizai said.—Internet

People look at the site of a car bomb attack inBaghdad’s Shaab District, northern Baghdad, on1 Aug, 2009. Six bombs struck mosques across

Baghdad on Friday, police said, killing at least 28people and angering Iraqis who blamed localforces now taking over from US soldiers for

failing to protect them.—INTERNET

Landslides kill ten peoplein Bangladesh

DHAKA, 1 Aug—Landslides caused by heavymonsoon rains killed 10 people in southeastern Bang-ladesh on Friday, authorities said.

The pre-dawn deaths occurred in Bandarban Dis-trict, a mountainous region 155 miles (248 kilometres)southeast of the capital, the area’s police chief QuamrulAhsan said.—Internet

BEIJING, 1 Aug—Chinamarked the 82nd anniver-sary of the People’s Lib-eration Army on Saturdaywith a call to the forceonce led by revolutionaryMao Zedong to play alead role in maintainingsocial stability.

“We are the People’sArmy under the absoluteleadership of the Com-munist Party,” an editorialin the People’s LiberationArmy Daily said.

“Our military is a pil-lar of strength for the peo-

ple’s democratic dictator-ship and an importantforce safeguarding socialstability.” The editorial ad-dressed to the PLA and thePeople’s Armed Policesaid safeguarding nationalunity and fighting criminalviolence and ethnic andreligious separatism wouldremain a top priority.

“We must solidify ourideology that stabilityis the priority and thatsafeguarding overallsocial stability willforever be the main task,”

the editorial said.“We must closely watch

the changes in the interna-tional situation ... makepreparations to timely han-dle all kinds of sudden in-cidents, firmly oppose allviolent criminal activities,(and) oppose anything thataims to split the nation.”

The PLA, established in1927, ushered in commu-nist rule when Mao de-clared the birth of the Peo-ple’s Republic of China 60years ago in October.

Internet

GENEVA, 1 Aug—The Afghan battlefield is spreading into residential areaswhere more people are being killed by air strikes, car bombs and suicide attacks,according to a UN report published on Friday.

The UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan said that 1,013 civilians were killedon the sidelines of the armed conflict from January to the end of June, comparedto 818 in the first half of 2008 and 684 in the same period in 2007.

Commenting on the report, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights NaviPillay said it was critical that steps be taken to shield Afghan communities fromfighting.“All parties involved in this conflict should take all measures to protectcivilians, and to ensure the independent investigation of all civilian casualties, aswell as justice and remedies for the victims,” the South African said.

Taleban fighters and their allies were named responsible for 59 percent ofbystander deaths, caused mainly by roadside blasts. The Afghan governmentand international forces were also faulted for errant air strikes that claimed hun-dreds of lives.—Internet

BERLIN, 1 AUG—Fourpartner countries involvedin Eurofighter projectsigned a contract for thedelivery of 112 Euro-fighter aircraft wortharound 9 billion euros(about 13 billion US dol-lars) in Munich on Friday,German defence ministrysaid.

Eurofighter, Typhooncombat jets, is a multi-pur-pose combat jet developedby a European consortiumcomprised of the aero-space group EADS, BAESystems of Britain and theItalian group Alenia/Finmeccanica, supportedby Germany, Britain, Italyand Spain.

Each partner countrywill order someEurofighters, with a totalorder of 620 aircraft, pur-

chased in three stages un-til 2017. The project, how-ever, has been delayed be-cause of production delaysand budget overruns, witheach plane reported to costabout 100 million euros(141 million dollars).

Internet

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Banks send mixed messages ofeconomic recovery in Japan

Dollar falls as US economiccontraction slows

NEW YORK, 1 Aug — The dollar fell against majorcurrencies on Friday after a report showed that USeconomy contracted less than expected in the secondquarter.

The pace of decline in real GDP deceleratedsubstantially in the second quarter to 1.0 percent from5.5 percent in the first quarter, according to the USCommerce Department. Most analysts have expecteda decline of 1.5 percent.

But the report also showed some negative signsthat the US economic recession was deeper thanpreviously estimated. The economic growth rate of2008 was revised down from 1.1 percent to 0.4percent.

With the exception of federal government spending,all the major components of real GDP were reviseddownward for 2008. In particular, personalconsumption expenditures were revised down to showa drop of 0.2 percent in 2008 instead of an increase of0.2 percent.

Internet

The replica of the 17th century Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship PrinsWillem, which was moored at Den Helder, has been totally destroyed by a fire in the early hours of Thursday morning.—INTERNET

International deal agreed forUkraine gas bills

Zhoushan and Xuzhou(front) missile frigateschange directions to

join the SecondChinese naval escort onthe Gulf of Aden, on 30July, 2009. Two frigatesand a supply ship fromthe Chinese Navy, on

another escort missionto fend off Somali

pirates, joined with thesecond naval escort on

Thursday.�INTERNET

Employees at the gas-compressor station Orlovkain the Izmail region, by the Ukraine-Romanianborder check pipelines in January 2009.—�INTERNET

Audi gains more US market share amid economic downturn

TOKYO, 31 July —Japan’s second largestbanking group, MizuhoFinancial Group Inc, onFriday announced sharplosses for the first fiscalquarter of 2009, while thecountry’s largest bankinggroup, Mitsubishi UFJFinancial Group Inc,announced in the day starkprofits for the same period,sending mixed messagesof economic recovery.

Mitsubishi UFJFinancial Group Inc’s netprofits for April - June2009 climbed 48 percentfrom those of 2008. Thisnet profit amounts to 75.94billion yen for the fiscalquarter of 2009, whichcompares favorably withfigures released last yearof 51.20 billion for thecorresponding months.

Profits for this year arealready at 136.33 billionyen, a figure above thoseof last year by 40.7 percentdespite revenues falling by

7.1 percent to 1.34 trillionyen.

At odds with figuresreleased by Mitsubishi UFJFinancial Group Inc are thequarterly losses posted onFriday of 4.49 billion yenby Mizuho Financial GroupInc — the bank’s losseswere attributed toderivatives trading andcredit default swaps.

This comes as a bit of asurprise as last year thecompany turned a profit of133 billion yen for the firstfiscal quarter.—Internet

TVA raises coal ash tab to$1.2b, reports 3Q loss

KNOXVILLE, 1 Aug—The Tennessee ValleyAuthority raised its estimates for cleaning up a massivecoal ash spill to $1.2 billion on Friday, and partlyblamed its third-quarter loss of $167 million on thatcleanup.

Officials also suggested a rate increase could belooming.

The nation’s largest public utility said in a filing tothe Securities and Exchange Commission that the tabcould reach $933 million to $1.2 billion to restore theKingston, Tenn, community after 5.4 million cubicyards of toxic ash breached a holding pond at a coal-fired power plant on 22 Dec.

No one was injured, but the spill of millions of tonsof ash and sludge swept into a river, damaged two-dozen homes, covered 300 acres, raised health concernsthroughout the community and brought congressionalattention to the lack of regulation of similar sitesaround the country.

TVA’s latest cleanup estimate is at least $200million higher than previous calculations and stilldoesn’t include potential fines, penalties, or theoutcome of seven federal lawsuits filed by residents.

Internet

BRUSSELS, 1 Aug —Ukraine has reached adeal with internationalfinancial bodies and the

EU for payment ofRussian gas bills, theEuropean Commissionsaid on Friday, allaying

fears of another wintercut-off.

The deal, which willallow Kiev to re-stock itsreservoirs, involves theInternational MonetaryFund releasing a thirdtranche worth 3.3 billiondollars (2.3 billion euros)from a 16.4-billion-dollarcredit line over two years.

It also allows for anOctober influx of fundingfrom the World Bank andthe European Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment, totalling570 million euros, aCommission spokesmansaid.

Indonesia’s largestcarmaker’s net

profit downs12.5% in H1

JAKARTA, 1 Aug—Indonesia’s largest carmaker firm PT AstraInternational saw a 12.5percent drop in its first-half net profit this year,the Jakarta Post reportedon Saturday.

Astra’s net profitslumped to 4.2 trillionrupiah (some 420 millionUS dollars) in the first sixmonths this year, from 4.8trillion rupiah (about483.8 million US dollars)in the same period a yearearlier, on the back oflower car sales andcommodity prices, thefirm said in a statement.

Internet

NEW YORK, 1 Aug —German luxury automakerAudi AG said on Fridaythat it has gained a more-than-expected market sharein the United States in thefirst half of 2009 amid theeconomic downturn. Audi of America, theAmerican unit of theGerman carmaker, reportedthat it has an 8.3-percent

market share in the UnitedStates through the first sixmonths of this year,compared with 6.5 percentin the same period of 2008.It had earlier predicted itsUS market share to be 7.7percent in the first half. The popular Audi Q5crossover vehicle and thenew Audi Q7 TDI cleandiesel model with strong

consumer demandcontributed to the increaseof market share for the firsthalf of 2009, according tothe company. “We exceeded our targetand each month of 2009has demonstrated thestrength of the Audi brandin the face of difficulteconomic headwinds,”Johan de Nysschen,president of Audi ofAmerica, told reporters inNew York. In addition, Audi A4Cabriolet also performedquite positively in the USmarket, achieving its bestmonthly sale since June2008 of 737 units in Junethis year. Overall sales ofthe Audi A4 modelportfolio reached 18,101through the first six monthsof the year. —Internet

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All items from Xinhua News Agency

Mexico to start pavilion constructionin Shanghai Expo

Photo taken on 31 July, 2009 shows the repaired Chediguan Bridge, part ofNo 213 state highway, in Wenchuan, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.The bridge was reopened to traffic on 31 July, seven days after it was dam-

aged by a fallen rock. No 213 state highway is a key traffic line linkingWenchuan County to other areas of Sichuan. —XINHUA

MEXICO CITY, 1 Aug— A Mexican delegationon Friday arrived inShanghai, China, topresent the Mexican pa-vilion model and set thefirst stone for its con-struction at the ShanghaiWorld Expo 2010.

The delegation willhold a ceremony in themorning of 6 Aug to

launch the project, saidProMexico, an agencyfor the promotion ofMexican trade andinvestment.

It is expected topresent a miniature of theMexican pavilion at a re-ception at noon that day,it said.The Mexican pa-vilion will cover a sur-face of 4,000 square me-

ters, and it will featurethree independent areasto represent the country’spast, present and future.

ProMexico said theMexican pavilion will bedecorated with kites, animportant element inboth Mexican andChinese cultures.

The Shanghai WorldExpo will last for sixmonths from 1 May to 31Oct, next year.

Xinhua

Costa Rica, Mexico sign newcooperation agreement

Peruvian president hopes to normalizerelations with Bolivia

Members of armedpolice take part in ananti-terrorism drill inNanchang, east Chi-

na’s Jiangxi Province,on 31 July, 2009. Morethan 2,000 members ofarmed police attended

the drill to practisetheir anti-terrorism

skills.—XINHUA

SAN JOSE , 1 Aug—Costa Rica on Fridayhailed the strengtheningof commercial ties withMexico after a coopera-tion agreement wassigned between the two

countries.The agreement, signed

on Thursday by MexicanPresident FelipeCalderon, who was on anofficial visit to CoastRica, and his Costa Rican

counterpart Oscar Arias inSan Jose, covers coopera-tion in such areas as edu-cation, science and tour-ism.

The agreement wouldgive a fresh boost tobilateral exchanges afterthe 1995 free trade agree-ment, said Costa RicanForeign Trade MinisterMarco Vinicio Ruiz.

The free trade agree-ment has helpedstrengthen bilateral tiesover the past 14 years andboth countries now deemit necessary to expandtheir cooperation to otherareas, Ruiz said.—Xinhua

Total Q2 net profit declines

LIMA, 1 Aug— Peru-vian President AlanGarcia said on Friday thathe hoped the country’sties with Bolivia couldbe normalized. “We haveto normalize the ties,”Garcia said, “I think thereare many things that unite

us.”Garcia said Peru has“never taken an anti-tradeor anti-national measureagainst Bolivia, (like)closing borders or expel-ling Bolivian citizens.”

The Peru-Bolivia tieswere strained in Maywhen Lima gave political

asylum to three formerBolivian governmentministers accused ofgenocide. Bolivia’s Presi-dent Evo Morales eventhreatened to sue Peru inthe International Courtof Justice in The Hague.

Xinhua

PARIS, 1 Aug— Frenchoil company Total re-ported on Friday that itsadjusted net profitdropped 54 percent to1.72 billion euros (about2.38 billion US dollars) inthe second quarter, downfrom 3.72 billion a yearearlier, due to the sharpdecline in oil prices.

The Paris based oil

company said its net profitof second quarter was2.17 billion euros, downfrom 4.73 billion euros ayear earlier.Production inthe quarter fell 7.3 percentto an average of 2.18 mil-lion barrels of oil per day,down from 2.35 millionbarrels in the same periodof last year. Sales fell 35percent in the quarter.

In the first half of theyear, net profit of the com-pany decreased 45 percentto 3.83 billion euros.

Xinhua

Magnitude-5.9quake hitsIndonesia’s

Java JAKARTA, 1 Aug—An

earthquake with magni-tude of 5.9 rocked watersoff Central Java of Indo-nesia on Friday evening.No initial report of dam-age or casualty has beenavailable, according tothe Meteorology andGeophysics Agency andDisaster managementAgency.

The quake jolted at9:56 pm (1456 GMT)with the epicenter moni-tored at 169 km southeastof Central Java and 25 kmunder sea bed.

“There is no report ofdamage or victims of thequake,” spokesman of thedisaster managementagency Priyadi Kardonotold Xinhua.

Xinhua

“Endeavour” lands safely at Kennedy Space CentreWASHINGTON, 1

Aug—The US spaceshuttle Endeavour landedsafely at Kennedy SpaceCenter in Florida onFriday, ending its 16-daymission of constructingthe International SpaceStation (ISS).

According to NASATV, the shuttle toucheddown at 10:48 am EDT(1448 GMT). “Welcomehome, congratulations ona superb mission frombeginning to end,” saidNASA’s Mission Control,as the shuttle rolled to astop on the Floridarunway.

“That’s what it’s allabout,” said shuttlecommander MarkPolansky, who shared thecontrols with pilot DougHurley for the landing.“We are happy to behome.” Endeavour liftedoff on July 15 from

Kennedy after five delays,on a track to the ISS. Its16-day mission featuredfive spacewalks andcompleted construction ofthe Japan AerospaceExploration Agency’sKibo laboratory.

The astronautsreplaced six batteries forthe ISS and performed anumber of “get ahead”

tasks, including tyingdown some cables andinstalling handrails and aportable foot restraint toaid future spacewalkers.They also celebrated the40th anniversary of thefirst moon landing withtheir own spacewalk andcoped with a flooded toiletand an overheated air—purifier.—Xinhua

The shuttle Endeavourlands at Kennedy SpaceCenter in Florida at theend of a 16-day mission

to the InternationalSpace Station, spellinga feast of sushi and a

clean pair ofunderpants for one

Japanese crew member.XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

Some 30 flamingos at the ThuringiaZoo in the eastern German city ofErfurt have moved into a new home.With over 2000 square meters, thenew area is one of the best and mostmodern across Europe. The birds’state-of-the-art habitat cost more than

250,000 euros.

Following extensive water analysesGerman biologists released hundredsof young specimens of Atlantic salmoninto a small river in western Germany.Scientists are planning to resettle some15,000 salmons in the Schwarzbach inthe state of Hesse.

NJ cops use pepper sprayon aggressive groundhog

Police in northern New Jersey neededpepper spray to thwart a groundhog onthe attack. Boonton resident Alex Scotttold police the rodent chased him whenhe entered his garage and tried to get histruck. Police Sgt Mike Danyo andOfficer Paul Ryan said the groundhogwent on the attack when they arrived.

Police said Danyo tripped and fell.His partner sprayed pepper spray intothe groundhog’s face, giving the officerstime to snare it.

The animal was euthanized and itsremains will be shipped to the statehealth department for rabies testing.

Solar energy was a hot topic inGermany. The Desertec Industrial

Initiative consortium, which includesGerman energy companies, has

agreed on a plan that will build solarinstallations like this one in Africa.The goal is to turn the Saharan sun

into European electricity.

Bear intruder takes 10rounds before going down

A black bear that broke into a BoulderCounty home and charged at thehomeowner was killed only after threerounds from a shotgun, five shots from ahandgun and two from a rifle. Paul Fischerfired birdshot and a rubber bullet at the120-pound bear it was found rummagingthrough the kitchen . The family escapedwhen the third shot seemed to disorientthe bear.

Sheriff's deputies found a bear tryingto claw his way through a screen doorwhen they arrived. Sgt Lance Enholmfired his handgun five times at the bearafter determining it was severelywounded.

Enholm says the bear kept movingtoward him and was finally felled andkilled by two shots from his rifle.

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Dillinger pistol sold atauction for $95,600

A small pistol belonging to 1930sgangster John Dillinger has been soldat auction to a private collector for$95,600—more than double the pre-sale estimate, the auction house said.

The Remington .41 caliber DoubleDerringer was said to have been foundhidden in one of Dillinger's sockswhen he was arrested in Tucson,Arizona in January 1934, said DennisLowe of Heritage Auction Galleriesin Dallas.

According to affidavits, the pistolwas given by the then Tucson sheriffto a probation officer and kept in thefamily until selling it in 1959.

The owner, who wished to remainanonymous, sold it because he wasin declining health, Lowe said. Ithad been expected to fetch about$35,000 - $45,000 at the auction inDallas. A private Los Angelescollector made the winning bid of$95,600.

Teen escapes jail overbomb hoax

A British teen-ager who phoned theWhite House and claimed as part of adrunken prank” that there was a bomb inthe centre of New York, escaped jail .

Thomas Hutchinson, 19, fromSheffield, northern England, made agiggling call to the White Houseswitchboard after drinking with friendsat a barbecue last May, and claimedthere was a bomb in Madison SquareGarden.

The operator pressed a malicious calltrace button and it was found to havebeen made in Britain.

The wreckage of motorcycles next to a burnt-out house of extremists innorthern Nigeria on 30 July, 2009. More than 600 people have been killed

during clashes between extremists and security forces in a city in northeast-ern Nigeria, witnesses have said—INTERNET

Suicides at top US university campusreveal extremely severe competition

Girls marry too soon in BangladeshDHAKA, 1 Aug —UN health officials say too many

women in Bangladesh are marrying early, leading to earlypregnancy and sometimes by early death.

The 2009 report by the UN Children’s Fund, generallyknown as UNICEF, said 64 percent of women are married bythe time they are 18 and one-third of those between 15 and 19are pregnant or already mothers, the UN Integrated RegionalInformation Service reported. Teenagers who become moth-ers are twice as likely as older women to die in child-birth, officials say, with the risks escalating among thosewho become pregnant when they are younger than 14.Researchers in a report published in the British MedicalJournal said mothers are five times as likely to die whenthey are age 10 to 14 as when they are 20 to 24, whiletheir babies are twice as likely to die.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 1 Aug —The suicides of threeAsian students at Califor-nia Institute of Technol-ogy (Caltech) in SouthernCalifornia in the pastthree months have re-vealed the extremely se-vere competition at thetop ranking US universi-ties and tremendous pres-sure the students havefaced.

Long Phan, a graduatestudent from Caltech, wasfound dead in his apart-ment last week.

Early this month,Caltech senior JacksonWang, a mechanical en-gineering major fromHong Kong, was founddead in his dorm.

Last month, Brian Go,a computer science andmath major student fromMaryland, was founddead in his student dorm.

Wang and Go com-mitted suicide by as-phyxiation by helium in-halation. AlthoughPhan’s death is still underinvestigation, it is most

probably another suicidecase.

The high suicide rateamong students has putthe university on alert.The university board oftrustees held a meetingon Tuesday to discuss theissue and Caltech Presi-dent Jean-Lou Chameaurecommended the forma-tion of a mental healthtask force in response tothe two, and perhapsthree, suicides on thecampus in the pastmonths.—Internet

Laser technique cuts costs on submarineQUONSET POINT, 1 Aug—An innovative laser-

imaging technique could save taxpayers $15.5 millionduring the building of the Virginia-class submarine,US engineers said.

The 3-D technology allows engineers at ElectricBoat, Quonset Point, RI, to automate the layout of at-tachments during the building of a hull, facility man-ager Danielle Fernholz said.

The technology, funded by the Office of Naval Re-search, could save more than 7,700 hours from thesubmarine’s manufacturing cycle, she said.

The 3-D ship design data has allowed the subma-rine’s engineering team to cut its dependency on stringmeasurements and paper templates, Fernholz said ina release on Friday˘—Internet

India orders arrest ofAmerican in Bhopal gas leak

NEW DELHI, 1 Aug—An Indian court issued a war-rant Friday for the arrest of the former head of the Ameri-can chemical company responsible for a gas leak thatkilled at least 10,000 people in Bhopal 25 years ago.

Warren Anderson was the head of Union CarbideCorp when its factory in the central Indian city leaked40 tons of poisonous gas on 3 Dec , 1984 — the world’sworst industrial disaster. More than 555,000 people whosurvived the initial disaster are thought to have sufferedaftereffects, though the exact number of victims has neverbeen determined. Many have died over the years fromgas-related illnesses, like lung cancer, kidney failure andliver disease.—Internet

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(from page 1)In addition, the

township grows kitchencrops such as onion,garlic, coffee, tea andpepper along withrubber. So far, Tachilekhas set up rubber farmsof 7542 acres, Tarley,286 acres and Kenglat,1141 acres, numbering8969 acres.

We also visiteda 242-acre integratedfarm of U Kya Te inPanmin Village-tract,Kengtung District,where he runs five acresof paddy, 85 acres oforange, 150 acres ofrubber, two acres offish ponds, and one acreof corn, and breedsabout 10,000 fish,about 70 cows, 10 milchcows, 60 cows of localspecies, and 100

Positive scenes of Tachilek, a border townArticle: Sai Thein (Kengtung); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Roads are kept clean and tidy in Tachilek.

An orange farm in the integrated farm in Tachilek.

Rubber farms prove successful in Tachilek.

for meat and fish.Tachilek Township

provides a wonderful viewof lush and green crop

plantations andwoodlands, thus makingsignificant contributiontowards food safety of

chicken of local species.Like entre-

preneurs, localorganizations run

livestock farms ofchicken, pig, goat, buffaloand cow. Altogether 686entrepreneurs run 1129

acres of fish ponds,so Tachilek no longerneeds to rely onneighbouring countries

YANGON, 1 Aug—At the invita-tion of the Deputy Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Union of Myanmar, UMaung Myint, the Bangladesh Techni-cal - level Team led by Commodore(Retd) Khurshed Alam, Additional Sec-retary of the Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs of the People's Republic of Bang-ladesh, visited Myanmar from 29 Julyto 1 August 2009 to attend the FourthRound of Technical Level Talks on theDelimitation of Maritime Boundarybetween Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The talks were held between theMyanmar Technical-Level Team ledby Commodore Myo Myint Than,

Bangladesh Technical Team leaves for homeDirector, Myanmar NationalHydrographical Centre, and the Bangla-desh Technical-Level Team led by Com-modore (Retd) Khurshed Alam, Addi-tional Secretary of the Ministry of For-eign Affairs of the People's Republic ofBangladesh, at the Myat Taw Win Hotel,Nay Pyi Taw. U Maung Myint, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs of the Un-ion of Myanmar, hosted a dinner on 30July 2009 at the Amara Hotel in honourof the Bangladesh Technical - LevelTeam.

The Bangladesh Technical Teamleft Myanmar for Bangladesh on 1August 2009.—MNA

Fourth Round of Technical Level Talks on the Delimitation of Mari-time Boundary between Myanmar and Bangladesh in progress.—MNA

local people in borderareas.

Translation: MSKyemon: 1-8-2009

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(from page 1)Next, he looked into construction of the project

and left necessary instructions.After that, Lt-Gen Tha Aye also inspected the

progress of water pumping, water tank and controlroom of the sub-power station at Duhtawadi WaterPumping Station. He also heard reports of DeputyDirector of Division Water Resources UtilizationDepartment on the progress of the tasks.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tha Aye looked into themaintenance of spillway and four outlets ofShwehlanbokan in Shwehlanbo village in SingaingTownship, digging of Sunyekan water intake canaland cleaning tasks of the channel in Sunye village andgave necessary instructions.—MNA

YANGON, 1 Aug—The conclusion ceremonyof Special Refresher CourseNo. 68 for Basic EducationTeachers was held atNawarat Hall of Central In-stitute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) in HleguTownship, Yangon Divi-sion this morning.

On behalf of Chair-man of Myanmar Educa-tion Committee Secreatry-1 of the State Peace and

Aim of people to build modern nation be realized only throughbalanced development of various sectors in all parts of the Union

Special Refresher Course No. 68 for Basic Education Teachers concludes

Development Council Gen-eral Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, Minister for Edu-cation Dr Chan Nyein de-livered an address.

It was also attendedby Minister for Labour UAung Kyi, Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe, Chair-man of Yangon City De-velopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, the deputy min-isters, departmental heads,the rector of CICS(Phaunggyi), the pro rec-

tors, heads of departmentsand trainees.

In his speech, Min-ister Dr Chan Nyein saidthat the trainees have beenable to know well the im-portance of the national rolethey are playing in buildinga future nation for they havelearned about the historyfrom the past to the presentand internal and externalprevailing conditions.

As good education

staff, the teachers them-selves need to have confi-dence and conviction basedon correct national out-looks. At the same time,they also need to train theirstudents to become nationalforces capable of buildinga future nation with highnationalistic spirit. Look-ing at present situation, theworld is facing such greatchallenges as natural disas-ters, global economic crisisand its impact on other na-tions, power struggles inpolitics and military andrapidly advancing science

and technology. At such atime, global nations are try-ing to maintain their sover-eignty and protect their owninterests based on their his-torical experiences and in-ternal prevailing situations.

The Union ofMyanmar, home to variousnational races, is blessedwith rich natural resourcesand high human resourcesplus rich cultural heritage.Myanmar has existed since

ancient times with ownmonarchs.

The minister contin-ued to say that in thecolonialist period, the na-tional brethren struggled fornational independence bytaking their respective rolesand rebuilt Myanmar as asovereign nation. As thepeople from different peri-ods have been able to main-tain independence and sov-ereignty as the life-blood ofthe nation, Myanmar is nowstanding in the internationalcommunity as an independ-ent, sovereign nation. Con-

tinuing to maintain such agood legacy, the new gen-eration youths are to build apeaceful, modern and de-veloped nation as a nationalduty.

Since its duty as-sumption of the State, theState Peace and Develop-ment Council has beenstriving for the nation tocatch up with other nationsby adopting 12 State objec-tives and upholding OurThree Main NationalCauses – non-disintegrationof the Union, non-disinte-gration of national solidar-ity and perpetuation of sov-ereignty. While the State istrying for the entire peopleto improve their socio-economy, it is also buildingeducation, health and trans-port infrastructures acrossthe nation with the strengthof intellectuals and intelli-gentsia.

In accord with themotto ‘Let’s build a mod-ern, developed nationthrough education’, theState is building educationfoundations the length andbreadth of the nation to en-sure equal opportunities forrural and urban areas. Theaim of the people to build amodern nation can be real-ized only when there is bal-anced development of vari-ous sectors in all parts ofthe Union. At a time whenthe State is striving in allaspects for national educa-tion promotion, the teach-ers on their part are to trainnational youths of new gen-erations to become well-educated. In this way, the

State is working for the de-velopment of the states anddivisions.

In building peaceful,modern and developeddemocratic nation and con-tributing efforts towardsperpetual existence of fu-ture democratic state, hu-man resources who arelearning constantly play avital role as a major force. Itis important to know thepoint that nurturing andturning out educated hu-man resources in accordwith the 30-year long termplan for promotion of na-tional education standard isshaping the future of thenation.

The teachers respon-sible for national educationpromotion and other edu-cation staff are to alwaysstrive to perform their du-ties both in form and es-sence.

In striving for na-tional education promotion,conventional teachingmethods including teacher-centered approach can de-lay the national educationpromotion. Then, hestressed the need to imple-ment the work of basic edu-cation sector.

It is necessary totrain today’s youth not onlyto be well-educated butalso to be equipped withconfidence and nationalconviction and the spirit ofserving the interest of theMyanmar society. So theteachers, while learningpolitical, economic and so-cial developments of theState, are to train their stu-

dents to have nationalisticspirit.

The minister addedthat the teachers are to fol-low and implement theguidelines of Head of StateSenior General Than Shwesuch as improvement ofthe teaching skills, upgrad-ing of school curriculumsand syllabuses to meet theinternational standards, ef-fective use of teaching aids,respecting of rules andregulations and disciplinesand flourishing of patriot-ism and Union Spirit.

Thanks to the col-laborative efforts of thegovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadaw in ac-cord with the seven-stepRoad Map, the aim of thepeople to build a futurenation will be realized innot-too-distant future.Later, the minister said allthe teachers are to try notonly to safeguard the Un-ion of Myanmar, the legacyof national ancestors, butalso to ensure the nation tostand tall among the inter-national community. Theyare to train new generationyouths to become quali-fied human resources withhigh confidence and con-viction. They are to per-form national duties of edu-cation sector for building afuture nation based onUnion Spirit.

Later, Minister DrChan Nyein presentedprizes to outstanding train-ees and hostels and certifi-cates to leaders of the train-ees.

MNA

Education

Minister

Dr Chan

Nyein

presents a

prize to

an

outstand-

ing

trainee.

MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence looks into the progress of water pumping and watertank in Duhtawadi Water Pumping Station.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye tours MandalayDivision, inspects regional…

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NAY PYI TAW, 1 Aug— Ministerfor Industry-1 U Aung Thaung attendedthe 30th prize presentation ceremonyand presented prizes two students withfive destinctions, three students withfour and three destinctions in 2008-2009 matriculation exams and thirty-one outstanding teachers through theTownship Education Officer in MyoMyothit, Magway Division today.

The managing directors underthe ministry and officials concernedpresented cash awards to otheroutstanding students.

After that, U Ye Myint and

Minister attends prize-presentationceremonies in Myothit, Natmauk

Daw Win Maw Tun of Star MotorcycleProduction in Yenangyoung IndustrialZone donated K 300,000 for WagyiaingBEHS that secured the highest pass rate.

This was followed by the respect-paying to teachers by old students.

Later, the minister attended the11th prize-distribution ceremony held inNatmauk and presented prizes to those inwho obtained doctorate degrees andspecial prizes to the township educationofficers and school heads.

Afterwards, prizes were presentedto other outstanding students. MNA

ASEAN Energy Business Forum 2009opens, ASEAN Senior OfficialsMeeting on Energy continues

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Aug — As partof the 27th ASEAN Ministers on EnergyMeeting hosted by Myanmar, theopening of ASEAN Energy BusinessForum 2009 took place at MandalayHill Resort Hotel in Mandalay on 28July.

It was attended by Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thi anddepartmental heads, senior officials and

representatives of ASEAN membercountries and dialogue partner countries,representatives of ASEAN Secretariat,ASEAN Centre for Energy-ACE,ASEAN Council for Petroleum, Head ofASEAN Power Utility and Authority-HAPUA, responsible persons of energycompanies at home and abroad andguestes.

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi made

an opening address.The minister formally opened the

ASEAN Energy Business Forum 2009and posed for a documentary togetherwith those present.

Next, the minister and partyobserved booths displayed by 13 localand foreign energy companies.

A total of 26 resource personsread out their papers at the forum heldup to 30 July and those present took partin discussions.

Similarly, related meetings ofASEAN Senior Officials Meeting onEnergy which started from 27 Julycontinued at Sedona Hotel on 28 July.

Firstly, the 10th SOME-METI

Consultation on Energy was held. It wasattended by senior officials ASEANmember countries, representatives ofASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Centrefor Energy-ACE and senior officials ofthe Ministry of Energy, Trade andIndustry of Japan.

Then the 8th SOME+3Consultation on Energy followed.

In the afternoon, the 11th Meetingof the EAS Energy Cooperation TaskForce was held.

Director-General U Soe Aung ofEnergy Planning Department presidedover the meetings and those present helddiscussions on energy matters.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Aug—Jointly-organized by the Ministry of Sportsand the Myanmar Football Federation,first round matches of the third Inter-Ministry Football Tournament 2009continued at Nay Pyi Taw sports groundand Nay Pyi Taw Pyimana (PaungLaung) sports ground. Officials andfamily members from ministriesconcerned and fans enjoyed the matchGroup (H).

Ministry of Sports trouncedMinistry of Electric Power-1 3-0. At the

3rd Inter-Ministry FootballTournament 2009 continues

match of Group (D), Ministry of Labourdefeated Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation 4-0 while Ministry ofInformation routed Ministry of Scienceand Technology 2-1.

Ministry of Defence will playagainst Ministry of Electric Power-2;Ministry of National Planning andEconomic Department, Ministry ofCooperative and Ministry of Sports,Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, atrespective venues tomorrow.

MNA

Minister U Aung Thaung awards a six-distinction winner at prizepresentation ceremony of NyaungU Township.—INDUSTRY-1

Senior officials and leaders of delegations pose for a documentaryphoto at ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME).—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi, senior officials and representatives pose for a documentary photo at ASEAN Energy Business Forum 2009. —MNA

Players of Ministry of Science and Technology team and Ministry ofInformation team in action.—MNA

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(from page 16)with an area of 516.048square miles, its popu-lation is about 200,000;that although its resi-dents are various na-tional races, the major-ity are Mon nationals;that the township is ex-tensively engaged inpaddy cultivation, rub-ber and gardening.

The townshiphas already put 65,000acres under monsoonpaddy against the tar-

Kyaikmaraw in Mon State on right path of developmentArticle: Win Shwe (Myanma Alin); Photo: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyong)

U Nyunt Hlaing,Chairman ofKyaikmarawTownship.

Sight with a long row of toddy palm trees oneither side of the road to Kyaikmaraw

Township of Mon state.

NAY PYI TAW, 1Aug—The ASEANSenior Officials Meetingon Energy (SOME) of the27th ASEAN Ministers onEnergy Meeting tookplace at Sedona Hotel inMandalay on 27 July.

It was attended bysenior officials of energyand representatives ofASEAN countries,power supplyorganizations of ASEANsecretariat, ASEAN

ASEAN Senior Officials Meetingon Energy held

Centre for Energy(ACE), ASEAN Councilfor Petroleum(ASCOPE) and ASEANcountries andrepresentatives of Headof ASEAN Power Utilityand Authority (HAPUA).

At the meeting,leader of Thai delegationMr Krairit Nilkuha andleader of Myanmardelegation Director-General of EnergyPlanning Department

under the Ministry ofEnergy U Soe Aungdelivered addresses. Thensenior officials andleaders of respectivedelegations posed fordocumentary photos.

A f t e r w a r d s ,Director-General U SoeAung who acted as patronfocused on energy matterswith those attendees andthen the meeting came to aclose in the evening.

MNA

YANGON, 1 Aug —Electronic and Living ’09will be held aiming toexpose customers withnew technologies andservices marketed andadvertised by entrepre-neurs and to enablecustomers to buy items atreasonable price inTatmadaw Hall on UWizara Road here from 3to 6 September.

Various electronicproducts such as games,MP3/4/5, mobile phones,

Electronic & Living ’09 to beheld on 3 Sept

cameras, DVD, EVD,Office Automation, com-puters and its relatedgoods, house decorationproducts, generators,construction and kitchentools etc will be sold in theexhibition. Housing booths,

mini mechanism boothsand education servicesbooths will be stagedtogether with advertisingshows. Any one mayattend the exhibition freeof charge and contact0948803251 for moreinformation.—MNA

get of 100,000 acres thisyear. The township is en-joying self-sufficiency inrice as it grows qualitystrain paddy that suits theregion. Now, arrange-ments are being madeapplying a wide range ofagricultural methods forthe township to boost theper acre yield. It is fair tosay that the townshipenjoys favourableweather as it has an an-nual rainfall of about 200inches.

For regional de-velopment, the townshipis now engaged in exten-sive growing of rubberand edible oil crops.

The education sec-tor of the township is infull swing as all basiceducation schools arecomplete with teachingand learning aids. Thiscan be attributable to thecontributions of the gov-ernment and the people.In the health sector, itattaches great impor-tance to public healthcare services with theextended opening of onerural health care unit andits seven branches andone traditional medicineclinic in addition to the25-bed township hospi-tal and the 16-bed hospi-

tal in ChaunghnakwaVillage.

In the past, the ma-jority of local people of100 villages of 31 vil-lage-tracts had to rely onwaterways as AhtaranRiver flows from south-east to north-west ofKyaikmaraw passingthrough those regions.

At present, localpeople can travel fromone place to another mak-ing the best use ofMawlamyine-Hpa-anRoad on which AhtayanBridge was constructed.With combined efforts ofthe government and lo-cal people, roads wereupgraded. The six-mileKaron-Tarana-KopalyRoad was upgraded intotarred one while the

36-mile Tarana-Chaunghnakwa Road wasupgraded into gravel one.Better transport in the re-gion will surely contributetowards the developmentof border areas. With thosefacilities, a local can travelto villages east and north ofMawlamyine with peace ofmind.

Meanwhile, thecommunication sector ofthe township is in itsprime since the CDMAphone lines were facili-tated right down to vil-lages. Now, arrange-ments are being made toinstall 500 auto-tel-ephones in the township.

With prevalenceof peace and stability, re-gional development taskscould be carried out all

the more, thereby ena-bling villages of thetownship to enjoy thefruits of rural develop-ment.

*****Translation: HKA

(Myanma Alin: 1.8-2009)

The best time to plant a treewas 20 years ago.

Second best time is now.

THRIThriving paddy field in Kyaikmaraw Township.

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JERUSALEM, 1 Aug—Israel wants to build anuclear power plantwithout signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT), which needsassistance from the UnitedStates, local news serviceYnet reported Friday.

Israel has recentlysent the requirement to theUS Government forgetting its approval, butreceiving no response sofar, the report said.

A US diplomat said ata UN meeting in May thatthe ObamaAdministration expectsIsrael to join the NPT.

Israel has neverformally admitted it hasnuclear weapons,although there is a

BRUSSELS, 1 Aug—Euro zone unemploymentrose to a 10-year high of9.4 percent in June, thoughthe level was less thanexpected, while Julyinflation moved muchfurther into negativeterritory than forecast,data showed on Friday.

The jobless rate in the16-country euro zone

China launches dispute with EUover screw imports

GENEVA, 1 Aug—China has launched aformal trade dispute withthe European Union overEU anti-dumpingmeasures against importsof Chinese screws andbolts, China’s mission tothe World TradeOrganization said onFriday. The dispute is thefirst launched by China atthe global trade watchdogagainst the EuropeanUnion, which Beijing saidwas one of the mostfrequent users of anti-dumping measuresagainst China.

China said in astatement it was seeking

consultations with the EUunder the WTO’s tradedisputes procedure.

Policy-makers andeconomists are closelytracking the use of anti-dumping measures—duties imposed on importsthat are sold for less thanthey cost at home —tosee if they are beingabused for protectionistpurposes in the economiccrisis. China believes thatBrussels failed to complywith WTO rules when itinvestigated the importsof fasteners and imposedthe measures, thestatement said. “Thedeterminations made are

neither impartial nortransparent, whichinfringes the legitimatecommercial interests ofover 1,700 Chinesefastener producers,” itsaid.

China said the EUhad carried out over 140a n t i - d u m p i n ginvestigations of Chineseimports in the last 30years.

“The Chinese sideopposes consistently anyabuse of anti-dumpingactions and rising of tradeprotectionism,” said theworld’s second biggestexporter and third biggestimporter.—MNA/Reuters

Actors play dragon dance during the opening ceremony of the 8th China

Photography Art Festival/2009 the First Dali International Photography

Exhibition in Dali of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on 1 August,

2009. The exhibition will last until August.—INTERNET

Israel asks for US help tobuild nuclear power plant

Euro zone jobless at 10-year high, prices dropSouth Korean touristsleave the plane at the

airport in Hohhot,capital of north China’s

Inner Mongolia Au-tonomous Region, earlyon 31 July, 2009. Inner

Mongolia on Fridayreceived this year’s first

South Korean touristchartered flight imple-mented by Korean Air.

XINHUA

widespread internationalbelief that the countrydoes have such a militarycapability.

Israel is interested inadopting the “Indianmodel”, which couldallow it to build aninternationally monitoredcivilian reactor whileavoiding monitoring ofIsrael’s other nuclearcapabilities, the reportsaid.

Israel wants to buildthe nuclear power plant insouthern Negev Desert inorder to deal with thepredicted growingdomestic demand forelectricity in the comingdecade, according to thereport.

MNA/Xinhua

edged up from May’sdownwardly revised 9.3percent as 158,000 peoplelost their jobs, EuropeanUnion statistics officeEurostat said.

With the preliminaryreading of Mayunemployment at 9.5percent, economists hadexpected June’s figure tobe 9.7 percent. Still, thenumber was the highestsince June 1999.

Eurostat saidseparately that consumerprices in the euro zonedropped 0.6 percent year-on-year in July, the secondmonth of negativeinflation since the creationof the currency area in1999. In June, inflationwas -0.1 percent.

Analysts hadexpected July inflation tobe -0.4 percent as energyand food were moreexpensive a year ago andthe economic crisis haseroded firms’ pricingpower.

Eurostat gave nomonthly figure or a moredetailed breakdown,which will be publishedin mid-August.

The lower-than-expected unemploymentcoupled with a significantfall in prices could meanmore purchasing powerfor consumers —welcome news for effortsto fight the worsteconomic crisis sinceWorld War II.

MNA/Reuters

Ship with six crew sinks offSweden after storm

STOCKHOLM, 1 Aug—A Norwegian cargovessel with a crew of sixis believed to have sunkin Swedish waters after asevere North Sea storm,Swedish rescueauthorities said onFriday.

Birger Knutsson,rescue operation leader atSweden’s MaritimeRescue CoordinationCentre, said searchersfound life vests, lifeboatsand debris but no shipand none of the crew,believed to be Russian.

“We received anemergency signal via

satellite, we sent a unit tothe location which founddebris, life vests andlifeboats,” Knutsson toldReuters.

The Norwegian-registered Langeland,carrying stone to theNorwegian city of Moss,sent the signal for helpclose to the Kosterislands on the SwedishNorth Sea coast nearNorway.

The storm alsocaused a Chinese-owneddry-bulk vessel to runaground in Norway,where it is leaking fuel.

MNA/Reuters

A girl poses in front of a

large model of the sun

at an exhibition in the

Gasometer museum in

Oberhausen on 28 July,

2009. The exhibition

“Out of this World -

Wonders of the Solar

System” runs until 10

January, 2010.

INTERNET

Stranded dolphins rescued insouthern China

BEIJING, 1Aug—Fourstranded dolphins weresuccessfully rescued in asmall town in southernChina’s GuangdongProvince on Thursday.

The rescued pan-tropical spotted dolphinsare enlisted as class IInational protectionspicies.

The dolphins, mea-suring 2 meters long each,were found bleeding anddying on the beach ofNan’ao.

Police and localresidents rushed to rescueand worked for two hours

before they managed torelease the dolphins tosafe water.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (461)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (461) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 2.8.2009 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Man threw dog off6th-floor NYC roof

NV Energy 2Q earns drop 49 percent

A pampered posh pig: nannies,massages, own rooms

Woman breastfeedsbaby ape in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Aug—A woman was learned tokeep and even breastfeed a baby ape at home, reporteda local newspaper here on Saturday.

The Star quoted Malaysian Department of NationalParks and Wildlife officers as saying that a check atthe woman’s house found a baby ape being broughtup like a child.

The woman admitted that she did not have a li-cense to rear the ape, which was, when found, dressedin clothes and disposable diapers, said The Star.

Officers from the department approached the wom-an’s house here after receiving complaints from herneighbour, claiming that the ape had caused distur-bance and hygiene problem, added The Star.

The Star also said although the officers did not findthe place dirty, they seized the ape as it was after allwildlife and had wild instincts.

According to the woman, she had been rearing theape since it was born.—Internet

Fatah, West’s hope forpeace, faces critical test

RAMALLAH, 1 Aug—Fatah, the divided and demor-alized movement of the late Yasser Arafat and theWest’s best hope for delivering a Mideast peace deal,is trying to stage a comeback.

On Tuesday, Fatah is supposed to open its firstconvention in 20 years, hoping to clean up itscorruption-tainted image and transform itself into avibrant alternative to the Islamic militants ofHamas.

The international community, including US diplo-mats, is watching anxiously, since Fatah is the onlymainstream Palestinian champion of compromise withIsrael.

Yet there are signs that the movement, paralyzedby infighting and generational power struggles, is in-capable of reform. And because of a bitter standoffwith Hamas, it’s not even certain the three-day con-vention in the West Bank city of Bethlehem will openon schedule.

Internet

Laifu greets a neigh-bour during the pig’s

daily stroll.INTERNET

NEW YORK, 1 Aug—ANew York City man hasbeen accused of throwinghis dog from the roof of asix-floor city housingproject, critically injuringthe animal.

Animal welfare offic-ers arrested 19-year-oldFabian Henderson ofBrooklyn on Friday. Hehas been charged with ag-gravated cruelty to ani-mals and reckless endan-germent, both felonies.

Joseph Pentangelo withthe American Society forthe Prevention of Crueltyto Animals says surgeonshad to reassemble Oreo’sfront legs. The 1-year-oldterrior mix is able to walk.

Residents of the hous-ing project called the ani-mal welfare group lastmonth, saying a dog wasbeing beaten inside anapartment. Neighborslater called to say a doghad been thrown off abuilding’s roof.

Officers do not know ifHenderson has an attor-ney.—Internet

CARSON CITY, 1 Aug—NV Energy Inc, the parentfirm of Nevada’s two mainelectric utilities, said onFriday earnings for thesecond quarter fell 49 per-cent because of highercosts and interest expensesrelated to power plant in-vestments.

Net income for the threemonths ended 30 June

totaled $18.4 million, or 8cents per share, comparedwith $36.1 million, or 15cents per share, in the sameperiod last year

The financial statementstill exceeded the expecta-tions of Wall Street, whereanalysts surveyed byThomson Reuters pro-jected earnings of 4 centsper share for the quarter.

Company officialsblamed much of the de-cline on expenses relatedto two new generating fa-cilities in southern Ne-vada. Michael Yackira,NV Energy president andchief executive officer,said in a conference callwith analysts that thoseexpenses amount to about10 cents per share.

“I am pleased with NVEnergy’s financial resultsfor the second quarter con-sidering ... our earningswere negatively affectedby increased operating ex-penses and other costs re-lated to the acquisition andcompletion of generatingfacilities that were not in-cluded in rates for the firsthalf of the year,” Yackirasaid. “This has changed asof 1 July.”—Internet

BEIJING, 1 Aug— LiYuan never thought a pigcould bring so much hap-piness—a laid-back sortthat enjoys music, pro-vides company on neigh-bourhood strolls andmakes friends easily.

Two years ago, Libought the piglet from amarket in Beijing. Themale pig, a Bama mini-ature, had a short andround body.

Such piglets typicallyweigh 15 or 20 kg, or 33to 44 pounds.

It was the pig’s certaincharm that sealed the sale.

“I found him lookinglike a lovely baby at myfirst glance,” said Li, pat-ting the pig’s now-hugebelly. “Oh, my boy, youare destined to meet me.”

Told that raising a pigwhen she was in her 50scould bring good fortune,Li cherished the pig somuch she named himLaifu (or “fortunecomes”).

“Indeed, he brings megood business and apeaceful soul,” said Li,who is a merchant.

As a jade collector, Liknows that pigs symbol-ize fortune, and hencewhy so many Han Dy-nasty (206 BC - AD 220)royal families were buriedwith jade pigs in their cof-fins. “Laifu comes not byaccident,” Li said, ex-plaining that a fold of skin

on his head resemblingyuan bao, or ancientmoney, appeared fourmonths after his arrival, tothe delight of Li, who sawit as a good sign.

Being a porcine em-bodiment of prosperityhas its rewards: attention,and lots of food.

Hardly miniature now,the pampered pig is over-weight, big-time, at about150 kg.—Internet

A baby crocodile crawls in a pond at the crocodilesfarm inside the San Carlos Technological Institute,2008. A baby crocodile triggered panic among pas-sengers on an EgyptAir flight from Abu Dhabi toCairo on Friday when it took a leisurely stroll onboard the aircraft, airport officials said.—INTERNET

Man who was Iceland’s 2nd richestis bankrupt

REYKJAVIK, 1 Aug—Thesecond richest man in Ice-landic history has filed forbankruptcy, his spokes-man said on Friday.

Bjorgolfur Gudmund-sson, the brewer-turned-billionaire and former

owner of the West Hamsoccer club, applied forbankruptcy protection atReykjavik district court,96 billion Icelandic kro-nur ($759 million) in debt,Asgeir Fridgeirsson said.

It is the largest bank-

ruptcy filing in Icelandichistory.

Gudmundsson was theelder half of a father-and-son pair of billionaireswhose success was syn-onymous with the country’s debt-fueled economicmiracle. But their fortunesfaltered when the Icelan-dic economy implodedlast year under the impactof the credit crunch.

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Tourists visit the Lanyuegu scenic area in Lijiang, southwest China’s YunnanProvince, on 28 July , 2009. Lijiang received 3.44 million tourists in the first

half of 2009, earning a tourism income of 3.88 billion RMB yuan (568million US dollars). Lijiang with an 800-year history was listed by the

UNESCO in 1997 as a world cultural heritage site.—INTERNET

Britain to outlaw most private organtransplants

LONDON,1 Aug—TheBritish government saidon Friday that it plans toban private organtransplants from deaddonors to allay fears thatprospective recipientscan buy their way to thefront of the line. Ag o v e r n m e n t - c o m -missioned reportrecommended thatorgans donated within thestate-run National HealthService should staywithin the public healthsystem, which providesuniversal care to

everyone who lives inBritain. Thoughtransplants are free, thereare often long waiting lists.

Very few Britons haveprivate transplants, so inpractice the new rules willstop overseas patientsfrom coming to Britainand paying privately for atransplant.

The report by ElisabethBuggins, former head ofthe Organ DonationTaskforce, was com-missioned after a mediastorm over cases in whichforeigners were given

transplants from deadBritons.

Several newspapersreported last year thatabout 50 foreign patientshad received livers fromBritish donors at twoLondon hospitals.

The transplants werelegal because the NHShas a duty to treat anyonewho is physically inBritain. But since thepatients were not coveredby Britain’s healthsystem, they paid a fee tothe hospitals and doctorsinvolved.—Internet

Full City, a Panama-registered ship, is leaking oil after running aground offNorway’s southwestern coast, the Norwegian coastguard has said.

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Mountain living good forheart health

ZURICH,1 Aug—Peoplewho live in the SwissAlps have fewer heartproblems than thoseliving in valleys,researchers at ZurichUniversity said.

Even being born at highaltitudes decreased therisk of a heart attack orstroke, researchers fromthe university’s Instituteof Social and PreventiveMedicine said this weekin Circulation, the journal

Nasal vaccine developedfor swine flu

NEW YORK, 1 Aug—Maryland-based Medi-mmune pharmaceuticalsexpects to producenearly five times theamount of H1N1 vaccineoriginally anticipated, itsexecutives said.

Medimmune, a sub-sidiary of Astra-Zeneca,expects to make 200million doses by March,so many doses it will runout of nasal spray

devices and may have touse nose droppers,B e r n a r d u sNM Machielse, Medi-mmune’s executive vicepresident for operationstold The New York Times.

Medimmune is of thefive companies undercontract to the USgovernment to produceH1N1 flu vaccine.Medimmune also makesthe nasal spray vaccineFluMist for seasonal fluviruses.

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Israeli project protectscoastal aquifer

JERUSALEM, 31 July— Tocounter salination of itscoastal acquifer, Israel’sNational Water Authority hasauthorized a $131.3 millionproject, a report said.

The project calls fordrilling ground waterreserves at 35 sites fromnorth of Ashdod to Sderot,and the “water carryingsalts and other minerals,”will be pumped todesalination plants andturned into drinkingwater, Haaretz said onFriday. The salt residuefrom the process will be

pumped out to sea, thepaper said.

Israel’s coastal aquiferis seriously threatened bypollutants, heavy metalsand toxic organiccompounds, the papersaid.

Nitrate concen-trations have grownbecause of increaseduse of fertilizers and theuse of sewage treatmentor wastewater forirrigation, theEnvironmental Pro-tection Agency said.

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HK reports third deathrelated to new flu

Pregnant women should be priority group forA/H1N1 immunization, says WHO

GENEVA,1 Aug—Pregnant women aremore prone to get severeor fatal illness wheninfected with the A/H1N1flu virus, so they shouldbe considered a prioritygroup for immunizationwhen vaccines areavailable, the WorldHealth Organization(WHO) said on Friday.

In a statement, the UNagency also “stronglyrecommends that, in areaswhere infection with the A/H1N1 virus is widespread,pregnant women, and theclinicians treating them, bealert to symptoms ofinfluenza-like ill-ness.”“Treatment with theantiviral drug oseltamivirshould be administered as

soon as possible aftersymptom onset,” it said. “As the benefits ofoseltamivir are greatestwhen administered within48 hours after symptomonset, clinicians shouldinitiate treatmentimmediately and not waitfor the results oflaboratory tests,” itadded.—Internet

Jamila Wongo, 17,carries a bundle of

leaves used for makingsauces, after

harvesting them fromher family’s small

vegetable plot alongthe banks of the Niger

River, in Niamey,Niger on 31 July ,

2009.INTERNET

of the American HeartAssociation.

The studyexamined death fromcardiovascular disease inrelation to the altitude ofthe place of residence in1990 and at birth for 1.6million people living inSwitzerland.

The risk of dying of aheart attack decreased by22 percent for every1,093 yards of increase inaltitude, the study’s lead

author, David Fah, said.The risk of strokedecreased by 12 percentfor every 1,093 yards ofincrease in altitude,SwissInfo reported onFriday.

The researchers had yetto determine why altitudewas beneficial for heartsor pinpoint how longsomeone would need tostay at a higher altitudebefore feeling thebenefits.—Internet

HONG KONG, 1 Aug —Hong Kong reported itsthird A/H1N1-flu-relateddeath on Saturday as a mandied at the PrincessMargaret Hospital wasconfirmed to have carriedthe virus.Controller of theCenter for HealthProtection of Hong KongThomas Tsang said afterattending a local radioprogramme on Saturdaymorning that since the man

had serious heart diseasewhich was believed to bethe main cause of death.

The 58-year-old man,with chronic heartdisease, sought treatmentfor fever, cough andshortness of breath in thehospital on 30 July . Hewas admitted to thehospital after preliminaryX-ray examinationshowed he had a chestinfection.—Internet

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LA Open’s second seed Fishwithdraws due to injury

WASHINGTON, 1 Aug—Second-seeded AmericanMardy Fish announced to pull out of the ongoing LAOpen ahead of the quarterfinals on Friday due to anabdominal strain.

The world No. 21, highest-ranked player at thehardcourt event, had been scheduled to face Argenti-na’s Leonardo Mayer in the last eight and his with-drawal sent the 22-year-old Mayer to his first ATPsemifinals.

Mayer will meet Australian qualifier Carsten Ball,who won 6-4, 6-4 over American John Isner onFriday.The event has granted German Tommy Haas,ranked 22nd in the world, as the top seed, and doublegrand slam champion Marat Safin of Russia was theother big name in the draw. —Internet

Venus tops Sharapova;Serena loses to Stosur

Flame of China’s 11th National Games lit atop Mt Taishan JINAN, 1 Aug—The sacred flame of China’s 11th National Games was lit at

10:27 am local time atop Mt. Taishan at Tai’an city of East China’s ShandongProvince on Saturday.

The Organizing Committee of the quadrennial event announced the opening ofthe flame-lighting ceremony at 10:10 am, as six guards escorted China’s nationalflag to the top with the national anthem being played. A convex lens was placedearlier on a 40-square-meter natural stone platform, about 100 meters below themountain peak. The palm-sized lens was set at an angle right facing the directionof sunrise.—Internet

Corinthians seek Argentineanstar Riquelme

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 Aug—Corinthians soccer teammade it known on Friday that they are actively seek-ing out the Argentine midfielder Riquelme.The clubfrom Sao Paulo is working with the Sonda SportsAgency to bring in the star player over from his Bue-nos Aires team Boca Juniors.

Ronaldo has already offered his complements tothe player and acknowledges that he would be a keypiece to the team’s puzzle in their run at the 2010Libertadores Cup. The Sonda Sports Agency is thesame group that was responsible for Nilmar’s sale tothe Spanish club Villarreal.—Internet

Ten-man Villa reach Peace Cup finalMALAGA, 1 Aug—English Premier League side Aston Villa reached the final

of the Peace Cup on Friday with a 2-1 victory over Portuguese club Porto de-spite finishing with 10 men.

Aston Villa’s players Steve Sidwell (L)and John Carew (R) celebrate after

scoring second goal against FC Portoduring their Peace Cup tournamentsemifinal football match on 31 July,

2009 at the Rosaleda Stadium inMalaga.—INTERNET

Venus Williams returnsto Maria Sharapova, of

Russia, during thequarterfinals of the

Bank of the West tennistournament in Stanford,

Calif, on 31 July,2009.—INTERNET

Chelsea’s Terry has point toprove after City flirt

Chelsea’s John Terry

Nilmar feted at Villareal

Spanish Primera Ligaside Villareal on Friday

presented their newBrazilian player Nilmar

da Silva, the mostexpensive signing in

their history.—INTERNET

Zenit signmidfielder Rosina

SAINT PETERSBURG, 1Aug—Russia’s 2007champions Zenit StPetersburg have signedmidfielder AlessandroRosina from Italian sideTorino, on a four-yeardeal, the club reportedFriday.

No financial details ofthe deal for 25-year-oldRosina were disclosed.Zenit’s Dutch managerDick Advocaat, who hasannounced his decisionto quit at the end of theRussian Premier Leagueseason in November,expressed disapproval ofthe deal.

Internet

Russia’s 2007 champi-ons Zenit St Petersburghave signed midfielder

Alessandro Rosina,from Italian side

Torino, on a four-yeardeal, the club reportedon Friday.—INTERNET

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

In Sunday’s final, Martin O’Neill’sEnglish outfit will meet either Spanishgiants Real Madrid or Italy’s Juventus,who meet in the other semi late onFriday.England striker Emile Heskeyopened the scoring in the 14th minutewith a close-range shot from a cross byMarc Albrighton.

Former Chelsea midfielderSteve Sidwell doubled the tally in the37th minute after he picked up theball from a corner.Porto brought onBrazilian Givanildo Vieira de Souza,nicknamed ‘The Hulk’, for the secondhalf.

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by self-doubt, but evenChelsea’s cast-iron cap-tain might feel the oddanxious twinge when heleads his team out atStamford Bridge for thisseason’s curtain-raiseragainst Hull.

Ordinarily, nobody isguaranteed a more vocif-erous reception in westLondon than Terry, theman with blue bloodcoursing through theveins. But after a close-season when he has en-gaged in a very public andpointed dalliance withManchester City, hemight wonder if his stand-ing has slipped among thefans who once idolisedhim.

Terry has maintainedthat he never counte-nanced a move toEastlands and that the de-lay in issuing a publicstatement flatly rejectingCity’s interest was simplydown to logisticsTerry’sinterest in City - and theirrumoured 250,000-pounds-a-week salary of-fer - was an open secretfor weeks and his refusalto be press-ganged into aquick denial was signifi-cant for two reasons

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MA D R I D, 1 Aug—Spanish Primera Ligaside Villareal on Fridaypresented their new Bra-zilian player Nilmar daSilva, the most expen-sive signing in theirhistory. The club signedNilmar last week toa f ive-year contractfrom Brazil ian clubInternacional de PurtoAlegre for a reportedfee of over 10 millioneuros.

“I know that my sign-ing was one of the big-gest efforts in the club’shistory,” the 25-year-oldstr iker told a newsconference.”I am filledwith pride and responsi-bility... I know that I

LONDON, 1 Aug—JohnTerry is not the kind ofman to become suffused

here to score and helpthe team and my hope iswin a title.”—Internet

STANFORD, 1 Aug—Venus Williams defeatedMaria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 at the Bank of the WestClassic on Friday night.Australia’s SamanthaStosur, winner of 22WTA doubles titles andno singles titles, providedthe biggest stunnerthough, beating SerenaWilliams.

“It’s one of the big-gest, if not the biggestwin of my career,” Stosursaid of her 6-2, 3-6, 6-2victory over the Wimble-

don champion. “We don’talways play our best ten-nis every single day.Maybe she didn’t playher best and I played verywell.”

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kayah State and lower Sagaing Division, rain have beenisolated in Chin State and Magway Division, scattered inMandalay Division, fairly widespread in upper Sagaing,Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with locally heavyfalls in Rakhine andMon States, isolated heavyfalls in Kayin State andAyeyawady Division. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) (0.52) inch, Nay Pyi Taw(Pyinmana) (0.47) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (0.23) inch,Thandwe(7.52) inches, Kawkareik (7.13) inches, Gwa (4.80) inches,Taungup (4.72) inches, Shwegyin (3.78) inches, Pathein(3.50) inches, Mawlamyine (3.19) inches and Aunglan (0.07)inch.

Maximum temperature on 31-7-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 1-8-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-8-2009 was 96%. Totalsun shine hours on 31-7-2009 was (1.8) hours approx.

Rainfall on 1-8-2009 was (1.46) inches at Mingaladon,(1.97) inches at Kaba-Aye and (2.16) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (71.97) inches atMingaladon, (90.04) inches at Kaba-Aye and (82.99) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southewest at (13:30) hours MST on31-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 2nd August 2009: Rainwill be isolated in Kayah State, lower Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, scattered in Shan State and Mandalay Division,fairly widespread in Chin State and upper Sagaing Divisionand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon Statesand Ayeyawady Division. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for2-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for2-8-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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ROME, 1 Aug—AS Roma midfielder Daniele DeRossi on Saturday ruled out a possible move toEnglish Premier League side Arsenal.

The Londoners were rumoured to be interestedin signing the 26-year-old but De Rossi claims hehas had no contact from the Gunners and has nointention of leaving his home town club.

“Arsenal? I haven’t heard anything. Roma saidI’m untransferable and I want to stay here,” he said.

“If they wanted to sell me everything wouldchange but they’ve always shown faith in me.”

De Rossi is looking forward to an improvedshowing from his team in the Serie A title race thisseason after they finished a disappointing sixth in2008-09.That followed three successive seasons asrunners-up but Roma looked to have lost groundon the top three in the last campaign.

“We have to do very well because a gap hasopened up between us and the top three,” he said.

“Right now we’re fighting with Fiorentina,Genoa and Lazio. We have to rediscover a certainmentality and work culture that we lost last year, memore than anyone else.”—Internet

De Rossi rules out Arsenal switch

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

YANGON, 1 Aug—Head of No. 3 Traffic Re-gion of Yangon Police Force’s Cordless and TrafficPolice Unit Captain Win Shwe and party gaveeducative talks on traffic rules to 497 teachers andstudents at the No.1 Basic Education Middle Schoolin Dagon Township while Head of No. 4 TrafficRegion Police Captain Khin Maung and party gaveeducative talks to 310 teachers and students at No.8 Post Primary School in Thingangyun Townshiptoday.—MNA

Educative talks ontraffic rules given

Fifth and sixth patients infectedwith A (H1N1) discharged

Remaining four getting better

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Aug—Out of 10 patients infected with new influenza A(H1N1), four were discharged from the hospital today for they had recoveredfrom the illness. It was learnt that the remaining six patients were being treatedat Waibagi Hospital, Yangon General Hospital, Yangon East Hospital andYangon Children’s Hospital.

The fifth and sixth patients were discharged today as they had recoveredfrom their illness. Surveillance measures against the family members who hadbeen in contact with the patients were halted. There are now two patients atWaibagi Hospital, one at Yangon General Hospital and another at Yangon EastHospital. The four patients have been kept in separate rooms and they are gettingbetter. The Ministry of Health continues screening flu-suspected persons and nomore A (H1N1) infected person has been found.

Public Health Laboratory has screened 117 flu-suspected persons so farand 10 have been found to have been infected with the virus.—MNA

No more infected person found

Kyaikmaraw in Mon State on right path of developmentArticle: Win Shwe (Myanma Alin); Photo: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyong)

Ahtaran bridge in Mawlamyine Township of Mon State.

The news crew ofMyanma Alin Daily thatwas in Mawlamyine towrite an article on devel-opment of KyaikmarawTownship left the centralmain road of Mawlamyineand arrived at the road sec-tion where the statue ofBrahminy duck wasplaced. The statue is noneother than the symbol ofMon nationals.

It was a junctionwhere roads leading toKyaikmaraw Township,

Mawlamyine Township,Myinethayar Myothit andHpa-an of Kayin Statemeet.

Along Mawla-myine-Kyaikmaraw roadthere are rubber planta-tions and paddy on eitherside. At the entrance toKyaikmaraw, there is along row of toddy palmtrees that virtually reflectthe glory and identity ofMon State.

On arrival atKyaikmaraw, we the

news crew met Chair-man of KyaikmarawTownship Peace and De-velopment Council UNyunt Hlaing and heldan interview with himon regional develop-ment. He said in an in-terview thatKyaikmaraw Townshipis included inMawlamyine Districtand made up of sevenwards and 167 villagesin 44 village-tracts; that

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