the new light of myanmar 11-03-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 329 12th Waning of Taboung 1371 ME Thursday, 11 March, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of 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 insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 10March—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein at-tended the opening cer-emony of three-storey mainbuilding of University ofComputer Studies (Lashio)in Lashio,Shan State (North) at 8 am

Intellectuals and intelligentsia—key factorin building modern, developed nation

Myanmar citizens to uphold Our Three Main National CausesPrime Minister General Thein Sein attends opening of three-storey

main building of University of Computer Studies (Lashio)

Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law, Amyotha Hluttaw Election Law in supplementEight supplementary pages carrying the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law issued under the Law No.

3/2010 and eight supplementary pages carrying the Amyotha Hluttaw Election Law issued under the LawNo. 4/2010 of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar are inserted in today’sThe New Light of Myanmar daily.

today.The Prime Minis-

ter unveiled the stone in-scription of the Univer-sity and made a speech onthe occasion.

It was attended byLt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of De-

fence, Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut, minis-ters, the auditor-general,deputy ministers, depart-mental heads, membersof social organizations,Acting Principal Dr DawNan Soe Soe Aung of theUniversity, faculty mem-bers, students,townselders and localpeople.

tary photos taken togetherwith faculty members, stu-dents and local people.

The Prime Minis-ter grew a Gangawplant (Mesua ferrea) infront of the building tomark the opening of thebuilding.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing, the commanderand the ministers alsogrew Gangaw plants.

The Prime Ministeropened stone inscription ofthe building and sprinkled

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing, the commander,Minister for Science andTechnology U Thaungopened the building.

The Prime Ministerand party had documen-

it with scented water.Lt-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing, Minister UThaung and townseldersalso sprinkled it withscented water.

(See page 8)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein delivers aspeech at opening ceremony of three-storey

main building of University of ComputerStudies (Lashio).

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 March, 2010

Thursday, 11 March 2010

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

Maintain infrastructural

buildings in concertIn the Union of Myanmar, various national

races have been living in harmony through thickand thin from time immemorial. So, nationalbrethren are to be equipped with a strong senseof Union Spirit.

Today, the government is working hard fordevelopment of the whole multicultural country.In the drive, it is implementing many projectsincluding road and bridge projects for greaterdevelopment of the regions that are still withpoor transport.

In the past, Namsang in Shan State (North)was not easily accessible. Now, Namsang-HsipawRoad, Namsang-Kyaukme Road and Namsang-Mongton Road have been upgraded to all-weather ones. And the township has got a 50-bedgeneral hospital in addition to manyinfrastructual buildings in the education, electricpower and communication sectors.

Similarly, there have been Mongton-NamtuRoad and Mongton-Namsang Road that lineMongton and Namtu townships. The regions haveto engage in the agriculture and livestock breedingin combination for economic growth. For thoseregions, cultivation of paddy in highlands is enoughfor local rice sufficiency. Local farmers shouldtest five-acre paddy farming and five-acre teafarming for a plot each in the interest of theirposterity. They have to try to extend their livestockfarming from small to commercial scale.

The government has many projects on the gofor equitable development of all regions. It hasbuilt many road networks covering the wholenation. For human resource development, it hasopened numerous basic education schools alongwith arts and science university, a univesity forcomputer studies and a technological universityeach in the 24 special development regions forlocal youths to pursue education in their ownregions.

Now, the government has built a greatnumber of infrastructural buildings in the regionsthe whole Union, irrespective of location andsize. Satisfactory results have been tangible in allsectors. Stability and peace contribute to regionaldevelopment. Local people are therefore to workin concert for durability of the infrastructuralbuildings, while constantly participating in thetasks for ensuring the rule of law.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March — The ceremony tointroduce of Nay Pyi Taw FC took place at RoyalKumudra Hotel here this morning, attended byCommander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen WaiLwin.

Nay Pyi Taw FC CEO U Kyaw Oo introduced the

Introduction of Nay Pyi Taw FCcommander to the managers and players of the footballclub, and Nay Pyi Taw FC Chairman U Phyo Ko KoTint Hsan gave accounts of founding the team.

The commander presented a winning pennant tothe chairman.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10March—So as to achievesuccess in the SEAGames, a coordinationmeeting was held at theMinistry of Sportsyesterday.

Chairman ofMyanmar OlympicCommittee Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint explainedselection of players bysports federations,maintenance ofgymnasiums and trainingcentres.

Chairman of SportsPlus Education LeadingCommit tee DeputyMinister for EducationBrig-Gen Aung MyoMin discussed holding

Preparations for achieving success in SEA Games

of students sports meetsand Director-General UThaung Htaik of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment, turning out

new genera t ionathletes.

Departmental headsof the Ministry ofEducation and the

Ministry of Sports andofficials keenlyparticipated in thediscussions.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March—The matriculationexamination for 2010 academic year began across thenation today.

Dy Education Minister visits matriculationexam centres

The matriculation students took theexamination at 1299 exam centres in the nation and15 exam centres abroad totalling 1314simultaneously.

Deputy Minister for Education Brig-Gen AungMyo Min visited exam centres at Nay Pyi Taw No. 1Basic Education High School, Nay Pyi Taw PyinmanaBEHS No. 1 and No. 2 today.—MNA

YANGON, 10 March — Khin Maung Nyo(Economics) and professors will give talks onadministration and management capacity enhancementat Yuzana Tower at the corner of Kaba Aye PagodaRoad and Shwegondine Street in Bahan Townshiphere from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 13 and 14 March.

Those who want to attend the talk may enlist atPh: 556183 and 09-5157032.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March — Officers under theMinistry of Culture have got extra archaeologicalknowledge thanks to refresher course of the department.

Concluding ceremony of the course was held atArchaeological Technology Training School in PyayBago Division on 8 March, with an address byDirector-General U Sann Win of Department ofArchaeology, National Museum and Library.

A total of 12 trainees have compiled a thesiseach as the course covers both theory and practicalstudies.

The Archaeological Technology Training Schoolwas opened in conjunction with Fine Arts Universityon 7 November 2005 and is conducting Post GraduateDiploma in Applied Archaeology (P.G.D.A.A) coursesannually since 2006.

Regular diploma courses and refresher courses forofficers will be conducted at the training school.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March — With the aim ofincreasing the awareness of fire preventive measuresamong staff of the Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard and systematic use of fire fighting equipment,CSSTB and Central Fire Brigade (Nay Pyi Taw)jointly organized an educative talk on preventionagainst fire and fire drill at the auditorium of the officeof the CSSTB here this morning.

The deputy director of the Central Fire Brigade(Nay Pyi Taw) gave talks.

Next, the firemen demonstrated how to use thefire extinguisher.

MNA

Talks on administration andmanagement at Yuzana Tower

Officers with advancedarchaeological knowledge

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint addresses coord meeting forachieving success in the SEA Games.—MNA

Beware of fire

Practice makes perfect

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US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 10 March— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the USand its allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

10 March reached 700573 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1265202 according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 7005732. The total number of seriously injured people 1265202

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 10 March—The NATO troops led by the US have invadedAfghanistan and they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32648 Afghan people were killed

and 39001 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 10 March.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 326482. Seriously injured Afghan people 39001

Internet

Two NATO soldiers killedin eastern Afghanistan

Iraqi children stand on the rubble of a collapsedbuilding at the site of an explosion in Baghdad.Millions of Iraqis braved waves of deadly rocket,

mortar and bomb attacks that killed 38on Sunday.—INTERNET

Roadside bombkills four including

three police inS AfghanistanKANDAHAR, 10 March

—Three police and onecivilian were killed as aroadside bomb struck apolice vehicle inKandahar, the formerstronghold of Talebanmilitants in south Af-ghanistan on Tuesday.

“This afternoon, aroadside bomb hit a policevan in Spin Boldak Dis-trict killing four people in-cluding three police con-stables and a passerby,”commander of BorderPolice in the district Gen-eral Abdul Razaq toldXinhua.—Xinhua

Suicide attack kills fivein eastern Afghan Province

KABUL, 10 March—A suicide attack rocked Paktika Province in east Afghani-stan on Wednesday morning, killing five persons, provincial police chief DawlatKhan Zadran said.

“The incident occurred in Barmal District this morning. As a result, five per-sons including four Afghan soldiers and one border police constable were mar-tyred,” Zadran told Xinhua.

He also said that it is initial report and the casualties could rise.Zadran blamed Taleban militants for the attack, saying the militants by organ-

izing such offenses attempt to destabilize security in the province.—Xinhua

KHOST, 10 March—Two NATO soldiers werekilled on Tuesday when asuicide bomber blew him-self up outside a militarybase in Afghanistan, the al-liance and local govern-ment sources said.

NATO spokesmanLieutenant CommanderIain Baxter confirmed twoalliance soldiers had been

killed in a suicide attack inKhost but was unable togive further details aboutthe incident or disclose thesoldier’s nationalities.

A local governmentsource, who declined to benamed, told Reuters that aman wearing a suicide vestdetonated the device out-side a US military basealso used by the Afghan

National Border Police inthe Ali Sher District ofKhost Province, close toAfghanistan’s eastern bor-der with Pakistan.

Internet

Three policemen killed in attack in western IraqFALLUJAH, 10 March—

Three policemen werekilled in a bomb explosionfollowed by gunfire in a

village in Iraq’s westernprovince of Anbar onTuesday, a provincial po-lice source said.

The incident tookplace when gunmen blewup a roadside bomb neara car carrying three po-licemen in Hissy villageeast of Fallujah city, some50 km west of Baghdad,the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The blast was followedby small arms fire attack,killing the three police-men, the source said.

The attack came a dayafter the country’slandmark parliamentaryelections, in whichIraqis made a turnout of62.4 percent across thecountry.

Anbar Province whichhas been relatively calmin the past several yearsafter Sunni tribes and anti-US insurgent groupsturned to cooperate withthe US troops and Iraqisecurity forces against al-Qaeda in Iraq network.

Xinhua

Afghan security forces disperse the media from the site of an explosion anda gun battle in the Shar-e Naw area in the heart of the capital Kabul in

February 2010.—INTERNET

Children gather at the scene of a blast which leveled a buildingin northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, on 7 March,

2010.—INTERNET

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China’s missile destroyer “Guangzhou” (Front) sails close to “Weishanhu”supply ship during the task of replenishment in the Indian Ocean,

on 9 March, 2010.—XINHUA

A Nour missile is test fired off Iran’s first domestically made destroyer,Jamaran, on the southern shores of Iran in the Persian Gulf on 9 March,2010. A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surfacemissile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.—XINHUA

GENEVA, 10 March—Negotiators from theUnited States and Russiaon Tuesday resumed talksaimed at reaching a newnuclear arsenals reductionagreement to replace the1991 START treaty, dip-lomatic sources said.

The talks were re-sumed at the US diplo-matic mission to theUnited Nations Office inGeneva. Like previousrounds of talks, negotia-tors were meeting behind

PARIS, 10 March— Israel and Syria each announcedplans Tuesday to develop nuclear power to meet theenergy needs of the volatile Middle East, during a con-ference hosted by France to promote reactors.

Israel said it was ready to build a joint nuclear plantwith its Arab neighbours but Jordan flatly rejected theproposal, saying it was premature to discuss such co-operation without first settling the Palestinian conflict.

“Nuclear energy can be an area of regional coop-eration with the objective of promoting peace,” IsraeliInfrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told the Paris con-ference.

Syria, which has been investigated by the UN nu-clear watchdog over its alleged attempt to build a se-cret nuclear reactor, also said it would like to developatomic energy.—Internet Partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in Israel’s southern Negev

Desert, pictured in 2002. Israel and Syria are separately eyeing plans todevelop nuclear power to meet the energy needs of the volatile Middle East,

ministers told a conference hosted by France to promote reactors.—INTERNET

US, Russia resume talks onreducing nuclear arsenals

closed doors and no newsconferences were sched-uled.

The two sides havebeen trying since last Mayto negotiate a new nucleararms reduction deal aspart of their efforts to “re-set “ relations between thetwo countries.

The new deal was sup-posed to replace the oldSTART treaty (StrategicArms Reduction Treaty),which was signed in 1991and led to major reduc-

tions in the US and Rus-sian nuclear arsenals at theend of the Cold War.

But the negotiators hadmissed an original targetto reach a new deal beforethe expiry of START,which was on 5 Dec,2009. According to Rus-sian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov, “there arechances” that the negotia-tions could be concludedin two to three weeks.

But “there are no arti-ficial deadlines,” he toldreporters in Moscow.

Xinhua

STOCKHOLM, 10 March— The northwestern coastof Denmark has been hit by oil pollution, according toreports reaching here from Copenhagen on Tuesday.

The oil slick is about two metres wide and 30 kilo-metres long with various thickness along the west coastof Northern Jutland in Denmark, said the Danish dailyPolitiken. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark.It has the North Sea to its west and the Baltic Sea to itseast. “This is quite a major pollution event,” Environ-ment expert Viggo Larsen was quoted as saying byPolitiken, adding that Admiral Fleet Denmark (SOK),which patrols Danish waters for signs of vessels thatmay leak oil or jettison tanks reported no suspiciousvessels.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 10March — Campus offi-cials said on Tuesday ashooting killed oneworker in Ohio State Uni-versity in Columbus. Twopeople were wounded, in-cluding the suspect, whowas in custody.

Campus police chiefPaul Denton told reportersthe suspect was a univer-sity employee, who firedon co-workers in a cam-pus maintenance buildingon Tuesday, killing one,wounding another. Thesuspect was alsowounded. No studentswere injured. The twowounded were taken touniversity medical centrefor treatment. One of themwas in critical condition,and the other was sta-ble.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 10March — Toyota saidTuesday it will expand arecall announced last yearto fix Tundra pickuptrucks with frames thatcould rust and lead tospare tires falling from thevehicle.

Toyota spokesmanBrian Lyons said the re-call will cover Tundrapickups from the 2000-

ISLAMABAD, 10 March— Nine al-Qaeda mem-bers have been killed in aUS drone attack in Paki-stan’s North Waziristan,local TV channels re-ported on Tuesday.

A suspected US droneon Monday night firedfive missiles against a ho-tel near Miranshah, theheadquarters of NorthWaziristan, killing at leastnine persons and injuringseveral others.

Toyota to expand recall of Tundra pickups for rust2003 model years in all 50states.

It would broaden a re-call announced in No-vember that covered110,000 trucks in 20 “coldweather” states and theDistrict of Columbia.

Lyons said dealers

were notified of the ex-panded recall on Tuesdaybut he did not immedi-ately know how many ad-ditional trucks would becovered. He said Toyotawould provide more de-tails.

Internet

Nine al-Qaeda members killed in drone attack in PakistanInitial reports on Mon-

day suggested that fivemissiles were fired hittinga compound in MalayKhan Serai area.

The private ARY Newsreported that the target ofthe attack was a hotel inthe area where a meetingof al-Qaeda members wasbeing held.

In the attack nine per-sons were killed, includ-ing six Arabs, two Uzbeksand one Pakistani.

Local authorities hadconfirmed the attack inPakistan’s North Waziri-stan, a volatile tribal areabordering South Waziri-stan, hometown of Teh-rek-e-Taleban Pakistan(TTP) leadership, on oneside and Afghanistan onthe other. However, theysaid nothing about thefresh reports about killingof nine al-Qaeda mili-tants.

Internet

Israel, Syria eye nuclearpower plants

Denmark’s coast hits by oilpollution

Campus shootingkills one, wounds

two in Ohio

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Medvedev calls for Silicon-Valley-likeresearch centre

MOSCOW, 10 March—Russian President DmitryMedvedev on Tuesdaycalled for intensified ef-forts to establish a researchand development centresimilar to the Silicon Val-ley in the United States.

“I do not know if we canmanage to build a SiliconValley of our own, but theidea is to set up an innova-tive centre to do researchand further commercializeits results,” Medvedev was

quoted by Russian newsagencies as saying at ameeting on preparationsfor the centre.

Medvedev instructed thegovernment to choose thelocation of the prospectivecentre and to define itssources of funding andfunctions.

“Officially, we will callit a research and develop-ment centre. In fact, it willbe a compound to facilitatethe development of state-

of-the-art technologies,”he said.

Medvedev added thecentre would need to at-tract foreign experts to getthe most out of it.

During an annual state-of-the-nation address lastNovember, the Presidentproposed setting up a re-search centre similar toSilicon Valley in order toput Russia on the track toan innovative economy.

Xinhua

Turkish actors and actresses perform during the opening ceremony of theInternational Tourism Exchange in Berlin, capital of Germany, on 9 March,2010. More than 11,000 exhibitors from 187 countries and regions attended

the fair kicked off on Tuesday.—XINHUA

Bangladesh to host regional climatechange conference in May or June

China plans to launchunmanned moon probeChang’e-3 around 2013

BEIJING, 10 March—China plans to launch itsthird unmanned moonprobe Chang’e-3 around2013 and expects to com-plete the three-phase moonprobe project in 2017, anofficial said here onWednesday. Ye Peijian,chief designer of Chang’e-1, the country’s first moonprobe and chief com-mander of Chang’e-2 andChang’e-3, made the re-marks on the sidelines ofthe annual session of theChinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference(CPPCC) National Com-mittee, China’s top politicaladvisory body.—Xinhua

Pirates seize Kenyan-flagged fishing shipAustria considersMongolia as

important EUpartner in AsiaVIENNA, 10 March—

Austrian Prime MinisterWerner Faymann wel-comed the increasing im-portance of Mongolia as apartner of the EuropeanUnion (EU) in Central andEast Asia, at a reception hehosted for visiting Mongo-lian Prime MinisterSuchbaatar Batbold onTuesday in Vienna. Ac-cording to a news releasefrom the Austrian FederalChancellery, the meetingsbetween Fay-mann andBatbold focused on eco-nomic and political issues.Faymann hailed the goodbilateral relations betweenAustria and Mongolia.

Xinhua

China’s CFPA donates medicalequipment to Sudan’s BTOKHARTOUM, 10 March—China Foundation for Pov-

erty Alleviation (CFPA) on Tuesday handed over110,000 US dollars’ worth of medical equipment toSudan’s Al Birr and Al-Tawasul Organization (BTO).

The CFPA donation, including 12 sets of portableultrasound diagnostic scanners, infant incubators,stainless-steel sterilizer and 500 pieces of solar andhand-winding electric charged torch-radios, washanded over to the BTO at a ceremony held at theChinese embassy here on Tuesday.

The ceremony was organized by the Chinese em-bassy in cooperation with Sudanese Ministry of Healthand Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. CFPA Vice Sec-retary General Yang Qinghai, addressing the ceremony,said the first batch of the equipment had arrived inSudan in February and would be distributed among12 hospitals for women and children through the BTO.

“The CFPA will continue to strengthen the exchangeand cooperation with the BTO and make more contri-bution in hospital- building and community develop-ment,” he said. Chinese ambassador to Sudan LiChengwen, for his part, said both CFPA and BTO wereimportant NGOs devoted to humanitarian and charitywork.—Xinhua

25-year-old Maiko Itai won Miss Universe Japan2010 in Tokyo on 9 March, 2010. She will be on

behalf of Japan to compete in Miss UniversePageant at the end of the year.—XINHUA

DHAKA, 10 March—Bangladesh is going tohost a regional conferenceon climate change in Mayor June in the capitalDhaka as part of the roadto the next Conference ofParties (COP-16) inMexico this year.

“We are very much in-terested to hold the confer-ence but we are yet to fixthe date formally,” StateMinister for Environmentand Forests HasanMahmud was quoted assaying by leading Englishnewspaper The Daily Staron Wednesday.

The European Union

has proposed to sponsorthe conference, the minis-ter said following a meet-ing with 12 EU ambassa-dors in the capital Dhakaon Tuesday.

South Asian Associa-tion for Regional Coopera-tion (SAARC) membersand other countries will beinvited to take part in theconference but names ofcountries have not yet beenspecified.

It is an initiative on theway to the COP-16 to keepthe momentum of the ac-tivities to deal with climatechange impacts, said Am-bassador Stefan Frowein,

head of delegation of theEU to Bangladesh.

The meeting was toreflect on how to make theCOP-16 a success in thelight of achievementsand unfulfilled aspirat-ions at the COP-15 in Co-penhagen, said the stateminister.

The Bangladeshi gov-ernment has kept an allo-cation of 7 billion taka(100 million US dollars) inthe development budget ofthe current fiscal year (July2009 to June 2010) fromits own resource to com-bat climate change.

Xinhua

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NAIROBI, 10 March—Somali pirates have hi-jacked a Kenyan-flaggedfishing vessel with 16crew members onboard inthe Indian Ocean off So-malia, a regional maritimeofficial said on Tuesday.

Andrew Mwangura,the East Africa Coordina-tor of Seafarers Assist-ance Programme (SAP)said the Sakoba was takenlast week but he receivedinformation on Tuesday.

“The fishing vessel washijacked last week but wereceived information onTuesday. It’s not clearwhen the vessel was seizedbut it seemed it was inthe Kenyan waters,”Mwangura told Xinhua bytelephone from Mombasa.

He said the vessel has10 Kenyans, a Spanish

captain, a Polish chief en-gineer, two Senegalese, aNamibian and a citizen ofCape Verde. Reports saidthe ship was last regis-tered in Spain three yearsago. However, a state-ment from the EuropeanUnion said the Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel was

hijacked 400 nauticalmiles (740 km) east ofDar Es Salam.

“The Sakoba is headingtowards (the Somalicoastal village of)Haradere and EU Navforis continuing to monitorthe situation,” the state-ment said.—Xinhua

This is a photo of fishing vessel “Sakoba” releasedon 9 March, 2010. Somali pirates have hijacked aKenyan-flagged fishing vessel with 16 crew mem-bers onboard in the Indian Ocean off Somalia, a re-gional maritime official said on Tuesday.—XINHUA

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Workers assemble phone handsets at a factory in Shenzhen in southernChina’s Guangdong Province. —INTERNET

Three killed, about 20 missingin NW China landslide

XI’AN, 10 March— At least three people are deadand about 20 are missing after a landslide buried morethan 10 homes in northwest China’s Shaanxi Prov-ince on Wednesday, local authority said.

The landslide occurred at 1:30 am on Wednesdayin Zizhou county of Yulin city.

As of 10:40 am, a total of 20 buried villagers wererescued. Ten injured were rushed to hospital, and threedied there. Rescue efforts are continuing.—Xinhua

BRASILIA, 10 March—The Brazilian governmentstill awaits a US negotia-tion proposal about subsi-dies on US cotton produc-ers to avoid trade sanc-tions, a Brazilian ministersaid on Tuesday.

Brazil and the UnitedStates have quarreledabout US subsidies on itscotton producers, with

LIMA, 10 March—ThePeruvian government onTuesday sent two helicop-ters to rescue touristsstranded on the way toManu National Park,some 1,300 km southeastof Lima.

Tourists and residents,who were stranded overthe past few days afterlandslides cut off the road,will be evacuated by apolice helicopter and anarmy helicopter, Presidentof the Council of Minis-ters Javier Velasquez said.

The first helicopter,which departed at Tues-day noon, aimed to rescuethe tourists and residentsstranded at the airdromeof Kosnipata town, in theprovince of Paucartambo,Cusco Region. The sec-ond one was responsiblefor transporting food tothe victims.—Xinhua

TOKYO, 10 March—Canon, the world’s biggestcamera maker, expects China to surpass the US andbecome the world’s largest camera market in 2015,company sources said on Wednesday.

Canon, well known for its EOS and PowerShot dig-ital models, is doubling the number of outlets andboosting its marketing workforce in China to tap thecompany’s fastest-growing major market, Canon’sChief Director of Image Communication BusinessMasaya Maeda said.

“The China market is very vibrant and will likelydrive worldwide growth in the coming years,” he said.

According to Maeda, Canon forecasts its sales willrise 10 percent in China this year.

Maeda reiterated the firm’s projections in Januarythat Canon’s global camera sales will increase 6.6 per-cent to 25.7 million units and that China accountedfor about 15 percent of Canon’s camera sales in 2009.

Xinhua

Brazil expects US negotiation proposalto avoid trade war

Brazil complaining thesubsidies would harmBrazilian cotton produc-ers’ interests.

After meeting US rep-resentatives here, Brazil’sMinister of Development,Industry and ForeignTrade Miguel Jorge saidBrazil is still waiting fornegotiation proposalabout the issue from the

US side.Dilma Rousseff, chief

of staff of Brazilian Presi-dent and US Secretary ofCommerce Gary Lockeattended the meeting.

Locke indicated theUnited States is not inter-ested in a trade war withBrazil, neither is Brazil,said Jorge.

Xinhua

China to overtake US tobecome biggest camera

market in 2015

Peru sendshelicopters to

rescuestrandedtourists

Two of the oldest people in theworld have died on the same day.

Mary Josephine Ray, who was cer-tified as the oldest person living in theUnited States, died on Sunday at age

This on 17 May, 2006 file photoshows Mary Josephine Ray during

her 111th birthday party inWestmoreland, NH. She died

on 7 March, 2010 in Westmorland atage 114. The Gerontology ResearchGroup says that until her death, Raywas the oldest person in the UnitedStates and the second oldest person

in the world.

Two of oldest people in US die: in NH 114, Mich 113114 years, 294 days. She died at a nurs-ing home in Westmoreland but was ac-tive until about two weeks before herdeath, her granddaughter Katherine Raysaid.

“She just enjoyed life. She neverthought of dying at all,” Katherine Raysaid. “She was planning for her birth-day party.”

Ray died just hours before DaiseyBailey, who was 113 years, 342 days,said L Stephen Coles, a director of theGerontology Research Group, whichtracks and studies old people and certi-fies those 110 or older, called super-cen-tenarians. “It’s very rare that two of oursupercentenarians die on the same day,”Coles said.

A young girl caresses her newly bornanimals outside her destroyed house inOkcular village in the eastern provinceof Elazig, Turkey, on 8 March, 2010,hours after a strong earthquake, witha preliminary magnitude of 6, hit east-ern Turkey early Monday, killing atleast 57 people and knocking downhouses in at least six small villages, the

government said.

A Miss Plump beauty contest is heldat a shopping mall in Shenyang,

capital of northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 8 March,

2010. Some 40 participants took partin the contest, showing weddingdress, evening dress and their

acquirements.

Preliminary measurements show the8.8-magnitude quake which struck Chilelast month shifted the entire city ofConcepcion more than three metres tothe west, and some other cities of SouthAmerica were also displaced more orless, according to media reports on Tues-day.

Researchers from four universitiesand several agencies gathered readingsat 25 GPS locator stations set up priorto the major quake and then comparedthem to readings taken 10 days later tocome up with their preliminary numbers.

“By reoccupying the existing GPSstations, CAP can determine the

Chile quake moves city 3 metresdisplacements, or ‘jumps,’ that occurredduring the earthquake,” said Mike Bevis,professor of earth sciences at Ohio StateUniversity.

“By building new stations, the projectcan monitor the postseismic deforma-tions that are expected to occur for manyyears, giving us new insights into thephysics of the earthquake process,” headded.

The results show the Chilean city ofConcepcion shifted 3 metres (10 feet)to the west.

Chile’s capital Santiago was dis-placed about 27.7 centimeters (11inches) to the west-southwest.

NEWS ALBUM

A Massachusetts woman whose catran away nearly a year ago said the fe-line turned up in a foreclosed Bostonhome.

Addie Mathews, 19, of Lexington,said Sparky the cat ran away at the ageof 7 months while she was visitingfriends in Boston, the Boston Globereported.

“There was no sign of him,” shesaid. “I was just really hoping thatsomeone had taken him in, because he’sa really friendly cat.”

Cat, owner reunited aftera year

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Zakumi, the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,poses for a photo.—INTERNET

An Hitachi worker at assembles parts on

an air-conditioning production line in the town

of Ohira in Tochigi prefecture.

INTERNET

In this photo released by Taronga Zoo, a young male Asian elephant calfborn at 3:27 am on 10 March, 2010, is treated by zoo vets as his mother

Porntip looks on at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.—INTERNET

HOUSTON, 10 March—US Energy SecretarySteven Chu on Tuesdayurged companies in thecountry to accept a limiton carbon pollution andmeet the challenge withclean, renewable energy.

“We will live in a car-bon-constrained world,”Chu warned the partici-pants at a key industryconference, sponsored by

Chu urges US companies toaccept limit on carbon pollution

IHS- Cambridge EnergyResearch Associates(CERA Week), whichdraws more than 2,000energy professionals toHouston.

Chu reiterated his con-viction that climatechange is real, as globaltemperature data gatheredbetween 1850 and 2006prove “the climate iswarming up.”

He said that 55 percentof the oil used in theUnited States is imported,and the challenge is inwhat to replace it with.

Clean-burning naturalgas, the Nobel Prize-win-ning physicist said, willserve as the bridge fuel totake the United Statesfrom a reliance on oil andcoal to alternatives likesolar and wind.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 10 March —India on Tuesday said ithas allowed a conditional association with the Copen-hagen Accord on climate change, after three monthsof deliberations, reported local newspaper The Timesof India electronic edition on Tuesday night.

Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh toldthe newspaper that India has “made the conditionalassociation” with the UN Copenhagen Accord.

India has reiterated that the accord is meant to fa-cilitate the ongoing negotiations in the two tracks ofthe UN negotiations and it is not a legally bindingdocument. India has also demanded that all its condi-tions, including that the pact will not become a newtrack of negotiations or a “ template for outcomes”,be indicated in the Copenhagen Accord, said the news-paper.—Xinhua

BRASILIA, 10 March—At least six people werekilled and 3,048 peoplewere evacuated from theirhouses due to the strongrains that affected Rio deJaneiro on weekend, Riode Janeiro State Civil De-fence secretariat said onMonday.

MOGADISHU, 10 March—A senior military com-mander close to Sheikh Dahir Aweys, a militant leaderin Somalia was on Tuesday shot dead by unknowngunmen in the Somali capital Mogadishu, militant of-ficials confirmed.

Bare Ali Bare, who was a senior commander withthe militant group of Hezbul Islam, was shot dead ashe walked in the main Bakara market of Mogadishuand the attackers escaped the scene, Ibrahim BareMohamoud, an official with Hezbul Islam confirmedto reporters in Mogadishu.

“We know that the commander was murdered bygunmen who escaped.

We are investigating the killing of Bare Ali Bare,”Mohamoud told reporters.

Bare was critical of the rival Islamist group of AlShabaab which it fought in a number of southern So-mali Districts and has been vocal opponent of unionbetween a faction within Hezbul Islam and Al Shabaab.

Xinhua

Road accident in S Philippineskills nine, injures two

MANILA, 10 March — Nine people died and twoothers were injured when a dump truck slammedagainst a tree in north Cotabato in south Philippineson Wednesday dawn, local media reported. The vic-tims were aboard a mini dump truck and on their wayto Polomolok, South Cotabato when the accident tookplace in a village in Mlang around 4:15 am on Wednes-day, Mlang Mayor Joselito Pinol said. one of the vic-tims were thrown off the truck due to the strong im-pact. The bodies of the fatalities were brought to localfuneral parlors in Mlang, he said. —Xinhua

SANTIAGO, 10 March—The low death toll in Chile’s8.8- magnitude earthquake, as compared with the tollsin similar temblors elsewhere, speaks well of the readi-ness of Chile’s government and people, Bekele Geleta,the secretary-general of the International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said on Tues-day.

“The preparedness level of Chile’s government andpeople saved lives,” Geleta, who arrived in Chile onSunday, told media in the Chilean capital Santiago.“Here there are rigid construction regulations. Mod-ern buildings stood.

Old buildings that were not made for quakes arethose that were destroyed.”

Xinhua

More than 3,000 peopleunsheltered due to rain in Rio

On Saturday, the heavyrain lasted for about fivehours in Rio de Janeiroand the rainfall amountedto 109.2 millimetres, anequivalent of the entiremonth of March 2009.

The rains led to twolandslides in the metro-politan region where fourpeople died, and in Niteoricity where other two died.

The cities more af-fected by storm were SaoGonzalo, in the metropoli-tan region of Rio de Ja-neiro, and Sao Pedro daAldeia.

As many as 2,905 peo-ple were evacuated fromSao Gonzalo and other102 from Sao Pedro. Amajor road in the state hadbeen closed because abridge was in danger ofcollapse, and the trafficwas back to normal onlyon Monday.

Also the city ofSaquerma in the lakes re-gion between JaneiroRiver and Cabo Frio wasaffected.

Xinhua

Red Cross chief praisesChile’s earthquake readiness

India allows conditional associationwith Copenhagen Accord

Militant commander gunneddown in Mogadishu

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(from page 1)At the opening cer-

emony, the Prime Minis-ter said that Shan State(North) had lagged be-hind in development inthe past due to bitter ex-periences caused by in-surgency. After takingthe State responsibilities,the Tatmadaw govern-ment made utmost effortsto restore peace and sta-bility in the region, con-struct roads and bridgesand establish bordertrade. Therefore, the re-gion gains developmentmomentum.

The Prime Minis-ter pointed out that it isnecessary not only to turnout human resources butalso to carry out construc-tion of roads and bridgesand establishment of busi-nesses with a view to en-suring long-term devel-

opment of a region. There-fore, he noted that Artsand Science Universities,Universities for Compu-ter Studies and Techno-logical Universities inTaunggyi, Panglong,Kengtung and Lashio ofShan State for enablingthe local youths to pursuehigher education in theirrespective regions. Thestudents, on their part, areto take full advantage ofthe facilities.

He continued tosay that the national goalof the State is to build apeaceful, modern and de-veloped nation. In this re-gard, it is necessary tobuild the modern and de-veloped nation with thestrength of intellectualsand intelligentsia. There-fore, the role of univer-sity students is of vitalimportance for develop-

ment of the nation.The Prime Minis-

ter said that today's uni-versity students are to jointhe various works afterreceiving degrees. As thestudents will engage inthe private businesses orprivate companies or willdischarge duties of gov-ernment service, theymust have skills in therespective fields.

The Prime Minis-ter urged the facultymembers to teach theirpupils to produce stu-dents well-versed intheir chosen subjectsand the students to pur-sue education forachieving efficiency. Assuch, they will show offtheir brilliant skills intheir works. The PrimeMinister stressed theneed for the students to

try hard in learning edu-cation.

He said that theState needs many ableand good citizens.

The Prime Minis-ter said that an able per-son is the one who isskillful in his professionand the good personmeans those who havediscipline, good moraleand genuine nationalis-tic spirit. Only when thecountry has many ableand good intellectualsand intelligentsia will themodern and developednation be built in a shortperiod. If the youths wantto see Myanmar as a de-veloped nation, theyshould uplift their effi-ciency themselves to be-come able and good per-sons.

(See page 9)

Intellectuals and intelli-gentsia—key…

Prime Minister General Thein Seinvisits University of Computer Studies

(Lashio).—MNA

Photo shows University of Computer Studies (Lashio).—MNA

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Intellectuals and

intelligentsia—

key…(from page 8)

The Prime Ministernoted that a Myanmar citi-zen must know the na-tional policy of the Stateand accept it. The nationalpolicy of the nation is OurThree Main NationalCauses. All the Myanmarcitizens are to uphold OurThree Main NationalCauses.

In conclusion, thePrime Minister pointedout that as Myanmaremerges as a nation whereover 100 national races areresiding, all the nationalpeople are Myanmar citi-zens. Myanmar citizenmust be for Myanmar and

a Myanmar must not be astooge of any alien nationor a spy of aliens, he said.

Afterwards, Minister

U Thaung explained factsabout the opening of Uni-versities of ComputerStudies and Technologi-

cal Universities in 24 de-velopment regions underthe guidance of the Headof State in order to turn out

technical and technologi-cal human resources thatplay an important role inthe development, sendingscholars abroad to havehigh qualified teachersand teaching with inter-national-standard sylla-bus.

Afterwards, Master’sdegree course studentsMaung Ye Phone Aungof the university spoke

words of thanks.The Prime Minister

cordially greeted facultymembers and met studentslearning at internet room,hardware lab, research anddevelopment departmentand language lab.

The Prime Ministerand party cordially greetedfaculty members and stu-dents.

MNA

Special train put into service fromcommercial hub to archaeological center

YANGON, 10 March —For every convenience ofglobetrotters and local pil-grims eager to visit an-cient cultural region whileenjoying the service ofmodern facilities, the Min-istry of Rail Transporta-tion and the Ministry ofHotels and Tourism jointlyorganized the inauguralrunning of the Yangon-Bagan special train ofMyanma Railways at theNo (1) Platform of YangonCentral Railway Stationthis evening.

Deputy Minister forRail Transportation ThuraU Thaung Lwin and offi-

cials inspected the specialtrain and presented gifts topassengers who were go-ing to take the train toBagan.

The 61-up Yangon-Bagan special train leavesYangon Central RailwayStation at 4 p.m. and ar-rives at Bagan RailwayStation at 8 a.m. the fol-lowing day. The 62- downBagan-Yangon specialtrain leave Bagan RailwayStation at 8.30 a.m. andarrives at Yangon RailwayStation at 4.30 p.m thesame day.

The train has secondclass coach, upper class

coach and sleeper coach.The sleeper coach (special-1) is a compartment withtoilet-added air-condi-tioned four four-bedrooms. The sleeper (spe-cial-2) has toilet-added air-conditioned four four-bedrooms in addition a bath-room and a pantry is oneach room.

The air-conditionedupper class coach has aseating capacity of 40.There are two second classcoaches and each has aseating capacity of 62. Be-sides, the special train hasa moving restaurant.

Booking can be

NAY PYI TAW, 9 March — The opening ceremonyof Refresher Course No (9) for Staff Officers of the Sportsand Physical Education Department took place at the hallof the Institute of Sports and Physical Education (Manda-lay) yesterday morning with an address by Minister forSports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.

A total of 50 trainees are taking the four-weekcourse.

It was also attended by Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, MandalayMayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han, officials, courseinstructors and trainees.

Next, the minister addressed work coordinationmeeting for 2009-10 academic year at the meeting hallof the institute. After hearing reports on tasks to be doneand trainings being given at the institute presented bythe principal, the minister made concluding remarks.

MNA

Orientation forSPED officials

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and party pose for documentary photo together with faculty members, students and

local people.—MNA

Prime

Minister

General

Thein

Sein

grows

Gangaw

plant in

front of

the main

building.

MNA

Ministerfor Sci-

ence andTechnol-

ogy UThaungexplains

factsabout

Univer-sity of

ComputerStudies

(Lashio).MNA

made at economic depart-ment of Myanma RailwaysHead Office in Nay PyiTaw, passenger depart-ment and at the office ofHead of Railway Stationin Yangon, and tickets areavailable at the bookingcounters in Yangon Rail-way Station and BaganRailway Station.

Rail fare for a foreigneris US$ 50 for sleeper, US$40 for upper class and US$30 for second class.

Sleeper costs K15000,upper class, K 12000 andsecond class, K 3000 perlocal passenger.

MNA

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1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causesat risk to life as the national policy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections due to beheld in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversiveelements through the strength andconsolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity of thenation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March — The ceremony toconclude the 18th Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air)Military Band Contest to mark the 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day was held in conjunction with theprize-giving ceremony at the parade ground of YwadawTransit Center here this morning, attended by Chairmanof the Leading Committee for Observance of the 65thAnniversary Armed Forces Day Chief of Armed ForcesTraining Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win.

Among the attendees were Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Vice Adjutant-

18th Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) MilitaryBand Contest concludes

General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe, senior military officers ofthe Ministry of Defence and departmental officials.

First Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win took the salute of themilitary bands.

Next, the band parade followed in procession.Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win presented shields to

military bands representing Yangon Command, CentralCommand and Eastern Command who stood first,second and third places in the contest and enjoyed theentertainments of award-winning bands.

MNA

YANGON, 10 March— As part of the drive forbetter transport in all partsof the nation,construction andupgrading of roads andbridges are underwaywith added momentum.

On his arrival atworksite of Bago Bridgeconstruction project onY a n g o n - T a u n g o o -Mandalay Road in Bago

Bago Bridge construction

project shaping up

on 6 march, Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint gavenecessary instructionsand attended to the needs.

The 360-foot longbridge has 72-foot widesix-lane motorway withsix-foot wide pedestrianeach on both sides. It is ofbroad crest type with irontruss and it can withstand60-ton load.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March—A workcoordination meeting for organizingregion-wise National Immunization Days-2010 was held at the meeting hall ofNational Health Committee of the Ministryof Health here this morning.

Deputy Minister for Health Dr MyaOo said in his address that the HealthMinistry is implementing tasks as a nationallevel on regular vaccinating infants againstseven diseases which are protected byvaccinating. In Myanmar, tasks forimmunizing the infants against diseaseshave been carried out since 1978. Workprogramme for holding the National

Work coord meeting for NationalImmunization Days-2010 held

Immunization Days-2010 will be arrangedby two times apart. Under 5-year infantsnumbering 2.23 million from 81 townshipsof 11 states and divisions will be givenextra polio immunization on 3 and 4 Aprilfor first time and on 1 and 2 May for secondtime. He continued that upholding thenational spirit, ministries, NGOs, socialorganizations and well-wishers are in needof cooperation with the Health Ministry tosucceed in programme implemented bythe ministry. Before concluding themeeting, officials concerned reportedmatters relating to achievement for NationalImmunization Days-2010.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 March — To disrupt the stability of the State, to causea state of panic among the public and unrest in the country, destructionists havestepped up sabotage acts and spread rumours in the country.

On 25 February, a motorcyclist spread rumour in Shantegyi Village andLaydaukkan Village in Dagon Myothit (South) Township that employees ofYangon Pan Pacific garment factory in Thingangyun Township were taken tohospital due to food poisoning at the garment factory. Around 100 relatives of thefactory workers went to Thingangyun Sanpya Hospital to make enquiry about thenews. When they knew that there was no food poisoned patients, they proceededto the garment factory. They went back as responsible personnel of the factoryexplained that there was no problems including food poisoning in the factory andthe personnel also allowed the relatives to meet the employees. Because ofwidespread rumours, relatives of other workers gathered at the garment factory andthe responsible personnel explained the true situation of the factory.

Similarly, on 26 February, a trishaw man spread rumour in MyaungdagaVillage that some employees of Daewoo Garment Factory in MingaladonTownship were injured and some were taken to hospital as the ferry they were ridingoverturned. Due to the rumour, the garment factory received calls from relatives ofthe employees and some gathered at the factory to make enquiry about the rumour.There was no accident of any ferry and employees were working peacefully there.

The same day, a motorcyclist spread rumour in Nyaungtachan andThayetpinchaung villages in Hlegu Township that the Daewoo garment factory wasexperiencing a problem from contaminated water at the factory. Responsiblepersonnel of the factory denied the rumour when some relatives of the employeesmade enquiries at the factory and explained the true situation.

Authorities concerned have urged people not to allow themselves to beswayed by rumours as destructionists have stepped up spreading rumours to causeunrest, instability and panic among the people, especially among the mass ofworkers, and to give information to the authorities when they see those who spreadrumours among the people.—MNA

Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win awards third prize winning band ofEastern Command.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo speaking at coordinationmeeting of organizing region-wise National Immunization Days-2010.

MNA

People reminded not to believedestructionist-generated rumours

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Authorities in California wooing ChinaBYD automaker

In this photo taken on 5 March, 2010, a truck runs at Yangshan deep-waterport in Shanghai, China. China’s exports rose in February in a new sign ofgrowing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese

currency rise. Exports were up 45.7 percent in February over a year earlier, theChinese Customs agency reported on Wednesday, beating analysts’ forecasts of35 to 40 percent growth. Imports surged 44.7 percent, the agency said, reflect-ing growing demand in China as it emerges from the global crisis.—INTERNET

An oil exploration tower is pictured in Tonya on the Ugandan shore of LakeAlbert. East Africa has become a promising new frontier for oil explorationand major multinationals are jostling for the rights to search for black gold,

industry experts said—INTERNET

China’s foreign trade up45.2% in February

BEIJING, 10 March—China’s foreign trade posted a45.2 percent growth in February 2010 year on year,the General Administration of Customs announced onWednesday.

Exports in February stood at 94.52 billion US dol-lars, up 45.7 percent, while imports rose 44.7 percentto 86.91 billion US dollars.—Xinhua.

China’s BYD F6DM, powered by electric motors and gasoline engine, isdisplayed at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), in

Detroit, the United States, on 11 Jan, 2009.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 10March—China auto-maker has made head-lines in California as it isconsidering locating itsUS office and assemblyline in the state, local me-dia reported on Tuesday.

The office and assem-bly line are expected tocreate high-paying jobsin a state hard-hit by therecent recession.

The Chinese auto-maker BYD, or BuildYour Dreams, may really

build a dream in Califor-nia after it has teamed upwith German automakinggiant Daimler-Benzto manufacture anA-class electricvehicle.

As one of the world’slargest rechargeable bat-tery and consumer elec-tronics makers, BYD en-tered the US market thisyear with its electric carmodel BYD F6DMthrough the NorthAmerican International

Auto Show in Detroit.The first batch of such

cars is to hit markets inEurope, the United Statesand China as early as nextyear.

Morale-boosted by theBYD intention, local au-thorities from both theLos Angeles County andLos Angeles City report-edly met BYD executivesto woo the firm to locateits office and assemblyline on their premises.

Xinhua

East Africa new frontier foroil exploration

HOUSTON, 10 March—East Africa has become apromising new frontierfor oil exploration andmajor multinationals arejostling for the rights tosearch for black gold, in-dustry experts said.

“There are still largeareas which are essen-tially unexploited andmajor efforts are neededin East Africa,” TizianaLuzzi-Arbouille, an Afri-can specialist with IHSGlobal Insight said at the

CeraWeek energy con-ference in Houston,Texas.

While the Atlanticcoast of Africa — mostnotably Nigeria and An-gola — has long been ex-ploited by western oilcompanies, it took dec-ades for the industry toturn its sights to the east.

Things changed in2006 with the first sig-nificant discovery inUganda, in the LakeAlbert basin. Since then

another 15 sites havebeen confirmed, saidLuzzi-Arbouille, who es-timated Uganda’s petro-leum reserves at around700 million barrels.

“What happened inUganda made it easier forsmaller companies toraise funding,” saidTewodoros Ashenafi,head of Southwest En-ergy, an Ethiopian com-pany exploring in thatcountry’s Ogaden basin.

Internet

Global recovery to boost2010’s FDI inflow

in Philippines

Japan’s machinery ordersfall 3.7% in January

CEBU CITY, 10 March—The inflow of foreigndirect investments to thePhilippines is expected tobe higher this year as theglobal recovery boostsinvestor confidence. “There should be anupward drift in FDIs thisyear relative to 2009,”Philippine Central BankOfficer-in-Charge DiwaGuinigundo said at thesidelines of the FinancialEducation Expo beingheld here.

FDIs in 2009 rose by26.2 percent to 1.9 billionU.S. dollars. This com-pared with the 2008 FDIthat hit only 1.5 billionUS dollars, boosting op-timism even more shouldflow inward this year.

“We’re looking atmore vigorous inflows ofFDIs this year. I think themining sector will con-

tinue to be the mostpromising industry,”Gunigundo said.

The Philippine Minesand Geosciences Bureauhas projected that invest-ments in the local min-ing sector for 2010 couldreach as much as 1.42billion dollars, from anestimated 627.84 millionUS dollars in 2009.

Gunigundo said thebusiness processoutsourcing industry,which generated be-tween 6 billion to 7 bil-lion dollars last year,may bring in some 12billion dollars this year.Guinigundo recalledinvestor sentimenton emerging marketslike the Philippines wasquite unfavourable in2009 due to the globaldownturn.

Xinhua

TOKYO, 10 March —Japan’s private sector ma-chinery orders decreased aseasonally adjusted 3.7percent in January from amonth earlier to 723.8 bil-lion yen (8.05 billion US

dollars), according to a re-port released by the Cabi-net Office on Wednesday.

The total value of ma-chinery orders received by280 manufacturers operat-ing in Japan fell by 3.7 per-cent in January from theprevious month on a sea-sonally adjusted basis.

In the manufacturingsector, orders increased by3.3 percent for the month,while the nonmanu-facturing sector saw a de-crease of 12.9 percent indemand. Orders fromoverseas also fell in Janu-ary by 8.8 percent, whilethere was a 20.8 percentrise in the number of or-ders from governments inJanuary. The Cabinet Of-fice forecast orders willrise 3.5 percent in the threemonths ending on 31March, in a further signthat the nation’s tentativeeconomic recovery may begaining strength.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO (923)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJAVOY NO (923) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 11.3.2010 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 am to11:20 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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SANG THAI QUARTZ VOY NO (04)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAIQUARTZ VOY NO (04) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 11.3.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: SANG THAI SHIPPING CO.,LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

Developing countries biggestvictims of climate change

BEIJING, 10 March—Developing countries are thebiggest victims of climate change, Xie Zhenhua, viceminister of China’s National Development and ReformCommission, said on Wednesday.

Xie, one of China’s leading negotiators for climatechange talks, made the remarks at a press conferenceon the sidelines of the annual session of the NationalPeople’s Congress, the country’s top legislature.

Developed countries are mainly responsible for theclimate change, which is caused by increasing green-house gas emission in their process of industrializa-tion in the past 100 to 200 years, he said.

Xie called for joint efforts from all countries in-volved to take positive measures to combat climatechallenge.—Xinhua

S Korea-EU FTA likely to be inked by end-April

US-born capo, drug lord’s brother fight for cartel

SEOUL, 10 March—South Korea seeks toreach the final stage ofsealing a free trade agree-ment (FTA) with the Eu-ropean Union by the endof April, the trade minis-try said on Wednesday.

“We are aiming at for-mally sealing the deal inend-April, which we arenow in discussion with theEU board directors,” LeeHye-min, Seoul’s DeputyMinister for Trade, said ina Press briefing.

Lee, scheduled to fly to

Paris on Friday for ameeting with his EUcounterpart, IgnacioGarcia Bercero, where heis to fix the date.

“At the moment mygoal is to confirm the ex-act date to sign the con-tract at the Paris meeting,but there may be contin-gencies and there is a pos-sibility the signing proc-ess will be delayed one ortwo weeks,” Lee added.

According to Lee, themeeting will be followedby talks between South

Korean Trade MinisterKim Jong-hoon and EUTrade CommissionerKarel de Gucht on Mon-day. Wrapping of two-year-long negotiations,South Korean and the EUinitialed the final text ofthe trade deal in Octoberthis year.

The agreement needs tobe approved by SouthKorea’s National Assem-bly and the heads of theEU’s 27-member statesbefore taking effect.

Xinhua

MEXICO CITY,10March—Authorities say aUS-born hitman is fight-ing the brother of a de-ceased drug lord for con-trol of the Beltran-Leyvacartel, marking what maybe the first time an Ameri-can has risen to the verytop ranks of Mexican

gangs. Ramon Pequeno,head of the anti-narcoticsdivision of Mexico’s fed-eral police, said on Tues-day that Texas-born EdgarValdez Villarreal, nick-named “La Barbie,” is bat-tling Hector Beltran Leyvafor control of the BeltranLeyva cartel.

“Right now it appearsthere is an internal disputefor control of the organi-zation,” Pequeno said.“On one side is La Barbieand on the other side isHector Beltran, the naturalheir of the organization.”

Pequeno said the battlewas unleashed when car-tel leader Arturo BeltranLeyva died in a shootoutwith Mexican marines inDecember. Both men areapparently carrying outkillings in bids to take con-trol of the gang, one ofMexico’s most powerful.

A previous top druglord, Juan Garcia Abrego,was expelled to the UnitedStates in 1996 for purport-edly being a US citizen.But he appeared to havelived all his life in Mexicoand reports have raiseddoubts about whether hewas born in Texas, as onebirth certificates states.

Valdez Villarreal wasborn in the border city ofLaredo, Texas, and hasbuilt a reputation as one ofthe most brutal enforcersemployed by Mexicandrug gangs.—Internet

Suspects Gerardo Malagon, left, and Harry Lla-mas, stand by seized marijuana and US cash

during their presentation to the press in Tijuana,Mexico, on 7 March, 2010.—INTERNET

Malaysian turtles face extinction Cambodia to preserve Khmer Rouge sites for tourismPHNOM PENH, 10

March—Cambodia willpreserve 14 sites at the lastbastion of the murderousKhmer Rouge, includingthe home of their leaderPol Pot, as tourist attrac-tions, an official said on

Wednesday.Following Cabinet ap-

proval last week, the sitesat Anlong Veng will be pro-tected from destruction bylocal people and illegal en-croachment, the area’s dis-trict chief Yim Phana said.Anlong Veng, about 185miles (300 kilometres)north of Phnom Penh, fellto government forces in1998 after nearly 20 yearsof fighting.

The Khmer Rouge re-

gime, under which an es-timated 1.7 million peopledied from execution, dis-ease and malnutrition, wastoppled in 1979 but itsguerrillas fought on in thejungles, with Anlong Vengbecoming their last strong-hold. Yim Phana said the14 sites include homes be-longing to Khmer Rougeleaders, an ammunitionwarehouse and the graveof Pol Pot, who died in1998.—Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 10March—Conservationistswarned on Wednesday thatMalaysians’ voracious ap-petite for turtle eggs coulddrive the marine creaturesto extinction on its shores.

Turtle eggs are soldopenly in markets in partsof Malaysia. Turtles oncearrived in their thousandsto lay eggs on Malaysianbeaches, but are now in-creasingly rare due topoaching and coastal de-

velopment.Environmental group

WWF released a reportsaying that hundreds ofthousands of turtle eggs

are eaten in Malaysiaevery year, despite cam-paigns to get them off themenu.

Internet

A green sea turtlehatchling is pictured

swimming in a tank at theturtle conservancy section

of Aquaria KLCC inKuala Lumpur.

INTERNET

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Wang Fu, a villager of Ketuo Village, unloads water that he transported from5 kilometres away, in Puding County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province,

on 9 March, 2010. The villagers here had no tap water for 50 days because ofsevere drought. The scope and intensity of the drought in Guizhou since last

July broke the record of the extreme weather in history.—XINHUA

A passenger stands in front of a row of Cathay Pacific Airways self check-inmachines in Hong Kong Airport on 10 March 2010. Hong Kong’s dominant aircarrier Cathay Pacific Airways on Wednesday announced a strong second-half

profit of $502.6 million as one-off gains from asset sales and fuel-hedging helpedreverse the losses it posted a year earlier.—INTERNET

A villager tries to remove snow from the plastic greenhouses after a heavy snowin Ilsan, west of Seoul, South Korea, on 10 March, 2010.

INTERNET

Depression, relational uncertainty linked

Teach self-control, improvekids’ behaviour

ROCHESTER, 10 March — Children taught skills tomonitor and control their anger and emotions improvedtheir classroom behaviour, US researchers found.

The study, published in the Journal of AbnormalChild Psychology, found children in a school-basedmentoring programme were about half as likely asothers to have any discipline incident during the 3-month period of the study.

Lead author Peter Wyman, an associate professorof psychiatry at the University of Rochester MedicalCentre, said those children had a 43 percent decreasein mean suspensions as compared to the control group,which did not receive mentoring of the self-controlskills.

In the 4-month interval after the intervention be-gan, 1.8 percent of children in the mentored group weresuspended, compared to 6.1 percent of the controlgroup. Children taught the new skills had a 46 percentdecrease in mean office disciplinary referrals as com-pared to the children in the study’s control group, thestudy said.

Self-control and reducing escalation of emotionsis taught through the concept of a “feelings thermom-eter” to depict intensity, Wyman said.

Children learn to use “mental muscles” as a tool tomonitor feelings and to stop feelings from entering ahot zone. They also learn to maintain control and re-gain equilibrium through strategies such as taking adeep-breath, stepping back from emotionally intensesituations and using an imaginary umbrella as protec-tion from hurtful words.

Internet

Maybe noradiation forearly breast

cancerST LOUIS, 10 March

— US researchers sayearly-stage breast cancerpatients may not needradiation after a mas-tectomy. Researchers atthe University of TexasM.D. Anderson CancerCentre in Houston foundlow overall risk of recur-rences for patients receiv-ing surgery followed bychemotherapy — whetherthere was no spread toaxillary lymph nodes orthere was spread to one tothree lymph nodes.

“This research willprovoke much discussionamong those caring forwomen with early-stagebreast disease. Replicat-ing these findings shouldbe a priority to ensure thatpatients only receivetherapy that is medicallynecessary,” senior authorDr Henry Kuerer said in astatement.—Internet

Diabetes drug effective if taken early

A glass of wine may help keep weight down

CHAMPAIGN, 10 March — Those withmore severe depressive symptoms re-port more relationship distress, US re-searchers found.

Twin sisters Leanne Knobloch of theUniversity of Illinois and LynneKnobloch-Fedders of The Family Insti-tute at Northwestern University saidmore than three decades of research hasshown that people with depression areless satisfied in their romantic relation-ships.

Relational uncertainty is a term todescribe how sure individuals are abouttheir perceptions of involvement in arelationship. It has three sources, the re-searchers said.

The researchers said self uncertaintyis the question people have about theirown relationship involvement, such as,

“how certain am I about my view of thisrelationship?” Partner uncertainty in-volves questions about a partner’s rela-tionship involvement, such as, “how cer-tain am I about where my partner wantsthis to go?”

Finally relationship uncertainty in-volves questions about the relationshipstatus, such as, “how certain am I aboutthe future of this relationship?”

The study found those with more se-vere depressive symptoms reported morerelationship distress, people experienc-ing more relational uncertainty were lesssatisfied with their relationship, andwomen’s depressive symptoms predictedall three sources of their relational un-certainty, which in turn predicted bothmen’s and women’s relationship qual-ity.—Internet

PORTLAND, 10 March— The sooner peoplewith diabetes take the ge-neric drug Metformin thathelps prevent high bloodsugar levels, the longer itis effective, US research-ers said.

Lead author JonathanB Brown, an investiga-tor with the KaiserPermanente Centre forHealth Research inPortland, Ore., saidMetformin is recom-mended as a first-lineagent in the treatment of

type 2 diabetes, but inmost patients it eventuallystops working, forcingthem to take additionalmedications to controltheir blood sugar.

“This is an importantfinding for the 30 millionpeople worldwide whoare diagnosed with type 2diabetes every year,”Brown said in a statement.

“The sooner they starttaking Metformin, thebetter and longer it seemsto work.”

Researchers used elec-

tronic health records totrack nearly 1,800 peoplewith diabetes in KaiserPermanente’s health planin Washington and Or-egon for up to five years.

The study, published inDiabetes Care, foundMetformin failed at a rateof 12 percent a year forthe patients who begantaking it within threemonths of diagnosis, butfailed 21.4 percent peryear for patients whostarted taking it 1-2 yearsafter diagnosis.—Internet

BOSTON, 10 March —Women who are normalweight and consume nomore than two drinks aday may gain less weightthan those who do notdrink, US researcherssay. Dr Lu Wang ofBrigham and Women’sHospital in Boston andcolleagues studied19,220 US women age 39or older who had a bodymass index within thenormal range 18.5-25.

Participants reported

how many alcoholic bev-erages they typicallydrank per day: 38.2 per-cent reported drinking noalcohol, 32.8 percentdrank less than 5grammes, 20.1 percentdrank 5 to less than 15grammes, 5.9 percentdrank 15 to less than 30grammes and 3 percentdrank 30 grams per dayor more. Alcohol con-tains about 7 calories pergramme — or approxi-mately 28 grams per

ounce.After an average 13

years of follow-up,women who did not drinkalcohol at all gained themost weight, with weightgain decreasing as alco-hol intake increased.Compared with womenwho did not drink at all,those who consumedsome but less than 40grammes per day of alco-hol were less likely to be-come overweight orobese.—Internet

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S P O R T S

Pienaar gets drunk-driving ban Romario runs into troublewith the law, again

RIO DE JANEIRO, 10 March—Soccer legend andcurrent manager of the America soccer team,Romario had another unfortunate run-in with the lawon Tuesday. The author of more than 1,000 goalswas pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving.

Romario refused to comply with the police of-ficer and did not blow into the breathalyzer to regis-ter if he had been drinking or not. In Brazil, there isa no tolerance policy on drinking and driving. Ironi-cally, it is a citizen’s right to decline to produce anysort of self-incriminating evidence.

The ex-striker and member of Brazil’s third WorldCup championship team, Romario quickly called afriend who came and drove his car home to his resi-dence in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro. Romariowas taken into custody in order to explain why hewould not perform the breathalyzer.

As a punishment for his reckless behavior,Romario was fined nearly 500 US dollars and re-ceived seven points on his driver’s license.

Xinhua

South Africa star StevenPienaar, pictured inJanuary 2010, wasbanned from driving for12 months by a Britishcourt on Tuesday after

pleading guilty toa drunk-driving

offence.—INTERNET

Wenger eyes revenge missionagainst old rivals

Arsenal’s NicklasBendtner celebrates

scoring his second goalduring their Champions

League round of 16,second leg match

against FC Porto at theEmirates Stadium,

London. Arsenal won5-0.—INTERNET

Pompey rock bottomwhile Sunderland savour victory

LONDON, 10 March—Crisis club Portsmouth remained four pointsadrift at the foot of the English Premier League as Birmingham Citygained revenge on their FA Cup conquerors with a 2-1 win at FrattonPark on Tuesday.

Portsmouth, the 2008 FA Cup winners, beat Birmingham 2-0 attheir south coast home on Saturday to reach the last four of thisseason’s edition thanks to two goals from Frederic Piquionne.

But there was no repeat performance as Birmingham moved upto eighth in the table thanks to a double from striker Cameron Jerome.

Nwanko Kanu, who scored Portsmouth’s winning goal in theirFA Cup final win over Cardiff two years ago, pulled a goal back instoppage-time but it came too late to prevent victory for the visitors.

“We were well up for it,” said delighted Birmingham managerAlex McLeish. “We spoke before the game about how Pompey mighthave thought our confidence has dropped and that we didn’t havemuch more to play for this season and we responded brilliantly.”

Internet

Sunderland’s English striker FraizerCampbell (2nd L) celebrates scoringthe opening goal with Scottish de-

fender Alan Hutton during the Eng-lish Premier League football match

between Sunderland and BoltonWanderers at the Stadium of Light,Sunderland. Sunderland won 4-0.

INTERNET

Kashima win AFCChampions League clash

Henin, Clijsters look to shakethings up at Indian Wells

Kim Clijsters

Endoh Yasushi of Japan’sKashima Antlers cel-ebrates his goal againstSouth Korea’s JeonbukMotors during a prelimi-nary Group F match ofthe AFC ChampionsLeague in Jeonju, about200km south of Seoul.Kashima Antlers won thematch 2-1.—INTERNET

Bayern Munich’s Dutchstriker Arjen Robben cel-ebrates after scoringagainst Fiorentina dur-ing their last 16 Champi-on’s League second legfootball match in Flor-ence’s Artemio Franchi��Stadium.—INTERNET

Bayern lose but scrape pastFiorentina on away goals

LONDON, 10 March—Arsenal manager ArseneWenger admits he wouldlove the chance for a re-venge mission againstManchester United orChelsea in the Champi-ons League quarter-finals.

Wenger’s side sweptinto the last eight with amajestic 5-0 victory overPorto at the Emirates Sta-dium that sealed a 6-2 ag-gregate triumph in thesecond round tie.

Nicklas Bendtner wasthe Gunners’ hero withthe first hat-trick of hiscareer, but sublime dis-plays from Samir Nasri,who scored a brilliantsolo goal, and AndreyArshavin put Wenger inunusually fiesty form af-ter Tuesday’s match.

Winning in such stylewithout captain CescFabregas, key defenderWilliam Gallas and starforward Robin van

Persie clearly gotWenger’s juices flowingas he claimed Arsenalwould fancy theirchances against PremierLeague rivals United orChelsea.

Internet

FLORENCE, 10 March—Bayern Munich bookedtheir place in the quarter-finals of the ChampionsLeague on Tuesday de-spite losing 3-2 to a val-iant Fiorentina in a topsy-turvy encounter at theArtemio Franchi stadium.

The German side, whohad won 2-1 in Munich,

went through on the awaygoals’ rule after the aggre-gate scores finished 4-4.

In the end, MiroslavKlose’s controversial89th-minute goal in thefirst leg, which replaysshowed was yards offside,proved decisive.

“We’ve been elimi-nated thanks to the collu-sion of referee (Tom)Ovrebo in the away leg,”complained Fiorentinapresident Andrea dellaValle.

“It’s tough to go outafter winning 3-2 evenwithout thinking about thefirst leg. But Florence canbe proud of the way thatFiorentina played thisevening.”

Bayern coach LouisVan Gaal could under-stand his rival’s senti-ments.

“I can understand thatit’s hard for Fiorentina be-cause Klose’s off-sidegoal in the first leg proveddecisive,” he said.

Internet

LIVERPOOL, 10 March—South Africa starSteven Pienaar wasbanned from driving for

12 months by a Britishcourt on Tuesday afterpleading guilty to a drunk-driving offence.

The 27-year-old, amidfielder with EnglishPremier League sideEverton, was found to benearly twice the legal limitafter he was breath-testedby police in Liverpool.

Pienaar was stopped bypolice in the early hours ofSunday, 21 February, theday after Everton’s 3-1win over English champi-ons Manchester United atGoodison Park. Mersey-side Police found Pienaarhad 61 micrograms of al-cohol per 100ml of breath.The legal limit is 35micrograms.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 10March—Kashima Antlerswon the clash of EastAsia’s titans on Tuesdaywith a dramatic 2-1 AFCChampions League winover Jeonbuk Motors,while Beijing Guoan dugdeep to beat KawasakiFrontale.

J-League championsKashima came from be-hind to beat their K-League counterparts, withKoji Nakata and YasushiEndo doing the damage.

Jeonbuk, who won theAFC crown in 2006,opened the scoring fourminutes before half-timethrough their Brazilian starEninho, who made themost of his chances afterbeing put through by LeeDong-Gook. Nakatastruck the equaliser in the

70th minute after latchingon to a cross from Brazil-ian midfielder FellypeGabriel and it looked des-tined for a draw beforeEndo prodded home a last-minute winner forKashima.—Internet

INDIAN WELLS, 10March—Former worldnumber ones JustineHenin and Kim Clijstersof Belgium will providesome early headaches fortop seeds at the WTA In-dian Wells tournamentwhich begins Wednesday.

The 4.5 million-dollarevent, played in conjunc-tion with an ATP eventthat starts Thursday, alsocould see a potential third-round rematch of lastyear’s final between de-fending champion VeraZvonareva and 24th seedAna Ivanovic.

With 32 seeds receiv-ing first-round byes, theearly star of the show fig-ures to be Henin, the 27-year-old who lost toSerena Williams in theAustralian Open final and

US Open championClijsters at the Brisbanefinal.

Henin, who won at In-dian Wells in 2004, opensagainst Slovakia?sMagdalena Rybarikovaand if she advances willface 31st-seeded GiselaDulko of Argentina for apossible third-round en-counter with fifth seedAgneiszka Radwanska ofPoland.—Internet

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Heart & Soul of the Union (Chin)* Wings Sign Art* Taking an Oath for Life

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Rakhine States, Upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Day temperatures were (5 °C) to (6°C) above Marchaverage temperatures in Kachin, Shan States, Upper Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway and Taninthayi Divisions, (3°C) to(4°C) above March average temperatures in Chin, Rakhine,Kayah, Kayin States, Lower Sagaing , Bago Divisions andabout March average temperatures in the remaining Statesand Divisions. The significant day temperatures were Chauk(42 °C), Minbu and Aunglan (42°C) each Nay Pyi Taw,Nyaungoo, Pyimana, Magway, Pyi and Hpa-an (40°C)each.

Maximum temperature on 9-3-2010 was 81°F.Minimum temperature on 10-3-2010 was 77°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 10-3-2010 was 71%.Total sun shine hours on 9 -3-2010 was (8.2) hours approx.

Rainfall on 10-3-2010 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 (5) mphfrom South at (21:30) hours MST on 9-3-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndmanSea and Central Bay and generally fair in the elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 11th March 2010:Likehood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in Kachinand Mon States ,Upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions,weather will be partly cloudy in Shan and Rakhine States,Magway, Mandalay and Yangon Divisions and generallyfair in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likehood of isolatedlight rain or thundershowers Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for11-3-2010 : Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for11-3-2010: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-3-2010: Partly cloudy .

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File photo shows the Zhongyue Temple on theeast Songshan Mountain in central China’s

Henan Province. China has chosen SongshanMountain’s historical architecture complex asthe only project to bid for the World Cultural

Heritage in 2010. The architecture complex iscomposed of 11 traditional Chinese

constructions, including the renowned ShaolinTemple.—INTERNET

China’s housing prices hitnew high in February

BEIJING, 10 March,—China’s property marketgrew at the fastest pacein 20 months inFebruary, with housingprices rising at a doubledigit rate, despite thegovernment’s cooling-down moves, accordingto data releasedWednesday by theNational Bureau ofStatistics (NBS).

Housing prices inChina’s 70 large andmedium-sized citiesincreased 10.7 percent

in February from a yearearlier, and were up 0.9percent compared to theprevious month, said theNBS.

Prices of new homesin February rose 13percent year on year, up1.3 percent from January,and were mainly pushedup by soaring homeprices in Hainan Provinceas the state governmentdecided to build theisland into aninternational tourist resortin December.—Xinhua

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12th Waning of Taboung 1371 ME Thursday, 11 March, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ★ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

YANGON, 10 March— Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defenceheard reports on progressof tarmacking ofH l i n e t h a y a - D a l l a -Twantay motorway at thebriefing hall of Road Con-struction Project SpecialGroup (16) of the PublicWorks at the junction ofH l i n e t h a y a - D a l l a -

All-round development seen in Kawhmu,Twantay Townships

Twantay motorway andNo (5) Highway yester-day.

While inspectingthe tarmacking of ap-proach road of Pan HlaingBridge and junction ofHlinethaya-Dalla andDalla-Twantay roads,preparation for construc-tion of traffic island, dura-bility of Twantay Bridge

and Kawhmu TownshipPeople’s Hospital, he gavenecessary instructions.

In meeting withtrainees of RefresherCourse for Promotion ofPublic Health Educationat the hospital, he calledfor uplifting public healththrough collaborative ef-forts.

Next, Lt-Gen

Myint Swe looked intonewly-built one-storeyRC building for KawhmuTownship BEHS, con-struction of Tawa creekcrossing bridge on

Twantay detour inTwantay Township andMyago-Maubin road andvisited summer paddyfarmland at Tawtho vil-lage and fish farm at Adun

village in the township.After hearing re-

ports on tasks for durabil-ity of Myago-Maubin road,Lt-Gen Myint Swe attendedto the needs.—MNA

Take Fire Preventive Measures

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence views weeding at quality summer paddy plantation in Tawtho Village of Twantay Township.MNA

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