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Volume XVII, Number 239 10th Waning of Nadaw 1371 ME Friday, 11 December, 2009

* 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

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomesback Prime Minister General Thein Sein

Vice-Chair-man of theState Peace

and Develop-ment CouncilDeputy Com-mander-in-Chief of De-

fence ServicesCommander-

in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior Gen-eral MaungAye greets

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein

Sein, whoattended

opening cer-emony of XXVSEA Games inLaos, at Nay

Pyi TawAirport.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Vice-Cha i r -man of the State Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Deputy Com-mander-in-Chief ofDefence ServicesCommander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Ayewelcomed back PrimeMinister GeneralThein Sein, who ar-rived back here from

Laos at 11:30 am to-day by special flightafter attending open-ing ceremony of theXXV SEA Games heldin Lao People’s Demo-cratic Republic.

Together withVice-Chairman of theState Peace and De-velopment CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-

in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye at the air-port were Lt-Gen KoKo, Lt-Gen Khin Zawand Lt-Gen OhnMyint of the Ministryof Defence, Com-mander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Min-ister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin NaingThein, Minister for

Foreign Affairs UNyan Win, Ministerfor Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, de-partmental heads andofficials.

Minister for Ho-tels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, Min-ister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint anddepartmental heads,

Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief

(Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomes back Prime Minis-

ter General Thein Sein, who attended opening ceremony of XXV SEA

Games in Laos, at Nay Pyi Taw Airport.—MNA

who accompaniedPrime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein, ar-rived here on the sameflight.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—The National Literary Award Scrutinizing Com-mittee of the Ministry of Information today named writer Dr Kyaw Sein (DrKyaw Sein) winner of Life-time Achievement National Literary Award (2008)in recognition of his lifelong brilliant performances for improvement of Myanmarliterature in the Union of Myanmar.

The award will be presented at the ceremony to present National LiteraryAwards and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards for 2008 to be held at theOffice of the Ministry of Information here at 9 am on 31 December 2009.—MNA

Dr Kyaw Sein voted for Life-timeAchievement National Literary

Award (2008)

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Friday, 11 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Raise the momentum of anti-drugcampaign and take part in regionaldevelopment tasks

Use of various kinds of narcotic drugs isbecoming more widespread all over the worldand it brings grave consequences not only todrug users themselves but also to their familiesand the social environment related with drugproducers and traffickers.

The danger of narcotic drugs being theconcern of all countries and regions in theworld, they are carrying out anti-drugcampaigns seriously. To eliminate drugproduction and trafficking, they are tryingthrough various ways and means, includingexchange of information betweenthemselves.

Myanmar regards her fight againstnarcotic drugs as a national duty and is tryingto the best of her ability to eliminate theirmenace by implementing the 15-year plan forelimination of narcotic drugs. The plan periodis from 1999 to 2014. It is now in the last yearof its second five-year phase and muchheadway has been made.

The Central Committee for Drug AbuseControl occasionally holds ceremonies todestroy narcotic drugs seized in various partsof the nation. Narcotic drugs were destroyedtwenty times up to 2006 in Yangon and 47times in other states and divisions.

A ceremony to destroy narcotic drugsseized in Shan State (East) was held at thestate sports ground in Kengtung on 8December. Various kinds of narcotic drugs,stimulant tablets, chemicals and accessoriesdestroyed were worth more than 93 billionkyats (over 93 million US dollars).

We would like to call on the entire nationalpeople to take an active part in the measuresfor regional peace and stability, the rule oflaw and regional development while thegovernment is accelerating the momentum ofits fight against narcotic drugs.

* 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

YANGON, 9 Dec—Thefifth leg of Myanmar GolfTour (2009-2010) IBTCOpen Golf Champion-ships continued at YangonGolf Course (Danyingon)here on 3 December.

Zaw Zaw Latt(Srixon) led theprofessional golfersdivision with 208 strokes,Naing Naing Lin (Srixon)and Soe Kyaw Naing(Srixon) followed with212 strokes.

Soe Moe Win led with215 strokes, Aung Win

IBTC Open GolfChampionships continues

(Myanmar Selection)followed with 217 strokesand Yan Myo Aye with219 strokes in men’samateur division.

The championshipwas mainly sponsored byInternational BeveragesTrading Co Ltd (IBTC)together with co-sponsorsAir Bagan Ltd, KBZ BankLtd, Hotel Yangon, KMGolf Centre, HAN GolfMasters Pte Ltd, MyanmarThiha Trading Co Ltd, Bayof Bengal Resert (BOB),(INAX, T-Home), CEPSA

Lubricantes, ACCELInternational Co Ltd(Canon), Imperial JadePurified Drinking Water,

Lifeline Co Ltd, GP Watchand Yangon Golf course(Danyingon).

NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin attended theceremony to mark World AIDS Day at the hall of NayPyi Taw Pyinmana Township, Nay Pyi Taw District,here this morning.

It was also attended by district/township PDCchairmen, officials concerned from Ministry of Health,

Commander attends World AIDS Day ceremonymembers of social organizations and guests.

The commander delivered an address on theoccasion and presented awards to students who wonprizes in the contests. Afterwards, the commander and officials viewedHIV/AIDS paintings and documentary photos put ondisplay in the hall.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin received Minister ofForeign Affairs of theDemocratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka MrRohitha Bogollagamaand party, arriving at NayPyi Taw to attend 12th

BIMSTEC MinisterialMeeting, at the ministryhere this evening.

They discussedmatters related to enhancethe bilateral cooperationbetween Myanmar and SriLanka.

Also present on theoccasion were Sri LankaAmbassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr Newton

FM receives Sri Lankan counterpart

Gunaratna, officials fromthe Embassy of Sri Lanka

and directors-generalfrom the departments

Five companies win Responsible Care LogoYANGON, 9 Dec—

Jointly organized byMyanmar IndustrialEntrepreneurs Associa-tion, Chemical IndustryGroup, Myanmar Re-

sponsible Care Com-mittee and Japan ExternalTrade Organization(JETRO), a ceremony toaward Responsible CareLogo was held at TradersHotel here this morning.

Present on theoccasion were officialsfrom the Factories andGeneral Labour LawInspection Departmentunder the Ministry ofLabour, Union ofMyanmar EconomicHoldings L, Union ofMyanmars Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry, MyanmarEngineering Society andindustrial zones,Administration DirectorMr Eitaro Kojima of

JETRO (YangonBranch) and ResponsibleCare Expert MrKonoshin Kukuma.

The copyright of RCLogo is presented tocompanies which act inaccord with noble conceptin environment, healthand safety works in theproduction of chemicalproducts.

The RC Logoprogramme was started in2006. UPG group, UnitedPacific Co Ltd, GPBattery, Myanmar URChemical Co Ltd andChemical EngineeringProduction CooperativeLtd were awardes RCLogos at the ceremony.

MNA

Zaw Zaw Latt (Srixon) leading professionalgolfers contesting in IBTC Open Golf

Championships.—NLM

Minister U Nyan Win receives Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign AffairsMr Rohitha Bogollagama.—MNA

Tobacco Kills

under the ministry.

MNA

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Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on 9 Dec,2009. A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad on Tuesday, including

three car bombs that blew up near government sites.—INTERNET

Iraq orders security shakeupafter Baghdad blasts

An Iraqi wraps himself in a blanket as he sits in front of his destroyed housein Baghdad, Iraq, on 9 Dec, 2009. Aboud’s house collapsed in one of series of

coordinated attacks struck Baghdad on Tuesday.—INTERNET

Egypt starts building steel wall onGaza Strip border

There are thought to be hundreds of tunnels alongthe border.—INTERNET

CAIRO, 10 Dec —Egypt has begun con-structing a huge metalwall along its border withthe Gaza Strip as it at-tempts to cut smugglingtunnels, the BBC haslearned. When it is fin-ished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long andwill extend 18 metres be-low the surface. TheEgyptians are beinghelped by American armyengineers, who the BBCunderstands have de-signed the wall.

The plan has beenshrouded in secrecy, withno comment or confirma-tion from the Egyptiangovernment. The wall willtake 18 months to com-plete. For weeks localfarmers have noticedmore activity at the bor-

der where trees were be-ing cut down, but veryfew of them were awarethat a barrier was beingbuilt.

That is because the bar-rier, made of super-strength steel, has beenhidden deep underground.

The BBC has been toldthat it was manufactured inthe US, that it fits togetherin similar fashion to a jig-saw, and that it has beentested to ensure it is bombproof. It cannot be cut ormelted - in short it is im-penetrable.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 10 Dec –Iraq’s Western-backedgovernment — facing in-tense pressure to addresssecurity lapses after sui-cide bombings killed 127people in the capital —ordered a shake-up onWednesday in the coun-try’s military leadership.

The angry mood that

led Prime Minister Nourial-Maliki to replace Bagh-dad’s top military com-mander reveals a starkpsychological shift amongIraqis who once acceptedsuch violence as routineand are now demandingsomeone pay a politicalprice.

Al-Maliki appealed for

Iraqis to be patient as hesignalled more changesmight be ahead for secu-rity officials. The PrimeMinister was expected toattend a special parlia-mentary session on Thurs-day, where lawmakersdemanded his securityministers answer forlapses that allowed for theattacks.

“I call on the Iraqi peo-ple for more patience andsteadfastness,” al-Malikisaid in a televised ad-dress.—Internet

Air raid kills three militantsin S Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, 10 Dec — Three militants were killedas an aircraft targeted them in Taleban former strong-hold Kandahar in south Afghanistan, a statement re-leased by the Kandahar governor office on Wednes-day said. “The three militants were busy in planting mines on aroad in Dand District on Tuesday when the aircraft tar-geted them from the air killing them on the spot,” thestatement added. There were no casualties on civilians,it said. The statement also added that four civilians wereinjured when their tractor ran over a mine in ShurabakDistrict on Monday. Roadside bombs planted by mili-tants often claim civilians’ lives. Two more civilians werekilled and two others sustained injuries as a mine hit acivilian car in Uruzgan Province on Tuesday. — Xinhua

Suspected US drone strike kills10 in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 10 Dec — Ten people were killed in asuspected US drone attack in the northwest Pakistan’stribal region on Thursday morning, said security andintelligence sources. Officials said the unmanned aircraft fired two missilesat Ladha in the South Waziristan tribal agency borderingAfghanistan, killing ten including three foreigners. The strike in the South Waziristan region was thesecond since US President Barack Obama’s speech lastweek outlining plans to send 30,000 more US troopsto Afghanistan. On Tuesday, a suspected US drone strike in theneighbouring North Waziristan killed at least three per-sons and injured another three.—Xinhua

French military satellite launchrescheduled

PARIS, 10 Dec — The French Guiana-basedArianespace centre has finally decided to reschedule thelaunch time of a military satellite to early next week,Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and chief executive officerof the space agency announced late on Wednesday. The lift-off of the Arianne 5 carrier rocket withFrench military observation satellite Helios 2B atopwas originally scheduled at around 17:26 Paris Time(1626 GMT). However, several hours before thelaunch window, Arianespace, announced that a “pres-sure problem about the helium container” wasfound.— Xinhua

Argentina,Venezuela

sign 14cooperationagreements

BUENOS AIRES, 10 Dec— Argentine PresidentCristina Fernandez andher visiting Venezuelancounterpart HugoChavez signed onWednesday 14 coopera-tion agreements. The agreements in-volved the increase ofcommercial air transpor-tation frequency, purchaseof vehicles, industrialtechnical assistance, thepromotion of integrationof small- and medium-sized enterprises, as wellas train and ship transpor-tation agreements.

Xinhua

Googling Baidu: Guess what’s the mostsearched word?

Beijing, 10 Dec —The most searched for termamong mainland Chineseusers of Google is “Baidu”– Google’s largest rival inChina, according to a reportrecently released by Googleitself, the Beijing Timesreported Wednesday.

Xie Wen, an Internetexpert said the fact thatGoogle released the reportshowed its generosity, andrevealed both Baidu’sstrong competitiveness andGoogle’s own flaws inChina. Google released the“Hottest Words by ChineseMainland, Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan 2009”

on Wednesday. The report also lists searchterms by subject. Amongstocks, Vanke A share,China Unicom and Ping Anwere the most searched for.

Shanghai Composite Index,fund, exchange rate GrowthEnterprise Board, and papergold were among the topeconomic search terms.

Internet

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An assembly lineworker is seen at a

Proton auto assemblyline in the outskirts of

Kuala Lumpur.Malaysian industrial

output rose 0.7 percentyear-on-year in Octo-ber, in its first uptick

since September 2008,official data has shown.

INTERNET

Chinese farmers pack garlic at a wholesale marketin Yichang, central China. The pungent bulb hasoutperformed stocks, property and even gold after

low demand due to the financial crisis late lastyear led Chinese farmers— responsible for about

three-quarters of world supply — to plant less,slashing supply.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 10 Dec —Suzuki Motor Corp andVolkswagen AG signed acomprehensive allianceagreement on Wednesdaywhich is expected to cre-ate one of the top automo-bile groups in the world.Under their agreement,Volkswagen will acquirea 19.9 percent stake in theJapanese carmaker.

Volkswagen AG’s Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn (R) shakes handswith Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Osamu Suzuki

during their joint news conference in Tokyo on 9 Dec, 2009.— XINHUA

KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Dec— Malaysia’s NationalPharmaceutical ControlBureau (NPCB) has banned12 cosmetic products asthey contain toxic ingredi-ents and are dangerous tohealth, a local newspaper re-ported on Thursday.

The products are FelisaGentle Peeling Solution,

Suzuki, Volkswagen ink allianceto create top auto group

Suzuki will sell its sharesto Volkswagen for around222.48 billion yen undera third-party allotment tobe carried out from mid-January.

The Japanese car-maker is also expected tobuy shares in Volkswagenby spending up to half ofthe money received fromthe German automaker.

“We want to be theworld’s No 1 automakerby 2018 and Suzuki’s co-operation will acceleratethe achievement of ourgoal,” Volkswagen’sChairman Martin Winter-korn said at a Press con-ference in Tokyo.

He said the auto indus-try is undergoing a keyperiod of transition and hehoped the alliance canmaximize their advan-tages.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 10 Dec —China will extend stimu-lus measures in the auto-mobile industry for onemore year, with small ad-justments, to further sup-port the world’s biggestand fastest-growing automarket. The governmentannounced the decisionon Wednesday after anexecutive meeting of theState Council chaired byPremier Wen Jiabao.

The stimulus package,which was due to expireat the end of this month,includes a 50 percent cutin the 10 percent purchase

ANCHORAGE, 10 Dec—Officials believe that iceplugged up a pipeline and likely caused a rupture thatsent 46,000 gallons of crude oil and water gushingonto snow-covered tundra on Alaska’s North Slopelate last month.

The spill is one of the worst by volume since theMarch 2006 spill of 200,000 gallons of crude atPrudhoe Bay, the biggest spill ever on the North Slope,according to Department of Environmental Conser-vation figures.—Internet

RIO DE JANERIO, 10Dec—Brazil’s FinanceMinister Guido Mantegaannounced on Wednesdaya new package of fiscalincentives to boost thecountry’s economic activ-ity, including an 80 billionreais (45.2 billion US dol-lars) credit line for theBrazilian DevelopmentBank (BNDES).

The money, which isto be released next year,will help BNDES in-

China’s auto stimulus retained for 2010

Buyers examining asmall car in an automarket in Nanjing.Purchase tax for

smaller cars will belevied at 7.5%.—XINHUA

tax for cars with an en-gine capacity of, or lessthan, 1.6 litres and subsi-dies for trade-in cars. Itwill now be extended to31 Dec, 2010. However,the purchase tax forsmaller cars will be liftedfrom the current 5 percentto 7.5 percent of the totalvehicle price.

Xinhua

Malaysia bans 12 cosmeticcreams for health danger

Krim Malam RahsiaRimba, Biocosmet Whit-ening Essence Cream,H2O + Waterwhite Brigh-tening Night Cream,Magixpress LighteningPlus, A Vant Cream, Erie-sya Spa Beauty Cream,Natasya Krim Herba,Temulawak WhiteningPearl Cream Papaya,Ratna Sari WhiteningNight Cream, AtikaBeauty Renewal NightCream and ChantiqueWhitening Night Cream.

The bureau cancelledthe registration of theproducts over the past 11months because they con-tained the prohibited in-gredients tretinoin (retinoicacid) and hydroquinone,the New Straits Timessaid.—Internet

Giant oil spill in Alaska likelycaused by ice

In this on 7 Dec, 2009 picture provided by the AlaskaDepartment of Environmental Conservation, crews

use steamer equipment to melt contaminated materialfor collection with a vacuum rig. —INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 10 Dec — Mexico’s largest cementfirm CEMEX, a leading cement producer in the world,pledged to cut carbon dioxide emissions per ton ofproduct 25 percent of 1990 levels by 2015, a state-ment released on Wednesday said.

“We acknowledge the global challenges posed byclimate change and are committed to applying ourideas, our skills, our technologies, and our determina-tion to engage in developing a pathway to a low-car-bon economy,” said Lorenzo Zambrano, CEMEXChairman and CEO, quoted by the statement publishedon the company’s website.—Internet

Mexico’s largest cement companymakes commitment to tackling

climate change

Brazilian government announces moreincentives to boost economy

crease its financing opera-tions, especially in the ar-eas of infrastructure andexports.

In 2009, the Braziliangovernment had alreadyreleased 100 billion reais(56.5 billion dollars) tothe BNDES.

The government alsodecided to renew thelower interest rates in theBNDES financing opera-tions for the purchase ofmachinery and equipment

for industries until June2010.

Additionally, Mantegaannounced the renewal oftax cuts for computers, ameasure which will lastuntil 2014 and cost thegovernment 1.6 billionreais (903 million dollars)alone in 2010.

He also announced ex-tra tax cuts for computersand computer parts sold topublic schools.

Xinhua

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Pregnant women targeted in new H1N1 planBEIJING, 10 Dec—China

is preparing an inoculationplan for all pregnantwomen, who make upnearly 14 percent of thetotal number of reporteddeaths from the A/H1N1flu on the Mainland.Nearly 8 percent of preg-nant women have severecases of H1N1, accordingto the Ministry of Healthon Wednesday. Forty-sixpregnant women have thusfar died because of the flu.

Other groups facinghigh risks of infection in-clude the chronically ill,

the obese, infants and sen-iors, the ministry said. Noclear evidence has so farshown that the vaccineharms both the pregnantmother and her baby, ac-cording to internationalstudies.

Health experts and offi-cials with departmentssuch as the Ministry ofHealth, the State Food andDrug Administration, andthe Chinese Centre forDisease Prevention andControl are currentlyworking closely to figureout an exact inoculation

plan for pregnant women,said Zhao Kai, a vaccineexpert and academicianwith the Chinese Academyof Engineering, onWednesday.

“Pregnant women areadvised to consult obstet-ric doctors before decidingwhether or not to get thejab,” he said. Of the totalnumber of H1N1 deaths,approximately 47 percentsuffered from chronic dis-eases and 18 percent wereobese. Men accounted for58 percent of the deathtoll.—Xinhua

Doctors at Anqing City Hospital in Anhui Province perform a last check on apatient who had been treated for the H1N1 virus before she was discharged

from the hospital.—XINHUA

China issues initial ruling on USand Russia steel dumping casesBEIJING, 10 Dec—China said on Thursday investi-

gations showed the United States and Russia haddumped oriented electrical steel on the Chinese mar-ket, and the United States had subsidized the exports.

The dumping and subsidies have caused substantialdamage to the domestic industry, and China will chargedeposits on the imports from the two economies fromFriday, according to an initial ruling issued by the Chi-nese Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

The amount of the deposit paid at Customs wouldbe decided by the dumping margins of different pro-ducers. The dumping margins ranged from 10.7 per-cent to 25 percent by the US companies, and 4.6 per-cent to 25 percent by the Russian companies.—Xinhua

Singapore hospitallaunches study

on HPV infectionsin women

SINGAPORE, 10 Dec—The Singapore GeneralHospital is calling formore women to come for-ward to take part in its firststudy on Human Papil-loma Virus (HPV) infec-tions in Singapore, localmedia reported onWednesday.

HPV is a common vi-rus linked to the develop-ment of cervical cancer,which is the sixth mostcommon cancer amongwomen here. The diseaseclaims 200 lives everyyear in Singapore, accord-ing to local radio 938Livereports. The study aims toenroll 1,800 healthySingaporean women be-tween the ages of 15 and55 over the next sixmonths. It has attracted550 participants since itslaunch in August.

Xinhua

China’s first fireproof bus on trial run in SichuanCHENGDU, 10 Dec—China’s first fireproof bus began trial run on Wednesday in

Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The fireproof vehicle isequipped with nine shower nozzles on the roof, which will sprinkle extinguishingagent after the driver presses a button on his left, said Song Xiaoyong, director ofthe fire prevention division of the provincial fire-control department.

The agent could cool the air and put out the fire in 60 seconds, and meanwhiledilute the toxic fumes in the bus, Song said, adding the spray would cause no harmto human body.

If the engine catches fire, a dry powder extinguishing system will be triggeredautomatically, or manually in case of emergency, he said.

On 5 June, 2009, a bus in Chengdu caught fire and left 25 passengers dead.“After the accident, we have been working on how to make the vehicle more fire-resistant,” Song said. The extinguishing equipment, costing 20,000 to 30,000 yuan(2,930 to 4,395 US dollars), would be installed on all buses of the city if provedworking well, he said.

Xinhua

Singapore presents studyon alternative energy

Early warning systems for droughtshighlighted at UN-backed meetingUNITED NATIONS,10 Dec—With the frequency and

severity of droughts likely to increase due to climatechange, more than 60 scientists from all the world’sregions are meeting at a United Nations-backed con-ference in the United States this week to draw up guide-lines for early warning systems that could save count-less lives, UN officials said here on Wednesday.

“Early warning systems for drought allow individu-als and communities to act in sufficient time to reducethe possibility of loss of life, personal injury, and dam-age to property and fragile environments,” said thedirector of the UN World Meteorological Organiza-tion (WMO) Climate Prediction and AdaptationBranch, Mannava K Sivakumar, stressing his agen-cy’s key role.—Xinhua

Two electricians conduct on spot technical inspec-tion and debugging to the apparatus of the 330kilovoltage booster substation, at the JiuquanDongfeng Electricity Generation Field, in GuazhouCounty of Jiuquan City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, on 8 Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

SINGAPORE, 10 Dec—Singapore presented astudy to help identify thealternative energy poten-tial of countries aroundthe world, local media re-ported on Thursday. Thefindings of the study, be-lieved to be the first of itskind, were presented todelegates at a side eventat the Copenhagen cli-mate meet, local Englishnewspaper The StraitsTimes reported.

Energy Studies Instituteresearch fellow FeliciaShaw told the delegatesthat huge variations of al-ternative energy potentialwere found across coun-tries by the study, whichfocused on solar, windand hydroelectric power,and geothermal resources.However, physical con-straints, such as land size

also limit a country’s po-tential with Singapore be-ing a case in point. De-spite being located in thetropical sunbelt area, it isunable to harness solar en-ergy on a large scale be-cause of its size.—Xinhua

A white

Bengal tiger

named Betty

plays with

a Christmas

tree inside

a cage

at Buenos

Aires’ Zoo

on 8 Dec,

2009.

XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

A compass made by handicraftsmanWu Shuisen, the seventh-generation

inheritor of the making skills ofWuluheng Compass, is seen in

Wan’an Town of Xiuning County,east China’s Anhui Province.Wan’an Town is one of the

cradlelands of the making ofcompasses in China, which has a

history of 600 years.

A labrador retriever breast-feedsher babies in Liuzhou, southwest

China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autono-mous Region. A labrador retriever,raised by Mr Li in Liuzhou, gave

birth to nine puppies and 10puppies respectively in March and

December this year.

Much ado aboutbamboo

Wang Guohong stands on an 8-m-longbamboo pole as it floats down the river.

He clutches another shorter pole,about 5-m-long, with both hands.

The 42-year-old lifts one foot andthrusts forward. For a moment, his bodyis parallel to the floating bamboo, and helooks like “a swallow slightly touchingthe water’s surface”, as the move istermed. Wang’s friends, who watch froman islet in the river, taunt him: “You’retoo old. You can’t hold the position forthree seconds.”

The middle-aged man may not havethe agile body of a teenager. But he hasthe best balance of the bunch.

As coach of this unique sport called“single-bamboo-pole rafting”, he leads aragtag team of fishermen, constructionworkers and teachers in preserving a tra-dition that’s almost 300 years old.

Floating on a single-bamboo-pole onChishui River, SW China’s Guizhou

Province.

World’s smallest momhas third child

A Kentucky woman known as theworld’s smallest mother says she has givenbirth to her third child, a healthy baby boy.

Stacey Herald, 35, said she defied herdoctors’ orders for the third time in threeyears and gave birth 28 Nov to 2-pound,10-ounce Malachi, The Sun reported onTuesday.

Herald stands at only 2 feet, 4 inchestall due to Osteogenesis Imperfecta, alsoknown as brittle bone disease. She saiddoctors advised her that having childrencould kill her. However, she said she de-fied their orders to have children Kateri,3, Makya, 18 months, and newbornMalachi.

Doctors said they induced labour at 32weeks of pregnancy because they fearedhe was growing too large for the motherto carry, the British newspaper said. Her-ald said Malachi is healthy but remainsunder supervision at a hospital.

Hero pilot’s hatto benefit two schoolsChesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the US

Airways pilot whose forced landing inthe Hudson River made him a hero, isselling a hat to benefit Californiaschools.

The person who makes the winningbid on eBay will get the hat, autographedby Sullenberger, a plastic box to protectit and a handwritten note from the pilotand his wife, Lorrie, thanking the buyerfor making a contribution to education,the Contra Costa (Calif) Times reported.Proceeds from the sale are going to theSan Ramon high school whereSullenberger’s daughters are studentsand to a sister school in East Oakland,across the Bay from San Francisco, AllieHerson of Barbary Coast Consultingsaid.

Herson said Sullenberg has ownedthe hat for a long time, although he wasnot wearing it, or any other, in Januarywhen he landed in the Hudson.

Sullenberger’s plane lost enginepower after a bird strike during takeofffrom LaGuardia Airport in New York.Without time to reach LaGuardia or an-other airport, he brought the plane downin the river, and all passengers and crewwere able to evacuate before it sank.

He has since written “Highest Duty:My Search For What Really Matters.”

WASHINGTON, 10 Dec— A strong winter stormblasted much of theUnited States on Wednes-day, leaving hundreds offlights delayed and manyschools cancelled, au-thorities said. The Na-tional Weather Service is-sued a blizzard warningfor several Midwesternstates for Wednesday, say-ing places like North Da-kota and Minnesota couldget dangerous wind chill.

By Wednesday morn-ing, Madison, Wis, hadreceived 43 cm of snow,prompting the Universityof Wisconsin to cancel

WARREN, 10 Dec — Police in a Detroit-area townsay they found a woman living in a motel room with45 dogs and cats.

Tim Herig, the animal control officer of Warren,Mich, told WDIV-TV, Detroit, police got a phone callabout the woman. She told investigators on Tuesdayshe had been evicted from her home and had movedinto the Motel 6 as a temporary residence.

“He was a friend, concerned for her welfare,” Herigsaid of the tipster. “She knew she would be out of themotel soon so he offered to take her in but could nottake all the animals. He didn’t realize there were thismany.”

Animal control officers took 41 cats and four dogsto the Macomb County animal shelter. Herig said manyof the cats were packed two to a carrier and all theanimals were covered in urine and feces.

The woman is in a hospital where a psychologicalevaluation has been ordered.—Internet

OTTAWA, 10 Dec — The first snowstorm of thiswinter season is slamming eastern Canada, causingtraffic chaos, flight delays and school closures in someregions. The storm began to hit parts of Ontario andQuebec provinces on Tuesday night and is expectedto continue into Thursday, bringing as much as 30centimetres of snow to some places.

Flights were delayed on Wednesday in the airportsof Toronto and Montreal. Schools were closed in Ot-tawa where 15 centimeters of snow is expected.

Environment Canada reported that the western prai-rie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albertaare undergoing an Arctic wind chill, with tempera-tures going down to as low as minus 38 degrees Cen-tigrade. — Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 10 Dec— Results of a prelimi-nary study by scientists atthe US National Institutesof Health (NIH) andJohns Hopkins Universityshow that “mini” stem celltransplantation maysafely reverse severesickle cell disease inadults.

The phase I/II study toestablish safety of the pro-

A man adjusts the chute on a snowblower as hecleans up snow in Waukesha, Wisconsin on 9 Dec,

2009. Much of the Midwest is forecast to haveblizzard conditions and more snow fall, local media

reported on Wednesday.— XINHUA

Woman found in motel with45 cats and dogs

First snowstorm hits Canada

“Mini” stem cell transplant may reversesevere sickle cell disease

cedure, to be published on10 Dec in the New Eng-land Journal of Medicine,describes 10 patients withsevere sickle cell diseasewho received intravenoustransplants of blood-forming stem cells.

The transplanted stemcells came from the pe-ripheral blood of healthyrelated donors matched tothe patients’ tissue types.

Using this procedure,nine of 10 patients treatedhave normal red bloodcells and reversal of organdamage caused by the dis-ease. Jonathan Powell,

associate professor at theJohns Hopkins KimmelCancer Centre, says theintravenous transplant ap-proach for sickle cell dis-ease, caused by a singlemutation in the hemoglo-bingene, does not replacethe defective gene, buttransplants blood stemcells that carry the normalgene. Sickle cell disease,named for the “deflated”sickle-shaped appearanceof red blood cells in thosewith the disease, hindersthe cells’ ability to carryoxygen throughout thebody. —Xinhua

Winter storm hits much of USclasses. Schools wereclosed across Iowa andparts of Minnesota, too.Passengers heading to cit-ies in snowbound stateswere left waiting in air-ports.

Travellers at New Jer-sey’s Newark Interna-tional Airport andTeterboro Airport wereexperiencing delays ofclose to two hours whileLa Guardia Airport inNew York was experienc-ing delays of more thantwo hours, the FederalAviation Administrationsaid.

Snow and sleet fell on

Chicago, Ill, cancellingmore than 325 flights onTuesday at O’Hare Inter-national Airport. NewEngland also was ex-pected to get dangerouslylow temperatures andheavy snow in some partsWednesday. Heavy rainfell across the South,causing flash flooding innorth-central Alabamaand parts of Louisiana.

Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry ofDefence received adelegation led byLieutenant General AiHusheng of ChengduMilitary Region of thePeople's Liberation Armyof the People's Republicof China, who arrivedhere at the invitation ofLt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry ofDefence, at PaunglaungYeiktha, here, at 3 pm on7 December.

Next, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing hosted adinner to the delegation ofChengdu Military Regionof PLA at ShwenandawHotel, here, at 7 pm.

On 5 Decembermorning, the PLAdelegation arrived inYangon by air and visitedplace of interestdowntown Yangon.

Delegation of Chengdu Military Region of PLA callson Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence

On 6 December, theChinese delegationarrived in Kengtung byair and visited there. Next,they met Commander ofTriangle RegionCommand Maj-GenKyaw Phyo. In theevening, the commanderhosted a dinner to the

Chinese guests at GoldenTriangle Yeiktha.

On 7 December, thedelegation led byLieutenant General AiHusheng of ChengduMilitary Region arrived inNay Pyi Taw by air.

On 8 December, theChinese delegation left

Mandalay by car andvisited Defence ServicesTechnological Academyin PyinOoLwin. Theywere welcomed by theCommandant and seniormilitary officers of DSTA.Next, they leftPyinOoLwin for Lashio.While in Lashio, the

Chinese militarydelegation called onCommander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut. In theevening, the commanderhosted a dinner to theChinese guests.

Yesterday, theChinese delegation visited

Lashio and went toYangon by air. In theevening, DeputyCommander of YangonCommand Brig-GenKyaw Kyaw Tun hosted adinner to the Chinesedelegation. Thisafternoon, they leftYangon by air.—MNA

Myanmar FM receivesThai counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win received Minister of ForeignAffairs Mr Kasit Piromya of Thailand and party, whoarrived in Myanmar to attend 12th BIMSTEC ministerialmeeting, at the Ministry here at 3:15 pm today.

They discussed matters on boosting bilateralrelationship and cooperation between the two countries.

Also present at the call were MyanmarAmbassador to Thailand U Aung Thein, directors-general of respective departments under the Ministryof Foreign Affairs and officials from Thai embassy inMyanmar.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—Minister for Hotels and TourismMaj-Gen Soe Naing, whoaccompanied Prime Minister ofthe Union of Myanmar GeneralThein Sein, received Chairmanof National TourismManagement Board and Ministerat Laotian Prime Minister's

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naingmeets Chairman of NationalTourism Management Board

and Minister at Laotian PrimeMinister’s Office Mr Somphong

Mongkhonvilay

Office Mr. SomphongMongkhonvilay and LaotianAmbassador to Myanmar MrKouily A. Souphakhet at the hallof Lao Plaza Hotel in Vientianeat 5 pm yesterday. At the meeting,they discussed matters onboosting bilateral cooperation inthe tourism industry.—MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence receives delegation led by Lieutenant General Ai Husheng ofChengdu Military Region of the People's Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China at Paunglaung Yeiktha

in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing holds discussion withChairman of National Tourism Management Board and Minister at Laotian

Prime Minister's Office Mr Somphong Mongkhonvilay and Laotian Ambassadorto Myanmar Mr Kouily A Souphakhet.—MNA

Ministerfor

ForeignAffairs UNyan Winreceives

Minister ofForeign

Affairs MrKasit

Piromya ofThailandand party.

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Prime Minister

General Thein

Sein meets

Laotian Prime

Minister Mr

Bouasone

Bouphavanh.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein being welcomed by Minister at

Laotian Prime Minister’s Office Mr Somphong Mongkhonvilay and

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets Myanmar athletes.—MNA

Prime Minister arrives at Vientiane to attend opening of XXV SEA Games

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein met LaotianPrime Minister Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh at thelatter’s office in Vientiane of the Lao People’s

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meetsLaotian counterpart

Democratic Republic at 2 pm yesterday.At the call, together with Prime Minister General

Thein Sein were Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn

Myint, Myanmar Ambassador to Laos U Nyunt Hlaing,and officials.

The Laotian Prime Minister was accompaniedby Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office MrSomphong Mongkhonvilay, Assistant ForeignMinister Mr Alounkeo Kittikhoun, LaotianAmbassador to Myanmar Mr Kouily A.Souphakhetand senior officials.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Prime Minister ofthe Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein,accompanied by Ministerfor Hotels and TourismMaj-Gen Soe Naing,Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint anddepartmental officials, leftKengtung Airport byspecial flight at 10 amyesterday to attend theopening ceremony of theXXV SEA Games. Theyarrived at WattayInternational Airport inVientiane, the LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic at 11.50 amLaotian local time.

The Prime Ministerwas welcomed on boardby Myanmar Ambas-

sador to LPDR U NyuntHlaing and DeputyDirector-General MrViroj Sundara of Asia-Pacific and Africa Affairsof the Ministry of ForeignAffairs of LPDR.

Next, the PrimeMinister was greeted byMinister at Laotian PrimeMinister’s Office MrSomphong Mong-khonvilay, and Ministerfor Sports of MyanmarBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint.

A Laotian damselpresented a bouquet to thePrime Minister. TheLaotian Deputy Director-General presentedLaotian governmentalhigh-ranking officials tothe Myanmar Prime

Minister.Myanmar Ambas-

sador U Nyunt Hlaing,Military Attaché Col WinHlaing, and staffmembers of the MyanmarEmbassy and MilitaryAttache’s Officewelcomed the PrimeMinister.

The Prime Ministerand entourage arrived atthe Sports Village in amotorcade, andcordially greeted andspoke words ofencouragement toMyanmar athletes to theXXV SEA Games.

Next, Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinarrived at Lao Plaza Hotelwhere he would stay.

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Prime

Minister

General

Thein Sein

shakes

hands with

LPDR

President

Mr

Choummaly

Sayasone.

MNA

Prime Minister

General Thein Sein

calls on LPDR

President Mr

Choummaly

Sayasone at his

office in

Vientiane.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Prime Minister ofthe Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein paid acourtesy call on MrChoummaly Sayasone,President of the LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic at his office inVientiane yesterdayafternoon.

Present at the calltogether with Prime

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein

meets LPDR President

Minister General TheinSein were Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, Ministerfor Mines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, MyanmarAmbassador to LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic U Nyunt Hlaingand departmental officialsand together with LaotianPresident Mr ChoummalySayasone were Deputy

Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign AffairsDr Thongloun Sisoulith,Minister at PrimeMinister’s Office MrSomphong Mong-khonvilay, Deputy Ministerof Foreign Affairs Mr HiemPhommachanh, LaotianAmbassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr Kouily ASouphakhet and highranking officials.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein met with staffand family members of Myanmar Embassy and MilitaryAttaché’s Office at Plaza (1) Room in Lao Plaza Hotelat 3.15 pm yesterday.

Also present on the occasion were Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing and Minister

Prime Minister meets staff of Myanmar Embassy,Military Attaché’s Office in Vientiane

for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint. The Prime Ministerbriefed family members to Myanmar Embassy andMilitary Attaché’s Office led by MyanmarAmbassador to Laos U Nyunt Hlaing and wife, MilitaryAttaché (Army, Navy, Air) Col Win Hlaing and wifeon Myanmar-Laos friendship, prospects for boostingbilateral cooperation, and development of the

motherland.Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Minister Maj-

Gen Soe Naing and Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myintpresented gifts to families of Myanmar Embassy andMilitary Attaché’s Office and spoke words ofencouragement.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets staff and family members of Myanmar Embassy and Military Attaché’s Office.—MNA

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YANGON, 10 Dec—The XXV Southeast AsianGames continued in Vientiane, Lao People’sDemocratic Republic. Myanmar weightlifter PyaePhyo won silver, Indonesia stood first and Malaysiathird in men’s 56-kilo weight-lifting event.

At the men’s 74-kilo Taekwando event, ZarniHtun shared third place with Thai player, andVietnam stood first and the Philippines second.

MNA

Myanmar win onesilver, one bronze in

SEA Games

NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Prime Minister ofthe Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein andparty left Lao Plaza Hotelof Vientiane where theyput up in a motorcade andthen arrived at WattayInternational Airport at9.45 am today.

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein andparty were seen off at theairport by Minister at thePrime Minister’s OfficeMr SomphongMongkhonvilay, Minister

Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein back from Laos

for Sports of the Union ofMyanmar Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint, MyanmarAmbassador to Laos UNyunt Hlaing, MilitaryAttaché (Army, Navy andAir) Col Win Hlaing, stafffamily members ofMyanmar Embassy andMilitary Attaché’s Office.

Next, the PrimeMinister and party leftWattay InternationalAirport by flight andarrived back here in theafternoon.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win met Deputy Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal FederalDemocratic Republic Ms Sujata Koirala and members

Foreign Affairs Minister meets Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal

at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here this afternoon.The meeting focused on matters relating to boosting

relations and cooperation between the two countries.MNA

Prime Minister

General Thein Sein

attends dinner

hosted by LPDR

Prime Minister

Mr Bouasone

Bouphavanh.

(News on Page 16)

MNA

The opening ceremony of XXV SEA Games in progress.

(News on Page 16)—MNA

Minister U

Nyan Winreceives

Deputy PM

and Foreign

Affairs

Minister

Ms Sujata

Koirala of

Nepal.MNA

Bronze medal winnerZarni Htun.

SPORTS

Silver medal winnerPyae Phyo.

SPORTS

Renewable Energy,Efficiency BusinessForum to be held

YANGON, 10 Dec—With a view to ensuringwider use of renewableenergy in Myanmar,Renewable Energy,Efficiency BusinessForum, organized by

Kaung Kyaw ZayCompany that winsSoutheast Asia energyawards yearly through itspapers, will be held forthe first time at TradersHotel on Sule Pagoda

Road here from 9 am to 5pm on 14 December(Monday).

The forum coverspaper reading sessions and

display of booths. Thosewishing to attend theforum may dial Tel-571284 and Tel-095183517.—MNA

Fire Station in Dagon Myothit(South) Township inspected

YANGON, 10 Dec—Director-General U MyintHtun of the Fire ServicesDepartment under theMinistry of Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlementinspected fire engines,measures for efficient useof electric power, keepingFire Station clean,

enforcement of rules andregulations at the FireStation in Dagon Myothit(South) Township today.

He called for steppingup fire preventivemeasures, buildingcapacity, and trying tobecome reliablefirefighters.—MNA

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Unidentified family members of Mohammed Jassim, 22, grieve at a hospitalin Baghdad, Iraq, on 9 Dec, 2009. Jassim was killed when series of

coordinated attacks struck Baghdad on Tuesday.—INTERNET

Five US men arrested in PakistanWASHINGTON, 10 Dec—Five American men were ar-

rested in Pakistan this week and are being investigatedfor alleged links to extremist groups, the Pakistani Em-bassy in Washington said on Wednesday. The five men,students in their 20s from northern Virginia, werepicked up from Sargodha in Punjab Province in Paki-stan on Tuesday, said embassy spokesman ImranGardezi.—Internet

US allies to send 6,800 moretroops to Afghanistan

BRUSSELS, 10 Dec—A NATO spokesman said onWednesday that 36 ISAF members had pledged some6,800 more troops to Afghanistan at a force genera-tion conference, which is seen as a move to bolsterUS President Barack Obama’s new Afghan strategy.

James Appathurai told a press briefing that the forcegeneration conference, held in Mons of Belgium onMonday, was “a strong demonstration of commitmentsand solidarity by our allies and partners” and the non-US members of the ISAF pledged about 6,800 forces,excluding any forces deployed temporarily for theAfghan elections in August.—Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 10 Dec— The Sao Paulo au-thorities announced onWednesday that theyfound two more deadbodies after a storm hitthe city on Tuesday, mak-ing the death toll rise toeight. The other six peo-ple, including four chil-dren from the same fam-ily, were killed bymudslides that occurredduring the storm.

Sao Paulo EmergencyManaging Center in-formed that Tuesday wasthe most rainy day in thecity in the past 10 years.The storms have causedthe most important riversin the city, Tiete and

Taleban warns ROK against sendingtroops to Afghanistan

KABUL, 10 Dec—The Afghan Taleban said here onWednesday that if the Republic of Korea (ROK) sendstroops to Afghanistan, it will certainly face “conse-quence.” Taleban spokesman Talib Mujahid said in astatement that the Taleban learned from media reportsthat the ROK has showed readiness to send 500 sol-diers to Afghanistan and deploy them in the northernParvan Province. The ROK decision is seen as an actagainst the independence of Afghanistan and the Af-ghan people, said the spokesman, adding that the ROKviolates the commitment made in 2007 in exchangefor the release of 19 ROK hostages.—Xinhua

UN crisis relief fund raisesrecord 424m USD in pledges

UNITED NATIONS, 10 Dec—The United Nations Cen-tral Emergency Response Fund (CERF) raised a record424 million US dollars at its annual pledging sessionon Wednesday as top officials warned of rising needsin 2010 for one of the world’s leading tools in disasterresponse, whether for sudden-onset crisis such as earth-quakes or ongoing but neglected emergencies.

“That’s more than we’ve raised at any similar pledg-ing meeting before, so that’s extremely encouraging par-ticularly when you consider we’re doing that againstthe background of a major economic and financial cri-sis which has affected the budgets of many donor coun-tries in a very significant way,” UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes toldreporters here.—Xinhua

Antarctic nationsconsider new

controls on shipsWELLINGTON,10 Dec—

Countries that manage Ant-arctica are considering newcontrols on ships visitingthe frozen continent to re-duce the growing threat ofhuman and environmentaldisasters posed by explod-ing numbers of tourists, anofficial said on Wednesday.

A proposal for a code toensure ships plying theworld’s southernmost seascould withstand hitting aniceberg and other measuresare being discussed at ameeting this week in NewZealand of more than 80experts from signatories tothe Antarctic Treaty, the in-ternational accord to over-see the region.

Antarctica’s pristine en-vironment, unpredictableand extreme weather,mostly uncharted watersand vast distances fromhabitation pose major dan-gers for vessels and majorproblems for rescuers inany emergency. —Internet

National literaryawards announced

No. Subject Book Title Writer PublisherNAY PYI TAW, 10 Dec—The National Literary

Award Scrutinizing Committee of the Ministry ofInformation today issued the list of books and writersof national literary awards for 2008.

Kyu Kyu Thin won Collection of Short StoriesAward for her work “Short Stories Evoking Feelings ofAdoration”; Yein Nwet Par, Belles-Letters Award for“Traveller to Khakabo”; Myat Wai Toe (EducationUniversity), Myanmar Culture and Arts Award for“Lifestyle and Traditions of Lesu National Race”;Yenanmye Maung Maung Kyi, Child Literary Awardfor “Innocent Children (Short Stories for Children)”;Kyunsinmyay Saw Khet, Youths Literary Award for“Kutho Ayaung Hso-payba”; Taw Kaung Min,Translation Award (Informative) for “The Man WhoChanged China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin”;Win Htut Zaw, Translation Award (Creative) for “Lossof Power and Short Stories on Singaporean Lifestyle”;Dr Dagon (Ph.D) (Astro) (Kol.), General Knowledge(Arts) Award for “Yazawun Hte-hma Ponna”; Dr KyawTint, General Knowledge (Science) Award for “Forestryfor Public Knowledge”; and Aung Soe (Agriculture/107), General Knowledge (Applied Science) for“Advanced Agricultural Farming”.

National literary awards are of 14 categories,but no writers won awards for novel, collected poem,drama, and politics this year.

It is reminded that winners contact as soon aspossible the secretary of the committee in SarpayBeikman at 529-531, on Merchants Street, Yangon(Ph: 01-381448), and send one 5" ✕ 7" color photo andone 1" ✕ 1" photo in a week.

The awarding ceremony will be held at theOffice of the Ministry of Information here at 9 am on31 December 2009.—MNA

Death toll caused by storms

in Sao Paulo rises to eightPinheiros, to overflow,blocking the main ex-pressways and leading toover 100 kilometers oftraffic jams.

Xinhua

Life-time Achievement National Literary Award (2008)

Writer Dr Kyaw Sein (Dr Kyaw Sein)

List of books and writers of national literary awards for 2008

1 Collection of Short Short Stories Evoking Kyu Kyu Thin Naingngan GonyiStories Award Feelings of Adoration Publishing House

2 Belles-Letters Award Traveller to Khakabo Yein Nwet Par Nan DewiPublishing House

3 Myanmar Culture and Lifestyle and Traditions Myat Wai Toe Serpay BeikmanArts Award of Lesu National Race (Education University)

4 Child Literary Award Innocent Children (Short Yenanmye Maung Ye AungStories for Children) Maung Kyi Publishing House

5 Youths Literary Award Kutho Ayaung Hso-payba Kyunsinmyay Saw Serpay BeikmanKhet

6 Translation Award The Man Who Changed Taw Kaung Min Thiha Yatana(Informative) China: The Life and Legacy Publishing House

of Jiang Zemin

7 Translation Award Loss of Power and Short Win Htut Zaw Trust Publishing House(Creative) Stories on Singaporean Lifestyle

8 General Knowledge Yazawun Hte-hma Ponna Dr Dagon (Ph.D) Thamee Zawtika(Arts) Award (Astro) (Kol.) Publishing House

9 General Knowledge Forestry for Public Knowledge Dr Kyaw Tint Lin Oo Taya(Science) Award Publishing House

10 General Knowledge Advanced Agricultural Aung Soe Serpay Beikman(Applied Science) Farming (Agriculture/107)

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 11 December, 2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV AN TAO JIANG VOY NO (470)Consignees of cargo carried on MV AN TAO

JIANG VOY NO (470) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 10.12.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the 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: M/S COSCO SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ADMIRE CORAL VOY NO (25)Consignees of cargo carried on MV ADMIRE

CORAL VOY NO (25) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 11.12.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the 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: EASTERN-CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Experiment to test killing one owl tohelp another

Weather causes delaysat Chicago airports

CHICAGO, 10 Dec—Snowy weather continues tocause delays and cancellations at Chicago Airports.Chicago’s Department of Aviation says delays atO’Hare International Airport were running more than60 minutes late as of 8:30 pm on Tuesday, and morethan 300 flights have been cancelled.

At Midway Airport, some flights are delayed morethan an hour. And there have been more than 25 can-cellations.

Heavier snow only began to fall in Chicago on Tues-day evening. So airport delays and cancellations couldworsen throughout the night. The National WeatherService says the winter storm should roll out of Illi-nois on Wednesday.

Internet

Moderate quake hitsIndonesia’s Maluku

JAKARTA, 10 Dec—A moderate earthquake meas-uring 5.0 on the Richter Scale hit eastern Indonesiaof Maluku at 10:13 Jakarta Time (0313 GMT), theIndonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophys-ics Agency said here on Thursday. The epicentre was at 233 kilometers of northwest-ern Saumlaki-Maluku and 429 kilometres of Timor-Leste. The agency did not issue a tsunami warning.

Xinhua

Brazilian bank releases firstinstallment of Amazon Fund

BRASILIA, 10 Dec—Five Amazon environmentalprojects on Wednesday were to get their firstinstallment of the Amazon Fund for Development asthe Brazilian Development Bank released 40 millionUS dollars.

The Fund, created in 2008, has already received 110million dollars from Norway, which has promised todeliver up to 1 billion dollars by 2016, and has got apledged input of 26 million dollars from Germany.The funded projects, picked by the Forum for Sus-tainable Amazonas, focus on reduction of deforesta-tion and land regularization and reclamation.

Project managers will sign contracts with the de-velopment bank and the Fund money will be providedin installments in accordance with a scheme of planand proof of expenses. The implementation of the fiveprojects, to kick off next month, are expected to com-plete in three years on average. — Xinhua

Moderate earthquake hitsIndonesia

HONG KONG, 10 Dec—An earthquake measuring5.9 on the Richter Scale hit northern Sumatra,Indonesia, at 5:35 am (2135 GMT) on Thursday,according to a bulletin released by the Hong KongObservatory. The epicentre was initially determined to be at 2.7degrees north Latitude and 96.0 east Longitude, about320 kilometres west-southwest of Medan, Indone-sia.—Xinhua

Couple hides 90,000 yuanin dustbin, loses all of it

BEIJING, 10 Dec—A man in Jinan, Shandong Prov-ince, threw away a rubbish bag that contained 90,000yuan ($13,200) in cash recently.

Zhang Si and his wife Zhang Ying run a successfultimber business in the city.

Late last month, Zhang Si brought home 90,000 yuanin cash after making a sale. Fearing the amount mayget robbed, Zhang Ying put the cash in the dustbin.

The next day, before leaving for work, Zhang Sicollected the rubbish bag and chucked it into a road-side bin.

The couple realized their blunder an hour later andrushed to the garbage dump, but failed to find the cash.

Xinhua

A passenger liner sailsthrough the Wuxia

Gorge on Yangtze River,presenting a beautifulscenery in the earlywinter, in southwestChina’s Chongqing

Municipality, on 4 Dec,2009. — XINHUA

GRANTS PASS, 10 Dec—Federal biologists are de-signing an experiment tosee if killing the aggres-sive barred owl that hasinvaded old growth for-ests of the Northwestwould help the spottedowl, which is protected.

The US Fish and Wild-life Service announced onWednesday it is doing aformal study to decidewhether to do the experi-ment, and laying out theterms if they go ahead.The study will be avail-able for public commentand is expected to be com-pleted by fall 2010.” This

is to be done experimen-tally so we can nail downwhether, in fact, removingbarred owls could im-prove spotted owldemographics, and also tolook into the feasibility ofdoing that,” said Fish andWildlife biologist RobinBown, who is overseeingthe evaluation.

The spotted owl wentfrom a seldom-seen deni-zen of old growth foreststo the cover of Timemagazine in the 1990s asenvironmentalists forcedthe federal government tocut back logging onNorthwest national for-

ests to protect its habitat.Despite the cutbacks,spotted owls continue todecline, most steeplywhere there are highpopulations of more ag-gressive barred owls thatare native to eastern NorthAmerica.

Though killing one spe-cies to protect another isnot uncommon — on theWest Coast, for instance,ravens are poisoned to pro-tect threatened snowyplovers — a small-scaleexperiment with killingbarred owls in northernCalifornia in 2005 createdan uproar. —Internet

Nissan workers checkauto parts manufac-

tured at the company’sGlobal Production

Engineering Centre inZama City, Japan.

Japan’s core machineryorders, a leading

indicator of corporatecapital spending, fell

4.5 percent in Octoberfrom the previous

month, official datashowed on Thursday.

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Scientists create instantnanobatteries

STANFORD, 10 Dec —US scientists say they havecombined ordinary paperdipped into ink infusedwith carbon nanotubes andsilver nanowires to createan instant battery.

Stanford Universitypost doctoral students ledby Assistant Professor YiCui said the paper batter-ies are ultra-lightweightand bendable.

“Society really needs alow-cost, high-perform-ance energy storage de-vice, such as batteries and

simple supercapacitors,”Cui said.

Capacitors are similarto batteries, holding anelectric charge, but for ashorter period of time.However, capacitors canstore and discharge elec-tricity much more rapidlythan a battery.

“These nanomaterialsare special,” Cui said.“They’re a one-dimen-sional structure with verysmall diameters.” He saidthe small diameter helpsthe nanomaterial ink stick

strongly to the fibrous pa-per, making the battery andsupercapacitor very dura-ble

Cui said the papersupercapacitor may lastthrough 40,000 charge-discharge cycles — at leastan order of magnitudemore than lithium batter-ies. The nanomaterials alsomake ideal conductors be-cause they move electric-ity along much more effi-ciently than ordinary con-ductors, Cui said.

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Trucks make their way down Interstate I-35/80, on 9 Dec, 2009, in DesMoines, Iowa. More than a foot of snow was expected in parts of Illinois,

Wisconsin and Iowa, where the National Weather Service warned of‘extremely dangerous blizzard conditions’ and near whiteout driving

conditions.—INTERNET

A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet atthe European Organization for Nuclear Research

(CERN) near Geneva. CERN said the world’sbiggest atom-smasher has set a world record by

accelerating to energy levels that had never beenpreviously reached.—INTERNET

Atom smasher catches1st high-energy collisions

GENEVA , 10 Dec – Theworld’s largest atomsmasher has recorded itsfirst high-energy collisionsof protons, a spokeswomansaid Wednesday.

Physicists hope thosecollisions will help themunderstand suspectedphenomena such as darkmatter, antimatter andultimately the creation ofthe universe billions of

years ago, which manytheorize occurred as amassive explosion knownas the Big Bang.

The collisions occurredTuesday evening as theLarge Hadron Colliderunderwent test runs inpreparation for operationsnext year, said ChristineSutton of the EuropeanOrganization for NuclearResearch, or CERN.

Two beams of circula-ting particles travelling inopposite directions at 1.18trillion electron voltsproduced the collisions, shesaid.

The Atlas “experiment,”one of four major detectorsin cathedral-sized rooms inthe collider’s undergroundtunnel at Geneva, had partof its equipment turnedon and could registercollisions.—Internet

Tamiflu has limits curing A/H1N1 fluDeath toll of A/H1N1 flu reaches 35 in Egypt

Researchers identify possible ovarian

cancer treatment target

Germ-free kids may risk more adult illnessesWASHINGTON , 10 Dec – Parents who let their kids romp in the mud and eat food

that has fallen on the floor could be helping to protect them against maladies likeheart disease later in life, a US study showed on Wednesday.” Our researchsuggests that ultra-clean, ultra-hygienic environments early in life may contributeto higher levels of inflammation as an adult, which in turn increases risks for a widerange of diseases,” including cardiovascular disease, Thomas McDade, leadauthor of the study, said.

Researchers at Northwestern University in the state of Illinois looked at datafrom a study in the Philippines, which followed participants from birth to 22 yearsof age.

The data were compiled by tracking children born in the 1980s to 3,327 Filipinomothers.Researchers visited the children every two months for the first two yearsof their lives and then spaced out the visits to every four or five years until the kidsreached their 20s. Among items that the researchers assessed were the hygiene ofthe children’s household environment — “whether domestic animals such as pigsand dogs roamed freely” — and their families’ socioeconomic resources.

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File photo showspackets of Tamiflutablets are stored in

the Swiss ArmyPharmacy in Ittigen

near Bern on 10Aug, 2009.

XINHUA

BEIJING, 10 Dec —Tamiflu, the drug knownwidely in the world as themain medicine to cure theA/H1N1 flu, has limits inpreventing people fromgetting the flu, said a studyin the British MedicalJournal as quoted by newsreports on Thursday.

The new study foundalthough Tamiflu cuts thesymptoms’ duration byabout a day, however, thereis no clear proof that it can

prevent the unfavorableevolution of the diseases.

Research also ques-tioned the validity of theprevious studies fromRoche, the pharmaceuticalgiant which producesTamiflu, by claiming thatthey were unable tounconditionally providethe information needed toprove how well Tamifluworked in preventing flusymptoms.

Xinhua

CAIRO, 10 Dec —Egypt reported onWednesday two moredeath cases of A/H1N1flu, bringing the country’sdeath toll to 35,said theHealth Ministry in astatement. A 14-year-oldboy died of A/H1N1 virusin Beheira, 130 km northof Cairo, said thestatement, adding that theboy suffered fromdyspnea, fever and coma.

Another 21-year-oldwoman died of A/H1N1virus in Qena, 450 kmsouth of Cairo. Shesuffered from pneumoniaand heart problems,according to thestatement.

Egypt has so farreported more than 3,855cases of the novel flu inthe most populous Arabcountry.Egypt confirmedits first influenza A/H1N1

death case on 19 July, A28-year-old Egyptianwoman, who was backfrom Saudi Arabiaafter making Umrah(pilgrimage to Mecca atany time of the year) Egyptreported its first A/H1N1flu case on 2 June, a 12-year-old Egyptian-Ameri-can girl coming from theUnited States via theNetherlands.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 10 Dec —A multi-institutional studyhas identified a potentialpersonalized treatmenttarget for the most commonform of ovarian cancer. Inthe 8 Dec.issue of CancerCell, the research teamdescribes finding that agene called MAGP2 — notpreviously associated withany type of cancer — wasoverexpressed in papillaryserous ovarian tumors of

patients who died morequickly. They also foundevidence suggestingpossible mechanisms bywhich MAGP2 maypromote tumor growth.

“Ovarian cancer istypically diagnosed at anadvanced stage when it isincurable, and the sametreatments have been usedfor virtually all patients,”says Michael Birrer,director of medical

gynecologic oncology inthe Massachusetts GeneralHospital (MGH) CancerCenter, the study’scorresponding author.“Previous research frommy lab indicated thatdifferent types and gradesof ovarian tumors shouldbe treated differently, andthis paper now shows thateven papillary seroustumors have differencesthat impact patientprognosis.”

The fifth most commonmalignancy among U.S.women, ovarian cancer isexpected to cause close to15,000 deaths during 2009.Accounting for 60 percentof ovarian cancers, papillaryserous tumors are typicallydiagnosed after spreadingbeyond the ovaries. Thetumors typically return afterinitial treatment withsurgery and chemotherapy,but while some patients diea few months afterdiagnosis, others maysurvive five years or longerwhile receiving treatment.

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BUENOS AIRES, 10 Dec — Argentine former soccerplayer Daniel Passarella was named new president onWednesday of the Argentine club River Plate, wherehe also played and worked as coach. Passarella wonon Saturday the elections of the club, just by six votesadvantage over businessman Rodolfo D’Onofrio.

“The club needs me, but I can’t be alone. I want the17 million of fans we have in Argentina to help me.For River to be a family again,” Passarella said duringthe office taking ceremony in River Plate’s facilitiesin Buenos Aires.

Passarella, 56, thanked the partners who voted forthe change and he added that he will try to fulfill eve-rything he promised during his campaign. “We havea great responsibility and we do not want to let youdown,” Passarella said. Passarella won his club elec-tions with 5,298 votes against the 5,292 votes forD’Onofrio.— Xinhua

PARIS, 10 Dec—Hold-ers Barcelona and InterMilan secured their placesin the Champions Leagueknock- out stages at thelast throw of the dice onWednesday.

Joining this pair on thefinal batch of groupgames were Stuttgart andOlympiakos to completethe 16-team cast-list forthe second round startingin February. Barca had theluxury of travelling toDynamo Kiev knowingthat even a defeat wouldnot necessarily spell a pre-mature end to their pursuitof a fourth Europeancrown.—Internet

LAS VAGAS, 10 Dec—Promoters of the MannyPacquiao-Floyd May-weather Jr fight abruptlycancelled a trip to Dallason Wednesday, dealing apossibly fatal blow to thechances of Jerry Joneslanding the bout for Cow-boys Stadium.

The trip was cancelledat the last minute becauseMayweather’s promoterapparently decided hedidn’t want the fight at thenew stadium. The moveleaves the MGM Grandhotel arena in Las Vegasas the heavy favourite tohost the 13 March fight.Co-promoter Bob Arum— who got the news at his78th birthday party onTuesday night — was up-set by the trip being can-celled because Jones hadrearranged his schedule sohe could give the promot-ers a tour of the $1.2 bil-lion stadium and presenta proposal to host the bout.

“I’m just embarrassed,

LIVERPOOL, 10 Dec—Steven Gerrard has urged hisLiverpool team-mates to put their disastrous Champi-ons League campaign behind them and concentrateon finishing fourth in the Premier League table. RafaBenitez’s side bowed out of Europe’s top knockoutcompetition on a low note on Wednesday as they lost2-1 at home to Fiorentina, Alberto Gilardino hitting astoppage time winner for the Italians.

It left the five-times European champions conduct-ing an inquest into their third defeat in Group E. Liv-erpool finished third in the four-team table, six pointsbehind second-placed Lyon and eight adrift of groupwinners Fiorentina. While Fiorentina can look forwardto the last 16 phase, Liverpool drop down to the EuropaLeague.

Gerrard said it was important the team concentratedon climbing the Premier League table, in which Liv-erpool are seventh, 12 points adrift of leaders Chel-sea, ahead of Sunday’s game with Arsenal at Anfield.

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LYON, 10 Dec —Lyonturned on the style butwere denied top spot inChampions LeagueGroup E on Wednesdaywith a 4-0 win over Hun-gary’s Debrecen at theStade Gerland not enoughafter Fiorentina won 2-1at Liverpool.

Wednesday’s win leftthe French, dethroned byBordeaux last season af-ter seven straight domes-tic titles, with 13 pointsfrom their group matches- but Fiorentina camefrom behind to win at

MILAN, 10 Dec – InterMilan eased into theChampions Leagueknock-out rounds with adominant 2-0 victory overRubin Kazan in Group Fat the San Siro onWednesday to possiblysave coach Jose Mourin-ho’s job. Rumours beforethe game suggested thePortuguese would be outat the end of the season ifInter failed to progress butin the end there was littleto worry about as goalsfrom Samuel Eto’o andMario Balotelli ensured acomfortable night.

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MADRID, 10 Dec—For-tune may have smiled onSpain in last week’sWorld Cup draw butcoach Vicente del Bosquewarned on Wednesdaythat “it will not be easy”for the European Champi-ons to get beyond the firstround.Spain, one of thefavourites heading intothe 2010 finals in SouthAfrica between 11 Juneand 11 July, were drawnagainst Chile, Hondurasand Switzerland in GroupH.

“It’s not a group tocomplain about, neither isit one to be euphoricabout. Switzerland andChile are numbers 17 and18 in the FIFA rankingsand are not very far fromthe best,” the coach toldreporters when askedabout the draw. “Hondu-ras, according to mysources, are also verystrong. It will not beeasy,” he added.

PIRAEUS, 10 Dec – Ar-senal’s young guns failedto fire Wednesday as theyslipped to a solitary goaldefeat at Olympiakos intheir final ChampionsLeague Group H pool en-counter to take the Greeksthrough.

Having alreadywrapped up the group intaking 13 points fromtheir opening five mat-ches, Gunners’ coachArsene Wenger sent out aclutch of 10 teenagers aswell as fit-again TheoWalcott, a comparativeveteran at 20.

The ‘Gooner babes’included 18-year-olddebutant Thomas Cruise,Jack Wilshire, KyleBartley, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and FrancisCoquelin as Wenger

Dallas stadium likely out forPacquiao-Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao, of thePhilippines.

really embarrassed,”Arum told The AssociatedPress. “The man (Jones)changed his whole sched-ule for this and you cer-tainly want to listen to theman.”

Arum said he wasblindsided by May-weather’s promoter,Golden Boy CEO Rich-ard Schaefer, who was tojoin him in Dallas alongwith HBO Sports presi-dent Ross Greenburg. Hesaid Schaefer called himand told him he wasn’tgoing to go to Dallas be-cause he didn’t want thefight there.—Internet

Chelsea’s Essien sidelined for up to a monthLONDON, 10 Dec — Chelsea midfielder Michael

Essien will be out of action for up to four weeks afterscans revealed a torn hamstring, the Premier Leagueclub said on their website on Wednesday.

Essien, 27, was injured in the first half of Tues-day’s 2-2 Champions League draw with Cypriot sideAPOEL Nicosia a few minutes after scoring Chelsea’sfirst goal.

The Ghana international missed most of last sea-son after rupturing knee ligaments but has been a keymember of Carlo Ancelotti’s team this term.— Xinhua

Gerrard targets quick returnto Champions League

Lyon’s Brazilianmidfielder Michel

Bastos(R) fights for theball with Debrecen’sHungarian defenderLaszlo Bodnar during

their UEFA ChampionsLeague football match inLyon, France—INTERNET

Lyon stroll-but denied top spot

Anfield and take theirpoints haul to 15.

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Argentine club River Plateselect new president

Spain coach deliversWorld Cup warning

Spanish coach Viventedel Bosque.

Spain climbed back tothe top of the FIFA worldrankings last month dis-placing Brazil who hadled since July followingexhibition wins over fel-low World Cup qualifierArgentina and Austria.They booked their place inSouth Africa with twomatches to spare and wentonto win all 10 qualifiers.Spain have never won aWorld Cup before. Theywere favourites in 2006but were eliminated byFrance in the secondround.—Internet

Inter through after dominatingdebutants Rubin

Inter Milan’sCameroonian forward

Samuel Eto’o (L)celebrates with

teammate forwardMario Balotelli after

scoring against RubinKazan during their

Group F Champion’sLeague football match

in Milan’s San SiroStadium.INTERNET

Barca, Inter go through toChampions League last 16

FC Barcelona’s XaviHernandez (left) vies for

the ball with FC Dy-namo Kiev’s GersonMagrao during theirUEFA Champions

League Group F matchin Kiev, on 9 December

INTERNET

Young Gunners slip in Greece

Olympiacos’ Enzo

Maresca (L) fights for

the ball with Arsenal’s

Fran Merida during

their UEFA Champions

League football game at

the Karaiskaki stadium

in Athens.

Arsenal and

Olympiacos qualified to

the next round.

INTERNET

pinned youthful colours tothe mast, resting estab-lished names such as CescFabregas.—Internet

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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, Chin and Rakhine States, Upper Sagaing,Mandalay, Bago, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (3 °C) to (4°C) below December average temperaturesin Northern Shan and Rakhine States, Sagaing and BagoDivisions, (5°C) below December average temperatures inChin State, Magway and Yangon Divisions and aboutDecember average temperatures in the remaining areas.The significant night temperatures were Haka (-1°C),Loilem (0°C), Tiddim, Namhsan, Pinlaung, Heho andMogok (5°C) each, Lashio,Mindat and An (6°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 9-12-2009 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 10-12-2009 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 10-12-2009 was 67%.Total sun shine hours on 9-12-2009 was (8.3) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 10-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom South at (17:30) hours MST on 9-12-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe South Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 11th December 2009:Isolated light rain are possible in Kachin State, Yangon,Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, weather will bepartly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions. Degreeof certainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for11-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for11-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

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WEATHER

Daw Nu NuAge (90)

3rd MB, BS (1942)Daughter of U Htwe Maung-Daw Khin

May (Yangon), daughter-in-law of U Gon Mann-Daw Myaing (Pathein), beloved wife of retiredambassador, Thiripyanchi U Mya Sein, mother ofU Khin Zaw, (U Nyunt Than-Advocate, CentralCourt), Daw Khin Aye Mu (Director of Studies,English House) PyinOoLwin-Mr. Chris Harrison(Retired Director, British Council, Yangon), UHan Tun (Retired Assistant Director, MyanmaGems Enterprise)-Daw Ni Ni Mar, Deputy AssistantDirector, Myanma Gems Enterprise, and U GonLynn Htun, expired on 10-12-09 at 2 am and wascremated. Relatives and friends of the bereavedfamily are invited to attend the Alms OfferingCeremony in the morning of 16-12-09 at No. 45,A (1) Rd, 9th-Mile, Mayangon Township, Yangon.

Franck Ribery admits he’d havebetter chance of Champions League

glory at ChelseaLONDON, 10 Dec—Chelsea target Franck Ribery

believes his Bayern Munich side are less equippedthan the Blues when it comes to winning theChampions League.

The winger admits he is being kept in the darkabout Chelsea’s interest, but Sportsmail understandsthat Stamford Bridge owner Roman Abramovichwill sanction a £45million bid to sign him.

The 26-year-old, who has just 18 months lefton his current contract, was the subject of interestfrom Europe’s biggest clubs in the summer, withManchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelonaalso among those making enquiries.

And Ribery admits that it is his suitors ratherthan Bayern who will walk away with the ChampionsLeague title next summer.

Bayern qualified for the knockout stage of thecompetition with an impressive 4-1 win at Juventuson Tuesday, but Ribery said: ‘It’s hard to saywhether Bayern are strong enough.

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10th Waning of Nadaw 1371 ME Friday, 11 December, 2009

★ 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 swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 10Dec—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein of theUnion of Myanmarattended the openingceremony of XXV SEAGames held at nationalstadium in Vientiane ofLao People’s Demo-cratic Republic yesterdayevening.

Prime Minister General Thein Seinattends opening ceremony of XXV

SEA Games in LPDR

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein,accompanied byMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing, Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, MyanmarAmbassador to Laos UNyunt Hlaing, andofficials, arrived at

national stadium inVientiane at 5:40 pm.

Laotian President MrChoummaly Sayasone,Laotian Prime MinisterMr BouasoneBouphavanh, PrimeMinister General TheinSein, Cambodian PrimeMinister, VietnamesePrime Minister, Thai

Prime Minister, ministersfrom Southeast Asian

nations, special guests andfans attended the openingceremony.

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinviewed Myanmar sports

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views Myanmar sports contingentmarching into national stadium at the opening ceremony of XXV SEA

Games.—MNA

Myanmar sports contingent marching into national stadium at theopening ceremony of XXV SEA Games.—MNA

Sein attended the dinnerhosted by Laotian PrimeMinister Mr BouasoneBouphavanh at Km (6)hall in Vientiane.

MNA

contingent marching intothe national stadium from

VIP stand.The opening

ceremony of XXV SEAGames started at 6 pmLST and successfullyended at 8 pm LST.

Afterwards, PrimeMinister General Thein

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