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Volume XVII, Number 276 3rd Waxing of Tabodwe 1371 ME Sunday, 17 January, 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

Ayethaya Vineyard, source of quality grapesByline: Kyaw Zeya Myint; Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

On my trip to Taunggyi in Shan State (South), Inoticed a large vineyard, about one mile fromAyethaya Bus Terminal, in Ayethaya, luring meaway from my initial aim temporarily.

In an interview, Ko Ye Teza, in charge of thevineyard, said that Myanmar Vineyard Estate (MVE)Co and the Myanma Agriculture Service under theMinistry of Agriculture and Irrigation ran AyethayaVineyard, making long-term investment; that thevineyard had an area of 22 acres; and that initially,

they launched the vineyard with 7000 grapevines ofvine strain imported from French, in June 1999.

He added that the interval between two rows ofgrapevines was nine feet wide and that between twograpevines, three feet wide; and that they hired aGerman agriculturist as the fulltime supervisor.

He said that growing grapevine is of two types:trellis method and tight rope method; that trellis methodwas common in tropical regions, and tight rope method,in hilly regions, regions with no harsh weather pattern,

and regions without much rainfall; and that the tightrope method contributed towards the growth of grapesand grapevines.

In the tight rope method, one post is set up on oneedge and one post, on another edge of the field. Thereare three tight ropes between the two posts. The firstrope is two feet from the ground, the second rope, twoand a half feet from the ground, and the third rope, sixfeet from the ground. Ayethaya Vineyard uses thetight rope method. (See page 7)

True patriotism

* It is very important for eve-

ryone of the nation regard-

less of the place he lives to

have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true

patriotism all the nationali-

ties will have to safeguard.

YANGON, 16 Jan—The Myanmar EngineeringSociety held the Research and Engineering Paper-reading Session and the Process & Products Show forits Annual General Meeting 2009 at the building of thesociety in Hline University Campus of Hline Town-ship this moring, with an address by Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence.

At the entrance to the society, Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends opening ofResearch and Engineering Paper-readingSession, Process & Products Show of MES

Myint, Deputy Minister for Industry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw and the chairman of MES formallyopened the Process & Products Show.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe delivered an opening ad-dress at the paper-reading session, and the chairman ofthe society extended greetings.

Later, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party viewedbooths of Process & Products displayed at the buildingof the MES.

MNA

A vineyard nurtured with the tight rope method.

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Sunday, 17 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Beef up trade

cooperation

* 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

Trading is a vehicle for economic growth.

Global nations are vying for their economic

development. They are trying to increase exploi-

tation of their natural resources and production

of machines and machine parts, cars, agricul-

tural produce and livestock to penetrate the

international market.

At such a time, all the people are to make

concerted efforts to achieve strong economy.

Trade plays a crucial role in Myanmar's eco-

nomic progress, so measures are being taken to

promote trade cooperation by signing bilateral

trade agreements and border trade agreements

with other countries.

In the past, foreign trade was carried out

by means of waterways through Yangon Port.

But now it can be carried out by land. Muse

105th Mile Trade Zone, Myawady Trade Sta-

tion, Tamu Trade Station and Maungtaw Bor-

der Trade Station are along the borders with the

neighbouring countries, and they are carrying

out normal trade through inland routes.

Trade volume of border trade centres

from January to November, 2009 stood at more

than 1 billion US dollars. Eighty percent of their

trade volume was carried out by way of normal

trade.

The border trade centers export agricul-

tural products such as rice, corn, beans and

pulses, sesame, fruit, sawn rubber timber and

raw rubber, livestock products, marine prod-

ucts, minerals, jade and gems and forest prod-

ucts. Iron and steel construction materials, ma-

chine and machine parts, cars and spare parts,

computers and accessories, farm equipment and

consumer goods are being imported from the

neighbouring nations.

Now, bilateral trade and economic coop-

eration and investment issues are under discus-

sion with entrepreneurs from China, Thailand,

India and Vietnam. Services of trade zones are

also picking up. In line with the rules of normal

trade, departmental officials and entrepreneurs

on their part are to try to produce quality export

items that are marketable.

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Jan—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman ofSagaing Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe and Chairman of Kachin State PDCCommander of Northern Command Maj-Gen SoeWin held discussions on regional development tasksin meeting with local people at Namlit Village andLauklai Village in Pasawng Township, HkamtiDistrict, Sagaing Division, on 12 January.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party attended the opening ofthe tarred road at Ahtet Ward and inspected MyomaMarket in the township.

Pasawng Township on track of developmentThey visited the Township Information and Public

Relations Department at Ale Ward, and had a meetingwith officials and local people at Naungyan Hall inPasawng.

They made cash donations to patients of na-tional races at Pasawng People’s Hospital (16-bed).

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspected the site chosen forconstruction of a new building for Pasawng BasicEducation High School.

He held discussions on regional developmenttasks with local national race leaders in Pasawngand inspected the 5th Mile Bridge.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16Jan—The opening ofTaungyoetan Street andAyayepaingkon Street inSittegon Ward inMawlamyine, Mon Statewas held at the streets on 2January, attended byChairman of Mon State

Commander attends opening of new streets in Mawlamyine

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East CommandMaj-Gen Thet Naing Win,departmental personnel,members of socialorganizations and localpeople.

First, a responsi-

ble person gave ac-counts of constructionof the streets and a localspoke words of thanks.Responsible personsunveiled the signboardof the streets. Next, thecommander and guestsstrolled along the new

street.The commander

then viewed constructionof two-storey RC typeoperation theatre ofMawlamyine GeneralHospital and fulfilled therequirements.

MNA

YANGON, 16 Jan--Noble Nine Education willopen the Business Man-agement & MarketingCourse Level-3 on 27 Janu-ary.

The trainees will beprovided with 18 units in-cluding business resources,management accounting,Internet marketing, e-busi-ness, team development,working in administration,

Business Diploma Course(Marketing/Management) on 27 Jan

projects and computer ap-plication for financial man-agement.

On completion ofthe training course, thetrainees will get the certifi-cate presented by NobelNine Education and thediploma certificate by Sun-derland College of Singa-pore. Not only the personsattending the basic educa-tion high schools, univer-

sities and colleges but alsoanybody may attend thecourse. The fee for thecourse is fixed at 30 percent discount as the spe-cial programme.

For further informa-tion, contact Noble NineInternational, No. 7 onWutkyaung Street,Yekyaw, PazundaungTownship, Tel: 01-396915and 095011615. — MNA

Lt-Gen Tha

Aye of the

Ministry of

Defence

views Comp-

uter room of

Pasawng

BEHS.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win on the newly opened street.—MNA

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An Afghan sitting on a car destroyed on Thursday in a clash in the city of Laki, in Helmand Province’s Garmsir District, south of Kabul, Afhanistan.—INTERNET

Wreckage of a policevehicle, which was hitby a remote controlled

bomb is seen at thescene in Ghazni, east-

ern province of Af-ghanistan on 13 Jan,

2010. Six Afghanpolicemen were injuredwhen a remove-control-led bomb exploded near

an international aidoffice, said Abdul

Ghani, deputy policechief in Ghazni Prov-

ince.—INTERNET

Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Rarely used flying bombstrikes new targets in Iraq

NATO forces discover weapons cachesin S Afghanistan

KABUL, 16 Jan — The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)discovered six weapons caches in an operation in southern Afghanistan’s HelmandProvince, an ISAF press release said on Friday.

The weapons caches, discovered on Thursday, contained a large amount ofweapons and IED making materials, including 340 pounds of home-made explo-sives, 17 hand grenades, an RPG launcher, and numerous small arms and ammu-nition, the Press release added.

Most of the materials were destroyed on site, it further said.—Xinhua

Plane crashkills two people

in BritainLONDON, 16 Jan— A

light plane crashed nearthe Oxford Airport of Brit-ain on Friday, killing twopeople, local policeannounced.Thames ValleyPolice said the two-seateraircraft came down in a fieldin Bladon at around 2 pm,bursting into flames. Thetype of the plane is not yetknown.

“It looked like he wastrying to pull the aircraft upbut unfortunately crashed,”an eyewitness recalled.“Within five seconds itburst into flames whichwere 30 feet high.”

The Air Accident Inves-tigation Branch, based inFarnborough, Hampshire,said that a team was on itsway to the scene to investi-gate the crash.—Xinhua

KABUL, 16 Jan — Abomb blast in Afghani-stan’s restive south killedtwo NATO soldiers, hoursafter the death of an Ameri-can trooper in a separateattack, a statement said onSaturday.

“Two ISAF servicemembers were killed insouthern Afghanistan as aresult of an IED strike yes-terday,” said a statementfrom NATO’s InternationalSecurity Assistance Force,referring to an improvisedexplosive device.

ISAF did not give theirnationalities.

IEDs, along with sui-cide bomb attacks, are the

main weapons deployed byTaleban militants, and havebecome more powerful anddeadly as foreign forcesenhance security proce-dures, military officialshave said.

The bombs, made prin-cipally from fertilizer anddetonated by remote con-trol, can range up to 2,000pounds (900 kilogrammes),a senior US military intelli-gence official said recently,destroying even the heavi-est armoured vehicles.

The southern provincesof Helmand and Kandaharare the most violent, but theTaleban has spread its fightto previously peaceful re-

gions.Foreign troops under

US and NATO commandcurrently number around113,000 and are being re-inforced with another40,000 over the course ofthis year as the counterin-surgency strategy movesinto high gear.

Five soldiers — fourAmerican and one French— died on Wednesday. OnMonday, three US, twoFrench and a British soldierwere killed in violence inthe deadliest day for inter-national troops since Oc-tober.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 16 Jan —US troops stationed at anoutpost in southern Iraqheard a chilling whistle,and then a 60-pound air-borne bomb punchedthrough a concrete blastwall and sent shrapnel fly-ing, wounding threeAmericans.

Explosions are com-monplace in Iraq , but thiswas no ordinary attack.The US military said onFriday that militants wholaunched the 12 Jan attackon a joint US-Iraqi com-pound used an unusualweapon called an IRAM,for Improvised Rocket-Assisted Munition. Some-times called “flyingIEDs,” IRAMs are a po-tentially deadlier incarna-tion of the garden-variety

Improvised ExplosiveDevices in Iraq and Af-ghanistan — they’reshort-range projectilesthat catapult toward un-suspecting targets.

Internet

NATO, Afghan troops fire onAfghan crowd, five hurt

KABUL, 16 Jan—Atleast five Afghan civilianswere wounded when acombined force of Afghantroops and US Marinesopened fire on a crowd atthe gate to a military basein Helmand, Afghan-istan’s most volatileprovince, NATO said onFriday.

The incident, whichtook place on Wednesdaybut was not reported untilFriday, was the seconddemonstration to turnviolent in two days inHelmand’s GarmsirDistrict, suggestingmounting civil unrest in apart of the country where

US Marines under NATOcommand made majoradvances last year. “ANAand ISAF forces warned acrowd of between 200 and400 assembled civilians tokeep its distance from theoutpost,” a NATOstatement said, referring tothe Afghan National Armyand NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force.

ISAF is manned in thearea by US Marines. “Anumber of civilians in thecrowd disregardedinstructions, resulting inforces firing warning shots.Deliberative escalation offorce procedures were

followed, but one individualcontinued to ignoreinstructions, strikingmembers of the combinedforce with a stick,” thestatement said.

Lieutenant-ColonelTodd Breasseale said bothAfghan troops and the USMarines subsequently firedat the crowd. Aninvestigation was under wayto determine which force’sbullets had struck each thefive people who werewounded. Civilian casualtiescaused by NATO troops areone of the most emotive issuesin Afghanistan’s eight-year-old conflict.

MNA/Reuters

An Afghan man fills containers at a public water pump in Kabul 13 Jan, 2010. Nearlyhalf way through the Afghan winter, unusually warm and dry weather is raising fears

of a drought that could cause food shortages, undermine efforts to slash poppygrowing and worsen security problems.—INTERNET

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Vietnamese PM callsfor developing IT

Energy agency downgrades2010 oil demand forecast

Germany, Singapore top World Banktrade logistics survey

A container ship is pictured at the Tollerort terminal of the HHLA containerterminal at the harbour of the northern German city of Hamburg, summer

2009. Germany has emerged top and Singapore second in a new World Banklogistics survey that measures how efficiently countries trade their goods

around the world.—INTERNET

Eurozone trade surplus dropsin November 2009

BRUSSELS, 16 Jan—Eurozone’s trade surplus with the rest of the world droppedto 4.8 billion euros (6.9 billion US dollars) in November 2009 from the Octoberlevel of 6.6 billion euros (9.5 billion dollars), the European Union (EU)’s statisticsarm Eurostat said on Friday.

Eurostat said, after seasonal adjustment, exports of the 16-nation Eurozone inNovember fell 0.4 percent compared with the previous month, while imports in-creased by 1.5 percent.

For the 27-member EU, November saw a trade deficit of 5.8 billion euros (8.35billion dollars), up from 4.8 billion euros (6.9 billion dollars) in October.

In the first ten months of 2009, EU’s trade flow with all its main partners fell,except for exports to China which remained stable. The largest drop was in ex-ports to Russia, which plummeted by 40 percent compared with the same periodin 2008. —Xinhua

China discovers5-bln-tonne

iron depositsin 2009

BEIJING, 16 Jan—China discovered nearly 5billion tonnes of iron oredeposits in 2009, chief en-gineer with the Ministryof Land and Resources(MLR) said Friday.

The deposits were dis-covered in provinces in-cluding northeasternLiaoning, northern Hebei,eastern Shandong andAnhui, and southwesternSichuan, said ZhangHongtao, MLR chief en-gineer.

The total discovereddeposits included an ironore deposit withan esti-mated reserve of morethan 3 billion tonnes innortheast China’sLiaoning Province and 1billion tonnes of verifiediron deposits in Hebei,said Zhang.

He said the 1 billiontonnes of verified reservesin Hebei was easy to min-ing with their shallowdepth.—Xinhua

US airlines set to postquarterly losses

A Southwest Airlines

plane takes off at

Midway Airport in

Chicago, Illinois

on 24 July, 2008.

INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 16 Jan—Germany has emerged topand Singapore second ina new World Bank logis-tics survey that measureshow efficiently countriestrade their goods aroundthe world.

Sweden was adjudgedthe next most trade-friendly nation in thestudy released on Fridayand hailed by the Wash-ington-based institution as“the most comprehensiveworld survey of interna-tional freight forwardersand express carriers.

“Economic competi-

tiveness is relentlesslydriving countries tostrengthen performance,and improving trade logis-tics is a smart way to de-liver more efficiencies,lower costs and added eco-nomic growth,” said bankchief Robert Zoellick.

High income econo-mies dominated the toplogistics rankings, withmost of them occupyingimportant places in globaland regional supplychains, the 155-nation“Logistics PerformanceIndicators” study showed.

By contrast, the 10

worst performing coun-tries were all from the lowand lower income groups.

“Although the studyshows a substantial logis-tics gap between richcountries and most devel-oping countries, it findspositive trends in someareas essential to logisticsperformance and trade,”the World Bank said.

“Some of them includethe modernization of cus-toms, use of informationtechnology, and develop-ment of private logisticsservices,” it said in a state-ment.—Internet

HANOI, 16 Jan—Viet-namese Prime MinisterNguyen Tan Dung on Fri-day asked the Informationand Communication Min-istry to map out a masterplan on developing astrong country of infor-mation technology (IT)and communication.

Dung made the requestat the ministry’s confer-ence on implementingtasks in 2010.

Dung said that priori-ties will be put on IT hu-man resources develop-ment, IT infrastructure de-velopment and establish-ing IT groups competentenough to compete withother foreign ones.

The Prime Ministercalled for the improve-ment of legal frameworkand policies to facilitatethe development of IT andcommunication. Thishence will support thegovernment in propagan-dizing the government’spolicies on social eco-nomic development.

At the meeting, theministry put forth plans tobe carried out in 2010 in-cluding speeding up theimplementation of IT ap-plication in the govern-ment’s management appa-ratus of all levels and e-government and intensi-fying IT human resourcetraining. —Xinhua

PARIS, 16 Jan—The In-ternational EnergyAgency on Friday reviseddown its forecast forworld oil demand in 2010,saying trade would be“sluggish” in rich nationsand growth would comeonly from emergingeconomies.

The IEA forecast thatdemand would be 1.44million barrels per day(mbd) this year, comparedto its 2010 estimate madelast month of 1.47 mbd.

The Paris-basedagency also warned ofpossible “downside risks”to economic recovery inthe member nations of theOrganization for Eco-nomic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD), agrouping of 30 of theworld’s richest econo-mies.

“Oil demand recoveryin the OECD will likelyremain sluggish,” it said,adding: “Demand growthin 2010 derives entirely

from outside the OECD.”The IEA said 2010 de-

mand would rise 1.7 per-cent from 2009 to 86.3mbd.—Internet

CHICAGO, 16 Jan—USairlines, set to start report-ing quarterly losses nextweek, are likely to offermore evidence of return-ing business travel de-mand as the industrygropes its way out of the2009 economic recession.

Of the six-largest UScarriers, only SouthwestAirlines (LUV.N) is ex-pected to post an operat-

ing profit.Relatively low fares are

behind the expectedfourth-quarter perform-ance, but analysts arehopeful that 2010 will bea year of recovery.

“Everyone is gettingbetter, and they’re doingthe best they can with thehand they’ve been dealt,”said Morningstar airlineanalyst Basili Alukos. Hesaid, however, that thestrain of the recession willbe evident in the results.

Lower fares had been afeature of the year. “Wewere in a recession, so weneed people to come backto fly so they’ve been low-ering prices,” Alukos said.

The airline industrysuffered in 2009 from alack of demand for busi-ness travel as companiestrimmed travel budgets tohold down costs. But air-line executives say theysaw signs of recovery intravel demand on the busi-ness side in the quarter.

The Arca airline index(.XAL) rose 17 percent inthe fourth quarter.

AMR Corp (AMR.N),parent of American Air-lines, leads off the airlineearnings season with itsreport on Wednesday.Continental Airlines(CAL.N) and Southwestare due to report on Thurs-day.—Internet

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China,Vietnam mark 60th anniversaryof diplomatic ties

Chen Zhili (C front), vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee ofChina’s National People’s Congress (NPC), attends a reception marking the60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China

and Vietnam, in Beijing, capital of China, on 15 Jan, 2010.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 16 Jan—China and Vietnam helda reception in Beijing onFriday to mark the 60th

anniversary of diplomaticties.

Chen Haosu, presi-dent of the Chinese Peo-ple’s Association forFriendship with ForeignCountries, said China andVietnam were friendlyneighbours, which hadfrequent high-level visits,broad trade and economic

cooperation, and culturalexchanges.

Chen said the estab-lishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area(FTA) on 1 Jan, 2010 willfurther boost the mutu-ally-beneficial coopera-tion between China andVietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassa-dor to China Nguyen VanTho said he believed aseries of activities to mark2010 as the year of China-

Vietnam friendship willadvance the bilateral rela-tions to a new hight.

About 120 guestsfrom both countries, in-cluding Chen Zhili, vicechairwoman of theStanding Committee ofthe National People’sCongress, attended thereception.

China and Vietnamforged diplomatic rela-tions on 18 Jan, 1950.

Xinhua

Russian Navy to buynew carrier-based fighters

MOSCOW,16 Jan—Russian Navy plans tobuy the first batch ofMiG-29K fighters set tobe deployed on an aircraftcarrier later this year, saida Navy official on Friday.

This year we are plan-ning to buy the first batchof several machines,” theRIA Novosti news agencyquoted the unnamed offi-

cial as saying.He did not specify the

actual numbers of thefighters that will be de-ployed on the AdmiralKuznetsov aircraft carrier.

A total of 24 MiG-29Ks will be purchased bythe Navy in the next threeto four years with an esti-mated cost of one billionUS dollars, said the re-

port. Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev said inlate last September thatone of the most import is-sues for the RussianArmed Forces was to rec-reate Navy in the comingdecade.

He also said in lastMarch that the armedforces will undergo com-prehensive rearmamentbeginning in 2011.

XinhuaAll Items from Xinhua News AgencyItaly to train Somali policeforce on counter terrorism

A resident carries Samael Jachond, who wasrescued from the remains of his house, four days

after a major earthquake hit the capitalPort-au-Prince on 15 Jan, 2010. —INTERNET

World’s largest agriculture fair opens inBerlin, highlighting climate change

East Asia-Latin Americacooperation forum opens

in Tokyo

US company recalls pinenut packages for fears of

Salmonella contamination

KAMPALA, 16 Jan—An Italian specializedunit is to train the Somalipolice force in counterterrorism operations in abid to rid the horn of Af-rican country of terroristgroups.

Franco Frattini, ItalianForeign Minister told re-porters here on Friday ona one-day visit to Ugandathat the anti-terrorismgroup will be trained inKenya if the Kenyan gov-ernment okeys the idea.

“We offered yesterdayto President Sheik Sharif(Somali President) .. toestablish a very robustpolice anti-terrorist unit,trained by the ItalianCarabinieri,” he saidshortly after a meetingwith Ugandan PresidentYoweri Museveni.

Uganda is one of thecountries contributingpeacekeepers to the Afri-can Union peacekeepingmission in the volatilecountry.

Frattini said there isneed for international co-operation to address theSomalia problem becauseterrorist groups are usingit as a transit centre to Af-rica and the rest of theworld.—Xinhua

BERLIN,16 Jan—The75th International GreenWeek in Berlin, theworld’s largest agriculturaland food fair opened doorsto the public on Friday.

Some 1,600 exhibitorsfrom 56 countries willshow visitors their bestagriculture products, live-stock, farm machines,garden tools and newly-developed technologies.

Organizers of the fairwere expected to receive400,000 people over thenext 10 days, with Hun-

gary as this year’s guestof honour. Various samplefoods and drinks, tradi-tional and modern, werewaiting for visitors tohave a taste.

“The Green Week is anevergreen,” said Christian

Goeke, the main organizerof the fair. “As it marksthis significant anniver-sary, this event remainsimmune to crisis and con-tinues to maintain its sta-bility at a high level.”

Xinhua

HOUSTON,16 Jan—Anut company in US stateof Texas said on Fridayit was recalling 270packages of pine nutsover concerns that theproduct may have beencontaminated by Salmo-nella.

Hines Nut Co, basedin Dallas, Texas, said thenuts being recalled werepacked in eight-ouncefoam trays.

The product was onlydistributed to NorthCarolina. The companysaid the problem was dis-

covered in sampling froma supplier.

So far, no illnesseshave been reported relatedto the nuts product, thecompany said.—Xinhua

TOKYO, 16 Jan—For-eign ministers and sen-ior diplomats from 34

East Asian and LatinAmerican countries gath-ered on Saturday in theJapanese capital to dis-cuss issues facing the in-ternational communityand both regions at theForum for East Asia-Latin America Coopera-tion (FEALAC).

In his opening speech,Japanese Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama ex-tended sympathy to peo-ple in quake-hit Haiti.

“Japan should offermaximum possible coop-eration at moments likethis,” he said.

Xinhua

Members of the China

International Search

and Rescue Team

depart on a plane for

Haiti during a cer-

emony held at the

airport in Beijing on 13

Jan , 2010.

INTERNET

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NEWS ALBUM

Cold front forces Mexico to sealroads in northern, western states MEXICO CITY, 16 Jan—Mexico has sealed roads in

the states of Zacatecas and Jalisco due to freezingweather, authorities said on Friday.

Eight municipalities in the northern state ofZacatecas have been sealed off, and public transporthas been suspended across the territory, said JuanAntonio Caldera Martinez, director of public securityand transit in Zacatecas.

In Jalisco, a western state on the Pacific coast, au-thorities have sealed two municipalities in the moun-tainous Sierra Madre area, including communities withrelatively poor housing, according to officials from aweather research centre of the University ofGuadalajara.

The state-run National Meteorology Service (SMN)has forecast that temperatures would be as low as mi-nus 8 degrees Celsius in the northern states of Durangoand Chihuahua.—Xinhua

26 die in psychiatrichospital in cold snap

HAVANA, 16 Jan—The Cuban government con-firmed on Friday that 26 patients had died at a psychi-atric hospital in the capital city of Havana in a rarecold snap.

The Health Ministry said the deaths were all re-lated to “prolonged low temperatures” in Boyers citywhere the hospital is located.

But it said the patients — all in old age — died ofnatural causes. “They all died of such diseases as psy-chiatric disease, natural biological deterioration, res-piratory infections and complications of chronic dis-eases, “ said the statement.—Xinhua

China’s Internet users top 384 million China reported 384 million Internet users by the end of 2009, up 28.9 per-

cent, or 86 million, from a year ago, said a report from the China Internet Net-work Information Centre.

Internet users surfing through mobile phones increased by 120 million to top233 million, about 60.8 percent of the total Internet population, thanks to ex-panding third-generation (3G) business, said the report.

About 30.7 million surf the Internet only through mobile phones, about eightpercent of the total Internet users. Internet users in the rural areas hit 106.81million in 2009, up 26.3 percent year on year, who accounted for 27.8 percent ofthe total Internet users, said the report.

Fish have longer memories than believed

A-bombdisease lawtoo narrow TOKYO, 16 Jan—Japan

needs to recognize morepeople who suffer fromradiation disease causedby the bombing of Hiro-shima and Nagasaki, thenation’s Health Ministersaid. Minister AkiraNagatsuma called for a re-vision of the law govern-ing radiation illnessescaused when the UnitedStates bombed Japan inAugust 1945 near the endof World War II, TheMainichi Daily News re-ported on Friday.

“Without legal revi-sion, further relaxation (ofthe standards) would bedifficult,” Nagatsuma tolda group of people whorepresent radiation vic-tims.

The law last was re-vised in 1981 to give moremedical benefits to atomicbomb survivors, whosince have argued the leg-islation too narrowly de-fines who was harmed byradiation from the bombs.

Internet

Suspicious airplane passengerquestioned in Mich

United Express Flight 6036, from Chicago to Traverse City, Mich, sits on thenorth-south runway at Cherry Capital Airport on 15 Jan, 2010, after a call

about suspicious activity aboard caused an investigation. Police say a passen-ger on board a plane en route to northern Michigan was acting suspiciously,

and the crew asked police to meet the aircraft when it landed.—INTERNET

Zoo keeper Tully Johns looks at anewborn Asian elephant calf at theMelbourne Zoo. The baby elephant,a first for Melbourne Zoo, was bornearly Saturday morning and is the

result of artificial insemination22 months earlier.

Two craftsmen are engaged inbuilding up a 12-metre-long mini-ature chocolate sculpture of the

Great Wall, at the World ChocolateDream Park inside the Beijing

Olympic Park, in Beijing. A batch ofelaborate chocolate sculptures,

including the miniature replicas ofGreat Wall, the Terracotta Warriors,and traditional Chinese painting ofPanorama Along the Upper River

During the Qingming Festival in thesame size to the original, are exhib-

ited to visitors.

A diver swims near British artist Jasonde Caires Taylor’s sculpture “TheFlower of Hope” in this undated hand-out in the Mexican resort of Cancun.At the bottom of its turquoise watersand playing with the reflections of thesun at sea, a series of sculptures wereimmersed in the Mexican resort ofCancun in what aspires to be a hugeunderwater museum that harmonizes

with the beauty of its coral reefs.

A widely held belief that fish remem-ber things for only three seconds is amyth, an Australian researcher said.

Despite their tiny brains, fish actu-ally are “quite sophisticated” and canretain memories for months, said KevinWarburton, who teaches at the Institutefor Land, Water and Society at CharlesSturt University, New South Wales.

Silver perch, for example, remembera predator for several months after justone encounter, Warburton told The DailyTelegraph in a story published on Friday.

“And carp that have been caught byfishers avoid hooks for at least a year,”Warburton said. “That fish have only athree-second memory is just rubbish.”

World’s oldest dog dies at age 21Chanel, a wire-haired dachshund,

died at her owners’ home in PortJefferson Station on Long Island, NYShe was just six-weeks-old when Deniceand Karl Shaughnessy adopted her froma shelter. They nominated her for the ti-tle of world’s oldest dog after noticingthe Guinness World Records book waslacking the record.

The pooch was presented with a cer-tificate at a birthday bash earlier thisyear, which took place a dog hotel andspa in Manhattan, complete with a pea-nut butter cake made especially for dogs.“She once ate an entire bag of Reese’speanut butter cups, and, you see, shelived to be 21, so go figure,” DeniceShaughnessy said.

TRAVERSE CITY, 16Jan—Police questioned apassenger on a small com-mercial plane that flewfrom Chicago to a north-ern Michigan resort townon Friday after the crewreported he was actingsuspiciously.

Crew members aboardUnited Airlines Flight6036 said the 28-year-oldCalifornia man had taken“an article” into the bath-room and left without it,said Traverse City PoliceCapt. Steve Morgan. Thecrew found that a panel

inside the bathroom hadbeen tampered with, hesaid.

They requested law en-forcement assistancewhile approaching CherryCapital Airport, Morgansaid.

A government officialsaid earlier the passengerhad made a bomb threat,but Morgan said there wasno bomb threat. A bombsniffing dog called intosweep the aircraft and lug-gage found nothing, hesaid.

The passenger was

questioned by local policeand the FBI but had notbeen arrested or chargedon Friday afternoon,Morgan said.

“He’s been cooperativethroughout,” he said.

FBI spokeswomanSandra Berchtold in De-troit and TransportationSecurity Administrationspokesman JamesFotenos in the agency’sChicago regional officesaid they had no new in-formation about the inves-tigation late Friday.

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Ayethaya Vineyard, source ofquality grapes …

Kayan TownshipAssociation to

hold prize-givingceremony

YANGON, 16 Jan—Myanmar-Bangladeshvolleyball friendly was heldfor the third day at NationalIndoor Stadium(Thuwunna) here thisafternoon.

Selected Bangla-deshi men’s team routedselected Myanmar men’steam (25-20), (23-25), (22-25), (25-22) and (15-9).Included in the third matchare new generation youthathletes who are undergoingtraining for XXVI SEAGames 2011. The fourthmatch takes place at the same

Bangladesh beat Myanmar in volleyball friendly

Myanmar-Bangladesh volleyball friendly inprogress.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe

addresses opening of

Research and

Engineering Paper-

reading Session and

Process & Products

Show.

(News on page 1)

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venue at 3 pm on 18 January.Admission is free.

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YANGON, 16 Jan – Arrangements are beingmade to hold a ceremony to honour outstandingoffspring of the members of the association byKayan Township Association (Yangon).

Students who passed matr icula t ionexaminations for 2008-09 with flying colours areinvited to contact the association (Ph: 01-549339)not later than 31 January.

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(from page 1)The in-charge of the

vineyard said that on av-erage, the lifespan of avine was from 30 to 50years, and a vine produced12 branches, and a strongvine produced around 20bunches of grapes; that abranch produced a bunchof grapes, so on average,a vine yielded 12 to 20grape bunches; and that agrape bunch weighed 100to 250 kilograms.

Vines are in fruit twotimes in a season. But,

A panoramic view of Taunggyi.

vines produced in the rainyseason are less sweet. So,the grapevines are not har-vested in the rainy season.Soon after the grapes areplucked, all the branchesof the vines are to be cutoff. The fruits on the newbranches are collected forthe next time.

The best ph rate togrow vines is between 5.5and 6.5, so natural ferti-lizer is put on the soil fourtimes, and chemical ferti-lizer, two times a year. Inthe tight rope method, fer-

tilizers are put one and ahalf feet around, and in thetrellis method, three feetaround each vine.

Anti-fungus and pes-ticides are sprayed one timebetween 7 to 10 days in therainy season, and one timebetween 10 and 14 days inthe cold season.

He explained thatgrapes are collected inMarch and April; that be-fore doing so, the glucoserate of grapes was tested,and grapes with full rate ofglucose were plucked first;that it was to be careful incollecting grapes in orderthat grapes did not fall off

the bunches; that collectedgrapes were not to bewashed, and were to bestored and pasteurized at 2degree Celsius in the coldstorage; and the followingday, they were producedas finished products.

Ayethaya Vineyardchooses Shraz,Sauvignon, Chenin,Cabernet, and Dornfelderstrains, which are amongthe 80 worldwide popularstrains. It gets 20 tons ofgrapes from 22 acres ofvineyard a year.

The 22-acre vineyardgenerates job opportuni-ties for local people. It has

Ko Ye Teza, in-charge of the vineyard.

been able to produce qual-ity foreign grape strainslocally. Now, agriculturalmethods are being dis-seminated to grape farm-ers. Therefore, it is safe to

say that agricultural de-velopment is contribut-ing to the nation’s eco-nomic growth rate.

Translation: MSKyemon: 7-1-2010

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NAY PYI TAW, 16 Jan—Pyawbwe (Yanaung)-Ywataw Section ofPyawbwe-Natmauk-Magway RailroadProject being undertakenby the Myanma Railwaysunder the Ministry of RailTransportation was putinto service with aceremony held atPyawbwe Station thismorning.

In his address to theceremony, Chairman ofMandalay DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe said thatcombined efforts arebeing made to completea network of Union

Earthquake reportNAY PYI TAW, 16 Jan—A slight earthquake of

intensity 4.9 Richter Scale with its epicenter outsideMyanmar (Andaman islands) about 270 milessouthwest of Kaba-Aye seismological observatorywas recorded at 13 hr 02 min 33 sec MST on 16th

January 2010.—MNA

YANGON, 16 Jan —Mar Lar Trading Co Ltdorganized a ceremony tointroduce its new product,“Pure” detergent powder,in conjunction with prize-giving ceremony at MyaYeik Nyo Hotel here thisafternoon.

Pyawbwe (Yanaung)-Ywataw Railroad Section commissioned(132.50 miles), Minbu-A n - Y a y c h a n b y i nRailroad (245.54 miles),

Pathein (Belgaret)-N y a u n g d o n - Y a n g o n(Hlinethaya) Railroad (89miles), Pyay (Shwedaga)-Toungoo (Kyedaw)-NayPyi Taw Railroad (120miles), Hinthada-Nyaungdon Railroad (48miles), Thayet-Kyunchaung Railroad(190.86 miles), Ywataw-Kanbya Railroad (65.20

miles), and Bago-Hanthawady AirportRailroad (4.66 miles).And it will soon launchconstruction of Lashio-Muse Railroad (145miles), Kalay-TamuRailroad (84.35 miles),and Bago-Kayan-T h o n g w a - T h a n l y i n(Okposu) Railroad (67.25miles).—MNA

YANGON, 16 Jan — Jointly organized by Sportsand Physical Education Department and MyanmarTennis Federation, the opening of 47th Interstate/division Tennis Tournament-2010 was held atTheinbyu Tennis Court in Mingala TaungnyuntTownship here this morning.

Among the spectators were Patron of MTFChairman of Yangon City Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, General Secretaryof Myanmar Olympic Committee Director-General UThaung Htaik of SPED and officials.

Defending Champions Shan State (North)Women’s Tennis Team and Yangon Division Men’sTennis Team handed over championship shields to theSPED director-general.

Next, the first day matches followed. Thetournament will continue tomorrow. — MNA

47th Inter-State/Division TennisTournament kicks off

Pure detergent powder withsoftener on sale

Director Daw MyatKaythi of the companygave an accounts of thecompany and its newproduct.

In response to thesupport of customers,lucky draw programmeworth K 12 million have

been launched. Salesagents will be presentedbonus every six month.Contact Daw Thin NandaWint, No (490), at thecorner of Strand Road andShwetaungdan Street,Lanmadaw Township,Pure Detergent Powder

Sales Centre (Ph: 01-2277858), Sales agentsDaw Su Su Thin (ShweTheingi Brokerage House(Ph: 681136), Ever Boom(Theingyizay) (Ph: 09-5505789 and 240600 Ext:460), U Kyaw KyawNaing (101 Hair Tonic)(Ph: 518311) in Yangon,Ngwe Kyal Phyu Noodle(Ph; 09-6801253), U SoeThein of Ever Smile CoLtd (Ph: 02-78900 and 09-2015819) in MandalayDivision, U Nay Lin Oo(Ph: 09-6801838 and 09-5190380) in AyeyawadyDivision, U Hla Kyi (Ph:09-5076649 and 052-22877) in Bago Division,U Min Aung Moe (Ph: 09-8763180 and 059-42232)in Myeik, U Mg Mg Than(Ph: 09-5119786 and 081-22998) in Taunggyi and UZaw Zaw Oo (Ph: 09-942299) in Phakant to buywholesale and retail.

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Commander Maj-GenTin Ngwe, MinistersMaj-Gen Aung Minand Maj-Gen KhinAung Myint, and

Chairman Col PhoneMaw Shwe open

Pyawbwe (Yanaung)-Ywataw railroad

section.MNA

Train taking its first trip for Pyawbwe(Yanaung)-Ywataw railroad section.

MNA

Director Daw Myat Kaythi of Mar Lar Trading Co Ltd speeches atintroducing ceremony.—MNA

railroads in compliancewith the guidance of theHead of State.

Chairman of MagwayDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwealso delivered a speech.

So far, the MyanmaRailways has constructed3335.45 miles ofrailroads includingPyawbwe (Yanaung)-Ywataw Railroad, 361railway stations, 5044large and mediumbridges.

In addition, it is nowbuilding Katha-BhamoRailroad (98 miles),M o n g n a i - K e n g t u n gRailroad (226 miles),Dawei-Myeik Railroad

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NAY PYI TAW, 16 Jan—Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan looked into undertakings ondurability and development of self-reliant village li-braries in Lapoh Village-tract of Gangaw TownshipMagway Division, on 9 January afternoon.

The minister provided necessary assistance fordurability and development of the libraries for meetingthe five-point standards and presented books and DTHTVs that can receive the programmes of MRTV andMRTV-4.

At Gangaw District Information and Public

Minister inspects information tasks in Gangaw TownshipRelations Department, the minister inspected informa-tion and educative tasks for the public and gave in-structions on supervision to be made for durability anddevelopment of the libraries. He urged the personnel totry their best to become well-versed media persons inthe national interest.

On arrival at Gangaw MRTV re-transmissionstation, the minister fulfilled the requirements fortransmitting the TV programmes to the surroundingareas at full capacity.

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Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents aDTH system receiver to an official.

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Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan visits GangawDistrict IPRD Office.

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Labutta likea phoenix

rising fromthe ashes

(from page 16)The new town willhave 200-bed hospital,departmental build-ings, schools, markets,sports grounds, gar-dens and cold storages.Circular roads are alsobeing constructed forsmooth transportationin the new town. In ad-dit ion, 160-mill iongallon capacity waterstorage tank has beenconstructed and thetownship Myanma PortAuthority is building

piers in order to providesmooth water transpor-tation for residents of thenew town.

Within one yearafter storm Nargis,Labutta DAC was ableto restore Labutta to itsformer beauty and hasbeen working with all itsmight for all-round de-velopment of the town-ship.

Translation: TKKKyemon (15-1-2010)

*****

Photo shows 66 KV

sub power station.

No. 5 Ward Basic

Education Primary

School in Labutta

Township.

Byline & Photos:

Ko Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)

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Results of 62nd Tipitakadhara Selection Examination announcedNAY PYI TAW, 16 Jan— The Department of Religious

Affairs under the Ministry of Religious Affairs announcedthe results of written and oral tests of the 62nd TipitakadharaSelection Examination conducted by the TipitakadharaSelection Board from 12th Waning of Nadaw to 13thWaning of Pyatho 1731 ME (from 13 December 2009 to12 January 2010).

Tipitakakovida 1. Seat No.165, Ashin Abhijatabhivamsa, aged 41, 22

vasa, Maha Thubawdayon Monastery, Sagaing,Sagaing Division

Mula Abhidhammakovida 1. Seat No.172, Ashin Vasetthalankara, aged 35, 16

vasa, Tipitaka Maha Gandayon Monastery, ShwenathaModel Village, Mingaladon Township, Yangon Di-vision

Digha Nikayakovida 1. Seat No. 182, Ashin Viçittasara, aged 35, 15 vasa,

Tipitaka Maha Gandawin Nikaya Monastery, DagonMyothit (East) Township, Yangon Division

2. Seat No. 185, Ashin Nandavamsalankara, aged 33, 13vasa, ShwedaungU Tipitaka Dhammapala Monas-tery, Monywa, Sagaing Division

Vinayakovida 1. Seat No. 207, Ashin Jotikalankara, aged 31, 10 vasa,

Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing, Sagaing Division

2. Seat No. 212, Ashin Javanalankara, aged 31, 10 vasa,Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing, Sagaing Division

3. Seat No. 216, Ashin Indakalankara, aged 29, 9 vasa,Tipitaka Maha Gandawin Nikaya Monastery, DagonMyothit (East) Township, Yangon Division

Ubhatovibhangakovida 1. Seat No. 251, Ashin Indaka (Taze), aged 33, 12 vasa,

Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing, Sagaing Division

2. Seat No. 255, Ashin Dhammananda, aged 30, 11vasa, Tipitaka Maha Gandawin Nikaya Monastery,Dagon Myothit (East) Township, Yangon Division

3. Seat No. 273, Ashin Sujanalankara, aged 29, 9 vasa,Thamanaykyaw Pariyatti Monastery, Bago, BagoDivision

4. Seat No. 275, Ashin Jotivara, aged 30, 9 vasa, KatipinMonastery, Nawnghkio, Shan State (North)

5. Seat No. 278, Ashin Aggavamsa, aged 29, 9 vasa,Tipitaka Nikaya Monstery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing, Sagaing Division

6. Seat No. 279, Ashin Vasavalankara, aged 29, 9 vasa,Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,

Sagaing, Sagaing Division 7. Seat No. 289, Ashin Silananda, aged 27, 7 vasa,

Nikaya Monastery, Dagon Myothi (South) Town-ship, Yangon Division

Mula Arbhidhammika 1. Seat No. 5, Ashin Paññissaralankara, aged 32, 12

vasa, ShwedaungU Tipitaka Dhammapala Monas-tery, Monywa, Sagaing Division

Dighabhanaka 1. Seat No. 8, Ashin Vasettha, aged 36, 15 vasa, Tipitaka

Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun, SagaingTownship, Sagaing Division

2. Seat No. 9, Ashin Sirikançana, aged 47, 27 vasa,Maha Withokdayon Shwegyin Taikthit, Bahan Town-ship, Yangon Division

3. Seat No. 10, Ashin Aggasaralankara, aged 41, 21vasa, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill,Mingun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

4. Seat No. 12, Ashin Setthañanalankara, aged 31, 11vasa, Tipitaka Maha Gandawin Nikaya Monastery,Dagon Myothit (East) Township, Yangon Division

5. Seat No. 13, Ashin Paññobhasalankara, aged 26, 6vasa, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill,Mingun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

Vinayadhara 1. Seat No. 16, Ashin Kelasa (Natmauk), aged 33, 13

vasa, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill,Mingun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

2. Seat No. 20, Ashin Sajjana, aged 30, 10 vasa, TipitakaNikaya Monastery, Anisakhan Village, PyinOoLwinTownship, Mandalay Division

3. Seat No. 21, Ashin Javana, Aged 30, 11 vasa, TipitakaNikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun, SagaingTownship, Sagaing Division

4. Seat No. 22 Ashin Tejinda, Aged 30, 9 vasa, TipitakaNikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun, SagaingTownship, Sagaing Division

5. Seat No. 24 Ashin Saddhamma, Aged 26, 8 vasa,ShwedaungU Tipitaka Dhamma Pala Monastery,Monywa, Sagaing Division

6. Seat No. 25 Ashin Gandhama, Aged 27, 7 vasa,Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

7. Seat No. 29 Ashin Candajoti, Aged 25, 5 vasa,ShwedaungU Tipitaka Dhamma Pala Monastery,Monywa, Sagaing Division

8. Seat No. 32 Ashin Vimala, Aged 24, 4 vasa, NikayaMonastery, Dagon Myothit (South) Township,Yangon Division

9. Seat No. 34 Ashin Indakalankara, Aged 23, 3 vasa,

Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

10. Seat No. 35 Ashin Paññasihalankara, Aged 23, 3vasa, Maha Visuddhayon Shwegyin Taikthit, BahanTownship, Yangon Division

11. Seat No. 38 Ashin Vannissara, Aged 35, 15 vasa,Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

12. Seat No. 39 Ashin Vilasa, Aged 30, 10 vasa, TipitakaNikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun, SagaingTownship, Sagaing Division

13. Seat No. 40 Ashin Kosalla, Aged 30, 10 vasa, TipitakaNikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun, SagaingTownship, Sagaing Division

14. Seat No. 42 Ashin Aggañana (Ngazun), Aged 30, 10vasa, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill,Mingun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

15. Seat No. 43 Ashin Dhammapiya, Aged 30, 9 vasa,Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill, Mingun,Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

16. Seat No. 45 Ashin Pañananda (KhinU), Aged 28, 8vasa, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, Momeik Hill,Mingun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division

17. Seat No. 47 Ashin Khemasirilankara, Aged 28, 8vasa, Mingun Maha Monastery, Kyaukse, MandalayDivision

18. Seat No. 54 Ashin Janita, Aged 28, 9 vasa,Kanhtoo Dhamma Yeiktha Monastery, OkthaMyothit, Bago, Bago Division (VisitthaVinayadhara)

19. Seat No. 55 Ashin Sujata, Aged 26, 6 vasa,ShwedaungU Tipitaka Dhamma Pala Monastery,Monywa, Sagaing Division

20. Seat No. 57 Ashin Vicakkhanalankara, Aged 26, 6vasa, ShwedaungU Tipitaka Dhamma Pala Monas-tery, Monywa, Sagaing Division

21. Seat No. 62 Ashin Tejaniya, Aged 25, 5 vasa,Tipitaka Lankara Pariyatti Monastery, ThakaytaTownship, Yangon Division

22. Seat No. 63 Ashin Indobhasa Lankara, Aged 25,4 vasa, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery, MomeikHill, Mingun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Divi-sion

23. Seat No. 65 Ashin Ananda Pandita Lankara, Aged 24,4 vasa, Samane Kyaw, Pariyatti Monastery, Bago,Bago Division

24. Seat No. 66 Ashin Revata, Aged 23, 3 vasa,Aungmingala Monastery, Taunggyi, Southern ShanState (Visittha Vinayadhara)

(To be continued)

Profile of Tipitakakovida Title Recipient Ashin AbhijatabhivamsaMyanmar Era (29 September 1968) (Sunday).Novitiation

He was initiated into novice by the abbot of ZabuMingalar Shweyattha Monastery in Hsinnin Village withthe sponsorship of his parents on 11th Waxing of Nadaw1341 ME.

On the 1st Waning of Pyatho 1349 ME, he wasordained by Abbot Agga Maha Pandita Abhidhaja MahaRattha Guru of Maha Thubawdayon Monastery in SagaingDivision with the sponsorship of U Than Tun and DawHan Nyunt of Kyant-khaing Ward, Wetlet Township atSasana Vilasini Ordination Hall of Dhammayon Monas-tery in Thiri Ward, Wetlet.His monk teachers

The abbot of Zabu Mingala Shweyattha Monas-tery in Hsinnin Village, Wetlet Township; AggaMaha Pandita Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abbotof Maha Thubawdayon Monastery in Sagaing Divi-sion; Rector Bhaddanta Nanda Malabhivamsa ofthe International Theravada Buddhist Missionary

University; the abbot and Subodhaka GanhavacakaMonks Ashin Adhivasa, Ashin Jinorasa and AshinPindolabhivamsa of Sasana Zawtayon Monastery inMadaya; the abbot of Katipin Monastery inNawnghkio; Ashin Manita Lankarabhivamsa ofSishin Monastery in Mandalay; and the pro-rectorBhamo Monk of the International Theravada Bud-dhist Missionary University.Examinations he has passed

Government Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya Pali Paragu;Sasanadhaja Siri Pavara Dhammacariya; YangonCetiyangana Pariyatti Dhammacariya Ganavacaka; Man-dalay Pariyatti Sasanahita Dhammacariya; TipitakadharaExamination (Vinayadhara); Vinayakovida Title;Dighabhanaka Dighanikayakovida Title; MulaArbhidhammika Mula Abhidhamma Kovida Title;Arbhidhammika Title; and Tipitakadhara Title (59thTipitakakovida Oral Examination).Tipitakakovida Title

He passed the 62nd Tipitakadhara TipitakakovidaExamination (Written) in 1371 ME (2010). He willreceive Tipitakakovida Title and Sasana Flag.—MNA

Native and date of birthAshin Abhijatabhivamsa was born to U Tin Ya and

Daw Khin Nyunt in Hsinnin Village, Wetlet Township,Sagaing Division, on the 8th Waxing of Thadingyut 1330

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Philippines to send morerescuers to Haiti

MANILA, 16 Jan—The Armed Forces of the Phil-ippines (AFP) is ready to dispatch another batch ofpeacekeepers to Haiti to join the rescue operations inquake-devastated Haiti.

AFP spokesman Lt Col Romeo Brawner said 155members of the 11th Peacekeeping Contingent arenow assembled at their headquarters in Tarlac Prov-ince, north of Manila, awaiting a government orderto leave. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has already ordered AFP chief Gen VictorIbrado to prepare the 11th contingent for deploymentto Haiti. They would link up with the 10th contin-gent there, Brawner said.—Xinhua

S African Airways bid to helpHaiti quake victims

JOHANNESBURG, 16 Jan—The staff of South Afri-ca’s national airline, South African Airways (SAA),were donating money, food and clothing to the peo-ple of Haiti who lost their family, friends and prop-erty in the earthquake which hit their country, saidthe airline on Friday.

SAA acting chief executive Chris Smythe saidSAA employees were asked to make donations in theform of money, blankets or clothing, which wouldbe airlifted along with donated medical supplies tothe Caribbean country.

“The staff and leadership of SAA convey to thepeople of Haiti our thoughts and prayers during thesetragic and heartbreaking times,” Smythe said in astatement.—Xinhua

Athens announces dispatchof aid to Haiti

ATHENS, 16 Jan—A plane will depart next Tues-day loaded with humanitarian aid to the people ofHaiti, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced in astatement on Friday.

“The Foreign Ministry, responding to the need forimmediate help to the people of Haiti, is sending ... aspecial team of physicians and a rescue unit as wellas pharmaceuticals with a direct flight.”

“The plane (a Boeing 747) will offer the possibil-ity of carrying back to Greece some 400 citizens ofEuropean countries that are still in Haiti,” the state-ment added.—Xinhua

Chileans help to rescue 23people in quake-hit Haiti

SANTIAGO, 16 Jan—Chilean experts, in collabora-tion with those from other countries, rescued 23 peo-ple on early Friday morning in Haiti after a 7.0-mag-nitude earthquake hit the country on Tuesday.

Chilean delegation chief Juan Gabriel Valdes saidon Friday that “the Chilean experts have worked allnight through with rescue teams of other countriesand they have found 23 people alive.”

The 23 survivors were found in the ruins of Mon-tana Hotel in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, and therescue work is continuing at the site because “thereis hope for more good news,” Valdes said.—Xinhua

Disaster relief in Haiti facesdifficulties, requiring

additional aid, cooperationPORT AU PRINCE, 16 Jan—Almost three days have

passed since a disastrous earthquake ravaged Haition Tuesday. Worldwide rescue efforts, though reach-ing the Haitian capital continuously, are still far fromenough.

Lack of loading machines, paralyzed traffic, in-terrupted communications and stranded crowds haveall been translated into massive inconveniences fordisaster relief during the most valuable period in theaftermath of the strong quake.

Xinhua

Ransom demand for Britishhostages in Nigeria

LAGOS, 16 Jan—Nigerian gunmen have demandeda ransom of 1.2 million pounds for the release of threeBritons and a Colombian abducted this week, the po-lice said on Friday.

“The kidnappers have asked for payment of 300million naira before the men can be released,” RiversState police spokeswoman Rita Abbey told AFP.

She said that the kidnappers made the demandthrough a phone call to a relation of one of the kid-napped foreigners.

The police in the state have promised a reward ofeight thousand pounds for any information that canlead to the release of the hostages, she added.

“The Rivers State police command has promised areward of two million naira to anybody who can pro-vide any information that can lead to the release ofthese foreigners,” Abbey said.

The four — contract workers for the Anglo-Dutchoil giant Shell — were abducted on Tuesday betweenthe oil city of Port Harcourt and nearby Aba in AbiaState. The gunmen shot dead the foreigners’ policeescort and wounded their driver during the attack.

Police spokesman in Abia State Ali Okechukwu alsotold AFP that the police command in the state has notyet established contacts with either the abductors orthe foreigners.—Internet

Yemen says airstrike killsal-Qaeda military chief

SAN’A, 16 Jan—Yemeni warplanes struck outside a desert vil-lage near the border with Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing six al-Qaeda operatives, including the group’s top military leader in thecountry, security officials said.

The military chief, who escaped a government attack targetinghim last month, was one of Yemen’s most-wanted militants andhad plotted to assassinate the US ambassador.

Yemen, with the help of US counterterrorism aid and training,has intensified an offensive against an al-Qaeda offshoot that hasdug in to pockets of the mountainous, impoverished nation, some-times under the protection of powerful local tribes that have theirown grievances with the weak government.

In an intensifying battle against al-Qaeda on another front whereWashington is deeply involved, Pakistani intelligence officialssaid on Friday that a US missile strike there killed one of the FBI’smost-wanted terrorists, a man suspected in a deadly 1986 plane hi-jacking with a $5 million bounty on his head. That 9 Jan strike waspart of the CIA-led missile campaign against militant targets inPakistan’s insurgent-riddled tribal belt bordering Afghan.—Internet

Bolivia to send medicine,blood, food to Haiti

LA PAZ, 16 Jan—The Bolivian government willsend 11 tons of medicine, blood and food, as well as20 doctors specialized in natural disaster to quake-hit Haiti, Bolivian Health Minister Ramiro Tapia saidon Friday.

Tapia said that to the moment Bolivia has collectedmore than 500 units of blood to be sent to Haiti, acountry that was devastated on Tuesday by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

Tapia said that the blood collection work will bedone by Saturday, and it is expected to collect some800 units of blood.

“Everybody has been affected by the tragic situa-tion that Haitian people are living and we cannot beindifferent,” Tapia said.—Xinhua

A senior Yemeni official said that anairstrike on an al-Qaeda in the

Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) positionin north Yemen killed six suspectedleaders of the group, including its

military boss.—INTERNET

Nigeriangunmen

havedemandeda ransom

of 1.2million

pounds forthe release

of threeBritonsand a

Colombianabductedthis week,the policehave said.INTERNET

Suspected US drone strikekills five in NW Pakistan

tribal area ISLAMABAD, 16 Jan—Suspected US drone fired four

missiles, killing at least five people in northwest Paki-stan’s tribal region, local TV channel reported on Fri-day. Waziristan tribal agency near the Afghan border,the private TV GEO News reported.

The unmanned US plane targeted Zarniri area, whichis near the spot where Tehrik-Taleban Pakistan (TTP)chief Hakimullah Mehsud is believed to be injured indrone strike.

It was the ninth missile strike in the region in abouttwo weeks. More than 700 people have died in about77 drone strikes in Pakistan since Aug. 2008, but USofficials do not confirm individual attacks.

A missile fired by US drone plane at a militants’ com-pound on Thursday injured Hakimullah, sources said.The vehicle of the Taleban chief was completely de-stroyed in the attack. On the other hand, Taleban sourcesclaimed that Hakimullah had already left the scene be-fore the attack took place.

Official sources said that Thursday’s drone attackhad wounded Mehsud, who was getting treatment at anundisclosed location.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV NIRMAL SANGEETA VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV NIRMALSANGEETA VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 17.1.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T 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 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 J OCEAN CO., LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

For Lease (or) Joint Venture (in Kyat)Furniture FactoryOffice, Telephone, 3 Phase Power,Full facility equipments and machinesEverything ready to operate.

Hlaing Tharyar Industry Zone (5)Contant Phone 09-8620295

09-5150892 01-688241

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (1012)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (1012) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 17.1.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat 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 Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING (MALAYSIA)AGENCY BDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Three peoplekilled going

wrong way inDetroit

CHICAGO, 16 Jan—Three men from the De-troit area in the US stateof Michigan were killedon Friday morning aftergoing the wrong way onhighway I-94.

The victims might havebeen involved with someshoplifting incidents inDetroit, according to a re-port from the city.

Police said they hadjust called off a chase withthe three 50’s suspectswhen they entered I-94Westbound and crashedinto a minivan after goingthe wrong way.

The three people in theminivan survived the ac-cident.—Xinhua

Texas nuclear weapons facility onlockdown due to hunters

Bulgaria, Greeceopen new border

crossingSOFIA, 16 Jan— Bul-

garia and Greece on Fridayopened a new border cross-ing on the Bulgarian-Greekborder at Zlatograd-Xanthi.The new crossing,the fourth between the twocountries, opens the short-est link between the centralpart of Bulgaria and theAegian region.

“The road Zlatograd-Xanthi will connect theBulgarian ski resortPamporovo to the Greekbeaches and will give newprospectives for bilateralcollaboration in trade andtourism,” visiting GreekPrime Minister GeorgePapandreou said when in-augurating the crossingwith his Bulgarian counter-part Boyko Borissov.

It is also to facilite themovement of Bulgarianswho work in Greece insummer time.

The road betweenZlatograd and Xanthi isdesigned for cars and smallbuses, and the new cross-ing could serve 700,000people annually and its ca-pacity is expected to grow.

Bulgaria and Greeceshare a border of 493 km.Another border crossing atIvaylovgrad-Kyprinos isalso planned to open in2010.—Xinhua

HOUSTON, 16 Jan — Anuclear weapons assemblyand disassembly plant inthe US state of Texas wasput on precautionarylockdown on Friday be-cause of a “potential secu-rity situation,” according toa news release said.

The Pantex Plant inCarson County, Texas, ac-tivated its Emergency Re-

sponse Organization ataround 8 am after armedhunters were spotted nearthe plant, the CarsonCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment said.

The plant is in alockdown status and thesituation is “being evalu-ated in order to facilitatesecurity actions” and em-ployees “are sheltered in

place,” a news release bythe company said.

“There was not a threatto the Pantex plant assets,workers, or the public, andthe plant is now returningto normal operations,” therelease said. The plant isthe country’s only nuclearweapons assembly and dis-assembly facility, accord-ing to the release. —Xinhua

Alcohol during pregnancychemically alters fetal DNACANBERRA, 16 Jan — Drinking too much during

pregnancy can harm offspring permanently. Now ex-periments in mice suggest this may be because alco-hol chemically alters the fetus’s DNA, affecting howgenes are expressed.

It’s well known that fetal alcohol syndrome occurswhen pregnant women drink excessively and causesbehavioural and physical harm to the child after birth.But we know little about the molecular mechanismsunderlying the condition.

Previous studies have shown that factors in themother’s environment during pregnancy can cause“epigenetic” modifications to the fetus’s DNA. Thesedon’t alter the genetic code itself but might switchcertain genes on or off, or increase or decrease theirexpression.

Internet

Two-state solution shortest way toachieve Mideast peace

RAMALLAH, 16 Jan—Chief Palestinian negotia-tor Saeb Erekat Fridaysaid implementing theprinciple of the two-statesolution is the shortestway to achieve peace inthe Middle East.

Erekat’s statement wasmade to reporters follow-ing a meeting in Ramallah

with the US deputy peaceenvoy David Hill and USConsul in Jerusalem Dan-iel Rubenstein.

“We can’t ignore theprinciple of the two-statesolution and the issue ofdrawing the borders,” saidErekat, adding theQuartet(the United States,the United Nations, Rus-sia and EU) recognition ofthe two-state solution “isthe shortest way toachieve peace in the re-gion.”

Erekat’s office issueda statement on Friday thatErekat had also held sepa-rate meetings with Frenchand Japanese diplomats,and discussed the currentsituation of the peaceprocess.

He stressed that theinternational communityhas to work hard to pressIsrael to halt settlementactivities in the West Bankand East Jerusalem “inorder to resume the peacenegotiations.”—Xinhua

A fisherman fastens a boat trapped in the frozen sea at Xikouvillage of Yantai, Shandong province, January 13, 2010. China’s

Ministry of Transport (MOT) called for efforts to reduce accidentscaused by sea ice following recent frequent cold waves to ensure

safe and smooth navigation on the sea and operation at ports,Xinhua News Agency reported.—INTERNET

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Many children not getting secondH1N1 dose

Parents say conjoinedtwins growing

Germans to profit fromBritish wind boom

J&J recalls more products after unusual odor

BATON ROUGE, 16Jan—With H1N1 wan-ing, many US parentshave failed to have theirchildren get the seconddose of the H1N1 vac-cine, health officials say.

The Centres for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion advises children un-der age 10 receive twodoses of H1N1 vaccine— about one month apart— while adults are ad-vised to get one dose ofthe vaccine. A third waveof H1N1 is possible, theCDC officials say.

Up to 80 percent ofchildren under age 10who got a first dose of the

H1N1 are overdue for thesecond dose of the vac-cine in some states, USAToday reported on Friday.

“My fears are peoplehave truly lost interest inH1N1,” Frank Welch,medical director for pan-demic preparedness inLouisiana, told USA To-day. Eighteen percent ofthe 97,778 children inLouisiana have receivedthe booster, 25 percentare overdue, and the restare coming due.

USA Today surveyed14 states that require allH1N1 doses be recordedin registries and amongthe 10 that responded 83

percent of the 168,497children in Georgia whogot a first dose are dueoroverdue for their sec-ond.

In Texas, 80 percent of311,000 children are overduefor their second dose ofH1N1 vaccine and in Michi-gan, 24 percent of 271,550children have received a sec-ond dose, about 60,000 areoverdue, and some 146,000are due or coming due.

Internet

A newspaper vendorholds dailies highlight-ing on their front pages

the arrest of allegeddrug trafficker

Tedodoro GarciaSimental in Tijuana,Mexico, on 13 Jan

2010. Garcia Simental,known as ‘El Teo’, wasarrested Tuesday on theBaja California penin-

sula.—INTERNET

Al-Qaeda threat to WorldCup: S African institute

LONDON, 16 Jan—Sur-geons want 6-week-old con-joined twins to grow andgain strength before decidingwhether to separate them, of-ficials in London say.

The brothers are tospend time with their par-ents at their home in Ire-land and return this yearto Great Ormond StreetHospital, said Dr. EdwardKiely, a pediatric surgeonat the hospital.

“The surgical teamhere is the most experi-enced in Europe at assess-ing and, if necessary,separating conjoined

twins,” Kiely said in astory published on Fridayin The Daily Telegraph.

Doctors and the boys’family have not publiclysaid at what part of theirbodies the twins arejoined, but it is likely theyhave separate hearts andcirculatory systems ifdoctors are talking aboutthe possibility of separat-ing them, the Telegraphreported. The twin wereeating well and gainingweight, said a statementfrom their parents, whoasked to remain anony-mous.—Internet

BERLIN, 16 Jan—Britain’s multibillion-dollar offshore wind ad-venture is great news fortwo German companies:Siemens and REpowerare the only companiesproducing turbines forfarms at sea, but severalothers are poised to en-ter this lucrative emerg-ing market.

Last week Britainawarded 16 Europeanutilities licenses to de-velop wind farms off theBritish coastlines. The$160 billion programmeis designed to make thecountry the world’s leaderin offshore wind energy.

Siemens and REpo-wer, both based in Ger-many, are the only firmsproducing turbines spe-cifically designed to with-stand the harsh conditions

at sea.Fritz Vahrenholt, head

of RWE’s renewable en-ergy daughter firm Innogy,has said the market wouldbenefit from more players.RWE, the German energygiant, has a hand in severaloffshore wind farms in theNorth Sea and is part of aconsortium that wasawarded licenses in Britain.

For its North Sea farm,RWE has chosenREpower’s 6 megawattmodel, the largest on themarket when it comes togeneration capacity. Sie-mens’ biggest turbine hasa 3.6 MW capacity.

Internet

JOHANNESBURG, 16Jan—South African crimi-nal elements and isolatedrebel and political groupsdo not pose a threat to se-curity during this year’sFIFA Soccer World Cup,but the Islamic fundamen-talist group al-Qaeda does,South African Institute ofRace Relations said on Fri-day. “The threat we have tobe concerned with revolvesaround the possibility thatan al-Qaeda-aligned move-ment may use the tourna-ment as a platform uponwhich to launch a massivestrike against a western tar-

get in South Africa,” saidFrans Cronje, the institute’sdeputy director.

Writing on the SouthAfrican Institute of RaceRelations website, Cronjesaid that South Africa’s po-rous borders posed a par-ticular problem as did thefact that it was easy to ob-tain fraudulent documentsto live and work in SA un-der an assumed name.

“This would provide lit-tle challenge to an al-Qaedacell to infiltrate any weap-onry or personnel into thecountry ahead of the2010World Cup.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON 16 Jan—Johnson & Johnson’sconsumer division is re-calling more than 53 mil-lion bottles of over-the-counter products includ-ing Tylenol, Motrin andRolaids after reports ofan unusual odor, expand-ing on an issue that ledto a Tylenol recall lastyear.

The latest voluntaryrecall, which drew a sharprebuke from US regula-tors on Friday, followed

consumer reports of “anunusual moldy, musty, ormildew-like odor that, ina small number of cases,was associated with tem-porary and non-seriousgastrointestinal events,”the company said. Suchevents included nausea,stomach pain, vomitingand diarrhoea.

The Food and DrugAdministration said thecompany had receivedabout 70 complaints in2008 of an intestinal

problem or an unusualsmell with Tylenolcaplets but failed to re-port the problem to regu-lators until a year later.

The recall involveslots in the Americas, theUnited Arab Emirates(UAE), and Fiji. In addi-tion to pain relieversMotrin and Tylenol, andthe Rolaids antacid, therecall also involved theBenadryl allergy drug andSt Joseph’s Aspirin.

Internet

Rocket strikes diplomatic area inAfghan capital

KABUL, 16 Jan — Arocket slammed into aKabul District housingseveral embassies, thelatest in a series of attacksin the Afghan capital de-spite heavy securitymeasures.

In southern Afghani-stan, two NATO servicemembers were killed on

Friday by a roadsidebomb, the alliance saidwithout giving their na-tionalities.

No casualties were re-ported in Friday’snighttime blast in Kabul,which occurred in theWazir Akbar Khan Districtthat includes the German,Japanese and British em-

bassies. Police said therocket landed on side streetand broke a few windows.

Such attacks are farrarer in Kabul than inBaghdad during the heightof the Iraq war, when theIraqi capital was shakendaily by numerous explo-sions.

Internet

A fisherman rows a boat onthe waters of partially

dried-up river Jehlum, oneof the Kashmir’s mainriver, in Srinagar on 14Jan, 2010.—INTERNET

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S P O R T S

Ferguson confident Owen hasUnited future

Wenger believes Campbellcould win England recall

LONDON, 16 Jan—Arsene Wenger believes SolCampbell is capable of winning a place in England’ssquad for the World Cup in South Africa after com-pleting his surprise return to Arsenal. Campbell, 35,has signed a contract with the Gunners until the endof the season after walking out on Notts County lastyear just one match into his spell with the ambitiousLeague Two club.

Wenger agreed to let Campbell, who spent five yearswith the north London club before joining Portsmouthin 2006, train with Arsenal to keep fit while he lookedfor another club. But he performed well enough intraining to persuade Wenger to sign him up and nowthe Gunners boss is convinced he could even breakinto Fabio Capello’s England plans. “It (England) isnot the immediate target but you should not rule any-thing out,” Wenger said on Friday.— Internet

Ivory Coast’s strikerand team captain Didier

Drogba celebrates hisgoal against Ghana

during their group stagematch for the AfricaCup of Nations CAN

2010, in Carinda,Angola.— INTERNET

Ivory Coast into quarters,chaos reigns at Cup of Nations

Manchester United’sforward Michael Owen

Evra certain United will retainPremier League title

Manchester United’sFrench defrender

Patrice Evra

Liverpool new boy Rodriguezvows to bail out Benitez

LIVERPOOL, 16 Jan—Liverpool midfielder MaxiRodriguez has vowed to help beleaguered boss RafaelBenitez by making an immediate impact at Anfieldafter his move from Atletico Madrid. Rodriguez, 29,arrived on Merseyside on a three-and-a-half-yearcontract just in time to see the Reds dumped out of theFA Cup by Championship strugglers Reading onWednesday.—Internet

Klose breaks goal droughtto fire Bayern top

Bayern Munich’sstriker Miroslav Klose

Palmer takes 1-shot lead at SonyHONOLULU, 16 Jan—Ryan Palmer tried to pretend

that his good opening round in the Sony Open neverhappened. He played just as well Friday, closing withtwo birdies for a 4-under 66 that gave him a one-shotlead over some familiar company.Having stumbledinto an article about how defending champion ZachJohnson never looks ahead, Palmer stayed calm in anocean breeze and surged into the lead at Waialae witha drive so big on the par-5 18th that he had only an8-iron into the green for an easy birdie.

Internet

Ukraine’s AlonaBondarenko (pictured)swept past Israeli ShaharPeer in straight sets tocapture the Hobart WTA

International title onSaturday.—INTERNET

Bondarenko beats Peer inWTA Hobart final

MANCHESTER, 16 Jan—Manchester United de-fender Patrice Evra is con-vinced his side will provethe critics wrong by retain-ing the Premier League. SirAlex Ferguson’s side havebeen criticised by somepundits after an inconsist-ent first half of the seasonmarred by five league de-feats and a shock FA Cupthird round exit againstLeague One club LeedsUnited.

United missed a chance

to replace Chelsea on topof the table when they wereheld to a draw at Birming-ham last weekend, butFrance left-back Evra in-sists the way the champi-ons have stayed in touchwith the leaders despite ahost of injuries is proof thatthey will last the pace bet-ter than anyone. “I am surewe will win the league thisyear,” he said. “Tell me an-other team that would havenine defenders injured likethat and still only be onepoint away from the lead-ers.—Internet

BERLIN, 16 Jan—Ger-many striker MiroslavKlose came off the benchto help fire Bayern Mu-nich back to the top of theBundesliga after morethan 600 days away as theGerman giants beatHoffenheim 2-0 on Fri-day. Despite being top-scorer at the 2006 WorldCup, this was Klose’sfirst league goal of theseason and he started thegame as third-choicestriker behind Germanyteam-mate Mario Gomezand Croatia’s Ivica Olic.

Klose, 31, took overfrom Olic after 63 min-utes and then netted fromclose-range on 86 min-

utes to hand Louis vanGaal’s Bayern a single-point lead at the top of thetable as action resumedafter the long winterbreak.”It is good to beleague leaders again andit was nice to be able toget a goal,” said Klose. Itwas the best proof to vanGaal that Klose is back inbusiness and the Dutch-man said the victory is aclear message to the restof the Bundesliga —Bayern are back in busi-ness. “I think the rest ofthe league has seen wehave a good team,” saidvan Gaal.

Internet

LUANDA, 16 Jan – Daysix of the Africa Cup ofNations had Ivory Coastbeaming, Mali fuming, andAlgeria left out in the coldby their national media andaccused of gamesmanshipby organisers. Friday’s loneaction came from Cabindawhere competition favour-ites Ivory Coast became thefirst of the 15 Nations Cupteams to reach the quarterfinals. They did it the hardway, defeating a severelydepleted Ghana 3-1 with 10men.

The Elephants weredown a player on 56 min-utes when Arsenal defenderEmmanuel Eboue was red-carded for a vicious tacklefrom behind on OpokuAgyemang. By then Lilleforward Kouassi ‘Gervinho’had already put them in

front. Siaka Tiene scored di-rect from a free-kick after 67minutes and Chelsea strikerDidier Drogba completedthe victory in the finalminute.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 16 Jan—Manchester United man-ager Sir Alex Ferguson isadamant that MichaelOwen, who is desperate tofeature in the World Cup,has a future at Old Trafford.Despite a ChampionsLeague hat-trick againstWolfsburg, Owen has beenon the bench for United’slast three games and on Sat-

urday was even overlookedin favour of new recruitMame Biram Diouf at Bir-mingham. Owen’s frustra-tions would not have beeneased by the ongoing con-cerns over DimitarBerbatov, whose form hasbeen affected by a linger-ing knee injury. “Michaelneeds games and we aregoing to try and solve theproblem,” said Ferguson.“It is just about the blendwith your strikers. Some-times, with the strength Ihave got in midfield, it suitsus to play with one strikerand we like to see WayneRooney through the mid-dle.—Internet

to capture the Hobart WTAInternational title here onSaturday. The fourth seed-ed Bondarenko downedthe second seed, 6-2, 6-4in the final in 73 minutes.

It was the 32nd-rankedBondarenko’s second ca-reer WTA title and tookher career record to 3-3against the 30th-rankedPeer. It was only Peer’ssecond loss in seven WTAfinals. Bondarenko nowheads to Melbourne whereshe will face a yet un-known qualifier in theopening round of the Aus-tralian Open, while Peertakes on Czech LucieHradecka.— Internet

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HOBART, 16 Jan—Ukraine’s Alona Bon-darenko swept past IsraeliShahar Peer in straight sets

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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 Rakhie State and Taninthayi Division andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) to (4 °C) below January average

temperatures in Kachin and Chin States, (3°C) to (4 °C)above January average temperatures in Kayah and MonStates, Mandalay, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions,(5°C) above January average temperatures in Bago Divisionand about January average temperatures in the remainingStates and Divisions. The significant night temperatureswere Haka (0°C) , Loilem (3°C) and Putao (4°C).

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Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17th January 2010:Weather will be partly cloudy in Mon and Kayin States andTaninthayi Division and generally fair in the remainingStates and Divisions.

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Shakehand player, Germany’s Timo Bollreturns a shot against China’s Ma Lin, a

Penhold player, during a table tennis charitycompetition between the Shakehand team and

the Penhold team in Chengdu, capital ofSouthwest China’s Sichuan Province, 14 Jan.

2010. —INTERNET

Chinese teenager booksberth as final qualifiers set for

Australian OpenMELBOURNE,16 Jan—

Chinese teenager HanXinyun madeit through tothe Australian Open 2010women’s singles maindraw after edging pastAnastasia Pivovarova ofRussia 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4onSaturday.

Han, 19, is making herdebut at the AustralianOpen a nd will faceAustralia’s 13th seedSamantha Stosur in the firstr o u n d . M e a n w h i l e ,Belgium’s two top-seededqualifiers have alsoprogressed to the main draw

- but did so in the mostcontrasting of fashions.

In the women’s event,world No. 16 YaninaWickmayer thrashed herSpanish opponent LourdesLino Dominguez 6-0, 6-0for a place in the first roundof the main draw.

The Belgian had missedentry into the main drawbecause she was initiallybanned from the event foran anti-doping offence. Thatban was revoked, but toolate for her to enter thetournament’s main draw.

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3rd Waxing of Tabodwe 1371 ME Sunday, 17 January, 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 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

Storm-hit Labutta Township has been devel-oping gradually with new towns and villages due tocombined efforts of the State, people, Tatmadaw andwellwishers at home and abroad for rehabilitationand reconstruction tasks in storm-ravaged regions.

Now, nearly every household in Labutta hasaccess to electricity following the emergence of 66KV sub-power station. Previously, MRTV had beenthe only television channel for Labutta dwellers. But,they now can switch over to Myawady channel.

Lamp posts in Labutta have been reconstructedand most of the roads in the township have beenupgraded into tarred ones. Ministry of Livestock andFishery and private companies provided 4,951 fish-ing boats and 9,487 fishing nets for Labutta Town-ship.

Ministry of Mines granted K 2,646 million for763 salt makers for regeneration of salt-making in-dustry in the township. Furthermore, 88 tractors, 126power tillers, 267 water pumps and 137,800 gallonsof gasoline have been provided to the township so far.

Fourteen private companies constructed 4,548houses for 50 villages in the township. And now localpeople live in the same home in happiness.

Private companies have been building cycloneshelters with capacity for hundreds of people inPyinsalu, Zinywelay, Poelaung, Thingangyi, Saluseikand Thitpoke villages. Moreover, 2-inch-diametertube wells were sunk in those villages for supply ofpotable water.

A total of 266 schools in urban and rural areaswere destroyed in the storm Nargis. Ministry of

Labutta like a phoenix rising from the ashesByline & Photos: Ko Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)

Education has been rebuilding the schools in collabo-ration with wellwishers. So far, Ministry of Educationhas reconstructed 60 schools and donors 40.

Labutta Township Development Affairs Com-mittee has opened Shwe Nadi modern floating market

and a new market is also under construction.The Township DAC started to establish 3rd

Mile new town at the exit of Labutta on the way toMyaungmya in January, 2009 and has so far re-claimed 716 plots of land. (See page 9)

Cyclone Shelter which can accomodate 500 people under construction in Thitpoke village,Labutta Township.

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