the new light of myanmar 23-03-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 341 9th Waxing of Tagu 1371 ME Tuesday, 23 March, 2010

The Tatmadaw, which never betrays the national cause, has a finetradition of taking the challenges to solve the problems without hesitation,whenever the country confronted by a threat to Our Three Main NationalCauses. As has been done in the past, the Tatmadaw is upholding Our ThreeMain National Causes and will continue to do so in the future as well.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From the address delivered at the 62nd Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade)

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Always uphold Our Three Main National CausesAlways uphold Our Three Main National Causes

Senior General Than Shwe sendsfelicitations to Pakistani President

NAY PYI TAW, 23 March—On the occasion of the Anniversary of the Pakistan Day,which falls on 23 March 2010, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seinfelicitates Pakistani counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 23 March— On the occasion of the Anniversary of the Pakistan Day,which falls on 23 March 2010, General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Syed Yousaf RazaGilani, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.—MNA

YANGON, 22 March—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen WinMyint, attended the opening ceremony of LinyaungchiLibrary in Htarmalon village in Thanlyin Township,Yangon South District, here this morning.

The commander and officials formally opened thelibrary. Lt-Gen Myint Swe and the commander do-nated books to the library and viewed the library.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected the development of aroad linking Thongwa and Sagaingsu village in ThongwaTownship and progress in construction of Moelonwooden bridge. He left necessary instructions.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe explained tasks on regionaldevelopment affairs and in meeting with local peopleof Sagaingsu, Nabaegon and Nyaunglangon villagesin Thongwa Township. Lt-Gen Myint Swe presentedcorrugated zinc plates and cash donations of YangonDivision PDC for the construction of Sagaingsu vil-lage library.

Officials submitted reports on progress of tasks.Lt-Gen Myint Swe and the commander attended to theneeds and inspected creek spanning the bridge in the

Regional development tasks in Thanlyin,Thongwa townships supervised

village.On arrival at Takaw Sluice Gate near Takaw

village in Thongwa Township, Lt-Gen Myint Sweheard report on contribution of the sluice gate pre-sented by an official and called for completion of theproject and supplying irrigation water. He later in-spected the sluice gate.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence inspects Takaw Sluice Gate inThongwa Township.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 23 March, 2010

Tuesday, 23 March, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Emergence of Steel Plant (Myingyan)expedites use of steel and iron in buildingState infrastructures

Industrial development plays a crucial rolein national development. So, the government isbuilding sound infrastructures to transform thenation into an industrialized one by enlisting thestrengths of natural resources and of the people.

Encouragement is being given to establishindustrial regions and zones and to build a lotmore factories and workshops. And as a result,import-substitute products are pouring out, andhigh-tech factories have emerged in industrialsregions across the nation. No.4 Steel Plant(Myingyan) of Myanmar Economic Corporationunder the Ministry of Defence was opened theother day. Located near Hsakha Village inMyingyan Township, the steel plant will produceover 200,000 tons of steel billets and slabs a yearand later, 400,000 to 500,000 tons.

For the nation to develop in all aspects,sector-wise construction tasks are being carriedout with added momentum. Cement and steelhave become essential materials in building suchinfrastructures as roads, bridges, dams, factoriesand educational and health institutions.

More cement factories are being built tofulfill the requirements of construction work.Some already-built cement factories have startedoperating and there are some more to be openedsoon. Likewise, efforts are being made to improvethe iron and steel industry. Steel plants in Aunglan,Hmawby, Myingyan and Pinpat regions includingYwama Steel Plant are producing iron and steel.

The newly-opened No.4 Steel Plant(Myingyan) will produce iron billets necessaryfor other plants. Semi-finished steel productsand iron billets had to be imported for steelplants in the past. The emergence of Steel Plant(Myingyan) will surely expedite the use of steeland iron in building State infrastructures such asroads, bridges and dams.

* 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

NAY PYI TAW, 22 March—Deputy Minister for Health DrPaing Soe received a delegationled by Dr In Kown Kim of WilsonLeprosy Centre and RehabilitationHospital from the Republic of

Myanmar, S Korea closely cooperatein health sector

Korea at the ministry here today.Both sides discussed cooperationand technical exchange mattersin health sector. The officials ofHealth Department also attendedthe call.—MNA

YANGON , 22 March— The WorldKnowledge Book-4 by Saya Mya,entitled “Hip hop music, supermodeland English”, comes out.

The book features bilingualMyanmar and English articles for theyouths loving music, supermodelsand English.

Saya Mya, the author of“International Diplomatic Relation”and the book series “WorldKnowledge Book”, suggests methodsof learning English in theacknowledgement.

The book, published by MyatTun Oo Publishing House in 1st ThiriYettha of Ahlon Township, is beingdistributed by New GenerationPublishing House, No (242), ThirdFloor, Mahabandoola Garden Road,Kyauktada Township. The price percopy is K 1000.—MNA

Hip hop music,supermodel and English

NAY P YI TAW, 22 March—The work coordinationmeeting of 2009-2010 financial year of Ministryof Industry-2 was held at the ministry here on 20March.

Minister for Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Theinsaid at the meeting that since the Industry-2 Ministryis playing a crucial role in building an industrializedcountry, it is required to manufacture industrialproducts to fulfill the local demand. Staff membersare to review arrangement for weak and strongpoints in 2009-2010 fiscal year, to produce products

Industry-2 Ministry holds work coord meetingwell ahead of plan, and to keep balance amongprocurement plan, production plan and marketingplan without delay.

He continued to say that all staff members areto put lean manufacturing tactic into practice inevery factory in coming year.

Deputy Minister Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyawand officials reported on arrangement to beimplemented next year.

The meeting ended with remark of theminister.—MNA

YANGON , 22 March—The one-day study tripfrom Lan Thit Pontoonto Maubin, arranged byRakhine ThahayaAssociation (Yangon)will start at 6 am on 27March with three-storeyship of Inland WaterTransport. Entertainmentprogramme and RakhineTraditional food will beprovided to vacationers.Those wishing to make atrip may contact U Khin

Rakhine Thahaya Association(Yangon)to start study trip

Maung Soe 01-552126,U Myo Swe 09-5001180,U Kyaw Yin 01-376848,U Zaw Aye Maung 09-5140407, U Boe Tin 01-290355, U Zaw Win 09-5006820, U Tun Naing09-8510400, U Oo MyintKyaw 09-5064653, UTha Mya Kyaw 01-556221,U Hla MaungThein 09-5139790 andthe association office01-430172.

MNA

YANGON, 22 March—Officials from YangonVideo Censor Scrutinizing Committee met with Videoentrepreneurs and urged them to abide by rules andregulations of Video Enterprise at the meeting hall ofNorth Okkalapa Township Peace and DevelopmentCouncil on 20 March morning.—MNA

Video enterprise should be obedient

NAY PYI TAW, 23 March— On the occasion ofthe Anniversary of the Pakistan Day, which fallson 23 March 2010, U Nyan Win, Minister forForeign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr.Makhdoom Shah Mohmood Qureshi, Minister ofForeign Affairs of the Islamic Republic ofPakistan.—MNA

FM sends message of felicitationsto Pakistani counterpart

Deputy Health Minister Dr Paing Soe receives Dr In KownKim of Wilson Leprosy Centre and Rehabilitation Hospital

of the ROK.— MNA

YANGON , 22 March—Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myintattended openingceremony of studio ofNational Culture andFine Arts University(Yangon) in DagonMyothit (South), here,yesterday morning.

After the openingceremony, the ministerlooked round the studio.The newly opened studiois located in thecompound of theuniversity. Themeasurements of thestudio are 102 feet inlength, 80 feet in width,and 30 feet in height,composed of main

Studio opened to supportbetterment of movie and play

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint unveils inscription plaque of thestudio.—MNA

studio, chroma studio,preview room, controlroom and other related17 rooms.

The minister metdepartmental staff underthe ministry.—MNA

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Two rocketsfired at airport

in Afghancapital causing

no casualtyKABUL, 22 March—

Two rockets were fired atthe Kabul InternationalAirport late on Sunday,causing no casualty, saidan intelligence officialwho insisted on anonym-ity. The Afghan authori-ties have so far made nocomment on the attackand no one claimed re-sponsibility for it.

The Kabul Interna-tional Airport is locatedclose to a military airbaseshared by NATO andAfghan forces. On Sun-day the Afghan peoplecelebrated the New Year’sday of the Persian calen-dar.—Xinhua

Quarter of British children“have tried hacking”

File photo of nurses at a Tokyo hospital. A trawlthrough the DNA codes of hundreds of individu-als may help explain why some people who neversmoke may be unusually at risk from lung cancer,

doctors said on Monday.—INTERNET

Cambodian Govt accusesUN official of interfering

in internal affairs

Four killed in suicide attack inSW Pakistan’s Quetta

ISLAMABAD, 22 March—At least four was killed and about a dozen others wereinjured on Sunday when a suicide bomber riding on a bicycle hit a police van inQuetta, capital of southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. The bomb ex-ploded near the residence of a senior political leader at the Quari road.

Chief of Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party, Mehmood Khan Achakzau, wasnot at home when the bomb ripped through the busy area, his family said.Theinjured, including several policemen, were taken to Civil Hospital. Doctors saidfive injured are registered as critical.—Xinhua

A police van damaged ina blast is seen in Quetta,capital of southwesternPakistani Province ofBalochistan, on 21March, 2010.—XINHUA

Iran’s supreme leader says US fails to acton promise for better ties

PHNOM PENH, 22March—The Cambodiangovernment warned theUnited Nations ResidentCoordinator to stop inter-fering in the internal af-fairs of the country or willbe expelled, said a state-ment from the ForeignMinistry seen on Monday.

In a letter to DouglasBroderick, UN residentcoordinator on 20 March,Foreign Minister HorNamhong said that VijayNambiar, chief of theCabinet of the UN Secre-tary-General told Cambo-dian permanent repre-sentative at the UN inNew York on 19 Marchthat “ United NationsHeadquarters had not in-structed the UN countryteam in Cambodia tomake any comment or

suggestion to the mediaon the issue” about theAnti-corruption Lawpassed by CambodianNational Assembly on 11March.

The UN country teamon 10 March, before thedraft law sent to the Na-tional Assembly for de-bating, released a state-ment saying it “notes withconcern that an extra-or-dinary session was con-vened only days after thedraft law was shared pub-licly with parliamentar-ians,” and asking “suffi-cient time for Parliamen-tarians, civil society, do-nors and the UN to studythe law so that if andwhere deemed necessary,amendments may be pro-posed for consideration.”

Xinhua

TEHERAN, 22 March—Iran’s Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khameneisaid on Sunday that theUnited States failed to acton its promise to establishbetter ties with the IslamicRepublic, Iran’s satellitechannel Press TV re-ported.

“The new (US) admin-istration and presidentclaimed interest in justand fair relations; theywrote letters and sent

messages... saying theyare willing to normalizerelations with the IslamicRepublic, but in practicethey did the opposite,”Khamenei said in a NewYear address to Iranians inthe holy city of Mashhad.

The Iranian supremeleader also lashed out atthe United States for sup-porting the unrest follow-ing Iran’s presidentialelection in June 2009,saying the enemies had

plans to start a “civil war”in the country.

“They tried very muchto divide the people butthey failed... this was avictory for the nation,”Khamenei said. “Eightmonths after the election,they took the worst possi-ble stance. The (US)president called those ri-oters and saboteurs ‘civilrights activists’,” headded.

Internet

BEIJING, 22 March—Asurvey conducted twoweeks ago by the CumbriaConstabulary and TufinTechnologies, an interna-tional IT security firm,says that about a quarter ofBritain’s children havetried computer hacking. Ofthese some 27 percent hadtargeted Facebook ac-counts while around 18percent had attempted toaccess friends’ email ac-counts. The study of 1,000children in London and150 from the northernEnglish county of Cum-bria found that 78 percentof respondents acknowl-edged it was wrong while53 percent said they felt itwas illegal.

“What this survey

starkly highlights is thathacking into personalonline accounts, whethere-mail or Facebook, can bechild’s play if users do notprotect their own pass-words,” said Stuart Hyde,deputy chief constable ofthe Cumbria Police and thepresident of the Societyfor the Policing ofCyberspace. “It illustratesthe importance of keepingyour passwords strong,secure, and changing them

regularly.”The hackers were split

almost evenly betweengirls and boys, with girlsaccounting for about 47percent. The most commonreason cited by respondentswas that the activity wasfun. But about 21 percentwere intent on causing dis-ruption while 19 percentwere motivated by profit,believing they could gener-ate income from their en-terprises.—Xinhua

Actors perform during the dance and song drama‘Hakkas Images’ in Guangzhou Baiyun Interna-tional Convention Center in Guangzhou, capital

of south China’s Guangdong Province, on 19March, 2010. The dance and song drama ‘HakkasImages’ with the theme of showing the panoramicHakkas’s life started tour performance in the pearl

river delta of China on Friday.—XINHUA

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Artists perform during acostume parade of the12th Ibero-AmericanTheatre Festival inColombian capital

Bogota on 20 March,2010. The festival ran

from 19 March to4 April with the partici-pation of over 200 artgroups from all the

world.—XINHUA

Dancers perform atNowruz festival

celebration in Almaty,city of Kazakhstan, on

21 March, 2010. XINHUA

BEIJING, 22 March —The cities of Chengdu andChongqing are famous fortheir different kinds of hotpots and there are endlessarguments about whichone is more delicious orspicier. It will only take 56minutes by train for peo-ple from Chengdu to eathot pot in Chongqingwhen the high-speed rail-way linking the two citiesis completed in a fewyears. Construction is

Workers from Qinghai Province pick cotton in a field in Hami, in neighbour-ing Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Xinjiang is the

country’s biggest cotton producing centre.—XINHUA

New economic zones to bebuilt to enrich W China

slated to start this year.The “one hour circle”

is part of the plan for theChengdu-ChongqingEconomic Zone, and theoverall developmentproject will be approvedby the central governmentthis year, according to thisyear’s sessions of the Na-tional People’s Congressand the Chinese People’sPolitical ConsultativeConference. The two cit-ies will generate more

synergies in the future.The State Council,

China’s cabinet, hassparked a new wave ofregional development bylaying out a dozen re-gional development planswith policy or financialsupport since last year.The Yangtze River Deltaand the Pearl River Deltahave acted as leading en-gines in the developmentof China’s prosperouscoastal areas. China iskeen on fostering moredriving forces to boostcentral and western re-gions to catch up.

Xinhua

SEOUL, 22 March —Samsung Electronics Co,South Korea’s largestcellphone manufacturer,will introduce its newhandset models at the an-nual CTIA wireless showin Las Vegas, as part of aneffort to solidify its pres-ence in the North Ameri-can market, the companysaid on Monday.

Samsung said it plansto unveil about a dozennew phones and its newmobile operating system,Bada, at the three-daywireless show beginningTuesday, where JK Shin,the head of Samsung’sMobile Communicationsdivision, is also expectedto deliver a keynotespeech on the future of themobile industry at theshow’s opening cer-emony.

New products to be

AMMAN, 22 March —Jordan and the EuropeanUnion on Sunday signeda comprehensive aviationagreement to liberalize airtransport between theArab kingdom and all EUmember countries.

Jordan’s Minister ofTransport Alaa Bataynehtold reporters that the“Euro-MediterraneanAviation Agreement” willpermit air carriers of bothsides to provide air serv-ices to, from and throughany points in Europe, Jor-dan and other Mediterra-

BEIJING, 22 March —The Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC)has published a nationalbroadband plan contain-ing a 25-page chapter onhealth care, and calls uponthe Department of Healthand Human Services tomake so-called e-careprojects a “top priority.”In a move to bring about100-megabit Internet con-

NEW DELHI, 22March— Qatar plans toraise its supply of Lique-fied Natural Gas to Indiato 11.5 million tonnesfrom 2014, against thecurrent 7.5 million tonnesa year, its oil ministerAbdullah al-Attiyah saidin New Delhi on Sunday.

He said Qatar cur-rently produces 62 mil-lion tonnes of LNG andfrom October it will beraised to 77 milliontonnes. The entire 77 mil-lion tonnes has been soldalready under long-termcontracts but could be di-verted if a higher pricewere to be offered by anew buyer, he said.

Internet

Qatar to upLNG supplyto India to11.5 mlntonnes

Samsung to debut newcellphone products at CTIA

wireless showshowcased at the CTIAexhibition include thefull-touch based “Sun-burst” and Qwerty-key-board based “Strive,” asthe company will alsoopen a separate booth forits online mobile applica-tion store, “App World,”to let users and pro-gramme developers actu-ally try the programmes,it added.—Xinhua

Fast Internet connections “could improve health care”nections to 100 millionUS homes by 2020 theFCC wants to make re-mote medicine a reality.

The FCC wants so seethe creation of a healthcare broadband infra-structure fund to makesure all health care facili-ties, including rural ones,have adequate connectiv-ity. At the very least, clin-ics, hospitals and even

doctors offices should beencouraged to put healthrecords into a secure da-tabase that can beaccessed by patients andtheir authorized care giv-ers, wherever they happento be located, the reportsays.

Video-consultationand the ease of passingmedical documents overlong distances over secureservers could help savelives, the FCC report sug-gests.—Xinhua

Jordan, EU strike deal to liberalizeair transport

nean partners without anyrestrictions with regard tofares, capacities and fre-quency.

It also entails realizinglegal, technical and eco-nomic integration be-tween Jordan and the EU,said Batayneh, whosigned the agreement withPatrick Renauld, head ofthe EU Delegation to Jor-dan. He said the agree-ment will help increasetrade exchange, invest-ments and economic ac-tivities between Jordanand the EU countries.

It will also help in-crease the number of tour-ists between the Arabkingdom and the EUcountries.

“The agreement willallow progressive imple-mentation of commonstandards in the field ofcivil aviation with the aimof reaching the highestlevels of safety, security,consumer protection, en-vironment and air trans-port management,”Batayneh said followingthe signing of the deal.

Xinhua

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Indonesia, Japan team upin earthquake, volcano disaster

mitigation researchesJAKARTA, 22 March— A comprehensive research ef-

forts carried out by Indonesian researchers who teamup with their Japanese counterparts to overcome theimpacts of earthquake and volcano eruptions acrossthe country is underway at the moment, aimed at sav-ing the lives of people living in the areas prone to thosedisasters, an Indonesian official said here on Monday.

“The research cooperation between Indonesia andJapan is valid in three years from 2009 to 2012,” DrHery Harjono, the earth science deputy at the Indone-sian Institute of Science (LIPI) told a Press confer-ence here. Hery said that the joint research with Japa-nese science institutions is called Joint CoordinationCommittee (JCC), mainly tasked to optimize all sci-ences in reducing the impacts of earthquake and vol-cano eruption that harm human life.

The researches that have been conducted under theJCC programme were intensively using six sciencedisciplines that consisted of earthquake, volcanology,engineering (geology techniques), social, educationand government policy.—Xinhua

Casualties reported as resultof Los Angeles marathon

Contestants take part inthe local beauty pageant

held in Nyingchi,southwest China’s Tibet

Autonomous Region,on 21 March, 2010.

XINHUA

A hot air balloon floatsnext to the Sun pyra-mids of Teotihuacanoutside Mexico City

during a festivalinternational as partof the spring equinoxon 21 March, 2010.

XINHUA

Congenital cataract main causeof child blindness in Bangladesh

DHAKA, 22 March—A research study has revealedthat congenital cataract is the number one reason forchild blindness in Bangladesh, dismissing the com-mon assumption that vitamin A deficiency mainlycauses the problem, the leading English daily TheIndependent reported on Monday.

In Bangladesh, the study said about 40,000 chil-dren are blind of which 13,000 due to congenial cata-ract. The study has removed three misconceptions -the usual notion in the country that cataract developsonly among old people, congenital blindness is incur-able and cataract treatment has to do with older age.

It said some 59 percent of child blindness in Bangla-desh is preventable, treatable and curable. Child cataractis treatable by timely intervention, the study said.MA Muhit, clinical research fellow of London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London,few years back started to carry out the study on childhoodblindness covering 64 districts in Bangladesh.—Xinhua

Marine biologists dress up as Mermainds andSeaGod and sit on a ship “Iceberg” to mark

World Water Day on 22 March, 2010, in Aus-tralia. This is the 18th World Water Day. UN-Waterhas chosen “Clean Water for a Healthy World” as

theme for World Water Day 2010. XINHUA

All Items fromXinhua News Agency

LOS ANGELES, 22 March—More than30 runners collapsed in the 25th AnnualLos Angeles Marathon which ended onSunday, with a 21-year-old man goinginto cardiac arrest in critical condition.The runners were taken to hospitals withaliments including fatigue, dehydrationand chest pain, authorities said.

Los Angeles Fire Departmentparamedics made 115 medical assess-ments during the race, with 31 runnerstaken to hospitals, according to Brian

Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire De-partment. The man in critical conditionwas taken to Ronald Reagan MedicalCentre at the University of California inLos Angeles (UCLA), where he wasbreathing and had a pulse, but remainsunconscious, the Los Angeles Times re-ported on its Web site. “The great thingwas that we got to him so quickly, but un-fortunately, he was in a bad situation,” LosAngeles Fire Department Battalion ChiefGreg Gibson told The Times.—Xinhua

Chinese VP’s Russia tour eyes youthfriendship, cultural exchanges,

cooperationVL A D I V O S T O K, 22

March —Chinese VicePresident Xi Jinping hassingled out the develop-ment of friendly rela-t ions between theyouths of China andRussia, cul tural ex-changes and interregio-nal cooperation as keyissues deserving specialattention in future ef-forts to promote bilat-eral ties. Xi, who is ona five-day official visitto Russia at the invita-tion of Russian Prime

Minister VladimirPutin, on Sunday paid avisit to the ConfuciusInstitute of Far EasternNational University inVladivostok, and calledon youths of the twocountries to make jointefforts to help push for-ward the friendly bilat-eral t ies with theiryouthful passion andwisdom.

At the inst i tute,which was founded in2006, Xi watched an ex-hibi t ion showing i ts

achievements, attendeda Chinese calligraphylesson taken by Russianstudents, and inaugu-rated a bronze statue ofConfucius. Xi also paida visit to the “Ocean”all Russia children’scenter, where hundredsof Chinese pupils andmiddle-school studentswho suffered from the2008 devastating earth-quake had attended a re-habil i tat ion pro-gramme.

Xinhua

China to become world’s toptourist destination by 2015

SANYA, 22 March—A senior official with the UnitedNations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) saidSunday China is expected to become the world’s largesttourist destination by 2015.” China, as we predict, is go-ing to become the world’s No 1 tourist destination by theyear 2015,” said Taleb Rifai, secretary general of theUNWTO.

“China is almost there. It is now the world’s fourth larg-est destination when it comes to incoming tourists, andthe rates of growth are moving so quickly that we thinkthis is a realistic target,” Rifai said. France is currently thecountry receiving the most international tourists, at 80million per year, followed by the United States and Spain,both at 60 million a year, while China has about 48 mil-lion, he said. “China’s tourism economy has moved in-credibly in the last ten years. The number of incomingtourists rose from 8 million to 48 million. The potential ofthe growth is still big because of the size of China,” Rifaisaid.

Xinhua

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Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour ofWundwin, Myittha townships

NAY PYI TAW, 22March—Lt-Gen Tha Ayeof the Ministry ofDefence, accompanied byofficials, inspectedprogress in constructionof No (2) Inter-DistrictRoad implemented byMandalay DivisionDevelopment AffairsCommittee in amotorcade on 18 March.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye,accompanied byChairman of MandalayDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe, visited MeiktilaPlain River WaterPumping Project nearYoezon village inWundwin Township ofMeiktila District inMandalay Division. Theproject in-charge officersubmitted report onsupplying irrigation waterfrom Kinta DiversionWeir. Lt-Gen Tha Ayecalled for meeting set

standard and inspectedsupplying irritation waterfrom Kinta DiversionWeir and installation ofwater pumps.

He inspectedprivate teak plantationsand summer paddyplantations on either sideof the No (2) Inter-DistrictRoad in a motorcade. Healso viewed theconstruction of MyogyiMain Canal near 6-valveSluice Gate of Dawei-invillage in MyitthaTownship and leftnecessary instruction.

Lt-Gen Tha Ayelooked around theconstruction of 25-bedhospital in Pyaukseikpinvillage in KyaukseTownship and presentedmedicines to the hospital.

He also inspectedconstruction of Kyaukse-Pyaukseikpin-Yeywa-Py insa -Ph inOoLwinbypass and attended to theneeds.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye,

the commander,Chairman of MandalayCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han anddepartmental officials on19 March visited dredgingof Swanye Lake inSingaing Township. Theyheard report on progressof works presented by anofficial and Lt-Gen ThaAye left necessaryinstructions. He explainedregional developmentaffairs in meeting withlocal farmers near SwanyeLake.

He inspectedsummer paddy plantationson either side of Yangon-Mandalay Highway in amotorcade. On arrival atthe dredging site of MinhlaLake and Minye Canal,an official submittedreport on progress of tasks.Lt-Gen Tha Aye leftnecessary instructions andviewed dredging of MinyeCanal.

MNA

Ta Ta to jointly assemble 20 to 30-tontruck in Myanmar

NAY PYI TAW, 22 March— TheTurn Key contract signing ceremonyfor heavy truck production between TaTa Motors Limited of the Republic ofIndia and Myanma Automobile andDiesel Engine Industries under theMinistry of Industry -2 was held at RoyalKumudra Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw HotelZone today.

Present at the ceremony wereMinister for Industry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein, Governor of MyanmarCentral Bank U Than Nyein, DeputyMinister for Industry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw, Indian Ambassador tothe Union of Myanmar Mr Aloke San,Director-General of Directorate ofMyanmar Industrial Planning anddepartmental officials.

Director-General of Myanmar

Industrial Planning U Myo Aung gave aspeech and Mr R.T. Wasan from TA TAMotors Limited presented remarks.

Afterwards, Acting ManagingDirector of Myanma Automobile andDiesel Engine Industries U Aye Thanand Head of International Business(Commercial Vehicles) Mr. R.T Wasansigned the contract and exchanged thedocuments. The ceremony came to anend with concluding remarks of the Indianambassador.

ACCORDING to the contract, theheavy truck production project has beingimplemented in Magway industrial zoneof Ministry of Industry-2. The projectcosts US$ 20 million. The project willproduce trucks with 20-30 tons as theproject is going to be installed withmachine in this year.—MNA

15383.8 acres of poppyplantations destroyed

NAY PYI TAW, 22 March—Theofficials are combing and destroyingpoppy plantations in 2009-2010 poppygrowing season. Till 12 March,14086.52 acres of poppy plantationsfrom states and divisions have beendestroyed.

From 13 to 21 March, another1297.28 acres of poppy plantations—

128 acres in Tangyan and Namkhamtownships of Shan State (North), 104.2acres in Pekhon and Pinlaung townshipsof Shan State (South), 2.55 acres inTachilek township of Shan State (East),1062.53 acres in Waingmaw, Phakantand Chipwe townships of Kachin State—have also been obliterated again, 15383.8acres in total.—MNA

Hightech Princess partakes in MyanmarICT Exhibition-2010

YANGON, 22M a r c h — H i g h t e c hPrincess had displayedbooth in Myanmar ICTExhibition-2010.

Hightech Princess

Secur i ty Products ,re l iable tools forsecur i ty of publ icplaces, were on show atthe exhibition. It alsointroduced its wireless

network systemsincluding MESH wifisystem developedcooperat ively wi thYatanarpon Teleport.

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New road, archways to make holidaymakers convenient

NAY PYI TAW, 22March—Construction onnew road interconnectedamong ZoologicalGardens (Nay Pyi Taw),

Planetarium (Nay PyiTaw) and National LandMark Gardens (Nay PyiTaw) and new archwaysare put into completion.

So, the holiday makerscan buy tickets at newlyopened archways as of15 March.

MNA

Turn Key contract signing ceremony between Industry-2 Ministry andTA TA Motors Limited of India in progress.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry ofDefence views

irrigation watersupply flowing

from KintaDiversion Weir.

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HAILING THE65THANNIVERSARY

ARMED FORCES DAY

Tatmadawmen participating in

Okphosu-Thilawa railroad construction.

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Tatmadawmen actively

taking part in

Shwenyaung-Namhsang

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Tatmadawmen do their bits in Magway-Taungdwingyi railroadconstruction.

Ye-Dawei railroad construction being carried out byTatmadawmen.

Kanma-Thayet Railroad

contributing to

development of regions on

west bank of River

Ayeyawady.

1. Shwenyaung-Yaksawk 37.502. Aungban-Pinlaung 48.583. Pinlaung-Loikaw 53.344. Pakokku-Minywa 33.605. Pakokku-Myaing-Myosoe 34.626. Myosoe-Zeepya 27.467. Kale-Natchaung 14.128. Namhsang-Mongnai 27.569. Dawei-Yephyu 10.72

10. Natchaung-Gangaw 68.8711. Banyin-Phamon 27.4212. Taunggyi-Phamon 6.2013. Bagan-Hsakha 34.8914. Ye (Chaungtaung)-Kalaukgyi 2.7615. Bagan-Kyaukpadaung 29.9216. Zeepya-Kyaw 31.4617. Aunglan-Hsathwa 49.9718. Gangaw-Yemyatni 22.3519. Pyay-Aunglan 40.3820. Shwenyaung-Taunggyi 20.8121. Yephyu-Kalaukgyi 87.9922. Pyawbwe-Yanaung 4.75

Total 715.27

Developing Myanma Railway Sector in the time of theTatmadaw Government

1. length of railroad (mile) 1976.35 3410.08 1433.732. railway station 487 868 3813. large bridge/small bridge 5650 10908 5258

Railroad sections constructed with the participation ofTatmadawmen for the development of Myanma Railway Sector

Sr No. Railroad Section Mile

SrNo.

Subject 1988 2009 Progress

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Hailing the 65th Anniversary Armed Forces Day:

POEM:

* Handed down by our forefathersThe heritage of dignity and braveryWith energy, zeal and valourThe Thirty ComradesFounded the Tatmadaw in historyThe harbinger of glory

* Dedicating themselvesTo independence struggleMembers of the TatmadawAll without hesitationSacrificing lives and limbsCrushing the colonialistsFascists they drove outWritten with bloodThe victory of independence

* Although firm foundationShould be laid for new nationDuring the post-independenceThere were power strugglesCombined with party prejudicesAnd extreme isms and racismFollowed by disunity and instabilityThe Tatmadaw had to endWhile saving the peopleAnd safeguarding nation

* Every time nation in neardisintegrationAlways dutiful the TatmadawMotherland it saves and reconsolidatesAlso shaping her futureWithout fail it alwaysIn discharging historic duty

The historic Tatmadaw* Sovereignty so firm

Also is the territorial integrityWith blood and sweatHistory of our countryThe Tatmadaw documentedEver at the service of peopleIt loves and respects so muchSound foundations it laysFor every part of countryTo see progress and prosperitySignificant were its accomplishments

* In every successive era Brings glory to our history For love, peace and joy Helping and protecting people Ever undivided is the Tatmadaw Invincible it is always Forever fresh and fervent

* In the fore national interestPathfinders towards safetyArmy, Navy and Air ForceThose three brothers of TatmadawFamous for their fine traditionsSuperior ability as the coreTowards golden age they guideAccomplishments as witnessInterest of community they serveVictory we wish for themLoyalty and bravery theirbeauty

Hailing the 65th Anniversary Armed Forces DayZaw Min Min Oo (Trs)

Myanmar Tatmadaw formed with reliable, responsible citizensPadaung Than Kywe

In a land, now known as the Union of Myanmar,a tribe, which came into existence millions of yearsago, has developed into more than 100 national ethnicgroups such as Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar,Mon, Rakhine and Shan, whose common name isMyanmar. As for Myanmar people, that is, in fact, anational pride. In such a long time, national raceshave been living through thick and thin as a nuclearfamily.

Due to the preservation of fine traditions, na-tional races evolved into a civilized called “Myanmar”with high national prestige and integrity. Myanmarpeople are quick and strong, and systematically reac-tive in times of emergency.

Throughout the history of the nation, nationalraces have remained harmonious in repulsing alienintrusion. So, it has stood tall as a sovereign state.named “The Union of Myanmar” in the globalfamily.

Every country is to be strong enough tosafeguard their independence or sovereignty. So,they are to boost their strength. A weak countrymay be under influence of other countries withhegemony more or less. So, every country has toenhance their economic, political and national de-fence strengths.

A country without economic strength is notresistant to any forms of pressure that is not at thelevel of armed conflict. Economic strength alsocovers enough reserve funds with which a nationcan show significant resilience in times of crises.

In like manner, political strength is necessaryfor a sovereign country to remain an independent,sovereign one. In addition, every citizen has to putnational politics in the fore. They should feel a glow ofpride to be citizens of the nation. They have to cherishand value culture, tradition, historical background andconditions of their mother country. Ethnic groups of anation have to take pride in being citizens of the nation,with a strong sense of self-reliance.

National defence strength is also necessary fora nation. In times of foreign aggression, the entirepeople have to take part in the conflict in whichnations and peoples vie against each other. However,it takes time to an extent to launch national levelactivities. So, the force that is to confront with alienintruders first is the armed force. Therefore, all coun-tries, large and small, form their own armed forces.All countries, irrespective of area and strength, haveto strengthen the capability of their armed forces as

possible as they can.Without armed forces, a nation will surely face

unfair treatment of other countries.Myanmar stood tall with own monarchs, sover-

eignty, and national prestige for thousands of years.But, it lost national unity for a certain period due to thewedge driven among the people by the colonialists.And it fell under alien subjugation for more than 100

years, which was a painful lesson for the people.British colonialists’ invasion of Myanmar in 1824led to the outbreak of three Anglo-Myanmar wars.After the Third Anglo-Myanmar War, the wholenation came under the yoke of the colonialists,followed by loss of independence and dissolution ofMyanmar armed forces.

(See page 9)

The State Constitution has been approved with thesupport of the great majority of the people. Electionswill take place in line with the State Constitution in2010 in pursuance of the seven-step Road Map. Now,the State Peace and Development Council has promul-gated Union Election Commission Law, Political Par-ties Registration Law, Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law,Amyotha Hluttaw Election Law, and Region or StateHluttaw Election Law, and Rules.

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Hailing the 65th Anniversary Armed Forces Day:

Myanmar Tatmadaw formed with reliable, responsible citizens

(from page 8)In July 1941,

Thirty Comrades un-derwent military train-ing in Hainan Island,Japan, thus opening fora new chapter of theMyanmar Tatmadaw.

Throughout theperiod of Myanmar in-dependence struggles,the Tatmadaw hasplayed a leadership rolein the national affairs.Since independence orduring over 60 years,the Tatmadaw havebeen mature, confront-ing and coping with va-rieties of military andpolitical issues.

The Tatmadawhelped the nation regainindependence by re-volting against thecolonialists. In addi-tion, it warded off thedangers posed by Fas-cists, put out the blazeof internal armed insur-gency, suppressed al-ien intrusion, and madesacrifices in pursuingthe goal of a new soci-ety. Today, it is shoul-dering bounden duties

Padaung Than Kywe

1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causes at risk to life as the

national policy

2. To work hard with national people for successful completion of

elections due to be held in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversive elements through the

strength and consolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modern Tatmadaw capable of

safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the

nation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

steadfastly in implement-ing the national objec-tives.

No organizationcan be compared withthe Tatmadaw in termsof the national leader-ship role. The Tatmadawis a driving force for theprogrammes to build anew nation and ensurenational development. Ithas constantly stood asthe sole leading force inthe nation. The peopleregard the Tatmadaw asthe national force that iscapable of fulfilling allforms of requirements ofthe nation. The Tatmadawwas formed with the aimof helping regain and con-stantly guarding the na-tion in order to perpetuateindependence. It impliesthat the Tatmadaw hasbeen the national forcesince its birth.

In other words, theTatmadaw is a strong na-tional force that has beenworking hard constantly,putting in the fore thewelfare of the people,public service, and bet-ter future of the entire

people. Those who initi-ated the formation of theTatmadaw got involvedin the independencestruggles with all seri-ousness. They imbuedthemselves with thestrongest sense of patri-otism, and sharp views.Therefore, the Tatmadawwas conceived as a patri-otic force.

Today's Tat-madaw leaders are alsopatriotic ones to whombounden duties havebeen relayed from onegeneration to the next.They have preserved finetraditions of theTatmadaw. As a result oftheir earnest efforts theymade to consolidate na-tional unity, so far, 17major national racearmed groups and manyother small groups havereturned to the legal fold.Day in, day out, they areimplementing the BorderAreas DevelopmentProject, the 24 RegionsSpecial DevelopmentProject and the Five Ru-ral Development Pro-grammes they have

adopted for equitable de-velopment of all parts ofthe Union. Now, thewhole nation includingborder areas has seen im-provement in the politi-cal, social and economicinfrastructures alongwith stability and peace.Due to development,infrastructural buildingsare witnessed every-where across the nation.

Thegovernment hand inhand with the people andthe Tatmadaw has im-proved infrastructures forbetter social-economic sta-tus of the people.

Now, the StateConstitution has been ap-proved with the supportof the great majority ofthe people. Elections willtake place in line with theState Constitution in 2010

in pursuance of theseven-step Road Map.Now, the State Peace andDevelopment Councilhas promulgated UnionElection CommissionLaw, Political PartiesRegistration Law, PyithuHluttaw Election Law,Amyotha Hluttaw Elec-tion Law, and Region orState Hluttaw ElectionLaw, and Rules.

The Tatmadaw istherefore to be on thesame page with the peo-ple for successful com-pletion of the seven-step Road Map de-signed to build a peace-ful, modern and devel-oped nation, as well asto uphold Our ThreeMain National Causesat risk to life as the na-tional policy.

It is required ofthe Tatmadaw to crushwith the people inter-nal and externalsubversive elementsdisrupting State stabil-i ty and communitypeace and to see tothe tasks to build astrong, modern andpatriotic Tatmadawin order to safeguardthe State's sovereigntyand territorial integ-rity.

*****Translation: MS

History bears witness …While national traitors were colludingwith imperialists to prolong the enslave-ment of the nation …

Tatmadaw ledthe nationalliberationstruggle.

While power maniac politicians wereattempting to seize political powerthrough short cut and armed insur-rection …

Tatmadaw sup-pressed the insurrec-tion to ensure State

stability.

When the lackeys of the neo-colonialist andnotorious nation intruded into the territory …

It wasTatmadaw that

drove them out ofthe country,

wasn’t it?

When those pining for the aunt overthe shoulders of mother tried to sellout the nation and enslave her…

It’s forsale.

Tatmadawprevented them.

Tatmadaw neverbetrays the na-tional cause. It’llstand by the peo-ple. Historybears witness tothis.

National cause

Meant fornationalinterests.

Ye Htet

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As farmers move from cottonto corn, jobs are lost

In this 12 Oct, 2007 file photo, the sun sets on a cotton field south of Lubbock,Texas. Fields of white cotton once stretched as far as the eye could see acrossthe fertile Mississippi Delta, but now many of those acres are flush with greencorn stalks. US cotton production peaked in 2005 and has been sliding since

as farmers switch from growing fiber to food.—INTERNET

Germany to grant bln-euroloan for A350 development

LUBBOCK, 22 March—Fields of white cotton oncestretched as far as the eyecould see across the fertileMississippi Delta, but nowmany of those acres areflush with green corn stalks.

US cotton productionpeaked in 2005 and hasbeen sliding since as farm-ers switch from growingfiber to food. The reasonsare many: Corn priceshave been strong, and it’smore profitable because ittakes less labour to pro-duce. Corn’s lower pro-duction costs also make it

a less risky investmentthan cotton. Cotton pro-duction dropped about 53percent in the five-stateMid-South region from2005 through 2008 asfarms converted to cornand soybeans. Job lossesfollowed.

Economists estimate forevery three jobs needed toproduce cotton, only one isneeded to grow corn orsoybeans. It’s difficult tosay how many jobs havebeen lost, but the shift isreal, and rural economiesare feeling the effect, said

Darren Hudson, director ofthe Cotton Economics Re-search Institute at TexasTech. Some cotton ginshave closed. Others havebeen dismantled andshipped overseas.

“It’s sort of a permanentloss in that infrastructure,and it’s hard to overcomethat if you go back theother direction,” Hudsonsaid. “It wasn’t the old ginsthat shut down. It was thenew ones because theywere leveraged more,”with much higher debt.

Internet

NAY PYI TAW, 22March—A coordinationmeeting of the Union

UEC, State/ Division GADs meet

Election Commission andthe General Admi-nistration Department took

place along with acoordination meeting toform sub electioncommissions at theCommission office thismorning.

Chairman of theCommission U Thein Soemade a speech.Discussions were held onthe provisional lists ofsubcommissions atdifferont leves and the

functions.Members of the

Commission U MyintNaing and U Nyunt Tinmade a brief account ofprovisions manifested inPolitical PartiesRegistration Law, Rules,Election Law and Rules.

Chairman U TheinSoe gave concludingremarks.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22March— A fire broke outat 11:50 pm in Ywahtaungvillage in YesagyoTownship on 17 March, dueto negligence. It destroyed11 houses and left a numberof people homeless. Thevictims were placed at atemporarily relief camp.

Similarly, the firebadly damaged six houses

Fire breaks out in Yesagyo,Namkham

at noon on 18 March 2010in Pharlin village inNamkham Township.Charity organizations areproviding relief assistanceto the victims.

The township policetook action against theperson who wasresponsible for the fireoutbreok.

MNA

Chairman of the Union Election Commission U Thein Soe makes a speech at coordination

meeting.—MNA

Water crisis brings strugglefor survival

ChuXIONG, 22March— Niu Siwei’s senseof unease grows each timehe hears his students cough.After eight months with norain, the village schoolwhere he teaches inNanhua County ofChuxiong, a Yi ethnic pre-fecture in the southwesternYunnan Province, has beenusing water from a localfish pond for cooking.

The feculent water issterilized with bleach pow-der, so the meals for the 192students, aged 7 to 12, al-ways have a strong smellof the chemical. “At thebeginning, the cook be-lieved the more bleachpowder he used, the saferthe water would be,” said

Niu. “Once he put 10grammes in 100 kg of wa-ter, amost 10 times the safeamount.”

Xinhua

BERLING, 22 March—The German government isready to grant a 1.1 billion euro loan to develop the Air-bus A350 long-haul passenger aircraft, a senior econom-ics ministry official said on Sunday.

“As far as we are concerned all pre-conditions havebeen met and the funds are available,” said Peter Hintze,parliamentary state secretary at the ministry of econom-ics.

His statement implied that the conditions were in linewith World Trade Organization rules.

Hintze said that “final issues” would have to besolved, notably how to divide up work between Franceand Germany on another project, the A30X, a potentialsuccessor to the A320.—Internet

India plane cracker probe begins

The bomb was found in a cargo hold in a commercial airplane. INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 22 March—The Indian police havelaunched an investigation into the recovery of a fire-cracker in the cargo hold of a commercial airplane onSunday. The fire cracker wrapped in a newspaper wasdetected on a Kingfisher airline flight at Trivandrum Air-port in southern Kerala state.

The flight with 27 passengers had arrived fromBangalore. Police say the firecracker may have beenplaced at Bangalore where the luggage was loaded.

The police said they were questioning ground staffand luggage loaders at Trivandrum and Bangalore. Se-curity is usually tight at Indian airports. Many airportofficials have described Sunday’s incident as a “majorsecurity lapse”.—Internet

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Lufthansa flight blocked asJapanese group falls ill

The take-off of a Lufthansa flight from Berlin to Tokyo was delayed aftertwo dozen Japanese tourists on board fell ill with violent stomach cramps,

German police said.—INTERNET

BERLIN, 22 March—The take-off of a Germanflight to Tokyo was de-layed after two dozenJapanese tourists onboard fell ill with violentstomach cramps, Germanpolice said.

Shortly before take-offSaturday afternoon, theAirbus A340 carryingsome 300 passengers re-turned to the airport ter-minal in Berlin after thetourists complained ofstomach pains and nau-

sea, said a police state-ment.

The 23 people strickenby the mystery illness,part of a group of some 80tourists on an organisedtrip to Europe, were takento nearby hospitals.

The victims also com-plained of vertigo, vom-iting and circulation prob-lems, according to doc-tors, though their liveswere not thought to be indanger, said the policestatement.

Doctors were still try-ing to ascertain what hadcaused the sickness, saidpolice.

The rest of the group,57 tourists, were taken tohotels and placed undermedical supervision as aprecaution, even thoughthey showed no symp-toms.

The group had justcompleted a two-day stayin Munich after havingvisited London.

Internet

Fish and chips celebrates 150 years asa British classic

File photo offish and chipsas made by a

British couple inFrance. Thetraditional

British dish,celebrating

its 150thanniversary thisyear, still boastspride of placeinBritish cul-

ture.—INTERNET

LONDON, 22 March—Whether wrapped innewspaper and eaten withgreasy fingers or servedon white china with silvercutlery, fish and chips hascome a long way since itbegan 150 years ago.

But the traditionalBritish dish, celebrating a

landmark anniversary thisyear, still boasts pride ofplace in British culture.

The dish has survivedthe arrival of McDonaldsand the trend for healthyand organic food, andthere are now about10,500 “chippies” acrossBritain serving up be-tween 250 million and350 million portions eachyear.

What began as a cheapworking-class meal be-came a national favouriteand is now a culinary clas-sic served at some of Brit-

ain’s top restaurants.Tucked away in Lon-

don’s west end district, aseat at J Sheekey is one ofthe most sought-after inthe capital, with celebritydiners including JudeLaw, Kate Moss and thecream of British actingtalent from the nearbytheatres.

White linentableclothes and darkwood panelling mark itout as a refined establish-ment, but there, on themenu, is fish and chips.

Internet

Armour could form‘force field’

One killed, 25 injured instampede in BangladeshDHAKA, 22 March— A female worker was killed

and 25 other were injured in a stampede in a garmentfactory of Bangladesh’s Gazipur District, 37 km northof capital Dhaka, on Saturday. The accident happenedat 08:00 am local time as the workers panicked as atube-light burst with big bang and tried to rush out ofthe factory building, private news agency UNB reported.

The workers were afraid a fire would start and madea desperate bid to move out through the narrow stair-case, leading to the stampede that left one worker deadon the spot and injuring others. The injured were rushedto local hospitals.—Xinhua

LONDON, 22 March—A new type of armourwould use pulses of elec-trical energy to repel pro-jectiles away from an ar-moured vehicle, Britishscientists say.

Researchers at the De-fence Science and Tech-nology Laboratory, betterknow as “Dstl” and lo-cated at four sites in Eng-land, say it is possible tocorporate material knownas supercapacitors into

armor that would turn avehicle into a kind ofgiant battery, The DailyTelegraph reported.

Dstl is the research anddevelopment arm of theMinistry of Defence.

The report said when athreat from an incomingprojective is detected,the energy in the super-capacitor can be rapidlypushed into the metal plat-ing on the outside of thevehicle. That produces astrong electromagneticfield. The researchers saythis would produce a mo-mentary “force field”which in theory could re-pel incoming projectiles.Although the force fieldwould last for only a frac-tion of a section, correctlytimed it could repel a pro-jectile, such as a rocket-propelled grade, the reportsaid.—Internet

CARACAS, 22 March —A light plane crashed intothree houses on Sunday inthe Venezuelan state ofSucre, 400 km east of the

Light plane crashes in Venezuela, killing three

People gather aroundthe scene where a

L-39C plane crashed ata slum 300 metres awayfrom the internationalairport Antonio Jose de

Sucre in Cumana,capital of Venezuelan

state of Sucre,on 21 March, 2010.

XINHUA

capital Caracas, and anewspaper reported threepeople were killed in thecrash.

An officer of Sucre’sCivil Protection toldXinhua the plane crashedsome 200 metres from theinternational airportAntonio Jose de Sucre inCumana, capital of thestate.

“We are waiting forthe reports of the aeron-autic experts,” theofficersaid without giving fur-ther details.

According to localdaily “El Universal,”three people died and atleast 13 were injured.

Xinhua

Five-year-old girl survivescroc attack

WELLINGTON, 22 March—A five-year-old girl hassurvived a close encounter with a two-metre salt wa-ter crocodile in Australia’s Northern Territory. The girlsustained deep cuts to her leg on Sunday while swim-ming at Caledon Bay in northeast Arnhem Land, about120 kilometres south of Nhulunbuy.

Duty Superintendent Mike Murphy told ABC Ra-dio it was unclear whether the crocodile directly at-tacked the girl or if she disturbed it.“I believe it’s fromthe rear foot of the crocodile,” he said. “Obviouslythe claws have gouged her and basically slashed herleg open. “We weren’t able to find the croc.” The girlwas taken to a nearby community for first aid beforebeing taken to Gove Hospital.—Internet

In this March 19,2010 photo,

ironworkers overlooktraffic passing at OneWorld Trade Centerin New York. When

finished the tower willrise to a height of

1776 feet (541meters).INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BUNGA MAS 12 VOY NO (100)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BUNGA MAS12 VOY NO (100) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 22.3.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MALAYSIA INTERNA-TIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BG SIN HUAT HUAT 288 TUG SIN

HUAT HUAT 288 VOY NO ( )Consignees of cargo carried on MV BG SIN HUAT

HUAT 288 TUG SIN HUAT HUAT 288 VOY NO ( ) arehere by notified that the vessels will be arriving on22.3.2010 and cargo will be discharged into the premisesof M.O.G.E where it will lie at the consignee’s risk andexpenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions ofthe Port of Yangon.


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


AGENT FOR: M/S SENG LIAN HUAT ENGI-NEERING WORK

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA UNITY VOY NO (129)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA

UNITY VOY NO (129) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 22.3.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(1) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.


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


AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

Clean energy, technology innovationkey to sustainable development

India launches most luxurious tourist train

GM Daewooto recall 58,000

vehicles in S KoreaSEOUL, 22 March —

GM Daewoo Auto andTechnology, the SouthKorean unit of GeneralMotors, is recalling morethan 58,000 vehicles dueto manufacturing defects,government officials saidon Sunday.

The recall affects vehi-cles sold in South Koreabut will be expanded toinclude those sold abroad,according to GMDaewoo, the country’sthird largest carmaker. Itgave no immediate idea ofthe size of the foreign re-call, or which countrieswould be affected.

“GM Daewoo Autoand Technology has re-ported that it will recall58,696 vehicles that it hasmade and sold inWinstrom, Lacetti Pre-miere and Damas modelsdue to manufacturing de-fects,” Seoul’s ministry ofland, transport and mari-time affairs said in a state-ment. The recall will af-fect 45,957 Winstormsport-utility vehicles,12,604 Lacetti Premieresedans and 135 Damasmicrovans, the ministrysaid.—Internet

File photo of a DaewooGroup flag fluttering

on top of Daewooheadquarters in Seoul.GM Daewoo Auto andTechnology, the SouthKorean unit of General

Motors, is recallingmore than 58,000

vehicles due to manu-facturing defects,

government officialssaid on Sunday.

INTERNET

MUMBAI, 22 March — India’s mostluxurious tourist train started its maidenjourney from an eastern city on Satur-day evening.

The train, which is called “Mahara-jas Express,” launched at Kolkata sta-tion at 10:10 pm by Indian RailwayMinister Mamata Banerjee, Indian me-dia reported on Saturday evening. Forthe coming six days and seven nights,the train will stop at six stations beforereaching the destination of New Delhi.

It will be a unique pan-Indian tour,and tourists could visit many famousdestinations, such as heritage cities andwild forests , where visitors may have

the opportunity of a glimpse of tigers ,said Banerjee.

The train only carry 88 passengers in23 well-decorated carriages, which areequipped with individual temperaturecontrol systems, environment-friendlytoilets, live TV sets, DVD players,internet and direct dial telephones, andall food and drinks are complimentary,according to the report.

There are four categories of car-riages—junior suite for 800 US dollarsper person per day, deluxe cabin for 900US dollars, suite for 1400 US dollars andthe Presidential Suite for 2500 US dol-lars.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 22 March —Exploitation of clean en-ergy and innovation oftechnology are key to sus-tainable development asglobal warming has be-come a major concern forall countries,entrepreneursstressed at the CEO sum-mit of China Development

Forum 2010 on Saturday.“One of the main steps

to cope with global warm-ing is to exploit clean en-ergy and keep a steady de-velopment in the newarea,” said Cao Peixi,General Manager ofChina Huaneng Group.

The Chinese state-owned power enterprisehas been developingclean and renewable en-ergy such as wind, solarpower, water to generateelectricity.

Christophe Margerie,CEO of Total Group, alsosaid in his speech that useof green energy should bepromoted, saying his

company is trying tomake the energy cleanerand more environmentalprotective.

Margerie underlinedthe importance of technol-ogy at the same time. Hesaid the development oftechnology would not onlyhelp the extraction of oiland gas, but also make theutilization of new energymore realizable.

Many other partici-pants at the summit ex-pressed the same view,calling enterprises tomake more innovations intechnology, especially inthe field of carbon emis-sion cutting.—Xinhua

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

An Indian railway

worker lights

a traditional

earthenware lamp

near the Maharajas’

Express luxury train

prior to its departure

for Delhi from

Kolkata

on 20 March.

INTERNET

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An Indiana couple has purchased aneighbour’s home in a tax auction —because they say they want to help himstay in the house.

Debbie and Clint Harrell’s winning

A man from Maine who struck amatch on a US Airways flight to Bos-ton’s Logan International Airport isfacing some heat — but not overmatches. Massachusetts State Policedetained 50-year-old Paul Prater ofSanford on Wednesday over an out-standing identity fraud warrant in Can-ton, Ga State police spokesman DavidProcopio said no charges have beenbrought for the match lighting, whichPrater called an accident.

Prater told police the match ignitedwhen he pulled a package from hispocket during the flight from Washing-

Children erect eggs in Xinaiying

Kindergarten in Tancheng County in

Linyi City, east China’s Shandong

Province, on 21 March, 2010.

Hundreds of early human fossils, ar-tifacts and forensically recreated facesof our prehistoric relatives went on dis-play on Wednesday, exploring 6 millionyears of evolution at the National Mu-seum of Natural History.

The nearly $21 million Hall of Hu-man Origins marks the 100th anniver-sary of the Smithsonian Institution mu-seum and represents the most compre-hensive look at human evolution sinceits opening.

The massive hall includes rare speci-mens, including the only original fossilof a Neanderthal skeleton in the UnitedStates. Two skulls discovered more thana century ago of a Neanderthal and a

Part of the exhibit comparing thebrain size of early humans is seeninside the David H. Koch Hall of

Human Origins at the Smithsonian’sNational Museum of Natural

History in Washington.

Smithsonian opens $21m human evolution hallCro-Magnon are on loan from theMusee de l’Homme in Paris.

Curator Rick Potts, who directs themuseum’s human origins research, saidthe permanent exhibit represents ma-jor changes in scientists’ understandingof evolution over recent decades.

“What we’ve learned is the old iconof the march from the early humansfrom a primate like creature to an apelike creature to us today is not correct— that our species is part of a diversefamily tree of perhaps as many as 20species or more,” he said. “What wealso see is we are the only one left.”

That makes the story of evolution asurvival story, Potts said. The exhibitis the first to examine how climatechange motivated adaptations andchanges in human ancestors.

NEWS ALBUM

Man who accidentally lit match on plane faces heatton, DC.

Prater pleaded not guilty on Thurs-day in East Boston District Court to afugitive charge. He was held on $5,000bail and ordered to return to Georgiawithin five days to clear the warrant.

It was unclear if he had hired anattorney.

It’s common to return a library booklate — but not by half a century.

Staff at a British library say theywere surprised and puzzled when theyreceived a book that was 45 years over-due through their mailbox.

Alison Lawrie, the principal assist-ant at Dinnington Library, near north-ern England’s Sheffield, says the Pen-guin first edition copy of “Quartermass

Couple buys house to help neighbour stay$4,272 bid at a Marion County tax salemeant neighbour Mark Reeves wouldnot have to move out of the house, putup for sale when his landlord stoppedpaying property taxes on it, TheIndianapolis Star reported.

The Harrells decided to help Reevesdespite their own financial worries.

Clint Harrell lost his job at a steelcompany in November, and DebbieHarrell, 57, is on disability, the newspa-per said. Debbie Harrell says Reevescalled her in tears after the auction.

“My friends that I’ve known for over30 years — they knew my problem andthey never even offered to help me,”Reeves said.

UK library receives book overdue by 45 yearsand the Pit” by Nigel Kneale was dueback on 15 Oct, 1965. She says the bor-rower remains a mystery because the li-brary records don’t go back that far, andthe sender didn’t attach a letter or notewith the book. Lawrie said on Friday thesender need not worry about a hefty fine.

She says: “If the person who returnedthe book wants to come forward, we’dlove to know the story behind it.”

JERUSALEM, 22 March— Visiting UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon onSunday urged Israel andthe Palestinians to launchpeace talks, saying the in-direct talks between thetwo sides should lead todirect talks.

“The Quartet hasstrongly welcomed andsupported these proxim-ity talks,” said Ban atthe joint news confer-ence with Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin

BEIJING, 22 March —The India pavilion willtake visitors on a journeythrough 2,000 years ofcivilization in a kaleido-

An artist’s rendition of the India pavilion Provided to China daily.—XINHUA

Faces of incredible India

BANGKOK, 22 March— Thailand had one moredeath case due to theA/H1N1 influenza, bring-ing the country’s death tollfrom the new flu to 219,Public Health MinisterJurin Laksanawisit dis-closed on Monday.

scope of landscapes, cul-ture, religion and peoplesto reveal a unique blendof tradition and moder-nity.

“The India pavilion atExpo 2010 will projectdiversity and duality,”said Commissioner Gen-eral N.K. Sehgal. “India isa country with diversegeography, traditions, cul-ture and languages.

In both its cities andrural areas there is aunique duality of the an-cient and modern.”

The 4,000-sq-m pavil-ion will promote the no-tion of “Cities of Har-mony” as its core mes-sage.

“Cities where the dif-ferent elements — social,spatial, economic, infra-structural and technologi-cal — are in harmony are‘better cities’ that ensurea ‘better life’,” saidSehgal.

“To reap such har-monic cities we shouldsow (the seeds) with ourcultural, social, scientific,technological and geo-graphical matrix inmind.”

The pavilion will con-sist of two sections: anentry plaza that flows intoa main dome, which willexemplify the theme ofduality.

Xinhua

Thailand’s death toll fromA/H1N1 flu rises to 219

The latest victim wasan 58-year-old man in asouthernmost Province ofPattani, Thai NewsAgency quoted Jurin assaying. Also, a 40-year-old man from a centralProvince of Petchaburi,was found affected by thenew flu, while he was par-ticipating in the anti-gov-ernment rally in capitalBangkok.—Xinhua

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 22March —A small earth-quake struck northernHaiti early Sunday, col-lapsing an apartmentbuilding and killing atleast three people, a UNspokesman said.

Residents said thetremor struck Haiti’s sec-ond-largest city of Cap-Haitien shortly after mid-night, collapsing the four-storey building. Somenearby structures were

Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks should leadto direct negotiations, UN chief

Netan-yahu.“We believe that these

proximity talks shouldeventually lead to directnegotiations between thetwo concerned parties,discussing on all the mat-ters, covering security,borders and refugees, andall other issues,” addedBan.

Ban’s second visit toIsrael and the Palestinianterritories came days afterhe joined a meeting of theMiddle East Quartet in

Moscow on stalled peacetalks between the twoMiddle East foes.

Xinhua

Three killed in quake collapse in northern Haitidamaged by the collapsebut no other quake effectswere reported.

Three survivors werepulled out of the rubbleand taken to a hospital,UN spokesman LouiciusEuguene said. Haitian po-lice, civil protection au-thorities and UN peace-keepers from Chile andNepal found the body ofanother person killed in-side.

Cap-Haitien lies along

the fault line that pro-duced three moderateearthquakes in nearbyCuba on Saturday.

It was not affected bythe 12 Jan earthquake thatdevastated Port-au-Prince, some 80 miles(130 kilometres) to thesouth. Witnesses said ithad been raining, whichcould have weakened theground under the struc-ture.

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Ethiopian runners winRome Marathon

ROME, 22 March—Ethiopian runners won the 16thedition of Rome Marathon on Sunday, which regis-tered a record-high participation of over 15,000 run-ners. The 25-year-old Ethiopian Siraj Gena won themen’s race and his compatriot Firehiwot Dado wonthe women’s competition. Gena made the best time oftwo hours, eight minutes and 39 seconds, surprisingthe public. He kicked off his shoes and ran barefootfor 500 meters in front of the finish line in homage toAbebe Bikila, winner of Rome Olympics in 1960.

Firehiwot Dado led an Ethiopian sweep of the po-dium positions in two hours, 25 minutes and 28 sec-onds. About 15,000 runners from over 83 countriesand regions took part in the race, roughly 9,000 fromItaly and 6000 from other countries and regions, mostlyfrom France. About 12,500 men and 2400 women par-ticipated in the competition, while 90,000 took part inthe parallel 4-kilometers amateur race.

Xinhua

Ljubibic beats Roddick to winIndian Wells title

Ivan Ljubicic of Croatiaholds the trophy duringthe awarding ceremonyfor the final of the BNPParibas Open in IndianWells, the United States,

on 21 March, 2010. XINHUA

Messi scores second weekly hat-trickin Barca’s win in Zaragoza

Barcelona’s Lionel Messicelebrates his second goalagainst Zaragoza duringtheir Spanish first divi-sion soccer match at LaRomadera stadium inZaragoza.—XINHUA

Tiger Woods ‘nervous’ aboutreception at Masters

Woods said he had been‘living a lie’.— INTERNET

Jankovic rediscovers past glories with Indian Wells title

Jankovic was winning her first title of2010 at Indian Wells.—INTERNET

Inzaghi celebrates his equalizer for ACMilan in the San Siro but the game

ended in a 1-1 draw.— INTERNET

Milan miss chance to leapfrog Inter in Serie A

Schalke miss top of Bundesligawith 2-2 draw at HamburgBERLIN, 22 March—Schalke lost its chance to top the

the Bundesliga on Sunday as the runners-up were held toa 2-2 draw at Hamburger SV. Bayern Munich lost 2-1 atEintracht Frankfurt on Saturday and Schalke could havemoved a point clear at the top with a win. Ruud vanNistelrooy scored for Hamburg late in the first half butSchalke turned the game around with a goal from KevinKuranyi and a penalty converted by Ivan Rakitic duringa five-minute spell in the second half.

Substitute Jonathan Pitroipa salvaged a point forHamburg with an equalizer in the 77th minute, but Ham-burg fell to sixth place and out of the two slots for theEuropa League next season. Bayer Leverkusen alsofailed to take advantage of Bayern’s defeat as the teamwent down 3-0 at Borussia Dortmund. With sevengames remaining, Bayern lead the standings with 56points, while Schalke has 55. Leverkusen has 53. Dort-mund is fourth on 48 and Werder Bremen has 45 infifth, moving past Hamburg with a 3-2 win over Bochumon Saturday.—Xinhua

Rafael Benitez feels Valenciadived for Man Utd penaltyLONDON, 22 March—Liverpool manager Rafael

Benitez felt Manchester United’s Antonio Valenciadived to win a penalty that turned the game as thehosts came back to win 2-1. Fernando Torres put Liv-erpool ahead before Javier Mascherano was ruled tohave fouled Valencia and Wayne Rooney fired in arebound from his spot-kick. “The way he fell down isstrange. When you see the replay it is suspicious howhe went to the ground,” said Benitez.

Ji-Sung Park headed in the winner for United inthe 60th minute. The result returned United to the topof the Premier League and damaged Liverpool’s hopesof securing fourth place in the table and the finalChampions League spot. Benitez believes the penaltywas the turning point of the match. “We gave awaythe penalty too early — but there are doubts about thepenalty,” stated Benitez.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 22March—Ivan Ljubicic ofCroatia beat AndyRoddick 7-6(3), 7-6(5) towin the BNP ParibasOpen men’s title. Ljubicicwon on his fourth match

point Sunday, blasting abig serve that Roddickcouldn’t return. At the ageof 31, Ljubicic is the sec-ond-oldest winner at In-dian Wells behind JimmyConnors, whowas fivemonths older when hewon in 1984.

Roddick was trying tobecome the first Americanman to win since 2001,but he trailed in both tie-breakers. He had beatenLjubicic seven times inten meetings, winningtheir last meeting at In-dian Wells in two tie-breakers in 2007. JelenaJankovic defeatedCaroline Wozniacki 6-2,6-4 earlier Sunday to winthe women’s title, the Ser-bian’s first in sevenmonths.—Xinhua

INDIAN WELLS, 22 March—Formerworld number one Jelena Jankovic wonher first tournament since last Augustwith a straight sets 6-2 6-4 victory overCaroline Wozniacki in the final of theWTA tournament at Indian Wells.Serbianace Jankovic has flourished in the Cali-fornian desert and dominated Sunday’sfinal to claim a 6-2 6-4 victory, her 12thcareer title.”It’s been a great two weeksfor me, really amazing,” Jankovic told theofficial WTA Tour Web site.”I’m sohappy and so thrilled that I was able towin this title.”

Wozniacki had guaranteed she will at-tain second spot in the world behindSerena Williams in the new rankings withher semifinal victory over Agnieszka

Radwanska of Poland.But she was un-able to maintain that form againstJankovic, who had beaten her on fourprevious occasions. Jankovic, who lastwon a title in Cincinatti, survived someearly round scares to ease past SamanthaStosur in the semifinals of the Premiertier event.— Internet

ROME, 22 March—AC Milan missedthe chance to leapfrog city rivals Interat the summit of Serie A after being heldto a 1-1 draw by Napoli in the San Siroon Sunday. A victory would have seenMilan go top for the first time this sea-son but it was Napoli who went aheadafter 13 minutes through HugoCanpagnaro before Filippo Inzaghiheaded the equalizer 13 minutes later.The draw sees Milan stay in second spot,one point behind champions Inter, whowere held to a 1-1 draw at Palermo onSaturday.

Third-placed Roma are three pointsadrift but meet Inter next Saturday in adecisive clash. Milan are bidding fortheir first Italian championship since2004, but have lost David Beckham and

Aleessandro Nesta to serious injuries inthe past week. Milan coach Leonardogambled on the fitness of Brazilianstriker Pato, but he limped off shortlyafter Campagnaro had taken advantageof laughable home defending as Chris-tian Abbiati and Massimo Oddo collidedto leave him a simple chance.—Internet

MADRID, 22 March—Barcelona striker LeoMessi scored his secondLa Liga hat-trick in a weekand earned a penalty help-ing his team beat Zaragoza4-2 away. The Argentineanproduced another magnifi-cent performance to keepBarca level on points withReal Madrid, just sevendays afterscoring threetimes against Valencia. Hisperformance was remark-able as he had been a doubtfor the game with a mouthinfection before recover-ing his place alongsideZlatan Ibrahimovich andPedro Rodriguez in theBarcelona attack.

Xavi Hernandez wasstill absent with a calfproblem and Seydou Keitareplaced him in midfield,while Andres Iniesta andCarles Puyol were on thebench. The good news be-came even better for Bar-celona after just four min-utes when Messi scored

with a header. TheZaragoza defense gavetheball away far too easily,Pedro crossed from the leftand Messi headed homefrom six yards out. ToureYaya and Ibrahimovichhad chances to double Bar-celona’s lead, butIbrahimovich missed aclose range header beforeZaragozafinally began toget into the game.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 22March—Tiger Woodssays he is wary of the re-ception he will receivewhen he returns to actionat the Masters after almostfive months away fromthe game. Woods has notplayed since admittingmultiple extra-marital af-fairs but will resume play-ing on 8 April at Augusta.Asked about the possiblereception, Woods toldESPN: “I don’t know, I’ma little nervous. It wouldbe nice to hear a coupleof claps here and there.”

The disgraced worldnumber one, 34, added hehad been “living alie”.The 14-time majorchampion gave brief in-terviews to ESPN and theGolf Channel for the firsttime since his self-im-posed exile, telling ESPN:“I was doing a lot ofthings that hurt a lot of

people.”And strippingaway denial and rationali-sation you start coming tothe truth of who you re-ally are and that can bevery ugly.

“But then again, whenyou face it and you startconquering it and youstart living up to it, thestrength that I feel now...I’ve never felt that type ofstrength.”Woods did notdiscuss details about hisaffairs but said that “justone is enough and obvi-ously that wasn’t thecase”.—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 Rakhine, Mon States, Kayin State, upper Sagaingand Taninthayi Division and generally fair in the remainingareas. Day temperatures were(7°C) above March averagetemperatures in Chin State,(5°C) to (6°C) above Marchaverage temperatures in Kachin State and TaninthayiDivision,(3°C) to (4°C) above March average temperaturesin Shan State, Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and YangonDivisions, and about March average temperatures inremaining States and Divisions. The significant daytemperatures were Monywa, Mandalay, Myingyan andThayawady (40°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 21-3-2010 was 100°F.Minimum temperature on 22-3-2010 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 22-3-2010 was 77%.Total sun shine hours on 21-3-2010 was (7.7) hours approx.

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Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 23rd March 2010:Likelihook of isolated rain or thundershowers in Kachinand Mon States, upper Sagaing, Taninthayi Divisions andweather will be partly cloudy in Rakhine, Chin and ShanStates, Ayeyawady Division and generally fair in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

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Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for23-3-2010:Partly cloudy.

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Supermassive Black Holes: Hintingat the Nature of Dark Matter?SCIENCE DAILY, 22 March —About 23 percent of

the universe is made up of mysterious ‘dark matter’— invisible material only detected through itsgravitational influence on its surroundings. Nowtwo astronomers based at the National AutonomousUniversity of Mexico (UNAM) have found a hintof the way it behaves near black holes.

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

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★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

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

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