the new light of myanmar 26-10-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 193 9th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Monday, 26 October, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct—Patron for Organizing the17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo enjoyed the performance of Sagaing Divisiondrama troupe in the Uggasena Drama Contest of thePerforming Arts Competitions at the convocation hall

Secretary-1 enjoys performance of SagaingDivision troupe in Uggasena Drama Contest

of the University of Veterinary Science in Nay PyiTaw Yezin this evening.

Among the audience were Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, Chairman of the LeadingCommittee for Organizing the CompetitionsCommander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen WaiLwin and wife, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation

Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Deputy Minister for Finance andRevenue Col Hla Thein Swe, Deputy Attorney-GeneralU Myint Naing, Director-General Col Kyaw KyawWin of the State Peace and Development CouncilOffice, departmental heads, officials of the workcommittee and subcommittees, members of the panelof judges and those from States and Divisions.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Oct — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence attended the opening ceremony ofthe workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction at MyanmarEngineering Society in Hline Township today.

The workshop was jointly organized by YangonDivision Peace and Development Council, MyanmarEngineering Society and Myanmar GeosciencesSociety. The opening ceremony was also attended byChairman of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Yangon Command Maj-GenWin Myint, Chairman of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin,departmental heads, responsible personnel fromMyanmar Engineering Society and MyanmarGeosciences Society, engineers and invited guests.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe delivered an opening addressand responsible personnel of Myanmar EngineeringSociety extended greetings. Participants of theworkshop reported on matters related to disaster riskreduction and the opening ceremony concluded.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends opening of workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction

After the ceremony, Lt-Gen Myint Swe viewedthe programmes of a mobile educative group on disasterpreparedness.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence deliversan address at workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction

at Myanmar Engineering Society.—MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo enjoys performance of Sagaing Division drama troupe in Uggasena Drama Contest ofMyanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 26 October, 2009

Monday, 26 October, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The 64th Anniversary of the founding of theUnited Nations was celebrated at the City Hall inNay Pyi Taw the other day.

Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council of the Union of Myanmar SeniorGeneral Than Shwe in his message to mark the 64th

Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations(2009) said, “It is clear that no country can deal withthe multitude of global problems alone. They can beeffectively resolved only through collective effortswithin the most representative international mecha-nism. Myanmar has great faith in the importantrole played by the United Nations in promotingsocial justice, economic progress and better stand-ards of living of the citizens of the world.”

Sixty-four years ago, the United Nations wasestablished to bring peace and stability to chaoticworld devastated by scourge of two World Wars.Over the decades, the United Nations has success-fully maintained international peace and security.Moreover, the United Nations also made advancesin the field of development, protection of the envi-ronment and promotion of international law. Theimbalances in the global economic, financial andtrade environment remain a major impediment formany developing countries. The emerging globalissues of climate change, financial and economiccrises, and food and energy crises threaten to un-dermine socio-economic progress gained.

The United Nations is scaling up its humani-tarian aid. It has vaccinated 40 per cent of worldchildren. It is providing food for more than 100million people and over 30 million refugees. It istrying to generate a multinational system that canfulfil requirements of the neediest people.

Indeed, the United Nations is the best forumto tackle global challenges, as well as for guarantee-ing international peace and security. Today, theinternational community has a better, more pros-perous future with peace ahead of it due to the jointefforts member countries have been making inharmony to surmount the great varieties of crisesand challenges being faced by the world people.

Concerted global work generatespeace, security and prosperity

Cover of Global Warming & World ClimateChange.

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Min addresses ceremony to mark World Sight Day.MNA

Prize presentation of NPCI 2008-2009 and Water Festival 2009 inprogress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct— Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Southern Command Maj-Gen Hla Min on 8 October

Commander attends World Sight Day

attended the World Sight Day at the City hall of BagoTownship and he made an opening speech.

MNA

YANGON, 25 Oct—TheSpecial Style Photo &Electronics and Nikon Sin-gapore Pte Ltd co-organ-ized the prize-presentingceremony for Myanmarprofessional photogra-phers who won NPCI2008-2009 and Water Fes-

Winners in NPCI 2008-2009, Water Festival 2009 honouredtival 2009 along with theceremony to introduceNikon Fans Myanmar SoftLaunch at No. 388-398Nikon Fans Myanmar,Golden Team Mansion,Yoma Bank (Alone bankbranch) on Strand Road,Alone Township, here, on22 October.

The officials of Spe-

cial Style Photo & Elec-tronics, on behalf of NikonCorporation, presentedNPCI 2008-2009 Grandprize to Dr Maung MaungGyi, Free Subject Category3rd prize to Daw Malar Winand Runners up prize to UTun Tun Win.

In Water Festival 2009first prize went to U Aung

Kyaw Tun (Patheingyi),second prize to U Sai KhamKhaung, third prize to UAung Aung Toe(Hinthada).

Afterwards, CEC UPe Oo and U Zaw Myintintroduced Nikon FansMyanmar Soft Launch tothe audience.

MNA

YANGON, 25 Oct—Unity Publishing Househas published a book enti-tled Global Warming &World Climate Change byAmbassador U Hla Maung(Economics).

The book is a refer-ence book which carriesfacts, figures, and photosof climate change and en-vironmental pollution re-sulting from deforestation,excessive carbon dioxidegas emissions.

“Only with collabo-rative efforts of the globalnations, will the woundsof the world be cured intime” is author’s firm be-lief described in the book.The book is sold for K 3000per copy and available atUnity Publishing House,Ph: 095130977.—MNA

Global warmingin circulation

YANGON, 25 Oct—According to the Depart-ment of Hydrology andMeteorology, a strongearthquake of intensity

Earthquake Report(7.0) Richter Scale withits epicenter outsideMyanmar (Banda Sea)about (2800) miles south-east of Kaba-Aye seismo-

logical observatory wasrecorded at (21) hr (18)min (46) sec MST on 24th

October, 2009.MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 26 October, 2009 3

A/H1N1 flu declared asnational emergency in US

WASHINGTON, 25 Oct — US President BarackObama has declared the fast-spreading A/H1N1 flu a“national emergency,” the White House said on Sat-urday.

The White House said in a statement that the presi-dent signed a proclamation on Friday night to makethe declaration, saying it makes it easier for healthcareproviders to “handle a surge in H1N1 patients.”

“In keeping with the administration’s proactiveapproach to H1N1 Flu, President Obama last nightsigned a proclamation declaring 2009-H1N1 Influenzaa national emergency. The proclamation enhances theability of our nation’s medical treatment facilities tohandle a surge in H1N1 patients by allowing, asneeded, the waiver of certain standard federal require-ments on a case-by-case basis,” it said.

“The foundation of our national approach to theH1N1 flu has been preparedness at all levels — per-sonal, business, and government — and this procla-mation helps that effort by advancing our overall re-sponse capability,” the statement said.

Since April, over 1,000 Americans have died and20,000 more have been hospitalized by the virus, ac-cording to the Centre for Disease Control and Preven-tion, or CDC.—Xinhua

Some of the 1,200people who braved

rain and 39 degree (3degrees Celcius)

temperatures queue toreceive a free H1N1

flu vaccine at RichardJ Daley College in

Chicago, on 24 Octo-ber, 2009.—INTERNET

Afghan officialsays NATO

forces kill fourcivilians

KANDAHAR (Afghani-stan), 25 Oct—NATO-ledInternational Security As-sistance Force (ISAF)opened fire on a a civil-ian car in Kandahar Prov-ince, south of Afghani-stan, killing four aboardon Saturday, a press re-lease of provincal admin-istration said.

“The incident oc-curred, 3km northwest ofKandahar city the capitalof Kandahar Province at03:30 pm local time(1100 GMT) when ISAFforces opened fire on acar killing four personsincluding two womenand a child,” the press re-lease said.

Three more personsincluding two womenand the driver sustainedinjures, the press releaseadded.

Kandahar provincialadministration in thepress release besidescondemning the incidentsaid that investigationhas begun into the case. Such incidents haveclimed the lives of non-combatants in the past. ISAF forces throughadvertisement haveasked civilians vehiclesto take distance from themilitary convoys; other-wise, it might proverisky.

Two killed, 11 injured in Iraq’s Tikrit violenceTIKRIT, 25 Oct — A security member and an militants were killed and 11 peo-

ple injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing and a bomb explosion in the city ofTikrit, the capital of Iraq’s Salahudin Province, a provincial police source said.

A guard was killed and seven people were wounded in the afternoon when asuicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in the building of the National UnitParty in central Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces immediately cordoned off the area to secure the scenewhile ambulances rushed victims to nearby hospitals, the source said.—Internet

Two passenger trains collide inEgypt, killing 25

CAIRO, 25 Oct — Apassenger train collidedwith the back of a secondone just outside of Cairoon Saturday, destroyingseveral passenger carsand killing at least 25 peo-ple, a police official said.

At least 55 others werewounded in the accident,

which occurred in Girzahdistrict of 6th of Octoberprovince, said the official,speaking on condition ofanonymity because hewas not authorized to talkto the media.

Emergency personnelworked to extract the deadand wounded from thetrains, said the official.

The train that caused thecollision was headed fromCairo to the southern city ofAssuit, while the one aheadof it was traveling fromGiza province to the oasistown of Fayoum, saidEgypt’s official MiddleEast News Agency. Egypthas a poor safety record onits railways, and there areseveral fatal accidents eachyear, usually blamed onpoorly maintained equip-ment.—Internet

Chinese navy special forces members of “Zhoushan” missile frigate prepareto patrol by a speed boat at sea, on 23 Oct, 2009. The third Chinese fleetfor an escort mission against pirates escorted 18 merchant vessels on the

Gulf of Aden on Saturday afternoon and deployed speed boats to patrol forthe first timeduring the escort mission.—XINHUA

Death toll in N-W Pakistan dronestrike reaches 27

ISLAMABAD, 25 Oct—The death toll in sus-pected United Statesdrone attack in Pakistan’sBajaur tribal area hasreached 27, local TVchannel reported on Sat-urday.

A US drone aircraft on

Saturday fired missiles ata suspected hideout of theTaleban-linked militantsin northwest Pakistan’stribal area, leaving 27 per-sons dead and several oth-ers injured, the privatechannel ARY News re-ported.

The compound waslocated near the house ofTaleban deputy chiefMoulvi FaqeerMuhammad.

Official sources saidseveral foreigners wereamong those killed.Theysaid that the drone firedtwo missiles at a bunkerat Damadola area.

Nephew and son-in-law of Maulvi FaqirMuhammad were also

killed in the attack, offi-cials said. Maulvi Faqirhad left the place 10 min-utes before the strike,they said.

They said that themilitants were holding ameeting in the bunkerwhen the missiles hit thehideout. According to of-ficials some importantmilitants personalitieswere in the bunker andthe killed persons’ iden-tity could be provedlater.

Damadola and its ad-joining areas are consid-ered as the stronghold ofTaleban. The area is lo-cated near Afghanistan’seastern Kunar Province.

MNA/Xinhua

Xinhua

Death toll rises to 132 in Baghdad twin bombingsBAGHDAD, 25 Oct —

The death toll from twotruck bomb explosions incentral Baghdad onSunday rose to 132 with512 people injured, anInterior Ministry sourcesaid.

“The latest reportssaid that up to 132 peoplewere killed and some 512others were injured bythe two truck bombings

in downtown Baghdad,”the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Earlier the source putthe toll at 62 killed and180 injured by the blasts.

The first explosiontook place at about 10:30a.m. (0730 GMT) whena suicide bomber drove atruck loaded withexplosives near thebuilding of the Iraqi

Ministry of Justice inSalhiyah district andblew it up, causingsevere damages to thebuilding and othersurrounding buildings,the source said.

Xinhua

Smokes are seen in a street in Baghdad onSunday. Two truck bomb explosions killed at least

132 people and injured 512 others in centralBaghdad on Sunday.—XINHUA

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Pilot whoovershot airport

denies crewwas nappingMINNEAPOLIS, 25 Oct—

The first officer of theNorthwest Airlines jet thatmissed its destination by150 miles says he and thecaptain were not sleepingor arguing in the cockpitbut he wouldn’t explaintheir lapse in response andthe detour. “It was not aserious event, from asafety issue,” pilot RichardCole said late Friday infront of his Salem, Ore,home. “I would tell youmore, but I’ve already toldyou way too much.”

Air traffic controllersand pilots had tried formore than an hour onWednesday night to con-tact the Minneapolis-bound flight. Officials onthe ground alerted Na-tional Guard jets to pre-pare to chase the airliner,though none of the mili-tary planes left the run-way.—Internet

Bank failures hit 106 for year; manymore are weak

JAL new state-backed agencyrestructuring

TOKYO, 25 Oct—Ailing Japan Airlines will restructure itself under a state-backedcorporate turnaround firm while the government mulls a special law to cut thecarrier’s high pension payouts, reports said on Sunday.

The Japanese government, which will announce a turnaround plan for JAL bythe end of this week, will also consider an injection of public funds after the planis finalised, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.

Local media reported that the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround InitiativeCorp of Japan will be in charge of breathing life back into the carrier.

The government launched the quasi-public agency earlier this month to helpdebt-laden companies that are seen as having the potential to recover, designed toensure transparency in negotiating debt-relief measures among creditors.

The agency may guarantee loans extended by the Development Bank of Japanand other JAL creditors, or it may lend to the company directly, the Nikkei said.

Internet

A food business dealer talks with an exhibitor at the 10th Green Food Fair ofChina, in Yantai, east China’s Shandong Province, on 23 Oct, 2009. The fair,which kicked off on Friday, attracted about 2,000 food enterprises and more

than 1,000 dealers of food and cooking oil business.—XINHUA

File photo shows, Bank of Elmwoodis seen in Racine, Washington. Thecascade of bank failures this yearsurpassed 100 on Friday, the most

in nearly two decades.INTERNET

Russia is out of recession

A Japan Airlines jet prepares to take off at HongKong’s international airport. The ailing nationalcarrier will restructure itself under a state-backedcorporate turnaround firm while the government

mulls a special law to cut the carrier’s highpension payouts, reports have said.—INTERNET

Indian carmaker Maruti seesquarterly profit jump 93 pctNEW DELHI, 25 Oct—India’s largest carmaker Maruti

Suzuki reported on Saturday that its quarterly net profithad soared 93 percent year-on-year, amid signs point-ing to a reviving domestic economy.

Maruti, majority owned by Japan’s Suzuki MotorCorp, reported net profit of 5.7 billion rupees (123million dollars) in the second financial quarter to 30September, broadly in line with market expectations.

Net sales jumped 47 percent to 70.5 billion rupees.The car manufacturer attributed the profit increase

partly to government stimulus measures aimed atboosting a slowing economy that have put more moneyinto the hands of India’s increasingly affluent middleclass.—Internet

A Maruti Suzuki car is seen at a parking lot at thecity’s main business district in Mumbai in February

2009. India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzukireported on Saturday that its quarterly net profit hadsoared 93 percent year-on-year, amid signs pointing

to a reviving domestic economy.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 25 Oct—It’s a bignumber that only tells part of the story.The number of banks that have failed sofar this year topped 100 on Friday —hitting 106 by the end of the day — themost in nearly two decades. But the trou-ble in the banking system from bad loansand the recession goes even deeper.

Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of otherbanks remain open even though they areas weak as many that have been shut-tered. Regulators are seizing banksslowly and selectively — partly to avoidinciting panic and partly because buyersfor bad banks are hard to find.

Going slow buys time. An economicrecovery could save some banks thatwould otherwise go under. But if the re-covery is slow and smaller banks’ fi-nances get even worse, it could wind upcosting even more.—Internet

MOSCOW, 25 Oct—Russia is out of recessionand its economy willgrow by two percent inthe fourth quarter owingto a rise in oil prices, Fi-nance Minister AlexeiKudrin was quoted assaying on Saturday.

“We now see that the

Russian economy is start-ing to grow... it is out ofrecession,” Kudrin toldthe Interfax news agency.

“In the fourth quarter,we already expect growthabove two percent,mainly due to rising oilprices,” he added.

“As long as oil prices

range between 70 and 80dollars per barrel, therewill be growth,” the fi-nance minister said,claiming any drop offwould be a result of mar-ket “speculation.”

Kudrin said that is whythe government had madeits growth forecasts basedon oil prices remaining at58 to 60 dollars — oil ac-counts for around 60 per-cent of Russia’s total ex-ports.—Internet

Singh, Wen agree bilateral ties beproperly handled

CHA-AM HUA HIN, 25Oct—Meeting in the back-drop of recent recrimina-tions, India’s Prime Minis-ter Man-mohan Singh andhis Chinese counterpartWen Jiabao on Saturdayagreed that bilateral issuesshould be “properly han-dled” through discussionseven as they chose to skirt

the controversy overnortheastern state ofArunachal Pradesh.

The two leaders un-derlined the importance ofbuilding trust, harmonyand better understandingand agreed that neitherside should let differencesact as impediments to thegrowth of their relations.

During the hour-long talks with Wen onthe sidelines of theASEAN-India Summit,Singh said both sidesshould have better under-standing at the politicallevel so that the bilateralrelations are robust andstrengthened.

MNA/PTI

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Tsunami warning lifted after7.3-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia

A train runs near kiangs (Tibetan wild dunkeys) in northwest China’sQinghai Province, on 24 Oct, 2009. The Qinghai-Tibet railway will enter its

4th winter operation after three year’s safety running, which strongly boostedthe economic and social developments in Qinghai and Tibet Autonomous

Region.—XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

JAKARTA, 25 Oct— In-donesia lifted the tsunamiwarning as there were nomajor waves stirred aftera 7.3 magnitude earth-quake struck Indonesia’seastern part of Saumlaki,Maluku Province, on Sat-urday, Indonesian Mete-orology and GeophysicsAgency (BMG) said.

“We have lifted the tsu-nami warning,” an officialof the agency, HendraRahman, told Xinhua overphone.

The quake occurred at21:40 Jakarta time (14.40GMT) with its epicenterat 209 km northwest ofSaumlaki and at a depthof 165 km, the officialsaid. The BMG flashwarning said earlier thatthe earthquake has a po-tential to generate tsu-nami.

The quake was felt upto Papua Province in east-ernmost of Indonesia,said Raharja.

“The quake caused

panics in some areas,” hesaid. The intensity of thequake was felt at 3 to 4MMI (Modified MercallyIntensity) at Tual and Aruislands of Maluku, and at4 MMI at Sorong andFakfak of Papua, he said.

The quake comes asIndonesia has just con-ducted emergency reliefworks at West SumatraProvince following a 7.9magnitude quake thatkilled more than 1,000people.—Xinhua

Customers experience Windows 7, the latest Windows operating system, inBeijing, capital of China, on 25 Oct, 2009. Microsoft Corp launched

Windows 7 in China on Friday. —XINHUA

One dead after shrimp vessel sinksoff Canada Atlantic coast

OTTAWA, 25 Oct—Onebody was found after ashrimp vessel sank offCanada’s Atlantic coast onSaturday, reports reachinghere said.

Three of the four crewmembers were rescued atthe scene of the accident,which is off Fogo Islandon the northeast coast ofNewfoundland.

The ship sank on theocean 65 kilometres north-east of Fogo Island aftersending out emergency inthe morning. A helicopter,a plane and a coast guardvessel were sent out forrescue.

The boat was alreadysunken when the rescuersarrived.

Authorities are investi-gating the cause of thesinking.

Xinhua

Nepal, WHO gearing up anti-fludrive for winter

KATHMANDU, 25 Oct—The Nepali governmentand the World Health Or-ganization (WHO) havefocused on following upa strongly non-pharma-ceutical intervention inview of coming threemonths of winter.

“As other seasonal fluor viral activity also in-creases in the winter sea-son, the possibility of con-centration of viral flucases is high, which

makes the time quite risk-prone for the spread of theA/H1N1,” local newspa-per The Rising Nepal citedJitendraman Shrestha, anofficial at the Departmentof Health Service as say-ing. According to The Ris-

ing Nepal, the Nepali gov-ernment has prepared abroad awareness cam-paign during the winterseason. Some women vol-unteers have already beenmobilized at grass rootlevel.—Xinhua

First Turk dies of A/H1N1 flu

People visit anagricultural machinery

trade fair held atAnhui Exhibition andConference Centre inHefei, capital of east

China’s AnhuiProvince, on 23 Oct,

2009. —XINHUA

ANKARA, 25 Oct—First Turk died ofA/H1N1 flu in the Turk-ish capital of Ankara onSaturday, according to anofficial statement.

The statement issuedby the Turkish HealthMinistry said that the

ministry has been follow-ing the 29-year-old Turkwho stayed in an Ankarahospital after diagnosedwith the A/H1N1 flu.

All the measures weretaken for the treatment ofthe Turk, but he finallydied in the hospital, saidthe statement, adding“this is the first Turk whodied of A/H1N1 flu.”

Istanbul GovernorMuammer Guler said ear-lier that dozens of stu-dents from over 10 differ-ent schools in Istanbulwere tested A/H1N1 posi-tive.—Xinhua

Fourth East Asia Summit opensHUA HIN, (Thailand),

25 Oct—The 4th EastAsia Summit (EAS)opened here on Sunday,where ASEAN(Association of South-East Asian Nations)leaders and theircounterparts from China,Japan, South Korea,India, Australia, and NewZealand met to discussregional cooperationtopics.

According to theofficial summit agenda,the leaders’ discussion

during the meeting willfocus on the direction offuture regionalcooperation and capacitybuilding measures toprepare for various globalchallenges that affect theregion. A possibleoutcome of the EAS isthe Cha-am Hua HinStatement on EASDisaster Management,which was scheduled tobe issued by the leadersafter the meeting.

The statementconcerning EAS Disaster

Management identifiesvarious measures that the16 countries attending theEast Asia Summit willtake to address threatsposed by naturaldisasters, which arebecoming more frequentand more severe, asevident by the recentcatastrophes in the wakeof tropical stormsKetsana and Parma andthe earthquakes inIndonesia, according tothe summit’s agenda.

Xinhua

SHIJIAZHUANG, 25Oct—A Chinese ship hita Belgian cargo vessel ina dock in north China onSaturday evening, causingoil leakage, the local mari-time authority said onSunday.

The Chinese oil sup-plier “Jinyou No 1” hit thestern of the Belgian ves-sel “Lowlands Prosperity”docking at the KuangshiWharf of Caofeidian portarea in Hebei Province atabout 5 pm on Saturday.

The 289-metre-long,45-metre-wide Belgianship had planned to un-

Belgian ship leaking oilin north China

load and get oil refillingat the dock, but the clashcaused damage on the hulland oil leak.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Man asked for jailto escape wife

An Italian man who violated hishouse arrest requested jail to get awayfrom his wife, but the judge sent himback home.

Santo Gambino, 30, who wasarrested for dumping constructionwaste in March, was taken to courtafter he was caught violating hishouse arrest and asked to be given ajail sentence instead to escape hiswife’s “non-stop nagging” at home,the Italian news agency ANSAreported.

However, the judge sent Gambino,who lives outside Palermo on the islandof Sicily, back home on house arrestand ordered him to “try to get along”with his wife.

Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy

A motorized La-Z-Boy chair drivenby Dennis Anderson of Proctor was

operating when he hit a parkedvehicle in August of 2008. Anderson

pleaded guilty to a DWI charg.

A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty todriving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair whiledrunk. A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told policehe left a bar in the northern Minnesotatown of Proctor on his chair after drinkingeight or nine beers.

Prosecutors say Anderson’s bloodalcohol content was 0.29, more than threetimes the legal limit, when he crashed intoa parked vehicle in August 2008. He wasnot seriously injured.

Police said the chair was powered by aconverted lawnmower and had a stereoand cup holders. Sixth Judicial DistrictJudge Heather Sweetland stayed 180 daysof jail time on Monday and ordered twoyears of probation for Anderson. Hisattorney, David Keegan, did notimmediately return a call for comment.

Visitors take picture of a creation ofthe Opera Garnier made of

chocolate by Jean-Luc Decluzeau atthe chocolate fair in Paris.

‘Sweat lodge’ tragedy shines spotlighton ancient ritual

File picture shows tourists in Kenya’s Massai Mara National Park. Twoelderly Britons were killed while on holiday in Kenya, the Foreign Office in

London confirmed on Sunday.— INTERNET

Elderly couple killed on Kenya holiday

A view of the landscape inSedona, Arizona. Thedeath of three people at anArizona spiritual retreathas cast a spotlight on themodern-day popularity ofan ancient Native Ameri-can ritual designed tocleanse the soul and pu-rify the mind.—INTERNET

PHOENIX (Arizona), 25Oct — The death of threepeople at an Arizona spir-itual retreat has cast a spot-light on the modern-daypopularity of an ancientNative American ritual de-signed to cleanse the souland purify the mind.

Police in the spiritualcentre of Sedona are treat-ing the deaths of three peo-ple who collapsed after en-tering a punishing “sweatlodge” as homicide, andare now probing safetyprecautions in the 9 Octo-ber incident.

Roughly 60 peoplepaid self-help guru JamesArthur Ray 9,000 dollarsto go on the retreat in-

Russian airliner lands safely after damage report

volved in the recent trag-edy. As well as three fatali-ties, nearly 20 participantswere hospitalized.

Now workers at someof Sedona’s roughly 80 re-treats, tours, and questsfear the tragedy will tar-nish the reputation ofsweat lodges, where par-ticipants gather around hotstones in a covered under-ground pit.

“That’s one of mygreatest fears,” said EdPreston of the SpiritQuestRetreat Centre in Sedona.Legislation to regulatesweat lodges “would becompletely inappropriate,”he told AFP.

Internet

MOSCOW, 25 Oct — A Russian air-liner with 279 people aboard landedsafely on Saturday in the Russian capi-tal following reports of possible dam-age to its landing gear, an airport spokes-man said.

Oleg Pesko, chief of the VnukovoAirport Press centre, said theVladivostok Avia Airbus A-330 made anon-emergency landing at Vnukovo Air-

port shortly before 11.00 GMT (7 amEDT) with no injuries.

Airport workers in the Pacific coastcity of Vladivostok earlier reported find-ing pieces of aircraft tire on the runwayafter the Airbus took off.

Pesko said that Vladivostok Aviawould investigate whether it was theAirbus’ tires that had been damaged.

Internet

LONDON, 25 Oct — Anelderly couple were killedwhile on holiday in Kenya,the Foreign Office con-firmed on Sunday.

Norman Joel, 70, andhis wife Rita, 67, werestabbed several times dur-ing a suspected robbery inthe port city of Mombasa,The Mail on Sunday said.

The deaths were re-ported to the British HighCommission (embassy) inKenya on 15 October.

“We can confirm thedeaths of two British na-tionals in Mombasa,Kenya,” a Foreign Officespokeswoman told AFP.

“We can confirm oneBritish national as NormanJoel.

“A police investigationis underway and as part ofthat a post-mortem wasconducted on 20 October.There are no further detailson the cause of death at thisstage.

“We are in contact withthe family and will be keep-ing them updated on infor-mation we receive from theKenyan authorities.”

Norman Joel’s brotherJack said: “All they wantedto do was enjoy the sun-shine, lie on the beach andsoak up the local culture.

“We are all absolutelyshocked and so upset,” hesaid, according to TheMail on Sunday.

Internet

A young man performs artisticjumps on his BMX bike at the

former Ewald coal mine in Herten,Germany.

Man waiting for busrobbed of cash, chicken

dinnerTransit police in Cleveland said a

man waiting for a bus was attackedby four men who took money and hischicken dinner. Greater ClevelandRegional Transit Authority policesay the 64-year-old victim wastreated for minor injuries followingthe incident earlier this month on thecity’s east side. Investigators areasking for tips that will lead them tosuspects.

The man had just bought thechicken and was waiting for a bus totake him home for dinner. Policesaid his assailants made off with thefood and $17.

Actors perform in a cosplayshow during the openingceremony of a cartoon crea-tive industry fair held inWuhu, east China’s AnhuiProvince. The 2nd China In-ternational Cartoon Crea-tive Industry Fair kicked offat Wuhu International Ex-hibition Centre on Friday,attracting 238 enterprisesand organizations from

home and abroad.

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Kyungon Bridge opened…(from page 16)

the bridge. Then, the com-mander and the ministercordially greeted thosepresent.

The upper frame ofthe bridge is steel suspen-sion and the foundation isof RCD pile type. Thebridge is 500 feet long with13 feet and 3 inches widemotorway. It can with-stand 18 tons of loads.

Kyungon Bridge is the231st of 180 feet and aboveones in the nation built byPublic Works. It is the 46th

bridge in Ayeyawady Di-vision.

With the advent of the

bridge, marine productsand rice from AyeyawadyDivision can be trans-ported to Chin State andSagaing Division byPathein-Monywa road, toKachin State by Monywa-Shwebo-Myitkyina roadand to other parts of thenation. So, economic, so-cial, health and educationsectors of the region willimprove more and more.

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YANGON, 25 Oct—The respect paying ceremony of old students ofInstitute of Medicine-2 (1st MB students in 1985, 86, 87 and 91 academic years)will be held on 26 December.

Those wishing to make donations may contact Dr Aung Naing Win, Tel:098020079, Dr Lwin Han, Tel: 095020116, Dr Khaing Mar Myint, Tel: 01-535774, Dr Khin Khin Soe, Tel: 095131217, Dr Moe Aung, Tel: 095152671, DrSoe Tun, Tel: 095041934, Dr Maung Maung Latt, Tel: 095007249, Dr MyintMyat Tun, Tel: 095021718 and other executives.

MNA

Old students of IM-2 to hold respectpaying ceremony on 26 December

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct—Nay Pyi Taw TatkonGeneral Hospital organized the township-level furtherclarification to community-based surveillance of mea-sles at its assembly hall on 30 September.

Township medical officer Dr Aung Ngwe San

Surveillance of measles clarifiedmade detailed explanation about the project.

Present on the occasion were departmental heads,social organizations, and staff of the Department ofHealth.

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YANGON, 25 Oct — Organized by Ministry ofEducation, 6th ceremony to pay respects to teachers tomark the World Teachers Day was held at SangyoungNo. 2 Basic Education High School in SangyoungTownship today.

Director-General of the No.1 Basic EducationDepartment U Kyaw Thu supplicated on purpose ofholding the respect paying ceremony.

Directors-general, retired directors-general andofficials presented gifts to the teachers and paidrespects to them.

On behalf of the teachers, retired directors-general U Than Oo and U Tin Pe said prayers and theceremony ended. — MNA

6th ceremony to payrespects to teachersheld to mark World

Teachers Day

Tobacco Kills Director-General of BED No.1 U Kyaw Thu supplicates on purpose of holding respect payingceremony.—EDUCATION

Minister forConstruction Maj-Gen Khin Maung

Myint gives speech atinauguration

ceremony of KyungonBridge.

CONSTRUCTION

South-West Command Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe addressesinauguration ceremony of Kyungon Bridge.—CONSTRUCTION

Basic Food and BeverageCourse concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 25Oct—With a view to pro-moting service industry,the Ministry of Hotels andTourism organized BasicFood and BeverageCourse in Nay Pyi TawHotel Zone. The courseconcluded on 23 October.

It was attended byMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen Soe

Naing, Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Aye MyintKyu, departmentalheads, managers of ho-tels in Nay Pyi Taw Ho-tel Zone, principals ofTourism TrainingSchools (Yangon andMandalay), instructors,trainees and staff.

Minister Maj-GenSoe Naing spoke on the

occasion and awarded out-standing trainees. Thedeputy minister and de-partmental heads pre-sented completion certifi-cates to trainees.

The four-week coursewas attended by 51 train-ees, 40 of which were staffof hotels from Nay PyiTaw Hotal Zone.

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Victorious Myanmar archeryteam arrives back

YANGON, 25 Oct—The Myanmar archeryteam that took part inthe 5th Asian ArcheryGrand Prix held inDhaka of Bangladeshfrom 19 to 25 Octoberarrived here by air this

morning.The team was wel-

comed back at Yangon In-ternational Airport byHonorary President ofMyanmar Archery Fed-eration Dr Khin Shwe andexecutives, athletes of

MAF and MyanmarSwimming Federation andrelatives.

The Myanmar teamsecured two gold, one sil-ver and three bronze med-als in the grand prix.

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 25Oct—Minister forIndustry-1 U AungThaung on 22 Octoberinspected tasks ofPakokku Textile Factoryand thriving Ngwechi-6long staple cotton

YANGON, 25 Oct—Acoordination meeting onworks for developmentof traditional medicineswas held at theDepartment of MedicalResearch (LowerMyanmar) on ZiwakaRoad in Dagon Townshiphere this morning, withan address by DeputyMinister for Health DrPaing Soe.

Director (Research)Dr Thaw Zin gave anaccount on history oftraditional Myanmarmedicines, developmentof traditional medicines,human resources fortraditional Myanmarmedicines, researches ontraditional medicineswhich was followed byconcluding remarks of thedeputy minister.

The meeting wasparticipated by memberphysicians of TraditionalMedicine Council, themedical superintendent ofTraditional MedicineHospital (Yangon) andresearchers.

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YANGON, 25 Oct—APress Conference was heldat Central Hotel here thisafternoon to introduceDagon Bio-Disc PassedWater Factory Manager UKyaw Tun of DagonBeverage Factory andManaging Director UKyaw Htoo Aung of TunThit Oo Companyexplained facts about BioDisc Passed Water.

The Bio-Disc con-tributes to body’sresistance, purification ofblood, physical enduranceand better concentration.

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct—Prize presentationceremony for theoutstanding Red Crossmembers was held at thehall of Myanmar MedicalAssociation inChanayethazan Townshipin Mandalay on 9 Octoberwith an opening speechby Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of Central

Commander attends ceremony to honouroutstanding Red Cross members

Command Maj-Gen TinNgwe. Next, thecommander awarded theoutstanding members ofthe Red Cross Society.

Next, the commanderattended the ceremony ofhanding over of the newbuilding of BasicEducation Middle Schoolin Chinthelet Village inNgazun Township.

The commander alsoattended the opening

ceremony of the Ngazundigital auto exchange andopened it.

After that, thecommander viewedmonsoon groundnutplantation at Sikaungvillage and Ngwechi-6 longstaple cotton plantationand monsoon paddyplantation in Phayahtoovillage of Ywathitvillage-tract in NgazunTownship.—MNA

Coord meeting on works for development of traditional medicines held

Industry-1 Minister looks into factoriesin Pakokku

plantation of the factoryin Pakokku.

Chairman ofMyanmar IndustrialDevelopment Commi-ttee Minister U AungThaung looked intomanufacturing motor-

cycles of Yoma Yaza CoLtd and Chindwin NagaCo Ltd in PakokkuIndustrial Zone.

Yesterday, the ministerinspected Salingyi TextileFactory.

MNA

YANGON, 25Oct—Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen LunThi yesterday inspectedfueling the gas at No. 019Sawbwagyigon CNGfilling station and No.040 Mayangon station

Energy Minister inspects CNG stationsunder Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise.

Next, the ministercalled for filling CNG gas

pressure in full andworksite safety andcordially greeted thedrivers.—MNA

Dagon Bio-Disc PassedWater launched

Bio-Disc Passed Watercan be consumed togetherwith any food ormedicines. It has no sideeffects and can beconsumed daily likeordinary drinking water.It can also be used forpreservation of vegetablesand fruits.

Tun Thit Oo Companydistributes Bio-DiscPassed Water along withDagon purified DrinkingWater and those wishingto sell the products underfranchise may contact TunThit Oo Company(Yangon), at Room. 11,Building No. 270, 6th YanAung Street, No. 2 Ward,Yankin Township, Ph;095103827, 095188718,556584, 556572, Ext, 160,Mandalay Branch, atNo.559 on 26th Streetbetween 91st Street and 92nd

Street, ChanayethazanTownship, Ph; 095002594,092024731, 02-21965,Dagon Beverage Factory,No.335/349, U WisaraRoad, SangyongTownship. —MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe addresses ceremony to honouroutstanding RC members.—MNA

Minister U Aung Thaung inspects Pakokku Textile Factory.—INDUSTRY-1

Deputy Minister Dr Paing Soe addresses coordination meeting onworks for development of traditional medicines.—HEALTH

Managing Director U Kyaw Htoo Aung explains facts about Dagon Bio-Disc Passed Water.—MNA

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Commander inspectsmaize plantation

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct—Chairman of Shan State(North) Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut,on 19 October, inspected drying, thrashing andsystematic packaging of maize at maize plantation inManmaw village of Lashio Township.

The Commander later inspected rubber planta-tions near Manpyein village and tea plantations nearNarlyan village.—MNA

Sports Minister watchesMyanmar-Thai Challenge

FightYANGON, 25 Oct—Chairman of Myanmar

Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint watched 2nd Myanmar-Thai Tradi-tional Challenge Fight 2009 at National Indoor Sta-dium (1) in Thuwunna here yesterday evening.

The minister then addressed the opening of34th Inter-State/Division Chess Tournament at AungSan Gymnasium this morning.

Later, the minister opened the tournament bymaking the first move.—MNA

17th Performing Arts Competitions continue for eighth day

NAY PYI TAW, 25Oct—The 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competi-tions continued for the

song contest and 12 con-testants in the basic edu-cation level (aged 15 and20) men's old and modernsong contest.

At the convocationhall of University of Vet-erinary Science, 5 con-testants competed in thenarration contest(Kwetseik) for TemiyaDrama at the amateurlevel (first class).

At No 7 Transit Cen-tre, 10 contestants partici-pated in the higher educa-tion level men’s and wom-en's song composing con-test.

At the lecture hall ofUniversity of Agricul-ture, 7 contestants com-peted in the higher edu-cation level men's xylo-phone contest and 4 con-testants in the basic edu-cation level (aged be-tween 15 and 20) girls’xylophone contest.

At the assembly hallof Agriculture ResearchDepartment, 4 contestantsparticipated in the ama-teur level (first class)Donmin contest, 3 con-testants in the basic edu-cation level (aged between10 and 15) boys' Donmincontest and 2 contestantsin the basic education level(aged between 15 and 20)boys’ Donmin contest.

At the hall of ForestResearch, 6 contestantscompeted in the basic edu-cation level (aged 10 and15) boys' violin contest, 6contestants in the basiceducation level (aged be-tween 10 and 15) girls’violin contest and 4 con-

testants in the amateurlevel (first class) men’sviolin contest.

At the hall of Agri-culture Research Depart-ment, 3 contestants par-ticipated in the basic edu-cation level (aged be-tween 5 and 10) girls' or-

eighth day at the desig-nated places here, today.

Among the audiencewere Minister for LabourU Aung Kyi, Attorney-General U Aye Maung,Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan TunAung, Deputy Minister forLabour Brig-Gen Tin TunAung, Member of CivilService Selection andTraining Board U WinAung, the secretary of thework committee andmembers, subcommitteemembers, members ofpanel of judges (central)and judges from states anddivisions, contestants andsupervisors.

At the assembly hallof University of Agricul-ture, altogether 10 contest-ants participated in theamateur level (first class)women's old and modern

A&I Minister receives Charge d’ Affaires ai of US Embassy

NAY PYI TAW, 25Oct—Minister for Agri-culture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Ooreceived Charge d’Affaires ai Mr Larry MDinger of Embassy of theUnited States of Americato the Union of Myanmarat his office here yester-day afternoon.

Also present on theoccasion were officials ofdepartments and enter-prises under the ministry.

MNA

chestra (solo) contest, 5contestants in the highereducation level women'sorchestra (solo) contestand 3 contestants in theamateur level (first class)women’s orchestra(solo).

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Charge d’ Affaires ai Mr Larry MDinger of Embassy of the United States of America.—MNA

Minister U Aung Kyi and Attorney-General U Aye Maung watchingperformance of contestants.—MNA

Maung Ko Ko Aung from AyeyawadyDivision in song composing contest.

MNA

Ma Thiri Thant Sin from Ayeyawady Divisionin solo orchestra contest.—MNA

Maung Aung Si Min Htet fromYangon

Division in Donmin contest.

MNA

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YCDC striving for supply of potable water to dwellersArticle & Photos: Reporter Than Swe (Pabedan)

Massive structures for purifying water seen at water supply station No. 1+2 in Dagon Myothit(South) Township.

Construction of water collector well, water filtering tank and watertanks seen in progress at the site of Yangon City Water Supply Project

(Ngamoeyeik).

RC water pipelines being laid with the use of heavy machinery tosupply water to Hlinethaya Township from Water Supply Project

(Thebyu).

Nowadays, theYangon City Develop-ment Committee is dailysupplying 95 million gal-lons of clean drinkingwater to downtownYangon, suburban town-ships and satellite townsthrough Gyobyu, Phugyiand Hlawga reservoirsand tube-wells of YCDC.

With the farsighted-ness, the government hadgiven instructions forseeking water sources.The Yangon City Devel-opment Committee im-plemented the first phaseof Yangon City WaterSupply Project(Ngamoeyeik) com-mencing in April 2004.Due to concerted effortsof the officials, a total of45 million gallons of po-table water had been sup-plied to the dwellers since25 December 2005.

The YCDC contin-ued the implementationof the second phase of the

project. While imple-menting the project, Headof Engineering Depart-ment (Water and Sanita-tion) Dr Tun Than Tun,Deputy Head of Depart-ment Engineer U SeinWin and Head of BranchEngineer U Myo Theinlaunched the water sup-ply project No. 1 on 5November 2008 and theproject No. 2 on 8 April

2009 in Dagon Myothit(South) Township in ac-cord with the assignmentof Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin with the aim ofsupplying more potablewater to the locations thatare far from the main wa-ter pipeline.

The ferrous metal isleft from the water beingpumped out from twowater supply stations inDagon Myothit (South)Township. And, both sta-tions are supplying twomore million gallons ofclean drinking water to thewater supply areas of thetownship.

Likewise, tube-wellswere sunk in some subur-ban townships, and thewater purified is beingadded into the water pipe-lines.

YCDC is striving foravailability of drinkingwater applying variousways and means. In thisregard, Engineering De-

partment (Water and Sani-tation) is sinking the ra-dial collector well in thecompound of staff quar-ters of Development Af-fairs Police Force at thecorner of Hanthawady andBaho Roads in KamayutTownship. The task ofsinking the well will becompleted soon.

On completion, onemillion gallons of potable

water will be supplied toKamayut, Sangyoung andKyimyindine Townshipsdaily.

At present, the YCDCis implementing the sec-

ond phase of Yangon CityWater Supply Project(Ngamoeyeik) and it willcomplete by the end ofyear 2010. Now, the con-struction of radial collec-tor tank, filtering tank andwater storage tank will befinished soon, accordingto Project Manager of theproject Assistant Head ofDepartment Engineer UKan Myint. On comple-

tion of the second phase, atotal of 90 million gallonsof water including watervolume of the first phasecan be supplied to thedwellers daily.

Concrete Pipe FactoryManager Assistant Headof Department EngineerU Khin Maung Phu saidthat the factory of YCDCin Phawgan Ward in InseinTownship is manufactur-ing 10-inch, 16-inch, 24-inch, 36-inch and 60-inchdiameter reinforced con-crete pipes with the three-shift labour of workers.

Moreover, YCDC is

implementing the watersupply project (Thebyu)in Thebyu Village ofHtantabin Township ofYangon Division with aview to enabling the localpeople of HlinethayaTownship to have pota-ble water.

A 100,000-gallon-ca-pacity radial collectortank has been completedat the construction site ofthe project. In addition,the project has built a sub-power station, installedpower lines and sunk six10-inch tube-wells. Atpresent, the construction

tasks of water tanks andwater pumping stationwill complete soon.

Moreover, the rein-forced concrete waterpipelines stretching 4.9miles from the water sup-ply project (Thebyu) toHlinethaya Townshiphave been laid by 80 percent.

As such, the potablewater can be supplied toHlinethaya Townshipthrough the water supplyproject (Thebyu) in com-ing November.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 26-9-2009

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SCIENCE DAILY, 25Oct— Keeping track oftime is one of the brain’smost important tasks. Asthe brain processes theflood of sights and soundsit encounters, it must also

SCIENCE DAILY, 25Oct—Young animalstreated with commonly-prescribed drugs dev-elopbehavioral abnormalities inadulthood say rese-archersat Georgetown UniversityMedical Center.

The drugs testedinclude those used to treatepilepsy, mood disordersand pain.GUMCneuroscientists and othershave previously shown thatneurons die after thesedrugs are administered toimmature preclinicalanimal models. They saythe regions of the brainwhere this drug-inducedcell death takes place areimportant in the regulationof mood, cognition, andmove-ment. In theresearch presented at the39th annual meeting of theSociety for Neu-roscience, the scientistsexamined if behavioralfunction would be affectedby the drugs.

Using behavioral teststo detect characteristics ofautism and schizophrenia,the researchers found thatwhen given to infant rats,the drugs causedbehavioral abnormalitieslater in life. What's more,the abnormalities were notlimited to the drugs known

People arrive to eatbreakfast at the Sydney

Harbour Bridge inSydnay, a city of

Australia, on 25 Oct,2009.—INTERNET

Time-keeping brain neuronsdiscovered

Keeping track of time isone of the brain’s most

important tasks.—INTERENT

remember when each eventoccurred. But

how does thathappen? How does yourbrain recall that youbrushed your teeth beforeyou took a shower, andnot the other way around?

For decades,neuroscientists havetheorized that the brain"time stamps" events asthey happen, allowing usto keep track of where weare in time and when pastevents occurred.However, they couldn'tfind any evidence thatsuch time stamps reallyexisted -- until now. AnMIT team led by Institute

Professor Ann Graybielhas found groups ofneurons in the primatebrain that code time withextreme precision. “Allyou do is time stampeverything, and thenrecalling events is easy:you go back and lookthrough your time stampsuntil you see which onesare correlated with theevent,” she says. Thatkind of precise timingcontrol is critical foreveryday tasks such asdriving a car or playingthe piano, as well askeeping track of pastevents.

Internet

SCIENCE DAILY, 25 Oct—Investigating mysteriousdata in ultracold gases of rubidium atoms, scientists at theJoint Quantum Institute of the National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST) and the University ofMaryland and their collaborators have found that properlytuned radio-frequency waves can influence how muchthe atoms attract or repel one another, opening up newways to control their interactions.As the authors report inan upcoming issue of Physical Review A, the radio-frequency (RF) radiation could serve as a second “knob,”in addition to the more traditionally used magnetic fields,for controlling how atoms in an ultracold gas interact. Justas it is easier to improve reception on a home radio by bothelectronically tuning the frequency on the receiver andmechanically moving the antenna, having two independentknobs for influencing the interactions in atomic gasescould produce richer and more exotic arrangements ofultracold atoms than ever before.

Previous experiments with ultracold gases, includingthe creation of Bose-Einstein condensates, have controlledatoms by using a single knob -- traditionally, magneticfields. These fields can tune atoms to interact strongly orweakly with their neighbors, pair up into molecules, oreven switch the interactions from attractive to repulsive.

Internet

In the sequence of green arrows, a pair of ultracoldgas atoms collides, briefly forms a molecule, and fliesapart, in the presence of an external magnetic field

(not shown) that influences this process.—INTERNET

Physicists turn to radio dialfor finer atomicmatchmaking

Could drugs for mooddisorders, pain and epilepsycause psychiatric disorders

later in life?to cause neuronal celldeath. “That is ofparticular concern becausesome of the drugs maypredispose to psychiatricdisorders later in life,”says lead author PatrickForcelli, a graduatestudent in theInterdisciplinary Programin Neuro-science atGUMC. “At the sametime, our studies identifyspecific drugs that causelittle or no long-termbehavioral impairment.”Forcelli says additionalresearch will helpphysicians to better selectdrugs to treat epilepsy,mood disorders or pain ininfants and pregnantwomen.

Internet

SCIENCE DAILY, 25Oct —A new study foundthat chronic alcoholconsumption reduces thenumber of new braincells that form in thehippocampus ofadolescent rhesusmonkeys. This findingsuggests these cells arevulnerable to alcohol andtheir presence may beessential for preventing

Chronic voluntary alcohol consumption impairsneurogenesis

alcohol dependence.Thefin-dings were presentedat Neuroscience 2009,the annual meeting of theSociety for Neuro-science and the world'slargest source ofemerging news aboutbrain science and health.

“We’ve found apotential mechanism foralcohol's harmful effectson the hippocampus and

other brain regionsassociated with executivefunction and memory,”said Chitra Mandyam,PhD, of the ScrippsResearch Institute in SanDiego and lead author ofthe study. “This may leadto more effectivemedications for helpingalcoholics overcome theiraddiction.”

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Pilots fly planes performing aerobatics during theopening ceremony of The China International AirSports Fiesta held in Xueye Tourist Area in Laiwu

City, east China’s Shandong Province, 24 Oct,2009.—XINHUA

TOKYO, 25 Oct—Regular charter flights officiallylaunched Sunday between Tokyo’s Hanedainternational airport and Beijing Capital InternationalAirport. In the opening ceremony at Haneda airport,Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai voicedhis hope that exchanges between the two nations inareas of commerce, trade and tourism will be furtherbroadened with the launch of the new route.

Four direct flights, run by Japan Airlines (JAL),All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Air China, will betraveling every day between the two airports.

Beijing Capital International Airport has thusbecome the second airport in the Chinese mainlandthat has direct flights with Heneda airport since thosewere launched with Shanghai Hongqiao Airport inSeptember 2007.

Xinhua

Regular flights launchedbetween Tokyo Haneda, Beijing

capital airports

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A man

performs

with his

horse

during an

exhibition

at the

horse’s

Show in

El Jadida

on 23 Oct,

2009.

XINHUA

A worker collects grapes during the harvest in thevineyards located in the ruins of ancient Pompeirecently, Italy’s 2009 wine vintage will be gener-

ally very good, but output will be lower thanexpected because of unusually hot weather

followed by torrential rain, the national associa-tion of growers said on Saturday.—INTERNET

A woman plays harp at the pavilion showing a luxury interior at the MoscowMillionaire Fair 2009 on , recently. Despite its show-boat extravagance, Mos-cow’s top annual luxury fair was morose on opening night as champagne-sippingparty goers complained of a hangover from the global financial crisis.—INTERNET

7-year-old China boy diesof flu, pneumonia

HARBIN, 25 Oct—A seven-year-old boy in north-east China’s Heilongjiang Province died of seasonalinfluenza and severe pneumonia Friday, local healthauthorities confirmed on Saturday. The A/H1N1 strainwas found in the flu viruses infected the first grader atYingjun Primary School in Suihua City, a provincialhealth bureau official said.

But it was not yet known if the A/H1N1 flu was themain cause for the boy’s death. The A/H1N1 flu hasearlier caused two deaths in the country — an 18-year-old woman in Tibet who died on 4 October, and a 43-year-old woman who died on 16 October in Tibet’sneighbouring province of Qinghai.—MNA/Xinhua

Sixth China-ASEAN expocloses, bringing closer ties NANNING, 25 Oct—The five-day 6th China-ASEAN

(Association of South-East Asian Nations) Expo closedwith fruitful economic and trade cooperation, an offi-cial with the organizing comittee announced here onSaturday. The Expo, held from Tuesday to Saturdayin Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, had been “pratical and effective”,according to Chen Wu, Vice Co-chair and SecretaryGeneral of the China-ASEAN Expo Organizing Com-mittee, and also Guangxi’s Vice Governor.

As of 4 pm on Saturday, total trade volume at theExpo hit 1.65 billion US dollars, up 3.8 percent overlast year’s event, while 136 cross-border investmentprojects had been signed with investment up 1.19 per-cent from last year to 6.44 billion US dollars, Chen saidat the closing ceremony of the Expo.—MNA/Xinhua

India offers to share satellite datawith ASEAN countries

Bulgaria seizesnearly 79 kilos

of heroin SOFIA, 25 Oct—Cus-

toms inspectors seized78.86 kilos of heroin onSaturday at the “KapitanAndreevo” checkpoint onthe border with Turkey,announced the Press cen-tre of the Regional Cus-toms Agency in the coun-try’s second largest city ofPlovdiv.

The heroin has beendiscovered after thecheckup of “Citroen” au-tomobile with Germantags travelling from Tur-key to Germany.

The drug has been hid-den in a special chamberunderneath the car’s floorand divided in 152 pack-ages. The value is esti-mated at ten million leva(about 7.69 million USdollars), but the pricewould triple on the blackmarket, the CustomsAgency explains.

MNA/Xinhua

CHA-AM HUA HIN, 25Oct—India on Saturdayoffered to help South-EastAsian nations in manage-ment of natural disastersby sharing satellite data forthe region and launchsmall satellites built bythem.

“We would be ready toshare satellite data for

management of naturaldisasters, launch smallsatellites and scientificinstruments and payloadsfor experiments inremote sensing and com-munication for spaceagencies and academicinstitutions in ASEANcountries,” India’s PrimeMinister Manmohan

Singh said here. He was addressing the

Seventh India-ASEANSummit in this scenic Thaibeach resort town with the10-member Associationof South-East Asian Na-tions (ASEAN). The In-dian Space Research Cen-tre (ISRO) has one of thelargest constellation of ad-vanced remote sensing sat-ellites in the world whichorbit the earth at regularintervals.— MNA/PTI

Eight infected with rareform of typhus

near US LA LOS ANGELES, 25 Oct—Eight people near

Los Angeles have been infected with a rareform of typhus that is spread by fleas, authoritiesannounced on Saturday. Of the eight people whocontracted the disease, five were male. Patients’ agesranged from less than 1 year old to 59 years old,according to the Los Angeles County Department ofPublic Health.

MNA/Xinhua

US failed to end Israeli-Palestinian division on talksRAMALLAH, 25 Oct—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said

the United States failed to bridge the partition between Israel and the Palestiniansover stalled peace process.

The recent US bilateral discussions between the Palestinian National Authority(PNA) and Israel “did not succeed in bringing the positions of the two sides closerto resume the peace negotiations,” Abbas said in a session for the PalestinianCentral Council (PCC) in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The negotiations have stopped when Israel started a military offensive in Gazalast winter and Abbas refused to renew them because Israeli hawkish PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu, who took office in early April, did not stopsettlement expansions on occupied Palestinian territories.

MNA/Xinhua

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Women, teenagers seek arsenic-free water

Most allergy patientscan get flu shots

Kota Tokuda, one of the drivers of the Tokai Challenger solar vehicle developedby Tokai University of Japan, cleans the solar panels ahead of the start of the2009 Global Green Challenge at the state square in Darwin on 25 Oct, 2009.The event from Darwin to Adelaide highlights the environmentally friendly

production of alternative fuels,hybrid and experimental vehicles.—INTERNET

People walk on Glacier Chacaltaya in the Andes mountains in Bolivia, on 24Oct, 2009. Glacier Chacaltaya was famous for being the world’s highest ski

run but since the mid-90s has not had enough snow for skiing. Protesters helda demonstration on the glacier to call attention to climate change.—INTERNET

KOLKATA, 25 Oct—Women and teenagers liv-ing on the India-Bangla-desh border are becomingarsenic experts in a questto find cleaner water, ascientist in Kansas says.

The women and teen-agers are given testing kitsand information abouthow sediment traits, suchas colour and texture, canindicate arsenic contami-nation, said SaugataDatta, who teaches geol-

ogy at Kansas State Uni-versity.

“We are targeting thewomen and children 13 to15 years old because theyare the most availablepeople, more so than themen of the family,” Dattasaid. “These women arenot formally educated, butwhen it comes to this typeof suffering, they have ahuge voice and they canreally articulate the mes-sage very clearly to their

neighbours and their ownfamilies.”

Through the research,Datta is trying to under-stand why and how natu-rally occurring arsenicseeps into groundwater inthe region, the universitysaid in a release on Friday.The effects of arsenic buildup in the body over time,causing skin lesions, can-cer, paralysis and organfailure, he said.

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Genes not destiny for heart disease

Protein helps plantssurvive drought

Long-time cell phoneusers at risk

EDMONTON, 25 Oct—Lifestyle may trump ge-netics when it comes toheart disease, a Canadianresearcher suggests.

Dr Robert Hegele ofthe Heart and StrokeFoundation of Canadasays for about 5 percentof heart patients, the ef-fect of genetics is sostrong there is little thancan be done via lifestyle,but that 95 percent canoverride genes by follow-ing a healthy lifestyle.

“Even if you’ve beendealt a bad hand of genes,it’s not a life sentence formost people,” Hegele, di-rector of the Martha GBlackburn Cardiovascu-lar Genetics Laboratory atRobarts Research Insti-tute in Edmonton, Al-berta, says in a statement.

“Simple actions — ba-sic things like smokingcessation, following ahealthy diet and physicalactivity — are the key tooverturning genetic pre-

disposition.”Hegele tracks down

unique gene mutationsthat predispose people toheart disease risk factorssuch as high cholesterol,high blood pressure.

It’s ironic that it tookhigh-tech findings fromthe Human GenomeProject to point us to thesimple low-tech solutionof following the advicemoms have been givingfor years, Hegele said.

Internet

LONDON, 25 Oct—Long-term cell phone us-ers face a higher risk ofdeveloping brain tumorslater in life, researchers inBritain warn.

The risks were identi-fied in a landmark dec-ade-long study by theWorld Health Organiza-tion, The Daily Telegraphreported on Saturday.

The study, which sur-veyed the cell phone hab-its of 12,8000 people in13 countries, found a“significantly increasedrisk” of brain tumorsamong people who hadused cell phones for 10years or longer, ElisabethCardis, the head of thestudy told the Telegraph.

Cell phone use by chil-dren should be restricted,Cardis said, adding shedoes not advocate ban-ning cell phones for chil-dren because of their im-portance in emergenciesand in maintaining con-tact with parents.

Adults should moder-ate their use and reducedirect contact with thephone via wireless eardevices, headsets andother hands-free kits, au-thorities said.

A representative of theMobile Operators Asso-ciation said more than 30other scientific surveysfound no adverse healtheffects from cell phoneuse.

Internet

A flooded building is seen in Encarnacion, a city of south Paraguay, on 24Oct, 2009. Heavy rains hit Paraguay these days and caused flood in many

areas. — XINHUA

LA JOLLA, 25 Oct— Ahormone-sensing proteinthat helps plants survivedry spells and droughtcould yield clues to im-prove crops worldwide,scientists in La Jolla,Calif, said.

When a drought-toler-ant plant detects dry con-ditions, a plant proteincalled PYR1 synthesizesa hormone knows asabscisic acid, scientists atthe Scripps Research In-

stitute said.Plants under the influ-

ence of the hormone be-gin to conserve water byclosing microscopic poresto stop water loss andcausing more seeds to liedormant.

“Abscisic acid triggersan array of plant drought-tolerance mechanisms,”said co-investigator JulianSchroeder of the Univer-sity of California, SanDiego.—Internet

FREDERICKSBURG, 25Oct—Some allergy pa-tients who could benefitfrom the H1N1 vaccinemay needlessly avoid itdue to confusion, a Vir-ginia allergist suggests.

Dr Peter R Smith, anallergist and clinicalimmunologist with Al-lergy Partners of Fre-dericksburg, Va., said thereis a lot of misunderstand-ing about whether peoplewith food allergies, espe-cially egg allergies, canreceive flu vaccines.

“This is because fluvaccines contain a numberof components, one ofwhich is egg protein,”Smith says in a statement.

“The vast majority ofpatients with egg allergyand/or suspected sensitiv-ity to other components ofthe vaccine can be vacci-nated following an evalu-ation by an allergist. Evenpatients who have experi-enced adverse reactions tovaccines in the past can

often be inoculated safelyusing allergy guidelines.”

The allergy guidelinesare outlined in the Octobersupplement to the Annalsof Allergy, Asthma & Im-munology.

Smith also stronglyurges asthma patients toreceive H1N1 flu and sea-sonal flu vaccination assoon as possible since theyare among the high-riskgroups for developing se-vere complications frominfluenza.

However, asthmaticsand anyone living withthem should avoid the na-sal spray. The nasal sprayvaccine is a live, weakenedstrain of influenza that hasthe potential to trigger res-piratory symptoms in asth-matics and individualswho are immuno-compro-mised.

These individuals,along with their familymembers, should receivethe injectable vaccine,Smith says.—Internet

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Bacsinszky, Lisicki to clashin Luxembourg final

Real Madrid draws awaywhile Atletico fails against

9-man Mallorca MADRID, 25 Oct—Real Madrid could only pick up

a point away to Sporting Gijon following a 1-1 drawon Saturday night. Without injured strikers KarimBenzema, Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo,Real lacked a cutting edge on a rain swept night in thenorth of Spain.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side will point to a goal fromRaul that was disallowed for offside, when TV replaysshowed it to have been legal, but the fact is that thebig spending team never outclassed a battling Sport-ing eleven.

Atletico Madrid meanwhile flopped dismally just24 hours after the sacking of Abel Resino as first teamcoach. With new coach Quique Sanchez Flores watch-ing from the stands and Abel’ s former assistant SantiDenia directing affairs from the dugout, Atletico pro-duced another poor display, drawing 1-1 against aMallorca side that played with 10 men from the 26thminute and with just nine from the 52nd.— Xinhua

Wenger still as hungry as everafter landmark birthday

Sampdoria keep pace with Interas top two win

Inter Milan’s midfielder WesleySneijder (R) fights for the ball withCatania’s midfielder Pablo Martìn

Ledesma during their Italian serie Afootball match at San Siro stadium

in Milan.—INTERNET

Arsene Wenger,manager of Arsenal

Stoke City’sGlenn Whelan

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PremierLeague foot-ball match atWhite Hart

Lane inLondon.INTERNET

Lennon spared Redknappwrath after Stoke setback

LONDON, 25 Oct—Harry Redknapp refused toblame Aaron Lennon’s attitude for Tottenham’s 1-0loss to Stoke after the winger’s decision to limp offthrough injury helped dent the Londoners’ fine startto the season.

Spurs were being frustrated by the Potters at WhiteHart Lane on Saturday when Lennon limped to thesidelines with an ankle problem and asked to gooff.Redknapp, his manager, had already used his fullcomplement of strikers and was seen to ask Lennonto reconsider, but the winger maintained he was tooinjured to carry on.

Tottenham duly played the last 15 minutes with10 men and Stoke capitalised on their numerical ad-vantage to plunder a late winner through GlennWhelan, shredding their opponents’ chances of plac-ing pressure on Chelsea and Manchester United atthe top of the English Premier League. Redknappopted for diplomacy when asked about Lennon’s de-cision.

Internet

Brazilian U-17 coach admitsdifficulty in beating Japan

LAGOS, 25 Oct—Brazil’s under-17 coach LuizNizzo on Saturday admitted that the Japanese teamgave them a tough test despite the 3-2 defeat. “Weknew the Japanese would play at a fast pace but itwas annoying that we could not break them down,”Nizzo told a post-match press conference.

Nizzo said he was also annoyed when his defend-ers allowed Japan’s Kenyu Sugimoto to beat three ofthem to grab the 84th minute equalizer.”Our qualityis that we never give up and that gave us the winninggoal in added time, although it was an own goal bythe Japanese goalkeeper,” he said.

Xinhua

ROME, 25 Oct—Inter Milan main-tained their two point lead overSampdoria at the Serie A summit as thetop two both won on Saturday. Intereased to a 2-1 victory at home toCatania while Antonio Cassano in-spired Sampdoria to a 4-1 thumping oflowly Bologna.

It means Inter lead with 22 pointsafter nine matches with Sampdoriaopening up a five-point gap between

them and the rest, although that couldbe cut to two if either Fiorentina orJuventus win on Sunday. Inter wereanything but spectacular against theSicilians but their superiority was clearto see as they put the game to bed byhalf-time.

“I’m happy with the way we playedin the first half and the way we foughtin the second half,” said Inter boss JoseMourinho. “Obviously it’s never easyafter a Champions League match. Ithink the game could have gone differ-ently, it could have been easier.” Whenit went 2-1 it gave Catania hope andmade us nervous.”—Internet

Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky

LONDON, 25 Oct—Arsene Wenger celebratedhis 60th birthday this weekbut the Arsenal manager’sdesire to end the club’sfour-year wait for a trophyshows no sign of abating.Wenger is increasinglyconfident his current sideis maturing into genuine ti-tle contenders and hisplayers will get the oppor-tunity to justify their man-ager’s growing confidence

by recording a fifth succes-sive league victory at WestHam on Sunday.

Since suffering theshock of back to backaway defeats at Manches-ter United and ManchesterCity, Wenger’s team haverecovered well, althoughAZ Alkmaar’s stoppagetime equaliser this weekserved as a reminder thatArsenal can be guilty offailing to finish teamsoff.That is certainly an is-sue Wenger will have ad-dressed in the wake of thatChampions League groupgame and the manager ad-mitted his hunger for suc-cess is as strong as it everwas.—Internet

Chelsea boss Ancelotti revealsfamily fears

LONDON, 25 Oct—Chelsea manager CarloAncelotti was forced to skip title rivals ManchesterUnited’s clash at Liverpool after returning to his na-tive Italy to visit his 86-year-old father Guiseppe, whois ill. The former AC Milan manager also missed hisside’s preparations for Saturday’s 5-0 trouncing ofBlackburn Rovers to be at his father’s bedside butwas hopeful he was recovering.

“Sunday, we have a free day and I will go back toItaly,” said Ancelotti. “I will return on Monday as Ithink my father will be better.” These are difficultdays but I think after Monday he will be better and Ican stay here quietly and without problems.”

Internet

German coach sayshis team too passive

ABUJA, 25 Oct—Ger-many’s under-17 coachMarco Pezzaiuoli said onSaturday that his team wastoo passive in their3-3draw with Nigeria at theU-17 World Cup.”In thefirst half, we played a verygood game but lost con-centration in the secondhalf after a counter-attackthat gave us the red card,”Pezzaiuoli told a post-match Press conference.

“After this situation,there was a break in oursystem and we could notplay football anymore. Infact, we became too pas-sive,” he added. The Ger-man side had stunned thesparsely-filled Abuja Na-tional Stadium by taking a3-0 lead which they failedto protect after RobertLabus was sent off in the53rd minute.— Xinhua

LUXEMBOURG,25 Oct—Switzer-land’s TimeaBacsinszky willon Sunday at-tempt to win herfirst WTA tour ti-tle when she facesGerman sixthseed SabineLisicki in the final of the 222,000-dollar LuxembourgOpen. Bacsinszky, the world number 70, put out Bel-gian fifth seed Yanina Wickmayer, last week’s Linzchampion, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Lisicki, meanwhile, saw off Israel’s Shahar Peer6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) in a 2hr 20min semi-final mara-thon.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowerhave been fairly widespread in Ayeyawady Division,scattered in Bago Division, isolated in Kachin and MonStates, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions and partlycloudy in the remaining States and Divisions with isolatedheavyfall in Taninthayi Division. The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Kawthong (3.70) inches, Pathein(2.36)inches, Bago (1.14)inches, Zaungtu (0.75) inch,Shwegyin (0.39) inch and Ngathaingchaung (0.28) inch.

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Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for26-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for26-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for26-10-2009: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (40%).

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Liverpool 2-0Manchester United

LIVERPOOL, 25 Oct—Liverpool closed the gapon the Barclays PremierLeague title contenderswith a win over the

Yossi Benayoun ofLiverpool goes past thechallenge of MichaelCarrick of Manchester

United.—INTERNET

champions.Liverpool produced

a magnificentperformance to halt theirworst run of defeats inthe last 22 years.

Fernando Torresscored the first beforesubstitute David Ngogadded the second instoppage-time.

In the frantic finalminutes, ManchesterUnited had NemanjaVidic sent off, withLiverpool having JavierMascherano also red-carded.—Interent

Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Everton

Chung-Yong Lee ofBolton Wandererscelebrates after scoring.

INTERNET

LONDON, 25 Oct—The Trotters survived acomeback from Evertonbefore sealing their firsthome win of the seasonin the Barclays PremierLeague.

The home sidetriumphed at the ReebokStadium as substituteIvan Klasnic scored hisfirst goal for the clubwith the decisive strikein the 87th minute.

The hosts had beenwell in control as goalsfrom Lee Chung-Yongand Gary Cahill put them2-0 ahead. Everton hit

back with a wonder-strike from Louis Sahaand Marouane Fellaini’ssecond-half equaliser,but Klasnic settled theissue late on.

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9th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Monday, 26 October, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

YANGON, 25 Oct—First-yearcourses on various specialized subjectsof universities and degree colleges underthe Ministry of Education will be openedon 9 December. The lists of students(who passed the 2009 matriculation ex-

Kyungon Bridge opened in Wakema Township

First year courses for 2009-2010 to openams) admitted to the courses for 2009-2010 academic year are announced attheir respective universities and colleges.

The second-year and above courseswill open at the respective universities andcolleges on 2 December.—MNA

Kyungon Bridge in Wakema Township.CONSTRUCTION

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct—Kyungon Bridge atmile post No 20/0 onW a k e m a - K a n g y i -Myaungmya road sectionin Wakema Township,Ayeyawady Division,built by Public Works ofthe Ministry of Construc-tion was opened this morn-ing. The bridge inaugura-tion ceremony was at-tended by Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe, Min-ister for Construction Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint,senior military officers,local authorities, officialsof the Ministry of Con-struction, members of so-cial organizations, and lo-cal people.

First, the commandermade a speech and theminister explained thepurpose of the bridge con-struction and facts aboutthe bridge.

On behalf of the localpeople, a native expressedthanks for the bridge con-

struction and pledged tomaintain the bridge.

Next, the commander,minister and officials for-mally opened the bridgeand had documentary pho-

tos taken together with thelocal people at the arch-way of the bridge.

The commander un-veiled the stone plaque of

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