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Volume XVII, Number 286 13th Waxing of Tabodwe 1371 ME Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Lashio Wholesale Centre in Shan State (North)Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

* 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

Secretary-1 and wife attend reception to mark 61stAnniversary of Republic Day of India

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YANGON, 26 Jan — Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin SawHnin attended the reception to mark the 61st Anni-versary of the Republic Day of India at the resi-dence of the Indian Ambassador to the Union ofMyanmar in Dagon Township here this evening.

The Secretary-1 and wife were welcomed byIndian Ambassador H.E Mr Aloke Sen and wife.

Also present on the occasion were Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence and wife Daw Khin ThetHtay, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and wife,Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe and wife,Minister for Construction and for Electric Power

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Bags of corn in Lashio Wholesale Centre.

Lashio WholesaleCentre has been estab-lished in the compound

of Mansu Market inLashio, Shan State (North)in the interest of local

farmers, bringing about amarked increase in tradeof goods including agri-

cultural produce betweenthe region and other ones.

U Sai Tun Tin, Chair-man of Lashio WholesaleCentre, told the MyanmaAlin, “We launched thecentre on 18 September2007 under the directiveof Shan State Peace andDevelopment Council.So, local farmers can selltheir agricultural producefreely, and merchants can-not dictate the prices ofgoods of farmers here.Farmers benefit from thecentre because they cansell their goods at faceprices.”

“We issue the dailyprices of crops that pre-

vail in Magway Whole-sale Centre, MandalayWholesale Centre and

Taunggyi WholesaleCentre. In addition, we

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Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo being welcomed by Indian

Ambassador Mr Aloke Sen at the reception to

mark the 61st Anniversary of the Republic Dayof India.—MNA

To associate with the wisecan bring about considerablebenefits. One may enjoypeace of mind and pervasivepeace straight from the heartby paying respects to whomrespect is due.

MI PYI CHIT

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Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Wipe the danger of narcotic

drugs out

* 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

Development undertakings in Laukkai,

Hopang townships in full swing

NAY PYI TAW, 26Jan—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry ofDefence met district levelofficials at LaukkaiStation on 23 January.

The officials con-cerned reported factsabout the township andongoing tasks for regionaldevelopment. Chairmanof Shan State (North)

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofNorth-East CommandMaj-Gen Aung Than Htutgave a supplementaryreport. Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing inspected thedevelopment of Laukkai.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing visited NationalRaces Technical TrainingSchool, and Station

Hospital in PanlonVillage of HopangTownship. He theninspected surgical roomand medical store.

In meeting withservice personnel andtownselders at BasicEducation High School(branch) in PanlonVillage, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing called for

further regionaldevelopment, andminimizing loss andwastage in the watersupply.

On his inspection tourof Hopang-ManmeinhonRoad Section Project, hecalled for meeting the setstandard and completionof the programmes onschedule.—MNA

Medical equipment and medicines on display at

Myanmar Medical Conference

YANGON, 26 Jan —CONCORDIA Int’l CoLtd will launch a sale ofELE branded feasibilitystudy equipment forconcrete, tarmac and earthfor construction andlaboratory atCONCORDIA ShowRooms in Yangon, NayPyi Taw and Mandalayfrom today to 26 February.

ELE products to be on sale atCONCORDIA Show Rooms

England basedELE is the top companydistributing its product to150 countries. Thefeasibility studyequipment for concrete,tarmac and earth andequipment for laboratoryuse will be on sale withspecial price.

Those interestedmay contact 3rd and 5th

floor of Shwegon Plaza,Bahan (Ph: 951544824,558170, 549444,095005912 and 558374;Fax: 951544199), No(144), Thiri YadanaMarket in Nay Pyi Taw

(Ph: 067-420819,421362, 0949200947and 0949200948) and SYBuilding between 30th

street and 77th and 78th

streets, ChanayethazanTownship (Ph: 02-36478, 095067172, 02-69303.

MNA

YANGON, 26 Jan

—A total 88 booths of 44

pharmaceutical com-

panies are on display at

the 56th Myanmar Medical

Conference held at

Myanmar Medical

Association on Theinbyu

Road here.

Model Pharmacy

Company is one of the

pharmaceutical com-

panies exhibiting medical

equipment and medicines

at the conference. It is

the distributor of over 100

kinds of medicines and

medical equipment. For

detail, one may contact

Model Pharma Co Ltd, at

No. D-2, 16/20, Naykya

Street, Pazundaung

Township here, Ph;

201615, 397681 and No.

69,70, at the corner of 68th

The danger of narcotic drugs is

threatening human beings and their social

environment. Drugs and stimulant pills

produced based on chemicals are common in

the world, causing various problems for drug

addicts and their families and social

environment.

Well aware of the danger of narcotics,

every nation or region has placed great

emphasis on taking drug elimination measures.

All global countries are trying their utmost to

reduce and eliminate narcotic drug production

and trafficking assisting each other in the fight

against transnational crimes in border regions.

Myanmar is carrying out drug

elimination tasks tirelessly. It is providing every

necessary assistance to farmers enabling them

to establish poppy-substitute plantations of

rubber, sugarcane, maize and orange and

livestock farms and other businesses in the

poppy-growing regions.

At the same time, poppy plantations in

the border regions notorious for growing

poppy have been destroyed in cooperation

with the local people. During the poppy

growing season, some poppy fields in Tachilek,

Monghsat, Mongshu, Pekhon and Pinlaung

townships were destroyed.

Myanmar is also taking effective

measures for eliminating drug trafficking and

production. As a result, 182 drug-related cases

were exposed and action was taken against

over 200 culprits in December, 2009.

Attaching great importance to drug

elimination, the government is scaling up

preventive measures against narcotic drugs

and educative campaigns against the danger of

narcotic drugs. So, public cooperation is

necessary for eliminating the menace — a

threat to humans and their social environment.

Street and 43rd Street,

M a h a a u n g m y e

Township, Mandalay, Ph;

02-34272 for Upper

Myanmar.—MNA

Donate Blood

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects National Races Technical Training School in Laukkai.MNA

Booths of Model Pharma Co Ltd on display at the 56th MyanmarMedical Conference.—MNA

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Death toll rises to 36 in Baghdadbombings

Residents gather around a hole made by a bombattack in central Baghdad on 25 Jan, 2010. At least36 people were killed on Monday in a series of car

bombs detonated at three well-known hotels indowntown Baghdad, police said. — XINHUA

BAGHDAD, 26 Jan —Up to 36 people werekilled and 71 others in-jured by the three suicidecar bombings targetedmajor Baghdad hotels onMonday afternoon, an In-terior Ministry source said.

“The total number ofpeople killed by the threeblasts is 36 and some 71others were injured,” thesource told Xinhua on con-dition of anonymity.

The three attacks werecarried out by suicidebombers who drove theircars to the areas outside thethree heavily-fortified ma-jor hotels in central Bagh-

dad, the source said.The first blast occurred

at about 3:40 pm local time(1240 GMT) near the twoof major Baghdad hotelsof Sheraton and Meridianon the Abu Nawas street,the source said.

TV footage showedseveral of the concretewalls around the Meridianhotel had fallen on theground by the powerfulblast wave that caused se-vere damages to the hotelbuilding which houses of-fices of many foreign me-dia and companies.

Minutes later, anotherblast hit the area outside

the Babylon hotel some 5km to the south of the firstblast and the third was out-side the al-Hamraa hotel inKarrada district, the sourceadded.

Baghdad has witnesseda number of high-profilebomb attacks in recentmonths, mainly targetedthe government buildings,killing and woundingthousands of Iraqis.

US military and Iraqiofficials have said that theyexpect more violenceahead of the country’slandmark parliamentaryelections slated for 7March.—XinhuaPutin orders free education

for Haitians in RussiaMOSCOW, 26 Jan—All students from quake-stricken

Haiti in Russia will receive state funding to continuetheir studies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putinsaid on Monday.

“We have decided that all those who are studyingon a paid basis will study at the expense of the Rus-sian federal budget,” Putin was quoted by Russiannews agencies as saying during a visit to a universityin the central Russian city of Cheboksary.

Putin said 75 students from the Caribbean nationare currently studying at Russian universities.

He also expressed his condolences over the disas-ter. “Certainly, we will try to help you like we did inthe first days after the tragedy, by sending our rescu-ers and medical staff there.”—Xinhua

Cold snap kills 40in eastern Europe

BUCHAREST, 26 Jan — More than 40 people havedied this week as eastern and central Europe battles aSiberian cold snap that has cut power and roads, dis-rupted air travel and stranded whole villages, officialssaid on Monday.

Snow has blanketed swathes of western Turkey,Bulgaria and Romania, with lows of minus 35 degreesCelsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit), while Poland has againbeen gripped by a deep freeze that has killed morethan 200 in the country since November.

An ice and snow front moved on Monday into Ger-many causing the cancellation of more than 200 flightsout of Frankfurt airport—Europe’s third biggest inter-national air hub—according to the airport managementcompany.

In Bulgaria, schools remained closed on Mondayin many eastern towns while rescuers fought their waythrough four-metre-(13-feet-)high snowdrifts to bringbread and other necessities to cut-off villages.

Temperatures plummeted to minus 34.4 degreesCelsius in central Romania where roads were cut anddozens of trains cancelled.—Internet

Bulgarian soldiers injured duringrocket attack in Kandahar A man takes a photo of

icicles on a thickly frozenjetty in Sassnitz on theBaltic Sea islandRuegen, northern Ger-many. More than 40 peo-ple have died this week aseastern and central Eu-rope battles a Siberiancold snap that has cutpower and roads, dis-rupted air travel andstranded whole villages,officials said on Monday. INTERNET

SOFIA, 26 Jan—A rocketattack on a Bulgarian mili-tary base in Afghanistanleft a Bulgarian soldier se-verely injured and threeothers slightly wounded,sources with BulgarianMinistry of Defence saidon Monday.

Three of the woundedsoldiers were receivingtreatments at a nearbyAmerican hospital, thesources said.

Taleban militantsopened fire late Sundaywhen Bulgarian DefenceMinister Nickolay Mla-denov and Commander ofthe Joint Operational Com-mand Lieutenant-GeneralAtanas Samandov visitedthe military base in theKandahar Airport.

A rocket blasted only200 metres from the offi-cials but they were un-harmed, the sources added.

Currently, 500 Bulgar-

ian troops are stationed inAfghanistan. About 300 arebased in the capital of Ka-bul and 200 in Kandahar.

In December 2009,Mladenov said an addi-tional 100 Bulgarian troopswill be sent to Afghanistanin 2010, and the Bulgariancontingent in Afghanistanwill be consolidated inKandahar.

Xinhua

A man who waswounded in a bomb

attack waits for medicaltreatment at a hospitalin Baghdad January26, 2010. A suicide

blast killed at least 18people at an Interior

Ministry office inBaghdad on Tuesday,

officials said.INTERNET

Iraq suicideblast kills at

least 18BAGHDAD, 26 Jan—A

suicide car bomber killedat least 18 and injured doz-ens more Tuesday in astrike against a policecrime lab in centralBaghdad, a day after sev-eral hotels were hit by sui-cide attacks, officials said.

This week’s bomb-ings - all against promi-nent and heavily fortifiedtargets - dealt yet anotherblow to the image of anIraqi government strug-gling to answer for secu-rity lapses that have al-lowed bombers to carryout a number of massiveattacks in the heart of thecapital since August.

Among those con-firmed killed were 12 po-lice officers and six civil-ians who were visiting theoffice. Officials said morethan half the woundedwere police. Tuesday’s at-tack comes one day aftera series of bombings tar-geting hotels favored byWesterners.

The toll from thoseblasts continued to rise,with 41 people confirmedkilled and up to 106 re-ported injured, police andhealth officials said Tues-day.—Internet

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Patrons at World Gym work out in San Francisco,California. workout on 15 October, 2008 in San

Francisco, California. Taking regular exercise helpsyou to stay physically healthier and mentally sharperinto old age, four studies published in the Archives ofInternal Medicine showed on Monday.—INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 26 Jan—Singapore will host theGlobal Forum on Trans-parency and Exchange ofInformation for Tax Pur-poses from 30 Sept to 1Oct this year, the coun-try’s Ministry of Financesaid on Monday.

The Global Forum,comprising over 90 juris-dictions, is responsible forassessing and monitoringthrough peer reviews theeffective implementationof the internationally

SAN FRANCISCO, 26Jan— A doubling ofiPhone sales helped Applepost record-high quarterlynet profit on Monday of3.38 billion dollars.

“We’re thrilled to re-port our best quarterever,” Apple chief finan-cial officer Peter Oppen-heimer said in a confer-ence call with financialanalysts.

Apple said revenue inthe first quarter rose to15.68 billion dollars from11.88 billion dollars in thecorresponding quarter ayear ago.

“If you annualise ourquarterly revenue, it’s sur-prising that Apple is nowa 50-billion-dollar-pluscompany,” said the iconicCalifornia firm’s chief ex-ecutive Steve Jobs.

“The new products we

Customers leave an Apple Store in San Francisco, California. A doubling ofiPhone sales helped Apple post record-high quarterly net profit on Monday of

3.38 billion dollars.—INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 26 Jan— Air New Zealand said onTuesday it will set a new benchmark for longhaulflights by offering beds in economy class, but theycome with a catch — passengers need to buy threeseats to enjoy lie-down travel.

The airline’s “Skycouch” will use three economyseats that unfold to create a space where children canplay or people can relax and sleep, airline chief execu-tive Rob Fyfe said. The Skycouch is aimed at couplesand families, and will be the price of about two and ahalf seats. “For those who choose, the days of sittingin economy and yearning to lie down and sleep aregone,” Fyfe told reporters. “The dream is now a real-ity, one that you can even share with a traveling com-panion — just keep your clothes on thanks.”

Developed in-house by Air New Zealand designersand engineers, Fyfe said the Skycouch represents thefirst real improvement in comfort for economy travelersin more than 20 years and would help the airline set anew benchmark for international travel.—Internet

This 11 Dec, 2009, photo released by Air New Zealand, shows the airline’s new‘Skycouch’ option. Air New Zealand said on 26 Jan, 2010, it will set a newbenchmark for longhaul flights by offering beds in economy class, but they

come with a catch, passengers need to buy three seats to enjoylie-down travel.—INTERNET

Singapore to host forumon tax information exchange

agreed standard for ex-change of information fortax purposes across juris-dictions.

This is the first meet-ing of the Global Forumafter it was constituted asa self-standing body inSeptember 2009 inMexico.

The 2010 meeting ofthe Global Forum will re-view the preliminary out-comes of the peer reviewprocess and the progressmade over the past one

year.Tharman Shanmug-

aratnam, Minister for Fi-nance of Singapore said,“Singapore is pleased tohost the Global Forum atan important time as itputs in place an objectivepeer review process aimedat monitoring the imple-mentation of the interna-tionally agreed standardfor exchange of informa-tion.”

Xinhua

Apple posts record-highprofit on strong iPhone sales

are planning to release thisyear are very strong, start-ing this week with a ma-jor new product that we’rereally excited about,” Jobssaid in a statement.

Apple has maintainedtrademark secrecy regard-ing a Wednesday event atwhich it is expected to un-veil a tablet computeralong the lines of a“iPhone on steroids,” ac-cording to analysts.

Internet

HANOI, 26 Jan—Viet-namese Vice Minister ofIndustry and Trade DoHuu Hao said here onMonday that Vietnammay face steel oversupplythis year.

Hao made the forecastat a meeting with the Viet-nam Steel Corporation(VNSteel), saying that thepressure is from overpro-duction of domestic com-panies and increasingsteel import.

A report from the Vi-etnamese Ministry of In-dustry and Trade forecastthat Vietnamese steelcompanies will produce6.8 million tons of steel in2010, up 9.3 percent fromlast year. The VietnamSteel Association said thatVietnam’s steel demand isexpected to stand at 5.8million tons this year, up10 percent year-on-year.

Xinhua

ATHENS, 26 Jan—Greece put on auction on Mon-day five-year bonds at an estimated value of at leastthree billion euros in a critical test of its potential toborrow more from investors on international marketsin a critical period for its economy.

In a challenging time for Athens, as foreign ana-lysts express doubts whether the country will be ableto tackle its enormous budget deficit in the future andmeet its financing needs, the Greek Public Debt Man-agement Agency opened the way for the sale.

While the spread between Greek and German 5-year bonds has widened over 380 points the past fewdays, Greece’s government takes up a bold bet.

According to analysts in Athens this choice show-cases the government’s optimism that it can restoreconfidence in Greek economy soon.

They express caution though that the move couldbackfire if Greece will not be able to obtain more thanthree billion euros.

According to sources from the Finance Ministry themoney raised within this week will finally exceed 5billion euros. Representatives of Greek banks who areinvolved in the process express optimism too.

Greece needs 53.3 billion euros to finance its needsthis year.

Xinhua

Vietnam mayface steel

oversupplythis year

Greece bets on five-year bondsale starting on Monday

NZ airline offers economy-classbed seats

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The village of Davos is pictured on 25 Jan,evening prior to the opening day of World

Economic Forum (WEF). Under a new climatechange initiative, the WEF is blocking the gas

guzzling cars that normally clog the roadsaround the congress, banning cars that give offmore than 230 grammes per kilometre of car-

bon dioxide and consume more than nine litresof fuel per 100 kilometres.—INTERNET

Montreal conference endorsesroadmap for Haiti recovery

Up until 25 bodies found: Ethiopian airlines

Thousands cheerFIFA 2010 WorldCup Trophy Tour

in IndonesiaJAKARTA, 26 Jan—Thou-

sands of Indonesia’s soccerfans on Tuesday welcomedthe FIFA 2010 World CupTrophy Tour here. Theyhad an opportunity to seedirectly the World Cup Tro-phy and to enjoy variousamusements, namely3D movie about it anddance, among others.

“In the tour, soccer fansget a chance to see closelythe genuine World Cuptrophy. Our aim is tospread happiness and hopeto make the world a betterliving place. We want peo-ple to share the soccerspirit with their fellowcitizens, an experiencethat is hard to get,” said LiuLingling, the spokespersonof the FIFA World CupTrophy Tour. —Xinhua

Nine injured in gas explosionin Ukrainian passenger train

Peru declares state of emergencyin southeast provinces

LIMA, 26 Jan—Peru has declared a state of emer-gency for 60 days in two southeast provinces due toheavy rains, Peru’s President of the Council of Minis-ters, Javier Velasquez Quesquen, said on Monday.

The measure covers the provinces of Cusco andApurimac, and their towns of Calca, Cusco City,Urubamba, Canchis Quispicanchi, Anta and the Con-vention. The emergency declaration will be publishedin the official gazette El Peruano so that the measurecan take effect immediately.

The minister said that a plane will carry relief mate-rials to Cusco in the next hours to help those affected.

Defence Minister Rafael Rey has already sent fivehelicopters to evacuate the stranded tourists in the townof Aguas Calientes.—Xinhua

MONTREAL, 26 Jan—Recognizing the huge chal-lenges in rebuilding thequake-ravaged Haiti, theinternational communityon Monday endorsed aroadmap to gradually re-store order in the Carib-bean nation.

Major donors and re-gional and multilateral part-ners agreed to restore theoperational capacity of thegovernment of Haiti andurgently conduct post-dis-aster and reconstruction-fo-cused needs assessments.

They agreed that anothertechnical conferencewould be held in March atthe headquarters of theUnited Nations in NewYork to coordinate the aidand relief efforts.

Recognizing the contin-ued leadership and sover-eignty of the governmentof Haiti, the participantsheld that an initial 10-yearcommittment was essen-tial in concerted efforts torebuild Haiti’s capacity.

“Sustainable develop-ment, including environ-

mental sustainability, cli-mate resilience, disasterrisk reduction and emer-gency preparedness, willbe a cornerstone of ourjoint approach,” they saidin a statement.

Haiti’s Prime MinisterJean-Max Bellerive ap-pealed for “more andmore” aid and support forhis people after the 7.3-magnitude quake on 12 Janthat killed up to 200,000and left hundreds of thou-sands more people injuredand homeless.—Xinhua

The Ministerial Preparatory Conference on Haiti is concluded on Mondayafternoon in Montreal, Canada, as the Group of Friends of Haiti, major

donors and regional and multilateral partners passed a statement, stressinginternational cooperation and coordination in rebuilding the earthquake-

ravaged country in the long term, on 25 Jan, 2010. —XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

ADDIS ABABA, 26 Jan—While searching for survi-vors continues some 25bodies have been recoveredafter an Ethiopian Airlinesplane crashed off the coastof Lebanon on Monday, theEthiopian Airlines said in astatement.

A team of experts fromEthiopian has arrived inBeirut. The Boeing 737-800, carrying 82 passen-gers and eight crew,crashed into the Mediter-ranean some four minutesafter taking off from theBeirut-Rafic Hariri Inter-

national Airport in thecapital.

According to EthiopianAirlines, Flight ET-409was carrying 82 passen-gers and eight Ethiopiancrew. Passengers included23 Ethiopians, 51 Leba-nese nationals, two British,one Turkish, one French-man, one Russian, oneCanadian, one Syrian andan Iraqi national.

Army and naval rescueunits were searching forsurvivors alongside a UNMaritime Task Force, itsaid. Rescuers found 25bodies of Lebanese andEthiopians. Six of them areEthiopians. The Ethiopianteam is closely workingwith all concerned offices

to provide support to thefamily and friends of vic-tims affected by the unfor-tunate accident.

A team of senior govern-ment officials led by For-eign Minister SeyoumMesfin will be heading tothe accident scene onTuesday, according to areport filed by the Ethio-pian Radio and TelevisionAgency.

According to Ethiopianpublic relation office, thepilot has served for morethan 20 years.

Government officialsincluding Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi have ex-pressed their deep sorrowover the sudden acci-dent.—Xinhua

People watch the rescue operation of the Boeing 737-800 passenger plane ofEthiopian Airlines that crashed off the Lebanese coast, south of the capital

Beirut, on 25 Jan, 2010.—XINHUA

KIEV, 26 Jan—Nine people were in-jured when a gas cylinder exploded ona passenger train in Ukraine, local me-dia reported on Monday, citing a state-ment issued by the Press centre of theSecurity Service of Ukraine (SBU).

“The blast occurred at approximately6 pm (1600 GMT) on Sunday in a pas-senger train heading from the northwest-ern city of Chernovtsy for the country’s

capital Kiev,” the Interfax-Ukraine NewsAgency quoted the statement as saying.

“Nine people were injured and sevenhave been rushed to a local hospital, mostof them with burns,” the statement said.

The gas cylinder exploded in a con-ductor’s corner where he was cooking,violating the fire regulations on the train,Ukraine’s Channel 5 television reported.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Several ice climbing lovers climb their way up on a frozenwaterfall at the Mount Qilianshan scenic spot of Wulian

County, east China’s Shandong Province.

Rare dinosaur skeletonturned over to researchers

A rare and nearly complete dinosaurskeleton stolen from private property inMontana and stored in an evidencelocker for more than two years has beenturned over to researchers.

Scientists at the Black Hills Instituteof Geological Research in South Dakotasay the 70-million-year-old turkey-sizedpredator could be a new species of raptor.

“It’s a mean and nasty little dinosaur,”said Peter Larson, president of the institute.“Even though it’s not very big, you wouldn’twant to meet it in a dark alleyway.”

Researchers say it’s unusual to findthe skeleton of a meat-eating dinosaur,and especially one that’s so small.

“So many things can happen to asmall-bodied animal,” Larson said.

The commercial fossil hunter who dugup the dinosaur removed it without theknowledge or permission of the propertyowners. Nathan Murphy was convictedlast year in state court of felony theft fortaking the raptor fossil from a ranch innorthern Montana and sentenced to 60days in jail. In a separate federal case lastyear, Murphy was sentenced to fourmonths in a halfway house and three yearsprobation after pleading guilty to steal-ing fossils on federal land, and was or-dered to pay $17,325.

‘Sphinx Alley’ gives Egypt largeopen-air museum

Egyptian workers in Luxor, Egypt, restore the Alley ofSphinxes, known as the ‘Kebash Road’, which was origi-nally lined with 1,200 sphinxes and was built by AmenhotepIII in the 12th century BC Luxor is set to become theworld’s largest open-air museum as a multi-million dollarproject to restore the Alley of Sphinxes begins in the south of Egypt, said the governor of Luxor.

Man says he will use leopard to save homeA Russian man said he will employ the assistance of his pet

leopard in defending his Moscow home from demolition.Sergie Bobyshev, of the Rechnik settlement, a rural area

of the Russian capital, said the residents of the area weregranted the land during the era of Soviet rule, RIA Novostireported.

“We will fight to the bitter end,” Bobyshev said, adding thathis “very affectionate pet cat” will help him keep officials andconstruction workers away.

An investigation in 2006 spurred by an environmentalwatchdog group, Rosprirodnadzor, looked into 400 privatehomes built on land belonging to a federal canal agency.

Most of the buildings were legalized, but court decisionshave been handed down permitting demolition of the others,the news service said. Bobyshev and the owners of severaldozen of the residences on the protected land said they simplyhad been forgotten, RIA Novosti said.

Luxor is set to become one of the world’s largest open-air museums when a multimillion dollar project to restorethe “Sphinx Alley” is complete in March, the governor ofLuxor, Samir Farag, said.

The project to restore the two-mile (three-kilometre) al-ley that links the grand temples of Luxor and Karnak on theeast bank of the River Nile in Luxor has cost $45 million.

Sphinx Alley was originally built with 1,200 statues, withone side lined up with ram-headed sphinxes and the otherwith regular sphinxes with human heads.

The alley was built by Amenhotep III in the 12th cen-tury BC. Over the years, the alley was buried unders.

Unusual item forcesevacuation of US Southwest

Airlines planeCHICAGO, 26 Jan—Passengers were removed from

a US Southwest Airlines flight at Midway Airport inChicago on Monday afternoon after an “unusual item”was found on board, airport officials said.

The unidentified item was spotted as Flight 2543,bound for Detroit, was pulling away from the gatearound 1:15 pm local time, and the plane was searched,according to the US Transportation Security Admin-istration (TSA). “The pilot returned the plane to thegate where all passengers and carry-on items wererescreened, with negative findings,” the TSA said in aPress release. —Xinhua

GAZA, 26 Jan—Lead-ers of Gaza Strip-rulingHamas movement andPalestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’ Fatahparty on Monday arguedover the end of the legalmandate of the Hamas-dominated PalestinianLegislative Council(PLC), or the parliamentof the Palestinian Na-tional Authority (PNA).

According to the Pal-estinian basic law, the

MOGADISHU, 26 Jan—A mortar shell smashedinto an African Unionpeacekeeping missionbase in Mogadishu onMonday, killing severalpeople, including a sol-dier, officials on the basesaid.

An 82-mm mortarround struck a secondary

Mortar attack kills severalat AU Mogadishu base

African Union troops from Uganda ride an ar-moured vehicle in a convoy through the streets ofSomalia’s capital, Mogadishu in 2009.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 26 Jan— Even in Saddam Hussein’s ruth-less regime, “Chemical Ali” stood apart, notable forhis role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village— the deadliest chemical weapons attack ever againstcivilians. Ali Hassan al-Majid was hanged on Mon-day, leaving a notorious legacy that stamped Saddam’sregime as capable of unimaginable cruelty and broughtunsettling questions about Iraq’s stockpiles of poisongas and whether it could unleash them again.

The poison gas clouds that struck the village ofHalabja began what would become an about-face byWashington — which had supported Saddam duringthe eight-year war against Iran’s new Islamic state inthe 1980s, but soon became his arch-foe and protectorof the Kurds in their northern enclave.

“I want to kiss the hangman’s rope,” said KamilMahmoud, a 40-year-old teacher who lost eight fam-ily members in the 16 March, 1988, attack in Iraq’sKurdish region.—Internet

entrance to the AMISOM’smain Mogadishu base,ripping through an areawhere dozens of Somalicivilians queue up everyday to receive treatmentfrom the mission’s doc-tors, an official said oncondition of anonymity.

According to an offi-cial with AMISOM’sUgandan contingent, oneUgandan soldier waskilled in the attack.

The force’s spokes-man, Ba-Hoku Barigye,confirmed the incident butcould not give an accurate

death toll.“An explosion took

place at one of the base’sentrances, it appears sev-eral Somalis were killed,”he said.

They launched afierce military offensivein May 2009 aimed attoppling internationally-backed President SharifSheikh Ahmed, whoseembattled administrationhas owed its survivallargely to the protectionof AMISOM’s 5,300peacekeepers.

Internet

Iraq’s ‘Chemical Ali’ hangedfor 1988 gas attack

Rival Fatah, Hamas leaders argueover end of PLC mandate

four-year term for thePLC ends on Monday,four years after the Is-lamic movement won thelegislative elections heldin the Palestinian territo-ries in January 2006,ousting Fatah partywhich dominated the par-liament for 10 years.

Fatah party leaders saythat from now and further,the legislative council, isnot legal anymore andwhat is needed is to

immediately head to theballots to elect new par-liament, while Hamasleaders say that the cur-rent parliament it domi-nates “is legal” until thesworn-in of the newelected parliamentmembers.

Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 26Jan—Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein together withofficials inspectedinstallation of 6V 128 ZCdiesel engine,manufactured frommulti-purpose diesel

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends Myanmar Fine Artsand Sculpture Exhibition

Industry-2 Minister inspects ThagaraIndustrial Region

Lashio Wholesale Centre in Shan State (North)

(from page 1)declare the exchangerate between Chinesecurrency Yuan andMyanmar currency kyat.In our region, mostly,farmers grow corn andmillet. We send the prod-ucts to China through thewholesale centre andMuse 105th Mile Bor-der Trade Zone. Lashio

Workers loading bags of corn onto a truckto export through Muse 105th Mile Bor-

der Trade Zone.

Prices of goods prevailing in other wholesale centres are declared inLashio Wholesale Centre.U Sai Tun Tin,

Chairman of LashioWholesale Centre.

Wholesale Centre hasbeen exporting corn sinceSeptember 2009. Up tothe mid-January 2010, wehave exported 40,260tons of corn. NorthernShan State has exported118,097 tons of corn, sofar. In 2008-2009 finan-cial year alone, we ex-ported 34,261 tons ofcorn, so this year’s ex-

port is more than last year.Boosting export of cornyear by year is due to thefreedom of trade. Farm-ers are growing corn in-

creasingly year by year.We provide agriculturalloans for farmers at thebeginning of the corn sea-son.”

“Apart from corn, weexport soya bean, sesame,

groundnut, and niger toChina. Here, we figure outthe disputes betweenshops and customersthrough coordination.”

Indeed, LashioWholesale Centre is stillin its infancy, but it hasbeen able to generate

mutual benefits betweenit and farmers, becausefarmers sell their goodsat the centre, instead ofin brokerage houses.

It is, therefore, safeto say that Lashio Whole-sale Centre contributestowards one of the four

social objectives thegovernment has beenimplementing: Properevolution of the market-oriented economic sys-tem.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

26-1-2010

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence unveils the signboardof Myanmar Fine Arts and Sculpture Exhibition.—MNA

engine factory,excavator R-290 LC-7Amanu-factured frombulldozer and excavatormanu-facturing factory,and testing the 14 tonscompactor roller inThagara IndustrialRegion on 25 January.

The minister alsooversaw products madein recently-openedmulti-purpose dieselengine factory andhydropower turbine andgenerator manufacturingfactory.

MNA

YANGON, 26 Jan—Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence attendedthe ceremony to open the MyanmarFine Arts and Sculpture Exhibition heldat Saya San Plaza at the corner of NewUniversity Avenue and Saya San Roadin Bahan Township here yesterday.

Also present on the occasion wereChairman of Yangon Division Peaceand Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen WinMyint, Minister for Cooperatives Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, departmentalofficials, diplomats and others.

The commander, the minister, themayor and the chairman of CentralCooperatives Society Ltd formallyopened the exhibition, and Lt-GenMyint Swe unveiled the signboard ofthe exhibition.

The chairman of CentralCooperatives Society Ltd explained thesalient points of the exhibition.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party lookedinto Myanmar sculptors put on display atthe exhibition.

The exhibition will be kept open upto 3 February at the venue from 9 am to 9pm daily. Admission is free.

MNA

Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Surely, the majority of the viewers get agi-tated, while watching news stories on instabilityand conflicts that are rife in many countries screenedby TV stations around the world. They includesuicide bomb attacks in Iraq, tensions betweenPalestine and Israel, incidents along Afghanistanand Pakistan border areas, internal armed revoltsin some African countries, and protests associatedwith political protests and bomb attacks in a neigh-bouring country.

In like manner, Myanmar has lost lives ofcountless number of servicemen, armed insur-gents and civilians, stemming from the internalarmed revolts of multicoloured armed groups.Actually, they are evil consequences of instability.

Such undesirable effects are sparked byindividuals’ emotional feelings, grudges, hatred,hostility, disputes, highly running passion, jeal-ousy, impatience, and lack of loving-kindness,compassion and cardinal virtues. In other words,the avoidable incidents are due to their failure tosuppress their feelings with farsightedness andmindfulness.

In order to possess good behaviours,everyone needs good relations with their par-ents, teachers, and close friends. Parents andteachers should feel obliged to keep their chil-dren and students grounded in speech, char-acter, habit and concept. In my opinion, achild may become rough in speech if he isbrought up by a rude mother; heartless inaction, if he is brought up by a hard-heartedfather; and pessimistic in thought, if he istaught by a teacher who does not look on thebright side.

Personally, verbal action is more importantin that regard. Any words a person speaks shouldnot have adverse effects on others. I want allpeople to speak beneficial, but harmless words toothers. Maybe a person had misbehaviours in hisyouth due to innocence. Therefore, such peoplehave to mend their ways according to conditionswhen they come of age. It is not very difficult fora person to keep his tempers and give up miscon-duct. Any words not intended to harm others, butthat can cause doubts should not be spoken inorder to avoid adverse effects for the sake ofhimself and his society.

Being a Buddhist is very fruitful. In Bud-dhism, there are a large number of religious verses,

May peace prevail everywhereMi Pyi Chit

maxims, and homilies. The 38 Ways to Blessings,for instance, should be exercised, irrespective ofreligious faith, race and time. The practice of one ofthe 38 ways: to stay away from the foolish can bringpeace to those who follow it and their societies.

To associate with the wise can bring aboutconsiderable benefits. One may enjoy peace ofmind and pervasive peace straight from theheart by paying respects to whom respect is due.

Putto Vada Sutta features duties of peopleinclusive of duties of parents, duties of children,duties of teachers, duties of students, duties ofmasters, duties of servants, duties of monks, andduties of lay disciples. People may gain worldlybenefits by following the duties concerned.

There are a lot of good advantages of beingMyanmar citizens. A person and his society mayenjoy peaceful situations by exercisingMyanmar’s way of life. Myanmar is surroundedby rows of mountain ranges that serve as naturalbarriers to its enemies and natural disasters. Thegeographical features form a huge quantity ofrivers and creeks, including long rivers such asAyeyawady, Chindwin, Sittoung and Thanlwinthat facilitate the nation’s transport and agricul-tural farming. Many dams have been constructedand many other are being constructed by dam-ming them to generate hydropower. Myanmarhas three seasons, a variety of climate patterns invarious regions, and snow-capped mountains.Diverse species of flowers and crops thrive in thenation. Myanmar hardly faces violent naturaldisasters. It is said that there is a link between theattitude of the people and the natural conditionsof their country. The nation is also blessed with

a very long coast.Now, not only adults but also the youth

have easy access to the opportunities of learn-ing the Teachings of the Buddha. The nation hascountless number of pagodas, stupas, temples,monasteries, and meditation centres. Fraternaland family-like relations between strangers aretraditions of Myanmar.

The people are familiar to Dhamma (theTeachings of the Buddha) due to the goodopportunities to learn them with convenience.No one can deny that practising Dhamma cansignificantly curb lawlessness and unjust ac-tions, and to live in Myanmar is a goldenopportunity.

In Myanmar, the regions have their social,economic and health problems, but the numberof the issues is very low, if compared with thosein other countries. Myanmar is therefore a nationin which it is worth to live.

Myanmar is a land of the Ways to Bless-ings, peaceful coexistence of various religions,culture, hospitality, and teachings of elderlypersons. So, I would say that Myanmar is thesole paradise of insight peace, impressive geo-graphical features, good sunshine, fertile soil,and abundant clean water and fresh air.

A nation will be peaceful without anyconflicts if warm relations, loving-kindness andmutual understanding are common between thepeople. I wish to see flourishing of Ways toBlessings, Dhamma, cardinal virtues, and deter-rent principles of shame and fear to do evil deedsthroughout the year 2010.

May the entire people have positive atti-tude, good thoughts, good speeches and goodconcepts, gain insight from the Dhamma, enjoybenefits in both mundane and supramundaneaffairs, reconstruct the motherland taking les-sons from international incidents, safeguardown race and Sasana, help and deal with eachother in accordance with the Ways to Blessings,encourage Dhamma and ward off unjust ac-tions, and try with correct concept and convic-tion, attentiveness and farsightedness to achievethe goal of democracy.

Translation: MS

The people are familiar to Dhamma (the Teachings

of the Buddha) due to the good opportunities to learn

them with convenience. No one can deny that practising

Dhamma can significantly curb lawlessness and unjust

actions, and to live in Myanmar is a golden opportunity.

A nation will be peaceful without any conflicts if

warm relations, loving-kindness and mutual under-

standing are common between the people. I wish to see

flourishing of Ways to Blessings, Dhamma, cardinal

virtues, and deterrent principles of shame and fear to do

evil deeds throughout the year 2010.

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(from page 1)No (2) Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint and wife,senior military officersof the Ministry of De-fence and their wives,diplomats of foreign mis-sions in Yangon, chargéd affaires and their wives,military attachés andtheir wives, officials andguests.

MNA

Secretary-1and wifeattendreception…

Technical High School in Chaungwa Village nurturing local youth.

(from page 16)Konthaya new village,and Thaunglay Villageof Thetkeithaung Vil-lage-tract as newThaunglay Village.Wellwishers Shwe ThanLwin, AyonU, FMI,Tetlan, Aung Chan Tha,Myint Myat Alin, MyittaFoundation and MBCACompanies built 1587houses for the local peo-

ple.In the communica-

tion sector, the region wasequipped with 332 CDMAtelephones.

To rehabilitate thesalt industry in the region,the Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries provided K300,000 each to 207 saltfarmers for 7138 acres ofsalt farms. The Ministryalso provided various

kinds of fishing nets and959 motorized boats to thefishermen.

In Hainggyikyun,four 500-1000-person-ca-pacity Cyclone Shelterswere built inPyinkhayaing, Thingan-gon, Chaungwa andThetkeithaung Villagesand one Cyclone Sheltereach in Kanhtoothaya,Phomogon, Thaya-

chaung, Magyichaning,Ottwin and Setseik Vil-lages.

The Ministry ofScience and Technologyopened a technical highschool in Chaungwa op-posite to Hainggyikyun on5 May 2009 and the school

is training about 150 train-ees. With regard to theagriculture sector, a totalof 39,740 acres of landhas been put undermonsoon paddy.

As a result of un-dertaking the rehabilita-tion task in all aspects,

Hainggyikyun is gainingdevelopment momen-tum more than that in thepast.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:23-1-2010

******

Transport Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects arrivals of ocean liners at No 5 Wharf of Sule.TRANSPORT

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife attend the reception to mark the 61stAnniversary of the Republic Day of India.—MNA

Sanpya Jetty of Hainggyikyun being put into service.

Myanma Port Authority inspectedNAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan—Minister for Transport

Maj-Gen Thein Swe on 24 January inspected MyanmaPort Authority where Director of MPA U Thein Htayreported on situation of light- houses, renovation anddurability of jetties, arrival of ocean liners, building ofnew vessels, renovation of buoys, arrivals of foreignocean liners, unloading of cement bags and loading of

logs. The minister gave necessary instructions andinspected loading and unloading of goods onto andfrom the vessels.

At the Ahlon shipyard, the minister heard areport on repair to vessels and other salient points andleft necessary instructions.

MNA

Scenes on progress of Hainggyikyun

Two blasts rockKyaukkyi, no one hurtNAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan – Two separate explosions

occurred in Kyaukkyi, Bago Division, early this morn-ing. One occurred in front of a building in TheindanWard at about 4 am, and the other in front of a house inMyitta Ward at about 4.05 am. There were no causalitiesas there were hardly people around there at that time butthe fences and some windows of the buildings wereslightly damaged.

It was learnt that the perpetrations were the acts ofa group of KNU Brigade-3. In a similar incident inwhich 7 people were dead and 11 others injured thatocurred in Ppun, Kayin State 16 December 2009 wasalso the act of a group under KNU Brigade-5.

Such incidents have proved that KNU insurgents aredetonating bombs, blowing up power lines, plantingmines in farms and gardens and extorting money, rice andrations from villages and towns, the majority of whosepopulations are Kayin nationals, although they are shout-ing that they are serving the interest of Kayin nationalsand Kayin State. It is learnt that as the terrorist insurgentsin disguise are penetrating regions where peace andstability prevail, the local people are cooperating with theauthorities in exposing them.—MNA

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NASA’s telescope spies near-Earth asteroid

Record number of young Americans jobless

Picasso work torn by falling museum patronNEW YORK, 26 Jan—Officials at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art said

a hole torn in a Picasso painting by a stumbling patron can be fully repaired.The officials said “The Actor,” a painting created by Pablo Picasso in 1904-

1905, sustained a 6-inches tear in the bottom of its canvas when an unidentifiedwoman attending an adult education class at the museum tripped and fell into thework, The New York Daily News reported on Monday.

“Fortunately, the damage did not occur in a focal point of the composition,”the museum said in a statement.

The statement said the painting will be fully repaired in time to go on displayas part of a large Picasso exhibit 27 April.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 26 Jan—NASA’s Wide-field In-frared Survey Explorer,or WISE, has spotted itsfirst never-before-seennear-Earth asteroid, thefirst of hundreds it is ex-pected to find during itsmission to map the wholesky in infrared light.

But there is no dangerof the newly discoveredasteroid hitting Earth,NASA said on Monday ina statement.

The near-Earth object,designated 2010 AB78,was discovered by WISEon 12 Jan. The mission’s

sophisticated softwarepicked out the movingobject against a back-ground of stationarystars.

As WISE circled Earth,scanning the sky above, itobserved the asteroid sev-eral times during a periodof one-and-a-half days be-fore the object moved be-yond its view. Research-ers then used the Univer-sity of Hawaii’s 2.2-me-tre (88-inches) visible-light telescope near thesummit of Mauna Kea tofollow up and confirm thediscovery.

The asteroid is cur-rently about 158 millionkm from Earth. It is esti-mated to be roughly 1 kmin diametres and circlesthe sun in an elliptical or-bit tilted to the plane ofour solar system.

The object comes asclose to the sun as Earth,but because of its tiltedorbit, it will not pass veryclose to Earth for manycenturies. This asteroiddoes not pose any fore-seeable impact threat toEarth, but scientists willcontinue to monitor it.

Xinhua

A dog handler searches for members of a family trapped in the remains oftheir home after it was hit by a rock slide in Stein an der Traun, southern

Germany, on 25 Jan, 2010. At least two members of the family of four havebeen found dead.—INTERNET

CHICAGO, 26 Jan—TheUS economic recessionhas taken a particularlyheavy toll on youngAmericans, with a recordone out five black menaged 20 to 24 neitherworking nor in school,according to research re-leased on Tuesday.

Teenagers have found it

significantly harder to geta job since the recessionbegan in late 2007, withblack youths and youngpeople from low-incomefamilies faring the worst,wrote Andrew Sum ofNortheastern Universityin Boston, a employmentresearcher commissionedby the Chicago Urban

League and the Alterna-tive Schools Network.

“Low-income and mi-nority youth, who de-pended on part-time jobsas a significant steppingstone to future employ-ment, have been forcedout of the job marketand economically margi-nalized,” Herman Brewerof the Chicago UrbanLeague said in a state-ment.

Overall, 26 percent ofAmerican teenagers aged16 to 19 had jobs in late2009, said the report,which was based on USCensus Bureau data. Thatfigure is a record lowsince statistics began to bekept in 1948, the research-ers said.—Internet

A Jet Airways aircraft prepares to land at MumbaiAirport in 2009. India’s largest private carrier JetAirways has said that cost-cutting and higher airtraffic growth helped it swing into profit in the

three months to December, its first gain in threequarters.—INTERNET

S Korea betters ties with India, looksto tap into emerging economy

SEOUL, 26 Jan—South Korean President LeeMyung-bak is about to wrap up his four-day state visitto India, where he sought to strengthen bilateral tieswith the emerging regional powerhouse as part of hisnew Asia-oriented diplomatic vision.

Lee’s moves to expand ties with India also come ata time when the country is eyeing to tap into India’sever-expanding consumer market following the com-prehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)with India, a type of free trade pact that went into ef-fect at the start of the year.

Lee said his first overseas trip this year to Indiamarks a cornerstone in what he calls “new Asia diplo-macy,” the country’s new diplomatic vision focusingon Asian neighbors, beyond the global powers withwhich the small peninsula country had traditionallystrived to stay on good terms.—Xinhua

LG Electronics targets to doubleshare in North American air

conditioner marketSEOUL, 26 Jan—South Korea’s LG Electronics, the

largest air conditioner manufacturer in the world, saidTuesday it is targeting a twofold jump in its commer-cial air conditioner market share in North America.

In a related move, LG participated in the 2010 AHRExpo on Monday in Orlando, Florida to unveil 25 newcommercial air conditioner models and Energy Star-labeled residential models, the company said.

LG also said it has been expanding its infrastructurefor commercial air conditioners (CAC) in the NorthAmerican market, as it has opened its second LG CACTraining Academy last December with plans to buildtwo more by the end of the year.

The AHR Expo is the world’s largest heating, venti-lation, air conditioning, and refrigerating exposition,where more than 1,800 exhibiting companies fromover 120 companies showcase their new product lines.

The Energy-Star label, awarded by the US Depart-ment of Energy and the Environmental ProtectionAgency, is only given to products that prove it is sig-nificantly more energy-efficient than regular products.

Xinhua

Study maps birds’ auditorybrain pathway

DURHAM, 26 Jan—Duke University Medical Centrescientists say they’ve identified an auditory feedback path-way in the songbird brain that is needed to learn a song.

Professor Richard Mooney, senior author of thestudy, said the research lays the foundation for im-proving human speech, for example, in people whoseauditory nerves are damaged and who must learn tospeak without the benefit of hearing their own voices.

“This work is the first study to identify an auditoryfeedback pathway in the brain that is harnessed forlearned vocal control,” Mooney said, noting the re-search team also devised a way to alter the activity ofthe neurons to prove they interact with the motor net-works that control singing.—Internet

Electricity price to rise in Phnom PenhPHNOM PENH, 26 Jan

— Customers of Electri-city du Cambodge (EDC)in Phnom Penh and fiveother provinces would paya new value-added tax(VAT) on electricityconsumed beginning 1March, under a new planproposed by the Ministryof Industry, Mines andEnergy on Monday, localmedia reported on Tuesday.

Ith Praing, a secretaryof state at the ministry, wasquoted by the Phnom PenhPost as saying that currentelectricity prices, whichhave been in effect since2006, do not reflect thecurrent oil price on theworld market and otherinput costs for generatingpower, and thus have beendraining revenue fromEDC.

According to the plan,for houses in Phnom Penhand Kandal province thatuse less than 50 kilowatt-hours per month,electricity will be chargedat 610 riel, or about 0.15US dollar, per kilowatt-hour, up 56 percent fromthe current price of 390riel.

Internet

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French hostages in Afghanistanalive but facing danger

NYC may lay off 19,000 workers ifstate cuts aid

13 of one family killed inroad accident in India

PARIS, 26 Jan —French President NicolasSarkozy said on Mondayon French television TF1that national hostages inAfghanistan are alive buttheir situation is danger-ous.

The French journalistsabducted in Afghanistan“are alive and healthy butthe situation is extremely

difficult and dangerous,”Sarkozy said during aprime-time interview bythe private political chan-nel.

He promised the gov-ernment and French sol-diers in Afghanistan hadbeen mobilized to rescuethe French nationals.TwoFrench television report-ers were kidnapped by

unknown gang memberson 30 Dec when theywere travellling near Ka-bul with their Afghan em-ployees.

There are about 3,500French soldiers among113,000 foreign troopsunder the United Statesand NATO commandfighting Taleban militantsin Afghanistan.—Xinhua

A volunteer from the Japanese environmentalist as-sociation “Greenbird”, cleans rubbish from pathsbeneath the Eiffel Tower in 2009. Fed up with see-ing the environment strewn with garbage, activistsfrom around the globe aim to muster a million vol-unteers this year for a mass clean-up piloted via the Internet, organisers said on Monday. —INTERNET

NEW YORK, 26 Jan —New York City will haveto lay off more than10,000 public workers, inaddition to 8,500 teach-ers, if the state legislatureapproves the $1.3 billionof cuts the governor pro-posed in his deficit-clos-ing budget, MayorMichael Bloomberg saidon Monday.

The mayor, in a speechto the legislature, esti-mated 3,150 police offic-ers would be cut, reduc-ing the force’s “opera-tional strength” to 1985levels.

About 1,050 firefight-

ers would have to be letgo, along with 900 correc-tional officers, and thecity would have to cut itsdaily inmate populationby 1,900, he said. Thenumber of at-risk childrenthat service workersmonitor would fall to2,700 from 9,000,Bloomberg said.

The mayor, an inde-pendent, said GovernorDavid Paterson’s budget“utterly fails the test offairness.” He told law-makers: “You can’t losecontrol of the streets interms of safety or cleanli-ness. You can’t lose con-

trol of the streets in termsof an ambulance or a fire-fighter showing up.”

Both the economies ofNew York City and thestate depend on WallStreet for much of theirtax revenues, and bigbanks’ brush with near-death last year has se-verely dented publicbudgets.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 26 Jan—At least 13 people belong-ing to one family werekilled early Tuesday morn-ing when the vehicle theywere travelling in collidedwith a dumper in MadhyaPradesh, central India, saidpolice.

The accident took placein the Sivni town ofMadhya Pradesh at 03:00am. local time (2130 GMTMonday), when the vic-

tims, including five womenand two children, were re-turning home from UttarPradesh in northern India totheir home townChhindwara in MadhyaPradesh.

Road accident rate in In-dia is among the highest inthe world, with at least100,000 people killedevery year on the road, ac-cording to official estimate.

Xinhua

Cyprus police bust largeantiquities theft ring

NICOSIA, 26 Jan– Authorities have busted a smugglingring in Cyprus and recovered dozens of ancient artifactsit planned to sell for euro11 million (15.5 million), in-cluding a miniature gold coffin, silver coins and terra-cotta urns, police said Monday.

In what is believed to be the largest antiquities theftcase of its kind in the Mediterranean island’s history,police seized the artifacts dating back thousands of yearsfrom homes, storage sheds and vehicles where they werebeing hidden.

The artifacts include copper and silver coins, terra-cotta urns and clay and limestone figurines believed todate from the Copper Age to around 400 BC, CyprusAntiquities Curator Maria Hadjicosti told The Associ-ated Press. Ten Cypriots were arrested during the raidsover the weekend, and authorities were searching for an-other five suspects, including a Syrian man, police spokes-man Michalis Katsounotos said. The suspects face chargesof illegally possessing and trading in antiquities.

Police said the smugglers had planned to sell the arti-facts in Cyprus, but would not identify the buyer. Au-thorities also said they were investigating where the arti-facts had been obtained.—Internet

Green power to helpancient rice terraces

Germany set for Afghan troopincrease

In this image released by the Cyprus Police onMonday, 25 Jan, 2010, show the antiquities mini-ature gold coffin seized yesterday in southern city

of Limassol, Cyprus. —INTERNET

MANILA, 26 Jan— Agroup of internationalpower companies has do-nated a $1 million hydro-electric project to helpsave legendary rice ter-races in the Philippines.

Deterioration of themassive rice terraces —dubbed the “stairway toheaven” and the “eighthwonder of the world” —prompted UNESCO in2001 to include them onits list of World HeritageSites in Danger. Theywere created mostly byhand more than 2,000years ago by the indig-

enous people of the north-ern province of Ifugao.

The hydro facility, lo-cated on the AmbangalRiver downstream of theterraces, will generateabout 1,450 megawattsannually, providing 18percent of the electricityneeds for Ifugao.

With a developmentphase of four years, in col-laboration with the Phil-ippines Department ofEnergy and the ProvincialGovernment of Ifugao,the facility was built anddonated by Japan’s TokyoElectric Power Co on be-half of the e8, an interna-tional non-profit organi-zation of 10 leadingpower utilities from G8countries.

“It is our goal not onlyto pursue sustainable en-ergy development but toraise awareness of the cul-tural heritage of one na-tion. The Ifugao Rice Ter-races is a cultural site andmust be protected,” e8Executive DirectorJohane Meagher said in astatement on Friday.

Internet

BERLIN, 26 Jan — Ger-many’s development min-ister has indicated thatBerlin will increase itstroop numbers in Af-ghanistan while focusingmore heavily on traininglocal security forces.

Dirk Niebel told ZDFtelevision Tuesday that“there will of course be anadjustment of the troop

strength.” He wouldn’tconfirm or deny specula-tion that Germany willsend about 500 moretroops.

Chancellor AngelaMerkel met with Niebeland other ministers Mon-day night to thrash outGermany’s position forthis week’s London con-ference on the future of

Afghanistan.Germany has nearly

4,300 soldiers in northernAfghanistan. They serveunder a parliamentarymandate that currentlysets the maximumnumber at 4,500.

Niebel said Germanyplans to shift its focus fur-ther toward training Af-ghan forces.—Internet

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Ministry of InformationMyanma Radio and Television

Invitation to Tender1. Sealed tenders are invited for Myanma Radio and

Television for the following equipment:

(A) Studio Equipment and Accessories:(1) Play Out Server System - Audio Source Player - Sound Processor - Master Clock System - Audio Patching Equipment - Installation Material & Accessories(2) Digital Audio Workstation(3) Informedia Workstation(4) Hard Disk Recorder & Workstation

2. Tender closing date/time will be on 10.2.2010 at16:30 hrs.

3. Tender documents are available at the belowmentioned address.

Procurement CommitteeMinistry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo.28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street,

Bahan Township, YangonPh: 534574, 536029

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RESTU VOY NO (007)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RESTU

VOY NO (007) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 27.1.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

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Many unaware they have hepatitis B or CWASHINGTON, 26 Jan—

As many as 5.3 millionpeople in the UnitedStates have hepatitis B orC but most are unawareuntil they develop livercancer or liver disease,researchers say.

An Institute of Medi-cine study found hepatitisis not widely recognizedas a serious public healthproblem, and as a result,viral hepatitis prevention,control and surveillanceprogrammes have inad-

equate resources.The report concludes

the current approach toprevention and control ofchronic hepatitis B andhepatitis C is not working.

The Institute of Medi-cine recommends in-creased knowledge andawareness about chronicviral hepatitis amonghealthcare providers, so-cial service providers andthe public; improved sur-veillance for hepatitis Band hepatitis C; and bet-

ter integration of viralhepatitis services.

The Institute of Medi-cine is calling for a majorpublic health push to de-crease the stigma of thehepatitis viruses, whichare to blame for nearlyhalf the liver transplantsperformed every year inthe United States.

At present, the onlyhepatitis treatment ap-proved by the US Foodand Drug Administrationis a cocktail of interferonand ribavirin, which mustbe administered in a 48-week course and is effec-tive in less than half ofpatients.

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Saudi: Government donates $50 million to Haiti

RIO DE JANEIRO, 26Jan—A technology andelectronics fair opened onMonday in Sao Paulo andorganizers said it isexpected to draw morethan 6,000 participantsthis year.

The week-long fair,dubbed the Campus Party,is divided into four sec-tions this year—science,creativity, digital enter-tainment and innovation.

Scott Goldstein, one ofthe leading organizers ofUS President BarackObama’s online cam-paign, hacker KevinMitnick and ProfessorLawrence Lessig, found-ing board member of theCreative Commons, havebeen invited to give lec-tures at this year’s show,organizers said.

There will also be sev-eral events and workshops

in various spheres such asdigital inclusion, robotics,music, video, design,blogging, digital photog-raphy, software develop-ment, digital televisionand free software.

Internet

Shootout in Mexico kills twosoldiers, four gunmen

MEXICO CITY, 26 Jan—Authorities say a shootout be-tween troops and suspected drug traffickers in north-ern Mexico has killed two soldiers and four gunmen.

The Defence Department says the clash began whengunmen opened fire on a military patrol on Sunday inthe town of Doctor Arroyo, in Nuevo Leon state.

A Defence statement says soldiers returned fire, kill-ing three assailants inside a home and another in a car.

Also on Monday, police in Veracruz state said a fed-eral court official kidnapped last week was found dead.

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RIYADH, 26 Jan—SaudiArabia has donated $50million in relief to Haiti tocope with the devastatingearthquake that hit thecountry nearly two weeksago, making it the largestdonation from the MiddleEast to date, a Saudi for-eign ministry spokesmansaid on Monday.

More than 150,000people have been buriedby the government sincethe 12 Jan quake struck,but that doesn’t count thebodies still in wreckedbuildings, buried or

burned by relatives ordead in outlying quakeareas, according to gov-ernment officials. Thequake left some 700,000people homeless in Port-au-Prince, mostly huddledunder sheets, boards andplastic in open areas.

Israel sent a medicaland rescue team in Haitiwhich the army said willfinish its operations in thenext few days and returnto Israel by Thursday.

The official newsagency of the United ArabEmirates, a Middle East-

ern nation on the PersianGulf, said a plane carry-ing 77 tons of basic reliefsupplies has been sent bythe government to Haiti.

Princess Haya bint AlHussein, wife of SheikMohammed bin Rashid,the ruler of Dubai, alsoflew to Port-Au-Princelast week on a “mercymission” to deliver aidand rescue Arab familiesin the Haitian capital.

Dubai is one of sevensheikdoms making up theUnited Arab Emirates.

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In this photo taken on 15 Jan, 2010, Royal Society librarian Keith Mooreholds the manuscript of ‘Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton’ by William Stukeley,

pointing to the words ‘does this apple fall’, in London. An 18th-century accountof how a falling piece of fruit helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity is

being posted to the Web on 18 Jan, 2010, making scans of the fragile papermanuscript widely available to the public for the first time.—INTERNET

An Indochinese tiger found mainly in Malaysiaand Thailand at the national zoo in Kuala

Lumpur, in 2002. Governments must act decisivelyto prevent the extinction of tigers in SoutheastAsia’s Greater Mekong region, where numbershave plunged more than 70 percent in 12 years,

the WWF said on Tuesday.—INTERNET

Gym could hurt eardrumsEDMONTON, 26 Jan — A

workout at the gym may bea strain on the ears, a Ca-nadian researcher warns.

Bill Hodgetts of theUniversity of Alberta sayshis research suggests al-most half of the peopleworking out in noisy gym-

type environments and lis-tening to an iPod turn up thevolume to levels that mayput them at risk for hearingloss — likely due to thepresence of backgroundnoise. Hodgetts says it isnot the listening level alonethat’s risky — it’s how long

a person listens at thatlevel.In the study, almosthalf of the participants lis-tened for a length of timeduring exercise that putsthem at risk for hearingloss.

However, Hodgetts ad-vises an easy way to avoidraising the volume to harm-ful levels may be gettingbetter earphones that “seal”the ear canal so backgroundnoise is reduced. The studyis published in the Interna-tional Journal of Audiology.

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Menus list calories, less calories chosen 1.3 billion smokeworldwide

ATLANTA, 26 Jan— Tobacco has at least 1.3 billionusers and kills more than 14,500 people worldwideevery day, while debilitating and sickening many more,US researchers say.

Thomas Glynn, director of the American CancerSociety Cancer Science and Trends, says the organiza-tion’s report points out the globalization of tobacco be-gan more than 500 years ago but public health has re-sponded only in the past 50 years to death, disease andeconomic disruption caused by tobacco use.

The World Bank estimates more than 180 million livescould be saved in the first half of this century if the preva-lence of current tobacco users were cut in half by 2020.The report, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clini-cians, says raising tobacco taxes is considered the mosteffective intervention to reduce tobacco use.

“Tobacco is the most unregulated consumer prod-uct on the market today, exempt from important basicconsumer protections, such as ingredient disclosure,product testing, accurate labeling, and restrictions onmarketing to children,” the report says.

Among the recommendations of the report are:— Physicians and healthcare providers should dis-

continue using tobacco.— Decrease targeting of women, the prevalence of

smoking among women worldwide is expected to be20 percent by 2025, compared with 12 percent today.

— Decrease duty-free and reduced-cost sales of to-bacco.

— Decrease exposure to secondhand smoke.— Decrease subsidies for tobacco production.

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Prostatetherapy

differs betweenhospitals

SAN DIEGO, 26 Jan —What type of prostate can-cer treatment a man re-ceives depends on whetherhe is treated at county orprivate hospitals, US re-searchers say. The study,posted online ahead of printin the journal Cancer,found patients treated incounty hospitals are morelikely to undergo surgerywhile patients treated inprivate facilities tend to re-ceive radiation or hormonetherapy.

Principal investigatorDr J Kellogg Parsons of theMoores Cancer Centre atthe University of Califor-nia, San Diego and col-leagues say surgery, radia-tion and hormone therapyare the most common treat-ments for localized prostatecancer. Each is associatedwith different risks andbenefits, but there is noconsensus as which is themost effective form oftreatment.—Internet

Low-carbo diet better than low-fatto lower blood pressure

SEATTLE, 26 Jan — Parents who haveaccess to fast-food menus with calorieinformation tend to choose lower calo-rie selections for their children, US re-searchers say.

Study leader Dr Pooja S Tandon ofSeattle Children’s Research Institutesaid the study involved 99 parents ofchildren ages 3-6, who sometimes eatin fast-food restaurants with their chil-dren. They were presented with sampleMcDonald’s restaurant menus whichincluded current prices and pictures ofitems, and asked what they would se-lect for themselves and also for theirchildren as a typical meal.

Half of the parents were given menusthat also clearly showed calorie infor-mation for each item. Choices included

most of the items sold at McDonald’s,including a variety of burgers, sand-wiches, salads, dressings, side items,beverages, desserts and “Happy Meals.”

The study, published in the journalPediatrics, found parents who weregiven the calorie information chose 102fewer calories on average — a caloriereduction of approximately 20 percent— for their children, compared with thegroup who did not have access to calo-rie information on their menus.

“Even modest calorie adjustments ona regular basis can avert weight gain andlead to better health over time,” Tandonsaid in a statement. “Just an extra 100calories per day may equate to about 10pounds of weight gain per year.”

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BEIJING, 26 Jan — Alow-carbohydrate dietmay be better than a low-fat diet plus the weight-loss drug orlistat for itseffect on helping lowerblood pressure, a newstudy in Monday’s Ar-chives of Internal Medi-cine said.

Reseachers in USpicked up 146 overweightor obese adults who wererandomly assigned to alow-carbohydrate diet ororlistat with a low-fat diet.

The average age of thestudy participants was 52and the average body-mass index was 39 (30and over is consideredobese). Orlistat was mar-keted as Xenical, a pre-scription medication, andAlli, available over thecounter.

The low-carb diet be-gan with a carbohydrateintake of less than 20grams of carbohydrates a

day. The group takingorlistat received a 120-milligram dose of thedrug three times daily andgot less than 30 percent oftheir calories from fat.

Over 48 weeks, thelow-carbohydrate grouplost 9.5 percent of theirbody weight, while theorlistat group lost 8.5 per-cent.

Insulin and glucosemarkers improved only inthe low-carb group, andthere was a significantdrop in blood pressure inthe low-carb group com-pared to the orlistat group.Similar reductions wereseen for diastolic bloodpressure.

“Weight loss was simi-lar but substantial in bothgroups we studied, butblood pressure improvedmore in the low-carb di-eters,” said study authorDr William Yancy Jr, anassociate professor of

medicine at Duke Univer-sity Medical Centre and astaff physician at the De-partment of Veterans Af-fairs Medical Centre inDurham, NC.

“There are options outthere. Pick a diet you thinkyou could stick to better,and work with your phy-sician to help you targetthe right intervention foryou,” he advised.

Yancy said the bloodpressure and cholesteroldrops might have beeneven more impressive ifpeople had stayed on theirmedications, but as theylost weight and normal-ized these readings, thedoctors took them offblood-pressure and cho-lesterol drugs.

Obesity is a significantinducement to many ill-nesses, including heartdisease, stroke, diabetesand many cancers.

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S P O R T S

Ahmed Hassan (R) of Egypt viesfor the ball with Bedimo NsameHenri of Cameroon during theirquarter final match in the AfricanCup of Nations CAN2010 at theOmbaka stadium in Benguela.Egypt won 3-1.—INTERNET

Egypt down Cameroon in Nations Cupto set up Algeria rematch

BENGUELA, 26 Jan—Aided by a brace from skipper Ahmed Hassan,Egypt defeated 10-man Cameroon 3-1 after extra-time in an AfricaCup of Nations quarter-final match here on Monday.

Egypt’s prize is a mouth-watering last-four showdown on Thursdayagainst bitter rivals Algeria, who pipped the Egyptians to a World Cupticket in dramatic circumstances in November.

The Pharaohs thus improved to 17 matches their unbeaten run in thetournament and also extended their five-year superiority over theIndomitable Lions.

Egypt assistant coach Shawki Gharib saluted Cameroon for pushinghis team all the way, while defending the performance of South Africanreferee Jerome Damon.

“Cameroon are a great team and they pushed us very hard,” saidGharib. “We, on our own part, played very well and knew what weneeded to do to win this match.

Internet

Goalkeeper Enyeama takes 10-man Nigeriainto semis

Manchester United’sWayne Rooney, picturedon 23 Jan, said Mondaythat while interest fromother clubs was flattering,he had no plans to leaveOld Trafford.—INTERNET

Rooney ready to stay at UnitedMANCHESTER, 26 Jan—Manchester United’s Wayne

Rooney said Monday that while interest from otherclubs was flattering, he had no plans to leave OldTrafford.

The England striker has been in superb form thisseason, scoring 19 goals in the Premier League alone- including all four in United’s 4-0 win over Hull onSaturday that took the defending champions back tothe top of the table.

Rooney’s goals have been a huge boon to United inthe absence of Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo,who left Old Trafford before the season started forSpanish giants Real Madrid in an 80 million poundsmove.—Internet

Justine Henin ofBelgium celebrateswinning a pointagainst NadiaPetrova of Russia intheir quarter-finalmatch on day nine ofthe Australian Openin Melbourne. Heninwon 7-6, 7-5 toadvance to the semi-finals.—INTERNET

Henin to face Zheng in AussieOpen semi

Australians Mark Woodforde (left)and Todd Woodbridge are picturedafter winning their men’s doubles

final at the Wimbledon 2000 tennistournament. One of the world’s bestdoubles partnerships was honoured

on Tuesday as both players wereinducted into the Tennis Australia

Hall of Fame.—INTERNET

Tennis doubles greatshonoured in AustraliaMELBOURNE, 26 Jan—One of the

world’s best doubles partnerships washonoured Tuesday as Mark Woodfordeand Todd Woodbridge were inducted intothe Tennis Australia Hall of Fame.

The pair, who won 61 doubles titles,including a record six Wimbledons, twoAustralian Opens, two US Opens and aFrench Open, said the recogntion matchedtheir Grand Slam achiviements.

“I think it’s such an incredible honourand probably equal, if not better, thanwinning the Wimbledons and theOlympics because I think it just reflectsback about how well you succeeded inthe sport,” Woodforde said.

Internet

Dickson Etuhu of Nigeria (L) andChris Katongo of Zambia (R) fight forthe ball during their quarter finalmatch at the African Cup of NationsCAN 2010 at the Tundavala stadiumin Lubango Angola.—INTERNET

Arsenal’sSenderos moves

to Evertonon loan

LONDON, 26 Jan—Arsenal’s Swiss defenderPhilippe Senderos movedto Everton on loan for therest of the season, the clubsaid on Monday.

The 24-year-old, whohas been capped 35 timesby his country, spent allof last season on loan atItalian side AC Milan afterfalling out of favour withcoach Arsene Wenger.

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Malaysia’s Fernandes rules outWest Ham stake

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Jan—Malaysian aviation tycoon TonyFernandes on Tuesday ruled out becoming a minority stakeholder inWest Ham, after he lost out in a bid to take control of the EnglishPremier League club.

Former Birmingham City owners David Sullivan and David Goldon 19 January said they had won full control of the east London clubafter acquiring a 50-percent stake in a move they admitted only madesense to them as lifelong supporters.

Sullivan secured an option to buy the remaining 50 percent at anytime in the next four years but said he would prefer to attract otherwealthy West Ham fans, including Fernandes, to join him in investingin the club.

Internet

Cilic outlasts Roddick inAussie Open semis

MELBOURNE, 26 Jan—Marin Cilic became the firstCroatian to reach the semi-finals of the AustralianOpen with a gripping five-set victory over AmericanAndy Roddick on Tuesday.

Cilic, at 21 the youngest of the eight quarter-finalists,wore down the seventh seeded Roddick, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 in three hours 50 minutes on Rod LaverArena.

His reward is a semi-final against either defendingchampion Rafael Nadal or British fifth seed AndyMurray, who play later Tuesday.

It was another test of endurance for the 14th seededCilic, who has spent the longest time on court of all theremaining players in the draw at 18 hours eight minutesfor his five matches.—Internet

Andy Roddick is seen hereduring a changeover betweengames against Marin Cilic ofCroatia in their quarter-final

match on day nine of theAustralian Open in

Melbourne. Cilic won 7-6(7/4), 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3.

INTERNET

LUBANGO, 26 Jan—Nigeriagoalkeeper Victor Enyeama turnedAfrica Cup of Nations matchwinner byconverting the decisive kick in a5-4 penalty shootout win over Zambiaon Monday after a goalless quarter-final.

John Obi Mikel, Obafemi Martins,Obinna Nsofor and Osaze Odemwingiealso scored from the spot to give the‘Super Eagles’ a 100 percent successrate from five kicks.

Thomas Nyirenda was theunconsolable Zambian at the end after

Enyeama saved his kick - the seventh ofthe shootout - and Nigeria scrapedthrough despite having Onyekachi Apamsent off during extra time.

The ultra-negative last quarter-finalof the biennial African footballshowcase was a massive dis-appointment after victories for Ghana,Algeria and Egypt in thrillers.

Defending champions Egypt madethe penultimate stage a few hours beforeNigeria thanks to a 3-1 extra-timetriumph over Cameroon with 170-capmidfielder Ahmed Hassan scoring twicefor his side and once for his opponents.

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MELBOURNE, 26 Jan—Justine Henin’s dream run inher first Grand Slam on thecomeback trail gathered paceTuesday as she powered intothe Australian Open semi-finals where she will faceChina’s Zheng Jie.

The 27-year-old decided toreturn to tennis after seeingfellow Belgian Kim Clijsterswin the US Open last year, andshe has more than justified thefaith of organisers here whohanded her a wildcard. Thedraw opened up for her nicelywhen Clijsters was knockedout in the third round and Heninhas seized the opportunity,using her vast experience todown determined Russian 19thseed Nadia Petrova 7-6 (7/3),7-5.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Shan and Mon States, upperSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, isolated in Kachin,Chin and Kayin States, Mandalay, Bago and YangonDivisions, weather has been partly cloudy in the remainingareas. Night temperatures were (4 °C) below January averagetemperatures in Kachin and Chin States, (3C) to (4 °C)above January average temperatures in Shan, Rakhine andKayin States, upper Sagaing, Magway, Bago, Yangon andAyeyawady Division, (5 °C) to (6°C) above January averagetemperatures in Kayah and Mon States, Taninthayi Divisionand about January average temperatures in the remainingareas. The significant night temperatures were Haka(1°C), Putao, Namsang and Loilem (4°C) each. Thenoteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Lewe ) (0.24) inch, Katha and Myeik (0.32) inch each,Homalin (0.20) inch, Pinlaung (0.16) inch, Nay Pyi Taw,Bhamo, Namsam and Thaton (0.12) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 25-1-2010 was 97°F.Minimum temperature on 26 -1-2010 was 65°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 26-1-2010 was 68%.Total sun shine hours on 25 -1-2010 was (7.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 26-1-2010 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil)Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(4) mph from Southeast at (12:30) hours MST on 25-1-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in North Bayand partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 27thJanuary 2010:Weather will be partly in Rakhine State, upper Sagaing andMagway Divisions, light rain or thundershowers will beisolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days:Likehood ofcontinuation of isolated light rain in the Eastern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for27-1-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain of thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for27-1-2010:Likelihood of isolated rain of thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for27-1-2010:Likelihood of isolated rain of thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Examples of ‘alien art’ seen at an exhibition at theScience Museum in London in 2005. The law of

probabilities backs theories that we are not alone in theUniverse, scientists at a conference in the British

capital have said.INTERNET

Teen pregnancy rate upafter 10-year decline

WASHINGTON, 26 Jan— The US teen pregnancyrate rose in 2006 for the first time in more than adecade, reversing a long slide, a US think tankreported on Tuesday. The overall teen pregnancyrate was up 3 percent in 2006, with a 4 percent risein the rate of births and a 1 percent rise in the rate ofabortions, according to the report by the GuttmacherInstitute.

The United States has higher rates of teenpregnancy, birth and abortion than in other Westernindustrialized countries. There were 71 pregnanciesper 1,000 US girls aged 15-19. In 2006, 7 percent ofall teenage girls got pregnant, according to thereport.

Fewer black teenage girls got pregnant, closinga gap with Hispanic teens. But rates among bothgroups were still significantly higher than for whiteteens, the report said, and rates went up for all ethnicgroups. “We’re not quite sure yet whether this is justa blip or whether it’s the beginning of a longerupward trend,” Larry Finer, Guttmacher’s directorfor domestic research, said in a telephone interview.

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★ 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

Haka (1o C)

Putao, Namhsan (4o C)

Loilem (4o C)

Significant night temperatures (26-1-2010)

Scenes on progress of HainggyikyunArticle & Photos: Ko Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)

Photo shows Kyaukkalat BEHS in Pyinkhayaing of Hainggyikyun.

Hainggyikyun, a town of Labutta Township inAyeyawady Division, is located on the coastal region,which is an entrance to the Bay of Bengal.Hainggyikyun, constituted with three wards and 100villages of 22 village-tracts, has an area of five mileslong and three miles wide.

In 2008, Hainggyikyun was destroyed by cy-clonic storm. The government, companies andwellwishers provided necessary assistance for the stormand tidal ravaged villages of Hainggyikyun.

Due to impacts of the storm, seawater flowedinto wells and lakes of the villages. Therefore, effortswere made to remove salty water from the wells andlakes and cleaned them for supplying potable water tothe local people.

For ensuring availability of clean drinkingwater, a total of 32 new wells and 36 lakes were

renovated in 36 villages of village-tracts.Hainggyikyun Development Affairs Commit-

tee repaired the damaged jetties and built new pontoonjetties at villages for berthing of ships that carried reliefitems for the storm survivors. The committee alsorenovated the damaged roads and bridges for transpor-tation of relief items to the villages.

Moreover, 3.7-mile Pammawady Road and thecircular road were tarmacked and 0.7 mile long gravelroad section was constructed on U Aung Zeya Road inthe urban area. Furthermore, the committee renovatedrural roads namely Kyongya, Yekhaunggyi,Pyinkhayaing, Kyaukkalat, Thetkeithaung,Thaunglayletaw and Po Nyo Gon roads.

Hainggyikyun had 85 Basic Education Primary,Middle and High Schools. A total of 56 buildings of156 from the schools were destroyed by the storm. So

far, all the school buildings have been renovated withthe contributions of the State, wellwishers and compa-nies. Neat and tidy dispensaries are providing healthcare services to the local people.

Storm affected Phonedawpyay and KhongyiVillages of Ottwin Village-tract were reconstituted as

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