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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of

the nation regardless of the place helives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patri-otism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Dec — On the occasion of the birthday anniversary ofHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej which falls on 5 December 2008,Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisMajesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwesends felicitations to

King of Thailand

NAY PYI TAW, 4Dec — Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing of the Min-istry of Defence togetherwith Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut and de-partmental officials on 2December visited edibleoil crop (oil radish) plan-tation of farmer U TinYan at Shwemuhtaw Vil-lage in NawnghkioTownship.

(See page 8)

Edible oil crops thriving in Nawnghkio

TEL AVIV, 4 Dec—In the hit 1998 movie Ar-mageddon, heroes of themovie blew up an aster-

How to destroy an asteroid:Blowing up killer space rocks

without dangerous debris

Sun’s magnetic field may impactweather and climate: Sun cycle can

predict rainfall fluctuationsCANBERRA, 4 Dec

— The sun’s magneticfield may have a signifi-cant impact on weatherand climatic parameters inAustralia and other coun-tries in the northern andsouthern hemispheres.According to a study inGeographical Research,the droughts are related tothe solar magnetic phasesand not the greenhouse

effect.The study uses data

from 1876 to the presentto examine the correla-tion between solar cyclesand the extreme rainfallin Australia.

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oid to save the world.While the film was sci-ence fiction, the chancesof an asteroid hitting theEarth one day are veryreal—and blowing up anasteroid in real life, says aTel Aviv University re-searcher, will be morecomplicated than in themovies.

Astrophysicists agreethat the best method for

avoiding a catastrophiccollision would be tochange the path of the as-teroid heading toward ourplanet. “For that to work,we need to be able to pre-dict what would happen ifwe attempt an explosion,”says Tel Aviv Universitydoctoral student DavidPolishook, who is study-ing asteroids with his su-pervisor Dr. Noah Broschat the Department of Geo-physics and Planetary Sci-ences.

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Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects edible oil crop (oil radish) plantation in Nawnghkio Township.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 5 December, 2008

Friday, 5 December, 2008

Today, AIDS is spreading rapidly like anepidemic throughout the world. So, manycountries are paying special attention to AIDScontrol measures and taking care of thoseinfected with HIV.

Myanmar is launching AIDS controlcampaigns at the national level. In the process,the Central Committee for Prevention andControl of AIDS was formed in 1989. Thecommittees at state and division, district andtownship levels are stepping up AIDS controlmeasures.

In particular, they are working togetherwith the Ministry of Social Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement and internal NGOs forprevention of HIV infection against womenand caring for women infected with HIV. Atthe same time, the committees at all levels areproviding consultancy, giving educative talksand rendering effective treatments to thevictims.

The United Nations AIDS bodyannounced that as a result of those measures,Myanmar’s HIV/AIDS cases dropped from0.94 per cent in 2000 to 0.67 per cent in 2007.

Myanmar is playing an active role inAIDS prevention and control campaignshand in hand with UN agencies andinternational NGOs.

AIDS has adverse effects not only on thehealth but also on social and economicdevelopment of world people. Therefore, theentire people have to participate in HIV/AIDS control campaigns in collaborationwith departments concerned and socialorganizations and console and look after thevictims.

Prevent and control HIV/AIDS collectively

* 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

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec — The partners meeting onsustainable TB drug supply in Myanmar was held inNay Pyi Taw on 2 December.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint stressed the need for sustainablesupply of TB drug to be able to retain the currentachievement in STOP TB Strategy which has beenimplemented in Myanmar since 2006.

Under the national health plan (2006-2011),tasks for elimination of TB have been carried out in

Partners meeting on sustainable TB drug supply

Myanmar and Global Drug Facility (GDF) has providedTB drug to the country since 2003.

Acting Director-General of the HealthDepartment Dr Win Myint and Mr Robert Matiru,Chief of GDF, reviewed the TB elimination tasks andthe distribution of TB drug in Myanmar.

Myanmar has practiced Directly ObjectiveTreatment Short Course Strategy (DOTS) and over 85per cent of TB patients recovered from the disease.

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YANGON, 4 Dec — STIEducation will be launchinga competition on “How toTeach Effectively” atParkroyal Hotel here on 28December.

The competition inpracticum is a partialrequirement of EnglishTeachership Trainingcourses (TESOL, TEFLand TEYLT).

STI professors (nativeand local) will assess thepracticum prepared by thecandidates in the areas:Teaching and Methods;Management and

Competition on “How to Teach Effectively” on 28 Dec

YANGON, 4 Dec—Under the arrangementsof Myanmar Border AreasDevelopment Asso-ciation, a ceremony tosponsor the eye careservice was held at themeeting hall of HomalinHospital (100-bed) on 25November.

Dr Tun Myint of the

Procedures, Use ofTeaching Aids, Assess-ment and Monitoring,Delivery and Presentationand Personal Qualities.

STI has beensubstantiating Diploma inTeaching English toSpeakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL),Certificate in TeachingEnglish as a ForeignLanguage (TEFL) andCertificate in TeachingEnglish to Young Learnersand Teenagers (TEYLT)and Certificate in EnglishCommunication Skills(CECS) courses incollaboration with LondonTeacher Training College

(LTTC) based in London,UK, since January 2006.LTTC has firmlyestablished a strongnetwork of 100 affiliatedschools in 38 countries. STIcoached English teachersand so far thirty-six Englishteachers scored high marksin both theory andpracticum assessments.

STI is a member ofInternational Association ofTESOL QualifyingInstitutions (IATQI) basedin England and the onlyeducation centre inMyanmar with closeaffiliation to IATQI.

STI has invitedinterested English

teachers with at least 2years experience to submittheir curriculum vitae andlesson plan in advance andto register to enter thecontest not later than 15December.

Attractive first, secondand third prizes will beawarded by STI.Registration to enter thecontest deadline is 10December.

More infor-mation areavailable at STI Education,Blk 4, Rm 7, Myanmar Info-Tech, Hline Township,Yangon, No. 377, UpperShwebontha Street,Pabedan Township.

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Eye care services provided to patients in Homalinhospital explained thepurpose of the ceremony.On behalf of the donors,Daw Kywe Kywe whodonated K 10 millionspoke words of thanks.

Treasurer U Nyi Phyuof the associationexplained the efforts of theassociation. Eyespecialists from Yangon

and Mandalay providedeye tests and treatment tothe eye patients. On 25November, they gave eyetreatment to 282 patients.

The medical team alsoprovided eye care servicesto 2,211 eye patients andperformed surgicaltreatment on 286patients.—MNA

Partners meeting on sustainable TB drug supply in progress.—HEALTH

Eye specialists from Yangon andMandalay render free treatment to eye

patients at Homalin Hospital.—MNA

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Ind soldiers sue overchemical exposure in Iraq

INDIANPOLIS, 4 Dec—Sixteen Indiana NationalGuard soldiers sued the big defence contractor KBRInc. on Wednesday, saying its employees knowinglyallowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraqfive years ago.

The federal suit filed in US District Court allegesthe soldiers from a Tell City-based unit were exposedto a carcinogen while protecting an Iraqi water pump-ing plant shortly after the US invasion in 2003.

The 23-page complaint claims that Houston-basedKBR knew at least as early as May 2003 that the plantwas contaminated with sodium dichromate, a knowncarcinogen, but concealed the danger from civilianworkers and 139 soldiers from the Indiana Guard’s1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry.

“It’s not right, what they done,” said MarkMcManaway, a 55-year-old truck driver from Canneltonwho has since retired from the Guard. McManaway,the main plaintiff in the lawsuit, has suffered nosebleedsand rashes he believes are due to the chemical expo-sure. The chemical, used to remove pipe corrosion, isespecially dangerous because it contains hexavalentchromium, which is known to cause birth defects andcancer, particularly lung cancer, the lawsuit said. Thecancer can take years to develop.—Internet

A woman comforts her five-year-old daughterSuzan Abbas in a hospital in Baghdad on 3 Dec,2008. Suzan was wounded when a bomb attachedto a minibus exploded in eastern Baghdad. Five

people were injured in the blast and one waskilled.—INTERNET

Kidnapped aid workerreleased by captors

KABUL, 4 Dec—A French aid worker abducted onthe streets of Kabul a month ago has been freed, FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday. Thirty-two year-old Dany Egreteau who worked for the non-government organization, Solidarity Laique, was kid-napped by armed men on 3 November while walkingin the centre of the Afghan capital.

An Afghan driver was killed as he tried to preventhis colleague’s abduction. The French Foreign Minis-try said it had been working with Afghan officials tosecure Egreteau’s freedom.

Egreteau, an education specialist, had arrived in Af-ghanistan just one week before his abduction. He isexpected to return to France on Thursday.

His abduction followed a string of attacks on for-eigners in Afghanistan.

In October, a Briton and South African working forthe DHL international courier company were shot deadin Kabul and British aid worker, Gayle Williams, waskilled in the capital days later.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Foreign Af-fairs Minister Bernard Kouchner thanked French andAfghan authorities for their efforts in obtainingEgreteau’s release, and attacked the kidnappers fortargeting aid workers.—Internet

Drought, poverty lead children to abandon school

A man sits near a damaged vehicle at the site of a roadside bomb attack inBaghdad’s Ameen district on 3 Dec, 2008. Iraqi police said at least one civil-

ian has been killed and five others wounded in the blast when of a bombattached to a minibus exploded.—INTERNET

A terminal worker stands beside a burnt Humvee military vehicle caused byinsurgents’ attack at the Fasial terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 1 Dec,

2008. —INTERNET

Peoplegather nextto a dam-

aged taxi atthe site of a

suicideattack in

front of theHabibya

High Schoolin Kabul.INTERNET

CHEMTAL, 4 Dec—Eight-year-old AhmadShafi and his youngerbrother spend many hoursa day fetching drinkingwater for their family inthe drought-strickenChemtal District of BalkhProvince, northern Af-ghanistan. They have beenunable to attend school as

a result.“We start around eight

in the morning and finishby midday,” Ahmad toldIRIN, adding that their jobwas “difficult” and “long”.

Ahmad’s uncle, AbdulSamad - with whom hisfamily has been livingsince his father died twoyears ago - sells vegetables

at a local bazaar, andsometimes helps Ahmadand his brother when morethan the usual volume ofwater is needed.

“I have to work and pro-vide food or collect wa-ter… women cannot go farto collect water, so theboys have to do this job,”he said—Internet

Obama’s plan to close Guantanamoforces decision about inmates

WASHINGTON, 4 Dec—BarackObama’s promise to close theGuantanamo Bay prison camp for sus-pected terrorists will force the new presi-dent to decide what to do with inmateswho can’t be tried for war crimes yet aredeemed too dangerous to be released.

About 250 detainees remain at theprison camp opened on a US Navy basein Cuba after the 11 Sept attacks. Morethan 520 others have been repatriatedor sent to another country. Obama said16 Nov on CBS he will close the prisonas part of an effort, including a ban ontorture during interrogations, “to regainAmerica’s moral stature in the world.”

Logistically, Obama may be able to“close Guantanamo pretty quickly” oncehe finds facilities on the mainland tohouse the prisoners, said MatthewWaxman, a former Defence Departmentofficial who teaches law at ColumbiaUniversity. “The bigger issue is on what

Detainees at prison camp inGuantanamo Bay, Cuba. —INTERNET

legal basis are you going to hold them?”More than 100 inmates can’t be put

on trial because of a lack of evidenceand the Bush administration considersthem too dangerous to release. Legalexperts suggest several options, such askeeping them under the Bush adminis-tration designation of “unlawful enemycombatant,” labeling them prisoners ofwar or asking Congress to create a newtype of preventive or administrative de-tention.—Internet

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, 4 Dec— The No 2 federal prose-cutor in a violent Mexicanborder city near Texas hasbeen shot dead.

Jesus Martin Huerta isone of the highest rankinggovernment officialskilled in drug-fueled vio-lence sweeping CiudadJuarez.

The attorney general’soffice says two gunmenopened fire on Huerta’scar while it was stoppedat an intersection.

An Iraqi covers hisface as he passes a

cluster bomblet in theBaladiyat neighbour-hood of Baghdad in2003. Some 100 na-tions began putting

their names Wednes-day to a landmark

treaty banning clusterbombs, amid calls formajor arms producerssuch as China, Russiaand the United States

to join them.INTERNET

PANAMA CITY, 4 Dec — Russia said Wednesday itis sending a warship through the Panama Canal forthe first time since World War II, a short journey loadedwith symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at aformer US naval base, showcasing Russia’s growinginfluence in the region.

Russia appears to be relishing the idea of stoppingat what was long a symbol of US global power; theRussian Navy announced it would visit “the Rodmannaval base” — a name that the host nation, Panamahas not used since taking over the base from the UnitedStates in 1999.

The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko is scheduledto enter the Panama Canal on Friday morning and ar-rive late in the day at what Panama calls the BalboaNaval Base.

“It is a sort of tit-for-tat for Russia’s perception ofUS meddling in Georgia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe,”and has little military purpose, said Adam Isacson, ananalyst for the Washington-based Centre for Interna-tional Policy.

Russia, like the United States, already has ports withaccess to both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

“Sending a destroyer through the Panama Canal ob-viously has a lot of symbolic significance (and) this isprimarily symbolism,” said analyst Michael Shifter ofthe Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washing-ton.—Internet

State police officers stand next to the bullet-riddled vehicle where an assistantfederal prosecutor was killed along with his secretary in the border city of

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on 3 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

Prosecutor slain in violentMexico border city

A woman behind thewheel who also workedfor the attorney general’soffice was also killed.

Police named no sus-pects in Wednesday’s at-tack.

But drug gangs haveincreasingly targeted po-

lice and federal officialsas they resist a nationalcrackdown.

More than a dozen po-lice officers have beenshot dead this year inCiudad Juarez, across theborder from El Paso,Texas.—Internet

KANDAHAR, 4 Dec — The governor of Afghanistan’skey southern Kandahar Province said Thursday he wassacked by the central government and complained thatpowerful people in his region had been sabotaginghis work.

Rahmatullah Raufi, a former army general, wasappointed as governor of Kandahar Province in Au-gust, replacing a powerful but controversial formergovernor, Assadullah Khalid. But after only threemonths, Raufi told The Associated Press that officialsin the capital said he must go.

“Last night I received a call from Kabul sayingthat you are fired,” Raufi said.

“Personally I do not want to work either, becausesome of the powerful people (in Kandahar) were cre-ating problems in my job,” Raufi said, without elabo-rating. He did not identify who in the government toldhim he was sacked.

Kandahar Province is the spiritual heartland of theTaliban but also the power base of President HamidKarzai. Karzai’s brother is the head of the provincialcouncil. The province is also Afghanistan’s second-leading producer of opium poppies, behindneighboring Helmand Province.—Internet

Israel opens Gaza borderto foreign journalists

JERUSALEM , 4 Dec — Israel has lifted a four-week-old ban on international journalists entering the GazaStrip.

Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner says themove also applies to international aid workers whohad been banned. The announcement follows weeksof pressure from foreign governments and the leadersof major news organizations urging Israel to reopenGaza to the media.

The Foreign Press Association in Israel condemnedthe ban as a violation of press freedoms.

The Israeli-Gaza crossing had been closed for morethan four weeks since a shaky truce between Israeland Gaza’s Hamas rulers began to unravel.—Internet

The Admiral Chabanenko , Russian anti-submarine destroyer will sailthrough the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the

Russian Navy announced on 3 Dec, 2008—INTERNET

LOSTANT, 4 Dec — Achartered bus carryingstudents collided with asemitrailer Wednesdaynight on icy roads innorth-central Illinois,sending at least 18 peopleto the hospital, authoritiessaid. None of the injuriesappeared life-threatening.

Ten ambulances weresent to the accident site onInterstate 39, said IllinoisState Police spokeswomanParis Ervin. At least twovehicles including the buswere involved in the colli-sion, which occurred on anicy road, although it wastoo early to speculate on acause, Ervin said. Studentswent to three area hospi-tals, said a dispatcher at theLaSalle County sheriff’soffice. Fifty-six studentswere on the bus, but thedispatcher did not knowhow many people were in-jured.—Internet

TRACY, 4 Dec — Afterbeing held captive forabout a year, an emaciatedand shackled 17-year-oldboy climbed out a win-dow in the home of hiscaptors and walked into anearby gym in search ofhelp, police said onWednesday.

Authorities were stillinvestigating the boy’s al-leged imprisonment andabuse by a California cou-

Governor of key AfghanProvince sacked

Russia to send warship throughPanama Canal

Police say shackled Calif boyjumped fence to escape

ple, but details of his es-cape were becomingclearer, police said.

The boy has been re-leased from a hospital andwas in the custody ofChild Protective Services,Tracy police spokesmanMatt Robinson said.

Law enforcement of-ficers also were trying todetermine how the auntand one-time guardian ofthe teen knew the coupleaccused of holding himagainst his will for nearlya year.

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Bus carryingstudents

collides withtruck in Illi

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Chinese shares open 1.39%higher on stimulus policies

The Hong Kongflagged merchant ship

M/V OverseasHercules uses firehoses as a counter-measure against a

possible pirate attackin the Gulf of Aden on2 Dec, 2008. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 4 Dec—Chi-nese shares opened 1.39percent higher on Thurs-day following the StateCouncil (Cabinet)’s deci-sion Wednesday to en-courage commercialbanks to grant more loansfor stimulating economicgrowth and to stabilize thestock market.

The benchmark Shang-hai Composite Index,which covers both A andB shares, rose 1.39 per-cent, or 27.31 points, to

1,992.72 at the opening. The smaller Shenzhen

index was up 1.16 per-cent, or 81.94 points, toopen at 7,123.00 points.

Chinese shares also gota boost from a strongovernight rally on WallStreet, analysts said.

At an executive meet-ing presided over by Pre-mier Wen Jiabao Wednes-day, the Cabinet said ninemeasures would be takento update the financialsystem, offer more loans

for bolstering economicgrowth and raise the coun-try’s ability to wardagainst risks among finan-cial institutions.

“The governmentwould stabilize the stockmarket, promote the stabledevelopment of the futuremarket and give priority tothe issue of bonds targetedat infrastructures, ecologi-cal and environmentalprojects and after-quakereconstructions,” said themeeting.—Xinhua

US economic activity has weakenedsince mid-October

WASHINGTON, 4 Dec—The US economy has weak-ened since mid-October as the worst financial crisisin decades, which is ongoing as of December, dampsconsumer spending and business investment, the Fed-eral Reserve said on Wednesday in its latest survey onbusiness conditions around the nation.

“Overall economic activity weakened across all Fed-eral Reserve districts” since the last report, which wasissued on 15 Oct, the Fed said in the survey, the so-called Beige Book. Districts generally reported de-creases in retail sales, and vehicle sales were down sig-nificantly in most districts, according to the survey,which is based on economic information supplied bythe Fed’s 12 regional banks and collected before 24 Nov.

The survey showed that tourism spending was sub-dued in a number of districts, it said, adding that re-ports on the service sector were generally negative.

Xinhua

Bill Richardson nominated asUS secretary of commerce

A policeman introduces

the harmfulness of

drugs to waiters at a

KTV store in Chaohu

City, east China’s Anhui

Province, on 2 Dec

2008. —XINHUA

US President-elect Barack Obama (L) speaks whileNew Mexico Governor Bill Richardson looks on

during the press conference held in Chicago on 3Dec, 2008. —XINHUA

Brazilian mining giantVale cuts 1,300 jobs

RIO DE JANEIRO, 4 Dec—Brazil’s largest mining com-pany Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) announcedWednesday it had dismissed 1,300 employees world-wide amid the global financial crisis.

The mining giant also said it would grant 30-dayvacations to another 5,500 employees this month andin February 2009, and it had put 1,200 others on train-ing for new positions.

The job cut was a result of a drop in orders, whichhas forced the company to slash 30 million metrictons in its annual iron reproduction in October, Valesaid. The company said 20 percent of the dismissedand 80 percent of those on leave are in southeasternBrazil, where most of Vale's operations are based. Valehad 62,000 employees before the job cuts.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Security forces kill 14 militantsin Pakistan’s tribal area

ISLAMABAD, 4 Dec—As many as 14 militants werekilled in a raid by security forces in Pakistan’s tribalarea on Wednesday, private TV channel DAWN NEWSreported. Jet fighters and helicopters hit suspected po-sitions in Lakaro, a sub division of Mohmand tribalregion bordering Afghanistan, said the report.

According to unconfirmed reports, 14 militants andseven civilians were killed in the air strike carried outin Ziarat, Ghaziabad, Bagh Pahar and Karier areas inMohmand. Militants have a strong presence in theseareas adjacent to Bajaur, according to DAWN NEWS.

Xinhua

A girl walks a “panda”

in a street of Wuhan,

Hubei Province in

central China, attract-

ing the attention of lots

of people around. The

“panda” turns out to be

a dog wearing pandas’

makeup!—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 4 Dec—US President-elect BarackObama nominated on Wednesday New Mexico gov-ernor Bill Richardson as the next secretary of com-merce.

“Last week, Vice President-elect Biden and I beganthe process of announcing our economic team,” Obamatold a news conference at his transition office head-quarters in Chicago, Illinois. “Today we are pleased toname another key member of this team— our nomi-nee for secretary of commerce, my great friend, Gov.Bill Richardson.”

Obama described Richardson as a leading “eco-nomic diplomat for America” who “has been seen fromjust about every angle what makes our economy workand what keeps it from working better” during his timein state government and Congress, and in two tours ofduty in the cabinet.—Xinhua

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NEWSALBUM

Russia’s military hastested a new-generation ofintercontinental nuclearballistic rocket. Defencesources say the RS-24,capable of carrying multipleindependent warheads, canpenetrate any defencesystem.

The missile was launchedon 26 November from amobile launcher at thenorthwestern PlesetskCosmodrome in Arkhan-gelsk region.

It reportedly travelled6,000 miles across Russia tothe Kamchatka Peninsula

Lost NASA tool bag found! But byamateur astronomers

Amateur astronomers inthe US have managed to finda tool bag, which NASAastronaut Heide Stefany-shyn-Piper lost during aspace walk last week.

The first sighting wasmade by Edward Light fromNew Jersey, using 10x50binoculars, on the night of23 November.

He noticed the bagtravelling in space near thePisces star constellation.Another amateur astro-nomer, Kevin Fetter,managed to film the objectand later posted the video onthe Internet. The 50cm X 30cm bag, is now orbiting theEarth at a height of 400

kilometres.The tool bag is estimated

to be worth about $US100,000. It was lost duringrepair works at theInternational Space Station on19 November, preformed byUS astronauts HeideStefanyshyn-Piper andStephen Bowen.

Various amateurastronomer communities arenow trying to calculate thetrajectory of the bag.

According to their data,next time it will be seen fromNorth America in the eveningon 26 and 28 November.

Meanwhile, NASA saysthe bag will burn in theatmosphere in June 2009.

But the amateur astrono-mers did a great job findingsuch a small object in endlessspace.

Maybe the US governmentshould now hire them to findsome important stuff on Earth,for example, Osama BinLaden, the way out of theCredit Crunch and the way tocope with Global Warming.

People dressed as Santa Claus wave toa young boy during the annualSidewalk Santa parade in New York.

New missile can beat any defence system

where the missile’s multiplere-entry vehicles successfullylanded on targets on the Kuratesting range.

RS-24 is heavier than itspredecessor — the RS-12(Topol M), created in responseto the missile shield that theUnited States wants to deployin Europe.

Pumpkin drop at NYmuseum draws smashing

crowdWhat is the sound that a falling

pumpkin makes when it hits the ground?Hundreds of people know the answer

on Long Island. They paid $9 admissionfor a “smashing pumpkins” event at theCradle of Aviation Museum in GardenCity, NY.

The crowd cheered Friday as severalhundred overripe pumpkins weredropped from a second-story balcony toburst and splatter in a moist explosion ofseeds and pulp.

The largest weighed several hundredpounds.

Eleven-year-old Brian Scala said itwas “really cool.”

The pumpkins were donated by a localnursery and will be reused as compost.

Bulava missile hits bullseyeRussia has test fired the naval ballistic missile Bulava. It

was launched from the strategic nuclear sub Dmitry Donskoyand hit its target at the Kura range in Kamchatka. It was thefirst successful test of the prospective weapon.

‘The launch was from a submerged position and wasperformed as part of the state control and test programme of theweapon system. The trajectory parameters were according tonormal operation mode. The warheads were delivered to theKura range,’ said deputy head of the Russian Navy, Igor Digalo.

The Bulava missile is the designated weapon forprospective Borey class submarines, which are meant tobecome the backbone of Russia’s nuclear deterrent fleet. Ithas multiple nuclear warheads and has a range of 8,000kilometres.

Sara, the walrus andher Russian trainer

Sergiy perform duringa show at the newly-

opened IstanbulDolphinarium inIstanbul, Turkey,on 1 Dec, 2008.

INTERNET

MOSCOW, 4 Dec—Rus-sia welcomes Ukraine’sdecision to set up a high-level group to improvebilateral ties, a RussianForeign Ministry spokes-man said on Wednesday.

“Any realistic stepsand measures aimed atdeveloping and advancingRussian-Ukrainian tiesshould be welcomed,”Andrei Nesterenko said ina commentary posted onthe website of the minis-try.

Moscow would be“closely watching allpractical actions by ourUkrainian partners,” hesaid.

The spokesman alsoreiterated Moscow’s de-sire for constructive, prag-

TOKYO, 4 Dec— An earthquake measuring 5.7 onthe Richter scale hit Japan’s northeastern coastal ar-eas Thursday, the Japanese Meteorological Agencyreported.

The focus of the quake, which occurred at 12:11pm (0311 GMT) following an earlier magnitude 6.1quake, was about 10 km under the sea at Sariku Okioff Japan’s northeastern coast, the agency said. NoTsunami warning was issued.

There were no immediate reports of casualties ordamage to property. —Internet

LOS ANGELES, 4 Dec—Some US airlines areslashing prices on someflight, hoping to lure trav-ellers this holiday seasonand into the New Year, itwas reported on Wednes-day.

Deep discounts forairline fares come as nosurprise, particularlysince 2008 was an awfulyear for the industry, theSan Francisco Chroniclesaid on its Web.

Russia hails Ukraine’s effort to improvebilateral tiesmatic and responsible co-operation with Kiev.

Ukrainian PresidentViktor Yushchenko hasdecided to form a strate-gic group for relationswith Russia amid the fi-nancial crisis. The groupwill be led by the NationalSecurity Council chiefand will also include othersecurity officials, cabinetmembers, and the head ofNaftogaz, the national oiland gas company.

“We must do every-

thing to make relationswith Russia rational,”Yushchenko was quotedby RIA Novosti newsagency as saying on Mon-day.

Relations between theformer Soviet republicshave soured in recentyears over a series of is-sues, ranging fromUkraine’s bid to joinNATO to Russia's BlackSea Fleet base in theUkrainian port ofSevastopol. —Internet

Some US airlines slashing faresto lure travellers

The devastation in theindustry — coupled withfalling oil prices — meansbargains should be boun-tiful and continue into theNew Year, just as demandslumps, said the paper.

“Of course, we havelow fares all the time,”said Marilee Mcinnis, aspokeswoman for South-west Airlines, was quotedas saying.

“But the economy ison the minds of everyone— and everything felt likewe were in a recessionand now we know it’s of-ficial.

“There’s a lot of trepi-dation out there,” she said.

Southwest Airlines onWednesday reported itsload factor – the percent-age of seats filled —forNovember was 63.2 per-cent, compared with 69.3percent for the same pe-riod last year.

With sagging numberslike that, at Southwest andat all the other airlinestruggling in a down cy-cle, an effort is under wayto entice travellers whomight otherwise nottravel, said the report.

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Strong quake hits Japan’sNE coastal areas

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(from page 16)

The government pro-

vided the region with

funds of 128.265 million

kyats for 6419.1 baskets

of tea seeds.

Manager U Hon Kee

of Township Myanma

Agriculture Service told

the Myanma Alin Daily

that in 2007-2008 fiscal

year, Chin State Peace

and Development Coun-

cil rendered 13.228 mil-

lion kyats for tea saplings

for departments, entre-

preneurs and wards and

villages.

Assistant Supervisor

U Tint Ne Aung of Haka

Township MAS said that

Tiddim, Haka, Kanpetlet,

Mindat and Matupi town-

ships grew tea on a com-

mercial scale; and that

green tea prices ranged

from 4000 to 12,000

kyats.

Deputy Director U

Htan Doh Kyint said that

world's largest tea export-

ing countries were India,

China, Sri Lanka, Kenya

and Indonesia; that

Myanmar had tea farms

of about 200,000 acres;

that since 2007-2008,

Chin State to become tea gardenArticle: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon); Photos: Lay Nwe (Mingaladon)

The micro-

wave tower

of Haka,

Chin State.

I harvest tea two times a month and eighttimes a year and get 15 viss of tea from three

acres of tea. (U Htay Win, Moe Hein tea farm)

Daw Ngun Kywe, proprietor of Golden Citytea farm.

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green tea processing meth-

ods had been disseminated

to local farmers for boost-

ing production of green

tea and black tea, and a

black tea workshop was

established under the lead-

ership of Chin State PDC

at Kyawbok agricultural

farm in Haka on 15 May

2007; that a black tea fac-

tory was established in

Mindat under the instruc-

tions of the commander of

North-West Command;

and another tea factory

would be established at

Daw Lwin Region of

Tiddim Township; that

of more than 8.9 million

acres, over 500,000 of

which are put under crops.

So, it still has a vast area

of vacant lands to grow

tea extensively.

U Htay Win (Moe

Hein tea farm) of

Kyawbok Ward, Haka,

said that he was a native of

Haka; that tea farming was

his family business; that

his parents ran a three-

acre tea farm, but he had

extended the tea farm

into a 10-acre one; that

he harvested tea two

times a month and eight

times a year and got 15

viss of tea from three

acres of tea; and that he

planned to run tea farm-

ing extensively.

Daw Ngun Kywe,

owner of Golden City tea

farm said that she began

to run a two-acre farm in

2003; that then the tea

farm had an area of nine

acres and she had a plan

to extend the farm to an

11-acre one; that she used

Assam species; that up

to June 2008, she had

grown 8000 tea plants; that

she got 120 viss of raw tea

or 24 viss of dry tea from

an acre; that a viss of dry

tea was priced at 10,000

kyats; that she started to

harvest tea when tea plants

were at the age of four

years; that she also grew

avocado pear, papaya,

sweet sop, lime, banana,

egg-plant, onion, garlic,

cabbage, cauliflower,

mustard, grape and pas-

sion fruit, and raised lay-

ers and pigs; and she ran

Golden City Restaurant.

Now, Chin State has a

growing area of tea farms.

Local people are making

more profits from tea

farms year by year. Tea

factories have created job

opportunities for local

people. The region earns

foreign exchange

through tea export. So,

the living standard of lo-

cal people is getting high.

Due to the instructions

of State leaders and

supervisions of Chin

State PDC and Chin

State, district and town-

ship tea farming super-

visory committees, the

region will achieve the

goal.

Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:

4-12-08

*****

Chin State has an area of more than

8.9 million acres, over 500,000 of which

are put under crops. So, it still has a vast

area of vacant lands to grow tea exten-

sively.

plans were being imple-

mented to increase the tea

sown acreage of 10 states

and divisions to 26,500 by

2030-2031.

Chin State has an area

Now, Chin State has a growing area of

tea farms. Local people are making more

profits from tea farms year by year.

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Edible oil crops thriving in Nawnghkio…

YANGON, 3 Dec—Min-ister for Electric Power (1)Col Zaw Min yesterdaymorning inspected NanchoHydropower Project beingundertaken by No. (1) Con-struction, about sevenmiles upstream the NanchoCreek in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana Township.

YANGON, 4 Dec—Ambassador of the Peo-ple’s Republic of China MrGuan Mu paid a courtesycall on Maj-Gen Htay Oo,

Agriculture and Irrigation Ministerreceives Chinese Ambassador

Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation at Irrigation De-partment in Yankin Town-ship here on 29 November.They discussed matters re-

lating to boostingproducting of agriculturalproduce and reconstructionand rehabilitation in storm-hit regions.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Dec—Wellwishers are makingdonations to storm victimsdaily. On 3 December, U

(from page 1)Next, Maj-Gen Min

Aung Hlaing and the com-mander inspected samplesof edible oil crop strain,sample oil and oil radishplantation.

During the tour, he metwith officers and otherranks of the Station Com-mand at Dokhtawady Halland presented clothes andfoods to families of the sta-tion.

Next, he visited thriv-

ing oil radish plantation inthe command. AtTaungshe Hospital in thetownship, Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing visited thehospital and providedmedicines and equipmentto the hospital.

Afterwards, he in-spected Naungshwe-Yerkhsuk-Indaw-Taung-kham-Nawnghkio roadsection and maintenanceof Dokhtawady Bridge(Nawnghkio).

Next, he visited con-struction of Basic Educa-tion High School (Lonca)at the village and made cashdonations.

Next, he inspectedThein Yadana Oil Mill atShwemuhtaw inNawnghkio Township,and harvesting ofHsinshawli paddy planta-tion of farmer U Sai TunOo at Naungan Village inKayukme Township.

MNA

Rural development and rehabilitation tasks …(from page 16)

The minister lookedinto repaving of AwbaRoad in Labutta and leftnecessary instructions.

Seven roads are un-

der repair and the jetty atAyeyawady River is un-der construction with thefunds contribution of De-velopment Affairs Depart-ment. So far, four roads

have been repaved. Theremaining roads are beingre-surfaced with asphaltwith the use of heavy ma-chinery meeting the setstandard.—MNA

Nancho Hydropower Project 24.18 per cent completeDirector U Thaung

Han of No. (1) Construc-tion gave an account of theproject, work progress,follow-up programmes,arrival of materials andrequirements.

The minister calledfor stockpiling of con-struction materials and

hard work for completionof the project ahead ofschedule.

So far, the project hasbeen completed by 24.18per cent. Upon completion,it will be able to generateabout 152 million kilowatthours a year.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Dec—Environmental Conser-vation Committee ofBago Division (East) heldits work coordinationmeeting (12/2008) at themeeting hall of director’soffice in Forest Depart-ment of Bago (East),Bago on 2 December.

Chairman of the Commit-tee Secretary of BagoDivision Peace and De-velopment Council U PeThein delivered a speechon the occasion. After-wards, Secretary of thecommittee U Myint Ngwereported on implementa-tion of ten environmental

Say No to Drugs

More donation for stormvictims in Pyapon Township

Aung Zaw Myint (ShweWah Linn Co) – Dr MyatMyat Ohn Khin and fam-ily of Bahan Township

donated K 12 million, forconstruction of 20 housesfor storm victims inPyapon Township.

Secretary of NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral Committee Min-ister for Social Welfare,Relief and ResettlementMaj-Gen Maung MaungSwe and officials acceptedthe donation and spokewords of thanks.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Ambassador of the People’s Re-public of China Mr Guan Mu.—MNA

Minister for Electric Power (1) Col Zaw Min inspects Nancho Hydropower Project in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township.—MNA

Minister Maj-GenMaung Maung Sweaccepts K 12 millionfrom U Aung ZawMyint (Shwe Wah

Linn Co) – Dr MyatMyat Ohn Khin and

family.—MNA

Environmental Conservation Committeeof Bago Division (East) meets

conservation tasks, beingundertaken in Bago Divi-sion during 2008-2009.Later, those present tookpart in the discussion onenvironmental conserva-tion works carried out bytheir respective depart-ments and future tasks.

MNA

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Commander

Maj-Gen

Wai Lwin

views paddy

harvesting

in Thitlaylon

Village,

Nay Pyi Taw

Pyinmana

MNA

Foreign Minister U Nyan Win discussing with Chinese ForeignMinister Mr Yang Jiechi.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec —Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-GenWai Lwin inspectedharvesting and winnowingof paddy with the use offarm equipmentsmanufactured by Ministryof Industry-2, AgricultureMechanization Department

Commander inspects paddy harvestingin Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana

and Good Brother Co at217-acre monsoon paddymodel farmland, Field No(1707) of Farmer Bo Phyuin Thitlaylon village-tractof Nay Pyi Taw PyinmanaTownship yesterday.

Hsin-thwe-lat paddystrain is a local qualitystrain. It can produce 129.13

baskets per acre. So far,173,621 acres of monsoonpaddy have been cultivatedin Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmanain 2008. A total of 71,937acres had been harvestedand 101,684 acres remainedto be done. Paddy yielded97.65 baskets per acre.

MNA

Foreign Minister holds bilateral talkswith Chinese Counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec—At the invitation of theMinister for Foreign Affairsof the Union of MyanmarU Nyan Win, the delegationled by Mr Yang Jiechi,Minister for Foreign Affairsof the People’s Republic ofChina arrived at Nay PyiTaw Airport by special

aircraft at 12:45 hrs thismorning on an official visitto the Union of Myanmar.

They were welcomedat Nay Pyi Taw Airport byMinister for Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win andresponsible officials of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs,Chinese Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Guan Mu. MrYang Jiechi wasaccompanied by Director-General of the Asian AffairsDepartment Ms YangYanyi, Deputy Director-General of Policy PlanningDepartment Mr Xu Bu andDeputy Director-General ofInformation DepartmentMr Qin Gaung andresponsible officials of theMinistry of Foreign Affairsof People’s Republic ofChina.

The visiting Foreign

Minister held bilateral talkswith Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win at theministry at 4.00 pm today.At the meeting, the twodelegations cordiallydiscussed furtherstrengthening of thefriendly Pauk-phawrelations and promotingmutually beneficialbilateral cooperationbetween the two countriesand exchanged views onregional and internationalissues.

In the evening, theMinister for Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win hosted a dinnerin honour of Mr YangJiechi, Minister of ForeignAffairs of the People’sRepublic of China and partyat Aureum Palace Hotelhere.

MNA

Prizes presentation ceremony ofKorean Ambassador’s Cup

Taekwondo Competition heldYANGON, 4 Dec— A

prize presentationceremony of KoreanAmbassador’s CupTaekwondo Competitionwas held at NationalIndoor Stadium (1) ofThuwunna here yesterday.

After the final match,officials presented prizesto the winners. ResidentRepresentative of Korea

International Cooper-ation Agency (KOICA)Mr Cho Kwaung Golrawarded OlympicWeightlifting Champion-ship Team, KoreanAmbassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr Park KeyChong awarded first prizewinner Shwe KainnarayTeam , second YangonCity Development

Committee Team andthird Sports and PhysicalEducation Institute(Yangon) Team in U-14and U-18 TaekwondoCompetition.

The ceremony endedwith the concludingremarks by KOICAResident RepresentativeMr Cho Kwaung Golr.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Dec—Shwe Naing-Ngan JournalVolume VII No.14 is nowavailable.

Cash donation ceremony of civil engineeralumni of Yangon Technological University

for organizing the 3rd paying respect toteachers at home and abroad was held at the

Meeting Hall of Myanmar EngineeringSociety on University of Hline Campus on 22November. U Myat Khaing Swe, Daw Aung

Maung Oo, Daw Khin Thida and Daw Soe SoeTin presented K 1.6 million to Vice-Chairmanof Organizing Committee U San Kyu.—NLM

Shwe Naing-Ngan Journal comes outThe journal carries

wide range of the internaland international news andphotos including articleson “Does IT revolutionaryreally change to ETrevolution in the world?”and what about Myanmar?,first batch arrival of eightlocomotives from China,and political andeducational articles.

The journal isavailable at SarpayBeikman bookshop onMerchant Street, News andPeriodicals Enterprisebookshop on TheinbyuStreet, here.

Manuscripts can besent to No. 228 Printingand Publishing Enterprisebuilding, Theinbyu Street,Botahtaung Township,Yangon (Tel382070).

MNA

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YANGON, 4 Dec—The Religious AffairsDepartment under theMinistry of ReligiousAffairs will organize theoral and written tests of 61st

Tipitakadhara Tipitaka-kovida Selection Ex-amination from 14December 2008 to 15January 2009.

Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida SelectionExamination 14 Dec 2008 to 15 Jan 2009

The openingceremony of theexamination will be held atWizaya Mingala DhammaThabin Hall on Kaba AyeHill in MayangonTownship on 14 December.

Those wishing tooffer meals to supervisorSayadaws and the monkssitting for the exam may

donate K 1,000 for a unit ofthe funds, K 1,000 for thedawn meal of a monk andK 1,400 for the day meal ofa monk at the donationcentres of the easternstairways of Kaba AyePagoda and the ReligiousAffairs Department, Tel:652794, 663325 and664578.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Dec — The Government of the Union of Myanmar hasagreed to the appointment of Mr Rudi Vesstraeten as Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Union of Myanmar.

Mr Rudi Vesstraeten was born in Hasselt on 13 August 1958. He is aRoman Philologist. He joined the Belgium Foreign Services in 1987 and sincethen he has served in various capacities at the Belgium Foreign Ministry andalso at the Belgium Embassies in Niger, Bulgaria, Thailand, Kenya and theUnited States of America. From 2004 to 2006, he served as the Director-General for Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2006 to2008, he was the Special Envoy in matters of Asylum, Migration, HumanTrafficking.

Mr Rudi Vesstraeten will be concurrently accredited to the Union ofMyanmar with residence in Bangkok, Thailand. — MNA

Appointment of Ambassador agreed on

YANGON, 4 Dec –Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyunton 2 December met withdepartmental Staff,members of village Peaceand Development Counciland social organizationsand townselders atHlinebone Village inM a w l a m y i n e g y u ntownship. The in-charge ofOriginal GroupConstruction Co reportedon progress in constructionof a new building of basiceducation high school

Development tasks in Mawlamyinegyun,Labutta townships inspected

and150 rural houses. Theminister fulfilled the needsand inspected theconstruction work.

Next, the ministervisited the site forconstruction of the 150rural houses and inspectedthe sinking of a 570-foottube well and supply ofwater, generating ofelectricity with the use of12.5 KV generator,Pyinnyaalin Library andtemporary offices of socialorganizations anddispensary.

Afterwards, theminister met the medical

team led by Dr Aung KyiTun of Myanmar MedicalAssociation (Central)providing health care inHlinebone Village andlooked round the shops andrestaurants in the village.

On arrival atDaukchaung Village inLabutta Township, theminister looked intoprogress in construction of120 houses and met withthe villagers. Then, heproceeded to PolaungModel Village where heinspected the settlement ofpeople at the houses, croppatches, upgrading of thevillage sport ground androads, temporary clinic,village PDC office,Tatnaywin Library andsocial organization offices.

Later, the minister metmembers of the villagePDC, social organizationsand responsible persons ofWah Wah WinConstruction Co at thebriefing hall of thecompany and inspectedprogress in construction ofhouses in Polaung ModelVillage.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec— Ministry of Energy heldits coordination meetingat the ministry here on 2December.

Speaking on theoccasion, Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thicalled for making effortsfor boosting production ofoil and natural gas,running of refineries atfull capacity and achievingthe targets of fertilizerfactories. The ministeralso laid down the futuretasks of the ministry.

The directors-general, managingdirectors and officials

Energy Ministry holds coord meetingconcerned of thedepartments andenterprises under theministry and DeputyMinister Brig-Gen ThanHtay reported on tasks ofthe ministry sector-wise.

In his concludingremarks, the ministerstressed the need formaintaining the currentproduction of oil andnatural gas by drilling newoil wells in old oil fieldsand repairing old oil wells.In an attempt to exceedthe target of oil and gassufficiency at home, theministry has planned todrill oil wells in new oil

fields with the use of newimported drillingmachines, the ministeradded. He also urgedofficials concerned towork hard for timelycompletion of work for inland and off-shore oil andnatural gas projects andlaying pipe lines totransport oil and gas.

After the meeting,Minister Brig-Gen LunThi awarded outstandingemployees who wonprizes in the State Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Chairman’sTrophy golfTournament.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi makes inaugural speech atthe coordination meeting of the Ministry of Energy.—MNA

Minister for

PBANRDA Col

Thein Nyunt

inspects progress of

rural houses in

Dauntchaung

Village, Labutta

Township.

PBANRDA

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BEIJING, 4 Dec—China is still seeking a conclusionto the Doha round of global trade negotiations, itsforeign ministry spokesman said on Thursday, whileexpressing reservations as to whether a frameworkagreement could be successfully completed before theend of the year.

The World Trade Organization's director-generalwill decide in a few days whether to call a meeting in

China says Doha talks “difficult” to complete in 08

WTO’s director-general will decide in a few dayswhether to call a meeting in Geneva to try to wrapup a framework agreement for the Doha round of

talks.—INTERNET

Geneva to try to wrap up a framework agreement forthe Doha round of talks, which have been undernegotiation since 2001. "As it appears at thismoment, it seems very difficult to complete the Doharound before year-end," Liu Jianchao told reporters ata regular briefing.

"But, as a responsible country, China will continueto participate in the talks actively, play a positive andconstructive role, and work together with all parties touse the achievements of previous discussions to pushthe talks to a comprehensive result."

Chinese leaders had joined with their internationalcounterparts in November in calling for a frameworkagreement to the Doha round of talks before the end ofthe year, Liu noted.

Previous negotiations collapsed in July, asdeveloped and developing countries were unable toagree on lowering agricultural subsidies and tariffbarriers.

India in particular insisted on safeguards to protectits farmers against a potential surge in imports. Export-dependent China worries that other countries mayclose their markets to its goods as their economiesworsen. But China also maintains tariff barriers andquotas on some imports, including cotton, to protectits domestic growers. —Reuters

that NATO had nowrealised how risky anyallegiance with theformer Soviet stateswould be.“We’re not supporters ofa new version of the ColdWar,” the Russianstatement said.

“We'll continue towork to overcome theconfrontational logic ofEuropean affairs in orderto prevent the emergenceof new dividing lines orregions with differentlevels of security.”

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de HoopScheffer said at a meetingof the 26-member NATOmilitary alliance onTuesday in Brussels thatthe suspended am-bassador-level NATO-Russia Council wouldmeet again on an informalbasis.

A five-day warerupted in August betweenRussia and Georgia over

Russia welcomes NATO’s desire to repair links

Russia is satisfied about NATO’s stance onGerogia, Ukraine membership bid.

Somalia nearing a ‘total famine’

More than half the population is dependent onfood aid in Somalia—INTERNET

FLUJA, 4 Dec—Twosuspected suicide carbombs have exploded inthe Iraqi city of Fallujakilling at least 15 peopleand injuring dozens more,police have said.

The attacks targetedtwo police positions, bothof which were badlydamaged in the blasts,officials said.

Falluja is in the

Deadly bombings strike Iraqi city

SOMALIA, 4 Dec—Somalia is in danger ofdescending into faminewhile the world's attentionis focused on the problemof piracy off its coast, theRed Cross has warned.

BBC Africa analystMartin Plaut saysagencies like theInternational Committeeof the Red Cross are very

wary about using wordslike famine.

The ICTR's Alexan-dre Liebeskind said theviolence had made italmost impossible for aidagencies to operate.

About half ofSomalia's population isdependent on food aid.

Drought, floods andnearly two decades of

conflict have driven manyinto destitution. Alexan-dre Liebeskind, head ofthe ICTR in East Africa,says families are noweating their most prizedpossessions: the camelsand goats of reproductiveage. It is a sign ofincreasing desperation, hesays. He compared the

situation to the last greatfamine of 1992 whenhundreds of thousandsdied. Yet the fightingbetween insurgents, thegovernment and theEthiopian forces in thecountry mean aidagencies are finding it allbut impossible to workon the ground.—Internet

MOSCOW, 4 Dec—Russia on Thursdaywelcomed NATO'sdeclaration that i twanted to repair tiesafter a war earlier thisyear between Russia andNATO-aspirant Geor-gia.

The Russian foreignministry statement alsosaid NATO's decisionnot to hand Georgia andUkraine a firm timetablefor membership showed

the Georgian breakawayregion of South Ossetia.

NATO accusedRussia of inciting conflictand using dis-proportionate force.Russia says it had to actagainst Georgianaggression to defendpeople living in NorthOssetia.

At Tuesday's meeting,NATO reaffirmed acommitment to giveGeorgia and Ukrainemembership one day butit did not give a specifictimetable.

“The fact that nodecision was taken onGeorgia and Ukrainetowards a MembershipAction Plan in ourassessment reflects anawareness of the risksassociated with beingdragged into a quickalliance with thesecountries,” the statementsaid.

Reuters

western province of Anbar,which was the centre of aSunni-led rebellion againstUS forces after the 2003invasion.

The US military saidthe blasts took place shortlybefore noon (0900 GMT).

The bombers attackedpolice centres in thewestern neighbourhood ofGolan and the eastern areaof Shurta within minutes

of each other, a securityofficial told the AFP newsagency.

The explosionshappened outside concretebarriers protecting the twopolice posts, reports say.

A senior police officertold the Associated Pressthat one of the police postshad been levelled andseveral nearby housesbadly damaged.—Internet

Militants kill seizedIran police

TEHERAN, 4 Dec— Iran officials have confirmedthe deaths of 13 police officers who were being held bySunni militants. The men were among 16 officersseized in south-eastern Iran in June by a group calledJundullah.Three of the group were killed in June andthe others were reportedly taken across the border toPakistan. Iranian police patrol the long border withPakistan and suffer regular casualties in the battleagainst drug smugglers, say correspondents.

The BBC’s Jon Leyne in Teheran says Jundullah,or Army of God, is engaged in a mixture of politicalviolence and drug smuggling in the often lawlessregion. The group seized the men from a checkpoint inSaravan, Sistan-Baluchestan province, and demandedthe release of 200 of its members from Iranian prisons.

Soon afterwards, Arabic news channel Al Arabiyashowed footage of three of the police officers beingkilled by the militants. On Thursday, deputy policecommander Ahmad Reza Radan said that investigationsby the government, intelligence authorities and policehad now shown that “all of our loved ones have beenmartyred by Jundullah terrorists”.—Internet

South Korean children hold up “Love Pots” duringa charity event to raise funds for the needy, on a

street in Seoul.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (133)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (133) are hereby notified that thevessel will be ariving on 5.12.2008 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up 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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Small plane crashes east ofPR capital

Study illuminates star explosion from 16th centuryNEW YORK, 4 Dec—

More than 400 years afterDanish astronomer TychoBrahe challenged estab-lished wisdom about theheavens by analyzing astrange new light in thesky, scientists say they’vefinally nailed down justwhat he saw.

It’s no big surprise. Sci-entists have known thelight came from a super-nova, a huge star explo-sion. But what kind of su-pernova?

A new study confirmsthat, as expected, it was thecommon kind that in-volves the thermonuclearexplosion of a white dwarfstar with a nearby compan-ion. The research, whichanalyzed a “light echo”from the long-ago event, is

presented in Thursday’s is-sue of the journal Natureby scientists in Germany,Japan and the Netherlands.

The story of what’scommonly called Tycho’ssupernova began on 11Nov, 1572, when Brahewas astonished to see what

he thought was a brilliantnew star in the constella-tion Cassiopeia. The lighteventually became asbright as Venus and couldbe seen for two weeks inbroad daylight. After 16months, it disappeared.

Internet

Oil falls below$46, lowest innearly four

yearsSINGAPORE, 4 Dec—Oil

fell below $46 a barrel toits lowest in nearly fouryears on Thursday, ex-tending four consecutivedays of falls as continueddemand worries mini-mized bullish draws in USoil stocks.

Oil prices have lostmore than $100 a barrelsince an all-time high of$147.27 hit in July, andsome 16 percent from lastweek, as demand is seenweakening worldwide andanalysts expect it to con-tract this year and next.

US light crude for Janu-ary delivery fell $1.16 to$45.63 a barrel by 0655GMT (2:55 am EST), offan earlier low of $45.30,the lowest since a $44.60low hit on February 9,2005. Oil settled down 17cents at $46.79 onWednesday. London Brentcrude slid $1.34 to $44.10,up from an earlier $43.80low.—Internet

This X-ray image pro-vided by NASA, and

captured by the GermanROSAT satellite in the

1990s, shows the remnantof a supernova that was

observed in 1572 byDanish astronomer Tycho

Brahe. —INTERNET

SAN’A, 4 Dec—Authorities in Yemen say the bod-ies of 24 Somalis have washed ashore following anaccident involving a boat trying to smuggle migrants.

Yemen’s Interior Ministry has not released any de-tails on what caused the accident, but says strong windspushed the bodies on to beaches Tuesday and Wednes-day near the town of al-Qasha’a. It says 184 moreSomalis involved in the accident managed to swimashore.

Internet

RIO GRANDE, 4 Dec—Search teams slogged up amuddy, densely-woodedmountainside on Wednes-day to locate a small planewith three people onboard— including twoAmerican tourists—thatcrashed into a fog-shrouded forest east ofPuerto Rico’s capital.

The twin-engine planeslammed into the side ofEl Yunque mountain andwas “totally destroyed,”said Puerto Rican PoliceAgent Carmen Quinones.“I don’t think there are anysurvivors.”

A team of machete-wielding rescuers, whoseprogress was slowed byrain, fog, dense woods and

soggy underbrush, had toturn back after a five-hourhike because a steepmountain blocked theirpassage. Search teams saidthey found bits of scatteredwreckage—but no survi-vors.

“We saw pieces of wingand other plane parts,” saidJose Escobar of the RioGrande civil defenceforce. He said rescuerscalled out for survivors inthe wet forest—but no an-swers came.

A police spokeswoman,Marilyn Calo, identifiedthe pilot as Ken Webster,of the US Virgin Islands.Police and federal investi-gators did not have con-firmed information about

the two US tourists aboardthe aircraft.

The plane took off fromTortola in the British Vir-gin Islands and was head-ing to San Juan, said JoseDaniel Echevarria, aspokesman for PuertoRico’s Department ofEmergency Manage-ment.—Internet

The National ForestService personnel ( R ),

checks a map witha colleague duringa rescue operation

underway at El Yunquemountain, in

Rio Grande, east of SanJuan, on 3 Dec, 2008.

INTERNET

Bodies of 24migrants

wash up oncoast ofYemen

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A statue of Chinese philosopher and educator Confucius presented by thegovernment of east China's Shandong Province to the Nordic Confucius

Institute is unveiled at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden, on 3 Dec,2008. The two-metre high statue, with Confucius' life engraved on its base, is

the first Confucius statue presented by China to Sweden. —XINHUA

Zimbabweans ill and dying fromcholera crossing border

Medics worry that eight-months-pregnant Chipo Matewe is too weakfrom cholera to give birth.—INTERNET

MUSINA, 4 Dec— Doctors worryabout the woman sitting on a bed insidethe large tent, an IV in her arm. ChipoMatewe, 23, is eight months pregnantand stricken with cholera.

“When I started feeling sick, mywhole body was so dry. I didn’t think Iwould be alive until now, because eventhe baby —my stomach was so tight ...

it was not kicking at all. But now it’skicking slowly, I don’t know what's go-ing on,” she said. Medics are concernedshe is just too weak to give birth to ahealthy child.Matewe is from Masvingoin Zimbabwe — one of hundreds of peo-ple so desperate for medical help thatthey have crossed the border illegallyinto South Africa.Cholera, a waterbornedisease that causes diarrhea, dehydrationand, if not treated, death in a matter ofhours, is widespread in Zimbabwe buthelp is not.

At least 565 people in Zimbabwe havelost their lives in the outbreak, accord-ing to a statement from the United Na-tions Humanitarian Affairs Office onWednesday. Doctors in Zimbabwe, how-ever, say that more than 1,000 have died.The UN says that about 12,000 morepeople are suspected to be infected.

Internet

Somali pirates release ship without ransom

French soldiers, who have joinedBritish, Indian, Russian and Ameri-can patrols off Somalia, during an

exercise.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 4 Dec — Pirates havereleased a Yemeni cargo ship withoutreceiving a ransom after negotiationswith local elders, a Somali official saidon Wednesday.

Aliabdi Aware, a minister in the

semi-autonomous northern region ofPuntland, said the ship was awaitingrefueling in Eyl, a fishing village in theregion. The crew and the ship weresafe, he said.

It was not immediately known howmuch ransom the pirates had de-manded. Aware said hijackers let theship go after elders intervened and ne-gotiated for the crew members' release.

The cargo ship was one of manyseized in recent weeks off Somalia'scoast, which has seen a sharp spike inpirate attacks.

So far this year pirates have attackedalmost 100 vessels and successfullyhijacked nearly 40 in the area, accord-ing to the International Maritime Bu-reau's Piracy Reporting Centre.

Internet

Scientists ask: Is technologyrewiring our brains?

NEW YORK, 4 Dec — What does ateenage brain on Google look like? Doall those hours spent online rewire thecircuitry? Could these kids even re-late better to emoticons than to realpeople? These sound like concernsfrom worried parents. But they'recoming from brain scientists.

While violent video games havegotten a lot of public attention, somecurrent concerns go well beyond that.Some scientists think the wired worldmay be changing the way we read,learn and interact with each other.

There are no firm answers yet. ButDr Gary Small, a psychiatrist atUCLA, argues that daily exposure todigital technologies such as the

Internet and smart phones can alter howthe brain works.—Internet

University of California, Los Ange-les, Professor of Psychiatry Dr GarySmall plays with a digital memory

electronic device at his office at theSemel Institute for Neuroscience &

Human Behavior in Westwood, Calif,on 1 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

File photo shows the Los Angeles skyline beingobscured by a heavy layer of smog and fog.

Decreasing air pollution in Southern Californiaand the San Joaquin Valley would save more livesannually than ending all motor vehicle fatalities inthe two regions, according to a study.—INTERNET

Greenhouse gas emissionsincrease in US

WASHINGTON, 4 Dec — The amount of US green-house gases flowing into the atmosphere, mainly car-bon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, increased lastyear by 1.4 percent after a decline in 2006, the EnergyDepartment reported Wednesday.

The report said carbon dioxide, the leading pollu-tion linked to global warming, rose by 1.3 percent in2007 as people used more coal, oil and natural gasbecause of a colder winter and more electricity duringa warmer summer. Half of the country's electricity isgenerated by coal-burning power plants.

A shortage of hydropower also contributed to anincrease in the demand for fossil fuels, said the de-partment's Energy Information Administration.

The EIA said that in 2007 the United States pro-duced 8 billion tons (7.28 billion metric tons) of green-house gases, compared to 7.9 billion (7.18 billionmetric tons) in 2006. The tonnage, presented in termsof “carbon dioxide equivalent” also includes meth-ane, nitrous oxides and a number of lesser greenhousegases, although carbon dioxide accounted for nearly83 percent of the releases.–Internet

A cell cluster culturedfrom embryonic stem

cells is seen in thisundated handoutphoto.—INTERNET

Study raps Web sites toutingstem cell therapies

NEW YORK, 4 Dec—Consumers should be waryof Web sites from clinicsthat offer stem cell treat-ments, says a study thatfound a lack of firm medi-cal evidence to back uptheir claims. The Web sitesin the study generally por-trayed their therapies assafe, effective and ready forroutine use, but publishedresearch doesn’t supportthat “overoptimistic” pic-ture, the study authors said.

The analysis is presentedin the December issue ofthe journal Stem Cell byscientists at the Universityof Alberta in Canada. Theycautioned that their overallfindings can't be applied to

the claims of any individualclinic.

The study is “a very im-portant wake-up call,” saidDr George Daley, pastpresident of the Interna-tional Society for Stem CellResearch, who had no rolein the new report.

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S P O R T S

MANCHESTER, 4 Dec– Sir Alex Ferguson insists hewill not allow any Manchester United players to leavethe club on loan as they continue to fight on four frontsheading into the new year.

The likes of Danny Welbeck, Manucho and RodrigoPossebon would all have plenty of suitors if Fergusonwas to allow them to leave Old Trafford on a tempo-rary basis.

But, having squeezed into the League Cup semi-finals on Wedneday with a 5-3 win over Blackburn, aswell as being two Premier League matches behind theirrivals when they return from the World Club Champi-onships later this month, Ferguson is determined tokeep his squad together.—Internet

Fergie plans to keep his stand-ins

Manchester United’s Argentinian forward CarlosTevez (right) celebrates with French defender PatriceEvra after scoring against Blackburn Rovers during

their English League Cup quarter final footballmatch at Old Trafford in Manchester. —INTERNET

PARIS, 4 Dec – Former England boss SteveMcClaren's soccer rehabilitation continued on Wednes-day when he guided Dutch club FC Twente into theUEFA Cup last 32.

McClaren, who was sacked after England's dismalfailure to reach the Euro 2008 finals, saw his side beatGerman visitors Schalke, managed by former Twentecoach Fred Rutten, 2-1 to clinch one of the three quali-fying places from Group A.

Rob Wielaert and Kenneth Perez scored the goalsfor the Dutch side while Gerald Asamoah's late strikefor Schalke was just a consolation and left the Ger-man team relying on other results next week if theyare to go through.

In the night’s other game in the same pool, Man-chester City, who had already made sure of their placein the last 32, were held to a 0-0 draw at home byParis St Germain.—Internet

MADRID, 4 Dec – Bar-celona's French strikerThierry Henry, accused bymany fans of the Catalanclub of not scoringenough goals, said onWednesday that he did nothave to do as much run-ning when he was atformer club Arsenal.

“I understand that peo-ple want to see me scorethe goals (that I scored at)Arsenal, but it’s not thesame here”, he said dur-

WATFORD, 4 Dec– Darren Bent admitted he was re-lieved to score Tottenham's League Cup quarter-finalwinner at Watford because it was too cold to playextra-time.

An additional 30 minutes of action was looming atVicarage Road on Wednesday before England strikerBent, on as a substitute for Fraizer Campbell, struckwith 14 minutes left to seal a 2-1 win for the holders.

Harry Redknapp’s team joined Manchester United,Burnley and Derby in the last four, but Bent was moreconcerned with getting warm in the dressing room.

“It was good to score but it was more about not stay-ing out for another half an hour in the freezing cold,”Bent said. After winning the trophy under Juande Ramosin February, Spurs are closing in on a repeat with theirthird successive appearance in the semi-finals.

Redknapp, who led Portsmouth to FA Cup glory atWembley last season, is on course for another trip tothe English national stadium but he insisted climbingclear of the Premier League relegation zone is stillmore important.—Internet

ROME, 4 Dec— Laziofought back to claim anextra-time 2-1 Italian Cupwin over 10-man AC Mi-lan on Wednesday andclaim a place in the quar-ter-finals.

Milan had Brazilianstar Emerson sent off inthe 69th minute but theystill took the lead at theSan Siro through AndriyShevchenko in the 77thminute.

Lazio levelled in thedying moments whenGiuseppe Favalli broughtdown Goran Pandev andArgentine Mauro Zaratescored from the penaltyspot for his first goal since9 November.—Internet

PARIS, 4 Dec– RogerFederer said Wednesdaythat he will trim back hisclaycourt schedule in2009 despite the FrenchOpen, played on clay atRoland Garros, being theonly major missing fromhis 13 Grand Slam titles.

The world numbertwo, who has lost the lastthree French Open finalsto Rafael Nadal, will skipthe Monte Carlo eventand intends to play justthe claycourt warm-upsin Rome and Madrid.

Federer, whose primeobjective in 2009 is to winback the Wimbledoncrown he sensationally lostto Nadal, played fourclaycourt events in 2008 atEstoril, Monte Carlo,Rome and Hamburg beforeheading to Paris.—Internet

Paris Saint-Germain’s French midfielder JeremyClement (R) is fouled by Manchester City’s Bel-

gian defender Vincent Kompany during theirUEFA Cup group A football match at the City of

Manchester stadium, Manchester.—INTERNET

England flop McClaren is Eurofootball hit

Henry blames ‘too much running’ forlack of goals at Barca

Barcelona’s Frenchstriker Thierry Henry

ing a press conference inBarcelona.

“When I was at Arse-nal I didn’t have to runlike I run now,” he added.“Sometimes you have towork for the team and notjust for yourself.”

“At Arsenal I wouldleave the centre to wait forthe ball on the wing andkeep myself fresh. Hereit’s the opposite. On thewing you have to makemore effort to defend andmaybe it means that I’mless sharp in the opposi-tion penalty area.”

Henry, who is typicallydeployed on the left flankin a 4-3-3 formation, hasscored four goals in theleague this season. Fellowwinger Lionel Messi hasnine and Cameroonstriker Samuel Eto’o leadsthe La Liga scoring chartswith 14.—Internet

Tottenham Hotspurs Russian striker RomanPavlyuchenko (centre) is congratulated byteammates after scoring his penalty againstWatford during their Carling Cup QuarterFinal football match at Vicarage Road in

London.—INTERENT

Bent comes in from the coldto fire Tottenham

Lazio knock 10-man Milanout of Italian Cup

AC Milan’s Brazilianforward Ronaldinho(R) fights for the ballwith Lazio’s defenderLorenzo De Silvestriduring their Italian

Cup match at San SiroStadium in Milan.

INTERNET

Federer cuts back on 2009 claytournaments

Swiss tennis ace RogerFederer, seen her inNovember 2008, said

Wednesday that he willtrim back his claycourt

schedule in 2009despite the French

Open, played on clayat Roland Garros,

being the only majormissing from his 13Grand Slam titles.

INTERNET

Wie opens with a 69 on tougherqualifying course

DAYTONA BEACH, 4Dec— With little fanfareand even less to say,Michelle Wie took animportant first stepWednesday toward earn-ing an LPGA Tour cardby opening with a 3-un-der 69 in the 90-holequalifying tournament.

It was her first com-petitive round since 19September, when she ad-vanced out of the firststage of Q-school inCalifornia.

Internet

Michelle Wie plays ashot on the 1st hole

during the first roundof LPGA Qualifying

Tournament at LPGAInternational inDaytona Beach,

Florida.—INTERNET

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Night temperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) belowDecember average temperatures in Kachin and MonStates, upper Sagaing and, Magway, Bago and YangonDivisions and about December average temperatures inthe remaining areas. The significant night temperatureswere Namhsan and Hakha (4˚C) each and Pinlaung (5˚C).

Maximum temperature on 3-12-2008 was 89˚F.Minimum temperature on 4-12-2008 was 60˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-12-2008 was 76%.Total sunshine hours on 3-12-2008 was (9.8) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 4-12-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (140.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom Northeast at (17:30) hours MST on 3-12-2008.

Bay inference: According to the observation at(12:30) hrs MST today, the low pressure area over South-east Bay has intensified into a depression, it is forecast tomove West-Norhwest. Weather is partly cloudy in Northand Central Bay and partly cloudy to cloudy in theAndaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 5th December 2008:Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers in TaninthayiDivision, weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin andRakhine States, Upper Sagaing Division and generallyfair in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Strong easterly wind with moderateto rough seas are likely attimes Gulf of Mottama off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in strongwind may reach (35) to (40) mph.Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Atmosphericunsettle condition will occur in the Andaman and SouthBay.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 5-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 5-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 5-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

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Drug Marketing Techniques maybe risking patient safety

SCIENCE DAILY, 4 Dec—Dr David Kao from the Univ-ersity of Colorado Health Sciences Centre, argues that whiledrug regulatory bodies are under pressure to make new drugsavailable more quickly, there are concerns that the deadlinesfor approving drugs have shifted the focus away from safety.

Kao reviews trends in drug approval times in the UnitedStates, and suggests how drug marketing techniques could beused to improve the way new drugs are monitored.

Previous research has shown that drugs approved in theUS during the two months before the mandated deadlinewere more likely to be withdrawn for safety reasons or tocarry a warning. Today’s marketing techniques are sosophisticated, says Kao, that once a drug has been approvedthe products can be released on websites within 90 minutes.He cites the example of Merck’s new treatment (sitagliptin)for hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar levels)—within 14days of approval 188 million patients or 73% of the insuredUS population had been targeted by the marketing campaign.

The danger with so many people trying a new drug veryquickly, argues Kao, is that it can expose large numbers ofpatients to unknown risks. When Merck’s anti-inflammatorydrug Vioxx (rofecoxib) was withdrawn from the market forsafety reasons it had been available for five years and 20million patients had been exposed to it.—Internet

With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agenciesand then released onto the market faster than ever before,

patients’ safety is being compromised warns a studypublished on bmj.com..—INTERNET

Rhodri Armour designed Jollbot as part ofhis PhD thesis.—INTERNET

Robot that jumps like a grasshopperand rolls like a ball created for space

explorationSCIENCE DAILY, 4 Dec— The first robot that

can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ballcould play a key role in future space exploration.

The ‘Jollbot’ has been created by RhodriArmour, a PhD student from the University ofBath. It’s hoped his creation, which can jumpover obstacles and roll over smoother terrain,could be used for space exploration or landsurvey work in the future.One of the majorchallenges that face robots designed for spaceexploration is being able to move over roughterrain. Robots with legs are generally verycomplex, expensive to build and control, andencounter problems if they fall over. Wheels area simpler solution to this, but are limited by thesize of obstacles they can overcome.

To solve the problem, Rhodri and colleaguesin the University’s Centre for Biomimetic &Natural Technologies have been looking tonature for inspiration - designing a robot thatjumps obstacles in its path like an insect.

The ‘Jollbot’ is shaped like a spherical cagewhich can roll in any direction, giving it themanoeuvrability of wheels without the problemof overturning or getting stuck in potholes.

Internet

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8th Waxing of Nadaw 1370 ME Friday, 5 December, 2008

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Dec — According to theobservation at (3:30 p.m.) MST today, the smallstorm over the Southeast Bay of Bengal is centeringat sea, 820 miles southeast of Chennai of the Repub-lic of India. It is forecast to get intensified and movenorthwest, announced the Department of Meteorol-ogy and Hydrology.—MNA

Storm NewsINSIDE

YANGON, 4 Dec—Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and Na-tional Races and Devel-opment Affairs Col TheinNyunt on 2 December metwith local authorities, so-cial organization mem-bers, townselders and re-sponsible persons of WahWah Win Co in ThitpokVillage in Labutta Town-ship.

The in-charge ofWah Wah Win Co re-ported on completion of250 rural houses out of475 and preparations forconstruction of morehouses and the in-chargeof Myat Noe Thu Co, onconstruction of a cycloneshelter that can accom-modate 500 personseach.

The minister in-spected settlement of peo-ple at rural housing andthe library. At the saltfarms in Yedwinseik Vil-lage-tract of LabuttaTownship, the ministerviewed resumption of thetasks by 50 workers withthe use of two tractors,five power-tillers on 150acres of land.

To regenerate thesalt farms damaged in thestorm, the salt entrepre-neurs were provided withloans, timber and fuel. Inthe township, workers of

Rural development and rehabilitation tasksinspected in Labutta Township

Salt Production Coopera-tive Society and 180 saltentrepreneurs are makingpreparations for produc-tion of salt on 9,119.23acres of land.

In Pyinsalu, theminister looked into con-struction tasks and metwith departmental offi-cials and social organiza-tion members at the hall ofMax Myanmar Co.

The layout ofPyinsalu has been drawn,and temporary offices andtwo rural houses each forstaff quarters are underconstruction. The plan isunder way to build two1000-person-capacity cy-clone shelters. One ofthem will be used as Ba-sic Education HighSchool and another, as thecombined office. Ar-rangements are beingmade for supply of elec-tricity on the roads.

The minister in-spected Kumudra Roadand Pyidaungsu Road andprogress in construction ofstaff quarters.

At the constructionsite of jetty, the ministerheard reports on progressof the tasks presented byengineer-in-charge UKyaw Lin Aung.

The jetty will be 108feet long and 12 feet wide.

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Chin State to become tea gardenArticle: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon); Photos: Lay Nwe (Mingaladon)

Two female workers plucking tea leaves in Moe Hein tea farm in Haka.

Haka of Chin State has changed a lot with a largenumber of fine buildings, library, post office, tel-egraph office, microwave tower, educational institu-tions, transport vehicles, sports grounds and eco-nomic enterprises.

Local people of Haka are engaged in agriculturalfarming and livestock farming from small scale tocommercial scale. Their common farm animal ismythun. Mostly, they grow Shwe-yin-aye strain paddy,cabbage, corn, beans and pulses, sesame, cotton,sunflower, sugarcane, chilli, onion and garlic.

During his inspection tour of Chin State on 9 and10 January 2000, Vice-Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye gave instructions on transforming ChinState into a tea garden through the target of 10,000acres of tea farms from 2000-2001 to 2005-2006. Theregion achieved the target.

The Prime Minister in his tour of Chin State from 27to 29 November 2005 instructed responsible persons togrow 10,000 more acres of tea farms in the region from2006-2007 to 2007-2008. So far, the region has put 7442out of the targeted acreage under tea.

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Minister Col Thein Nyunt looks into Awba Road under repair in Labutta Township.PBANRDA

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