The New Light of Myanmar 02-03-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 320 3rd Waning of Taboung 1371 ME Tuesday, 2 March , 2010

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 1 March—In its bid to fulfill domes-tic cement demand, Myanma Ceramic Industries ofMinistry of Industry-1 has been working to establish more

Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw) inauguratedCement plants in the country. Today, it inauguratedCement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw) which is located nearTaungphila limestone mountain in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe

Township. Prime Minister General Thein Sein attended theopening of the plant. The Prime Minister together with

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Esteemed peasantry,The Union of Myanmar has been traditionally

engaged in agricultural farming since the times of ourforefathers to fulfil the basic needs of food and cloth-ing of its people. As a gesture of honouring the role ofthe peasantry, the Peasants Day is designated in theUnion of Myanmar. On this auspicious occasion ofthe Peasants Day (2010), I wish you the peasantryphysical and mental well-being and greater success inthe agricultural farming.

In its bid to shape the nation into a peaceful,modern and developed one, the State Peace and De-

Peasantry have to elect representatives capable ofbuilding peaceful, modern, developed

nation and exercising democracy correctlyNAY PYI TAW, 2 March—The following is a translation of the message sent by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General

Than Shwe on the occasion of the Peasants Day (2010).velopment Council is well convinced that only whenthe living conditions of the peasantry have improved,will it be possible for the whole nation to enjoyeconomic growth. Therefore, “Development of agri-culture as the base and all-round development of othersectors of the economy as well” is the highest in theeconomic objectives of the State.

In addition, the council has been working hardfor ensuring better transport, supply of adequate irri-gation water and potable water, improvement ofeducation standard, better health care, and rural eco-nomic development in pursuance of the Rural Devel-

opment Project designed for greater development ofrural areas, home to the peasantry.

In order to scale up the development momen-tum of the agricultural sector, the government hasgiven assistance in various sectors and taken meas-ures such as reclamation of vacant lands, providingadvanced agricultural methods and fertilizers forboosting per acre yields of crops, supply of irrigationwater to launch mixed- and multiple-cropping pat-terns, and designating the 10 major crops of thenation.

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

HONOURING THE PEASANTS DAY

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

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

PERSPECTIVES* 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

Peasantry to boostagricultural production

The Peasants Day (2010) falls on the 2nd ofMarch 2010 (today).

In pursuit of the goal of building apeaceful, modern and developed nation, thegovernment focuses special attention on thedrive for improving the living status of thepeople.

In the process, the government is tryingits best for extensive reclamation of fallowlands and speeding up utilization offarmlands by harnessing the naturalresources in the most efficient way.Furthermore, it has placed greateremphasis on boosting agriculturalproduction for food security, one of thebasic needs of the people.

From 1988 to 2008-2009, the nation’stotal sown acreage rose from 19.9 millionto 29.32 million; utilization of farmlands,to 56.9 million acres; and the output ofpaddy, the staple food, from 631 million to1561 million baskets.

The dams, river pumping stations andunderground water tapping stations thegovernment has constructed across thenation for supply of irrigation water benefitmore than 3.6 million acres of farmlands.

With development in the agriculturalsector, the government is boosting productionof agricultural machinery and tools totransform the nation from conventional tomechanized farming. In order to expeditethe drive, it not only manufactures tractors,combine harvesters, and winnowers but alsoprovides agricultural equipment that can beused in combination with tractors, along withploughs, harrows, paddy reapers and trailers.

Therefore, agricultural machineryshould be operated at full capacity in orderthat farmers can save time and energy andboost agricultural production all the more.

YANGON, 1 March—A ceremony to awardwinners of Sayawun TinShwe Literary Contestorganized by MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssociation was held atTraders Hotel here today.Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsangraced the prizepresentation ceremony.

Winners of this yearalso the eighth yearSayawun Tin ShweLiterary Award are UMyo Thant (Maung HsuShin), Chit Oo Nyo, DrAung Gyi and MaungYint Mar (Kyaunggon).

After the ceremony,the minister posed fordocumentary photoswith l i terary awardwinners.

MNA

Sayawun Tin Shwe Literary Award winners awarded

YANGON, 1 March — Myanmar Anti-NarcoticsAssociation will hold its 11th annual meeting at itshead office on Kyundaw Street in Kamayut Townshiphere at 8 a.m. on 19 March.

Chairmen of state/division MANAs are invited toattend the meeting in person.—MNA

MANA’s annual meeting on19 March

NAY PYI TAW, 1 March — From now on tillMay,day temperatures will rise significantly. So,cloudy skies will be formed in the afternoon and in theevening, causing occasional strong winds. While strongwinds blow, ground winds can be at 35 to 40 mph.Heavy rain with hailstones are likely to be isolated insome areas, Hydrology and Meteorology Departmentannounced.

MNA

Strong wind warning

NAY PYI TAW, 1 March—The Special AppellateBench comprising Deputy Chief Justice of the SupremeCourt (Mandalay) U Khin Maung Latt, Supreme CourtJudges of the Supreme Court (Mandalay) U MyintAung and U Sein Hlaing sitting at court room No.1 ofthe Supreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) delivered judgmentof one special criminal appeal case. And then heard sixspecial civil appeal cases under section 7 of theJudiciary Law, 2000, on 1 March 2010.—MNA

Six special appeal cases heard

YANGON, 1 March—Prizes were presented towinners of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Chairman’s Trophy Inter-Division ChessTournament 2010 at Aung San Gymnasium on 27February.

General Secretary of Myanmar OlympicCommittee Director-General of Sports and PhysicalEducation Department U Thaung Htaik, GeneralSecretary of Myanmar Women’s Sports FederationCentral Work Committee Daw L Khun Yi and officialsawarded the winners in individual and teamcompetitions.

In the tournament, Zaw Win Lay emergedchampion in the singles event, and Dagon Myothit(North) Township stood first in the team event.

MNA

Chess masters congratulated

Minister

Brig-

Gen

Kyaw

Hsan

presents

prize to a

winner

of

Sayawun

Tin

Shwe

Literary

Award.

MNA

MWJA Chairman U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung)accepts cash donation of Daw Aye Thant, wife

of Sayawun Tin Shwe.—MNA

Beware of Fire

YANGON, 1 March— Pyuntaza Assocaition(Yangon) held the 52nd Annual General Meeting, therespect-paying ceremony and the prize presentationfor outstanding students at the Dhammayon of theMinistry of Transport in Dagon Township, here, on 21February. The patron and the chairman of theassociation made speeches.

Next, the report of the executive committee and thefinancial statement were submitted to the meeting.Those present paid respects to elder persons. Responsiblepersons presented prizes to outstanding students for2009 matriculation examination.

A new executive committee was elected for 2010-2011. Later, the new chairman of the associationextended greetings.—MNA

Pyuntaza Association(Yangon) meets

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Chileans gather belongings at destroyed buildings in Santiago, Chile, on 28Feb, 2010. More than 300 people have been killed in Chile after a 8.8-magni-tude megaquake hit the country on Saturday, the national emergency office

said. — XINHUA

Jacques Rogge (C),President of Interna-tional Olympic Com-mittee (IOC), showsthe IOC flag during

the closing ceremonyof the 2010 WinterOlympic Games in

Vancouver’s BC Place,Canada on 28 Feb,

2010.—XINHUA

Israel begins distributing gasmasks to citizens

US familykilled in

Belize planecrash

BELIZE CITY, 1 March—Authorities in Belizehave identified the vic-tims of a small-planecrash as a family fromAlbany, New York, and aprominent Belizean busi-nessman.

Police Sgt Leslie Logansays Michael and Jill Caseyand their two young chil-dren died in the accident onthe island of San Pedroalong with former senatorand bottling magnate SirBarry Bowen. Logan saysBowen was piloting thesingle-engine aircraft asthe group headed to afundraising event he washosting in San Pedrowhen the plane crashednear the town’s runway onFriday night.—Internet

11 civilians killed as roadside bombstruck minibus in S Afghanistan

Suicide attackagainst NATO

convoy kills fourAfghan civilians

KANDAHAR, 1 March— A suicide bomber at-tacked a convoy ofNATO-led troops inTaleban birthplaceKandahar, south of Af-ghanistan killing fourpassersby on Monday, In-terior Ministry said in aPress release.

“The attack occurredat 07:30 am local time to-day on a road in DamanDistrict when a convoy ofNATO-led forces waspassing but it claimed thelives of four innocentcitizens and injured an-other, “ the Press releaseadded.

It also said that the sui-cide bomber exploded hisexplosive- laden caragainst the troops, harm-ing civilians.

The Press release didnot say if there were anycasualties on the troops.

NATO-led troops haveyet to make comment.

Xinhua

Two killed in car bombing in western IraqRAMADI, 1 March— Two people were killed and three others injured in a car

bomb explosion near a convoy of vehicles carrying out election campaign in atown in western Iraqi province of Anbar on Sunday, a provincial police sourcesaid.

The blast targeted the elections campaign of Ashur al-Karbouli, a Sunni candi-date for the al-Iraqia List, in the town of Khadiyah, some 80 km west of Baghdad,the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Karbouli, who is also a member of Anbar provincial council, was not at theconvoy when the attack occurred, the source said.

The Iraqia List is a mixed Sunni and Shiite secular bloc, headed by the formerPrime Minister Ayad Allawi. The bloc is scheduled to run in the country’s crucialparliamentary election slated for 7 March.—Xinhua

JERUSALEM, 1 March —Israel has begun distribut-ing new gas masks to its7 million citizens to offerprotection against a pos-sible chemical attack.

Israel’s postal service ishanding out the equip-ment. It says the processwill take about three years.

Distribution beganSunday. The Israeli mili-tary says it is routine andnot in response to a spe-cific threat. Israel believesa chemical attack couldpotentially come fromSyria or Iran.

Israel has distributedgas masks and kits withantidotes in the past, be-ginning with the first GulfWar in 1991. Three yearsago, Israel recalled masksafter some componentspassed their expirationdate.—Internet

An Israeli man tries on agas mask at a distribu-

tion centre in a postoffice in the town of Or

Yehuda, near Tel Aviv, on28 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

KABUL, 1 March —Nearly a dozen non-com-batants were killed inTaleban hotbed HelmandProvince in south Af-ghanistan as roadsidebomb struck a civilian ve-hicle on Sunday after-noon, spokesman for pro-

vincial administrationDaud Ahmadi said.

“It occurred at 2:30 pmwhen a mini-bus ran overa mine planted by mili-tants on a road in NawzadDistrict. As a result, 11 in-nocent civilians, includ-ing two children and twowomen, were killed,”Ahmadi told Xinhua.

He put the attack onthe “enemies of peace,”a term used againstTaleban militants, but the

outfit has yet to makecomment.

The bloody incidentoccurred while a militaryoffensive has been goingon against Talebanbastion in the neighbour-ing Marja district since13 Feb.

To slow down the mili-tary onslaught, Talibanfighters rely on roadsidebombings which oftenclaim civilians’ lives.

Xinhua

SANTIAGO , 1 March —Chilean President Miche-lle Bachelet has an-nounced emergency mea-sures to deal with the de-struction caused by Satur-day’s massive earthquake.

The 8.8 magnitudequake — one of the mostpowerful recorded —devastated central parts ofthe country, killing morethan 700 people.

Troops are being de-ployed to help with rescueefforts and prevent loot-ing.

A curfew is in force in

Chile President steps upquake rescue

some areas. Basic sup-plies are to be distributedas rescuers reach worst-hit areas.

“We face a catastropheof such unthinkable mag-nitude that it will requirea giant effort,” MsBachelet told reporters onSunday in the capital,Santiago.

The curfew, which be-gan at 2100 local time(2400 GMT), applies inthe region of Maule —where more than 541 areconfirmed dead— and inConcepcion, Chile’s sec-

ond city. Both areas arebeing placed under spe-cial rules to speed up thedelivery of aid.

The army has beensent to support police toprevent unrest inConcepcion, south ofSantiago.

The mayor has saidfood is running out andthe situation in the city isgetting out of control. Su-permarkets and chemistshave been looted andthousands of people re-main homeless.

Internet

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Peru’s free trade pact with Chinato boost exports

GM Daewoo vehicles are loaded onto an auto-transport ship at Incheon portin South Korea. The country has reported a trade surplus of 2.33 billion

dollars in February, helped by improving overseas demand forsemiconductors and other key export itemss.—INTERNET

A general view shows the 79th Geneva Car Show inGeneva in 2009. Car makers will emerge from the

gloom of 2009 by presenting about 100 new modelsat the Geneva motor show over the coming week,hoping to counter uncertainty by wooing drivers

with dreams, “downsizing” and discounts.INTERNET

Blaming the weather forhigh unemployment

LIMA, 1 March — Pe-ru’s Free Trade Agree-ment (FTA) with Chinawill create “immense op-portunities” for Peru’s ex-port and external invest-ment, Peru’s ExteriorCommerce and TourismMinister Martin Perezsaid on Sunday.

“China is the secondbiggest commercial part-ner of Peru and the FTAbetween both countrieswill serve not only to con-solidate the commercial

ties with China but alsothe investments which al-ready are very importantfor the country,” Perezsaid.

Currently China’s in-vestment in Peru has ex-ceeded 1.2 billion US dol-lars, the largest amongAsian countries, headded.

The FTA, to be validon 1 March, will enablemany Peruvian productsto enter the Chinese mar-ket duty-free, Perez said.

Peruvian entrepreneursare ready to take this op-portunity to expand busi-ness with their Chinesecounterparts, he said.

Currently more than1,000 Peruvian compa-nies export goods toChina, the number is ex-pected to increase afterthe implementation of theFTA, he said.

Besides the traditionalexports such as fish andminerals, the FTA willopen door to new prod-ucts, like farm produce.

Xinhua

A woman goes cross-country skiing in CentralPark a day after a heavy snow fall in New York on

27 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

Japan’s autosales increase

on year inFebruary

TOKYO, 1 March—Sales of vehicles in Japanincreased in February de-spite a safety crisis in-volving the vehicles of thenation’s biggest auto-maker, Toyota, data re-leased by the Japan Auto-mobile Dealers Associa-tion showed on Monday.Sales of all vehicles wereup by 35.1 percent com-pared with the previousyear, with 294,887 unitssold in February.

Sales of cars stood at131,548 for the month, anincrease of 72. 2 percenton the same month in2009. Compact cars alsosaw sales grow by 17.8percent, selling 138,841vehicles over the courseof the month.

Industrial vehicle salesalso grew by 1.3 percent,with 22,994 units boughtin February.

Some 1,504 buseswere bought in February,a 17.2 percent increase onthe same month in 2009.

Japan’s auto industryhas been hit by a globalcrisis involving the safetyof Toyota’s cars.Over the last few monthsmillions have been re-called due to faults withbrakes and accelerators,and in late February,Toyota company Presi-dent Akio Toyoda testifiedbefore the US Congress inWashington, DC, on thesafety of his company’scars.

Xinhua

Oil rises above $80 as regional stocks gain

Car makers emerge from gloom intoGeneva glitz

WASHINGTON, 1 March—Snowstorms have re-peatedly battered parts ofthe United States this win-ter, making it more diffi-cult to discern returningweakness in the economyfrom seasonal distortions.

That means key USdata on jobs and manufac-turing for February, whichhold big implications forglobal financial markets,could lead to a befuddledreaction from investors.

Confusion will alsolikely reign in Europewhere fears aboutGreece’s financial situa-tion, potentially exacer-bated by speculative ac-tivity in bond markets,have kept the euro zone’ssingle currency underpressure.

China, a growing con-tributor to the global eco-nomic outlook, will re-lease a business sentimentsurvey, which analystsexpect to slip for a second

month as the countrytightens credit.

But the major indica-tor to watch is employ-ment since it has a directeffect on the consumerspending that powers two-thirds of the world’s larg-est economy.

The forecasting rangeis unusually wide, but me-dian projections point toa loss of 50,000 jobs inFebruary. The jobless rateis seen ticking back up to9.8 percent after a Janu-ary decline.

“Everybody who’sthinking the economy isheading for a double dip(recession) is going to saythis is evidence of that,and every one saying theeconomy is doing finewill dismiss it because ofthe weather,” said BobBarbera, chief economistat the Investment Tech-nology Group in NewYork.

Internet

SINGAPORE, 1 March— Oil pricesrose above $80 a barrel Monday in Asiaas crude traders followed regional stockmarkets higher.

Benchmark crude for April deliverywas up 56 cents to $80.22 a barrel atmidday Singapore time in electronictrading on the New York Mercantile Ex-change.

The contract added $1.49 to settle at$79.66.

Oil traders, who often look to equi-ties as a measure of overall investor sen-timent, were cheered by a jump in allthe major Asian stock indexes Monday

amid recent signs that Asian manufac-turing is recovering from last year’sslump.

This week, investors will be eyeingUS jobs data to get a better sense of therecovery in the world’s largest economy.

The Labour Department is scheduledto announce February’s unemploymentrate on Friday. Joblessness was 9.7 per-cent in January.

Oil prices have touched the low $80level several times in the last six months,but fallen back into the $70s when UScrude inventory data failed to justify in-vestor optimism.—Internet

GENEVA, 1 March —Car makers will emergefrom the gloom of 2009by presenting about 100new models at the Genevamotor show over the com-ing week, hoping to coun-ter uncertainty by wooingdrivers with dreams,“downsizing” anddiscounts.“The mood ismuch better than last year;in 2009 it was the end ofthe world,” explainedFrank Schwope, an ana-lyst at German bank

NordLB.“Now there’s hope of

a recovery in the industry,not in Europe but in Chinaand the United States,” hetold AFP.

Despite this, the Euro-pean market risks a slumpparticularly in the secondhalf of the year, whentrade-in schemes whichpropped up the market in2009, end or are cut back.

This year’s show istaking place in the back-drop of the troubles en-

gulfing the world’s big-gest auto maker Toyota,which was forced to recallsome nine million carsworld-wide.

In this uncertainty, carmakers are churning outnew models and conceptsin a bid to entice buyers.

Some 250 exhibitorsrepresenting 700 brandsfrom 30 countries willbring their latest creationsto the Geneva show, or-ganizers said.

Internet

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All Items From Xinhua News Agency

Violent winter storm whips Europe, killing over 50

Indian Air Force launched large scale exercise

Indian PM eyes further energycooperation with “reliable” Saudi

RIYADH, 1 March—In-dian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh on Sun-day said his country seeksfurther energy cooperationwith Saudi Arabia, term-ing the Gulf kingdom as“reliable partner” in meet-ing his country’s energyneeds.

“We believe that con-ditions are ripe for mov-ing beyond a traditionalbuyer-seller relationship toa comprehensive energy

partnership,” Singh saidduring a meeting with theSaudi Chambers of Com-merce and Industry inRiyadh.

Singh, who is on thesecond day of a historicvisit to the Saudi capital,said the Indian companieswere well-equipped toparticipate in upstreamand downstream oil andgas sector projects in theoil-rich Arab country.

“We should also estab-

lish new partnerships inthe area of new and renew-able energy through shar-ing of clean technologiesand joint collaborations,”he said.

Singh’s visit is the firstby an Indian premier in 28years to the Gulf kingdom,which is India’s top crudeoil supplier, amounting to20 percent of the SouthAsian country’s totalneeds.“We deeply valueSaudi Arabia’s role as areliable partner in meetingour energy needs,” hesaid.—Xinhua

Contestants play flower drums on the first Linfen Gong and Drum Competi-tion in Linfen City of north China’s Shanxi Province, on 28 Feb, 2010. Thegong and drum competition was held in Linfen on Sunday among 12 repre-

sentative troupes to the observe the Lantern Festival.—XINHUA

Firemen remove a treebrought down by heavystorm in Frankfurt on

28 February, 2010. Thesevere storm “Xynthia”

that swept throughmuch of France broughtabout damage in parts of

Germany. —XINHUA

Russia, Georgia reopenmountain border crossing

MOSCOW, 1 March —A mountain border crossingbetween Georgia and Russia was reopened early Mon-day morning, in a rare sign of easing tensions betweenthe two former Soviet republics, Russian media re-ported.

The Verkhny Lars border crossing on the Cauca-sus mountains had been closed since mid-2006 byRussia as the relations between the two countries gotstrained.The Georgian Foreign Ministry said earlierthe Verkhny Lars checkpoint would open to vehicletraffic on Monday.—Xinhua

Children holdingHaibao, the mascot of2010 Shanghai Expo,

pose for photo on a folkcustom festival to

celebrate the LanternFestival on Sujiatun

Road in Shanghai, eastChina, on 27 Feb, 2010,the day before Chinese

traditional LanternFestival.—XINHUA

MUMBAI, 1 March—Indian Air Force launcheda large scale exercise toshow its power in a west-ern state on Sunday, theIndian newspaperHindustan Times reportedon its website on Sundayevening.

The exercise ,code-named Vayu Shakti 2010,conducted at thePokharan range of thewestern Indian state ofRajasthan by the AirForce to demonstrate its“day and night opera-tional ability of airpower,” the newspaperquoted the defence offi-cials as saying.

Nearly 100 aircraftparticipated in the exer-cise, including fighterslike Su-30MKI, Mirage-2000 and MiG-29, Air-

borne Early Warning andControl System (AWCS),Jaguar attackers, transportaircraft like IL-76, AN-32and rotatory aircraft likeMi-17 transporters andMi-35 armed helicopters,according to the report.

Indian fighters at-

tacked the mocked groundtargets at night by firingthe precision guidedweapons. It was the firsttime for the Air Force todisplay its large scalenight precision strikingcapability, reported thenewspaper.—Xinhua

Somali pirates release Greek-ownedcargo vessel

Top ETA leader arrestedin France

MADRID, 1 Mach —A top leader of the Basque sepa-ratist group ETA was arrested on Sunday in a jointoperation in northern France, Spanish police said.

Ibon Gogeascoechea, who had been on the run since1997, was arrested in a French-Spanish joint raid inthe northern province of Normandy, according to po-lice. Two other senior ETA members were also arrestedin the operation.

So far, a total of 26 ETA suspects had been detainedthis year in Spain, France and Portugal. ETA is blamedfor the deaths of more than 800 people in its 40-yearcampaign to carve a Basque homeland out of northernSpain and southwestern France.—Xinhua

PARIS, 1 March—Theviolent winter storm,dubbed as “Xynthia,” haslashed most eastern Euro-pean countries as of Sun-day with heavy rain andstrong gust, leaving over50 deaths and massive

devastation on its routes.Developed in the At-

lantic off the Portugueseisland Madeira, stormXynthia landed onFrance’s western coast lateSaturday after causingthree deaths in Spain, and

went on to Germany viaBelgium on Sunday after-noon. France, the worst hitcountry, recorded at least45 victims and several dis-appearances, mainly inVandee and Charente-Maritime, the two westerncoastal departments whichregistered the biggesttoll.—Xinhua

NAIROBI, 1 March —Somali pirates have re-leased a Greek-ownedPanama-registered cargoship which was hijackedin December last year, aregional maritime officialconfirmed on Sunday.

Andrew Mwangura,East Africa Coordinatorof Seafarers’ AssistanceProgramme (SAP), saidthe Navios Apollon whichwas seized about 650 kmoff the Somali coast northof the Seychelles wasfreed late Saturday.

“The Greek ship wasreleased on Saturdayevening. The vessel has

19 crew members (18Filipinos and one Greek)and was seized while sail-ing from Florida, theUnited States, to Indiawith a cargo of fertilizer,”Mwangura told Xinhua bytelephone from Mom-basa. Unknown amount ofmoney was air-droppedon to the vessel, maritimeofficials said on Sunday.

It was the second ran-som drop to the pirates intwo days, demonstratingthe difficulties merchantsand governments face intheir efforts to avert ram-pant piracy in the world’smost dangerous waters of

Somalia.Piracy has become

rampant off the coast ofAfrica, especially in thewaters near Somalia,which has been withoutan effective governmentsince 1991.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

More than 50,000 people dined to-gether to celebrate the annual LanternFestival in Yayang Town of TaishunCounty in Wenzhou, east China’sZhejiang Province on 28thFebruary .

According to the Times News, ittook a whole year to prepare the largebanquet and more than 1,000 local vil-lagers served as temporary chefs andwaiters for the event, which used a to-tal of 5,000 tables. Ji Xiaobin, the chieforganizer, said the turnout exceededtheir expectations — they had onlyplanned to use 2,500 tables. It’s esti-mated that guests from the neighbour-ing cities of Hangzhou, Shanghai andWenzhou reached 6,000.

Taishun’s “Hundred-Family Ban-quet” began in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and has over 1,000 years of his-

Once caravan routes, and coppermerchants from throughout China con-verged in remote but bustling NaguTown in Yunnan Province near mistedmountains of rich copper mines.

Nagu means “black earth” in the lan-guage of the Yi ethnic group, indicatingthe richness of the Dongchuan (today’sHuize County) mines and the town it-self that stands at more than 1,900 me-

Archaeologistshave unearthed amassive red gran-ite head of oneEgypt’s most fa-mous pharaohswho ruled nearly3,400 years ago,the Egyptian Su-preme Council ofAntiquities an-nounced on Sun-day. The head ofAmenhotep III,which alone isabout the height ofa person, was dugout of the ruins ofthe pharaoh’s mor-tuary temple in thesouthern city ofLuxor.

The leader ofthe expedition that

People take part in the super ban-quet of Lantern Festival in Yayang

Town in Taishun County of eastChina’s Zhejiang Province, on 28

Feb 2010. A super banquet was heldin Taishun on Sunday to celebrate

Lantern Festival catering over55,000 guests with 5,456 tables.

World’s largest dinner party held for Lantern Festivaltory. Banquets have historically beenknown as a time to ask for blessingsduring the Lantern Festival.

Locals regard the event as a time forfamily reunions, and they discuss fam-ily affairs, ask for blessings from Godsand pray for long-term peace.

In 2007, the “Hundred-Family Ban-quet” was list as a UNESCO IntangibleCultural Heritage.

Following ancient copper trade routes in Yunnan Province

San Sheng Gong(Three Saints Palace), in the centreof Baiwu Village, is a well-preserved

Taoist temple honoring Guan Yu,Guan Ping and Zhou Cang-all

heroes in classic novel“Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”

ters.Today it is called Baiwu Village, or

White Fog Village, because the villageis always shrouded in mist and fog inthe early morning.

It is one of China’s 40 “newly dis-covered” towns featured in an Interna-tional Channel Shanghai (ICS) pro-gramme to promote tourism in little-known, unspoiled places with great de-velopment potential.

In 2005 the town was recognized asa National Cultural and Historic Vil-lage, known for its ore transport net-work and gorgeous assembly halls builtby copper merchants from differentProvinces. The halls display distinctiveregional architecture. They were usedfor business, socializing and stage per-formances.

This undated photo released by theEgyptian Supreme Council of Antiqui-ties in Cairo, Egypt, on 28 Feb, 2010,shows the newly unearthed 3,400-year

old red granite head, part of a hugestatue of the ancient pharaoh

Amenhotep III, at the pharaoh’smortuary temple in the city of Luxor.

Egypt’s Culture Ministry says a team ofEgyptian and European archaeologists

has unearthed a large head made ofred granite of an ancient pharaoh who

ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago.

Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egyptdiscovered thehead described itas the best pre-served sculpture ofAmenhotep III’sface found to date.

“Other statueshave always hadsomething broken:the tip of the nose,the face is eroded,”said Dr HourigSourouzian, whohas led the led theEgyptian-Euro-pean expedition atthe site since 1999.“But here, fromthe tip of thecrown to the chin,it is so beautifullycarved and pol-ished, nothing isbroken.”

ALTA, 1 March—Euro-peans are bringing exper-tise on avalanche safety toUtah.

A Swiss engineer andleading avalanche-safetyexpert Manuel Gensweinwas at a Wasatch ski re-sort east of Salt Lake Citythis weekend to show offa device meant for surviv-ing a deadly snow slide —a set of air bags designedinto a backpack for float-ing atop avalanche debris.

In this photo provided by Dean Cardinale on 28Feb, 2010, two unidentified skiers model deployedavalanche air bags at Snowbird Ski Resort in Alta,

Utah. The $1,000 air bag system is making itsintroduction in North America after years of use

around Europe.—INTERNET

CLEVELAND, 1 March—The Rock and Roll Hall ofFame and Museum inCleveland has fascinatingrelics like Michael Jack-son’s “Thriller” mask.Soon it’ll have space toshowcase its interestingbut less flashy artifacts.

The museum will openits library and archiveslater this year in a $12million high-tech buildingit shares with Cuyahoga(ky-uh-HOH’-guh) Com-munity College’s creativearts programmes.

Jim Morrison’s firstpoem will be there as wellas and letters from theGrateful Dead, WhitneyHouston, Patti Smith andothers.

There will also be oldaudio and video record-ings, contracts, albumcovers, posters and scrapbooks.—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 March— Thousands of dead fishwashed up on the shores of a popular beachside la-goon in Rio over the weekend, offending joggers’ ol-factory senses and leading the city to fight the stenchwith disinfectant.

The official state news service Agencia Brasil saidabout 100 city employees working full-time clearednearly 80 tons of fish as of Sunday. There was no imme-diate estimate of how many died, but several species wereinvolved. Rio’s environmental secretary speculated thatincreased levels of a harmful algae may be the immedi-ate cause of the sudden die-off on Friday. She told Globo’sG1 Web site that authorities were still investigating, butthe problem was not affecting the fish anymore.

The smell of rotting fish dampened runners’ andcyclists’ usual enthusiasm for leisurely jaunts alongthe Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon’s paths.—Internet

THESSALONIKI, 1 March— Greek police arrestedtwo men trying to sell sev-eral artifacts, including abronze sculpture of emperorAlexander the Great fromthe 4th century BC, forwhich the asking price waseuro7 million ($9.5 million),authorities said on Sunday.

Police identified thesuspects as a 48-year-oldThessaloniki businessmanand a 51-year-old farmer,

Musicmuseum

expands reachwith archive,

library

Europeans introduceavalanche air bags in Utah

Skiers hit a rip cord toactivate the air bags.

Genswein said the$1,000 air bag system ismaking its introduction inNorth America after yearsof use around Europe,where he says it hasproven 98 percent effec-tive.

“It’s about being a big-ger particle” in piles ofmoving snow, saidGenswein, who held ademonstration at

Snowbird resort for mem-bers of Wasatch Back-country Rescue.

Snow-safety expertscredit the concept to aGerman hunter and for-estry official who in the1970s found himself heldaloft in an avalanche bythe carcass of a deer hewas carrying around hisshoulders. By 1985, Eu-ropean-based manufac-turers including Snow-pulse SA were developingvariations on a skier’s airbag system.—Internet

Greek police arrest two with valuable antiquitiesbut did not provide theirnames. The men were ar-rested on Saturday morn-ing near the town ofKavala, east of Thessa-loniki, police said. Policesearched their car andfound a treasure trove thatincluded a 65-centimeter(2-foot) statue of Alexan-der, two bronze heads ofa boy and a young manand other artifacts, includ-ing two rare Qurans.

“According to our in-formation, the (suspects)have been trying to sell thesculptures for about ayear,” senior Thessalonikipolice official DimitrisTsaknakis told The Asso-ciated Press. “They havebeen asking euro7 millionfor the Alexander sculptureand between euro4-6 mil-lion ($5.43 million-$8.14million) for the boy’sbronze head.”—Internet

Thousands of dead fish raisestink at Rio lagoon

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A wild bison and hereight-day-old calf are

seen at the Rocky Moun-tain Arsenal National

Wildlife Refuge outsideDenver on 6 August,

2009. —INTERNET

KABUL, 1 March —The man believed to bethe suicide bomber whokilled seven CIA employ-ees and contractors lastyear appears in a newlyreleased video, claimingto have tricked Jordanianintelligence officers as adouble agent.

The 43-minute video,posted on various Islamicradical Web sites on Sat-urday, shows HumamKhalil Abu-Mulal al-

SYDNEY , 1 March —Fears over rising sea lev-els have prompted plan-ning authorities in Victo-ria, southern Australia toreject a coastal develop-ment. It is a decision thatcould affect other parts ofthe country. Officials saythe residential scheme atPort Fairy, 300 km (186miles) west of Mel-bourne, will not go aheadbecause of safety con-cerns.

There is growing fearin Australian coastal areas

Suspected CIA suicidebomber calls American team

‘gift from God’Balawi, whom a formerUS intelligence officialidentified as the suicidebomber.

Family members havesaid that the man in thevideo, who uses the aliasAbu Dajana Al-Khora-sani, is al-Balawi.

A much shorter ver-sion of the video wasposted online in January.

The December 30bombing at a US base inKhost, in southeastern Af-

ghanistan, killed sevenCIA operatives and a Jor-danian army captain.

The video posted onSaturday is dated “Safar1431” on the lunar calen-dar, which includes anyday between 16 Jan, 2010and 13 Feb, 2010.

Internet

LONDON, 1 March —The mother of a missingman suspected of murder-ing his girlfriend and babydaughter collapsed in tearsyesterday as she made anappeal for him to comeforward. Anthony Marsh(21) has not been seensince Saturday morning,when the bodies ofStephanie Bellinger andeight-month-old Lily werefound at their home inTotton, near Southamptonin the UK.

A relative of MsBellinger (24) made thegrim discovery just before9am. It is thought themother and her child werestabbed to death. DetectiveConstable John Wood-ward addressed Mr Marshon behalf of his motherWendy Marsh, who wasvisibly trembling, saying:“Anthony, if you arewatching or if you read orhear this please understandthat all your family arevery concerned aboutyou.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 1 March— US respondents to aPew Research Centrepoll on media usage in-dicate they are morelikely to get daily newsfrom television or theInternet.

The Pew ResearchCenter’s Project for Excel-lence in Journalism askedmore than 2,200 people

GENEVA, 1 March —Operators of the world’slargest atom smasher re-started their massive ma-chine on Sunday in a runup to experiments probingsecrets of the universe, aspokeswoman said.

The European Organi-zation for Nuclear Re-search, or CERN, sentlow energy beams of pro-tons in both directionsaround the 17-mile tunnelhousing the Large HadronCollider under the Swiss-French border at Geneva,said Christine Sutton.

After a cautious trialperiod, CERN plans toramp up the energy of thebeams to unprecedentedlevels and start record-set-ting collisions of protonsby late March, Suttonsaid.

The restart follows a 21/2 month winter shut-down during which scien-tists made improvementsand checked out thesmasher’s ability to col-lide protons at energiesthree times greater thanhas ever been achievedpreviously.

The new collisions areexpected to shatter the

Australia homes project rejected over sea level riskabout storm surges andpossible inundation fromrising oceans.

The Victoria state gov-ernment’s decision wasbased on a projection thatsea levels will rise by80cm (11.8 inches) overthe next century. Officialshave insisted the area isalso at risk from erosionand storm surges.

State authorities haveset up a multi-million dol-lar fund to help coastalregions adapt to the chal-lenges that could lie ahead

in the future.The mayor of Port

Fairy, James Purcell, saysallowing houses andapartments to be built onsuch a vulnerable strip ofland would be irresponsi-ble.—Internet

Atom smasherrestarts to prepare

for new sciencesubatomic particles andreveal still smaller frag-ments and forces than pre-viously achieved on anycollider, including the pre-vious record-holder — theTevatron at Fermilab out-side Chicago. The LargeHadron Collider was builtto examine suspected phe-nomena such as dark mat-ter, antimatter and ulti-mately the creation of theuniverse billions of yearsago, which many theorizeoccurred as an explosionknown as the Big Bang.“We’ve started up again,”said Sutton.

Internet

TV, Internet top US news choiceswhere they get their news.Nearly all — 92 percent —of the respondents saidthey use multiple plat-forms but televisiontopped the list.

The data indicate 7 per-cent of those asked gotnews from a single plat-form, which was typicallythe Internet or local TVnews.

About 80 percent saidthey heard and saw newsfrom a local TV station’snewscast while 73 percentcited a national network,such as CBS, or cable newsoutlet such as CNN or FoxNews, as a source of news.

And 61 percent toldpollsters they read somekind of news online.

Internet

Mother makestearful plea to

missingsuspect

An injured man is

escorted away from the

site of a blast in

Afghan capital Kabul

on 26 Feb, 2010.

XINHUA

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in themouth of the Kamo River that flows into the

Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture,near Tokyo, on 28 Feb, 2010.

INTERNET

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(from page 1)Nay Pyi Taw CommandCommander Maj-Gen WaiLwin, Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo, Minister for In-dustry-1 U Aung Thaung,Minister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Minister for CooperativesMaj-Gen Tin Htut, Minis-ter for Mines Brig-GenOhn Myint, Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein, Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint lookedround the plant and left

Cement Plant(Nay Pyi Taw)…

(from page 1)So far, the government has constructed 200 dams,

31 sluice gates, 322 river water pumping stations, 8001tube-wells, and 658 small-scale rural dams, and theagricultural sector has made significant progress, as aresult. Every year, the nation has put over 20 million acresof land under monsoon and summer paddy, producingover 1500 million baskets of paddy annually. Now, thenation’s rice supply has far exceeded the demand of thegrowing population. And regions concerned have achievedgreat success in growing such major crops as corn, blackgram, green gram, pigeon pea, groundnut, sesame, sun-

Peasantry have… flower, long staple cotton and sugarcane, thus increasingthe nation’s total sown acreage to 33.33 million, andutilization of farmlands, to 171.1 per cent.

The rapid development in the agricultural sectorsuggests that it is highly required to transform the nationfrom conventional into mechanized farming. Many newplans are now ongoing for the State-owned and private-owned industries to boosting production of farmingmachinery and tools. Therefore, I would like to urge youthe peasantry to work harder than ever for your bettersocio-economic life.Esteemed peasantry,

Now, the government, the people and the Tatmadaware implementing the State’s seven-step Road Map in

concert. This year, elections will be held to elect mem-bers of parliament in accordance with the State Consti-tution of the Union of Myanmar, which has been ap-proved with the massive support of the public. The roleyou the peasantry have played in the Myanmar politicsis very important. So, you have to elect representativescapable of building a peaceful, modern and developednation and exercising the democracy correctly. You alsohave to ward off potential dangers of those who willdisrupt State stability and community peace with assist-ance of aliens in the background.

In conclusion, I would like to call on you thepeasantry to do your bit in the drive for emergence of apeaceful, modern and developed nation.—MNA

necessary instructions.Managing Director

Mr Wang Jian of JiangsuPengfei Group Co Ltd of thePeople's Republic of Chinagave away commemorativegift to the Prime Ministerwho presented him backwith fruit basket.

Construction of thecement plant began inJuly, 2008 and was com-pleted in October,2009.The plant with thecapacity of 500 tons ofcement per day is now infull operation.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein

views sample raw materials, cement and

coal at Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw).

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents

fruit basket to Managing Director Mr. Wang

Jian of Jiangsu Pengfei Group Co Ltd at

Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw).

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Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw) of Myanma Ceramic Industries of Ministry of Industry-1.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 1March— Minister forIndustry-1 U AungThaung on 25 Februaryinspected productionprocess of Wundwin

Industry-1 Minister inspects Wundwin Textile FactoryTextile Factory ofMyanma TextileIndustries.

The minister alsolooked into Betalactamand Non-Betalactam in-

jection departmentand injection productiondepartment in MyanmarPharmaceutical Factory(Inyaung) of MyanmaPharmaceutical Indus-

NAY PYI TAW, 1March—A new Htidaw(umbrella) was hoistedatop Lawka ManisulaMahamuni Pagoda inLaukkai of Shan State(North) on 27 February.

Minister for Con-struction Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint conveyedSeinbudaw (diamondorb), Brig-Gen Aung

Sasana flourishing in Laukkai hoisting umbrella atop pagodaKyaw Zaw Hnget-myatnadaw (pennant-shaped vane), Col ThanHtaik three tiers of zoon,U Pei Sauk Chein ofKokang RegionProvitional Leading Com-mittee the cone, U Lu KweChi the seventh, the sixthand the fifth tiers of um-brella and departmentalofficials, the remaining

tiers of umbrella round thepagoda.

Next, the ministerand Brig-Gen Aung KyawZaw hoisted the diamondorb, the pennant-shapedvane and tiers of umbrellaatop the pagoda.

Later, the ministerand party offered meals tomembers of the Sangha.

MNA

YANGON, 1 March — Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief and ResettlementMaj-Gen Maung Maung Swe called formore practice to show the capability ofperforming drill and singing marchingsongs accompanied by good discipline inthe 65th Anniversary Armed Forces Dayparade in meeting with members of workcommittees and firemen of Myawadycolumn representing Myanmar Fire Bri-gade who will take part in the parade atThida hall of Fire Services Department(Head Office) in Mayangon Township

More practice to show capability ofperforming drill

here this morning.The minister stressed that, mem-

bers of fire brigade, being the reservesof the State, are to do more practice notto lag behind in skill and ability com-pared with servicemen. The ministerpointed out that members who are goingto participate in the parade are requiredto be in high spirits and in good healthwhile adhering the code of conducts.

Officials received cash donationsand presented certificates of honour towellwishers.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 March—AMyanmar delegation comprising mid-level officers from the State organiza-tions and ministries led by Rector ofCentral Institute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) U Win Maung arrived backfrom Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia aftertaking part in the study tour from 22 to 28February.

The delegation left Yangon forKuala Lumpur on 22 February. While inMalaysia, members of the Myanmar del-egation visited the Public Service Com-mission (PSC), Public Service Depart-ment (PSD), Education Service Com-mission and Malaysian AdministrativeModernization and Management Plan-ning Unit (MAMMPU) in Putrajaya andMalaysia Institute of Economic Research(MIER) and Institute of Diplomacy andForeign Relations (IDFR) in KualaLumpur. They exchanged views on ca-

Capacity enhancement for civil servicepacity enhancement trainings for publicservice, business management and otherrelated matters with responsible person-nel. The Myanmar delegation also visitedsites in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya andleft for Yangon on 28 February.

As a Human Resource Develop-ment Programme, a workshop on Capac-ity Enhancement of Myanmar Civil Serv-ice organized by the CSSTB of Myanmarwith support of the Sasakawa Peace Foun-dation was held in Nay Pyi Taw from 18to 22 January and participated by 60 mid-level officials from various State organi-zations and ministries. The study tour toMalaysia was a part of the programmeand was participated by Rector U WinMaung of CICS (Phaunggyi) and 28 mid-level officers of the Office of the StatePeace and Development Council, variousministries and Mandalay City Develop-ment Committee.—MNA

Minister U Aung Thaung inspects production line ofWundwin Textile Factory. —MNA

Myanmar, India fortify friendship tieNAY PYI TAW, 1

March—Minister for For-eign Affairs U Nyan Winreceived Foreign Secre-tary of the Republic ofIndia Ms. Nirupama Rao

1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causesat risk to life as the national policy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections due to beheld in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversiveelements through the strength andconsolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity of thenation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

and party at the ministryhere today.

The Indian delega-tion led by the foreign sec-retary is arriving here toparticipate in Myanmar-

India Foreign Office Con-sultations.

At the call, the bothsides discussed concernsover promoting mutual in-terests.—MNA

Take Fire Preventive Measures

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win receives ForeignSecretary of the Republic of India Ms. Nirupama Rao.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 March—Patron of Nay Pyi TawTraffic Rules Enforcement Committee Nay Pyi TawCommand Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin addressedthe meeting of the committee at Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand on 26 February.

Officials seek means to enhance road safetyPresent were Chairman of the committee Deputy

Commander Brig-Gen Min Zaw, members of thecommittee and sub-committees and departmentalpersonnel.

MNA

tries. He urgedthe officials to producethe products inline with GMP system andto make efforts forachieving the productionobjectives.

MNA

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YANGON, 1 March—Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsanattended the 5th prizepresentation ceremony ofThuta Swesone LiteraryAward organized by ThutaSwesone Book House ofSwesone Media Groupunder the supervision ofMyanmar Writers and

Information Minister attends 5th prizepresentation ceremony of Thuta

Swesone Literary Award

NAY PYI TAW, 1 March—Carpentry, Mason andSteel Work Course No. 3 for Labutta residents,organized by Education and Training Department ofMinistry for Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs, concluded on 26February, with an address by Deputy Director- GeneralDr. Soe Thein of the department.

The five-week course was attended by 50 traineesfrom urban wards and villages in Labutta Township,Ayeyawady Division. During the course, trainees wereprovided with teaching aides, meals andaccommodation. The deputy director-general alsoencouraged female trainees attending AdvancedTailoring Course No. 1 and Special Domestic ScienceCourse No. 3.—MNA

Labutta residents gain practicalknowledge for occupation

Managing DirectorDr. Khin Moe Moe ofSwesone Media Group andSecretary Dr Tin Tun Ooof MWJA spoke on theoccasion.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan presented theLifetime AchievementLiterary Award to U ChitSan (Chit San Win) andThuta Swesone LiteraryAward (Socio-economic)to Dr Chit and ThutaSwesone Literary Award(Arts) to Tekkatho SeinTin.

Chairman U HlaMyaing (Ko Hsaung)presented Thuta SwesoneLiterary Award (ForeignAffairs) to Ye Htut andThuta Swesone LiteraryAward (Translation) toKyi Min.

U Tin Kha(Tekkatho Tin Kha), DrTin Tun Oo and Dr KhinMoe Moe presentedThuta Swesone LiteraryAward (Youth Literature)to Dr Tin Soe, ThutaSwesone Literary Award

NAY PYI TAW, 1March — As part of drivefor greening the regionand supplying moreirrigation water to thefarmlands, Wunyu Damwas inaugurated on 28February.

Chairman of MagwayDivision PDC Col PhoneMaw Shwe and Deputy

Wunyu Dam helps facilitate cultivation ofsummer paddy, chickpea in Seikpyu Tsp

Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U OhnMyint opened the dam andinspected it.

The 2,300 feet longand 28 feet high WunyuDam with the waterstorage capacity of 2,400acre feet was the 47th

facility for the division. Itwas built on Wunyu Creek

Journalists Associationtook place at TradersHotel, here, today.

It was also attendedby departmental heads andofficials of theInformation Ministry,CEC members of MWJA,members of awardselecting committee andresponsible persons.

near Kazunma Village inSeikpyu Township ofPakokku District,Magway Division. Thedam can contribute tokeeping the region lushand green and irrigating345 acres of farmland,thereby increasing sownacreages of summer paddyand chickpea.—MNA

(Reference Literature) toKyaw Win, ThutaSwesone Literary Award(Belles-lettres) to Ko Ko(Sethmu Tekkatho) andThuta Swesone LiteraryAward (Applied Science)to Dr. Soe Lwin spokewords of thanks.

Dr Tin Tun Oo and

Managing Director Dr.Khin Moe Moe presentedK 800,000 for respect-paying ceremony to markSarsodaw Day for 2010 andgifts for award selectingcommittee throughresponsible persons.

The ceremony cameto an end after winners U

Chit San (Chit San Win)and Dr Soe Lwin spokewords of thanks.

Afterwards, Ministerfor Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan together withmembers of the awardselecting committee andwinners had documentaryphoto taken.—MNA

Minister

Brig-Gen

Kyaw

Hsan

presents

prize to

Tekkatho

Sein Tin.

MNA

MD Dr.

Khin Moe

Moe of

Swesone

Media

Group

presents

prize to

Dr.

Soe Lwin.

MNA

Chairman Col Phone Maw Shwe and Deputy Minister U OhnMyint open Wunyu Dam in Seikpyu Township.—MNA

Wunyu Dam in Seikpyu Township of Pakokku District, Magway Division.MNA

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Giant tech fair goes 3D topull in the punters

Merck KGaA to acquireMillipore for 7.2 billion dollars

Prudential to buy AIG’s Asian arm for 35 bln dollars

A worker cleans a poster showing the new 3D glasses “Cinemizer Plus” at theCarl Zeiss stand during preparations for the world’s biggest high-tech fair, theCeBIT in the northern German city of Hanover. The world’s biggest high-techfair kicks off Tuesday with a focus on “smart” gadgets as well as “Avatar”-in-spired 3D products to make consumers’ lives easier — and more fun.—INTERNET

HANOVER, 1 March—The world’s biggest high-tech fair kicks off Tuesdaywith a focus on “smart”gadgets as well as “Ava-tar”-inspired 3D productsto make consumers’ liveseasier — and more fun.

Germany’s CeBIT, tra-ditionally a showcase forcomputing and softwarefirms to unveil their latestflagship designs, is evolv-ing into more of a con-sumer-driven event, or-ganizers said, as crisis-hit

IT companies stay away.“We’re trying to attract

more consumers,” saidHartwig von Sass, aspokesman for DeutscheMesse, that organises theevent. Exhibitor numbersdropped by three percentthis year with 4,157 firmsfrom 68 countries due toerect stands at the vastcentre in northern Ger-many. At the height of thedot-com boom, more than8,000 companies set upshop at the CeBIT.

“Given the economicand financial climate, weconsider it a success thatour exhibitor numbers areapproximately stable,”said Sass.

And he pointed to somegiants of the tech worldthat are visiting the CeBITfor the first time, such asGoogle and online book-seller Amazon, as well asregulars such as IBM,Microsoft, SAP, Vodafone,Fujitsu or Ericsson.

Internet

File photo shows an employee of the German pharmaceutical giant Merckcarrying medicine at a laboratory Lyon. German pharmaceutical giant Merck

KGaA announced late Sunday its acquisition of Millipore Corporation, aBillerica, Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm for 7.2 billion dollars

(5.3 billion euros).—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 1 March—Germanpharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA an-nounced late Sunday its acquisition ofMillipore Corporation, a Billerica, Mas-sachusetts-based biotechnology firm for7.2 billion dollars (5.3 billion euros).

Under an agreement reached by thetwo sides, Merck KGaA will acquire alloutstanding shares of common stock ofMillipore for 107 dollars per share incash.

“This transaction is very attractive toshareholders, customers and employeesof both companies,” said Karl-LudwigKley, chairman of the executive boardof Merck.

“This is a combination with an ex-

cellent strategic fit, which will allow usto cover the entire value chain for ourpharma and biopharma customers, offer-ing integrated solutions beyond chemi-cals.”

Last year, Millipore generated 1.7 bil-lion dollars in sales. It has around 6,000employees in more than 30 countries ofthe world.

Merck expects that the combined busi-ness will generate annual cost savingsof around 100 million dollars (75 mil-lion euros).

The acquisition still requires approvalby Millipore shareholders at a specialshareholder meeting to be called at a laterdate, officials said.—Internet

A man walks by theAmerican Interna-tional Group (AIG)

building in New YorkCity. AIG has agreedto sell its Asian arm,

AIA, to British insurerPrudential for around35 billion dollars (26

billion euros, 23 billionpounds), a source close

to the deal said.INTERNET

6.2-magnitude aftershock hits ChileWASHINGTON, 1 March— A new 6.2-magnitude

aftershock hit central Chile late Sunday, the latestafter a massive 8.8-degree earthquake early Satur-day morning, according to the US Geological Sur-vey (USGS).—Xinhua

Moderate quake hit western IndonesiaJAKARTA, 1 March—An earthquake measuring 5.2

on the Richter scale hit North Sumatra Province ofwestern Indonesia at 7: 13 pm (1213 GMT) onSunday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geo-physics Agency said. The epicentre was at 9 kilo-metres of northwestern of province’ s Tarutung Cityat a depth of 10 kilometres under seabed.

The agency did not issue tsunami warning.No casualties has been reported so far.—Xinhua

LONDON, 1 March—USinsurance giant AIG hasagreed to sell its Asianarm, AIA, to British in-surer Prudential foraround 35 billion dollars(26 billion euros, 23 bil-lion pounds), a sourceclose to the deal said.

American InternationalGroup (AIG), which re-ceived a huge taxpayerbailout to stave off col-lapse during the financialcrisis, had been persuadedto let Prudential take overits Asian businesses, saidthe source late Sunday.

The deal will transformPrudential into theworld’s top non-Chineseinsurer by market capitali-sation, ahead of majorcompetitors Allianz andAXA.

It is understood the salewill be unveiled in thecoming days, perhaps asearly as Monday.

The purchase will be fi-nanced in cash, through arights issue by Prudential,and through AIG taking aminority part of the Brit-ish insurer, said thesource.

Tidjane Thiam, whotook up the job of Pruden-tial chief executive in Oc-tober, had never hidden

his desire to expand thebusiness in Asia.

The business chief,who has French national-ity but was born in IvoryCoast, went to New Yorkat the end of last week topersuade AIG’s board tosell American Interna-tional Assurance (AIA) tohis company.—Internet

44 trapped in northChina coal mine flood

BEIJING, 1 March—A coal mine flood in north Chi-na’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region early onMonday trapped 44 people in the pit, safety authori-ties confirmed.

The accident happened at 7:29 am at Luotuoshan CoalMine in Wuhai City, the State Administration of WorkSafety said on its website. The place is about 600 kilo-metres from the regional capital Hohhot.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PINE EXPRESS VOY NO (1002)Consignees of cargo carried on MV PINE EX-

PRESS VOY NO (1002) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 2.3.2010 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 to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: FAIRWIND INT’L SHIPPINGCO., LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MILLENNIUM VOY NO (03/0)Consignees of cargo carried on MV MILLEN-

NIUM VOY NO (03/0) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 1.3.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.5 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.


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


AGENT FOR: M/S KM INTERTRANSPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAI DUONG SUNRISE VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAI DUONGSUNRISE VOY NO (-) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 28.2.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.WP.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: NOBLE PACIFIC WORLD WIDELTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Buyers line up for Derbyshire nuclear bunker

Persian leopard cubs. Iran has promised to donate two wild leopards toRussia, officials said on Sunday, bringing closer the aim of settling the rare

animals near the 2014 Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.—INTERNET

Cop dies after robber accidentally explodes

LONDON, 1 March — ACold War-era nuclearbunker in Britain has beenput up for sale on onlineauction site eBay, andby yesterday biddershad pushed the priceup to more than£19,300($32,647). “Arare opportunity to ac-quire a piece of Cold Warhistory,” read the sale ad-vert on the website. “Setin a stunning location withglorious views. Your ownnuclear bunker within aplot of land and muchoriginal equipment.”

After being advertisedat a starting price of £500($845) late on Thursday,a bidding war saw theprice of the undergroundshelter rocket, increasingmore than 50 times in lessthan three days. As of 9am(AEDT) today the pricestood at £19,300 after 39bids. The bunker cameinto service in 1959 and

was used by the RoyalObserver Corps, a civiliandefence organisationcomposed mainly of vol-unteers who had the taskof reporting nuclear attackand fallout.

The shelter, in the PeakDistrict National Parkin central England, wasfully operational until1991 when it wasdecommissioned as theSoviet Union collapsed.

Measuring 15m by 15m,the bunker is on farmlandand in an “elevated posi-tion with panoramicviews”.

The bunker, which is“accessed via a metalhatch and shaft”, lies4.57m underground andhas two rooms — achemical toilet and moni-toring room — and twoventilation shafts.

Internet

Philippine troops kill twogunmen linked to massacre

Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective

MANILA, 1 March—Philippine troops clashedMonday with armed fol-lowers of a political war-lord who was arrestedin connection withthe country’s worst elec-tion-related massacre,killing two gunmen, themilitary said.

Troops on combat pa-trol confronted about 30men in the outskirts

of southern Maguindanaoprovince on Monday, trig-gering a gunfight thatkilled two, said militaryspokesman Maj Ran-dolph Cabangbang.

Prosecutors havecharged Andal AmpatuanSr., a former three-termMaguindanao governor,and his son, AndalAmpatuan Jr, with murderin connection with the kill-ings of 57 people on 23Nov.

Among the massacrevictims were supportersand relatives of EsmaelMangudadatu, who is run-ning for governor of theprovince. They wereheaded to an election of-fice to file Mangudadatu’scandidacy papers whenthey were killed, alongwith at least 30 journalistsand staff members whowere providing news cov-erage of the event.

Internet

PORT MORESBY, 1 March— A Papua New Guineapolicewoman died when afugitive accidentally blewhimself up with a handgrenade while trying to es-cape from police custody.Pawa Moni, 35, had beenon the run since 2008 butwas arrested in the notori-ous Western HighlandsProvince on Friday nightfor a string of offences,including bank robberiesand murder.

Moni tried to escapefrom the police vehicle inMt Hagen but accidentallydetonated a hidden handgrenade, killing himselfand 25-year-old police-woman Selly Mol. Policecommander Simon Kaubatold PNG’s The Nationalnewspaper that this type ofincident was the first of itskind in PNG.

Moni was wanted forrobbing a Bank South Pa-cific teller machine in2006 and killing a security

guard last year, hesaid.”The officers putMoni into the police vehi-cle but they failed to searchhim properly,” Mr Kaubasaid. “Moni jumped fromhis back seat, took out ahand grenade and strug-gled to escape through thefront side of the vehicle,”he said. “In the struggle thehand grenade’s pin cameoff.”Three other police-men were hurt in the ex-plosion.

Internet

SAN ANTONIO, 1 March— People atrisk of a stroke because of narrowedneck arteries can be safely treated witha less drastic option than the surgerydone now, the largest study ever doneon these treatments concludes. If Medi-care agrees to cover it, hundreds ofthousands of Americans a year mightbe able to have an artery-opening pro-cedure and a stent instead of surgery toremove built-up plaque, doctors say. Astent is a wire-mesh tube that props theblood vessel open.

Stents have long been used to fixheart arteries but are approved for usein the neck only for people too sick forsurgery. The new study, in people withless severe disease, suggests stents mayfind much wider use. “The sea of peo-

ple is gigantic” who could benefit, saidDr Walter Koroshetz, deputy directorof the National Institute of Neurologi-cal Disorders and Stroke, the study’smain sponsor.

“We now have two safe and effec-tive methods” to treat neck vessels, saidDr Thomas Brott of the Mayo Clinic inJacksonville, Fla. He led the study andgave results on Friday at an AmericanStroke Association conference.

However, the treatments have differ-ent complications, and not all doctorsare convinced stents are as safe. Threeprevious studies found they werenot, including one published onlineThursday by the British journal TheLancet.

Internet

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


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Buyers line up for Derbyshire nuclear bunker

Persian leopard cubs. Iran has promised to donate two wild leopards toRussia, officials said on Sunday, bringing closer the aim of settling the rare

animals near the 2014 Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.—INTERNET

Cop dies after robber accidentally explodes

LONDON, 1 March — ACold War-era nuclearbunker in Britain has beenput up for sale on onlineauction site eBay, andby yesterday biddershad pushed the priceup to more than£19,300($32,647). “Arare opportunity to ac-quire a piece of Cold Warhistory,” read the sale ad-vert on the website. “Setin a stunning location withglorious views. Your ownnuclear bunker within aplot of land and muchoriginal equipment.”

After being advertisedat a starting price of £500($845) late on Thursday,a bidding war saw theprice of the undergroundshelter rocket, increasingmore than 50 times in lessthan three days. As of 9am(AEDT) today the pricestood at £19,300 after 39bids. The bunker cameinto service in 1959 and

was used by the RoyalObserver Corps, a civiliandefence organisationcomposed mainly of vol-unteers who had the taskof reporting nuclear attackand fallout.

The shelter, in the PeakDistrict National Parkin central England, wasfully operational until1991 when it wasdecommissioned as theSoviet Union collapsed.

Measuring 15m by 15m,the bunker is on farmlandand in an “elevated posi-tion with panoramicviews”.

The bunker, which is“accessed via a metalhatch and shaft”, lies4.57m underground andhas two rooms — achemical toilet and moni-toring room — and twoventilation shafts.

Internet

Philippine troops kill twogunmen linked to massacre

Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective

MANILA, 1 March—Philippine troops clashedMonday with armed fol-lowers of a political war-lord who was arrestedin connection withthe country’s worst elec-tion-related massacre,killing two gunmen, themilitary said.

Troops on combat pa-trol confronted about 30men in the outskirts

of southern Maguindanaoprovince on Monday, trig-gering a gunfight thatkilled two, said militaryspokesman Maj Ran-dolph Cabangbang.

Prosecutors havecharged Andal AmpatuanSr., a former three-termMaguindanao governor,and his son, AndalAmpatuan Jr, with murderin connection with the kill-ings of 57 people on 23Nov.

Among the massacrevictims were supportersand relatives of EsmaelMangudadatu, who is run-ning for governor of theprovince. They wereheaded to an election of-fice to file Mangudadatu’scandidacy papers whenthey were killed, alongwith at least 30 journalistsand staff members whowere providing news cov-erage of the event.

Internet

PORT MORESBY, 1 March— A Papua New Guineapolicewoman died when afugitive accidentally blewhimself up with a handgrenade while trying to es-cape from police custody.Pawa Moni, 35, had beenon the run since 2008 butwas arrested in the notori-ous Western HighlandsProvince on Friday nightfor a string of offences,including bank robberiesand murder.

Moni tried to escapefrom the police vehicle inMt Hagen but accidentallydetonated a hidden handgrenade, killing himselfand 25-year-old police-woman Selly Mol. Policecommander Simon Kaubatold PNG’s The Nationalnewspaper that this type ofincident was the first of itskind in PNG.

Moni was wanted forrobbing a Bank South Pa-cific teller machine in2006 and killing a security

guard last year, hesaid.”The officers putMoni into the police vehi-cle but they failed to searchhim properly,” Mr Kaubasaid. “Moni jumped fromhis back seat, took out ahand grenade and strug-gled to escape through thefront side of the vehicle,”he said. “In the struggle thehand grenade’s pin cameoff.”Three other police-men were hurt in the ex-plosion.

Internet

SAN ANTONIO, 1 March— People atrisk of a stroke because of narrowedneck arteries can be safely treated witha less drastic option than the surgerydone now, the largest study ever doneon these treatments concludes. If Medi-care agrees to cover it, hundreds ofthousands of Americans a year mightbe able to have an artery-opening pro-cedure and a stent instead of surgery toremove built-up plaque, doctors say. Astent is a wire-mesh tube that props theblood vessel open.

Stents have long been used to fixheart arteries but are approved for usein the neck only for people too sick forsurgery. The new study, in people withless severe disease, suggests stents mayfind much wider use. “The sea of peo-

ple is gigantic” who could benefit, saidDr Walter Koroshetz, deputy directorof the National Institute of Neurologi-cal Disorders and Stroke, the study’smain sponsor.

“We now have two safe and effec-tive methods” to treat neck vessels, saidDr Thomas Brott of the Mayo Clinic inJacksonville, Fla. He led the study andgave results on Friday at an AmericanStroke Association conference.

However, the treatments have differ-ent complications, and not all doctorsare convinced stents are as safe. Threeprevious studies found they werenot, including one published onlineThursday by the British journal TheLancet.

Internet

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The Adam Opel house can be seen in Ruesselsheil, western Germany in 2009.Ailing carmaker Opel is considering launching an electric car for inner-cityuse to tap what it sees as a high-potential market, the firm’s boss said in an

interview on Sunday.—INTERNET

Striking number of obesity risks hitminority kids

The Risk of BPA in Pregnant MomsTEXAS, 1 March—

Studies done at the Uni-versity of Texas MedicalBranch at Galvestonshow that Bisphenol A(BPA), a chemical oftenfound in baby bottles andthe lining of aluminumcans, may lead to allergyrelated asthma. Produc-tion of the chemicalstarted about 40 yearsago, a timing that scien-tists note coincides withincreasing asthma rates.

Tests on BPA havebeen done on lab mice.The researchers found themice born to mothers ex-posed to 10 micrograms

of BPA developed airwayproblems while mice bornto mothers exposed to lowor no BPA did not developthe problem. These testsshow a significant enoughincrease in allergy relatedasthma that some stateshave begun banning thechemical in containersthat could be used by chil-dren under the age of four.Scientist believe that thisstudy is a good exampleof what could happen tohumans, but they admitthat mice studies are notalways accurate in peo-ple.

The next step in this

study will be to determinehow much BPA and howoften it is given beforethese problems are preva-lent. Since there are othercontributing factors inwhat causes asthma, sci-entist are planning on ex-tracting cord blood in hu-mans for their research.These subjects will bewatched for a period oftime to see if they developAsthma. Groups will bebased on their level ofBPA exposure. This typeof study will take years,but will certainly be moreconclusive than the miceexperiment.—Internet

1 in 4 parents buysunproven vaccine-autism link

Obese children showsigns of heart disease

Gene test aid tocancer treatment

LONDON, 1 March —Developed a gene test whichpredicts how well chemotherapy will work in cancerpatients. Starting with 829 genes in breast cancer cells,the team whittled down the possibilities to six geneswhich had an impact on whether a drug worked. Theythen showed that these genes could be used to predictthe effectiveness of a drug called paclitaxel in patients.

It is hoped the approach, reported in The Lancet On-cology, can be replicated for other cancers and treat-ments. The international project, including researchersfrom Cancer Research UK’s London Research Insti-tute, opens the way for breast cancer treatment to betargeted to those who will benefit the most.—Internet

CHICAGO, 1 March—The odds of obesity appearstacked against black andHispanic children startingeven before birth, pro-vocative new research sug-gests. The findings helpexplain disproportionatelyhigh obesity rates in mi-nority children. Family in-come is often a factor, butso are cultural customs andbeliefs, the study authors

said. They examined morethan a dozen circum-stances that can increasechances of obesity, and al-most every one was morecommon in black and His-panic children than inwhites. Factors includedeating and sleeping habitsin infancy and early child-hood and mothers smok-ing during pregnancy

In a separate, equally

troubling study, research-ers found signs of inflam-mation in obese childrenas young as 3 years old.High levels were morecommon in blacks andHispanics. These inflam-matory markers have beenlinked with obesity inadults and are thought toincrease chances for devel-oping heart disease.

Internet

LONDON , 1 March —Young as three years oldshow signs of future heartdisease, say US research-ers. study of 16,000 chil-dren and teenagersshowed the most obesehad signs of an inflamma-tory marker which canpredict future heart dis-ease. 40% of obese three-to-five-year olds hadraised levels ofC-reactive proteincompared with 17% ofhealthy weight children,Pediatrics reported.

But more work isneeded to prove the linkwith heart disease in laterlife. The study, carried outby a team at the Universityof North Carolina (UNC),looked at children agedone to 17. Overall, nearly70% were a healthyweight, 15% were over-weight, 11% were obeseand 3.5% were very obese.In the older age groups, theproportion of those in thevery obese category withhigh levels of C-reactiveprotein (CRP) increasedeven further. By age 15-17, 83% of the very obesehad increased CRP com-pared with 18% of thehealthy weight children.CRP is found in the blood,and high levels are a signof inflammation in thebody. Because the damageseen in heart disease iscaused by inflammationin artery walls, CRP canbe used as a generalmarker for the risk ofheart disease.—Internet

CHICAGO, 1 March —One in four US parentsbelieves some vaccinescause autism in healthychildren, but even manyof those worried aboutvaccine risks think theirchildren should be vacci-nated. Most parents con-tinue to follow the adviceof their children’s doctors,according to a studybased on a survey of1,552 parents. Extensiveresearch has found noconnection between au-tism and vaccines.

“Nine out of 10 par-ents believe that vaccina-tion is a good way to pre-vent diseases for theirchildren,” said lead au-thor Dr. Gary Freed of theUniversity of Michigan.“Luckily their concerns

don’t outweigh their deci-sion to get vaccines sotheir children can be pro-tected from life-threaten-ing illnesses.”

In 2008, unvaccinatedschool-age children con-tributed to measles out-breaks in California, Illi-nois, Washington, Ari-zona and New York, saidDr Melinda Wharton ofthe US Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion. Thirteen percent ofthe 140 who got sick thatyear were hospitalized.“It’s fortunate thateverybody recovered,”Wharton said, noting thatmeasles can be deadly.“If we don’t vaccinate,these diseases will comeback.”

Internet

A combined harvester cuts sugarcane in a fieldnear the village of Riquelme in the Province ofVilla Clara in central Cuba on 28 Feb, 2010.

INTERNET

A crowd of people watch Oahu’s southern shore inanticipation of a possible tsunami in Honolulu, Ha-

waii. Waves pummelled Chile and rolled through intoHawaii, French Polynesia and the South Pacific as the

tsunami triggered by the huge earthquake in Chilemoved at jetspeed across the vast ocean.

INTERNET

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S P O R T S

Owen out for a few weeks

Ferguson: Big gamescoming up

Fergie explains Rooney sub role

Marseille´s midfielderBenoit Cheyrou (C) iscongratulated by histeammate Luis OscarGonzalez after scoringduring the French L1football match Paris vsMarseille.—INTERNET

Marseille keep pressure on asthey thump PSG

Porto hopes dented by SportingLISBON, 1 March—FC Porto’s outside hopes of chal-

lenging for the Portuguese title look to be over afterbeing thrashed 3-0 on Sunday by Sporting Lisbon.Yannick Djaló opened the scoring for Sporting insidethe sixth minute at the Estádio José Alvalade, imme-diately putting the visitors from Porto — who enteredthe day nine points back of leaders Benfica — on thebackfoot.

Matters only got worse for Porto just before thehalf-time interval when Russian midfielder MaratIzmailov struck past Helton to make it 2-0 to the homeside.It was all over two minutes after the restart asMiguel Veloso struck an emphatic third goal to giveSporting a big win over a key rival.With only ninematches left to play in the league season, Porto’s defi-cit almost certainly leaves Benfica and Braga to battlefor the title.—Internet

Helton had arough day in

goal forPorto on

Sunday asthey were

beaten 3-0 bySporting.INTERNET

Reds boss Rafael Benitez mocks Blackburn’s style

Hleb definitelyleaving Stuttgart

STUTTGART, 1M a r c h — O n - l o a nmidfielder Alex Hleb willdefinitely leave VfBStuttgart when his con-tract expires at the end ofthe season. The Belarusinternational is on loan tothe Bundesliga side fromBarcelona but is unhappyat being continually sub-stituted since ChristianGross replaced MarkusBabbel in the coachinghot-seat at the turn of theyear.

“Obviously my con-tract only states that I canplay for 60 minutes of thematch,” he said sarcasti-cally after being replacedin the second half of Sat-urday’s 2-1 win overEintracht Frankfurt.

Internet

Mahan edges Fowler to winPhoenix Open

Hunter Mahan

Gulbis beats Karlovic to winfirst ATP title

Unseeded LatvianErnests Gulbis

Ronaldo complains after lossto Santos

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 March—After suffering a 2-1 lossto Santos on Sunday, Corinthians’ star striker Ronaldoleft the field with injury aggravated. Ronaldocomplained about the calls from the referees aswell as the unprofessionalism of some of the Santosplayers. Sunday’s 11th round match in the Sao Paulostate championship began tense and escalated into thesecond half when two Corinthian players were ejectedfrom the match.

Xinhua

SCOTTSDALE, 1March—Hunter Mahanhas been one of the mostsuccessful golfers not towin a tournament the lasttwo years. That’s not thecase anymore. Mahancame from four strokesback to win the PhoenixOpen by a shot overRickie Fowler on Sunday

in a 1-2 finish for formerOklahoma State players.“It’s always a little betterto lose to a Cowboy,”Fowler said.

The 27-year-oldMahan had an eagle anda pair of birdies in a latefour-hole span to finish at16-under 268. Mahan,whose first victory cameat the 2007 TravelersChampionship, closedwith consecutive bogey-free 6-under 65s. He’s theeighth US-born playerstill in his 20s to win morethan one tournament.

Internet

PARIS, 1 March—Mar-seille kept alive theirhopes of winning theFrench title on Sundaywith an impressive 3-0victory over bitter but ail-ing rivals Paris SaintGermain which saw vis-

iting fans boycott it be-cause of what they saw asover the top securitymeasures.

Goals by Hatem BenArfa, record-signingLucho Gonzalez andBenoit Cheyrou handedMarseille an easy winwhich sees them in fourthplace in the league, threepoints adrift of leadersBordeaux, though theyhave played a game morethan the champions.

Montpellier are on thesame number of points,after beating Rennes 3-1on Saturday, as Bordeauxbut trail on goal differenceand have played two morematches as the leadersgame with relegation-threatened Le Mans wascalled off due to severeweather conditions.

Internet

LONDON, 1 March—pects Michael Owen to beout for a few weeks afterthe Manchester Unitedstriker suffered a ham-string injury against AstonVilla.Owen was startinghis first game in over amonth after he was giventhe nod ahead of WayneRooney for Sunday’sCarling Cup final at Wem-bley.

The 30-year-old re-warded his manager’sfaith by drawing Unitedlevel on 13 minutes witha crisp finish after Rich-ard Dunne’s tackle onDimitar Berbatov saw theball roll into his path.However, Owen pulled upwith a hamstring injuryjust before half-time andhe was replaced byRooney, who headedhome the second-half

Karlovic 6-2, 6-3 onSunday to capture hisfirst career ATP title atthe International TennisChampionships. The 21-year-old Latvian, ranked72nd in the world, didn’tdrop a set all week andmade the most of his firstcareer final as he becamethe first Latvian to win atitle. “Everything I doit’s the first for my coun-try,” Gulbis said. “I wasfirst one in top 300, firstone in top 200, first onein top 100.”

Internet

LONDON, 1 March—SirAlex Ferguson admits hehad one eye on futuregames after starting Man-chester United’s CarlingCup match-winner WayneRooney on the benchagainst Aston Villa.Rooney, who headed thesemi-final winner againstManchester City, was re-placed in the starting line-up by Michael Owen forSunday’s Wembley show-down.

Owen repaid his man-ager’s faith by scoring theequaliser before thestriker pulled up with ahamstring injury to be re-placed by Rooney beforehalf-time. The in-formEngland ace then settledan open cup final on 74minutes as he rose well tohead Antonio Valencia’scross beyond the reach ofVilla keeper Brad Friedel.

With United facingWolves in the PremierLeague and AC Milan inthe UEFA ChampionsLeague in the next fort-night, Ferguson felt it wasan opportunity to giveRooney a break. “There’sa lot of big games com-ing up now and that’s whywe didn’t play him today,but he’s had 45, 50 min-utes,” Ferguson told SkySports.—Internet

DELRAY BEACH, 1M a r c h — U n s e e d e dLatvian Ernests Gulbisupset second-seeded Ivo

There is no love lost betweenAllardyce (left) and Benitez.

INTERNET

Owen: Fresh injurysetback

winner.Ferguson is ex-pecting the former Liver-pool ace to require a spellon the sidelines and ac-knowledged pickingOwen from the startagainst Villa was alwaysgoing to be a risk.

Internet

LONDON, 1 March—Liverpool bossRafael Benitez sarcastically comparedBlackburn’s style to European champi-ons Barcelona after his team beat Rov-ers on Sunday.Benitez saw his team wina physical encounter and then stoked uphis feud with Rovers boss SamAllardyce.”I think it is a model for allthe managers around the world, theirstyle of football, his behaviour,” he saidof Rovers tactics and their manager.”Thestyle of football, I think, Barcelona arethinking of copying.”Benitez sufferedhis first defeat in the Premier League ina match against a Bolton side managedby Allardyce in 2004.

Former Reds defender Sami Hyppiasuffered a broken nose early in that con-test and the relationship between the twomanagers has been fractious eversince.Allardyce accused Benitez of

showing a lack of respect after a gestureduring Liverpool’s 4-0 win against Rov-ers last season.And the Blackburn bosssaid in the build-up to Sunday’s gamethat Liverpool had been reduced to ateam scrapping for points as the battleto finish fourth in the Premier Leaguehots up.Asked about Allardyce’s com-ments, Benitez added: “It doesn’t mat-ter - we won.” — Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hr. M.S.T.

During the past 24 hours, rain have been isolated in

Taninthayi Division, weather has been partly cloudy in

Kachin, Rakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing and

Yangon Divisions and generally fair in the remaining areas.

Day temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above March average

temperatures in Southern Shan State. Upper Sagaing and

Mandalay Divisions, (5 °C) above March average

temperatures in Magway and Taninthayi Divisions and

about March average temperatures in the remaining areas.

The significant Day temperature was Magway (40°C). The

noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded was Kawthoung

(1.89) inches.

Maximum temperature on 28-2-2010 was 97 °F.

Minimum temperature on 1-3-2010 was 70°F. Relative

humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-3-2010 was 92%.

Total sun shine hours on 28-2-2010 was (8.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 1-3-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total Since 1-1-2010 was (Tr)

at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.

Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) m.p.h

from South at (17:30) hours MST on 28-2-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is Partly cloudy in Andaman

Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bay

of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 2nd March 2010:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin State and

Taninthayi Division and generally fair in the remaining

states and divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate in

Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of

isolated light rain in the extreme Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

2-3-2010: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for

2-3-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-3-2010: Fair weather.

Monday, 1st March, 2010

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* Where the Rhododendron Blooms

* Music Gallery

* Aesthetic Jade Wares

* 100 Shuttle Traditional Weaving Industry

* Poem Garden “My body”

* Thihathana Throne

* Invaluable heritage of the Pyu

Oversea Transmission

* Signature Tune

* Welcome to Bagan

* Sightseeing Around Taunggyi, Inlay (Part-I)

* Offering Oil-lamps (Rakhine Traditional Dance)

* Ngwe Hsaung Welcomes You

* Safari In Style

* Where the Rhododendron Blooms

* Music Gallery

* Aesthetic Jade Wares

* 100 Shuttle Traditional Weaving Industry

* Poem Garden “My body”

* Thihathana Throne

* Invaluable heritage of the Pyu

* Myanmar Jade Wonderland

* Usefulness of Nipa Palm

* Culture Stage

* Extend railroad networks for trade and transport

development

* Ananda Pagoda Festival... Rellecling Rural

Customs

* Oxen Brothers

* Myanma Culture & Banana

* The Hilly Town (Namhsan)

* Monywa... Picturesque City

* Music Gallery

* UPPATASANTI PAGODA (The pagoda that

can ward off any danger)

Website; www.mrtv3.net.mm

A SeaWorld trainer performs with a killer whale

during the first show after an orca killed a

trainer at theme park three days earlier in

Orlando, Fla., on 27 Feb 2010. More than

2,000 people watched killer whales perform

Saturday at SeaWorld for the first time since one

of the orcas dragged a trainer to her death

underwater in front of horrified spectators.

INTERNET

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3rd Waning of Taboung 1371 ME Tuesday, 2 March, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy

★ Riots beget riots, not democracy

★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

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

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 1March—Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council ofthe Union of Myanmar

Secretary-1 receives Indian Foreign SecretaryGeneral Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo re-ceived a delegation ledby Foreign SecretaryMs. Nirupama Rao of

India at the meeting hallof SPDC Office here at4 pm today.

Also present atthe call together with

General Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oowere Deputy Ministerfor Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe, Deputy

Minister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myintand departmental heads.

Foreign SecretaryMs. Nirupama Rao was

accompanied by IndianAmbassador toMyanmar Mr. AlokeSen.

MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo receives a delegation led by Foreign Secretary Ms. Nirupama Rao of India atSPDC Office in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

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The New Light of Myanmar 02-03-2010

Documents

state peace

development of agriculture

national economy

new enduring state

nay pyi taw lewetownship

uplift of national prestige

development momentum

uplift of health