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ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

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Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

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know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of

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and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

Four social objectives

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Ooattends second day session of National Level Workshop

on Rural Development and Poverty AlleviationNAY PYI TAW, 21

May—Vice-President ofthe Republic of theUnion of MyanmarThiha Thura U Tin AungMyint Oo attended thesecond day session ofNational LevelWorkshop on RuralDevelopment andPoverty Alleviation atMyanmar InternationalConvention Centre inZabuthiri of Nay Pyi TawDistrict at 8 am today.

Also present on theoccasion were UnionMinisters, deputyministers, EconomicMinisters of Regions andStates, departmentalheads, economists,resource persons,responsible persons ofsocial organizations andmedia fields and guests.

Agriculturist Dr SeinHla Bo presided oversection(1) of theworkshop in whichagricultural develop-ment, reducingproduction costs andtechnology developmentsectors were included.Acting Rector Dr TinHtut of University ofAgriculture (Yezin)submitted paper onproduction of qualitypaddy strain for ensuringhigher income for ruralfarmers, Director-General U Kyaw MyintHlaing of Irrigation

Department on waterutilization managementwhich is the crux of thematter for agriculturaldevelopment, ProfessorDr Daw Li Kyaw ofUniversity of Agriculture(Yezin) on fruitful resultsfor farmers andpromoting investment inagriculture sector, andAdvisor Dr MaungAung to Ministry ofCommerce on alleviationof poverty of rural peoplethrough boostingagriculture produces byexpanding markets(extension of purchasecentres).

At section (2)entitled Development ofAgriculture, Fisheriesand Integrated Farmingpresided over by ScholarU Hsat Aung, DeputyDirector-General DrAung Gyi of LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment submittedpaper on development ofproduction of meat andfish from manageablescale to commercial scale,Director-General U KhinKo Lay of FisheriesDepartment on futureprospects of fisheriesproduction groups forrural economic

development, andManaging Director UKyaw Win of MyanmaAgriculture Service onapplying technology forcrop productiondevelopment, recla-mation of integratedfarms and practising onevillage one productsystem.

In the afternoonsession Ambassador UHla Maung (Retd)presided over the Section(3) Micro Finance andRural Areas EconomicDevelopment TasksSector where DeputyDirector-General of

Cooperatives Depart-ment U Aung Phyu readpaper on tasks for survivalof micro finance servicesrun by cooperatives asso-ciations; AssistantDirector from theMinistry of CommerceU Thein Myint Wai onimportance of speciali-zed companies in ruraldevelopment; and Vice-Governor of CentralBank of Myanmar UNay Aye on systematicextension of microfinance services foralleviation of poverty inMyanmar.

President of the

Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry U Win Aungpresided over Section (4)of Rural IndustrialDevelopment, SmallIndustries and Long-termRural DevelopmentSection. Professor/Deanof Economics Depart-ment of Education andTraining DepartmentDaw Tin Malar readpaper on establishingindustry in rural area;Assistant Lecturer ofGeology Department ofthe same department (See page 8)

Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo attends second day sessionof National Level Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 22 May, 2011

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 DesireSunday, 22 May, 2011

Take part in NationalSanitation Week activities

Good health is a great blessing. We canonly survive and work to the best of ourability only if we are fit and healthy. We canenjoy happiness through good health.

National Sanitation Week (2011) hasbeen designated from 21 to 27 May. Cleanenvironment means clean hands, clean water,hygienic food and clean toilet.

According to the motto, ‘Good healthcomes from clean hands,’ hands are of utmostimportance to the human body. We touchthings that may be infested with germs withour hands. So, we should eat our food onlyafter washing and cleaning our hands. Thehands dealing with materials can cause aperson to develop an infectious disease.

It is very important to use clean waterfor keeping healthy. Impure water andunhygienic food can cause contagious diseasessuch as diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid andfood poisoning.

In keeping the environment clean, useof fly-proof toilets is necessary. Use of latrineswithout fly-proof can lead to an unhealthyenvironment and cause infectious diseases.

Overall, all the people are urged toparticipate in the activities of NationalSanitation Week so that they can keep theirpersonal hygiene and the environment clean.By cultivating healthy habits, they will enjoya happy and healthy family life.

YANGON, 21 May—Yangon Mayor Ministerfor Development AffairsU Hla Myint of YangonRegion this morninglooked into participation

Yangon Mayor overseespreventive measures against DHF

of the people inpreventive measureagainst denguehemorrhagic fever aspublic movement onInsein Road and Ohnbin

Road in KyimyindineTownship.

Similar movementswere organized inLanmadaw, NorthOkkalapa, Thakayta and

Hlinethaya townshipssimultaneously.

The mayor inspecteddredging of drains,placing of concretealong pavement andsanitation tasks inLanmadaw, Kamayut,Mayangon, SouthOkkalapa and Yankintown-ships.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 May—National Sanitation Week(2011) was launched at the Ministry of Health herethis morning.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Win Myint said National Sanitation Weekactivities of Myanmar, which started in 1998, arewell on track of Millennium Development Goals.According to the motto ‘Sanitation for All’, thepolicy of using fly-proof toilets across the countryhas been laid down. Supply of clean drinking waterhas been included in the five rural developmenttasks. Health staff, personnel from DevelopmentAffairs Department, those from related departmentsand NGOs and INGOs are to organize the people tocultivate healthy habits such as four cleans andfollow them.

Next, UNICEF Deputy Resident RepresentativeMs Juanita Vasguez gave a speech. National Director

National Sanitation Week (2011) launched

Mr Christopher Paul Herink of World VisionMyanmar handed over water guards worth US$76,464 to the deputy minister. Also present on theoccasion were Deputy Minister for Education UAye Kyu and responsible people from UN agencies.

YANGON, 21 May—The final match of MyanmarNational Sports Committee Chairman’s Men’sRound-Robin Hockey Tournament was held atTheinbyu Hockey Turf, here, this afternoon.

In the last match of the men’s round-robincompetition, Nay Pyi Taw Command team beatDefence Services (Air) 1-0.

Defence Ministry clinchtitle in men’s hockey

round-robin

Officials of Myanmar Hockey Federationpresented prizes to outstanding players.

Secretary of Myanmar National SportsCommittee Deputy Minister for Sports U Aye MyintKyu and Yangon Region Minister for Sports DrMyint Thein awarded first prize winning Ministry ofDefence.

MTF President’s Cup reaches finalsYANGON, 21 May— The Myanmar Tennis

Federation President’s Cup Tennis Tournament2011 continued at Theinbyu Tennis Court inMingala Taungnyunt Township this morning.

Excellent Unity clinched title in the men’s team

event.In the men’s singles event, Khin Maung Win

and Myat Khaing cruised into the final by winingover their opponents.

In the men’s doubles event, Khin Maung Winand Aung Moe duo and Aye Tun and Myat Khaingduo beat their rivals in the semifinals and sailedinto the finals.

Mixed doubles semifinals, Aye Tun & Zu Zuand Aung Moe & Chit Su Yi moved into the finalafter beating their rivals.

The finals will be held at 8 am tomorrow. Theprize presentation will be held at 5 pm.

National Director Mr Christopher Paul Herinkof World Vision Myanmar hands over waterguards to Deputy Minister for Health Dr Win

Myint.—MNA

UNICEF

Deputy

Resident

Repre-

sentative

Juanita

Vasguez

making a

speech.

Deputy Minister for Sports U Aye Myint Kyuawards champion Ministry of Defence.—NLM

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Out-of-control barges on Mississippihit bridge

BATON ROUGE, 21 May— Barges broke free froma towboat and the swift Mississippi River currentcarried them into a bridge as America’s busiest inlandwaterway became even more challenging to traverse.The Coast Guard shut down a 5-mile stretch of theriver until they could make sure the area was safe.

Three barges carrying corn sank and another wastaking on water after the vessels got out of controlFriday. No injuries were reported and the CoastGuard said there was no damage to the levees, but thescene was clear evidence of how challenging thebloated river has become to navigate.

Six days earlier, the area was closed for hoursafter 25 barges under tow broke loose, and at least twoof them hit the bridge. Travis Morace has beenrunning boats on the Mississippi for two decades,witnessing all of the mighty river’s many moods.He’s seen it calm and smooth as a newly paved roadand endured jarring rides filled with treacheroustwists and bumps.—Internet

Three killed, 10wounded in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 21 May—Violence across Iraq claimedthree lives and wounded 10 others on Friday, localpolice sources said. In the northern city of Mosul,a roadside bomb detonated while some policemenwere defusing it, leaving two policemen dead andeight others injured, local police source told Xinhuaon condition of anonymity.

Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, isamong the most dangerous places in the countryand has been the hotbed of militancy and sectarianviolence since the US led invasion in 2003. Later inthe day, a police colonel was killed by unidentifiedgunmen who used weapons with silencers in theBayaa area southwest of the capital.

Two intelligent agents were also attacked bygunmen using silenced weapons in Harithaya areawest of Baghdad, a police source said. Both ofthem survived the attack but were left wounded.

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In this aerial photo provided by the US CoastGuard, water from the swollen Mississippi River

flows through the Morganza spillway into theAtchafalaya Basin, on 20 May, 2010, overLouisiana. The spillway was opened in an

attempt to prevent cities further down the riverfrom flooding and to ease pressure on the

river’s levee system.—INTERNET

14 bodies found in Vietnam’s boat accidentHANOI, 21 May— Fourteen bodies were found

by 02:30 pm local time on Saturday from the boataccident on Saigon River, southern Vietnam, andamong them two were confirmed Chinese, accordingto VNexpress. At 01:00 pm local time, the body ofa 3-year-old Chinese boy, Guo Hongda, was found.Two minutes later, a body of another Chinese girlwas found, VNexpress said.

Guo Liangcai, father of the dead boy, said hisfamily has 12 people attending the birthday partyon the boat on Friday night, including his mother-in-law, his two younger brothers, his wife and twochildren, including Guo Hongda. Only Guo wassafe from the boat sink. Guo said that he held thebirthday party for his son, Guo Hongda, and invitedpeople from his company.

Xu Mingliang, the Chinese consul-general inHo Chi Minh City, came to the field Saturdaymorning to confirm the four missing residents,including three male and one female. Xu said thatthere were 21 people on the boat when the accidenthappened, only five people survived, includingtwo Chinese. Twenty divers and five boats wereused for the ongoing rescue work.—Xinhua

Rescuers work near the boat sank site in BinhDuong province of Vietnam on 21 May, 2011.four Chinese people were reported missing and

feared dead after a double-decker tour boatsank on Friday night in southern Vietnam,

Chinese consul-general in Vietnam’s southernHo Chi Minh City Xu Mingliang told Xinhua

Saturday. And, the total missing numberreached 16.—XINHUA

Pakistan stops NATO supplies after 16people killed in blast

ISLAMABAD, 21May—Pakistani autho-rities Saturdaysuspended supplies tothe foreign troops inneighbouring Afghani-stan hours after a blast at

A man looks at the debris of burnt NATO oiltankers after a bomb blast in northwestPakistan’s Torkham on 21 May, 2011.

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separate incidents lateFriday night atLandikotal, a main townin Khyber region and theborer point of Torkham.

When locals ga-thered around the tankerat Landikotal to acquirethe leaked oil, the tankerblew up due to gaspressure, killing 16persons there. Pakistansuspended supplies tonearly 160,000 US-ledNATO troops after theincident, officials in theregion said.

Witnesses said thathundreds of NATOsupplies trucks werestranded on the mainPakistan-Afghan high-way after the blockade.

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an NATO oil tankerkilled 16 persons,officials said.

An official said thatsuspected militantsattacked and torchedNATO oil tankers in two

ISLAMABAD, 21 May—At least four people werekilled as US drones fired two missiles at a vehiclein the Miranshah area of North Waziristan innorthwest Pakistan Friday evening, reported localUrdu TV channel Duniya.

Earlier reports by Duniya said the target was ahouse, but it was later confirmed that the target wasa vehicle suspected of carrying militants. Themissiles fired by US drones also completelydestroyed a nearby house, said the report.

Friday’s US drone strike is the 31st of its kindin Pakistan since 2011.

Since this year, at least 225 people havereportedly been killed in such strikes, most ofwhich were launched in North Waziristan, a placebelieved to be a stronghold of militants along thePakistan-Afghanistan border area.—Xinhua

Four killed in US drone strikein NW Pakistan

Afghanistan: Kabul hospital hitby suicide bomber

KABUL, 21 May—A suicide bombattack on a hospital in the Afghancapital, Kabul, has left six people deadand 23 wounded.

The bomber detonated his devicein a tent in the grounds of CharsadBestar Hospital where medical studentswere eating lunch.

The hospital treats Afghan militarypersonnel and is in a heavily fortifiedpart of the city, yards from the USembassy and international forces HQ.

The Taleban said they had carriedout the attack.

Eyewitness Mohammad Hakim,who was selling fruit from a cart nearthe hospital, said: “It was a bigexplosion. I fell to the ground.”

There were fears that a secondsuicide bomber had got into thehospital, and staff were told to lockthemselves in their rooms whilesoldiers searched the building, butno-one has been found.—Internet

An Afghan fire fighterman sprays water on

a truck which wasburnt at the scene of a

suicide attacker inJalalabad,

Nangarhar Province,east of Kabul,

Afghanistan on 18May, 2011.

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Damaged shuttle tile to get closer look: NASA

WASHINGTON, 21 May—NASA plans to take acloser look Saturday at a damaged heat shield tileon the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour,but mission managers downplayed the inspectionas no cause for concern.

After mission managers closely examined sevenchipped tiles on the underside of the orbiter, theydecided that just one needs a focused inspection,according to deputy shuttle programme managerLeroy Cain.

This NASA photo obtained shows theEndeavour as it began the nine-minute

Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or ‘backflip,’ onits last visit to the Inernational Space Station on

18 May. NASA plans to go ahead with afocused inspection of a heat shield tile that wasdamaged during the shuttle Endeavour’s ascentinto orbit, the US space agency said on Friday.

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“There is nothing alarming here and we arereally not concerned. We are doing what weunderstand and know that we need to go do in thesescenarios,” Cain said. Astronauts will maneuverthe shuttle’s robotic arm to get a better view of thearea with a digital camera and laser.

The chunks were likely gouged out by errantfoam or ice, and may be repaired by astronautsduring a spacewalk if needed.

“This is one that we feel pretty confident thatwe are going to be able to clear it once we get somehigher fidelity data,” Cain said.

The shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003during its fiery re-entry toward Earth after its heatshield was damaged by a piece of foam that brokeoff the external fuel tank during launch, weakeningthe shuttle’s protective cover.

NASA has taken care to closely examine theshuttle’s heat shield after liftoff ever since.

Endeavour blasted off on its final missionMonday with six astronauts on board — fiveAmericans and one Italian — and docked at the ISSon Wednesday in the second to last mission ever byan American space shuttle.

The US program is set to end after the launchof Atlantis, set for 8 July.

The Endeavour mission is being commandedby astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of USRepresentative Gabrielle Giffords, who isrecovering after being shot in the head at a Januarypolitical meeting with local voters.—Internet

Tunis scientific exhibitto showcase Saharan

dinosaursTUNIS, 21 May—The Tunis Science City will

host on 24 May a scientific exhibit on Saharandinosaurs, the official press agency TAP reportedon Friday.

The exhibit which will kick start on 24 May,aims at showcasing the country’s rich geologicalheritage.

Through an elaborate, robotized sound andlight re-enactment of the epoch when dinosaursruled the world, the exhibit will give life to theCarcharodontosaurus, the Spinosaurus and theIguanadon some 65 million years after theirextinction.

The first dinosaur fossils were discovered insouthern Tunisia in 1951.

Since then, the region has become a privilegeddestination for paleontologists and geologists.

In March, a team composed of Tunisian andItalian scientists discovered the intact skeleton of a15-meter dinosaur believed to have lived some110 million years ago.

The fossil was found near Tataouine, some 450km south of the capital.

In 2010, fossils of large footprints of bothherbivore and carnivore dinosaurs were discoveredin Chenini, near Tataouine.

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A man walks past the IBMlogo at the world’s biggesthigh-tech fair, the CeBIT,

in Hanover, Germany2009. IBM briefly toppedMicrosoft in market valueon Wall Street on Friday

to become the second-largest technology

company after Apple.INTERNET

NEW YORK, 21 May—For years, Mac ownershave laughed at thefrantic efforts of their PCneighbours to fend offattack by viruses,Trojans, rootkits, andother malware. Giventhat PCs are a vastlygreater segment of themarket, it’s cost-effective for the bad

Students: Buy Windows 7 PC, get free XboxWASHINGTON, 21 May—You have the mini-fridge, the flat screen, a DVD

player, and maybe a tablet. What else does your dorm room need? How about afree Xbox 360 when you buy a Windows 7 PC? Starting 22 May, students whospend more than $699 on a Windows 7 PC will get a Xbox 360 4GB console. Youcan buy any kind of PC, though Microsoft recommended the Dell Inspiron 14ror the Samsung Series 9. You’ll need a .edu email address to buy online; if youwant to purchsae in person, bring a student ID.

Microsoft said the deal will run until 3 September or until supplies last. “Whilea Windows 7 PC is perfect for staying connected to your social networks, surfingthe web, gaming and streaming videos, music and more, when you add the powerof Xbox 360, you’ve got a world of entertainment at your fingertips,” Microsoftsaid in a blog post. Hopefully those new Xbox 360s won’t encounter the sameproblem that some game console owners encountered recently. Microsoft saidThursday that it is replacing an undisclosed number of older Xbox 360 consolesbecause of a disc issue tied to the console’s ability to block counterfeit games.

The problem is certainly not as dire as the hack that took down rival Sony’sPlayStation Network for weeks, though Microsoft experienced its own, minorissue with its Xbox Live service on Friday night.—Internet

Students use a multi-touch computer in a digitalclassroom presentation in Hanover on

1 March, 2010.—INTERNET

Antivirus for Mac: It’s Timeventured into the Macrealm, creating Mac-specific attacks like therecent MAC Defender.Delivered via poisonedsearch engine results,this bogus applicationclaims to protect users,but actually harms them.It opens porn Web pagesat intervals andconvinces gullible usersthat they’re infected.Naturally the only“cure” is to registerMAC Defender.

In addition, someMacs run Windows aswell as Mac OS X, avolatile combination. AMac running Windows

guys to concentrate onPC attacks. And yes, it’strue that Apple’soperating system istougher to crack thanWindows. But the daysof Mac complacencymay be ending. First,some threats arecompletely platform-independent. If a phis-hing email can fool youinto entering your creditcard data on a fraudulentsite, it doesn’t matter ifyou’re running Win-dows, Mac OS, Linux,or DR-DOS. You’rehosed.

In addition, some ofthe bad guys have

is vulnerable to theinnumerable Windows-based attacks alreadyswarming the Web.

We haven’t yetobserved any true surgein viruses, Trojans, orother active malwaretargeting the Mac, but itcouldn’t hurt to beprepared. Many of themajor security vendorsoffer Mac products;some offer combinedprotection for Mac OS Xand Windows runningon the Mac. And a fewwill scan the URLs youvisit to help fend offphishing attacks.

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Wolbachia bacteria kill mosquito thatspreads malaria!

WASHINGTON, 21 May — Resear-chers at the Johns Hopkins BloombergSchool of Public Health have foundthat Wolbachia bacteria, which infectmany insects including mosquitoes,reduce parasite levels and kill themosquito that spreads malaria.

Wolbachia do not naturally infectAnopheles mosquitoes, which are thetype that spreads malaria to humans.

But the researchers after artificialinfection with different Wolbachiastrains found that it can significantlyreduce levels of the human malariaparasite, Plasmodium falciparum, inthe mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

The investigators also determinedthat one of the Wolbachia strainsrapidly killed the mosquito after it fedon blood. According to the

Vitamins and diet supplements areseen at a health store in San

Francisco. A dietary supplementof amino acid and antioxidant

vitamins can reduce the risk forpregnant women of a dangerouscondition called pre-eclampsia,according to a study released

Friday.—INTERNET

researchers, Wolbachia couldpotentially be used as part of a strategyto control malaria if stable infectionscan be established in Anopheles.

“This is the first time anyone hasshown that Wolbachia infections canreduce levels of the human malariaparasite (Plasmodium falciparum) inAnopheles mosquitoes,” said JasonRasgon, senior author of the study.For the study, Rasgon and hiscolleagues infected Anophelesgambiae mosquitoes with twodifferent Wolbachia strains (wMelPopand wAlbB).

After infection, Wolbachiadisseminated widely in themosquitoes and infected diversetissues and organs.

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Yoga, Tai Chi and acupuncture helpin reducing chronic pain

The US Food and DrugAdministration on Friday

approved a new drug, Edurant, tofight HIV in combination with

other antiretrovirals already onthe market. Made by the New

Jersey based TibotecTherapeutics, Edurant helps

block the virus from replicatingand is part of a class of drugs

known as non-nucleoside reversetranscriptase inhibitor.

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WASHINGTON, 21May—A research hasindicated that meditativeexercise forms such asyoga, Tai Chi, andancient health practicessuch as acupuncturehelps in reducingchronic pain.

Other complemen-tary and alternativehealth practices in-cluding meditation andrelaxation techniques,manual therapies suchas massage and spinalmanipulation also show

promise for contributingto the management ofpain.

“Much of health careinvolves helping peoplefind solutions for toughproblems like pain. Ithink all physicians arewell aware of howdifficult it is to managechronic pain patients,”said Josephine Briggs,director of the NationalCentre for Com-plementary and Alter-native Medicine at theNational Institutes of

Health.“For example, with

back pain we see thatlarge numbers of patientsare turning to theseapproaches with thehope of decreasingdiscomfort, improvingfunction and quality-of-life, and minimizing sideeffects of pharmacologictreatments,” addedBriggs. The research waspresented at the AnnualScientific Meeting of theAmerican Pain Society.

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Toyota has 45 days supply in USDETROIT, 21 May—

Toyota Motor Corp toldits US dealers this weekthat the company had 45days of inventory andwas working hard to getthe word out that it was“open for business.”

In a letter obtainedby Reuters, US Toyotabrand sales chief BobCarter told dealers thecompany was in a“healthy position” as itmoved toward a fullproduction schedule.

The company re-cently announced thateight of its NorthAmerican-built models,including the Camry andCorolla, would return to100 percent productionin June. “This is wellahead of our previouslyannounced timeline ofNovember/December,”Carter said in the letter.

The earthquake thatrocked northeasternJapan on 11 Marchforced Toyota and otherJapanese automakers to

Toyota cars are displayed during the first

media preview day at the 2011 Chicago Auto

Show in Chicago, Illinois on 9 February, 2011.

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cut output at home andabroad as they struggledto secure vital auto parts.The subsequent nucleardisaster and powershortages further com-plicated problems. ButToyota has moved torestore production morequickly than manyanalysts expected. In theletter, Carter reiteratedthat the automaker’s USproduction would be 70

percent of normalvolume in June, up from30 percent in May.

Toyota forecast afull return to productionfor all models and factorylines by November orDecember. At 45 days,Toyota’s current inven-tory levels is just fivedays less than its May2010 inventory level of50 days.

Reuters

ArcelorMittal to expand Quebec ironore mining

PARIS, 21 May—Top global steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced Friday aCAN$2.1 billion ($2.2 billion, 725 million euro) investment to expand ironore production in the Canadian Province of Quebec that will create 8,000 jobs.

“The investment will allow ArcelorMittal Mines Canada to increase itsannual production of iron ore concentrate from 14 million tonnes to 24 milliontonnes by 2013,” the company said in a statement.

The plan involves expansion of ArcelorMittal’s Mont-Wright miningcomplex and additional construction at Port-Cartier, and is subject toenvironmental and other regulatory approvals.

“The scheme represents a total investment of CAN$2.1 billion dollars thatwill create 8,000 jobs during construction and more than 900 permanent jobsonce completed,” added ArcelorMittal.

“ArcelorMittal Mines Canada is a flagship mining asset for the Group,which offers considerable opportunity for expansion,” said Peter Kukielski,ArcelorMittal’s head for mining and a member of the company’s executiveboard.

“We have already announced our intention to grow our iron ore productionto 100 million tonnes by 2015 and this expansion forms an important part ofthat,” he added.—Internet

The shadow of

Chairman of the

Board of Directors

and CEO of

ArcelorMittal,

Lakshmi Mittal, is

pictured in 2010.

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MELBOURNE, 21May—Firefighters havebrought a massive fire ata Melbourne petrochemi-cal factory under controlafter it ignited tens ofthousands of gallons(liters) of mineral oil. Theblaze started Thursday onthe outskirts of theAustralian city, setting offexplosions and sendingmassive fire balls into theair. The AustralianBroadcasting Corp saysit raced through 130,000gallons (500,000 liters)of mineral oil.Firefighters feared at onepoint that it would reachmassive drums holdingmotor oil. Country FireAuthority spokesmanGerard Scholten saidFriday that they werecontinuing to hose downthose tanks to keep thefire from restarting there.Scholten urged residentsof nearby towns to stayindoors as much aspossible, even though hedenied the fumes weretoxic.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 21 May—At least two inmates were stabbed Friday in a “largescale riot” at a maximum security prison in California, where gunfire was usedto quell the unrest, authorities said.

Around 150 inmates were involved in the disturbance that started mid-morning in the main exercise yard of the state prison in Sacramento, said theCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations. “Staff utilized lesslethal rounds, pepper spray and one lethal round (warning shot) to quell theincident,” it said in a statement, adding that the more seriously injured weretaken to hospital.

“The majority of the inmates involved sustained minor injuries as a resultof the incident. Two inmates were stabbed multiple times during the incidentand are being treated at an outside hospital,” it added. The prison houses some3,000 inmates and has a staff of over 1,700. —Internet

Gilberto BarraganBalderas, right, is escortedby police officers as he ispresented to the media in

Mexico City, on20 May, 2011. BarraganBalderas was allegedly incharge of the Gulf drug

cartel’s operations inMiguel Aleman, across theborder from Roma, Texas.

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Mexican police catch Gulf drug cartel leaderMEXICO CITY, 21

May—Mexican federalpolice captured a leadingmember of the Gulf drugcartel Friday at whatappeared to have beenhis birthday party,authorities said.

Gilberto BarraganBalderas “is consideredone of the main leadersof the Gulf Cartel” and isthe subject of a $5 millionreward by the US DrugEnforcement Admin-istration, said RamonPequeno, head of anti-drug operations for thefederal police.

Barragan Balderaswas allegedly in chargeof the cartel’s operationsin Miguel Aleman, acrossthe border from Roma,Texas. Police capturedhim at a party at a ranchnear another border city,Reynosa, which is acrossfrom McAllen, Texas.

Police said the partywas apparently in honourof Barragan Balderas’ 19May birthday. Twoalleged associates werealso arrested in the raid,which also netted anassault rifle and threepistols.

No formal chargeshad been filed against anyof the suspects.

Barragan Balderas,41, is wanted on drugtrafficking charges in theUnited States under a2008 indictment.

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Women walk next to a car loaded with bombswhich detonated in Caldono, in the Cauca

Department, 20 May, 2011. Authorities said theRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia(FARC) were responsible for the explosionwhich destroyed at least seven houses and

left two injured.XINHUA

BEIJING, 21 May—China’s military is urgingland attacks on Somali pirate strongholds in a boldcall signaling the armed forces’ growingassertiveness. China’s navy has taken part in anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since December2008, but the government has not advocated directattacks on land areas from which pirates operate.

However, at a news conference in Washingtonon Wednesday, Gen Chen Bingde said he believesland bases must be attacked in order for counter-piracy campaigns to be effective.

The US and other countries taking part in thepatrols have steered clear of land attacks for fear ofbecoming mired in ongoing campaigns in Somalia— a lawless nation where 18 US servicemen werekilled in the capital, Mogadishu, in 1993.

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China calls for attackingSomali pirate bases

Two killed in explosion at Chinaelectronics plant

BEIJING, 21 May—Two people diedin an explosion at a factory insouthwestern China belonging toelectronics maker Foxconn Techno-logy Group, a company official andstate media reported. Foxconnspokesman Edmund Ding toldreporters Saturday that a fire caused byFriday’s explosion had been quicklyput out and that operations at the factoryin Chengdu would not be affected. Thecompany, which generally shies awayfrom publicity, is the world’s biggestcontract manufacturer, making iPadsand iPhones for Apple Inc. and otherconsumer electronics for companiesincluding Sony Corp and Hewlett-

Inmates stabbed in California prison riotA locked cellblockinside a US prison.At least two inmates

were stabbed Friday ina “large scale riot” at a

maximum securityprison in California,

where gunfire was usedto quell the unrest,

authorities said.INTERNET

COLOMBO, 21 May—Sri Lanka is hoping fora better credit rating toboost its plans to sell a$1 billion sovereignbond this year, anofficial said on Saturday,ahead of a visit byratings agencies.

A shoe shop facadeadvertises a sale in

Colombo. Sri Lankais hoping for a bettercredit rating to boostits plans to sell a $1

billion sovereign bondthis year, an officialhas said, ahead of a

visit by ratingsagencies.INTERNET

S Lanka eyes better rating before $1bln bond sale

Packard Co. An official withChengdu’s department of occupationalsafety said Saturday that the explosionappeared to have been caused by anaccident in the plant’s polishingworkshop and that there was noevidence of it having been sparkeddeliberately.

Aside from the deaths, the officialXinhua News Agency said another 16people were injured in the explosion.

Last year, Foxconn scrambled toimprove conditions at its plants after astring of worker suicides. Thecompany’s factories in China employmore than 920,000 people.

Internet

The Central Bank’sdeputy governorDharma Dheerasinghesaid the agencies,Standard and Poor’s andFitch and Moody’s willbegin a visit to the islandnext Monday to assessthe its financial health.

“We have a bettercredit story to tell now”Dheerasinghe told AFP,comparing his country’seconomic fortunes tothose during thedecades-long ethnicconflict with Tamil Tigerrebels which ended inMay 2009,

“The economy isgrowing steadily,” hesaid. “We hope therewill be an improvementin our rating after thereview.” The island’s$50-billion economy istipped to grow at arecord 8.5 percent thisyear, up from a 32-yearhigh of 8.0 percentposted in 2010.

Internet

Fire atAustralian

factory ignitesgallons of oil

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More Indonesians heading touniversities in China

Bald eagles poisoned in Wisconsinready for release

to health, Marge Gibson, said onFriday.

Authorities from the Fish andWildlife Service are investigating theaccidental poisoning that left one ofthe birds dead.

Seven of the large birds were foundcomatose and close to death at anEagle River, Wisconsin-area landfillon 9 April after ingesting anundisclosed substance from a plasticcontainer.

Gibson and her helpers fromGibson’s Raptor Education Centrewere summoned from Antigo,Wisconsin, about 90 minutes away, torescue the eagles. Their release backinto the wild is imminent, she said.

Reuters

A bald eagle sits on a tree branchin West Newbury, Massachusettson 17 March, 2010.—INTERNET

MILWAUKEE, 21 May—Seven baldeagles found poisoned and near deathin April at a northern Wisconsinlandfill are fully recovered and readyto be released back into the wild, awoman who helped nurse them back

Photos of Beatles’ 1st US concertto be auctioned

BEIJING, 21 May—Jaguar Cars Ltd,a British luxury car manu-facturer,would recall 1,552 cars sold in Chinadue to steering flaws, quality controlauthorities said.

The recall - starting 6 June -involves 1,550 XF automobilesmanufactured between September2009 and March 2010, and two XKcars produced between August 2009and March 2010, Xinhua reportedciting a statement from the GeneralAdministration of Quality Supervi-sion, Inspection and Quarantine.

The antiseptic plating of thesteering power oil pipe was belowdesign standards and the pipes mightbe corroded, resulting in possiblesteering problems or even over-heating, the statement said.

Jaguar Land Rover Auto Trade(Shanghai) Co Ltd. will notifyconsumers that they are entitled to freechecks and repairs, it said.

A hotline has also been opened tocustomers for consultation.—Internet

1,500 Jaguar carsto be recalled in

NEW YORK, 21 May—It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two daysafter their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Fourboarded a train from New York for Washington, DC, for their first USconcert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchell was there, a presspass in hand, shooting photographs just feet away and even jumpingonto the stage for the group’s brief pre-concert press call.

Forty-seven years later, Mitchell has made 50 silver gelatin printsfrom his negatives of the event and the Beatles’ 3 Sept, 1964, performanceat the Baltimore Civic Centre. He’s offering them for sale at Christie’sNew York auction house on 20 July.

The total pre-sale estimate is $100,000; the images will be soldindividually. Mitchell laughs when he describes the scene at the indoorarena that night — not only of screaming fans but also of his unrestrictedaccess to the stage. No cordoned-off media pens, no tight security. “Itwas a long time ago. Things weren’t that way then,” the 65-year-oldsaid in a telephone interview from Washington, where he lives andworks as an art photographer. “It was as low-tech as the concert itself.The concert was in a sports venue and the sound system was the soundsystem of a sports venue.”—Internet

This 11 Feb, 1964 photo providedby Christie’s auction house, from acollection of photos of The Beatlesshot by photographer Mike Mitchell

at the Washington Coliseum inWashington, DC, shows George

Harrison during the group’s firstUS concert, two days after their EdSullivan appearance.—INTERNET

TORVAIANICA, (Italy), 21 May—SimoneArrigoni of Italy has set an apnea divingrecord by completing 13 underwater loops,pushed by two dolphins named Paco andMarco, at a marine centre in Torvaianica,Italy.

Arrigoni broke his own record bycompleting the circuits, or ‘voltas’ as he callsthem, in one minute and 53 seconds using thedynamic apnea technique, which involvesholding your breath.

He previous record was of 12 ‘voltas’ inone minute 42 seconds.

‘Voltas’ is a Portuguese term used by thediver to define the circles that he constructs ashe is pushed along by the dolphins.

The task is made more difficult as it requiresabsolute synchronisation with the animals.

And the dolphins are required to surfaceat least twice during the test in order to breathe,while the diver remains under the surface in afixed position.

“The trainers at Zoomarine have taught tome to listen to the dolphins and that theyconverse with each other in order to correctthe position during the test,” The Daily Mailquoted Arrigoni, as saying.—Internet

Italian diver sets recordwith 13 underwater loopspowered by two dolphins

JAKARTA, 21 May—More Indonesians are heading touniversities in China, and the trend is expected to continue asmore Chinese universities offer English-medium courses -eliminating the need for Mandarin-language proficiency.

Cost is another reason why more Indonesians chooseChina instead of traditional destinations like Australia, Europeand the United States. Helen Lim is among thousands of youngIndonesians who are taking Mandarin-language classes inJakarta. They are preparing to study in China. And some - likeMs Lim - are taking post-graduate courses to tap on the MiddleKingdom’s growing economic clout. Ms Lim said: “We allknow about China’s economic explosion. That is the reasonwhy I plan to study there; get their knowledge and apply it inIndonesia.”

Another Indonesian student, Recky Andrianus, said: “Myfather’s business is Tour and Travel. Automatically, languageis very important.” Others like Belinda Ma see this as an

opportunity to pursue a career in world’s secondbiggest economy.

She said: “I might stay.”The majority of Indonesian Chinese do not

speak Mandarin or any of the Chinese-dialects- a consequence of a decades-long anti-Chinesepolicy imposed during President Suharto’s rule.

The policy was abandoned in 2002,following political reform in Indonesia.

Chinese education fairs are an annual affairin major cities across Indonesia.—Internet

Children make rocket models during the 1stShenyang Children’s Science and Technology

Month, in Shenyang, northeast China’s LiaoningProvince, 21 May, 2011. The launching ceremony

of the 1st Shenyang Children’s Science andTechnology Month was held Saturday at ShenyangChildren’s Activities Centre, featuring the theme of“Science and Technology Make the Dream Fly”. Aseries of science activities will be held to stimulate

children’s science interests and innovationabilities.—INTERNET

Indonesian mountaineering teamreaches top of Qomolangma

JAKARTA, 21 May —A four-strong mountain-eering team from Indo-nesia on Friday raisednational flag on top ofMount Qomolangma inNepal to mark theNational AwakeningDay, the Jakarta Postreported on Saturday.

“All four teammembers has reachedthe summit of the world’stallest mountain,” saidJulius Mario, the mana-ger of the team which isrunning an Indonesia 7Summits Expeditioncampaign, from the base

camp.Mt Qomolangma

was the sixth mountainthe team climbed beforeit completes the finalphase of an expeditionto conquer the sevenhighest summits in theworld next year.

The first member ofthe team to reach thepeak of Mt Qomo-langma was BroeryAndrew Sihombing, a22-year-old mountain-eer.

He reached the8,848-meter peak at 5:22am local time with a

guide from MountainExperience, HiroyukiKuraoka, and a Sherpaguide, Pemba Nuru.

“Broery reached thesummit after a seven-hour climb from Camp4,” Julius said in arelease.

The team began theirascent on 10 May whenthey left base camp forCamp 1, taking theSoutheast Ridge route onthe Nepal side.

They continued theirjourney to Camp 2 on 11May and stayed for twodays.—Xinhua

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Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo…

Second-day session of National Level Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Alleviationin progress.—MNA

(from page 1)Dr May Thu Naing on cottage industries; DeputyDirector of Development Affairs Department DrTun Lwin on long-term rural development tacticsDirector-General U Than Htaik of Heav IndustryPlanning Department on analysis on agricultureusing machinery manufactured by the Ministry ofIndustry-2 to increase the number of rural produce;Deputy Director-General U Mya Than of Small-scale Industry Enterprise on small-scale industriesand rural development; and Director-General ofAgricultural Mechanization Department U Soe

Hlaing on boosting agricultural produce practisingmechanized farming.

At today’s workshop, 16 scholars read out 16papers.

The second-day session of the workshop was

adjourned in the evening after those present raisedqueries about and discussed the submitted papers.

The third-day session of workshop continues at8 am tomorrow.

RUMFCCIPresident UWin Aung

presides overSection (4)

RuralIndustrial

Development,Small

Industriesand

SustainableRural

DevelopmentSector.—MNA

Director-

General

U Kyaw

Hlaing of

Irrigation

Department.

Director-

General

U Khin Ko

Lay of

Fisheries

Department.

Deputy

Director-

General

U Aung

Phyu of

Cooperatives

Department.

NAY PYI TAW, 21May—The AdvancedEnglish Language

Advanced Labour Affairs EnglishLanguage Course concludes

Course on LabourAffairs No. 1/2011concluded at the

Ministry of Labour, here,yesterday morning.

After delivering an

address, Union Ministerfor Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung Kyiawarded the outstandingtrainees and gavecertificates to the trainees.

The training courselasted nine weeksbeginning 7 March.

YANGON, 21 May—Chief Minister of YangonRegion U Myint Sweattended the ceremonyto mark the NationalSanitation Week 2011 ofYangon Region at the hallof University of Nursingin Lanmadaw Townshiptoday.

He urged officials,volunteers, socialorganization membersand health staff to make

National Sanitation Week launched in Yangon Regioncollaborative efforts forcarrying out sanitationtasks as nationalmovements.

After the ceremony,he presented prizes towinner health staff in thequiz to mark the NationalSanitation Week andYangon Region Ministerfor Education, Health,

Foreign Affairs andImmigration U Nyan TunOo, winners of Maternaland Child WelfareAssociation.

The Chief Ministerand party viewed displaysto mark the NationalSanitation Week at thehall.

Boosting production discussed inSagaing Region

NAY PYI TAW, 21 May—Chief Minister U ThaAye of Sagaing Region attended the coordinationmeeting on boosting production of crops in 2011-2012 at the hall of Myanma Agriculture Service ofSagaing Region yesterday morning.

Departmental officials reported on plans forthe projects and tasks being undertaken.

The Chief Minister stressed the need to growdouble and mixed cropping for boosting productionof crops, transform croplands to farmlands, increaseproduction of crops, exceed sown acreage andensure right production.—MNA

Minister for

Labour and

for Social

Welfare,

Relief and

Resettlement

U Aung Kyi

presents

prize to an

outstanding

trainee.

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(from page 16)Indeed, a man-

grove is a gifted tree,whose benefits are veryhuge. About 85 % of thevictims ofThayawchaung Villagesurvived the natural dis-aster due to white man-groves in Kadonkani For-est Reserve, so did themajority of the survivorsof enormous tidal waves,holding tight the man-groves in Byonehmweand Mainmahla islands.

Myanmar is notfar from the epicenter ofthe strong earthquake thattriggered very powerful

Mangrove swamps inDelta under…

Crocodiles are bred at Kyaunghtauk camp in Mainmahla IslandSanctuary, Bogale Township, and set free to grow wild.

It is pleasant to view a mangrove forest in the Delta.

tidal waves in the IndiaOcean in 2004, but thedeath toll was amazinglylow because of the protec-tion of the mangrove for-ests, whereas the coastalareas of Somali, which isvery far from the epicenter,were hit hard and sufferedwholesale death anddestruction.

A y e y a w a d yDelta is not the only areamangrove forests haveprotected against tidalwaves many times.According to a FAO report,a village with a populationof over 1700 in TamilNadul State was resistant

to tsunami tidal wavesowing to mangroveforests. Despite being veryclose to the epicenter ofthe powerful earthquake,Simeuleu Island inIndonesia suffered onlyremarkably low death tolldue to the mangrove forestsaround it.

Direct and indirectbenefits human beings getfrom mangrove forests areso many. Nonetheless,mangrove forests or naturalheroes are deteriorating inconsequence of manactivities. Long ago,Myanmar stood as one ofthe 15 countries with mostmangrove forests in theworld and at that time, thearea of mangrove swamps

of Myanmar made up about4% of the global mangoswamp areas. According tothe satellite photos taken in2007, 74% of theMyanmar’s mangroveswamps had been degraded.

Ayeyawady Re-gion has nine forest re-serves including man-grove swamps: in Labutta,Mawlamyinegyun andBogale townships. Now,the number of forestreserves in AyeyawadyRegion has been reducedto only six — in Labuttaand Bogale townships onaccount of cutting downmangroves indiscrimin-ately, encroachment ofpeople into forest reserves,extensive cultivation ofrice, and breeding prawns.

The Forest De-partment of the Ministry ofForestry was conser-vingand regenerating man-grove forests in coopera-tion with related depart-ments and organiza-tions,international organiza-tions, and social organiza-tions. To make thingsworse, the nation encoun-tered the cyclone “Nargis”that destroyed some man-grove forests. The ForestDepartment collected acensus of mangrove for-ests in Bogale, Pyapon andLabutta townships andstarted regeneration ofdevastated mangroveswamps.

In addition, thedepartment, Japan Inter-national Cooperation

Agency, the Forest Re-sources and Environmen-tal Development Associa-tion and other socialorganizations are work-ing together to regenerateravaged areas, and settingup mangrove forests andforest reserves in the Delta.They also built four stormshelters in the project areato raise public awarenessabout environmentaldegradation.

So, ravaged man-grove swamps in the Deltawill return to normal soon.Residents are urged towork more closely withthe Forest Department inconserving mangroveforests.

Translation: MSKyemon: 20-5-2011

NAY PYI TAW, 21May— A coordinationmeeting on seeking waysfor ensuring speedier is-suance of CitizenshipScrutiny Cards and house-hold lists was held at thehall of Ministry of Immi-gration and Population,

Easy ways for issuing Citizenship ScrutinyCards and household lists discussed

Union Ministerfor EducationDr Mya Ayedelivers an

address at the basiceducation schooladministration

refresher courseconcludingceremony.

(News on page 16)MNA

here, yesterday afternoon.In his speech,

Union Minister for Immi-gration and Population UKhin Yi said that it is im-portant for the ministry toissue the CSC to the eligi-ble citizen and not to issuethe card to the person in-

eligible to be citizen un-der the law. Facts and evi-dences for issuing the cardmust be correct and accu-rate so it is necessary totake care of scrutinizingthem. Director-GeneralU Maung Maung Than ofImmigration and National

Registration Departmentreported on requirementsfor applying householdlists and CSCs. Thosepresent participated in dis-cussions on easy ways forapplying the cards.

Also present at themeeting were Deputy Min-ister U Kyaw Kyaw Win,Deputy Attorney-General UTun Tun Oo and officials atthe Union Chief Justiceoffice.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 May — Deputy Ministerfor Industry-1 U Thein Aung visited the plasticfactory, packaging paper factory, Garment FactoryNo.18 and Thanlyin Garment Factory No.19 inThanlyin Township in Yangon Region today.

The deputy minister met with factorymanager at Garment Factory No.18 and leftnecessary instruction.

Factories in ThanlyinTownship inspected

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NATORI, 21 May—The leaders ofChina and South Korea, in Japan fora weekend summit, toured Japan’sdevastated north Saturday to showtheir support for earthquake andtsunami recovery efforts.

South Korean President LeeMyung-bak arrived in Sendai city lateSaturday morning and immediatelyheaded to devastated nearby areas,offering a wreath of flowers and asilent prayer.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaoarrived later and followed a similarschedule. The two leaders were tomeet with Japanese Prime MinisterNaoto Kan in Fukushima City andreturn to Tokyo for a banquet beforesummit talks on Sunday.

The 11 March earthquake andtsunami left more than 24,000 peopledead or missing and sparked anongoing crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. China andSouth Korea have been critical ofJapan’s response to the nuclear crisis,particularly about the release ofradiation into the ocean.

Japan hopes the visit by the twoleaders will help smooth overconcerns. The summit was expectedto focus on the nuclear crisis and

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak visits the earthquake-affected

area in Natori, northeastern Japan,on 21 May, 2011. Leaders from

China, Japan and South Korea planto visit evacuation centres and

areas devastated by the 11 Marchearthquake in northeastern Japan.

INTERNET

A woman reads the front page of the New YorkTimes on the Internet in Washington, DC, 2010.

Google on Friday had stopped digitizing oldnewspapers as publishers sought to make money off

story archives instead of having them hosted freeonline.—INTERNET

China, S Korea leaders tour devastatedJapan region

ways for each country to help Japan’srecovery.

Tokyo had reportedly wanted toformally start the summit in Fukushima,but that plan had to be scrappedbecause of logistical issues.Fukushima City is about 40 miles (60kilometers) from the crippled nuclearplant.

After placing the flowers in arubble-covered neighbourhood, Leesaid South Korea would do all it can tohelp Japan.

Internet

LONDON, 21 May—A Premier League footballeris taking legal action to force Twitter to give thedetails of users who broke a gagging order grantinghim anonymity over an alleged affair, his lawyershave said.

The married player had earlier obtained anorder from a judge banning publication of hisidentity over an alleged sexual relationship with afemale contestant on the reality television show‘Big Brother’.

“An application has been made to obtain limitedinformation concerning the unlawful use of Twitterby a small number of individuals who may havebreached a court order,” his law firm, Schillings,said in a statement on Friday.

The player is not identified in the courtdocuments. A spokesman for US-based Twittersaid: “We’re not able to comment.”

Earlier this month a Twitter user published thenames of several British celebrities who haveallegedly obtained anonymised injunctions or so-called super-injunctions which prevent even themention of the order itself.

A long-awaited judicial report on Friday said

MOSCOW, 21 May—Russia conducted itssecond intercontinentalballistic missile test inless than a month onFriday as it stepped upits campaign against aUS-backed interceptorsystem for Europe.

News reports saidthe Sineva missile waslaunched from a Russiansubmarine in the BarentsSea and later success-fully hit its target on theopposite side of thecountry on the Kam-chatka Peninsula.

“The launch wasconducted from asubmerged position,”

A British footballeris taking legalaction to force

Twitter to give thedetails of users who

broke a gaggingorder granting himanonymity over analleged affair, hislawyers have said.

INTERNET

Footballer takes legal action on Twitter

Russia tests nuclear missile amidwar of words with US

defence ministry spoke-sman Igor Kona-shenkov told Russiannews agencies. “Thewarheads hit the testrange on schedule,” headded. The Sinevasubmar ine - launchedmissile is one of the mostrecent additions toRussia’s nuclear arsenaland was only fully testedfor the first time in 2008.

Each missile carriesup to 10 warheads andhas a range of more than11,000 kilometres(6,800 miles). It was thesecond submerged mis-sile launch conducted byRussia since 26 April.

Russia occasionally testsits heavy nuclearmissiles as it upgradesoutdated models withnew features andcapabilities.

But the tests are alsooften seen as a show offorce that coincide withdiplomatic tensions withthe West. Russia hadscaled back its testingprogramme as itnegotiated a new nucleardisarmament treaty withthe United States thatwent into effect afternearly a decade oftortuous negotiationsearlier this year.

Internet

An aerial view of aflooded area in thetown of Sucre, in

northern Colombia,on 20 May, 2011.Downpours due to

La Nina have rockedthe country since

last year.XINHUA

PORT MORESBY, 21 May—A moderate earthquake jolted eastern NewGuinea region of Morobe in Papua New Guinea early on Saturday morning,according to US Geological Survey.

There was no reports of injuries or damage after the 5.8 magnitude quakehit at 5:43 am local time (19:43 GMT on Friday) with the depth of 1 km.

The epicenter of the quake was 54 km southwest of Lae in eastern NewGuinea region and 252 km north of Port Moresby, the capital of the country.

Earthquake is common in PNG but only a few are destructive.Xinhua

5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea

that the gagging orders should only be grantedwhere strictly necessary and that media who maybe silenced by such bans should also be informedbeforehand.

But senior judge David Neuberger also urgedlawmakers to think twice before using their right ofunrestricted freedom of speech in parliament toundermine them. On Thursday, a member of theHouse of Lords revealed that Fred Goodwin, theformer boss of the bailed-out Royal Bank ofScotland, had won an injunction banningpublication of details of an alleged affair with acolleague.—Internet

MEXICO CITY, 21May—A fire sweptthrough a cell block in anorthern Mexican prisonearly Friday, killing 14inmates.

The fire broke outaround 3 am at the prisonin the town of Apodacaon the outskirts ofMonterrey, said JorgeDomene, a spokesmanfor the Nuevo Leon stategovernment. He said thewing had once been theprison’s psychiatric wardbut was currently being

Prison fire kills 14inmates in Mexico

used as a normal cellblock. He said the firewas under investigationand there were no furtherdetails.

The blaze may havebeen caused by a shortcircuit, possibly in atelevision set, accordingto an official with theNuevo Leon state PublicSafety Department, whospoke on condition ofanonymity because hewas not authorized tospeak about the fire.

Internet

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WASHINGTON, 21 May—Three Somali menpleaded guilty Friday to piracy charges related tothe hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Oman inFebruary that left four Americans dead.

Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali, 32, and MohamudSalad Ali, 35, and Ali Abdi Mohamed, 35, pleadedguilty in a federal court in the eastern state ofVirginia, according to US prosecutors. The ownersof the yacht Quest, Jean and Scott Adam, wereChristian missionaries based in California whowere sailing around the world at the time of the

Somali pirates plead guilty to yacht hijacking

This undated photo courtesy of a family friendshows the S/V Quest yacht that belonged to Jean

and Scott Adams. Three Somali men pleadedguilty on Friday to piracy charges related to thehijacking of the yacht that left four Americans

dead.—INTERNET

UNITED NATIONS, 21May—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonhas expressed concernover a Thursday attackon a UN convoy in thedisputed Abyei area onthe border between thenorth and south Sudan,his spokesperson MartinNesirky said in astatement released hereFriday.

“The secretary-gen-eral strongly condemnsthe attack against anUNMIS (UN Mission in

UN chief “strongly condemns” attackon mission in Sudan

Sudan) escort convoy on19 May, 2011 in Abyei,“ said the statement. “Atthe time of the attack,the convoy wasescorting 200 troops ofJoint Integrated Units(JIUs) of the SudanArmed Forces, as partof the deployment planagreed to by the parties.”

The statement saidBan viewed the attackin the contested, oil- richSudanese region ofAbyei as a violation ofboth the agreements on

security in the region,and as a crime committedagainst the UN.

“The attack was notonly a serious breach ofagreements between theparties, but also acriminal act against theUnited Nations,” thestatement said. “Thesecretary-general callson the parties toimmediately investigatethe incident and ensurethose accountable arebrought to justice.”

Xinhua

SHANGHAI, 21 May—The Shanghai FuturesExchange (SHFE), China’s biggest commoditiesmarket, is expected to launch silver futures by theend of this year, the head of the SHFE said Saturday.

The statement was made by Yang Maijun, generalmanager of the SHFE, on the sidelines of the LujiazuiForum in Shanghai, an annual gathering of China’stop financial officials and economists. Yang alsostressed the importance of introducing crude oilfutures in China, noting that about 55 percent ofChina’s crude oil has to be imported and that thispercentage is likely to increase in the future.

“Developing crude oil futures has a bearing onnational energy security and economic security, andthe SHFE hopes to step up its efforts to launch crude oilfutures,” he said. However, “this will be determined bythe domestic spot market for crude oil and by howmuch of its production and logistics is market-based,”Yang said.—Xinhua

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni greets during the annualPloughing Festival in Phnom Penh on 21 May, 2011.Cambodia host theannual ploughing festival during which royal oxen will have to choosebetween seven bowls including rice, corn, green beans, grass, sesame,

water and wine to predict the future of the farming season. The tradition,which is hundreds of years old, is followed closely by people in

Cambodia, the majority of whom are farmers.—INTERNET

A farmer works at a field suffering fromdrought in Shuanghu village of HutianTownship, Yichun, east China’s Jiangxi

Province, on 20 May, 2011.Rainfall in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi,

Anhui and Jiangsu provinces was 20 to 40percent less than the average in previous years

despite more rain in May.XINHUA

Shanghai Futures Exchangeexpected to launch silver

futures this year

A crane (R) is used to lift containers bound for exportat the Port Authority in Bangkok in 2009. Thailandposted a trade deficit in April as a shortage of auto

parts from disaster-hit Japan contributed to aslowdown in exports, government data showed on

Friday.—INTERNET

hijacking. They were shot to death, along withtheir companions Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macayfrom Seattle, Washington, several days after beingtaken hostage and as negotiations were takingplace with US Navy officials.

Issa Ali and Salad Ali pleaded guilty to acts ofpiracy and hostage taking resulting in death, aspart of plea agreements that will allow them toavoid the death penalty. They face life in prison.The two men “acknowledged in connection withtheir pleas that they served as leaders of the piracyoperation,” prosecutors said in a statement.

The third man, Abdi Mohamed, who alsomade a plea deal, acknowledged “that he fired arocket propelled grenade in the course of thecrime.” He pleaded guilty to piracy. He also faceslife in prison.—Internet

Malaysianorphanagelandslide

killstwo

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 May—A landslide caused by heavy rains hit anorphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, killing two children and burying at least21 others, a local lawmaker said. The incident took place at around 2:30 pm(0630 GMT, 2,30pm Singapore time) at the Children’s Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in Hulu Langat, just south of the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Che Rosli Che Mat, an opposition lawmaker with the conservative Islamicparty (PAS), expressed shock over the tragedy. “Twenty-three children underthe age of 18 were buried in the landslide. Six have been pulled out with injurieswhile have two died. It is raining heavily now,” he said. Che Rosli said theorphanage was located on a hill slope in his constituency, and it had been rainingheavily in the semi-rural area for the past two days. “The landslide happenedvery fast. Only a few children managed to escape,” he said.—MNA/AFP/CNA

More than 40 killed in duststorm in northern IndiaNEW DELHI, 21 May—More than 40 people were

Saturday killed and several others injured in differentparts of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh asdust storm, accompanied by high velocity wind andrains, hit several districts of the state, reported PressTrust of India. Eleven people, including four children,were killed in Lakhimpur district in incidents ofhouse collapse and uprooting of trees during duststorm Saturday morning, the report quoted AdditionalDistrict Magistrate Tulsi Ram as saying.

While four persons each were killed in Lakhimpurand Gola tehsil, two deaths were reported fromMohammadi and one from Dharaura. In Gola, a couplewas killed when their hut collapsed during the storm. InShahjahanpur district, 16 people were killed in duststorm related incidents, ADM Rama Shanker Mauryasaid. Eleven people were killed in Tilhar teshil, three inPuwayan and two in Sadar tehsil.—MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BIENDONG TRADER VOY NO (1130)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BIENDONGTRADER VOY NO (1130) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 22.5.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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 Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

The 24-year-old contestant Riza Santos (L Front)poses after she was crowned Miss World Canada2011 in Richmond of Vancouver, Canada, on 19May, 2011. As a Canadian of Chinese, Filipinoand Spanish ancestry, Riza Santos will representCanada in Miss World 2011 to be held in London

this November.—XINHUA

Woman held in California for‘trying to sell moon rock’

Rare baby zebras makeappearance at Edinburgh Zoo

Many hundreds of moon rocks were broughtback from the Apollo missions.—INTERNET

Mobile wallet offered to UKshoppers

LOS ANGELES, 21 May—An American woman isbeing questioned inCalifornia for allegedlytrying to sell a moon rockfor $1.7m (£1.05m). Thewoman, whose identityhas not been revealed, washeld in a sting operationwhen she showed the rockto a NASA investigator inLake Elsinore. Moon rocksare considered nationaltreasure in the United Statesand their sale is illegal.

The rock was recov-ered but NASA investiga-tors have not yet deter-mined whether it is genu-ine. The sting operationhad been planned for sev-eral months and took placeat a restaurant. GailRobinson, NASA's deputy

inspector general, told theLos Angeles Times: "It'spossible this is a moonrock, but it has to be testedfirst."

It quoted Ms Robinsonas saying the woman wasin custody but had not beenformally arrested. Manyhundreds of kilograms ofrock were collected fromNASA missions to theMoon, mainly during theApollo 15, 16 and 17 mis-sions. Hundreds werehanded out as gifts to for-eign nations and US states,and scores of those remainunaccounted for.

Two interns stole asmall amount of moonrock from the JohnsonSpace Center in Houston,Texas, in 2002.—Internet

A man demonstrateshow it can work.

INTERNET

LONDON, 21 May—Thefirst service that allowsusers to pay for purchasesvia their mobile phone hasbeen launched in the UK.Among shops signed upto the system areMcDonalds, EAT, Pret-a-Manger and some Bootsstores.Users wishing to usethe system — dubbedQuick Tap — will needOrange and Barclaycardaccounts as well as a hand-

set set up for contactlesspayments. The idea of themobile wallet is gainingpopularity around Europe.

The service is madepossible by Near FieldCommunication (NFC),the short-range wirelesstechnology that underpinsmany wireless paymentsystems. Quick Tap is acollaboration betweenOrange and Barclaycard.It will require a NFC-ena-bled Samsung Tocco Litehandset, which also goeson sale on Friday.Onlypurchases up to a value of£15 can be made using theservice but users canpreload their mobile withup to £100.—Internet

The zebras were bornthree months ago.

INTERNET

EDINBURGH, 21 May—Two rare zebras born atEdinburgh Zoo on thesame night nearly threemonths ago have madetheir public debut. Theyare Grevy's zebras, distin-guished from other typesof zebra by their narrowstripes and large ears.

The species is endan-

gered in the wild, with apopulation of between2,000 and 2,500 animals -- less than 20% of what itwas 30 years ago. The zooalso announced the birthsof two Nyala antelopes, inMarch and February. Allthe recent arrivals will livein the Plains of Africa areaof the Zoo, sharing theenclosure that overlooksScotland's capital.

A spokesman for thezoo said: "The babies havebeen making themselvesat home under the watch-ful eyes of their mums."Grevy's zebras are nowlargely confined to Kenyaand Ethiopia, but have lostsome habitat to humansettlements and agricul-ture.—Internet

Mammals’ large brainsevolved for smell

The researchersscanned the fossilised

skulls of tiny, very earlymammals.—INTERNET

LONDON, 21 May—Ahighly developed sense ofsmell kick-started the de-velopment of mammals' bigbrains. Scientists used veryhigh-resolution scanning tostudy the skulls of two of theearliest known mammalspecies. Comparing theshape of their brain cases tothose of slightly earlieranimals, or "pre-mammals",revealed that the first brain

areas to over-develop werethose associated with thesense of smell.

The findings are pub-lished in Science. An im-proved sense of smell mayhave allowed our tiny,furry ancestors to hunt atnight. The researcherswere able to create 3Dimages of prehistoric ani-mals' brains using the lat-est computed tomography,or CT, scanning methods."Before CT, one had tobreak open a fossil to get tothe internal anatomy,"explained Professor Timo-thy Rowe from theUniversity of Texas at Aus-tin, one of the researchersinvolved in the study.

Internet

NEW DELHI, 21 May—Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh Saturday congratulated thecountry’s space department for successfullylaunching communication satellite GSAT-8 fromKourou in French Guiana in the wee hours, highlyplaced sources said.

“The Prime Minister called up Indian SpaceSecretary K Radhakrishnan at the launch site andconveyed his greetings for the successful launch ofthe satellite which will give a boost to direct-to-home services in the country,” they said.

The 3,100-kg high-powered satellite, built bythe Indian Space Research Organization, was putinto space by European launcher Arianespace’sAriane 5 rocket which lifted off at 02:10 am withJapan’s ST-2 spacecraft as co-carrier.—Xinhua

LONDON, 21 May—AUK mother who hasbeing struggling to getpregnant for eight yearshas finally given birth -thanks to an injection ofchicken egg yolk.

Leanne Blackwell,38, and her husbandAndy, 48, fromGrantham, had beentrying to conceive since2003 and spent 15,000pounds of IVF withoutsuccess.

ISTANBUL, 21 May—Four people were killedwith a pilot surviving in a police chopper crash inthe sea off the coast of Beykoz of the Istanbul Straiton Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported. According to the report, the bodies werebrought to a port belonging to Istanbul StraitCommand.

Police sources said that the pilot survived theaccident and he was identified as Kemal Ozdemir,deputy chief of the Istanbul police department, saidthe report. The police identified one of thepassengers as Ragip Ali Birgen, head of the policeinformation department. It’s not immediately knownwhat caused the crash.—Xinhua

Indian PM congratulates spacedepartment on GSAT-8 launch

Four killed in chopper crashin Istanbul

Chicken egg yolk helps UK mum give birthafter IVF failed

In early 2010, DrGeorge Ndukwe fromCare Fertility inNottingham discoveredthat the couple hadincompatible immunesystems and suggestedinjecting Leanne withprotein taken from achicken egg.

After reading aboutthe possible effects of herimmune system onpregnancy, Leannerequested an

immunology test. TheChicago Test revealedthat Leanne body wasproducing a high numberof killer cells, whichwould treat any fertilisedembryo as a foreign body.

Leanne was given anintralipid solutioncontaining a combinationof egg extracts and soy oilthrough a drip, beforebeing inseminated withthe couple’s fertilisedeggs.— Internet

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Authorities saidthey got a clear pictureof an Ohio bank robberysuspect’s face when hecomplied with thefacility’s “no hats, nohoods” policy. FBISpecial Agent HarryTrombitas said the man,described as a whitemale appearing to bein his 20s, was waitingin line at the PNC Bankon South HamiltonRoad in Columbusabout 4 pm Mondaywhen a bankemployee told him hewould have to take offhis hood, which was

Robber removes hood,shows face to cameras

FBI photo attained byPNC Bank.

Bees snarl operations at Philippine airportSwarms of bees

mysteriously appeared atseveral air bridges at thePhilippines main inter-national airport onThursday, briefly inter-rupting the boarding ofpassengers, an airportspokeswoman said.

The bees swarmedaround the control panelsof six air bridges, the

Teacup poodle chases bearup a tree

A Washington state man said his teacup poodlechased an approximately 200-pound black bear up atree in his back yard. Robert Carroll of the Rose Hillneighbourhood in Kirkland said he ran outside whenhis 21-year-old daughter shouted there was a bear inthe back yard about 9:30 am Tuesday and he watchedas the family poodle, Shmoopy, charged the bruin andchased it up a tree, the Kirkland Reporter reportedWednesday. “The bear was really startled — I was nottoo worried about the dog at the time,” Carroll said. “Iwas only thinking, bear in yard! Rose Hill? I have seencoyotes and deer in this neighbourhood, but not in amillion years did I ever think seeing a bear in thisneighbourhood was possible.” Carroll said he clappedhis hands at the bear and it jumped from the tree into aneighbour’s yard.

Alicia Ames, who has lived about a mile from RoseHill Junior High for 12 years, said she spotted a bearthat may have been the same animal about 6 amTuesday. She said her dogs barked at the bear, and itclimbed her fence and fled the area. Ames said it wasthe first time she had heard of a bear being in the area.

Family finds$45,000 in

new home —then returns

News Album

When Josh Ferrinclosed on his family’sfirst home, he neverthought he’d make thediscovery of a lifetime— then give it back.

Ferrin picked up thekeys earlier this weekand decided to checkout the house in the SaltLake City suburb ofBountiful.

He was excited tofinally have a place hisfamily could call theirown.

As he walked intothe garage, a piece ofcloth that clung to anattic door caught hiseye. He opened thehatch and climbed upthe ladder, then pulledout a metal box thatlooked like a World WarII ammunition case.

Swarms of bees mysteriously appeared at several airbridges at the Philippines main international airport on

Thursday, briefly interrupting the boarding ofpassengers, an airport spokeswoman said.

mobile corridors thatconnect the aircraft to theterminal, preventing theoperators from using theequipment, said airportmedia officer ConsueloBungag.

“What we did was usethe vacuum cleaners toclear them out of thecontrol panels. We alsoresorted to manual swatting

to hasten the process,” shesaid. Passengers on twodomestic flights wereforced to board their flightsusing mobile stairsbecause of the insects, saidBungag. Airport autho-rities are working with thequarantine bureau to findout where the bees couldhave come from, sheadded.

British singerPete Dohertyperforms onstage at the

Postbahnhofin Berlin inApril 2011,during the

first concertof a tour inGermany.INTERNET

Singer Doherty back in jailLONDON, 21 May—British rock star Pete Doherty

was back behind bars on Friday after being given a six-month jail sentence for pleading guilty to possession ofcocaine. Judge David Radford told the 32-year-oldformer singer of The Libertines that he had an “appallingrecord” of committing offences. But Doherty showedno emotion as he was sentenced at Snaresbrook CrownCourt in London. Doherty was arrested in January lastyear by police investigating the death of heiress RobynWhitehead, who was making a documentary aboutDoherty when she died of a suspected overdose.

Doherty, a previous boyfriend of Britishsupermodel Kate Moss, has twice been jailed beforeand has repeatedly admitted possessing drugs.

He had been due to give a sold-out concert inGlasgow on Friday, but a spokesman for the Barrowlandvenue said the gig was now postponed.

Prosecutors said last week that Doherty would notface criminal charges over the death of a partygoer whofell from a balcony shortly after the pair had a row atLondon party in December 2006.—Internet

Star-studded Cannes AIDSgala raises record funds

CANNES, 21 May—A star-studded AIDSfundraising gala on the sidelines of the Cannes FilmFestival raised a record-breaking seven millioneuros (over $10 million), organizers said Friday.

Thursday night’s event for the American AIDSresearch foundation amFAR, attended by Monaco’sPrince Albert II and his bride-to-be CharleneWittstock and a galaxy of other celebrities, is thebiggest of its kind in Europe.

A portrait of the late Elizabeth Taylor, whofounded the event, looked down on the over 800revellers at the five-star Eden Roc hotel in Capd’Antibes, including Cannes jury members RobertDe Niro, Uma Thurman and Jude Law.

Internet

Actor Jude Law, retired Paralympic athlete andactress Aimee Mullins (right) and singer GwenStefani attend amfAR’s Cinema Against Aidsbenefit gala on the Cannes Film Festival on

19 May, in Antibes.—INTERNET

CANNES, 21 May—A risk-taking road moviestarring Sean Penn as an ageing 1980s pop star insearch of his father’s Nazi tormentor emerged as afront-runner Friday as the Cannes competitionwound down.

“This Must Be The Place”, named for theTalking Heads song recently covered by ArcadeFire, both of which feature in the film, is the latestCannes contender by Italian iconoclast PaoloSorrentino.

Bearing a strong resemblance to The Cure’sfrontman Robert Smith in a black fright wig and redlipstick, Penn plays Cheyenne, a washed-up popsinger who refuses to grow up. His closest friend isa teenage fellow Goth played by Eve Hewson, thedaughter of U2’s Bono.

Living out his retirement in luxury in Irelandwith his devoted fire-fighter wife (FrancesMcDormand), Cheyenne receives news that hisestranged father in New York is ailing. Uponarriving at his home, the son discovers his fatherwas obsessed with seeking revenge against a guardwho humiliated him while he was a prisoner atAuschwitz.—Internet

Eccentric road movie withPenn wows at Cannes

US actor Sean Pennposes during the

photocall of “This MustBe The Place” presentedin competition at the 64th

Cannes Film Festival.INTERNET

concealing most of hisface, The ColumbusDispatch reportedThursday.

Trombitas said theman complied, allowingsecurity cameras to getclear photos of his facebefore he got to thefront of the line andhanded a note to a tellerdemanding money andsaying he had a gun.The robber, estimatedto be about 5-foot-5,fled with anundisclosed amount ofcash.

“Law enforcementcredits PNC Bank

employees withenforcing the ‘no hats,no hoods’ policy, whichcaused the man to takedown his hood, revealinghis face to surveillancecameras,” Trombitassaid. Investigators areworking to identify theman, Trombitas said.

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Another 62 gives Toms7-stroke lead at Colonial

Wrestler known as‘Macho Man’ dies in Fla wreck

Ronaldo eyes goal record,six fight for survival

Ancelotti relaxed aboutChelsea farewell

Ferguson, Vidic land seasonawards

ACROSS 5 Legend 8 Swiftest felines 9 Meat-juice10 Body of soldiers11 Employing14 Beseech16 Light wind17 Defensive dress18 Immerse20 Film award24 Headlong rush of herd25 Nose of pig, etc26 Brave27 Newly-married woman

DOWN 1 Fruit of oak 2 Coalesce 3 Wicket 4 Alter 6 Tedious 7 Intensely hungry12 Captive13 Cheapened14 Garden plot15 Cleft19 Mean21 Spruce22 Time (mus)23 Very poor

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Manchester United'sSerbian playerNemanja Vidic

LONDON, 21 May—Manchester United bossSir Alex Ferguson andskipper Nemanja Vidiclanded the PremierLeague manager andplayer of the season

awards on Friday.Ferguson led United to

their 12th Premier Leaguetitle, and 19th Englishleague success overall,plus the ChampionsLeague final while cen-tre-back Vidic has beenkey in United's defence.

Ferguson, 69, lands thetop manager award fromthe Premier League spon-sors for a ninth time, while29-year-old Vidic has nowbeen named player of theseason twice in his Unitedcareer.— Internet

NEW YORK, 21 May—Randy "Macho Man"Savage, the professionalwrestler known for hisraspy voice, the sun-glasses and bandanas hewore in the ring and theyoung woman namedMiss Elizabeth whooften accompanied him,died in a car crash Fridayin Florida. He was 58.

A Florida HighwayPatrol crash report saidthe former wrestler —whose legal name wasRandy Mario Poffo —was driving a Jeep Wran-gler when he lost control

in Pinellas County around9:25 am.

The Jeep veered overthe raised concrete me-dian divider, crossed overthe eastbound lanes andcrashed head-on into atree.—Internet

Professional wrestlerRandy 'Macho Man'

Savage

Denilson eyes Arsenal exit

Real Madrid starCristiano Ronaldo

MADRID, 21 May —Real Madrid star CristianoRonaldo is looking forpersonal glory on Satur-day when the Portuguesestar aims to beat the all-time La Liga goals recordof 38 on the final day ofthe season. Ronaldoequalled the record, set by

Athletic Bilbao's TelmoZarra in 1951 and matchedby Real Madrid's Mexi-can icon Hugo Sanchez in1990, last weekend andcan post a new landmarkwhen Real host already-relegated Almeria at theSantiago Bernabeu.

On a personal levelRonaldo has been a hugesuccess but the silverwarehas not been as forthcom-ing with the Kings Cupwin not enough to satisfythe former ManchesterUnited man in a seasonwhere Barcelona wrappedup the title. —Internet

Arsenal midfielder DenilsonS P O R T S

LONDON, 21 May—Arsenalmidfielder Denilson is determined toleave the club after enduring anothertrophyless season with the Gunners, itwas reported on Friday. The 23-year-old Brazilian joined Arsenal from SaoPaulo in 2006, and has become increas-ingly frustrated at the club's failure tochallenge for silverware in the five yearssince his move. Denilson told The Sunhe has already met Arsenal managerArsene Wenger and informed him of hisdecision to leave.

"I've simply been to see (manager)Arsene Wenger and told him how I felt- and he has agreed to let me go,"Denilson said. "This has been the worst

season of my life and I am so upset, sofrustrated. I am a winner and I came hereto win trophies but I've been here for fiveyears and won nothing. "A footballer'scareer is over very quickly so it is time tomove on.—Internet

David Toms watcheshis tee shot on the 17thhole during the secondround at the Colonial

golf tournament in FortWorth, Texas, on

Friday.—INTERNET

FORT WORTH, 21 May— David Toms has gonefrom a disappointingplayoff loss to matching thePGA Tour scoring recordfor the first 36 holes of atournament. Toms shot hissecond straight 8-under 62at Colonial on Friday toopen a seven-stroke lead.Coming off a playoff losson Sunday to K J Choi inThe Players Championship,the 44-year-old Toms tiedthe mark of 124 set by PatPerez in the 2009 Bob Hope

Classic. Perez had roundsof 61 and 63.

Already off to anotherimpressive start before a 21/2-hour weather delay inthe middle of his secondround, Toms took full ad-vantage after heavy rainsoftened the Colonialcourse and the windstopped. On the eight holeshe completed when playresumed, he had four bird-ies — and came up justshort of two more.

Internet

Indy driversgear up for wild

qualifyingweekend

INDIANAPOLIS, 21 May—IndyCar drivers can'tafford to make a mistakeon Saturday.

Otherwise, they mightnot get a second shot atthe coveted Indianapolis500 pole.

With more than threedozen driver-car combi-nations lining up for twodays of qualifications andrain in the forecast bothdays, drivers will have totake their best shot ontheir first, and perhaps,only attempt at the topqualifying spot.

"You might only getone run," said ScottDixon, who won the 500from the pole in 2008."So you're really going tohave to focus on prepar-ing yourself well, mak-ing sure that your first runis a good one. With 40cars trying to qualify, it'sgoing to be a completemess." That would cer-tainly fit with this month'stheme.—Internet

LONDON, 21 May—Chelsea manager CarloAncelotti admitted he didnot fear the sack on Fridayas he prepared for whatcould well be his finalmatch in charge againstEverton on Sunday.Ancelotti's position atStamford Bridge has comeunder intense scrutiny af-ter a trophy-less campaignwhich included the club'sworst run of league formin almost 15 years.

The Italian manager,

who led Chelsea to thedouble in his first year incharge, revealed that ameeting with senior clubofficials to review the sea-son would be scheduledfor next week. —Internet

Chelsea managerCarlo Ancelotti

Heat, Bulls expect another physical test in Game 3MIAMI, 21 May—They were bloodied, bruised and

battered. Just about everyone had icepacks strapped tovarious regions of their bodies, and many all but limpedtoward the bus out of the arena. That was the Miami sceneafter Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Imagine whatthe losing team must have felt like. The East finals resumewith Game 3 in Miami on Sunday night, when the Heat hostthe Chicago Bulls with a 2-1 series lead at stake. Nearly 96hours will have passed without a game by tip-off and bothsides likely could use the rest after such a physical Game 2,when Miami knotted the series with an 85-75 win. Bullsguard and reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose says Sunday isa must-win for Chicago, “no matter what.”—Internet

Miami Heat forwardLeBron James, left, and

guard Dwyane Wadecelebrate after Game 2 of

the NBA basketballEastern Conference finals

against the ChicagoBulls,on 18 May, 2011,in Chicago. Miami won

85-75.—INTERNET

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Saturday, 21st May, 2011

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (22-5-11 09:30 am ~

23-5-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Promoting Tourism Through Sports* News* Let’s strive for Polio Eradication* 9th International Conference on Computer

Applications* News* Yourth of the Future “Sai Aung Tun”* News* Secret Places for Yummy Food (Shwe Musel)

Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Promoting Tourism Through Sports* News* Let’s strive for Polio Eradication* 9th International Conference on Computer

Applications* News* Yourth of the Future “Sai Aung Tun”* News* Secret Places for Yummy Food (Shwe Musel)* News* Surprising Myanmar (The Shwedagon Pagoda)

Part-II* News* Myanmar Traditional Instruments

“Myanma Drum”* Music Gallery* News* Myanmar Traditional Medicines and Medical

Equipments Exhibition (2011)* News* Kaung Mhu Lon and its Spectacular Surround* Myanmar Movie “Shwe Nanthar House”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(22-5-2011) (Sunday)

Sunday,

22 May

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable MungunSayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Lower Sagaing Region, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Ayeyawady Region, Kachin,Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States, fairly widespread in UpperSagaing and Bago Regions, scattered in Magway andYangon Regions and isolated in the remaining Regionsand States with isolated heavyfall in Upper SagaingRegion. Day temperatures were (7°C) above May averagetemperatures in Taninthayi Region, (3°C) to (4°C) belowMay average temperatures in Upper Sagaing and MagwayRegions, (5°C) below May average temperatures in KachinState and about May average temperature in the remainingRegions and States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Pyinmana) (1.42) inches, NayPyi Taw (Yezin) (0.79) inch, Katha (5.63) inches, An (2.55)inches, Chaungzon and Taunggup (1.93) inches each,Kyaikmaraw (1.87) inches, Kyaikkhame (1.73) inches,Manaung (1.65) inches and Pyapon (1.57) inches.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 20-5-2011 was 92°F.

Minimum temperature on 21-5-2011 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-5-2011 was (84%).Rainfall on 21-5-2011 was 0.79) inch.

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport)Maximum temperature on 20-5-2011 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 21-5-2011 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-5-2011 was (79%).Rainfall on 21-5-2011 was (0.71) inch.

Rainfall on 21-5-2011 was (0.79) inch at Nay Pyi Taw,(0.08) inch at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (Nil) at Mandalay.Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (11.78) inches at NayPyi Taw, (17.96) inches at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (8.78)inches at Mandalay. Maximum wind speed at Nay Pyi Tawwas (5) mph from Southeast at (06:30) hours MST on21-5-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 22nd May2011: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in LowerSagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions, Shan andKayah States, fairly widespread in Bago and YangonRegions and widespread in the remaining Regions andStates with likelihood of isolated heavy falls in UpperSagaing Region. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coast. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in Southern Myanmar Areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 22nd May 2011: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of cerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for22nd May 2011: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of cerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for22nd May 2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof cerainty is (80%).

WEATHER

7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja

Song7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 6. Health Programme8:10 am 7.(38) Phyar Mingalars8:25 am 8. Musical

Programme8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Documentary8:55 am11. Myanmar

TraditionalCultural PerformingArts Competitions

11:00 am 1. Martial Song

11:10 am 2. Musical

Programme11:20 am 3. Round Up Of The

Week’sInternational News

11:30 am 4. TV Dramma

Series12:30 pm 5. Golf Magazine

(TV)1:00 pm 6. Myanmar Video

Feature2:50 pm 7. International News3:45 pm 1. Myanmar National

League MNLGrand Royal Cup(2011) (Live)(Rakhapura UnitedFC & Magway FC)

5:45 pm

2. Musical

Programme

6:00 pm

. 3. Evening News

6:15 pm

4. Weather Report

6:20 pm

5. Cartoon Series

6:40 pm

6. Tamyethnar

Takwetsar

7:00 pm

7. TV Drama Series

8:00 pm

8. News

9. International News

10. Weather Report

11.Cartoon Series

12. TV Dramma Series

Tagliani posts fastest timeat Indy 500 practice

INDIANAPOLIS, 21 May—Alex Tagliani postedthe fastest time during an eventful Indy 500 practicesession on Saturday morning.

Tagliani’s fastest lap was 228.184 miles perhour. That was just ahead of 2004 Indy 500 winnerBuddy Rice, whose fastest lap was 227.849 milesper hour.

Penske Racing driver Ryan Briscoe crashed,but returned later in the practice in a backup car.Simona de Silvestro, who burned her hands in acrash Thursday, was cleared to drive on Saturdaymorning and completed 32 practice laps with a bestspeed of 223.357 miles per hour.

Qualifying will take place on Saturday andSunday for the May 29 race.

Internet

IndyCardriver AlexTagliani, of

Canada,prepares todrive duringpractice for

theIndianapolis

500 autorace at

IndianapolisMotor

Speedway inIndianapolis,on 20 May,

2011.INTERNET

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

5th Waning of Kason 1373 ME Sunday, 22 May, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 21 May—Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya Aye delivered an address at theconclusion of basic education school administra-tion refresher course No. 5/2011 of the Ministry ofEducation at the hall of Nay Pyi Taw Basic Education

Basic education school administrationrefresher course concludes

High School No. 6 this afternoon.The Union Minister presented first, second

and third prizes to headmistress Daw Khin NweWin of Ywathit Basic Education High School inEinme Township of Ayeyawady Region,

headmistress Dr Myint Myint San of No. 11 BEHSin Nay Pyi Taw and headmistress Dr Myint MyintAye of No. 1 BEHS in Lashio of Shan State (North)respectively.

Deputy Ministers U Aye Kyu and U BaShwe, Director-General U Bo Win of EducationPlanning and Training Department and Director-General U Ohn Myint of Department of MyanmarEducation Research Bureau presented completioncertificates to the trainees.

Mangrove swamps in Delta under regenerationByline & Photos: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA)

Plot No. 49 in Kadonkani Forest Reserve in Bogale Township.

Thanks to therehabilitation and re-construction projects,the ravaged areas in the

Delta have risen from thenightmare of thecyclone “Nargis” and arenow toasting better living

conditions than previousto the catastrophe. How-ever, a project is to beunderway as long as the

Delta exists: to con-serve and nurture man-groves in it.

(See page 9)

Pakistan stopsNATO suppliesafter 16 peoplekilled in blast

Damagedshuttle tile

to get closerlook: NASA

Denilsoneyes

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