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Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 333 1st Waning of Tabaung 1372 ME Sunday, 20 March, 2011

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms oftechnical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 19 MarchThe State Peaceand Development Council has been offering reli-

gious titles to venerable members of the Sangha athome and abroad, nuns and laypersons yearly.

The State Peace and Development Coun-cil issued Notification No. 1/2011 of SPDC on 4January to announce the winners of religioustitles.

At 4 pm today, a ceremony to offer reli-gious titles to Sayadaws, nuns and laypersons anddonate rice to members of the Sangha was held ona grand scale at Sasana Maha Beikmandaw in theprecinct of Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw,attended by Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Senior General Than Shwe andwife Daw Kyaing Kyaing.

Also present on the occasion were StateOvadaariya Sayadaws, members of the StateSangha Maha Nayaka Committee, TipitakadharaTipitakakovida Sayadaws, title recipient Sayadawsand nuns, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wifeDaw Mya Mya San, Member of the State Peaceand Development Council Thura U Shwe Mannand wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Prime Minister UThein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development CouncilThiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw

Khin Saw Hnin, Member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council U Tin Aye, General MinAung Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence and wifeDaw Kyu Kyu Hla, Commander-in-Chief (Navy)Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, senior military officers ofthe Ministry of Defence and their wives, thecommander of Nay Pyi Taw Command and wife,ministers and their wives, the Attorney-General,the Auditor-General, the Chairman of Civil ServiceSelection and Training Board, deputy ministers,

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe,

wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attend

ceremony to confer religious titles on

venerable Sayadaws

senior military officers, departmental heads andambassadors and heads of embassies to the Union

of Myanmar, responsible persons of religious andsocial organizations, staff of the Ministry ofReligious Affairs, title recipient laypersons,disciples, wellwishers and guests.

Before the ceremony, the State orchestraplayed the Dhamma songs beginning 3 pm.

Officials ushered members of the StateSangha Maha Nayaka Committee, TipitakadharaTipitakakovida Sayadaws, Abhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru title recipient Sayadaws, Abhidhaja AggaMaha Saddhammajotika title recipient Sayadaws,

Agga Maha Pandita title recipient Sayadaws andAgga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja title recipient

Sayadaws, other title recipient Sayadaws, nuns andlaypersons in the designated places of Sasana MahaBeikmandaw.

Officials of the Ministry of Religious Af-fairs ushered Tipitakadhara TipitakakovidaSayadaws, Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru,Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika, AggaMaha Pandita and Agga Maha SaddhammaJotikadhaja Sayadaws led by members of theSSMNC into the Beikmandaw.

(See page 16)

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing present

offertories to a Sayadaw.MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 20 March, 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

Peoples Desire

Harmoniously combat

danger of drugsThe danger of narcotic drugs is a grave

threat to the entire mankind. So, Myanmar has

been carrying out drug elimination tasks for

decades.

In the 2010-2011 poppy cultivation

season, 15708.8 acres of poppy plantations

nationwide were destroyed from 1 September

2010 to 6 March 2011. In states and regions

also, 442.3 acres could be destroyed in a period

from 7 to 13 March this year, bringing the total

number to 16151.1 acres.

Poppy growing business started when

colonialists initiated economic expansionism in

Asia. When it comes to the combat of narcotics,Myanmar has banned abuse of narcotic drugs

and alcohol since ancient Myanmar kings by

enacting laws and rules.

In order to reduce poppy cultivation, drug

production, drug smuggling and drug abuse,

Myanmar is implementing opium-substitute

cultivation and livestock breeding tasks.

Western nations with technological

advantages have spread drug production

techniques and equipment to developing

countries.

This is why measures are being taken

today to convince the youth of the danger of

narcotics by holding educative talks, shows and

contests.The youth of today are new generation

leaders of the future so they need to be both

mentally and physically fit. Above all,

harmonious cooperation is needed to wipe out

the danger of drugs not only from Myanmars

soil but also from our planet.

Sunday, 20 March, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 19 March A ceremony tohoist Hngetmyatnadaw (pennant-shaped vane) andSeinbudaw (diamond orb) atop Maha SikhongyiPagoda in Parami Ward of Sagaing in SagaingRegion was held in conjunction with theconsecration ceremony at the pandal of the pagoda

yesterday morning, attended by Member of theState Peace and Development Council U Tin Aye.

Also present on the occasion were Chairmanof Sagaing Region Sangha Nayaka Committee(Shwegyin) Presiding Nayaka of HanthagiriMonastery of Sagaing Agga Maha Pandita AggaMaha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja BhaddantaNandavamsa, Chancellor of Sitagu BuddhistAcademy of Sagaing Agga Maha Pandita MahaDhammakathika Bahujanahitadhara Dr Bhaddantaanissara and members of the Sangha, Maj-Gen

SPDC Member U Tin Aye attends hoisting pennant-shapedvane, diamond orb atop Maha Sikhongyi Pagoda in Sagaing

Myint Soe of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman ofSagaing Region Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Brig-GenSoe Lwin, Chairman of Mandalay Region Peaceand Development Council Commander of CentralCommand Brig-Gen Ye Aung, ministers, deputy

ministers and their wives, disciples, wellwishers,departmental heads and local people.

Chairman of Sagaing Region SNC SayadawBhaddanta Nandavamsa administered the NinePrecepts, and members of the Sangha recited Parittas.

SPDC Member U Tin Aye, Maj-Gen MyintSoe, the commanders, the ministers, the deputyministers, disciples and wellwishers offeredpennant-shaped vane, diamond orb and alms to theChairman Sayadaw, the Chancellor Sayadaw andmembers of the Sangha.

The Chancellor Sayadaw delivered a sermon,and the congregation shared merits gained.

SPDC Member U Tin Aye, Maj-Gen MyintSoe, the commanders, the ministers, the deputyministers, disciples and wellwishers conveyed

pennant-shaped vane and diamond orb round thepagoda.

At the auspicious time, they hoisted pennant-shaped vane and diamond orb atop the pagoda.

Officials also hoisted umbrellas atop fourencircled Zedis.

Members of the Sangha consecrated thepagoda.

To mark successful completion of theceremony, they performed rituals of golden andsilver showers.

After the ceremony, SPDC Member U TinAye, Maj-Gen Myint Soe, the commanders, theministers and the deputy ministers drove stakes forposting the stone inscription and banner andconstruction of the Monsaleinda Lake.

Members of the Sangha consecrated atBuddha Image near Monsaleinda Lake at the north-east corner of the pagoda.

MNA

The

ceremony

to hoist

pennant-

shaped

vane and

diamond

orb atop

Maha

Sikhongyi

Pagoda in

progress

in Parami

Ward of

Sagaing.

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SPDC Member U Tin Aye and party

conveying pennant-shaped vane and diamond

orb round Maha Sikhongyi Pagoda.MNA

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KABUL, 19 MarchGunmen on motorcycleskidnapped six road

engineers and their driveras they were travelling to awork site in northernAfghanistan, a publicworks official said Friday.

Three Afghan andthree Pakistaniconstruction workers andtheir Afghan driver werecarjacked around 5:30 pmThursday and led away atgunpoint, Abdul QadirMahmoud Zada said.They were targeted by at

LONDON, 19 March A British judge has sentenced a former British Airwayscomputer specialist to 30 years in prison for plotting with US-born extremist clericAnwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane in an attack intended to kill hundreds ofpeople.

Rajib Karim, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi man, was convicted last month offour counts of engaging in preparation for terrorist attacks. He already had pleadedguilty to five other terrorism offences, but denied plotting an attack in Britain.

Justice Calvert-Smith called Karims offences of the utmost gravity inFridays sentencing at Woolwich Crown Court.

Prosecutors said Karim used his position at the airline to conspire with al-Awlaki, a notorious US-born radical preacher associated with al-Qaeda andthought to be hiding in Yemen.Internet

MEXICO CITY, 19 MarchMexican authorities say six gunmen were shotdead during a gunfight with security forces in the northern city of Monterreywhile eight alleged kidnappers were killed in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

State prosecutors in Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is located, say gunmentravelling in a sport utility vehicle opened fire when police tried to pull them over

early Friday morning.Prosecutors say police called for backup from soldiers and gave chase. Thegunmen got reinforcements as well and a shootout ensued, leaving six dead.

Authorities in the state of Veracruz say at least eight kidnappers died in aclash with soldiers, marines and state police Friday in the town of El Higo. ArmyGen Rene Aguilar says a kidnap victim was rescued.Internet

Gunmen on motorbikes kidnap

workers in AfghanistanSouth Korean children

of Songpa

Kindergarten crouch

under desks in their

classroom during an

earthquake drill in

Seoul, South Korea, on18 March, 2011.

XINHUA

British Airways worker jailed for bomb plot

An Afghan youth

checks destroyed

books and text books

damaged during a

bomb blast at a school

in Behsud, Nangarhar

Province, east of

Kabul, Afghanistan on

15 March, 2011.

INTERNET

An injured victim of an explosion lies on bed

of a hospital in Jalalabad, Nangarhar

Province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on 14

March, 2011. One civilian was killed and

three others were wounded by an explosion

in Sorkh Rod District of Nangarhar

Province, police officials said.

INTERNET

In this 15 March, 2011 photo, awoman holds up a baby that was

rescued from a house where threepeople were killed by unknown gunmen

in the northern border city of CiudadJuarez, Mexico. According to police, a

2-year-old and a 7-month-old babywere found inside the homes master

bedroom, asleep. Children, fromtoddlers to the early teens, are

increasingly falling victim to the brutalviolence of a drug war that has cost

over 34,000 lives in the last four years.INTERNET

14 suspected criminals killed in clashesin Mexico

File photo of the

Karangetangvolcano. Indonesia

said it had evacuated

hundreds of people

living near Mount

Karangetang off

northern Sulawesi

island as authorities

issued a red alert on

Saturday following its

eruption.INTERNET

least 15 men onmotorcycles in theProvince of Sar-e-Pul.

Mohan Marouf, anengineer for theconstruction firm AmanAfghan, said the abductedmen were employees on aUnited Nations-fundedroad building contract.United Nations officialssaid they had noknowledge of the attack.

No one has claimedresponsibility for theabductions, Afghan policeofficials said. Kidnappings

mostly of Afghans for ransom or for politicalreasons are common in

Afghanistan, whereviolence has made effortsto rebuild the countrycostly and dangerous.

In January, twoChinese engineers andfour Afghans werekidnapped while travellingback to their base afterworking on a roadconstruction project inFaryab Province in thenorth.

Internet

MANADO, 19 MarchResidents in centralIndonesia have been

evacuated from the slopesof a volcano that hasbeen spewing hot lavaand clouds of searing gashigh into the air for days.

State volcanologist

BAQUBA, 19 MarchApoliceman was killed andanother was wounded intwo attacks in Iraqs easternProvince of Diyala, whilean US-Iraqi joint forcecaptured three suspected al-Qaeda leaders in theprovince on Saturday, aprovincial police sourcesaid.

Gunmen wearingmilitary uniforms shot dead

a policeman outside hishouse near the town of al-Maqdadiyah, some 100 kmnortheast of Baghdad, thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Policeman killed, three suspected al-Qaedaleaders captured in Iraqs Diyala

Iraqi security forcessealed off the scene anddetained two suspects forinterrogation, the sourcesaid.

In a separate incident, apoliceman was woundedwhen a roadside bombexploded during an attemptby a police force to defuse itin the town of Khanaqin,some 150 km northeast of

Baghdad, the source added.Early in the day, an US-

Iraqi joint force dropped byhelicopters on houses at theedge of the village ofJumailat, some 110 kmnortheast of Baghdad, andcaptured three suspected al-Qaeda leaders, the sourcesaid without giving furtherdetails.

Xinhua

Indonesian volcano spews new burst of hot ashSurono says MountKarangetang has beenspilling lava and shooting

clouds of gas and debrisup to 1,900 feet (600metres) in the air as ashpoured down its slopes.

He said Saturday thatsome 582 people living

along its slopes have beenevacuated away from themountain on Siau, part of

the Sulawesi island chain.There were no reports ofinjuries, but severalhouses and a church weredamaged.

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A customer (C) shops at the Tsukiji fish market in

Tokyo on 19 March, 2011. Fishmongers at the

popular market reported that the number of

customers and amount of sales were sharply down

due to fears about blackouts and the nuclear disaster

in northern Japan following last weeks earthquake

and tsunami.INTERNET

Man pulled from house in Japansdisaster zone

TOKYO, 19 MarchMilitary search teamspulled a young man froma crushed houseSaturday in Japansdisaster zone but a newsreport later said hereturned there a weekafter the quake andtsunami struck and thathe was trapped only forone day.

The young man,found in the rubble inKesennuma city, was tooweak to talk and was

immediately transferredto a nearby hospital, saida military official. Theofficial, who declined togive his name becausehe was not authorized tospeak to the media, hadno other details.

Firefighters search for earthquake and tsunami

victims in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate Prefecture

on 18 March, 2011.INTERNET

Kyodo, the Japanese

news agency, said theman was in his 20s. In alater report, Kyodoquoted his family assaying that he had beenseparated from themafter the 11 March quakeand had stayed in a

Teams race to reconnect power toJapan nuke plant

FUKUSHIMA, 19 MarchEmergency workersracing to cooldangerously overheateduranium fuel scrambledSaturday to connectJapans crippled reactorsto a new power line, withelectricians fightingtsunami-shattered equip-ment to restart thecomplexs cooling sys-tems. Though the powerline reached the complexFriday, making the finallink without setting off a

spark and potentially anexplosion meansmethodically workingthrough badly damagedand deeply complexelectrical systems at theFukushima Daiichi planton Japans northeast

shelter before returning

home Friday.A separate militaryofficial, who would alsowould not provide hername, said she could notconfirm the Kyodoreport and had no otherdetails.Internet

Airport security guardslook at passengers

crowding in lines tocheck in for their flightsat Narita InternationalAirport, east of Tokyo,on 19 March, 2011,eight days after an

earthquake and tsunamihit Japan. Most offoreign visitors and

many Japanese residentsare leaving Tokyo after

radiation leakageaccidents at a quake-stricken nuclear power

plant.INTERNET

Magnitude 5.9 quake hitsoff east coast of Honshu,

JapanTOKYO, 19 March An earthquake measuring

5.9 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast ofHonshu, Japan at 10:22 Tokyo Time (0122 GMT)on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.

The epicentre, with a depth of 9.70 km, wasdetermined to be at 39.6 degrees north latitude and143.1 degrees east longitude, about 535 kmnortheast of Tokyo.

There are no immediate reports of casualties ortsunami alert.

A record 262 aftershocks of magnitude 5 orgreater were registered in the seven days followingthe magnitude 9.0 earthquake off northeasternJapan on 11 March, Kyodo News quoted the JapanMeteorological Agency as saying Friday.

Meanwhile, there were three aftershocks ofmagnitude 7 or greater, including a magnitude 7.5

quake that occurred shortly afterwards, and 49aftershocks of magnitude 6 or more, according toKyodo.

Xinhua

coast.Most of the motorsand switchboards weresubmerged by thetsunami and they cannotbe used, said HidehikoNishiyama of JapansNuclear and IndustrialSafety Agency.

Operators of the plant,which have promptedglobal worries of radiationleaks, hope to have powerreconnected to four of thecomplexs six units onSaturday, and another on

Sunday. However, evenonce the power isreconnected, it is not clearif the cooling systems willstill work.

The storage poolsneed a constant source ofcooling water. Even whenremoved from reactors,uranium rods are stillextremely hot and mustbe cooled for months,possibly longer, to preventthem from heating upagain and emittingradioactivity.Internet

Toll from Japan disastersnears 7,200

TOKYO, 19 March Japans police agencysays nearly 7,200 are dead and more than 10,900are missing after last weeks earthquake andtsunami.

A week after the disasters devastated thenortheast coast, the National Police Agency saidSaturday that 7,197 people died and 10,905 weremissing.

Some of the missing may have been out of theregion at the time of the disaster. In addition, themassive power of the tsunami likely sucked many

people out to sea, and, if the 2004 Indian Oceantsunami is any guide, most of those bodies will notbe found.

Internet

Japan plans up to $127 billion in lendingafter quake

TOKYO, 19 MarchThe Japanese government plans to dedicate up to 10trillion yen ($127 billion) in crisis lending to businesses to help them financeday-to-day operations and repair damage from last weeks deadly earthquakeand tsunami, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday.

The government can provide special financing in the form of low-interestloans or interest payment subsidies backed by public funds when a naturaldisaster or other event triggers major economic instability, the Nikkei said.

The newspaper, without citing any sources, said that the government was

considering allocating several trillion yen and up to 10 trillion yen to thescheme. Funds needed to support the scheme would be set aside in anemergency budget.

Reuters

Testing finds no healththreat along West CoastSAN FRANCISCO, 19 MarchMinuscule amounts of

radiation from Japans stricken nuclear plant havereached the west coast but federal and state officials say

it poses no health risk. They said Friday that the dosesof radiation that a person normally receives from rocks,bricks, and the sun are 100,000 times the dose ratesdetected at a monitoring station in California andanother in Washington state.

Concerns that Japans nuclear disaster was assuminginternational proportions grew as a radioactive plumereleased from the Fukushima Dai-ichi reached SouthernCalifornia on Friday. But the results of testing reflectedexpectations by the UNs International Atomic EnergyAgency that radiation had greatly dissipated by thetime it reached the US coastline.Internet

Yukiya Amano, director general of the

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),

center, goes up the stairs to the venue of a Press

conference at the Japan National Press Club, 18

March, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.

INTERNET

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Conjunctivitis, commonly called pinkeye, is acontagious infection affecting the membrane thatcovers the white part of the eye and the inner eyelid.The eyes of someone with conjunctivitis can appearvery red and irritated.

The Nemours Foundation offers thesesuggestions to help prevent the spread of pinkeye:

* Do not touch a person who has pinkeye.* Do not touch objects (such as towels or

tissues) touched by a person with pinkeye.* Stay away from a person with pinkeye who

is coughing or sneezing.* Dont swim with a person who has pinkeye.* Keep kids home from school or daycare

when they have pinkeye.* Wash hands carefully and often throughout

the day.Internet

Health Tip: Help containconjunctivitis

Antioxidants during pregnancyaffect child

Humanas Chairman and CEO Mike

McCallister will be at Humana Cares

national care centre in St Petersburg on

18 March, to showcase and demonstrate

its new, innovative and interactive

telehealth pilot, which uses the Intel

Health Guide, as shown in this photo.

The Intel Health Guide enables Humana

Cares nurses to remotely monitor

congestive heart failure patients across

the country by using two-way video, like

the video call taking place in the

photo.INTERNET

PHILADELPHIA, 19 MarchFeeding antioxidants to rats on ahigh-fat diet before and during pregnancy prevented obesity inoffspring, US researchers say.

Researchers at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia suggesta high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress anexcess of free radicals during pregnancy, predisposing theoffspring to obesity and diabetes. However, feeding the ratsantioxidants before and during pregnancy prevented obesity andglucose intolerance in their children, the researchers say.

Senior author Dr Rebecca A Simmons, a neonatologist at thehospital, says if the results are repeated in humans, the researchmay have implications for reducing obesity rates in children.

We already know that there are critical periods during humandevelopment that influence the later development of obesity,Simmons says in a statement. This research suggests that if wecan prevent inflammation and oxidative stress during pregnancy,we may lower the risk that a child will develop obesity.Internet

Ont surgeons bring video game technology to the ORTORONTO, 19 MarchDoctors at a Toronto

hospital are banking on video game technologyto save time and prevent contamination in theoperating room.

A team at Sunnybrook Hospital has startedusing the Xbox Kinect, a hands-free gamingconsole equipped with a motion sensor, tovirtually manipulate key medical imagesduring surgery.

The doctors use hand gestures to zoom inand out of the images or freeze a particularshot without leaving the operating table.

Surgeons typically have to leave the sterilefield around the patient to pull up images suchas MRI or CT scans on a nearby computer.

They then have to go through a meticulouscleanup before returning to the area to makesure they dont bring in any bacteria thatcould harm the patient.

It can take up to 20 minutes to clean upeach time a doctor consults an image, said DrCalvin Law, who helped integrate thetechnology into the operating room.

Internet

Medics of U-health(Ubiquitous Health)

centre take the blood

pressure of a diabetic

patient (R) during a

video conference call

with a specialist at

Seouls Severance

Hospital (on the

monitor) in Russias far

eastern city of

Vladivostok on

15 February, 2011.

INTERNET

Roanwell buys product linesfacturing headsets, handsets,microphones, earphones, cords,harnesses, and accessories for militaryand commercial communications.

It said the acquisition of thehandset product lines continueRoanwells expansion and growth.

We are very excited aboutbroadening our handset productofferings, especially with one of themost active handset product lines usedin todays military, Roanwell ChiefExecutive Officer Barbara LaBarre

said.Internet

NEW YORK, 19 MarchCommuni-cations equipment manufacturerRoanwell Corp of New York haspurchased handset product lines ofStar Dynamic Corp.

Star Dynamics H-207, H-250 andH-350 handsets, used with militaryman-pack radio equipment such asthe AN/PRC-70 and AN/PRC-77, willbe offered under the Roanwell brand.

Roanwell said it intends tomanufacture the handsets at its facilityin the Bronx.

Roanwell specializes in manu-

A Boeing 747-8 freighter taxis to

the runway at Paine Field in

Everett, Washington in 2010.

Boeing has won an order for two of

its new 747-8 cargo planes from

Korean Air in a deal valued at $639million at list prices, the companies

said in a joint statement Friday.

INTERNET

Two real estate agents chat beside their

advertisements along a street in Beijing on

11 March. Chinas efforts to cool its red-hot

real estate market showed signs of working

in February, as government data Friday

showed more cities seeing a fall in house

prices from the previous month.INTERNET

SHREVEPORT, 19 MarchGeneral

Motors Co said it would close down

an assembly plant in Shreveport, La,

Due to a parts supply disruption

caused by the Japanese earthquake.

The plant produces the Chevrolet

Colorado and the GMC Canyon, both

compact pickup trucks, USA Today

reported on Friday.

The earthquake, which struck last

Friday, was followed by a tsunamithat leveled towns along the northeast

coast of Japan.

GM spokesman Chris Lee said

the plant would close Monday and

would resume operations as soon as

we can.

Japanese suppliers produceseveral electronics parts for GMs

vehicles, but Lee did not specify

which parts from Japan were in short

supply.

Due to slow sales of GMs smaller

pickup trucks, the assembly plant in

Shrevepsort is already scheduled toshut permanently no later than

2012, Lee said.

Internet

GM to suspend workin Shreveport, La

CHICAGO, 19 MarchHonda Motor Co is recalling more than 33,000Odyssey minivans to fix faulty windshield wipers, according to a Friday reporton the website of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

According to the recall notice, Honda is recalling 33,341 units of Odysseyminivans, all from the 2011 model year, in order to fix faulty windshield wiperrods, which may fail in cold weather.

The car company warned that if the wiper motor is switched on and theblades become frozen to the windshield, one of the front windshield wiperlinkage rods may bend or separate from the motor due to lack of sufficientstiffness. This may lead to reduction in drivers forward visibility in adverse

weather conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.Honda said that dealers will have the weak rod replaced free of charge, and

the safety recall is expected to begin on or before 14 April, 2011.Xinhua

Honda to recall 33,000 Odysseyminivans over weak windshield wipers

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A worker

ties up a bag

of cabbages

before

loading them

onto a truck

at Kamojang

village near

Garut, in

Indonesias

West Java

Province 19

March,

2011.

INTERNET

An artists rendering of a planned export terminal in

Kitimat, British Columbia is seen in this handout.

Canadian natural gas giant Encana Corp is looking

to tap into lucrative overseas markets by taking a 30

percent stake in an export terminal planned for the

northern British Columbia coast. At the facility inKitimat, BC, the gas will be converted into a liquid

in ultra-cold temperatures. The liquefied natural

gas, or LNG, can then be loaded onto specialized

tankers and sold around the world.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 19 MarchTwo US aerospacefirms are jostling with global rivals to win a $11-12billion Indian fighter jet contract, hoping a nascentUS-India strategic partnership can help seal thedeal.

As defence contracts go, Delhis bid to replace126 aging MiG fighters is large, but hardly a showstopper.

Still, in an industry where billion dollar contractsare commonplace, the project is turning heads.

It is not the price, explained Ron Somers,president of the US-India Business Council, the$11 billion is great, but this is geopolitical.

India, after 50 years of depending on Russianfighter technology, is casting around for a newpartner.

To play that role US firms Lockheed Martinand Boeing are pitched against EuropesEurofighter, Frances Dassault, Swedens Saab andRussias RSK MiG.

Whichever company and country wins, thedeal could help cement military and strategic tieswith one of the worlds fastest emerging powers.

You are talking about aligning how you worktogether for the next two generations, Somerssaid.

Experts say that the Indian Air Force, by lookingbeyond Russias MiG-21s, could remove one ofthe last vestiges of Cold War power politics and setthe stage for a revamp of Indias military outlook.

BEIJING, 19 MarchMost parts ofNorth and Northwest China havewitnessed sandstorms since 12 March,

with Beijing wrapped in sand anddust on Friday.

The air quality in the capital isclassified as slightly polluted in mostareas, but severely polluted inBadaling in Yanqing county,according to the latest statistics fromthe Beijing environmental protectionbureau. The bureau said several of itsdowntown surveillance stations haddetected higher than normal levels ofparticulate matter - a major indicatorof air pollution, at an average 500milligrams per cubic meter.

In the outer Changping andDaxing Districts, the level topped 800

First batch of sandstorms to last till

Mondaymg per cu m, the bureau said.

The sandstorm is likely to last untilMonday, and will cover Xinjiang,

Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia andNingxia, the China MeteorologicalAdministration (CMA) said on itswebsite on Friday.

Generally speaking, about 80percent of the countrys sandstormshappen in spring, especially fromMarch to May. We are entering thesandstorm season, said Li Xiaoquan,a meteorologist with the CMA.

The monitoring results of theNational Climate Centre show therewill be slightly more sandstorms thisspring than in 2010, but below theaverage level in North China.

Xinhua

Small bombexplodesoutside

Indonesias

capitalJAKARTA, 19 March

Police say a small bombhas exploded east of theIndonesian capital, butno one has been hurt.

Lieutenant ColonelDadang Raharja sayspolice found themakeshift bomb in acardboard box along witha note that said: Thiscontains a bomb. AllahAkbar. Allah Akbar isArabic for God is great.

The cardboard boxwas sitting next to a powerbox inside a housingcomplex on Jakartasoutskirts.

Raharja said Fridaythe bomb squad wasremoving the bomb sothat it could be safelydetonated when it wentoff outdoors, far awayfrom the public.

The capital is alreadyon edge, after four parcelbombs were deliveredearlier this week to four

high-profile Indonesians.Internet

US hopes geopolitics can

help land India jet deal

Indian Air Force Jaguar aircraft fly information during the Aero India 2011

inauguration ceremony at the Yelhanka

Air Force station in Bangalore on 19 Feb.

INTERNET

The supply of the MiG-21 established theSoviet Union as a close ally of the Indian governmentin the 60s and it led to the 1971 Indo-Sovietfriendship treaty, said Sunil Dasgupta, an Indiamilitary expert and lecturer at the University Systemof Maryland.

Whichever aircraft is chosen is going to be themainstay of the Indian Air Force for maybe 30years.

The training and maintenance contacts thatcome with that could prove invaluable in boostingties with Indias powerful military.

Internet

Hyundai recalls 190,000cars in US

SEOUL, 19 MarchSouth Koreas largestautomaker, Hyundai Motor Co, has recalled 190,000cars with faulty airbags in the United States, a newsagency report said Saturday.

Hyundai recalled 190,000 Elantra passengercars sold between 2006 and 2008 in the US as theyhave defective airbag sensors, Yonhap news agencysaid.

The recall is expected to begin next month, itsaid.

Recall repairs will be provided at dealer servicecentres, it added.

Internet

South Koreas largest automaker, HyundaiMotor Co, has recalled 190,000 cars with faulty

airbags in the United States, a news agency

report said Saturday.INTERNET

Kids increasingly among Mexico drugwar victims

MEXICO CITY, 19March The crime reportdescribes the body of theshooting victim in the plain,unadorned language of thepolice: Thin. Black hair,light brown skin, purpleblouse. Bullet wound inchest. Then comes the age:About 4 years old.Children, from toddlers toearly teens, are

increasingly falling victimto the brutal violence of

Mexicos drug war, aconflict that has killed morethan 34,000 lives in thelast four years.

It is infuriating thatthey gunned down a littlegirl, said Rosa CruzMuller, the coordinator ofthe Guerrero state childwelfare agency. Whatcould she have done tothem? How could she

defend herself?Once, Mexican cartel

gunmen took out theirtargets with accurate fire,often leaving their childrensitting unharmed in thesame car. Now the killersincreasingly seem to bewilling to kill even theyoungest of children.

The problem hasbecome particularly acutein Acapulco, the Pacificcoast resort that has become

the scene of bloody cartelturf battles.Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 19MarchThe thirdShwekya Thingan offer-ing ceremony for fourBuddha Patima JadeBuddha images kept inthe cave of UppatasantiPagoda and MahaSutaungpyae Pagoda inNay Pyi Taw was heldin the cave ofUppatasanti Pagoda herethis morning in conjunc-tion with a consecrationceremony.

Shwekya Thingan offered to Buddha Patima Jade Buddha images in

Uppatasanti Pagoda cave, Maha Sutaungpyae Pagoda

Present on theoccasion were StateOvadacariya Sayadaws,State Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteeSayadaws, members ofState Central WorkingCommittee of theSangha of All Orders,Tipitakadhara Tipita-kakovida Sayadaws,title recipient Sayadaws,Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Brig-Gen Maung Maung

Aye, ministers, deputyministers, seniormilitary officers,departmental heads,local authorities, Wut as-sociations of ministries,members of the pagodaboard of trustees,members of religious as-sociations and guests.

The comman-der, ministers and partyoffered ShwekyaThingan and soon,fruits, flowers and water

to the Buddha PatimaJade Buddha images andMaha SutaungpyaePagoda atGanthakuditaik at thenortheast corner of

Uppatasanti Pagoda.The Wut asso-ciations recited parritas.Next, Sayadaws andmembers of the Sangha

Shwekya Thingan offered to four Buddha

Patima Jade Buddha Images.

MNA

Consecration of four

Buddha Patima Jade

Buddha Images and

Maha Sutaungpyae

Pagoda in progress.

MNA

YANGON , 19MarchChairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee Mayor

U Aung Thein Lin in-spected new arrivalconcrete mixers atYCDC Plant and Fleet

Yangon Mayor inspects progressof concrete roads

Department on Bo MinYaung Street inMingala TaungnyuntTownship here this

morning.The mayor thenviewed progress of pav-ing concrete road with

the use of new concretemixers between BanyaDalla Junction andThamein Bayan Junc-

tion on KyeikkasanStreet in TamwayTownship.

MNA

YANGON, 19 MarchAs a gesture of hailingthe 66th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day,newly-upgraded Mer-chant Street was commis-sioned in North Ward of

Newly-upgraded tarred road opened inKyaikto TspKyaikto Township, MonState on 17 March.

The tarred facility was

constructed by KyaiktoTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee andwas formally opened by

member of the TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil township Police

Force Chief PoliceCaptain Tin Kyi and theexecutive of the townshipDAC.MNA

consecrated the fourBuddha images andMaha SutaungpyaePagoda.

Then followed amerit-sharing ceremony

and Chairman of theState Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteePresiding Nayaka ofBhamo Monastery of

Mandalay SayadawAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru Abhidhaja AggaMaha SaddhammajotikaDr BhaddantaKumarabhivamsa ad-ministered the NinePrecepts to thecongregation. TheSangha members recitedparittas.

Next, the com-

mander and partyoffered provisions to theSayadaws and membersof the Sangha.

MNAShwekya Thingan offered to four Buddha Patima Jade Buddha Images.

MNA

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Head of State Senior General

Than Shwe (from page 16)

Secretary-1 ThihaThura U Tin Aung MyintOo presented Abhidhaja

Agga MahaSaddhammajotika titleand insignia to AungzediSasana Beikman Monas-tery Sayadaw Bhaddantaatila of SawbwagyigonWard in Insein Townshipof Yangon Region.

SPDC member U TinAye offered AbhidhajaAgga MahaSaddhammajotika titleand insignia to MolanKhamti MonasterySayadaw BhaddantaGunavamsa of Ledo in

Tinsukia District inAssam State of the Re-public of India.

General Min Aung

Hlaing of the Ministry ofDefence donated AggaMaha Pandita title andinsignia to Abbot of

Swarnamali MonasteryVen. Ambalangoda SriSumangala of Thelawalain Mount LaviniaRatmalama of the Demo-cratic Socialist Republicof Sri Lanka, ShwehinthaTawya MonasterySayadaw BhaddantaPaajota of Ward 7 inNyaungdon ofAyeyawady Region andHsutaungpyay Monas-tery Sayadaw BhaddantaSumanananda ofTaunglonbyan Ward in

Mingala TaungnyuntTownship of YangonRegion.

C o m m a n d e r - i n -

Chief (Navy) Vice-Ad-miral Nyan Tun offeredAgga Maha SaddhammaJotikadhaja titles and in-signia to three Sayadawsand Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen MyatHein, Agga Maha Pandita

titles and insignia to threeSayadaws.

Senior military offic-ers of the Ministry ofDefence, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, the Commanderof Nay Pyi TawCommand and theministers donated AggaMaha SaddhammaJotikadhaja, Agga MahaPandita, Maha Saddham-ma Jotikadhaja, AggaMaha Kamathanaariya,Agga Maha

Ganthavaaka Pandita,Maha GanthavaakaPandita, SaddhammaJotikadhaja, Kamma-

thanaariya, Gan-thavaaka Pandita andD h a m m a k a t h i k aBahujanahitadhara titlesand insignia to theSayadaws.

Daw Mya Mya San,wife of Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye, pre-

sented Maha Saddham-ma Jotikadhaja title toNun Daw Kissaratheri ofWithakha Nunnery inDagon Myothit (Seikkan)Township of Yangon Re-gion.

Daw Khin Lay Thet,wife of SPDC member

Thura U Shwe Mann,presented GanthavaakaPandita title to Nun DawTikkhavati of MyawadyNunnery of Chanmya-thaya Ward in Pyigyida-gun Township ofMandalay Region.

(See page 9)

SPDC Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw

Khin Saw Hnin offer alms to a Sayadaw.MNA

SPDC

Member

U Tin

Aye

presents

offerto-

ries to a

Sayadaw.

MNA

SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet

present offertories to a Sayadaw.MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win offer

provisions to a Sayadaw.MNA

General Min Aung Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence and wife DawKyu Kyu Hla present offertories to on a Sayadaw.

MNA

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General

Min

Aung

Hlaing

confers

religious

title on a

sayadaw.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye confers religious title on a

sayadaw.MNA

SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann confers religious title on a

sayadaw.MNA

SPDC Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo confers

religious title on a sayadaw.MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein confers religious title on a sayadaw.MNA

SPDC Member U Tin Aye confers religious title on a sayadaw.MNA

Com-

mander-

in-Chief

(Air) Lt-

Gen Myat

Hein

confers

religious

title on a

Sayadaw.

MNA

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe ...

Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun confers a reli-

gious title on a Sayadaw.MNA

(from page 8)Daw Khin Khin Win,

wife of Prime Minister U

Thein Sein, donatedGanthavaaka Pandita titleto Nun Daw Dhammatheri

of Yaung-gyiU TheravadaBuddhist Missionary

(See page 10)

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(from page 9)

Nunnery in Mashikataung Ward in Phakant Townshipof Kachin State.

Daw Khin Saw Hnin, wife of Secretary-1 ThihaThura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, offered Ganthava-akaPandita title to Nun Daw Sumala of Maha LediDhammethaka Nunnery of Ledi Ward in Monywa of

Head of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwe

Sagaing Region.Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, wife of General Min Aung

Hlaing, presented Ganthavaaka Pandita title to NunDaw andamala of Theravada Buddhist MissionaryNunnery of Ciinhmwa Ward in Falam Township of ChinState.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye presented Agga

Maha Thirithu-dhamma Manijotadhara titles and insigniato U Shwe Hmi of No. 105 on Thameinbayan Road inTamwaygyi Ward (A+D) in Tamway Township ofYangon Region, Dr Than Tun of 3/A on Pyidawaye

Avenue on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Ward 7 of YankinTownship in Yangon Region and Dr Kyaw Saw of No.146 on Mandalay-Lashio Road in Ward 4 of PyinOoLwinTownship in Mandalay Region.

SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann presentedAgga Maha Thirithudhamma Manijotadhara title andinsignia to Dr U Soe Thein of No. 206 at the corner of

Thanthuma and Sayibin Streets in Ward 23 ofThingangyun Township in Yangon Region andThudhamma Manijotadhara title and insignia U Yar Chi

(See page 11)

Daw Mya Mya San, wife of Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, confers

a religious title on a nun.MNA

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of SPDC member Thura U Shwe Mann,

confers a religious title on a nun.MNA

Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of Prime Minister U Thein Sein, confers a

religious title on a nun.MNA

Daw Khin Saw Hnin, wife of SPDC Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin

Aung Myint Oo, confers religious title on a nun.MNA

Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, wife of General Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of

Defence, confers a religious title on a nun.MNA

IMAGES OF CEREMONY TO

CONFER RELIGIOUS TITLES ONPROMINENTMONKSANDLAYPERSONS,AND TO OFFER PROVISIONS TOVENERABLEMONKSHELDONAGRANDSCALE IN THE PRECINCT OFUPPATASANTI PAGODAIN NAY PYITAW.

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Than Shwe

(from page 10)

of Tayoktan Street in Phayagyi Ward of Monywa inSagaing Region.

Prime Minister U Thein Sein presentedThudhamma Manijotadhara titles and insignia to U SeinHlaing of Pwesardan Street in Phayagyi Ward of Monywa

in Sagaing Region and U Yon Sein of No. 385 on 82ndStreet between 30th and 31st Streets in ChanayethazanTownship of Mandalay Region.

Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oopresented Thudhamma Manijotadhara titles and insig-

nia to U Maung Thein of 46/E on Po Sein Street inNatmauk Ward of Tamway Township in YangonRegion and U Kyaw Htay of Ywameiktha Village of

YeU Township in Sagaing Region.SPDC member U Tin Aye presented

Thudhamma Manijotadhara titles and insignia to UThan Htay of No. 76 on Nilar Street in Region-2 inThuhka Chantha Ward of Nyaungshwe Township inShan State and U Win Pe of No. 86 on Upper ThittawStreet in East Sawyanpaing Ward in Ahlon Townshipof Yangon Region.

Daw Mya Mya San presented Agga MahaThirithudhamma Theingi titles and insignia to DawKyin Thein of No. 49 on 27th Street in Ward 3 of

Pabedan Township in Yangon Region, Daw Nwe NweKyi of Yadanakyun Avenue of Extended Ward inNorth Okkalapa Township of Yangon Region andDaw Kyway Kyway of Building 3 on Tayoktan Streetin Phayagyi Ward in Monywa of Sagaing Region.

Daw Khin Lay Thet presented Agga MahaThirithudhamma Theingi titles and insignia to SitaguDaw Aye Thein of No. 1 on Hlawga Street in Ward

20/A in Dagon Myothit (South) Township in YangonRegion, Daw Nilar Shwe of No. 83 on UpperKyimyindine Street in East Zaygyi Ward inKyimyindine Township of Yangon Region andDaw Aye Kyi of No. 46 at Daingwunkwin inShangon Ward of Mawlamyine in Mon State.

Daw Khin Khin Win presented ThudhammaTheingi titles and insignia to Daw Pyone Yi of No.5 on 11th Yekheset Street in Ward 5 of MyaungmyaTownship in Ayeyawady Region, Daw Than ThanSwe of No. 194/12 between 34th and 35th Streets

and 78th and 79th Streets in Kinsanamahi Ward ofWest Shwechihtoe Ward in Chanayethazan Town-ship of Mandalay Region and Daw San Shin of No.10 on Mahn Ba Khaing Street in Uyin North Wardin Hinthada of Ayeyawady Region.

Daw Khin Saw Hnin presentedThudhamma Theingi titles and insignia to DawNan Chit Swe of No. 17 on 1st ShwewuthmonStreet in Pathein Township of Ayeyawady Region,Daw San San Oo of No. P/14 on Myananda Streetin Myakantha Uyin Ward 5 of Pathein Townshipin Ayeyawady Region and Daw Yi Yi Htay of No.13 on 7th Street in Ward 4 of MyaungmyaTownship of Ayeyawady Region.

Daw Kyu Kyu Hla presented ThudhammaTheingi titles and insignia to Daw Khin Pyone Yin

of No. 144 on 34th street between 80th and 81ststreets in Block 556 of East Aungnan Avenue inChanayethazan Township of Mandalay Region,

(See page 12)

SPDC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-

Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye

confers religious title on a layperson.

MNA

SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann confers

religious title on a layperson.

MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein confers religious

title on a layperson.

MNA

SPDC Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin Aung

Myint Oo confers religious title on

a layperson.MNA

SPDC Member U Tin Aye confers religious

title on a layperson.

MNA

IMAGESOFCEREMONY

TO CONFER RELIGIOUS

TITLES ON OUTSTANDING

LAYPERSONS HELD ON A

GRAND SCALE IN THE

PRECINCTOFUPPATASANTI

PAGODAIN NAY PYI TAW.

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Daw Mya Mya San, wife of SPDC Vice-

Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, presents

religious title to a layperson.MNA

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of SPDC

Member Thura U Shwe Mann, presents

religious title to a layperson.

MNA

Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of Prime Minister

U Thein Sein, presents religious title to a

layperson.

MNA

Daw Khin Saw Hnin, wife of Secretary-1

Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, confers

religious title on a layperson.MNA

Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, wife of General Min

Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence,

confers religious title on a layperson.MNA


Than Shwe, wife(from page 11)

Daw Lei Lei Aung of No. 44 on Panwa Street inWard 30 of Thuwunna Bogyoke Ywathit inThingangyun Township of Yangon Region andDaw Sabei Ko Lay of No. 331 on 83rd Streetbetween 31st and 32nd Streets in Block 572 at EastAungnan Avenue in Chanayethazan Township ofMandalay Region.

Minister for Religious Affairs Thura U MyintMaung supplicated on the religious affairs.

Vice-Chairman of SSMNC Presiding Nayakaof Dhammikayon (Kyaikpi) Monastery SayadawAbhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika AggaMaha Pandita Bhaddanta Gunesana of Yankin Town-

ship delivered a sermon, and the congregation sharedmerits gained.

After the ceremony, families of the Ministryof Defence, the Prime Ministers Office, the StatePeace and Development Council Office and CentralOffices, the office of the Commander-in-Chief(Navy), the office of the Commander-in-Chief (Air),families of the offices of Adjutant-General andQuartermaster-General, Nay Pyi Taw CommandHeadquarters, ministries, the Supreme Court, theAttorney-Generals Office, the Auditor-GeneralsOffice, the office of CSSTB, Nay Pyi Taw Devel-opment Committee, Nay Pyi Taw District and

Township PDCs, religious and social organizations,companies and wellwishers from the designatedplaces offered rice and alms to members of theSangha.

Senior General Than Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing, Vice-Senior General Maung Ayeand wife Daw Mya Mya San, SPDC member ThuraU Shwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, PrimeMinister U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin KhinWin, Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint

Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin, SPDC menber UTin Aye, General Min Aung Hlaing of the Ministryof Defence and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, seniormilitary officers and their wives of the office of theCommander-in-Chief , the office of the Commander-in-Chief (Air) and the Ministry of Defence, ministers,the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, theChairman of CSSTB and deputy ministers, depart-mental heads, staff families and people offered riceand provisions to members of the Sangha along theroad to the southern archway of the pagoda and thering-road of the pagoda.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 MarchThe 48th MyanmaGems Emporium organized by Central Committeefor Organizing Myanma Gems Emporium continuedfor the tenth day at Mani Yadana Jade Hall nearMyanma Gems Museum here today.

Minister for Mines U Ohn Myint visited theemporium which was held for the second time inthe capital city. Secretary of the Central Committeefor Organizing Myanma Gems Emporiummanaging-Director of Myanma Gems Enterprise UThien Swe and committee members supervisedgems merchants at home and abroad bidding forjade lots.

The minister viewed sales of jade lotsthrough competitive bidding system and greetedlocal and foreign gems merchants. The emporiumwil be held till 22 March.MNA

Myanma Gems Emporiumcontinues for tenth day

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NAY PYI TAW, 19 MarchTodaybeing the Fullmoon Day of Tabaungthe people built pagodas made ofsand on beaches, dedicating to theLord Buddha, as a tradition ofsuccessive Myanmar eras. Till today,Buddha Pujaniya festivals have beenheld at pagodas, stupas and templesin Myanmar including Nay Pyi Tawon Fullmoon Day of Tabaung.

This morning, a ceremony to

offer emerald bowl and Shwekyarobes for the third time was held atUppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Tawin conjunction with the consecrationceremony. While 9000 oil lamps were

Meritorious deeds performed at religious edifices throughout

nation on Fullmoon Day of Tabaung

On Fullmoon Day of Tabaung, devotees seen on platform of

Uppatasanti Pagoda.MNAShwedagon Pagoda teeming with devotees on Fullmoon Day of

Tabaung.MNA

offered to the pagoda in the evening,religious associations recited BuddhaDesana and religious verses byoffering fruits and water to the Buddhaimage. In addition, the pagoda waspacked with devotees who performedmeritorious deeds and practisedmeditation.

The 138th

Buddha Pujaniya ofLawkamarazein Pagoda took place atthe pagoda in Pyinmana. The local

people offered rice to 150 membersof the Sangha and 125 nuns.Pilgrims and devotees donated

fruits, meals, flowers, water and lightsto Datusaya Datpaungsu Pagoda and

Maha Muni Buddha Image inBawgathiri Ward of ZabuthiriTownship in Nay Pyi Taw District andPhayakoehsu Pagoda, KoekhangyiPagoda and Hlaykhwintaung Pagodain Pyinmana.

The 2599th Buddha Pujaniyaof Shwedagon Pagoda was held atthe prayer hall on the platform ofpagoda this morning. Members ofthe Pagoda Board of Trustees offered

lights, joss sticks, meals, water to thepagoda and took the Nine Precepts.A ceremony to share merits gainedfor Buddha Pujaniya of the pagodawas held at Chanthagyi Prayer Hall

of the pagoda.Similar ceremonies took place

at Botahtaung Kyaikdaeup Pagoda,Shwephonepwint Pagoda, Sule, ToothRelic, Kyaikwaing, Thiri MingalaKaba Aye, Maha Wizaya, Koehtatgyi,Chaukhtatgyi, Ngahtatgyi,Kyaikkasan pagodas, Lawka ChanthaAbhaya Labha Muni Buddha Image,South Okkalapa, Melamu,Kyaikkaloh, Kyaikkale, Kyaikh-

mawwun, Kyaikkhauk, Padagyi andThunphayagyi pagodas where thedevotees performed meritorious deedsand practised meditation.

MNA

YANGON, 19 March To mark the 50 th

anniversary of the establishment of diplomaticrelations between the Federal Democratic Republicof Nepal and the Union of Myanmar, cultural troupesof the two countries presented dances at the National

Theatre on Myomakyaung Street in Dagon Townshiphere this evening.

Among the audience were Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win and wife, Ambassador of Nepal

Cultural troupes perform entertainment to mark

50th anniversary of Nepal-Myanmar diplomatic ties

Minister U Nyan Win speaking at ceremony to mark 50th Anniversary Myanmar-Nepal

diplomatic ties.MNA

Ms Guna Laxmi Sharma, officials and guests.First, the Nepalese Ambassador and officials

formally opened the entertainment programme.Next, she extended greetings and Minister U

Nyan Win made a speech. Then, the cultural troupes

entertained the audience with dances.Later, the minister and ambassador presented

gifts to the cultural troupes.MNA

YANGON, 19 March A 19-member delegationled by Vice-Chairman of Indonesian OlympicCommittee Mr Indra Karta Sasmka arrived inMyanmar today by air and held a sportsdemonstration at the National Indoor Stadium-1,

here, in the afternoon.It was attended by General Secretary of MOC

Director-General U Thaung Htaik of Sports andPhysical Education Department, officials,Indonesian OC Mr Indra Karta Sasmka and partyand athletes of Myanmar Martial Arts Federation,Myanmar Karatedo Federation and MyanmarTaekwondo Federation, trainees of Sports andPhysical Education Institute (Yangon).

The MOC General Secretary and theIndonesian OC held discussions on improvementof sports events between the two countries. Next,the Indonesian athletes demonstrated their skills inShorinji Kenpo event. Next, training equipmentwere presented for development of Shorinji Kenposport event in Myanmar.

The Indonesian team will hold joint exercisewith athletes of Myanmar Martial Arts Federation,Myanmar Karatedo Federation and MyanmarTaekwondo Federation.MNA

Indonesian athletesdemonstrate skills inShorinji Kenpo event

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ACROSS1 Retail outlets4 Lubricated

10 Wed11 Horrify12 Scene of combat13 Completely15 Weary17 Avarice19 Regretful22 Tardy25 Amused27 Discourage29 Heath

30 Peewit31 Wrath32 Stage-whisper

DOWN2 Steed3 Archbishop5 Unsuitable6 Large British moth7 Daub8 Smell9 Excoriates

14 Examination16 Lazy18 Rumpus20 Solver of Sphinxs

riddle21 Precipitous

23 Grown-up24 Boasts26 Depart28 Attempted

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Sharapovas crib devoid of tennis treasures

PHOENIX, 19 March

Angela Stanford got overa terrible hole in a hurryFriday in the first round ofthe LPGA Founders Cup.After making a mess ofthe par-4 eighth for a dou-ble bogey, she holed outfrom a fairway bunker foreagle on the par-4 ninthhole. Her 8-iron shotbounced twice on thegreen, rolled a few feet,struck the flagstick anddropped into the cup. Af-ter our first two events, Ifound that I was struggling

mentally, and I just getdown on myself reallyfast, Stanford said.

Internet

Maria Sharapova

INDIAN WELLS, 19 March MariaSharapova says that most of her tennistreasures from her decade-long career areeither tucked away in the back of a closetor out of sight in the basement of herhouse. The 23-year-old Russian said thatvisitors to her luxury California homewould be hard pressed to find any signsthat she is one of the most successfulfemale tennis players of all-time. I wasnever like a souvenir type of person,Sharapova said. You come to my houseand I dont think youd even know thatI play tennis, honestly.

Fashion conscious Sharapova likes to

dress up as she disclosed this week atthe BNP Paribas Open tournament say-ing she would rather sleep with her highheels on than a pair of tennis shoes. You

dont see any tennis things around,Sharapova said. Even my trophies arepretty stored in a (dining room) cabinet

Only if you sit in the dining-room ta-ble, where nobody ever sits at, unlessyou point them out, I dont think anyonereally sees them. Internet

Saturday, 19th March.

SPORTS

Match previews - Sun 20th MarchA look ahead to Sundays fixtures in the Barclays

Premier League.There are two key Barclays Premier League

fixtures on Sunday. First Liverpool visit Sunderlandaiming to banish the memories of last seasons freak

beach ball goal. Then title chasers Chelsea andManchester City meet at Stamford Bridge in a matchwhich neither can afford to lose.

Liverpool are aiming to avenge last seasons 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light when a shot byDarren Bent deflected into the net off a stray beachball thrown from the crowd.

Sunderland have managed just one point fromtheir last three home matches while Liverpool havewon five of their last seven Barclays Premier Leaguefixtures. The Black Cats have picked up just onepoint from a possible 15 to slip to second frombottom in the current form table. The sides drew 2-2 when they met at Anfield in September.Internet

Sunderland Liverpool

Italian coaches Carlo Ancelotti and RobertoMancini go head to head at Stamford Bridge.

City have won the last three meetings betweenthe sides including a 1-0 success at Eastlands inSeptember and a 4-2 triumph in west London lastseason.

Chelsea have taken seven points from a possiblenine but are still awaiting a first goal from 50mstriker Fernando Torres.

City have managed just one point from a possiblenine on the road but will aim to open up a five-point

gap over their opponents.

Peloton on collision courseover UCI radio ban

MILAN, 19 MarchThe International Cycling Un-ion (UCI) dug its heels in Friday as the elite pelotoncontinued its defiance in the wake of a radio-ear-piece ban which threatens to scupper the start tothe season. The UCI is gradually phasing the two-way radios out because it believes teams have be-come too dependent on them, use them to strategicadvantage and that their use has led to boring races.

Some teams have argued the radios are essen-tial for security reasons, with sports directors andriders able to warn of dangers on the road such asoil spills, pot holes or dangerous bends in the moun-tains. Despite a threat Thursday by professional

cycling teams to boycottthe inaugural Tour ofBeijing in October toprotest the ban, the UCIhas not budged. OnFriday, it was revealed

the peloton aims to defy

UCI orders by wearingthe radio-earpiecesduring the Harelbeke GPE3 on 26 March, theC o p p i - B a r t a l iinternational cyclingweek on 22-26 Marchand the Criterium Inter-national on 26-27March.Internet

The president of Union

of International

Cyclists (UCI) Pat

McQuaid

Angela Stanford

leads LPGA

Founders Cup

Chelsea Man City

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham Utd

Aston Villa 0-1 Wolves

Blackburn 2-2 Blackpool

Man Utd 1-0 Bolton

Stoke City 4-0 Newcastle

WBA 2-2 Arsenal

Wigan 2-1 Birmingham

Everton 2-1 Fulhum

Berbatov rescues 10-man United

Dimitar Berbatov got 10-manManchester United out of jail, as his 88th

minute goal was enough to down BoltonWanderers 1-0 at Old Trafford

MANCHESTER , 19M a r c h T h eBulgarian, who onlycame on as a half-time

substitute, was in theright spot to bundle theball into the net afterJussi Jaaskelainenmade a mess of astraight-forward Nanidrive.

In a first half of fewchances, JavierHernandez shot wideand Martin Petrov hit a

free-kick at Edwin vander Sar.

Home defenderJonny Evans saw wasshown a straight redcard in the second halffor a lunge on StuartHolden.

But Berbatov gaveUnited the points bybundling home afterJussi Jaaskelainen failedto hold Nanis shot.

Internet

LONDON, 19 MarchStoke City moved fivepoints clear of the PremierLeague relegation zonewith a 4-0 win at home toa poor Newcastle side.

Jonathan Waltersopened the scoring with alovely flicked header on29 minutes but Toon werevery much still in it going

Stoke City 4-0 Newcastle Utdinto half time.

Their hopes weredashed by a shockingdisplay in the first threeminutes after the break, abrief spell that saw themself destruct as an errorfrom keeper Steve Harperallowed Jermine Pennantto extend the lead while aterrible attempt at a wall let

Danny Higginbothamsfree-kick straight throughsoon afterwards. The restof the half was relativelyeven, with Asmir Begovicpulling off a superb savein the Stoke goal, butsubstitute Ricardo Fullercompleted the thrashingwith a cool finish deepinto injury time after asuperb flick on by man-of-the-match Walters.

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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, Union of Myanmar.

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.

M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thoundershowershave been scattered in Kachin State, isolated in UpperSagaing and Taninthayi Regions and weather has been

partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. Daytemperatures were (3C) to (4C) below March averagetemperatures in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway andTaninthayi Regions, Mon State, (5C) to (6C) belowMarch average temperature in Upper Sagaing Region andSouthern Shan State, (7C) to (8C) below March averagetemperatures in Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions,Kachin, Eastern Shan, Northern Shan, Kayahk and KayinStates and about March average temperature in theremaining Regions and States. The noteworthy amount ofrainfall recorded was Putao (0.94) inch.

Nay Pyi Taw

Maximum temperature on 18-3-2011 was 95F.Minimum temperature on 19-3-2011 was 65F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-3-2011 was (56%).Rainfall on 19-3-2011 was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 18-3-2011 was 85F.

Minimum temperature on 19-3-2011 was 68F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-3-2011 was (83%).

WEATHERSaturday, 19th March, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Total sunshine hours on 18-3-2011 was (8.1) hour(Approx).

Rainfall on 19-3-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,(5.79) inches at Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon each .Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (5.79) inches atMingaladon, (6.89) inches at Kaba-Aye and (7.09) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph from Southeast at (15:30) hoursMST on 18-3-2011.

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

Forecast valid until evening of the 20th March2011: Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolatedin Upper Sagaing, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Regions, Kachin, Shan, Chin, Rakhine,Kayin and Mon States and weather will be partlycloudy over the remaining Regions and States. Degreeof certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in theNorthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 20-3-2011: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for20-3-2011: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 20-3-2011: Partly cloudy.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (20-3-11 09:30 am ~

21-3-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Place of interest A beautiful city in

Myanmar* News* Current Affair The Second Tour of FIFA

President to Myanmar* Spring Poem Second Art Exhibition* News* A Visit to Naga New Year Festival* News* Youth and Their Role in Our FutureOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Place of interest A beautiful city in

Myanmar* News* A Visit to Naga New Year Festival* News

* Current Affair The Second Tour of FIFAPresident to Myanmar* Secret Place for Yummy Food

(Episode-9) (Coconut Rice)* News* Youth and Their Role in Our Future* News* Welcome to Ngwe Hsaung Beach Resort* Working & Living in Myanmar

(Transportation)* News* Music Gallery* News* Mularsheedi we Love!* Spring Poem Second Art Exhibition* News* Myin Ma Hti Natural Cave

* Myanmar Movie Myself, Other Men &Women,,

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule

(20-3-2011) (Sunday)

Sunday,20 MarchView on today

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1

7:00 am1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingan SayadawUppatasanti Paritta

7:25 am2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am3. Morning News7:40 am4. Documentary

(Uppatasanti Pagoda)

8:00 am5. Dhamma Puja Song8:05 am

6. Nice & Sweet Song8:15 am

7. Health Programme8:20 am8. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural PerformingArts Competitions

8:25 am9. Songs in honour of

66th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am10. Musical Programme11:00 am1. Martial Song

11:10 am2. Round Up Of

The WeeksInternational News

11:20 am3. TV Drama Series

12:15 pm4. Golf Magazine (TV)

12:50 pm

5. Myanmar Movies4:00 pm

1. Martial Song4:05 pm

2. Songs Of National

Races4:10 am

3. Musical Programme4:25 pm

4. Songs in honour of66th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day

4:40 pm

5. University OfDistance Education(TV Lectures)-Second Year(Mathematics)

5:00 pm6. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:05 pm 7. Songs in honour of

66th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

5:15 pm8. Sing & Enjoy

6:00 pm

9. Evening News

6:15 pm10. Weather Report6:20 pm11. Royal White

Elephant6:35 pm12. Cartoon Series7:00 pm13. TV Drama Series8:00 pm14. News15. International News16. Weather Report17. Cartoon Series18. TV Drama Series19. Yinhlaingkhatthan

Taythihan (SongCompetition)

Djokovic reachessemis, extends win

streak to 18INDIAN WELLS, 19

March World No 3Novak Djokovic ex-tended his career-bestwin streak to 18matches, easily defeat-ing Frances RichardGasquet 6-2, 6-4 to

reach the Indian Wellssemi-finals on Friday.The 23-year-oldDjokovic is the hottestplayer on the ATPTour this year, going18-0 dating back to last

Novak Djokovic of Serbia

years Davis Cup final.Besides winning theAustralian Open,Djokovic captured his20th singles title inDubai.

This has been the

best period of tennis inmay career over thepast three months,Djokovic said. I havereached another semi-final. I want to main-tain this level of per-

formance. Djokovic,who won the title herethree years ago,clinched the victory onFriday when Gasquet

pounded a pair of forehands into the neton the final two pointsof the match.

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Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the people

RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

Peoples Desire

We favour peace and stabilityWe favour development

We oppose unrest and violence

Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

1st Waning of Tabaung 1372 ME Sunday, 20 March, 2011

(from page 1)

Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Thura UAung Ko supplied on the paper of opening theceremony.

Chairman of SSMNC Bhamo Monastery Sayadawof Mandalay Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhammajotika Dr. Bhaddanta

Kumarabhivamsa administered the Five Precepts.Ovadaariya of Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida

Selection Committee Presiding Nayaka ofPaukmyaing Monastery of Mandalay AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru title recipient SayadawBhaddanta Aggavamsabhivamsa read theSammodaniya Ovadakatha.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye offeredAbhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru title and insignia toBhamo Monastery Sayadaw Dr BhaddantaKumarabhivamsa of Maha Nwesin Ward inMahaaungmye Township and Aletaikkyi Monas-tery Sayadaw of Paukmyaing Monastery ofMahaaungmye Township of Mandalay BhaddantaAggavamsabhivamsa.

SPDC member Thura U Shwe Mann presentedAbhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru title and insignia toMaha Wizitayon Monastery Sayadaw BhaddantaViarindabhivamsa of Chanayethazan Township

Vice-

Senior

General

Maung

Aye and

wife Daw

Mya Mya

San

present

offertories

to a

Sayadaw.

MNA

of Mandalay Region.Prime Minister U Thein Sein offered Abhidhaja

Agga Maha Saddhammajotika title and insignia toKyaikpi Monastery Sayadaw of Maha

Dhammikayon Pariyatti Monastery BhaddantaGunesana of Maha Bawdi Street in Ward 14 ofYankin Township of Yangon Region.

(See page 8)

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe,

wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attendceremony to confer religious titles on

venerable Sayadaws

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