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Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

Established 1914

Volume XVI, Number 7 3rd Waning of Oo Tagu 1370 ME Wednesday, 23 April, 2008

Garavoca, reverence; this is the way to auspiciousness

To approve the State Constitution is a nationalduty of the entire people today. Let us all cast“Yes” vote in the national interest.

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Every citizenwho really loves

motherlandurged to cast

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* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 22April—Chairman of ShanState (East) Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Triangle Re-gion Command Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing in-spected Mongpyin-Metman Road and bridgesand 440 feet WantakhetBailey Bridge acrossNamkha Creek on 8 April.

The commander metdepartmental personnel,members of social organi-zations and local peopleat Tarkawlay Village Ba-sic Education PrimarySchool and discussed re-gional development. Hepresented 104 corrugatediron sheets for repair ofrural dispensary andschool damaged by thestrong wind.

The commander alsoprovided village peoplewith personal and con-sumer goods. He met serv-ice personnel, members ofsocial organizations in the

Commander inspects WantakhetBailey Bridge in Shan State

Commander Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects Wantakhet Bridgeacross Namkha Creek. — MNA

villages and presented Kone million for water sup-ply and K 500,000 eachfor hydro power projectsin two villages.

The commander also

provided village peoplewith personal and con-sumer goods.

The commander in-spected upgrading of theroad between Sutwo vil-

lage and Metman and metlocal people. He presentedCI sheets for monastery inPankha and OnkalaungVillages.

(See page 9)

What I understand is that the constitution, as example that you

give, is nutriment that is indispensable for a nation to survive.

However, to be nutritional one cannot eat all what he likes. He needs

to choose suitable foods according to his health condition although

every food is beneficial to health. So also, we are to choose the most

appropriate constitution capable of serving the national interest.

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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 DesireWednesday, 23 April, 2008

Emphasis to be placed onindustrial development

Today, the government is establishingindustrial zones, constructing factories andencouraging boosting production of import-substitute goods in its drive for development ofthe industrial sector.

Of the industrial zones in various regions,Taunggyi Ayethaya Industrial Zone, MandalayIndustrial Zone and Monywa Industrial Zonehave set up modern foundry plants and forgingshops with the assistance of the government. Dueto the development of the industries that produceiron wares, other private industries aredeveloping.

In the 10 industrial zones in Yangon Division,2921 factories are manufacturing and distributingimport-substitute goods.

The Ministry of Industry-1 and the Ministryof Industry-2 are extensively opening factoriesand workshops that manufacture personal goods,household utensils, medicines, foodstuff, andmachines. As a result, the nation has a prosperousfuture for industrial development.

In manufacturing products, factories andindustrial zones are required to fulfil the demandsof the markets and the people, boost productionof quality products and popular items, and takeinnovative measures to win customer satisfaction.

The drive for building a modern developednation lies in the centre of industrial development.At a time when more and more industrial zones,industrial regions and modern factories are beingerected, emphasis is to be placed on boostingproduction of quality goods, and production anddistribution of quality personal goods at fullcapacity for industrial development.

NAY PYI TAW, 22 April—The concluding ofwork proficiency course 1/2008 for assistan engineersof Myanma Electric Power Enterprise was held at theHall of Ministry of Electric Power No 2 here on 10April.

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myintaddressed the concluding ceremony of the course.

Next, the minister presented prizes to U Kyaw

Horizon LeagueBasketball

tournament 2007-08continues

YANGON, 22 April — Horizon LeagueBasketball tournament 2007-08 continued atKyaikkasan Gynasium here on 20 April.

In the men’s events, KKS passed through with81-71 points, Blue Boy won over Furious with 76-67,Red Star beat CCY with 20-0, Filipino defeated byLast Vampire with 20-0. KKS stood at the first andBlue Boy stood at second.

Horizon League Basketball Tournamentwas jointly organized by Myanmar BasketballFederation and Horizon International EducationCenter.

NLM

YANGON, 22 April —A 109-member climbingteam successfully scaledthe 10,300 feet highKhawnuthom (a)Natmataung in KanpetletTownship in MindatDistrict, Chin State on 15April. The trip was co-organized by MyanmarHiking and Moun-taineering Federation andMyanmar Women’sSports Federation fordevelopment of hiking andmountaineering under thearrangement of MyanmarNational OlympicCommittee.

The trip from Mindatto the summit of themountain took four days.The team comprised 70men and 39 women fromMandalay University of

Work proficiency course concludedKyaw Latt who won first literary award and U Tin TunAung who won second literary award at the juniorofficer course No 27 at Central Institute of CivilService in Pahunggyi.

After the prize presentation, Director-GeneralDr Thein Tun gave certificates to trainee U Zaw LinTun.

MNA

Mountaineers successfully scaleKhawnuthom (a) Natmataung

Medicine, University ofDental Medicine (Yangonand Mandalay), MandalayUniversity of Nursing,University of VeterinaryScience (Yezin), Instituteof Forestry (Yezin),Institute of Agriculture(Yezin), TechnologicalUniversity (Mandalay),

Yadanabon University,Meiktila Institute ofEconomics, MonywaInstitute of Economics,Monywa University,Mandalay University ofForeign Languages,Yangon and MandalayUniversities of DistanceEducation and high

schools.Preparations are

under way for scalingKhawtakaw ice mountainby Myanmar Hikingand MountaineeringFederation. Hiking andTrekking will be made inShan Yoma ranges andPopa mountain.—MNA

Mayor inspects water supplytasks, road works in Dagon

Myothit (South)YANGON, 22 April—CEC Member of Union

Solidarity and Development Association Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspected a new tube-well andwater supply tasks in Tamway Township yesterday.

Afterwards, Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Linmet with local people Mittanyunt Ward in the townshipand discussed matters on construction of a bridgecrossing Khun-hna-pin-lein Creek and water supplytasks in the ward. After the meeting, the mayor inspectedthe site chosen to construct the bridge.

During the tour, the mayor also inspected roadwork on Thanthuma Road in North Okkalapa Townshipand upgrading Kaytumadi Road and sinking tube-wells and water supply tasks in Dagon Myothit (South)Township.

Seventy per cent of the water supply project inDagon Myothit (South) Township has been carriedout, and upon completion, the project will supply safedrinking water to ten wards in the township.—MNA

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File photo shows an oil production facility in Australia’s North West Shelfgas project. The country has recently gained large gas and oil deposits but

reaching them represents a major challenge—XINHUA

UN official in Iran to pressfor nuclear answers

TEHERAN , 22 April —The UN nuclear watch-dog’s top investigatorarrived in Teheran onMonday to press Iran foranswers to Western intelli-gence which suggested itcovertly studied how todesign atomic bombs.Iran’s official IRNA newsagency said Olli Hei-nonen, during a two-dayvisit, would meet JavadVaeedi, deputy head of theIslamic Republic’s Sup-reme National SecurityCouncil. It quoted anunnamed Iranian official

as saying his visit wasintended to “advancecooperation” between Iranand the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency(IAEA), the UN bodyseeking to clear upsuspicions about Iran’sdisputed nuclear am-bitions. Last week, USPresident George W Bushand British Prime MinisterGordon Brown pledged aunited effort to preventIran from developing anuclear bomb, possibly byexpanding sanctions.

Iran says its nuclear

programme is a peacefuldrive to produce electricityso that the world’s fourth-largest crude exporter cansell more of its oil and gasabroad. It has been hit bythree rounds of limited UNsanctions since 2006.

Heinonen raised adiplomatic stir in Februarywith a presentation thatindicated links in Iranbetween projects toprocess uranium, to testexplosives and to modifya missile cone in a waysuitable for a nuclearwarhead.—MNA/Reuters

US election looms over northAmerican summit

WASHINGTON, 22 April— With the US electionlooming over their annualsummit, North Americanleaders gather in NewOrleans this week for whatis expected to be a largelysymbolic meeting over-shadowed by questionsabout free trade.

During the two-daymeeting that begins onMonday, US PresidentGeorge W Bush and his

Canadian and Mexicancounterparts will likelyfind themselves defendingthe 14-year-old NorthAmerican Free TradeAgreement, which hascome under fire in theUnited States amongconcerns that the countryis already in a recession orheaded toward one.

The location of thesummit is significant.Bush is hosting themeeting in New Orleans

to demonstrate how thecity has rebounded sincebeing swamped duringHurricane Katrina.

Bush’s Administrationwas lambasted for its poorresponse to the August2005 hurricane—theworst natural disaster inUS history—and criticshave said recovery hasbeen slow in the city onceknown for its jazz sceneand lively night life.

MNA/Reuters

Zimbabwe sees fresh votedelay as violence rises

Swedish nurses setto go on strike

Pakistan tests nuclearcapable ballistic missile

ISLAMABAD, 22 April—Pakistan’s Army test-fired along-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile onMonday, the military said, the second test since theweekend.

The launch marked the culmination of a field trainingexercise for the Hatf-VI (Shaheen-II), which includeda test firing on Saturday.

“It validated the operational readiness of a strategicmissile group equipped with (the) Shaheen-II missile,”the military said in a statement, referring to Monday’stest.—MNA/Reuters

STOCKHOLM, 22 April—Swedish nurses andhealthcare workers stagedprotests across the countryat the weekend over wagesand prepared to go onstrike on Monday aftermediated talks withemployers stalled.

Tor Enquist, spokesmanfor the Swedish Asso-ciation of HealthcareProfessionals, said 3,500of the unions’ 108,000members were preparingto walk off the job afternegotiations broke downon Saturday.

“Nothing has happenedtoday so it look like it willbe a strike tomorrowbecause they (the sides) hada meeting with mediatorsyesterday and the mediatorsdon’t see a possibility of

finding a deal.” Enquisttold Reuters on Sunday.Another 3,500 memberswill strike on 5 May shouldthe wage dispute not besettled by then, he added.

MNA/Reuters

In this photo provided by NASA, Dr StephenHawking, a professor of mathematics at the

University of Cambridge, left, is praised by hisdaughter Lucy Hawking, as he delivers a speechentitled ‘Why we should go into space’ during a

lecture that is part of a series honouring NASA’s50th Anniversary, on 21 April, 2008, at GeorgeWashington University’s Morton Auditorium in

Washington.—INTERNET

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

HARARE, 22 April—Zimbabwe announced adelay in the partial recountof its disputed 29 Marchelection on Sunday,extending a politicaldeadlock in which theopposition says 10 of itsmembers have beenkilled and hundredsarrested.

The delay increasedopposition concern aboutpossible vote-rigging byveteran President Robert

Mugabe’s ZANU-PFparty. The recount couldoverturn the results of theparliamentary election,which showed ZANU-PFlosing its majority to theMovement for Demo-cratic Change (MDC) forthe first time.

Results of the parallelpresidential election havenot been released, butMDC leader MorganTsvangirai says he haswon.—MNA/Reuters

A man of Miao ethnic group beats drum duringthe folk dance performance in Taijiang County ofsouthwest China’s Guizhou Province, on 20 April,

2008.—XINHUA

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Somali clashes kill at least 20in last day

MOGADISHU, 21 April — Somali Islamistinsurgents and Ethiopian troops exchanged mortarfire on Sunday in some of the heaviest clashes inmonths with at least 20 people killed in the last 24hours, residents and witnesses said.

The fighting was fiercest in the Islamiststronghold of northern Mogadishu. Residents saidthe two sides, which had reinforced positionsovernight, exchanged heavy fire in the early hoursof Sunday around the Save Our Souls (SOS)Hospital.

MNA/Reuters

GAZA, 21 April — Israeli air strikes killed twoPalestinians, at least one of them a Hamas militant,and wounded eight others in the Gaza Strip onSunday, the Islamist group and medical staff said.

The Israeli military confirmed it had carried outair strikes and said militants had been targeted.

One man was killed and three others woundedwhen a missile hit a house in the southern Gaza Striptown of Rafah, medics and Hamas officials said.

An Israeli Army spokeswoman said that anumber of armed men had been targeted. Hamassaid they were civilians. —MNA/Reuters

MOSCOW, 21 April —A dissident Chechen milit-ary commander said onSaturday amnestied rebelsrecruited by Chechnya’spro-Kremlin leader Ram-zan Kadyrov were eng-aged in violence and stoodready for another war withRussia.

Sulim Yamadayev, in

JAKARTA, 21 April — East Timor President JoseRamos-Horta denied on Sunday that he had linkedIndonesia’s Army to an attack on him after Jakarta saidsuch a suggestion could hurt ties between the countries.

The 58-year-old Nobel laureate nearly lost his lifewhen he was shot twice after gunmen loyal to rebelleader Alfredo Reinado launched early-morning attackson the president and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmaoin Dili in February.

Ramos-Horta said his remarks on Thursday, uponhis return home from Australia, that investigationsindicated the involvement of elements within Indonesiain Reinado’s action had been misinterpreted. He saidhe had not blamed the Indonesian Government ormilitary. “I always said individuals in Indonesia, andindividuals can be of East Timorese origin althoughthey might already be Indonesian citizens,” Ramos-Horta said after mass in a Dili church.

MNA/Reuters

DAMASCUS, 21 April— Mediators are workingto relaunch peace talksbetween Syria and Israel,President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday.

“There are effortsbeing made in this direc-tion and they are not new.The Israeli side knows

READING, (Pennsly-vania), 21 April — WhiteHouse hopeful BarackObama on Sunday criti-cized both US PresidentGeorge W Bush and for-mer President Bill Clintonfor waiting too long tomake a big push to achieveMiddle East peace.

Obama, a Democraticsenator from Illinois, saidhe would pursue an activediplomacy from thebeginning to try to reach apeace accord betweenIsrael and the Palestinians.

Campaigning in Read-ing, Pennsylvania, Obama

Environmental activists perform on the eve of Earth Day in Makassar,Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Province, on 21 April, 2008. The performance is

a call to protect trees on Earth.—INTERNET

Some 26 rescued Chinese fishermen arrive at Sanya, south China’s HainanProvince, on 21 April, 2008. A total of 140 Chinese and foreign fishermen

have been rescued by Chinese rescuing team after typhoon Neoguriapproached and hit Xisha Archipelago on 19 April while another 40 are still

missing. Rescuing work is in full swing. —XINHUA

People of Miao ethnicgroup perform folkdance in Taijiang

County of southwestChina’s Guizhou

Province, on 20 April,2008.—XINHUA

Obama faults PresidentsBush, Clinton on Mideast

was asked his view onformer President JimmyCarter’s meetings withleaders of the IslamistPalestinian group Hamasduring a trip to the MiddleEast that began a weekago. “I actually disagreewith him on his meetingwith Hamas,” Obama said.

Obama is vying withformer first lady SenatorHillary Clinton for theDemocratic nominationand the right to run againstRepublican Senator JohnMcCain in the Novemberpresidential election.

“On the other hand,

what I also disagree withis a habit of Americanpresidents which is everypresident in their last year,they finally decide, we’regoing to try to broker apeace deal,” Obama add-ed. “Bill Clinton did it inhis last year and he ran outof time. George Bush triedto do it.” The peaceconference launched inAnnapolis, Maryland, inNovember marked a shiftfor Republican Bush, whopreviously had avoided ahandson role in MiddleEast peace negotiations.

MNA/ReutersAssad says efforts under way forIsrael- Syria talks

full well what Syriawould or would notaccept,” Assad wasquoted as telling ameeting of the rulingBaath Party’s command.

Assad did not identifythe mediators but diplo-mats in the Syrian capitalsaid Turkey had been

relaying messages be-tween Damascus andIsrael.

Negotiations betweenthe two countries coll-apsed in 2000 over thescope of a proposedIsraeli withdrawal fromthe Golan Heights, seizedby Israel in 1967.

International attemptsto persuade Syria andIsrael to resume talksfoundered with the twosides attaching conditionsto a return to the negoti-ating table.

MNA/Reuters

E Timor President denieslinked Indonesia to attack

Chechen commander warnsex-rebels ready for new war

an interview with EchoMoskvy radio station,described a situation inChechnya at odds withKremlin claims that it hasre-established controlthere. Russia foughtChechen rebels in twowars since 1994 whichkilled thousands.

“You think there is or-der here? This amnestiedArmy goes around withweapons. They do not haveto hide and run... They haveeverything. They are justwaiting,” said Yamadayev.

MNA/Reuters

Israel air strikes kill two in Gaza

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All items from Xinhua NewsAgency

JAKARTA, 22 April—An earthquake with amagnitude of 5.6 rockedeastern parts of Indonesiaon Monday, no report ofdamages or casualties, themeteorology agency saidhere.

The quake jolted at

HANOI, 22 April—Vietnamese PrimeMinister Nguyen TanDung has asked localauthorities and relevantagencies to minimize theconversion of agriculturalland, especially rice-growing areas for non-agricultural use, localnewspaper Vietnam News

GAZA, 21 April — The Islamic ResistanceMovement (Hamas) will respond positively to theceasefire and calmness proposals offered by formerUS president Jimmy Carter, said Mohammed Nazzal,an exiled member of Hamas politburo, on Sunday.

However, the positive responses “will not be at anyprice because the interests of the Palestinian peopleshould be calculated,” he said.

Carter kicked off a week-long trip to the MiddleEast on 13 April to look for ways in a personal capacityto push the Mideast peace process. He has held severalmeetings with Hamas leaders, including exiled Hamaspolitburo chief Khaled Mashaal in Damascus.

Nazzal, a top figure in Hamas’ political bureau, saidthe discussions between Hamas and Carter focused onachieving truce between Israel and the Palestinians,exchanging prisoners and lifting the Israeli siege on theHamas-ruled Gaza Strip. — Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 21 April —The Iranian Ambassadorto Iraq Saturday criticizedthe US military operationsin Baghdad’s main Shiitebastion of Sadr City whichkilled many civilians.

“We criticize thepounding of cities and thesiege of people, whichwill aggravate the situati-ons and make thingsworse,” Ambassador Has-san Kazemi Qomi told anews conference at theIranian Embassy.

“The insistence of theAmericans to lay siege onSadr City has led to thekilling of innocent peopleand is a mistake that willlead to negative results andthe Iraqi Government willhave to shoulder the

MANCHESTER (Britain), 21 April— Over 2,000Chinese studying or working in Manchester andneighbouring cities in central Britain held a silencedemonstration against media distortion in front of theBBC office building on Saturday. Yang Tiandu, one ofthe demonstration organizers, said that they have cometo the BBC office to show their anger over its“unbalanced, unfair and distorted coverage of Chinaand the Tibet issue”.

“We are coming to urge the media here to stick tofairness and balance in their reporting on China, to urgepeople here to go to China to look with their own eyes,not to be misled by the media,” Yang said.

“We are here for understanding and friendship, andwe want the common people to hear our voice,” hesaid.

Yang said that most of the protesters had registeredonline, and he was surprised to see so many Chinese,mainly students, showing up for the event.

In a open letter to the BBC, the protestors said thatthe BBC adopted “double-standards” and failed toprovide credible and independent coverage.

Xinhua

The flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

early Tuesday arrived in the Indonesia capital of

Jakarta, the 14th leg of its global torch relay.

XINHUA

A visitor looks at a Mercedes-Benz smart mini caron the Press day of the 10th Beijing International

Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2008), inBeijing,on 20 April, 2008. —XINHUA

Brussels’ famous Manneken Pis statue is dressed ina Belgian cartoon character Spirou’s uniform, tocelebrate the 70th anniversary of Belgian cartoon

magazine “Siprou’s start publication, near theGrand Place in Brussels on 21 April, 2008.—XINHUA

Iranian Ambassador lashesUS offensive in Sadr City

responsibility,” Qomiadded. He said his countrysupports the Iraqi Govern-ment’s crackdown onShiite militias in the south-ern city of Basra launchedon 25 March.

Qomi’s commentscame as US and Iraqitroops, backed by aircraft,conducted an operation inseveral parts of thesprawling slum of SadrCity on Friday, killing atleast eight people andwounding some 61 others.

For the past threeweeks, Sadr City haswitnessed fierce clashesbetween Shiite militiasand Iraqi and US forces.US military staged dozensof airstrikes in thesprawling district of over

two million people.Local Beladi TV

channel quoted medicalsources as reporting thatat least 330 citizens werekilled and 1621 otherswounded during thecontinual clashes andairstrikes in Sadr Citysince 25 March.

Xinhua

Hamas says will positivelyrespond to Carter proposals

Vietnamese PM urgesfarmland protection

reported Monday.Projects violating the

Land Law should berestored to their originalagricultural state, he said.The government fears thatthe unregulated con-version of farmland intoindustrial parks, urbanareas or construction siteswill affect national foodsecurity and pushthousands of farmers tounemployment.

The Prime Ministerhas required the Ministryof Natural Resources andEnvironment to cooperatewith other relevantagencies to set up ataskforce to evaluate thestatus of farmland usagenationwide.

He also directed localagencies to reassess theland use situation. Landbeing ineffectively usedor reserved for projectsbehind schedule should berestored.

Vietnam had lost34,330 hectares of land forpaddy cultivation between2005 and 2007, saidDeputy Minister ofNatural Resources andEnvironment Tran TheNgoc. Of the figure,16,000 hectares in theMekong River Delta, thecountry’s rice basket, and8,000 hectares in the RedRiver Delta, another keyrice-growing area, hadbeen converted for otherpurposes.—Xinhua

Chinese protest againstdistorted media coverage

Moderate quake hits easternIndonesia

12:33 Jakarta Time (0533GMT) with epicentre at171 kilometres northwestSaumlaki Town ofMaluku Province and at108 under sea bed, anofficial of the agency toldXinhua.

In 2004, over 170,000people were killed in AcehProvince in northern tipof Sumatra Island after atsunami triggered by apowerful quake deva-stated coastal areas of theprovince and others count-ries in southeast Asia.

Indonesia is laid at avulnerable zone so called“the Pacific Ring of Fire”where two continentalplates meet causingfrequent volcanic move-ments.—Xinhua

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Ban says food price rises may hitgrowth, security

World economies urged toimprove macroeco policy coord

ACCRA, 21 April — Thedifficulties facing theglobal economy highlightthe urgent need forimproved macroeconomicpolicy coordinationamong key economies andbetter rules and regulationsregarding internationalfinance, said a UN Pressrelease received here onSaturday.

The financial turmoilthat began with the

collapse in the USsubprime mortgage marketand spread to Europeancountries has had limitedimpact on the financialsectors of developingcountries so far, instead themain danger for thedeveloping world comesfrom the wider economicimplications, said the Pressrelease by the UNConference on Trade andDevelopment, which will

launch its 12th session hereSunday.

The Press release said“the direct impact wouldbe felt most strongly bythose countries that have alarge share of their exportsin the United States market,especially the othermembers of the NorthAmerican Free TradeAgreement and other LatinAmerican and Caribbeancountries”. — MNA/Xinhua

Oil price deepens pain, producersdodge the blame

Chinese electronic books have$28.6m market capacity

ACCRA, 22 April —Higher food prices riskwiping out progresstowards reducing povertyand, if allowed to escalate,could hurt global growthand security, UnitedNations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said onSunday.

Opening a UN trade anddevelopment conference inGhana, Ban pledged to usethe full force of the worldbody he heads to tackle theprice rises, which threaten

to increase hunger andpoverty and have alreadysparked food riots in Asiaand Africa.

“I will immediatelyestablish a high-poweredtask force comprised ofeminent experts andleading authorities toaddress this issue,” Bansaid, after a group of theworld’s 49 least developedcountries called on

Saturday for such a team.The UN head warned

the UN Conference onTrade and Develop-ment(UNCTAD) meetingthat huge increases inprices of staple foods suchas cereals since last yearcould erase progress madetowards goals set by theUN of halving worldpoverty by 2015.

MNA/Reuters

ROME, 22 April —Record high oil prices havedeepened economic painand even energy producershave begun to fret, but attalks with their customersin Rome they blamed theUS dollar and said theycould not halt the rally.

Speaking after oil hit yet

another record above 117US dollars a barrel onMonday, the IMF’s JohnLipsky told Reuters theprice was one of manyfactors eating intoeconomic growth.

“It’s dampening growth— that’s for sure, but ofcourse it is benefiting

exporters.”Lipsky, the No 2 official

at global watchdog theInternational MonetaryFund (IMF), was arrivingfor talks between energyproducers and consumersthat continue untilTuesday.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 22 April —China has an estimatedmarket capacity of 200million yuan (about 28.6million US dollars) forelectronic books this year,a report shows.

The report, jointlyreleased by China BookBusiness Report andwww.du8.com, an onlinereading website, showed

that China had about660,000 electronic booksin 2007 with a marketrevenue of 160 millionyuan, a 24.5-percent and14-per-cent rise over theprevious year respectively.

Readers of electronicbooks also increasedsharply last year, hitting59 million, a 37-per-centrise over the previous year,

according to the report. The report attributed the

increase to the expansionof Web bandwidth anddiversity and richness ofelectronic publications.

Young people stillaccounted for most of thereaders, the report added,but it did not mention theexact percentage.

MNA/Xinhua

China Southern Airlines postsnearly 9-fold rise in profit

BEIJING, 22 April — China Southern Airlines Co,the country’s largest carrier by fleet size, said Sundayits 2007 profit soared 786 per cent on the strongeryuan and greater passenger numbers.

Net profit jumped to 1.85 billion yuan (264 millionUS dollars), or 0.42 yuan per share, from 209 millionyuan, or 0.05 yuan per share, in 2006, the airline said ina statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, citingdomestic accounting standards. Revenue rose 18.2 percent to 55.9 billion yuan, according to the statement.

Chinese currency, the yuan, gained 6.9 per centagainst the US dollar last year, reducing the value ofChina Southern’s repatriated dollar-denominated debts.

MNA/Xinhua

Beef from cattle reared in South Korea is displayed for sale at a meat shop at astock farm products market in Seoul on 21 April , 2008. South Korea agreed on

Friday to open its market to US beef. The deal with Washington willparticularly hurt Australian importers and local producers, who have benefited

from the country’s protective measures for domestic farmers. —INTERNET

Trucks load diesel atthe EL Segundo

Chevron Refinery inEl Segundo, Calif, on21 April 2008.Crudeoil set a new record,

spiking after an attackon a Japanese oil

tanker in the MiddleEast to close above

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Every citizen who really loves motherland urged to cast ‘Yes’ voteMaung De Doh

Maung : Friend, I would like to talk about some-thing with you. Some are urging thepeople to cast ‘yes’ vote in the forthcom-ing referendum. It is all right. But, thepeople will cast ‘yes’ vote only if theconstitution that is to be approved througha referendum is really good.

Maung : Then, what is your opinion. Do you thinkthe constitution is not good?

Oh: I don’t mean that way. But, some say that25 per cent of the representatives to eachof the legislative bodies are Tatmadawmember representatives, so there willnot be cent per cent democracy. Moreo-ver, some say that the Union governmentgets more power than that of state gov-ernments. And the Union governmenttakes all the residual powers. So, thatdoes not reflect genuine Union system. Ifso, how can we say that the constitutionis a good one?

Doh: In this regard, may I put you some ques-tions? You like coconut milk noodle,biriani, ice-cream, durian jam, and coco-nut milk djenkol bean, don’t you? Whydo you like these foods?

Oh: Oh, because of their good taste. In myyouth, I could have at least three or fourhelpings of coconut milk noodle in a row.I could have at least two helpings ofbiriani at one sitting. When I ate durian,I felt contented only after I had had a bigone. And sometimes, I ate boiled djenkokbean as much as a meal.

Doh: Now, can you have them as you did in thepast?

Oh: No, I can’t. Some days ago, I felt dizzy andI got tired easily. So, I went to see thedoctor, and the medical check-up said thatI had cardiovascular disease with high bloodpressure. Now, I have to suppress my de-sire to have such foods.

Doh: Well, that is what I want to say. Not every-one can have such a delicious food.Whether the draft constitution meetsthe standard set by political science doesnot matter. What is more important isthat the draft constitution is in conform-ity with our country’s geographical fea-tures, culture, custom and political his-torical background,

Oh: The more the draft constitution meetsinternational standard, the better it is,isn’t it? Otherwise, international com-munity will comment that the draft con-stitution is a sub-standard one.

Doh: I want to explain it for public knowledge.To answer your question, no constitutionin the world meets the standard cent percent. And no country can be boast of thefact that its people fully enjoy democ-racy both in form and in essence. If it issaid that democracy is the rule of therepresentatives who have been electedfrom among the people and who willhave to serve the public interest, I wouldsay that in the democracy pioneer coun-try, senate is formed with those who are

descended from noble families and minis-ters. Here, you can say that they are electedby the public. But, the representatives arefrom among the rich and the beautiful inthe societies that rely on money. The pre-amble of the 200-year-old constitution ofthe democracy pioneer country says thatGod created man equally. However, onlyin the 1960s, would the Blacks in thatcountry enjoy the right to vote. If com-pared with the Whites in standing forelection to legislative bodies, the numberof the Blacks is very low in proportion tothe Black population. For example, theBlacks make up more than 10 per cent ofthe nation’s population. But, in more than200 years, there has been only a Blacksenator. However, a tribe that constitutesless than 0.01 per cent of the nation’spopulation wins over 10 per cent of theseats in the Senate. They are very rich. Iwould say it is the democracy of the beau-tiful.

In making comments, inter-national community practices doublestandard. There are many countries thatexercise feudalism or semi-feudalism.However, not anyone has made commentson that countries. But, they are targetingthe countries that fail to follow their in-structions and the countries whose rulersdo not win their favour.

Oh: Then, what is your opinion about the shar-ing of power between the Union govern-ment and the state governments?

Doh: Well, in our country, just as the Unionsystem is mentioned, the people judge itfrom two points of views. The first viewconcerns worries about secession of statesfrom the Union. The other is related to theconcept that the Union government isvested with the power to generate banknotes, and to deal with defence and foreignaffairs only, and the residual power isvested in state governments.

In our country, according tothe 1947 Constitution and the draft Con-stitution to be approved by the peoplethrough national referendum on 10 May,the sharing of the State power between theCentral Government and the State Gov-ernments is based on the table compiled.Other matters exclusive of the table arevested in the Central Government.

Such system of sharing of theState power is also practised in Canada andIndia. Although they are identical in thesystem of sharing of the State power, Canadaand India are different in the status of theUnion System. Most of political scienceanalysts assessed that Canada is more flex-ible than India as it is free from the centralcontrol unlike India. There are reasons forthe difference. As you know, the popula-tion of India is greater. The difference be-tween races, religions and economic condi-tions is great. And also, the gap betweenilliterates and needy people is great. There

are still social conflicts and armed insur-gencies in India. This being the case,although it is under the Union System thecentral control is much required in orderto ensure perpetuation of sovereignty, non-disintegration of territory and the Union.In Canada, economic development gapamong people is narrow while the educa-tion and social status is high. Although ithas two regions—one belongs to Englishspeakers and another belongs to Frenchspeakers, there is no problem in the rela-tions between the two regions. And thereis no socio-economic conflict. Therefore,there is less central control.

Famous political scientistsThomas O. Hueglin and Alan Fenna madeassessments in the book titled “Compara-tive Federalism” that the federal stateswith much central control enjoy betterpeace and stability while the federal stateswith less central control face greater in-stability and conflicts.

Oh: In our country also, there are over 100national races with a gap in socio-eco-nomic status. Hence, the central control isstill required to bring about equitabledevelopment in economy of different re-gions. Did you mean this?

Doh: Certainly. If all the states are grantedrights to freely engage in social and eco-nomic sectors, the gap between those stateswith rich natural resources and humanresources and those states with few popu-lation and poor natural resources willbecome great. The greater the gap be-tween socio-economy the greater theconflict among national races. Finally,it will lead to disintegration of the Un-ion. Therefore, the leadership and con-trol of the Central Government is re-quired. In the Central Government therewill be Pyithu Hluttaw in which the na-tional races have equal right to partici-pate, the Ahmyotha Hluttaw, administra-tion and cabinet made up of the stateministers. Therefore, there is no reasonfor national races to lose rights.

Oh: It will be good if things happen as you say.What I understand is that the constitu-tion, as example that you give, is nutri-ment that is indispensable for a nationto survive. However, to be nutritionalone cannot eat all what he likes. Heneeds to choose suitable foods accord-ing to his health condition althoughevery food is beneficial to health. Soalso, we are to choose the most appro-priate constitution capable of servingthe national interest.

Doh: You’ re right, my friend. Therefore, Iwould like to urge every citizen wholoves and cherishes the nation and who isdesirous of serving the national interestto go to the polling booth and cast ‘Yes’vote in the referendum.

(Translation: MS+TS)*******

* To ratify Constitution

Let’s go to the polling booth

* We remain ever united whoevertries to divide usAnd will cast “Yes” vote

ShweOh

De Doh

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* Let’s get democracy by voting at polling booth

Like a fire burning fetters both small and largeThe monk who delights himself in non-intoxication

and who sees fear in intoxication, goes forth like a fireburning fetters both small and large.

Dhammapada-31

Commander, CEC member inspect regionaldevelopment tasks in Rakhine State

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo meeting with local people and

USDA members at Kaphyu Village in Meiktila Township. — A &I

NAY PYI TAW, 22April — Chairman of theRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenMaung Shein and CECmember of UnionSolidarity and De-velopment AssociationRakhine State In-chargeMinister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe metresidents of MyintgaVillage, PauktawTownship at the village’s

Basic Education MiddleSchool on 20 April.

At the meeting, thecommander presented 25dozens of exercise books,medical equipments anduniforms for AuxiliaryFire Brigade and the CECmember presented USDAuniforms, clothes andjournals to the villagers.

Next, the commanderand the CEC member mettownship departmentalstaff, townselders andmembers of social

organizations in PauktawTownship at the meetinghall of the Township PDCoffice.

The commanderpresented 25 dozens ofexercise books, medicalequipments and uniformsfor Auxiliary Fire Brigadeand the CEC memberpresented K 500,000 ,Longyi, journals andclothes to the PauktawTownship USDA throughofficials.

MNA

YANGON, 22 April —Karaweik Garden held itsmarket festival and funfairat the Kandawgyi here on9 April. The KaraweikGarden families andpersonnel concerned ofEuropean-Asia Com-mercial Company Ltdattended the opening

ceremony.Chairman of Yangon

City DevelopmentCommittee YangonMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin’s wife Dr DawKhin San Nwe opened thefestival by cutting theribbon and viewed thebooths selling goods put

on special sale by the mainsponsor European-AsiaCommercial CompanyLtd.

Karaweik Gardenfunfair was held from 9to 12 April withentertainment every nighton grand scale.

MNA

Funfair, market festival held

New tarred roads opened inMaubin, Kyaiklat

YANGON, 22 April —Central ExecutiveCommittee member of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for Progress ofBorder Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs ColThein Nyunt attended aceremony to inaugurateroads in Maubin andKyaiklat, AyeyawadyDivision on 20 April.

Myathiri Road inMaubin is 2,140 feet longand 12 feet wide. Thanksto the completion of theroad, Maubin can be easilyaccessible and students ofthe University ofComputer Science canenjoy the smoothtransportation.

The newly opened UPyon Cho Road inKyaiklat is 3,250 feet longand 12 feet wide. The road

can provide smoothtransportation to studentsattending at No 1 BEHSin Kyaiklat.

During his tour ofAyeyawady Division, theCEC member also metwith the members ofdistrict, township USDAs,social organizations andtownselders at theToeshwewa Hall inMaubin, members oftownship USDAs, social

organizations andtownselders at theShweayeya Aung Hall inKyaiklat, the members oftownship USDAs, socialorganizations andtownselders at theAyeyathiri Thu Kha Hallin Kangyidaunt, SportsHall in Kyaungon andEducation College Hall inBogale, AyeyawadyDivision.

MNA

MWEA to hold13 th AGM

YANGON, 22 April —Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs Association will hold its 13th AnnualGeneral Meeting at Sedona Hotel, here, on 26 April,along with market festival. Dinner will also be servedin the evening the same day. Members may attend thedinner after buying tickets in advance.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 23 April—The Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council of the Unionof Myanmar has appointed U Thaung Tun,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Union of Myanmar to the Kingdom of Belgium,concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to theKingdom of the Netherlands.

MNA

U Thaung Tunaccredited to Kingdom

of the Netherlands

Secretary-General of USDA meets villagepeople in Meiktila, Thazi Township

NAY PYI TAW, 22A p r i l — S e c r e t a r y -General U Htay Oo of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment Associationpresented provisions toSayadaw BhaddantaArcara of Kaphyumonastery in MeiktilaTownship, MandalayDivision, on 13 April.

He met members ofthe USDA and village

people and explained ruraldevelopment, boostingproduction of agriculturalproduce and approval ofthe State Constitution(Draft) in the referendumto be held on 10 May.

Next, the Secretary-General presentedprovisions to Nyaungkayavillage SayadawBhaddanta VimalaBhuddhi and cordially met

village elders andvillagers.

The Secretary-General donated cashand provisions toSayadaw BhaddantaKheminda in Shwehlanvillage in Thazi Town-ship. He also discussedrural development andboosting production ofagricultural produce.

MNA

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For flourishing of democracy

Ratify Constitution

Towards the new nation Will ratify Constitution.

Police Col Thein Soe (Retd) and Daw Tin Tin

Win donate K 100,000 to Hninzigon Home for

the Aged in Yangon recently. Member of the

executive committee of the Home Col Tin Thein

Lwin (Retd) accepts the donation. — H

Stake driving ceremonyheld in Bagan

(from page 1)The commander presented 50 bags

of rice, personal and consumer goods,clothing and medicine for servicepersonnel in Metman and corn seeds forlocal people.

He visited Metman People’sHospital and handed over K 1.6 milliondonated by the Chairman of Myanmar

Commander inspectsWantakhet Bailey Bridge…

YANGON, 22 April—Aceremony to drive stake at BaganInternational Theravada BuddhaDhamma Thabin of Ministry ofReligious Affairs was held in Bagan on20 April.

Chairman of Mandalay DivisionPeace and Development CouncilCommander of Central Command Brig-Gen Tin Ngwe, Minister for Religious

Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungand officials concerned drove the stake.

At the building, Buddha’sDoctrine are to be delivered andpropagated to the tourists around theworld who visit ancient Bagan and takeinterest in Buddhism. Wellwishers maymake donations.

MNA

National Health Committee to the fundof the hospital to Dr Sai Saing Mong.

On 9 April, the commander metdepartmental personnel and local peoplefrom villages at Nanhtaw Village BasicEducation Primary School. He alsoinspected tea plantation in HaungkanVillage.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22 April —Chairman of Shan State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander ofEastern Command Maj-Gen ThaungAye and CEC member of the UnionSolidari ty and DevelopmentAssociation Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin Naing Thein offeredalms to Sayadaw Bhaddanta U Kovidaof Thirimingalar MyoU monastery inNamhsan Township on 19 April.

Next, the commander and theminister made speeches at thedonation ceremony for education,health and rural development in thetownship.

Afterwards, they also offeredalms to Sayadaw Bhaddanta Silarnandaat Yadanasi Pariyatti monastery in LoilemTownship. They also presented the cash

Commander, Minister attend cashdonation for rural development

for development of four wards in Loilemand Panglong Townships and village-tracts.

The commander and theminister met townselders, villagersand social organizations members attownships hall in Hopong Townshipon 20 April. They presented the cashfor education, health, social and ruraldevelopment.

They met with executives andmembers of township USDA inTaunggyi district in Shan State(South).

Minister Brig-Gen Tin NaingThein also met with townselders andUSDA members of Nyaungshwe atthe Peace and Development Counciloffice and Kalaw USDA office.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April —Minister for Agriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htey Oo on 13 April metservice personnel of the enterprisesunder the ministry from SagaingDistrict and townships and socialorganization member of Sagaing at theoffice of Myanma Agriculture Service

A&I Minister meets servicepersonnel

in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division.Afterwards, the minister also met servicepersonnel at the Myanma FarmEquipment Factory under AgricultureMechanization Department in Inngonein Kyaukse, Mandalay Division at 11am.

MNA

Moreover pointsguaranteeing the rights

of workers, peasants andservice personnel are

included.

The Consti-tution is the best

and most suitable toMyanmar and its

citizens under pre-vailing objective

conditions. If so, it’s a must forus to vote for the

complete and uniquenew Constitution

Kyaw Kyaw

Besides, rightsand opportunities forentrepreneurs have

been prescribed.It covers all aspectssuch as education,health and socialsectors as well.

Self-administrationand other rights in

addition tofundamental rights of

national races havebeen most

comprehensivelyprescribed in the new

Constitution.

Beware of

Fire

Take

Fire

Preventive

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Buffoons pose for photos in the InternationalFestival of Arts in San Jose, capital of Costa Rica,on 20 April, 2008. The 9-day festival ended on 20

April, had attracted 70 art groups from 20countries and regions.—XINHUA

UN envoy says foodprice rises are

“mass murder”

KABUL, 22 April —Half of Afghan childrenare still not going to schooland the biggest groupmissing out on aneducation are girls, theUnited Nations said onMonday.

The Taleban bannedgirls from school whenthey were in power from1996 to 2001, but thereare now more girls ineducation than there wereboys at school under thehardline Islamists.

There are also more

UN says half of Afghan childrennot in school

Afghan children in schoolnow than ever before, butmany problems remain.

“In Afghanistan,despite the progress inschool enrolment over thelast two years, half ofschool-age children areestimated to be out ofschool,” Shigeru Aoyagi,country director ofUNESCO in Afghanistan,told a news conference inKabul.

Working children,street children, children inprison and disabled

children were amongthose excluded, the UNsaid, but by far the biggestgroup are girls.

“We still have 1.2million girls of school agewho do not have access toschool in this country,”Catherine Mbengue, headof UNICEF inAfghanistan, told the newsconference.

The main reasons forgirls missing out on schoolwere that many of themeither work to support theirfamilies or marry young,Mbengue said. There isalso a lack of womanteachers.

The literacy rate forwomen aged 15-24 inAfghanistan is 14 per centcompared with 51 per centfor men. —MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 22 April —China said on Monday itappreciated the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE) fortaking a “transparent” and“responsible” approach inimplementing its peacefulnuclear energy planaccording to internationallaw.

Chinese ForeignMinistry spokeswomanJiang Yu made theremarks when com-menting on the UAE’srelease of a white paperon its policy for thepotential development ofa peaceful nuclear energyon Sunday.

“China supports theUAE, a signatory state tothe Non-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons Treaty(NPT), to enjoy the right

China supports UAE’s peacefulN-energy programme

of the peaceful use of thenuclear energy.”

She said China hadnoticed the white paperthat expressed the UAE’spledges to renounce thedevelopment of anydomestic enrichment orreprocessing capabilitiesin favour of long-termarrangements for theexternal supply of nuclearfuel.

The emirates willalso follow a set of guidingprinciples, includingcomplete operationaltransparency, the higheststandards of non-proliferation, safety andsecurity, and closecoordination with theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA),the white paper said.

MNA/Xinhua

VIENNA, 22 April —Global food price rises areleading to “silent massmurder” and commoditiesmarkets have brought“horror” to the world, theUnited Nations’ food envoytold an Austrian newspaperon Sunday.

Jean Ziegler, UNspecial rapporteur on theright to food, told Kurier amSonntag that growth inbiofuels, speculation oncommodities markets and

European Union exportsubsidies mean the West isresponsible for massstarvation in poorercountries.

Ziegler said he wasbound to highlight the“madness” of people whothink that hunger is down tofate.

“Hunger has not beendown to fate for a long time— just as (Karl) Marxthought. It is rather that amurder is behind everyvictim. This is silent massmurder,” he said in aninterview.

Ziegler blamed globali-zation for “monopolising theriches of the earth” and saidmultinationals wereresponsible for a type of“structural violence”.

“And we have a herd ofmarket traders, speculatorsand financial bandits whohave turned wild andconstructed a world ofinequality and horror. Wehave to put a stop to this,” hesaid.

Ziegler said he believedthat one day starving peoplecould rise up against theirpersecutors. “It’s just aspossible as the FrenchRevolution was,” he said.

MNA/Reuters

Bomb explodes inSpain’s Basque region,

no injuries

MANAMA, 22 April —The Iraqi Government willnot allow Shiite Muslimcleric Moqtada al-Sadr towage an “open war” inIraq and will move to curbhis militia, ForeignMinister Hoshiyar Zebarisaid on Monday.

Sadr, whose MehdiArmy militia has battledUS and Iraqi Governmentforces, threatened onSaturday to launch an“open war until liberation”against the US-backedgovernment if it continueda month-old crackdown onhis followers.

The threat wasfollowed by what the USmilitary called the heaviestfighting for weeks in his

east Baghdad strongholdof Sadr City.

“Of course nobodywill accept open warfarein Iraq or allow the rule ofmilitias to be established,”Zebari told Reuters inBahrain.

“The IraqGovernment will be veryfirm to confront all outlawmilitias as was proven inBasra and other places,”he added, referring toIraq’s southern oil city.

US Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice backedIraq’s crackdown on themilitias in a visit onSunday to Baghdad,where the worst fightingin weeks killed 23 people.

MNA/Reuters

FM says Iraq willconfront Sadr, not allow

open war

MADRID, 22 April — A bomb ripped through theoffice of the ruling Socialist Party in the Basque townof Elgoibar early on Sunday, following a warningfrom separatist guerillas ETA, Basque police said.

No one was hurt as police had received a telephonedwarning in time to clear the area.

Although most of the damage was inside theSocialist party office, the blast was strong enough tobuckle nearby cars and shatter windows.

“A bomb placed by ETA exploded at 0325 (0125GMT) this morning ... at the Socialist party office inElgoibar (Guipuzcoa Province),” a police statementsaid.

The attack was similar to a bombing blamed onETA on Thursday outside a Socialist office in the cityof Bilbao, which wounded seven police officers.

ETA has killed more than 800 people in fourdecades of armed struggle for independence for theBasque Country from Spain. —MNA/Reuters

Protesters demonstrate as US President George W Bush arrives for the North AmericanLeaders’ Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana on 21 April, 2008.—XINHUA

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A young biker jumps over rocks as several thousands of Hungarian cyclistsarrive in the King Hill of Budapest at the end of an enviromental demon-

stration.—INTERNET

Polar bearcub

‘Wilbaer’,right,

watches hismother

‘Corinna’jumping intothe pool of

their open airenclosure at

the zoo inStuttgart,southern

Germany, on20 April,

2008. Zooofficials

introducedGermany’slatest polarbear cub on

16 April,2008 to the

public.INTERNET

Huang Shan, a folk artist, puts the final toucheson a lacquer painting made with eggshells in

Yuncheng city, north China’s Shanxi Province,on 9 April, 2008. The 64-year-old folk artist has

created some 300 lacquer paintings witheggshells.— XINHUA

An old slot machine that once was part of anillegal casino will be displayed at the GangsterMuseum of America in Hot Springs, Ark, on 9

April, 2008. The collection is scheduled to open20 April.—INTERNET

Looking almost as scary as the real thing, thisyoung girl roared like a lioness during her visit

to the new Legoland in the western city ofDuisburg in Germany, on 17 April.

INTERNET

A Ukrainian clergyman passes MikhaylivskyCathedral in central Kiev, Ukraine in this filephoto. Founded over 1,500 years ago, Kiev is

one of the oldest and historically richest cities inEastern Europe. The site of the ancient Kievan

Rus, it is considered the birthplace of Slaviccivilization.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (183)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (183) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 23.4.2008 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGSAPHAN VOY NO (62)Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANGSAPHAN

VOY NO (62) are hereby notified that the vessel hasarrived on 22.4.2008 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’srisk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi-tions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO, LTD

Phone No: 256919/256916/256912

Obama hauls in $42.8min March

Pirates seize Spanishtuna boat off SomaliaMADRID, 21 April—Pirates have seized a Spanish

tuna fishing boat carrying a crew of 26 off Somalia,Spanish media reported on Sunday.

The vessel Playa de Bakio was attacked with grenadelaunchers about 250 miles from the coast before beingboarded by armed men, according to the reports quotinggovernment sources. No-one was injured.

Officials were not available to comment. The vessel was now heading towards the Somali

coast and a Spanish Navy frigate had been sent to thearea from the Red Sea, the reports said.

Six Somali pirates who seized a French luxury yachtand held its crew hostage for a week were arrested byFrench troops in the Somali desert last week after theyhanded over their 30 hostages and fled with theirransom. They were flown to France for questioning.

MNA/Reuters

Some five PKK rebelskilled in eastern TurkeyANKARA, 22 April—Turkish troops killed five rebels

of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in aclash in eastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolianews agency reported on Monday.

The operation against the PKK was staged in ruralareas of Kagizman Town of eastern province of Karson Sunday, said the report, adding that operations arestill going on in the region.

Meanwhile, one Turkish soldier was killed in theSunday’s clash, while another was wounded, added thereport. The PKK, listed by the United States and Turkeyas a terrorist group, took up arms against Turkey in 1984with the aim of creating an ethnic homeland in thesoutheast. More than 30,000 people have been killed inthe over-two-decade conflict.—MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 21 April—US Democratic Pre-sidential candidate BarackObama raised more than$42 million in campaigndonations in March, hiscampaign reported onSunday.

The Illinois senatorhauled in 42.8 million USdollars in the scramblefor cash ahead of ashowdown with rival Sen.Hillary Clinton inTuesday’s Pennsylvaniaprimary, the campaignsaid in a monthly financereport filed with the USFederal Election Com-mission.

The Obama campaignspent 30.5 million USdollarain March andreported debts of of only66,000 US dollars.

The 42.8 million USdollars Obama raised inMarch was less than the$55 million his campaignbrought in duringFebruary.

The February total forthe Illinois senator was anall-time high for anypresidential candidateduring a primary and theMarch number, whilelower, was the secondhighest. —MNA/Reuters

US gives Cambodia $2mfor genocide museum

PHNOM PENH, 22 April—Cambodia is to build aKhmer Rouge genocidemuseum and library,funded by the UnitedStates, as a permanentreminder of the “KillingFields” atrocities of PolPot’s guerilla movement,its director-to-be said onMonday.

Documentation Centreof Cambodia head YoukChhang, who has beencataloguing the ultra-Maoist regime's crimes formore than a decade, saidthe museum would be onthe site of an old re-

education camp in thecapital.

“Genocide does notdiscriminate. It kepthappening in the lastcentury and one way is touse education as a tool helpto prevent genocide,” hetold Reuters.

Prime Minister HunSen, himself a formerKhmer Rouge soldier whodefected to Vietnam in thelate 1970s, handed overthe land on 17 April, the33rd anniversary of the1975 downfall of PhnomPenh to Pol Pot’s peasantArmy. —MNA/Reuters

Bus plunges into gorgein India, 14 killed

JAMMU (India), 22 April—A bus veered off amountainous road in Indian Kashmir on Monday andcrashed into a gorge, killing at least 14 people andinjuring 27 others, police said.

About 45 people were travelling on the bus toSrinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, when thedriver lost control near Banihal, about 180 kilometres(110 miles) east of Jammu, the winter capital, policesaid.

“We don’t know the cause of accident yet, however,we have ordered an investigation,” AK Sahu, a seniorpolice officer said on Monday. —MNA/Reuters

Sri Lankan Air Force destroys threerebel boats

COLOMBO, 22 April—The military in Sri Lankansaid three heavily armedfast boats of Tamil Tigerrebels were destroyed bythe Air Force in thenortheastern district ofMullaitivu Saturday after-noon. The Ministry ofDefence said in a statement

that Air Force fighter jetsbombed the LTTE (Lib-eration Tigers of TamilEelam) boats in theMullaitivu lagoon around5:30 pm (1200 GMT) oninformation provided byNavy units patrolling in thearea. The bombing wascarried out after verifying

the Navy’s informationthrough Unarmed AirVehicles, said the state-ment. Having taken overcontrol of the EasternProvince last July, SriLanka’s security forces arecurrently engaging LTTErebels in the north.

MNA/Xinhua

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Almost 200 trapped bymudslide in three Gorges areaYICHANG (Hubei), 22

A p r i l — E m e r g e n c yworkers are trying torescue almost 200 peoplefrom a village that wasalmost inundated by amassive landslide incentral China on Saturday.

Continuous raintriggered a landslide of60,000 cubic metres ofmud, which swept into aschoolyard and a villageof 37 homes at the ThreeGorges Dam area in HubeiProvince on Saturdayafternoon.

The rain had washedaway 20,000 cubic metresof the mud in XiaoheVillage of GaoyangTownship, Xingshan

County, by Sundaymorning, said a countygovernment spokesman.

Chen Hua, the countyhead leading the rescuework, said the mud flowcovered the playground ofthe Zhongxin PrimarySchool in Gaoyang, anddamaged the dining halland some classrooms.

No casualties werereported, since the schoolwas out over the weekend,said the official.

However, the mud flowstill threatened to inundatea school building and thehomes of 179 people inthe village.

The county has orderedthe school to suspend

An expert identifies the species of the dead whale on the shore of Cheng’ao inNingde city, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on 20 April. A minke whalewas found dead here Sunday, which measures 6.7 metres in length. The local

fishery department called for it’s carcass to be made into a specimen forresearch and display. —XINHUA

Germany’s Harald Breitenfeldt (L) and his 2 year-old grandson Leon preparetheir beards for the international German beard championships in the eastern

Bavarian village of Eging am See on 19 April , 2008. —XINHUA

McCartney urges vegetarianismto fight climate ills

Colombiadestroys 124

narcotics labsthis year

BOGOTA, 22 April—TheColombian military troopshave destroyed 124 rurallabs allegedly used toprocess cocaine so far thisyear, Colombia's Navysaid Sunday.

Some 212,126 kilos ofsolid products and117,281 gallons of liquidproducts were found anddestroyed, the Navy said,adding that 57 of the 124labs were in Colombia’sPacific coast region.

The latest operationwas carried out in the ruralarea of Buenaventura,Colombia’s main Pacificport where some 1,100kilos of coca leaves, 5,100kilos of solid products, 950gallons of liquid coca baseand an electricity plantwere among thosedestroyed, the Navyadded.

MNA/Xinhua

NEW YORK, 21 April—Former Beatle PaulMcCartney is urging theworld to go vegetarian ina bid to fight globalwarming and is surprisedmore green groups do notpromote it.

In an interview with theanimal rights groupPeople for the EthicalTreatment of Animals(PETA), McCartney saidthe global meat industrywas a major contributor toglobal warming. Atranscript of the PETAinterview was given toReuters.

“The biggest changeanyone could make in their

own lifestyle would be tobecome vegetarian,”McCartney, a longtimevegetarian and advocateof vegetarianism, said. “Iwould urge everyone tothink about taking thissimple step to help ourprecious environment andsave it for the children ofthe future.”

McCartney says theamount of land and waterused to maintain the meatindustry makes it a majorcontributor to climatechange and complains thatmost environmentalgroups do not listvegetarianism as one oftheir top priorities.

“It’s very surprising thatmost major environmentalorganizations are leavingthe option of goingvegetarian off their listsof top ways to curtailglobal warming,” he said.

A 2006 United Nationsreport found that cattle-rearing generated moregreenhouse gases thantransportation.

MNA/Reuters

Vietnam tests bird fluvaccines among humans

HANOI, 22 April—Vietnam has conducted its firstlarge-scale trial of a locally-produced H5N1 vaccineon 30 volunteers, local newspaper Vietnam Newsreported Monday.

The trial starting last weekend was implemented onhealthy volunteers aged 18-45, who are students andstaff from the Hanoi capital-based Military MedicalInstitute.

The vaccine developed from monkey kidney cellswas produced by the Vaccine and BiotechnologyProducts Company No.1 under the National Hygieneand Epidemiology Institute. The vaccine research anddevelopment started four years ago.

If the trial is successful, Vietnam will conduct thesecond test on 240 other students and staff of theinstitute in June. If everything goes as scheduled, theH5N1 vaccine will be produced in Vietnam in 2009 ata price of two US dollars per dose.

An earlier human trial on 10 local researchers directlyinvolved in H5N1 vaccine production project hasproved successful, the paper said. All of the volunteersare now healthy. —MNA/Xinhua

classes for the next threedays. Rescuers areworking to get thestranded residents tosafety. Rainstorms haveslammed the geo-graphically vulnerablereservoir area sinceFriday, said Chen.

Up to 106 millimetresof rain had fallen so far.Weather forecasters saythe rain would continue incoming days, whichwould continue to swellexuding undergroundwater at the landslide site.

The disaster relief staffexpected that the landslidearea would worsen due tothe bad weather.

MNA/Xinhua

Sri Lanka vows to crackdownon rice hoarders

COLOMBO, 21 April—The Sri Lankan Govern-ment here on Saturdayvowed to crack down ontraders who defy aGovernment order tocontrol the retail price ofrice, the staple diet in theisland.

“We will implement theConsumer Protection Actto the letter and take actionagainst anyone who wouldcontravene the law,”Trade Minister BandulaGunawardena toldreporters.

The government onmid-night of 16 Aprilimposed price control ofrice through a specialgazette notification.

The government sti-pulated that the retail priceof rice must not exceed 70rupees (about 0.65 USdollar).

The government actioncame after a kilo of rice insome varieties exceeded100 rupees (about 0.93US dollar) which theyblamed on the un-scrupulous trade.

The Consumer AffairsAuthority (CAA) nabbeda few wholesalers whohad sold the rice higherthan the stipulated pricesboth on Thursday andFriday.

The government foundthat the wholesale tradersin the Central Colombo’s

Pettah market had shutstores and were not willingto cooperate with theorder.

In one such shop, some150 bags of rice wereseized by the CAAofficials on Friday.

At least a section of thewholesalers claim thatthey would be sufferinglosses if they were tocomply with the govern-ment stipulated retailprice.

“No one can challengethe government authority,legal action will be takenagainst the hoarders,”Trade Minister Guna-wardena said.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T SOlympiakos finish top but

must wait for championshipATHENS, 22 April — Olympiakos Piraeus finished

top of the Greek championship on Sunday but willhave to wait for a court ruling before they are con-firmed as champions for the 11th time in 12 years.

Olympiakos beat Iraklis 3-1 in their final game toremain two points clear of AEK Athens yet could stilllose the title if the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitra-tion for Sport (CAS) rules against them.

CAS is due to rule next week on a match playerbetween Olympiakos and Apollon Kalamaria on 3February, which Olympiakos lost 1-0. They were stillawarded three points by the Greek Football Federation(EPO) because Apollon’s Roman Wallner, signed inJanuary, had already played for the Scottish clubsFalkirk and Hamilton.

FIFA rules state that a player can only play for twoclubs in a season but Apollon argued that the EPO hadsanctioned the transfer. — MNA/Reuters

Ajax finalise terms on Heitingasale to Atletico Madrid

ROTTERDAM, 22 April — Ajax Amsterdam have agreed terms withAtletico Madrid for the transfer of their Netherlands defender JohnHeitinga, the Dutch club said on Sunday.

"Ajax and Atletico Madrid have reached agreement about thetransfer of John Heitinga to the Spanish club," Ajax said on theirWebsite (www.ajax.nl).

The 24-year-old, who has 33 caps, said in March he had agreed afive-year deal with the Primera Liga team but the clubs had yet todiscuss payment terms for the transfer fee.

Heitinga, who came through the youth ranks, had a contractwith Ajax through to 1 July, 2011 that included a clause stating amaximum transfer fee of 10 million euros (15.83 million US dollars).

MNA/Reuters

Dynamo Kiev risk pointsdeduction after fan violence

Milan, Barca fail toagree Ronaldinho fee MILAN, 22 April — AC Milan have

failed to agree a transfer fee with Barce-lona for Ronaldinho after a preliminarydiscussion, the Serie A club's chief ex-ecutive said on Sunday.

"Yesterday we had a conference call.The figures haven't fallen into place,"Adriano Galliani told Sky after Milan's5-1 win over Reggina. "MaybeRonaldinho won't come and a main strikerarrives."

Ronaldinho's brother and agent RobertDe Assis has agreed personal terms withMilan but Inter Milan and ManchesterCity are also interested in the Brazilplaymaker.

Milan want a frontman since Brazil-ian striker Ronaldo is out for a lengthyspell with a knee injury and FilippoInzaghi is now 34 years old. They haveconsistently said they would welcomeback former striker Andriy Shevchenkofrom Chelsea.

Milan are fifth in Serie A and couldmiss out on next season's ChampionsLeague, which the Rossoneri won lastterm.

Asked if a deal for Ronaldinho mightstall because of this, Galliani added:"Ronaldinho went to Barcelona whenthey were in the UEFA Cup. It happensto all the great European clubs, I hope itdoesn't happen to Milan. —MNA/Reuters

Eriksson dismisses talk of losing his job

Relegation haunted PSG’schairman to step down

PARIS, 22 April — The chairman ofstruggling Paris St Germain, AlainCayzac, has decided to resign, the Ligue1 club said on Monday.

"Alain Cayzac has decided to handhis resignation to the board of directors,who will meet in the next few weeks,"the club said in a statement.

"Paul Le Guen, whose motivationand energy are intact, has been con-firmed in his duties," it said of the coach.

The main shareholders, who met onSunday, also decided to appoint a "sportsadviser" whose task will be "to give anew impetus to the club until the end ofthe season". A 3-0 defeat at Caen onSaturday left PSG in danger of relega-tion. —MNA/Reuters

AS Roma shareholder denies receiving bid for club

Washington Wizards DeShawnStevenson (L) and Cleveland CavaliersLeBron James tussle for the ball duringthe first quarter of Game 1 of their NBAbasketball playoff series in Cleveland,

Ohio, on 21 April, 2008. —XINHUA

Real Madrid players celebrate a goalagainst Racing Santander during theirSpanish league match in Santander on

Sunday. Real won 2-0.—INTERNET

The Cuba’s women’s basketball team competes with the NewZealand’s team on Saturday afternoon, on 19 April, 2008, at the

Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium. —INTERNET

Serod Batochir ofMongolia holds histrophy in the awardceremony during the

“Good LuckBeijing” Olympic

Games Men’sMarathon in

Beijing, capital ofChina, on 20 April,

2008. SerodBatochir won thegold of the eventwith a time of 2

hours 14 minutes 15seconds. —XINHUA

ROME, 22 April — The majority share-holder of Italian soccer club AS Romaon Monday denied Press reports it hadbegun the process of selling its control-ling stake or that it had received an offerto buy the club.

Newspapers reported that ItalpetroliSpA was considering selling its control-ling stake in to US billionaire investorGeorge Soros or to the royal family of theUnited Arab Emirates.

"No offer has been formalized from(the foreign investor) or from otherswhom the Press has suggested as poten-tial buyers," Italpetroli said in a state-ment. The statement added it had re-ceived "no offer from the Arab Emiratesroyal family," and that all press reports inthis regard were "groundless".

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 22 April —Sven-Goran Eriksson hasplayed down talk of losinghis job and said he expectedto still be Manchester City'smanager next season.

Eriksson was talkingafter his team beat Port-smouth 3-1 in the EnglishPremier League on Sun-day and before a meetingwith the club's billionaireowner Thaksin Shinawatranext week.

Eriksson's future hadbeen questioned after the

ousted former Thai primeminister last week said hewas disappointed withCity's form in the secondhalf of the season andwould review the Swede'sposition. But Eriksson toldreporters after Sunday'swin: "I have been roundtoo long to be worriedabout things like that. AmI worried that I still have ajob? No, I'm not worried atall, absolutely not.

"I think I will be sittinghere in this chair next sea-

son. "He (Thaksin) saidsomething, if he means itor not I don't know. I willsee him next week."

Eriksson added he wasdelighted with the victorywhich keeps alive theirslim chances of a Euro-pean place for next season.

"This was important forthe team, the club, the fansand with three games toplay, we still have a smallpossibility to play in Eu-rope so that's good," hesaid. —MNA/Reuters

KIEV, 22 April —Ukrainian championshipleaders Dynamo Kievcould be deducted pointsafter crowd violencemarred their 3-0 victory atstruggling Naftovyk, aleague official said onMonday.

Fans ripped out seatsand hurled flares andsmoke bombs on to thefield in a match haltedthree times on Sunday.

"Penalties could be as-sessed against both clubs,including a deduction ofpoints," Ukrainian Profes-sional Football League(PFL) director AnatolyPopov said in a statement.

"A thorough investiga-

tion will be launched todetermine who were theinstigators. Only after thiswill a final decision behanded down by the PFL."

MNA/Reuters

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Tuesday, 22 April, 2008

Summary of observations recorded at 9:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershow-ers have been isolated in Taninthayi Division, weatherhas been partly cloudy in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine andMon States, Yangon Division and generally fair inthe remaining States and Divisions. Day tempera-tures were (3ºC) to (4ºC) above April average tem-peratures in Kachin and Kayin States, lower Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions, (5ºC) to (6ºC) above Aprilaverage temperatures in Shan and Chin States, upperSagaing, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andabout April average temperatures in the remainingareas. The significant day temperatures were Monywa,Chauk Minbu and Aunglan (43ºC) each, Nay Pyi Taw,Myingyan, Magway and Pakokku (42ºC) each. Thenoteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was Myeik(0.12) inch.

Maximum temperature on 21-4-2008 was 101ºF.Minimum temperature on 22-4-2008 was 77ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 22-4-2008 was75%. Total sunshine hours on 21-4-2008 was (8.2)hours approx.

Rainfall on 22-4-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (1.69) inches at Mingaladon, (1.85)inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.83) inch at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(7) mph from west at (23:30) hours MST on 21-4-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in theNorth Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 23-4-2008: Like-lihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in Kachinand Northern Shan States and Taninthayi Division,weather will be partly cloudy in Rakhine, Mon andKayin States, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divi-sions and generally fair in the remaining areas. De-gree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof continuation of isolated rain or thundershowers inthe Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 23-4-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 23-4-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 23-4-2008: Generally fair weather.

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Abducted Pakistani UNworkers released

Australia state bans laser pointers after attacksSYDNEY, 22 April — A major Australian state has banned laser pointers after

a spate of incidents in which aircraft pilots have been temporarily blinded, thegovernment said on Monday.

Army says sevenkilled in Burundi

fightingBUJUMBURA, 22 April

— Six rebels and asoldier died on Mondayin further fightingbetween Burundi’sGovernment and rebelsthat is undermining thecentral African nation’speace process, themilitary said.

The clash, about 12miles (20 kilometres)outside the capitalBujumbura, took thedeath toll from fightingbetween governmenttroops and the Forces forNational Liberation(FNL) to at least 33 inthe last five days.

“We surprised FNLfighters stealing from thecivil population and theyopened fire on ourtroops. Our troops firedback,” said militaryspokesman ColonelAdolphe Manirakiza.Burundi, a coffee-growing country of eightmillion, is emergingfrom more than a decadeof ethnic conflict inwhich 300,000 peoplewere killed.

MNA/Reuters

Somali pirates seize new ship, Spain sends NavyBOSASSO (Somalia), 22 April — Somali pirates hijacked a ship en route from Dubai on Monday and Spain

said it had sent a naval frigate after the seizure of a Spanish tuna fishing boat with 26 people aboard offSomalia.

High-powered handlasers, including so-called“star pointers” used byastronomers, would belisted as prohibitedweapons in New SouthWales state with jail terms

of up to 14 years for anyonecarrying them without apermit.

“It is a gutless andcowardly act that couldresult in an horrificoutcome. It only takes a

fraction of a second for apilot to become tem-porarily blinded and thatcould have catastrophicconsequences,” said statePremier Morris Iemma.

Several pilots haverecently reported high-intensity lasers beingshone into their cockpitsduring take-offs andlandings, and policerecently enlisted intel-ligence agencies to helpcombat what papers called“laser lunatics”.

The latest incidentoccurred over Sydney’ssouth at the weekend whenan ambulance helicopterwas hit by a green beam.

The ban will build onplanned national impor-tation controls announcedby the federal governmentearlier this month, treatinglaser pointers like fire-arms.

“It’s destructive,dangerous behaviourwhich needs a coordinatedresponse across Aus-tralia,” said Home AffairsMinister Bob Debus.

MNA/Reuters

JAMRUD (Pakistan), 22 April — Gunmen in alawless Pakistani region near the Afghan borderreleased two UN workers on Monday after securityforces attacked the kidnap gang, officials said.

A surge in hijackings for ransom off lawless Somaliahave made it one of the world’s most dangerous shippingzones.

The Dubai-flagged Al-Khaleej was carrying food forsale in Somalia when it was held up seven kilometres(four miles) off the northeastern Somali port of Bosasso,authorities there said.

“If these pirates have now gone ahead to hijackvessels bringing us food, this will badly affect activities

at our port. We need to do something about them,” saidAbdisamad Yusuf Abwaan, Commerce and IndustryMinister for the semi-autonomous northeast PuntlandRegion.

Suspected Somali pirates also fired on a Japanese-flagged chemical carrier off Yemen on Monday.

And Madrid said it had sent a naval frigate to helprescue the Spanish tuna fishing boat, which was attackedon Sunday. —MNA/Reuters

The two workers forthe UN World FoodProgramme and a guardwere abducted earlier onMonday as they weretravelling through theKhyber region, towards theAfghan border, wherePakistan’s Ambassador toAfghanistan was kidnappedin February.

He is still being held.“The abducted men havebeen recovered,” said a UNofficial who declined to beidentified. “They’re said tobe fine, there’s been noharm to them.”

The two UN workerswere Pakistani. A guard

travelling with them wasalso seized.

A government officialin the region said thekidnappers had freed thethree because of an assaultby the security forces inwhich a paramilitarysoldier was killed and threewere wounded.

It’s because troopsmounted pressure on themiscreants by quick action,”said the official.

It was not clear who thekidnappers were but securityforces were hunting forthem, the official said.

MNA/Reuters

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Let us all* who are equipped with ardent patriotism,* who cherish genuine independence,* who aspire perpetuation of sovereignty,* who loathe foreign interference and manipulation, and* who oppose puppet government with strings of colonialists,

VOTE “YES” for ratification of the Constitution.

● Democracy cannot beachieved by anarchism or

violence, but by Constitution.

● Let’s approve Constitution toshape our future by ourselves.

● For ratification of Constitution Let’s go to polling booth to cast “Yes” vote.

NAY PYI TAW, 22April — SecretariatMember of Union Soli-darity and DevelopmentAssociation Minister for

USDA Secretariat Member

meets residents in

Taungtha, KyaukpadaungIndustry-1 U AungThaung visited Taungthaand Kyaukpadaungtownships on 20 Apriland met with local peo-ple. During his tour, hefirst visited ShweUMinMonastery in TaungthaTownship and inspectedconstruction of thewooden bridge atYondaw Village inTaungtha Township.

The minister metwith residents includingmembers of socialorganizatins from sixvillages at Yondaw Vil-lage in Taungtha Town-

ship and residents from50 villages in Popa areain Kyaukpadaung Town-ship at Kyauktaga Vil-lage. At the meeting, theminister clarified the na-tional duty of the citi-zens for the emergenceof the State Constitution.

During the tour,USDA Secretariat Mem-ber U Aung Thaung alsomet with local peoplefrom 20 villages, depart-mental officials andmembers of social or-ganizations and gave in-structions to them.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22April — Minister forConstruction Maj-GenSaw Tun inspected con-struction of roads andbridges along Pyawbwe-Natmauk- Taungdwingyiroad section on 20 April.

At the briefing hall atthe construction site of

Minister inspects construction of Bwetgyi Bridgethe Bwetgyi Bridge onYangon-Pyay-Yenang-young-Magway- Manda-lay road, Deputy Super-intending Engineer U TintLwin reported to the min-ister on the constructionworks of the bridge link-ing Pyay and Aunglan.Next, the minister in-

spected the finishingworks of the bridge.

The main portion ofBwetgyi Bridge is 1,700feet long and its approachstructure on Pyay side is650 feet long and onAunglan side is 520 feetlong. The motor road onthe bridge is 28 feet wide

Minister U Aung Thaung meeting with residents from villages inTaungtha Township. — INDUSTRY-1

* From the bottom of our heartWill cast “Yes” vote

* O my dearLet’s go to polling booth

* Never be deceivedFor it’s the cause of Union

* Dear, be togetherWith pure visionLet us vote

(Tha Htet Maung)

Let’s cast “Yes” votePOEM:

and it is flanked by three-foot wide walkways.Upon completion, thebridge can withstand 60tons of load. The approachroad of the bridge is 1,889feet long in Pyay and1,442 feet long inAunglan.

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