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Volume XIX, Number 202 14th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1373 ME Wednesday, 9 November, 2011

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of

the nation regardless of the placehe lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—On the occasion of the 58th Anniversary of the Independence Dayof the Kingdom of Cambodia which falls on 9 November 2011, U Thein Sein, President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Majesty Preah BatSamdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia.—MNA

President U Thein Sein felicitatesCambodian King

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—On the occasion of the 58th Anniversary of the Independence Day ofthe Kingdom of Cambodia which falls on 9 November 2011, U Thein Sein, President of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Samdech Akka MohaSena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.—MNA

President U Thein Sein sendsfelicitations to Cambodian PM

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—A work coordinationmeeting was held for rehabilitation works in flood-hit regions in Pakokku District, Magway Region thisafternoon at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement here, with an address by Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of MyanmarDr Sai Mauk Kham.

The Vice-President in his speech said thattoday’s meeting was aimed at discussing ongoingworks and follow-up tasks of the respective ministriesin rescue and rehabilitation works for victims of floods

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addresses coord meeting onrehabilitation works in flood-hit regions of Pakokku District

in Pakokku District on 19 and 20 October.The storm which swept through Rakhine

State on 18 October set off torrential rains in ChinState and Magway Region. The raging torrents ofYaw Creek, Kyaw Creek, Yama Creek, MyaingCreek and Shwe Creek flushed 102 villages/wards inPakokku, Myaing, Seikpyu and Pauk townships on19 and 20 September.

The torrents left 161 people and 3384 cattleand poultry dead, 2535 houses, 15 governmentbuildings, 33 religious buildings, over 5378 acres of

croplands and seven bridges damaged. Moreover,9523 houses were flooded, affecting 29751 people.The loss in terms of cash was 1544.59 million kyats.

As the first phase, the region, district andtownships undertook urgent rehabilitation works inflood-stricken areas. As the second phase, the Vice-President went to the flood-hit areas on 23 October tocomfort victims, arrange assistance programmes andcollect records of loss and damage. As for the thirdphase, the President toured the flooded areas on 25and 26 October and guided rescue and rehabilitationworks.

In the Vice-President’s tour, ministries,Hluttaw representatives, Myanmar Women’s AffairsFederation and Myanmar Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation, Union Solidarity and Development Partyand businessmen donated cash and kind worth307.056 million kyats for flood victims.

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Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk Kham

addresses workcoordinationmeeting on

rehabilitation worksin flood-hit regions

of PakokkuDistrict.

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Significant night temperature(8-11-2011)

Haka (6º C)

Pinlaung (7º C)

Flood victims have already been provided with food and clothesand plans are underway for construction of low-cost housing

Necessary assistance for reopening of dam-aged schools has already been given and schoolchildren were provided with stationery in orderto resume their education.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 9 November, 2011

PERSPECTIVESWednesday, 9 November, 2011

Nurture educated personswith high morals

Myanmar is a multiethnic country inwhich national brethrens have been livingtogether in peace and unity.

Now is the time when the nation is on theright track of transforming the nation intonew era and new system and the governmentis shaping the nation into a new peaceful anddeveloped democratic one in accord with thepublic will. Efforts are being made foreconomic development and burgeoning ofdemocratic practices.

Development of national economy callsfor great strides to be made for creating apeaceful and pleasant situation. Only whenthe whole nation including far-flung areaswitnesses peace and stability, can strenuousefforts be made by all walks of life in everysector, thereby contributing towardseconomic development.

Educated human resources are of vitalimportance to the modernization of the nation.It is required, however, to produce educatedpersons equipped with reasoning power whocan think logically. Apart from schooleducation, it is needed to nurture them todevelop physical, mental, moral and socialskills equally. If not so, youths with low moralswill emerge and their future will be a cause ofconcern.

Parents, teachers and students are tomake a thorough assess on educationalconcepts being practised. It cannot be avaluable student who takes tuition for scoringhigh marks and knows only school education.This being the case, teachers with the supportof parents who are visionary are to inculcatestudents with a sense of being reliable andhard-working.

Meanwhile, parents are pay moreattention to their children so that the latterare to keep pace with changes anddevelopments of the outside world withoutconfining them to school education. And theyare to train and nurture their children in asystematic manner to be morally upright andphysically strong. Only then, will they becomehighly civilized and well educated ones.

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—On the occasion of the58th Anniversary of the Independence Day of theKingdom of Cambodia which falls on 9November 2011, U Wunna Maung Lwin, UnionMinister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Mr Hor Namhong,Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ForeignAffairs and International Cooperation of theKingdom of Cambodia.—MNA

Union FM felicitatesCambodiancounterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—The President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar hasappointed U Kyaw Zwar Minn, AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar to theFrench Republic, concurrently as AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar to SwissConfederation.

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U Kyaw Zwar Minn appointedconcurrently as Myanmar

Ambassador to Swiss Confederation

YANGON, 8 Nov—Design Printing ServicesCo Ltd (DPS) hasdistributed over 1.8million copies ofTourist Guide Mapunder the guidance ofthe Ministry of Hotelsand Tourism since 1995.It is distributing 30000

DPS distributes TMM-27

Myanmar-China to promote bilateral relations

NA Y PYI TAW, 8N o v — T o r r e n t striggered by torrentialrains in PakokkuDistrict of MagwayRegion in Septemberkilled 902 cows, 322pigs, 1705 goats and455 hens dead in 102villages in Pakokku,

Veterinary health care given in flood-stricken regions in Pakokku District

Myaing, Pauk andSeikpyu townships.

A 53-membermobile medical teamincluding 22 vets fromLivestock Breeding andVeterinary Departmentwent to 86 villages inthose regions and gaveeffective veterinary

health care services andlaunched preventivemeasures againstveterinary diseases.

The medical teamvaccinated 22823animals and treated1053 animals andmaking surveillanceagainst pandemic and

other diseases.Moreover, the

medical team whilegiving educative talksabout the veterinaryhealth assis t ing thevictims in regenerationof livestock farms. It islearnt that Livestockand FisheryDevelopment Bankwill also loan tobreeders.

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YANGON, 8 Nov—With the supervision ofMyanmar Writers andJournalists Association,literary talks and book

Literary talks, book fair markMyanmar Literary Day

fair to be held atZenamanaung pagodacompound in ThakaytaTownship on 8 to 9November for the mark

of Myanmar SarsodawDay.

Writer ManothaKyaw Win, Ma Sandarand Chit Oo Nyo will give

talks today and writerChit Naing (Psychology),Kyu Kyu Thin andMyinmu Maung NaingMoe will give talks on 9November. Book fair willhold on 8 to 11November.

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copies of free TouristMaps of Myanmar(TMM-27) in this openseason.

The TMM-27includes maps ofMyanmar, Yangon,M a n d a l a y ,PyinOoLwin, Bagan,MraukU, Taunggyi,

Innlay, Kyaikhteeyoe,Ngapali, Ngwehsaung,Chaungtha and Myeik.Domestic airlines,hotels, restaurants andtour companies arestated clearly.

Hotels, tourism andrelated industries andtour guides are to take

out TMM-27 at MyanmaTourism Industry (Sule)and DPS office at No(165-167), first floor,35th street, KyauktadaTownship, Yangon,(Ph: 95-1) 204020 and09-5030177, and Ph/Fax: (95-1) 245230 inbusiness hours.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—A slight earthquake ofmagnitude (3.5) Richter Scale with its epicenterinside Myanmar about (155) miles Northeast ofMandalay seismological observatory (about 25miles Northeast of Namhsan) was recorded at (6)hrs (22) min (15) sec MST today.

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Earthquakes news

NA Y PYI TAW, 8Nov—Union Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of

the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar UWunna Maung Lwin

received Ambassadorof the People’sRepublic of China to

Myanmar Mr Li Junhuaat the Ministry ofForeign Affairs here at1 pm today.

They cordiallydiscussed promotion ofbilateral relations andmatters of mutualinterests.

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Union Foreign

Affairs Minister

U Wunna Maung

Lwin receives

Chinese Ambassador

to Myanmar Mr Li

Junhua.

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Premier Wen meets with Russian PM Putin

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) meets withRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in

St Petersburg, Russia on 7 Nov, 2011.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 8 Nov—Premier Wen Jiabao metwith Russian PrimeMinister Vladimir Putinafter Monday’s SCOmeeting.

Premier Wen sayshigh-level exchangesbetween China andRussia have beenfrequent in recent years,and he believes tiesbetween the twocountries will maintainlong-term, stable andsustainable develop-ment.

He notes thatenhanced strategiccoordination will

US President Barack Obama delivers a speechon tax credits included in the American Jobs Actand new executive actions in the Rose Garden ofthe White House in Washington DC, capital of the

United States, on 7 Nov, 2011. Obama onMonday announced three new initiatives to get

veterans back to work, as part of recent executiveactions the president has taken to jump start the

economy and create more jobs.—XINHUA

Russia, Italy start anti-terror naval drillThe Smetlivy is

carrying a naval infantryunit to take part in thedrills.

It would also ensurethe ship’s safety duringthe voyage and visits toforeign ports, said astatement.—Internet

advance trade, invest-ment, finance and high-tech cooperation, so asto contribute to the worldeconomic reco-very.

Putin says theleaders from the twocountries have createddeep political trust, andit is of great significanceto deepen the bilateralstrategic partnership.

He says Russia iswilling to strengthen tieswith China, so as tocontribute more to worldpeace and stability aswell as commondevelopment.

Xinhuacontribute to world peaceand development.

Wen also suggeststhe two countries further

Photo taken on 7 Nov,2011 shows the Talebanmilitants’ attack site in

Baghlan Province, northof Kabul. Two suicide

bombers were killed andsix people were injured

Monday morning when asuicide bombing rockedBaghlan Province 160

km north of AfghanCapital of Kabul, police

spokesman in theprovince said.—XINHUA

KABUL, 8 Nov—Five Pakistani militants havebeen killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province bythe Afghan National Police (ANP), the provincialgovernment said.

Another Afghan militant was also killed in thesame operation.

“The ANP, during routine patrol, spotted sixarmed militants, including an Afghan and fivePakistani nationals, when they were planting minesand improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along aroad in Sayahchoi Village of Zhari District Sundaynight,” Xinhua quoted the government as saying ina statement.

Police also seized a handful of weapons nearthe scene, it said.

The Taleban announced an offensive from 1May against Afghan and NATO-led troops.

Xinhua

Five Pakistani militantskilled in Afghanistan

Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha (C), known as“El Sillas” or “El Rueda”, is presented to themedia in Mexico City on 7 Nov, 2011. Sillas

Rocha is suspected to be “the principallieutenant” of Tijuana drug cartel boss

Fernando Sanchez Arellano, according to localmedia.—XINHUA

Kidnappers of three South Koreans in S Philippines demand ransom

Barack Obama unveilsnew plans to help veterans

get jobsWASHINGTON, 8 Nov —US President Barack

Obama has announced new initiatives to get veteransback to work.

More than 850,000 American veterans remainunemployed, Obama said Monday at the WhiteHouse. The new initiatives — titled “Veteran GoldCard”, “My Next Move for Veterans” and “Creatinga Veterans Job Bank” — are mostly aimed athelping unemployed veterans in their job searchingefforts, including better access to job-huntingservices.

“We’re here today to try to take some steps tobetter serve today’s veterans in a rough economy,”Xinhua quoted Obama as saying.

“Even though the overall unemployment rateticked down last month, unemployment amongveterans of Iraq and Afghanistan continue to rise,”he said.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 8 Nov—Russia and Italy havestarted a joint navalexercise in the Ionian Seaoff Italy’s southeast coastto practice counter-terrorism and anti-piracyoperations.

In the drill named

“Ionex-2011” thatbegan Monday, Russiais represented by theSmetlivy patrol ship andthe Epron rescue boatfrom the Black Sea Fleet,while Italy has sent theEspero and the Avierefrigates.

Iraqi security forcesand people inspect

the scene of a bombattack near a cafe,

where young peoplewere sitting and

drinking soft drinks,in Basra, 340 miles

(550 kilometres)southeast of

Baghdad.—INTERNET

COTABATO, 8 Nov—Kidnappers holdingthree South Korean mendemanded ransommoney in exchange forthe freedom of theirhostages, a militaryofficial said on Tuesday.

Colonel DanielLucero, 103rd InfantryBrigade commander,told radio station dxMSthat the abductors led byone who introducedhimself as “Pogi”phoned two days agofriends of their hostagesand informed they wereholding Wu Seok-bung,Kim Nam-du, In Soo-cho and a Filipino guide.

Lucero said thekidnappers were

moment, we areintensifying ourmonitoring. But we haveno concrete report theywere kept in the provinceof Lanao del Sur,” hesaid.

The three foreigners

demanding ransommoney but there wereno details.

The military officialsaid Pogi’s group isnotorious in extortionand car napping in theregion. “As of the

have been missing since21 Oct after they failedto return to their hotel inCagayan de Oro cityfollowing a trip to inspecta mining site in Lanaodel Norte Province. Staffat the Miami Hotelnotified authorities aftertheir guests had failed toreturn.

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Study touts new way to spot babies at risk for obesityContrary to the idea

that chubby babies arethe picture of health, thestudy bolsters evidencethat “bigger is not better”in infants, she said.

But skeptics say notso fast. Babies often growin spurts and flagging thespeediest growers couldlead to putting infants ondiets — a bad idea thatcould backfire in the longrun, said Dr MichelleLampl.

“It reads like a veryhandy rule and soundslike it would be very useful— and that’s myconcern,” Lampl said.The guide would be easyto use to justify feedinginfants less and to unfairlylabel them as fat. It couldalso prompt feedingpatterns that could lead toobesity later, she said.

Lampl noted thatmany infants studiedcrossed at least two keypoints on growth charts;yet only 12 percent wereobese at age five andslightly more at age 10.Nationally, about 10 per-cent of preschool-agedchildren are obese,versus about 19 percentof those aged six to 11.

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‘TB sniffer’ offers hope of early diagnosis

CHICAGO, 8 Nov—Researchers say there’s anew way to tell if infantsare likely to becomeobese later on: Check tosee if they’ve passed twokey milestones ondoctors’ growth charts byage two.

Babies who grew thatquickly face double therisk of being obese at age

five, compared with peerswho grew more slowly,their study found. Rapidgrowers were also morelikely to be obese at age10, and infants whose chartnumbers climbed thatmuch during their first sixmonths faced the greatestrisks.

That kind of rapidgrowth should be a red

flag to doctors, and asign to parents thatbabies might be overfedor spending too muchtime in strollers and notenough crawlingaround, said pediatricianDr Elsie Taveras, thestudy’s lead author andan obesity researcher atHarvard MedicalSchool.

NEW DELHI, 8 Nov—Indian researchers saidMonday they were close todeveloping an “electronicnose” to sniff outtuberculosis on the breath— offering rapid diagnosisthat could save hundredsof thousands of lives. The“E-Nose” is a battery-operated, hand-held unit,similar to a policebreathalyser used to catchdrunk drivers.

A patient blows intothe device and sensors pickup TB biomarkers in thebreath droplets, resultingin an almost instantaneousand highly accuratediagnosis.

The “E-Nose” is acollaboration between theInternational Centre forGenetic Engineering andBiotechnology in NewDelhi and Next DimensionTechnologies in Cali-fornia.

“We hope to have aprototype ready for clinical

Indian medical nurses display placards inHyderabad in March 2011. Indian researcherssaid Monday they were close to developing an

“electronic nose” to sniff out tuberculosis on thebreath — offering rapid diagnosis that could

save hundreds of thousands of lives.—INTERNET

Google+ opens for businessesSAN FRANCISCO, 8

Nov—Google on Mondayadded a highly-anticipated service to itsGoogle+ social network,allowing businesses andbrands to set up their ownpages on the site.

Named “Google+Page,” the service is afurther challenge to itsrival Facebook’s fanpages, which has becomea major promotionstrategy for many businessbrands over the pastseveral years.

Unlike Facebook,Google will not chargebusinesses and organiza-tions for using the scheme,and will not put ads on thepages. The service isexpected to enhance thetech giant’s other businesseslike search and mobileadvertising.

Some big brandnames, such as Burberry,the Barcelona football cluband the Muppets, havealready set up their pages.

Google noted it willnot pass on personal data.

In addition to bigbrands, Google also wantssmall businesses that haveor do not have their ownwebsites to use Google+Pages as their defaultpresences.

According to a report

by Ad Age Digital,Google+ Pages will soonbe location-aware,allowing local businessesto send offers and deals tomobile phones.

According to Google,more than 40 millionpeople have opened anaccount with its social

The sign-in page of social networking siteGoogle+.—INTERNET

Nikkei edges down inmorning trading

TOKYO, 8 Nov—Japan’s key Nikkei indexslid Tuesday morning onconcerns that theeurozone debt crisis willspread to biggereconomies such as Italy.

The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage edged down

Japan bought 10% ofeurozone fund’s latest bonds

TOKYO, 8 Nov—Japanbought 10 per cent of 3.0billion euros ($4.13 billion)in bonds issued on Mondayby the eurozone’s rescuefund, a government officialsaid on Tuesday, less thanits previous investments.

Japan’s purchasecame to 300 million euros,the official at the financeministry’s internationalaffairs bureau said.

Tokyo had bought 20percent of previous bondsales issued by theEuropean FinancialStability Facility (EFSF), therescue fund.

“We took into account

A view of the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, acommercial and administrative hub, known as

the metropolis’ second centre.INTERNET

our euro liquidity (inJapan’s special account offoreign currencies), termson issuance and the marketenvironment,” the officialsaid of the fall in theJapanese purchasingshare.

Japanese leaderspreviously suggestedTokyo’s purchase wouldstay around 20 percent but“it is not true that there is afixed share” for Japan, theofficial added.

Japan has purchaseda total of 2.975 billioneuros of EFSF bonds sofar this year.—Internet

testing by October 2013,”said lead researcherRanjan Nanda. TB killsclose to 1.7 million peopleglobally every year, andresearchers estimate the“E-Nose” could save400,000 lives a year indeveloping countriesthrough early diagnosis,treatment and reducedtransmission.

TB is currently

network, which waslaunched in June.Although the network isgrowing very quickly,some analysts said it stillhas a long way to go tobecome a major threat toFacebook, which hasmore than 800 millionusers.—Xinhua

detected through sputumtests that are costly andtake several days. OnMonday, the project wasawarded a $950,000 grantby the Bill and Melindagates Foundation andGrand ChallengesCanada, a non-profitorganiza-tion working onhealth issues in thedeveloping world.

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15.23 points, or 0.17percent, from Monday to8,751.86.

The broader Topixindex of all First Sectionissues on the Tokyo StockExchange was down3.16 points, or 0.42percent, to 747. 29.

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What does space station mean for China?BEIJING, 8 Nov—China successfully completed the first step of building a space station when

Shenzhou 8 docked with lab module Tiangong 1 on 3 Nov, 2011, but what is the significance of theproject for the nation?

New world forChina’s spaceexperiments

It is generallyrecognized among theinternational spaceexploration communitythat a space station canprovide a platform toconduct scientificresearch that cannot beperformed on the earthand create a relativelystable environmentfeaturing microgravityand high vacuum, whichis of strategic signi-ficance to the develop-ment of material science,biology, pharmacologyand other branches ofscience. Furthermore, aspace station orbitingEarth is cruciallyimportant to the

Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 prepare for 2nd dockingBEIJING, 8 Nov—

Spacecraft, Shenzou-8and Tiangong-1 willdock again in a week’stime.

Unlike the firstdocking, this is likelyto occur in harshconditions in order totest the design andcapabilities of the twomodules.

A poor light andorbit environment havebeen chosen onpurpose to test whether

the docking system canwithstand use underdiffering conditions.

Uncertainties surrou-nd the second dockingbetween Shenzhou-8and Tiangong-1, whichhave flown together nowfor more than onehundred hours.

Wang Xiang,deputy chief designer ofManned SpacecraftSystem, said, “We neverdid this before; to makethe second docking

Footage of the Shenzhou 8 craft docking withthe Tiangong 1 module.—INTERNET

possible, the twomodules need to be firstdisconnected, and thenthey will have to bereconnected perfectly.”

Sensors and radarsare installed inShenzhou-8 to aiddocking. Under differentconditions, the chall-enge is how to minimizethe disturbance of solarlight on the sensors.

Wang Xiang said,“The sensors havedifferent reactions underdifferent conditions. Allspace engineers will

meet this problem. Theonly way to overcomethe problem is to testthe sensors in a differentorbit in the seconddocking.”

Shenzhou-8 andTiangong-1 will orbittogether for a total of12 days. The seconddocking will befollowed by two days’flight.

Shenzhou-8 isscheduled to return toEarth on 17th Nov.

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development of geosci-ences and to the explora-tion of outer space.“China’s planned spacestation will also be opento foreign scientists inorder to promote globalscientific progress and topush human civilizationforward,” said ZhouJianping, chief designerof China’s manned spaceproject.

Weather forecastsmake travelling easierand safer, and satellitenavigation helps peopleavoid getting lost. Spacetechnology has alreadybecome integrated intoalmost every aspect ofpeople’s lives.

Space researchmakes everyday lifemore convenient

“How manyadvantages can a spacelaboratory bring? Thefact that China’sb i o p h a r m a c e u t i c a lindustry is far lessdeveloped than that ofthe West is a typicalexample for the answerof this question,” saidHu Wenrui, a spacephysicist and anacademician of the

The graphics shows the procedure of Shenzhou-8spacecraft docking with Tiangong-1 space lab

module on 3 Nov, 2011.—XINHUA

Chinese Academy of Sciences.Hu said bio-scientific experiments in space

could lead to the discovery of life-changingmedicines.

The benefits that the space laboratory can bringto such areas as the semiconductors, specialmaterials, astronomy and earth observation are alsocountless.

China will face new space engineeringchallenges

The director of the Jiuquan Satellite LaunchCenter Cui Jijun said that the number and frequencyof China’s has changed from sporadic periods ofintensive launches several years ago to moreregular rounds of intensive space launches. Thehighly intensive launches will further test China’sspace flight technologies.

Qian Weiping, the general designer of theTracking, Telemetry, Command andCommunication System of China’s manned spaceengineering said that as the space stationconstruction tasks of China are implemented fully,the future space station administration will proposemany new requirements to the Tracking, Telemetry,Command and Communication Network ofmanned space engineering.

The new requirements will be the key subjectsthat should be researched and solved in the futuredevelopment of the system.

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Science

Science

Barnes and Noble Increleases Nook Tablet

Samsung, suspends development,active shutter 3D TVs

SEOUL, 8 Nov—Samsung Electronics,the world’s largest flatscreen TV vendor, saidTuesday that it hassuspended its plan todevelop active shutterthree-dimensional (3D)TVs with RealD, the US-based 3D technology

BEIJING, 8 Nov—Barnes and Noble Increleased its tabletcomputer “Nook Tablet”on Tuesday, accordingto Reuters reports. Thetablet computer is saidto replace the Barnesand Noble Nook, whichwas named after thebrand of an e-bookreader developed by theAmerican book retailerBarnes and Noble Inc.

According toReuters, it is priced at249 US dollars, dearerthan Amazon’s KindleFire and cheaper thanApple’s iPad. Therelease, seen by many

analysts, is a strongcompeting move in theUS’s E-book market andbookstore industry,especially to its maincompetitor, Amazon.-com. Its stake in the e-book market is estimatedat about 27 percent ofthe total. This move is toshow the company’sambition to enter a largermarket.—Xinhua

Models display HTC’snew smartphone Explorerat a conference in Taipeion 7 Nov, 2011. HTC putits new Android smart-phone Explorer intomarket in Taipei onMonday.—XINHUA

Tech

This product imageprovided by Barnes &Noble Inc, shows the

new $249 Nook Tablet,which was unveiled

on 7 Nov, 2011,in New York.

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Tech

supplier.“Samsung has

decided to focus on ourown initiatives of 3Dtechnology, andcontinues to researchand develop next-generation 3D displaytechnologies, includinga glasses-free 3D

solution for the home,”the tech firm said in an e-mailed statement.

The active shutter 3Dtechnology drew publicattention after Samsungreached a deal withRealD earlier this year tojointly develop suchtechnology, aiming tounveil 3D TVs based onthe technology early nextyear.

The active shutter isa next generation 3Dtechnology thatincorporates merits fromboth shutter-glass (SG)technology, whichSamsung adopted, andfilm patterned retarder(FPR) technology, whichLG introduced inDecember last year.

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Russian servicemen in historical uniforms take part in a military paradeat the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on 7 Nov, 2011. The parade

marks the 70th anniversary of a historical parade in 1941 when Sovietsoldiers marched through Red Square towards the front lines during

World War Two.—XINHUA

US seeking closer ties with L AmericaQUITO, 8 Nov—US

Assistant Secretary ofState for WesternHemisphere AffairsArturo Valenzuela saidhere Monday that hiscountry is seeking waysto strengthen US-LatinAmerica relations.

“We are at a momentwhere we want to changethe paradigms in the US-Latin America relations,”Valenzuela said aftermeeting with EcuadorianPresident Rafael Correa.

“We are at a differentmoment with President(Barack) Obama seeking

ways to strengthen therelations with thecountries of the region,”added the US official,who traveled to Ecuadorto attend a seminar ofthe Ibero-AmericanNetwork of InternationalStudies.

Valenzuela talkedabout the relationshipsbetween the UnitedStates, Europe and LatinAmerica at the event,which was sponsored bythe Latin AmericanFaculty of SocialSciences.—Xinhua

People view a photo exhibition celebrating the 80thfounding anniversary of the Xinhua News Agency at

the Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, Capital ofChina, on 7 Nov, 2011. More than 120 photos

taken by Xinhua reporters in the past 80 years aredisplayed at the exhibition, which kicked off here

Monday.—XINHUA

China to recycle 70 percent waste products by 2015BEIJING, 8 Nov—In a

move to prevent thelikelihood of posing anydanger to the environ-ment, China is going toput in place a completeand advanced system torecycle 70 percent ofmajor waste products by2015.

The system shouldfeature a complete wastecollection network,advanced technologies,well-functioning sortingand standard manage-ment, Xinhua quoted theguidelines posted on thegovernment’s website assaying.

Major waste productsin the guidelines includemetal, paper, plastic,glass, tires, cars andelectronic devices.

“It’s extremelyurgent to establish such asystem, the absence of

which not only preventsthe recycling of resourcesbut also poses animminent threat to theenvironment,” it stressed.

To speed up thebuilding of the system,the guidelines encouragea broad array ofinvestments to participatein the initiative.

Small and medium-sized enterprises, as well

as individual sanitationworkers, should beemployed to carry outthe collection work, itsaid, adding that favour-able policies in terms offinancing and land-usewould also be available.

In 2009, Chinarecycled 140 milliontonnes of waste, resultingin 500 billion yuan (aboutUSD 79 billion) in value,

according to a statementfrom the commerceministry.

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Tourists go boating in the Central Park in NewYork, the United States, on 7 Nov, 2011.

XINHUA

People ride past rime-covered trees in YakeshiCity, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous

Region, on 8 Nov, 2011, the traditional solar termof the Beginning of Winter this year.—XINHUA

China learns parliamentary politics inCaribbean

BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), 8 Nov—A delegation from China has arrivedin the Caribbean for a visit to threecountries in the region to observe theparliamentary system of government.

The delegation, which has alreadyvisited Suriname, has now arrived inBarbados. It will later visit Antiguaand Barbuda. The team is being ledby vice chairman of the standingcommittee of the National People’sCongress, Chen Changzhi.

The delegation will visit theBarbados parliament Tuesday.

Barbados has one of the oldestparliamentary systems in the westernhemisphere, and Chen said thedelegation hopes to “learn from each

other and develop hand-in-hand”.He said he believed the visit would

deepen the understanding of the “twopeople, two parliaments and also ourtwo countries”.

Barbados Foreign Affairs andForeign Trade Minister MaxineMcClean said the visit was anopportunity for the Chineseadministration to gain acomprehensive understanding of theinner workings of the Barbadianpolitical system. “The Chinese systemof governance is evolving and theyare interested in how certainprocedures operates in countries withwhom they share strong relations,”McClean said.—Internet

UK tabloid detectives tailed lawyers

US, Bolivia agree to resume full diplomaticrelations

LA PAZ/WASHINGTON,8 Nov—Bolivia and theUnited States haveagreed to resume fulldiplomatic relations, theBolivian government

LONDON, 8 Nov—Lawyersrepresenting victims of phone hackingby Britain’s News of the World werefollowed by detectives hired by thenewspaper, sources said.

The BBC reported Monday TheNews of the World, the former tabloidowned by News Corp owner RupertMurdoch, employed an ex-policeofficer last year to spy on twoattorneys representing alleged victimsof phone hacking.

Derek Webb of the privateinvestigation firm, Silent Shadow,began tailing attorneys Mark Lewisand Charlotte Harris in 2010, allegedlyto look for evidence Lewis and Harriswere in a relationship and sharingconfidential information. Bothattorneys were involved in cases

against News International, thenewspaper publishing division ofNews Corp, which owned The Newsof the World before the tabloid shutdown.

The BBC said Lewis had been athreat to the tabloid by representingvictims who had allegedly been phonehacked.

Any information obtained throughsurveillance was to be used to discreditLewis and perhaps intimidate him,preventing the lawyer from taking onother phone hacking cases, the BBCsaid.

Lewis successfully had won averdict of more than $800,000 for oneof his clients, Gordon Taylor,chairman of the ProfessionalFootballers’ Association.—Internet

said Monday in astatement.

The US governmentalso confirmed that thetwo sides have signed ajoint statement to

establish a frameworkfor restoring relations atambassadorial level.

“We look forward tothe early return ofambassadors to bothWashington and LaPaz,” the US Departmentof State said in a Pressrelease.

According to theframework agreement,the two sides will respecteach other’s sovereigntyand territorial integrity,strengthen bilateralrelations and boost coo-peration against illicitnarcotics production andtrafficking.

Xinhua

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Michael Jackson doctor found guilty of manslaughter“acute propofol intoxication”.

Prosecutors accused 58-year-old Murray offailing to properly monitor Jackson after givinghim a lethal dose of propofol.

They contended that the cardiologist repeatedlyacted with gross negligence, repeatedly deniedappropriate care to his patient, and that it wasMurray’s repeated incompetence and unskilledacts that led to Jackson’s death.

Murray was a little bit shocked by Monday’sdecision, Xinhua reported.

He was handcuffed after the verdict was readand was immediately remanded to custody in countyjail without bail pending his sentencing 29 Nov.

At the conclusion of the six-week trial, theseven-men, five-women jury read the long-expectedverdict, which found Murray guilty of one count ofinvoluntary manslaughter for Jackson’s death.

Murray, who faces up to four years in prison,remained stone-faced as the verdict was announced,showing no visible reaction.

The jury deliberated for about eight and a halfhours before reaching a verdict.

When the verdict was announced, some criesof “yes” could be heard from the courtroomaudience. Jackson fans were seen celebrating whenthe news spread outside the courthouse.—Xinhua

Dr Conrad Murray is remanded into custodyafter he was found guilty of involuntary

manslaughter over pop star Michael Jackson’s2009 death.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 8 Nov—A court jury in Los AngelesMonday found pop superstar Michael Jackson’spersonal physician Conrad Murray guilty ofinvoluntary manslaughter in the singer’sanaesthetic-induced death.

The 50-year-old Jackson died 25 June, 2009 athis Holmby Hills estate in Los Angeles when hewas preparing for his comeback series of 50 sold-out London concerts. The Los Angeles CountyCoroner’s Office ruled the “King of Pop” died of

Boxing legend Joe Frazier dies of liver cancerLONDON, 8 Nov—

Former World Heavyw-eight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier has died fromliver cancer. The Frazierfamily has confirmed thenews in a statement, ABCNews reports.

“We The Family ofthe 1964 Olympic BoxingHeavyweight Gold Med-alist, Former Heavyw-eight Boxing Championand International BoxingHall of Fame MemberSmokin’ Joe Frazier,regrets to inform you ofhis passing,” the statement

said. “He transitionedfrom this life as ‘One ofGod’s Men,’ on the eveof 7 Nov, 2011 at hishome in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. We thankyou for your prayers for

our Father and vastoutpouring of love andsupport,” it added.

Sixty-seven-year-oldFrazier, known as“Smokin’ Joe”, won theOlympic heavyweightboxing gold medal for theUnited States in 1964 inTokyo and held the worldheavyweight boxingcrown from 1970 to 1973.

He won the first ofthree classic bouts withMuhammad Ali, the so-called Fight of theCentury, in New York in1971.—Internet

China has49,000

centenariansBEIJING, 8 Nov—

China has around 49,000people over 100 years ofage, says a new survey.

The survey by theChina GerontologicalSociety said that till 1July, the number ofpeople over 100 yearsliving on the Chinesemainland stood at48,921, Xinhua reported.

This was an increaseof 5,228 from last year’sfigures. Luo Meizhen, a126-year-old womanfrom Guangxi Zhuangautonomous region, wasthe oldest person on themainland.

With a combined ageof 213, the oldest couplehave been found inGuizhou province, saidthe survey. The averagelife expectancy ofChinese people is 73.5years.—Internet

Vietnamese acrobats perform in Cangzhou,north China’s Hebei Province, on 4 Nov, 2011.A three-day acrobatics performance started in

Cangzhou on Friday, showcasing awardedprogrammes of the 13th China WuqiaoInternational Circus Festival which had

concluded in the provincial Capital Shijiazhuangon 30 Oct.—XINHUA

White House denies havinginformation about aliensLONDON, 8 Nov—White House has denied having

any knowledge or communication links withextraterrestrial life.

Phil Larson, from the White House Office ofScience and Technology Policy, also officiallydenied that they had withheld information from thepublic, the Daily Mail reported.

He even promised that the scientists are stillsearching for extraterrestrial life.

“The US government has no evidence that anylife exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrialpresence has contacted or engaged any member ofthe human race,” he wrote in a blog post titled‘Searching for ET, But No Evidence Yet’. “There isno credible information to suggest that any evidenceis being hidden from the public’s eye.”

“However, that doesn’t mean the subject of lifeoutside our planet isn’t being discussed or explored.”

Larson revealed that the government hasundertaken several project to look for life beyondEarth “In fact, there are a number of projects workingtoward the goal of understanding if life can or doesexist off Earth,” he added.

The blog post came in response to the twopetitions launched by UFO enthusiasts, whichindicted the government of covering up knowledgeor contact with life beyond Earth.—Internet

Adolf Hitler’s painting.—INTERNET

Adolf Hitler’s paintings to be auctionedin Sweden

MOSCOW, 8 Nov—Seven paintings thoughtto have been painted byAdolf Hitler will beauctioned in Sweden,triggering cries ofoutrage among membersof the Jewish communityin the country.

“If the paintings areoriginals, we estimate thatthey will sell at 100,000kronor (around USD15,000) each,” saidChrister Davidsson,representing the SwedishEnforcement Authority.

The money earned

from the sale will be usedto cover debts of a localfamily, who have notbeen named, reported thenewspaper Local.

The StockholmJewish community hasspoken out against plansto sell the paintings,stating that “it is highlyinappropriate that anyoneshould be able to earnmoney by selling suchobjects”.

Hitler failed to beaccepted by the ViennaAcademy of Art. TheGerman leader, in hisearly life, earned moneyby drawing advertise-ments and postcards.

This is not the firsttime Hitler’s art is beingsold. In April 2011,British auctioneers atMullocks Auction Housesold 13 art pieces worthover 95,000 pounds.

The most expensive,sold for 10,000 pounds,was a self-portrait. Thesmall watercolor, dated

1910, portrays a brown-clad man sitting on a stonebridge. It lacks facialfeatures such as eyes,nose and mouth, butexperts said theprominent hairstyle andsmall initials “AH” leaveno doubt as to who thefigure represents.

Internet

Uganda hasbeen ranked the

Number Onedestination fortourists for theyear 2012 by

publisherLonely Planet.

XINHUA

Boxing Legend JoeFrazier

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Works to be carried outare supply of drinking water,preventive measures againstdiseases and reconstruction ofreligious buildings, roads andbridges as soon as possible.

(from page 1)In the tour of the President on 25 and 26 October,ministries, Magway Region government, WFP andUNICEF, Union Solidarity and Development Party,MWAF, MMCWA, and businessmen donated 356.199million kyats for Pakokku Township, 41.429 millionkyats for Myaing Township, 77.53 million kyats forPauk Township, and 145.317 million kyats for SeikpyuTownship, totauling 620.475 million kyats in cash andkind.

Moreover, Htoo Company, IBTC Company, ShweThanlwin, IGE Company, Shwetaung Company andCB donated over K 200 million each and KanbawzaCompany and Ever Winner Company, K 100 million

Flood victims have alreadybeen provided…

each totalling K 1550 million for reconstruction ofhouses damaged in the flash floods in Pakokku, Myaing,Pauk and Seikpyu Townships.

Flood victims have already been provided withfood and clothes and the plans are underway forconstruction of low-cost housing. Flood victims, intheir parts are to take part in rehabilitation works. It isrequired to take necessary measures for resettlement offlood victims in safe places by the region government.Necessary assistance for reopening of damaged schoolshas already been given and school children wereprovided with school stationery in order to resume theireducation. Temporary schools were reopened. Worksto be carried out are supply of drinking water, preventivemeasures against diseases and reconstruction of reli-gious buildings, roads and bridges as soon as possible.

Next, the Vice-President called on those present togive suggestions on requirements, difficulties andrehabilitation works to be done in Pakokku District by

ministries concerned and Magway Region govern-ment.

On behalf of the Chairman, Secretary of MyanmarNatural Disaster Preparedness Committee DeputyMinister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement UPhone Swe and Magway Region Chief Minister UPhone Maw Shwe discussed losses caused by floods inthe Region and rehabilitation tasks.

Union ministers, deputy ministers and officialsdiscussed progress of rehabilitation tasks and futureplans sector-wise.

Officials concerned discussed construction oftemporary shelters, cooperation with INGOs, bankingassistances for breeding bulls and cows, Tatmadawmen’sparticipation in rehabilitation tasks in collaboration withlocal people, transportation of aids with military choppers,donation in cooperation with INGOs including WFP,providing seasonal crop strains, agricultural machineryfor cultivitation of substituted crops, and fertilizers,resumption of operations of river water pumping stationsand dams, reformation of model villages in SouthYwama and North Ywama villages in SeikpyuTownship, renovation of schools in flood-hit regions,tasks for accessibility of water, and electrification withsolar power, repair of railroads, and reconstruction ofroads and bridges.

In his concluding remarks, Vice-President Dr SaiMauk Kham said, as natural disasters are happeningvery often now, local people need to notice warnings.

Taking lessons of this incident, actions that harm theenvironment should be avoided. Reports of the Regionchief minister and ministries on rehabilitation of flood-hit Pakokku District are encouraging. Rehabilitationwill be concluded only after infrastructures are built andvocational assistances are provided. Only when theUnion ministries and the Region government makeconcerted efforts in cooperation with local people andthe Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlementas a focal point, will the rehabilitation mission becompleted.

Under the leadership of the State, people andTatmadaw, social organizations, entrepreneurs, well-wishers made all-out efforts in carrying out rescue andrehabilitation tasks in flood-hit Pakokku District. Rice,oil, salt, clothes, school uniforms, note books, house-hold accessories, blankets, mosquito nets, medicines,

generators, water purifiers, tarpaulins, tents, temporaryschools, low-cost housings, artesian wells and cropstrains have been donated to flood victims with the cashcontributed by well-wishers.

Respective ministries are repairing railroads, motorroads and bridges for timely transportation. On 14November, Shwechaung bridge will be able to pass asrepair works for temporary passage will be finished.Works for cultivating substituted crops, establishingmodel villages, low-cost housings, schools and clinics,and reestablishing vocational industries are being carriedout. Measures are being taken sector-wise to rejuvenatepsychological and physical strength of victims.—MNA

YANGON, 8 Nov—Thesecond-day session of theworkshop on importantrole of monetary sector ineconomic developmentand poverty alleviation ofMyanmar continued atChatrium Hotel here today.

Papers ondevelopment of a capitalmarket and strengthening

Important role of monetary sectorworkshop concludes

of the central bankregulation andsupervisions were read outand discussed byMyanmar and foreignscholars.

Then, scholars andresource personsrecommended actionplans for development ofmonetary sector of

Myanmar based on thesuggestions of theworkshop.

The workshopsuccessfully ended withaddresses of EUAmbassador Mr DavidRamon Lipman andGovernor of the CentralBank of Myanmar U ThanNyein.—MNA

YANGON, 8 Nov—The37th Inter-Ministry ChessTournament 2011, jointlyorganized by Sports andPhysical EducationDepartment of the

Inter-Ministry Chess Tournamentto be held on 1-12 Dec

Ministry of Sports andMyanmar ChessFederation, will be held atthe gymnasium of AungSan Stadium from 1 to 12December.

Chess teams of theministries are to informMCF at the meeting to beheld in its office at 1 pm on30 November. First class,second class, third classand quick move teamevents will be included inthe game.—MNA

Deputy

Minister

for

Border

Affairs

Maj-Gen

Zaw Win

presenting

report.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Council Member U Myint Swe inspects teak plantations

near mile post No. 213/5 on Yangon-Mandalay Expressway and

eucalyptus plantations in Mingon Village-tract in Nay Pyi Taw

Council Area.—MNA

Union

Minister

for

Defence

Lt-Gen

Hla Min

makes

clarifi-

cations.

MNA

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(from page 16)In the evening, Director of Armoured Unit of

Commander-in-Chief (Army) Office Maj-Gen HlaMyint and wife Daw San San Aye and family do-nated one earring with jade and diamond with esti-mated value of K 650000, US$ 100 and K 100000.Secretary of Financial Sub-committee Deputy Direc-tor-General Dr Lin Aung of Budget Departmentunder the Ministry of Finance and Revenue accepteddonations and returned certificate of honour. Cashdonation at the donation centres from 7 Novemberevening till 7 pm today amounted to K 16789410and US$ 207, RMB 23 Yuan, 100 Baht, 60 jewellerieswith estimated value of K 3065600, two silver vasesworthy of K 350000 and Non Jade Buddha Imageworthy of K 500000.—MNA

Uppatasanti Pagodapacked with pilgrims whopay homage to…

Transportation Sub-committee provides free transportation services to pilgrims of SacredBuddha Tooth Relic with buses.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—The Kachin State Hluttawmeeting was held for the first day at State HluttawBuilding today, attended by State Chief Minister U LaJohn Ngan Sai and, Speaker of State Hluttaw U Ya WanJone and 46 Hluttaw representatives. 13 questions wereasked and answered and three new proposals weresubmitted at the meeting.

The first-day meeting of Kayah State Hluttawwas also held today, attended by Kayah State ChiefMinister U Khin Maung Oo, State Hluttaw Speaker UKyaw Swe and 19 Hluttaw representatives. At the meeting,five questions were asked and answered.

Region/State Hluttaw sessions held

The first-day session of Chin State Hluttaw wasalso took place today at State Hluttaw Building, attendedby State Chief Minister U Hong Ngai, State HluttawSpeaker U Hauk Khin Kham and 24 Hluttaw representa-tives. At the meeting, 10 questions were asked andanswered.

Second-day session of Taninthayi RegionHluttaw was held in Region Hluttaw Meeting Hall at 10am today, with the attendance of Region Hluttaw SpeakerU Htin Aung Kyaw and 27 Hluttaw representatives.

A total of 24 questions were raised and an-swered.

Second-day session of Kayin State Hluttawwas held in State Hluttaw Meeting Hall at 10 am today,with the attendance of State Chief Minister U Zaw Minand State Hluttaw Speaker U Saw Aung Kyaw Min and23 Hluttaw representatives.

One proposal was put on record, eight questionswere raised and answered, and suggestions on 2012-12013 budget were put on record and decided to sentto the State chief minister.

Fourth-day session of Yangon Region Hluttawwas held in Region Hluttaw Meeting Hall at 10 amtoday, with the attendance of Region Chief Minister UMyint Swe, Region Hluttaw Speaker U Sein Tin Winand 122 Hluttaw representatives.

A total of 11 questions were raised and an-swered, 2011-2012 budget and 2012-2013 budgetwere approved, Yangon City Development Law wasapproved. Second regular session of first YangonRegion Hluttaw was concluded successfully.

Second-day session of Mandalay RegionHluttaw was held in Region Hluttaw Meeting Hall at 10am today, with the attendance of Region Chief MinisterU Ye Myint, Region Hluttaw Speaker U Win Maungand 71 Hluttaw representatives.

A total of 15 questions were raised and an-swered and 7 proposals were raised.

Mandalay Region Minister for Planning andEconomy U Aung Zan reported the measures of theRegion government for poverty alleviation and theRegion Hluttaw put the report on record.—MNA

Second-day session of Taninthayi Region Hluttaw in progress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—Meeting of Parents and Teach-ers Association and Prize Pres-entation Ceremony for 2011-2012 academic year was heldin No (9) Basic Education HighSchool of Mawlamyine in MonState on 2 November.

Students who matricu-lated with flying colours andwho stood first, second and thirdin each class in 2010-2011 aca-demic year were awarded at theceremony.—MNA

PTA meeting held inMawlamyine BEHS-9

YANGON, 8 Nov—Selected Myanmar Archery Team leftfor Indonesia to participate in XXVI SEA Games this morning.

The team will fight for golds in all the men’s and women’scompound and recurve games, both individual and team.

MNA

Selected Myanmar ArcheryTeam leaves for Indonesia

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—U Maung Maung Naing scoredhole-in-one in Ngwethawda course of City Golf Course ofYangon City Development Committee on 29 October.

Playmates were U Khin Maung Maung (a) Ko Gyi, UAung Moe Kyaw (Chairman, IBTC Group of Companies), UZaw Naing (Myanmar Credent Technology), and U Zaw Minwhile he holed Titleist No (3) in just one strike with Iron No (8)(Ping) at Hole No (7) from 129 yards distance.—MNA

Hole-in-one

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COLOMBO, 8 Nov—The world’s first andlargest solar-poweredvessel which is on around-the-world voyageto promote the use ofrenewable energy is toreach Sri Lanka onMonday, governmentofficials said.

The Swiss-flaggedTuranor Planet Solarcircumnavigating theglobe solely on solar

World’s largest solar-powered vessel calls onSri Lanka

power set sail fromMonaco on 27 Sept-ember, 2010.

Sri Lankan Environ-ment Ministry said theship is scheduled toarrive at the MagampuraHarbor in the southernpart of the country onMonday and due toreach the ColomboHarbor on 16 Novem-ber. The ship will call onall three main harbors in

the island nation duringits nine-day visit.

The 60-ton vesselsailed through the Pacificbefore reaching SriLanka from Singapore.

It will complete itsjourney sailing throughthe Indian Ocean, theSuez Canal and theMediterranean andcome back to Monacoin May next year.

Xinhua

Chinese singer Tan Jing (L) presents a Chinesetraditional kite to Swedish composer pianist

Robert Wells (R) at a Press conference in Beijing,Capital of China, on 7 Nov, 2011.—XINHUA

Russia to ban laser pointers during footballmatches

MOSCOW, 8 Nov—Russia’s Premier Leagueintends to ban the use oflaser pointers by fans atfootball stadiums, a topofficial said.

“We are very seriousabout this. The issue isthat this problem canonly be resolved withthe adoption of legal

acts, since laser pointersare not prohibited forcivilian use and there areno laws concerning thisissue,” said the league’ssecurity chief AlexanderMeitin.

The ban would comein the form of a federallaw, he said.

During a match

Saturday betweenSpartak and DynamoMoscow, fans used laserpointers to try to blindthe goalkeepers of bothclubs. He said the leaguewill instruct staff at allstadiums to confiscatelaser pointers beforematches.

Internet

Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, reacts after beingcrowned Miss World 2011 in Earls Court in west

London on 6 Nov, 2011.—XINHUA

San Bruno gas pipeline bursts during test

Rescue workers gather at the scene of a roadaccident in Ham Thuan Bac District in

Vietnam’s central Binh Thuan Province.XINHUA

Collegeenrollment inBrazil doublesin past 9 years

RIO DE JANEIRO, 8Nov—The number ofstudents enrolled incolleges and universitiesin Brazil doubled from2001 to 2010, reaching6.379 million, theEducation Ministry saidMonday. Citing acollege census, theministry said that collegeenrollment was up 7.1percent in 2010 from2009.

Education MinisterFernando Haddad saidthe figures indicated thegrowing access tocollege education inBrazil, adding that thegovernment will manageto raise the number to 10million in 2020. Thecensus also indicated anadvancement of distanceeducation. BrazilianPresident Dilma Rou-sseff has signed a billwhich will provide asmuch as 13.7 billion USdollars to increasestudents’ access totechnical schools in thenext three years.

Xinhua

Ice hockey coach banned for trying toattack crowd

MOSCOW, 8 Nov—Atwo-match ban has beenslapped on the coach of aRussian ice hockey teamfor grabbing a hockeystick and slashing it wildlyon the glass thatseparated a stand full ofangry spectators.

The incidentoccurred Sunday at theend of a KontinentalHockey League (KHL)game between VityazChekhov and DinamoMinsk teams in Belarus.

Home fans threwplastic bottles onto theice, disgruntled at whatthey termed dirty tactics

used by Vityaz players.Andrei Nazarov, the

head coach of the VityazChekhov team, seized anearby hockey stick andappeared to attempt tostrike several fans with itover the glass.

He did not appear tobe able to reach them,and smashed the stick inhalf on the glass beforesnatching a second stickfrom a player andrepeating the attempt.

Security personnelshepherded the fansaway.

Nazarov has confir-med the news about the

ban but refused tocomment on hisbehaviour.

The game was won3-2 by Dinamo Minsk.

Three Vityaz playerswere also handeddisqualifications for whatthe KHL called the“initiation of severalconflicts on the ice”.

Canadian left wingKip Brennan got a four-match ban, US centreNick Tarnasky got twogames, while Russia’sArtemi Panarin sits outfor one match.—Internet

WOODSIDE, (Calif) 8Nov—A Pacific Gas andElectric Co natural gaspipeline burst whilebeing tested, sendingwater, mud and rocksacross a Californiahighway, officials say.

The rupture andsubsequent mudslidewas detected about 3:30pm Sunday when adriver on Interstate 280near Woodside reportedseeing a large geyser ofwater to the WoodsideFire Department, theSan Jose Mercury News

reported.Battalion Chief

Kevin Butler said PG&Ehad been conductinghydrostatic testing ofpipelines in the area.

There were noinjuries and only onevehicle was damagedby dirt and rock, Butlersaid.

The Sunday incidentcame a little more than ayear after the samepipeline burst, resultingin the deaths of eightpeople and damaging38 homes in San Bruno,

the San FranciscoChronicle noted.

Utility officials saidthey had workers in thearea in case of futurefailure.

“We’ll learn fromthis experience,” spokes-man Brian Swansonsaid. “It’s definitely aconcern that thishydrostatic pressure testimpacted 280.

We’ll do an analysisto determine how wecan minimize disrup-tions like this in thefuture.”—Internet

The world’s largestsolar-powered boat,

the TuranorPlanetSolar, is sailing

into Brisbane, aftercrossing the Pacificfrom the Panama

Canal, as partof its quest to become

the first fully solar-powered vessel tocircumnavigate

around the world.XINHUA

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China donates relief fund for typhoonvictims in Philippines

MANILA, 8 Nov—TheChinese Red Cross hasdonated 30,000 USdollars to its counterpartin the Philippines for therelief of typhoon-affected victims, theChinese embassy in thePhilippines said in astatement on Monday.

Charge D’affaires ofthe Chinese embassypresented the relief fund

on behalf of theChinese Red Cross tothe Philippine RedCross on 3 Nov to helpits relief efforts forvictims of the recenttyphoons, the embassysaid.

The Philippine RedCross SecretaryGeneral GwendolynPang accepted thedonation and express-

ed appreciation to theChinese Red Cross andthe Chinese people fortheir sincerity andgenerosity.

Typhoons Nesat andNalgae killed more than100 Filipinos, and causedeconomic losses of 14billion pesos (321.84million US dollars),according to officialstatistics.—Xinhua

This file photo showsresidential houses, beside

a US Marine Corps airbase in Ginowan,

Okinawa prefecture. Astrong 6.8 magnitudeearthquake struck inwaters off Okinawa

island on Tuesday, butthere were no concernsabout a tsunami, the USand Japanese agencies

said.—INTERNET

Strong quake hits Okinawa, no tsunamialert

OKINAWA, 8 Nov—Astrong 6.8 magnitudeearthquake struck inwaters off Okinawa islandon Tuesday, but therewere no concerns abouta tsunami, the US andJapanese agencies said.

The quake occurredin the East China Sea,218 kilometres (136miles) west of Naha,

Okinawa prefecture, theUS Geological Surveysaid. The quake’s depthwas 222 kilometres (138miles). There were noimmediate reports ofinjuries or damage fromthe quake, whichhappened at 11:59 am(0259 GMT).

Japan, located at thejunction of four tectonic

plates, experiences 20percent of the strongestquakes recorded on Eartheach year. A devastatingtsunami on 11 March leftabout 22,000 peopledead or missing andtriggered an atomic crisisat the Fukushima Daiichinuclear plant in thenortheast of the country.

Internet

Volunteersremove mud

from a street inGenoa, as Italian

officials blameimproper

construction inflood plains for

devastatingfloods.

INTERNET

Flood to cost at least 500 mln USD onThai tourism

BANGKOK, 8 Nov—The tourist industry ofThailand is expected tolose 520 million USdollars to 825 millionUS dollars as a result ofthe widespread flood,Suraphon Svetasreni,governor of TourismAuthority of Thail and(TAT), said here onTuesday.

Supraphon analy-zed the impact offlooding in twoscenarios. “If the floodsituation is resolved atthe end of November,estimated losses totourism will be 520million US dollars, with245 million in revenuelost from domestic tripsand 275 million frominternational tourism,”he said during ameeting with foreigncorrespondents.

“If it is resolved atthe end of December,estimated losses couldreach a total of 825million US dollars, with387 million lost frominternational tourismand 438 million fromdomestic tourism,” headded.

Xinhua

Flood death toll reaches 527, two missing

Vehicles make their way on a flooded road at Lad Phrao intersection inBangkok, Thailand.—INTERNET

BANGKOK, 8 Nov—A total of 527 peoplewere confirmed deadand two people weremissing in the floodsthat have inundated theupper part of thecountry for almost fourmonths, the DisasterPrevention andMitigation Departmentreported on Tuesdaymorning.

Twenty-three more

people were confirmeddead on Monday in centralprovinces.

Central province ofAyutthaya has the highestdeath toll of 90 people,following by centralprovince of NakhonSawan, of which 62 peoplekilled by floods.

Floods on Tuesdaystill prevail in 24 of 77provinces, affecting about1.1 million households and

2.9 million people.The floods have

affected about 3.3million households andabout 11.3 millionpeople in 64 of 77provinces since 25 July.

Flood were causedby the heavy monsoon“Nock-Ten” andoverflow from dams inupper part of the countrysince mid July.

Xinhua

20 hurt as M5.2 quake rattlesS Philippines

Residents and rescue workers search forsurvivors after a landslide in the City of

Manizales, department of Caldas, Colombia, on7 Nov, 2011. The landslide that burried a vastarea of a popular neighbourhood in Manizalez

left 37 people dead and an undeterminednumber of residents missing.

XINHUA

DAVAO CITY, 8 Nov—At least 20 people werereportedly hurt when a strong earthquake shookparts of southern Philippines late on Monday, policeand officials said on Tuesday.

The magnitude-5.2 temblor rattled the cities ofMalaybalay and Valencia in Mindanao’s BukidnonProvince past 5:40 pm local time, shaking homesand causing cracks to public buildings and structures,according to Valencia City mayor Leandro Catarata,adding two people from his city.—Xinhua

7.0-magnitude quake hits EastChina Sea, CENC

BEIJING, 8 Nov—An earthquake measuring 7.0on the Richter scale jolted East China Sea at 10:59am Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the ChinaEarthquake Networks Centre.

The epicentre, with a depth of 220 km, wasinitially determined to be at 27.2 degrees northlatitude and 125.9 degrees east longitude.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CTP FORTUNE VOY NO (0028)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV CTP FOR-TUNE VOY NO (0028) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 8.11.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (415)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (415) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 8.11.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.



AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BILLION VOY NO (129)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BILLIONVOY NO (129) are hereby notified that the vesselhas arrived on 8.11.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W(7) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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Chinese mask painter breaksthe mold

Freehand brushwork“Rhythm of Chinese

Ink” by Sun Guokang.XINHUA

Toddler attacked by kangaroo which tried to clawhim to death as he played in his back garden

Two-year-old ZakkiahGalea was playing in his

garden in New SouthWales when he was

attacked by a kangaroowhich tried to claw him

to death.— INTERNET

Native species: The kan-garoo only hopped awaywhen it was scared off by

the boy’s father (filepicture).—INTERNET

Contestants give performance during the MissTourism World 2011 World Final competition inYingtan City, east China’s Jiangxi Province, on 5Nov, 2011. The Miss Tourism World 2011 World

Final was held in Yingtan on Saturday, duringwhich 53 beauties from all over the world com-peted for the Miss Tourism World laurel, whichwas finally won by an Indian beauty. — XINHUA

BEIJING, 8 Nov — Peo-ple call Sun Guokang the“king of Peking Operamasks.” The artist maysurprise many as his in-spiration doesn’t alwayscome from traditionalChinese art. He says he isoften inspired by Picas-so’s abstract paintings,Tokyo kabuki and evenhippies. Critics say hemasterfully blends theseideas into his own uniqueand unconventional crea-tions. Peking Opera mask,known as lianpu in Chi-nese, is an old art formpracticed starting the TangDynasty (AD 618-907)and refers to back stageopera facial makeup.

“Fusing Picasso intothe old mask painting wasa coincidence,” Sun says.“It was in 1984, I visited aPicasso painting exhibi-tion. I was so moved tosee his Cubism works.They have such an in-credible visual impact andpower.” Shortly after, Sunquit doing stage roles andtook up the brush. Headded a modern expres-sion to traditional maskpainting. The aestheticsand artistic value are eye-catching, transcendingany boundaries of lan-guage and cultural back-grounds. He also paintsmasks on canvas and rice-paper.—Xinhua

SYDNEY, 8 Nov — Atwo-year-old boy playingwith his toy wheelbarrowwas bowled over by a kan-garoo which then pinned

him down and tried to clawhim to death. The scream-ing child’s terrified par-ents ran at the animal andmanaged to chase it away

— but not before it leftZakkiah Galea with severewounds to his face andbody. His mother NicoleGalea on Friday night toldhow the aggressive kan-garoo left her in fear thather son had received fatalinjuries in the attack on thefamily’s ten-acre propertyat Port Macquarie, in north-ern New South Wales.

Internet

Train derails after hittingabandoned ute

SYDNEY, 8 Nov — A passenger train has derailedin the New South Wales Southern Highlands after aute was left on railway tracks. The accident happenedaround 4.30am (ADST) on Sunday morning whenthe Cityrail train crashed into the car near Mittagong.Police believe the Toyota ute was being drivenacross the tracks when it became bogged beforebeing abandoned. The north-bound train wascarrying nine passengers and three crew, but no onewas hurt. The carriages of the train remainedupright after the crash. Detectives are investigatingwho left the vehicle on the tracks.—Internet

Kaj, a four-month-old redpanda, walks on a treeduring celebration of RedPanda Day in ZagrebZoo, on 5 Nov, 2011. Onthe occasion of Interna-tional Red Panda Day,Zagreb Zoo invited visi-tors to suggest names for

the newborn baby redpanda. — XINHUA

Thailand floods force Toyota to cut sales target in Indonesia TAM President

Director JohnyDarmawan said thecompany had slashed itssales target by 4.5 percentto 315,000 units becauseof the shortage fromThailand — a regionalproduction hub forleading automakersincluding Toyota, Honda,Nissan and Mitsubishi.

Toyota sourcesvarious auto parts fromThailand, including rearview mirrors and seatbelts, but also importsseveral types of CBU,which contribute between10 and 15 percent of itstotal local sales.

MNA/Xinhua

flood in Thailanddisrupted its supply ofcomplete built-up units(CBU) and components,the Jakarta Post quotedthe company’s topexecutive as saying onTuesday.

JAKARTA, 8 Nov—Indonesia’s largestautomobile producer, PTToyota Astra-Motor(TAM), dropped its salesforecast this year after a

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A giant stainless steel Leica camera weighing350kg was crafted by Chinese artist Liao Yibai.

Parking ticket paid 57 years lateyears after the fact,” Klugsaid. “It’s really prettyneat, that someone wouldpay this parking ticket somany years later, or evenfind it among someone’sbelongings,” Klug said.“Another really interest-ing part of this whole thingis the wording on theticket.” It is polite andgenteel. “We are sorry,”the ticket states, “to haveto leave this tag. However,our parking space is solimited we have to divideit up. A charge of 10 centsis made for your extratime. You may enclose adime in this envelope anddeposit it in the red boxlocated on the corner.”

“We hope youunderstand our parkingproblem,” the ticketlanguage continued.“Help us solve it, won’tyou? Thanks! Comeagain!” And then it was

Someone apparen-tly decided it was time topay a parking ticket issuedto his mother in a smallNebraska Town — in1954.

An anonymous mancleaning out his mother’shome found the unpaidticket issued to a vehiclelicense in Oklahoma thatwas parked at Meter 77 indowntown York, Neb, 13July, 1954, and decidedit was time to take care ofthe matter, the York News-Times reported.

On 1 Nov, the manwalked into the office ofYork Police Chief DonKlug and, unseen by theofficial, left the fine — asingle dime taped to theticket inside an antiqueframe — on the chief’sdesk. “This was a prettyunusual thing to seesomeone pay an outstand-ing parking ticket 57

Closed ESPNZone auctioning

inventorysigned, “York PoliceDepartment.”

“I plan to hang it onmy office wall,” Klugsaid. “It’s just notsomething you seehappen every day.”

Items from thedefunct ESPN Zone inWashington, includingthe Slap Shot Cage, thePower Pitcher Cage andthe Nacho CheeseDispenser, are beingauctioned online.

Auction site Ras-mus.com plans to get ridof leftover property fromthe Washington restau-rant, which closedalongside ESPN Zonesin four other cities in June2010, The WashingtonPost reported Friday.

The items up forauction include sportssimulators, 72 arcadegames, foosball tables,french fry fryers, anelectronic scoreboard, aKeg Shelf and two tapsystems.

The auctions runthough 16 Nov.

Man swaps jail costume for real onethe vehicle they initiallycame to investigatebelonged to Moon. Theyalso discovered a pistolon the front passengerseat, which had beenstolen, police stated in anaffidavit.

The two Charleroimen, who have a historyof gang tie and violentcrime, were remanded tothe Washington Countyjail on $250,000 bond andgiven regulation jailjumpsuits, court recordsshow.

to give chase. Theyscuffled with him andused a stun gun andpepper spray in theirefforts to subdue him,police stated in an affidavit.His friend, Gregory Moon,22, wearing a black-and-white Halloween jailcostume allegedly beganyelling obscenities at thearresting officers, tellingthem to free Law, thenewspaper reportedThursday.

After police arrestedMoon, they determined

A Pennsylvania mandressed in a Halloweenjail costume ended uparrested and in a real jailuniform, authorities say.

Donora, Pa, policewere summoned toinvestigate a possibleabandoned vehicle infront of an apartment lateHalloween night, The(Washington, Pa) Obse-rver-Reporter said.

Upon seeing policearrive, Anthony James“Jinx” Law, 26, beganrunning, causing officers

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Robert De Niro to play Bernie MadoffMELBOURNE, 8 Nov—

Robert De Niro is playingthe role of Wall Streetinvestor and scamsterBernie Madoff in the firstmajor film to be made onthe financial scam.

De Niro is alsoproducing the film withhis partner JaneRosenthall from hisproduction companyTribeca productions.

The former WallStreet financial expert hadswindled investors out of

around 50 billion dollarsin a ponzi scheme.

He had been sentenc-ed to 150 years in prisonand his family has sincedisowned him.

HBO have bought therecently published book‘Truth and Conse-quences: Life Inside theMadoff Family’ whichwas written with the co-operation of Madoff’’sson Andrew and otherfamily members, theDaily Telegraph reported.

The book, written byLaurie Sandell, describesthe aftermath of Madoff’sarrest and the effect ithad on his family.

Last year his eldest

Jennifer Aniston buys USD 9 million house in New York

NEW YORK, 8 Nov—Actress Jennifer Anistonhas reportedly bought aUSD 9 million house inManhattan.

Spread across 2,873-square-foot space, thehouse has three bedroo-ms and includes buildingperks like housekeeping,room and butler services,reports usmagazine.com. This is Aniston’sthird multi-million dollar

apartment in New Yorkitself.—Internet

Actress Jennifer Aniston

Anna Friel thought love with ex wouldlast forever

LONDON, 8 Nov—Actress Anna Frielthought her relationshipwith ex-partner DavidThewlis, who she datedfor 10 years, would “lastforever”.

The 35-year-old,who split with the “HarryPotter and the DeathlyHallows” actor last year,

is now dating “NottingHill” star Rhys Ifans.

“I was 23 when I gottogether with David andhad a very different wayof looking at life. I grewand he was a fantasticinfluence on me and wespent 10 wonderful yearstogether. And then weboth just decided that

we’d become friends asopposed to lovers,”femalefirst.co.uk quotedFriel as saying.

“I thought therelationship would lastforever, but as you getolder you realise thatcertain relationships arefor certain times,” sheadded.—Internet

Bradley Cooper’s motherhis biggest critic

LONDON, 8 Nov—Actor Bradley Cooper hasrevealed his mother always finds faults in hisperformances whenever she sees his films.

“My parents were very jaded and actually mymom continues to be very judicious in terms ofdoling out compliments about my acting,”contactmusic. com quoted the 36-year-old as saying.

“I remember when I first did ‘Alias’ my parentswould call and say, ‘We can’t understand you!You’re mumbling! Stop looking down! Tell themnot to put the camera so close, your nose looks hugeand your face is all distorted’,” he added.—Internet Actress Anna Friel

AndyWilliams

hasbladdercancer

LONDON, 8 Nov—Singer Andy Williams says he is battling bladder cancer.The 83-year-old said this to the crowd during his show at the Moon River

Theatre in Missouri, reports the mirror.co.uk.Williams missed a planned stage performance and it was reported that it

was due to the undisclosed medical condition. However he received astanding ovation when he appeared and told the crowd that bladder cancer “isno longer a death sentence” and that he would survive.

Williams vowed to return to the stage next September and October tocelebrate his 75th anniversary in show business.—Internet Singer Andy WilliamsActor Bradley Cooper

son Mark committedsuicide because of theshame brought upon bythe scam.

Mark’s wife Step-hanie Madoff Mack hasalso written a book ‘TheEnd of Normal: A Wife’sAnguish, A Widow’sNew Life’.

It is an intimateaccount of two years ofdespair after BernieMadoff father’s admittedin December 2008 thathis elite investmentadvisory business was‘one big lie’.—Internet

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Wenger happy with Arteta adaptation

Jagielka hails Rodwell

Arsenal achieves AdvancedEquality Standard

Agger: Reds must raise game

Fernando Verdasco of Spain advances in Paris

Phil Jagielka saysJack Rodwell deserves

his England call.

Mikel Arteta(C)

LONDON, 8 Nov —Arsenal managerArsene Wenger is delighted midfielderMikel Arteta is adapting to the Gunners'style of play.

The 29-year-old moved to the Emir-ates on transfer deadline day and hasbeen an ever-present in Premier Leagueaction since.

With Jack Wilshere unavailable toWenger due to injury, the Frenchmanhas been pleased with Arteta's ability toretain possession.

"He is an important player for ourteam," Wenger told the club's officialwebsite. "He is really a player betweenSong and Ramsey or Rosicky and thatgives us continuity.

"When we need to keep the ball hecan achieve that - Jack [Wilshere] can

do that as well. But with Jack missing heis a player who can keep the ball whenit is needed. "He is adapting to our game.If you look at the stats in the PremierLeague, Arsenal are the team who playthe least balls backwards.—Internet

LONDON, 8 Nov — Ar-senal has become the firstclub to receive Kick ItOut's Advanced Level ofthe Equality Standard.Thestandard supports the de-velopment of equality anddiversity practice at pro-fessional clubs in the UK.

Arsenal has receivedthe honour from football'sequality and inclusioncampaign after providingdetailed evidence on whatit is doing to promote di-versity and equality. It in-cludes work in the com-munity, engagement withfans and the developmentof club policies and proc-esses to create equal op-portunities for all

The award was handedover by Lord HermanOuseley, Chair of Kick ItOut at an event at Emir-

LONDON, 8 Nov —De-fender Phil Jagielka saysEverton team-mate JackRodwell fully deserveshis first England call-up.

The 20-year-old hasbeen selected by FabioCapello to be in the partyfor the forthcomingfriendlies against Spain

and Sweden.Rodwell has repre-

sented his country througha number of age groupsand has been a regular forthe under-21s for sometime having come throughthe Premier League Acad-emy system. Phil Jagielka,whom Rodwell will joinalong with Toffees left-back Leighton Baines inthe national set-up, saidthe midfielder has made anoticeable improvementthis season with a numberof consistent perform-ances that have earnedhim promotion to thesenior squad.—Internet

A Spain's FernandoVerdasco returns the ballto Croatian Marin Cilicduring their Paris Ten-nis Masters Series indoortournament.—INTERNET

PARIS, 8 Nov —Fernando Verdasco ofSpain rallied past MarinCilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second roundof the Paris Masters onMonday.

Julien Benneteau ofFrance, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain, KevinAnderson of South Africa,and Germans PhilippKohlschreiber and FlorianMayer also advanced.

The tournament is thelast chance for some play-ers to gain one of the lastthree remaining spots forthe ATP World Tour Fi-

nals in London. Cilic hit aforehand winner to takethe first set, but Verdascobounced back by jumpingto 3-0 leads in the secondand third sets.

“It’s slower than lastyear,” Verdasco said. “Iprefer maybe a little bitmore this court becauseit’s slower and I have moretime to prepare my shots.”

Verdasco is hoping toplay for Spain in nextmonth’s Davis Cup final.

“If I play Davis Cup,then I will try to prepare

Milos Raonic of Canadareturns the ball to JulienBenneteau of Franceduring their match at theParis Tennis Masterstournament, in Paris, on7 Nov, 2011.—INTERNET

No more Fed Cup for Czechheroine Peschke

Kveta Peschke

MOSCOW, 8 Nov —Kveta Peschke announcedon Monday she would nolonger play Fed Cup just aday after she teamed upwith Lucie Hradecka togive the Czech Republicthe trophy in a thrilling3-2 victory over Russia.

The 36-year-old -ranked number two in theworld in doubles - addedthat she would retire fromall tennis at the end of2012.

"To call it a day (in theFed Cup) at the momentwhen we have reached thesummit, is beautiful, it islike the cherry on the cake,"she told public television

channel CT.Peschke, who won the

Wimbledon title earlier thisyear with SlovenianKatarina Srebotnik, andHradecka clinched the FedCup crown with a 6-4, 6-2win over Maria Kirilenkoand Elena Vesnina to givethe Czechs their first win inthe competition since theysplit with Slovakia.

Internet

Agger says Liverpoolplayed like headless

chickens againstSwansea.

Woods: Williams hasapologized over racial slur

Golfer Tiger Woods(L) of the US

SYDNEY, 8 Nov — Ti-ger Woods says he re-ceived an apology fromformer caddie SteveWilliams over a racial slurwhen the two met andshook hands Tuesday.

“We talked this morn-ing, we met face to faceand talked about it, talkedit through,” Woods said,ahead of the AustralianOpen at The Lakes GolfClub. Williams’ dispar-aging comment cameduring a caddies’ awardsparty Friday in Shanghai.

“It was a wrong thingto say, something that

we both acknowledge,”Woods said. “He didapologize. It was hurtful,certainly, but life goesforward.” Woods said itwas not up to him to callfor sanctions againstWilliams.

Internet

LIVERPOOl, 8 Nov —Defender Daniel Aggersays Liverpool must im-prove to avoid another sea-son without ChampionsLeague football. And thecentre-back says the

Merseysiders can start bynot playing like "headlesschickens".

The Denmark interna-tional pulled no punches inhis assessment of his side'sgoalless draw with Swan-sea City at the weekend - aresult that means the Redshave now failed to pick upmaximum points in four ofsix Barclays PremierLeague outings at Anfieldthis season.

"Sometimes we lookedlike headless chickens run-ning around after the ball,"Agger said.—Internet

The standard supportsthe development of equal-ity and diversity practiceat professional clubs.

ates Stadium earlier thisweek which saw a numberof equality and diversitygroups and members ofthe football family cometogether. Arsenal's ChiefExecutive, Ivan Gazidis,Arsenal and England La-dies Captain Faye Whiteand Arsenal supportersand individuals from thelocal community who areinvolved in some of Arse-nal's initiatives which cel-ebrate the diversity of itsfan base also spoke at theevent.—Internet

Donovan’s change of mindbenefits Galaxy quest

Landon Donovan (C)celebrates with

teammates after scoringin Galaxy’s 3-1 winover Real Salt Lake.

INTERNET

CARSON, 8 NOV—Landon Donovan with-drew from United Statesinternational team duty onMonday in order to boosthis chances of winning theMLS Cup with the LosAngeles Galaxy.

Donovan initiallyplanned to play for the USin a friendly against Francein Paris on Friday night,then fly back to Californiato prepare for the MLSCup final against the Hou-ston Dynamo on 20 Nov.

When questioned byYahoo! Sports on Sundaynight, following the Gal-axy’s 3-1 Western Con-ference final victory overReal Salt Lake, Donovanrevealed his intention tofly to France and makehimself available for a full90 minutes of action forcoach Jurgen Klinsmann.

However, less than 24hours later he completedan about-face, contactingKlinsmann personally andrequesting to be taken off

the 22-man squad. No re-placement is expected.

“It is not ideal timing,”Donovan said after thevictory over RSL, in whichhe scored the opening goalfrom the penalty spot.

Internet

and get ready for that finalthe best as possible,”Verdasco said. “And if I’mnot, at least finish wellhere.”—Internet

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Local Transmission* Opening* News* The Unstale Robe Weaving Ceremony* Shwesandaw Pagoda Festival* News* Those Who Never Give Up (Episode-5)

Shwe Min Thar Foundation* News* Music Gallery* News* Overviews of Special Economic Zone

(SEZ) DevelopmentOversea Transmission* Opening* News* The Unstale Robe Weaving Ceremony* Shwesandaw Pagoda Festival* News* Those Who Never Give Up (Episode-5)

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7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3 Moring News

7:40 am 4. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 5. Health Programme8:00 am 6. Myanmar Tradi-tional

Performing ArtsCompetitions

8:15 am 7. Documentary8:30 am 8. Cultural Dances8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Tazaungdaing

Festival Songs4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:05 pm 2. Dance of National

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4:40 pm 5. Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

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Science News5:00 pm 7. Tazaungdaing

Festival Songs5:15 pm 8. “ASEAN”

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China beats Dominican Republic atwomen’s volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, 8 Nov—China on Tuesday beatthe Dominican Republic3-1 (23-25, 25-13, 25-19,25-18) in the openingmatch of Round Two atthe women’s volleyballWorld Cup here inHiroshima.

China started slowlyfor the third time in fourmatches by losing the firstset against the DominicanRepublic, who has comeon an emotional high froma five-set thriller onSunday against hostJapan.

In the first set, theDominicans stunned Chinaby jumping out aheadearly. China’s defencelooked confused at times,miscommunicating onseveral occasions, and ona Bethania de Pena De La

Cruz spike, their hesitationresulted in the firstDominican set point.

China showed somespirit fighting off three setpoints, but De La Cruzdropped her seventh pointof the set behind theChinese defense to close at25-23.

“We started slow, andobviously the DominicanRepublic has adopted someuseful tactics againstChina’s attacks. And wehad several mistakes, butfortunately we managed toget back,” said Yu Juemin,coach of the Chineseteam.—Xinhua

YangJunjing(Back)of China spikesthe ball during

the matchagainst

Dominica atthe 2011Women’sVolleyball

World Cup inHiroshima,

Japan, on Nov.8, 2011.XINHUA

A woman walks past the “corn house”, in Nanjing,capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province,

on 8 Nov, 2011. The “corn house” is designedfor the upcoming Thanksgiving Day, and also

to remind people of cherishing food.The house using green materials can provide

enough space for two to three person sitting insideto rest or to take shelter from rain.

XINHUA

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Wednesday, 9 November, 201114th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1373 ME

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—Pilgrims continued tocrowd Uppatasanti Pagoda to pay homage to theSacred Buddha Tooth Relic conveyed for the fourthtime from China to Myanmar for Buddhists inMyanmar from dawn to dusk today.

In addition to two elevators installed at south-east and south-west corners of the hill for the sake ofpublic convenience, members of social organizationshelped the elders and the disabled climb the hill.

Uppatasanti Pagoda packed with pilgrims whopay homage to Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic

Three pathways are systematically designedin the cave to enable the pilgrims to pay closehomage to the Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic and sitesfor those who want to meditate in the cave arecreated.

The artistes of Fine Arts Department of theMinistry of Culture performed Dhammapuja songsin the accompaniment with harp troupe. Religiousassociations of ministries and in Nay Pyi Taw Coun-

cil Area recited religious verses.Donation boxes and pavilions are opened at

the southern arch and the eastern arch on the precinctof the pagoda for accepting donation of cash andjewellery. A total of 24 donors of K 100000 and aboveemerged today. Chairman of Financial Sub-committeeDeputy Minister for Finance and Revenue U WinThan returned certificates of honour to them.

(See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov — SupervisoryCommittee for Importation of Vehicles held itsmeeting (2/2011) at the meeting hall of the Ministryof Commerce, here, this afternoon, with an addressby Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint.

In his address, the Union Minister said thathis ministry will continue to carry out necessaryarrangements for issuance of import licence/permitif ministries concerned informed the supervisorycommittee the name list after scrutinizing compa-nies, individual and organizations that are grantedpermission to import vehicles. Officials concernedare to supervise matters of their ministriesconcerned, opening of used car sale centre as soonas possible, and procedures for enforcing importersnot to import flooded vehicles, he added. As forthe first stage, 890 companies whose export each

Supervisory Committee forImportation of Vehicles meets

Union Minister for Commerce

U Win Myint delivers an address at

meeting of Supervisory Committee for

Importation of Vehicles.—MNA

Pilgrims pay

obeisance to Sacred

Buddha Tooth Relic

conveyed from

People’s Republic of

China at

Uppatasanti Pagoda

in

Nay Pyi Taw.

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hit US$ 100,000 and above will beallowed to import one vehicle eachmanufactured within past five years.Ministries concerned will scrutinizeas quick as possible the matters relatedto imports in other sectors.

Up to 3 November, 13212 oldvehicles have been handed over and7412 vehicle-import permits have beenissued till 4 November.

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