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Volume XVI, Number 50 4th Waxing of Nayon 1370 ME Saturday, 7 June, 2008

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand 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 integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June – Chairman of NationalDisaster Preparedness Central Committee Prime Min-ister General Thein Sein, accompanied by Lt-GenMyint Swe of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin, the ministers, the Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee the Mayor, the deputy min-isters and officials, inspected teaching of school chil-dren at temporary shelters of basic education schoolsin Thingangyun Township this afternoon and gavenecessary instructions.

The Prime Minister and party visited BasicEducation High School in Thuwunna in the townshipand looked into teaching of the students at temporaryshelters of the school.

They also inspected learning of the students atmake-shift classrooms made of bamboo poles andbeams and tarpaulins and the Prime Minister attendedto the needs.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party pro-

Prime Minister inspectsteaching of school children

at temporary sheltersceeded to No. 4 Basic Education Primary School inHninzigon Ward-A in the township and viewed learn-ing of school children in shelter boxes. They alsoinspected repair of the school building and chosen sitefor the construction of new building for the school.

They also looked into progress of repair ofNo. 2 Basic Education Middle School in Ward-29,Thuwunna.

(See page 6)

Students being taught at make-shift tents of Thuwunna Basic Education High School in Thingangyun Township. — MNA

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Weather Forecast for (7-6-2008)Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area:

One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring area:One or two rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).Mandalay and neighbouring area:

Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Rehabilitation works are being carried out in a systematic way

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The government has worked as hard as it can in the relief and rehabilitation tasks. Asthe motto, “All the survivors must continue to survive”, victims have been provided withrelief supplies with which they can continue to survive. Now, the second pace of rehabili-tation is in progress, so the authorities have allowed the victims to return home if they wantto. Allowing them to return to their home places is not uprooting them or ignoring theirdifficulties.

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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 DesireSaturday, 7 June, 2008

Most recently, some regions in Yangonand Ayeyawady Divisions were hit hard bythe severe storm, causing loss and damages tothose regions. But the government has beenable to carry out the emergency reliefoperations. Moreover, it has been able tofulfil the urgent needs of the storm victimssuch as shelter, food and health care whilerestoring their livelihoods to a certain degree.

In the meantime, arrangements havebeen made for reconstruction of the storm-hit regions, development, and improvementof the socio-economic life of local people aswell as for taking disaster preparednessmeasures.

In reconstruction of the storm-hitregions, priority is being given to resuming ofthe livelihoods of local people andimprovement of their living standards.

In that regard, steps are being taken forconstruction of collective offices, schools anddepartmental buildings in a more systematicand durable manner. At the same time,hospitals in Bogale, Pyapon, Mawlam-yinegyun and Labutta will be upgraded tomodern ones to be able to provide more healthcare services to local people. And new motorroads linking townships will be extended toregions close to the sea, thereby contributingmuch to better transport and disasterpreparedness activities in the long run.

Bearing in mind that regionaldevelopment and improvement of the livingstandards of storm victims are a nationalconcern it is incumbent upon the entirenational people to do their bit in the drive.

At a time when the government ismaking all-out efforts for reconstruction ofstorm-hit regions the entire national peopleincluding entrepreneurs are to actively takepart in the campaign, and only then, will thesocio-economic life of local people improve.

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YANGON, 6 June – Member of National DisasterPreparedness Central Committee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, together with DepartemenKesehatanri Group led by Prof Dr Munar Lubis ofIndonesia, comforted patients at the gymnasium inKawhmu Township on 4 June.

The minister gave instructions to responsiblepersons of Thawdawin Construction Co to repair thegymnasium as soon as possible.

He inspected progress in repairing the halls of

Sports Minister supervises reconstruction of Wabalaukthauk,Htamanaing villages in Kawhmu Township

Kawhmu BEHS and Wabalaukthauk Village BEHS.At Ywale Monastery, the minister consoled the

storm victims and delivered relief aid to the victims.The minister looked into damaged

Wabalaukthauk Village BEPS, building of policestation, station hospital and Khadawmi monastery.

In Htamanaing Village, the minister inspected repairof the monastery. In his tour, two doctors and four nurseswho accompanied the minister provided health care servicesto 109 patients of Wabalaukthauk Village. —MNA

YANGON, 6 June —Deputy Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen ThanHtay went to No 1 OilRefinery (Thanlyin) ofMyanama PetrochemicalEnterprise yesterdaymorning.

The deputyminister met with FactoryManager U Pe Thet Nyuntand officials, heard reportson repairs of damagescaused by the storm andinspected the repairs.

He proceeded toThakayta Oil Base Campof Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise, heard reportson repairs of buildingsand jetties by GeneralManager U Hla Shwe andgave necessaryinstructions. At MainStorage and DistributionDivision of Myanma

Repairs of energy facilities inspectedPetroleum ProductsEnterprise, the deputyminister inspected repairsof damaged jetties there.

The Ministry ofEnergy carried out thereconstruction tasks andproduction, import,

distribution andtransportation of fuel havebeen back to normalcy.

MNA

A Basic Education High School under repair in Wabalaukthauk village,Kawhmu Township.—MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htay visits Thakayta Oil Base Camp ofMyanma Oil and Gas Enterprise.—ENERGY

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Report accuses Bush ofmisrepresenting Iraq intelWASHINGTON, 6 June—

A new Senate report givesa fresh shot of adrenalineto the election-year debateover the Iraq war.President Bush and his topofficials deliberatelymisrepresented secretintelligence to make thecase to invade Iraq,according to the SenateIntelligence Committee.

The panel put a new spinon old charges, comparingclaims made in fivespeeches by top Bushadministration officialswith intelligence reports.The committee saysofficials wrongly linkedSaddam Hussein to theSept 11 attacks and al-Qaida; claimed Iraq would

give terrorist groupschemical, biological ornuclear weapons, and saidIraq was developing droneaircraft to spread chemicalor biological agents overthe United States.

None was borne out byintelligence.

The presumptive Demo-cratic nominee for Pre-sident, Sen Barack Obama,has staked his campaignon his consistent oppo-sition to the Iraq war.The presumptive Repu-blican nominee, Sen JohnMcCain, has trumpeted hisunflagging support for thewar, if not how it waswaged.

The report releasedThursday follows, by

years, an earliercommittee effort thatassessed the quality of pre-war intelligence on Iraqand found it severelylacking. This report isknown as “phase II” andspawned a nasty partisanfight in the committee. Itplows well-tread politicalground by contrastingwhat Bush, Vice PresidentDick Cheney, then-Secretary of State ColinPowell and then-DefenseSecretary Donald HRumsfeld said betweenOctober 2002 and March2003, when the US-ledinvasion of Iraq began,with intelligence reportsthat since have beenreleased.—Internet

A horse and cart drive past the rubble of destroyed homes following a hugesuicide bombing in the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad. The UAE saidon 5 June, it is to name an ambassador to Iraq within days, in the first such

move by a US ally in the Gulf since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.INTERNET

Iran says answered bomballegations, “matter over”

Sri Lanka bus explosion kills 21 people

VIENNA, 6 June—Iransaid on Thursday it hadgiven UN investigatorsmore than 200 pages ofanswers to questions aboutintelligence reports that itsecretly researched howto make atom bombs anddeclared “the matter isover.”

But Iran’s envoy to theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency saidTehran would heed anyrequests for clarificationafter the IAEA chiefdemanded “full dis-closure,” a call broadly

endorsed by a 35-nationagency Board of Gover-nors meeting this week.

Tehran had turned over“more than 200 pages ofexplanations and docu-ments” and held more than70 hours of talks with UNinspectors, Iranian Am-bassador Ali AsgharSoltanieh said, denying hisgovernment had issuedonly empty denials.

“We left no questionunanswered. We havedone our job. This matteris over,” he said as thefour-day meeting ended.

But, he told reporters:“Some of them ... are underevaluation and assessment(by the) agency... If theyhave any questions we willanswer them. The trend ofremoving the ambiguitieswill continue. This is ourpolicy.”

Soltanieh also said Iransummarized its points in30 pages of documentspassed to IAEA gover-nors. “Quite simply thewhole allegations arebaseless. Nobody needs toprove it,” he said.

Internet

Televisions display a new download-on-demand broadband service in Tokyo.Japan’s top film rental chain Tsutaya says the service will let customers rent

titles from home without going to the store.—INTERNET

Obama and Clinton meet, discuss uniting DemocratsWASHINGTON, 6 June—

Hillary Rodham Clintonand likely Democraticpresidential nomineeBarack Obama metprivately Thursday nightto talk about uniting theDemocratic Party.

“Senator Clinton andSenator Obama mettonight and had aproductive discussionabout the important workthat needs to be done tosucceed in November,”their campaigns said injoint statement.

The statement includedno details of their talks, aspressure mounted forObama to invite Clintonto become his runningmate.

Robert Gibbs, an

Obama spokesman, wouldnot say where the formerrivals met, except that itwas not at Clinton’s homein Washington, as hadbeen widely reported.

Reporters traveling withObama sensed somethingmight be happeningbetween the pair whenthey arrived at DullesInternational Airport afteran event in NorthernVirginia and Obama wasnot aboard the airplane.

Asked at the time aboutthe Illinois senator’swhereabouts, Gibbssmiled and declined tocomment.

Clinton returned toWashington after the lastprimaries on Tuesdaynight, when Obama

earned the 2,118 delegateshe needed to secure theDemocratic nomination.She planned to announceSaturday that she wasending her campaign andsupporting Obama.

Internet

COLOMBO, 6 June—Aroadside bomb explodednear a crowded passengerbus in the Sri Lankancapital Colombo onFriday, killing 21 peopleand wounding 47, themilitary said.

The blast occurredduring the morning rushhour in the southernsuburb of Moratuwa. Themilitary blamed Tamil

Tiger rebels for the blast,the latest attack oncivilians in or near thecapital this year.

“The bomb was plantedon the road side, hidden ina bush and then explodedusing a remote control,”said an official of thepolice bomb disposal unit,asking not to be named.

A Reuters witness said

the bus was shredded byshrapnel and the floor wascovered in blood anddebris.

“I was on my way tooffice and suddenly Iheard a loud explosion andsaw people screamingwith blood all over,” saidAruna Wickramarachchi,a 45-year-old hotelworker.—Internet

Egypt uncovers ‘missingpyramid’ of a pharaoh

SAQQARA (Egypt), 6 June— Egyptian archaeologistsunveiled on Thursday a 4,000-year-old “missingpyramid” that is believed to have been discovered byan archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seenagain. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s antiquities chief, said thepyramid appears to have been built by King Menkauhor,an obscure pharaoh who ruled for only eight years.

In 1842, German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsiusmentioned it among his finds at Saqqara, referring to itas number 29 and calling it the “Headless Pyramid”because only its base remains. But the desert sandscovered the discovery, and no archaeologist since hasbeen able to find Menkauhor’s resting place.—Internet

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard at the site of anexplosion in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo, SriLanka, on 6 June, 2008. A bomb ripped through acrowded passenger bus near Sri Lanka’s capital

during morning rush hour Friday, killing at least21 people and wounding an additional 47, officials

said.—INTERNET

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Mexico hit by floods followingstorm “Arthur”

MEXICO CITY, 6 June— Nearly a thousandfamilies in Mexico hasbeen affected by Tuesdayby floods after tropicalstorm Arthur weakenedto a tropical depressionwhile crossing theYucatan peninsula overthe weekend.

Thousands of residentsof 982 families in about20 rural communities inthe southeastern Mexicanstate of Tabasco have beenaffected by the floods. Nocasualties have beenreported.

Spokesman RuricoDominguez for the CivilProtection agency ofTabasco said Tuesday thatauthorities were helping

those affected by floodsto evacuate.

“We hope there will beno more rains this month,”he said. According tothe National WaterCommission, the waterlevels of most rivers inTabasco have decreased,except the PichucalcoRiver along the bor-der with the state ofChiapas.

Tabasco governorAndres Granier Melo saidthe state had officiallyannounced an emergencyin May as the countryheaded into a season oftropical storms andcyclones.

Mexico’s Communica-tions and Transportation

Ministry said Tuesday thatthe Gulf oil port of CayoArcas, one of the major oilports in Mexico, remainedclosed due to strong windsand rough seas.

Mexico exports some1.5 million barrels of oileach day, mainly to theUnited States.

Arthur, the firsttropical storm of Atlantichurricane season this year,has killed at least sevenpeople in neighboringBelize.

Xinhua

11 soldierskilled, 21injured inVenezuela

road accidentCARACAS, 6 June —

Eleven soldiers werekilled and 21 injured onMonday night in northernVenezuela when theirvehicle tumbled down aravine, local sourcessaid.

The accident occurredduring a military patrolexercise in Montesmunicipality of thecountry’s northern stateof Sucre.

One of the injuredsoldiers is in seriouscondition, an Armycommander said.

Investigations intothe cause of the accidentare underway. —Xinhua

3 ISAF soldiers die inAfghanistan

Poland to letRussians inspect

missile shieldWARSAW, 6 June — Poland will allow Russian

inspectors “regular access” to a US anti-missile shieldon its territory if it is installed, the Polish ForeignMinistry spokesman said on Tuesday.

The Russian daily RBK-daily Tuesday quotedPolish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski as sayingPoland was prepared to allow regular Russianinspections of the shield installations.

Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman PiotrPaszkowski, however, told Polish news agency PAPthat the permanent presence of Russian inspectors onthe shield site was impossible “for historical reasons”.

Poland and the US are in talks on the installationin Poland of a US missie defence system. Russia,which claims the system could endanger its safety, hasdemanded permanent access to the installation by itsinspectors. — Xinhua

KABUL, 6 June —Three soldiers of theNATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF) died Tuesday ineastern and southernAfghanistan while USArmy General David DMcKiernan took chargeof the multi-national forcein Kabul, the ISAF said.

Two ISAF soldiersdied during a patrol in

eastern Afghanistan asanother ISAF soldierdied of wounds afteran engagement withinsurgents in the south,the military alliance saidin statements.

One more ISAFsoldier and one localnational were wounded inthe incident whichoccurred in the easternregion, the ISAF added.

The NATO-ledmilitary did not mentionin which provincesboth the incidentshappened exactly orrelease the casualties’nationalities.

ISAF spokespersonBrigadier General CarlosBranco said the soldiersdied and were woundedwhile “trying to help bringpeace and security for theAfghan people”.

On the sameday, General DavidD McKiernan took com-

mand of the 52,900 strongNATO-led ISAF con-tributed by some 40nations, replacing USGeneral Dan McNeill, inAfghan capital city ofKabul. —Xinhua

Participants take part in the multinational disaster response field exercise “UUSIMAA2008” in Helsinki, Finland, 4 June, 2008. About 25 NATO member and partnercountries participated in the exercise, which is the eighth such disaster drill by theNATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center since 2000. —XINHUA

Officials of Nanning hand out free environment-friendly shopping bags to peoplein Nanning, capital of southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,

on 5 June, 2008. Many enterprises, schools and communities in China carriedout activities to greet the World Environment Day on 5 June.—XINHUA

A worker uses water pump to clear algae inChaohu lake in Hefei, East China’s Anhui

Province, on 5 Jun , 2008. Recently, blue-greenalgae has been discovered in the west part of

Chaohu Lake, which is China’s fifth largest bodyof fresh water and the drinking water source for

about 320,000 people. —XINHUA

China C Bank dismissesfears over export collapse BEIJING, 6 June—

China’s Central Bank onTuesday rejected as“exaggeration” warningsthat the nation’s exportsare set to drop sharply,leading to an economichard landing.

“An analysis of theimpacts of weaker exportgrowth should beobjective and allow noexcessive exaggeration,”the Institute of FinanceResearch under thePeople’s Bank of China(PBOC) said in a report.

Some analysts arecalling for easing

controls to reduce the riskof hard landing, asweaker export growthdrove the nation’s tradesurplus to shrink 8.4 percent to 58 billion USdollars in the first fourmonths of the year.

“A drastic decline inexport growth will notcome in the short term,with the resilience of theUS economy, the rapidgrowth in exports toemerging markets, andthe productivity increaseoffsetting labour costrises,” said the report.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

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This undated handout photo shows air hostessesat an undislosed location in India. An Indiancourt has upheld the right of state-owned Air

India to ground overweight flight attendants, areport said on Thursday.—INTERNET

People view afternoon traffic from a footbridge inBeijing in April 2008. Fatalities from road

accidents in China nearly doubled in the space ofjust two decades and are likely to surge further asmore and more Chinese acquire a car, a medical

study warned on 4 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Mission Specialist Mike Fossum exits the airlockof the International Space Station during a

spacewalk in this image from NASA TV on 5June, 2008.—INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 June — The new automobileagreement signed by Brazil and Argentina, to becomevalid in July, will make the two countries jointlybecome the world’s fourth biggest automobile producer,said Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry andForeign Trade on Tuesday.

With the deal inked last week, by the year 2013when both countries start free trade in the auto sector,their joint annual auto production is expected to reachsix million automobiles, five million in Brazil and onemillion in Argentina.

Together, they will be among the world’s top autoproducers, after Japan, China and the United States.

One of the main clauses of the agreement, the thirdsigned by Brazil and Argentina since 2000, is thecreation of a maximum quota of imports, which wasdesigned to favor Argentina.

Up to the present, the export of every 100 US dollarsof goods to the other country allows the partner toimport up to 195 US dollars without having to pay a taxof 35 per cent of the prices of the imported products.

MNA/Xinhua

GENEVA, 6 June —Members of the WorldTrade Organization (WTO)strongly criticized onTuesday the US Con-gress’ new farm bill,saying the bill “con-tradicts the objectivesand mandate” of theongoing Doha Roundtrade nego-tiations.

“The USA Congress’new bill heads agriculturepolicies in the wrongdirection at a decisive

TOKYO, 6 June—Losses from investments tied tothe US subprime-mortgage market cost Japanesefinancial firms about $8 billion as of the end of March,Japan’s financial regulator said on Friday, up 42 percentfrom December.

Total exposure to subprime-related investmentscame to 1 trillion yen ($9.4 billion) as of the sameperiod, down a third from three months earlier, theFinancial Services Agency said.

Although many Japanese firms have avoided thesubprime damage that tore through global rivals suchas UBS AG (UBSN.VX) and Merrill Lynch (MER.N),some of Tokyo’s biggest banks have been heavilybruised.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 6 June— Oil rose by more than $1.00towards $129 a barrel on Friday, extending gains afterits biggest ever one-day rise in the previous session asthe US dollar weakened on signals the European CentralBank may raise interest rates this year.

US light crude for July delivery rose 77 cents abarrel to $128.56 a barrel by 0609 GMT, having earlierjumped $1.03 to $128.82.

The contract was up $6.08 to $128.38 in after-hourstrading on Thursday in the US, its largest outright gainon record and erasing two days of sharp losses triggeredby worries that high oil prices were starting to dentdemand.

London Brent crude rose 83 cents to $128.37.“A $6 jump is quite a major move. Financial flows

came back. If oil continues to rise, it could test $135 or$140. The market is in a state of uncertainty after sucha move,” Marc Lansonneur, Societe Generale’s headof commodities derivatives in Asia, said.

Internet

DETROIT, 6 June—FordMotor Co (FN) said onThursday it will cut expen-ses for its white-collarwork force by 15 percentover the next two monthsthrough job cuts, attritionand other actions.

The cuts, telegraphedby Ford in May, when itwarned it would not meetits long-standing goal ofreturning to profitability in2009, will come as theautomaker adjusts to adeeper-than-expectedslump in US vehicle sales,led by declines in sales ofpickup trucks and SUVs.

“We told employeestoday we are going to cut

DA L L A S, 6 June—Continental Airlinessaid Thursday i t iscutting 3,000 jobs andreducing capacity by 11percent, citing recordfuel costs that havepushed the industry intoits worst crisis since2001. It also said its twotop executives will forgopay for the rest of theyear.

The job cuts representabout 6.5 percent of thecompany’s work force of45,000.

Houston-based Cont-inental said it will beginpulling back on flightsin September, whendepartures on i tsmainline operations willdrop about 16 percent

Brazil-Argentina J-V to becomeworld’s 4th car producer

Continental Airlines to cut3,000 jobs, capacity

below Septem-ber 2007levels. Fourth-quartercapacity will fall 11percent.

Shares of Continentalrose 68 cents, or 4.7percent, to $15.18 in theopening minutes oftrading.

The company alsosaid Chairman and ChiefExecutive LawrenceKellner and PresidentJeff Smisek will not takesalaries or incentive payfor the rest of the year.

Internet

Ford to cut white-collarexpenses by 15 percent

salaried work force-related expenses by 15percent and complete theactions by 1 August ,” saidFord spokeswoman Mar-cey Evans. “This doesinclude reductions inheadcount and contractjobs, attrition and consoli-dation of positions,” shesaid.—Internet

WTO members slam US farm billjuncture of the WTO DohaRound,” said a jointstatement issued by theGroup of 20 developingcountries, includingBrazil, India and China.

The 20 countries saidthe Doha Round tradetalks, which werelaunched in 2001 with theaim to boost trade andpromote development,should result in effective

reductions in trade-distorting subsidies indeveloped countries. Butthe new farm bill, passedby the US Congress lastmonth, will actually leadto higher subsidy pay-ments for many com-modities, which is incontradiction with theDoha Round mandate,they said.

MNA/Xinhua

Japan financials’ subprimelosses $8 billion

Oil extends gains by anotherdollar towards $129

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(from page 1)Next, they went to

No. 7 BEPS in Yangonthitward and viewed learningof students at the tents.

Prime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein gave in-structions on removal ofdebris in order not to harmthe students to the officials.

Next, the Prime Minis-ter and party proceededto Kandawgyi NaturalGardens where the mayorand officials conductedthem round. They in-spected the removal offallen trees with the use ofchain-saws.

They also looked intocarrying out of sanitationworks and public relaxa-tion in the gardens in amotorcade.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6June—A Myanmardelegation led by DeputyAttorney-General U Tun

ROK medical team providing health care in Kungyangon Tsp

YANGON, 6 June—A30-member medicalteam of the ROK wasdispatched to the vil-lages in KungyangonTownship to provide

health care services tostorm victims by a mo-bile clinic. Furthermore,a five-member reliefteam will perform reliefmeasures such as pre-

Myanmar Delegation leaves for ROKTun Oo left for the Re-public of Korea to attendthe 5th Asia-Pacific re-gional conference and

high ranking levelgovernment attorneys’meeting this evening.

MNA

Special Sales of Kanebo 16-30 JuneYANGON, 6 June—The

Special Sales of Kanebobrand cosmetics marketedby Ever Seiko Co Ltd willbe held from 1-6-2008 to15-6-2008 at Traders Ho-tel and from 16-6-2008 to30-6-2008 at Sein Gay Harsupermarket andLapyaewin plaza. It is achance for customers whohave got K Excellence Card

to get special gifts and Rain-bow in the Rain Bonus.

Details can be enquired

at Kanebo Counters and Ph:530709, 501049, 706803.

MNA

Donation of stationery to be used for Red Cross members in storm-hitareas was made at Myanmar Red Cross Society on 6-6-2008.

Haji Sar Lay, Managing-Director of Bawa Group of Companies(Yangon) of Bawa Trading Pte Ltd (Singapore) hands stationery toSecretary Dr Hla Pe, Chief Executive Officer Col Khin Maung Hla

(Retd) and Treasurer U Kyi.—H

A 30-member Korean medical team arrives in Myanmar.—H

YANGON, 6 June—The opening ceremony ofthe Workshop on MonsoonForum 2008 and trainingfor Coastal CommunityResilience WorkingGroup, jointly sponsoredand organized by UnitedNations Economic andSocial Commission for theAsia and the Pacific(UNESCAP), Asian Dis-aster Preparedness Centre(ADPC) & Department ofMeteorology and Hydrol-ogy (DMH) was held yes-terday at the Multi-purposeHall of Ministry of Trans-port in Nay Pyi Taw.

Director-General ofDMH U Tun Lwin on be-

Monsoon Forum 2008 heldhalf of the Minister forTransport delivered theopening address and MrAR Subbiah, Director ofClimate & Management ofADPC has made openingremarks and briefing theWorkshop.

Also present on theoccasion were Heads ofDepartments and enter-prises and other invitedministries and representa-tives on disaster manage-ment and local level au-thorities concerned.

The Workshop is fo-cused on the present cli-mate change situation inMyanmar, the Severe Cy-clonic Storm ‘NARGIS’

which has swept throughMyanmar on 2 and 3 May2008. Also on the agendaare discussions on the tech-niques and issuance for theearly warnings and bulle-tins for ‘NARGIS’, theGeneral Seasonal Fore-casts for 2008, the verifi-cation of last season’s2007-2008 Meteorologyand Hydrology forecasts.The forum is aiming to pro-mote public awareness andcommunity developmentfor increased resilience tothe affected local commu-nities.

The Workshop wasscheduled to continue on 6June 2008.—MNA

vention of epidemic andwater sanitation from6 to 13 June for cement-ing friendship and good-will between the twocountries. —H

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Special Appeal Cases heard

YANGON, 6 June—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence,accompanied by Chair-man of Yangon DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win,Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin and officials,inspected installation oftelephone cables, cleaningof debris, repairs of powerlines and dredging ofdrains in downtownYangon this morning.

On Thaton Streetin Yangon University,they supervised re-placement of damagedtelephone posts andreinstallation of tele-phone cables.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweand party viewed removalof fallen trees beingcarried out byTatmadawmen of No. 11LID at Pinya Hall of the

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects installation of telephone cables andpower lines, removal of fallen trees, dredging of drains

university.They also looked

into substitution of newlamp-posts in the placesof damaged ones andinstallation of 6.6 kvpower lines on No. 2Highway in DagonMyothit (East) Township.In Mingala Taungnyunt

Township, they inspecteddredging of a 5,000-foot-long drain.

In the compound ofNo 4 Sawmill, officialsreported on thearrangements to be madefor dredging the 900-foot-long drain along UpperPazundung Road.

On Kaba AyePagoda Road in YankinTownship, Lt-Gen MyintSwe and party inspectedclean-up of fallen treesbeing undertaken byTatmadawmen of YangonStation and gavenecessary instructions.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects dredging of drains along Upper Pazundaung Road in Mingala Taungnyunt Township.—MNA

Students learning in make-shift tents in No. 4 BEPS in Thingangyun Township. (News on page 1)—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects clean-up of fallen trees in Kandawgyi Natural Gardens. (News on Page 1)—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June— Deputy Chief Justiceof Supreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) U Tun Tun Oo,Judges of Supreme Court (Yangon) U Chit Lwin andU Han Shein sitting at court room No.1 of theSupreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) delivered judgmentof six Special Civil Appeal Cases and heard fiveSpecial Appeal Cases under Section 7 of JudiciaryLaw, 2000 today.

MNA

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Our country and people were hit severely by thestorm Nargis over one month ago. The natural disas-ter is more catastrophic and more destructive thanany other one in the course of Myanmar’s history.However much a natural disaster is destructive it willabate sooner or later. A storm does not last for morethan one or two days. Now, all has been over.

However, a man-made storm has been hitting ourcountry and people for decades. It is a storm ofrumours designed to deal a devastating blow on ourcountry. The rumours are invented and spread bycertain Western countries with negative attitude to-wards our country and people in complicity withtraitors at home and abroad. In other words, it is justa scheme conspired in collusion by a crafty tiger thatis desperate to exploit the natural resources of ourcountry and a fox with the hope of getting leftovers.Surely, the scheme will be over when it is due.However, we people are suffering a lot from thescheme.

It is common knowledge that the governmentand the people have been carrying out relief andresettlement tasks at the risk of life since the stormwas raging. The government is spending funds heav-ily on the tasks while individual well-wishers andcompanies are making generous donations of cashand kind to the victims. They are trying to fulfill allthe requirements of the victims. No one can deny thatthose including State leaders and young volunteersare making all-out efforts to carry out relief andrehabilitation tasks in the storm-hit areas.

In compliance with the guidance of the Head ofState, the three phases—relief, rehabilitation anddisaster preparedness—are being taken in priority. Inthe process, Senior General Than Shwe and Vice-Senior General Maung Aye are making field trips tothe storm-affected areas and supervising the tasksand comforting the victims. The government hasinvited the international community, saying that itwould accept international assistance with thanks.And it is distributing the international relief supplies

Rehabilitation works are being carriedout in a systematic way

Ko Keto the victims.

Under the guidance of the Head of State, thegovernment, the people and the Tatmadaw are work-ing in collaboration to realize the rescue, relief, reset-tlement and rehabilitation undertakings. Due to thedonations and voluntary services of the three forces,the relief and rehabilitation tasks are going smooth.

Despite remarkable success in the tasks, merce-nary radio stations with the policy of ‘duty is duty’ areairing news stories intended to tarnish the image of thenation, turning a blind eye to the prevailing situations.There is a saying ‘Although the dog barks, the hill willnot shudder’. However, some of the news stories haveadverse effects on the nation and the people. So, I, onbehalf of the people who feel that harming own lineageis unbearable, have to present what is due.

One of the worldwide invented news stories thesedays is that the government is uprooting the victims byforce from the relief camps in its bid to lure the globalcommunity that all the consequences have been nomore. It is, indeed, totally groundless. They said forc-ing the victims to leave the camps lacks humanitarian-ism and ignoring the causes of the victims is a crime.They are, like crows, making accusations that doing sois violating the law. There also was a rumour thatvictims were taken and left near their empty villageswithout being told in advance. It is a very disappoint-ing rumour.

Rescue works, the first phase, has been in fullswing, and the rehabilitation works, the second phace,are now under way in some areas. In that regard,measures are being taken with added momentum forreconstruction of the ravaged villages, building tem-porary shelters in their home places for resettlement ofvictims, improving transportation and communica-tions, opening of temporary health centres village-tract-wise, re-opening of schools in time, and rehabili-tation of their businesses such as agriculture, fisheriesand salt farming. In doing so, the tasks have taken intoshape due to the assistance of the government, dona-tions of well-wishers, contributions of local compa-

nies, and supplies of international community.As for the victims, they have no other choice, so

they have to stay in the relief camps. Myanmarpeople by nature do not want to lead a position to relyon others for their living. They are now staying in therelief camps for various reasons, but they do notwant to stay there for long. In addition, they want togive something to and serve others food, rather thanto expect others’ contributions. So, according to theinnate nature of Myanmar people, none of the vic-tims is happy with staying in the relief camps, nor dothey consider that they are leading an easy life there.That is the first point I want to present.

Regarding the second point, Myanmar peoplecherish and have attachments to their home places aswell as to own homes and farms. They are stayingaway from their original places due to various rea-sons, but all of them want to return to their homeplaces as soon as circumstances and conditions fa-vour them. Each victim has a plan to resume theirbusinesses and lead a normal life. I think likeMyanmar, any other person in the world has a similarattitude. So, I would like those who spread rumoursto realize that the victims are anxious to return home.And they do not want to live for good in the campseven if gold can be mined on a commercial scalethere. That is the second point.

Concerning the last point, Myanmar people havegreat attachment to their traditional businesses. Farm-ers cannot help ploughing their fields when themonsoon sets in. Similarly, fishermen must have anoverpowering desire to catch fish by now because itis raining these days. Therefore, they will returnhome to resume their businesses as soon as they areprovided with agricultural assistance and fishingequipment. Isn’t it an encouraging news that victimsreturn home when such conditions are created.

The government has worked as hard as it can inthe relief and rehabilitation tasks. As the motto, “Allthe survivors must continue to survive”, victimshave been provided with relief supplies with whichthey can continue to survive. Now, the second paceof rehabilitation is in progress, so the authoritieshave allowed the victims to return home if they wantto. Allowing them to return to their home places isnot uprooting them or ignoring their difficulties.

None of the victims intends to live for good in therelief camps. So, they will have to return home andresume their businesses and lead a normal life sooneror later. Authorities have allowed the victims to returnhome only if they meet three qualifications. The firstqualification is that the place they intend to returnto must be suitable for resettlement. If a region, asforeign media says, is still flooded and resettlementis still impossible, the victims will not be allowed todo so. They will allow the victims to return home ifthe floods have subsided in the home places, therehave been conditions to resettle, clean water isavailable, there have been no health problems, andthey can resume their businesses.

(See page 9)

Authorities have allowed the victims to return homeonly if they meet three qualifications. The first qualifi-cation is that the place they intend to return to must besuitable for resettlement. If a region, as foreign mediasays, is still flooded and resettlement is still impossible,the victims will not be allowed to do so. They will allowthe victims to return home if the floods have subsidedin the home places, there have been conditions toresettle, clean water is available, there have been nohealth problems, and they can resume their businesses.

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(from page 8)

The second point is that a person needs to

decide himself. He is allowed to return to his place

only after he has given his signature of his own

accord to do so. We would like to convince all that

any storm victim will not be allowed to go back to

his original place without his own decision. As I

have said earlier, no doubt that most of us will have

the same wish to rebuild our lives and restart our

business. And we don’t want to live a life of victim.

The third point is that the victims of

households are only allowed to go home if they are

healthy and strong enough to resettle down. Those

who want to go back are allowed to do so after they

have been given medical check-ups and are free

from infectious diseases. It is clear that authorities

never ignore the affairs of victims and always take

systematic measures.

Let me go on to say. Those who were allowed

to go home were not handpicked and they did not

leave the camps secretly. At relief camps, authorities

with transparency shouted to the victims with the use

of loudspeakers so they could give their own decision

and arranged systematically for their return.

Necessary equipment and household items are being

provided for the victims wishing to return to their

places if they have agreed to the above-mentioned

three points. And they are being transported to their

places with the help of watercraft or motor vehicles.

It is irritating to say that foreign media are fabricating

news that the cyclone victims have to be walking

empty-handed to their flooded places as they are

being forced to leave their relief camps. Their

accusations are groundless, indeed.

What were the victims provided with? A lot of

things were provided for those who returned to their

home town. The things provided were clothes,

blankets, mosquito nets, plates, slippers, a piece of

plastic measuring 8ft x 20ft, two aluminium pots, a

frying pan, six spoons, two knives, hoes, 3 or 5-

gallon water buckets, mugs, containers, lighters,

candles, kerosene-fired lamps, towels, rolls of thread

Rehabilitation works are being carriedout in a systematic way

Ko Ke

and needles, rolls of plastic string, torch lights, dried tea

and mats or plastic totaling 24 items. Rice, edible oil,

salt, gram and prawn paste and a packet of dried

noodles were provided enough for a week.

Moreover, more basic food such as rice, edible

oil, salt and fish paste will be provided for a certain

period. Such things have been stockpiled in relief goods

distribution camps in wards and village-tracts. The

victims can take basic food from those camps by

showing their registers. Besides, arrangements have

been made for supply of drinking water to regions. For

health care, the people’s hospitals in Pyapon, Bogale,

Mawlamyinegyun and Labutta Townships have been

upgraded and plans are under way to open rural clinics

covering all villages.

As for the livelihoods of the storm victims, the

time has come for them to start their farming as monsoon

is setting in. That is why power tillers and fuel oil have

been provided for those who returned to their places to

plough their land and grow rice by opening power tiller

camps. In addition, paddy seeds for cultivation, fertilizers

and pesticide are being provided on credit. Authorities

have provided agricultural loans for the growers.

Likewise, for fishermen, authorities are taking

measures to salvage their sunken fishing boats, and

fishing nets, accessories and fuel oil are being provided

on credit. For those engaging in salt farming,

embankments preventing the flow of salt water will be

built as soon as possible to reestablish their saltens.

Cash assistance will also be rendered for buildings and

equipment necessary for the business.

There are plans for the whole region to develop

socio-economy of the local people in the long run.

Duties have been assigned to construction companies

to be able to build more modern houses than previous

ones. House designs have been drawn and the people

will have the chance to choose the ones they like. The

companies will bear the cost and the locals only need

to pay later. It is undeniable that opportunities have

been created for them to upgrade the huts into wood

houses then into brick ones.

All in all, it is obvious that after authorities had

arranged everything for the storm victims so that they

could return to their home town, they were allowed to

go of their own volition. If we have had such sound

conditions, we, relying on ourselves, would be happy

to go back to our own places. We will try our utmost

to earn our living quickly like we Myanmars want to

lead a life of contributor. To rebuild our whole lives,

we will have to welcome new steps.

No matter what the jealous people say about

our country, we know about our country most. If

we fall down, we will stand up instantly. Those

being able to stand up will help others who have

fallen down. Those who helped others did so out

of goodwill. But the fallen ones who received help

did not have the spirit of depending on others. But

if we don’t need any help, we are able to stand up

in our own way. Now, we have encouraged the

storm victims to rise from ashes. Although there

is hearsay, we can feel that the victims who have

returned to their own places will have expectations,

confidence and strengths.

Let bygones, be bygones. There has been

destruction. It is not too late to mend. Nothing will

happen if we do nothing. We will have to strive. We

will have to do a lot. We will have to carry out

reconstruction tasks. With the assistance of the State

and public wellwishers and contributions of

companies and international donors free from strings

of attachment, we will not find it very difficult to

rebuild our lives. Now, those who want to try their

best are in their home town to rebuild their lives. I

believe that there will soon be a condition in which

the people can lead more comfortable life than ever.

Translation: MS+ST

*****

The second point is that a person needs to decide himself.He is allowed to return to his place only after he has given hissignature of his own accord to do so. We would like toconvince all that any storm victim will not be allowed to goback to his original place without his own decision.

The third point is that the victims of households are onlyallowed to go home if they are healthy and strong enough toresettle down. Those who want to go back are allowed to do so afterthey have been given medical check-ups and are free from infectiousdiseases. It is clear that authorities never ignore the affairs ofvictims and always take systematic measures.

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YANGON, 6 June—CEC member of the UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association Ministerfor Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungaccepted 200 sets of robes

Donations for storm-stricken monasteriesand religious buildings

and 100 CI sheets worth K498,800 donated by U TintLwin and wife ThihaThudhamma Theingi DawKyu Kyu Thin of ShanlayBrokerage and cashdonated by wellwishers led

by monk Mok Tak-HyeEun of the Republic ofKorea for repair of religiousbuildings at the ministryhere today. He presentedcertificates of honour tothem.—MNA

YANGON, 6 June —Two AN-12 and IL-76flights carrying 40.84 tons of mosquito nets, blankets,kitchen-used items and water tanks donated byThailand-based WFP, two C-130 flights carrying 25.99tons of foodstuff, medicines, household goods, bottledpurified water, clothes and soft drinks donated byChulalongkorn University of Thailand, four C-130flights carrying 31.3 tons of blankets, soaps, kitchenutensils, clothes, family-used medical equipment, nails,

Relief supplies from abroad arrive YangonInternational Airport

plywoods, rice, soft drinks, drinking water, two lifeboats and 10000-liter-capacity water tank donated bythe USA and AN-12 flight carrying 6.178 tons ofmosquito nets, buckets and strings donated bySwitzerland-based Doctors Without Borders arrivedat Yangon International Airport today.

Relief supplies donated from abroad havebeen sent to storm-hit regions by helicopter, car andship. — MNA

YANGON, 6 June—Relief supplies for stormvictims donated by Francearrived at No. 5 Sule wharfthis morning.

MV Claudia of Francecarried some 600 tons oftarpaulin tents, mosquito

French aid arrives at Sule Jettynets, plastic boxes, plasticbuckets, medicines,chlorine tablets, fabricrolls and utensils including400 tons of rice.

The relief supplies werebeing unloaded from MVClaudia to the tugboat (than-

944) in order to transportthem to storm-hit Bogale andMawlamyinegyun Town-ships under the programmeof WFP.—MNA

Trading promotion meeting heldat Kawthoung

YANGON, 6 June—A meeting on promotion oftrading organized by Border Trade Department(Kawthoung) under Ministry of Commerce was held atthe meeting hall of department on 31 May.

Director-General of Border Trade Department UThein Naing discussed matters relating to promotion oftrading and departmental personnel and entrepreneurs whowere present at the meeting made suggestions.—MNA

YANGON, 6 June — Aceremony to seek the advicefor re-hoisting Seinbudaw(diamond orb),H n g e t m y a t n a d a w(pennant-shaped vane) andHtidaw (umbrella) atopShwenaban Pagoda hit bythe storm was held at thepagoda in ThingangyunTownship yesterday.

Secretary of StateSangha Maha NayakaCommittee DvipitakadharaDvipitakakovida Agga

Ovadakatha sought for re-hoistingSeinbudaw, Hngetmyatnadaw, Htidaw atop

Shwenaban PagodaMaha Pandita Agga MahaK a m m a t h a n a c a r i y aKalewa Tawya SayadawBhaddanta Jagarabhivamsagave Ovadakatha.Kyaikhtihsaung SayadawAbhidhaja Agga MahaS a d d h a m m a j o t i k aBhaddanta Pannadipaexplained the aim andtasks for the hoistingceremony.

Next, the Sayadaws,members of the PagodaBoard of Trustees and

officials viewed conveyingof the damaged Seinbudaw,Hngetmyatnadaw andHtidaw from top of thepagoda.

Also present on theoccasion were Adviser tothe State Peace andDevelopment Council UArnt Manug anddepartmental officials.

Zay Gabar Co Ltd willsponsor the all-roundrenovation of the pagoda.

MNA

MV Claudia carrying relief aid from France docks atSule Wharf No. 5.—MNA

French-donated relief aid being unloaded from MV Claudia.—MNA

Donation of stationery to be used for RedCross members in storm-hit areas was made at

Myanmar Red Cross Society today.Haji U Than Maung (Santhawda Paper

Trading) of 32nd Street in Pabedan Townshiphands stationery to Secretary Dr Hla Pe, ChiefExecutive Officer Col Khin Maung Hla (Retd)

and Treasurer U Kyi.—H

Seinbudaw (diamond orb) and Hngetmyatnadaw (pennant-shaped vane)being prepared for Shwenaban Pagoda.—MNA

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Police use buses to stop people fearing infection ofmad cow disease, from marching on the roads

leading to the US Embassy and the presidentialBlue House in Seoul on 5 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Alain Robert, the French Spiderman, hangs abanner on the New York Times building whileclimbing the exterior on 5 June, 2008 in New

York. In a press release Robert says the stunt wasa peaceful way to create support for far greaterand urgent action from world leaders on global

warming.—INTERNET

A banner depicting Czech goal keeper Petr Cech is seen on the Prater Ferris Wheelat Vienna’s famous amusement park after it was unveiled at an event in the build-

up to the Euro 2008 European Soccer championships, on 5 June, 2008.—INTERNET

RAMALLAH (West Bank), 6 June — Palestinianleaders reacted with anger and dismay on Wednesdayto Barack Obama’s pledge that Jerusalem should beIsrael’s undivided capital.

President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the USpresidential candidate’s pledge to American Jewishleaders and he repeated his demand for a Palestinianstate with Arab East Jerusalem as its capital.

“This statement is totally rejected,” Abbas toldreporters in the West Bank administrative centre ofRamallah.

“The whole world knows that East Jerusalem, holyJerusalem, was occupied in 1967 and we will notaccept a Palestinian state without having Jerusalem asthe capital of a Palestinian state.”

Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said Palestinian negotiatorsengaged in US-sponsored peace talks would continueto insist on securing East Jerusalem, captured by Israelin 1967, as their capital. He said of Obama: “He hasclosed all doors to peace.”

Obama, newly secure as the Democratic nomineefor president, said in a speech in Washington:“Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it mustremain undivided.” —MNA/Reuters

JUBA (Sudan), 6 June —South Sudanese officialsaccused the government on Tuesday of reinforcingtroops in the disputed oil town of Abyei, raisingtensions as UN Security Council envoys flew in toshore up a north-south peace deal.

Clashes in Abyei last month increased fears of areturn to all out war between the northern governmentand the south, which signed a peace agreement in 2005to end two decades of civil war.

The Security Council envoys, who flew into thesouthern capital Juba on a tour of African hotspots,will discuss Abyei with both sides.

At stake there is control of lucrative oilfields and apipeline supplying about half Sudan’s daily 500,000barrel output. Three years after the peace accord, thesides havefailed to agree on the borders oradministration for the area. —MNA/Reuters

PRAGUE, 6 June— Public opposition to a US missiledefence radar in the Czech Republic rose to its highestlevel this year in May, a poll showed, increasingpressure on a government struggling to find politicalsupport for the base.

The United States wants to install a radar in theCzech Republic and 10 interceptor rockets in Poland,extending its shield against ballistic missiles that couldbe fired from countries such as Iran. The opinion pollby the CVVM agency, conducted between May 12 and19 among 1,066 Czechs and released on Wednesday,showed the number of radar opponents in the centralEuropean country rose by five percentage points inMay to 68 per cent. The highest level was 70 per centin the middle of last year. The number of supportersshrank by five points to 24 per cent, and the rest wereundecided. — MNA/Reuters

MEDELLIN (Colombia),6 June — Venezuela onTuesday accused theUnited States of trying tospread violence in theAndean region after a USofficial said left-wingColombian rebels werehiding in Venezuelanterritory.

Colombia and theUnited States have longsaid Venezuela is not doingenough to combat MarxistFARC fighters wagingLatin America’s longestinsurgency. The rebels arealso deeply involved indrug trafficking.

Deputy US Secretary

Venezuela says US trying tospread violence

of State John Negroponteon Monday urged Vene-zuela to crack down onrebels hiding on its side ofthe border.

Venezuela’s left-winggovernment, which hasvoiced solidarity with therebels’ goals, called Neg-roponte’s statement “ir-responsible and abusive”.

“There is an operationunderway and we want todenounce it,” VenezuelanForeign Minister NicolasMaduro told reporters.“The government of theUnited States is directlyresponsible for thisoperation, which is in-

tended to fill our regionwith violence.”

Maduro, speaking at ameeting of the Organiza-tion of American States inMedellin, Colombia, saidVenezuela has not offeredsanctuary to rebels whohave been fighting theColombian state for fourdecades.

Colombia, which hasreceived 5.5 billion USdollars in mostly militaryaid from the United Statesover the last seven years,shares a 1,390-mile(2,237-kilometres) borderwith Venezuela.

MNA/Reuters

South Sudanese accuse Khartoumof sending troops

More Czechs turn againstUS missile shield

Palestinians slam Obamaon Jerusalem remark

Syria says wants N-energyunder Arab umbrella

DUBAI, 6 June —Syria is not seeking nuclear weaponsbut wants to have access to atomic energy for peacefulpurposes through a collective Arab project, PresidentBasharal-Assad said in remarks published on Tuesday.

The Dubai-based Gulf News also quoted Assad assaying that the United States should have sought aninvestigation of a Syrian facility suspected of housinga secret nuclear plant before it was destroyed in anIsraeli air raid last September.

“Acquiring nuclear energy for peaceful purposes isan international trend that all countries are rightfullypursuing. In Syria, we want this to be done within anArab context, which was discussed and agreed duringthe Arab Summit in Riyadh,” he said during a visit tothe United Arab Emirates. —MNA/Reuters

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MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER. IFB NO.BHDS-08 (Blast Hole Drilling Service)Hire of Blast Hole Drill Rigs to the MICCL mining operation. All rigs should be capable of drilling at least 102mmdiameter holes of depth between 6 and 14 metres vertical and or inclined, mechanically suitable and equipped to performwork on 2x10 hours shifts per day (20 hours per day in total) for seven (7) days a week. Preference will be given to largediameter rotary drill rigs or down-the-hole hammer drill rigs.CLOSING DATE & TIME: 27th June 2008 at 12:00 noon.Tender documents are available at the following address and queries can be made between 10am and 4pm at MICCLYangon office before the tender closing date.Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar(Tel: (95) 1-514194 to 7/ Fax: (95) 1 514208; Email: [email protected])

Yemon Golf Clubreopens now

Hlegu Townships Yangon Division

Oil pipelinefire kills

three in S-WIran

TEHERAN, 5 June—Three people were killedand eight injured when anoil pipeline caught fire inIran’s Khuzestan pro-vince, state televisionreported on Wednesday.

The report did not makeclear whether oildeliveries were affectedbut it said the fire brokeout late on Tuesday andwas extinguished earlyon Wednesday.

“The incident, near thecity of Bagh-Malekhappened after oil leakedfrom the pipeline,” thetelevision report said.Khuzestan is the heartlandof the oil industry in theworld’s fourth biggestproducer.—MNA/Reuters

China, Finland vow tostrengthen military ties

Iran says kills 12 in clashnear Iraq

BEIJING, 5 June—Defence ministers of Chinaand Finland held talks hereTuesday, pledging toincrease exchanges andcooperation between thetwo Armed Forces so as topromote bilateral militaryties.

Speaking highly of themilitary exchangesbetween China andFinland in recent years,China’s Defence MinisterLiang Guanglie said theChinese side values thefriendship with FinnishArmed Forces.

The Chinese People’sLiberation Army will

work with the Finnish sideto increase exchanges andcooperation between thetwo Armed Forces, so asto promote a lasting, soundand stable development ofbilateral military ties,Liang said.

He briefed the guest onChina’s earthquake reliefand expressed gratitudefor Finland's assistance.Liang also told hiscounterpart about China’snational defence policyand the military building.

Finnish Minister ofDefence Jyri Hakamiesspoke highly of China’sprompt actions in rescue

and relief and extendedcondolences and regardsto the dead and injured inthe earthquake.

MNA/Xinhua

TEHERAN, 6 June— Iransaid 12 members of anarmed group and fourborder guards were killedin a clash near the Iraqiborder, a news agency

reported on Thursday.Fars news agency said

the armed group hadplanned to carry out“terrorist activities” in theIslamic state. It did notmake clear when the clashhappened and did not givedetails about the identityof those killed.

Iranian media said lastmonth nine Kurdish rebelsand three IranianRevolutionary Guardswere killed in fighting innorthwestern Iran near theTurkish border.

Iranian forces haveoften clashed in Iraqiborder areas with rebelsfrom the Party of Free Life

of Kurdistan (PJAK), anoffshoot of the KurdistanWorkers Party (PKK)which took up arms in1984 to fight for a Kurdishhomeland in southeastTurkey.

“Some of the terroristswere killed in a clash withsecurity forces and theothers escaped to the otherside of the border,” Farsquoted Shahnam Rezai, apolice official in theprovince of West Azar-baijan, as saying.

“Four border guardsfrom the town of Piransharwere martyred in the clashand one was wounded,”Rezai added.—Internet

Army vehicles carrying military bridges andspeedboats park along a high road in preparation

for rescue efforts of the Tangjiashan quake lake inJiuling town of earthquake-hit Jiangyou county,Sichuan Province on 5 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Drivewith care

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A mother breastfeeds her baby in the Philippines.Two studies support breastfeeding by HIV-positivewomen in developing countries, showing that an

extended anti-HIV regimen can curb babies’infection rates and breastfeeding improves survival

in those infected by their mothers.—INTERNET

This file photo shows surgeons performing an operation. Doctors who carriedout surgery on a Japanese man to remove a “tumour” had good news and

bad news for him. He did not have cancer — but the “growth” that had beencausing him pain was in fact a 25-year-old surgical towel.—INTERNET

The latest addition to Dublin Zoo, a femaleSouthern White Rhinoceros runs in an enclosure

as she was unveiled to the public at the zoo inDublin on 4 June, 2008. Years of plotting andpatience by keepers at Dublin Zoo has paid offafter they successfully bred one of the world’s

endangered animals.—INTERNET

BANGKOK, 6 June — A new law effective fromWednesday in Thailand allows women in the countryto freely choose being titled as Miss or Mrs regardlessof their marital status.

Under the old laws, Thai women must change thetitle before their names from Miss to Mrs once they getmarried, and the title will remain even after they aredivorced or widowed.

But the new law, which comes to effect Wednesday,allows Thai women, married, divorced or widowed,register their title either as Miss or Mrs as they prefer,according to the Interior Ministry.

District offices under the Ministry nationwide willhandle with the registration of titles by women.

According to a Bangkok Post website report, eachdistrict office in Bangkok has given the service to anaverage of about five women in two hours after theyopened on Wednesday. Most of the women applying tochange their title from Mrs to Miss said they weredivorced. — MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 6 June— Nearly three million peoplein developing countries are now receiving antiretroviraldrugs to treat AIDS, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.

This treatment goal that health authorities had hopedto meet was achieved two years late, the Los AngelesTimes said, quoting World Health Organization (WHO)officials.

About one million people received the life-savingdrugs for the first time during 2007, according to thereport.

The figures were provided by UNAIDS, the WHOand United Nations Children’s Fund, the report said.

During the same period, however, an additional 2.5million people were infected with HIV, the virus thatcauses AIDS, indicating that health agencies are notgaining ground on the deadly infections, said thereport.

“We have to do better with prevention,” Dr KevinDe Cock, director of the WHO’s HIV/AIDSdepartment, was quoted as saying.

The new numbers mark the attainment of the goalset in the widely publicized “3 by 5” programme,which sought to have three million people receivingtreatment by 2005. That target was “excessivelyaspirationa”, De Cock said.

MNA/Xinhua

BONN, 6 June — A goal to halve planet-warmingcarbon emissions by 2050, similar to an aim Japan isurging G-8 leaders to agree next month, would add 45trillion US dollars to global energy bills, theInternational Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

“It’s a lot of money,” IEA analyst Peter Taylor tolda meeting on the fringes of a climate conference inGermany, previewing the agency’s Energy TechnologyPerspectives report to be published in Japan on Friday.

“It implies a completely different energy system,”he said.

For example, electricity from renewable sourcessuch as hydropower and the wind would reach close tohalf all power production, compared to 18 per centnow, Taylor told Reuters.

Scientists say that the world must brake and reverseannual increases in greenhouse gas emissions to avoidcatastrophic climate change including rising seas andmore extreme weather. —MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 6 June —Danish and US research-ers said on Tuesday theyhave found a way to attackmalaria by knocking out agene that helps malariaparasites reproduce insidemosquitoes.

The gene — whosefunction was previouslyunknown — allows theparasite to develop an egg-like structure called anoocyst, which spawns newinfectious parasites, theresearchers reported in theProceedings of the Na-tional Academy of Scien-

Tough climate goals cost$45 trillion by 2050

Researchers find new wayto attack malaria

ces.“When you take away

the gene you see the effectof missing that gene onthe parasite,” said DanKlaerke, a physiologist atthe University of Copen-hagen who worked on thestudy.

His team looked at amalaria parasite thatinfects mice and is similarto the species that targethumans.

Malaria infects be-tween 300 million and 500million people each year,mainly in Africa.

The disease kills aboutone million people eachyear, including a childevery 30 seconds.

Malaria is difficult tofight because its complexlife cycle allows theparasite to evade drugs andvaccines.

The tiny parasites liveand reproduce insidemosquitoes, which spreadthem when they biteanimals or people.

MNA/Reuters

3 mln people in developing countriesreceiving anti- AIDS drugs

Thai women can freely choosebeing titled Miss or Mrs

US probes cancer in childrengiven arthritis drugs

WASHNGTON, 6 June— US health officials areinvestigating whether drugs for rheumatoid arthritisand Crohn's disease are linked to cancers in childrenand young adults, the Food and Drug Administrationsaid on Wednesday.

The prescription drugs, members of a familycalled TNF blockers, include Johnson & Johnson'sRemicade, Abbott Laboratories Inc's Humira, andAmgen Inc and Wyeth's Enbrel.

The FDA said it was probing about 30 reports ofcancer in children and young adults treated withTNF blockers plus other immune-suppressingmedicines between 1998 and April 29, 2008. Abouthalf of the cancers were lymphomas.

A fourth TNF blocker, UCB's <UCB.BR>Cimzia, won FDA approval on April 22, 2008.

The prescribing information for all four drugsalready warns about a possible risk of cancer.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Netherlands’ Wesley Sneijder (L) and Arjen Robbenstretch during a training session of the Dutch

National soccer team in preparation for Euro 2008in Lausanne on 5 June, 2008.—INTERNET

Denis Vasiliev, left, of Russia, falls to the groundin the transition area as Joshua Amberger, of

Australia, looks on during the World TriathlonJunior Championship in Vancouver, British

Columbia, on 5 June, 2008. Vasiliev ended upfinishing in second place with a time of

57:36.02.—INTERNET

Serbia’s Ana

Ivanovic reacts

during her semi-

final match

against her

compatriot

Jelena Jankovic

at the French

Open tennis

tournament at

Roland Garros in

Paris on 5 June,

2008.—INTERNET

Emily Bastel hitsher second shot to

the 18th greenduring the first

round of the LPGAChampionship golf

tournament atBulle Rock Golf

Course in Havre deGrace, Md, on 5

June, 2008. Bastelfinished the round

at 6-under par.INTERNET

Dutch goal keeper Edwin van der Saar makes asave during a training session of the nationalsoccer team of the Netherlands in Lausanne,

Switzerland, on 5 June, 2008. —INTERNET

SEEFELD (Austria), 6 June — Players are arriving atbig international tournaments more tired than everafter coming through increasingly demanding clubschedules, Czech Republic coach Karel Bruecknersaid on Wednesday.

With the dust having barely settled on some domes-tic seasons and European club competitions, playershave had to quickly turn their attention to training withtheir national teams in preparation for Euro 2008which starts on Saturday.

Players like Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech, who twoweeks ago was in Moscow for Chelsea’s ChampionsLeague final defeat by Manchester United, have had along season. —MNA/Reuters

Czech coach Brueckner rueshectic club schedules

SANTANDER (Spain) ,6 June— Striker David Villawill be unable to play in Spain’s final Euro 2008 warm-up against United States on Wednesday because of abruised right thigh.

Villa picked up the injury in training on Tuesdayand medical staff have advised that he should rest fora couple of days. Uncapped forward Sergio Garcia isalso likely to miss out after sustaining a bruised calf.

“Villa is the more worrying injury of the two,” teamdoctor Jorge Candel told reporters. “He’s got an injuryin a muscle that shouldn’t cause too much of a problembut we will have to see how it evolves over the nextfew days. Candel said that fellow striker FernandoTorres was making good progress after a minor anklestrain and should be available to play but added thatthe final decision would be up to the player.

He also reported that David Silva was suffering froma sore throat and had seen a specialist in the morning buthad not required any treatment. —MNA/Reuters

BASEL, 6 June— Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo hasthe skill to set Euro 2008 alight although the stars of theshow in Austria and Switzerland could well emergefrom a group of promising players who have yet tobecome household names.

Ronaldo, 23, who has just won a Champions Leagueand Premier League double with Manchester Unitedand been named England’s Footballer of the Year forthe second straight season, starts the tournament on ahigh after scoring 42 goals last term. The winger headsa list of established international giants like Germa-ny’s Michael Ballack, France’s Thierry Henry, Italy’sLuca Toni and Ruud van Nistelrooy of Netherlands.

They should all catch the eye as ever but thetournament also provides an opportunity for others tosteal the spotlight. —MNA/Reuters

MOEDLING (Austria), 6 June — Italy continued toassess their defensive options on Wednesday follow-ing Fabio Cannavaro’s injury but new call-upAlessandro Gamberini does not expect to play imme-diately in Euro 2008.

Gamberini was brought into the 23-man squad afterfellow centre back Cannavaro was ruled out of thetournament when he tore ankle ligaments in their firsttraining session at their base south of Vienna onMonday.

MNA/Reuters

BAD TATZMANNESORF (Austria), 6 June — Anothershock winner of the European Championship could beon the cards, according to Croatia coach Slaven Bilic.

“There is a very realistic possibility a surprisepackage will win like Greece did in 2004 and I thinkwe are quite capable of doing it,” Bilic told reporterson Wednesday.

Croatia came through a tough qualifying section,recording two victories over former world championsEngland, and Bilic said the high expectations of thefans and media would bring the best out of his squad.

“We don’t feel under any more pressure than wedid on the road to the finals,” he added. “Pressure, ifit’s positive, is the best motivating factor and it makesthe players give 110 per cent in every game.

“The opening match is always vital but even if wedon’t get the result we want it’s not a completedisaster provided we make amends in the other twogroup games.”

Croatia open their Group B campaign against co-hosts Austria in Vienna on Sunday before meetingGermany in Klagenfurt four days later and Poland atthe same venue on 16 June.

Playmaker Luka Modric said he was looking for-ward to showing what he could do after leavingDinamo Zagreb for Tottenham Hotspur last month.

MNA/Reuters

UEFA excludes Porto fromChampions League

LISBON, 6 June — Porto have been excluded fromnext season’s Champions League by European soc-cer’s governing body UEFA over the alleged briberyof referees in the 2003-04 season, the Portuguese clubsaid in a statement on Wednesday.

Porto said it would try to overturn the decisionthrough the UEFA appeals body. The club gave nofurther details and its officials were not immediatelyavailable to comment.

“It was notified today by the Controls and Discipli-nary body of UEFA that (Porto) it will not be admittedto the 2008/09 campaign of the UEFA ChampionsLeague,” Porto said in the statement.

The decision comes after a lengthy investigationknown as “Apito Dourado,” or Golden Whistle, intoalleged bribery by Porto of referees in three matchesin the 2003/4 season.

Last month the Disciplinary Commission of theProfessional Portuguese Football League strippedPorto of six points and fined the club 150,000 euros($234,000) over the case.

Porto’s management decided not to appeal againstthat decision on the grounds that the club had asubstantial lead and the six-points punishment did notaffect final standings.

MNA/Reuters

New arrival Gamberini doubtshe will play for Italy

Bilic says another shockwinner may be on cards

Spain striker Villa out of finalwarm-up match

Ronaldo, Ribery, Ballack andBenzema ready to shine

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States,upper Sagaing, Bago,Yangon, Ayeyawaddy andTaninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread in Kachin Stateand lower Sagaing Division, scattered in Shan, Kayah Statesand Mandalay Division and isolated in the remainingareas with isolated heavyfalls in lower Sagaing Division.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Thandwe(2.83) inches,Sagaing (2.64) inches, Mawlamyine (2.52)inches, Mogok (2.44) inches, Myitkyina (1.62) inches,Zaungtu (1.57) inches, Thaton (1.54) inches, Coco Island(1.46) inches, Aunglan (1.42) inches, Maungdaw (1.37)inches and Sittway (1.34) inches.

Maximum temperature on 5-6-2008 was 88ºF. Mini-mum temperature on 6-6-2008 was 67ºF. Relative humidi-ty at (09:30) hours MST on 6-6-2008 was 89%. Totalsunshine hours on 5-6-2008 was (2.5) hours (approx).

Rainfall on 6-6-2008 was (0.20) inch at Mingaladon,(0.51) inch at Kaba-Aye and (1.22) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (31 .42) inchesat Mingaladon, (38.31) inches at Kaba-Aye and (51.06)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southwest at (8:30) hoursMST on 6-6-2008.

Bay inference: According to the observation at (06.30)hrs MST today, a low pressure area has formed over theNorthwest Bay and adjoining West Central Bay of Bengal.Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Sea and Southeast Bayand strong elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7-6-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be scattered in Kayah and Chin Statesand Magway Division, fairly widespread in Kachin State,Sagaing, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions and wide-spread in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seaare likely at times off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph. Seas willbe moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 7-6-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for7-6-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast forMandalay and neighbouring area for7-6-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for second weekend of June2008:During the coming weekend, rain or thundershow-ers are likely to be scattered in NayPyiTaw and Manda-lay Division, widespread in Yangon Division.

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Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that

may tarnish the image of the nation and its people.

� Certain internal and external anti-government elements, self-centered persons

and unscrupulous elements are now seeking their self-interests by sending to the

foreign news agencies the stories about relief and rehabilitation work they have

made up and shot on video.

� Storm victims are hereby warned to remain vigilant with nationalistic spirit

against the deceptions of the self-centered persons and unscrupulous elements.

YANGON, 6 June— Doctors andpersonnel are providing health care serv-ices to storm victims.

On 4 June, a medical team ledby physician Dr Naing Win Aung pro-vided free health care services to 220patients in Kyonkyaik Village on boardTatainghmwe ship.

They carried a child patient toPyapon Hospital and specialists gavemedical treatment to the patient.

Specialists give freemedical treatments in

storm-hit regions NAY PYI TAW, 6 June—Assistance will be provided to the students atuniversity and basic education levels who lost their parents in the storm, enablingthem to continue pursuing of education till completed.

Ministries concerned set the plans to assist the students of universities andcolleges who had lost their parents during the storm for learning education tillcompleted.

Likewise, the Ministry of Education will provide assistance for thestudents at basic education level who have difficulty to continue learningeducation due to losses of one parent or both parents in the storm.

For the orphans who lost both parents, the government will establishorphanages in Pyapon District and Labutta and take the responsibilities of thechildren in education, health and basic needs.— MNA

Plans under way to assiststudents who lost parents instorm for learning education

The health assistant trainees ofUniversity of Community Health inMagway and midwives from the shipgave vaccines to 35 children.

In Gyowahtalun Village, the medi-cal team together with Myanmar RedCross Society provided health care to 67patients, gave talks on health knowledgeto over 200 people, vaccinated 197 chil-dren and chlorinated drinking water.

MNA

A specialist group providing free health care to storm victims on a ship.—HEALTH

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