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Established 1914

Volume XX, Number 50 5th Waning of Nayon 1374 ME Saturday, 9 June, 2012

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of the Union* Non-disintegration of National Solidarity* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)General Soe Win received a Thai delegation led byCommander of 3rd Army Area of Royal Thai Armed ForcesLt-Gen Charnchainarong Dhanarun at Zeyathiri Beikmanhere this evening.

Present together with the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services were General Hla Htay Win of theOffice of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services,Lt-Gen Aung Than Htut and Lt-Gen Thet Naing Win of theOffice of the Commander-in-Chief (Army), Chief of Staff(Navy) Rear-Admiral Thura Thet Swe, Chief of Staff (Air)Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint and Myanmar Military Attachéto Thailand Col Win Maung. Together with the Commanderof 3rd Army Area of Royal Thai Armed Forces were DeputyCommander of 1st Army Area Maj-Gen Paiboon Komchaya,Deputy Commander of 3rd Army Area Maj-Gen PrakanCholayuth, Deputy Commander of 4th Army Area Maj-GenKitti Intason, Deputy Commander of 3rd Naval Area CommandRADM Suangsan Bindusmita, Director of Thai-MyanmarCooperation Centre Maj-Gen Wannawasit Wongthai, Headof Thai-Myanmar Cooperation Centre Maj-Gen Sumphan

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceDeputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices General Soe Win receives ThaiServices General Soe Win receives Thai

delegation led by Commander of 3delegation led by Commander of 3rd ArmyArmyArea of Royal Thai Armed ForcesArea of Royal Thai Armed Forces

Srirajbuapan, Deputy Director of Border Affairs DepartmentMaj-Gen Uthai Parn Sanay and Thai Military Attaché toMyanmar Col Pachern Chaikij.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 June—Nay Pyi Taw RadioMyanmar will broadcast the results of matriculationexamination held in March 2012 for region and state examcentres with poor transport.

These exam centres are Tanai, Machanbaw, Putao,Nagmon, Phakant, Karmaing, Sumprabum, Chipwe andShinbweyan in Kachin State, Papun, Kya-in-Seikkyi andKamamoung in Kayin State, Kanpetlet, Matupi, Rezwa,Lailinpi, Mindat and Paletwa in Chin State, Gwa,Kyeintali, Zayatkonkhin and Manaung in Rakhine State,Momeik, Namhsam (North), Monghsat, Mongkai,Kunlong, Mongton, Mongping, Mongyan, Maukmai,

Nay Pyi Taw Radio Myanmar to air matriculationexamination results for poor transport areas

Mongyawng, Kehsi Manhsan, Mongnawng, Kunhing,Hopan, Mongkhat, Mongpan, Mongphyat, Mabein, NgaO,Mongshu, Tonghon, Mantong and Laukkai in Shan State,Palaw, Palauk, Pala and Bokpyin in Taninthayi Region,Pauk, Yaypyar, Htilin, Saw, Laungshe, Kyaukhtu,Sedoktara and Ngape in Magway Region and Cocogyunin Yangon Region. The result of the examination will bebroadcast by Nay Pyi Taw Radio Myanmar beginning 8am on 9 June (Saturday), through 50.71 metre, 5915KiloHz shortwave and 50.12 meter, 5985 KiloHzshortwave and 411.52 meter, 729 kiloHz medium wave.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 June—The results of matricula-tion examination held in March, 2012 are issued at 6 amtoday. Those results are posted at respective exam centersin townships/regions and states.

Moreover, the results of matriculation exam forother regions and states except Yangon Region areannounced at No.1 Basic Education High School(Insein), No.1 BEHS (Yankin), No.3 BEHS (Kamayut),No.1 BEHS (Lanmadaw), No.2 BEHS (Dagon) and No.1 BEHS (Thingangyun), according to Myanmar Boardof Examination.

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Matriculation examresults come out

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall

(8-6-2012)

Pyapon (9.17) inchesDawei (8.78) inchesMyawady (4.49) inchesKungyangon (3.94) inchesThaton (3.63) inchesMaubin (3.54) inchesLaunglon (3.54) inchesYe (2.61) inchesPaung (2.44) inchesCentral Yangon (2.37) inchesYangon (Kaba-Aye) (2.13) inches

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) General

Soe Win receives a Thai delegation led byCommander of 3rd Army Area of Royal Thai

Armed Forces Lt-Gen CharnchainarongDhanarun.—MNA

New braintarget forappetitecontrol

identified.

New brain target for appetitecontrol identified

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Premier League stars ready to light upEuro 2012

Man Utd’s PatriceEvra may face Stewart

Downing & StevenGerrard of Liverpool in

Ukraine.

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Back at No 1, Sharapova to faceErrani in final

Sara Errani of Italycelebrates winning her

semi final match againstSamantha Stosur of

Australia at the FrenchOpen tennis tournament inRoland Garros stadium in

Paris, on 7 June, 2012.PAGE 14

Dutch players hear monkey chantsat training

Netherlands soccer playersattend a training sessionduring the Euro 2012 at

Wisla stadium in Krakowon 6 June, 2012.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 9 June, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Green economySaturday, 9 June, 2012

The UN has chosen 2012 as “InternationalYear of Sustainable Energy for All” which hasa special meaning for this particular year. Itemphasizes the vitality of green economy whilehighlighting the sustainable use of energyresources.

Our country has been striving for thesuccessful implementation of green economyand green development, present-day’s newenvironmental conservation model, inaccordance with the policy it has adopted andthe laws it has enacted. Moreover, the countryis also cooperating with the United Nations andits agencies, regional and internationalorganizations and NGOs and INGOs in thatregard.

Environmental conservation law came intoforce on 30 May 2012 as per the government’senvironmental conservation policy. TheEnvironmental Conservation and ForestryMinistry is already drafting necessary bylawsand procedures and rules and regulations incooperation with the respective experts anddomestic and international organizations.

Some of the progresses of the country’senvironmental conservation works are: theadoption of Myanmar national environmentalpolicy as an environmental issue which actuallyis a part of the living standard improvementaction plan for the entire nation that willeventually ensure harmonious environment andecological balance; the adoption of Myanmarenvironmental conservation program for the21st century for sustainable development; andthe drawing of national sustainable developmentstrategy in pursuance of development inharmony with the environment.

The environmental conservation policy ofthe government covers the environmentalconservation body and five special groups ofthe respective sectors. In addition, the ForestryMinistry has been reconstituted as theEnvironmental Conservation and ForestryMinistry along with a new department forenvironmental conservation whose mainresponsibility is the conservation of the entireenvironment of the country.

So every person of the human society hasan important role in the green economy andgreen development which contributes toecological sustainability, sustainabledevelopment, rural development and povertyreduction.

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Union Minister for MinesU Thein Htaik met ExecutiveVice President Mr AndrewW.S. Shin of ILJIN ElectricCo., Ltd of the Republic ofKorea, at his office, here, thismorning. At the call, they hada discussion on steps to betaken for exploration andproduction of copper andconstruction of copperrefinery and enacting Mineslaw, regulations, investmentprocedures. Also present atthe call were directors-generaland managing directors of theMinistry of Mines.

MNA

Union Mines Minister receives ROK guest

Union Minister U Thein Htaik receives Executive Vice PresidentMr Andrew W.S. Shin of ILJIN Electric Co., Ltd of the Republic of

Korea.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Relief and ResettlementDepartment signed MoUswith the UN Habitat and PactMyanmar which arecooperating with thedepartment in risk reductionworks Zabuthiri Hotel hereyesterday morning, with anaddress by Social Welfare,Relief and ResettlementDeputy Minister U PhoneSwe.

Director-General of thedepartment U Soe Aung,Head of Agency Mr SrinivasaPopuri and ProjectAdministrator Mr Thomas EHensleigh of Pact Myanmarsigned MoUs before thedeputy minister and

SWRR Ministry to cooperate with UN Habitat and PactMyanmar in disaster risk reduction

exchanged the notes.Mission Director Mr

Terry Myers of the USAID,Mr Srinivasa Popuri and Mr

Thomas E Hensleigh spokewords of thanks.—MNA

A ceremony to sign MoU between Relief and Resettlement Departmentand the UN Habitat and Pact Myanmar.—MNA

YANGON, 8 June—The prize presentation for the TigerMyanmar Amateur Open Golf Championship 2012, sponsoredby Myanmar Brewery Ltd and organized by Myanmar GolfFederation, was held at Yangon Golf Club (Danyingon) inInsein Township this morning.

After the fourth round, Joint Secretary U Myo Tun ofMGF presented gifts to Managing Director Mr Lim Yew Hoeof Myanmar Brewery Ltd, U Sein Lwin of Yangon Golf Cluband officials of golf clubs from Bangladesh, Hong Kong,Malaysia and Thailand.

Managing Director Mr Lim Yew Hoe gave prizes to thewinners in the daily best golfers.

Vice-President U Zaw Min of MGF and Patron Maj-GenWin Hlaing (Rtd) presented prizes to the winners from thesecond to sixth positions.

MD Mr Lim Yew Hoe awarded first prize winner Myanmarselected golfer Thein Naing Soe with 278 in total.

President U Tay Za presented Tiger Myanmar AmateurOpen Challenge Cup to first prize winner Thein Naing Soe.

The championship was jointly sponsored by YangonGolf Club, Alpine Drinking Water, 100 Plus (Isotonic Drink)and managed by Han Event Management.—MNA

Tiger Myanmar Amateur OpenGolf Championship wraps up

YANGON, 8 June—The victorious Myanmar shootingteam led by President of Myanmar Shooting Federation U HtetNyi arrived back here by air yesterday evening after takingpart in the 36th SEA Shooting Championship 2012 held inKualaLumpur of Malaysia.

They were welcomed back here by officials of MSF.Myanmar team secured two gold, three silver and three

bronze medals. Lin Aung of Ministry of Sports bagged onegold in 50-m prone men’s event, Lin Aung of Ministry ofSports, Aung Thura of Forestry and Aung Kyaw of Defence,one gold in the 50-m prone men’s event, Maung Kyu (Ministryof Sports) one silver in the 50-m men’s free pistol event, LayZar Zar Hline Myint (Forestry) one silver in the 25-m sportwomen’s event, Lay Zar Zar Hline Myint (Forestry), Khin PaPa Soe (Education) and May Poe Wah one silver in the 25-msport women’s team event, Maung Kyu (Ministry of Sports),Moe Kyaw Kyaw (Ministry of Sports) and Nay Htet Aung(selection) one bronze in the 50-m free pistol men’s team event,Than Than Saw (Forestry), Aye Aye Thin (A&I) and Thu ThuKyaw (SWRR) one bronze in the 50-m prone women team’sevent, and Maung Kyu (Ministry of Sports), Moe Kyaw Kyaw(Ministry of Sports) and Nay Htat Aung (selection) onebronze in the 10-m air pistol men’s team event.—MNA

Myanmar victorious shootingteam back from Malaysia

President of MGF U Tay Za presents OpenChallenge Cup to winner Thein Naing Soe.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Waingmaw TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee of Kachin Stateprovided school uniforms tooffspring of vendors andtrishaw drivers at Sama Hallof the township GeneralAdministration Department inWaingmaw on 6 June

School uniforms provided tostudents in Waingmaw, Gangaw

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Deputy Minister forCooperatives U Than Tunvisited Mongzen Agricultureand General CooperativeLimited in “Wa” PengsaiVillage of KengtungTownship on 5 June. He mettownship authorities, War-veteran CooperativesSyndicate and departmental

Dy Cooperatives Ministerinspects cooperatives works

morning.Officials presented 28

sets of school uniforms to 28students.

A similar ceremony washeld at Township GAD Officein Gangaw yesterday.Officials presented schooluniforms to 136 students.

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personnel at MongphyatCooperatives Departmentand visited Tachilek EasternCommercial CooperativeLimited.

The deputy minister metwith personnel of townshipcooperative department, thechairperson of the townshipcooperatives syndicate.

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SCO says “no” to interventionismBEIJING, 8 June — When

the leaders of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization(SCO) member statesconcluded their latest summiton Thursday, theyunanimously rejected militaryintervention as a way toresolve international hotspotissues. According to astatement that came after thesummit, all SCO membercountries oppose militaryintervention in Syria and rejectthe idea of a regime change inthe country.

The leaders also rejectedthe idea of using militarymeans to solve the Iraniannuclear dispute, insteadchoosing to support dialogueand other diplomaticmethods.

These heads of statehave ample ground to make

The large group meeting of the 12th Meeting of theCouncil of Heads of Member States of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) is held at the GreatHall of the People in downtown Beijing, capital of

China, on 7 June, 2012. —XINHUA

an appeal for peace andstability and to support theirrequest for the peacefulsettlement of these problems.Across the world, from theMiddle East to north Africa,deadly conflicts and terroristattacks are still resulting ininnocent deaths, as manycountries in these regionssunk into chaos last year.Being fully aware that theirown countries’ security andstability are closelyassociated with that of thesetroubled regions, the SCOleaders decided that peacecan only be created throughpeaceful means.

It is a common experiencein human history, both recentor remote, that meetingviolence with violence canonly beget more loss of lifeand spark hard-to-heal

hatred. More than a year haspassed since NATO air forcesbegan to drop bombs on Libya

in order to drive its previousgovernment out of power, butthe country is still in chaos.Additionally, over ten years

have passed since the UnitedStates and its coalitionpartners ousted the Talebanregime in Afghanistan, a

country that shares borderswith a number of SCOcountries.

Xinhua

Slovenia toclose embassies

in four EUcountries

LJUBLJANA, 8 June —Slovenia will close itsembassies in Sweden,Finland, Portugal and Irelandas part of its efforts to“reorganize the diplomaticnetwork,” said ForeignMinster Karl Erjavec onThursday. President DaniloTurk has signed decrees toimplement the closures, saidErjavec, stressing that suchaction is “to reorganize thediplomatic network” ratherthan simply closing theembassies and saving money.

It was reported that theSlovenian Foreign Ministryexpected to save some 1.8million euros (2.27 milliondollars) annually with theclosure of some itsunnecessary embassiesabroad. In addition to the fourembassies, the Sloveniangovernment also reportedlydecided to close its generalconsulates in Dusseldorf,Germany, and New York, theUnited States.

Slovenia, which declaredindependence from formerYugoslavia in 1991,established current diplo-matic network with an aim tofacilitate the new-borncountry in joining theEuropean Union and otherinternational organizations,according to governmentofficials.—Xinhua

China, Afghanistandeclaration rejects

“three forces”BEIJING, 8 June — China

and Afghanistan expressed“strong rejection” of the“three forces” of terrorism,extremism, separatism andorganized crime in a jointdeclaration released here onFriday after talks betweenChinese President Hu Jintaoand Afghanistan’s PresidentHamid Karzai. The two sidesagree to intensify exchangesand cooperation in securityby way of jointly combatingsuch transnational threats asterrorism, illegal immigration,illegal arms and drugtrafficking, and enhancingintelligence exchanges andborder management, said thedeclaration.

The two sides will alsostrengthen cooperation inprevention of infectiousdiseases, disaster preventionand reduction, and other non-traditional security areas, itsaid. The Chinese side firmlysupports Afghanistan’sefforts in combating terrorismand drug trafficking andsafeguarding national

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with hisAfghan counterpart Hamid Karzai during a welcoming

ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,capital of China, on 8 June, 2012.—XINHUA

US military says no big troop buildup inAsia Pacific

WASHINGTON, 8 June —The United States is notshifting big number of troopsinto the Asia Pacific region,but will try and upgrade itsengagement with limitedmeans and foster allies’participation, said Joint Chiefsof Staff Chairman MartinDempsey on Thursday. At aPentagon Press briefing,Dempsey said repositioningforces to the Asia Pacific isnot the “essence ofrebalancing” to that region,which the Obamaadministration is doing as the

Iran says its “natural” nuclear rights must be recognized byworld powers

TEHERAN, 8 June — A senior advisor to Iran’s SupremeLeader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the five permanentmembers of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1)must recognize Iran’s “natural right” to develop peacefulnuclear technology, the Press TV reported on Thursday.“Given that the Islamic republic has always proven its goodwillin nuclear talks and its commitment to the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the P5+1 must also recognizeIran’s natural right to attain peaceful nuclear energy,” Ali-Akbar Velayati was quoted as saying.

Velayati added that Iran’s nuclear rights should berecognized also because the Islamic republic is a committedsignatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saidthe report. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili wrotea letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton over theupcoming nuclear talks to be held in Russia’s capital Moscow,said Press TV. In his letter, Jalili “voiced doubts about the sixworld powers ‘ determination to hold fruitful talks with Iran in

Moscow,” according to the report.“The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to hold progressive

talks for cooperation based on a clear logic and specificinitiatives,” he said. Jalili, who is also Iran’s Supreme NationalSecurity Council ( SNSC) Secretary, stated that unless theP5+1 gear up for meetings at experts and deputies level,holding further talks merely for the sake of discussions wouldbe of no avail, said Press TV. The Baghdad talks on Iran’snuclear standoff concluded last month with a plan to holdanother round of talks in Moscow on 18-19 June.

Meanwhile, China and Russia called for a peacefulresolution to Iran’s nuclear issue through dialogue andnegotiation, according to a joint statement released onWednesday. The statement was issued during RussianPresident Vladimir Putin’s three-day state visit to China,where he also attended the 12th Meeting of the Council ofHeads of Member States of the Shanghai CooperationOrganization.—Xinhua

stability, the declarationadded, calling on theinternational community tosupport this cause.

The Afghan sidereiterated its continued andfirm support for China incombating the “three forces”of terrorism, extremism andseparatism. It will take tangiblemeasures to enhance thesecurity of Chineseinstitutions and people inAfghanistan, according to thedeclaration.—Xinhua

Former Tepco chief to be grilled overFukushima disaster

TOKYO, 8 June — The former president of Fukushima plant operator Tokyo Electric PowerCo faces questioning for the first time on Friday by a high profile investigative panel seekingto uncover the causes of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Members of thepanel appointed by parliament will likely grill Masataka Shimizu over whether he planned toabandon the tsunami-devastated Fukushima plant at the height of the crisis in March 2011,as reactors melted down and the situation was in danger of spinning out of control, threateningTokyo itself.

Then-prime minister Naoto Kan and two other ministers handling the disaster responsehave told the panel that Shimizu had planned to withdraw all of his utility’s workers asexplosions rocked the plant and three reactors melted down, spewing radiation acrossnortheast Japan. Shimizu, 67, was also widely criticized for vanishing from public view threedays after the disaster struck. He was later hospitalized for dizziness and high blood pressure,leaving the utility’s chairman to supervise operations during his absence.—Reuters

Workers stand near the No 4 reactor building at theTokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippledFukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima

prefecture on 26 May , 2012. —REUTERS

wars in Iraq and Afghanistanwind down.

He said the strategyinvolves “three mores,”including more interest, moreengagement and more quality,and the US side is eyeing atroops presence there more ata rotational basis, rather thanat permanent bases. Fresh offan Asian tour which includedstops at Singapore, Thailandand the Philippines, Dempseysaid regional countries mostlygave “positive feedback” tothat approach, and the USside wants them to take a

bigger share of the burden.“We’re encouraging

ASEAN [the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations] totake a more active role, to bea unified voice for securityissues in that region,” he said.Dempsey is part of theDepartment of Defencedelegation to the Shangri-LaDialogue in Singapore, andhe went solo to Thailand andthe Philippines after that, asDefence Secretary went on tovisit Vietnam, India andAfghanistan.

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & Technology

Black hole ‘evicted’ from host galaxy?

Amazon updates low-endKindle reader

SEATTLE, 8 June—Amazon says an update toits low-end non-touchscreenKindle reader will improvereaders’ experience byproviding crisper text withhigher contrast.

The software update forthe $79 Kindle will bedelivered automatically tousers’ devices or they canmanually download theupdate from Amazon’s Web

site, CNET.com reported onTuesday.

In addition to the morereadable font, the updateprovides Parental Controlsthat can restrict access to theExperimental Web Browser,Archived Items and theKindle Store, Amazon said.

Books with complexlayouts and formats andcomic books using KindlePanel View will be supported

with the update, andimproved table and imageviewing, including panning

and zooming, will be availableon supported titles, Amazonsaid.—Internet

Google buys Meebo andQuickoffice

to engage online,” a GoogleSANTA MONICA, 8 June—US search engine firm Googlesaid it had gone on a smallshopping spree on Mondayand Tuesday, buying twoSilicon Valley companies.

ABC News said thatGoogle purchased instantmessaging firm Meebo forwhat All Things D estimatedwas about $100 million.

That was Monday. OnTuesday, Google madeanother purchase, buyingQuickoffice, a firm thatdevelops applications forboth Android and Apple iOSoperating systems.

“With the Meebo team’sexpertise in social publishertools, we believe they will bea great fit with the Google+team.

We look forward toclosing the transaction andworking with the Meebo teamto create more ways for users

CORNING, 8 June—Corning says its new WillowGlass, an ultra-thin, flexible

glass, could revolutionize theshape and form of next-generation consumerelectronic technologies. Themaker of thin, tough GorillaGlass already found in manysmartphone and mobiledevices said its thinness,strength and flexibility hasthe potential to enabledisplays to be “wrapped”

around a device or structure.It can be used to develop

conformable, curved displaysfor immersive viewing ormounting on non-flatsurfaces, a Corning releasesaid on Monday. “Displaysbecome more pervasive eachday and manufacturers striveto make both portable devicesand larger displays thinner,”

Dipak Chowdhury, WillowGlass programme director,said. Willow Glass is reportedto be about 100 microns thick— about the thickness of asheet of printer paper — asflexible as plastic and scratch-resistant. The glass could alsofind uses in flexible solar cellsand lighting, Corning said.

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Pricing tofollow trends

incommunication

NEW YORK, 8 June—US telephone industryexperts say pricing for voicecalling is shifting to reflectwhat phones are less andless apt to do, which is tomake phone calls.

“The industry’sdefinitely moving towardsunlimited [phone calls],”AT&T Mobility ChiefExecutive Officer Ralph dela Vega said.

“Especially as morepeople adopt smartphonesthat have voice capabilitiesover the Internet,segmented voice plans willbecome less relevant.”

Placing a phone call tospeak to someone else nowhas competition withInternet services, such asSkype. In addition, sendinga text message is taking upmore and more of a phone’sfunction away from thebasic voice-oriented phonecall.—Internet

Facebook to allow kidsunder 13?

NEW YORK, 8 June—Facebook is said to bedeveloping technology toallow children under age 13 toaccess the social network, TheWall Street Journal reported.

Facebook is buildingmechanisms to connectchildren’s accounts to thoseof their parents, with theparents retaining the powerto decide who their kids can“friend” on the socialnetworking giant and whatapplications they can use,sources who said they’vetalked to Facebookexecutives told the Journal.

Facebook, with about900 million users worldwide,currently does not allowanyone under age 13 to havean account, although it hasno mechanism to identifysomeone who may falsereporting their age,Wired.com reported.

A large portion ofFacebook’s income is derivedthrough games fromcompanies like Zynga, builtto run on the Facebookplatform, sure to be attractiveto younger children shouldthey be allowed to haveFacebook accounts.

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A Motorola Droidphone displays Google’s

homepage.INTERNET

spokesman said.In an online posting,

Google Engineering DirectorAlan Warren said, “Today,consumers, businesses andschools use Google Apps toget stuff done from anywhere,with anyone and on anydevice.

Quickoffice has anestablished track record ofenabling seamless inter-operability with popular fileformats, and we’ll be working

on bringing their powerfultechnology to our Appsproduct suite.”

Google did not releasefinancial details of thepurchases.

Regardless, “the fact thatGoogle realizes they need tobuy instead of build is, in asense, a refreshing sign ofbusiness maturity,” saidPatrick Moorhead, marketanalyst at Moor Insights &Strategy.—Internet

Broad-tailedhummingbird.—INTERNET

Migrating hummingbirdslosing flowers

WASHINGTON, 8 June —Hummingbirds migratingnorth from Central Americamay be finding the flowersthey depend on for nectarunavailable because ofclimate change, scientists say.

The glacier lily thatgraces mountain meadowsthroughout western NorthAmerica flowers early inspring, when the firstbumblebees and hum-mingbirds appear — or it usedto, researchers said.

The problem, they said,is that they are bloomingearlier with warmingtemperatures and are nolonger synchronized with thearrival of broad-tailedhummingbirds, who arefinding many of the flowerswithered away and theirnectar-laden blooms gonewith them.

The first blooms have

been appearing about 17 daysearlier than they did in the1970s, a release from theNational Science Foundationreported.—Internet

Black hole ‘evicted’ from host galaxy?

Galaxy CID-42 likelycontains a massive black

hole being ejected atseveral million miles perhour. The main panel is a

wide-field optical image ofCID-42 and the areaaround it.—INTERNET

CAMBRIDGE, 8 June— USastronomers say they’veseen evidence a massive blackhole is being ejected from itshost galaxy at several millionmiles per hour.

“It’s hard to believe thata supermassive black holeweighing millions of times themass of the sun could bemoved at all, let alone kickedout of a galaxy at enormousspeed,” said FrancescaCivano of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre forAstrophysics, who led thestudy.

Observations fromNASA’s Chandra X-rayObservatory suggest theblack hole collided andmerged with another blackhole and received a powerfulrecoil kick from gravitationalwave radiation resulting fromthe collision sufficient to pushthe merged black hole out ofthe galaxy.

“[These] new datasupport the idea thatgravitational waves — ripplesin the fabric of space firstpredicted by Albert Einsteinbut never detected directly

— can exert an extremelypowerful force,” Civano saidin a release from the Chandraheadquarters in Cambridge,Mass. The finding couldmean there are giant blackholes roaming undetected outin the vast spaces betweengalaxies, researchers said.

“These black holeswould be invisible to us,”study co-author Laura Blechasaid, “because they haveconsumed all of the gassurrounding them after beingthrown out of their homegalaxy.”—Internet

HTC says devices incompliance with US rulingTAIPEI, (China), 8 June—Taipei smartphone maker HTC

Corp said on Thursday its new models are in compliance withthe International Trade Commission’s ruling, in response toApple Inc’s latest patent lawsuit brought against HTC.

“The US Customs office has reviewed and approvedHTC devices for import into the US, as they are in compliancewith the ITC’s ruling,” HTC said in a statement. Mediareported late on Wednesday that Apple filed an enforcementaction at the International Trade Commission in Washington,seeking an emergency order that would block imports ofHTC’s newest phones and tablet computers.—Reuters

A visitor plays with a HTC Radar smartphone at theWindows Phone section at the Microsoft booth duringthe 2012 Computex exhibition at the TWTC Nangang

exhibition hall in Taipei in this 5 June, 2012 filephotograph. —REUTERS

Thin, bendable glass for devices shown

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & Health CT scans in childhood increase cancer risk: study

LONDON, 8 June—Children exposed to multipleCT scans could be up to threetimes likelier to contractcancer of the blood, brain orbone marrow later in life,according to researchpublished on Thursday.

Writing in The Lancetmedical journal, a team ofscientists in Canada, Britainand the United States said thecancer risk, in absolute terms,appears to be small.

But they appealed forradiation doses from CT scansto be kept at a minimum andfor alternatives to be used

A youth undergoes a CT Scan at a hospital. Childrenexposed to multiple CT scans could be up to three timeslikelier to contract cancer of the blood, brain or bone

marrow later in life, according to research published onThursday.—INTERNET

The next generation of Toshiba’s business Ultrabook, thePortege Z930, now supports new 3rd generation IntelCore i5 and Core i7 processors with vPro and AMT

technology.—INTERNET

Health Tip: Signs that you havea hearing problem

Hearing loss is among the most common conditions inolder people, the Cleveland Clinic says, affecting about one-third of people 60 or older and half of those older than 85.

Do you have the condition? Here is the clinic’s list ofpossible warning signs:* Difficulty hearing people on the telephone.* Problems hearing when there is background noise.* Straining to follow a conversation.* Thinking that most people are mumbling, and frequently

asking others to repeat themselves.* Frequently misunder-standing what others say.* Difficulty under-standing children and women, or needing

to turn the TV volume up very loud.* Frequently hearing a hissing, roaring or ringing sound.

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Androidphones hold

half of marketRESTON, 8 June—

Android owns half the USsmartphone market, with 50.8percent of devices runningGoogle’s mobile platform, amarket research companysays.

That figure from April isan increase from the 48.6percent at the start of the year,the report of mobile marketdata from comScore said.

Honda Fit gets highest EPA fuel rating

TORRENCE, 8 June — TheUS EnvironmentalProtection Agency has giventhe 2013 Honda Fit EV itshighest ever fuel efficiencyrating, the company said on

Wednesday.The EPA bestowed a

combined city and highwaydriving rating of 118 milesper gallon, topping theprevious best 112 mpg earnedby the Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

Third on the list is theFord Focus EV with acombined rating of 105 mpg.The Nissan Leaf is next witha 99 mpg combined rating.

The Fit can run 100 mileson 29 kilowatt hours and wasgiven an EPA annual fuelcost estimate of $500.

“Just as important …,”said Steve Centre, vicepresident of the AmericanHonda EnvironmentalBusiness DevelopmentOffice, “the 2013 Fit EV willbe an absolute kick to drive.”

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where appropriate.The researchers claimed

their study was the first toprovide direct evidence of alink between exposure fromCT radiation in childhood andlater cancer risk. “Of utmostimportance is that where CT isused, it is only used wherefully justified from a clinicalperspective,” said lead authorMark Pearce of NewcastleUniversity’s Institute ofHealth and Society. As a vitaldiagnostic technique, use ofthe CT scan has increasedrapidly in the past 10 years,particularly in the United

States, the researchers said.“However, potential

cancer risks exist due to theionising radiation used in CTscans, especially in childrenwho are more radiosensitivethan adults.” Computerizedtomography — commonlyknown as CT — is an X-raytechnique that producesimages of the body’s internalstructures in cross sections.

The researchers studiednearly 180,000 people whounderwent a CT scan aschildren or young adults(under 22) in Britain between1985 and 2002. Of these, 74were subsequently diagnosedwith leukaemia and 135 withbrain cancer according to datafor the period 1985 to 2008.

The team calculated thatcompared to patients whoreceived a radiation dose ofless than five milli-Grays(mGy), those who were givena cumulative dose of 30 mGyhad about three times the riskof developing leukaemia(cancer of the blood or marrow)later in life. Those whoreceived 50 to 74 mGy hadthrice the risk of brain tumours.

The study did notcompare children who hadbeen scanned against those

who had not been scanned.Put into context, this

means that among every10,000 patients who receivedone CT scan before the age of10, there would be one extracase of leukaemia and oneextra brain tumour per 10 mGyof radiation in the 10 yearsafter exposure. “Furtherrefinements to allow reductionin CT doses should be apriority, not only for theradiology community, butalso for manufacturers,” saidPearce.

“Alternative diagnosticprocedures that do not involveionising radiation exposure,such as ultrasound and MRI(magnetic resonanceimaging) might be ap-propriate in some clinicalsettings.” Commenting on thestudy, Andrew Einstein of theColumbia University Me-dical Centre in New York saidPearce and his colleagues’work confirmed that CT scans“almost certainly produce asmall cancer risk”. “Use of CTscans continues to rise,generally with good clinicalreasons, so we must redoubleour efforts to justify andoptimise every CT scan.”

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WASHINGTON, 8 June—The US economic recoveryrisks being derailed and theFederal Reserve might have totake new actions to supportgrowth, three Fed officials said.“The balance of risks” appears“tilted toward a weakereconomy,” Fed ViceChairwoman Janet Yellen saidin Boston on Wednesdaynight, pointing to thepossibility inflation woulddrop below the Fed’s 2 percentgoal or economic growthwould slow.

She said she wasconvinced the Fed should“provide further policyaccommodation,” either withassurances interest rateswould stay low or by expandingthe central bank’s alreadysizable holdings of long-termsecurities. Yellen’s views areoften similar to those of FedChairman Ben Bernanke, TheWashington Post said.Bernanke was scheduled totestify before CongressThursday. The presidents ofthe Federal Reserve Banks ofAtlanta and San Franciscoseparately expressed con-cerns on Wednesdayeurozone turmoil could derailthe US economic recovery. “Iam giving more weight andhigher probability to a negativeinfluence on our economycoming from Europe,” Atlanta

Officials: Fed may need to takenew action

Fed President Dennis Lockhartsaid in a speech in FtLauderdale, Fla If modesteconomic growth is no longera realistic goal, then “furthermonetary actions to supportthe recovery will certainly needto be considered,” he said.

San Francisco FedPresident John Williams saidhe was concerned not justabout the European sovereign-debt crisis, but also aboutfederal government spendingcuts, which he said could hurtthe US economy. “The turmoilin Europe and governmentfiscal retren-chment in theUnited States raise the dangerthat the economy could performworse than I expect,” Williamssaid in a speech in Bellevue,Wash. Fed officials’ nextpolicy-making meeting is to takeplace 19-20 June. A Fed reportreleased Wednesday ahead ofthat meeting pointed toconcerns businesses will cutback on hiring and investingdue to uncertainties about USpolitical and fiscal outlook, aswell as the eurozone crisis.

But it also said the US“economic outlooks remainpositive.” Still, the “beige book”— a compilation of anecdotalreviews of the economy fromthe 12 regional Federal Reservedistricts — said “contacts wereslightly more guarded in theiroptimism.”—Internet

Labour Department firms labour cost estimateWASHINGTON, 8 June—

Labour productivity in non-farm businesses fell at a 0.9percent annual rate during thefirst quarter, the US Bureau ofLabour Statistics said onWednesday. The 0.9 percentdrop in the first three monthsof 2012 is a revision from amonth ago, when the declinewas estimated at 0.5 percent.

With current data,productivity from the firstquarter of 2011 to the firstquarter of this year increased

0.4 percent, a revision from theprevious estimate of 0.5percent.

The decline reflects anincrease of 3.3 percent in hoursworked, up from 2.2 percent inthe previous report, and a 2.4percent increase in output,down from 2.8 percent in theprevious estimate, the LabourDepartment’s statistical officesaid in a release. Bureau dataindicated unit labour costs innon-farm businesses rose 1.3percent in the first quarter

compared with the fourthquarter of last year, down fromthe 2 percent reported a monthearlier. Hourly compensationin the quarter increased 0.4percent, down from a previousestimate of 1.5 percent.

From the first quarter of2011, unit labour costs rose 0.9percent. Manufacturing sectorproductivity rose by 5.2percent in the first quarter withoutput up 10 percent and hoursworked up 4.6 percent.

InternetIn April, Apple’s iOSclaimed 31.4 percent of themarket, trailed by Research inMotion’s BlackBerry at 11.6percent, Microsoft’sWindows Mobile/WindowsPhone at 4 percent andSymbian at 1.3 percent,mediapost.com reported.

The April survey foundmore than 107 millionAmericans owned smart-phones, a 6 percent increasefrom January.—Internet

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Parents greet students coming out of a high school after the first test of the NationalCollege Entrance Exams in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on 7 June, 2012. About three

out of four applicants of China’s annual national college entrance exam, the largest inthe country and the world, will be admitted by universities, with the exam contentshighly guarded by armed police and surveillance cameras, Xinhua News Agency

reported. —REUTERS

Battery fluid leak may be a factorin China car fire

BEIJING, 8 June—Flammable fluids leakingfrom a BYD electric car batterymight have contributed to afire following a high-speedfatal crash in China lastmonth, a BYD executive toldReuters. However, Stella Li,senior vice president ofWarren Buffett-backedChinese battery and carproducer BYD Co, defendedthe safety of electric cars thecompany designs and sellsin China. Police are stillinvestigating the crash, whichoccurred in Shenzhen, China,early on the morning of 26May when a Nissan GT-Rsports car travelling at least180 kilometres per hour (110mph) crashed into the BYDe6 taxi which later caughtfire, according to BYD. Thetaxi driver and two passengersdied.

“No car company could

design an electric car or agasoline-fueled car that couldwithstand a 180-kph crash,especially from beingslammed from the backside,”Li said in an interview thisweek. The BYD executivesaid it will likely be weeks, ifnot months, before police cansay anything conclusive, ifat all, on the cause of the fire.But she said there is “a bigchance” that liquid electrolyte— one of the three primaryfunctional components in abattery — may have leakedafter the crash.

Those liquids may havecaught fire, ignited by sparksfrom high-voltage cables orscreeching wheels, said Li,who runs BYD’s USoperations in Los Angeles.BYD has sold about 500 e6cars in China since last year,with at least half of them soldto taxi operators and other

fleet customers. The accidenthas triggered fears amongsome investors thatautomakers were over-confident about the safety ofenergy-packed batteriespowering electric cars, andcould be a talking point atBYD’s annual shareholders’meeting on Friday inShenzhen.

News reports and photosof the crash were widelycirculated in China, andBYD’s shares fell to a seven-month low on 28 May, thefirst trading day after thecrash. Some industry insidersworry the Shenzhen accidentmay impact more than justBYD’s electric car future.Photos of the burned e6 taxiare “so sensational,” said achief engineer at Toyota,which uses a different type ofbattery in its hybrid electricvehicles.—Reuters

H5N1 bird flu reported in NW ChinaBEIJING, 8 June —

China’s northwestern GansuProvince has reported anoutbreak of the highlyepidemic H5N1 bird flu virusin poultry, the Ministry ofAgriculture (MOA)announced on Wednesday.More than 6,200 chickens ata farm in a village in Luyang,a town in Jingtai county,showed symptoms ofsuspected avian flu on Friday,and 260 of them have died,

according to the MOA.The National Avian

Influenza ReferenceLaboratory on Tuesdayconfirmed the epidemic wasH5N1 bird flu after testingsamples collected at the farm,the MOA said. Localauthorities have sealed offand sterilized the infectedarea, where a total of 18,460chickens have been culledand safely disposed of in orderto prevent the disease from

spreading since the case wasconfirmed, according to theMOA.

A team was dispatchedby the ministry to thequarantined area to guideepidemic prevention andmonitoring. Bird flu, or avianinfluenza, is a contagiousdisease of animal origin causedby viruses that normally infectonly birds and, less commonly,pigs. It can be fatal tohumans.— Xinhua

DEA makes smuggling arrests in Puerto Rico airportSAN JUAN, (Puerto Rico),

8 June — US federal agentsswept through Puerto Rico’slargest airport and other areasearly on Wednesday, arrestingdozens of baggage handlers,airline workers and otherssuspected of smugglingmillions of dollars’ worth ofcocaine aboard commercialflights for at least a decade.Tourists gawked when agentswith the US Drug EnforcementAdministration arrested onesuspect as he arrived to workat the Luis Munoz Marinairport in San Juan. At least 33people were arrested in PuertoRico, along with two workersat Miami’s internationalairport and another at theDallas-Fort Worth airport, theDEA said.

Those arrested aresuspected of belonging to two

Drug Enforcement Administration officers escort ahandcuffed suspect after his arrest on drug smuggling

charges in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 6 June, 2012.INTERNET

Puerto Rico-based drugtrafficking organizations thatworked with each other,including one that was run bya woman, officials said.”Wehave dismantled the two mostsignificant drug operations atthe airport,” said Pedro Janer,acting special agent in chargeof the DEA’s Caribbeandivision. The suspects areaccused of helping movesome 14 tons (13 metric tons)of cocaine and several pounds(kilogrammes) of heroin fromPuerto Rico to several UScities including Miami, NewYork, Boston and Newark,New Jersey, according to theDEA. One group operatedfrom 1999 to 2009 and theother from 2010 to 2012, theDEA said.

The 45 suspects include18 who worked for American

Airlines and 19 who workedfor Ground MotiveDependable, a local companythat provides ramp andbaggage services, USAttorney Rosa EmiliaRodriguez said.”They put thesecurity of all passengers atrisk,” she said. DEA agents

also sought to arrest oneemployee with Cape Air anda government worker withPuerto Rico’s Port Authority.One of the suspects arrested,Eugene Romero Santiago,also was the driver of PuertoRico Sen.

Internet

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department photographshows a very large and heavy dock measuring 7' tall, 19'

wide and 66' long that has washed ashore on AgateBeach one mile north of Newport, Oregon on on 6 June,

2012. The Japanese consulate has confirmed that thedock washed ashore on Agate Beach is debris from the

March 2011 tsunami in Japan. — REUTERS

Nine paratroopers killedcombating wildfire in Siberia

South Africa to open breast milk bank forpremature babies

JOHANNESBURG, 8 June —A breast milk bank will beopened to the prematurely-born babies in South Africa,the newspaper New Agereported on Wednesday. “Thebreast milk bank will improvethe health and future of thepremature babies,” the paperreported, citing a dean inNorth West University in thenorthern province of the NorthWest. The bank is newly

IRKUTSK, (Russia), 8 June— Nine firefightingparatroopers were killed onWednesday while trying toput out a wildfire in Russia’sSiberia, federal authoritiessaid. Thirteen smokejumpersfrom the Russian AirborneTroops were dispatched tohelp extinguish the blaze,which erupted on a 500-hectare area in the Bairun-Khemchinsky forest districtin Tuva republic, the Interfaxnews agency quoted theRussian Federal ForestryAgency as saying.

Four people came backfrom the scene, while the restwere killed, said the agency,

adding that an investigationhas been launched into thetragedy. All of them hadundergone training and hadprofessional skills andexperience, according to thefederal body.

The wildfire poses noimmediate threat to the Kara-Khol populated area, which islocated 20 km away from theforest district, said the forestryagency. A severe wildfiresituation has developed inTuva. The republic has beenunder a state of emergencysince 5 June, and federalauthorities have sent about100 firefighting paratroopersto help.— Xinhua

founded at PotchefstroomHospital in the North West,jointly sponsored by NorthWest University and theprovincial government.

The bank will store thebreast milk in plastic bottlesand freeze it followingcollecting from women thathave the breast milk in excess,and the milk will be donatedto premature babies who haveno access to breast milk, said

Dr Welma Lubba at thehospital. The doctor said thebreast milk is not just foodand contains the best and mostnutritional value with anadditional function ofmedicine.

The breast milk could actas a lubricant that will keeptoxins out by sealing thestomach wall due to thepremature babies intestinesare easy to be perforated, the

baby expert said. The breastmilk could even save the livesof babies, because somemothers of premature babiescould not breast feedimmediately, according tothe doctor.

Before the distributionto other hospitals, the breastmilk in the bank should meeta series of requirements,including sterilizing it andconducting necessary testswith an aim of having noHIV/AIDS or tuberculosisbacteria or virus.

Xinhua

Police seize 20kg of heroin,arrest 5 after

smashingSydney-based

heroinsyndicate

SYDNEY, 8 June — Five people have been arrested after policesmashed a Sydney-based heroin syndicate, the New South WalesPolice said on Thursday. About 20 kilogrammes of heroin wereseized after Australian Customs and Border Protection and theAustralian Federal Police intercepted a shipping container fromThailand, police said.

In side the container, Customs officers found the heroinwrapped in newspaper inside sports bags that had been concealedin two separate boxes. Police searched seven properties at Sydney’swest and southwest and arrested five alleged members of the drugsyndicate in Sydney on Wednesday. During the raids policeseized prohibited firearms, drugs, ammunition and cash.— Xinhua

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MONTHLY VACCINATION:Midwife Daw Sanda Myintof rural health branch of

Mayingyi Village ofPyisanaung Rural Health

Centre in ZeyathiriTownship vaccinates

expectant mothers andchildren under two years

from Nay Pyi Tawnewspaper on 6 June.

KHIN MAUNG WIN-KYEMON

MYINGYAN, 8 June—A large bronze bellis being kept at Minkyaung Monastery inYantapo Village on the bank of AyeyawadyRiver in Myingyan for 135 years.

Large bell under maintenance at monastery in Myingyan“The monastery built with the use of

teak posts is also over 140 years old.According to the advices of successiveabbots, the monastery is being maintainedwithout losing its original style. The bronzebell was cast with the use of 13 coins of goldand 55 viss and seven ticals of bronze bywellwisher U Waing, Daw Le Yit, son KoPaw and daughters Ma Hlaw and Ma Hsawon fullmoon day of first Waso in 1239Myanmar Era. The evidence can be foundon the body of the large bell. I think as thebell was cast after completion of themonastery, so the monastery can be 10 yearsolder than the bell. In coming fullmoon dayof first Waso, the bell will be 135 years old,”said 79 years old Minkyaung monasterySayadaw Bhaddanta Sunanda of YantapoVillage.

The ring on the bell is moulded withstatues of two lions and one dragon. A totalof 46 garuda statues were cast around thebrim of the bell.—Kyemon

Model plot of Palethwe paddy harvested in YesagyoYESAGYO, 8 June—A

ceremony to harvestPalethwe hybrid paddy washeld on 10 acres of farmereducative farm and 0.89 acreof land of farmer U Thant Soein the irrigated area ofShwechaung river waterpumping station in Yesagyoof Magway Region on 6 June.

Under thesupervision of Staff OfficerU Lin Myat Thu and staff ofTownship Settlement andLand Records Department,Head of TownshipAgriculture Department USein Maung and staff, thepaddy participated inharvesting of paddy.It was supervised by ActingTownship Administrator USoe Zeya Tun, Assistant

and local farmers attendedthe paddy harvestingworks.

After the harvesting,

Model plot of Palethwe paddy harvested in MeiktilaMEIKTILA, 8 June—A

ceremony to harvestPalethwe hybrid paddy washeld on 2.58 acres offarmland of farmer U ThanAung in NyaunggaingVillage of Meiktila on 5 Junemorning.

Deputy CommissionerU Sein Oak of DistrictGeneral AdministrationDepartment, TownshipAdministrator U Kyaw Swe,Manager of TownshipAgriculture DepartmentU San Lwin, district andtownship leveldepartmental officials

160.79 baskets per acres ofpaddy could be producedfrom the model plot.

Kyemon

Undertaking of cooperativetasks stressed

YAMETHIN, 8 June—Deputy Minister for CooperativesU Than Tun held a meeting with the staff officer and staffof Township Cooperative Department, the chairman ofTownship Cooperative Syndicate and executives at theoffice of Yamethin Township Cooperative Department inMandalay Region on 1 June.

The deputy minister explained the implementation ofthe works by the Ministry of Cooperatives, value ofcooperative, aims, and duties of departmental personnel.

He stressed the need for the chairman and executivesof the syndicate to develop the cooperative syndicate andcooperate in formation of basic cooperative societies.

Myanma Alin

Motorcycleswithout licenceget registration

in PyayPYAY, 8 June—The

illegal imported motorcycleare urged to pay fee forregistration in PyayTownship of Bago Region(West) as of 5 June.

Staff members of BagoRegion Directorate of RoadAdministration (Pyay) aregiving services to themotorcycle owners for theirconveniences with one stopservice group.

A plan is laid down toregister the motorcyclesillegal imported from China,Thailand, India and Japanin 2012-2013 fiscal year, asof 5 June.

The registration periodwill last four months.

Htut Aung Lwin (Pyay)

Thin bamboo strips of Yedashe sold toKyaukse market

YEDASHE, 8 June—Thinbamboo strips made fromKyathaung and Tin bamboostrains cut from forestreserve are transported to

Kyaukse and Kume ofMandalay Region.

The local people fromSeint, Chaunggwa, Ywathitand Paukchaung villages inYedashe Townshipengaging in making thinbamboo strips join theirworks of making bamboostrips and mats beginningTawthalin and Thadingyutyearly. They stop theirworks in the rainy season.

The thin bamboo stripsare purchased by brokeragesin Ward 6 of Yedashe and itis transported to Kyaukse.

After that, bamboo strip matsare sold to Kume.

“In a season, about 2000bales weighing 20 viss eachare transported to Kyaukse.The bamboo strips are usedin betel plantations andsesame plantations. In therainy season, they do notbuy bamboo strips. It isbecause the strips should notbe used in rain water,” said abamboo strip trader.

In the region, thinbamboo strip is sold at K300-K 500 per viss.

Kyemon

NAMKHAM, 8 June—With the aim of ensuringdevelopment of ruralregions and alleviation ofpoverty in NamkhamTownship of Muse Districtin Shan State, a ceremony toconstitute Shweli Star micro-

Higher price of onion savefarmers from loss

YESAGYO, 8 June—In early period of sales of coldseason onion in Yesagyo Township in Magway Region,the local farmers sold it at K 250 or K 300 per viss withslowing loss.

As of last week in May, onion could be sold at K 400 perviss. So, they could cover their loss but not much benefit.

Yesagyo Township set a plan to grow 7054 acres ofcold season onion in 2010-2011 fiscal year, exceedingnine acres. After harvesting, over 40 million viss of onioncould be produced.

In the recent days, onion could be sold at K 400 per viss.The products are transported to Bayintnaung Brokerage inYangon, at K 500, K 525 and K 550 per viss. In Yesagyo,onion was charged with K 55 per transport service and K 50in Pakokku. Onion produced from Yesagyo can be kept upto Nadaw. Monsoon onion cannot be stored for severalmonths, said an onion broker.

With regard to lack of quality of onion to be on a parwith onion of foreign countries, “We cannot do anythingfor least production of onion depending on climate change.However, modern agricultural technology, quality fertilizerand pesticide should be provided to farmers for productionof best quality of onion. If it is possible, the local farmerscan cover their loss,” said an onion broker.

Pe Tun Zaw (Yesagyo)

Micro-credit cooperative societyconstituted in Namkham

credit cooperative societyformed with governmentservice personnel and warveterans was held at the hallof the TownshipCooperative Department on27 May for development ofcooperative tasks. At the

DISTRICT NEWS

ceremony, Staff Officer UHsam Mann explained thepurpose of formation.

Next, the meetingformed the cooperativesociety with seven membersof the Board of Directors.

Township Cooperative

Director U Hla Myint ofDistrict AgricultureDepartment, AssistantDirector U Aye Hauk SwamMahn of District Settlementand Land RecordsDepartment and members of

District AgricultureDevelopment Committee,Principal Mr Keisuke Fujilof OISCA Training School.Palethwe hybrid paddyproduced 248.93 baskets peracre in dry status.—Kyemon

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Production sharing contract overEP 5 inland block inked

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June —Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise of the Ministry ofEnergy and Istech EnergyEP5 Pte Ltd registered inSingapore and citizen-owned Smart TechnicalServices Limited signed aproduction sharing contracton inland oil block EP 5 atthe ministry here yesterday.

The contract was signedby Managing Director ofMOGE U Aung Htoo,Managing Director of IstechEnergy EP 5 Pte Ltd Mr InderSingh and ManagingDirector of Smart TechnicalServices Limited DawYadana Su Hlaing in thepresence of Union Ministerfor Energy U Than Htay,Chairman of MyanmarInvestment CommissionUnion Minister for IndustryU Soe Thein, Joint-Secretaryof MIC Deputy Minister forRail Transportation ThuraU Thaung Lwin, DeputyAttorney-General U TunTun Oo.

The contract waswitnessed by Director-

General of Energy PlanningDepartment U Htin Aung,Director of Istech Energy EP5 Pte Ltd Mr Howardi Somaiand General Manager ofSmart Technical ServicesLimited Daw Mary Htoo.

Union Minister U SoeThein presented the permitof MIC and Union MinisterU Than Htay the permit ofthe Ministry of Energy to Mr

Inder Singh.Ministry of Energy has

invited tenders for 18 inlandblocks and has accepted theoffers of the internationalcompanies which are jointventures with Myanmarcompanies as part of effortsfor giving investment

opportunities andtechnology to Myanmarcompanies. Out of the inlandblocks, EP 5 (InpinTegyigon area) is the sixthblock for the productionsharing with the jointventure companies.

MNA

Myanmar-Thai DevelopmentCommittee meets, vows for

mutual beneficial cooperationNAY PYI TAW, 8 June—The 26th Myanmar-Thai Regional

Border Committee Meeting hosted by Myanmarcommenced at Aye Thaya Hotel in Taunggyi of Shan Stateyesterday.

Present on the occasion were leader of Myanmardelegation Lt-Gen Thet Naing Win from Commander-in-Chief (Army)’s Office, deputy leader Lt-Gen Aung ThanHtut and senior military officials, Myanmar Ambassador toThailand U Tin Win, Military Attaché Col Win Maung andresponsible personnel, leader of the Thai delegationCommander of 3rd Army Area Lt-Gen CharnchainarongDhanarun and members and Thai Ambassador to MyanmarMr Pisanu Suvanajata.

The Myanmar delegation leader and the Thai delegationleader delivered addresses and the opening ceremony cameto an end, followed by secretarial meeting of the Myanmar-Thai Regional Border Committee during which Secretary ofMyanmar delegation Brig-Gen Aung Ye Win of Commander-in-Chief (Army)’s Office, Head of Thai-Myanmar CooperationDepartment Maj-Gen Sumphan Srirajbuapan and membersof Myanmar-Thai Regional Border Committee reviewed therecords of the committee meetings, and discussed mattersrelated to trust building, border affairs, Myanmar’s territorialwaters, border demarcation, cooperation in anti-drugcampaigns and cooperation within border areas. The first-day meeting was adjourned at 5.15 pm.

The second-day meeting continued at the same venuetoday which set the time and place for organizing the 27th

committee meeting. Myanmar delegation leader Lt-GenThet Naing Win and Thai delegation leader Lt-GenCharnchainarong Dhanarun signed the agreed minutes andexchanged the notes.

Next, the two delegation leaders exchanged theemblems of the two nations and the meeting ended withtheir speeches.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—A ceremony to hand overPhaingchan Diversion Weir was held in Ward 6 in TangyanTownship of Lashio District yesterday morning.

Phaingchan Diversion Weir is located onNamhong Creek of Ward 6 in Tangyan Township.Its embankment is 60 feet long and 10 feet high. Thefacility was built at a cost of K 38.5 million by thegovernment.

Thanks to reconstruction of the diversion weir, thelocal farmers get sufficient irrigated water for 101 acres ofsummer and monsoon paddy in the township, and it canprevent floods at farmlands downstream of the creek andsupply potable water for the local people.

MNA

Officials make field trips tograssroots level

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw TrafficRules Enforcement Supervisory Committee member ofNay Pyi Taw Council U Saw Hla and members attended thedemonstration on traffic rules in front of No 14 BasicEducation High School in Zabuthiri Township thismorning.

In Potet Village of Ottarathiri Township, they viewedundertakings of the rural development and povertyalleviation implementation committees in health,agriculture, livestock breeding and regional developmentin Nay Pyi Taw Council Area.

Later, they cordially greeted the local people.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—With the aim of culturing readinghabit of rural people, the librarian multiplier course No. 1/2012 was opened at Pyinnya Alindan Library inNyaungbintha Village of Pyinmana Township this morning.

Staff Officer of District Information and PublicRelations Department U San Lwin Oo made a speech.

Altogether 30 trainees from Nyaungbintha,Htaukshabin, Nyaungbintha Ale, Thegyun and Ohnbinsu-Thayetkhon villages attended the training course.

Deputy Head of Department of District IPRD Daw AyeAye Khaing, Head of Zeyathiri Township IPRD Daw MyaSann Yi and Librarian Daw Win Win Nu gave lectures to thetrainees.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Jointly organized by MonState Health Departmentand Shwe Parami HealthFoundation, the freehealth care service waslaunched at Chaungzon,yesterday.

Free medical treatment givenHealth Foundation ShweParami Tawya SayadawAshin Çhandadhika and theChairman explainedpurposes of establishing thefoundation.

The free medicaltreatment is being given

Mon State Minister forSocial Affairs Dr Hla Oo,Chairman of Shwe ParamiHealth Foundation U SheinWin and State Advocate-General U Win Kyi formallyopened the ceremony.

Patron of Shwe Parami

by specialists from Yangonand doctors from Mon Stateand health staff from 7 to 9June.

The state minister thenviewed construction ofBasic Education PrimarySchool in Sawke Village andring road in Balugyun ofChaungzon Township.

MNA

The 26th Myanmar-Thai Regional Border

Committee Meeting in progress at Aye Thaya

Hotel in Taunggyi, Shan State.—MNA

UNIO

Union Minister for Energy U Than Htay hands over work permit toManaging Director of Istech Energy EP 5 Pte Ltd Mr Inder Singh.—MNA

US Embassy Charge d' Affaires aiMr Michael E. Thurston welcoming Director-

General Daw Yin Yin Myint of Training,Research and Foreign Languages

Department of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs at the reception to mark 236th

Anniversary Independence Day of the UnitedStates of America at his residence on Pyay

Road, Yangon, on 8 June.—MNA

Librarian multiplier courseopened in Pyinmana Township

Phaingchan Diversion Weirhanded over in Tangyan

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NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—Union Ministerfor Environmental Conservation andForestry U Win Tun received a delegationled by Chairman of Thai-based (RegionalCommunity Forestry Training Centre)RECOFTC’s Board of Trustees Mr DavidsCassells and party, at his office, here, thismorning.

The discussion is focused on long-term cooperation in promoting skills ofstaff and local people for full participationof local people in establishing localcommunity-owned forests, and sending of

Union Minister for EnvironmentalConservation and Forestry receives foreign guests

trainees.Likewise, the Union Minister received

Managing Officer Mr Tanaka ofYangon-based MITSUI & Co., Ltd and partyand discussed establishment of forestplantations and bamboo plantations indepleted forests.

Also present at the call were director-general U San Lwin of Planning andStatistics Department and acting director-general U Aye Myint Maung of ForestDepartment.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June —Thanks to the collaborativeefforts of the sub-committeefor boosting for livestockand fish and meat productionand the sub-committee forcooperatives works, tasks forreducing poverty in ruralareas have met with success,said Union Minister forCooperatives and forLivestock and Fisheries UOhn Myint yesterday.

During the workcoordination meeting of thetwo committees at theministry yesterday, theUnion Minister stressed theneed for establishing micro

Poverty reduction tasks meets with success

Union Minister for Environmental Conservation and Forestry U Win Tunholds talks with Chairman of RECOFTC's Board of Trustees Mr Davids

Cassells and party.—MNA

credit schemes to borrowmoney to villagers in anattempt to support the capitalof the villagers beforepublic-owned micro creditschemes and village banks.

He also called onofficials concerned fororganizing people in ruralareas to extend theirlivestock breedingincluding dairy farms toincrease per capital incomeand extra income and to getjobs.

Afterwards, officials ofthe supporting committeesfor boosting the livestockbreeding and meat and fish

production reported on theirtasks for rural areasdevelopment and povertyreduction.

Deputy Minister forCooperatives U Than Tunand Deputy Minister forLivestock and Fisheries UKhin Maung Aye discussedthe reports of the supportingcommittees.

The Union Ministercalled for conductingcourses in townships as partof efforts for educating theworking groups. Themeeting came to an end withconcluding remarks by theUnion Minister.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—A ceremony to openMITSUI Co., Ltd (Nay PyiTaw) was held at ThingahaHotel in Nay Pyi Taw HotelZone, here, yesterdayevening, with an address byUnion Minister forCommerce U Win Myint.

It was attended by

MITSUI Co., Ltd (Nay Pyi Taw) opens

explained the opening of it.After that, Union MinisterU Win Myint delivered aspeech and residentrepresentative Mr MasanariNagai extended thegreetings. A dinner washosted to the guests, atGrand Ball Room in thatHotel.—MNA

Union Ministers, deputyministers, departmentalheads, JapaneseAmbassador to MyanmarMr Takashi Saito, officialsfrom Mitsui Co., Ltd andguests.

At the ceremony, CEOand President Mr IijimaMasami of MITSUI Co., Ltd NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—

Union Minister for HealthDr Pe Thet Khin receivedCountry Director Mr PaoloCerati of the US-basedMercy Corps and party at hisoffice here yesterdaymorning.

The guests proposed tocooperate with the ministryin the expectant, infant andchild health care services,nourishment promotion

Mercy Corps proposes to cooperate withHealth Ministry

programme, potable watersupply and environmentalsanitation works signingMoU.

The Union Ministerreplied that the ministry wasundertaking health careservice works in cooperatingwith the social organizationin the interests of thepeople, asking the guests tosubmit the detailed workplans to him after

coordinating with thepersonnel concerned.

Also present at the callwere Deputy Health MinisterDr Daw Myat Myat OhnKhin, Director-General ofMedical ScienceDepartment Dr Than ZawMyint, Acting Director-General Dr Min Than Nyuntof the Health Department anddepartmental personnel.

MNA

YANGON, 8 June—Adelegation led by AustralianForeign Affairs Minister MrBob Carr laid a wreath atCommonwealth WarCemetery in SangyoungTownship, here, at 8.45 amtoday.

They then left here byair in the evening.—MNA

Australian Foreign AffairsMinister concludes visit

Australian ForeignAffairs Minister MrBob Carr and party

being seen off atYangon International

Airport by officialsconcerned.—MNA

YANGON, 8 June—Abusiness-wise meetingbetween Myanmar-Singapore entrepreneurswill be held at 2.30 pm on 14June under the supervisionof the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerce andIndustry.

Matters related tomercantile trade, transport,electrical goods,

Business-wise meeting between Myanmar-Singapore entrepreneurs on 14 June

construction, engineering,banking, IT, natural energyand renewable energy, oiland gas, medicine,chemicals, heavymachinery, port services,education, timber andfinished wood, services, roadand bridge construction,textiles, estates, securityequipment, mobile phoneservices, industrialdevelopment, agricultural

products, communications,hotels and tourism andbuilding management willbe discussed in businessgroups.

Those entrepreneurswishing to take part in thediscussions can contactUMFCCI (Ph; 214344-49,ext: 121, 122) or enroll notlater than 13 June in personor by sending theirrepresentatives.—MNA

YANGON, 8 June—Ameeting of Myanmarentrepreneurs on health andspa works, organized byDepartment of International

Discussions on health and spa works 12 JuneTrade Promotion of theMinistry of Commerce ofThailand will be held atChatrium Hotel on NatmaukStreet, here, at 9 am on 12

June.The similar meeting will

be held at Mandalay HillResort Hotel in Mandalay at9 am on 14 June.—MNA

YANGOn, 8 June—Yangon RegionDevelopment AffairsMinister Yangon Mayor UHla Myint received adelegation led by DirectorMr David Ensor of Voice ofAmerica (V.O.A), at his office

yesterday morning. At themeeting, they cordiallydiscussed cooperationbetween V.O.A and City FM.

It was also attended byCharge d’ Affaires ai MrMichael E. Thurston of USEmbassy, U Than Lwin Tun

of V.O.A MyanmarProgramme, Secretary ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee U Kyaw Soe,member U Nyi Nyi and headof Public Relations andInformation Department UHla Myint Swe.—MNA

V.O.A to make cooperation with City FM

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YANGON, 8 June—Staff Officer U Zaw Thein Oo and staffof Shwepyitha Township Immigration and NationalRegistration Department of Yangon Region together withKyaunggon Village Administrator U Ye Aung and partyissued citizenship scrutiny cards to the local people from9 am to 5 pm on 6 June as part of implementing the MoePwint-3 Plan.—Myanma Alin

SITTWAY, 8 June—TheOrganizational andDiscipline EnforcementCommittee of Rakhine StateGeneral AdministrationDepartment held a ceremonyto provide stipends, school

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED: A ceremony to presentuniforms and cash assistance to families of staff washeld at Yangon East District General Administration

Department in Yangon Region on 5 June. DeputyCommissioner U Hlaing Soe Thant of the District GADgives uniforms and K 336,000 to 20 students of the staff

members.—DISTRICT IPRD

Myanmar U-13 Team leaves for Ho Chi Minh CityYANGON, 8 June—The

Myanmar U-13 Women’sFootball Team left YangonInternational Airport at 10am on 7 June to take part inthe AFC U-13 Girls’ FootballTournament 2012 to be heldin Ho Chi Minh City ofVietnam.

The players of the team

were seen off at YangonInternational Airport byGeneral Secretary ofMyanmar FootballFederation U Tin Aung andin-charge of the women’ssports teams Daw MyatMyat Oo.

Myanmar is to take partin the Group C of the

tournament together withhost Vietnam, Cambodia,Guam, the Philippines andThai teams.

Asian FootballConfederation did notorganize the U-13 and U-14football tournaments in thepast, but football festivals.Beginning this year, thefootball tournament is held.

Myanmar team isconstituted with players frombasic education schools.

Fixtures of Myanmar U-13 Team:

Myanmar vs Thailandat Thong Nhat Stadium in HoChi Minh on 9-6-2012.

Myanmar vs Cambodiaat the same venue on 10-6-2012.

Myanmar vs Vietnam atthe same venue on 11-6-20-2012.

Myanmar vs thePhilippines at the samevenue on 13-6-2012 and

Myanmar vs Guam atthe same venue on 14-6-2012.

By Zaw Min Aung (107)

Citizenship cards issued inShwepyitha Township

Tree growing ceremony heldin Kalay Township

KALAY, 8 June—The tree growing ceremony incommemoration of the World Environment Day which fallson 5 June 2012 was held beside Kalay-Gangaw Road inThayagon Village of Kalay Township on 5 June morning.

At the ceremony, Township Administrator U KhinMaung Yi, Head of Township Forest Department U MyoNyunt and staff, village administrators and local people,members of Green Plain Tree Lovers Association anddepartmental personnel participated in growing of trees.

Head of Township Forest Department distributedsaplings to the people free of charge.—Myanma Alin

Cash donated toHome for the

AgedYANGON, 8 June—

Managing Director DawNilar and staff of Shwe YiMon Shan Traditional FoodProduction of No. 52 onLower Bo Ywe Road in LathaTownship, donatedK 120,000 to HsisayeikHome for the Aged in DagonMyothit (North) Townshipon 27 May. Officialsaccepted the cashdonations.—Myanma Alin

DUTIES ASSIGNED: Theduties were assigned todepartments concernedfor implementation of

plans in 2012-2013 fiscalyear, which is the secondyear of the fifth five-year

short-term plan ofPakokku District. On 4

June, DeputyCommissioner U KhinMaung Yi of Pakokku

District GeneralAdministration

Department presentsletter of assignment to

departmental officials atthe District GAD Office inPakokku.—MYANMA ALIN

TREES PLANTED: In commemoration of the WorldEnvironment Day, the rainy season tree growing

ceremony was held near the golf course atNyaungbinsauk Village of Momeik Township on 5 June.

Township Administrator U Myint Oo, Staff OfficerU Nay Myo Tun of Township Forest Department,

departmental personnel, social organizations and localpeople plant saplings.—TOWNSHIP FOREST

MyanmarLibraries

Foundationinvites cash, book

donationsMyanmar Libraries

Foundation is givingencouragement tobroadening the horizon ofthe people and developingself-reliant libraries acrossthe nation.

Those wishing todonate cash and books tothe libraries may contactMyanmar LibrariesFoundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street inBotahtaung Township,Yangon, Tel: 01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

Information foranti-humantraffickingThe government is

taking preventive measuresagainst trafficking inperson with momentum.

In so doing, telephonenumbers are announced asthe connections withauthorities concerned forenabling the people toactively participate in anti-human traffickingactivities. These telephonenumbers are 067-412555and 067-412666in Nay Pyi Taw, 09-49555666 in Muse, 09-49555777 in Mandalay and09-49555888 and 09-49555999 in Yangon.

vendors and slow-movingdrivers at the hall of thedepartment for 2012-2013academic yer on 5 June.

Executive Officer UThant Zin Thein explainedalleviation of poverty andthen presented schooluniforms to students.

Myanma Alin

Cash assistance, school uniformsprovided to staff’ children

uniforms and schoolequipment for 2012-2013academic year at its office at9 am on 2 June.

At the ceremony,Commissioner of RakhineState General AdministrationDepartment U Zaw Theinmade a speech. He thenpresented cash assistance,school uniforms and schoolequipment to officials.

Daw Mya Nu, wife of thecommissioner, and officialsalso presented cashassistance, school uniformsand school equipment tooffspring at primary, middleand high school levels of thestaff members.

Cash assistance, schooluniforms and equipment

worth K 439,800 wereprovided to 43 students for2012-2013 academic year.

Township GAD

Bohmu Ba Htoo to become four-way asphalt road

YANGON, 8 June—Bohmu Ba Htoo Road is oneof the traffic busy roads inDagon Myothit (North)Township of YangonRegion.

The road is 16550 feetlong from Dagon Universityto the bailey bridge leadingto the North OkkalapaRoundabout.

Traffic jams happen onthe road severally due todaily runs of buses andschool ferries. So, the localpeople face delay of traffic.Students of DagonUniversity and governmentstaff have much difficult ontheir traveling.

As part of solving theseproblems, EngineeringDepartment (Road/Bridge)of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee isupgrading the road from 18feet wide facility to 48 feetwide four-way road.

Beginning October2011, the road works havebeen undertaken with about

150 strengths of workers dayand night. So far, the roadhas completed by 40 per cent.It was estimated that the roadwork will be completed bythe end of December 2012,said an official.

“Thanks to upgradingthe road to the four-wayfacility, prices of real estatesrose. In the front wing of theward, the price raised forhouses at hundreds of millionkyats”, said a local.

As upgrading the roadscontributes much todevelopment of the urbanareas, it should undertakesimilar works with momentum.

Nwe Nwe Kyi (MNA)

School uniforms provided tostudents

KYONPYAW, 8 June—Kyonpyaw TownshipGeneral Administration

Department of AyeyawadyRegion provided schooluniforms to offspring of

DISTRICTNEWS

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SINGAPORE, 8 June—The United Stateswill announce a new list of countries that willreceive exceptions to financial sanctions onoil trade with Iran as soon as early next week,a government official said on Thursday. Notall of Iran’s oil buyers are likely to get thewaivers, said the source, who declined toelaborate. Around two thirds of Iran’s crudeexports flow to Asia, where the biggest buyersare China, Japan, India and South Korea. TheUnited States granted Japan an exception inMarch and has signaled it has had good talkswith South Korea about reducing oil purchases.Refiners in South Korea will switch to othersources on 1 July, industry sources have said.

But the US may withhold waivers forChina and Singapore, according to anadvocate of tougher sanctions on Iran,stepping up pressure on Iran’s biggest crudeoil buyer and a major destination for its fuel oilexports. Mark Dubowitz, the advocate andhead of the Foundation for Defence of

WASHINGTON, 8 June—Researchers at ColumbiaUniversity Medical Centre(CUMC) have identified abrain receptor that appears toplay a central role inregulating appetite. Thefindings, published onThursday in the online

BEIJING, 8 June—Disputes regarding thequality of Beijing’s air havesparked criticism against theChinese government forallegedly dismissing itsresponsibility to provide abetter environment. The USembassy in China releaseshourly air quality data,describing the air in Beijingand other major cities asunhealthy or worse. In fact,the data collected by the USEmbassy and Chinesegovernment are not toodifferent. It is the judgmentsmade by both sides that havemisled the public on the issue.

Those who are skepticalshould realize that no matterhow badly the dataembarrasses China, releasingsuch information will not

SYDNEY, 8 June—Western Australia’s emergency crewshave spent the night cleaning up after a mini-tornado rippedthrough north-eastern suburbs of Perth, local media reportedon Friday. The tornado ripped down trees and power lines andlifted roofs from buildings in the suburbs of Dianella andMorley on Thursday, the Australian BroadcastingCorporation (ABC) reported.

The tornado lasted only about 10 minutes but thedestructive winds caused damage worth millions of dollars,the ABC said. Thousands of homes were left without electricityand Western Power was trying to restore their power as soonas possible. The town of York, east of Perth, was also hit bya powerful storm.

Xinhua

A general view of an oil dock is seen from a ship at the port of Kalantari in the city ofChabahar, 300km (186 miles) east of the Strait of Hormuz on 17 Jan, 2012.— REUTERS

More US waivers to Iran sanctions likelynext week

China needs time, room to improve air quality

Mini-tornado hits Perthsuburbs in Western Australia

Afghan National Police(ANP) keep watch during apatrol on the outskirts of

Jalalabad City inNangarhar Province on 5

June, 2012. NATO ispreparing to withdraw its

130,000 troops by the end of2014 and hand

responsibility for security toAfghan forces.

INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 8 June—Fourteen dismemberedbodies were found in a truckin the centre of a town innorthern Mexico on Thursdayin what appeared to be thelatest atrocity committed byrival gangs battling over drug-smuggling routes, localmedia said. The bodies of 11men and three women werediscovered in the sugar-canefarming town of CiudadMante in the south ofTamaulipas state, whichborders on Texas, dailyMilenio reported on itswebsite.

Officials at the stateattorney general’s office couldnot immediately confirm thereport. Tamaulipas has beenone of the bloodiest battlegro-unds in Mexico’s drug war.More than 55,000 peoplehave been killed in theconflict since PresidentFelipe Calderon sent in thearmy to fight drug gangsshortly after he took office inDecember 2006. Calderon’sconservative National ActionParty, or PAN, looks likely tolose power in the presidential

Fourteen dismembered bodiesdumped in northern Mexico

New brain target for appetite control identified. XINHUA

New brain target for appetite controlidentified

Democracies, said he expected all of Iran’sother oil buyers would eventually get theexceptions. He believes China has receivedsome clandestine cargoes from Iran. Teheranhas withheld the destination of some oilshipments by disabling tracking systems on itstanker fleet, according to shipping and tradingsources.

The United States would be better offdelaying a decision on China, he said, than togrant an exception now and be forced not torenew it later when more evidence of theshipments could come to light. Singapore isnot a big consumer of oil, but it is a majorblender of fuel, including some from Iran. Thelatest round of US sanctions come into effecton 28 June and aim to cut Iran’s oil revenue topressure Teheran into halting its nuclearprogramme. Western powers suspect Iran isaiming to develop nuclear arms, but Teheransays the programme is for civilian purposesonly.— Reutershelp resolve the problem. The

Chinese government hasannounced that it will adoptan average daily standard of75 micrograms of particulatematter less than 2.5micrometres in size, orPM2.5, per cubic meter of air,as well as an average yearlystandard of 35 micrograms.The Chinese nationalstandards for PM2.5 conformwith the minimum requirem-ents set by the World HealthOrganization for developingcountries,according toMinister of EnvironmentalProtection Zhou Shengxian.

As the largestdeveloping country in termsof population and economy,China has had to face avariety of problems,including severe and

widespread environmentalpollution, as a result of itsrapid industrialization. Theinternational communityshould give China enoughtime and room to graduallyimprove its air quality,which is sometimes adilemma for developingcountries as they makeefforts to compromisebetween maintainingeconomic growth andprotecting the environment.

Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 8 June—The global economy is set to slowin the near term amid renewed uncertainty stemming from theeurozone debt crisis, weak recovery in the United States andslowdown in large emerging economies, the MonetaryAuthority of Singapore said on Thursday. “The trade-orientedAsian economies are likely to see activity moderating for therest of the year, although resilient domestic demand willprovide some support,” it said in a report.

Underpinned by strong gains in the manufacturingsector, especially the normalization of computer disk-driveproduction following the disruption caused by the Thaifloods at the end of 2011, the Singapore economy grew by10 percent quarter on quarter on a seasonally adjustedannualized basis in the first three months of the year. TheSingapore economy is expected to remain restrained for therest of the year against the backdrop of subdued globalgrowth, it said, projecting the gross domestic product to growby 1-3 percent.

The inflation forecast also remained unchanged at 3.5-4.5 percent. The Monetary Authority said the G3 economieson average grew by a mild 1.6 percent quarter on quarter ona seasonally adjusted annualized basis in the first threemonths of the year. The United States economy grew by 1.9percent, lower than the growth of 3 percent for the previousquarter.”The main drag on growth ... came from continuedcutbacks in federal defense spending as well as smaller stateand local government budgets,” it said.—Xinhua

Singapore central bank saysglobal economy set to slow in

near term edition of Cell, could lead to new drugs for preventing ortreating obesity. In their search for new targets for obesitytherapies, scientists have focused on the hypothalamus, atiny brain structure that regulates appetite. Numerous studiessuggest that the regulatory mechanism is concentrated inneurons that express a neuropeptide, or brain modulator,called AgRP. But the specific factors that influence AgRPexpression are not known.

The CUMC researchers found new clues to appetitecontrol by tracing the actions of insulin and leptin. Bothhormones are involved in maintaining the body’s energybalance, and both are known to inhibit AgRP. “Surprisingly,blocking either the insulin or leptin signaling pathway haslittle effect on appetite,” says study leader Domenico Accili,professor of medicine at CUMC. “We hypothesized that bothpathways have to be blocked simultaneously in order toinfluence feeding behaviour.”

To test their hypothesis, the researchers created a strainof mice whose AgRP neurons lack a protein that is integralto both insulin and leptin signaling. As the researchershypothesized, removing this protein — Fox01 — had aprofound effect on the animals’ appetite.

Xinhua

election on 1 July, due partlyto rising frustration with theviolence.

The government hasblamed the turf wars betweenthe brutal Zetas gang, foundedby army deserters, and theSinaloa cartel of Mexico’smost-wanted man, Joaquin“Shorty” Guzman, for anescalation of killings in recentweeks. Suspected drug cartelkillers dumped 49 decapitatedand dismembered bodies on ahighway near the affluentnorthern city of Monterrey inMay. Days before, 18mutilated bodies were foundnear Mexico’s second-largestcity, Guadalajara.

Reuters

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PHILIP VOY NO (021)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PHILIP VOYNO (021) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 9-6-2012 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HYUNDAI PEGASUS VOY NO (2061)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HYUNDAIPEGASUS VOY NO (2061) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 9-6-2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S HYUNDAI MERCHANTMARINE CO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DK IRINY VOY NO (002)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DK IRINYVOY NO (002) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 9-6-2012 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of S.P.W(2) where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SEA TRANS SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA WIN VOY NO (153)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA WIN

VOY NO (153) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10-6-2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of H.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

A patient lies on a bed in a ward reserved for peoplesuffering from dengue fever in a hospital at BarrioObrero District in Asuncion on 14 April, 2011. The

mosquito-borne disease is a threat to nearly half of theworld’s population. Of the estimated 220 million people

infected each year, two million — mostly children inLatin America and Asia — develop a severe form called

dengue hemorrhagic fever.— REUTERS

LONDON, 8 June— One of the grimmest legacies of the warin the Pacific is still being fought 70 years on, but a victoryover dengue, the intensely painful “break-bone fever” whichthat conflict helped spread around the world, may be in sight.The US Army, which like its Japanese enemy lost thousandsof men to the mosquito-borne disease in the 1940s, has piledresources into defeating the tropical killer. But it may beabout to see the battle to develop the first vaccine won notin the United States but by French drug company Sanofi.

The Paris-based firm hopes for positive results inSeptember from a key trial among children in Thailand thatwould set it on course to market a shot in 2015 which wouldprevent an estimated 100 million cases of dengue infectioneach year. Of 20,000 annual deaths, many are of children. ForSanofi, which has invested 350 million euros ($440 million)in a new French factory to make the three-dose vaccine, itcould mean a billion euros in yearly sales as half the worldis exposed to the disease, notably in fast-expanding tropicalcities from Rio and Mexico to Manila and Mumbai.

But like British rival GlaxoSmithKline, whose newmalaria shot has shown promise against another mosquito-

Dengue vaccine in sight,after 70 years

A girl suffering from dengue fever sits under a mosquitonet while seeking treatment at a hospital in Lahore on

20 Sept, 2011.— REUTERS

carried scourge, Sanofi is also preparing for pressure to makeits drug accessible to billions too poor to pay the likelymarket price. It has been long wait. Identified in localoutbreaks in the Americas, Africa and Asia since the 18thcentury — and noted as a serious military hindrance by USgenerals in their 1898 war against Spain in Cuba and thePhilippines — dengue was spread to global pandemicproportions in part due to the massive movements of armiesthrough the Pacific theatre in World War Two.—Reuters

LONDON, 8 June—Bookings at London hotelsfor the Olympic period aredown by around a third on lastsummer, with travellers beingput off by high prices, a Britishtravel agent said onWednesday, dampeninghopes that the Games will helpto revive Britain’s economy.Credit ratings agencyMoody’s said last month thatthe Olympics would provideonly a temporary boost tocorporate earnings but saidhotels would be a clearbeneficiary. However, pastGames have shown evidenceof a displacement effect —with regular tourists put off byfears of overcrowding andhigh prices during anOlympics. Hotel wholesalerJacTravel is forecasting visitorarrivals to London in July tobe more than 35 percent down

London hotels “pricingthemselves out of market” for

Olympics

Olympic and Union flagsare seen flying outside a

hotel in Sennen near LandsEnd in Cornwall,

southwest England on 17May, 2012. — REUTERS

on 2011, and August to bealmost 30 percent down.JacTravel’s chief executiveMario Bodini said thatOlympics expectations hadbeen overly optimistic.

Reuters

KABUL, 8 June—Afghan army and police, backed by the NATO-led coalition forces, haveeliminated 26 Taleban insurgents during cleanup operations within the past 24 hours, the AfghanInterior Ministry said on Thursday morning. “The joint forces conducted nine cleanup operationsin Laghman, Takhar, Kandahar, Helmand, Logar and Herat Provinces, killing 26 armed Talebaninsurgents over the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement.

One other insurgent was injured and eight other suspects have been detained by joint forces,the statement said. They also found and seized weapons, the statement said, without saying if therewere any casualties on the side of security forces. Afghan police also found and defused 25 roundsof mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) over the same period of time. The Talebaninsurgent group, which announced the launching of a spring offensive from 3 May against Afghanand NATO forces, has not to make comments yet.—Xinhua

Troops kill26 Talebaninsurgents

within24 hours

VIENNA, 8 June—Iran has accused the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of conducting secretiveintelligence activities, the Austrian Press Agency reportedon Wednesday. The accusations were made by Iranianambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh on the sidelines of theIAEA Governors conference in Vienna, where he accused theIAEA of using secretive means to obtain information onIranian facilities.

“Unfortunately the Agency (IAEA), who should beplaying the role of an international technical organization,is to an extent also playing the role of an intelligenceagency,” he told reporters. Soltanieh criticized in particularWestern councillors and media for speculation about apossible secret atomic weapons programme. He reaffirmedthe “solely peaceful” aims of Iran’s nuclear programme. OnFriday a bilateral meeting is planned in which access forIAEA experts to Iran’s facilities, documents, and nuclearexperts will be discussed.— Xinhua

Iran accuses IAEA of secretiveintelligence activities

WASHINGTON, 8 June—The Federal Bureau of Intelligencehas opened an investigation into possible White House officials’leaks of classified information to the New York Times about UScyberattacks against Iran, CNN reported on Wednesday.

US Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, vice chairman ofSenate Intelligence Committee said he was informed that an FBIinquiry was under-way. Chambliss also called for appointmentof a special counsel to investigate leaks of recent stories in theNew York Times that detailed US cyberattacks on Iran.

“Any suggestion that this administration has authorizedintentional leaks of classified information for political gain isgrossly irresponsible,” the White House spokesman Jay Carneysaid in a briefing aboard Air Force One en route California.

He stressed that the Obama administration takes allappropriate and necessary steps to prevent leaks of classifiedinformation or sensitive information that could risk ongoingcounterterrorism or intelligence operations. —Xinhua

FBI probes White House officials’leaking information about cyberattacks

against Iran

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LOS ANGELES, 8 June—American singer-songwriterSheryl Crow said on Facebook she is “healthy and happy”despite being diagnosed with a benign brain tumour.

The 50-year-old breast-cancer survivor confirmed thisweek she learned about the mass when she had an MRI aftersuffering memory lapses.

She insisted she is fine, however, in an online posting onWednesday.

“Hey everyone,” she said. “Please don’t worry about my‘brain tumour,’ it’s a non-cancerous growth. I know somefolks can have problems with this kind of thing, but I wantto assure everyone I’m OK. ... I’m feeling very healthy andhappy, and having a great time on the road playing with mynew band. I’m busy working on my next record too, whichI’m very excited about ... and I’ll be on The Tony Awards thisSunday. ... Really appreciate everyone’s love and concern,I feel so blessed to have the support of all my fans, but I’mgood — really! Love, Sheryl.”—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 8 June— Actress Danica McKellar hasfiled for divorce from her husband, composer Mike Verta,documents filed in in Los Angeles County Superior Courtindicated.

TMZ reported on Wednesday McKellar cited“irreconcilable differences” as the reason she split from thefather of her 1-year-old son.

McKellar and Verta married in 2009.“I am saddened by the end of my marriage to Mike Verta.

However, we are committed to raising our son together andwe are focused on remaining the best parents we can be,”McKellar said in a statement issued to TMZ.—Internet

Actress DanicaMcKellar arrives for

the 7th AnnualFamily TelevisionAwards held at the

Beverly Hilton on 30Nov, 2005 in Beverly

Hills, California.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 8 June—Miley Cyrus and LiamHemsworth are engaged to

LOS ANGELES, 8 June—John Mayer’s “Born andRaised” is No 1 on the USalbum chart for a second week,Billboard.com reported onWednesday.

Coming in at No 2 onthe Billboard 200 is Adele’s“21,” followed by ReginaSpektor’s “What We SawFrom the Cheap Seats” at No3, One Direction’s “Up AllNight” at No 4 and EdwardSharpe and the MagneticZeros’ “Here” at No 5.

Rounding out the toptier are Carrie Underwood’s“Blown Away” at No 6, SigurRos’ “Valtari” at No 7, the“Now 42” compilation CD atNo 8, Luke Bryan’s“Tailgates and Tanlines” atNo 9 and Lionel Richie’s“Tuskegee” at No 10.

Internet

MUNICH, 8 June—Hollywood actress MelanieGriffith is to receive the CineMerit Award at the30th Munich film festival next month, organizerssaid.

The 54-year-old star of “Lolita,” “Celebrity,”“Something Wild” and “Pacific Heights” — whowon a supporting actress Oscar for “Working Girl”— is to pick up the lifetime achievement award ata 3 July ceremony.

“Melanie Griffith embodies Hollywood morethan any other actress of her generation,” festivaldirector Diane Iljine said in a statement on Tuesday.“She is an international star with a glamorous aswell as eventful career.” The world premiere of herlatest film, “The Grief Tourist,” is to take place atthe festival.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 8 June—Amanda Bynes’ lawyerentered a not guilty plea onthe Hollywood actress’behalf Wednesday for a DUIcharge, People.com said.

The Los Angeles CityAttorney’s Office announcedon Tuesday the “Hairspray”and “What a Girl Wants” starhad been charged withmisdemeanor driving underthe influence of alcohol ordrugs. She was arrested April6 after she allegedly hit apolice cruiser she was tryingto pass at around 3 am.

The complaint against

A Pennsylvania familywho obtained a locketbelieved to have belonged toa Titanic survivor said theymay have identified theoriginal owner.

Houston police said they arrested a hit and run suspectwho allegedly tried to hide from officers by jumping into anopen manhole.

Police said an officer saw the man, whose name was notreleased, crash his car on the Gulf Freeway between SouthWayside and Griggs at and flee from the scene on foot,KPRC-TV, Houston, reported.

The officer gave chase and saw the man jump into anopen manhole and refuse to emerge when ordered.

The Houston Police Department said firefighterschecked the pipe for noxious gases before members of thepolice dive team went in and retrieved the suspect.

Titanic locket’s owner mayhave been maid

Owners of the locket, which bears the letters “AMA” or“AWA” in intricate script, believe the item originally

belonged to Annie Moore Ward of Philadelphia.

Police: Suspect tried to hide inmanhole

Sheryl Crow says she’shealthy and happy

Sheryl Crowperforms

during theMartin

Luther Kingmemorialdedication

being held onthe Mall in

Washington,DC, on 16October,

2011.INTERNET

Coffee giant Starbuckshas apologized for tweeting2,000 Irish followers, askingthem to “show us what makesyou proud to be British.” Thetweet sent was part of apromotion tied to QueenElizabeth II’s DiamondJubilee and aimed primarilyat the United Kingdom, notthe Republic of Ireland, TheGuardian reported. Itappeared to show ignoranceof the complicated history ofBritain and its neighbor in theBritish Isles. Starbuckstweeted two apologies. “Weapologize to all our customersand followers on Twitter inIreland and hope that theywill forgive our mistake,” thesecond one ended.

Starbucksmakes Jubilee

gaffe in Ireland15 years ago and they nowbelieve the item originallybelonged to Annie MooreWard of Philadelphia, whoserved as a maid for a first-class passenger on the Titanicin April 1912 and survivedthe sinking of the ship, thePittsburgh Tribune-Reviewreported.

Ward, who was 38 at thetime of the passenger liner’ssinking, died in 1955.

The Carbones’ daughter,Beth Evangeliste ofJeannette, said Ward is “theonly one that came close” tofitting the initials on thelocket, which contained a slipof paper reading, “Wreck ofthe Titanic, 15th April, 1912.Loss of life 1645.”

Betty and Buz Carboneof Hempfield said their sonbought the locket, whichbears the letters “AMA” or“AWA” in intricate script,from an antiques dealer about

Amanda Bynes pleads notguilty to DUI

Bynes said the 26-year-oldactress refused a peaceofficer’s request to submit toand/or complete a chemicaltest to determine how much— if any — substance was inher system.—Internet

‘Wonder Years’ star files fordivorce

Miley Cyrus (R) and Liam Hemsworth are engaged.INTERNET

John Mayer’s‘Raised’ stillNo 1 on USalbum chart

Singer John Mayerin Beverly Hills,California on 12

Feb, 2011.INTERNET

Griffith set for Munich filmfest honour

Actor AntonioBanderas and his

wife, actress MelanieGriffith arrive at the69th annual Golden

Globe Awards inBeverly Hills,

Californiaon 15 Jan, 2012.

INTERNET

Cyrus and Hemsworth getengaged

confirmed to People.com.Cyrus, 19, began dating

Australian actor Hemsworth,22, when they co-starred inthe big-screen romance “TheLast Song” in 2009.

People.com saidHemsworth proposed to thepop singer on 31 May.

“I’m so happy to beengaged and look forward toa life of happiness with Liam,”Cyrus told the celebritymagazine.

Internet

News Album

be married after three years ofdating, representatives for theHollywood couple

Actress Amanda Bynes inLos Angeles on 5 June,

2011.—INTERNET

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Premier League stars ready to light up Euro 2012A host of familiar Barclays Premier League faces are set for the

European Championshipone team will win everymatch and another loses eachof their games. I think therewill be draws, and every goaland point will count.”Demark

Arsenal striker NicklasBendtner: “There are a lot ofplayers who can take chargein midfield, and provide bothgoals and assists. It’s lookinggood, we’ve been practisingwell and intensely. We justneed the last technical andtactical details and we’ll be onour way.”England

Liverpool and Englandcaptain Steven Gerrard: “Theexpectations this time will beless. But that could suit us andturn into a positive.

“By the same token therewill be a certain amount ofpressure and expectationbecause we are England... Ofcourse, everyone’s dream is towin a tournament but it wouldbe stupid to set that as a target.

“There have been teamsin the past that have won thistournament who haven’tnecessarily been favourites, sowe have to go there and do aswell as we can. If we click andgel, if we get that bit of luck, wecan get over that hurdle of thelast eight.”France

Manchester Uniteddefender Patrice Evra: “Ourpriority at this stage is to ensurewe reach the quarter-finals andthen take it from there... Thereis no point having a negativeattitude. All you can do is playto the best of your ability andif that isn’t good enough it’shard to be held accountable if

LONDON, 8 June — Thefootballing world turns itsattention to Poland andUkraine on Friday as the UEFAEuro 2012 football tournamentgets under way. The BarclaysPremier League will have asignificant representation atthe European Championship,with 70 players from 15 clubsrepresenting 14 of the 16nations at the tournament. Co-hosts Poland take on Greece at5pm UK time on Friday 8thJune to get the tournamentunder way.

England begin theircampaign in Donetsk onMonday 11th June with atough contest against aformidable France outfit whichis unbeaten in 21 matches.Holders Spain take on Italy intheir opener on Sunday 10thJune in a mouth-wateringencounter in Gdansk. Manypundits believe it will be anopen tournament, although asurvey of Barclays PremierLeague managers, conductedby Barclays, title sponsor ofthe League ManagersAssociation (LMA), points toone winner.

A huge 73% of thosepolled tipped Germany to win,with the same percentagepredicting a quarter-final

appearance for England.UEFA Euro 2012 is the 14thtime the EuropeanChampionship has been held.Germany have won it threetimes (twice as West Germany),with France and Spain bothhaving two titles to their name.Theteams

GROUP A: CzechRepublic, Greece, Poland,Russia

GROUP B: Denmark,Germany, Netherlands,Portugal

GROUP C: Croatia, Italy,Republic of Ireland, Spain

GROUP D: England,France, Sweden, UkraineWHAT THEY SAYCroatia

Everton striker NikicaJelavic: “We have a good team,good players and a goodmanager so hopefully we canreach a high level in the Eurosbecause the people in Croatiaexpect a lot from us. I am sohappy to go, it is my first bigtournament and hopefully wecan do some good thingsthere.”Czech Republic

Chelsea goalkeeper PetrCech: “I think it’s very evenand anything can happen,which makes [our] group veryinteresting. I don’t think that

you don’t win.”Germany

Arsenal defender PerMertesacker: “We have learneda lot from our disappointments- we have always reached secondor third place but we want to wintrophies. There is a lack of this,but with a young generation[coming through] that is verygood, we will try to reach ourtarget now.”Greece

Former Manchester Citystriker Georgios Samaras: “Wewant to win games for ourpeople. Maybe their lives arenot so good just now butfootball can let them put themisery to one side for a fewhours.”Italy

Goalkeeper GianluigiBuffon on Manchester City’sMario Balotelli: “It willdefinitely be Balotelli’stournament. Mario is a winner;he was great in the epic finalgame in this year’s PremierLeague and he matured a lotover this last year. He has allour support. If he startsbehaving like the leader he canbe, he will carry the team andmake the difference.”Netherlands

Tottenham midfielderRafael van der Vaart: “The Euroswill be a success for us whenwe win it. And you have to saythat out loud as well, becausesaying things like ‘a semi-finalis nice’… No, we were finalistsin the World Cup, so we alsoneed to have the highestambition now.”Poland

Arsenal goalkeeperWojciech Szczesny: “It’s all

there for us to go and have asuccessful tournament - I thinkit’s the strongest Poland teamthe fans have seen for years sohopefully we won’t let themdown. I think Poland have achance of doing well. Theatmosphere around thenational team has changed abit and people have realisedthat we actually have world-class players.”Portugal

Manchester Unitedforward Nani: “Even thoughmany people do not accept it,Portugal do not depend onCristiano Ronaldo. He is a greatplayer, for me the number one,but he does not win the gameson his own. Our opponentswill be more attentive withCristiano and that could helpthe rest of us, because it couldallow more spaces to open upand create danger for ourrivals.”Republic of Ireland

Stoke City strikerJonathan Walters: “These arethe moments you have got toenjoy. There are some topplayers who never get thechance to be in a majortournament, so to be here, Ifeel very blessed and veryprivileged.”Russia

Fulham striker PavelPogrebnyak: “Four years agoin Austria and Switzerland,we achieved unbelievablethings. We reached the semi-final and played somefantastic football. It was anamazing achievement. Tomiss out was very difficult,but this is my chance to makeup for that and it is a real

Man Utd’s Patrice Evra may face Stewart Downing &Steven Gerrard of Liverpool in Ukraine.— INTERNET

Norwich appoint Hughton as new managerLONDON, 8 June —

Norwich City have namedChris Hughton as their newmanager on a three-year deal.Hughton moves fromBirmingham City and fills thevacancy created when PaulLambert moved from CarrowRoad to Villa Park. It is areturn to the Barclays PremierLeague for the formerTottenham Hotspur assistantmanager, who was last in thetop flight in the 2010/11season as manager ofNewcastle United. At a Pressconference at Carrow Roadon Thursday, Hughton said:“This is something that I’vebeen very excited about.

“It has been done veryspeedily, which I’ve beendelighted with, and I’mlooking forward to thechallenge in front of me.”Hughton said he was hopingto build on the Canaries’impressive return to theBarclays Premier League,which saw them finish in a

creditable 12th place. “[It’s]not just a finishing position,it’s financial position, aspectsof the club where you feel itcan grow, — and I’ve beenvery impressed with where theclub is and how they want tomove forward,” he added.

Hughton admitted hefaced a challenge insucceeding the successfulLambert, who oversaw twosuccessive promotions.

“It’s a wonderfulachievement to rise fromLeague One to the PremierLeague, and it’s a hard act tofollow,” he said. “It’s aboutmaking progress and withevery new manager and playercomes a new challenge.”

Hughton is being joinedby assistant manager ColinCalderwood, first-team coachPaul Trollope and chief scoutEwan Chester. A compensationpackage has been agreed withBirmingham. The Midlandsclub’s acting chairman PeterPannu said: “Chris is a great

Chris Hughton wasintroduced to the media

after leaving BirminghamCity for Norwich City.

INTERNET

man and a proven managerand we didn’t want to stand inhis way when Norwich madean approach with the offer ofa top flight managerialposition.”— Internet

Clint Dempseyvoted Fulham

player ofseason

LONDON , 8 June — ClintDempsey has been votedFulham’s Player of the Seasonfor the second straight yearThe 29-year-old Texanscored a career-high 23 goalsin 2011-12.

His 17 Premier League

Back at No 1, Sharapova to face Errani in final

honour to be part of the squadfor Euro 2012. I would love toshow my strengths on thehighest stage and enjoy oneof the top internationaltournaments.”Spain

Chelsea forward JuanMata: “For Spain, thisEuropean Championship willbe very difficult, because everyother team in the tournamentwants to beat us. It will not beeasy to retain the title, but thatis the challenge in front of us.Every time it gets harder.We’ve got a very difficultgroup. It’s not comfortable.We’ve got Italy and we knowthat there is a lot of rivalry andhistory.”Sweden

Sunderland midfielderSebastian Larsson on facingEngland and Steven Gerrard:“I supported Liverpool as aboy – like my dad and brother.My favourite player when Iwas younger was Gerrard. Hewas amazing when he brokeinto the team – and he is still atop player. Stevie has got it all– he can attack, defend, tackle.In fact, he is the perfect all-round player.”Ukraine

Former Chelsea strikerAndriy Shevchenko: “For thepast five years I’ve hardlythought about anything butthe European Championship.It’s fair to say this has extendedmy career. It’s my dream... Wehave a young team withpotential. A lot will depend onhow the young players dealwith the psychologicalfactor.”

Internet

Clint Dempsey

goals tied for fourth overalland broke Louis Saha’sFulham club record.

Fulham said onThursday that MousaDembele finished second infan voting and BredeHangeland third.— Internet

PARIS, 8 June — Windblew in her face, kicking upflecks of clay, and MariaSharapova stood at thebaseline, knowing she neededone more point to reach herfirst French Open final andreturn to No 1 in the rankings.She rotated her right shoulder,the one surgically repaired 31/2 years ago, and served afault. Her next try found themark: a second-serve ace at104 mph that landed in acorner. It was a fitting way toclose out a 6-3, 6-3 victoryover No 4-seeded PetraKvitova of the CzechRepublic in the semifinals atRoland Garros on Thursday,a fitting way to announce thatSharapova is once again at

the height of her powers and atthe top of her sport.

‘’It’s a long road back;it’s a long process. It’s a lot ofdays of frustration anduncertainty, not knowing ifyou’ll ever get there, notknowing how much you wantit, not knowing whether(there) would be a momentlike that for you again,’’Sharapova said at her newsconference, the WTA’s glassvase signifying her No 1 statussitting inches away. ‘’Sothere’s definitely a lot of toughthings you have to go throughto get to this point. But whenyou get here, and you lookback at the things that youdid, and the work that you putin, and the toughest days that

InternationalSports

Sara Errani of Italycelebrates winning her

semi final match againstSamantha Stosur of

Australia at the FrenchOpen tennis tournament inRoland Garros stadium in

Paris, on 7 June, 2012.INTERNET

you can remember, it’s allreally worth it.’’On Saturday,the second-seeded Russianwill face 21st-seeded SaraErrani of Italy for the FrenchOpen title.—Internet

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

(9-6-12 09:30 am ~10-6-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(9-6-2012) (Saturday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw-Uppatahsandi paritta

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:50 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song8:20 am 4. Poem Garden8:40 am 5. International News11:10 am 6. Musical Programme11:25 am 7. Game for Children12:10 pm 8. TV Drama Series13:00 pm 9. Telepay (Policy)14:30 pm10. One Village & One

Product4:20 pm11. Myanmar Traditional

Performing ArtsCompetitions

4:40 pm12. University of Distance

Education (TV Lectures)-Third Year (History)

5:00 pm13. Beautiful “Asean”5:50 pm14. International Science

News8:00 pm15. News16. TV Drama Series

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Weather forecast for 9th June, 2012

* News* Education Malaysia

Exposition 2012* News* Law Ka Nat Member

Show* News* Kid’s Talent* Housing and Living

2012* News* Journey to

Unimaginable Spots(Episode-5)

* News* Culture Stage* News* Products of Myanmar

“Velvet Slipper”* News* World Environment

Day 5 June GreenEconomy; Does itinclude you?

* News * The Meaning of

Flowers* Myanmar Movie

“Never Lie to YourHeart”

Ngazun Township SchoolEnrollment Day observed

NGAZUN, 8 June—Theschool enrollment day washeld at Aung San Hall inNgazun Basic EducationHigh School in NgazunTownship on 27 May.

At the ceremony,Township Administrator UTin Win made a speech, andTownship Education OfficerU Hmway Kyu explainedmatters related to the schoolenrollment day.

The chairman ofTownship EducationSupervisory Committee

handed over 6325 dozens ofexercise books donated bythe Mandalay Region ChiefMinister to the townshipeducation officer.

Next, MandalayRegion Hluttawrepresentative U Myat Thu,on behalf of the UnionMinister for Transport andwife, donated 300 dozensof exercise books toHeadmistress Daw ThanThan Htay of Ngazun BasicEducation High School.

Education

SCHOOL EQUIPMENT DONATED: Ward 2Administrative Office of Hline Township and wellwishersdonated school equipment recently. Ward AdministratorU Nyan Tun hands the donations to Headmistress DawNwe Nwe Win and students of Hline Basic Education

Primary School.—Myanma Alin

Maggert, Merrick stand out from St Jude crowdMEMPHIS , 8 June — John

Merrick bogeyed the 18thhole to fall into a tie withfellow American Jeff Maggertfor the lead after Thursday’sopening round of the St JudeClassic at TPC Southwind inMemphis, Tennessee.Merrick and 2006 tournamentwinner Maggert registeredfour-under-par 66s on a daythat grew increasingly windyand featured a crowdedleaderboard with 15 playerswithin two strokes of the

Maggert of the US hits outof the bunker on the first

hole during the final roundof the Sony Open golf

tournament at the WaialaeCountry Club in Honolulu,Hawaii on 15 Jan, 2012.

REUTERS

leaders. Alone atop theleaderboard at five-under, latefinisher Merrick hit his teeshot at the last hole into thewater on his way to a bogey.

Tied for third at 67 wereAmericans Jeff Overton and JJ Henry, along with India’sArjun Atwal and Noh Seung-yul of South Korea. US Openchampion Rory McIlroy ofNorthern Ireland, trying tomake the cut for the first timein four tournaments, wasamong 11 players bunched at

68. Others posting two-under-par rounds included US DavisCup captain Davis Love IIIand his fellow former majorwinners Lee Janzen, PadraigHarrington and Yang Yong-eun.

John Daly, a formerresident at the Southwindcourse and another formermajor winner, also posted a 68but stood out from the crowdwith a bright orange shirt andwildly patterned brownpants.—Internet

Dutch players hear monkeychants at training

KRAKOW, 8 June—Netherlands players heardmonkey chants from thecrowd at a Euro 2012 trainingsession at Wisla Krakow’sstadium this week, a teamspokeswoman said on Friday,casting a shadow over whathad been a near carnivalatmosphere. The build-up tothe tournament being co-hosted by Poland andUkraine was dominated byworries about racism amonghome fans. Coach Bert vanMarwijk, Dutch officials and

many of the press did not hearany racist abuse duringWednesday’s session but ithas since emerged that ahandful of the squad did.

“Some players did hearsome monkey noises. That iswhy they moved to the otherside of the pitch,” thespokeswoman said. TheDutch FA (KNVB) did notlodge a formal complaint withUEFA but was contacted bysoccer’s European governingbody after reports of theincident appeared in local

Netherlands soccer playersattend a training sessionduring the Euro 2012 at

Wisla stadium in Krakowon 6 June, 2012.— REUTERS

Dutch media.“UEFA has now been

made aware that there weresome isolated incidents ofracist chanting that occurredat the open training session ofthe Dutch team in Krakow,”UEFA said in a statement onFriday. “Should suchbehavior happen at furthertraining sessions UEFA wouldevaluate the operationalmeasures to be taken to protectthe players.

UEFA has a zero-tolerance policy when itcomes to discriminatorybehavior and has given thepower to referees to stopmatches in case of any repeatedracist behavior.—Reuters

Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure cleared to faceMorocco

ABIDJAN, 8 June—African Footballer of the YearYaya Toure has been clearedfit to play for the Ivory Coastin this weekend’s World Cupqualifier against Morocco inMarrakech, the IvorianFootball Federation said inAbidjan on Friday.

Saturday’s match willmark the midfielder’s firstappearance since he limpedoff with a hamstring injuryduring Manchester City’sdramatic Premier League-winning final day victoryover Queen’s Park Rangerson 13 May.

Toure traveled as partof a 23-man squad toMorocco for the Group Cgame, which comes a weekafter the Ivorians began theirbid for a third successiveWorld Cup finalsappearance by beatingTanzania 2-0 in Abidjan.

Toure missed that matchand a warm-up internationalagainst Mali in France a weekearlier.

Morocco were held to a1-1 draw by Gambia in theiropening group fixture lastweekend.

Reuters

Ivory Coast’s YayaToure smiles during aninterview following thelaunch of Puma’s kits

for nine Africannational soccer teamsat the Design Museum

in Londonon 7 November , 2011.

REUTERS

ISLAMABAD, 8 June—APakistani confidence tricksterhas been arrested for posingas an FBI agent anddefrauding unwittingcustomers in Islamabad of$21,000, police said Friday.

Hayat Khan, 48, wasdetained in a sting operationon Thursday following anumber of complaints in thecapital, police official SuhailAkram told AFP.

“The fake FBI agentgrabbed millions of rupees.He is now under arrest,” hesaid. Khan, who also went bythe alias Riaz Khan, claimed

Fake FBI agent arrested inPakistan

A Pakistani policemanstands at a check point in

Islamabad.—INTERNET

to have worked for the FBIand trapped his victims byoffering to sell US dollars at alower rate than on the market.

Internet

Sr. No. Regions/States

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 36/97 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

2 Kayah 31/88 22/72 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

3 Kayin 33/91 24/75 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

4 Chin 27/81 13/55 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

5 Upper Sagaing 35/95 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

6 Lower Sagaing 39/102 29/84 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

7 Taninthayi 28/82 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers with

isolated heavy fall (80%)

8 Bago 34/93 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

9 Magway 39/102 29/84 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

10 Mandalay 40/104 29/84 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

11 Mon 32/90 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers with

isolated heavy fall (80%)

12 Yangon 31/88 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

13 Rakhine 34/93 26/79 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

14 Southern Shan 27/81 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

15 Northern Shan 35/95 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

16 Eastern Shan 28/82 23/73 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

17 Ayeyawady 31/88 26/79 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 36/97 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 31/88 24/75 One or two rain or thundershowers (80%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 40/104 29/84 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, Weather has been partly cloudy in Sagaing Region and Kachin State, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Mandalay and Magway Regions, Shan and Rakhine States, fairly widespread in Bago and Yangon Regions, Kayin State and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions and isolated heavy falls in Yangon Region, Kayin and Mon States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Pyapon (9.17) inches, Dawei (8.78) inches, Myawady (4.49) inches, Kungyangon (3.94) inches, Thaton (3.63) inches, Maubin and Launglon (3.54) inches each, Ye (2.61) inches, Paung (2.44) inches, Central Yangon (2.37) inches and Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (2.13) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea

Squalls with moderate to rough sea are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-

Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in

Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Continuation of increase of rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

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Saturday, 9 June, 20125th Waning of Nayon 1374 ME

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June— Maungtaw Township General Administration Departmenthas imposed a curfew order (1/2012) under Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedurein Maungtaw, Rakhine State today as riots broke out in the town this afternoon havedisrupted the community peace and prevalence of law and order.

The following is the translation of the order.

Township General Administration Department

Maungtaw TownshipCode of Criminal Procedure Section-144

Curfew Order No.1/20128 June, 2012

(4th Waning of Nayon, 1374 ME)General Penal Code No. 1/2012

1. It is hereby announced for the public knowledge on 8 June, 2012. During riots inMaungtaw on 8 June, 2012, houses in wards in Maungtaw were set fire, people werebeaten and houses were looted. I believe that gathering of five or more than five peopleat streets, roads, the main road, lanes, garden (or) public places which are built for thepeople in Maungtaw to live in peace can cause arson attacks, clashes and lootings again.2. Therefore, curfew is imposed under Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure andfive or more than five people shall not gather at roads, streets, the main road, lanes,garden (or) mosques and public schools in municipal area of Maungtaw and not to gooutside from 6 pm to 6 am.3. This order shall take effect until any other order is issued.4. I sealed and signed and issued this order on 8 June, 2012.

Seal Township AdministratorSimilarly, Buthidaung Township has been placed under curfew.—MNA

Maungtaw, Buthidaung in Rakhine Stateplaced under curfew

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—All Myanmar Islam Association has issued a letter of requestasking Islams to keep calm in line with Islamic teachings.

The following is the translation of the request to the Islams.

Republic of the Union of MyanmarAll Myanmar Islam Association

No. 214 (Government’s Religious Cash Assistance Acceptance Committee Office)Bo Sun Pak Street, Pabedan Township, Yangon

Ph: 388146, 253683, 252608, 241717, 241212, 296134

Request to IslamsThere have been different views among the people concerning the news reporting

on the newspapers issued on 5 June, 2012.With regard to this, All Myanmar Islam Association has issued a statement which

it submitted to responsible organizations concerned seeking for peaceful resolutionwithin the framework of law.

Thus, Islams are requested in all seriousness to live in tranquility in accordance withIslamic teachings, avoiding expression of wishes in groups.

All Myanmar Islam Associationrequests Islams to keep calm

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June —All Myanmar Islam Association today issued a statement ofits stance on the situations happening in Rakhine State. The translation of the announcementis as follows:-

Republic of the Union of MyanmarAll Myanmar Islam Association

No. 214 (Government’s Religious Cash Assistance Acceptance Committee Office),Bo Sun Pak Street, Pabedan Township, Yangon

Ph: 388146, 253683, 252608, 241717, 241212, 296134All Myanmar Islam Association

8 June, 2012All Myanmar Islam Association has issued a statement of its stance on the situations

happening in Rakhine State as follows:-(a) We condemn the terrorizing and destruction of lives and property of innocent

people.(b) We express deepest sympathy for the loss of lives of innocent people, destruction

of public property and those dismayed.(c) We especially favour the situation in which the public live peacefully within the

framework of law.(d) The Islams living across the nation need to live in accordance with the special

request made by All Myanmar Islam Association.(e) We have issued the statement of our stance that government organizations

concerned are to take an effective and prompt action against any act that can harmstability of the State and the peaceful living of the people in accord with the law.

All Myanmar Islam Association issuesstatement of its stance

Riots occur in Maungtaw of Rakhine State

Curfew imposed to restore peace and tranquility ofcommunity after controlling all situations

NAY PYI TAW, 8 June—The government is building the country to be a peaceful,modern and developed one in line with the democratic practices, while placing moreemphasis on ensuring peace and stability and the rule of law.

At present, there occur unrests in Rakhine State that can harm peace and stability. Asof this afternoon, rioters have destroyed houses, shops and guest houses and committedkillings. Due to the violent acts and riots, Section (144) has been issued in Maungtaw andButhidaung townships for ensuring peace and stability and prevalence of law and order.

At about 1pm, over1000 rioters destroyed roof of penthouse of Kanbawza Bank andthrew stones at United guest house and a house.

At about 2 pm, they also set fire to six shops in Thazin guest house and restaurantsin the front of Thirimingalar Hall. After that, the fire spread to ward-4 between clock towerand hospital and destroyed 15 houses. In addition, they also set fire to two houses in MyoUward and Khayaymyaing village in Duchiyardan village-tract on Maungtaw-Alethankyawmotor road.

In the evening, about 20 rioters stormed Maungtaw People’s Hospital and disruptedpeople in the hospital. So, health staff went into hiding. They continued to destroy twohouses in Myoma east ward in front of the hospital, and people had to go into hiding.

Due to the attacks of the rioters, Dr Khin Maung Lat aged 63; Daw Than Yi aged 57;U Kyaw Hla, 78 and U Thein Zaw, 36 got injured. And U Hla Maung, aged 65 was dead.During the violent attacks, local police battalion and police force tried to control thesituation, putting out fires and safeguarding the security of local people.

Head of border area immigration inspection headquarters is keeping close supervisionon the case. Section-144 is issued in Maungtaw and Buthidaung Township to control thesituations and restore peace and stability as these riots can harm peace and stability andprevalence of law and order.

MNA

SCO says “no” to interventionism

The large group meeting of the 12th Meeting of theCouncil of Heads of Member States of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) is held at the GreatHall of the People in downtown Beijing, capital of

China, on 7 June, 2012. PAGE 3

Black hole ‘evicted’ fromhost galaxy?

Galaxy CID-42likely contains a

massive blackhole being ejectedat several million

miles per hour.The main panel is

a wide-fieldoptical image ofCID-42 and thearea around it.

Titanic locket’s owner mayhave been maid

Owners of the locket, which bears theletters “AMA” or “AWA” in intricate

script, believe the item originallybelonged to Annie Moore Ward of

Philadelphia.

Maggert of the US hits out ofthe bunker on the first hole

during the final round of theSony Open golf tournament

at the Waialae Country Clubin Honolulu, Hawaii on 15

Jan, 2012.PAGE 4 PAGE 15PAGE 13

(Kyaw Khin)General SecretaryMyanmar MuslimNational Affairs

Federation (Ma-Ah-Pha) Headquarters

(Al-Haj Myint Tun)Chairman

Myanmar MuslimYouths (Religion)

Organization Ma-Ma-La Headquarters

(Al-Haj Kyaw Soe)Secretary GeneralMyanmar Malawi

OrganizationHeadquarters

(Al-Haj NyuntMaung Shein)

President Islamic Affairs

CouncilHeadquarters

(Al-Haj MawLana Yusof)

Vice-PresidentUlama-Islamic

ScholarsFederation

(Kyaw Khin)General SecretaryMyanmar MuslimNational AffairsFederation (Ma-

Ah-Pha)Headquarters

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