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Established 1914

10th Waning of Thadingyut 1369 ME Monday, 5 November, 2007Volume XV, Number 203

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

Established 1914

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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov—The 59th CommunalKathina robes offering ceremony of KyakhatwaingPariyatti Sarthintaik in Bago took place at the monas-tery this morning, and member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than attendsCommunal Kathina robes offering ceremony

of Kyakhatwaing Pariyatti Sarthintaik

the Ministry of Defence attended the ceremony andoffered Kathina robes to members of the Sangha.

Also present on the occasion werePhaungdawthi Sayadaw of DaikU Township ShwegyinNikaya Rattanyu Maha Nayaka Agga Maha

Saddhammajotikadhaja Bhaddanta Pandita, PresidingNayaka of Kyakhatwaing Pariyatti SarthintaikShwegyin Nikaya Upaokkatha Maha Nayaka JointShwegyin Sangha Raja Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru

(See page 8)

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence and congregation receive the Five Precepts from a Sayadaw.— MNA

Do you really love your motherland?

The people should be capable enough of choosing and marching

on the most appropriate path in the interests of the nation, taking

into consideration the nation’s strategic location, national poli-

tics, and party politics.

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PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireMonday, 5 November, 2007

For total elimination ofpolio disease

Polio is a highly infectious viral diseasethat chiefly affects children and, in its acuteforms, causes inflammation of motor neu-rons of the spinal cord and brainstem, lead-ing to paralysis, muscular atrophy, and oftendeformity. It is a very dangerous disease thatmay cause the children to be disabled andeven death. It may occur due to impure wa-ter, unclean surroundings and poor personalhygiene.

The disease transmitted to the childrenthrough impure hands and food. The symp-toms of the disease are slight fever, fatigue,headache, vomiting and leg and arm pain.

Polio disease is most common amongnewborns and children under five so oralpolio vaccine are to be given to them. InMyanmar the National Immunization Dayshave been launched widely for elimination ofpolio disease since 1996. Myanmar was freefrom this kind of disease from 2000 to early2006.

However, wild viral polio disease trans-mitted to Maungtaw Township, RakhineState from a neighbouring country recently.There were similar cases in Kayan Town-ship in Yangon Division, Hpa-an Townshipin Kayin State and Pyu Township in BagoDivision.

The National Immunization Days for2007 are launched with the aim of controllingthe spread of polio virus and making childrenmore resistant to the disease. The first phaseof NID was held on 3 November and oralpolio vaccine will be given again to the chil-dren on 2 December for the second time.

There are over seven million childrenunder five throughout the nation. Officialsconcerned, health personnel and the entirepeople are to make efforts to give oral poliovaccine to the children for total elimination ofpolio disease in Myanmar.

NAY PYI TAW, 3Nov — The Second Com-munal Kathina Robes Of-fering Ceremony of thefamilies of Ministry of RailTransportation was held atthe meeting hall of the min-istry, here, this morning.

It was attended bymembers of the Sangha ledby Vice-Chairman of NayPyi Taw Pyinmana Town-

Ministry of Rail Transportationdonates Kathina robes, alms

to Sayadaws

UMFCCI President meetsBangladesh guestsNAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov — President of Union of

Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry U Win Myint met with President Mr SyedMahmudul Hoque of Bangladesh Myanmar BusinessPromotion Council of Bangladesh together with Com-merce Counsellor Mr Md Aftabuzzaman of the Em-bassy of Bangladesh at the UMFCCI building, here, on30 October.

Also present at the meeting were responsiblepersons of Myanmar Rice Dealers Association,Myanmar Rice Millers’ Association and MyanmarRice and Paddy Producers Association.

They cordially discussed trade promotion be-tween the two countries, trade of agricultural produce,personal goods, household goods, pharmaceuticalsand construction materials. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov — Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Union of Myanmar U Nyan Win arrivedback here this morning after attending the EighthMeeting of the Myanmar-Lao Joint Commission forBilateral Cooperation held in Laung Prabang in LaoPDR on 30 and 31 October and paying an officialgoodwill visit to Lao PDR from 31 October to 2November 2007 at the invitation of Dr ThonglounSioulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of For-eign Affairs of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

During their stay in Laos, the Myanmar del-egation led by U Nyan Win held the Eighth Meeting ofthe Myanmar-Lao Joint Commission for Bilateral Co-operation on 31 October following the Senior OfficialsMeeting held on 30 October. During the meetings,Myanmar and Lao delegations reviewed progress ofprevious cooperation and explored ways to enhancecooperation in the future. At the end of the meeting, thetwo ministers signed an Agreed Minutes of the EighthMeeting of the Myanmar-Lao Joint Commission forBilateral Cooperation.

FM arrives back from Lao PDRAfter the meeting, the minister and the delega-

tion left Laung Prabang for Vientiane and called on MrChoummaly Sayasone, President of LPDR and dis-cussed with Dr Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of Foreign Affairs matters relat-ing to the bilateral relations and cooperation. In theevening, Dr Thongloun Sisoulith hosted a dinner inhonour of U Nyan Win and Myanmar delegates.

Yesterday morning, the minister and the del-egation called on Mr Bousane Bouphavanth, PrimeMinister of LPDR.

Members of the delegation, U Phae Thann Oo,Director-General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U SaiThein Maung, Deputy Managing Director of PublicWorks, Lt-Col Win Min Tun of Ministry of Defence,Police Lt-Col Soe Myaing of Ministry of Home Af-fairs, Deputy Director U Soe Lynn Han and AssistantDirector U Naing Htoon of Political Department andHead of Branch-1 U Soe Consul and Legal AffairsDepartment also arrived back here.

U Nyunt Hlaing, Myanmar Ambassador toLao PDR, U Min Thein, Counsellor, and First Secre-tary U Zaw Win Tun also attended the Eighth Meetingof the Myanmar-Lao Joint Commission for BilateralCooperation. — MNA

YANGON, 4 Nov— the Horizon LeagueBasketball Tournament,jointly organized byMyammar BasketballFederation and HorizonInt’l Education Centre,continued at KyaikkasanGymnasium, here at 12noon today.

In the men’sevents Cow Boy crashedKandawglay Club with101-73 points; KKSpassed through GB with87-72 points; the Gyutswon over Shadows with53-49; Blue Boy defeatedProject-X with 59-29 andMOM saw off Rabbit Boywith 49-3. In the women’sevents, Sky won overGlory with 66-29.

In the men’s eventheld yesterday, KKS wonover Rabbit Boy with 81-51; Cow Boy defeatedFilipino 65-40; Red Starpassed through CCY with65-50; Furious saw offKandawgalay Club with69-24 and WHO won overO’ vickon with 46-37. Inthe women’s event, Skywon over 82-56.

Blue Boy goestop in the men’s group-A

Horizon League BasketballTournament continues

on 12 points, two pointsahead of KKS on 10 pointsand GB on 10 points. CowBoy siood atop in themen’s group-B on 10points, one ahead of RedStar and two points aheadof Furious on 8 points. Skyreached top in the wom-en’s group on 8 points,three points ahead of Pre-cious on 5 points and fivepoints ahead ofKandawgalay Club.

The tournamentcontinues at 12.30 pm on10 and 11 November.

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ship Sangha Nayaka Com-mittee Presiding NayakaSayadaw BhaddantaÑanavamsa of Thanlanmonastery.

Also present onthe occasion were DeputyMinisters Thura U ThaungLwin and U Pe Than, di-rectors-general and man-aging directors under theministry and staff.

Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min and wife DrDaw Wai Wai Tha do-nated Kathina robes andalms to SayadawBhaddanta Ñanavamsa.Deputy Minister Thura UThaung Lwin and wife DrDaw Yi Yi Htwe andDeputy Minister U PeThan and wife Daw ChoCho Tun, departmentalheads and staff presentedprovisions to membes ofthe Sangha.

Later, the minis-ter and wife and officialsoffered ‘soon’ to membersof the Sangha. — MNA

Players ofBlue Boy

andProject-X

teamschallengefor a ballduring

HorizonLeague

BasketballTourna-ment at

KyaikkasanGymna-

sium.NLM

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Protesters shout slogans to protest a visit by US Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice in Istanbul on 2 Nov, 2007. —XINHUA

Turks hold anti-US rallies inIstanbul upon Rice’s arrivalISTANBUL (Turkey),

3 Nov — Sporadic rallieswere held on Fridayacross Istanbul to protestagainst what the Turkscalled the US doublestandards on terrorism.

The rallies were heldwhen US Secretary ofState Condoleezza Ricearrived here for aninternational meeting onIraq after holding talkswith Turkish leaders inAnkara. A group ofprotestors gathered amidheightened securitiesnear the Ciragan PalaceKempinski Hotel, whereRice is to stay for thenight before the Iraq con-ference, wielding ban-ners and slogans saying“Rice (Yankees) gohome”.

Turkey has threateneda military incursion intonorthern Iraq, fromwhere the PKK launchedattacks, but so far theUnited States has beendissuading Turkey fromlaunching any majormilitary action.

The US stance hasaroused anger among theTurks, who accusedWashington of havingdouble standards on

campaign against terror-ism.

While the US launchedthe so-called anti-terrorwars in Afghanistan andIraq, it is dragging its feetin helping its NATO allyTurkey to crush the PKK,branded as a terroristgroup by Washington andthe European Union, theydenounced.

A recent poll by thePew Research Centre inWashington put the US

favourability rating inTurkey at 9 per cent, downfrom a height of 52 percent in year 2000. It alsofound that Turks see theUnited States as the singlebiggest threat to theirnational security.

Media reports held thatRice's Istanbul trip is alsotasked to boost Turkey'sconfidence on the UnitedStates.

Meanwhile, TurkishPrime Minister Recep

Tayyip Erdogan is tomeet US PresidentGeorge W Bush onMonday over the risingtensions between the twogovernments on thePKK issue.

Erdogan has warnedthat relations betweenthe two NATO allieshinge on whether Bushagrees to take “concrete,urgent steps” against thePKK.

MNA/Xinhua

An old woman reads a book in the Beijing AutumnBook Fair at the Ditan Park of Beijing, capital ofChina, on 2 Nov, 2007. The 2007 Beijing AutumnBook Fair opened on Friday. Around 200,000 speciesof books from over 500 enterprises were displayed in the fair. —INTERNET

Thousands flee, 800,000homeless in Mexico floods

VILLAHERMOSA (Mexico), 3 Nov — Thousands ofpeople fled a Mexican city on Friday after flood watersburst through sandbag barriers in a disaster that left800,000 people homeless and most of the state ofTabasco under water.

One person has been killed in the worst flooding thelow-lying, swampy state has seen in more than 50years.

The Grijalva River, which winds through statecapital Villahermosa, swelled over its banks earlierthis week after days of heavy rains.

People and livestock swam through the streets onFriday after a murky, brown deluge surged intoVillahermosa, home to about half a million people.

Hungry and thirsty residents stood in long lines atsupermarkets, although some stores closed afterrunning out of food, water and medicine.

“There isn’t much on the shelves and what is leftis very expensive,” said Juan Pablo Rosas.

The Army evacuated most of the city centre onThursday night after a levee broke despite being piledwith thousands of sandbags by Army troops andvolunteers. —MNA/Reuters

Two US policemen arrested for endangering boy

Musharrafimposes

emergency ruleISLAMABAD, 4 Nov

— Pakistan PresidentPervez Musharrafimposed a state ofemergency in a bid toend an eight-monthcrisis over his rulestoked by challengesfrom a hostile judiciary,Islamist militants andpolitical rivals.

General Musharrafsaid he decided to act onSaturday in response toa rise in extremism andwhat he called theparalysis of governmentby judicial interference.

“I fear that if timelyaction is not taken, thenGod forbid there is athreat to Pakistan’ssovereignty,” he said ina midnight televised

address, after purgingthe Supreme Court androunding up lawyersopposed to him.

“I cannot allow thiscountry to commitsuicide.”

Opposition figureshave been rounded upand the nationwidecrackdown continued onSunday.

Musharraf did notsay how long theemergency would last,but said he still plannedto move Pakistan tocivilian-led democracywithout saying whenelections, which hadbeen expected inJanuary, would takeplace.

MNA/Reuters

NEW YORK, 3 Nov —Two Staten Island police-men were arrested Fridayafternoon by New YorkPolice Department(NYPD) Internal Affairs

after allegedly trying toteach a Halloween prank-ster a lesson. OfficerThomas Elliassen andOfficer Michael Danese,both 28, were charged with

unlawful imprison-mentand endangering thewelfare of a 14-year-oldboy, police said.

Deputy PoliceCommissioner PaulBrowne said the twoofficers caught the boythrowing eggs at cars inSt. George Wednesdaynight. They then took theboy into their policevehicle and dropped himoff two miles away in aswampy, desolate area.

Reports saying that thepolice stripped the boy’sclothes off before dropp-ing him off were notconfirmed.—MNA/Xinhua

Foreign tourists visit

the Dashilan

commercial street in

Qianmen, downtown

Beijing, capital of

China, on 31 Oct,

2007. — XINHUA

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

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Police across Europe arrest26 in drugs bust

Polish soldier wounded inAfghanistan

WARSAW, 3 Oct — A Polish soldier was woundedin a mine explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday,spokesman for the Polish contingent in AfghanistanMiroslaw Ochyra told Polish PAP news agency.

Captain Artur R. from the 11th Lubuska ArmouredCavalry Division was wounded in the leg when apatrol vehicle he was in struck a mine. His life is notendangered.— MNA/Xinhua

UN says most of Chad casechildren “not orphans”

Four Italians killed in roadaccident in Egypt

CAIRO, 3 Nov — Four Italians were killed and fiveothers wounded in a road accident in Egypt’s RedSea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Thursday, theofficial MENA news agency reported.

The accident took place when a truck collidedwith a tourist minibus in Sharm el-Sheikh in SouthSinai governorate, security official Haron Hassanwas quoted as saying. — MNA/Xinhua

UN says two dead in Liberiahelicopter crash

MONROVIA, 3 Nov — A United Nations helicoptercrashed in a remote town in northern Liberia on Friday,killing at least two of the three people on board, the UNmission in the West African country said.

The helicopter took off from the town of Ganta nearthe border with Guinea before coming down in thetown of Dingamo, according to Ben Malor, spokesmanfor the UN mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The cause ofthe crash was not immediately known.—MNA/Reuters

Roadside bomb explosion killsUS soldier in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 3 Nov — A US soldier was killed by anexplosion near his vehicle in north of Baghdad, theUS military said on Friday.

The attack took place on Wednesday while thesoldier’s unit was conducting operations in SalahudinProvince, a military statement said. Earlier, themilitary said that two more soldiers were killed andtwo others were wounded on Wednesday by aroadside bomb explosion near their vehicle in thenorthern province of Nineveh. — MNA/Xinhua

Anbar leaders seek US compensation for Al-Qaeda fight

ABECHE (Chad),3 Nov— Most of the 103 Africanchildren which a Frenchgroup had planned to flyout of Chad were notorphans as the group hadclaimed, the UnitedNations children’s agencyUNICEF said onThursday.

A UNICEF spokes-woman in Chad saidinformation derived frominterviews with thechildren carried out by UNagencies and the RedCross contradicted state-ments by the French groupZoe’s Ark which haddescribed them as sick anddestitute orphans from

Sudan’s war-torn Darfurregion. “They are notorphans and they were notsitting alone in the desertin Chad, they were livingwith their families incommunities,” AnnetteRehrl of UNICEF in Chadtold Reuters.

Nine French nationals,most of them members ofthe Zoe’s Ark group, werearrested in the easternChadian town of Abechelast week after authoritiesstopped them from flyingthe children to Europe,saying they had noauthorisation.

They have beencharged with abduction

and fraud and facepossible forced labourterms of up to 20 years ifconvicted. Seven Spanishcrew members of the planechartered by Zoe’s Ark, aBelgian pilot and at leasttwo Chadians have alsobeen detained and chargedas accessories.

Officials from theUN children’s agencyUNICEF, the UN refugeeagency UNHCR and theInternational Committeeof the Red Cross have beencaring for the children, 21girls and 82 boys agedbetween one and 10 years,at an Abeche orphanage.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 3 Nov —Sunni leaders from Iraq’sAnbar Province on Fridaysaid they want billions ofdollars as compensationfor joining US forces inthe fight against Al-Qaedamilitants.

Sheikh AhmedAbureeshah, a local triballeader, said Anbar needssome 2-billion-US-dollarto rebuild roads,communications networksand other infrastructurethat were destroyed beforetribal leaders sided withAmerican troops to fightAl-Qaeda in Iraq militants.

Anbar Province wasonce a stronghold for Al-Qaeda in Iraq and the siteof some of the worstfighting during four yearsof war. But it is nowrelatively safe, thanks to

cooperation between localresidents and USauthorities.

“Al-Qaeda followedyour Army to Iraq after theyattacked you here in theUnited States,” Abureeshahsaid through an interpreter.“The people of Anbarunited with the AmericanArmy and they started

fighting Al-Qaedatogether, and they have beensuccessful,” he said. “Sowe are asking now that wecompensate this provincefor all of the destructionthey have faced.”

Pentagon spokesmenwere not immediatelyavailable to comment onthe request to compensate

Anbar for cooperatingwith US and Iraqi troops.

Abureeshah was part ofan eight-member Anbardelegation that met thisweek with PresidentGeorge W Bush, Secretaryof State Condoleezza Rice,Defence Secretary RobertGates and members ofCongress. — MNA/Ruters

ROME, 3 Nov — Policeacross Europe havearrested 26 people andseized some 15 millioneuros (21.7 million USdollars) worth of assets inraids on a suspectedinternational drugs ring,authorities said on Friday.

The raids, conducted

on 30 October andtargeting 34 homes, werepart of an investigationbegun in August 2005 inthe Trento Region innortheastern Italy, withpolice from Germany,Austria, the Netherlands,Luxembourg and Croatiainvolved, according to

Germany’s Federal CrimeOffice (BKA).

The suspects takeninto custody were fromthe former Yugoslaviaand Albania and Italianpolice said they importedheroin and cocaine intoEurope from Turkey andSouth America. Amongassets seized were drugs,large amounts of cash,cars, a yacht, valuablejewellery, weapons andammunition and falsifiedidentity documents, theBKA said.

Because the suspectswere considered violentand likely to be armed, aspecial response unit andan elite counter-terrorismunit were deployed in theGerman states of Hesseand North Rhine-Westphalia, it added.

Italian police said theyrecovered 76 kilos (168pound) of cocaine and 26kilos of heroin.

MNA/Reuters

A Bedouin guide, stands on the edge of a rock high above the al Khazneh(Treasury) in the ancient city of Petra on 30 Aug, 2007 file photo. The Treasuryis Petra’s most famous monument, whose name reflects the local legend that the

urn on top of the monument held the pharaoh’s treasure.—XINHUA

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Uzbek President Islam Karimov meet inTashkent on Friday, vowing to promote the win-win cooperation between the

two countries “to a higher level”. —XINHUA

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Photo taken on 2 Nov, 2007 shows the meeting venue of the sixth Meeting ofPrime Ministers of the Member States of the Shanghai CooperationOrganization (SCO) in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. —XINHUA

Yu Yongping(L3), general manager of the newly-founded China Netcom(Europe) Operations Limited attends its opening ceremony together with his

supervising team in London, on 1 Nov, 2007. —XINHUA

China’s economic crimes rise in first nine months

Ukrainian Presidenturges govt bodies to

curb inflation

Jordan, EU sign energy cooperation deal

E C O N O M I C N E W S

This is a work of glassart by artist Dale

Chihuly at the PhippsConservatory and

Botanical Gardens inPittsburgh as a part ofthe Chihuly at Phipps

gardens and art exhibiton 31 Oct, 2007 filephoto. —INTERNET

Indonesia’s foreigntrade up in first

nine months JAKARTA, 3 Nov —

Indonesia's export in thefirst nine months this yearincreased by 12.88 per centto 83.02 billion US dollarcompared to the sameperiod last year, theNational Statistic Bureauannounced here Thursday.

The head of the bureauRusman Heriawan said thatthe rise was contributed tothe increase of export ofnon-oil-and-gas productsby 17.47 per cent to 67.65billion US dollars.

But, he said that theexport of oil-and-gasproducts decreased by 3.70per cent to 15.38 billionUS dollars.

Japan, followed by theUnited States andSingapore, was the mostdesignated country for theexport of Indonesia's non-oil-and-gas products inSeptember, said Heriawan.

At the same time, thecountry's import rose by17.43 per cent to 53.67billion US dollar, he said.

The rise was contributedto the increase of import ofnon-oil-and-gas productsby 23.24 per cent to 38.51billion US dollars andoil-and-gas products by4.70 per cent to 15.167billion US dollars, saidHeriawan.

The head of the bureausaid that China, followedby Japan and the UnitedStates, was the mostcontributory country forsupplying non-oil-and gasproducts to Indonesia.

MNA/Xinhua

AMMAN, 3 Nov —Jordan and the EuropeanUnion (EU) have signedan agreement on energycooperation, includingnuclear energy forpeaceful purposes, said astatement by the delega-tion of the EuropeanCommission released hereon Thursday.

EU Commissioner for

External Relations BenitaFerrero-Waldner, EUCommissioner for EnergyAndris Piebalgsm andJordanian Minister ofEnergy and Mineral Re-sources Khalid Shraidehsigned the “Joint Declara-tion on Priorities for EnergyCooperation” on the side-lines of the conference onenergy security in the Egyp-

tian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday, itsaid. “This joint decla-ration will help us worktogether more closely withJordan to increase itsenergy security and sup-port the beneficial reformsin the energy sector,”Ferrero-Waldner wasquoted as saying in thestatement.—MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 3 Nov —Economic crimes in Chinaincreased 7.2 per centduring the first ninemonths of the year to59,000 cases, a spokesmanfor the Ministry of PublicSecurity said here onThursday.

“A total of 2,036 crimesinvolved production offraudulent and shoddyproducts, up 25.7 percent from the sameperiod of 2006,” saidministry spokesman WuHeping.

A total of 6,187

financial fraud cases and744 smuggling cases, up15.9 per cent and 13.8 percent respectively, werealso reported. Intellectualproperty rights piracycases reached 1,758, up7.6 percent.

Wu said specialattention needed to be paidto the sharp rise in creditcard fraud. In the first halfof the year, credit cardfraud cases in China grew29 per cent to 1,171 andinvolved 4.46 millionyuan (about 602,000 USdollars).

He said criminalswere frequently foundinstalling monitoringequipment at automaticteller machines (ATM) tosteal account numbersand passwords. They thenmade fake cards towithdraw money.

They were also foundusing spy software or insetting up fake websitesof financial institutions orbanks to fish for creditcard account numbers andpasswords.

Wu advised the publicto check their credit card

accounts regularly and touse the cards carefully,especially when makingonline purchases or doingbank transfers on theInternet.

In the first nine months,China reported 3.38million criminal cases,close to the numberover the same period of2006.

Wu said that in additionto economic crimes, thenumber of theft casesincreased 1.6 per cent to2.29 million.

MNA/Xinhua

KIEV, 3 Nov —Ukrainian PresidentVictor Yuschenko saidhere Friday that all thegovernmental bodiesshould unite to overcomethe uncontrolled inflation.

Speaking at a meetingof the Cabinet of Ministerson price formation,Yuschenko noted thatuncontrolled inflation isnot advantageous toanybody and makes theUkrainians poor.

“If Ukraine could curbthe inflation, the livingstandards could be doubledwithout changing thebudget and all the economic

parametres,” he said.Yuschenko stressed that allthe branches of governmentshould unite efforts toovercome the inflationproblem, which is thepriority goal for Ukraine.

He also ordered theNational Bank of Ukraineto hold a board meetingsoon to take measures toexclude monetary factorsfrom inflation. “I wouldask the National Bank ofUkraine to hold a boardmeeting soon and taketactical measures neces-sary to minimize monetaryinfluences,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Morocco’s trade deficit worsensduring first 9 months

PARIS, 4 Nov —Morocco’s trade deficitrose to 94.8 billiondirhams (about 12.2billion US dollars) duringthe first nine months of2007 compared to 74.9billion dirhams theprevious year, an increaseof 26.6 per cent,Morocco’s trade officeannounced Friday.

According to the office,which attributes the sharprise in the deficit to the15.1-per-cent increase inimports, the country’sexport sector recorded asubdued increase of 4.7 per

cent. During the period,the value of all commercialtransactions realized in theNorth African countrystood at 268.7 billiondirhams compared to 241billion dirhams recordedin 2006, the office says.

MNA/Xinhua

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Ban urges accountability for security firms

Tropical storm Noel kills at least81 in Caribbean

UNITED NATIONS, 2 Nov— Following a shootingin Iraq involving US firmBlackwater, UN Secre-tary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursdayfor private securitycompanies operating inwar zones to be held moreaccountable.

Private US securityfirms have come underscrutiny since a shootinglast month in whichBlackwater securityguards working for theState Department wereaccused of killing 17 Iraqisin Baghdad.

Ban’s report to the UNSecurity Council on theprotection of civilians inarmed conflict did notmention the Blackwaterincident.

It said that as of March2006, there were anestimated 181 privatemilitary security com-panies in Iraq with 48,000employees involved inactivities that frequentlybring them into directcontact with civilians.

“It is well establishedthat employees (of privatesecurity companies) mustcomply with international

humanitarian law,” Bansaid, adding that theresponsibilities of the statesthat hire them were alsowell established.

“However, far moreneeds to be done topromote compliance withthe law and accountabilityof employees and hiringstates for any violationsthereof,” he said.

US officials said thisweek the Pentagon and US

State Department haveagreed to tighten rulesgoverning private securitycontractors in Iraq, givinga greater oversight role tothe US Military.

The killing of the Iraqiscreated tensions betweenthe Iraqi Government andWashington, and the IraqiGovernment took its ownsteps on Tuesday to tightencontrols on contractors.

MNA/Reuters

Oscar-winner Meryl Streep is to play legendarycookbook author Julia Child in a comedy about a

secretary attempting to become a master chef,entertainment press reported on Thursday.

INTERNET

SANTO DOMINGO, 2Nov — The death tollcaused by TropicalStorm Noel rose to atleast 81 in the Caribbeanregion on Wednesday,as mudslides and floodswere triggered in theDominican Republicand Haiti, officials said.

“The situation is stilldangerous and the

number of deaths couldrise. “Luis Luna Palino,the head of the DominicanRepublic’s NationalEmergencies Centre, toldlocal radio.

In flooded regions ofthe country, where at least56 people were killed,people were forced byfloods to seek safety wherethey could, including on

roofs and in trees.On Wednesday, Noel

continued to affectHispaniola, the islandshared by the DominicanRepublic and Haiti, as itmoved across Cuba andaimed towards theBahamas.

The storm hit theDominican RepublicSunday and flooded

Haiti Monday.“Rescuing people is

becoming difficultbecause the rains arecontinuing,” Palino said,adding that floods had cutoff 39 communities in thesouth of the country,where one third of thepopulation was leftwithout power.

MNA/Xinhua

A girl at Southwest University in Chongqing Municipality, southwestChina displays colorful cocoons produced through using gene engineering

technology on 1 Nov, 2007.—INTERNET

US programme unveils man behindIraq weapons story

NEW YORK, 3 Nov —An Iraqi defector made uphis claim that SaddamHussein had biologicalweapons, a threat cited bythe Bush Administrationas a key reason for the USinvasion of Iraq in 2003,the US news programme“60 Minutes” said onThursday.

Rafid Ahmed Alwan,codenamed “Curve Ball”in intelligence circles,claimed to be a chemicalengineering expert butwas instead an accusedthief and a mediocrestudent, the programmesaid. He arrived at aGerman refugee centre in1999.

“To bolster his asylumcase and increase hisimportance, he toldofficials he was a starchemical engineer whohad been in charge of afacility at Djerf al Nadafthat was making mobilebiological weapons,” “60Minutes” said in astatement.

President George W.Bush and senior USofficials argued that Iraqileader Saddam Husseinwas harbouring weaponsof mass destruction thatthreatened the security ofthe United States.

But no such weaponshave been found andwhat was supposed to havebeen a short US enga-gement in Iraq is now inits fifth year, with morethan 3,800 US soldiers andtens of thousands Iraqiskilled.

“60 Minutes” said itfound an arrest warrant forAlwan in relation to a theft

from the Babel televisionproduction company inBaghdad where he onceworked. It said he studiedchemical engineering atuniversity but got lowmarks.

The report, aculmination of a two-yearinvestigation by journalistBob Simon, is due to bebroadcast on the CBSnetwork on Sunday.

“The (then) CIAdirector George Tenetgave Alwan’s informationto Secretary of State ColinPowell to use at the UN inhis speech justifyingmilitary action againstIraq,” “60 Minutes” said.

That was, theprogramme said, despitea letter from Germanintelligence officialssaying that althoughAlwan appeared to bebelievable, there was notevidence to verify hisstory.

MNA/Reuters

Indonesian foreign touristarrivals up in September JAKARTA, 3 Nov — The number of foreign tourist

arrivals in Indonesia increased by 13.87 per cent to382,500 people in September, compared to the sameperiod last year, the National Statistic Bureau saidThursday.

The number of tourists coming to Bali Island, thecentre of Indonesian tourist industry, rose by 28.17 percent to 159,610 people in September, compared to thesame month last year, said the head of the bureauRusman Heriawan.

The official said September was a low season fortravelling after the peak season in June and July.

MNA/Xinhua

Deadly cattle diseasebreaks out in eastern

Uganda KAMPALA, 4 Nov —

An infectious livestockdisease has broken out ineastern Uganda’sNakapiripirit Districtbordering Kenya, killinghundreds of animals,District Productionofficer Godfrey Orengenhas said.

Orengen was quotedby Daily Monitor onFriday as saying thatbovine pleuralpneumonia has hit mainlyKarita sub-county,leaving several livestockespecially cattle and goatsinfected dead instantly.

The disease isbelieved to have startedtwo months ago. About100 animals have so fardied in the last one month.

He revealed thatwhereas the disease isusually dormant, it flaresup during the dry seasonwhen the pastoralistsmove long distances in

search for water andpasture.

Once infected, thelivestock gets diarrhoea,nasal discharge, emaciatesand later dies.

Efforts are already inhigh gear to control thedisease, said Orengen.

MNA/Xinhua

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Do you really love your motherland?Kyaw Min Aye

In my school days, I read a remark made by aleader that during the period of anti-colonialist strug-gles and national liberation movements, he was wor-ried about the future of Myanmar every day; and thathe often wept in bed at night, visualizing what thefuture of the Myanmar’s political affairs would belike. However, I did not understand well what hemeant then. Now, I have realized that he urged thepeople to carry out party politics and national politicsseparately.

I also learnt that when military operations werebeing launched with tenacity to repulse internal andexternal attacks so that Myanmar would not losesovereignty and independence, a leader said, “I wishMyanmar were an island nation in a sea or an ocean”.At that time, I did not know well what he meant. Now,I understand well that he highlighted the strategiclocation of Myanmar.

It is time we, people, realized that the words ofthese two leaders reflect the Myanmar’s politicalaffairs. The people should be capable enough ofchoosing and marching on the most appropriatepath in the interests of the nation, taking intoconsideration the nation’s strategic location, na-tional politics, and party politics.

According to the globalization process, it issaid that the world is flat. It means that due to theadvancement of Information Technology, the infor-mation communication covers every part of the world,and everyone in the world has access to the benefitsof IT. In other words, the world is now like the plainowing to the IT.

The world, home to more than 6000 millionpeople, consists of more than 190 countries. Accord-ing to the concept “The world is flat”, it is question-able whether each of the over 190 countries has equalaccess to the political, economic and social affairs,whether each of the over 6000 million people hasequal access to the political, economic and socialbenefits.

The correct answer is that stemming fromthe power imbalance in the world, many countriesare subject to evil consequences of hegemony.Some nations are repulsing hegemony. Mean-while, nearly more than half of the world popula-tion live below the poverty line. Efforts are beingmade under the leadership of the United Nationsto alleviate poverty. (It is perceived that this as-sumption is the same, that of every internationalpolitical watchdog.)

Therefore, it is badly required of every citi-zen actively participating in the Myanmar politicsto cooperate with the government with correct

national outlook in order to avert a situation inwhich the result comes out against the expectation.Considering the nation’s strategic location, the peo-ple are to try their utmost to be able to withstand allforms of outside interferences so that the nation willnot become a minion one. And according to thenational politics, it is needed to build a firmlyconsolidated nation.

Now, Myanmar’s population is over 56 mil-lion only, but the number of national races is morethan 100. Myanmar’s geographical features can becategorized into two kinds—hilly regions and plains.In the post-independence period, the number ofarmed insurgent groups was so many in Myanmarthat the world branded these groups multi-col-oured insurgent groups.

Since late 1988, the Tatamadaw governmenthas striven for national reconsolidation, and as aresult 18 major national race armed groups andmany small armed groups have returned to thelegal fold. They are now working hard hand in handwith the government to restore peace. That is, infact, a breakthrough in the nation’s political sector.

In a bid to seek better ways through coordinationto improve Myanmar’s political affairs, it is required togive up outdated ideas of viewing things with Yangonor Mandalay in the centre. Only when the affairs ofnational races living in far-flung and border areasare taken into consideration in discussing or seek-ing ways and means to address issues on Myanmar’sdemocratic process and human rights, will it bepossible to serve the interests of the entire people.

Although it is said that the world has become flatdue to the process of globalization, there are still a biggap between rich and poor. In Myanmar also, therewere disunity and conflicts among political parties dueto their malpractices of party politics. Consequently,the nation lagged behind in development in varioussectors. All are to be well aware that among the regionsthat lagged behind in development, border areas andrural areas lagged behind much more than such citiesas Yangon and Mandalay.

It means that many global countries are stilldifferent in all aspects although the world is said tohave become flat. So also, plains and hilly regions ofthe nation are still different in terms of development.Therefore, it is found that the government is takingnecessary steps in all sectors to bring about equitabledevelopment across the nation including rural regions.

Nowadays, fundamental principles and de-tailed basic principles have been laid down for thewriting of the new State constitution after holdingthe National Convention in the process of transition

to democracy. And work is well under way for thedrafting of an enduring State constitution. All areto be convinced of the fact that the forthcomingconstitution is designed to serve the interest of theState and the people under the nation’s prevailingsituations.

Likewise, the Tatmadaw government isbuilding a large number of economic and socialinfrastructures at every opportunity for the soon-to-emerge civilian government in order that thelatter can build a peaceful, modern, developedand discipline-flourishing democratic nation with-out any difficulty.

At present, a string of roads and bridges havebeen built the length and breadth of the nation forbetter transport. There are also many roads and bridgesunder construction. For development of the agricul-tural sector a cluster of dams and reservoirs were builtand some are under construction in line with geo-graphical condition.

For development of the industrial sector a largenumber of industrial zones and special economiczones sprang up throughout the nation. For improve-ment of the living standard of the people a spate ofhydroelectric power projects are being implemented.

In the health sector, hospitals and dispensarieshave been opened across the nation including borderareas for better health care services. Previously, peo-ple had to rely on hospitals in Yangon and Mandalayin receiving medical treatment. At present, they are ina position to receive medical treatment at hospitals inmost major cities of the states and divisions.

In the education sector, extended opening ofbasic education schools was carried out throughoutthe country for rural people to be able to enjoy equalopportunity in their pursuit of education. In the past,people of different regions had to go to Yangon andMandalay for studying technology and computerscience. Now, they are able to pursue subjects of theirchoice at higher learning institutions in the 24 specialdevelopment zones.

In the past, rural people were unable toenjoy economic and social opportunity on equalterms due to poor transport in their regions. Atpresent, with the emergence of new roads andbridges they are able to enjoy the fruits of develop-ment in various sectors. As the government strovefor narrowing the gap between the plains and hillyregions there have emerged a large number ofqualified human resources capable of serving thenational interest. All should rejoice at the achieve-ments of the government.

Otherwise, if they are dissatisfied with andjealous of the achievements of the government andare deceived by lackeys of neocolonialists who arepractising hegemony, it is sure that they will beunable to overcome the situation like 40 years ago.With dissension and discord sown by colonialiststhey will constantly be in a sea of troubles.

Therefore, the entire national people are tomake concerted efforts in protecting the alreadyachieved peace and stability, national developmentand success in the process of transition to democracy.Only then, will a peaceful, modern and developednation aspired by the people emerge.

Translation: MS+TSKyemon : 4-11-2007

The correct answer is that stemming from the power imbal-ance in the world, many countries are subject to evil conse-quences of hegemony. Some nations are repulsing hegemony.Meanwhile, nearly more than half of the world population livebelow the poverty line. Efforts are being made under theleadership of the United Nations to alleviate poverty. (It isperceived that this assumption is the same, that of everyinternational political watchdog.)

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(from page 1)Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika AggaMaha Pandita StateOvadacariya BhaddantaJotipala and members ofthe Sangha, Chairman ofBago Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen KoKo and wife, Minister forRail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min, Ministerfor Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,departmental officials,wellwishers, disciples andguests. The ceremony wasopened with the recitationof Namo Tassa three

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than attends…times.

Next, the congrega-tion led by Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than andCommander Maj-GenKo Ko received the FivePrecepts from BhaddantaPandita.

Afterwards, Super-visor Sayadaw ofKyakhatwaing PariyattiSarthintaik, on behalf ofBhaddanta Jotipala, gaveOvadakatha.

Later, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than supplicatedon religious affairs andpresented Kathina robesand offertories toPresiding Nayaka ofKyakhatwaing Pariyatti

Sarthintaik BhaddantaJotipala.

Next, CommanderMaj-Gen Ko Ko and wife,Minister Maj-Gen AungMin and Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungand wellwishers presentedoffertories to members ofthe Sangha.

Afterwards, PresidingNayaka of KyakhatwaingPariyatti SarthintaikBhaddanta Jotipaladelivered a sermon and Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than,the commander, theministers and wellwishersshared merits gained.

The ceremony cameto a close with the

recitation of BuddhaSasanam Ciram Titthatuthree times.

MNA

3rd Plenary Meeting of Sixth47-member State Sangha Maha

Nayaka Committee 1-2 DecYANGON, 4 Nov — The Religious Affairs

Department issued an announcement that the 3rdPlenary Meeting of Sixth 47-member State SanghaMaha Nayaka Committee will be held on 1 and 2December.

Invitations have been extended, and MemberSayadaws of the State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee are to contact the Maha Nayaka Monasteryon Kaba Aye Hill, not later than 27 November.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Nov — CEC member of the UnionSolidarity and Development Association Minister forLivestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Theinattended the ceremony to enshrine religious objects inMaha Wizaya Pagoda built by the CEC member andfamily in the precinct of Sasana Zawtika MasoeyeinMonastery in Kwanmoedein Model Village, KayanTownship, yesterday.

The CEC member and Chairman of KayanTownship Association U Than Lwin accepted K 22.45million from wellwishers for construction of the pagoda,the umbrella and water tank including K 10 million forconstruction of Dhammathukha Refectory.

The wellwishers put religious objects into thereliquary of the pagoda.

Next, the CEC member met departmentalpersonnel and local people and explained regionaldevelopment. The Kayan Township Associationdonated K 7 million for construction of the stationhospital in Kyinichaung Village-tract to officials.

At Kaingkon Monastery, the CEC member andfamily donated 10 bags of rice and President U HtayMyint of Myanmar Fisheries Federation, 50 viss ofedible oil to the Sayadaw. —MNA

CEC member attends ceremonyto enshrine religious objects in

Maha WizayaPagoda in Kwanmoedein

Village of Kayan Township

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov— A ceremony to feedoral polio vaccine tochildren under-5 ofregiments and units fromNay Pyi Taw PyinmanaStation was held at No 7Transit Centre (Nay PyiTaw), here, yesterday.

It was attended byCommander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-GenWai Lwin and wife DawSwe Swe Oo, staff officersof the commandheadquarters, the stationcommander and familiesof regiments and units.

The commander fedOPV to children.

Daw Swe Swe Oo andwives of senior militaryofficers gave OPV to the

Commander attends OPV feeding ceremony

children.The commander and

wife cordially greetedchildren and their

mothers.OPV were fed to 226

children in Nay Pyi TawTatkon Station, 332

children in Nay Pyi TawLewe Station and 200children in TaungnyoStation. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov—Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint accompaniedby Managing Director U Tin Aung and officials ofElectric Power Supply Enterprise inspected 230/33/11KV Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana main power station on 31October. Officials of the power station reported to theminister on supply of power from the station.

In his instructions, the minister said that Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana main power station is one of fourimportant stations in Nay Pyi Taw. As the powerstation has been installed with one 100 MVAtransformer and one 60 MVA transformer, electricitywill be supplied to Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana region.Arrangements are to be made for linking power lineswith one more 230 KV national grid from Shweli and

Minister inspects tasks of Nay Pyi TawPyinmana Power Station

Yeywa hydropower projects. Emphasis is to be placedon communication system at the power station and thehead of the station is to supervise functions of thepower station.

Next, the minister viewed transformers at theSwitch Yard and input and output of power lines andleft necessary instructions.

MNA

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence donates robes and

provisions to the Sayadaw.— MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin gives vaccine to a child.— MNA

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Air Bagan Ltd marksThird Anniversary with

cash donationYANGON, 4 Nov—The Air Bagan Ltd today

donated cash to hospitals and social organizations incommemoration of its Third Anniversary whichfalls on 5 November 2007.

The company runs regular domestic andinternational flightservices at reasonable prices.Since its birth, the company has donated cash tosocial organizations under its donation programme.Under the programme, the donation comes from thesale of tickets at the rate of one US$ each from aninternational passenger and K 500 each from adomestic passenger.

This year also, it donated K 5 million each toChildren’s Hospital, Hninzigon Home for the Aged,North Okkalapa Hospital, Mary Chapman Schoolfor the Deaf and Shwegondaing Orphanage. Thecash donation was K 25 million in total.

Moreover, it also donated US$ 15,000 toMyanmar Development Foundation.

MNA

Progress of Swa CreekBridge supervised

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov — Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Saw Tun yesterday morning inspectedprogress in construction of Swa Creek Bridge onYangon-Toungoo-Mandalay Highway.

Senior Engineer U Kyaw Lin reported onconstruction of the bore piles on both sides of thebridge. The minister gave instructions on tasks to becarried out meeting set standards and attention to bepaid to worksite safety.

Swa Creek Bridge is of reinforced concrete andit will be 270 feet long. The bridge will be 48 feet wideand it has four-lane motor road flanked by three-foot-wide pedestrian ways. The bridge can withstand 60-ton loads.

At the construction site of 126-foot PanlaungBridge on Myingyan-Yaywun Road, the minister heardreports on maintenance of the bridge presented byDeputy Chief Engineer (Road) (Upper Myanmar) UKyu Hin. After giving necessary instructions, theminister attended to the needs. — MNA

Commander inspects paddy harvesting, ploughing

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win inspects paddy harvesting in Hlegu Township.—MNA

Donation ceremony of Air Bagan Ltd at Mary Chapman School forthe Deaf in progress.—MNA

China-Myanmar Senior Officials Meeting inprogress at Muse.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Nov — The monsoon paddyharvesting and cultivation of summer paddy was heldat the farm of U Thaung Win at Barlar village in HleguTownship today attended by Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win.

The acting chairman of Hlegu Township PDCand the official of the Agricultural MechanizationDepartment briefed the commander on harvesting andploughing in the township.

Afterwards, the commander and party viewedpaddy harvesting and ploughing. While in Hlegu, thecommander and party inspected the site of Sitpin riverwater pumping project under the Water UtilizationDepartment. At the project site, the official of theDepartment reported to the commander on carryingout of the tasks.

On completion, the project will supply water to1000 farmland near North Sitpin Village of HleguTownship.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov— China-Myanmarsenior officials’ meetingon donation of 10,000tons of rice by thePeople’s Republic ofChina to peasants whogave up poppy cultivationfrom Myanmar borderareas for the second timeand cooperation in opium-substitute developmentprojects was held atShwethiri Hotel in Museon 30 October.

Present on theoccasion were Director-General U Than Swe ofDepartment for Progressof Border Areas andNational RacesDevelopment, Police ColTin Maung Maung ofCentral Committee forDrugs Abuse Control,Director Lt-Col YanNaing Oo of Directorateof Border Trade,Chairman of Muse DistrictPeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Kyi Aye andofficials and 14 Chineseofficials of the People’sRepublic of China.

The meetingreviewed China’s

PRC to donate 10,000 tons of rice to ex-poppy growers

donation of 10,000 tonsof rice to the peasants whogave up poppy cultivationfor the first time in 2006-2007 open season. Themeeting also discussedacceptance of 10,000 tonsof rice to be donated byChina in 2007-2008 open

season and nextprogramme to distributerice, alternativeagriculture and breedingtasks and bilateral ties.

The Chinese delega-tion who attended themeeting left for China onthat day afternoon. —MNA

The best time to plant a tree was

20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

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This undated photo shows the white tortoise foundin Lake Poyang in eastern China’s Jiangxi

province recently. — INTERNET

China, Uzbekistan vow topromote bilateral cooperation

TASHKENT, 4 Nov —Chinese Premier WenJiabao and UzbekPresident Islam Karimovvowed to promote the win-win cooperation betweenthe two countries “to ahigher level” when theymet here Friday.

During the meeting,Karimov congratulatedChina on its successfulconvening of the 17thNational Congress of theCommunist Party of China(CPC).

He said he wasconfident that China willachieve greaterachievements along thepath of the socialism withChinese characteristicsand contribute more to theworld’s peace and

development. Karimov hailed the

growth of the bilateralrelations and expressed hisappreciation for China’ssupport and assistance tothe country’s economicand social development.

Uzbekistan issatisfied with the high-standard cooperation ineconomy, trade andinvestment between thetwo countries, and hopesto expand cooperationin electromechanicaltechnology and energy, hesaid.

The Uzbek Presidentreiterated his country’sadherence to the one-China policy, pledgingcontinued support forChina on the issues ofTaiwan and the combatagainst the “EastTurkistan” separatistforces.

Echoing the views ofKarimov on bilateral ties,Wen called the twocountries “friendlyneighbours and goodpartners” of mutual trustand sincere cooperation.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam’s pepper export earningsup in first 10 months

HANOI, 4 Nov —Vietnam reaped pepperexport revenues of 224million US dollars in thefirst 10 months of this year,a year-on-year rise of 28.1per cent, despite smallerexport volume.

Vietnam, the world’sbiggest pepper exporter,shipped abroad 70,000tons of the product in theperiod, down 36.2 percent, according to theVietnam PepperAssociation on Friday.

The higher pepper

export earnings wereattributed to increasingprices of pepper in theworld market, which stoodat 3,140 dollars per ton onaverage in October, saidthe association.

Vietnam’s pepperoutput is estimated at80,000-90,000 tons thisyear, lower than last year,mainly due to unfavorableweather situations.

The country, whichused to export raw pepper,has in recent yearsintensified investment in

employing advancedproduction lines to turn outhigh-grade pepper, capableof meeting strictrequirements set by suchbig markets as the EuropeanUnion, the United States,Russia, China, Japan andSingapore.

Vietnam now houses52,500 hectares of pepper,with an average output of2.3 tons per hectare.Southern Binh PhuocProvince alone has nearly13,500 hectares.

MNA/Xinhua

Missile strike killsat least 5 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 4 Nov —A missile attacklaunched by a droneaircraft on Friday killedat least five people andwounded several morenear a madrasa run bypro-al-Qaeda Mujahadinin Pakistan’s volatileWaziristan Region,witnesses said.

“A drone wasflying very low and firedthe missile. It destroyedthree houses,” a residentof Dandi DarpakheilVillage told Reuters,requesting anonymitybecause of the sensitivityof the information, asdrone attacks aretypically launched by USforces across the borderin Afghanistan.

The missile hitdwellings close to asprawling religiousschool or madrasafounded by a veteranMujahedin commander,Jalaluddin Haqqani.

“I have seen humanflesh scattered all overthe area near thehouses,” the residentsaid.

The village is abouttwo kilometres (onemile) from Miranshah,the main town of NorthWaziristan, and residentssaid the explosionrocked the whole area.

Six wounded menwere admitted toMiranshah’s mainhospital.

MNA/Reuters

New York mayor proposes“pollution pricing” plan

LOS ANGELES, 4 Nov— New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg onFriday proposed a planaimed at punishingpolluting companies forreleasing greenhousegases.

Calling his plan“polluting pricing”,Bloomberg said hisproposal would helpreduce carbonemissions.

“If you really wantto reduce carbonemissions, tax carbon atthe source, which wouldmean at the mine head, atthe oil well, whatever,”he said at a climatesummit of US mayors inSeattle.

Bloomberg sug-gested a fee of 15 US

dollars for every ton ofgreenhouse gascompanies emit, with themoney used to reducedpayroll taxes and financetax credits for companiesthat reduce theirgreenhouse gas pollution.

The mayor criticizedPresident George W.Bush’s voluntary andunenforceable emissionstargets, saying Bush’s planwas “like voluntary speedlimits — doomed tofailure”. — MNA/Xinhua

Giuliani takes anothershot at British health care

WASHINGTON, 4 Nov— Republican presi-dential front-runner RudyGiuliani acknowledged onFriday his cancer statisticswere outdated but said hispoint remained the same— beware of British healthcare.

Giuliani, who hassuffered prostate cancer,has taken criticism fromBritish and US healthofficials for saying in aradio ad this week the USsurvival rate for the diseasewas 82 per cent while thesurvival rate underBritain’s “socialized

medicine” was 44 per cent. Health officials in

both countries say themost recent statistics showfive-year survival rates forprostate cancer are 99 percent in the United Statesand 74 per cent underBritain’s National HealthService.

Giuliani toldreporters he was usingstatistics from 2000 andsaid “those statistics havechanged slightly today” —but he did not back awayfrom the broadercomparison.

MNA/Reuters

Diarrhoealeaves 21dead ineasternNepal

KATHMANDU, 4 Nov —The number of deathsfrom diarrhoea inDhanusha District ineastern Nepal has reached21 in recent days.

According to thenational news agency, RSSSaturday’s report, thosewho died are mostlychildren and 11 childrenhave died so far.

The epidemic is seenin many villages in thedistrict, some 200kilometres east ofKathmandu, the RSS said.

The causes of theepidemic are consumptionof small polluted fishes ofthe paddy fields, dried fish,lack of use of toilets, andlack of awareness.

At a Press meetingorganized by the DistrictPublic Health Office,Office Chief BijayaKumar Jha said some14,000 people wereaffected from this disease.

Now the situation isunder control bymobilizing health workerssoon after receivinginformation, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (Back, L3) and his Uzbek counterpart ShavkatMirziyaev (Back, L4) attend the signing ceremony after talks on bilateral

relations and other regional and international issues of common concern, inTashkent, Uzbekistan, on 3 Nov, 2007. China and Uzbekistan signed 10

agreements on closer cooperation in various fields including economic andtechnology, public health, finance, transportation, water supply and

environmental protection. — XINHUA

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British singer Amy Winehouse holds the MTVEurope Award 2007 trophy after winning the‘Artist’s choice’ category at the MTV Europe

Award gala in Munich on 1 Nov, 2007.— INTERNET

Kurdish women flash the V-sign during a gathering in Silopi near theTurkish-Iraq border. Some 5,000 Turkish Kurds on Saturday protested

against a military incursion into Iraq, saying such a move would enflameethnic tensions in the region and plunge the local economy into ruin.

INTERNET

Three Gorges power production reducingcarbon emissions

YICHANG, 4 Nov —The Three Gorges project,the world’s largest hydro-power plant, has generated200 billion kilowatts hourof electricity, officials incharge of the projectannounced on Friday.

As of Fridaymorning, the plant hadproduced electricity worth50 billion yuan (6.7 billionUS dollars) since it startedoperation in 2003,officials with the ChinaYangtze Three GorgesProject Corporation(CTGPC) said.

The huge amount ofelectricity production,equal to the power

generated by 120 milliontons of coal, has led to areduction of 240 milliontons of carbon emissions,said Ma Zhenbo, generalmanager of the plantoperated by the CTGPC.

China has been

trying to encourage the useof renewable and cleanenergy to curb worseningpollution amid a boomingeconomy.

The electricitygenerated by the project,located on the middle

reaches of the Yangtze,the country’s longest river,has fuelled 15 provincesin central, eastern andsouthern China, easing asevere power shortage inthe industrial regions.

MNA/Xinhua

Pizza recall affects 10 US states LOS ANGELES, 4 Nov

— The recall of fivemillion frozen pizzasaffected 10 states whereabout 21 people werereported to be sick aftereating the E coli-contaminated food, aCNN report said onFriday.

The recalled pizzas

were sold under theTotino’s and Jeno’s labels,according to General MillsCo, which ordered therecall on Thursday.

The problem mayhave come from pepperonion pizzas produced at aGeneral Mills plant inOhio, the suburbanM i n n e a p o l i s - b a s e d

company said. It said the pepperoni

itself came from a separatesupplier, not produced atthe plant itself, but itdeclined to release thename of the pepperonidistributor.

The first of 21 E. coliillnesses was reported inJuly, and nine of themreported eating Totino’s orJeno’s pizza withpepperoni topping at somepoint before becoming ill.The Centres for DiseaseControl and Preventionsaid that eight of the victimshave been hospitalized, andfour have developed a typeof kidney failure.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia has difficulties inidentifying number of rare species

JAKARTA, 4 Nov —Indonesia has said it haddifficulties in identifyingthe number of nativespecies in danger ofextinction.

Director forbiological diversity affairs

at the Indonesian ForestryMinistry Toni Suhartonosaid much of theinformation on the numberof endangered species wasbased on predictions madebefore 2000.

“The inventory data

on endangered species isa traditional problem. Weeven don’t have exactdata on the animalspecies kept in thecountry’s zoos,” Tonisaid.

MNA/Xinhua

British astronomersdiscover 3 new planets

LONDON, 4 Nov —Britain’s astronomers ofthe Wide Angle Searchfor Planets (WASP), aleading planet-huntingteam, have announced thediscovery of three newplanets, according to aPress release issued Fridayby the Keele University.

These extra-solarplanets named WASP-3,WASP-4 and WASP-5were seen to pass in frontof, or transit, their host star.

WASP-3 is the thirdplanet that the team hasfound in the Northernhemisphere, using theSuperWASP camera sitedin the Canary Islands.

WASP-4 and

WASP-5 are the firstplanets discovered by theWASP project’s camerasin South Africa, and wereconfirmed by acollaboration with Swissand French astronomers.

WASP-4 andWASP-5 are now “thebrightest transiting planetsin the Southernhemisphere” according toCoel Hellier of the KeeleUniversity.

“When we see atransit we can deduce thesize and mass of the planetand also what it is madeof, so we can use theseplanets to study how solarsystems form.” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Ford, UAWmarathon talks close

in on labour pact

DNA shows ancientship carried olive oil,

oregano

DETROIT, 4 Nov —Negotiators for FordMotor Co and the UnitedAuto Workers talked intoFriday evening as the twosides closed in on a labourdeal that would cap ahistoric round ofbargaining between theunion and the embattledUS auto industry.

Contract negotiationsat Ford’s Dearborn,Michigan, headquartersentered their 32ndconsecutive hour,extending the longest-running bargainingsession since UAWPresident Ron Gettel-finger returned to the talkson Tuesday.

The marathon

session had begun ataround 10 am EDT (1400GMT) on Thursday, saida person briefed on thetalks.

In four days ofintensive talks, the twosides have made progresson key issues centred onhealth care costs andFord’s planned plantclosings, putting a dealwithin reach as soon asFriday, the person said.

Ford, which has some58,000 UAW-representedworkers, is widely seen ashaving developed the mostcollaborative relationshipof any of the three Detroit-based automakers with theunion in recent years.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 4 Nov— DNA scraped frominside clay vessels showthat a ship that sank off thecoast of Greece 2,400years ago was carrying acargo of olive oil, oregano,and probably wine,researchers reported onFriday.

The new researchmay offer a way to analyzethe long-gone contents ofhundreds of containers,said Brendan Foley of theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology and theWoods Hole Oceano-graphic Institution.

Writing in theJournal of ArcheologicalScience, Foley andcolleagues at LundUniversity in Sweden saidthey were able to get DNAsequences from the insidesof two amphoras

recovered in 230 feet (70metres) of water in 2005.

The clay containersappeared empty, but theresearchers decided to trytesting for DNA anyhow.To their surprise, they gotsome — and not the DNAthey were expecting.

The island of Chioswhere the shipwreck wasfound was well-known inthe ancient world as amajor exporter of highlyprized wines. But the twoamphora in fact carriedDNA from olives andoregano.

They also foundevidence of wine andperhaps pistachios, theysaid.

Foley hopes to usethe technique to find outmore details about theancient shipping trade.

MNA/Reuters

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG FENG VOY NO (7059)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG FENGVOY NO (7059) are here by notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 5.11.2007 and cargo will be dischargedinto the 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 CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Drivesafely

TRADE MARK CAUTION NOTICE

VENUS COMMERCIALCORPORATION LTD., acompany organized under thelaws of THAILAND, and hav-ing its principal office at 32/3,Soi Chantima, Latprao Road,Khwaeng Wangthonglang,Khet Bangkapi, Bangkok10230, Thailand is the ownerand sole proprietor of thefollowing Trademarks:-

Reg. No. 4/1688/1997Used in respect of:-“Adhesive Paper, AdhesiveTape, other Adhesive Tape”

Reg. No. 4/1690/1997Used in respect of:-"Zipper, Thread, Button,Embroidery, Knitting ElasticBand and Elastic Ribbons"Any unauthorized use, imitation, infringements orfraudulent intentions of theabove marks will be dealtwith according to law.

Tin Ohnmar TunB.A (LAW) LL.B, LL.M (UK)

P.O.Box 109,Ph: 723043(For Domnern Somgiat &

Boonma, Attorney ofLaw, Thailand)

Dated. 5 November 2007

MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED(TENDER NOTICE)

TENDER. IFB No. S&K WL/2-07Supply of 1 rental Wheel Loader to the S & K Mine site, west bank of Monywa, Myanmar.

CLOSING DATE & TIME 19th November 2007

Tender documents are available at the following address and queries can be done between 10 am to 4 pm atMICCL Yangon office before the tender closing date.

Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing TownshipYangon, Myanmar (Tel: (95) 1 514194 to 7/ Fax: (95) 1 514208/ Email: [email protected])

Indonesian plane skidsduring landing, 5 injured

Argentine police arrest 16for alleged luggage theft

Cambodia gets $80m funding for Thailand rail link

Arizona nuclear plant normal after pipe bomb foundPHOENIX, 3 Nov — The

Palo Verde nuclear powerplant, the largest in theUnited States, was sealedoff for much of Fridayafter guards found a pipe

bomb in a worker's truckas he tried to enter thefacility, officials said.

The lock-down of theplant, about 50 miles (80kilometres) west ofPhoenix, Arizona, waslifted on Friday afternoon.Operations were notaffected, said the plant'soperator, Arizona PublicService.

The driver of the truck,an engineer who hadworked at Palo Verde as acontractor for a year, wasdetained as his apartmentwas searched but he wasnot under arrest andwas cooperating withauthorities, the Maricopa

County Sheriff's Officesaid.

"Our examination andpreliminary testing showsit is a viable improvisedexplosive device," saidCaptain Paul Chagolla.

The pipe bomb wasprobably powerful enoughto damage the vehicle butnot the power plant,Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.

The engineer,identified as Roger Hurd,61, of South Carolina, toldinvestigators he wasunaware the pipe bombwas in the bed of hispickup truck, the sheriffsaid.

"The mystery is how

did it get in the truck andhow he knew nothingabout it. It's all verypuzzling," Arpaio toldReuters, adding that asearch of Hurd's Phoenix-area apartment turned upno clues. "There wasnothing there that wouldconnect him to the pipebomb." With a combinedproduction capacity ofabout 3,900 megawatts,Palo Verde's three nuclearreactors can make enoughelectricity to serve 1.5million to two millionhomes in Arizona,California, New Mexicoand Texas.

MNA/Reuters

BUENOS AIRES, 3 Oct —At least 16 people werearrested on Wednesday foralleged baggage theft atthe Ezeiza InternationalAirport, Argentina's mainairport in the capital, saidthe police.

Among the arrestedwere airport employees ofthe Intercargo loading andunloading enterprise,Search private securityfirm and the Cielos de Peruairline, said the police.

An airport policeman

and an Argentine AirForce non-commissionedofficer were also amongthe arrested, said thepolice.

The suspects were alsoaccused of selling theirbooty, including laptopsand cell phones, to others.

The Argentine policetraced the suspects throughtelephone conversationsand determined that manyof them worked onconcrete orders, said thepolice. — MNA/Xinhua

Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood in Villahermosa on 1Nov, 2007. Thousands of homes were flooded after several rivers burst their

banks in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco and heavy rains left 70percent of the swampy region under water.— INTERNET

JAKARTA, 3 Nov — AnIndonesian plane skiddedon the runway after itbroke its front wheel whilelanding at an airport inEast Java on Thursday,lightly injuring fivepassengers, an airportofficial said.

The Boeing 737operated by private Indo-nesian carrier MandalaAirlines carried 89passengers from thecapital, Jakarta, to the cityof Malang, airport officialSuradi told Reuters.

"The plane now liesabandoned on the runway... Its head is slightly tilteddown because the frontwheel broke off," Suradisaid by telephone.Indonesia’s air safetyrecord has come under fireafter two accidents thisyear.

In March, a Garuda

Indonesia plane with 140people on board over shotthe runway in Yogyakartain Java and burst intoflames, killing 21 people.

In January, a planebelonging to budgetcarrier Adam Air crashedinto the sea off SulawesiIsland. All 102 on boardare presumed dead.

MNA/Reuters

SINGAPORE, 3 Nov —Cambodia will build a raillink to Thailand after itreceived 80 million USdollars in funds from theAsian Development Bankand the Organization ofPetroleum ExportingCountries, Cambodia'sTransport Minister said onFriday.

Work on the 48kilometre (30-mile) con-nection between Sisophan

in Cambodia and Poipetnear the Thai border willstart early next year andbe completed by 2010,said Minister of PublicWorks and Transport SunChanthol.

The 80 million USdollars funding will alsocover improvements toother parts of the Cam-bodian railway system, hetold reporters on thesidelines of a meeting of

transport ministers from the10-member Association ofSouth-East Asian Nation,or ASEAN.

The link betweenCambodia and Thailand ispart of plans for a 5,500kilometre (about 3,420mile) railway linkingSingapore to Kunming,which was first proposedby ASEAN in 1995.

The project, whichenvisages connecting

domestic rail networks toform a continuous link fromSingapore to Kunming inChina, is aimed at easingtravel between variousSoutheast Asian countriesand China.

Besides the connectionto Thailand, Cambodia willalso have to build 257kilometres (160 miles) oftracks linking its capitalPhnom Penn to Loc Ninh inVietnam.— MNA/Reuters

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India’s richest man gifts jetto wife on birthday

Special session of Miss Earth2007 completed in Vietnam

Hospital superbuginfections fall in

England

Malaysia sets Malaysia-IndonesiaResearch Institute

NHA TRANG CITY

(Vietnam), 3 Nov —Thirty candidates of MissEarth 2007 pageantexhibited their grace andgoodwill in a specialsession of the inter-national beauty contestconcluding hereThursday evening.

Miss Truong Tri TrucDiem from Vietnamgrabbed the title MissFashion, Miss Yoo Ji-Eunfrom South Korea the titleMiss Charm, Miss PatriciaSilva from Brazil Best inAo Dai (Vietnam’s

traditional long dress), andMiss Odilia Garcia fromPeru Miss Fitness. Thewinner of the title of MissBeauty for a Cause will beannounced on thecoronation night of MissEarth 2007 pageant inManila, the Philippines,on 11 November.

After arriving in thecentral coastal city of NhaTrang on 30 October, thecandidates participated insocial welfare eventsthere.

On 31 October, theymet and offered presents

to some local orphans,disabled children andelderly people, and walkedbarefooted on hot sandybeach to collect rubbishand plant trees, in a moveto enhance publicawareness about environ-mental protection.

The special session ofMiss Earth 2007 aimedat promoting the imageof Vietnam abroad,and encouraged peoplearound the world tobetter protect theenvironment.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 3 Nov —Cases of Clostridiumdifficile have fallen, but it istoo soon to say whether thecorner has been turned ontackling the hospitalsuperbug, according to theHealth Protection Agency(HPA). The number ofpeople over 65 reported tohave the potentially deadlyintestinal infection inEngland fell 13 per cent inthe three months to Junecompared to the previousquarter.

But the level had jumped22 per cent three monthspreviously and an agencyspokeswoman said it wasnot possible to determine a

trend on just a quarterlybasis. The agency releasedannual figures for 2006showing that incidents ofthe bug were still rising, up7 per cent at 55,620 cases,but at a slower rate than theprevious year.

The government isunder pressure to showsuccess in reducing thelevel of superbug infectionsin NHS hospitals.

It has announced a 50million pound ward-by-ward deep clean ofhospitals and orderedmedics to wear short-sleeved tunics to preventaccidental spread ofinfection.— MNA/Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Nov— Malaysia’s UniversitiIndustri Selangor (Unisel)has set up the Malaysia-Indonesia Research Institute(IKMI) which will focus onstudies and discussions onissues affecting bothcountries.

IKMI, which was set uplast month, would act as aresearch centre where issuesof both countries, includingsocial, economic, political,international ties and otherrelevant topics, werediscussed academically, itsvice-chancellor, professorMohd Razali Agus toldreporters in Shah Alam,

capital city of centralSelangor State on Thursday.

IKMI members includedprofessors and lecturersfrom Unisel and acade-micians from Indonesia’sprivate institutions of higherlearning (IPTS), he said.

It would conduct studiesand organize conferencesand workshops to createbetter understanding be-tween Malaysia andIndonesia.

Conclusions made fromthe studies will bedocumented and handedover to the respectivegovernments.

IKMI is needed because

Picture of the Ferrari logo, “Il Cavallino”, at theFerrari production line in the factory of Maranello,on 22 Oct , 2007 file photo. Abu Dhabi on Saturday

began work on building the world’s first Ferraritheme park, another step in the wealthy Gulf

emirate’s ambition to become a global centre forleisure, sport and culture.— INTERNET

MUMBAI, 3 Nov —India’s richest man,Mukesh Ambani, hasbought his wife a luxuryjet with entertainmentcabins, a sky bar and fancyshowers for her birthday, anewspaper said on Friday.

Ambani, who owns thecountry’s biggest privatecompany, RelianceIndustries Ltd, gifted the60 million US dollarsAirbus plane to wife Neetaon her 44th birthday onThursday, the MumbaiMirror newspaper said.

The jet is custom-fittedwith an office and a cabinwith game consoles,music systems, satellite

television and wirelesscommunication, the reportsaid. It also has a masterbedroom, a bathroom witha range of showers and abar with mood lighting.

The newspaper saidAirbus sources hadconfirmed the sale and thejet had arrived at NewDelhi’s airport and wouldbe brought to Mumbaisoon.

A spokesman forReliance, estimated to havea market capitalization ofnearly 100 billion USdollars told Reuters, “weare neither denying norconfirming the report”.

With business interests

ranging from oil to retailand bio-technology,Ambani is not knownto shy away from con-spicuous consumption.

He is building a one-billion US dollars home inIndia’s financial capital ofMumbai, considered to beone of the world’s mostexpensive houses, localmedia reports have said.

MNA/Reuters

Surge in tremors atIndonesia’s Kelud Volcano

California Department of Corrections prisoninmate firefighters remove burned trees from theshoulder of highway 78 on 30 Oct, 2007 file photo

in Ramona, California. Authorities urgedCalifornians to be on alert all weekend as

conditions favorable for more wildfires promptedfirefighters to deploy as a precaution, after last

week’s deadly blazes. —INTERNET

SUGIHW ARSAS

(Indonesia), 3 Nov —Hundreds more peoplehave been evacuated fromaround Indonesia’sMount Kelud Volcano inEast Java on Thursdayafter more than 600hundred tremors wererecorded, an official said.

Authorities raised thealert at Mount Kelud, oneof Indonesia’s deadliest

volcanoes, to maximumtwo weeks ago amid signsof an imminent eruption.

“There have been moretremors than at the timewe increased the alert tothe highest level lastmonth,” said UmarRosadi, a volcanologist atthe volcano monitoringpost. After the alert wasraised, thousands ofpeople were evacuatedfrom a 10-kilometre (six-mile) zone around Kelud,but many had returnedhome, fearing for thesafety of their possessions.

Rosadi said magmawas 700 metres (2,296feet) below the crater andcould shoot out if it hadenough energy.

Some residents livingon the slopes of the volcanohave refused to leave,saying they know how totake care of themselves inthe event of an eruption.

MNA/Reuters

although we are of thesame stock, there seemsto be little understandingon issues. We also sufferfrom lack of information,”the national news agencyBernama quoted MohadRazali as saying.

“IKMI will also givean opportunity togovernment officials fromboth countries, politicians,n o n - g o v e r n m e n t a lorganizations (NGOs),corporations andinterested parties toexpress their views on theissues discussed. Studentswill also be involved,” hesaid. — MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Jiang Chuan (Front) and Bai Yan ofWuhan compete in the men’s doubles

finals of tennis at the 6th ChineseCity Games in Wuhan, capital of

central China’s Hubei Province, on 2Nov, 2007. Jiang and Bai beat ZhangZe and Li Yifeng of Nanjing 2-0 and

won the gold medal.—XINHUA

Athletes compete in the men’s 4X100m relay race atthe 6th Chinese City Games in Wuhan, capital ofcentral China's Hubei Province, on 2 Nov, 2007.Nanjing and Guangzhou teams finished 1-2 withrecord-breaking run in the men's 4x100 meters relayhere on Friday, the final day of the track and fieldcompetitions at the 6th Chinese City Games. — XINHUA

Torino add to Milan’sSan Siro blues

Fiorentina beat Lazioto go second

ROME, 4 Nov — Fiorentina moved up to second inSerie A with a 1-0 win at struggling Lazio on Saturday.

Giampaolo Pazzini pounced to score after a blunderby Lazio's 43-year-old keeper Marco Ballotta, who letgo of the ball as he tried to stop a back header going outfor a corner in the 19th minute. Pazzini almost made it2-0 in the 74th when he shot against the crossbar.

Fiorentina's French keeper Sebastien Frey then didwell to keep out an angled Massimo Mutarelli efforteight minutes from time.

Mutarelli was sent off in stoppage time after pickingup a second yellow card.

Unbeaten Fiorentina have 23 points from 11 gamesand are one point behind leaders Inter Milan, who visitfourth-placed Juventus on Sunday.

Lazio, who entertain Werder Bremen in theChampions League on Tuesday, are two points abovethe relegation zone after suffering their third consecu-tive league defeat. — MNA/Reuters

Lyon beat Valenciennes to keepNancy at bay

Olympiakos close gap on leaders AEK Athens

Injury time goal gives Arsenaldraw with United

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Gold medalist South Korea’s KimJa In competes during the

women’s lead climbing final atthe 2nd Asian Indoor Games,

Macao, China, 2007.—XINHUA

Zenit beat FK Moscow 1-0to close in on Russian titleMOSCOW, 4 Nov — Zenit St Petersburg beat FK

Moscow 1-0 in the penultimate round of the RussianPremier League on Saturday to stay firmly on track fortheir first title in nearly a quarter of a century.

Russia captain Andrei Arshavin fired home fromclose range midway through the first half to give Zenittheir ninth victory in the last 10 league matches.

The win kept Dick Advocaat's team two pointsahead of second-placed Spartak Moscow, who crushedbottom club Rostov 3-0 to maintain their slim titlehopes alive.

Zenit, who won their first and only league title in theold Soviet Union in 1984, can clinch first place bybeating mid-table Saturn Ramenskoye next Sunday.

MNA/Reuters

McDonald double earns Celtic2-1 victory at Kilmarnock

GLASGOW, 4 Nov — Two first-half goals from ScottMcDonald earned champions Celtic a 2-1 win atKilmarnock in their Scottish Premier League clash onSaturday.

The Australian striker swept home the first goal inthe 34th minute following a terrific run down the leftbefore cutting in to shoot from 20 metres.

He knocked home a second just two minutes later tovirtually secure the win.— MNA/Reuters

ROME, 4 Nov — Torinoheld AC Milan to a goal-less draw in Serie A onSaturday as the Europeanchampions misfired againin front of their homecrowd. Milan, who areseventh with 14 pointsfrom 11 games, have notwon a league game at theSan Siro since April.

Alberto Gilardino, whoscored twice in Wednes-day's 5-0 rout of Sampdoria,wasted two excellentchances laid on by ClarenceSeedorf in the first 20 min-utes. Kaka hit a right-footedshot just wide from out-side the area in the 31st andTorino keeper MatteoSereni saved a powerful

Andrea Pirlo effort justbefore halftime.

Torino's David DiMichele, playing for the firsttime after serving a three-month ban for illegal bet-ting, gave the home side ascare with an angled effortin the 51st. —MNA/Reuters

ATHENS, 4 Nov — Olympiakos Piraeuscame from a goal down to beat PAOKSalonika 2-1 in the Greek Super Leagueon Saturday. The win means the champi-ons leapfrog Panathinaikos, who did notplay, to go second in the table, threepoints behind leaders AEK Athens whohost Iraklis on Sunday.

Former Panathinaikos midfielderPantelis Konstantinidis stunned the homecrowd when he put PAOK in front three

minutes before halftime. Olympiakos, who meet Real Madrid in

the Champions League on Tuesday, hitback in the second period.

Vassilis Torosidis headed the equal-izer in the 52nd minute and another header14 minutes later from Darko Kovacevicsecured the points for the hosts. In theother game played on Saturday, Panioniosmoved up to fourth after drawing 1-1 atstruggling Ergotelis.—MNA/Reuters

PARIS, 4 Nov — OlympiqueLyon maintained their four-pointlead at the top of Ligue 1 witha clinical 2-0 victory overValenciennes on Saturday.

Brazilian midfielder Juninhostruck five minutes from the in-terval, tapping in a KarimBenzema cross from the left.

Striker Sidney Govou put theresult beyond doubt when helobbed the ball over Valenciennesgoalkeeper Nicolas Penneteauthree minutes from time.

Six-times champions Lyon,who host German championsVfB Stuttgart to keep alive theirhopes of progressing from theChampions League group stageon Wednesday, have 31 points

from 13 matches. Second-placed Nancy cele-

brated their 40th anniversary witha 1-0 win over Girondins Bor-deaux earlier on Saturday.

The Lorraine side, who have agame in hand, wrapped up victoryin the 29th minute when midfielderChris Malonga headed in a crossfrom Youssouf Hadji.

Bordeaux remain fourth with22 points from 13 games aftersuffering their first away defeat ofthe season.

Nancy dominated in front ofwatching UEFA presidentMichel Platini, who started hisprofessional career at the clubin 1976.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 4 Nov — An injury-timegoal by skipper William Gallas gaveArsenal a 2-2 draw with ManchesterUnited at the Emirates Stadium onSaturday to preserve their unbeatenrecord this season and keep them topof the Premier League.

Gallas' strike was adjudged to havecrossed the line by the linesman andreferee Howard Webb as the matchreached a frenetic finale. It was evenmore special for Gallas who hadscored an own goal at the end of thefirst half to give United the lead.

With only a minute of stoppagetime remaining, Arsenal had lookeddestined for defeat after Cristiano

Ronaldo put the champions 2-1 upfrom close range in the 82nd minute.

Instead, Arsenal stay top with 27points from their 11 matches, whileUnited, who have scored fewer goals,remain second on 27 from 12 games.

A vast global television audiencewatched Arsenal's 25th match in allcompetitions without defeat, a clubrecord, while the draw ended United'srun of eight successive league wins.

While United went in 1-0 up at theinterval it took Arsenal only threeminutes of the second half to equalizewhen Cesc Fabregas chose his spotfor his 11th goal of the season.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

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Sunday, 4 November, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin State and Taninthayi Division, rain orthundershowers have been isolated in upper Sagaing Division,scattered in Kayah, Kayin and Mon States, Lower Sagaing,Magway and Yangon Divisions, fairly widesperad in RakhineState and widespread in the remaining States and Divisionswith isolated heavyfalls in Mandalay and Bago Divisions.Night temperatures were (5ºC) below November averagetemperature in upper Sagaing Division, (4ºC) below Novem-ber average temperature in Magway Division, (4ºC) aboveNovember average temperatures in Mon State, (6ºC) aboveNovember average temperatures in Kachin State and aboutNovember average temperatures in the remaining areas. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(1.02) inches, Toungoo (Aviation) (3.82) inches, Toungoo(2.05) inches, Meikhtila (1.65) inches, Yangon (Central)(1.38) inches and Taungtwingyi (1.34) inches.

Maximum temperature on 3-11-2007 was 91ºF. Mini-mum temperature on 4-11-2007 was 72ºF. Relative humidityat 09:30 hours MST on 4-11-2007 was 84%. Total sunshinehours on 3-11-2007 was (1.7) hours approx.

Rainfall on 4-11-2007 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil) atKaba-Aye and (1.38) inches Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2007 was (136.46) inches at Mingaladon, (140.75)inches at Kaba-Aye and (144.21) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mphfrom Southeast at (15:20) hours MST on 3-11-2007.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 4-11-2007: Rain orthundershowers are likely to be fairly widespread in Shan,Chin, Rakhine and Mon States, scattered in Kachin State,upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawaady andTaninthayi Divisions and isolated in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of rain orthundershowers in the Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for5-11-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 5-11-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-11-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Lu Shwin Kyin @Mrs. Yang Kyein Sai(Mahadevi of Kokang) (1925-2007)

Lu Shwin Kyin @Mrs. Yang Kyein Sai(Formerly Mahadevi of Kokang) of No.5 MelikhaRd, Mayangon, Yangon, beloved wife of (Yang KyeinSai @Edward Yang- Formerly Saophalong of Kokang),beloved mother of Jackie Yang (David Rettie), LauraYang- Tom, Lena Yang, Oscar Yang, Helen Yang,Faith Yang- Guenther E.Wolf, Elfreda Yang- JamesGoodro and Ernest Yang, beloved grandmother of LeeYang Rettie, Meiling Reetie, Pailing, (Melissa), LynnWolf, Ming Wolf, Marcus Wolf, EJ. Goodroe, JohnGoodroe, Cathy Goodroe and Ronnie Goodroe, belovedsister of Nancy passed away peacefully at her residenceon October 25, 2007 (Thursday) 4 am.

Funeral cortege will leave the above residencefor Yayway Cemetery for burial on 5th November2007.

Bereaved family

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5:00 pm5. Dance variety

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5:25 pm 7. Songs and dance

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5:45 pm9. Musical programme

(The RadioMyanmar ModernMusic Troupe)

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19. The next day’sprogramme

Official says Indonesia’svolcano Mt Kelud erupts

Rubber tapper shot dead, ice-cream vendorwounded in Thai south

SUGIHWARAS (Indone-sia), 4 Nov — Indonesia’sMount Kelud volcano haserupted, according toseismographic signals, butno signs of ash or lava couldbe seen because of heavycloud cover, a top officialsaid on Saturday.

An estimated 350,000people live within 10kilometres (six miles) of thevolcano, which is about 90km southwest of Surabaya,Indonesia’s second-largestcity and one of its busiestairports.

In Sugihwaras, avillage eight kilometresfrom the crater that sufferedcasualties and was badlydamaged during an eruptionin 1990, many peoplepanicked when they heardthe reports.

“The mosqueannounced that Kelud haderupted and there was a halfhour to evacuate,” saidNgatijo, a villager.

When Mount Keluderupted in 1990 at least 30people were killed. In 1919,about 5,000 died as Keludejected scalding water fromits crater lake.

Saut Simatupang, anofficial at Indonesia’s

Centre for Vulcanologyand Geological HazardMitigation, told Reuterscontinuous tremors hadbeen detected, indicatingan eruption, but this wasimpossible to confirmvisually because of theheavy cloud in the area.

“There is heavy cloudover there, so even ashcould not be seen. Butinstrumentally it haserupted, as shown by theseismographic records thatwere over the scale,” hesaid.

MNA/Reuters

BANGKOK, 4 Nov — Arubber tapper was shot deadand an ice-cream vendorcritically wounded Saturdayin separate shooting attacksin Thailand’s restive deepsouth.

Police said SalamPlonghoi, 29, a resident ofKarubi sub-district in PattaniProvince, was shot in thehead Saturday morningwhen he was returning fromthe rubber plantation wherehe had been working, newsnetwork The Nationreported.

Two gunmenapproached Salam frombehind on a motorbike andshot him at close range,police said.

In mid-afternoon, inPuyoot sub-district on thehighway that links Pattaniand nearby province Yala,an ice-cream vendor wasfound soaked in blood nextto his motorbike.

Police identified himas 47-year-old PrapanKasibin. He had been shotin the neck.

Authorities believed the

two attacks as part of arenewed round of insurgency-related violence that hastroubled Thailand’s threesouthernmost provinces,Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani,for nearly four years and hasseen more than 2,500 peoplekilled in the region.

MNA/Xinhua

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10th Waning of Thadingyut 1369 ME Monday, 5 November, 2007

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People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those ill-wishers

� RFA, VOA and BBC airing skyful of lies� RFA, VOA and BBC saboteurs, watch your step!� The public be warned of

killers in the air waves —RFA, VOA and BBC

Who are the winners, and who, the losers from recent violent protests?� Due to the violent protests,

The people are in a state of panicArtless persons get into bad company and run into troubleTrade and commerce hit hardVendors and shopkeepers have hard timesTourism industry in bad shape

� Due to the violent protests,Colonialists’ lackey expatriates earn dollarsTouts were provided with fundsCriminals and opportunists are happy with the unrestNational traitors from agitator media gained a lot of dollars

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