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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe gives guidance at coordination meeting(1/2010) of Special Projects Implementation Committee

Cooperation and collective strength have yieldedsuccess in time of Tatmadaw government Special projects are to beimplemented for posterity

NAY PYI TAW, 6 March — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr. John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of Ghana, on the occasionof the Independence Day of the Republic of Ghana, which falls on 6 March 2010.

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Senior General Than Shwe sends messageof felicitations to Ghanaian President

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the

nation regardless of the place he lives to

have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all

the nationalities will have to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March —The Special ProjectsImplementation Committee held coordination meet-ing (1/2010) at the Operation Meeting Room of theoffice of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) here at 1.50pm today. At the meeting, Chairman of the SpecialProjects Implementation Committee Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council Commander-

in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General ThanShwe gave guidance.

The meeting was also attended by Vice-Chair-man of the Special Projects Implementation CommitteeVice-Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior Gen-

eral Maung Aye, the Special Projects ImplementationCommittee members State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil member General Thura Shwe Mann andPrime Minister General Thein Sein, Secretaryof the Special Projects Implementation CommitteeSecretary-1 of the State Peace and Development

(See page 6)

Senior General Than Shwe gives guidance at coordination meeting (1/2010) of Special Projects Implementation Committee.MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 6 March, 2010

Saturday, 6 March 2010

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 Desire

Industrial exhibitions for

national industrializationAs building a modern nation calls for

industrial development, the government is

improving the industrial sector.

In the process, advanced technologies are

applied in manufacturing international-

standard machinery and instruments of

production. Furthermore, the government is

trying to boost production of import-substitute

goods and increase productivity to step up

industrialization process.

The Myanmar Industrial Exhibition

organized by the Myanmar Industrialists

Association runs from 5 to 7 March to mirror

the industrial development of the nation.

The exhibition is aimed at exhibiting all

local industrial products at the international

level at a single place, enabling industrialists to

fortify economic relations among them and to

market their products, and improving the

quality of local products.

Now, imported goods are being substituted

with domestic ones in the economic and social

sectors. The Myanmar industrial sector will

make progress at greater momentum if

products are of good quality.

In its bid to improve the industrial sector

for national industrialists to serve national

interest with modern technologies, the

government is working hard for further

development of human resources. Organizing

industrial exhibitions means boosting industrial

development and generation of better

opportunities for local industries to spread

their wings. Therefore, all nationals in the

industrial field are urged to strive for boosting

industrial production to help industrialize the

nation.

Superb skills poured out in basketball tournament

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March—So as to improvebasketball in Myanmar, the 3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Men’s Basketball Tournament kicked off atthe Nay Pyi Taw Basketball Ground, here, thismorning.

In the debut, Rail Transportation Ministry teambeat Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Ministry.

Among the spectators were Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, Minister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing and Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu, Deputy Minister forProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs Col Tin Ngwe, Deputy Ministerfor Science and Technology U Kyaw Soe and CSSTBmember U Nyi Tun.

A total of 15 basketball teams are taking part in thetournament.—MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint speaking at opening of 3rd Inter-MinistryBasketball Tournament.—MNA

Sales promotion and introduction to Pertamina engine oil inprogress.—MNA

Convention Hall onUWisara Road in DagonTownship here from 5 to7 March.

At the exhibition,Best Luck Co., Ltd hasbeen holding launchingand sale promotion ofPertamina engine oil.

Engine oil, producedby Indonesia, is an ISOcertified product. Engineoil can be used for a longtime, and reduce engine’smaintenance cost. It isavailable at fair price.Customers may contactNo.12/B, 43, ShweKeinnayi Housing,Nanattaw Street, KamayutTownship here, Ph-01-503166, 01-517493,095010218, Fax No :0095-1-503205.—MNA

YANGON, 5 March—The prize-awardingceremony of Myanmar ICT Awards 2009 contest washeld at Myanmar Info-Tech on 26 February. Thecontest was organized by Myanmar ComputerProfessional Association and Myanmar ComputerEnthusiasts Association under the guidance ofMyanmar Computer Federation. U Zaw Win Oo(Lawkanat) won Website of the Year; U Ye Myat Thu(Alpha Info-Tech), Mobile Application of the Year;Daw Lwin Mar Nyunt (BEHS No.2, Bahan), EducationProject of the Year (Teacher); Maung Aung Ko Minand Maung Aung Zaw Myat (BEHS No.2, Tamway),Education Project of the Year (High); Maung YeLwin Phyo (BEMS No.3, Hinthada), Education Projectof the Year (Middle); Ma Thet Htar Thuzar (BEHSNo. 2, Kamayut), Education Project of the Year(Primary); and Ma Hnin Sandi Oo (BEHS No. 2,Kamayut), basic principle of Geometry.

In Myanmar ICT Awards 2009 Runner Up, UTin Myo Han (sm3 Mobile Solutions) won MobileApplication of the Year; and U Aung Ko Myat and UZaw Lin (Youth), Website of the Year.

In Education Projects of the Year Runner Up,Daw Tin Tin Wai and 10 students (BEHS No.1 Thanlyin),Daw Hnin Wut Yi Myint (BEHS No.1 Thanlyin) wonthe prizes at teacher level; Maung Okkar (BEHS No.16,Chanayethazan, Mandalay) at high school level; MaungKaung Hsat Moe, Ma Ye Yint, Ma May Thin Khaing,BEMS No. 7, Mahaaungmyay, Mandalay and MaungThant Zin (BEHS No.16, Chanayethazan, Mandalay) atmiddle school level. For more details of the winners,may visit http://www.myanmarictawards. org.

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Best Luck Pertamina engine oil for allYANGON, 5 March—

Myanmar IndustrialExhibition 2010,organized by Myanmar

Industries Association, istaking place at Tatmadaw

Minister visits sawmills inMandalay

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March—Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aung yesterday visited No. 103Sawmill of Amarapura Township Domestic Tradeand Sawmill Division.

The minister inspected production of briquettesand looked round the sawmill. While visiting No. 2-B Cutting Factory of Wood-based Industry Division,the minister inspected production process of veneerplywood and stressed the needs.—MNA

Winners of Myanmar ICTAwards 2009 contest announced

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A Protoscar Lampo2 is pictured while charging during the second media dayof the 80th Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva on 3 March, 2010.

XINHUA

Bomb attacks kill 12 as early parlimentaryvoting begins in Iraq

Iraqi civil defence members inspect a damaged building after a bomb attackin Baghdad on 4 March, 2010.—XINHUA

Russia test launches missile fromsubmarine

MOSCOW, 5 March —Russia on Thursday suc-cessfully test-launched aSineva intercontinentalballistic missile from asubmarine.

The missile waslaunched at 07:50 a.m.Moscow Time (0450GMT) from the Tula sub-marine in the Barents Sea,a Defence Ministryspokesman said.

The Sineva already inservice is a liquid-propel-lant submarine-launchedballistic missile, designedfor Delta IV-class subma-rines, according to the RIA

Novosti news agency.The Sineva is seen as

a rival to the troublesomeBulava, a three-stage liq-uid and solid-propellantballistic missile designedfor deployment on Borey-class submarines.

By now, seven of the12 test-launches of theBulava missile have beenreported as unsuccessful.

Further developmentof the missile has beenquestioned by some leg-islators and defence ex-perts, but the military in-sisted there was no alter-native to the Bulava and

pledged to continue test-ing the missile until it wasready to be put into serv-ice with the Navy.

Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev saidlast September one of themost import issues for theRussian Armed Forceswas to rebuild the Navy inthe coming decade.

He also said last Marchthe armed forces wouldundergo comprehensiverearmament beginning in2011.

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BAGHDAD, 5 March — A spate ofattacks near polling stations in Bagh-dad killed at least 12 people and in-jured dozens despite tightened securityas Iraq began an early voting on Thurs-day across the country for Sunday’sparlimentary election.

More than 800,000 Iraqi soldiers,police, hospital staff and prisoners casttheir votes in the voting which beganearly morning on Thursday, as theywill not be able to go to the polls onthe election day due to work.

Up to 458 polling centres wereopened in Iraq’s 18 provinces to re-ceive the eligible people, most ofwhom were from the country’s secu-rity forces, said Qassim al-Abboudi, asenior official with the Iraqi Independ-ent High Electoral Commission.

Qassim Atta, spokesman of the Bagh-dad Operation Command, said that theIraqi security forces have beefed up se-curity for polling centres across Bagh-dad.

However, the voting was still over-shadowed with three deadly bombings.

The first attack was a roadside bombwhich detonated near a polling centre inBaghdad’s northern neighbourhood of al-Hurriyah, killing five civilians andwounding 22 others. The polling centeris ready to be used for Sunday’s generalelections.

In the afternoon, a suicide bomberstruck a bus carrying Iraqi soldiers out-side a polling centre in Baghdad’s west-ern district of Mansour, killing three sol-diers and wounding 15 others.

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Pentagon shooting suspect incustody, second person suspected

Police cars and ambulances are seen near the site where a shooting incidentoccurred at a Metro station near the Pentagon, the United States, on 4

March, 2010.—XINHUA

Pakistan arrests anotherAfghan Taleban leader

Afghan police killseven Taleban

militants includingtheir commander

KABUL, 5 March —Police during an operationin Helmand Provincesouth of Afghanistaneliminated seven Talebanmilitants including theircommander on Wednes-day, a Press release of In-terior Ministry said onThursday.

“The operation carriedout yesterday outside pro-vincial capital LashkarGah led to the killing ofseven Taleban rebels in-cluding their commanderMullah Bismillah,” thePress release added.

It also added that somearms and ammunitions in-cluding four assault rifleswere seized.

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WASHINGTON, 5 March— One suspect was takeninto custody after a shoot-ing incident at PentagonThursday night, and po-lice suspected there is asecond person involved

in the case.The suspect’s national-

ity is American, PentagonPolice Chief RichardKeevill told reporters at anews briefing near thecrime scene outside the

sprawling Pentagonbuilding, without givingother details of the per-son’s identity.

Two police officerssustained non-life-threat-ening injuries in the inci-dent.

The police chief saidthe suspect showed noemotion nor distress as heapproached the police of-ficers at around 6:40 p.m.local time (2340 GMT) inthe Metro station outsidethe Pentagon building.

The person “lookedvery cool” and didn’tspeak a word, saidKeevill.

When police asked forID, he reached for hispocket, but pulled out agun before shooting theofficers.—Internet

ISLAMABAD, 5 March— Pakistani officials saidThursday that another Af-ghan Taleban leader hadbeen arrested.

Agha Jan Mohtasimwas arrested in the south-ern port city of Karachi,they said on condition ofanonymity. No furtherdetails were given.

According to earlierreports by the private TVARY News, Mohtasim,who is a son-in-law ofMullah MuhammadOmar, the prominent Af-ghan war lord, was cap-tured on Thursday as in-telligence agencies, actingon a tip-off, conducted araid on a house at EhsanAbad area of the city.

Mohtasim is the former

chief administrator of theTaleban regime in the late1990s. He is also believedto be the Taleban’s politi-cal and military strategist.

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MOSCOW, 5 March—The Russian governmenton Thursday unveiled itslong-term strategy for thedevelopment of Russia’sauto industry until 2020,with state funds up to 20billion US dollars.

Minister of Industryand Trade ViktorKhristenko told reportersafter a government meet-ing that the estimated vol-ume of Russian invest-ments in the industry wasrevised down to 584 bil-lion roubles (around 19.6billion dollars).

The 9-day 47th France International Agricultural Expo opened in the ParisExpo Porte de Versailles. Various kinds of animals on the expo are not only

welcome to businessmen, but also favoured by children.—INTERNET

A relative of a Chinese soldier waves goodbye in Sanya, south China’s HainanProvince, on 4 March, 2010. A new Chinese naval task force set sail on Thurs-

day morning from a military port in the south Hainan Island to replace thefourth batch of flotilla in the Gulf of Aden escorting merchant vessels.—XINHUA

A visitor looks at a prototype with hydrogen fuel cell at the annual Interna-tional Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo, on 3 March, 2010. Some 480

companies exhibited their latest technologies at this event.—XINHUA

Russia approves long-termstrategy for auto industry

The aggregate volumeof investments in the in-dustry until 2020 is ex-pected to reach 1.2 to 1.8trillion roubles (40.3 to60.5 billion dollars), saidthe minister.

By 2020, the capacityof the car market in Rus-sia will total 3. 5 millionto 3.6 million units annu-ally, with the share of im-ported and exported carsat 20 and 8 percent re-spectively.

The strategy, whichshould be finalized by theend of this month, also

envisions demand stimuli,tax and insurance meas-ures and support for do-mestic auto makers.

It also stipulates gov-ernmental encouragementon setting up researchcentres and technical in-novation within the autoindustry.—Xinhua

WARSAW, 5 March — Poland’s labour and So-cial Policy Ministry estimates the February unem-ployment rate stood at 13.0 percent, MinisterJolanta Fedak said on Thursday.

“The pace of the rate growth is slower than inthe same period of 2009. It is clear that the unem-ployment level stabilizes,” she said, adding that thenumber of the unemployed people totals 2.1 mil-lion. According to the Central Statistical officeGUS, in January the unemployment rate stood at12.7 percent. In February, the number of job offersrose by 20,000 or 33.2 percent from January to80,500.—Xinhua

PARIS, 5 March— The jobless rate on the Frenchmainland reached 9.6 percent in the fourth quarterof 2009, 0.5 point higher than the previous quarterand the highest since the end of 1999, according todata announced on Thursday by the national sta-tistics bureau INSEE.

Some 2.7 million people were unemployed inthe last three months of last year, accounting for9.6 percent of the active population in metropoli-tan France, while the rate was 10 percent if over-seas regions were included. More generally, 3.4million people didn’t have work or stable work,INSEE’s report said.—Xinhua

MUMBAI, 5 March —Indian central bank Re-serve Bank of India (RBI)will crank up key policylending rate by 50 basispoints at the quarterlypolicy review meeting on20 April, predictedIndranil Pan, chief econo-mist with Indian private

BRUSSELS, 5 March —The European Commis-sion granted on Thursday2.3 billion euros (about3.15 billion US dollars) to43 energy projects to en-sure energy supply in Eu-rope and create more jobs.

As the second batch ofa 4-billion-euro economicrecovery plan, the Com-mission will grant themoney to 12 electricity in-terconnection projects and

MEXICO CITY, 5March—The Mexicangovernment authorizedthe entrance of 36,171Japanese cars into theMexican market free ofduties from 1 April, 2010to 31 March, 2011, theMexican Economy Min-istry said on Thursday.

This measure wastaken as part of the Agree-ment for the Strengthen-ing of the Economic As-sociation between Mexicoand Japan, the ministrysaid.

Under the agreement,Mexico will import, freeof duty, Japanese cars thataccounted for 5 percent ofall the cars sold in Mexi-can territory.

Statistics from Mexi-co’s Association of Auto-motive Industry indicatedthat in 2009 754,918 carswere sold in Mexico, adrop of 26.4 percent com-pared with 2008.

Xinhua

Mexico authorizesimport of

Japanese carswithout taxes

Poland’s February unemploymentrate at 13.0%

French jobless in Q4 2009reaches 10-year high

India expected to hike interest rate by 50 bps in AprilKotak Mahindra Bank onThursday.

Speaking at a seminarat Bombay Chamber ofCommerce and Industry,Pan said RBI will not ad-

just up cash reserve ratiofor banks this time, butwill increase repo rate,which RBI charges forborrowings to commer-cial banks.—Xinhua

EU grants 2.3 billion euros toenergy projects

and 31 gas pipelineprojects over the next 18months.

The projects chosen onThursday will help delivermajor investment projectswhich were at risk of im-portant delay because ofthe economic crisis, ac-cording to the Commis-sion.

The projects will servethe need of better inter-connecting all member

states of the EuropeanUnion (EU) and reducethe isolation of remoterparts, such as the threeBaltic States, Ireland andMalta, the Commissionsaid. “Never before hasthe Commission agreedsuch an important amountfor energy projects,” de-clared Gunther Oettinger,European Commissionerresponsible for Energy.

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50 ships stuck in Baltic thick ice

China to build industrial systemof low-carbon emissions

BEIJING, 5 March—China will build an “indus-trial system” and “con-sumption pattern” withlow carbon emissions, Pre-mier Wen Jiabao said inthe government work re-port he delivered at theparliament’s annual ses-sion on Friday.

China will work hard todevelop low-carbon tech-nologies as well as newand renewable energy re-sources to actively respondto climate change, Wensaid at the session of theNational People’s Con-gress, adding that the de-velopment of smart power

grids should be intensified.Other measures to com-

bat climate change includeincreasing forest carbonsinks and expanding Chi-na’s forests by at least 5.92million hectares in 2010.

He promised that Chinawould participate in inter-national cooperation to ad-dress climate change andwork for further progressin the global cause.

In his report, Wen alsoaddressed energy conser-vation, environmentalprotection and the devel-opment of a circulareconomy.

“We will increase our

energy-saving capacityby an equivalent of 80 mil-lion tons of standard coal,”he said.

The daily sewage treat-ment capacity will in-crease by 15 million cubicmetres and the daily gar-bage disposal capacity willgrow by 60,000 tons.

For developing a circu-lar economy, Wen saidChina will utilize mineralresources, recycle indus-trial waste, use by-productheat and pressure to gen-erate electricity, and trans-form household solidwaste into resources.

Xinhua

Hot air balloons takeflight at Kibbutz

Ruhama near thesouthern Israeli townof Sderot, during the

first day of a three-dayfestival on 4 March,

2010.—XINHUA

Chile declares state ofagriculture emergency

in central, southern zonesSANTIAGO, 5 March—The Chilean government de-

clared on Thursday a state of agriculture emergency inthe regions of Valparaiso, O’Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio,La Araucania and Metropolitana, due to the devastat-ing earthquake that shook the central and southern partsof the country on Saturday.

Agriculture Minister Marigen Hornkohl said the gov-ernment took the decision on Thursday after having thefirst reports of the situations of the disaster regions.

The decision aimed to provide concrete aids to thepeasants to minimize the impact of the earthquake andto facilitate the relief measures in the affected regions,Hornkohl said. Among the aids, the government willissue emergency coupons worth a maximum 150,000Chilean pesos (some 300 US dollars) to each peasant tohelp farmers restore agricultural production.

The peasants will also receive additional coupons torepair or rehabilitate their watering and drainage sys-tems.—Xinhua

Indonesia to join int’l tourism exhibition in Berlin

Waves are seen in front of Cuban capital Havana’s seafront boulevard “ElMalecon” and sea water entered and flooded parts of Havana due to high

tides and big waves on 3 March, 2010.—XINHUA

South Korea toenhance aviationsafety with China

SEOUL, 5 March—South Korea has reachedan agreement with Chinato enhance bilateral coop-eration in terms of avia-tion safety and flight con-trol efficiency measures,the government said onFriday.

Under the agreement,the two nations will haveworking-level talks annu-ally aimed at improvingair traffic control andopening new flight routes,as well as other measuresin areas of mutual inter-est, the South KoreanMinistry of Land, Trans-port and Maritime Affairssaid in a statement.

Also, South Korea andChina will hold workshopsevery year to share infor-mation on safety-relatedissues while boosting in-terpersonal networks be-tween the two countries, itadded.—Xinhua

Spanish fishing boat fights offpirate attack in Indian Ocean

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A handout photo released by the Swedish CoastGuard shows a large cargo ship stuck in the ice in

the Baltic Sea.—XINHUA

STOCKHOLM, 5 March— The Swed-ish Maritime Administration said onThursday that about 50 vessels are stuckin the thick ice in the Baltic Sea offSweden’s east coast.

Among the vessels, there are six largepassenger ferries which are in total car-rying more than 2,000 passengers, theadministration said in a statement.

Two of the ferries, including the largeIsabella passenger ferry carrying 1,322passengers and crew, have been freed.

Four other vessels, including theAmorella, another passenger ferry with753 passengers and 190 crew membersaboard, are still stuck.

The administration has sent all the icebreakers in the area to free the ferries, butgale-force winds are hampering the effort.No one is hurt and there are no immediateplans to bring people off the ferries, buthelicopters and military hovercraft are onstandby in case evacuations become nec-essary, the administration added.—Xinhua

JAKARTA, 5 March—In-donesia will join interna-tional tourism exhibitionin Germany’s Berlin on10-14 March to promotedomestic tourism in over-seas, especially in Europe,Kompas daily quoted anofficial as saying on Fri-day. For the country’sMinistry for Culture andTourism, position of theInternational TourismBourse in Berlin is very

strategic to attract Euro-pean tourists.

“Europe, especiallyGermany, is one of Indo-nesia’s main tourism mar-kets,” Sapta Nirwandar,the ministry’s DirectorGeneral of Marketing toldIndonesian tourism asso-ciation and industry here.

Sapta dismissed accu-sation that such promo-tion only wastes money,arguing that from such

bourses and exhibitions,Indonesia manages to at-tract bigger revenue.

“Take example in 2009when our transaction gotby tourism players fromsuch exhibitions andbourses reached 180 bil-lion rupiah (about 19.4million US dollars), muchmore than expenses of 40billion rupiah (about 4.3million dollars),” he said.

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MADRID, 5 March—ASpanish fishing boatfrom the Basque region,the Albacan, on Thursdayescaped an attack frompirates while fishing inthe Indian Ocean 350miles off the coast ofKenya, local media re-

ported.The captain of the ship

told RTVE that his crewhad been able to “repelthe attack” and the ship“was now sailing freely.”

“When they (the pi-rates) were within range,they fired an incendiarygrenade at us,” he added.

The Albacan was ableto fight off the piratesthanks to the presence ofthree armed securityguards on board.

“The crew is in perfectstate. They followed theprotocol for these casesand were able to leave thepirate ship behind,” InakiLatxaga, the president ofthe company that ownsthe Albacan, was quotedas saying by local news-paper El Correo Vasco.

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Cooperationand collec-tive…

(from page 1)Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo, members of the Spe-cial Projects Implementa-tion Committee SPDCmember Lt-Gen Tin Aye,the Commander-in-Chief(Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air), senior mili-tary officers of the Minis-try of Defence, ministers,deputy ministers, depart-mental heads and officials.

Joint-Secretary of

Special Projects Implemen-tation Committee Director-General of the SPDC Of-fice Col Kyaw Kyaw Winacted as master of ceremo-nies.

Giving guidance tothe meeting, Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe said theSpecial Projects Implemen-tation Committee is givingpermission for specialprojects beneficial to thecountry after scrutinizingthem. Special projects im-portant for national devel-opment require not only tre-mendous work but alsohuge investment. So, theyneed to be implemented ona collaborative basis by re-lated ministries and not bya single ministry.

The cooperation andcollective strength haveyielded success in the timeof the Tatmadaw govern-ment.

As a result, the na-tion is benefiting from thesespecial projects that requireboth tremendous work andhuge investment. There-fore, special projects are tobe implemented in the timeof the Tatmadaw govern-ment, and this should bedone so for posterity. Onlythen, will the State developfor ever. All related minis-

tries are required to coop-eratively and harmoniouslyimplement the projects.

In implementingspecial projects, it is im-

portant to get good qual-ity, to be thrifty and to com-plete the projects timely.For building infrastruc-tures, focus should not beonly on the target infra-structure, but on buildingother related infrastruc-tures in parallel. Whileeconomic infrastructuresare being built, those fortransportation and humanresources are also built si-multaneously. Meanwhile,other related infrastruc-tures are also built. Be-sides, infrastructures forsafeguarding the inde-pendence and sovereigntyare also built. Therefore,

building a country is im-plementing all-roundprojects. To achieve tar-gets, it is necessary to su-pervise and guide the

projects efficiently. Onlythen, will the projects com-plete timely meeting theset standard.

Therefore, for thesustainable developmentof the country, effortsshould be made relent-lessly for special projectsand it is required to makemore efforts to completethe projects that should befinished during the time ofthe Tatmadaw gover-nment.

Afterwards, Minis-ter for Agriculture and Irri-gation Maj-Gen Htay Ooreported on facts related toMinmyin Dam project,

Minister

for Agri-

culture and

Irrigation

Maj-Gen

Htay Oo

presenting

facts about

future

projects.

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Wunyu Dam contributing to agricultural development in Seikpyu Township in Pakokku District of Magway Division.

Mokkha Dam project,Natka Dam project andPayahla Dam project whichwill be implemented by theministry.

In implementing special projects, itis important to get good quality, to bethrifty and to complete the projects timely.For building infrastructures, focus shouldnot be only on the target infrastructure,but on building other related infrastruc-tures in parallel.

Minmyin Dam will be built on Minmyin Creek,

about 2.5 miles east of Shangon Village in Kanbalu

Township, Sagaing Division, and on completion, the

project will supply irrigation water to about 2,000

acres of farmland.

Swachaung Dam benefiting 35,000 acres of farmlands in Yedashe Township of Bago Division.

According to his re-port, Minmyin Dam will bebuilt on Minmyin Creek,about 2.5 miles east ofShangon Village in KanbaluTownship, Sagaing Divi-sion, and on completion, theproject will supply irriga-tion water to about 2,000acres of farmland.

Mokkha Dam willbe built on upstream ofMokkha Creek in MinhlaTownship, Bago Division(West), and upon comple-tion, the dam will irrigateabout 1,000 acres of farm-land. The dam will alsohelp improve the livingstandard of local people

and greening of the region.The third project is

earthen-type Natkar Damto be constructed by dam-ming the Natkar Creek nearMae-dee Village,Pyawbwe Township,Yamethin District, Man-dalay Division. On com-pletion, the project will beable to benefit some 1200acres of farmlands and helpgreen nearby regions.

The fourth project isearthen-type Phayahla Damto be constructed by dam-ming the Phayahla Creek,about one and a half milesupstream Sangyi ThayetkonVillage, Hainggyigyun,Labutta District,Ayeyawady Division. Oncompletion, the project willbe able to irrigate about 800acres of farmlands inHainggyigyun.

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Cooperation and collective…(from page 6)In the time of the

SPDC, the IrrigationDepartment has constructed231 dams.

Minister for Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Theinreported on Solar PanelProject, the project toproduce one-ton, 1.5-tonand two-ton electricvehicles, dredger factoryproject, the project toproduce three to five-tonsrice-milling machines, andTechnical Institute(Magway) Project.

The Ministry ofIndustry-2 will implementthe Solar Panel Project withadvanced technologies inYangon. Based on thedemand, it will generate twomegawatts a year.

The Electric VehicleProject will be launched inYangon, with a target ofproducing 200 units a year.Electric vehicles designedto reduce use of fuel are forfactories, workshops,airports and hospitals.

The Small DredgerFactory Project is designedto produce high-capacitycutter suction dredgers andaccessories.

The rice mills projectwill be implemented atMalun Factory in MinhlaTownship. Uponcompletion, it will be ableto produce 500 rice-millingmachines a year, 6-inchrubber roll huskers, gravitygrain separating screens,

Minister

for

Industry-2

Vice-

Admiral

Soe Thein

presenting

facts

about

future

projects.

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emery roll rice whitenersand accessories.

The Technical Institute(Magway) Project isintended to conduct vehicleservicing course, vehicleproducing course, andvehicle quality controlcourse.

Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint gave abrief account of the projectsbeing undertaken by theministry. He also reportedon follow-up programmesfor the projects to constructManaung Island ring road,Katha-Bhamo Road,Bogale-Mawlamyine-g y u n - K y o n m a n g e -Myaungmya Road,

Kyongadun-Setsan Road,Pauktaw-Minbya Road,Myebon-Minbya Road,Ponnagyun-Yathe-daungRoad, Shwechaung-Anesakhan Road, Kongyan-Mawhtaik Road,Tarshwehtan-Tapar RoadSection, Hsilon-Lower BoteRoad, Ayeyawady River

Bridge (Nyaungdon),Ayeyawady River Bridge(Pakokku), AyeyawadyRiver Bridge (Malun),Ayeyawady River Bridge(Yadanatheinga), SittoungRiver Bridge (Natthangwin)on Penwegon-KyaukkyiRoad, Gyaing River Bridge(Kawkareik), Bogale RiverBridge, and MulashedeBridge.

The Ministry ofConstruction upgraded 51miles and four furlongs longManaung Island ring roadin Manaung Township,Kyaukpyu District, RakhineState, into a fine gravel one,which was commissionedon 6 February, 2010. Whenconstruction of the road andbridges on it is completed, itwill help ensure all-year

The Ministry of Industry-2 will implement

the Solar Panel Project with advanced

technologies in Yangon. Based on the demand,

it will generate two megawatts a year.

No. 2 Tyre and Rubber Products Factory (Bilin) of Ministry of Industry-2 in Bilin Township of Mon State.

Heavy machinery manufactured by Excavator and Bulldozer Factory (Thagara) of Ministry of Industry-2.

smooth transport on theisland.

The new 65-mileKatha-Bhamo road whichwill link Katha of SagaingDivision and Bhamo ofKachin State is being builtwhile Ayeyawady RiverCrossing Bridge (Sinkhan)and Katha-Bhamo railroad

are under construction.Upon completion, the roadwill help facilitate transpor-tation and flow of com-modities between SagaingDivision and Kachin State,thereby contributing to-wards development of eco-nomic, social and educa-tion sectors.

Plans are underwayto carry out upgrading ofthe 66-mile Bogale-M a w l a m y i n e g y u n -Kyonmangae-Myaungmyaroad, the 10th road ofAyeyawady Delta RegionRoad Network Develop-ment Project, step by step.On completion, local peo-ple in Pyapon, Bogale andMawlamyinegyun Town-ships will be able to use it asa short cut to get to Yangon-

Pathein road throughMyaungmya. The road net-work will allow local peo-ple to choose the road whichis quicker and shorter wayof getting to a place and willcontribute towards swiftflow of commodity and pre-vention of natural disaster.

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Cooperation and collective…(from page 7)

Arrangements are be-ing made to upgradeKyonkadon-Setsan road,the 8th road of AyeyawadyDelta Region Road NetworkDevelopment Project, fromearth road to gravel one.The 19 miles and one fur-long long road will linkPyapon-Kyonkadon-DawNyein-Amar road toBogale-Setsan-Htawpine-Amar road.

The 20 miles and sixfurlongs long Pauktaw-Minbya road will linkPauktaw to Minbya inSittway District of RakhineState. It will be upgradedfrom earth road to gravelone. On completion, theroad will contribute towardsbetter transport alongRakhine coastal region,thereby improving the liv-ing standard of the localpeople.

The 24 miles and sevenfurlongs long Myaypon-Minbya road which will linkMyaypon to Minbya inSittway District of Rakhine

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Maung

Myint

reports on

progress of

special

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State will be upgraded intoall-weather facility. It willenable the local people totravel from Myaypon lo-cated near the mouth of seato Minbya and Yangonthrough Pauktaw, MraukUand Sittway.

The 22 miles and sixfurlongs long Ponnagyun-Yathedaung road will be up-graded into the 14 feet widegravel road and bridges willbe built along the road. Uponcompletion, the all-weatherroad will improve the trad-ing and socio-economic sta-tus of the people in LetweSartaik, Phatkya, Zadimyinand Kyaukthashae villagesalong it.

The 11 miles longShwechaung-Anisakhanroad will be built as a shortcut in order to link betweenYangon-Mandalay High-way (Kyaukse) and Manda-l a y - L a s h i o - B h a m o -Myitkyina Highway(PyinOoLwin). On comple-tion, it will contribute to-wards better transportamong plants and factories

in Kyaukse, YeywaHydropower Project,Kyaukse Industrial Region,PyinOoLwin, YadanabonMyothit and Central Insti-tute of Civil Service (UpperMyanmar).

Kongyan-Kawkyartu(Takeng)-Mawhtaik roadwas built to link Kongyan inShan State (North), whichstands at an altitude of 5000feet, to Mawhtaik, whichstands at an altitude of 7000feet, through Kawkyartu(Takeng) jetty on the bankof Thanlwin River. Due tolack of proper maintenancefor years, the earth road wasdamaged. Plan is underwayto upgrade it. It will be up-graded to 14 feet wide tarredroad on 34 feet wide earthroad. On completion of 68miles long road, it will be-come as a major route ofMawhtaik region, upstreamThanlwin River, Monekoe-Phaungsaing region,Kyukok-Muse-Namhkamand Kaukkai-Kunlong re-gion for border trade.

Tapa-Tarshwehtanroad section, which is 12miles long, is out of

There was only Inwa bridge on theAyeyawady in the past. From 1988 to this date,the government built eight new bridges on theriver. At present, five bridges – Sinkhan, Pakokku,Malun, Nyaungdon and Yadanatheinga – areunder construction. So there will be altogether13 bridges spanning the Ayeyawady.

M o n g s e i - T a p a -Tarshwehan road sectionin the Shan State (North).It will be upgraded to 12feet wide tarred road on 34feet wide earth road.

Upon completion ofthe road, people can travelto Mongsei-Monghaung-Mongya-Monekoe region,Laukka i -Konggyan-Mawhtaik region andChinshwehaw-Kunlong-Hsenwi region, throughThanlwin River crossingbridge (Tapa).

Htilon-Tapaung-Pata-Nabu-Aukbote road sectionis 57 miles and six furlongslong. It is a new alignmentof Hpa-an-Kawkareik-Myawady road. Plans areunder way to build 14 feetwide road on 34 feet wideroad. After completion ofthe road, communicationsbetween Thaton,Mawlamyine, Hpa-an,Hlaingbwe, Myawady andvillages along the road willbe easier. It contributes notonly to development of re-gion's administration, eco-nomic, social, education,and health but also to en-suring peace and stability.

Ayeyawady Bridge(Nyaungdon) that linksYangon Division withAyeyawady Division, onwhich motor road and railroad run parallel, will bebuilt by spanningAyeyawady River nearNyaungdon. The bridge

will be constructed likeThanlwin Bridge (Mawla-myine). It has 9382 feetlong motor road bridge and10,377 feet long railroadbridge. It comprises of 28feet wide area for motor-way, 14 feet wide area forrailroad and three feet widepavement on both sides.

Ayeyawady Bridge(Pakokku) is a bridge thatlinks Letpanchepaw inNyaungU Township on theeastern bank of theAyeyawady River withPakokku on the westernbank. It has two way lanemotor way and one rail roadlike Thanlwin Bridge Itwill be 14191 feet long 28feet wide flanked by threefeet wide walkway on eachside and 21886 feet longand 14 feet wide railread.

It is the longest bridgein Myanmar. Upon com-pletion, there will be a railnetwork in the countryhelping facilitate all roadsfor development of thewest bank of AyeyawadyRiver.

Spanning the river,Ayeyawady Bridge(Malun) will be built nearPahtanago and Malun tolink Pathein-Kyangin-Pakokku railroad on thewest bank and Pyay-Aunglan-Taungdwingyi-Magway-Chauk railroadon the east bank. It has4695 feet long motor roadbridge and 5510 feet longrail Road Bridge. It com-prises of 28 feet wide areafor motorway, 14 feet widearea for railroad and fourfeet wide pavement on bothsides.

Ayeyawady bridge(Yadanatheinga) in SagaingDivision will be built toconnect Kachin and ShanStates through Sagaing Di-vision. It will spanAyeyawady River nearKyaukmyaung in Singu ofMandalay Division andShwebo of Sagaing Divi-sion. It has 2814 feet long,28 feet wide two-way laneand three feet wide pave-ment on both sides.

There was only Inwabridge on the Ayeyawadyin the past. From 1988 tothis date, the governmentbuilt eight new bridges onthe river. At present, fivebridges – Sinkhan,Pakokku, Malun,Nyaungdon andYadanatheinga – are un-der construction. So therewill be altogether 13bridges spanning theAyeyawady.

(See page 10)Rail-cum-road Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) under construction.

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Monywa District gainingdevelopment momentumNAY PYI TAW, 5 March — While

visiting the local battalion in MonywaStation, Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministryof Defence presented gifts to servicemenand their families on 2 March.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye together withCommander Maj-Gen Myint Soepresented prizes to winners of MaungMyanmar Cycling Competition organizedby the Ministry of Industry-1.

On his inspection tour of MonywaIndustrial Zone, Lt-Gen Tha Ayevisited foundry plant of Thiha Tun CoLtd and heard reports on productivityand future programme of the zonepresented by the chairman of MonywaIndustrial Zone ManagementCommittee.

After inspecting cleaning andbeautifying of Monywa and ChindwinBridge (Monywa), Lt-Gen Tha Ayeaccompanied by the commander and

Tatmadaw Military BandContest continues

NAY PYI TAW, 5March — The second dayof the 18th Tatmadaw(Army, Navy, Air) MilitaryBand Contest continuedtoday at No (7) TransitCenter (Ywadaw) in NayPyi Taw, attended byChairman of the LeadingCommittee for Organizingthe Military Band ContestVice-Adjutant GeneralMaj-Gen Hla Shwe, DeputyCommander of Nay PyiTaw Command Com-mander Brig-Gen Min Zaw,members of the committeeand servicemen.

The bandrepresenting No.55 LID,

the band representingNo.88 LID, and bandcompany (1) representingNorthern Command, theband representing Nay PyiTaw Command, the bandcompany (1) representingNorth-East Command,the band representingTriangle RegionCommand, the bandcompany (1) representingWestern Command, theband representing No.66LID and the bandcompany (1) representingYangon Commandparticipated in the today’scompetition.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March — As part of drive forbetter transport in rural areas, the Development AffairsDepartment is making efforts to upgrade the inter-district road Nos (2) and (3) in Nay Pyi Taw andMandalay and Sagaing Divisions.

Officials of Mandalay Division DAD heardreports on progress in tarmacking of road sections andconstruction of gravel roads along two inter-districtroads in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon, Kyaukse and WetletTownships on 28 February.—MNA

Inter-district roads underconstruction

Minister for Information Brig-Gen KyawHsan oversaw housings of North-WestCommand and cordially converse withwar veterans.

While in Monywa, Lt-Gen Tha Ayeand party looked into Monywa-Yagyi-Kalewa road section.

Then, Lt-Gen Tha Aye comfortedpatients who are undergoing free treatmentat Sasana Beikman, No (2) BEPS andPeople’s Hospital in Kani Township andfulfilled the requirements on health andeducation sectors of the township.

Next, he accepted the cash donationsfor patients who need to receive surgeriesat Kani BEHS and presented awards tosurgeons.

At Chaungwagyi village in BudalinTownship, Lt-Gen Tha Aye presentedpublications for Aye Yeik WaiThutapadetha Library through responsiblepersonnel.—MNA

Narcotic drugs seized near Wampon Village in Tachilek TownshipNAY PYI TAW, 5 March — Acting on the

information that a group of drug traffickers wereoperating near and around Wampon Village inTachilek Township, Shan State (East), a localTatmadaw column combed the area from 23 to 25February and found 15 tents on an island of theMekong River, where the smugglers stayed. Furthersearch led to the seizure of 365 blocks of caffeine and38 packets of caffeine powder in plastic containersburied by the seafront, 878 (40) MM granades of M-79 launcher , 162 Point-38 bullets, 1,500 rounds ofM-16 magazines and five RPG granades.

The group was from the gang of escaped drugtrafficker Sai Naw Kham. Police Inspector Khin

Maung Yin-led anti-drug squad ran across the drugtrafficking group while patrolling in the MekongRiver on 20 February, and a skirmish broke outbetween them. Eight Police Force members and twomilitiamen were fallen and two Police Force memberswounded. Moreover, three motorboat operators werekilled.

The local battalion and Myanmar Police Forceare working hard to make sure that there are no casesof drug smuggling, gunrunning and human traffickingalong the border where Myanmar, Thailand and Laosmeet. Besides, they are cooperating with theneighbouring nations in dealing with such incidentsand transnational crimes.—MNA

Photo shows narcotic drugs and rounds of ammunition found at the bank of an island of Mekong River near Wampon Village of TachilekTownship.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence, Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe and Minister forInformation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan cordially converse with patients with eye and dental

complaints in Kani Township.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence visits foundry plant of ThihaTun Co Ltd at Monywa Industrial Zone.

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1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causesat risk to life as the national policy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections due to beheld in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversiveelements through the strength andconsolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity of thenation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March—To mark the successfulrenovation of all Hsandawshin pagodas in the nation,the Parikamma ceremony before the ceremony tonovitiate 2555 boys and men was held on Kelatha Hillin Bilin Township on 26 February.

On 28 February, the ceremony to observesuccessful renovation of six sacred tooth relic pagodaswas held in the precinct of Kyaikhtihsaung Pagoda inZokthok Village of Bilin Township, attended byChairman of Mon State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of South-East Command Maj-

2555 boys and men ordained to mark successfulrenovation of Hsandawshin Pagodas

Gen Thet Naing Win, Minister for Religious AffairsBrig-Gen Thura Myint Maung and Chairman of Borderand Hilly Region Theravada Buddhist MissionarySasana Nuggaha Association Agga MahaThirithudhamma Manijotadhara Dr Khin Shwe andwife Daw San San Kywe (Zay Gabar Co Ltd Family).

A similar ceremony to mark all-round renovationof Hsandawshin Pagodas was held in conjunction withordination ceremony at Aung Mingala MahaOrdination Hall in Mingaladon Township in Yangonon 3 March.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March—A strong earthquakeof magnitude (6.5) Richter Scale with its epicenteroutside Myanmar (Indonesia) about (1500) milesSouth-South East of Kaba-Aye seismologicalobservatory was recorded at (22) hrs (41) min (41)sec M.S.T today, said Meterology and HydrologyDepartment.—MNA

Earthquake report

Ordination

ceremony for

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Township.

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Cooperation and collective…(from page 8)

Penwegon-Kyaukkyi road services as a linkbetween Yangon-Toungoo-Mandalay highway on thewest bank of Sittoung River and Toungoo-Sittoung-Moppalin road on the east bank. On this link road thereis a single bailey bridge that can be used only insummer when the water level is low. Sittoung Bridge(Natthangwin) an all-weather facility will be built onit. The 720-foot long bridge will have a 24 ft widemotor road flanked by three-foot walkways on eachside. The government has already built Shwegyin-Madauk and Moppalin-Sittoung bridges across theriver.

A new 60-ton-load capacity Gyaing River Bridge(Kawkareik) will be built on Hpa-an-Myawady roadin Hpa-an Township, Kayin State, as the old one’s loadbearing capacity is dwindling due to old age. The new

bridge which will be a reinforced concrete facility willhave a 24 feet wide motor road flanked by three-footwalkways on each side.

A new 2226 ft bridge will be built on BogaleRiver to upgrade Bogale-Kyeinchaung-Kadonkaniroad in Pyapon District, Ayeyawady Division, into anall-weather facility.

Mulashidee suspension bridge on Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao road in Putao District, KachinState, will be substituted with a 560 ft all-weatherbridge which will support a two-lane road in thefuture.

The length of roads built by and under themaintenance of Construction Ministry at present is21361 miles up 7726 miles from 13635 miles in 1988.At present, 45 road projects and 10 bridge projects areunder construction. Up to now, 236 over -180-foot-long bridges have been erected.

Ministers for Electric Power No.1, EP No. 2,Energy and Rail Transportation presented sector-wiseprojects.

The presentations of the ministers at the meet-ing will appear tomorrow.—MNA

Project to link central andlower Myanmar shaping up

NAY PYI TAW, 5 March — On his inspectiontour of Kyangin-Pakokku railroad construction project,Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation U Pe Thaninspected earthwork of Taungdwingyi-Magwaysection, Thayet-Pwintbyu section, progress inconstruction of the bridge spanning Mann creek onMinbu-Pwintbyu section and Hsarput creek bridge onMinhla-Minbu section, progress of Thayet station andits yard and Nyaungbintha creek bridge on 25 February.

On 26 February, the deputy minister visitedworksites of Pati creek bridge in HsinbaungweTownship, laying rail tracks between Letpan andHtoopauk stations and Tanyaung creek bridge betweenZaungchantaung and Thawutti stations.

MNA

Sittoung Bridge (Moppalin) linking Kyaikto Township of Mon State and Waw Township of Bago Division.

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NEWS ALBUM

A newlywed Massachusetts couplespent their wedding night in separate jailcells after police said the bride tried torun over an old flame of the groom.

Police say 22-year-old Hyannis resi-dent Marissa Ann Putignano-Keenetried on Monday to run over the otherwoman and the woman’s son in a park-ing lot.

The intended victim later told policethat she had previously been in an inti-mate relationship with the groom.

Police say the couple got married atBarnstable Town Hall and split a bottleof Champagne afterward.

The bride was charged with assault

This undated photo shows a “flyingsaucers” similar with the Noah’s Artin the film of “2012.” The govern-

ment of the Ulianovsk Region in theVolga area of Russia has approved afive-year programme to produce so-called “flying saucers” — a bizarre

hybrid of a helicopter andan aerostat.

The 8th Annual Orchid Show, Cubain Flower, the largest one of its kind inthe world, kicked off on Thursday inNew York Botanical Garden.

The show features iconic sites ofOld Havana and the Cuban country-side, re-imagined to evoke the historyof the island while engulfing visitorsin radiant flowers, organizer told thePress.

The show also features about 7,000of brilliantly colored orchids set amongarchitectural vignettes from Havanaand the surrounding countryside, addedthe organizer.

“In a blending of architecture, de-sign, landscape, and the colour, wewant to create an experience for thevisitor that was dramatic, vibrant, andthe colourful while introducing ele-ments of the Cuban experience that

Visitors tour the 8th Annual Orchidshow at the Botanical Garden inNew York, the United States, on 4March, 2010. The exhibition willrun till April 11 with some 7,000

orchids on show.

World’s largest orchid show kicks off in New Yorkevoke the feel and look of the landscapeand the country that I known as a child,”said designer Jorge Sanchez.

The show offers visitors opportuni-ties to learn about the garden’s historicand ongoing orchid research, purchaseorchids in the shop, receive care infor-mation from experts, take orchid-relatedcourses ranging from a few hours to sev-eral days, and participate in family ac-tivities where children discover the or-chid origins of vanilla.

The New York Botanical Garden,founded in 1891, is one of the premierbotanical gardens in the United States.It offers major exhibitions and flowershows throughout the year, drawing over800,000 visitors annually.

Man gets 7 years forcheese theft

A California man was sentenced toseven years and eight months in prisonfor stealing a wallet and a package ofcheese. Robert Ferguson, who has 13prior convictions, received the sentencefrom a Yolo County judge Monday af-ter he was convicted 6 Jan on two felonycounts of petty theft for taking a wom-an’s wallet from the counter of a 7-11and shoplifting a $3.99 pack of cheesefrom Nugget Market in Woodland, theSacramento Bee reported on Tuesday.

Judge Thomas Warriner said heagreed with a probation department rec-ommendation to disregard Ferguson’sprior convictions under the state’s“three strikes” law and to sentenceFerguson to the upper term for pettytheft with priors. Warriner creditedFerguson 825 days for the time he spentin jail while awaiting trial. He will beeligible for parole in less than threeyears.

Mass newlywed couple spend 1st night in jailand battery with a dangerous weapon.Her husband, 37-year-old TimothyKeene, was riding in the car with herand was charged with disorderly con-duct. Both were released on Tuesday. Itwas unclear if either had hired an attor-ney.

Having the illusion that she is a dog,a hen named Mabel in Britain

kidnapped a litter of puppies androosted on top of them as if she were

their mother. This perplexed thepuppies’ real mother Nettle,

who�could do nothing but to watchhelplessly as Mabel brooded over her

darlings.�

A child of a migrant worker attends a class at a

primary school in Shanghai on 5 March, 2010. A

country can not become strong or prosperous if it

does not make education universal and improve its

quality, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on

Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported.— INTERNET

El Nino-related drought todrag on in Vietnam till MayHANOI, 5 March —The Vietnam Institute of Hy-

dro Meteorology and Environment said here on Thurs-day that the country’s ongoing drought, an aftermathof El Nino, is forecast to last till May of this year.

Accordingly, the drought would continue in ma-jority of all localities of the country from March toMay this year. However, it will be felt stronger in thecountry’s northern provinces, said the institute.

The drought is creating negative impacts on thecountry’s electricity sector as reservoirs are runningout of water to feed hydropower plants, according tothe state-owned Electricity of Vietnam.

El Nino, or El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenom-enon, is a climate pattern. It occurs across the tropi-cal Pacific Ocean on average every five years. WhenEl Nino occurs, there are droughts, floods and otherweather disturbances.—Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 5 March—Robbers kidnapped afive-year-old British boyon Thursday in Pakistan,demanding a ransom of100,000 pounds, localmedia reported.

A gang broke into ahouse in Jehlum, a townabout 100 kilometressouth of the capitalIslamabad, stole cash andjewellery and kidnappedyoung Sohail Saeed into

ROME, 5 March— Italy began testing airport bodyscanners on Thursday in a move to enhance securitymeasures following the failed Christmas Day bombattack on a US flight.

Government officials inaugurated the first scannersat Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport, reassuringpassengers and citizens that the devices were both safeand convenient, state television Rai reported.

Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio was among the firstones to test the machine amid public curiosity.

“Our research has determined that the rays emittedby body scanners pose no health risks at all,” he said.

The scanners, which use high-frequency electro-magnetic waves to look beneath clothing for concealedbombs and arms, have stirred fears that they couldcause cancer or be otherwise harmful to the humanbody.—Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 5 March — TheGeostationary Operational Environ-mental Satellite-P, or GOES-P, blastedoff from a Florida base on Thursday,NASA announced.

The GOES-P was lifted off aboard aDelta IV rocket at Cape Canaveral AirForce Station in Florida, said NASA.

The satellite was launched at 6:57pm EST (2357 GMT), 40 minutes laterthan planned, but still within the onehour launch window set by missionmanagers.

After reaching orbit, GOES-P will

GOES-P satellite successfully launched on weather monitoring missionbecome GOES-15.

The satellite will be used to monitorand predict weather, measure ocean tem-peratures, perform climate studies, relaycommunications and provide search-and-rescue support, according to NASA.

The GOES-P, launched for NASA byBoeing Launch Services, will be checkedout by Boeing and NASA’s GoddardSpace Flight Centre before being turnedover to the National Oceanic and Atmos-pheric Administration (NOAA) for op-erational use.

Xinhua

Italy starts testing first airportbody scanners

British child kidnapped in Pakistana taxi to make their es-cape, police officials said.

The attack happenedafter the family openedthe gates to let in a taxithey had called to go toairport at the end of athree-week holiday, vis-iting Saeed’s grand-mother with his Pakistanifather.

Saeed’s father RajaNaqqash Saeed said “theytortured me for several

hours demandingmoney.”

Tahir Bashir, a seniorpolice officer said the po-lice was investigating thecase.

The British HighCommission in Pakistantold reporters that it wasproviding consular assist-ance to the family andworking with local au-thorities to rescue the boy.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV IRINI TRADER VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV IRINI TRADERVOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 6.3.2010 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions 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 VARAMARPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (1008 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (1008 ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 6.3.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDNBHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (499 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (499) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 6.3.2010 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.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

YANGON GOLF CLUBNOTICE

NOTICE is here by given that the Annual GeneralMeeting of the Yangon Golf Club will be held onSunday, 21st March, 2010 at Club House Premises at10:00 hours.

Managing MemberYangon Golf Club

McDonald’s to expandbusiness in Turkey in 2010

ANKARA, 5 March—Global fast-food chainMcDonald’s plans to open 31 new restaurants in Tur-key in 2010 as sales increased in the country,the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported onThursday.

Nearly 76 million customers visited McDonald’srestaurants in Turkey in 2009 and the company nowtargets 89 million customers this year, Hakan Serim,director of McDonald’s Turkey, was quoted as say-ing. Last year, the company’s total sales in Turkey grew6.5 percent, with a turnover of 267 million Turkishlira (around 174 million US dollars), said Serim.

Xinhua

Moderate quake rockseastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, 5 March— An earthquake with magnitudeof 5. 5 struck West Papua in easternmost of Indonesiaon Thursday evening, the Meteorology and Geophys-ics Agency reported here. The quake struck at 19:57pm Jakarta Time (1257 GMT) with epicenter at 93km northwest Manokwari of West Papua and a depthat 64 km, the agency said.—Xinhua

Qantas flight turned into a ‘war zone’

More than 100 of the 301 aboard were hurt when

a computer glitch caused the plane to nosedive.

INTERNET

PERTH, 5 March — Qantas passengershave revealed the horrific moment theythought they would die in a terrifyingplunge that sent travellers hurtlingthrough the air, smashing teeth andbones and tearing ligaments. “All of asudden the plane dropped like a brick,”one passenger said. “It was like a hurri-cane inside the plane, like a war zone.”“The plane fell again,” said another. “Ithought: ‘I didn’t think I was going todie in a plane crash, but obviously Iam’”.

These traumatic descriptions formpart of a class action filed in the US

against defendants including airline gi-ant Airbus, maker of the ill-fated A330-300 that plummeted twice in quick suc-cession during the flight from Singaporeto Perth in October 2008. More than 100of the 301 aboard were hurt when a com-puter glitch caused the plane to nosedivefirst 650, then 400 feet (320m in total)over Western Australia.

Passengers suffered spinal, head, neckand chest injuries from being catapultedinto the overhead lockers. Others lostteeth, tore knee ligaments and sufferedserious cuts and broken ribs, feet, anklesand hands in the incident.—Internet

Clashes kill onein southern Yemen

SANAA, 5 March—At least one people was killed andtwo others wounded on Thursday in clashes betweenthe Yemeni forces and a group of the Southern Move-ment in the southern provincial city of Radfan, a localsecurity source said.

Dozens of protestors belonging to the SouthernMovement tried to break into the government build-ing of the local Council Authority in Radfan city inthe restive southern province of Lahj, the source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity.

One protestor was killed and two others injured in ashoot-out with security forces who tried to preventthem from entering a state building.—Xinhua

Japanese profinvents painless

needlesKYOTO, 5 March—A

Japanese professor hascome up with a methodof delivering vaccinesand drugs that he says iscompletely painless.

Kanji Takada of KyotoPharmaceutical Univer-sity says the device he de-veloped uses micro nee-dles that don’t break thedermis or second layer ofskin, The Daily Telegraphreported Thursday.

The needles are madeout of a water-solublepolymer that dissolveswhen pressed into theepidermis, the very outerlayer of skin. Other re-searchers tried to usesugar to make micro nee-dles but their effortsfailed because sugar de-grades at temperaturesabove 100 degrees centi-grade, Takada says.

Internet

Elephant research in Kenya ‘washed away’ by flash floodNANYUKI, 5 March —

Flash floods have washedaway a major scientific re-search centre used to studyAfrica’s wild elephants.This morning, flooding ofthe Ewaso Ng’iro Riverdestroyed the research fa-cility and associated camplocated in Samburu Na-tional Reserve, Kenya.

The centre has unveiledpioneering insights intoelephant behaviour, in-cluding how fences madefrom beehives can deter el-ephants from raidingfarms. No-one is reportedhurt but valuable researchand data has been lost. As

well as the Save the El-ephants (STE) researchfacility and ElephantWatch Safari Camp lo-cated in Samburu NationalReserve, seven otherneighbouring lodges were

completely destroyed.Beds, tents, computers

and vital research docu-mentation were sub-merged in mud and strungup in the treetops.

Internet

Research washed away.— INTERNET

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Somali leader says Al Shabaab’sWFP ban worsens hunger

MOGADISHU, 5 March—Somali President SheikhSharif sheikh Ahmed onThursday said the banningof the operations of theUN’s food agency in So-malia by the insurgentgroup of Al Shabaab fur-ther deteriorates the hu-manitarian situation in thewar-torn country. The Is-lamist rebel movementwhich is fighting Somaligovernment forces latelast month ordered theWorld Food Programme(WFP) to terminate itsoperations in Somalia ac-

cusing the agency of be-ing “anti-Islamic”.

“The hunger in manyparts of the country is fur-ther made worse by the re-fusal of anti-governmentgroups for aid to reachthose in need,” the presi-dent told reporters in a pressconference at his residencein Mogadishu. The Somalileader also said the differ-ences between WFP andthe US over aid deliveriesto Somalia would also ob-struct humanitarian opera-tion in war wrecked nation.

The US says aid for the

displaced Somalis couldgo into the hands of Is-lamist insurgent forcescontrolling much of southand center of Somaliawhile WFP accused theUS of “politicizing aid”.

Speaking about theships and their crews stillheld hostage by Somalipirates, the Somali headof sate said the vessels andcrews should be released“immediately and uncon-ditionally”, saying the pi-racy was “un-Islamic, im-moral and criminal”.

Xinhua

Seabed vents found betweenNew Zealand, Antarctica

Orbiter surpasses 100 terabits of data Fruit juice not linked to teenweight gain

HOUSTON, 5 March—There is no link between 100 per-cent juice consumption and weight gain in teens; in fact,the teens had more nutritious diets, US researchers found.

Lead researcher Dr Theresa Nicklas of the US Depart-ment of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition ResearchCenter at Baylor College of Medicine said the study foundno association between 100 percent fruit juice consump-tion and weight status in the nearly 4,000 adolescentsexamined.

The study, published in the March/April issue of theAmerican Journal of Health Promotion, also found thosewho drank more than than 6 ounces of 100 percent juicea day also consumed more whole fruit and fewer addedfats and sugars. Milk consumption was not affected byjuice intake, the study said. Data for the analysis camefrom the National Health and Nutrition ExaminationSurvey, 1999-2002.

Internet

Niacin may helptreat stroke

DETROIT, 5 March—USmedical researchers sug-gest niacin—or vitaminB3 — may be used to treatstroke in the future.

The researchers atHenry Ford Hospital inDetroit gave niacin to ratswith ischemic stroke — anobstruction within a bloodvessel supplying blood tothe brain.

The brains of the ratsgiven niacin showed newblood vessel growth andnerve cell improvementthat helped improve neu-rological outcomes.

“If this proves to alsowork well in our human tri-als, we’ll then have the ben-efit of a low-cost, easilytolerable treatment for oneof the most neurologicallydevastating conditions,”Michael Chopp, scientificdirector at the Henry FordNeuroscience Institute, saidin a statement.—Internet

A man searches for metal to recycle under the rubble of a destroyed school inPort-au-Prince. A US House panel approved a resolution aimed at easingHaiti’s debt burden to help with reconstruction efforts in the wake of the

devastating on 12 January earthquake.— INTERNET

A general view of Queen Behenu’s pyramid is seen in Saqqara, some 35 km (22miles) south of Cairo in this undated handout photograph released by Egypt’sSupreme Council of Antiquities to Reuters on 3 March, 2010.— INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 5 March—Americanscientists said they have found evidenceof hydrothermal vents on the seafloorbetween New Zealand and Antarctica,New Zealand Press Association reportedon Friday. Hydrothermal vents spewheated fluids—often containing dis-solved minerals such as gold, zinc, andcopper—with the plumes from the ventsinfluencing influence ocean chemistryand providing a source of energy for acomplex web of organisms, New Zea-land Press Association reported.

More than 220 vents have been dis-covered worldwide—many of them onthe Kermedec Arc between New Zea-

land and Tonga. So far no one has foundthem in the rough and frigid waters offAntarctica, but the new research has nar-rowed the places to look.

Geochemist Gisela Winckler at Co-lumbia University’s Lamont- DohertyEarth Observatory analysed thousandsof oceanographic measurements to pin-point half a dozen spots where vents arelikely to be found on the remote PacificAntarctic Ridge.

They are about 3,200 km from NewZealand, 1,600 km from the coast of Ant-arctica, according to the research pub-lished in the journal Geophysical Re-search Letters.—Internet

PASADENA, 5 March—NASA says its Mars Re-connaissance Orbiter —now ending its fourth yearof operation — has sur-passed a data-volumemilestone of 100 terabits.

The space agency saidthat amount of data consti-tutes more than three timesthe amount of data from allother deep-space missionscombined — not just theones to Mars, but everymission that has everflown past the orbit ofEarth’s moon.

The spacecraft enteredorbit around Mars on 10March, 2006, following on12 Aug, 2005, launch fromFlorida. With a dish an-tenna 10 feet in diameter,NASA said the spacecraftpours data Earthward at upto 6 megabits per secondfrom its three cameras,spectrometer, ground-pen-etrating radar and atmos-phere sounder.

“The capability to return

enormous volumes of dataenables these instrumentsto view Mars at unprec-edented spatial resolu-tions,” NASA said. “Halfthe planet has been cov-ered at 20 feet per pixel,and nearly 1 percent of the

planet has been observedat about 1-foot per pixel,sharp enough to discernobjects the size of a desk.”The project is managed byNASA’s Jet PropulsionLaboratory in Pasadena,Calif.—Internet

This NASA artist’s con-ception shows the MarsReconnaissance Orbiterin orbit over the planetMars, on 10 March,2006. The NASA probeentered orbit on Fridayin search of water, lifeand other informationabout our red neighbour. INTERNET

URBANA, 5 March—An apple a day may indeed keep thedoctor away by reducing inflammation associated with obes-ity-related diseases, US researchers say.

Gregory Freund, a professor at the University of Illinois, sayssoluble fiber found in oats, apples and nuts reduces inflamma-tion associated with obesity-related diseases and strengthens theimmune system. “Soluble fiber changes the personality of im-mune cells — they go from being pro-inflammatory, angry cellsto anti-inflammatory, healing cells that help us recover fasterfrom infection,” Freund said in a statement.—Internet

Apples,

nuts, oats

boost

immune

system

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S P O R T S

PALM BEACH GARDENS,5 March —AlexandreRocha nearly stoppedplaying golf last year, un-til two moves by the In-ternational OlympicCommittee changed hismind. And that’s just onetiny part of his unbeliev-able story.The world’s711th-ranked player —who needed to survive a

MELBOURNE , 5 March— Teenager BernardTomic led Australia to acommanding 2-0 leadover Taipei in their Asia/

MARSEILLE, 5 March—Marseille’s Argentine de-fender Gabriel Heinzewill be out for aroundthree weeks after injuringhimself in his country’sfriendly with Germany,his club announced onThursday.

An X-ray revealed “a

GLASGOW, 5 March—Scotland will play afriendly away to Swedenon 11 August, the Scot-tish Football Association(SFA) said on Thursday.The match follows CraigLevein’s first fixture asScotland manager, a 1-0friendly in over the CzechRepublic at HampdenPark here on Wednesday.“I am looking forward totaking the squad to Swe-den in August and giventhe tremendous responseto the win against theCzech Republic, I can’twait for the next game tocome along,” formerHearts boss Levein said.

Internet

HANOI , 5 March—Por-tuguese coach HenriqueCalisto has extended hiscontract with the Vietnamnational team by threeyears, the VietnameseFootball Federation

LONDON, 5 March —John Terry says his Eng-land team-mates showedtheir desire to draw a lineunder the Wayne Bridgeaffair by giving the de-posed captain their fullsupport before Wednes-day’s win over Egypt.Terry has spent the lastmonth as English foot-ball’s most vilified figurefollowing his reported ex-tra-marital fling withVanessa Perroncel, the

LONDON, 5 March —Bolton’s Stuart Holdenfaces a race against timeto be fit for the World Cupafter it was confirmed hehad broken a bone in hisleg during the UnitedStates’ 2-1 defeat by Hol-land on Wednesday. Bol-

Querrey handed Djokovic test in Davis CupBELGRADE, 5 March— America’s Sam Querrey

faces a stern test in the shape of world number twoNovak Djokovic when his country meets Serbia in theirfirst-round Davis Cup. Querrey, 22, made his DavisCup bow in 2008 as a late replacement in the USA’ssemi-final defeat to eventual champions Spain and be-came one of the few players to take a set off RafaelNadal on clay that year before going down in four sets.

He can expect a similarly challenging encounteragainst in-form Djokovic, who recently added the ATPDubai Open to his trophy cabinet and who has pre-vailed in both his previous meetings withQuerrey.”Since we played the last time Sam is a muchbetter quality player and he has the skills and qualityto be in the top 20,” said Djokovic.—Internet

Green, Connell lead, upstartRocha chases at Honda

Nathan Green of Aus-tralia.

pre-qualifier, then a Mon-day qualifier, then aplayoff, just to get into thefield at PGA National thisweek — shot a 4-under66 on Thursday, one shotback of Nathan Green andMichael Connell after thefirst round on a windy andunseasonably cool firstday at the Honda Classic.

“I needed a day liketoday like, you have noidea,” Rocha said. “Andit was for nobody. It’s formyself.”The Honda isonly his fourth PGA Tourevent; the last was in2003, and he’s nevermade a cut. He lost hisEuropean Tour card lastyear and got status earlierthis year on the AsianTour, only after decidingthat he wanted to con-tinue playing golf for aliving.—Internet

Australia’s Tomic has perfectDavis Cup debut vs Taipei

Teenager Bernard Tomic

Oceania Group I DavisCup tie on Friday.

Tomic, at 17 Austral-ia’s youngest Davis Cupplayer in 77 years,crushed Taiwan’s YangTsung-hua, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1in the opening singlesrubber.

Australia’s nominatednumber one player PeterLuczak built on Tomic’swinning start to down YiChu-huan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2,6-3 and put the hosts 2-0up heading into Satur-day’s pivotal doubles.

Internet

Injured Heinze sidelined forthree weeks

Marseille’s Argentine de-fender Gabriel Heinze.

small crack at the top ofthe right fibula”, accord-ing to a Marseille state-ment.

Heinze sustained theinjury in a tackle by Ger-many striker LukasPodolski in the 48thminute of Argentina’s 1-0 victory in Munich onWednesday and was un-able to continue.

This latest setbackcomes shortly afterHeinze returned from afive-week stint on thesidelines with a hamstringstrain sustained in hisside’s 1-1 draw at Bor-deaux on 17 January.

Internet

Scotland confirm Sweden friendly

Scotland boss CraigLevein will take hissquad to Sweden onAugust 11 to play a

friendly in the wake ofScotland’s 1-0 voctury

over the CzechRepublic. INTERNET

Calisto extends spell as Vietnam coach

Portuguese coachHenrique Calisto hasextended his contract

with the Vietnamnational team by three

years.—INTERNET

(FVF) announced onThursday.

FVF vice-presidentNguyen Lan Trung said thenew contract would enableCalisto to continue “tobuild Vietnamese football”.

Calisto initially tookover the job in 2002 andreturned to the post in2008 after a spell incharge of Vietnamese V-League side Dong Tam.Details of his contractwere not publicized butCalisto himself said hissalary was “reasonable”.Vietnamese media re-ported that Calisto wouldreceive a monthly salaryof at least 20,000 dollars(14,600 euros) plus ex-penses including the costof two return flights toPortugal per year.

Internet

Holden facing World Cupagony after leg fracture

Tottenham Hotspur’sGareth Bale vies with

Bolton Wanderers’American midfielderStuart Holden (left)during their FA Cupmatch at White HartLane in London in

February 2010.INTERNET

ton manager Owen Coylesaid the midfielder hadbroken the fibula in hisright leg and put the re-covery period at sixweeks, although he ad-mitted that could be opti-mistic.

Holden, 24, joinedBolton on January on ashort-term deal that,Coyle confirmed, is nowto be extended until theend of next season. “It’sdisappointing for Stuartbecause he has come intothe team and done ever sowell,” said Coyle.Coyle ishopeful that Holden willbe back in action in timeto ensure he is fully matchfit by the time the UnitedStates open their WorldCup campaign againstEngland in Rustenburg on12 June.—Internet

England’s John Terry.

I’ve got support of Englandteam-mates, says Terry

former partner of Man-chester City left-backBridge.

The fall-out from therevelations was spectacu-lar, with Fabio Capellostripping Terry of theEngland captaincy andBridge deciding he shouldgo into international exileto avoid being in the sameteam as his former friend.After such a traumaticperiod, it was feared Ter-ry’s presence in the squadcould prove divisive anddistracting when the play-ers met up for the Egyptfriendly. But the 29-year-old claims he was ap-proached by several starswho offered him theirbacking in the build-up toWednesday’s 3-1 vic-tory.—Internet

Accused doctor resigns fromCFL’s Toronto Argos

TORONTO , 5 March — A doctor accused of sellingan unapproved drug has resigned as team doctor of theCanadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts. DrAnthony Galea resigned in early February after work-ing for the team since 2003, Argos spokeswoman BethWaldman said on Thursday. She said she doesn’t knowthe reason for the Canadian doctor’s resignation.

“Dr Galea resigned as our team doctor so we’reno longer associated with him,” Waldman said. Galeais facing four charges in Canada related to the drugknown as Actovegin. The drug is extracted fromcalf’s blood and used for healing. Galea’s assistantalso has been charged in the US for having HGHand another drug while crossing the border in Sep-tember.—Internet

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MRTV-3Programme Schedule(6-3-2010) (Saturday)

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, Light rain has beenisolated in Kachin State and upper Sagaing Division,weather has been partly cloudy in Rakhine State, Yangonand Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Day temperatures were (3 °C) to (4°C) above Marchaverage temperatures in Shan State, upper Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions, (5°C) above March average temperatures inKachin State and lower Sagaing Division and about Marchaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant day temperatures were Chauk (41°C) andMinbu (40°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Machanbaw (0.20) inch and Putao (0.12) inch.

Maximum temperature on 4-3-2010 was 97°F.Minimum temperature on 5-3-2010 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-3-2010 was 76%.Total sun shine hours on 4-3-2010 was (8.7) hours approx.

Rainfall on 5-3-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southeast at (21:30) hours MST on 4-3-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 6th March 2010:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin and ChinStates, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and weatherwill be generally fair in the remaining areas. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of

continuation of rain in the Northern Myanmar areas.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

6-3- 2010: Fair weather.Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for

6-3- 2010: Partly cloudy.Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for

6-3- 2010: Fair weather.Weather outlook for second weekend of March 2010:

During the coming weekend, weather will be fair in Nay PyiTaw, Yangon and Mandalay Divisions.

Friday, 5th March, 2010

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7th Waning of Taboung 1371 ME Saturday, 6 March, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ★ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

YANGON, 5 March— The opening cer-

Myanmar Industrial Exhibition-2010 opensemony of Myanmar In-dustrial Exhibit ion-

2010, organized byMyanmar Industries As-

sociation, took place atTatmadaw Convention

Hall on U Wisara Roadhere this morning.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander ofYangon CommandMaj-Gen Win Myint, thepresident of the Unionof Myanmar Federationof Chambers ofCommerce and Industryand the chairmanof Myanmar IndustriesAssociation formallyopened the exhibition.

Next, Lt-GenMyint Swe of theMinistry of Defence un-veiled the signboard of theexhibition and visitedthe booths displayed at theexhibition.

MNA

YANGON,5March—The trials for Davis Cupby BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group IVfor 2010 to be held inAmman of Jordan from19 to 26 April 2010 willbe held at Theinbyu Ten-

Trials for Davis Cup 2010

nis Court at 9 am on 12March.

The players mayenlist at Myanmar Ten-n is Federa t ion a tTheinbyu Tennis Courtat 3 pm on 11 March.

Four players

among the candidateswill be chosen as thetentat ively selectedplayers and they willbe undergone trainingfrom 15 March to 15April.

MNA

Fire drill rehearsed at BayintnaungMarket in Myawady

YANGON, 5March—Afire drill was held atBayintnaung Market ofMyawady Township De-velopment Affairs Com-mittee in Kayin State on 2March.

Altogether 60 mem-bers of Auxiliary Fire Bri-gade and members ofTownship Fire Brigade ac-tively participated in thefire drill with the use ofone fire engine, eight wa-

ter bowsers and two waterpumps of Township FireBrigade and TownshipDAC under thesupervisions of local au-thorities and townshiplevel officials.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence unveils signboard of Myanmar Industrial Exhibition-2010.—MNA

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