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Volume XIX, Number 305 13th Waning of Tabodwe 1373 ME Monday, 20 February, 2012

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Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

President U Thein Sein attends concluding of summer paddyPresident U Thein Sein attends concluding of summer paddycultivation on 369-acre farmland in Pyinmana Townshipcultivation on 369-acre farmland in Pyinmana Township

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar U Thein Seinattended the concluding of summerpaddy cultivation on 369-acrefarmland in Alyinlo Village,Pyinmana Township, Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area this morning.

It was also attended by UnionMinister for Information and forCulture U Kyaw Hsan, UnionMinister for Agriculture andIrrigation U Myint Hlaing, UnionMinister for Cooperatives and forLivestock and Fisheries U OhnMyint, Deputy Minister forCommerce Dr Pwint Hsan, Nay PyiTaw Council Member U MyintShwe, Pyithu Hluttaw and AmyothaHluttaw representatives,departmental heads, President U WinAung of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambersof Commerce and Industry, Vice-President of the federation U HlaMaung Shwe, Chairman U ChitKhaing of Myanmar Rice IndustryAssociation, vice-chairmen andexecutives of the association,Chairman of Central CooperativesAssociation U Khin Maung Aye,CEOs of rice dealing companies,farmers and locals.

Union Minister U MyintHlaing explained cultivation ofPalethwe hybrid rice plants on 369-acre farmland owned by farmers of

Alyinlo Village. General Secretaryof Myanmar Rice IndustryAssociation Director of AyeyaHintha Co explained strong marketpotential of Palethwe hybrid paddy,and prepaid purchase of rice fromfarmers and construction of modernrice mill in Nay Pyi Taw. Two localfarmers reported on assistance ofthe government for agriculturaldevelopment.

The President said it isencouraging to see activecontribution of Agriculture andIrrigation Ministry, relatedministries, Myanmar Rice IndustryAssociation and rice dealingcompanies for agriculturaldevelopment of the country.Myanmar is still an agro-basednation. Although industrializationalone can ensure modernization,the nation still has to rely onagriculture for the meantime.Changes are needed for develop-ment of agricultural sector as theold conventional methods wouldnot produce the better results.

The President emphasizedthat it needs to change our mindfirst and better changes will occurin consequence. In the past,Myanmar was the biggest riceexporter in Asia but now it exportsa small volume. Thailand andVietnam which are smaller than ourcountry in size are exporting sheer

quantity of rice which is gainingpopularity in international marketthanks to their superior quality. Ourcountry has moderate climate,blessed with water resources andfertile soil. It needs to take actionsfor exportation of rice apart from

food sufficiency.Sufficiency of food, clothing

and shelter are important for the lifeof an individual. Clothing andshelter are not matters of dailyconcern but food is. Now, the worldpopulation has hit 7000 million,but the size of the world remainsunchanged, calling for two to threetimes increased production of foodfor growing population.

He stressed the need ofmaterial change in addition tospiritual change. It is difficult tomeasure the exact area of farmlandacross the nation because of theirdifferent shapes. It needs actions forfarmland reforms for agriculturaldevelopment. In so doing, it needsto pave production road andirrigation canals are to be dug onboth sides of the production road sothat irrigation water can be providedto the farmlands. Only standardizedfarmlands are reclaimed beside theproduction road, can themeasurement of farmland beaccurate and cultivation can be madeeasily with farming equipment.

To remedy scarcity of farm

workers, it is needed to transforminto mechanized farming, thePresident said. Conventionalcultivation and harvesting by manpower cost much with relativelygreater wastage, he said. With thewastage of six baskets per acre, it isa great deal for 17 million acres ofthe entire country, he pointed out.Cultivation and harvesting bymachines reduce the cost by halfand give pure paddy with lesswastage, he went on.

The President underscoredthe need to sow quality paddystrains. While some countries areyielding 200 baskets per acre, thenation still have to content with theyield of about 60 or 70 baskets peracre on average, he said. Hehighlighted the importance ofgrowing hybrid paddy, with higheryield, better taste and wider foreignmarket. Only with the change inattitude, land reform,transformation to mechanizedfarming and growing high-yieldquality strains, will the agriculturalsector be developed, he said.

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President U Thein Sein views paddy nurseries for the 100-acre advanced mechanizedfarm in Tegyigon Region in Zabuthiri Township.—MNA

The concluding of summer paddy cultivation on 369-acre farmland in Alyinlo Village,Pyinmana Township in progress.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 20 February, 2012

PERSPECTIVESMonday, 20 February, 2012

A simple and perfect exerciseNormally, jogging is running slowly which

is beneficial especially to older people as runningfor long hours may hurt their joints. Jogging, infact, is an exercise whose benefits are far morethan the financial cost.

Another advantage for senior citizens isthat jogging needs lesser efforts when comparedwith running. It is really simple and most suitablefor many especially the deskbound people.

Regular jogging can make the heart stronger,control body weight, build stamina, decreasestress, and decelerate aging. Although it usesenergy and needs efforts, jogging can make peoplefeel physically vigilant and can keep their spiritup in their daily work.

As muscles are using more oxygen whilerunning slowly and steadily, jogging improvesstrength or endurance. Better endurance isattained when the lungs are able to take in moreoxygen for the blood to pump.

Apart from keeping mental problemsincluding anxiety, depression and stress at bay,jogging can also prevent dreadful syndromes as

diabetes, hypertension and heart attack andalso obesity which actually is their source.

A comprehensive knowledge of jogging isthat it has the power of significantly reducingstress and clearing worries. As jogging orrunning relieves stress which is one of the causesof cancers, some research report even say thatit can prevent cancer risks mainly breast cancer.Other cancer risks like lung cancer, ovariancancer and prostate cancer can also be reducedthrough jogging.

So, nothing in this world will be morebeneficial for us than refreshing ourselves witha revitalizing jogging in the morning or evening.

Union Information and Culture Minister addresses21st Anniversary of IPRD and awards outstanding staff

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Information and Public RelationsDepartment of the Ministry of Information celebrated its21st Anniversary at the auditorium of the Ministry ofInformation here today, with an address by UnionInformation and Culture Minister U Kyaw Hsan.

Also present on the occasion were Deputy InformationMinister U Soe Win, Deputy Culture Minister Daw SandaKhin, directors-general, managing directors and officials ofthe two ministries, deputy directors and assistant directorsfrom region and state Information and Public RelationsDepartments, award winners of Dohkyaeywa Journal shortstories contest and staff.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister U KyawHsan urged the staff to serve the interests of the nation,department concerned with a refreshed mind and renewedenergy. He said staff are to review the weakness and strengthof the old year, to stimulate the strengths and to reduce theweaknesses. They are to seek both for self-improvementand development of the department through faircompetition.

UnionInformation

andCultureMinisterU Kyaw

Hsanawards

StaffOfficer

Daw AyeMya Mon

ofInformationand PublicRelations

Departmentof the

Ministry ofInformation.

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Union Informationand Culture Minister

U Kyaw Hsandelivering an addressat 21st Anniversary ofthe Information and

Public RelationsDepartment.

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Muse gets new libraryNAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Pinnya Beikman Library was

opened in Namoum village of Muse Township in MuseDistrict in Shan State (North) on 12 February.

The deputy commissioner of Muse District, the staffofficer of Muse District Information and Public RelationsDepartment and the administrator of Namoum village formallyopened the library.

An official presented K 1 million funded by thegovernment to the library and wellwishers donated cash tothe library which was built with the fund of above 2.9million.—MNA

He added that it was encouraging that intra-departmentcompetitions were held last year. He cheered up the awardwinners and called for further efforts in the years to come.He said that the ministry would also encourage theimprovement-seeking competition in connection with theworks of the ministry.

He continued that the government now is buildingnew democratic nation and striving for nationaldevelopment as aspired the people, socio-economicdevelopment of each and every family, lawful and freelivelihood of the public and stability of all the regionsacross the nation.

However, he went on that the road to these goals is notpaved with flowers but with a lot of thorns left by internaland external elements. So, all the staff are to activelycooperate with nationalistic will to realize the objectivesof the government, serving the interests of the entire people.

The overall analysis of the works of the Informationand Public Relations Department in 2011-2012 fiscal yearshowed satisfactory results as the department had tried its

organizations, and staff of the Information and PublicRelations Department. He called for improvement in bothform and essence of Dohkyaeywa Journal.

He repeated the objectives of the IPRD for 2012 year,which are, to safeguard the constitution with the help ofmedia; to strive utmost for establishment of modern,developed, discipline-flourishing democratic nation withthe use of media; to cooperate with Myanmar Librariesfoundation for sustainable development of self-reliantrural libraries; to disseminate political, economic,education, health, and agricultural knowledge to ruralfolks through far-and-wide distribution of DohkyaeywaJournal; to assist every village to have access to newspaper,MRTV and radio programmes; district and township IPRDsare to inform policies and measures of the government andreport the feedback of the public; to enhance administrative,coordination and public relations skills of the staff; to helprural socio-economic development scheme succeed; to focuson agricultural and livestock farming for welfare of the staff.

In conclusion, he urged the staff to keep on working hardfor the accomplishment of objectives of the department andState. He then presented prizes to outstanding civil servantaward winner staff officer Daw Myint Than Oo from LoikawDistrict of Kayah State, Mawlamyine District IPRD whichwon model district IPRD award, and Pinlebu TownshipIPRD which won model township IPRD award.

Next, Deputy Ministers U Soe Win and Daw SandaKhin awarded winners in Dohkyaeywa Journal short storiescontest and outstanding staff. Director-General ofInformation and Public Relations Department U Ye Htutpresented cash assistance to staff of the department, followedby prize-presentation to outstanding staff, trainees andaward winners in photo contest.

After the ceremony, Union Minister U Kyaw Hsancordially greeted the literati and staff and viewed thedocumentary photos and prize-winning photos on display.

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utmost to safeguard theconstitution with the help ofmedia, mobilize the publicwith the use of media forestablishment of modern,developed, discipline-flourishing democraticnation and for sustainabledevelopment of self-reliantrural libraries, said the UnionMinister.

He continued that, ofabove 50,000 libraries havebeen opened till theDecember, 2011, 32582 meetfive-point standard and havebeen successful. He calledfor development of theremaining libraries in 2012-2013 year. He called forcultivation of reading habit,adding that regions and stateswould see 42 reading habitpromotion activities andbook donations in 2012.

He went on thatmeasures for long lifespanof rural libraries are takenwith strength of regionaldepartments concerned,locals, wellwishers and

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Iranian warships enter MediterraneanTEHERAN, 19 Feb— Two

Iranian warships sailedthrough the Suez CanalSaturday into the Mediterra-nean Sea, Iranian navalofficials said. CNN said it isnot clear where the destroyerand supply ship are headed.

Iranian navy Rear AdmHabibollah Sayyari wasquoted by Iran’s semiofficialMehr news agency as saying

“the navy’s 18th fleet will inthe best way carry themessage of peace andfriendship to regionalcountries, and display themight of the country and thesacred system of the IslamicRepublic of Iran.”

Egypt, which hassovereignty over the SuezCanal, is bound by the 1978Camp David Accords, which

guarantee the right of freepassage by ships belongingto Israel and all other nationson the basis of theConstantinople Conventionof 1888, CNN said.

Tensions between Israeland Iran are high amidspeculation Israel could stagea pre-emptive against Iran’ssuspected nuclear weaponsprogramme.—Internet

India’s National Security Guards(NSG) soldiers participate in a

drill during the inauguration ofan NSG Hub in Kolkata, India,

on 18 Feb, 2012. The Indiangovernment has taken initiative toset up regional hubs for IndianNational Security Guards, the

elite commando force, at Mumbai,Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata

after the terrorist attack onMumbai in 2008.

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Israel will make own decision on Iran, saysarmy chief

Israel’s Chief of the IDFGeneral Staff Benny

Gantz.INTERNET

“Israel is the central guarantor of its own security; this isour role as army, the State of Israel should defend itself,”Lieutenant General Benny Gantz told state-owned ChannelOne TV. “We must follow the developments in Iran and itsnuclear project, but in a very broad manner, taking intoaccount what the world is doing, what Iran decided, what wewill do or not do,” he said.

In recent weeks, there has been feverish speculation thatIsrael was getting closer to mounting a pre-emptive strike onIran’s nuclear programme, though Israel has denied reachingsuch a decision. Tensions between Iran and Israel have beensimmering with Iranian warships entering the Mediterraneanthrough the Suez Canal in a show of “might”, a move Israel saidit would closely monitor.

On Wednesday, Iran said it had installed another 3,000centrifuges to increase its uranium enrichment abilities andwas stepping up exploration and processing of uraniumyellowcake. And Israel blamed a recent wave of attackstargeting Israeli diplomats on agents of Teheran, allegationsIran denies.

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JERUSALEM, 19 Feb— Israel will ultimately decree on anIranian strike on its own, its military chief of staff said in aninterview broadcast on Saturday, as a senior US officialarrived for talks on the Islamic Republic.

BANGKOK, 19 Feb—The South Bangkok Criminal CourtSaturday night approved a police request to issue an arrestwarrant of a Middle East man believed to have been involvedin the three bomb explosions in a business district of Bangkokon 17 February, local media INN reported on Sunday.

According to Pol Col Sunthorn Khemaprapa, deputychief of Metropolitan Police Division 5, the suspect, who wasnot yet identified, was charged with illegally assemblingbombs, illegally having explosives in possession, and causingexplosions that hurt other people.

Pol Col Sunthorn said there had not been enough evidenceto confirm whether the fifth suspect was identified asNikkhahfard Javad, who reportedly left the country on 14February.

The camera captured images of the fifth suspect walkingfrom the rented house at Sukhumvit 71’s Soi Pridi Panomyong31 where the first bomb exploded.

Thailand’s Criminal Court on last Thursday issued arrestwarrants for four Iranians on various charges related toTuesday’s Bangkok bomb incidents.—Xinhua

Warrant issued for fifthBangkok bombing suspect

NATO helicopter allegedly crashes inAfghanistan

Saturday but at this momentof time I cannot provide moredetails. “He said moreinformation will be releasedto media when appropriate.

Six American soldierswith the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)were killed when a militaryhelicopter went down insouthern Helmand Provinceon 19 January.

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KABUL, 19 Feb—ANATO helicopter might havefallen down in the eastern partof Afghanistan on Saturday,said a statement mailed toXinhua by the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF).

“We are aware of theclaims that a helicoptercrashed somewhere along theborder region between Kabuland Laghman provincestoday. ISAF officials are

looking into those claims atthis time, however we haveno operational reports toindicate that any ISAF aircrafthave been lost,” the ISAFJoint Command (IJC) said inthe statement.

Meanwhile, an officialwith the Press department ofAfghan Interior Ministry toldXinhua that “A unit of ourpolice reported that a militaryhelicopter crashed in easternLaghman Province on

Turkey: NATOradar data not

sharedANKARA, 19 Feb—Turkey says it will not

share information from a NATO radar installationaimed at Iran with countries that do not belong tothe alliance.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglumade the statement after a meeting on Friday withAnders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary general ofNATO, Voice of America reported. Turkish newsmedia had reported that the United Statesallegedly shared information obtained from theradar installation with Israel, which does notbelong to NATO.

Turkey “will never allow any third countryto use any NATO facility,” Davutoglu said.Rasmussen said all NATO installations areprimarily intended to protect members.

Rasmussen was in Ankara to mark the 60thanniversary of Turkey’s membership in the NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization. The two men alsodiscussed Syria and an upcoming NATO summiton Afghanistan scheduled to be held in May inChicago.—Internet

Talebanfighters attenda surrendering

ceremony inwestern Afghan

province ofHerat, on 18Feb, 2012. A

total 20Talebanfighters

surrenderedhere on

Saturday, aprovincial

police sourcesaid.—XINHUA

Afghan children carry goods while walking in snow covered streets inKabul, capital of Afghanistan on 18 Feb, 2012. Continued freezing

weather, snowfall and cold-related diseases have claimed the lives of 10children in Badakhshan Province, 315 km northeast of Kabul over the

past two days, a local official said on Friday.—XINHUA

15 killed, 21 woundedin suicide bomb attack

in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 19 Feb—At least 15 people were killed

and 21 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on apolice academy in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, anInterior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The attack took place in the afternoon when asuicide bomber blew up his explosive vest at theentrance of the police academy in Palestine Street ineastern Baghdad, the source said on condition ofanonymity.

The powerful blast destroyed several police andcivilian vehicles at the scene, the source said.

The toll could rise as ambulances, police andcivilian cars evacuated the casualties to differenthospitals and medical centers in Baghdad, the sourceadded.

Violence and sporadic high-profile bomb attacksare still common in Iraqi cities despite the sharp decreaseof violence over the past few years.

Xinhua

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Experts delay call on releasingcontroversial H5N1 work

LONDON , 19 Feb —Experts have delayed adecision on whethercontroversial research intothe H5N1 bird flu virusshould be released. It hadbeen looking at how thework could be released whileguarding against its abuseby bioterrorists. But talksat the World HealthOrganization in Genevadecided more discussionswere needed to see if it couldbe possible to publish infull. One of the two journalswhich want to publish hasalready agreed to wait fortalks to be complete.

Research into the H5N1 virus has to be carried out inhighly controlled conditions.— INTERNET

The controversy iscentred on two research papers—one of which was submitted

to Science, the other to anotherleading journal, Nature, lastyear. They showed that theH5N1 virus could relativelyeasily mutate into a form thatcould spread rapidly amongthe human population. Thestudies prompted the USNational Security AdvisoryBoard for Biotechnology(NSABB) to ask both journalslast November to redact somesensitive parts of the research,which it believed could be usedby terrorists to develop sucha virus.—Internet

PIP implants: Over 2,800 referred for NHS careLONDON , 19 Feb — More

than 2,800 women withprivately fitted PIP breastimplants have been referredto the NHS in England,according to governmentfigures.

These are women whoseprivate clinics have eitherrefused to remove theimplants, or whose clinic nolonger exists. More than 1,100women have had theirimplants scanned. Only a smallnumber have decided to havethem removed so far.

The NHS is acting as a“last resort” for women with

privately fitted PIP implants.If there is a medical need,

which includes distress, andthe patient cannot receive anoperation from their private

company, the NHS will stepin to remove, but notreplace, the implant.Figures from theDepartment of Health showthat 455 of the 2,860 womenreferred have decided notto have PIP implantsremoved by the NHS aftermeeting a specialist.

Sixty seven havedecided to have themremoved, and 12 of theseoperations have taken placeso far.

Women who had PIPimplants fitted by the NHSwill have them removed andreplaced by the healthservice. Figures show 741women had implants fittedby the NHS, largely forreconstruction after breastcancer.

Doctors have contact653 of the patients, 17 havedecided to have theoperation and one had beencompleted so far.

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The implants were manufactured by the Frenchcompany Poly Implant Prothese (PIP).— INTERNET

Woman dies after contracting Legionnaires’ diseasefrom dentist’s office

ROME , 19 Feb — An 82-year-old Italian woman died aftershe contracted Legionnaires’ disease, a severe, pneumonia-like illness, from the water in her dentist’s office, according toa case report published in the journal The Lancet. Scientists

who determined the source of the woman’s illness, whichoccurred in February 2011, said during the disease’s incubationperiod the woman only left her home twice to visit her dentist.When they tested the water in both places, they discovered thebacteria that causes Legionnaires’ in the dentist’s water line.

Water lines carry water from the main water supply tocertain devices used during patient care. While the authorswrote the most common sources of infection are airconditioning systems, hot water systems, spas and fountains,a recent study found dental water lines to be another majorsource of contamination with Legionella bacteria. Legionellapneumophila is the bacterial strain that causes Legionnaires’disease. “However, as far as we are aware, no case ofLegionnaires’ disease has been associated with this sourceof infection,” added the authors, led by Maria Luisa Ricci ofthe Italian National Health Service. While it was not clear whatkind of water line standards were in place in Italy, in the US,the American Dental Association (ADA) said infection controlstandards are very stringent in order to prevent cases like theone in Italy from happening. —Internet

Doctors on Friday reported the first known case ofLegionnaire’s disease, a rare infection usually linked tofaulty air conditioning and hot-water systems, that was

caused by a visit to the dentist.— INTERNET

London Metal Exchange gets“good number”

of first-round bidsLONDON, 19 Feb — The London Metal Exchange

(LME) has received a good number of first-round bids forthe 130-year-old bourse, the world’s largest metals marketplace, an LME spokesman said on Friday. Separate sourcesfamiliar with the situation said the list includes NYSE/Euronext. Around half of the 15 or so parties that hadshown interest in the LME had made initial offers.“Everything is on track with a good number of bids for theboard to consider next week,” an LME spokesman said.

The LME board meets on 23 February The FinancialTimes newspaper reported that the CME Group had alsomade an offer. The CME declined to comment. Sourcessaid potential suitor Deutsche Boerse had decided not tobid and that the London Stock Exchange was also unlikelyto make an offer. NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Boerse and theLSE declined to comment. European antitrust regulatorsscotched an attempt by Deutsche Boerse to buy NYSEEuronext earlier this month on concern it would create adominant player in European listed derivatives.—Internet

Men walk past the London Metal Exchange (LME) inLondon.— INTERNET

Iceland debt ‘safe to invest’ after ratingsupgrade

LONDON , 19 Feb —Iceland is safe to invest inagain, according to Fitch,which has upgraded itscredit rating three years afterits economy spectacularlycollapsed. Fitch raisedIceland’s sovereign ratingby one notch, to BBB- fromBB+, meaning that thecountry’s debt is now“investment grade”.Iceland’s economyimploded under a mountainof debt in 2008, forcing anInternational MonetaryFund bailout. Since then,the debts of its neighbourshave sparked a crisis in theeurozone.

Fitch said the decision“reflects the progress that hasbeen made in restoringmacroeconomic stability,pushing ahead with structuralreform and rebuildingsovereign creditworthiness”.In 2008, its three banks failedunder their enormous foreigndebt, which at one point waslarger than the Icelandiceconomy. The value of theIcelandic krona plunged,which made its exports morecompetitive. The newgovernment of 2009 wasallowed to carry on borrowingand spending for another yearbefore spending cuts kickedin. That is in contrast to the

Fishing products makeup 70% of Iceland’sexports.— INTERNET

austerity measures that havebeen imposed on Greece,Portugal and the Irish Republicsince their respective bailouts.All those countries share theeuro and so cannot devaluetheir currencies. Last month,Fitch downgraded fiveeurozone countries, includingItaly and Spain, citing

financial weakness during thedebt crisis. Standard & Poor’sagency had downgraded nineeurozone economies,including France. AndMoody’s this week put theUK on “negative outlook”,implying a 30% chance oflosing its AAA credit ratingwithin 18 months.—Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 19Feb— Former Google CEOEric Schmidt plans to sellup to 2.4 million shares ofstock currently worthnearly $1.5 billion. Schmidt,now Google’s executivechairman, intends tostagger the sales of thestock over a one-yearperiod. Google disclosed

Ex-Google CEO Schmidt to sell up to 2.4mshares

Schmidt’s plans in a Fridayregulatory filing. Thecompany said Schmidt, 56, istrying to raise some moneyand diversify his investmentportfolio.

If all 2.4 million shares ofstock are sold, that will reduceSchmidt’s stake in Google Incfrom 2.8 percent to 2.1 percent.Schmidt’s decision to sell

some of his shares comes 10months after he ended his 10-year stint as Google’s CEOand turned the job over to oneof the Internet search leader’sco-founders, Larry Page. Pageand co-founder Sergey Brinfiled plans to sell 5 millionGoogle shares apiece in 2010.Those sales are scheduled tobe completed in 2015.

Together, Page, Brin andSchmidt hold the majority ofshareholder voting power atGoogle. They will retain thatcontrol even after they reducetheir stakes. All three havebeen billionaires since Googlewent public in 2004. Googleshares fell $1.88 Friday to closeat $604.64. The companydisclosed Schmidt’s plans tolower his holdings after thestock market closed. Theshares fell 44 cents afterhours.— Internet

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Violent videogame boosts vision in some adultsVANCOUVER , 19 Feb —

Playing a videogame thatinvolves shooting enemieson a battlefield has helpedsome adults who were bornwith a rare eye disorderimprove their vision laterin life, scientists said onFriday. The research showsthat some sensory abilitiesthat may seem permanentlyimpaired can be improvedin adulthood, according tolead investigator DaphneMaurer of McMasterUniversity in Canada.Maurer and colleagues

Electronic Arts (EA) employee’s demonstrate the“Medal of Honor” game at an expo in 2010.

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followed children born witha rare cataract disorder in botheyes that required surgery andcorrective contacts. All weredeprived of normal vision asinfants between three and 10months.

As these children grewto adults, their visionimproved but never reached20/20, and they showed somedeficits in face perception,sharpness, direction ofmotion, peripheral andbinocular vision. Sinceprevious research on peoplewith certain eye disorders had

shown improvements afterplaying a type of videogameknown as a first-personshooter, in which the playerwields a gun and blows upfoes, Maurer decided to try iton her subjects.

Six patients between theages of 19 and 31 were trackedfor a period of one month, inwhich they played theElectronic Arts (EA)videogame “Medal ofHonor” for a total of 40 hours— no more than two hours aday, five days a week.

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Shrimpmoves

along aproduction

line at afrozen

seafoodcompany in

2010.INTERNET

Tiny shrimp leave giantcarbon footprint: scientist

WASHINGTON , 19 Feb — Measured by environmentalimpact, a humble shrimp cocktail could be the most costlypart of a typical restaurant meal, scientists said on Friday. Ifthe seafood is produced on a typical Asian fish farm, a 100-gram (3.5 ounce) serving “has an ecosystem carbon footprintof an astounding 198 kilograms (436 pounds) of CO2,”biologist J Boone Kauffman said. A one-pound (454-gram)bag of frozen shrimp produces one ton of carbon dioxide, saidKauffman, who is based at Oregon State University andconducts research in Indonesia.

He told a meeting of the American Association for theAdvancement of Science that he developed the comparisonto help the public understand the environmental impact ofland use decisions. Kauffman said 50 to 60 percent of shrimp

Tasmanian devils’ killer diseasegenome mapped

LONDON , 19 Feb — Researchers have sequenced thegenome of the killer disease that is driving the remainingwild populations of Tasmanian devils towards extinction.They hope the genetic data will offer clues on how tosuppress the spread of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD),which is transmitted via biting. Since DFTD was firstrecorded in 1996, populations in some areas are estimatedto have declined by up to 90%. Details of the research havebeen published in the journal Cell.

DFTD refers to a fatal condition that is characterisedby the appearance of facial tumours. As these develop intolarge cancerous growths, the animal finds it hard to eat. Asit becomes weaker, it is unable to compete with otheranimals for food. Researchers say that affected animalsappear to die within three to five months of the lesions firstappearing.—Internet

The contagious cancer hasled to the devil populationdeclining by up to 90% in

some areas. INTERNET

farms are located in tidal zones in Asian countries, mostlyon cleared mangrove forests. “The carbon footprint of theshrimp from this land use is about 10-fold greater than theland use carbon footprint of an equivalent amount of beefproduced from a pasture formed from a tropical rainforest,”wrote Kauffman in a paper released to AFP, not includingemissions from farm development, feeds, supplements,processing, storing and shipping.—Internet

Google cookies ‘bypassedSafari privacy protection’WASHINGTON , 19 Feb — Google has been accused of

bypassing the privacy settings of users of the Safari web-browser. The Wall Street Journal said Google and othercompanies had worked around privacy settings designedto restrict cookies. Cookies are small text files stored bybrowsers which can record information about online activity,and help some online services work.

However Google says the story “mischaracterises”what happened. Advertisers can use cookies to track onlinebehaviour, helping them to target the commercials theyshow to internet users. Some think this use of cookieserodes online privacy. In May, European Union laws aredue to come into force which will restrict the use ofadvertising cookies. But cookies are also essential to someweb services like those Google offers.

The Safari browser is produced by Apple, and is thebrowser used by the iPhone. By default Safari only allowscookies to be stored by the web page a user is visiting, notfrom third parties such as advertisers. However, StanfordUniversity researcher Jonathan Mayer found that advertiserswere still able to store cookies on the computers of Internetusers browsing with Safari.—Internet

Google says it has now started removing theadvertising cookies in question from Safari

browsers.— INTERNET

Dutch researchers invent a process to turnplants into plastics

conversion cheaply andefficiently is. The newtechnology uses a new type ofiron nanoparticle catalyst tosynthesize ethylene andpropylene, the basiccomponents of most modernplastics, from plant material.

This means that just abouteverything we use with plasticin our daily lives, from cars topaint, could one day comefrom a 100% renewablesource. And since the processuses waste products such asbranches and grass clippings,this new method of makingplastic doesn’t need tocompete with the food supplyfor acreage.

Will the new processsave the planet? Orwind up destroying

it?.— INTERNET

The innovation isn’t allgood news, however — ithas its share ofenvironmental critics.Converting biomass toplastic means you’recreating a new non-biodegradable product,potentially adding tolandfills if people don’trecycle. Further, there’sconcern that companies maybe tempted to razeendangered-animal-filledrainforests for the purposesof gathering more biomassand creating new fast-growing grass fields forharvest.

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AMSTERDAM , 19 Feb — Itshould come as no surprise tolearn that the world is overreliant on petroleum, from thegas we put in cars to the plasticbags we take groceries homein. We’re still trying to figureout how to make electric carspopular, but scientists at

Utrecht University in theNetherlands may have solvedthe plastic bag half of theproblem, creating aninnovative new process thatturns plant material to plastic.

Being able to convertplants to plastic isn’t new, butthe ability to make the

Microsoft rolls out a dramaticallydifferent logo for Windows 8

NEW YORK, 19 Feb —Announced on Microsoft’sThe Windows Blog earliertoday, the software companyhas officially announced theredesigned logo for Windows8 after it was leaked on aChinese site on Monday.While the colour scheme isdifferent than the leakedversion, the design isdefinitely the same. Designedto emulate the Metro style ofWindows 8, the monochro-matic logo is much simplerthan the Windows 7 logowhich was previously

mistaken for a flag accordingto the blog.

As explained by SamuelMoreau, the User ExperienceDirector at Microsoft, hestates “We wanted the newlogo to be both modern andclassic by echoing theInternational TypographicStyle (or Swiss design) thathas been a great influence onour Metro style designphilosophy. Using bold flatcolours and clean lines andshapes, the new logo has thecharacteristics of way-finding design systems seen

in airports and subways.”Moreau continues “It wasimportant that the new logocarries our Metro principle ofbeing “AuthenticallyDigital”. By that, we mean itdoes not try to emulate faux-industrial designcharacteristics such as

materiality (glass, wood,plastic, etc.). It has motion– aligning with the fast andfluid style you’ll findthroughout Windows 8.Our final goal was for thenew logo to be humble, yetconfident. Welcoming youin with a slight tilt inperspective and when youchange your colour, thelogo changes to reflect you.It is a “Personal” Computerafter all.”

The logo most closelyresembles the Windows 1.0logo released inconjunction with the firstversion of the operatingsystem during 1985.

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Japaneseemperor’s

heartsurgery

successful

Japanese EmperorAkihito’

Chinese VP arrives in IrelandBEIJING, 19 Feb— Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has

arrived in Shannon, a scenic city in Ireland for a three-dayvisit.

In a written statement delivered at the airport, Xi Jinpingsaid his visit aims to strengthen bilateral relations.

He added that over the past 33 years since China andIreland established diplomatic ties relations have progressedsmoothly on the basis of mutual respect setting an exampleof friendly co-existence between countries different in sizesocial systems and cultural traditions.

Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Irish PresidentMichael Higgins and hold talks with Prime Minister EndaKenny.—Xinhua

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and Ireland’sDPM Eamon Gilmore (C) meets with a bagpiper during

a visit to Bunratty Castle, Ireland.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 19 Feb—Japanese EmperorAkihito’s heart bypasssurgery operated onSaturday was successful,according to the ImperialHousehold Agency.

The coronary-arterybypass surgery was aimedto improve the life qualityfor the 78-year-oldemperor, according to hisdoctors.

The surgery wasconducted by a team ofdoctors from theUniversity of TokyoHospital and JuntendoUniversity Hospital. Theemperor entered thehospital on Fridaymorning and is expectedto be able to leave hospitalin two weeks.

The emperor wasearlier diagnosed withangina after an angiogramperformed last Saturday.

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Obama: ‘Big opportunity’ for US economyEVERETT, 19 Feb— US

President Barack Obama saidSaturday “we have a bigopportunity right now” tobuild the economy andimprove economic securityfor the middle class.

In his weekly radio andInternet address — tapedFriday at the Boeing Co plantin Everett, Wash. — thepresident called the aviationgiant’s Dreamliner “a greatexample of how we can bringjobs and manufacturing backto America.”

Obama said joboutsourcing and technologythat has “made businessesmore efficient and productive”has also resulted in the loss ofjobs that “provided a decentliving” for US families. “Andthe hard truth is that a lot ofthose jobs aren’t comingback,” he said.

“But that doesn’t meanwe have to settle for a lesserfuture,” the President said.

“I don’t accept that idea.In America, there’s alwayssomething we can do to createnew jobs and newmanufacturing and new

security for the middle class.In America, we don’t give up,we get up.”

The President noted USbusinesses have added 3.7million new jobs during thepast 23 months, “andmanufacturers are hiring forthe first time since the1990s.”

“It’s now getting moreexpensive to do business inplaces like China,” he said.“Meanwhile, America is

more productive than ever.“We have a big

opportunity right now tobuild not only an economythat will help us succeedtoday, but an economy thatwill help our kids and theirkids succeed tomorrow. Weknow what we need to do.We need to strengthenAmerican manufacturing.

We need to invest inAmerican-made energy andnew skills for American

USPresidentBarackObamaspeaks

toBoeingCo em-ployees

inEverett,Wash,on 17Feb,2012.

INTERNET

Former Chinesepresident’s

works publishedin foreignlanguages

BEIJING, 19 Feb— Thesecond volume of the selectedworks by former Chinesepresident Jiang Zemin hasbeen published in five foreignlanguages by China’s ForeignLanguages Press.

Versions in English,French, Russian, Spanish andJapanese, translated by theCommunist Party of China(CPC) Central Compilationand Translation Bureau, arenow available. The secondvolume included Jiang’simportant works from 12 Sept,1997, to 1 Feb, 2000. TheChinese version of Jiang’sworks has already beenpublished by China’s People’sPublishing House in 2006.

Foreign versions of thefirst volume of the three-volume works were publishedin February 2010, and the lastvolume will be released later.

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workers.And above all, we need

to renew the values that havealways made this countrygreat: Hard work. Fair play.Shared responsibility.”

The President repeatedhis argument for eliminatingtax breaks for companies foroutsourcing jobs and calledfor tax breaks formanufacturers “who set upshop here at home.”

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Cameron, Sarkozy enjoy friendly summitPARIS, 19 Feb—British

Prime Minister DavidCameron and FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozysigned a nuclear poweragreement Friday at a friendlysummit in Paris.

Cameron even gave whatappeared to be close to anendorsement of Sarkozy inthe upcoming Frenchpresidential election, TheIndependent reported. Themost recent polls showSarkozy running behindSocialist Francoise Hollande.

“I think that he has donegreat things for his country,”Cameron said at a newsconference with a smilingSarkozy. “I wish my friendwell in the battle that liesahead.”

Cameron, however,suggested his support mightdo Sarkozy more harm thangood with French voters. Thesummit was postponed from

Sanctions decrease Dubai -Iran trade“day by day”

DUBAI, 19 Feb— Export volumes fromDubai to Iran, one of the sheikhdom’s largestmarket abroad, face major setback due to thelatest UN, US and EU sanctions, the AbuDhabi-based The National reported Saturday.

The daily quotes Hamad Buamim,Director General of the Dubai Chamber ofCommerce and Industry, as saying that exportsfrom Dubai to Iran were shrinking “day byday.” Dubai has the largest container port inthe Middle East, the Jebel Ali Free port, in thewest of the emirates, which is considered thegateway to global goods for Iran.

Buamim added that the UN sanctionsagainst Iran from last June and the latestsanctions imposed by Washington andBrussels are in certain aspects “not veryclear,” which puts additional uncertainty toexport companies.

In the first half 2011, re-exports from the

FrenchPresidentNicolas

Sarkozy (L)greetsBritishPrime

MinisterDavid

Cameron atthe ElyseePalace .INTERNET

November, when France andBritain were divided bydisagreements over Europeaneconomic policy.

The agreements signedFriday include one involvingthe French nuclear powercompany Areva. That pact isexpected to create hundredsof British jobs. The leadersalso signed a letter of intent

for development of a moreadvanced military drone andagreed to move more quicklyon a joint military commandand control centre. Sarkozyand Cameron also said thatfuture defence cooperationwill involve nuclear equipment,including joint nuclearsubmarine patrols.

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Iran surgedby 36 percent from the same period a yearearlier to 19.5 billion Dirham (about 5.3billion US dollars), according to figuresprovided by the UAE Customs Authority.

A major problem for Iran-oriented tradefirms is financing. The UAE Central Banktold local banks in the country to stopfinancing trade with Teheran, and firmscomplain letters of credit are not issued anymore, even for food and medical goods whichare exempted from sanctions.

According to the report, the total valueof Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industrymembers’ global exports and re-exportsincreased by 4.7 percent in January 2012compared to the same month last year. “Butthe percentage rise is smaller than the 15percent rise in members’ exports for all of lastyear.”—Xinhua

HONG KONG, 19 Feb—An earthquake measuring 5.3on the Richter scale joltedTonga at 19:15:22 GMT on

5.3-magnitude quake hits TongaSaturday , the U S GeologicalSurvey said.

The epicenter, with adepth of 34.10 km, was initially

determined to be at 20.9759degrees south latitude and173.4972 degrees westlongitude.—Xinhua

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Thanlwin River-spanning Bridge (Mawlamyine) makes the entirenation accessible to southern-most part of Myanmar

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—DeputyMinister for Border Affairs Maj-Gen ZawWin and Deputy Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement U Phone Swetogether with Kachin State ministers, PyithuHluttaw representative U Tun Tun, AmyothaHluttaw representatives U San Tun and UKhat Htein Nan, Secretary U Sit Myaing ofMyanmar National Human RightsCommission, officials of the UN agenciesand social organizations and well-wishersmet displaced national races families livingin Myoma Baptist Church, OriginationBaptist, Lawpaw Baptist and Lawpaw AGtransit camps at Myoma Baptist Church inWard No. 2 in Waingmaw Township, KachinState on 15 February.

Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Zaw Winsaid a series of Union level peace talks arebeing held to have full length of ceasefire andthen ensure eternal peace afterwards. Alongwith negotiation movements, resettlementworks will be carried out at the same time bythe Union government and Kachin Stategovernment in order that national races peopleenjoy higher living standard more than everbefore.

Deputy Minister U Phone Swe noted

Displaced people in WaingmawTownship get assistance

that the State government along with officialsconcerned and donors would reach out tothose in need of socioeconomic life due toconflicts when both sides exchange olivebranch.

The officials set out help programmesand measures necessary for perpetual peace ofthe state. The national people poured outdifficulties they faced and desires.

The deputy ministers and officialspresented Sky Net DTH TVs and accessoriesprovided by the President, cash assistance byBorder Affairs Ministry, SWRR Ministry andMyanmar Gems Entrepreneurs Associationand ration for one month by WFP to the locals.

The deputy ministers and party viewedissuing of citizenship scrutiny cards andhousehold registration certificates (copy) todisplaced people by the Immigration andPopulation Ministry.

On arrival at the transit camps inWaingmaw Township, the deputy ministersand party presented Sky Net DTH TVs andaccessories provided by the President, cashassistance by Border Affairs Ministry, SWRRMinistry and Myanmar Gems EntrepreneursAssociation and ration for one month byWFP to the locals.—MNA

DeputyMinister

forBorderAffairs

Maj-GenZaw Windonatescash tonational

racesfamilies

fromWaing-

mawTownship.

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1. The main bridge is 7699 feet long,the approach bridge onMawlamyine bank is 1624 feet longand on Mottama bank is 2252 feetlong. The motor road is 11575 feetlong in total.

2. The bridge is rail-cum-road facilityand the two-lane motor road is builton rail track.

3. The bridge superstructure is madeof steel truss and reinforced concreteand the foundations are ofreinforced concrete bored piles.

4. It has 328 feet wide and 46 feet highclearance.

5. Construction of the bridge beganon 18 March, 2000 and finished on7, December, 2004. The bridge wascommissioned into service on 5February, 2005.

Facts about the bridge

* Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) is situated on Yangon-Mawlamyine-Kawthoung road.* It lies between Mawlamyine, major town of Mon State and Mottama. It is built near Khaungsay Island where the river flows in torrents causing giant whirlpools.* It is one of the longest bridges in Myanmar and also the first bridge in Myanmar whose bored piles are constructed with caisson type foundation method.* Via Mawlamyine Bridge, one can travel from Kawthoung of Taninthayi Region in the southern-most part of the country to regions and states by car. The bridge has linked

the regions and states, aiding the economic and social development of the nation. Translation: TKK

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President

U Thein Sein

inspects 369-

acre farmland

in Alyinlo

Village,

Pyinmana

Township

Nay Pyi Taw

Council Area.

MNA

President U Thein Sein greeting local farmers at 288-acre advanced plantation in Aungchantha Village,Zabuthiri Township.—MNA

PresidentU Thein Sein

views landreclamation at

288-acremodern farm

inAungchantha

Village,ZabuthiriTownship.

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President U Thein Sein attendsconcluding…

(from page 1)Yearly rice export of the country has yet to reach one

million tons, he went on with figures. He underscored the needto feed future population, saying the world is concerningabout food sufficiency for increasing population and all thenations are taking measures for food security. Thus, thecountry should not be content with conventional agricultureand should initiate reforms, he said.

As the agricultural development gains momentum, theprofits from the sector will be used in the nationalindustrialization, he said. It means building industrial sectorwith agricultural sector as the base, he said. He revealed hisappreciation for concerted efforts for development ofagricultural sector and urged the farmers to achievedevelopment through new ideologies, mindset andprocedures.

President U Thein Sein, Union Minister U Kyaw Hsanand officials presented Palethwe hybrid paddy strains tofarmers from Yangon and Bago Regions who are on theexcursion.

The President and party attended concluding ofPalethwe hybrid paddy cultivation at 369-acre plantation ofAlyinlo village. The President and Union Minister U MyintHlaing presented uniforms to agricultural staff andtransplanters.

The President also visited 288-acre modern farm inAungchantha village in Zabuthiri Township and viewed landreclamation and cultivation of Palethwe hybrid paddy.

Advanced Agriculture Engineering Co Ltd ManagingDirector U Kyi Sein and Myanma Agriculture Service ManagingDirector U Kyaw Win reported the President on progress ofland reclamation and prevention against pests.

The President attended to the needs and greeted thelocal farmers.

The President proceeded to mechanized advanced

100-acre plantation in Tegyigon region of Zabuthiri Townshipand viewed nursery, advanced agricultural machinery andcultivation of four kinds of Palethwe hybrid paddy.

The President met officials of Myanmar Rice IndustryAssociation and agricultural specialized companies anddiscussed matters related to agricultural development andpenetration to foreign markets.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Union Minister forConstruction U Khin Maung Myint met officials at WorksSection of Public Works today. He called for making list ofmachines, vehicles and machinery in a systematic order,maintenance, fire preventive measures and systematic useof them.

The Union minister inspected arrival of a KobelcoBMS 800 crawler crane (80 tons), 25- and 12-ton road rollers,14-ton road rollers with vibrator and bulldozers, totaling 62heavy machinery.—MNA

Union ConstructionMinister inspects arrival of

heavy machinery NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Special Refresher Course forbasic education teachers No.45 was concluded at CentralInstitute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar) yesterdaymorning, with an address by Chairman of Union Civil ServiceBoard U Kyaw Thu.

It was also attended by Deputy Minister for EducationU Aye Kyu, Member of Union Civil Service Board U Soe Ooand personnel, and 1512 trainees.

Speaking on the occasion, UCSB Chairman U KyawThu called for application of student-centred approach,stressing the need of English. He urged teachers to teach

Special Refresher Course No. 45 for basic education teachersconcludes at Central Institute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar)

their students to become morally good ones and to inculcatethem with health and environmental conservationawareness. He called them to monitor the matriculation examto be fair and disciplined without cheating and to strive toovertake the expected 95.5-percent basic literacy rate of theentire nation in 2015. He also urged them to actively participatein basic literacy campaigns for 2012.

The UCSB Chairman awarded outstanding trainees,presented certificates to trainees and cordially greeted thetrainees.

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NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Deputy Minister for BorderAffairs Maj-Gen Zaw Win,Deputy Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement U Phone Swe,Kachin State ministers, PyithuHluttaw Representa-tive UTun Tun, Amyotha HluttawRepresentatives U San Tun andU Khat Htein Nan, Secretary ofMyanmar National HumanRights Commission U SitMyaing, officials of UN

Union CommerceMinister meets

businessmen in Myeik

Dy Ministers Maj-Gen Zaw Win, U Phone Sweconsole displaced families in Bhamo

YANGON, 19 Feb—Union Minister for Commerce U WinMyint met merchants, entrepreneurs, officials andtownselders in Myeik yesterday.

The Union minister said the government is taking stepsfor trade facilitation and liberalization and granting taxexemption on export of six major crops. Imports of newvehicles are also allowed to fine-tune dollar exchange ratesand export earnings, he said.

Export licenses are issued online in Yangon, the unionminister went on. He also urged the entrepreneurs to attemptto acquire FDA certificates for their products. According tothe minister, unnecessary inspection stations were shutdown.

He revealed the ministry’s plan to open MawtaungBorder Trade Station in Taninthayi Region which will beupgraded to Mawtaung Trade Zone in the future.

Taninthayi Region Chief Minister U Myat Ko urgedthe businessmen to lend a helping hand to each others intackling challenges.

Entrepreneurs and officials discussed economicdevelopment and Amyotha Hluttaw Representative U AungWin expressed his thanks for opening Mawtaung BorderTrade Station.

The Union minister visited poultry farms, Myeikarchipelago and met with local merchants.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Border Affairs Maj-Gen Zaw Win donates Sky NetDTH receivers and related accessories, presented by the President, to

displaced national races from Mansi, Momauk, Dawphonyan andWaingmaw Townships.—MNA

displaced families. Followingceasefire nego-tiations,stability prevails in the region,he pointed out. The deputyborder affairs ministerunderscored the govern-ment’s pragmatic measuresfor making eternal peace inthe region, bringing armedconflicts to an end in no time.He also guaranteed thenationality families that theUnion and state governmentswill help them rebuild their

PresidentU Thein

SeininspectsPalethwe

hybridpaddy

strains at369-acre

farmland inAlyinlo

village ofPyinmana

Township inNay Pyi

TawCouncilArea.

(News onpage 1)

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agencies and socialorganizations, and wellwishersmet national people, who fledfrom Mansi, Momauk,Dawphonyan and WaingmawTownships due to regionalinstability, at Nyaungbin wardin Bhamo of Kachin State on16 February evening.

Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Zaw Win said they werethere to add on assistance tothat of the State governmentand NGOs provided to

lives.Deputy Minister U Phone

Swe said the government willhelp recover the national racesfamilies from socio-economiclosses amid the conflicts andpromised to deployresponsible personnel of hisministry to take care ofchildren and disseminatevocation education to womenas long as they took refuge inthe camp.

The Hluttaw representa-tives, the MNHRC secretary,and officials discussedschemes for providing aids tothe relocated families andstability of the state. Sky NetDTH receivers and relatedaccessories presented by thePresident, cash donated bythe two ministries andMyanmar Gems Entre-preneurs Association and foodprovided by World FoodProgramme (WFP) werepresented to national racesfamilies.

They viewed theaccommodation of thefamilies at the camp andconsoled the families.

The Ministry ofImmigration and Populationis issuing citizenship scrutinycards and householdregistration cards (copy) tothe families.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Magway Region Chief MinisterU Phone Maw Shwe on 15 February inspected constructionof new school building and rural dispensary in NgapheTownship.

He inspected development tasks along Ngaphe-Sedoktara-Laungshe-Hsaw district-to-district road,encouraged students learning at basic education primaryschool in Donechaung Village, Sedoktara Township andfulfilled requirements of locals.

On 16 February, the region chief minister met GangawDistrict deputy commissioner and officials concerned atHsaw Township General Administration Department inGangaw District.

He oversaw repair of the creek bridge in Hsaw Township,People’s Hospital in Kyaukhtu Sub-township, bridgeconstruction in Htilin Township and Thanthay creek bridgeon Pakokku-Pauk-Htilin-Gangaw Road and MinywaStation Hospital in Gangaw Township.

He looked into repair of 700-ft-long suspension bridgethat connects east and west of Gangaw and construction oftwo-story annex in district people’s hospital, and metdepartmental officials and locals at Gangaw District GeneralAdministration Department.—MNA

Thanlyin Township FirePrevention Committee

demonstrated a fire drill atMyoma Market in

Thanlyin on 16 February.The township administratorand the executive officer of

township DevelopmentAffairs Committee attended

the event. Members ofTownship Fire Brigade

demonstrated firepreventive and

extinguishing measures.MNA

Magway Region ChiefMinister inspects regional

development tasks

YANGON, 19 Feb—Forever Group Co Ltd introducedChannel-7 and 4 digital new MRTV programmes at NationalMuseum on Myoma School Road, Dagon Township herethis evening, in the presence of officials concerned ofForever Group Co Ltd, officials of journalism field, artistsand distinguished persons.

CEO U Win Maw of Forever Group explained thepurpose to those present, and Forever Co Ltd, SignatureMyanmar Co Ltd, Media Kabar Co Ltd and Forever BEC-Tero gave details about the programmes to be broadcast inthe near future.

With the aim of being able to produce quality MRTVprogrammes in Myanmar, Forever Group cooperates withEBS of the ROK, BEC Tero of Thailand, CCTV of China,DW of Germany, Arirang of the ROK, ABU (Asia BroadcastUnion), AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute of BroadcastingDevelopment).

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Channel-7 new TVprogramme and 4 Digital TV

programmes introduced

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Students

hack school

website to

skip class

Photo taken on 17 Feb,2012 shows the small boat“Huanghe” approachingits mother ship, China’s

icebreaker Xuelong, in theicy waters of Antarctica.

Through three days’ effort,Xuelong finally poved a

waterway for its small boat“Huanghe”, which was

trapped in thick ice afterits transportation mission

to China’s ZhongshanStation. The small boat gotback to Xuelong safe and

sound.—XINHUA

Four arrested for eating endangeredtortoises

BIKITA, (Zimbabwe), 19 Feb—Four Chinese nationals were arrested in Bikita, Zimbabwe,for capturing and killing 40 endangered tortoises for consumption, officials said.

In a joint raid by police, the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and TheSave Valley Conservancy Anti-Poaching Unit, 13 live tortoises were found in the home, keptin steel drums with no water or food.

The BBC reported officials also found tortoise meat and the skeletal remains of 40tortoises.

The acts are in clear violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The four men,who were found to be illegally employed in the country, are being held awaiting deportation,the Zimbabwe Herald reported.

They admitted to authorities they boiled the tortoises alive to separate the meat from theshells.—Internet

LONDON, 19 Feb —Agroup of students hacked theirschool website so theirparents could not find out amessage assuring parentsthat it will remain open despitesnowfall.

The Jewish Free Schoolposted the message on itswebsite after snowfall beganin Harrow, in northwestLondon, on 4 Feb, Daily Mail

reported on Saturday.Just to make sure they

wouldn’t get sent to school,the hackers are then said tohave sent a fake emailpurporting to come from theschool and telling parents thatthe school would be closedbecause of the heavy snow.

The email even provideda link to a cloned version ofthe school’s website.

According to the JewishChronicle many older pupilsstayed away from the schoolon the following Monday,owing to the success of thehack and the spreading of thefake email. The school hasidentified a number of pupilsit believes are behind thewebsite’s hacking and at leastone pupil has beensuspended.—Internet

Li Qiang, a kirigami artist, shows his paper-cuttingwork with the theme of western-style houses inTianjin Municipality, north China, on 17 Feb,

2012. A series of paper-cutting craftworks with thetheme of western-style houses were created by localartists recently, to display the history and culture of

the city.—XINHUA

Police seize $100 million inPCP

Bear bile maker websitehacked

BEIJING, 19 Feb—AChinese bear bile productsmanufacturer’s website washacked on Saturday night,after the company invited thepublic to visit its farm.

The website ofGuizhentang PharmaceuticalCo Ltd was hacked at 9: 30 pmSaturday, one hour after thecompany posted a messageonline welcoming the publicto visit its bear farm onWednesday and Friday,according to a statement bythe company on Sunday.

Technical repairs hadbeen carried out on its websiteand it was functioning asnormal Sunday morning. Thecompany had reported thehacking to the police, thestatement said.

The incident came afteranimal welfare groups andmembers of the publicprotested against an IPO(initial public offering) planby the company, whichmanufactures medicine using

bile extracted from live bears.The China Association

of Traditional ChineseMedicine (TCM) defendedthe company at a Pressconference on Thursdayafternoon, comparing bileextraction operations to“turning on a tap.”

Internet users havediscovered that the companyis a member of theassociation. The annualmembership fee is 5,000 yuan(794 US dollars). Theassociation has sinceadmitted that the companyis a paid-up member.

A day prior to the onlineattack against the bear bilecompany, the TCMassociation website washacked.

Bear bile, a popularingredient in traditionalChinese medicine, is believedto cure liver and eye ailments,remove toxins and eliminatefevers.

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Nepalese woman accusedof witchcraft and burned

aliveKATHMANDU, 19 Feb—A

40-year-old mother of two wasburned alive in central Nepalafter she was accused of beinga witch, police said onSaturday.

Dhegani Mahato wasattacked and set on fire byfamily members and othersafter a shaman allegedlyaccused her of casting a spellto make one of her relativessick, Police Officer Hira ManiBaral said.

The attack occurredFriday in Bagauda in Chitwandistrict, about 80 kilometres(50 miles) southwest of theNepalese capital, Kathmandu,Baral said by telephone.

Police arrested 10 people,including two shamans, fivewomen and an 8-year-oldboy, in connection with theburning.

“Those arrested haveconfessed to their crime and

LOS ANGELES, 19 Feb—About $100 million worth ofPCP was seized in LosAngeles and Culver City, Calif,in a major drug sweep, policesaid.

Authorities uncoveredroughly 10 million individualdoses of PCP at two storagefacilities and other locations,as well as almost $400,000 incash.

Two suspects beingtrailed by the police formonths, Darryl DwayneBurton and Lagina BellHuckaby, were arrestedWednesday in a UPS store in

Culver City for allegedlytrying to ship narcotics.

Burton and Huckabypleaded not guilty Friday tofelony drug charges, the LosAngeles Times reported.

Police say they believeBurton is associated with theBounty Hunter Bloods, a LosAngeles street gang. Whileinvestigators have describedhim as a “major player” in thetrafficking operation, they arestill trying to determinewhether a relationship existsbetween the gang and thedrug operation, thenewspaper said.—Internet

Italian oil tanker to hand over two marineswho shoot dead fishermen: Indian police

An exhibitor shows a volleyball decorated with crystalsat the Asia’s Fashion Jewellery and Accessories Fair inHong Kong, south China, on 18 Feb, 2012. Nearly 400exhibitors from 17 countries and regions attended the

four-day fair, which opened here on Saturday.—XINHUA

NEW DELHI, 19 Feb—The authorities of the Italianoil tanker Enrica LexieNapolie, whose securityguards shot dead two Indian

Two visitors appreciatea painting at a solo inkpainting exhibition ofTaipei painter HuangTsai-sung, at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in

Taipei, southeastChina’s Taiwan, on 18

Feb, 2012. Theexhibition, with the

theme of rurallandscape and

geography, kicked offhere Saturday.

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fishermen on Wednesday,agreed in the early hours ofSunday to hand over by08:00 am local time two ofthe marines on board the

vessel, reported Press Trustof India.

Kochi Police Commis-sioner MR Ajith Kumar madethe announcement aftervisiting the ship Saturdaynight and spoke to theCaptain and crew, said thereport.

After its securityguards shot dead twoIndian fishermen off thecoast of the southern Indianstate Kerala, allegedlymistaking them for pirates,the tanker has beendetained by Indian policeat the southern port city ofKochi for three days.

A case of murder wasregistered by police two daysago and the two marines, ontheir surrender, would bequestioned first beforefurther action was taken, saidthe report quoting policesources. A diplomatic rowbroke out between India andItaly after the incident tookplace.—Xinhua

will be charged with murder,”Baral said.

Mahato had just finishedcleaning a cowshed early inthe morning when she wasattacked, Baral said.

She was beaten withsticks and rocks before beingdoused with kerosene andset a fire, an attack witnessedby her 9-year-old daughter,according to the local policereport.

Neighbours told policethey were alerted to the attackbut by then it was too late tosave her.

Prime Minister BaburamBhattarai appealed to thepeople not to heed to shamansand faith healers.

The governmentannounced 1 million Nepaleserupees (about $14,000) incompensation for Mahato’stwo children.

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Airport police to deploy T3 electricvehicles by April

SINGAPORE, 19 Feb—Thepolice will soon have a newtool to help them maintainsecurity and law enforcementat the airport.

The Airport PoliceDivision is scheduled todeploy T3 Electric Stand-upVehicles by April this year.

Costing S$213,000, the11 clean energy vehicles willbe used by airport policeofficers to patrol the transitarea of the terminal buildings.

The Airport PoliceDivision said with the vehicles,officers can travel across largerareas in shorter time which willallow room for faster response

and flexibility in deployment.No special training is

required as the vehicle is easyto manoeuvre. More than 3,000

T3 Series vehicles have beendeployed in over 30 countriesworldwide.

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T3 electric vehicles.—INTERNET

Two men investigated for making falserobbery reports

SINGAPORE, 19 Feb—Two men are beinginvestigated for making falsepolice reports that they hadbeen robbed.

Police from the ClementiPolice Division said the twomen in their twenties claimedto have been robbed alongPenjuru Road by six unknownmales.

They said the robberytook place on 21 January ataround 3am.

They alleged that one ofthe suspects threatened themwith a knife while the othersuspects surrounded androbbed them of their walletsand mobile phones.

The total value of theitems stolen was aboutS$300.

After extensive enquiriesand follow-up investigations,the two men were found tohave made a false report.

If found guilty, the two

men face a jail term whichmay extend to one year, or befined a maximum of S$5000,or be jailed and fined.

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Drunk pilotreplaced on

Omahaflight

OMAHA, 19 Feb—Aflight from Omaha toMilwaukee was delayedThursday when the pilot,who appeared to be drunk,had to be replaced, airlineofficials said.

The Frontier Airlinesflight, operated byChautauqua Airlines, wasscheduled to leave Omahaat 6 am, but did not leaveEppley Airfield until justbefore 8 am, KETV-TV,Omaha, reported.

Frontier Airlines hasa zero-tolerance policy ondrug and alcohol use byemployees and hadanother pilot brought in tofly the plane, the airlinesaid in a statement.

The flight, whichcarried 29 passengers andthree crew members,arrived safely inMilwaukee at 9:29 am.

Frontier and Chau-tauqua airlines, along withthe Federal AviationAdministration, areinvestigating the incid-ent, KETV said.

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Jockeys compete intraditional camel race duringthe Sheikh Sultan Bin ZayedAl-Nahyan Camel Festival,

held at the Shweihanracecourse, in the outskirts

of Abu Dhabi on 16February, 2012.—INTERNET

Fake Facebook page leadsto arrest

HOUSTON, 19 Feb—AHouston-area man wascharged with a felony aftercreating a fake and degradingFacebook page for his ex-girlfriend, officials said.

Ceasar Saldana, 19, wascharged by the Harris CountyDistrict Attorney’s Officewith online impersonationafter his former girlfrienddiscovered a Facebook pagethat included her name, atopless photograph of her andwhat officials described as a

“lewd user name.”The complaint states the

girl, a high school student,told police she recently endedher relationship with Saldana,did not create the Facebookpage and has been receivingthreats from him via textmessage.

The complaint, filedTuesday, also states Saldanaadmitted to police he createdthe Facebook page and placedthe photograph on it.

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Horses seized from lotterywinner

FRESNO, 19 Feb—FresnoCounty sheriffs said theyfound eight malnourishedhorses on land owned by acouple who won a $40million California Lotteryjackpot.

The owner of the horses,Jose Francisco Romo, wasarrested Wednesday onfelony animal crueltycharges, The Fresno Beereported.

Authorities found 11horses on the property intotal.

Romo signed overownership of all of them tothe Central CaliforniaSociety for the Prevention ofCruelty to Animals, said BethCaffrey, the SPCA’s human

education administrator.Melanie Skadden, a

neighbour of Romo’s, calledthe SPCA after seeing severalunderfed-looking horses onthe property.

She said Romo and hiswife, Trudy, moved to thehome shortly after winningthe lottery in 2001.

Caffrey said the pooreconomy was a reason forpeople mistreating horses,adding the SPCA seized 30that were malnourished ormistreated from farms andranches in California inDecember.

“It’s probably going toget worse,” she said. “That’swhat we’re terrified of.”

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A display for Rolls Royce Trent engines is pictured at theSingapore Airshow in Singapore on 14 Feb, 2012. Some

900 exhibiting companies from over 50 countriesincluding 60 of the top 100 global aerospace companies

participated in the event.—INTERNET

France’s President andCandidate for the

Presidential Election 2012,Nicolas Sarkozy (R) looks

on Emmental cheese duringa visit of a cheese factory inVallieres, French Alps, ashe starts his campaign forhis re-election as the UMP

political party candidate forthe 2012 French

presidential election.INTERNET

Woman dies in freak snowboarding accidentjoking,” David Thompsonsaid. “The next minuteSandra was unconscious andnever came around. I’mabsolutely stunned, we allare. We’re struggling tounderstand how it happenedbecause it was an innocuouslittle fall, which makes it sohard to comprehend.

“She was always therefor myself and the boys. Thehouse feels so empty withouther,” David Thompson said.

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HAMPSHIRE, 19 Feb—A59-year-old British womandied following asnowboarding accident at anAustrian ski resort, officialssaid.

Sandra Thompson wascelebrating her 59thbirthday with her family ona snowboarding trip inAustria when she fell, TheDaily Telegraph reportedSaturday.

Although she waswearing a helmet during theincident 6 Feb, Thompsonsuffered severe brainswelling.

“My youngest son,Christopher, wassnowboarding with her andshe just went up a small riseand toppled backwards andhit her head on the snow,”said Thompson’s husband,David. “She was wearing ahelmet and my son was withher within 10 seconds, butshe was alreadyunconscious.”

Thompson said by thetime he reached his wife andson, an air ambulance hadalready been called.

“They spent about halfan hour with her on the slope,putting adrenalin andoxygen into her, but wecould tell it wasn’t good. Itwas horrible,” he said.

Sandra Thompson, amother of two sons, wasairlifted to a hospital whereshe was on life support foralmost 48 hours, until familymembers decided to take heroff. “One minute everythingis fine, you’re all enjoyingyourselves, laughing and

Zhou Ruixuan, a young boy who lost his parents in a trafficaccident, is taken care of by a medical worker in hospitalat Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture, southwest China’s

Yunnan Province, on 19 Feb, 2012.—XINHUA

Nine killed, 24 injured in SWChina road accident

KUNMING, 19 Feb—At least nine people were killed andanother 24 injured after a 47-seater coach overturned on anexpressway in Nanhua county of Yunnan province lateSaturday, local authorities said Sunday. Among the injured,one was in serious condition, according to a written statementby the Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture government.

The accident happened at 11:25 p m Saturday when thecoach with 37 passengers aboard was heading towards Dalifrom Chuxiong. All the injured are receiving treatment inlocal hospitals. Among them, two are Chinese French andone is Chinese Indonesian. The three were slightly injured,it said. The cause of the accident remains unknown.

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BEIJING, 19 Feb—TheUnited States and theEuropean Union expressedcautious optimism on Fridayover prospects that Iran maybe willing to engage withmajor powers in new talks.

However, they alsostressed that any newnegotiations must besustained and focus on thenuclear issue.

Hillary Clinton, USSecretary of State, said, “Wehave been reviewing Iran’sproposal to resume talks on

US, EU optimistic Iran will return tonuclear talksits nuclear activities andconsulting closely betweenus and with our other P5+1partners.

This response from theIranian government is one wehave been waiting for and ifwe do proceed, it will have tobe a sustained effort that canproduce results.”

Catherine Ashton, EUForeign Policy Chief, said, “Itis extremely significant thatwe are meeting today becausewe meet on the back of havingreceived a letter from Dr Jalili

from Iran in response to myletter in October. As you said,we are consulting colleaguesand analysing closely whatthis letter would mean. Let mesay that I think it is good tosee that the letter has arrivedand that there is a potentialpossibility that Iran may beready to start talks. We’llcontinue to discuss and makesure that what we are lookingat is substantive, but I amcautious and I’m optimistic atthe same time for this.”

Xinhua

Two womenpause near a

memorialdisplay before

funeral servicesfor singerWhitney

Houston at theNew Hope

Baptist Churchin Newark, New

Jersey.INTERNET

Chinese herbals cause kidney diseasesHYDERABAD, 19 Feb—

World renownedNephrologist Dr Brian Pereiratoday warned that the herbalmedicines being marketed byChina caused Kidneydiseases.

Talking to UNI here, DrPereira, who was in the city toparticipate in Aashayein 2012being organized by‘Nephroplus’ tomorrow, saidallopathy is the best medicinefor kidney diseases as mostof the herbal medicies lead tokidney diseses due tocontamination.

Early detention is

Airshow2012 tickets

sold outSINGAPORE, 19 Feb—

Tickets for SingaporeAirshow 2012 are completelysold out, including those atthe ticketing counter atChangi Exhibition Centre.

The organizers haveurged visitors not to maketheir way to Changi ExhibitionCentre if they do not havetickets.

Internet Crowds at the Singapore Airshow.—INTERNET

Dozens injured by Thaihotel pool chlorine leak

BANGKOK, 19 Feb—More than 30 people, many ofthem foreign tourists, wererushed to hospital onSaturday on the Thai resortisland of Phuket after achlorine leak at a hotelswimming pool, local officialssaid.

The accident occurredshortly after 10:00am (0300GMT) at the Phuket OrchidResort and Spa hotel on Karonbeach, according to chiefinvestigator LieutenantColonel Chavalit Pethsripia.

He said more than 30people suffered minor injuries,none of them serious, after

they were exposed to anunhealthily high level ofchlorine in the pool.

The leak caused skinirritation and sore eyes,according to director PhuminSilapan at the local Patonghospital.

“There are 37 peoplehospitalised, including 26foreigners,” he told AFP,adding that 12 had alreadybeen discharged while 25 werereferred to a larger hospital.

One of those referred wasa pregnant tourist who hadbreathing difficulties afterinhaling the chemical, he said.

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curable, the expert said infuture may be in 2050 therewill be developed ‘self’ kidneyfrom mesenchymal stemcellsand several Reseach worksare going on it in US.

Clinical tests for kidneydisease are available at lowcost presently at the hospitals,

the expert said.To a question, Dr Pereia,

who is also the President ofNational Kidney Foundationin US, said Olive oil is the bestfor health compared to otheroils produced by variouscompanies.

Internet

Iran ‘building up nuclearsite near Qom’

LONDON, 19 Feb—Iranmay be preparing to expandits nuclear programme at anunderground plant near thecity of Qom, a diplomat hastold the BBC, just days aheadof a visit by United Nationsnuclear inspectors.

Iran appears to be poisedto install thousands of newcentrifuges at theunderground site in thenorthern city, a Vienna-baseddiplomat told the Britishbroadcaster late Saturday.

The BBC said thecentrifuges could speed upthe production of enricheduranium, which can be usedboth for generating nuclearpower and to manufactureatomic weapons.

Iran said on Wednesdayit had installed another 3,000centrifuges to increase itsuranium enrichment abilities,but it was unclear Sundaywhether these were the sameas those mentioned by thediplomat.

Tourists at the Phuket Orchid Resort and Spa hotel onKaron beach on the Thai resort island of Phuket, after a

chlorine leak at one of the hotel’s swimming pool.INTERNET

Inspectors from theInternational Atomic EnergyAgency, the UN’s nuclearwatchdog, are due to visitTeheran this week.

Iran insists that itsnuclear drive is peaceful, butWestern countries suspectthe Islamic Republic of tryingto develop an atomic bomb.

Iran has been slappedwith four sets of UN sanctionsand a raft of unilateral US andEuropean Union measuresover its nuclear drive.

There has been feverishspeculation in recent weeksthat Israel is preparing tomount a pre-emptive strike onthe country’s nuclearprogramme, though Israel hasdenied reaching such adecision.

Britain’s ForeignSecretary William Haguewarned over the weekend thatIran’s nuclear ambitions couldspark an atomic arms race inthe Middle East.

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Capcom-themed restaurant opensin Tokyo

Revellers participate in the parade during the annualcarnival in Lisbon, Portugal, on 18 Feb, 2012.

XINHUA

TOKYO , 19 Feb — Capcom fans, feast your eyes on theculinary translation of your favourite video games. Lastmonth, an entertainment bar was opened in Tokyo, fullydedicated to the 28-year old Japanese video game developer.The video game-themed bar’s grand opening was 25 Januaryand features food inspired by characters and items fromCapcom’s currently popular franchises, like the Resident Eviland Phoenix Wright series’. Nothing less could be expectedfrom the country that gave us Donkey Kong and the NES.

The game developers’ first restaurant is located inShinjuku, on the first floor of the Pasela Resort. Food pricesseem to average at around 580 &en ($7), and you can evenorder video game-themed drinks, which average 780 Yen($10). The bar also includes gaming kiosks for those of youthat like to dine and game. The bar plans on including an areafor Capcom merchandise as well as gaming-related events likecompetitions or even live shows.

Capcom has been around since 1983 and is the developerbehind classics such as Street Fighter, Devil May Cry, MegaMan, Ghosts’n Goblins and Bionic Commando. However, themenu will initially be focusing on many of the company’scurrently popular series’, with limited menu options for newlyreleased games. The games that make the cut include MonsterHunter, Resident Evil, Samurai Kings (Sengoku Basara),Biohazard and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Monster Hunter, huge in Japan, seems to be the easiestfood-to-game transition; Monster Hunter Tri, for example, letsyou cook dishes for stat boosts. Included under the MonsterHunter heading are dishes from the Airou and Yukumovillages as well as the obvious Well Done Steak. MonsterHunter drinks include alcoholic “dragon blood” and softdrinks in potion bottles.—Internet

Three trapped minersrescued in Russia’s Siberia

MOSCOW, 19 Feb— Rescuers have lifted three minerswho were trapped underground after rock collapse in an ironore mine in Siberia, said local emergency centre on Sunday.

The rock downfall happened at a depth of 100 metres inthe Poteryevsky mine in the Altai region Sunday morning.

A total of 96 miners escaped to the surface and wereevacuated immediately after the emergency, but three wereblocked by rock and remained underground for several hours,reported the Itar-Tass news agency.

According to preliminary data, none of the trappedminers was injured and there is no fire in the mine.

During the rescue operation, visual contact wasestablished with the trapped miners and they received foodand drinks, said the local emergency service.

The Poteryaevsky ore mine belongs to the Sibir-Polimetally Company.

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British baby born at 12 pounds, 12 ouncesA British mother said her infant

daughter, born with a weight of 12 pounds,12 ounces, may be the heaviest ever born inBritain. Gemma Tevendale, 26, of Swindon,England, said her daughter, Suzie Gzowski,was born naturally and already had twoteeth when she was born three weeks ago,The Sun reported on Friday.

Tevendale said both she and the girl’sfather, James Gzowski, 25, were born witha normal weight, but her two previouschildren were born at 10 pounds, 10 ouncesand 11 pounds, 2 ounces.

Li Hongxiao, 30,successfully holds up 23

benches with his teeth for11 seconds on 16 February

in Chongqing, whichbroke the previous

Guinness World Record of14 benches. Each bench is

one metre long and 45centimeters high andweight 3 kilograms.

Cleaning lady busted for jewelry theftAuthorities in Florida

said they arrested a cleaninglady accused of taking morethan $72,000 worth ofwatches and jewelry from theapartment of her employer.

West Palm Beach Policesaid John Joseph Arrigo, 47,returned from a vacation 7

February to find cleaning ladyMikaela Altadonna, 26, in hisapartment, The Palm Beach(Fla.) Post reported onFriday.

Arrigo said he askedAltadonna why she was in hisapartment, as it was a Tuesdayand not her usual Monday

cleaning day, and sheresponded that she hadbeen sick and had decidedto clean on Tuesdayinstead.

Arrigo said he laternoticed his watches andbracelets, worth more than$72,000, were missing fromhis home and videosurveillance from hisbuilding showed Arrigohad been in his residenceon 6 and 7 February.

Altadonna, whoallegedly sold three of thegold bracelets at a local storefor $1,000, was chargedwith dealing in stolenproperty, false verificationof ownership, and grandtheft of $20,000 or more.

The mother theorized eating a lot of fishwhile pregnant may have contributed to theplumping of her newborns.

“I do like my fish four times a week,” shesaid. “I hadn’t gone overboard with it,although I probably had more than I should— usually tuna and smoked salmon.”

Experts told the parents the previouslargest baby in Britain was born weighing 12pounds, 9 ounces.

The heaviest baby ever born weighed 22pounds, 8 ounces and was born in Italy in1955, The Sun said.

Police: Woman faked blindnessfor benefits

Italian police said a woman who collected $309,000 inbenefits by claiming to be blind was busted when she wasseen window shopping. Investigators said the 66-year-oldwoman was photographed walking through markets in atown near Turin while crossing streets and window browsingwithout assistance, ANSA reported on Friday.

Police said the woman, who claimed to be totally blindto collect benefits, also signed a receipt without even puttingon glasses.

Police said they sequestered the money in the woman’sbank account and six properties belonging to her to ensurethe government is reimbursed for the fraudulent benefits.

News Album

NEW YORK, 19 Feb—Jennifer Aniston, who said thatshe would love to do an actionflick, is getting her wishfulfilled as she is set to star inone. According to Deadline,Aniston is currently in talks tostar in ‘Switch’, a screenadaptation of the Elmore

Where was CharlieChaplin born?

LONDON, 19 Feb—Britishintelligence officers found norecord of Charlie Chaplin’sbirth when they probed himover over suspected Sovietties, secret files have revealed.

The mystery of the silentfilm legend’s origins emergedwhen the US asked Britain toprobe his background afterhis exile from America in 1952over suspected links to theCommunist Party, theexpress.co.uk reported Friday.

Despite checking underhis supposed alias, IsraelThornstein, MI5 officersfound no documentsconfirming he was born inWalworth, south London in1889. They also dismissedclaims he was born in France,according to papers releasedby The National Archives.

An undated picture ofactor and film directorCharlie Chaplin (1889-

1977).—INTERNET

But they found noCommunist ties and the filessaid that he held “littlesecurity significance” and“we are not satisfied there arereliable grounds forregarding him as a securityrisk”. Chaplin died in 1977.

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Jennifer Aniston,

Leonard novel of the samename, the New York Postreported.

Aniston is up for the roleof Mickey Dawson, the wifeof a real estate tycoon who iskidnapped by two ex-cons, tobe played by John Hawkes of‘Deadwood’ and rapper Mos

Def. When the tycoon refusesto pay his wife’s ransom, theex-cons team up with the wifeto swindle him out of hisfortune.

Dennis Quaid isreportedly in talks to playAniston’s tycoon husband inthe film.—Internet

Danielle Linekerwants working

class roleLONDON, 19 Feb —Gary

Lineker’s wife Danielle hasrevealed that she wants toswap her luxurious life forone which is less glamorous.

The wife of the formerfootie star said that she wouldlove to get her teeth into aworking class, chavy TV role.

“I’d love to land a role insome- thing gritty and totallydifferent like Shameless,” theDaily Star quoted her assaying.

“I would be over themoon to play a reallyunglamorous character,something people wouldnever expect from me.

“Shameless would bereally challenging,” sheadded.—Internet

Gary Lineker and DanielleLineker

Posh signs up as tourism ambassador of BritainLONDON, 19 Feb—

Victoria Beckham now has anew job aside from being adesigner, which is ofpromoting Britain as the newtourism ambassador.

The former Spice Girlwill star in a promotional filmfor VisitBritain to help attractextra visitors during theOlympic year, the Mirrorreported.

The drive will alsofeature one of Victoria’shighly rated fashion designs. Victoria Beckham

PM David Cameron,who first announced thecampaign last year, said:“British fashion is a hugelyimportant global industryand our designers have thetalent, creativity and skillsto rival anywhere in theworld.”

“We have someincredible British fashiontalent to be proud of,” CultureSecretary Jeremy Huntadded.

Internet

Nicolas Cage walked around in‘voodoo mask’ on Ghost Rider set

LONDON, 19 Feb —Nicolas Cage wore avoodoo style mask to stay in character on setfilming ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’.

He said he got the idea after discussingit with director Brian Taylor.

“I said to him ‘Well look, if I do this canI wear a mask?’ Because I was concernedabout feeling ridiculous on the set,” the BBCquoted him as saying.

The 48-year-old went further, wearingblack contact lenses and locating mysticalobjects to carry around with him.

“I would gather things together to wearin my wardrobe, like a bit of Egyptian artefactsfrom a pyramid,” he said.

“And I would sew them in, or get somerocks together that had a frequency in thenew age community,” he added.

‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ is thefirst time Cage has played the menacingalter-ego of stunt rider Johnny Blaze, despitethis being the second time he’s starred in a‘Ghost Rider’ film.

“In the Mark Steven Johnson movie[Ghost Rider, 2007], I was not Ghost Rider,

Nicolas Cage

Monica Bellucci, new face ofDolce & Gabbana make-up

LONDON, 19 Feb —ActressMonica Bellucci has beennamed the new face of Dolce &Gabbana make-up. She willlaunch her own limited-editionlipstick range with the brandas part of the association. The47-year-old, who appeared inDolce & Gabbana’s spring-summer 2012 campaign, willjoin the likes of Scarlett

Actress Monica Bellucci

Johansson and Felicity Jonesin representing the Italianfashion house’s cosmetics,reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“We love Monica andhave worked with her manytimes over the past 20 years.Her beauty is timeless. Sheexpresses the Dolce &Gabbana woman perfectly,”said Domenico Dolce.

Stefano Gabbana added:“She is ravishing — a trueItalian icon.” Bellucci’s limited-edition range with the brandwill be called Monica LipstickCollection. She is ecstatic.

“I’m delighted to becollaborating with Domenicoand Stefano on Dolce &Gabbana The Make Up. I havealways adored the aesthetic ofDolce & Gabbana and it’s soexciting to be involved withtheir creative process,” shesaid.—Internet

there was a stunt man doing that,” he said.Cage sees the follow up “as its own

entity”, and so he took embodying the roleseriously. ‘Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance’in 3D is in cinemas from 17 February 2012.

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Jennifer Aniston to star in action film

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Celebrities honour Ali’s lifeat Vegas gala

LAS VEGAS, 19 Feb—Muhammad Ali had sevenprizefights in Las Vegas, with his two losses there comingin the twilight of his legendary career. Now, dozens ofheavyweight celebrities are back in Sin City to laud a lifetimein the spotlight and join the icon known as “The Greatest”in fighting neurological diseases. Roughly 2,000 peoplewere expected to attend a swanky gala to celebrate Ali’s 70thbirthday on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,the site of most of boxing’s major fights the past 20 years.

Ali turned 70 last month, and had another celebrationand fundraiser then in his home state of Kentucky. Guestsarriving on the red carpet included football great Jim Brown.“America started with slavery and ended up with a blackpresident,” Brown said. “Muhammad Ali was a part of that... a big part.” One of Ali’s daughters, Rasheda Ali, says thegala is a chance for friends, family and A-listers who look upto her father to show their respect for his life and legacy asa humanitarian. In return, she says he’ll be honored to seethem there. “He has not left that need to help others,”Rasheda Ali told The Associated Press. “That’s one of hiscore values — his charity and his giving.”

The gala starting at $1,500 per plate was expected todraw some of the biggest names in entertainment and sports— including David Beckham, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L.Jackson and Stevie Wonder, among others. They’re planningperformances and tributes to a fighter who went 56-5 in thering with 37 knockouts and became perhaps the mostfamous athlete ever because of his personality and willingnessto publicly stand up for his beliefs. Ali has lived withParkinson’s disease for nearly 30 years, a degenerative braincondition that some doctors say can be brought on bypunches to the head.— Internet

Leon Spinks connects with a right hook to MuhammadAli, in this 16 Feb, 1978 file photo taken during the laterounds of their championship fight in Las Vegas, Nev.

The 24-year-old Spinks won the bout in a 15-rounddecision. Muhammad Ali lost just twice in his sevenprizefights in Las Vegas over 19 years. — INTERNET

Klitschko unanimously outpoints Chisora WBC heavyweightChampion Vitali Klitschko

of Ukraine, right, fightswith boxer Dereck Chisora

of Britain during theirWBC heavyweight title bout

at the Olympic hall inMunich, Germany, on 19Feb, 2012. — INTERNET

MUNICH, 19 Feb—VitaliKlitschko’s 10th successfuldefence of his WBCheavyweight title ended inchaos Saturday night whenchallenger Dereck Chisorabrawled with former WBAchampion David Haye duringthe post-match newsconference. Chisora tauntedHaye about losing the WBAbelt to Klitschko’s youngerbrother, Wladimir, last July,leading to a heated exchangebefore Chisora knocked abottle out of Haye’s hand andthey came to blows.

Haye also fought withmembers of Chisora’sentourage, and his coach,Adam Booth, was leftbleeding from a cut on hishead. Camera equipment went

flying and reporters fledbefore security eventuallymanaged to separate the menand police arrived at the scene.“You’ve really lost it thistime,” Chisora told Haye. The40-year-old Klitschko beatChisora in a bruising bout inwhich the Ukrainian claimedto have fought from the fourthround with only his right fistafter hurting his left hand.

“I think we all heardexcuses about a broken toe,”Chisora later retorted, referringto Haye’s loss to WladimirKlitschko in Germany last July.Chisora found very littlesupport from the sellout crowdof 12,500 after slapping VitaliKlitschko’s face at the weigh-in on Friday, and ensured theill feelings continued when he

spit water in Wladimir’s faceas his brother’s record wasbeing called out before theirbout. “I wanted to knock himout, to be honest,” VitaliKlitschko said. “Such acheek.”— Internet

Real Madrid go 13 points clear

MADRID, 19 Feb — Real Madrid went 13points clear of Barcelona in La Liga on Saturdayas Karim Benzema grabbed a double in a 4-0win over 10-man Racing Santander. JoseMourinho’s men have given Barca little marginfor error having now won 18 of the last 19games since they drew 0-0 at Santander at theend of September. On Saturday, they weren’tso forgiving towards Racing as they stayed

on track for their first league title since 2008.“It was not a brilliant performance but we wonwithout too much effort and it was a goodresult,” said Mourinho.

A Cristiano Ronaldo header hit the postas Real came out all guns blazing and after sixminutes they were a goal up with Kaka crossingfor Ronaldo to head in from less than a yardout for his 28th league strike of the season.Real were given a further boost by the harshdismissal of Domingo Cisma after 38 minuteswhen he was adjudged to have handled theball. On the stroke of half-time Benzemadoubled the lead when he clipped the ball infrom an acute angle and after the break Realremained firmly in control.

Xabi Alonso had a shot from the edge ofthe area which went narrowly past the postbefore substitute Angel Di Maria, returningfrom injury, hit a shot into the back of the netalthough goalkeeper Antonio Rodriguezperhaps should have done better. Benzemacompleted the rout with a deflected strike aminute from the end. Mourinho said he washappy to see Di Maria as well as Sami Khedirareturn to the side particularly with ChampionsLeague matches on the horizon.— Internet

Real Madrid’s forward CristianoRonaldo (L) falls over Racing Santander’sgoalkeeper Tono Rodriguez during their

Spanish league football match at theSantiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.

Real Madrid won 4-0— INTERNET

Mickelsonshares lead in

Northern TrustOpen golf

LOS ANGELES , 19 Feb —Phil Mickelson was delightedto emerge from an erratic roundwith a share of the third-roundlead in the Northern TrustOpen, alongside 2011 US PGATour Rookie of the YearKeegan Bradley. Mickelson,a two-time winner at RivieraCountry Club and seeking asecond title in as many weeksafter his victory at PebbleBeach last Sunday, wrestledhis way to a one-under par 70to keep a share of the lead he’sheld since Thursday on seven-under 206.

Phil Mickelson during thethird round of the

Northern Trust Open on18 February.— INTERNET

Hirscher wins World Cup GSafter Ligety mistake

BANSKO, 19 Feb—Marchel Hirscher took advantage of amistake by rival Ted Ligety to win a World Cup giant slalomSaturday and overtake the American for first place in thediscipline standings. Ligety led after the first run but droppedout of contention in the second run with a mistake in the upperpart of the slope and placed last of the 27 finishers.

Hirscher, who began the second run trailing Ligety by0.16 seconds, clinched the victory with a combined time of 2minutes, 25.35 seconds. Hirscher called his performance “oneof my very best giant slalom runs.” “I have reasons to believethat I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time,”Hirscher said, adding that he prefers to “play it safe.”

Italy’s Massimiliano Blardone came in second with acombined time of 2:26.74, ahead of Austria’s Marcel Mathis,0.86 off the lead. The 20-year-old Mathis put in a sensationalperformance on his second run to advance from 26th to thirdplace and earn his first World Cup podium place.— Internet

Ted Ligety, of theUnited States, passesa gate during the firstrun of an alpine ski,

men’s World Cupgiant slalom, in

Bansko, Bulgaria,on 18 Feb, 2012.

INTERNET

Serena pulls out ofMonterrey Open

MEXICO CITY, 19 Feb—Serena Williams has pulledout of next week’s MonterreyOpen because of an ankleinjury. Tournamentorganizers said Saturday theywere told of the withdrawalby the WTA. They saidWilliams turned down a wild-card invitation because shehurt her ankle during a recentpractice.

Williams played the FedCup this month and won twomatches when the UnitedStates defeated Belarus.Williams withdrew from theBrisbane International in earlyJanuary with an injured leftankle, but went on to reachthe round of 16 at theAustralian Open.— Internet

Serena Williams

Juve back on top afterCatania victory

TURIN, 19 Feb —Juventus hit back to beat 10-man Catania 3-1 in Turin onSaturday and move back tothe top of Serie A ahead of ACMilan’s trip to Cesena onSunday. Pablo Barrientosgave the Sicilians, who hadMarco Motta dismissed inthe second half, a shock earlylead but goals from AndreaPirlo, Giorgio Chiellini andFabio Quagliarella secured thethree points.

Juve now lead Milan bytwo points having played thesame number of games aheadof their meeting at the SanSiro next weekend. “It will beemotional returning to the SanSiro but the game is vital forour season so I’m calm,” saidPirlo, who scored his first goalfor the Old Lady of Turin sincea summer move from Milan,where he spent a decade.

Juventus’ midfielderClaudio Marchisio (top)jumps for the ball with

Catania’s midfielder PabloCesar Barrientos during

their Italian Serie A footballmatch in Turin. Juventus

won 3-1. — INTERNET

“It was an important goaltonight because it got us backon level terms.” The win endeda run a two straight 0-0 drawsfor Antonio Conte’s men.

Internet“This was a great round

for me because I did not playwell,” Mickelson said. “And Ishot one-under par and I’matop the leaderboard.”Mickelson managed just twobirdies — at the par-five firstand par-five 11th, against onebogey — but was proud of allthe hard-earned pars. “The onething I did is that on all thosemisses, I missed it on the sideI had to miss it on,” Mickelsonsaid. “I was able to miss it onthe correct side that allowedme to always have a chance atmaking par.”

Meanwhile Bradley,whose outstanding 2011campaign included a major titlewith his playoff victory in thePGA Championship, had sixbirdies in his five-under par 66,which matched the low roundof the day.—Internet

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Weather forecast for20th February, 2012Oversea Transmission

* News* Wiping Tear with Helping

Hands* News* Booming Business of

Rakhine Coastal Region* News* A Special Gathering

Revealing Unity andHarmony

* News* Super Myanmar Traditional

Stick Form (Episode- 2)* News* Myanmar Overseas

Seafarer Association 9thAnnual General Meeting

* News* Classical Songs in Myanma

History "The Song aboutMyinzuthaka, the devineflower"

* News* I love Myanmar* News* Sightseeing Around

Mandalay and Sagaing(Amarapura, Inn Wa,Sagaing, Mingun)

* Myanmar Movies‘‘Never Lie To Your Heart’’

(20-2-12 09:30 am ~21-2-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(20-2-2012) (Monday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

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

DISTRICT

NEWS

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:50 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song8:10 am 4. Song Of National Races8:45 am 5. Musical Programme4:05 pm 6. Musical Programme4:15 pm 7. Dance Variety4:20 pm 8. Musical Programme (The

Radio MyanmarModern Music Troupe)

4:30 pm 9. 2012 University Entrance

Examination (English)5:05 pm10. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:25 pm11. Myanmar Idol6:20 pm12. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm13. TV Drama Series8:00 pm14. News15. TV Drama Series16. India Drama Series

Children’s Day observed

Road opened tohail Union DayKAWKAREIK, 19 Feb—In honour of the

65th Anniversary Union Day, KawkareikTownship Development Affairs Committeespent its fund on repaving of TheikpanStreet in Kawkareik on 4 February.

The road, 1180 feet long, 14 feet wideand seven inches thick, was built at a cost ofK 12,566,000 by the township DAC.

Local authorities cut the ribbon to openthe road.

District IPRD

modern pre-primary school of Township MCWA in Hlegu Township on13 February.

Children of the school performed entertainment. Responsible personspresented gifts and refreshment to the children.

Township IPRD

YANGON, 19Feb—YangonR e g i o nMaternal andChild WelfareS u p e r v i s o r yCommittee andYangon NorthDistrict MCW-SC jointlyobserved thechildren’s day atMyitta Sanyay

Neil Warnock appointedLeeds United manager

LONDON , 19 Feb — NeilWarnock has beenappointed manager of LeedsUnited, promising fans hehas “one big challenge leftin me”. Leeds have beenwithout a manager sinceSimon Grayson was sackedon 1 February. The formerQPR boss, 63, said: “I feel Ihave one big challenge leftin me and believe Leeds is aclub that should be in thePremier League.

“I want to be the manwho is able to deliver thisfor a set of fans who nevercease to amaze me with their

numbers and loyalty.”Warnock, who was

sacked as Queens ParkRangers manager in Januaryafter a run of eight PremierLeague games without a win,has signed a deal until the endof the 2012-13 season. Leedschairman Ken Bates said: “Webelieve the appointment isarguably the most importantwe have made. “Theobjective was to appoint amanager who had a proventrack record of getting teamspromoted and in Neil we havea man whose record is secondto none.—Internet

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 31/88 15/59 Likelihood of isolated light rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

2 Kayah 32/90 10/50 Generally fair weather

3 Kayin 36/97 21/70 Likelihood of isolated light rain or


4 Chin 25/77 03/37 Generally fair weather

5 Upper Sagaing 32/90 15/59 Partly cloudy

6 Lower Sagaing 37/99 16/61 Generally fair weather

7 Taninthayi 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated light rain or


8 Bago 35/95 29/73 Partly cloudy

9 Magway 38/100 17/63 Generally fair weather

10 Mandalay 37/99 16/61 Generally fair weather

11 Mon 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated light rain or


12 Yangon 36/97 21/70 Partly cloudy

13 Rakhine 33/91 19/66 Generally fair weather

14 Southern Shan 28/82 10/50 Generally fair weather

15 Northern Shan 31/88 06/43 Generally fair weather

16 Eastern Shan 32/90 12/54 Generally fair weather

17 Ayeyawady 36/97 21/70 Partly cloudy

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 38/100 17/63 Generally fair weather

19 Neighbouring Yangon 36/97 21/70 Partly cloudy

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 37/99 16/61 Generally fair weather

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, rain has been scattered in Taninthayi Region and weather has been partly cloudy in Yangon Region, Kachin and Mon States and generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above February average temperature in Bago and Taninthayi Regions, Rakhine and Mon States and about February average temperature in the remaining Regions and States. The significant night temperatures were Haka (2°C), Pinlaung (3°C), Heho and Loilem (4°C) each and Namhsan (5°C). The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Myeik (1.18) inches and Kawthoung (0.31) inch.

Bay

Inference

Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudy

elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of slight increase of night temperatures in Southern Myanmar areas.

Muntari scores as AC Milan beats Cesena 3-1MILAN, 19 Feb—New signing Sulley

Muntari scored on his AC Milan debut tohelp send his new team to a 3-1 victory atstruggling Cesena on Sunday, and back tothe top of Serie A.

Muntari opened the scoring in the 29thminute and Urby Emanuelson doubledMilan’s lead two minutes later. Robinho

AC Milan’s ArgentinianMaxi Lopez (C) vies with

Cesena’s GianlucaComotto (L) during theirItalian Serie A fooballmatch in Cesena on 19

Feb, 2012. AC Milan wonthe match 3-1.

INTERNET

added a third 10 minutes intothe second half.

Daniel Pudil grabbed aconsolation for Cesena,which remains seven points

adrift of safety after Siena lost 4-1 to Lecce ina relegation battle.

Milan is a point above Juventus, whichhas a game in hand.

Elsewhere, Roma captain FrancescoTotti played his 700th game for the club tohelp it edge Parma 1-0, with Fabio Boriniscoring the only goal.—Internet

TEGUCIGALPA, 19 Feb—A fire has swept throughstreet markets in the capitalof Honduras, a nationtraumatized just five daysago by a fire that killed 358people at a prison.

Authorities say 11people were injured andabout 1,800 stalls burned,but there were no deaths.

Saturday’s fire burnedthrough several blocks ofthree markets and sent thickplumes of black smokewafting over Tegucigalpa,the capital. The fireappeared to have hit standsselling mainly clothes andsneakers.

Mayor RicardoAlvarezsaid says twowomen were rescued, one

Fire sweeps three street markets in Honduras’ capital

A man helps a firefighter with a hose during a blaze ata street market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday

19 Feb, 2012.—INTERNET

with a head injury andanother with symptoms ofasphyxiation.

The blaze Tuesdaynight that killed 358 people

was the worst prison fire ina century. It happened inComayagua, about 55 miles(90 kilometers) north ofTegucigalpa.—Internet

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Monday, 20 February, 201213th Waning of Tabodwe 1373 ME

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—The work coordination meetingon rural development and poverty alleviation in RakhineState was held at the Rakhine State government office on 17February, attended by Rakhine State Chief Minister U HlaMaung Tin.

The township administrators reported on region-wiseundertakings. Next, the officials of the subcommitteeimprovements of tasks assigned.

The meeting ended with concluding remark by the statechief minister.—MNA

Work coord meeting on ruraldevelopment and poverty

alleviation held in Rakhine

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Myanmar Maternal and ChildWelfare Association reached out to villagers of Aung Thirivillage in Thabyesan village-tract in Pobbathiri Townshipin Nay Pyi Taw Council Area yesterday.

The community-based (mobile) health team providedhealthcare and counseling services, gave educative talks,and referred some patients to the hospital.

Altogether 175 villagers of Thabyesan and Aung Thirivillages received healthcare and counsel.—MNA

MMCWA’s mobile teamprovide healthcare to villagersin Nay Pyi Taw Council Area

Spurs forced into replay asStoke go through

LONDON, 19 Feb— This season’s FA Cup favouritesTottenham Hotspur were held to a 0-0 draw at third tierStevenage on Sunday while last term’s runners-up StokeCity reached the quarter-finals after prevailing 2-0 inanother tricky-looking game at Crawley Town.

Spurs, third in the Premier League and with coachHarry Redknapp tipped to take over England, produced alethargic display with a new five-man defence and had tosettle for a replay at White Hart Lane next month.

Louis Saha had the ball in the net but his shot clippedan offside Scott Parker on the line to sum up a bad day forSpurs, the best-ranked team left in the Cup after holdersManchester City lost in an earlier round like ManchesterUnited.

London’s three big clubs have all struggled in the fifthround with beleaguered Arsenal being eliminated bySunderland and Chelsea scraping a 1-1 home draw withsecond tier Birmingham City on Saturday.

Stoke had a man harshly sent off but then scored acontroversial penalty as they saw off fourth divisionCrawley.

Jonathan Walters converted the 42nd-minute spotkick,after Ryan Shawcross had gone to ground having barelybeen touched by Kyle McFadzean, before Peter Crouchheaded a second after halftime to end a personal goaldrought.

Rory Delap was sent off in the 16th minute for a studs-up challenge, the kind of tackle which has prompted much

Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale is fighting for theball with Stevenage Borough’s Joel Byrom, duringtheir English FA Cup fifth round soccer match at

Broadhall Way stadium in Stevenage, Sunday, Feb. 19,2011.—INTERNET

debate in England this season with referees deeming themdangerous but players saying they are just trying to win theball.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis, angered that Crawley managerSteve Evans had jumped on to the pitch to protest to refereeMike Jones, told ESPN he was “really irked” that there issuch a discrepancy between tackles given reds and thosethat are not.

Crawley, who lost 1-0 at Manchester United at thisstage last season when they were a non-league side, almosttook an early lead when the ball hit Crouch and crashedagainst the woodwork.—Internet

PENNSYLVANIAM, 19Feb— “That’s not fair!” It’sa common playgroundcomplaint. But how early dochildren acquire this senseof fairness? Before they’re 2,says a new study. “We foundthat 19- and 21-month-oldinfants have a generalexpectation of fairness, andthey can apply itappropriately to differentsituations,” says Universityof Illinois psychologygraduate student StephanieSloane, who conducted the

Babies Know What’s Fair

study with UI’s RenéeBaillargeon and DavidPremack of the Universityof Pennsylvania.

The findings appear inPsychological Science, ajournal published by theAssociation forPsychological Science.

In each of twoexperiments, babieswatched live scenariosunfold. In the first, 19-month-olds saw two giraffepuppets dance around at theback of a stage. An

experimenter arrived withtwo toys on a tray and said,“I have toys!” “Yay!” saidthe giraffes. Then theexperimenter gave one toyto each giraffe or both to oneof them. The infants weretimed gazing at the sceneuntil they lost interest.Longer looking timesindicated that somethingwas odd — unexpected — tothe baby. In this experiment,three-quarters of the infantslooked longer when onegiraffe got both toys.

In the secondexperiment, two womenfaced each other with a pileof small toys between themand an empty plastic box infront of each of them. Anexperimenter said, “Wow!Look at all these toys. It’stime to clean them up.” Inone scenario, one womandutifully put the toys away,while the other kept playing— but the experimenter gavea reward to both the workerand the slacker.—Internet

ThanlwinRiver-

spanningBridge

(Mawlamyine)makes the

entire nationaccessible to

southern-mostpart of

MyanmarPAGE 7

Marching on: Liverpool celebrate as they book theirplace in the FA Cup quarter-finals.—INTERNET

Liverpool 6 Brighton 1:Suarez on target as

Seagulls score Three owngoals at Anfield

LIVERPOOL, 19 Feb—Brighton scored three owngoals to help send Liverpoolinto an FA Cup quarter-finalagainst Stoke.

The home side got off tothe perfect start as Martin

Skrtel nodded in after just sixminutes from StevenGerrard’s corner.

But Championship sideBrighton hit back within 10minutes as Kazenga LuaLuafired a stunning free kick low

past Pepe Reina.Just as the visitors looked

set to go in level at half-timehowever, Liverpool struckagain. Luis Suarez saw hisshot blocked and GlenJohnson’s follow-up wasinadvertently turned in to hisown net by Brighton’s LiamBridcutt.

And Carroll made sure ofLiverpool’s place in the lasteight as he collected StewartDowning’s pass, slipped hisman and rifled home in thesecond half before Bridcuttscored a second own goal ashe turned in Gerrard’s cross.

The Seagulls saved thebest till last however as LewisDunk controlled the ball withhis chest before chesting theball into the net.

Luis Suarez then had thechance to add a sixth from thespot but his poor effort wassaved only for the striker tomake amends minutes laterwhen he headed in Carroll’scross to make it six.

Internet

Displaced people inWaingmaw Township

get assistance

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Dy Ministers Maj-GenZaw Win, U Phone Swe

console displacedfamilies in Bhamo

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