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President U Thein Sein meetsHead of Department for

Foreign Affairs and SecurityPolicy Advisor to Chief of

European Union’s Foreign Policy

President U Thein Seinreceives Mr. Robert

Cooper, Head ofDepartment for Foreign

Affairs and SecurityPolicy Advisor to Chiefof European Union’sForeign Policy Mrs.

Catherine Ashton at theCredentials Hall of the

President House.MNA

President U Thein Seincordially greets Mr.

Robert Cooper, Headof Department for

Foreign Affairs andSecurity Policy Advisorto Chief of European

Union’s Foreign PolicyMrs. Catherine Ashton.

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NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec— President ofthe Republic of the Union of Myanmar UThein Sein received Mr. Robert Cooper,Head of the department for Foreign Affairsand Security Policy Advisor to Chief ofthe European Union’s Foreign Policy Mrs.Catherine Ashton, at the Credentials Hallof the Presidential House here at 3:00 pmtoday.

Also present at the call together withPresident of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein were UnionMinister for Foreign Affairs U WunnaMaung Lwin, Union Minister at thePresident Office U Soe Maung, UnionMinister for Labour and for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement U Aung Kyi anddepartmental heads.

Mr. Robert Cooper, Head of thedepartment for Foreign Affairs andSecurity Policy Advisor to Chief of theEuropean Union’s Foreign Policy Mrs.Catherine Ashton, was accompanied byEuropean Ambassador to the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar in Bangkok Mr.David Ramon Lipman, FrenchAmbassador to the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar Mr. Thierry Mathou andEuropean Union External Action ServicesDirector for Asia Mr. Seamus Gillespie.

They had a cordial and frankdiscussion on further strengtheningfriendship between Myanmar andEuropean Union and fostering mutuallyconstructive relations.

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Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Nanda KyawSwa meets Mr. Robert Cooper and Professor

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 15 December, 2011

PERSPECTIVESThursday, 15 December, 2011

Peaceful and pleasant are the mornings ofthe cold season. When the rays of sunshine lendcheerfulness and warmness to them, morningsof December are second to none in beauty.

Today, the government is gearing up reformsfor sector-wise development. Especially, political,economic and social areas have witnesseddramatic changes. Realizing that no progresscan be made without peace, the government isbuilding internal peace with might and main.

Thanks to the call of the Union governmentfor peace negotiations, peace negotiation teamrepresenting RCSS/SSA armed group and ShanState government signed a State level preliminarypeace agreement on 2 December, which is seenas the sign of peace and tranquility for the wholeShan State. It is hoped that Union-level peaceagreement can be reached soon.

On 11 December, Klo Htoo Baw group(former DKBA) and Union-level peace makinggroup met in first Union level negotiation inHpa-an of Kayin State in consequence of Statelevel initial peace talk at the same venue on 3November, inking six-point agreement. Thus,rays of peace are finally shinning on the skies ofKayin State.

This December is extraordinarily beautifuland energetic with hopes of peace and stability.We wish coming mornings as warm and hopefulas these December mornings.

Together with Decembermornings

YANGON, 14 Dec—The Republic of Pakistandonated hockey sticks to Myanmar Hockey Federation atthe Pakistani Embassy on Pyay Road, here, this morning.

Pakistani Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Qazi MKhalilullah explained the purpose of donating 50 hockeysticks worth US$ 100.

Next, the ambassador donated hockey sticks toPresident of Myanmar Hockey Federation member ofYangon City Development Committee U Htin Zaw Win andSecretary of the federation U Kyaw Win. The president ofthe federation spoke words of thanks.—NLM

Pakistani Ambassador donateshockey sticks to MHF NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—Union Minister at the

President Office U Soe Maung received Ambassador ofBrazil Mr Jose Carlos da Fonseca Junior at the hall of thePresident Office, here, at 10.30 am today.

Also present at the call were Deputy Director-

Union Minister at President Office receives Brazilian Ambassador

General U Zaw Win of the Union Ministry at the Presidentoffice and officials.

They cordially discussed political and diplomaticrelations between the two countries, cooperation intechnologies, matters related to trade and investment.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Dec—The goodwilldelegation led by Minister of ForeignAffairs of Singapore Mr K Shanmugamand wife left here by air this afternoon.

They were seen off at YangonInternational Airport by Director-GeneralDaw Yin Yin Myint of Training, Researchand Foreign Languages Department underthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DeputyDirector-General U Maung Maung ofProtocol Department, SingaporeanAmbassador Mr Chua Hian Kong Robert,wife and officials.—MNA

SingaporeanMinister of Foreign

Affairs and partyconclude visit

Union Minister at the President Office U Soe Maung receives Brazilian AmbassadorMr Jose Carlos da Fonseca Junior.—MNA

Pakistani Ambassador Mr Qazi M Khalilullahdonates hockey sticks to officials of Myanmar

Hockey Federation.NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 14Dec—Union Minister forCooperatives and forLivestock and Fishery U OhnMyint received BrazilianAmbassador to Myanmar MrJose Carlos da FonsecaJunior, atthe ministry here thismorning.

They held a cordialdiscussion on sendingdelegation and trainees forcooperation in cooperatives,livestock and fishery sectors,cooperation with Brazilthrough cooperative system,based on livestock sector andimport of quality sementubes of ox.

Also present at thecall were Managing Director,Deputy Directors-Generaland officials from

Myanmar, Brazil to make cooperation in cooperative system

Cooperative Department,Small Scale IndustriesDepartment, CooperativeExport and Import Enterpriseunder the Ministry ofCooperatives.

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Union Minister for Cooperatives and forLivestock and Fishery U Ohn Myint receives

Brazilian Ambassador to MyanmarMr Jose Carlos da Fonseca Junior.

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Yangon International Trade Exhibition 2011on 22-25 December

YANGON, 14 Dec—Yangon International TradeExhibition 2011 (includingAutomobile show 2011),mainly sponsored by ShineConstruction Company, will

modern furniture, foodstuff,medicines and travel service.

As a specialprogram, automobile agentcompanies and othercompanies will showcaseautomobiles at the Exhibition.For further information,please dial 09-8626080.

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be held at TatmadawConvention Hall here from 22to 25 December. Theexhibition covers computersand computers-relatedmaterials, electronic and

assorted electricalequipments, cosmetics andpersonal goods, clothing andfashion wears, kitchenutensils, automobile andrelated materials, floor ties,

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NATO: Pakistan talking again to US-led coalition

In this picture taken on 8 Dec, 2011, aPakistani truck driver take care of trucks

transporting NATO supplies, at aterminal in Karachi, Pakistan.—INTERNET

Afghanistan said Tuesday that he’s seeingsome signs of a possible lifting of Pakistan’scommunications blackout imposed on theUS-led coalition after NATO airstrikes killedtwo dozen Pakistani forces last month.

Marine Gen John Allen revealed for thefirst time that he spoke on the phone Mondaywith Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq PervezKayani — their first conversation since theairstrikes — and that they both expressed acommitment to work through the incidentand try to restore coordination between theirforces along the border. “I do have a sense ofprogress,” Allen told reporters at a newsbriefing at Camp Eggers in Kabul, describingthe phone call as businesslike and cordial.“The conversation was clearly aboutattempting to resolve the issue ... around theborder incident, in the sense that, lets restoreborder coordination so that we can move on.”

He added that he believes Pakistan willsoon send its liaison officers, who were pulledafter the 26 Nov incident, back to the bordercoordination centers and/or NATOheadquarters in Kabul.—Internet

Attack in Belgian city leaves five dead, 122wounded

LIEGE, (Belgium), 14Dec—Summoned forquestioning by Belgianpolice, a man with a historyof weapons and drug offencesleft home armed with handgrenades, a revolver and anassault rifle. Stopping at acentral square filled withholiday shoppers, he lobbedthree grenades into the crowd,then opened fire.

Four people were killed,including an 18-month-oldtoddler, and 122 werewounded in the assaultTuesday that brought tragedyto the pre-Christmas seasonof students reveling in examresults and preschoolersenchanted by brightly littrees and holiday stalls.

Authorities said the

shooter also died, but theywere at a loss to explain thereason for the onslaught. Theprime minister said it was notrelated to terrorism.

In a second burst of

deadly violence in WesternEurope on Tuesday — attacksrare for the continent — aman shot and killed twoSenegalese vendors at amarket in Italy.—Internet

Police and rescuers stand downtown Liege, Belgium on13 Dec, 2011.—INTERNET

UN seeks $1.5 bln for Somalia famine crisisMOGADISHU, 14 Dec—

The humanitarian crisisgripping millions of Somalisdue to a harsh drought thisyear will persist for thecoming months, the UN saidTuesday as it appealed for$1.5 billion for 2012.

The UN declared sixregions in southern Somaliafamine zones earlier this year,and although it said lastmonth that three regions werenow not facing famine, morethan half of Somalia’s 10million people are in direneed of help.

“The Somalia crisis iseverybody’s responsibilityand Somalis need support

A Somali girl sits insidea feeding centre in the

Hodan District ofMogadishu in October

2011.INTERNET

now. We cannot afford to waitor we will let down the Somalipeople,” said Mark Bowden,the UN humanitariancoordinator for Somalia.

“The $1.5-billion (1.14-billion euro) appeal is basedon a realistic assessment ofthe emergency needs of fourmillion people in crisis, tensof thousands of whom willdie without assistance.”

Relentless conflict since1991, drought and insecurityhave plunged Somalia intothe world’s worsthumanitarian crisis.

Donors contributedmore than $800 million (606million euros) of the one

billion dollars requested thisyear to help some 12 millionpeople affected by EastAfrica’s worst drought indecades.—Internet

Thai flood death toll rises to708 with three missing

BANGKOK, 14 Dec— The Disaster Prevention andMitigation Department reported on Wednesday that floodsstill prevail in nine provinces in central region while theaccumulated nationwide flood toll now reaches 708 deathswith three people missing. A total of 3,652 villages in 80districts of nine provinces in the central part of the country— Bangkok, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Lop Buri, Suphan Buri,Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi and SamutSakhon — are still suffering from the ongoing floods.

In the South, flooding has hit 2,057 villages in 65districts of eight provinces — Phatthalung, Trang, SuratThani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Narathiwat, Songkhla, Yalaand Pattani — causing damage to 118,358 rai (189 squarekilometres) of farmland, 783 roads and 113 bridges.

Thailand’s most severe inundation has so far swampeda total of seven industrial estates and parks in centralAyutthaya and Pathum Thani Provinces in October, puttingmore than 1 million people at the risk of losing their jobs andcausing initial loss of about 3. 3 billion US dollars.—Xinhua

A violent 7.3-magnitudeearthquake

struck PapuaNew GuineaWednesday,

shakingbuildings and

swayingpowerlines,

but noimmediatetsunami

warning wasissued.

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7.3-magnitude quake hitsE New Guinea region, Papua

New GuineaPORT MORESBY, 14 Dec — An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude

occurred in Eastern New Guinea Region of Papua NewGuinea on Wednesday afternoon. There is no report ofcasualties or tsunami threat warning so far.

According to US Geological Survey, the earthquakehappened at 03:04:56 pm local time with the epicenter 89 kmsouthwest of Lae of New Guinea and 221 km northwest of thenational capital Port Moresby. The epicenter is of a depth ofsome 115.1 km. Papua New Guinea sits on the so-called“Pacific Ring of Fire”, a hotspot for seismic activity due tofriction between tectonic plates. Earthquake activity iscommon in PNG but only a few are destructive.

PNG houses are mostly build out of wood and have a veryhigh resistance against earthquakes.— Xinhua

Six civilians killed in roadside bombing in AfghanistanLASHKAR GAh, 14 Dec— Six civilians were killed when

their car ran over a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s HelmandProvince, some 555 km south of capital City of Kabul, localgovernment said in a Press release on Tuesday.

“A total of six civilians including women and childrenwere killed as their vehicle touched off a roadside bombalong a road in Hidar Abad area of Gereshk District onMonday,” the Press release said.

It also said two women were injured in the blast.In a separate incident, two policemen and three civilians

were injured when a motorbike bomb went off near a policevehicle in Helmand’s Sangin District Tuesday afternoon,according to the Press release. “The motor cycle bomb was

detonated when a police vehicle was running along a road inSangin District at about 02:00 pm Tuesday. But police aftera search operation detained a suspected man who might usea remote control device to detonated the bomb,” it said.

It blamed Taleban militant for initiating the attacks.However, the militant group, who launched a rebel offensiveagainst Afghan and NATO-led forces stationed in the countryin May, has not made comments yet.

A total of 1,462 Afghan civilians were killed in the firsthalf of 2011, a 15 percent rise over the same period of 2010,according to the United Nations mid-year report released inKabul in July.

Xinhua

Nine killed in attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 14 Dec— Ninepeople were killed and nineothers wounded, includingthree judges, in bomb andgunfire attacks in Iraq onTuesday, the police said.

In Iraq’s westernProvince of Anbar, gunmenopened fire on the convoy ofJudge Jasim Dawood, headof the provincial appealscourt, on a main road near thecity of Fallujah, some 50 kmwest of Baghdad, woundinghim and other two judgeswho were with him in his

vehicle, the source fromAnbar’s operations commandtold Xinhua on condition ofanonymity. The attackerstraded fire with policemenguarding the convoy, killingtwo of them and a civilianand wounding three otherpolicemen, the source said.

In a separate incident, aroadside bomb went off neara police patrol in central ofFallujah, killing twopolicemen, the source added.

Afterwards, gunmenbroke into the house of a

member of the AwakeningCouncil group in Abu Ghraibarea, some 20 km west ofBaghdad, killing him andwounding his wife, he said.

The AwakeningCouncil group, or Sahwa inArabic, consists of armedgroups, including somepowerful anti-US Sunnimilitant groups which foughtal-Qaeda militants in theSunni Arab areas after theUS-led invasion of Iraq.

In northern Iraq,Lieutenant Colonel Ayad

Karkja, chief of securityoffice in the University ofMosul, was shot dead bygunmen near his house inwestern Mosul, some 400 kmnorth of Baghdad, a localpolice source anonymouslytold Xinhua. In Iraq’snorthern central Province ofSalahudin, a police officerwas killed when a sticky bombattached to his car went off infront of his house in the Cityof Shirqat, some 120 kmnorth of the provincial capitalCity of Tikrit, a source fromSalahudin’s operationscommand told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Xinhua

KABUL, 14 Dec— Voicing cautiousoptimism, the top NATO commander in

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If you’re the type of person who isalways doing things for others, you need tofind time for yourself, experts say.

The American Academy of FamilyPhysicians offers this advice:

* Try to maintain a healthy balancebetween work and your personal life.

* Find the time to foster importantrelationships.

* Don’t be afraid to seek help from otherswhen you need it.

* Exercise and practice relaxationtechniques, which will help lower stress.

* Keep an open mind, and be willing totry new hobbies and activities.

* Ask your family doctor for help whenit’s needed.—Internet

Israeli scientists develop cancer ‘cluster bomb’JERUSALEM, 14 Dec—Israeli medical

researchers say they have developed a newtechnique for blasting cancer tumours frominside out which reduces the risk of thedisease returning after treatment.

Tel Aviv University professors YonaKeisari and Itzhak Kelson are about to startclinical trials of a pin-sized radioactiveimplant that beams short-range alpharadiation from within the tumour.

Unlike conventional radiation therapy,which bombards the body with gamma raysfrom outside, the alpha particles “diffuseinside the tumour, spreading further andfurther before disintegrating,” a universitystatement quoted Keisari as saying.

“It’s like a cluster bomb — instead ofdetonating at one point, the atomscontinuously disperse and emit alpha

particles at increasing distances.”The university said that the process takes

about 10 days and leaves behind only non-radioactive and non-toxic amounts of lead.

“Not only are cancerous cells morereliably destroyed, but in the majority of

cases the body develops immunity againstthe return of the tumour,” the statement said.

The wire implant, inserted into thetumour by hypodermic needle, “decaysharmlessly in the body,” it added.

It went on to say that in pre-clinical trialson mice, one group had tumours removedsurgically while another was treated with theradioactive wire. “When cells from the tumourwere reinjected into the subject, 100 percentof those treated surgically redeveloped theirtumour, compared to only 50 percent of thosetreated with the radioactive wire,” it said.

“The researchers have had excellentresults with many types of cancer models,including lung, pancreatic, colon, breast,and brain tumours.”

It added that the procedure would beginclinical trials at Beilinson hospital, near TelAviv, “soon.”—Internet

Japan buys 13% of eurozone rescue fund saleTOKYO, 14 Dec—Japan has purchased 13 percent of the eurozone rescue fund’s latest

bond sale, a government official said Wednesday, as the region continues fundraising tohelp contain its sovereign debt crisis.

The Japanese government bought 260 million euros (US$338 million) of the three-month bills, or 13 percent of the 1.972 billion euros raised by the bailout fund, the officialsaid. Data published by Germany’s Bundesbank showed there was strong demand for thedebt issued by the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).

The sale was oversubscribed by more than three times with investors bidding a total6.286 billion euros, the German central bank said.

Japan bought 10 percent, or 300 million euros worth of an earlier sale in November,lower than the average 20 percent it purchased in three other bond sales from the start ofthe year. The four previous sales comprised medium and long-term bonds while the latestissue was short-term bills. Tokyo has voiced concern over the deepening crisis with worriesit will dent the country’s fragile economic recovery following Japan’s devastating Marchquake and tsunami. Europe is a key export market for Japanese products.

The 440-billion-euro rescue fund was created last year to protect vulnerable eurozonenations after Greece was bailed out by the European Union and the International MonetaryFund.—Internet

Fed keeps interest rates lowWASHINGTON, 14 Dec—

The Federal Reserve’s toppolicymakers left interestrates near zero on Tuesday— where they have been forthree years — as theydescribed a moderateeconomic expansion fraughtwith problems.

The Fed reiterated itspromise to keep interest ratesat “exceptionally lowlevels... at least through mid-2013,” in a largely pro-formastatement after its lastmeeting of the year.

Cautioning that the dropin unemployment to 8.6percent did not spell plain-sailing ahead, the Fed warnedthat joblessness was still highand more stimulus may yetbe on the cards.

“While indicators pointto some improvement inoverall labour marketconditions, the unemploy-ment rate remains elevated,”the Federal Open MarketCommittee said in astatement at the end of themeeting. The main storm onthe Fed’s horizon appearedto from Europe.

“Strains in globalfinancial markets continueto pose significant downsiderisks to the economicoutlook,” the central banksaid, in what appeared to bean opaque reference toEurope’s debt crisis, whichhas roiled financial markets.

US Federal Reserve building.—INTERNET

US stocks fallNEW YORK, 14 Dec—US stocks fell in late trade Tuesday

after the IMF warned Greece’s economy was facing deeprisks and the Federal Reserve refrained from providing anynew spark for the economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 66.45 points(0.55 percent) to 11,954.94.

The broader S&P 500 fell 10.75 (-0.87 percent) to1,225.72, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid32.99 (1.26 percent) to 2,579.27.

“The Fed signalled that while they are concerned(about the economy), they don’t have any plan, any newaggressive policies,” said Mace Blicksilver of Marblehead.

Blicksilver also said new rumours that ratings agencieswere poised to issue cuts to European sovereign ratings alsopushed stocks lower.—Internet

IMF not in talks for new Greek loanWASHINGTON, 14 Dec—

The International MonetaryFund denied Tuesday it is intalks for a second huge rescueloan for Greece, after Greece’sfinance minister saiddiscussions were under wayfor new financing.

“The mission here is notfor a discussion on a newprogramme,” said PoulThomsen, head of the IMF’smission to Greece.

“We have a programmein place, and we continue toexpect to be supportingGreece. There’s no requestfor a new programme,” hesaid in Athens, speaking in aconference call withjournalists.

On Monday, GreekFinance Minister Evangelos

The logo of the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) inWashington, DC.—INTERNET

US stocks traders.—INTERNET

Venizelos said thegovernment had launchedinto talks with its globalpublic and private creditors,including the IMF, on a newbailout to ease its debt burden.

Venizelos said he hopeda further 89 billion euros($117 billion) in loans to thegovernment and support forbanks would be ready by theend of January.

But Thomsen said hewas in Greece following upits progress under the currentthree-year, 110-billion-euroloan programme from theIMF, European Commissionand European Central Bank.

Greece has alreadyreceived 73 billion euros ofthat money, and by allaccounts it is not near enough

to stabilise the country’sfinances.

The IMF instead pushedfor Athens to complete acrucial restructuring of itsbonds held by private banks— the so-called private sectorinitiative (PSI) — which isexpected to substantially cut

its debt payments.And it urged European

officials to move ahead ontheir own talks for newfunding for Greece.

“European leaders have,at the previous summit backin July, said that they’dcontinue to support Greecefor as long as it takes forGreece to restore (debt)market access,” Thomsensaid, adding: “Of course,assuming that the programmeremains on track.”

“I think this combina-tion of private sector supportand official sector support...together with thiscomprehensive PSI, is a majorimprovement in the prospectfor debt sustainability,” hesaid.—Internet

Given the stormyoutlook, the Fed issued itsstandard promise to step in ifneeded. “The committee willcontinue to assess theeconomic outlook in light ofincoming information and isprepared to employ its toolsto promote a strongereconomic recovery in acontext of price stability.”

One member of the Fedpanel Charles Evans votedagainst the statement, sayingmore stimulus was needednow. The statement made nomention of discussion withinthe FOMC about acommunications overhaulthat could see the bank adoptan inflation target.—Internet

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LONDON, 14 Dec—Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen hasannounced plans to launch unmanned rockets and carrycargo into space.

The 58-year-old plans to develop a giant aircraft thatwould put spaceships into orbit, rather than lifting them offfrom a launch pad.

Other moguls are in the private space race, too, after Nasathis year ended its 30-year space shuttle programme.

Virgin Galactic is working on a commercial space venturewhich aims to fly passengers into sub-orbit by 2013. Aerospace

WASHINGTON, 14 Dec—Researchers have successfullytransmitted 186 gigabits of data per second (GBps),accomplishing a new world record and helping usher in thenext generation of high-speed network technology.

The rate is equivalent to moving two million gigabytesper day, fast enough to transfer nearly 100,000 full Blu-raydiscs - each with a complete movie and all the extras - in a day.

The international team of scientists at theSuperComputing 2011 (SC11), Seattle, accomplished thefeat mid-November, transferring data in opposite directionsat a combined rate of 186 GBps in a wide-area network circuit,according to a California Institute of Technology (Caltech)statement.

The team of high-energy physicists, computer scientistsand network engineers was led by Caltech, the University ofVictoria, University of Michigan, European Centre for NuclearResearch (CERN), Florida International University and otherpartners.

According to the researchers, the achievement will helpestablish new ways to transport the increasingly largequantities of data that traverse continents and oceans viaglobal networks of optical fibers. These new methods areneeded for the next generation of network technology - whichallows transfer rates of 40 and 100 GBps - that will be built inthe next couple of years.

“Our group and its partners are showing how massiveamounts of data will be handled and transported in the future,”says Harvey Newman, professor of physics and head of thehigh-energy physics team.—Internet

SAO PAULO, 14 Dec—Apple on Tuesday launched itsiTunes store in Brazil as well as in 15 other Latin Americancountries.

The iTunes store in Brazil offers a catalogue of more than20 million songs, including those from top Brazilian starsIvete Sangalo and Marisa Monte, the California-based firmsaid in a statement.

Also available for purchase and download are a broadselections of international artists such as the Beatles, Rihannaand Coldplay.

Most of the songs are priced at 99 US cents and mostalbums at $9.99.

Apple said it was also bringing the iTunes Store to 15other Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama,Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

Apple on Tuesday launched its iTunes store in Brazil aswell as in 15 other Latin American countries.

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Apple launches iTunes storein Brazil

Apple’s app store offers more than 500,000 apps tohundreds of millions of iPad, iPhone and iPod users in 123countries. —Internet

Researchers transmit record186 GB data per second

Paul Allen is one of several Silicon Valleybillionaires innovating in the private space industry.

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Microsoft founder Paul Allen unveils space-rocket planpioneer Burt Rutan is a partner on Mr Allen’s project, whichis called Stratolaunch Systems.

The project is the latest to be led by Silicon Valleytycoons who think they spy a gap in demand opened by theretirement of the US government’s space shuttle programme.

While Nasa put rockets into space from a launch pad, theStratolaunch plan is to launch unmanned rockets from high-flying aircraft, and eventually undertake manned missionstoo.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, right, with aerospacepioneer Burt Rutan in Seattle in 13 December 2011 PaulAllen (R) and Burt Rutan have been working on their craft foryears.

The developers said their aircraft could ferry cargo forthe commercial satellite industry and the International SpaceStation.

The giant plane would be powered by six 747 jumbo jetengines and have a wingspan of 385ft (117m), developerssaid. It would be wider than the biggest aircraft ever, legendaryHollywood tycoon Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose.

The first test flights are scheduled to begin in 2016.Mr Allen and Mr Rutan said that preliminary designs for

the Stratolaunch aircraft have been put together over thecourse of 10 years.

Construction has begun on a hangar in California’sMojave Desert, they said.—Internet

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This document provided by European Organization forNuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva shows a graphic

showing traces of two high-energy photons measured inthe Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experience.

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Scientists narrow search for ‘God particle’SYDNEY, 14 Dec—Old stars, called red giants, have

offered insight into what our sun will look like after fivebillion years — its outer layer will expand and cool down,so it’ll look red, and the core will contract and becomeextremely hot and dense.

Tim Bedding and Dennis Stello, professors ofastronomers at the University of Sydney, and colleaguesdiscovered that red giants have slowed down on theoutside while their cores spin at least 10 times faster thantheir outer layers.

The finding tells what the sun will look like in fivebillion years when it develops into a red giant, the journalNature reports. “The heart of a star determines how itevolves, and understanding how a star rotates deep insidehelps us to understand how stars like our sun will growold,” said Bedding, according to a university statement.

Using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, the teamobserved deep inside ageing red giants to make theirdiscovery of the difference in rotation rate between thecore and outer layers of the stars.—Internet

Old stars reveal sun’s futureGENEVA, 14 Dec—

Physicists said onTuesday that they hadnarrowed the search forthe elusive sub-atomicHiggs boson particle thatwould confirm the wayscience describes theUniverse. Experiments atEurope’s giant atomsmasher have “reducedthe window wherescientists think they willfind the Higgs boson,”also known as the GodParticle, said BrunoMansoulie, a researcherat the EuropeanOrganization for NuclearResearch (CERN).

The Higgs boson isthe missing link in the so-called Standard Model ofphysics, which explainshow the basic buildingblocks of observed matterfit together. Its existence— if confirmed — wouldexplain in a single strokethe mystery of what givesthis invisible constellationof particles mass. Such adiscovery would rank in

importance with majorbreakthroughs of the lastcentury, going back toEinstein’s first formulation ofquantum physics. For now,however, the cagey bosononly exists in theory. If it turnsout to be a mirage, it wouldforce scientists back to thedrawing board to rewrite thetextbook of particle physics.CERN reported on Tuesdaythe midpoint results from twoseparate experiments thatindependently arrived at the

same conclusion. The Web-cast presentation was madebefore several hundredscientists in an atmospherecharged with excitement andpunctuated with applause.

Taken together, theresults provide “tantalisinghints” that the sought-afterparticle is hiding inside anarrow range of mass, CERNsaid in a statement. “If it exists,it is most likely to have a massconstrained to the range of 116to 130 gigaelectronvolts (GeV),”

CERN said, using thestandard measure for themass of sub-atomicparticles. One GeV isroughly equivalent to themass of a proton. Bothexperiments showed telltaleactivity at a sweet spotaround 125 GeV.

“It’s too early to drawdefinitive conclusions, weneed more data,” saidFabiola Gianotti, head ofthe ATLAS group. “Butwe have established a solidfoundation for passiona-tely exciting monthsahead,” she said, addingthat a definitive answerwas expected within 12months. The new resultshave a higher degree ofcertainty — 99 percent —but still fall well below thethreshold of discovery.“For scientists, certaintyrequires a threshold of ano greater than five in tenmillion chance of error,”Daniel Fournier, an Atlasresearcher, told AFP.

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An international team of researchers transferred data inopposite directions at a combined rate of 186 gigabits persecond (Gbps) in a wide-area network circuit. —INTERNET

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Crash chopper with Indian newlyweds‘was off course’

LAS VEGAS, 14 Dec—Ahelicopter carrying fourtourists including a youngIndian newlywed couplecrashed in a ravine near LasVegas after veering offcourse, an initialinvestigation said Tuesday.

The pilot and allpassengers died lastWednesday when thechopper they were taking tosee the Hoover Dam, apopular tourist flight, crashedin mountains near the Nevada

A general view of the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat TillmanMemorial Bridge part of the Hoover Dam in the Lake

Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, 2010. Ahelicopter carrying four tourists including a young

Indian newlywed couple crashed in a ravine near LasVegas after veering off course, an initial investigation

said Tuesday.—INTERNET

gambling mecca.Anupama Bhola, 26, and

her husband, Lovish Bhanot,28, from New Delhi, wereamong the dead, accordingto Clark County CoronerMike Murphy, cited by theLas Vegas Review journal.

“It is my understandingthat they were marriedsometime in November intheir home country,” Murphysaid. “They were vacationingin Las Vegas.” An initialreport by the National

Transportation Safety Board(NTSB), released Tuesday,said the helicopter appearedto be flying on a normal routeuntil shortly before the crash.

“The helicopter...followed a normal route offlight easterly out of the (LasVegas) airport traffic area,then turned toward HooverDam, it said, adding:“Weather was reported asclear with good visibility anddusk light conditions.”

“Tour routings arestandardized for all the areatour operators,” it said, notingthat all seemed normal untila minute before the accident,when “the helicopter climbedto 4,100 feet MSL and turnedabout 90 degrees to the left.

“The left turn and climbare not part of the normalroute,” it said, adding thatthe helicopter thendescended to 3,300 feet andflew northeast for about 20seconds, until entering a leftturn then a descent,” it said.

The last radar readingwas when the chopper was an1/8 of a mile before it crashed,the report added.—Internet

BOGOTA, 14 Dec—Local Colombian emer-gency rescue teams aresearching for 18 peoplemissing in a landslide whichburied three houses in thesouthwestern department ofNarino.

Major of La CruzAlexander Realpe saidTuesday that the rescuework started Tuesdaymorning and is “verydifficult” due to heavy rainswhich have continued tolash the region.

Speaking on localtelevision, Realpe said thatthe landslide buried threehouses with at least 18people inside, and that theexact number of victims isstill unknown.

The landslide wastriggered by heavy rains inthe past days.

Narino’s Civil Defencehead Mario Orozco has calledon people to stay away fromthe affected area for fear ofnew landslides.

A report from theColombian Red Cross said atotal of 583,761 people havebeen affected by the rain,and that among them 144people were killed, 125injured, and 16 are stillmissing.—Xinhua

KABUL, 14 Dec—Canada announcedTuesday millions of dollarsin aid for food assistance todrought-affected areas of inAfghanistan.

Ottawa said it wasallocating CAN$13 million(US$12.6 million) for theWorld Food Programme(WFP) to provide emergencyfood “to almost three millionpeople in 14 northern andnorth eastern Provinces ofAfghanistan,” InternationalCooperation Minister BevOda said in a statement.

The aid will buy food

Afghan widows wait for transportation after receivingfood rations at a CARE International food distribution

centre in Kabul.—INTERNET

Canada provides aid todrought-stricken Afghanistan

18 missing inlandslide inColombia

rations for 1.2 million people,as well as cash vouchers worththe equivalent value of 50kilogrammes of wheat flourfor six months for 42,000families in urban areas.

Millions of Afghans arereportedly facing foodshortages after one of theworst droughts to strike thenorth of war-torn Afghanistanin a decade.

A news article posted onWFP’s website describeschildren being treated formalnourishment, wellshaving dried up and familiesselling off domestic animalsat cut-rate prices beforemigrating to cities to findfood, water and work.

Oda said aid agencies areracing to help them beforesnow blocks access to theremote areas.—Internet

Deaths from malaria fall but funding woes loomLONDON, 14 Dec—

Deaths from malaria havefallen dramatically in the pastdecade thanks to increasedaid giving more peopleaccess to nets and medicines,but the economic slowdowncould curb future progress,the World Health Organiza-tion said on Tuesday.

In its annual globalreport on the mosquito-borneparasitic disease, the WHOsaid international funding forthe fight against malaria roseto about $1.7 billion (1 billionpounds) in 2010 and $2billion in 2011, the highestannual amounts ever reached.

But this is still far shortof the estimated $5 billion to$6 billion needed each yearto achieve the WHO’s target- zero deaths from malaria by2015. “The increased

funding has resulted intremendous progress,” theUnited Nations healthagency said.

The estimated numberof deaths from malariadropped to 655,000 in 2010,36,000 lower than in 2009.

“The toll taken by thecurrent economic crisis mustnot result in our gains being

reversed, or progress slowed,”Ray Chambers, the UNsecretary general’s specialenvoy for malaria, said.“Turning back now is not anoption.”

While the reductionmarked significant progress,the report said, death rateswere still “disconcertinglyhigh for a disease that is

entirely preventable andtreatable”.

“Worldwide thisremains a tragedy of children;86 percent of deaths occur inchildren less than five yearsof age,” Robert Newman,director of the WHO’s globalmalaria programme, told abriefing in Geneva.

Malaria is endemic inmore than 100 countriesworldwide but can beprevented by the use of bednets and indoor spraying tokeep the mosquitoes thatcarry the disease at bay.

Reuters

A child is given aninjection as part of a

malaria vaccine trial at aclinic in the Kenya coastal

town of Kilifi, on 23November, 2010.

INTERNET

Two Army helicopters crashin Washington state, 4 dead

SEATTLE, 14 Dec—Two USArmy helicopters crashed onMonday during training exercises at a Washington statemilitary base, killing four aviators on board, the base said ina statement. Brendalyn Carpenter, a spokeswoman for JointBase Lewis-McChord, confirmed that “there was an accident”in the evening and that military police and emergencypersonnel were en route to the accident scene at the base nearTacoma. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family,friends and loved ones of the soldiers involved in this tragicaccident,” said Major General Lloyd Miles, acting seniorArmy commander at the base.

“We will conduct a thorough investigation into thisincident, and we will do everything in our power to supportthe families of the brave soldiers who died this evening,” headded. The base identified the aircraft involved in the crashas a pair of OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopters. Localtelevision station KIRO 7 reported that the helicopters hadcrashed in Thurston County in a wooded training area, andthat there were no survivors.—Reuters

A US Army Humvee drives down a dirt road near thescene where two US Army helicopters crashed during atraining exercise on Monday, killing four aviators onboard near the Town of Rainier, Washington, on 13

December, 2011.—INTERNET

James Murdoch received key hacking email in 2008LONDON, 14 Dec—News

International chairmanJames Murdoch was sent keyemails in 2008 showing thatphone-hacking was rife at theNews of the World tabloid,according to details releasedby members of the parliament

Tuesday.But Murdoch said in a

letter to a parliamentarycommittee that he had notread the emails forwarded tohim by the newspaper’s theneditor Colin Myler becausehe was using a Blackberry

and it was the weekend.Murdoch has previously

denied being aware of thefull scale of hacking at thenow-defunct News of theWorld when he authorised ahuge payout to GordonTaylor, chief executive of theProfessional Footballers’Association trade union, in2008.

In an email “chain” datedSaturday 7 June, 2008, andpublished by the committeeon Tuesday, Myler requesteda meeting with Murdoch todiscuss the case and warnedhim: “Unfortunately, it is as

bad as we feared.”Below that was another

email from News of the Worldlegal adviser Tom Crone toMyler speaking of a“nightmare scenario” in thatit was not only Taylor’s phonethat had been hacked, but acolleague’s as well.

A third email in thechain sent to Murdoch,written by lawyer Julian Piketo Crone, said that Taylor“wants to demonstrate thatwhat happened to him is/wasrife throughout theorganization (the News ofthe World).”—Internet

Rupert Murdoch’s sonJames, seen here in July

2011, was sent key emailsin 2008 showing that

phone-hacking was rife atthe News of the Worldtabloid, according to

details released by Britishlawmakers Tuesday.

INTERNET

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Japan chooses F-35 as mainstay fighter jetTOKYO, 14 Dec—Japan has chosen the US-made F-35

stealth jet as its next-generation mainstay fighter in a multi-billion dollar deal, reports said Tuesday.

The defence ministry picked the jet made by LockheedMartin to replace its ageing fleet of F-4 jets over two rivals,the Boeing-made F/A-18 Super Hornet and the EurofighterTyphoon, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.

Japan’s biggest daily said the defence ministry had“agreed in principle” to select the F-35, with a formalannouncement expected Friday at the Security Council ofJapan, chaired by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

Kyodo News cited unnamed government sources assaying the ministry had decided to buy 40 F-35 fighters,while the Nikkei business daily said only that the jet remaineda “prime candidate”.

Earlier reports said Japan could buy as many as 50 newjets, equipped with stealth technology, with a price tag ofmore than $6 billion.

A defence ministry spokesman on Tuesday declined toconfirm the reports, saying: “We are still trying to do our bestto make a final decision by the end of this year.”

And Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura denied

This file photo shows a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet(background) with its extension gadget on display at theAsian Aerospace show in Singapore, in 2006.—INTERNET

the reports that a final decision had been made, Dow Jones Newswires said.The F-35, the most expensive weapons programme in Pentagon history, has been

plagued by cost overruns and technical delays.—Internet

Climatechange

blamed fordead trees in

AfricaWASHINGTON, 14 Dec—

Trees are dying in the Sahel,a region in Africa south of theSahara Desert, and human-caused climate change is toblame, according to a newstudy led by a scientist at theUniversity of California,Berkeley.

The study, which isscheduled for publication on16 Dec in the Journal of AridEnvironments, was basedupon climate change records,aerial photos dating back to1954, recent satellite imagesand old-fashioned footworkthat included counting andmeasuring over 1,500 treesin the field. The researchersfocused on six countries inthe Sahel, from Senegal inWest Africa to Chad in CentralAfrica, at sites where theaverage temperature warmedup by 0.8 degrees Celsiusand rainfall fell as much as 48percent.

They found that one insix trees died between 1954and 2002. In addition, one infive tree species disappearedlocally, and indigenous fruitand timber trees that requiremore moisture took thebiggest hit. Hotter, drierconditions dominatedpopulation and soil factorsin explaining tree mortality,the authors found. Theirresults indicate that climatechange is shifting vegetationzones south toward moisterareas.—Xinhua

Fight to stop page turning onhistoric London library

LONDON, 14 Dec—Kensal Rise library was opened byMark Twain in 1900 — and how it could do with the supportof the great American man of letters now to fight off itsthreatened extinction as government cuts bite. The red-brickVictorian building has closed its doors and will be shut downpermanently unless a determined campaign organized by theresidents of the multi-ethnic district of north London cansave it.

Signs attached to the walls proclaim “Save our library”and “Let us run our library” and volunteers have evenorganized a temporary “pop-up” library next door to try tofill the gap, using books donated by local residents.

Kensal Rise is among six out of 12 libraries in theLondon borough of Brent that the local council has decidedmust close to make savings to meet sweeping public spendingcuts imposed by the British government. In fact it is one ofmore than 400 public libraries in Britain — ten percent of thetotal — set to fall victim to council cuts as Prime MinisterDavid Cameron’s Conservative-Liberal government attemptsto slash a budget deficit. The council also claims the libraryis underused, but the residents of Kensal Rise reject thatargument and claim the closure of the library would hit thepoorest hardest.—Internet

People walk pass the temporary “pop-up” library set upby residents outside the closed Kensal Rise library in

northwest London.—INTERNET

Antarctic teams struggling to reach South PoleOSLO, 14 Dec—Roald Amundsen’s feat

of reaching the South Pole on skis 100 yearsago is proving a tough act to follow for polaradventurers trying to get there in time tocelebrate the centennial of the Norwegianpioneer’s expedition.

Fierce, icy winds have delayed some ofthe teams skiing across Antarctica with theaim of reaching the geographic South Polefor the anniversary celebration onWednesday. Some explorers gave up andwere picked up by airplane so they couldmake it in time for the ceremony, accordingto their blogs and the Norwegian PolarInstitute. Others including Norwegian cross-country great Vegard Ulvang and adventurerBoerge Ousland were still hoping to make it.Steffen Dahl, a Norwegian adventurer, whoreturned to Norway on Tuesday after a 700mile (1,150-kilometre) solo trek to the SouthPole, said he, too, had to travel the finalstretch by plane. Dahl said he was exhaustedand running behind schedule due to badweather during part of the expedition, withstorm winds and temperatures as low as minus58 F (minus 50 C). “I saw the sun twice in 14days. It was like skiing inside a milk carton.

You see nothing,” he said.Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas

Stoltenberg flew to Antarctica on Monday toattend the ceremony, calling Amundsen’saccomplishment “a great and importantachievement for Norway as a young nation.”Norway became independent in 1905 afternearly 100 years in a union with Sweden.

Internet

This image released by the NorwegianPrime Minister’s Office on 13 Dec, 2011shows employees at the Amundsen-Scottresearch station at the South Pole pose

for a picture with Norwegian PrimeMinister Jens Stoltenberg on 12 Dec,

2011.—INTERNET

Vietnam to establish legal environment forgreen economy development

HANOI, 14 Dec—Vietnam will establish a legalenvironment for greeneconomy development, withfavourable mechanism andpolicies so as the country’seconomy will developtowards an ever greener trend.

The statement was madeby Deputy Prime MinisterNguyen Thien Nhan at the

forum “Green economy inthe context of sustainabledevelopment in Vietnam”held here on Tuesday by theVietnamese Ministry ofPlanning and Investment(MPI).

Green economy isclosely connected withsustainable growth, and it isa new model for

development, contributingto ensure social welfare andprotect the environment, theDeputy PM said, adding thatgreen economy is an essentialstrategy that will provide jobsand ensure stable, sustainableeconomic growth, andprevent environmentalpollution, global warming,exhaustion of natural

resources and environmentaldegradation.

Country Director of theUnited Nations DevelopmentProgramme( UNDP) inVietnam Setsuko Yamazakisaid, the green economystrategy will enable Vietnamto mobilize public andprivate financial sources andtechnological reforms,especially in the frameworkof the international agree-ment on climate change.

Xinhua

Singapore’s oldest person dies at 113SINGAPORE, 14 Dec— Singapore’s oldest

person Teresa Hsu, who has been well-knownfor her role in community work, passed awaypeacefully last week, local media reportedon Wednesday.

Hsu passed away at home lastWednesday, her adopted son and caregiverSharana Rao, 62, said in a note posted on thewebsite of Heart To Heart, a non-profit charityorganization founded by Hsu.

She was cremated on the same day, inaccordance with her wish to depart quietlyand peacefully, without holding any ritualsor ceremonies that might inconvenienceothers, he wrote.

“I have duly carried out her instructions,and respected her wishes. It is hoped that allfriends, supporters, donors, volunteers andwell-wishers respect her wishes too, so thatshe can rest in peace,” Rao said.

Hsu reportedly had been in and out ofhospital over the past two months after aninfection. Hsu she set up the Home for theAged Sick in 1965 and later founded HeartTo Heart. Some have dubbed her FlorenceNightingale —a famous English nurse —while others have described her as Singapore’sown Mother Teresa — the nun known for herwork among the poor in India, the StraitsTimes said.—Xinhua

Pigeons are releasedduring a memorial

ceremony at the MemorialHall of the Victims in the

Nanjing Massacre byJapanese Invaders, inNanjing, east China’s

Jiangsu Province, on 13Dec, 2011. Some 5,000people gathered here

Tuesday, marking the 74thanniversary of the Nanjing

Massacre. Nanjing wasoccupied on 13 Dec, 1937,by Japanese troops who

began a six-weekmassacre.—XINHUA

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To ensure livelihood,economic…

(from page 16)The Vice-President urged them to be reliable and

trustworthy employees loyal to the State.In doing their daily routine, they need to have a pure

mind and goodwill and they are to take responsibility forwhatever they do staying away from corruption.

Now is the time of democracy changing from theTatmadaw government. Any kind of problems and conflictscan be reported to the State directly or through representativesof people.

Government organizations as well as media and thepeople are now setting vigilant eyes on how they are actingfor works in their regions, townships, wards and villages.They need to prove themselves as dutiful and devoted tointerests of the nation and the people.

To ensure livelihood, economic and religious affairs ofthe people and prevalence of law in their respected regions,administrators are to coordinate with all organizations keepingbalance while doing their bit in setting up economic and socialdevelopment of the State, the Vice-President said.

Next, ward and village administrators of Lashio Districtand townselders reported on education, health anddevelopment undertakings.

In response to the reports presented by the districtadministrator on extent, location and development measuresof the district, the Vice-President attended to the needs.

The general manager of Shwe Thanlwin Co donated 20sets of Sky Net TV for 12 wards of Lashio and Nampong,Nongmon, Einaing, Mongyaw, Hopate, Matchinu, Hsonlwe,Lwetaw village-tracts.

The In-charge Rector of Lashio University explainedsalient facts about the university to the Vice-President andentourages. Speaking on the occasion, Vice-President Dr SaiMauk Kham said as university was the birthplace of theleaders of the future, faculty members of Lashio Universityare to nurture the students to become competent humanresources.

It was learnt that 133 lecturers were giving notes to 2005day students and 5716 distant students, totaling 7721undergraduates in 2010-2011 academic year. Of the 161universities and colleges across the nation, there were 64universities and colleges under the Ministry of Education

with 12400 lecturers and 490,000 students.Current universities and colleges turn out over 100,000

graduates per year. Although some graduates were found tobe qualified, the majority, according to surveys, were foundto be far behind in qualification in comparison with graduatesfrom previous decades. For this, education workshop wasorganized to find out the cause and solution and somesuggestions were undeniable as follows: (1) To maintain thebalanced ratio of competent teachers and students; (2)Teaching methods should be ones arousing the curiosity of

students and help students develop thinking power; (3) Torealize the importance of English language proficiency forfurther study; (4) To extend one academic year; (5) To avoidthe system in which two MA degrees can be got within threeyears; (6) To cancel supplementary exam; (7) To ensure notuition; (8) To encourage students to make researches ontheir own without reliance on instructors; (9) To granteducational cash assistance and resurrect scholarship system;(10) To encourage sports activities at universities.

The Vice-President concluded that there were plans toconfer honorary titles on outstanding lecturers. The Vice-President and party then looked around the proposed site forthree-storey building and football ground.

The Vice-President and party then visited Lashio No.1basic Education High School and viewed students learningat classrooms, computer room, science lab and library. TheVice-President presented K 2 million to the fund of the school.Union Minister for Sports presented sports gear for theschool. General Manager of Shwe Thanlwin Co contributed14 sets of Sky Net satellite for Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 BEHSs.Kanbawza Bank Ltd, Shwe Thanlwin Co, Loi Hein Co, AsiaWorld Co, IGE Co and Tarmoenye Chantha Co presented K5 million to the No.1 BEHS for equipment of 10 computersto the school.

The Vice-President then cordially greeted teachers ofNo. 1 BEHS. The Vice-President and party then proceeded toState General Hospital and comforted the patients.

The Vice-President then viewed the land plot forconstruction of Myanmar Medical Association (Lashio) inthe compound of the hospital.

The Vice-President and party went to Lashio Nursingand Midwifery Training School where the Vice-Presidentheard reports on functions of the state general hospitalpresented by the Medical Superintendent and of the trainingschool by school head Daw Nan Kyayon.

Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-President said that

Lashio People’s Hospital (200-bed), providing health careservices to the people of Lashio region, is a reliable for all thepeople of Shan State (North). Therefore, the government isfulfilling the requirements of the hospital.

In conformity with the changing situations, the hospitalis being provided with extension of hospital buildings,appointment of specialists, nurses and staff and hospitalequipment, he said.

He urged them to give health care services to the patientswith sympathy, family spirit and goodwill and to disseminatehealth knowledge to the people at the same time.

He stressed the need for doctors and nurses to makestrenuous efforts for constant learning to uplift theirproficiency and study outcomes and therapies of internationalresearches.

As Lashio General Hospital is an institution not only formedical treatments but also for teaching, it is necessary to trainthe trainee doctors and nurses to become highly-qualifiedhuman resources, he said.

He noted that the hospital is to participate in turning outeligible local people to become health staff or auxiliary midwivesso as to provide preliminary health care services for the ruralareas which is playing a key role in rural development andpoverty alleviation.

Next, Kanbawza Bank Ltd, Loi Hein Co, Shwe ThanlwinCo, Asia World Co, IGE Co and Tarmoenye Chantha Codonated K 400 million for installation of CT Scan at the generalhospital, K 10 million for Nursing and Midwifery TrainingSchool and K 100 million for Myanmar Medical Association,

the General Manager of Shwe Thanlwin Co one set each ofSky Net TV receiver to the general hospital and the trainingschool through officials.

At the hall, the Vice-President and wife and party werewelcomed by national races.

They attended the ceremony to pay homage to themembers of the Sangha and donated alms, rice and edible oilto members of the Sangha. Vice-Chairman Sayadaw of StateSangha Nayaka Committee Manhsu Phayagyi MonasteryBhaddanta Kodañña delivered a sermon, and the congregationshared merits gained.

While in Lashio, the Vice-President met national racesand delivered an address. He said that if those wish to securedevelopment of the nation, it must be peaceful and stable.He noted that it should not accept that those of (See page 9)

Vice-President of the

Republic of the

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Dr Sai Mauk Kham

in meeting with

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Lashio.

MNA

Vice-President

of theRepublic ofthe Union

ofMyanmar

Dr SaiMaukKhamviews

studentslearning atNo. 7 BasicEducation

HighSchool inLashio.

MNA

Shwe Thanlwin Company General Manager presents20 sets of Sky Net satellite dish for urban wards and

rural villages of Lashio.—MNA

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To ensure livelihood,economic…

(from page 8)leadership role are responsible for striving to ensure peaceand stability, and it should accept that all the nationalpeople are responsible for ensuring peace and stability. Hestressed the need for the national races to participate insecuring peace and stability of the nation as much as theycan.

Leaders of the national race groups submitted theirrequirements.

At the cash donation ceremony, Kanbawza Bank Ltd,Loi Hein Co, Shwe Thanlwin Co, Asia World Co, IGE Coand Tarmoenye Chantha Co presented cash donations toofficials.

Shwe Thanlwin Co gave one set each of Sky Net TVreceivers to six national race groups.

After hearing the reports, the Vice-President expressedhis thanks for submissions on the requirements and he willattend to the needs as much as possible.

Later, the Vice-President cordially greeted membersof the national race groups.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham converses with doctors, nurses and health staff of Lashio StateGeneral Hospital.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swameets Mr. Robert Cooper and Professor Bronislaw

Misztal of Community of Domocracies

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec— Deputy Speaker of PyithuHluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa separately receivedMr. Robert Cooper, Advisor to Chief of the EuropeanUnion’s Foreign Policy, and party at the meeting hall ofHluttaw Building here at 2 pm today, and ExecutiveDirector of Community of Domocracies of PolandProfessor Bronislaw Misztal and party at that place at3 pm today.

Also present at the meetings with the DeputySpeaker were Chairman of Vetting Committee forGovernment’s Guarantees, Pledges and Undertakings UWin Sein, International Relations Committee SecretaryU Ko Ko Tun, Member of Legal Affairs and Special CasesAssessment Commission U Than Tun, and officialsconcerned.

Both sides concentrated on matters relating topromotion of relationships between Myanmar andEuropean Union, as well as bilateral cooperation betweenthe Hluttaws of Myanmar and Poland.

MNA

DeputyPyithu

HluttawSpeakerU Nanda

KyawSwa

receivesMr.

RobertCooper

andparty.

MNA

Deputy Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U NandaKyaw Swa receives Executive Director

Professor Bronislaw Misztal of Communityof Domocracies of Poland and party.

MNA

Union ConstitutionalTribunal gives verdict

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—The tribunal comprising thechairperson and all the members of the ConstitutionalTribunal of the Union delivered the verdict on proposalNo. 2/2011 submitted by 23-member group includingAmyotha Hluttaw Representative Dr Aye Maung throughthe Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker in accordance with Section15 (d) of the Union Constitutional Tribunal Law, at RoomNo. 1 of the tribunal this morning.

The verdict stated that the proposal of 23-memberparty including Dr Aye Maung was allowed; accordingto the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, Section 4 (c) of Emoluments,Allowances and Insignias Law of Region or State levelOfficials covers Region or National Races AffairsMinisters as they are the ministers of regions or statesconcerned and provisions in Section 5 and 17 of this lawis not in compliance with the constitution.—MNA

As humanitarian activities,…(from page 16)

temporarily moved in Kachin State due to situation of securityby the government, the UN and international organizations,social organizations and wellwishers amounted to K 268million and clothes, personal goods, foodstuffs, medicinesand school stationery worth K 1222.5 million.

The Kachin State Government is systematicallyproviding necessary assistance for basic needs of thehouseholds at the relief camps while making systematic

arrangements for enabling the children to pursueeducation.

As a total of 51 schools where altogether 7872 studentsfrom 10 townships were closed down due to the conflict in thestate, the state government has opened temporary schools forthe students from the relief camps to continuously learneducation. A total of 3153 students from the temporary reliefcamps are attending the schools.

Furthermore, free health care services are being providedto the families of the relief camps by opening the clinicssystematically.

At present, under coordination by the Kachin StateGovernment, humanitarian assistance by various governmentdepartments, internal social organizations and UN agenciesare being distributed to the population in the relief camps andtheir basic necessities were provided for. However, with the

coming of cold weather, there is a need for warm clothes andblankets. Families are randomly put together in temporaryaccommodations which pose a challenge to families,particularly, those with young children. From the individualinterviews, almost all the people from the relief camps want toreturn to their own villages. Children appear to be sufferingfrom psychological trauma and the adults seem to experiencea sense of insecurity and diminished confidence.

Over 14,000 displaced persons had to leave behind theirhomes and worldly possessions which adversely affectedtheir economic, social and spiritual well-being.

It was learnt that as now is time to harvest paddy, thepeople at the relief camps especially want to live in their ownareas peacefully and they are delightfully welcoming andwaiting for the endeavours of the President and theGovernment for peace.—MNA

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A bullet train pulls out of Tianjin South Railway Stationin Tianjin, north China, on 12 Dec, 2011. A new

operation chart was released for the Beijing-ShanghaiHigh-speed Railway on Monday.

XINHUA

Tourism threatens tinyPhilippine primate

MANILA, 14 Dec—Thetiny creature turns its headslowly through 180 degreesand stares, boggle-eyed asanother group of noisytourists takes its picture fromjust inches away. This is thePhilippine tarsier, one of thesmallest primates in the world.It is a remarkable animal, just10 centimetres (four inches)tall, weighing 120 grams (fourounces), with a rat-like tail,bat-like ears, and gianteyeballs, each one as big asits brain.

Its strange appearance isobvious, but what thesetourists may not realise is thattheir very presence is puttingthe animal at risk.

The tarsier is nocturnal,lives in the forest, and ishighly sensitive to daylight,noise and human contact.

According to conserva-tionists, if it becomes stressedit will kill itself by bashingits head against a tree or thebars of its cage. “People gonear and they’re loud, or makea picture with the flash, orthey’re touching them.

Philippine tarsier clings onto a branch on Bohol island,in the Philippines Central Visayas region. The tarsier isnocturnal, lives in the forest, and is highly sensitive to

daylight, noise and human contact.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 14Dec— Malaysian authoritiessay they have seizedhundreds of Africanelephant tusks worth 4 millionringgit ($1.3 million) that werebeing shipped to Cambodia.

Customs official AzisYacub says inspectors at PortKlang harbor found the tuskshidden in containers ofhandicrafts from Kenya’sMombasa port.

The shipment washeaded for Cambodia’sbeach resort area ofSihanoukville. Officials saidTuesday they had no precisefigure for the number of tusks,which weighed nearly twotons.

The seizure followed atip-off Monday. No arrestshave been made. Malaysiahas stepped up inspectionsfor illegal ivory after wildlifegroups said the country wasbecoming a transshipmenthub for tusks amid robustdemand in China.—Internet

Malaysia seizeshundreds of

Africanelephant tusks

Most of those tarsiers,when they become stressedthey commit suicide,” saysCarlito Pizarras, known asThe Tarsier Man.

“They don’t breathe andslowly die. If you put them ina cage they want to go out.That’s why they bump theirheads on the cage, and it willcrack because the cranium isso thin.” Pizarras is the fieldmanager at the PhilippineTarsier and WildlifeSanctuary in Corella on theisland of Bohol, one of thecountry’s most populartourist destinations.

Unlike other tarsierattractions on the island,visitors at the sanctuary areallowed to look, but not toget too close, and definitelynot to touch. Differentspecies of tarsier are found inthe Philippines, Brunei,Indonesia and Malaysia. Andpopulations in all thesecountries are listed by theInternational Union forConservation of Nature(IUCN) as “decreasing”.

Internet

Judy Hoarfrost (R, front), a member of the original 1971 American team, plays withLiang Geliang, one of the Chinese team members in 1971, in a friendly match in

Shanghai, China, on 12 Dec, 2011, as part of the events to mark the 40th anniversaryof the Ping Pong Diplomacy, which led to the establishment of diplomatic relations

between China and the United States.—XINHUA

PUEBLO, (Colo), 14 Dec—Pueblo County sheriff’sofficials say a 4-year-oldpregnant mare is doing wellafter being rescued from a 7-foot hole.

Sheriff’s officials tellColorado Springs televisionstation KKTV that the mareapparently stepped into thehole, which her owners weredigging to install a faucet towater the horses. Rescuersused ditch maintenanceequipment from the countyroad and bridge departmentto lift the mare out of the holeTuesday. The mare’s ownersare keeping a close watch onher now.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 14 Dec—US safety investigators calledon Tuesday for a nationwideban on texting and cell phoneuse while driving, aprohibition that wouldinclude certain applicationsof hands-free technologybecoming more common innew cars.

The National Trans-portation Safety Boardrecommendation coversportable devices only but stillgoes beyond measuresproposed or imposed to dateby regulators and states, mostof which already ban textingwhile behind the wheel.

“When it comes to using

Safety board proposes ban oncell use while driving

A driver uses his smart phone while in traffic inEncinitas, California on 10 Dec, 2009.—INTERNET

electronic devices, it may seemlike it’s a quick call or a quicktext or a tweet, but accidentshappen in the blink of an eye,”said NTSB Chairman DeborahHersman. “No emails, no texts,no calls. It’s worth a humanlife.”

More than 3,000 peoplewere killed in distracteddriving crashes in the UnitedStates in 2010, according toTransportation Departmentfigures.

Most motorists partici-pating in a TransportationDepartment survey releasedlast week acknowledged fewsituations in which they would

not use a cell phone or textwhile behind the wheelalthough they supportedmeasures to curb the practice.

The five-member NTSBrecommendation to states fora ban, except in an emergency,

stemmed from aninvestigation of a Missourichain-reaction crash thatkilled two people last year, anaccident blamed on a driverwho was texting.

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In this photo provided bythe Pueblo County Sheriff’s

office, a 4-year-oldpregnant mare is rescuedfrom a 7-foot hole which

her owners were digging toinstall a faucet to water thehorses, on 13 Dec, 2011 in

Pubelo, Colo.INTERNET

Pregnantmare rescuedafter falling in

7-foot hole

ROME, 14 Dec—An Italian man with extreme right-wingviews opened fire in an outdoor market in Florence Tuesday,killing two vendors from Senegal, then critically woundedthree other Senegalese immigrants in another Florence marketbefore killing himself, authorities said. Florence prosecutorGiuseppe Quattrocchi said the man shot himself in the headin an underground parking lot under the covered market of SanLorenzo, in the heart of the Tuscan capital, as police wereapproaching him.

Investigators identified the attacker as 50-year-oldGianluca Casseri. RAI state TV said he was known to policefor having participated in racist marches by an extreme right-wing group. It said he used a .357 Magnum revolver.

Italy’s president, Giorgio Napolitano, decried what hecalled the “barbarous killing of two foreign workers” anddenounced “this blind explosion of hatred.” In a statement,Napolitano called on Italian authorities and society to “combatin the bud every form of intolerance and to reaffirm thetradition of openness and solidarity in our country.”

Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi described the assailant asa “clear-headed, mad and racist killer,” the Italian news agencyANSA said. Renzi added: “Florence is weeping.”

After the attacks, Senegalese immigrants in Florencestarted spontaneously marching toward the centre of the city,yelling “Senegal, Senegal.” Many Senegalese work as vendors,selling scarves, wallets, belts, handbags and other items tolocals and tourists near monuments in several Italian cities,including Florence and Rome.

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MEXICO CITY, 14 Dec—At least 77 people werepoisoned after eating spoiledfood in the central Mexicanstate Aguascalientes,Sanitary Regulation andControl Vice Director JuanAntonio Muro said Tuesday.

The first case of foodpoisoning was detectedSaturday in Tepezala

Gunman kills two in market inFlorence

Food poisoning affects 77 in Mexicomunicipality, Muro said in astatement.

The food poisoning wasdue to the spread of a bacteriacaused by poor managementand preservation of cookedfood, the epidemiologistfrom the state health ministrysaid.

People ate the rottenfood during a party in El

Porvenir town, in Tepezalamunicipality. Muro said nocompany was responsiblefor the poisoning becausethe food was prepared by thehosts of the party.

The affected people arebeing treated in localhospitals. The last medicalreport said they are out ofdanger.—Xinhua

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NEW DELHI, 14 Dec—Whether it’s alarge chain retailer or the smallest bookstallat an airport departure gate, Indianbookshops all have one thing in common —the predominance of business andmanagement titles.

English-language biographies ofleading business figures and self-help booksabout how to make a fortune pack the shelves,tapping an apparent thirst for success andself-improvement in the fast-growing SouthAsian nation.

“Business books are very important tous,” said Sonal Gandhi, head buyer at theleading chain Crossword, which has 86 storesacross India.

“It’s the more populist ones that reallysell. We don’t really do a lot of technicalstuff. But we do business management, self-

ABU DHABI, 14 Dec—ABritish explorer and twoEmiratis on Tuesdaycompleted a 44-day trekacross one of the world’slargest deserts, the EmptyQuarter, in the footsteps ofthe late traveller Sir WilfredThesiger.

The three men riding twocamels were welcomed with alarge round of applause from

SANTIAGO, (Chile), 14 Dec— JessicaNavarrete and her husband hugged in thedoorway of the surgery ward Tuesdaymorning and kissed their twin babies MariaPaz and Maria Jose.

Inside, an army of experts was ready totry yet again to work on separating theconjoined twins, this time at the thorax,stomach and pelvic regions. It would be theseventh operation that the girls would undergoin their 10 months alive. This time, Chileanswould be watching on television and theInternet.

“Sadness, a lot of sadness,” Navarretesaid as the operation got under way at theLuis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in the capitalof Santiago. “Because one as any motherfeels fear, but (I have) faith that everything

A customer browses through business-themed books at a bookstore in Mumbai.Whether it’s a large chain retailer or the smallest bookstall at an airport departure

gate, Indian bookshops all have one thing in common — the predominance of businessand management titles.—INTERNET

Read for success? India’s business bookstake off

British explorer AdrianHayes arrives at his finaldestination in Abu Dhabiafter completing with twoUAE nationals a 44-day

trek across one of theworld’s largest sand

deserts, the Empty Quarter,in the footsteps of latetraveller Sir Wilfred

Thesiger.INTERNET

Trio trek Empty Quarter in footstepsof Thesiger

In this image taken from a video released by Luis CalvoMackenna hospital, Jessica Navarrete, right, and

Roberto Paredes, parents of conjoined twins Maria Pazand Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete kiss them before a

separation surgery in Santiago, Chile, on 13 Dec, 2011.INTERNET

TOKYO, 14 Dec—Japanwill install radar equipmentat Tokyo’s Haneda airport inApril to prevent birds fromcolliding with airplanes thatcould cause plane crashes,according to local mediaciting officials from ministryof transport.

It is the first such high-tech effort to be made in thecountry due to the rising birdstrikes at the nation’s busiestairport, the officials said.

The radar afterinstallation can locate thepositions of birds up to 300meters high, so that peoplecan track their movementson screen and deal with themmore easily. The radar canmeasure the size and the typeof birds while the monitorswill be able estimate wherebirds are likely to fly, and itcan disperse the birds byusing popping sounds overloudspeakers. Bird strikecases have been increasing atthe Haneda airport in recentyears. Last year there were atotal of 171 cases, and thisyear already outpaced lastyear, with 176 cases in thefirst nine months. Similarequipment will be installedat other airports if the projectproved to be effective, theofficials said.—Xinhua

NEW YORK, 14 Dec—A 33.19-carat diamond ring given toElizabeth Taylor by actor Richard Burton, whom she marriedtwice, sold for $8,818,500 at an auction of gems, fabulousclothes, accessories and memorabilia amassed by the lateactress.

The ring, estimated to sell for $2.5 million to $3.5 million,was included in a collection of Taylor’s necklaces, earrings,pendants and rings and other gems that went on sale Tuesdaynight at Christie’s auction house in New York City. The ringwas purchased by a private buyer from Asia, according to aChristie’s spokesman.

A pearl known as “La Peregrina” purchased at auction for$37,000 in 1969 by Burton for Taylor reached the world recordprice of $11,842,500. It was estimated to sell for $2 million to$3 million.

The price surpassed the previous auction record for apearl, set in 2007 at Christie’s New York with the sale of TheBaroda Pearls for $7,096,000.

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Chile doctors try separating conjoined twins

crowds who were waiting forthem at Abu Dhabi’scorniche, marking theconclusion of their 1,600-kilometre (990-mile) trip.Following closely the routetaken by the British explorerin the 1940s, the team beganthe trip in late October fromthe tropical forests of Salalahsouth of Oman, beforenavigating across one of the

biggest bodies of sand onearth. British explorer AdrianHayes made the trip with UAEnationals Saeed al-Mesafryand Ghafan al-Jabry. “I feelincredibly privileged to haveundertaken such a specialexperience,” said Hayes, 53.

“It is a lot different from65 years ago when MubarakBin London visited Arabia,”he said quoting the namegiven by bedouins toThesiger. “I have so muchrespect for the journey he

undertook.” Relying on basicprovisions, nature andbedouin hospitality, the triopassed through a number of

key historical sites thatThesiger visited during hisArabian travels in the 1940s.

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Japan to installradar at TokyoHaneda airportto reduce bird

strikes

Taylor’s ring from Burtonfetches $8.8m in NY

This , 1 Sept, 2011, filephoto shows”TheElizabeth Taylor

Diamond,” a 33.19carat a gift to the

actress from RichardBurton at Christie’s, in

New York.INTERNET

will turn out well and I’m going to see themseparated, because this is my dream.

“A miracle from God is what I’m waitingfor.”

The twins had lost a lot of blood byTuesday night, but Navarrete and the girls’father, Roberto Paredes, had issued a call earlyin the day for the public to donate blood anddoctors said later that they had enough toease the bleeding problem.

By midnight, the twins were two-thirdsseparated.

“We had to completely separate the chest,and now we are starting the final separationstage of the abdomen and pelvic region,”Francisco Ossandon, head of the surgicalteam, told reporters.

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help books, a lot of biographies, which sella lot,” she told AFP. Precise data on sales andthe size of the publishing market in India aredifficult to come by, given the vastunorganised retail sector and lack of accurate,computerised measuring.

But Nielsen BookScan, which tracksretail sales, said the value of the businesspublishing sector grew at a rate of more than25 percent from the second to third quarterof the current financial year. The overallmarket increased at a rate of 18 percentvalue-wise in the same period.

Nielsen BookScan estimates that ittracks more than a third of all English-language Indian trade book sales, usingdata from retailers including Landmark,Crossword and the online book, film andmusic store Flipkart.—Internet

US drone crashes at Seychellesairport

NAIROBI, (Kenya) , 14 Dec— An American military dronewhich had been used to monitor piracy off the East Africancoast has crashed at an airport on the island nation ofSeychelles during a routine patrol, officials said.

The US Embassy in Mauritius said the unmanned US AirForce MQ-9 Reaper was not armed and that Tuesday’s crashcaused no injuries. The crash sparked a fire that was quicklyextinguished.

Lina Laurence of Seychelles’ civilian aviation authoritysaid the drone developed engine problems minutes into itsflight and needed to land as soon as possible Tuesdaymorning. “But due to its accelerated landing speed, theaircraft was unable to stop before the runway’s end,” Laurencesaid. The embassy’s statement said the cause of the crash isbeing investigated.

“It has been confirmed that this drone was unarmed andits failure was due to mechanical reasons,” Laurence said.

The affected runway was closed for about 10 minutes asa “precautionary measure,” but was later reopened with nodisruption to airport operations, Laurence said.

The US military and the civilian aviation authority ofSeychelles have coordinated to remove the debris, officialssaid.—Internet

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Japan extends tax breaks onfuel-efficient vehicles

Womancharged with

village murderLONDON,14 Dec — A 23-

year-old woman has beencharged with the murder ofEmma Jones in the village ofPenygroes in Gwynedd inthe early hours of Saturday.Police said Alwen ElunedJones, from the nearby vil-lage of Llanllyfni, will ap-pear before Caernarfon mag-istrates on Monday. Earlier,detectives confirmed 31-year-old Emma Jones diedas a result of a stab wound.

A man and woman whowere also arrested have beenreleased without charge. Anappeal for witnesses has beenissued. Ms Jones was pro-nounced dead in hospital fol-lowing the stabbing, On Sun-day, forensic experts haveremained at flats in Trem yWyddfa. The coroner hasbeen informed and a familyliaison officer is supportingMs Jones' family.

The death came asPenygroes was about to cel-ebrate its Christmas fayre,with preparations for thecommunity event filmed forthe S4C programme, Mel aNia. Tributes to Ms Joneshave been posted on a spe-cial page on the social net-working site Facebook.

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Toyota will be supplied with clean diesel engines byBMW.—INTERNET

FOR SALE BY OWNER

A plot of Grant Land area (50)

acres situated on Salon Island,

Kawthaung District, Taninthayi Re-

gion has to be sold.

Contact directly to the Owner

Phone No. 09 5010043, 09 5158413

Suitable for hotel accomodation,

Resort and Natural Garden.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF CITYGOLF RESORT FOR PAYMENT

OF MONTHLY FEES

It is found out that some members (Myanmars/Foreigners) of the City Golf Resort, Yangon CityDevelopment Committee, have failed to pay theirmonthly fees for various reasons. According to para-graph (9) of the rules and regulations of the City GolfResort, those members (Myanmars/Foreigners) whofail to pay their monthly fees for a period of one yearand over shall cease to be a member of the Resort, andso they are kindly requested to come and clear theiroutstanding dues at our Reception Counter by 31st

January, 2012 at the latest.General ManagerCity Golf Resort

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAGGER VOY NO (15)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAGGERVOY NO (15) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 15.12.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: RK SHIPPING & TRADINGPTE LTD S’PORE

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ASIAN LEADER VOY NO (09)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ASIANLEADER VOY NO (09) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 15.12.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W-5 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: NYK LINE TOKYO, JAPANPhone No: 256924/256914CLAIMS DAY NOTICE

MV DAN JIANG VOY NO (047)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAN JIANG

VOY NO (047) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 15.12.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA DRAGON VOY NO (12)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA DRAGON

VOY NO (12) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 15.12.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: SANG THAI SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Shark spares surferby the skin of its teeth

Stephen King with the surfboard after the sharkattack.— INTERNET

Over 90,000 detained for illegal foodproduction, gambling, drug trafficking

BEIJING, 14 Dec — Chinese police had investigatedover 132,000 cases and detained more than 90,000 sus-pects by November in a nationwide crackdown on a set ofhighly attended offenses, especially food and drug safetycases.

The high-profile campaign, launched on 22 Aug by theMinistry of Public Security, aims to eliminate illegal foodproducers and vendors, factories producing counterfeit goodsand markets built for the disposal of stolen goods, pornog-raphy, gambling and drug trafficking.

A statement issued on Sunday by the ministry summa-rized the "preliminary progress" of the campaign, statingthat 28,000 venues used for illegal activities have been shutdown during the first 100 days.

CANBERRA, 14 Dec — Asurfer has had a lucky escapeafter a shark took a bite outof his board while he was inthe sea off the coast of Aus-tralia. Stephen King was tak-ing an early morning surfnear the village of Angouriein New South Wales whenthe shark swam up andlunged at him. He quicklypulled his legs out of thewater, saving them frommajor injury, and escapedwith only minor puncturewounds.

His board fared less well,ending up with a large chunkout of one side and in twopieces. Mr King said: "Therewas just a bang from the sideand I went cartwheelingthrough the air, then therewas this thrashing beside me."I'm probably the luckiest

guy on two legs at the mo-ment. Yeah, unbelievable,"he added as he showed offhis damaged board. Hoursafter the lucky escape, chil-dren were swimming on thesame beach.

Experts warned that peo-ple must take care when en-tering the sea, which is ulti-mately a shark's domain."You've got to be realistic.This is their territory andwe're just the visitors," saidVic Peddermors, a researcherfrom the government Depart-ment of Primary Industries.Safely back on shore, MrKing laughed with his friendabout the close call and said:

"I'm blessed." He hasagreed to allow his board tobe displayed in a local mu-seum.

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TOKYO, 14 Dec — Japanhas extended tax breaks forfuel-efficient vehicles, in abid to help its struggling do-mestic car industry. Origi-nally scheduled to expire inApril, the incentive will con-

tinue until April 2015. Ja-pan's domestic car sector hasbeen hit by natural disastersat home and abroad, as wellas by the strength of the yen.Tax breaks on green vehi-cles vary according to themodel and type of car.

Although companiessuch as Toyota and Nissanare known around the world,Japan's overall domestic carmarket has grown very littlein recent years. Fuel-efficientvehicles have offered a brightspot within the sector.

The news from Japancame as negotiators at theUnited Nations climatechange talks in Durban agreedfor the first time to bring theworld's biggest pollutingcountries into efforts to limitglobal warming.

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Museum sellsgrenade-shaped ornaments

Visitors to the SwedishArmy museum are questioningwhether its hand grenade-shaped Christmas treeornaments are in bad taste.

The Stockholm museumis selling the ornaments to raisemoney for Christian Aid, acharity that combats povertyand helps with disaster relief,Swedish news agency TTreported Monday.

“Support Christian Aidand their work for peace andagainst poverty by buying ourChristmas ornaments whichare a subtle reminder of thosewho are less fortunate thanwe are during the holidayseason,” the museum said inannouncing the ornaments onits Web site.

Man trashedhouse, thought

woman trapped Police in Utah said a man who had

taken a substance destroyed the inside ofhis father’s home because he wasconvinced his girlfriend was trapped in thewalls.

West Valley City police said the man,who had apparently overdosed on asubstance, called for help Saturdayafternoon and told officers he had heardhis girlfriend calling from help from behindthe walls of the home, the Salt Lake Tribunereported Monday.

Police said they found the man haddestroyed the interior of the home, whichbelongs to his father, who was out of townat the time of the incident.

Investigators said they found thegirlfriend was vacationing in Texas andwas unaware of the incident.

School gives belts to sagging pupils Administrators at a South Carolina high school said students caught with

saggy pants will now receive loaner belts instead of written referrals.William Cureton, an administrative assistant and assistant football coach

for Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, said he came up with the idea forthe loaner belts after talking to colleagues who were similarly frustrated bystudents whose pants sag beneath their underwear, the Rock Hill Heraldreported Monday.

“We see kids with their britches hanging down all the time,” Cureton said.“We want to change the culture.”

However, somemuseum visitors said theyfind the ornaments to bedistasteful.

“Quite simply I thinkit’s distasteful, especially ifthey are raising money forcharity.

This is a museumfrequented by children andit’s hard to explain to themwhy there are handgrenades in the Christmastrees,” visitor ElinorLindeborg said. “This is anArmy Museum, but shouldstill try to highlight a non-war perspective.”

Megan Fox gets oxygen facialonce every week

Megan Fox

Sandra Bullock recalls 9/11 attack

Sandra Bullock

WASHINGTON, 14 Dec—Megan Fox has revealed thatshe gets an oxygen facial oncea week as she thinks that it’simportant to take care of herskin.

The stunning actress saidthat when not working, shelikes to indulge in a weeklytreatment to keep her lookingat her best.

“I don’t have time to domasks, but I love having themdone as part of a facial. If I’mnot working, I have an oxygenfacial once a week. It’simportant to go out and have

Julianne Moore did herresearch before playing Sarah

Palin’s role

Julianne Moore

Pregnant Jessica Simpson signs3 million-dollar weight-loss

dealNEW YORK, 14 Dec—Mom-to-be Jessica Simpson has

signed a 3 million-dollar deal with Weight Watchers,according to reports. Sources have told the New York Postthat the blond star has been flooded with offers from a numberof weight-loss programmes.

“The deal is in place, and after having her baby, she’llstart with Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight,” a sourcetold the publication.

Another reason, which has prompted Simpson to get inshape fast is that she hopes to wed her fiancé, Eric Johnson,soon after she gives birth.—Internet

Jessica Simpson

Blake Lively designscharity cupcake

Actress Blake Lively

Lindsay Lohangets stolen purse

back, butwithout cashNEW YORK, 14 Dec—

Actress Lindsay Lohan’sstolen purse has been returnedbut cash worth USD 10,000has gone missing.

According to tmz.com,Lohan had accidentally lefther USD 5,000 Chanel pursein a car while partying inHawaii, however, when shereturned, it was missing.Apart from USD 10,000 cash,the purse also contained herpassport and probationpapers. One of her friendsquestioned a “suspicious-looking local” who firstlydenied any knowledge of thehandbag, but showed up withthe bag in hand just minuteslater.—Internet

NEW YORK, 14 Dec—Julianne Moore has revealedthat she did her research onSarah Palin before tacklingher role as the former Alaskangovernor for HBO’s ‘GameChange’ miniseries.

The 51-year-old actresssaid that she “read everysingle thing” she could aboutPalin and “watched everyinterview” in order to preparefor her role as the formerAlaska governor in the newTV series.

Moore was asked if shehad developed a newfoundrespect for Palin after delvingdeeper into her life. Theactress raised an eyebrow andsighed deeply, and quietlysaid “No”. The series is basedon the book of the same name

a steam and get the toxins out,”Contactmusic quoted her astelling Britain’s InStylemagazine. The ‘Jennifer’’sBody’ actress also revealedthat she tries not to wear make-up when she doesn’t have to.

“I don’t wear make-upwhen I’m not working, unlessI’m going on a date with myhusband. Then, I’ll do a dewytinted moisturiser with a lipgloss and tons of mascara. Ihave a lot of mascara.

“I wash my face andmoisturise twice a day withEpicuren Discovery’sBulgarian Rose Otto andapply Perricone MD’s VitaminC Ester Eye Serum a few timesa day. I don’t wear sunscreen,because I feel like I’m allergicto the chemicals in it. I stay outof the sun as much as possibleand always wear hats,” sheadded.—Internet

by journalists JohnHeilemann and MarkHalperin, the New York DailyNews reported. It willprimarily track the actions ofthe Republican Party duringthe 2008 PresidentialElection.—Internet

LONDON, 14 Dec—Actress Blake Lively, knownfor teen drama “Gossip Girl”,has designed cupcakes forcharity.

The 24-year-old wasspotted at a SprinklesCupcakes store in New York9 Dec making deserts whichwill be sold to raise cash forcharity.

“She came in withgirlfriends to create it. Blake(Lively) helped design andadd her own touches to it. It’sa S’mores cupcake.

It features a Grahamcracker bottom, deep gooeychocolate, and a S’mores-likeburned-marsh-mallowy top,”female-first.co.uk quotedLively as saying.

The cupcake will belaunched in January next yearand all proceeds will benefitOxfam InternationalSomalia.

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LONDON, 14 Dec— Actress SandraBullock says her upcoming movie“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” hasspecial significance in her life because thefilm reminds her of the terrorist attack on theWorld Trade Centre.

The 47-year-old plays one of the leadroles in the movie, which is an adaptation ofthe novel with the same name.

The film tells the story of a young boywhose father die in the 9/11 attack.

“I was here on that day with my sister andbrother-in-law...It was just one of those daysthat you saw New Yorkers being the amazinghuman beings that they are and everyonehelping and bonding together,” contact-music.com quoted Bullock as saying.

Although Bullock didn’t lose anyonedirectly in the tragedy, she is still affected bythe terror attacks.

“It’s so hard to talk about. I didn’t losesomeone directly, but I was there toexperience other people’s loss. It’s not just

an accident [or] something that happens, itwas an intended action and that’s hard tounderstand,” she added.—Internet

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Madrid beats third-tier Ponferradina 2-0 in Copa Inter Milan beats Genoa 1-0 in Serie A

Toure admits to feeling ‘guilty and confused’ afterManchester City delay the Ivorian’s departure

Podolski snatches 1-1 drawfor Cologne with Mainz

Murray’s mother to captainBritain in Fed Cup

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, rightshoots to score during a Spanish Copadel Rey, round of 16, first leg soccermatch against Ponferradina at the

Toralin stadium in Ponferrada, Spain.INTERNET

BARCELONA, 14 Dec — Real Madridshrugged off its weekend defeat by Barce-lona to beat third-tier Ponferradina 2-0 awayin the fourth round of the Copa del Rey onTuesday.

Jose Callejon put the cup holders ahead

in the 29th minute of the first leg match.Callejon steered Sami Khedira’s bounc-

ing cross into the top right corner as theformer Espanyol forward continues to makethe most of his limited opportunities with hisnew club.

Madrid played with 10 men from the 69thafter defender Raul Albiol collected a secondbooking, but Cristiano Ronaldo made thegame safe five minutes later.

The Portugal forward— heavily criticizedfor his performance in Saturday’s 3-1 leaguedefeat by Barcelona—ran onto GonzaloHiguain’s pass and shot under the goalkeeperfrom the left side of the area for his 22nd goalin all competitions this season.

Despite the score and the steady rain, the8,500 fans at Toralin Stadium celebrated therare match against the nine-team Europeanchampion by doing a Mexican wave in thegame’s dying minutes.

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International Sports

Inter Milan midfielderRicardo Alvarez, left,

of Argentina, challengesfor the ball with

Genoa defender EmilianoMoretti during the Serie A

soccer match at theFerraris stadium in

Genoa, Italy.INTERNET

Inter Milan defenderYuto Nagatomo, of Japan,scores a goal during the

Serie A soccer matchbetween Genoa and

Inter Milan on 13 Dec.INTERNET

MILAN, 14 Dec —InterMilan’s revival gatheredpace on Tuesday with a 1-0win at Genoa that moved theclub into the top half of theSerie A table.

However, the entertain-ment of the night was to befound in Sicily, where Sienaprogressed to the quarterfi-nals of the Italian Cup bybeating Palermo on 3-0 pen-alties following a thrilling 4-4 draw.

Josip Ilicic scored a hattrick for cup holder Palermo,including two penalties, butmissed his spot-kick in theshootout.

In Genoa, Japanese inter-national Yuto Nagatomoheaded the winner in the 67thminute, though the victorymargin would have beengreater were it not for a glar-ing error by misfiring strikerDiego Milito.

It was Milito’s first gameagainst Genoa, where he

spent two and a half highlyprolific seasons. The Argen-tine left in 2009 to join Inter.

Genoa almost leveled inthe closing stages but keeperJulio Cesar pulled off a stun-ning save to deny MiguelVeloso.

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Judy Murray

LONDON, 14 Dec —AndyMurray’s mother has beenappointed captain of Brit-ain’s Fed Cup team.

The Lawn Tennis Asso-ciation said Thursday thatJudy Murray will lead Brit-ain in its 1-4 Feb Europe-Africa Group I matchagainst Israel in Eilat andmentor other female per-

formance coaches.Murray, who was the

Scotland national coach fornine years, trained three-timeGrand Slam finalist AndyMurray early in his career.She is a familiar figure atthe No 4-ranked player’smatches—regularly jumpingto her feet to shout encour-agement from the stands.

She also coached sonJamie, a Wimbledon mixeddoubles champion in 2007.

“It is a huge honor for meto represent my country inthis way,” she said. “The rolepresents a very exciting chal-lenge, given the mix of tal-ent, experience and determi-nation we have in our topfemale players right now.

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Winning 2 money titles keptDonald on the go

Villas-Boas targets Chelseatitle challenge

Yaya Toure admits tofeeling 'guilty and

confused' afterManchester City delay theIvorian's departure for the

African Cup of Nations.—INTERNET

LONDON, 14 Dec —Man-chester City have beengranted special dispensationto delay Yaya Toure’s de-parture for the Africa Cup ofNations.

The Ivory Coast interna-tional had looked set to missout on the FA Cup third roundmatch against ManchesterUnited and the first leg of theLeague Cup semi-final withLiverpool, but he will nowbe able to feature in both.

Although glad he can takepart in two importantmatches, Yaya admits to feel-ing indifferent about the situ-ation, with his loyalties splitbetween club and country.

The former Barcelonaman told reporters: "Ourcountry needs people likemyself and Didier Drogba

because there is a war and it'simportant we do what we canfor our people, but this is alsoa crucial time of the season.

“There are two crucialmonths coming up and nowI am going to miss one ofthem. “The team, the cluband the manager need me,but I will have to go awayand play in a different com-petition.

"It's difficult as I am veryfocused for City and we needall the players.

“I have to go because mycountry is going throughsome difficult things, but Iam a little bit guilty and con-fused about it.

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Johnson goes back to hisold caddie

JUPTER, 14 Dec — Dustin Johnson has hired a newcaddie—his old one. Johnson said Tuesday that he hasrehired Bobby Brown, who was on his bag for four of his fivePGA Tour wins. Brown also was at his side when Johnsonshot 82 in the final round of the US Open at Pebble Beach,and when Johnson was given a two-shot penalty in the PGAChampionship at Whistling Straits for not realizing he wasin a bunker.

Johnson fired Brown in the spring and hired Joe LaCava,who then left Johnson in October to work for Tiger Woods.

Johnson, who is recovering from minor knee surgery,says he’s expecting a big season next year. Brown says heand Johnson have remained friends and he’s happy foranother chance-—Internet

England's Luke Donaldhits a ball on the 2nd holeduring the final round ofthe Dubai World Champi-

onship golf tournamenton 11 Dec.INTERNET

JACKSONVILLE, 14 Dec —Luke Donald is the firstplayer to win the money titleon the PGA Tour and theEuropean Tour in the sameseason. He is not the firstplayer to win the most moneyon both tours in the sameyear.

The European Tour me-dia guide lists Tiger Woodsas the “leading money win-ner in Europe” six times—1999, 2000, 2002 and threestraight seasons starting in2005. The Order of Meritwas won those years by ColinMontgomerie (’99, ̀ 05), LeeWestwood (’00), RetiefGoosen (’01), PadraigHarrington (’06) and JustinRose (’07).

This is more than a caseof semantics, though.To beeligible for the money title, aplayer must be a member ofeach tour. Membership re-quires a minimum numberof starts. And that requiressome juggling of tourna-ments and a fair amount oftravel.

Donald played 25 timesthis year between the PGATour and European Tour,with the majors and WorldGolf Championships count-ing toward both tours. Tech-nically, he was credited with19 starts on the PGA Tourand 13 starts on the Euro-pean Tour.

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Cologne's striker LukasPodolski celebrates

during the German firstdivision Bundesliga

football matchon 13 Dec, 2011.

INTERNET

BERLIN, 14 Dec —Lukas Podolski scored alate equalizer to earnCologne a 1-1 draw againstMainz on Tuesday in aBundesliga game post-poned because of a referee’ssuicide attempt.

Podolski unleashed afierce shot from 20 metres(yards) that flew in off theright post in the 85th minute.

It was the Germany for-ward’s 14th goal of the sea-son.

“You can never com-pletely stop Poldi. That’s thedifference,” Mainz goal-keeper Christian Wetklosaid.

Sami Allagui put Mainz

in front with header in the70th, the Tunisia striker beat-ing three Cologne defendersto Julian Baumgartlinger’scross.

The sides were due tomeet on 19 Nov, but thegame was called off at shortnotice when Babak Rafatiwas found bleeding in a ho-tel bathtub hours before kickoff.

Cologne is now 10th,while Mainz is two placesbehind after its fifth game ina row unbeaten.

“It was a lucky point forus in the end. Mainz were thebetter team,” Podolski said.

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Andre Villas-Boas and hisChelsea staff celebratetheir 2-1 win against

Manchester City.INTERNET

LONDON, 14 Dec — Chel-sea manager Andre Villas-Boas believes his team areright back in the race for theBarclays Premier League ti-tle after their 2-1 win overleaders Manchester City.

The Blues came from agoal behind to condemn Cityto their first defeat of the

season at Stamford Bridgeon Monday, with RaulMeireles and a FrankLampard penalty provingdecisive.

The win lifts Chelsea tothird and means they are nowonly seven points behindCity, who face Arsenal at theEtihad Stadium on Sunday.

"Seven points behind inthis League with so manyteams competing for the titleis nothing," said Villas-Boas."To shorten it to seven isgood for us, but we mustcontinue to perform.

"In the next couple ofweeks, City play Arsenaland we play Tottenham, andfor our title challenge to stayalive we have to be compe-tent right throughoutDecember.—Internet

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MYANMAR INTERNATIONALProgramme Schedule

(15-12-2011) (Thursday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (15-12-11 09:30 am ~16-12-11 09:30 am) MST

Weather Map of Myanmar andNeighbouring Areas

7:00 am 1. Paritta by

VenerableMingun Sayadaw-UppatasantiParitta

7:30 am 2. Morning News7:40 am 3. Dhamma Puja

Song

7:50 am 4. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 5. Health Programme

8:10 am 6. Dance of National

Races

8:20 am 7. Myanmar

Traditional Cultural

Performing Arts

Competitions

8:30 am 8. Dance of Variety

8:40 am 9. International News

8:45 am10.Musical

Programme

4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme

4:25 pm 3. Cute Little

Dancers

4:35 pm 4. Myanmar

Traditional

Cultural

Performing Arts

Competitions

4:45 pm 5. University of

Distance

Education

(TV Lectures)

-Third Year

(Physics)

5:00 pm 6. Songs For

Upholding

National Spirit

5:10 pm 7. One village &

One Product

5:20 pm 8. Science and

Environment5:40 pm 9. Documentary6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Myanmar Series6:40 pm13. Approachaing

Sciencediscovery World

7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International

News17. Weather Report18. Documentary19. TV Drama Series20. TV Drama Series

Local Transmission* Opening* News* A Festival on Buddha's Life Story (Part-2)* News* A Trip to the City of Rakkhita, Rakhine* News* Record Album* Reed Handbag* News

* Myanmar Social and Charitable Association(Episode-2)

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* A Festival on Buddha's Life Story (Part-2)* News* A Trip to the City of Rakkhita, Rakhine* News* Record Album

* Reed Handbag* News* Myanmar Social and Charitable Association

(Episode-2)* News* Youth & Technology (Chin TwinTechnology

Training School)* News* Music Gallery* Against All Odds* News* Ever Blooming Flower* News* Travelogue "A Short Trip With Wayne"* Myanmar Movies "Essence of Devotion"

‘The Help’ leads Screen Actors honours with 4 nomsLOS ANGELES, 14 Dec—

The Deep South drama “TheHelp” cleaned up with fournominations Wednesday forthe Screen Actors GuildAwards, among themhonours for Viola Davis,Jessica Chastain andOctavia Spencer. Theadaptation of the best-sellingnovel also was nominatedfor best ensemble cast, alongwith the silent film “TheArtist,” the wedding comedy“Brides-maids,” the familydrama “The Descendants”and the romantic fantasy“Midnight in Paris.”

Davis is up for bestactress and Spencer forsupporting actress as blackmaids who agree to sharestories of their tough liveswith an aspiring white writerat the start of the civil-rightsmovement in 1960sMississippi. Chastain alsowas nominated for suppor-ting actress as Spencer’slonely, needy new boss.

“The Artist” ran secondwith three nominations,including a best-actor

honour for Jean Dujardin asa silent star falling fromgrace amid the advent oftalking pictures andsupporting actress forBerenice Bejo, who plays arising sound-era movie star.

Along with Davis, best-actress contenders are GlennClose as a woman disguisingherself as a male butler in19th-century Ireland in

“Albert Nobbs”; MerylStreep as British PrimeMinister Margaret Thatcherin “The Iron Lady”; TildaSwinton as a grief-strickenwoman coping with her son’shorrible deeds in “We Needto Talk About Kevin”; andMichelle Williams asMarilyn Monroe in “MyWeek With Marilyn.”

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In this 3 Sept, 2011 photo, from left, Emma Stone, ViolaDavis, Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney, pose for a

photo for their film “The Help” during the 37th

American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy,France.The Deep South drama “The Help” leads theScreen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations,

among them honors for Viola Davis, Jessica Chastainand Octavia Spencer.—INTERNET

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST: During the past (24) hours, light rainhave been isolated in Kachin State and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions andStates. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below December average temperatures in TaninthayiRegion, Kachin, Kayin and Mon States, (5°C)to (6°C) below December average temperatures inUpper Sagaing Region and Chin State and about December average temperatures in the remainingRegions and States. The significant night temperatures were Haka (-2°C), Pinlaung (4°C), Heho andMogok (5°C) each and Namhsan (6°C).

Nay Pyi Taw weather: Maximum temperature on 13-12-2011 was 89°F. Minimum temperatureon 14-12-2011 was 60°F. Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14-12-2011 was 82%. Totalrainfall hours on 14-12-2011 was (Nil).

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport) weather: Maximum temperature on 13-12-2011 was 88°F. Minimumtemperature on 14-12-2011 was 60°F. Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14-12-2011 was73%. Total rainfall hours on 14-12-2011 was (Nil).

Rainfall on 14-12-2011 was (Nil) at Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and Mandalay each.Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (59.88) inches at Nay Pyi Taw, (128.19) inches at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (48.54) inches at Mandalay. Maximum wind speed at Nay Pyi Taw was (4) mph fromWest at (12:30) hours MST on 14-12-2011.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea, South Bay and West Central Bayand generally fair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Special Feature: According to the observation at (12:30)hrs M.S.T today, the depression overSouth China Sea it is centered at about (220) miles South of (Con Son) island, Southern Vietnam.It is forecast to move West- Southwest direction.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th December 2011: Light rain are likely to be isolated inTaninthayi Region and Kachin State and weather will be partly cloudy in Upper Sagaing, Yangonand Ayeyawady Regions, Shan, Rakhine and Mon States and generally fair in the remaining Regionsand States. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation of decrease of night temperatures in the

Lower Myanmar areas.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for 15-12-2011: Generally fair weather.Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 15-12-2011: Partly cloudy.Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for 15-12-2011: Generally fair weather.

WEATHER Wednesday, 14 December, 2011

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To ensure livelihood, economic and religious affairs of the people andprevalence of law in their respective regions, administrators to coordinatewith all organizations keeping balance while doing their bit in setting up

economic and social development of the StateNAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—Vice-President of the Republic of the

Union of Myanmar Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wife Daw Nan ShweHmon, accompanied by Union Ministers, Deputy Ministers anddepartmental heads, left here for Lashio, Shan State (North) byspecial flight yesterday morning. They were welcomed by ShanState Chief Minister U Sao Aung Myat, Ministers and officialsconcerned.

The Vice-President and party visited learning of students,science lab, reading room, computer lab, language lab andlibrary at No.7 Basic Education High School in Lashio.

Later on, the Vice-President met teachers from BasicEducation High Schools at Pyinnya Yadana Hall there.

At the call, he said that the aim of their tour was to knoweducation programme being implemented by the President andfulfill the need of BEHSs.

The State has opened the school across the country as wellas employing a lot of teachers to be able to cope with theincreasing number of students. But, the large number of teachersis still in need. When there is the large proportion of students andteachers, there would be weakness in teaching. So, the State isstill trying to reduce this high proportion, he said.

Strenuous efforts are being made by every school acrossthe country in order to meet the high matriculation exam passrate. It is so crucial that all those students who have passed theexam need to be qualified. The State has been holding workshopsoccasionally so as to promote the weak education system. Dueto that, there emerge fruitful suggestions not only for basic leveleducation but also for higher level education.

The more the quality of students; that emphasis should beplaced on students-centered approach to be able to get rid ofparrot learning method and the teachers on their part are to givemore time for the teaching, he said.

The State is practising compulsory education system inorder that every student has easy assess to basic education. TheState is distributing text books free of charge this year. Effortsare being made to provide them with stationery in addition totext books, based on the State’s finanicial budget. English is themost commonly-used language after mother tongue. So, theteachers on their part are to teach their students English to getgood command. Lessons like moral characters, public ethics inaddition to formal lessons should be put in the syllabus. It is also

essential that the syllabus should cover health and sport activities,generating moral, mental and physical development. It is veryimportant to nature students to turn out the outstanding studentswith a view to promoting the sport standard of the country, hesaid.

The teachers should nature their students to know the goodpractice of clean environments since young. Arrangements havebeen made for granting scholarship programme and stipends forthe outstanding and needy students, which will be in operationin coming academic year. The State on their part has alreadyprovided the necessary assistances. But, to meet the need of therest, cooperation between parent-teacher association and schoolboards of trustees is essential, he said.

After that, the Vice-President donated K 2 million to theeducation fund through the school head.

Union Minister U Tint Hsan presented sports gears donatedby the Sports Ministry to the headmaster. And General ManagerU Aung Min Thein of Shwe Thanlwin Co also donated two setsof Sky Net TV.

The Vice-President then greeted teachers.The Vice-President said in meeting with village/ward/

township/district level administrators of Lashio and townseldersthat the onus is on administrators to serve as a bridge betweenthe State and the people.

Some administrators are government employees andsome are ones elected by the people. Whoever they are, theyare to implement policies set by the State while servingpublic interests and reporting necessary measures to thegovernment.

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As humanitarian activities, Union government, MRCS, UNHCR, UNICEF andUSDP donate relief supplies such as rice, sweater and personal goods to families

who were displaced due to conflict in Maijayan region of Bhamo DistrictNAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—The government formed a Union

level peace group with 11 members for achieving eternalpeace in Kachin State and assigns duty to the group to meetKIA/KIO group not only for serving the interest of localnational people but also for focusing on peace and stabilityof the Union. In so doing, the President Office on 10December has instructed the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services for the government militarycolumns in the Kachin State not to engage in offensiveoperations against the KIA and not to move the troopsexcept in its defence to be able to build trusts between thetwo sides while making peace talks. It was reported that theOffice of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services hassent instructions to regiments, units and columns in theregion. On other hand, members of the peace group areseriously striving for holding peace talks.

As humanitarian activities, the Union government, theMyanmar Red Cross Society, UNHCR, UNICEF and UnionSolidarity and Development Party donate relief suppliessuch as rice, sweater and personal goods to the families whowere displaced due to present conflict in Maijayan region ofBhamo District. The Myanmar National Human RightsCommission went to Bhamo and coordinated with localauthorities for soonest distribution of donated supplies

possible to the respective camps in Bhamo.The donations for the families displaced as a result of

conflicts comprised six relief items for 1000 households bythe Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, 300bags of rice and 1000 sweaters by Union Solidarity andDevelopment Party, 400 sets of family kit by Myanmar RedCross Society, four relief items for 500 households byUNHCR, 25 relief items for 300 households by UNICEF. Alldonations have been sent to Maijayan region on 12December.

Moreover, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement has provided six relief items for 2345households, 300 boxes of instant noodle and 3560 sweatersfor 3022 households from 55 relief camps, WFP 343.87 tonsof rice, 43.862 tons of gram, 22.17 tons of edible oil and3.655 tons of salt, UNHCR 270 tents, 1459 blankets, 1459mosquito nets, 755 sets of kitchen utensils and 755 sheets oftarpaulin, and UNICEF medicines for emergency cases, 30boxes of medical equipment and health aid materials.

Under the arrangements of the ministry, NyeinFoundation donated stationery, soaps and mosquito netsworth K 49,553,030, Myitta Foundation general reliefsupplies worth K 255.2 million, Kachin Baptist Church(KBC) cash and general assistance worth K 121 million,

World Vision 18 items of general supplies worth K49,227,000, Karuna (Myitkyina) Social Society generalsupplies worth K 92.3 million, Swiss Aids K 400,000 andWorld Concern stationery and clothes.

Likewise, the Kachin State Government and peopledonated foodstuffs, personal goods, clothes, medicines andschool stationery worth K 32,092,000 and K 2,8643,000,departments concerned in Kachin State relief supplies worthK 99,833,530 and K 23,014,400, MRCS family and kitchenutensils worth K 165 million, social and religious associationsand wellwishers various items of aids worth K 50 million andK 33.7 million, and Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives K 70million. The donations and provisions for the families who

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Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Dr Sai Mauk Kham greets doctors, nursesand staff at Nursing and Midwifery Training School in Lashio.—MNA

Over 14,000 displaced personshad to leave behind their homes andpossessions which adversely affectedtheir economic, social and spiritualwell-being.

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