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Volume XVII, Number 70 4th Waxing of Waso 1371 ME Thursday, 25 June, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 24June—Chairman ofNatural DisasterPreparedness CentralCommittee PrimeMinister General TheinSein who was in Pathein,Ayeyawady Division,accompanied by Lt-GenKo Ko of the Ministry ofDefence, Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe, theministers, the deputyminister, the director-general of the Government

(See page 8)

Each and every citizen has to adhere toOur Three Main National Causes as national policy

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspectsreconstruction tasks in Mawlamyinegyun Township

Photo shows housesin neat rows at

Hlinephone village,MawlamyinegyunTownship.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Yazudaing No. 1 Bridge project in Mawlamyinegyun Township.—MNA

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Thursday, 25 June, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Chairman of Natural DisasterPreparedness Central Committee PrimeMinister General Thein Sein visted Patheinon 22 June and inspected the construction ofhouses, schools, hospitals, roads, bridges andcyclone shelters in the storm-hit areas inAyeyawady Division.

The Prime Minister also visited thenew housing project at the 3rd mile camp inLabutta and examined the progress ofconstruction of a police station and roadsand reclamation of plots. A 200-bed hospitaland a 180-million-gallon water tank arealso being built at the new housing projectsite.

During his inspection tour, the PrimeMinister also attended the ceremony to handover 60 basic education schools. Then, thePrime Minister explained the situation onreconstruction of buildings destroyed byCyclone Nargis, re-establishment ofbusinesses and construction of road networks,cyclone shelters and hillocks for protectionagainst natural disaster and fulfilled therequirements.

The Prime Minister also visited theglass factory in Pathein and inspected rawmaterials such as sand, dolomite, ceramics,limestone, soda ash and samples of soft cakeand the production line.

Reconstruction work started in storm-hit areas in Ayeyawady Division not longafter it was hit by Cyclone Nargis. It is nowgaining momentum and substantialimprovement has been made in the health,education, social and economic sectors due tothe active cooperation of the people. In thesame way, it is necessary for the entire nationalpeople to continue working together with thegovernment till a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation emerges.

Work together with thegovernment for emergence of amodern and developed nation

Please readDeputy Attorney-Generalinstead of Deputy ChiefJustice in the news“Labour Minister andparty back home” on page9 of this daily issued on24 June, 2009. Error isregretted.

Ed

International Olympic Day commemorativeMass walk held in Nay Pyi Taw

Mayorattends coord

meetingNAY PYI TAW, 24

June—Chairman ofMandalay City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Phone Zaw Hanattended the coordinatingmeeting of MandalayDivision War Veteran’sOrganization at thecommittee on 17 June andmade a speech.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends monsoontree planting ceremonies

YANGON, 24 June—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defenceattended monsoon treeplanting ceremonies ofYangon Division for 2009and planted comme-morative trees today.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe,accompanied byChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment Council

Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint, Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Linand departmental officials,attended the YangonDivision monsoon treeplanting ceremony-2009at the Universities’Dhammayon in YangonUniversity.

The Director ofYangon Division ForestryDepartment gave anaccount on the purpose ofplanting trees.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe,the commander and themayor presented nurseryplants before they plantedcommemorative trees.

Then Lt-Gen MyintSwe and party viewedstaff, social organization

members and local peopleplanting the trees.

At Forestry Zone ofKandawgyi NaturalGarden in BahanTownship, Lt-Gen MyintSwe and party plantedcommemorative trees andviewed staff planting thetrees.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence hands over nursery plants at monsoon treegrowing ceremony of Yangon Division held at the Universities’ Dhammayon in Yangon

University. —MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myinttakes part in Mass walk to mark International

Olympic Day 2009.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24June—As a gesture ofhailing InternationalOlympic Day which fallson 23 June, 2009, mass walkwas held at designated place

in front of Myoma Markethere this morning.Chairman of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint,member of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeChairman of the LeadingCommittee for Integrationof Sport and EducationDeputy Minister Brig-GenAung Myo Min andaltogether over 1,500 peopleincluding officialsconcerned of the Ministryof Sports, officialsconcerned and staff and theirfamilies from the ministriesin Nay Pyi Taw, membersof Myanmar Hiking andMountaineering Federationtook part in the mass walk.

Officers and otherranks and their familiesfrom ministries took placeat designated place in frontof Myoma Market. At 6am, they started walking infront of Myoma Market andreached at wining post infront of Gem Museum (NayPyi Taw). Ministry ofSports and donors presentedInternational Olympic Daycommemorative T-shirts,food, bottles of water andsoft drink to thosecontestants.

Respective MyanmarSports Federations also heldgames in commemorationof International OlympicDay at townships around thecountry.

MNA

Corrigendum

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In this photo taken on 8 June, 2009, 8-year-old Razia lies in a bed at thehospital north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Razia was severely burned when awhite phosphorus round hit her home in the Tagab Valley during fighting

between French troops and Taleban militants killing two of hersisters.—INTERNET

Iraqi shop owners cleardebris a day after a parked

motorcycle loaded withexplosives blew up in a

market at Husseiniya, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq,

on 23 June, 2009.INTERNET

A resident searches for belongings amid the ruins of hishouse after a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155miles) north of Baghdad, on 21 June, 2009. — INTERNET

Land of mines and snakesBAGHDAD,24 June—When I went with Jack to Basra

Province in the south of Iraq to write the story aboutmines, of one of the big problems that people in thatarea face, I never expected to find a bigger problem,another battle with a different enemy that is more ca-pable than mines which at least can’t move. They havea battle with snakes. Over the years people there hadbecome experts in defusing mines that filled their farmsbut they could not deal with the snakes that killed themin their beds.

We spoke with two families. One man told me abouthis neighbour who was bitten by a snake and died af-ter treatment in a medical center who couldn’t do any-thing for her. And the other family lost the bread win-ner of the group of orphans leaving all twelve of themin the responsibility of a young woman who had lost alimb to a mine. He was also bitten by a snake.

In Thi Qar province, a little to the north of Basrasnakes are leaving their holes because of the drought inthe marshes. The families said that tens of snakes at-tack their farms and they are obliged to guard theirhomes and animals day and night to protect them fromthe onslaught of yet another enemy. The medical cen-ters in these areas also lack the simplest means to takecare of those besieged people. There was no anti-venom.No one asks after them. No one really cares.—Internet

Roadside bombkills three localNGO employeesin N AfghanistanKABUL, 24 June—

Three local employees ofan NGO (non-govern-mental organization) werekilled by a roadside bombin northern Afghan prov-ince of Jauzjan on Tues-day, officials said.

This incident tookplace in Balahisar area ofAqcha district at around08:00 am local time (0330GMT), as a result threelocals lost their lives,”provincial police chiefKhalil Aminzada toldXinhua.

Aminzada said thosevictims were working forUN Agency for Refugees(UNHCR). However, UNofficials in Afghan capi-tal Kabul rejected theidentity of the victims.

Dan McNorton, aspokesperson of UN Stra-tegic Communication,while talking with Xinhua,said “no UN or UNHCRstaff were killed in Jauzjanthis morning.”—Internet

Afghan men carry a man

injured during a suicide

bomb attack at a hospital in

the city of Khost, east of

Kabul, Afghanistan,

on 22 June, 2009.

INTERNET

Iraq to mark USpullback from cities

with holidayBAGHDAD, 24 June—The Iraqi government

on Tuesday declared a public holiday to marknext week’s withdrawal of US combat troopsfrom Baghdad and other cities.

American forces already have begun pull-ing back from outposts inside the cities aheadof a 30 June deadline, the first phase of a fullwithdrawal by the end of 2011.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbaghsaid on Tuesday that ceremonies will be heldon Monday and the deadline itself will be apublic holiday, although students will stillhave to take their final exams as scheduled.

The announcement comes days after PrimeMinister Nouri al-Maliki called the US with-drawal from the cities a “great victory,” de-spite fears that violence will increase after theAmericans become less visible.

The stakes are high for al-Maliki’s Shiite-led government to prove it is capable of tak-ing care of its people ahead of parliamentaryelections scheduled for 30 Jan.

A series of recent high-profile bombingshave raised concerns about the readiness ofIraqi forces to provide security around thecountry without the immediate help of the UStroops remaining in Iraq.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 24 June —The Iraqi health ministerdeclared that almost 50percent of Iraqi schoolslack the minimum ofnecessary needs forsecured environment andhealth.

The report came as aresult of a study that wasconducted by health min-istry and World HealthOrganization. The reportsaid 50 percent of theschools are not clean and70 percent of theseschools are suffering alack of drink water. TheMinister of Education de-

nied this report althoughhis ministry was partici-pating in the writing ofthis report. The ministersaid those who wrote thereport have politicalagenda and they are notacademics or profession-als. He described thenumbers that came in thereport as imprecise.

Everyone in Iraqknows about the bad con-ditions in most Iraqischools. They have beenhere since Saddam’stime. For me, school wasalways a house of ghosts;it was dark even in the

day, small classroomswith narrow widows anddirty. Its walls were ru-ined by humidity withvery long dark corridorsand its bathroom (theworst place in the school)had no water and it wasplace for bad actions likebeating the weak studentby the strong ones. Thatis the old image of schoolin my mind and I still havenightmares of my oldschool. My school wasn’tthe only one like this in Iraqespecially in poorneighbourhoods.

Internet

Iraqi schools lack minimum of necessaryneeds for secured environment and health

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WASHINGTON, 24 June—Investigators lookinginto the deadly crash oftwo Metro transit trainsfocused Tuesday on whya computerized systemfailed to halt an oncom-ing train, even thoughthere is evidence that theoperator tried to slow itdown.

At the time of thecrash, the train was alsooperating in automaticmode, meaning it wascontrolled primarily bycomputer.

In that mode, the

TOKYO, 24 June—A Japanese oil refiner said that itwas considering operating solar-power plants in SaudiArabia, the world’s top oil exporter, in cooperationwith state-owned energy giant Saudi Aramco.

Showa Shell Sekiyu said it had agreed with SaudiAramco, the world’s biggest state-owned oil company,to “explore the possibility of engaging in a small-scaleelectricity generation business using solar power”.

After initial studies, small pilot plants will be builtby 2010 to test technologies, the Tokyo-based com-pany said.

The firms will set up a joint venture to expand thebusiness, possibly beyond the Middle East, if the plantsprove commercially viable, it said.

Saudi Arabia has the world’s largest proved reservesof crude oil but has also been looking to invest in so-lar power.

Japan, which has virtually no natural energy re-sources of its own, aims to take the lead in environ-mentally friendly energy.—Internet

Tijuana Cox, of PrinceGeorge’s County, MD,

who was injured inyesterday collision of

two Metro transittrains in NortheastWashington, stands

near the scene in theearly morning

on 23 June, 2009.INTERNET

File photo shows Asian

workers at Saudi

Aramco’s Al-Khurais oil

facility covering their

faces from the dust and

blazing sun.

INTERNET

SALT LAKE CITY, 24June— A US Air Forcepilot was killed when hisF-16 crashed on a train-ing mission in westernUtah, his family con-firmed Tuesday.

Capt George BryanHoughton, 28, of Candler,NC, was on a routinetraining mission Mondaynight when the warplanecrashed in Utah’s WesternDesert, WLOS-TV, Ash-ville, NC, reported. Hewas first reported missingTuesday.

Houghton’s father,

NOUAKCHOTT, 24June—Gunmen attempt-ing to kidnap an Ameri-can man in Mauritania onTuesday shot and killedhim when he tried to re-sist, a police officer in theWest African Nationsaid.

Neighbours said themiddle-aged man taughtat a center specializing incomputer science in ElKasr, a lower-class neigh-bourhood in Nouakchott,the Mauritnian capital.

Two men had initiallytried to abduct him, butthey shot him when theyrealized they could notoverpower him, said thepolice officer, who didnot give his name becausehe was not authorized tospeak to the press.

Witness Bilal OuldMohamed, a butcher, saidhe saw at least two youngmen rush up to the victimand shoot him severaltimes in the head andface. Mohamed said hetried to stop them, butthey pointed their gun athim before running off.

An AP correspondentat the scene saw officialsfrom the US Embassy ar-rive as the body lay on thepavement.

The embassy inNouakchott could not im-mediately be reached forcomment. The victim’sidentity was not immedi-ately released.

Internet

KATHMANDU, 24 June— Scientists in Nepal haveembarked on the first field study of Himalayan glaciallakes, some of which are swelling dangerously due toglobal warming, reported nepalnews.com.

According to the website, in May, the scientistscompleted the field visit of a lake in Mt Qomolangmaregion and plan to conduct similar surveys of two otherglacial lakes in the central and western part ofHimalayas later this year.

The report quoted Arun Bhakta Shrestha, a climatechange specialist with the International Center for Inte-grated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as saying“We have started with Nepal, but we intend to extendstudies to other Hindu Kush Himalayan countries.” Thestudy is a part of regional assessment of the floods suchlakes can cause if they burst.—Internet

Palestinian parliament

speaker Abdel Aziz

Duaik, right, is greeted

by a relative at the

DCO checkpoint in the

West Bank city of

Tulkarem, after his

release from an Israeli

prison, on 23 June,

2009.

INTERNET

Computer failure may havecaused DC train crash

operator’s main job is toopen and close the doorsand respond to emer-gencies.

Debbie Hersman, aninvestigator with the Na-tional TransportationSafety Board, said it wasunclear if the emergencybrake was actually en-gaged when Monday’scrash occurred.

But the mushroom-shaped button that acti-vates it was found pusheddown in the operator’scompartment.

Hersman said it wasn’t

clear when the button waspressed or how it got thatway.

She also said there wasevidence of braking on thetrain’s rotors, indicating itwas likely that the opera-tor tried to slow down.

The train plowed intoa stopped train ahead of itat the height of the Mon-day evening rush hour,killing nine people andinjuring more than 70 inthe deadliest accident inthe 30-year history of theMetro.

Internet

Japan refiner eyes solar-powerbusiness in Saudi

Pilot killed when F-16 crashesalso named George, toldthe ABC affiliate his sonhad a “great sense of loveand family,” and he “willbe sorely missed, not onlyby his family, but by any-body he’s ever beenaround or anybody thatever knew him,” theDeseret News in Salt LakeCity reported.

A spokesman for the75th Air Base Wing saidthe crash site was 35 milessouth of Wendover, theDeseret News said.Houghton was a memberof the 421st FighterSquadron and part of aclose-air support missingtraining for upcomingcombat, the Air Force

said.“We lost an irre-place-

able member of the AirForce team,” Col ScottDennis, commander of the388th Fighter Wing, saidat a news conference Tues-day afternoon. The causeof the crash was unknownand was to be investigatedby military officials.

A statement from HillAir Force Base in north-ern Utah, which had con-ducted the search for themissing aircraft and pilot,said the 388th RangeSquadron runs the deserttraining area to give pilots“a realistic training envi-ronment.”—Internet

Americanshot dead inWest African

capital

Scientists begin Himalayan glaciallake studies in Nepal

MANILA, 24 June—The Philippines closed downthe Lower House of Congress for five days on Tuesdayand sent about 3,000 workers home after cases ofinfluenza A (H1N1) were reported in the offices,officials said.

A 49-year-old woman who died last week fromsymptoms exacerbated by the flu was a staff memberon a congressional committee, said Ramon Roque, adoctor and deputy secretary-general of the House ofRepresentatives.

The legislature is not currently in session. Roquesaid the House was taking steps to clean and sanitisethe offices to prevent the spread of the virus as well asprepare the facility for the resumption of sessions andthe President’s state of the nation speech next month.

The health department said 28 more positiveinfluenza A (H1N1) virus cases were reported onTuesday, bringing the total number of new flu viruscases in the country to 473 and one reported death.

Philippines closes Congressafter H1N1 virus death

MNA/Reuters

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Unemployment to reach 10%in 2010 in OECD countries

Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Han Seung-soo addresses theopening ceremony of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD) Forum 2009 in Paris, capital of France, on 23 June,2009. —XINHUA

PARIS, 24 June—The rate of unem-ployment in the industrial world couldreach 10 percent in 2010, the highest levelsince 1970s, Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development (OECD)warned on Tuesday. The Paris based or-ganization estimated that 57 millionpeople could lose their job in its 30 mem-ber countries by the end of 2010, while itwas 37.2 million jobless at the end of2008.

“Unemployment will continue toweigh on national economies for a longtime to come,” OECD Secretary Gen-eral Angel Guria said in a statement.“Previous downturns have taught us that

the jobs recovery will lag a long waybehind the pickup in the economicgrowth.”

The OECD said it was working closelywith its member countries “to adapt theirpolicies to help the unemployed and avoidhigh unemployment levels becoming per-sistent.” The organization suggested gov-ernments to ensure financial safety netsfor low income families and the unem-ployed. It also urged countries to makegreater efforts to provide training oppor-tunities to the unemployed.

In April, the OECD expected the rateof unemployment came to 7.8 percent.

Xinhua

China’s high-speed railwaysto be rolled out in 2012

BEIJING, 24 June—Thirty-five high-speed rail lines,measuring 11,000 km, are being rolled out throughoutChina, a railway ministry official said yesterday.

With China’s railways among the main beneficia-ries of the government’s 4-trillion-yuan stimulus pack-age, around 13,000 km of high-speed railways capableof handling trains traveling at more than 200 kph couldbe completed and put into service by 2012, said ZhengJian, chief planner with the Ministry of Railways.

The construction of an additional 5,000-km of high-speed railways will begin soon, he said.

At least five railway routes will be able to accom-modate trains traveling at speeds of 350 kph, Zhengsaid.

The five lines include three north-south routes:Beijing-Shanghai; Beijing-Guangzhou (Hong Kong);and Beijing-Harbin (Dalian).

The two east-west high-speed lines are Xuzhou-Lanzhou and Shanghai-Kunming.—Xinhua

Volkswagen to idle parts ofplant in central Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 24 June—German automakerVolkswagen started on Tuesday to idle parts of its plantin central Mexico, local media reported.

Some 3,000 workers at the plant in the city of Pueblawould be off work for at most 14 days. They will re-ceive 50 percent of their pay during the first four daysand 10 percent during the following 10 days.

The measure, which will run till the end of July, willaffect production of Beetle, Jetta and Bora cars, butwill not affect Bora Sport Wagen.

The Puebla plant is Volkswagen’s only factory inNorth America and most of the cars it produces areshipped to the United States, Canada and Europe.

Mexico’s auto industry has been hit hard recentlyby the economic recession in the United States, whichbuys 80 percent of the country’s exports, including asubstantial number of cars. —Xinhua

Japan’s trade surplusshrinks 12.1% in May

TOKYO, 24 June—Japan’s trade surplus stood at299.8 billion yen (3.2 billion dollars) in May, down12.1 percent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministrysaid Wednesday.

The year-on-year contraction percentage was lessthan expected, signs to show the economy has bot-tomed out. In April it saw a plunge of 85.2 percentfrom the same period last year.

It also marks Japan’s fourth straight monthly sur-plus, following a record deficit in January when thedeepening impact of the global economic crisis hadsapped demand for its exports.

Exports fell 40.9 percent from a year earlier to4,020.93 billion yen, while imports dropped 42.4 per-cent to 3,721.09 billion yen as domestic demand forforeign goods remained sluggish, the ministry said ina preliminary report.—Xinhua

Turkish Presidentarrives in China

for state visitBEIJING, 24 June—Turk-

ish President AbdullahGul arrived here onWednesday, kicking offhis 6-day state visit toChina.

During Gul’s stay inBeijing, he will holdtalks with Chinese Presi-dent Hu Jintao. Gul willalso meet with WuBangguo, chairman ofthe Standing Committeeof the National People’sCongress, and PremierWen Jiabao. He willattend a Turkey-Chinabusiness forum.

Besides Beijing, Gulwill also visit northwestChina’s Shaanxi Pro-vince, south China’sGuangdong Province andnorthwest China’sXinjiang Uygur Auton-omous Region.

Xinhua

Boeing 787 Dreamliner first flight postponed for 5th time

The combo photos show the outlook (upper, takenon 1 May, 2009) and inner view (lower, taken on

22 June, 2009) of the Baogang Stage, the place forperformances during the 2010 Shanghai World

Expo, in east China’s Shanghai.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

The Boeing company’s first 787 Dreamliner is readied for its first test flight,scheduled for June, at the Boeing company’s Everett, Washington plant,

on 30 April, 2009.—XINHUA

CHICAGO, 24 June—Chicago-based BoeingCompany announced onTuesday that the first flightof the 787 Dreamliner,which is scheduled by theend of this month and hasalready been two yearsdelayed, will be postponedfor the fifth time due to aneed to reinforce an areawithin the side-of-bodysection of the aircraft.

In a statement, Boeingsaid the need was identi-fied during the recent regu-larly scheduled tests on thefull-scale static test air-plane. Preliminary analy-sis indicated that flight testcould proceed this monthas planned. However, after furthertesting and considerationof possible modified flighttest plans, the decision was

made late last week thatfirst flight should insteadbe postponed until produc-tive flight testing couldoccur. Boeing has post-poned the first flight forfour times in past twoyears, citing parts short-ages, defects, redesignwork and problems withsuppliers for disruptingdevelop-ment.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Industrial climbers remove themounting parts of an advertising

banner from the TV tower in Berlin.At a height of 368 metres, it’s

Europe’s tallest building.Six months ahead of schedule, a

further step has been taken towardscompletion of the Gotthard Base

Tunnel in Switzerland. The sectionbetween Erstfeld and Amsteg wasopened up. Scheduled to open in2017, the rail tunnel will be the

longest in the world.

4-year-old Indian girlbrought out alive after19 hours in borewell

In a dramatic rescue spiraling 19hours, a rescue team brought out alive afour-year-old girl who got trapped in a48-feet (10 meter) open borewell in avillage in the western Indian state ofRajasthan.

“The girl Anju was rescued by digginga tunnel paralleled to the borewell inMoradi village at 12:25 pm. She wasimmediately rushed to a hospital in thestate capital Jaipur in an unconsciousstate. However, her condition is said tobe serious and a team of doctors areattending to her,” a senior Indian policeofficial said.

Montana woman uses chickens as therapy animalsTherapy dogs can be a comfort for seniors and those recovering from

illnesses and injuries. So how about therapy chickens? Jana Clairmont ofPolson, Mont., calls her therapy birds — a white rooster and Cornish game hen— “Fowl Play.”

On Thursday, she took them to visit residents at Polson Health and RehabilitationCenter in northeast Montana.

Many seniors were raised on farms, Clairmont says, and holding a chicken canbring back memories.

As one man stroked the rooster, Alex, the bird stretched out his neck and restedit across the man’s forearm, like a puppy.

Clairmont has arranged visits to retirement and assisted living homes, and saysshe’d like to take Alex and Carlita, the hen, into classrooms this fall.

Lobster, wine and sleepfollow Maine break-inA man suspected of breaking into a

Maine restaurant will have to get used tojailhouse food after workers at the eaterydiscovered lobsters and wine missing— and the suspect asleep on a bench.

Police say Paul Bruneau broke intothe Portland Lobster Co through a rearwindow and stuffed his pockets withcash before chowing down on the betterpart of 11 prepared lobsters worth about$300. He washed it all down with awhite wine. The Portland Press Heraldreports Bruneau also left a refrigeratoropen, causing about $1,000 worth offood to be thrown away. Bruneau, whowas already out on bail, was being heldFriday at the Cumberland County Jail.He couldn’t be reached for comment.

Wrong bank photo createsconfusion for woman

A woman in Fujian province isconfused about how someone else’sphoto is linked to her bank account.

Yuan, a resident of Ningde, firstdiscovered the problem two years agowhen she forgot the password to herbanking card and asked a bank for help.

After checking her ID card, the bankemployee said her photo was differentfrom that in the bank’s network andturned down her application.

Later, she learned it was the same forher other banking cards. In addition, herhusband’s accounts also had thewoman’s photo.

She was asked to reapply to the mainbranch.

People wearing historical bathingcostumes at the Heiligendamm beachresort on the Baltic Sea in northernGermany. The annual event recallsthe bathing tradition in the oldest

German seaside resort dating back tothe 19th century.

GUIYANG, 24 June—All seven trapped workersin a flooded gold mine insouthwest China’sGuizhou Province weresaved Tuesday after a 20-hour rescue effort.

They emerged at 7:34pm and were put underobservation in a hospital.All were in stable condi-tions, local autho-ritiessaid.

The accident oc-

Mexican energy giant invites bidsfor gas production contracts

MEXICO CITY, 24 June—Petroleos Mexicanos(Pemex), the only firm allowed to explore hydrocar-bons fields in Mexico, on Tuesday invited bids forcontracts on upgrading natural gas production at theBurgos basin in northern Mexico.

The contracts seek to improve automatic produc-tion systems, build transport lines and production plat-forms, expand gas collection centers and set up newgas centers. Only domestic companies are allowed toparticipate in the biding for gas collection centers andnew gas centers. The 50,000-square-kilometre basin,which spans the three Mexican states of Tamaulipas,Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, produced 1.5 billion cubicmetres of gas a day in May, up around 10 percent froma year earlier.—Internet

HANOI, 24 June— The Vietnam Communicationsand Vietnam Electronics Exhibition 2009 will be heldin Vietnam from 18 to 21 November this year, thelocal newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reportedWednesday.

The event is expected to draw about 200 for-eign companies to showcase their products like satel-lite television, cable communications and personaldigital devices.

On the sideline of the exhibition, there will be con-ferences, focusing on hot issues like opportunities andchallenges for development of electronic products inthe global economic crisis, said the newspaper.

Discussions will also be raised on such matters asprocess of development the information and commu-nication technology (ICT) industry in future, the mostadvanced solutions for development of the mobilebroadband of the third generation technology (3G),multi-media entertainment and the Next GenerationNetwork (NGN).—Internet

PUERTO VALLARTA, 24June— Andres brieflyflared up into the Pacificseason’s first hurricaneTuesday, then quicklyweakened back to a tropi-cal storm as it swirled upthe Pacific coast side-swiping Mexico withpowerful rains that left atleast one person dead.

A trapped worker is helped out of a flooded gold

mine in Tianzhu County of Qiandongnan Autono-

mous Prefecture of Miao and Dong Nationalities,

southwest China’s Guizhou Province, on 23 June,

2009.

INTERNET

All seven workers rescued fromflooded gold mine in SW China

curred at about 11:30 pmMonday at the YongjinGold Mine in TianzhuCounty of QiandongnanAutonomous Prefectureof Miao and Dong Na-tionalities, said aspokesman with theprefecture’s work safetyadministration.

Rescuers used 11pumps to get the water outof the mine.

They made contact

with the trapped minersand managed to send foodto them, the spokesmansaid.

An investigation intothe cause of the accidentis underway, headed.

Internet

Andres weakens to tropical stormAndres flooded homes,

toppled trees and killed atleast one person as itswiped Mexico’s south-western coast with windand rain.

Its winds weakened to70 mph (110 kph) from 75mph (120 kph) earlierTuesday, and it was ex-pected to weaken evenmore over the next day ortwo, the US National Hur-ricane Center said.

The center of the stormas of 11 pm EDT (0300GMT) was about 90 miles(150 kilometres) south of

Cabo Corrientes, justsouth of Puerto Vallarta.Moving near 10 mph (17kph) toward the north-west, it was forecast topass by that part of thecoast early Wednesday.

Mexican authoritiesposted a hurricane warn-ing for the coastal stripfrom just south ofManzanillo to near PuertoVallarta, and heavy rainflooded homes and windblew down trees in thestates of Jalisco, Colimaand Guerrero.

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Chairman Mr Kiyoshi Takahashi of SpreadPromotion Committee under Asian Tug of

War Federation awards the first prize winningteam at Tug of War in commemoration ofInternational Olympic Day 2009.—MNA

YANGON, 24 June—As a gesture of markingInternational OlympicDay for 2009, TraditionalTug of War, organized byMyanmar TraditionalSport Federation, was heldat the Kyaikkasan sportground here on 21 June.

It was attended byGeneral Secretary of

MOC Director-General UThaung Htaik of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment, DeputyDirector-General U TheinAung, Chairman MrKiyoshi Takahashi ofSpread PromotionCommittee under AsianTug of War Federation,Secretary Daw L Khun Ye

of the Central WorkingCommittee underMyanmar Women SportFederation, Vicepresidents of MTSF DawYe Ye Win and U KhinMaung Tun, Joint-secretary U Than Zaw andexecutives andcontestants.

A total of eight

teams—four men’s teamand four women’s team—took part in thecompetition. TheDirector-General, thechairman of SpreadPromotion Committee andofficials concernedpresented awards towinning teams.

MNA

Tug of War organized to mark International Olympic Day 2009

YANGON, 24 June—With the sponsorship ofMyanmar Brewery Ltd,final match and prizepresenting ceremony ofBaron’s “Commands

Respect” Amateur GolfChallenge 2009 in whichfour qualified players wereparticipating, organized byMyanmar Golf Federation(MGF), was held atPanhlaing Golf Course inHlinethaya Township,here, yesterday.

The final match wasfollowed by prize-presenting ceremony withan opening address byMarketing Director MrJames Swee of MyanmarBrewery Ltd.

On behalf ofMyanmar Brewery Ltd,Deputy General ManagerLt-Col Maung MaungSein (Retd) donated cashto MGF through GeneralSecretary U Aung Kyi ofMGF.

Next, Mr Danny Gohof Gold Roasts presentedprizes to winners inlongest drive; SalesDirector U Kyaw Thu Minof Myanmar Brewery Ltd,to daily best winners.

Lt-Col Maung Maung

Sein (Retd) awarded ThanNaing Oo who stoodfourth position with 82strokes; Maung MaungOo, third with 82 strokes;Aung Kyaw Thu, secondwith 79 strokes.

Managing DirectorMr Peter Ong presentedChampion Trophy to LinThe who stood firstposition after vying withAung Kyaw Thu in threetimes play off as they arein tie condition with 79strokes each.—MNA

Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Golf Challenge2009’s final and prize presenting ceremony

Statements of both sides heard at Supreme Court (Yangon) for appeal case of refusingtwo defence witnesses nominated for lawsuit against US citizen Mr John William

Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma MaYANGON, 24 June—Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw

Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma filed an appeal caseNo 333 (b)/2009 to Supreme Court (Yangon) indissatisfaction with Yangon Division Court’s decree ofconfirming Yangon North District Court’s decree ofdeclining the nomination of defence witnesses U WinTin and U Tin Oo in Criminal Case 47/2009 filed againstUS citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma.After hearing the statements of U Kyi Win, the lawyer ofthe defendants, Supreme Court (Yangon) accepted thecase on 17 June.

Final statements of both sides in the appeal casewere heard at Supreme Court (Yangon) at 10 am today.

Supreme Court Advocate U Nyan Win, defendingthe applicants, said that at the district level, a decree wasdelivered to summon only lawyer U Kyi Win fromLabutta (whose licence was revoked), one of the fourwitnesses nominated by the defendants, as a law expert,without recording any specific reason of why the threeother witnesses were denied; that the decree was wrongbecause it failed, disregarding the law, to give a reasonof why the three other witnesses should not be summoned;that an appeal case was thus filed to Yangon DivisionCourt to amend the decree; that it is wrong that “the judgeof Yangon Division Court in his judgment dated 9 Junesaid that it could not be assumed that the initial court’sfailure to state the reason according to Section 257 (1)was against the law, and it was carried out in accordancewith paragraph 1115 of the book Manual to Courts”; thatthe judge of the Division Court in his judgment said thatU Win Tin and U Tin Oo were nominated as witnesses

regarding character, and there was no need to argue as tothe character of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; that he wouldlike to point out that the nomination of U Win Tin and UTin Oo was referred not only to the character the learnedjudges were taking into consideration, but also to politicalcharacter; that English-Myanmar dictionary by Judsonsays that the term ‘character’ also means ‘publiccharacter’; that therefore that should not be assumed ina narrow-minded way; and that U Win Tin and U Tin Ooshould be examined in connection with the politicalcharacter of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Director Daw Khin Cho Ohn from the Attorney-General’s Office, on the side of the plaintiffs, said thatthe case was filed under Section (22) of the Law toSafeguard the State Against the Dangers of ThoseDesiring to Cause Subversive Acts; that action is takenagainst the accused for their violation of the section;that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi just has to produceevidence that she did not oppose or violate the restrictionorder (or) prohibition order, under which action is takenagainst her; that it is stated in the application that thepurpose of the nomination of U Win Tin and U Tin Oois to refer to political character; that according to thestatement, the application is designed to have U WinTin and U Tin Oo examined as defence witnesses inrelation to political character of Daw Aung San SuuKyi; that the explanation of Section (55) of EvidenceLaw says that the term ‘character’ enumerated inSections 52, 53, 54 and 55 covers reputation anddisposition; that according to the sections, the term‘character’ does not include the term ‘political character’;that Evidence Law does not prescribe any provision

that the accused has the right to give evidence regardingpolitical character; that it can be deduced that theappeal case applied to examine U Win Tin and U TinOo as defence witnesses regarding political characterof Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is intended to disturb anddelay the trial at the court; that Section 257 (1) of Codeof Criminal Procedure says if the accused, after he hasentered upon his defence, applies to the Magistrate toissue any process for compelling the attendance of anywitness for the purpose of examination or cross-examination, or the production of any document orother thing, the Magistrate shall issue such processunless he considers that such application should berefused on the ground that it is made for the purposeof vexation or delay or for defeating the ends ofjustice; that the court is not responsible for summoningall the witnesses nominated by the accused; that theapplication for examination of U Win Tin and U TinOo as defence witnesses should be declined accordingto Section 257 (1) of Code of Criminal Procedure; andthat therefore the application for an appeal case shouldbe refused.

In hearing the final statements at Supreme Court(Yangon), Supreme Court Advocates U Nyan Win, UHla Myo Myint and Daw Khin Htay Kywe werepresent on the side of the applicants, and Daw Khin ChoOhn (Director, Attorney-General’s Office), U San HlaKyaw (Deputy Director, Attorney-General’s Office),and U Ohn Myint (Assistant Director, Attorney-General’s Office) on the side of the plaintiffs.

The Supreme Court (Yangon) will make thefinal decision.—MNA

Managing Director Mr Peter Ong presentsChampion Trophy to Lin The.—MGF

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Each andevery citizenhas to adhereto …

(from page 1)Office and departmentalheads left Pathein byhelicopter and arrived at thebriefing hall of YazudaingBridge No (1) ConstructionProject being carried outby Bridge ConstructionProject Special Group (1)of Public Works nearKyaikpi Village inM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship at 7.35 a.m.yesterday.

Chief Engineer UTint Lwin of BridgeConstruction ProjectSpecial Group (1) reportedto the Prime Minister onprogress in construction ofYazudaing Bridge No (1)and Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint andDeputy Minister Brig-Gen

Myint Thein madesupplementary reports.

Next, Ministerfor Transport Maj-GenThein Swe explainedcondition of the current inthe Yazudaing River.

After hearingreports, the PrimeMinister called forcompletion of

Photo shows Danichaung Model village, Kyatshar village-tract in Mawlamyinegyun Township.—MNA

PrimeMinisterGeneralThein

Sein viewslocal

peoplereading atPwintthitsaself-reliantlibrary in

DanichaungModel

village inMawla-

myinegyunTownship.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects progress in construction of Yazudaing Bridge No. 2 inMawlamyinegyun Township.—MNA

construction projectearlier than schedule,worksite safety, use ofmaterials meeting setstandards.

Next, The PrimeMinister viewed progressin construction of thebridge from the briefinghall.

Afterwards, the

Prime Minister went tobridge constructionworksite on the bank ofKyaikpi. He inspectedconstruction works beingcarried out at Pile No-A1of approach bridge andPile No. P-1 and diggingof RCD Pile No-K1 andgave necessaryinstructions.

The frame of the998.2 feet long main bridgeof Yazudaing Bridge No(1) is made of steel and theapproach bridge is broadcrest type with woodenfloor. The approach bridgeon the bank ofMawlamyinegyun is 660feet long and the approachbridge on the bank of

Kyaikpi is 180 feet long.The motorway of thebridge is 20 feet wide one-way lane flanked by one-two-foot wide pedestrianlane on each side. Theclearance of the bridge is180 feet wide and 20 feethigh and the bridge canwithstand 60-ton loads.

Next, the PrimeMinister and party arrivedat the briefing hall ofYazudaing Bridge No (2)Construction Project inM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship.

Chief Engineer UTint Lwin reported onprogress of construction ofPile Nos-P3 and P4,progress in construction of

Pile No-A2, piling workand progress ofconstruction of Pile No-P5.

Lt-Gen Ko Ko ofthe Ministry of Defencegave accounts on worksfor ensuring better roadnetwork system inAyeyawady Division.

(See page 9)

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(from page 8)The Prime Minister

attended to the needs forensuring better roadnetwork system.

Next, the PrimeMinister viewed progressin construction of bridgefrom the briefing hall.

The one-wayYazudaing Bridge No (2)

Each andevery citizenhas toadhere to …

is broad crest type. Themain bridge is 300 feetlong and each approachbridge is 120 feet longone on the bank ofMawlamyinegyun andthe other on Kyaikpi bank.The motorway of thebridge is 20 feet wideone-way lane flanked bya two-foot wide pedestrianlane on each side. It has80 feet wide and 10 feethigh water clearance and

it can withstand 60-tonload.

Next, the PrimeMinister and partyproceeded to the officeof MawlamyinegyunTownship PDC andviewed documentaryphotos of newly-built 41basic education schoolsand two monasteries inM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship displayedoutside the Maw Ayeya

Hall.The Prime Minister

delivered an address at

the ceremony to handover documents relatedto newly-built 41 basic

education schools andtwo monasteries inM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship.

It was also attended byLt-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defence,Commander Maj-GenKyaw Swe, the ministers,the deputy ministers, thedirector-general ofGovernment Office anddepartmental heads,township leveldepartmental officials,teachers and members ofBoard of School Trustees,members of socialorganizations andresponsible persons of theconstruction com-panies.

Minister for Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs ColThein Nyunt explainedreconstruction works andprogress of constructionof schools in Maw-

lamyinegyun Township.Minister for

Education Dr ChanNyein touched uponprogress of constructionof schools destroyed bycyclone Nargis.

Minister Dr ChanNyein accepted thedocuments related to 17newly-built basiceducation schoolspresented by ManagingDirector U Tha Htay ofOriginal GroupConstruction Company,11 schools by ManagingDirector U Sit Hoke ofTZTM ConstructionCompany, 10 schools byEngineer In-charge UHla Htay of A 1Construction Companyand three schools byEngineer In-charge UThet Lwin Zaw of MyatNoe Thu ConstructionCompany.

(See page 10)

Mawlamyinegyun

Township gets 41

newly-built basic

education schools and

two monastries. A bird eye’s view of Danichaung Model village in Kyatshar Village-tract,Mawlamyinegyun Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein delivers a speech at a ceremony to hand over 41 newly-built BasicEducation Schools and two monastries in Mawlamyinegyun Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets people who attend ceremony to handover 41 newly-built Basic Education Schools and two monastries in Mawlamyinegyun

Township.—MNA

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Photo shows Pathein Bridge across NgawunRiver in Pathein Township of Ayeyawady

Division.

(from page 16)Pathein Bridge was constructed as a

suspension bridge across Ngawun River inPathein Township. The 2140-foot bridge canwithstand 75-ton loads. It was built by Myanmarengineers who took just over one year in theconstruction task.

Actually, Pathein Bridge built by thegovernment with genuine goodwill is contributingnot only to the social, economic and educationgrowth of the division but also to development ofthe rural areas.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 18-6-2009

Pathein Bridge, a drive for ensuring bettertransport in Delta of Ayeyawady Division

Article: Kyaw Zeya Myint; Photos:Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Myanmar is a union,each of whose parts is hometo various national races.

(from page 9)Next, the minister

handed over documentsrelated to newly-built 41schools and exercisebooks for basic educationschools in the township toM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship EducationOfficer U Tin Min.

Afterwards, Engineer

In-charge U Hla Htay andManaging Director U SitHoke handed over thedocuments related tonewly-built Ngwe ZinYaw Model Villagemonastery worth K 38.8million built by A 1 Cowith the initial funds of K26 million donated byDaw Kyin Thein of 27th

NAY PYI TAW, 24 June— MV Dumangang, acargo vessel of the Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK), is due to arrive in Myanmar fromKolkata of the Republic of India around 27 June forshipment of about 8000 tons of rice.

Certain foreign news agencies have been

DPRK owned MV Dumangang cargo vesseldue to arrive for shipment of Myanmar rice

spreading rumours these days that DPRK ownedcargo vessel, Kang Nam, left Mingpao port of DPRKfor Myanmar on 17 June.

The authorities concerned have no news aboutKang Nam vessel reported by foreign news agencies.

MNA

Street in PabedanTownship and Kyat SharModel Village monasteryworth K 46 million builtby TZTM construction Cowith the initial funds of K10 million donated byPresiding Sayadaw UTeikka of Salin Monasteryin Mandalay andwellwishers to StaffOfficer ofM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship ReligiousAffairs Department UMyint Sein.

Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oopresented kitchen cropseeds for villages in thetownship to Chairman oftownship PDC U AungKyaw Khaing.

Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan said that inthe Age of Knowledge,every country is workinghard to beef up the

development of humanresources for theirdevelopment.

In like manner,Myanmar is implementingplans for human resourcesdevelopment incompliance with theguidance of the Head ofState, he said.

He pointed out thateducated people are to dotheir bit with theknowledge andexperiences they havegained in nation-buildingtasks.

He underlined theimportance of generationof conditions to maintainand step up the presentdevelopment with a senseof concept for better futureof the nation, takinglessons from the bitterexperiences the peopleencountered from 1948 to1988 in the process oftransforming the nationinto a modern, developed

discipline-flourishingdemocratic one.

The Prime Ministerdealt with progress inrebuilding the buildingsthat were destroyed in thecyclone “Nargis”,measures for revival ofbusinesses, constructionof cyclone shelters, andthe the ongoing roadnetwork project.Ayeyawady Division isrich in natural resources,he said, calling foreffective exploitation ofthe natural resources toimprove the living

Health Dr Mya Ooreported to the PrimeMinister on health careservices in rural areas. Anengineer of a privatecompany reported oncompletion of houses inrural areas. After hearingthe reports, the PrimeMinister attended to theneeds.

The Prime Ministerand party inspectedconstruction of streets andplanting shady trees windbreakers and kitchencrops, private phonebooths, library and

NAY PYI TAW, 25 June— The Governmentof the Union of Myanmar has agreed to the appoint-ment of Major General Anup Kumar Chakma, ndc,psc as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten-tiary of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to theUnion of Myanmar.

Major General Anup Kumar Chakma wasborn on 15 January 1956. He served in BangladeshArmy at various posts since 1977. He obtained FirstClass in Master of Defence Studies at the NationalUniversity in 1996. He participated in the UnitedNations Observer Mission in Georgia from 1997 to1998. He currently serves as Master General of theOrdnance. He is married and has one daughter andone son. —MNA

Appointment ofBangladeshi Ambassador

agreed on

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyeinreceives documents related to schoolshanded over by responsible persons of

construction companies.—MNA

Each and every citizen hasto adhere to …

standard of local people.He said that Myanmar is aunion, each of whose partsis home to various nationalraces, so each and everycitizen has to adhere toOur Three Main NationalCauses as the nationalpolicy.

Afterwards, the PrimeMinister and party wentto Danichaung ModelVillage in KyatsharVillage-tract inM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship where MinisterCol Thein Nyunt reportedon reconstruction ofhouses and schools in thetownship.

Deputy Minister for

temporary clinic in thevillage. After visiting thevillage, the Prime Ministerand party flew to the Paperand Pulp Factory(Thabaung) of MyanmaPaper and ChemicalIndustries.

At the Paper and PulpFactory (Thabaung), anofficial of the factoryreported on productionand facts about thefactory. After hearingreports, the PrimeMinister gaveinstructions.

The Prime Ministerand party left the factoryfor Pathein by helicopter.

MNA

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VIENNA, 24 June—Russia onTuesday defended its proposal for a newsecurity structure in Europe and said itwas not aimed at undercutting the US-led NATO alliance, but rather atbanishing division on the continent.

The United States and NATOreacted coolly last year to RussianPresident Dmitry Medvedev’s call for anew “security architecture” in Europe,arguing that Cold War-era institutionslike NATO cannot defuse tensions in amultipolar world.Many NATO alliesappear willing to discuss the proposalbut say it cannot work unless Russiagives up what they regard as an old“sphere of influence” approach tosecurity.

“We’re not attempting to undermineNATO or any other organization activein the security field,” Russian ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov told a conferenceat the Vienna-based Organization for

UNITED NATIONS, 24 June—Francois Giuliani, aformer Reuters journalist who later served asspokesman for three United Nations secretaries-general, died on Monday aged 70, the world bodyannounced.

Giuliani, who was French, died after a brief illness,UN spokeswoman Michele Montas told a newsbriefing. UN officials said he was on vacation at thetime in the Belgian city of Bruges. Giuliani workedfor global news and information agency Reuters for10 years as a correspondent in London and Africabefore joining the United Nations in 1971.

In 1976 he was appointed spokesman for thensecretary-general Kurt Waldheim of Austria. Heperformed the same role for Waldheim’s successor,Peruvian Javier Perez de Cuellar and — for one year— for Boutros Boutros Ghali of Egypt, who followedPerez de Cuellar.—MNA/Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 June—The Lower House ofthe Malaysian Parliament has passed DNA(deoxyribonucleic acid) Identification Bill 2008,according to local newspapers on Wednesday. Thecontroversial bill, which was heatedly debated whenit was tabled in the Parliament last year, was passedwith nine revisions.

Under the bill, the posts of Forensic DNA chief,deputy chief and officers and the management of theDNA Data Bank would be tasked with the members ofthe public who were qualified and experience in DNAscience. In the past, police officers were responsiblefor these jobs in the country.

The bill also allowed the formation of the DNAData Bank to safe keep and analyze DNA samples anduse them for humanitarian purpose. It also empowersthe police to take DNA samples from any crimesuspects and to make the samples as sources ofreference to solve future cases.—MNA/Xinhua

BOSTON, 24 June—Harvard University announced 275 job cuts on Tuesday,the latest cost-cutting measure at the world’s richest university after the financialcrisis triggered big losses in its multibillion-dollar endowment.

The Ivy League school took the action to meet budget constraints caused byan estimated 30 per cent fall in its endowment for its 2009 fiscal year, ending June30.

The cuts mostly affect administrative, clerical and technical jobs and will takeplace this week and next, Marilyn Hausammann, vice president for humanresources, said in an e-mail to staff and faculty.Another 40 staff were offeredreduced work hours.

While the layoffs affect a fraction of Harvard’s 16,000 staff and faculty, theyillustrate the recession’s toll on America’s oldest institute of higher learning andother universities which depend on endowments and donations.

MNA/Reuters

CAIRO, 24 June —Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Egypt onTuesday to discuss efforts to revive Middle East peace talks and boost the graintrade and other economic ties with Russia’s biggest trading partner in the Arabworld.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be high on the agenda during the trip thatcomes less than three weeks after US President Barack Obama visited Cairo todeliver an address aimed at improving Washington’s ties with the Muslim world.

“Talks will specifically focus on exchanging views on the Middle East,primarily on the Arab-Israeli peace process,” a senior Kremlin official toldreporters. Egypt’s state-owned Al Ahram newspaper said Medvedev and EgyptianPresident Hosni Mubarak would “discuss efforts to revive the peace process in theMiddle East and achieve a lasting peace based on two states”.—MNA/Reuters

Russia defends idea of new security planfor Europe

Malaysian lower house passesDNA Identification Bill

Former UN spokesmanGiuliani dies

Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE).

“Quite the contrary, we are in favourof coordination and synergies betweenexisting international structures to ensurethat no single government (or)organization in the Euro-Atlantic areawork against each other,” he said througha translator.

“We’re not attempting to forceanything on anyone. We’re only invitingyou to negotiations and talks.” OSCEforeign ministers will meet on Corfu, aGreek island, this weekend to weigh thisand other European security issues.

Lavrov said the OSCE should begiven greater powers to deal with securityproblems and criticized Western powersfor expanding NATO instead. SomeWestern diplomats say Russia is partlyresponsible for hampering the consensus-based OSCE, whose permanent Councilcomprises 56 countries.—MNA/Reuters

An Iraqi policeman surveys the damage from a truck bomb that exploded the daybefore in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Residents of the town hit by Iraq’sbloodiest attack in 16 months were searched for their loved ones after a massivetruck bombing killed 72 people and destroyed dozens of houses.—INTERNET

Harvard cuts 275 jobs, cites drop in endowment

Russian president in Egypt for Mideasttrade talks

Mexico - A weakening TropicalStorm Andres was heading outto sea on Wednesday afterflooding homes and killing atleast one person on Mexico’ssouthwestern coast, butforecasters warned the stormcould still brush the tip of BajaCalifornia.—INTERNET

QUITO, 24 June—An Ecuador’s ruling party Proud and Sovereign Fatherland(PAIS) won the parliamentary elections held on June 14, authorities said onTuesday.

The Ecuadorean National Electoral Council (CNE) said on Tuesday thataccording to the final counting, PAIS got 2,379,538 votes, accounting for 45 percent of the total, followed by the opposition Patriotic Society Party (PSP) with712,863 votes or 13.48 per cent.

The Christian Socialist Party won the third place with 616,513 votes or 11.66per cent of the vote. CNE President Omar Simon said that after finishing thecounting, the Council opened a 24-hour period for impugnment.— MNA/Xinhua

Ecuadorean ruling party wins parliamentaryelections

A dog attends the 4th Annual Loews Coronado

Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial

Beach, California.

INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA EXPRESS VOY NO (114)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAEXPRESS VOY NO (114) are here by notified that thevessel will be arriving on 25.6.2009 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.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SIAM PHULSAWAT MARI-TIME CO., LTD

Phone No: 256919/256916/256912

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (171)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (171) are here by notified that thevessel will be arriving on 25.6.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

MYANMA RADIO AND TELEVISION

INVITATION TO TENDER

1. Sealed Tenders are invited for Myanma Radio andTelevision for supply of the following-

Inscription Quantity3 KW TV Transmitter 1 setand accessories

2.Tender closing date will be at 16:30 hrs on 10 July,2009.

3.Tender documents are available at procurementcommittee at No. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street, BahanTownship.

4. Please contact Phone No. 534574, 536029 for furtherinformation.

Ministry of Informationprocurement committee

Myanmar Motion Picture EnterpriseNo. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street, Bahan Township

Strong earthquake hitsPapua New Guinea

HONG KONG, 24 June—A magnitude6.7 strong earthquake hit the New Ire-land region of Papua New Guinea at10:28 pm (1428 GMT), according to abulletin released by the Hong KongObservatory on Tuesday.

The epicenter was initially deter-mined to be 5.3 degrees south latitudeand 153.4 degrees east longitude, about830 kilometers east-northeast of PortMoresby, capital of Papua NewGuinea.

There were no report of casualtiesor damage.—Internet

A child walks past a bonfire during San Juannight in Paredes, northern Spain early 24 June,

2009. —INTERNET

Brushing, flossing may pre-serve memory

Mozambique factory to sell HIVdrugs by December

MAPUTO, 24 June—ABrazilian-funded factoryfor producing anti-retroviral drugs, the firstin Mozambique, will be-gin selling the key HIVmedication by year ’send, officials said onTuesday.

The project aims tohelp Mozambique, withone of the world’s high-est HIV infection rates,increase the availabilityand affordability of treat-ment.

“The idea is to reducethe health ministry’scosts,” said FranciscoLuz, an official with theBrazilian embassy, whichis providing funding forthe factory and technicaltraining for employees.

“The process is alreadyin motion and began withthe training of local tech-nicians more than a yearago,” said Brazilian am-bassador Antonio Sousa eSilva, quoted in Tuesday’s

edition of the state-con-trolled news-paperNoticias.

“Specialists from Bra-zil are already traveling toMozambique to facilitatetraining,” Sousa e Silvasaid.

Brazil’s own approachto fighting HIV has beencited as a model for thedeveloping world, and the

country famously pro-vides free anti-retroviral(ARV) treatment to everyHIV-positive citizen.

The programme sp-arked controversy when itwas announced in 1996because of concernsabout drug resistanceand violation of phar-maceutical copyrights.

Internet

Workers pictured outsidea South African goldmine in 2005. Nearly

25,000 miners have losttheir jobs so far this

year, about five percentof the industry’s

workforce, but the losseshave been smaller than

feared, the miningminister said on Tues-

day.—INTERNET

MORGANTOWN, 24June—Brushing teeth andflossing may not only re-duce gum disease andstroke but memory loss,US researchers suggest.

In an ongoing study, re-searchers at West VirginiaUniversity in Morgantowngave oral exams, memorytests and, if subjects agreed,a blood test to 270 peopleage 70 or older in more thana dozen West Virginiacounties.

The researchers foundabout 23 percent of thegroup suffers from mild to

moderate memory loss.“We’re looking for

markers in the blood thatshow inflammation tosee if there is a link tomemory problems,” onestudy researcher, Dr Rich-ard Crout, said in a state-ment.

It is not yet understoodwhether mouth microor-ganisms create healthproblems or whether thebody’s inflammatory re-sponse is to blame. Croutsaid it may be a combina-tion.

However, the connection

between severe dementiaand gum disease is alreadywell-known, although cli-nicians often do not realizegum disease affectsmemory, Crout said.

“Older people mightwant to know there’s morereason to keep theirmouths clean — to brushand floss — than ever,”Crout said in a statement.“You’ll not only be morelikely to keep your teeth,but you’ll also reduce yourrisk of heart attack, strokeand memory loss.”

Internet

A Mexican soldier stands next to seized drugs

found in a store at the crafts market in Tijuana,

Mexico, on 23 June, 2009.

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Boats are seen moored as hurricane Andres arrives in the Pacific resort city ofManzanillo, Mexico on 23 June, 2009. Andres strengthened into the Pacific

season’s first hurricane as it flooded homes, toppled trees and killed at least oneperson on its way up Mexico’s southwestern coast.—INTERNET

A factory workerassembles Prius hybrid

vehicles along theassembly line at Toyota

Motors’ Tsutsumifactory in Toyota, Aichi

prefecture. Japanannounced its biggestmonthly trade surplusin a year, supporting

hopes that the world’ssecond largest economy

is slowly recoveringfrom its worst recession

on record. Exportsexceeded imports for afourth straight month.

INTERNET

US scientists use flying radarsystem to study earthquakes

LOS ANGELES, 24June— Scientists are us-ing a new radar imagingsystem on the belly of aGulfstream jet to trackCalifornia’s earthquakefaults, it was reported onTuesday.

Flying over Cali-fornia’s complicated net-work of faults, the systemhas started collectingsome of the most detailedimages yet of the Earth’ssurface shifting andstraining with seismic en-ergy, the Los AngelesTimes said, quoting sci-entists at NASA’s Jet Pro-pulsion Laboratory (JPL)in Pasadena, Los Ange-les.

“This will show uswhere the faults are ac-tive,” said Andrea Don-nellan, a JPL geophysicistwho is one of the project’sprincipal investigators.

“Where the ground ismoving tells us what’sgoing on at depth.”

The data from thisproject could help scien-tists figure out where therisk of earthquake activ-ity is highest, though thedata will never be so spe-cific as to predict a day,location and magnitude ofa quake, she said.

“This will help us withthe five- to 10-year timehorizons,” Donnellansaid. “We can see hot spotmaps and ... figure outwhereto target our retro-fitting.”

The device, the Unin-habited Aerial VehicleSynthetic Aperture Radar(even though it is cur-rently being used on a hu-man-piloted plane),mounted on the planeshoots long-wavelengthradar beams at features on

the ground and measuresthe reflections.

Based at NASA’sDryden Flight ResearchCenter at Edwards AirForce Base, the plane fliesabout 45,000 feet abovethe ground along GPS-guided trajectories.

The project will mapfaults across about 70 per-cent of California, includ-ing a wide swath ofSouthern California, saidthe project’s chief scien-tist, Scott Hensley.

Internet

Rat poison kills toddler inChina kindergarten, 20 others

hospitalized

15 rare Sumatran elephants killed

NANNING, 24 June —One child died and 20 oth-ers were hospitalized af-ter they were sickened bya highly toxic rat poisonin a south China village

nursery school, an officialsaid Wednesday.

Among seven seriouscases, three were in inten-sive care and four othershad been out of criticalcondition at the GuigangPeople’s Hospital,Guangxi Zhuang Autono-mous Region, said QinMingda, a Guigang Cityofficial.

The poisoning oc-curred at around 3:40 pmMonday in the WendaKindergarten in HuangshiVillage in the Gangnandistrict of Guigang, saidGe Xianmin, head of thepoisoning emergencytreatment centre ofGuangxi.

Twenty-one babiesaged two to five, weresickened by a rodenticidenamed “Dushuqiang” inChinese, which is widelyused in the country’s ru-ral areas to get rid of rats,Ge said.

In this Wednesday, 1 March, 2006file photo, five wild elephants lie on the

jungle floor after they were foundpoisoned to death near Mahato village,about 300 kilometres (180 miles) north

of Pekanbaru, the capital of RiauProvince.—INTERNET

JAKARTA, 24 June — At least 15 en-dangered Sumatran elephants have beenshot or poisoned to death with cyanide-laced fruit this year, marking a sharp risein the rate of killing from 2008, agovernment conservationist saidWednesday. The giant mammals weremostly killed by poachers for their ivory,said Tony Suhartono, the director ofbiodiversity conservation at the ForestMinistry.

The number killed in the past sixmonths is equal to the total for the wholeof 2008, he said. “It is shocking,” saidSyamsidar, a campaigner with the WorldWildlife Fund in the western island ofSumatra.

The killing is the result of a “conflictbetween humans and elephants,” saidSyamsidar, who like many Indonesiansgoes by a single name. “The forest is incritical condition due to the illegal log-ging, slash-and-burn farming practicesand plantations.”

Indonesia’s endangered elephants, ti-gers, rhinos and orangutans are increas-ingly threatened by their shrinking habi-tat in the jungle, which is commonlycleared for commercial farming or felledfor lumber. Only 3,000 Sumatran el-ephants are believed to remain in thewild.—Internet Internet

Macao reports 3 more A/H1N1confirmed cases, raising alert levelMACAO, 24 June — As three more cases of influ-

enza A/H1N1 were confirmed here on Tuesday,bringing the total number of Macao’s confirmed casesto eight, the Special Administrative Region’s (SAR)Coordination Center of Influenza raised the pandemicalert level to phase six.

The newly confirmed cases, two of which wereimported, concern a 39-year-old Philippine woman,an 18-year-old male local resident, and a 13-year-old Indonesian, according to the SAR’s Health Bu-reau (SSM).—Internet

Vietnam confirms 4 moreA/H1N1 flu cases

HANOI, 24 June — Vietnam’s Ministry of Healthconfirmed four more A/H1N1 flu cases in the coun-try, raising total number of flu patients to 56, localnewspaper The People reported Wednesday. Amongthe four newly-detected cases, one patient is a 33-year-old man coming back from Thailand on theflight TG686 on Saturday. He is the husband of a24-year-old patient confirmed positive to the A/H1N1 virus previously, said the newspaper.

Internet

L America reports fourmore deaths, 1,868 new

cases of A/H1N1 flu MEXICO CITY, 24 June — Four more deaths and

1,868 new cases of the A/H1N1 influenza were con-firmed in Latin America on Tuesday.

Mexico’s Health Ministry reported on Tuesdaythree new deaths from the A/H1N1 flu and 655 newcases since the last report on Thursday, raising thetotal cases in the country to 8,279 with 116 deaths.

Internet

215 new A/H1N1 casesconfirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 24 June — A total of 215 newA/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European coun-tries within the last 24 hours, the European Centerfor Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) saidon Tuesday. Most of the new cases, 132 of 215, wereconfirmed in Britain, and the other new cases werereported respectively from other 15 European coun-tries, the ECDC said in its daily situation report.

Internet

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Chelsea’s Frenchinternational midfielder

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Messi tops Ronaldoas world star

Barcelona starLionel Messi

Venus, Safina, Murraythrough at Wimbledon

LONDON, 24 June—Defending champion VenusWilliams and top seed Dinara Safina have made theWimbledon last 64 while Andy Murray’s dream ofbecoming the first home men’s winner in 73 years alsohad a winning start.

Williams, the five-time champion, beatSwitzerland’s Stefanie Voegele 6-3, 6-2 in a sun-kissedCentre Court workout.

The American had her serve broken twice and hadto spend an hour and 18 minutes on court against the19-year-old, world 97.

Russian top seed Safina, who has never got beyondthe third round, reached the last 64 with a 7-5, 6-3win over Spain’s Lourdes Dominguez Lino and nextplays Paraguay’s Rossana de los Rios.

Safina, the beaten finalist in Australia and at RolandGarros this year, shrugged off a knee injury on CourtOne.—Internet

World number oneDinara Safina, seenhere in May 2009,

admits she needs to freeherself of her fear of

losing if she is to finallyclinch an elusive GrandSlam title.—INTERNET

Roddick aiming to flyin under the radar

LONDON, 24 June—Andy Roddickadmits he is happy to let Roger Federerand Andy Murray hog the Wimbledonlimelight as he seeks to take advantageof Rafael Nadal’s absence from the AllEngland Club.

With world number one Nadal havingwithdrawn from Roddick’s quarter ofthe draw, the former runner-up lookswell-placed to mount a threat to the pre-tournament favourites.

And, after coming through his firstround tie with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-3win over France’s Jeremy Chardy,Roddick said he had no problem withthe men’s singles being portrayed as astraight Murray-Federer battle.

“I don’t care who you guys arewriting about,” he said. “You know,predicting two weeks from now, that’snot how we go about our tournaments.

“As players, our job is to try to getthrough each round. As far as who’stalking about what, I don’t really care. Ijust want to go out and win matches.”

Internet

Chelsea snap up teenage strikerfrom Premier League rivals

English Under-20 internationalstriker Daniel Sturridge

US Andy Roddick returns a backhandto France’s Jeremy Chardy duringtheir first round match of the 2009

Wimbledon tennis championships atthe All England Club. Roddick won6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-3.—INTERNET

Zola waves his magic wand to captureChilean ‘Wizard’

Italian champions’ Inter Milan’sChilean international striker

Luis Jimenez

Murray confident he can livewith Wimbledon mania

Andy MurrayLONDON, 24 June—Italian champions’

Inter Milan’s Chilean internationalstriker Luis Jimenez was snapped up onloan by English Premier League sideWest Ham on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old - known as theWizard and capped 20 times - is the firstsigning for the Hammers Italian managerGianfranco Zola this summer.

Jimenez - who hasn’t representedChile for over a year - joins on a season-long loan with a view to a possiblepermanent move.

“I can’t promise anything but I amgoing to do everything possible to do agood job for the club,” Jimenez told WestHam’s website.

Jimenez made his name in Italy atSerie B side Ternana, where he scored25 goals in 88 league appearancesbetween 2002 and 2007.

Short spells at Fiorentina and Laziofollowed before Inter Milan opted to buyhim on a permanent basis after a prom-ising loan spell in 2008.

Internet

MADRID, 24 June—Cristiano Ronaldo may bethe world’s mostexpensive footballer, butBarcelona star LionelMessi outshines him interms of media value, atleast according to a teamof Spanish researchers.

The team from theUniversity of Navarrasaid the Argentine hadousted the Portuguesestriker as the player withthe highest profile lastseason.

However, Ronaldoremains the most ex-pensive player, with theresearchers valuing him at82 million euros, less thanthe world record 93million Real Madrid paidManchester United forhim this month.

Messi was next at 80

million, followed byLiverpool’s Spanishstriker Fernando Torresat 67 million. Thestudy cited Barcelona’sEuropean ChampionsLeague victory, andMessi’s goal in the final,for his leap to numberone in the media rankingsover last year’s winnerRonaldo.—Internet

LONDON, 24 June—Chelsea’s Frenchinternational midfielderFlorent Malouda signedon Tuesday a four-yearcontract extension withthe FA Cup winners.

The 29-year-old, whohad two years remainingon his current contract,had been linked with amove to Italian Serie Agiants AC Milan despitea generally hugelydisappointing spell at

Chelsea since joining for 13.5million pounds fromFrench champions Lyon in 2007.

“I am staying. I have four years left on my contract,”commented Malouda, whose performances improvedonce Guus Hiddink replaced Luis Felipe Scolari at theclub earlier this year.

“Every time the transfer window opens there arerumours and I hope in this one people will know whathappened,” added Malouda, who was part of theFrance team that reached the 2006 World Cup final.

Internet

LONDON, 24 June—PromisingEnglish Under-20 international strikerDaniel Sturridge is to sign for Chelseafrom their English Premier Leaguerivals Manchester City it wasannounced on Tuesday.

The 19-year-old’s present contract atCity was due to terminate at the end ofJune and he has turned down the offerof a new one from the bigspending club.

The ultimate transfer fee for him willbe decided by a tribunal with the twoclubs unable to agree on a deal.

Chelsea have to pay a transfer fee asSturridge is under-24 and as a resultcannot move for nothing under the

Bosman ruling.Manchester City manager Mark

Hughes had been earnest in his effortsto keep Sturridge but was reluctant toagree to his wage demands.—Internet

LONDON, 24 June—Andy Murray knows thatevery step he takestowards next week’sWimbledon final willsend expectations amongBritain’s success-starvedtennis fans soaring.

But the Scot insists hewill not allow that tobecome a distraction ashe chases his goal ofbecoming the first Britonsince Fred Perry in 1936to win the men’s singlestitle at the All England

Club. The cool way thatMurray negotiated atesting first-round matchagainst American RobertKendrick offered encour-agement for his fans, buthe is adamant thathis thoughts have notdrifted beyond Thurs-day’s second roundmeeting with big-hittingLatvian Ernests Gulbis.

“To get to the final I willhave to play great tennis.I’ve got to win five morematches and they aregoing to get tougher everyround,” he said. “I knowwhat I need to do but I’mnot going to start worryingabout getting to the finalyet. Gulbis has causedsome big upsets and he isa huge hitter. I need to beon my best game to beathim.”—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycouldy in Kayah State, lower Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, rain or thundershowers have been isolated inMandalay Division, scattered in Shan and Chin States,upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions, fairly widespreadin Rakhine States and Ayayawady Division andwidespread in the remaining areas with isolatedheavyfall in Mon State. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Kyeikkhame (3.11) inches,Mawlamyine (2.36) inches, Pyapon (1.85) inches andCoco Island (1.77) inches.

Maximum temperature on 23-6-2009 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 24-6-2009 was 72°F. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 24-6-2009 was93%. Total sun shine hours on 23-6-2009 was (2.8)hour approx.

Rainfall on 24-6-2009 was Nil at Mingaladon, Nilat Kaba-Aye and Nil at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (32.91) inches at Mingaladon,(38.58) inches at Kaba-Aye and (44.61) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was (8) mph from Southwest at (16:30) hours MST on23-6-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 25th June 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Rakhineand Mon States, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, fairlywidespread in Kachin, Chin and Kayin States, Bagoand Ayeyawady Division, scattered in Shan State,upper Sagaing Division and isolated in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts.Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40)mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 25-6-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 25-6-2009: One or two rain or thundershowrs.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 25-6-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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OTTAWA, 24 June—China and Canada attach greatimportance to developing bilateral relationship andare committed to further promoting this relationship toits full potential, Canadian Prime Minister StephenHarper and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister YangJiechi said here on Tuesday.

At a meeting on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, Harperwelcomed Yang’s visit to Canada. Yang conveyed toHarper the regards from Chinese President Hu Jintaoand Premier Wen Jiabao. Harper expressed hisappreciation for this and asked Yang to convey hisregards to the Chinese President and Premier.

Yang said that China and Canada should not missan important opportunity to push their relations furtherforward at this time when the global financial crisiscontinues to spread and deepen.

Both countries, which share a broad range ofcommon interests and have a strong foundation forcooperation, are more obliged than ever to strengthentheir cooperation, so as to contribute to the earlyrecovery of world economy and effectively cope withvarious global challenges and outstanding regionalissues, he said.—MNA/Xinhua

Canadian PM, Chinese FMvow to develop bilateral ties

Actress Rosario Dawson waves at the premiere ofthe movie “Public Enemies” at the Mann Village

theatre in Westwood, California on 23 June, 2009.The movie opens in the US on 1 July .—INTERNET

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Nowadays, the government is implementingdevelopment projects for ensuring equitable devel-opment of all States and Divisions. In doing so, it hasbeen building roads and bridges as networks through-out the country with a view to accelerating develop-ment momentum of all the regions of States andDivisions and narrowing economic and social gapsamong the regions.

Ayeyawady Division is teeming with rivers,creeks and lakes. Being a delta region, local people ofthe division relied mainly on water way for their

Pathein Bridge, a drive for ensuring better transportin Delta of Ayeyawady Division

Article: Kyaw Zeya Myint; Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

travelling in the past. These days, the government hasconstructed motor roads and bridges across rivers oneafter another in the division. As a result, the travellerscan save their precious time by using inland roads.

Pathein Bridge in Pathein Township ofAyeyawady Division, opened in 22 November 2004,was the 176th facility of its kind among the 180-foot-long and above bridges built after 1988. Likewise, itwas the 40th bridge in Ayeyawady Division. Thanks toconstruction of Pathein Bridge, local people in Patheinand Thabaung townships are enjoying the fruits of

Pathein Bridge inaugurated on 22 November 2004 lies over Ngawun River in Pathein Township, Ayeyawady Division.

health, economic and education sectors.Moreover, all the national people from vari-

ous regions of the country have easy access toChaungtha and Ngwehsaung Beach Resorts inAyeyawady Division in a short time. Marineproducts, agricultural produce and forest resourcesfrom Pathein can be transported to all the regions ofthe country in a short time. Indeed, Pathein Bridgecontributes much towards smooth and speedy flowof commodities in the country.

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ROME, 24 June —We humans prefer tobe addressed in ourright ear and are morelikely to perform a taskwhen we receive therequest in our right earrather than our left. In aseries of three studies,

White sharks’ hunting skills asrefined as Jack the Ripper’s

Spatial patterns of shark predation were notrandom and that smaller sharks had more

dispersed prey search patterns and lower killsuccess rates than larger sharks.—INTERNET

LONDON, 24 June —What do great whitesharks have in commonwith serial killers? Re-fined hunting skills, ac-cording to a paper recentlypublished in the Zoologi-cal Society of London’sJournal of Zoology. Re-searchers have found thatsharks hunt in a highlyfocused fashion, just likeserial criminals.

Predation is one of themost fundamental and fas-cinating interactions innature, and sharks aresome of the fiercest preda-tors on Earth.

However, their hunt-ing pattern is difficult tostudy because it is rarelyobserved in the wild. As a

result, shark predatorybehavior has remainedmuch of a mystery.

Now, researchersfrom the United States andCanada are using geo-

graphic profiling — acriminal investigationtool used to track a con-nected series of crimesand locate where serialcriminals live — to ex-amine the hunting pat-terns of white sharks inSouth Africa.

Internet

Need something?Talk to right ear

looking at ear preferencein communication be-tween humans, Dr. LucaTommasi and DanieleMarzoli from the Uni-versity “Gabrieled’Annunzio” in Chieti,Italy, show that a naturalside bias, depending on

hemispheric asymmetryin the brain, manifests it-self in everyday humanbehavior.

One of the bestknown asymmetries inhumans is the right eardominance for listeningto verbal stimuli, whichis believed to reflect thebrain’s left hemispheresuperiority for process-ing verbal information.However, until now, themajority of studies look-ing at ear preference inhuman communicationhave been controlledlaboratory studies andthere is very little pub-lished observational evi-dence of spontaneous eardominance in everydayhuman behavior.

InternetWe humans prefer to be addressed in our right

ear.—INTERNET

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