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

Volume XV, Number 279 13th Waxing of Pyatho 1369 ME Sunday, 20 January, 2008

Established 1914

* 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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands 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

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 19Jan — The Myanmar del-egation led by Prime Min-ister of the Union ofMyanmar General TheinSein visited downtownBandar Seri Begawan ofBrunei Darussalam and theRoyal Regalia Museum on17 January morning.

At the museum,Brunei Minister for Devel-opment Affairs the Hon-ourable Peinn Dato HajiAbdullah Mudin HajiBakar and officials wel-comed the Prime Ministerand party and explainedfacts about Royal RegaliaMuseum.

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein signedin the visitors’ book. Mu-

Prime Minister General Thein Sein visits Royal

Regalia Museum in Bandar Seri Begawanseum Director Mr PudarnoBinchin presented gifts tothe Prime Minister.

The General andparty posed for documen-tary photos together withofficials of the museum.

Next, they vieweddevelopment of BandarSeri Begawan andJerudong Park and wentback to Empire Hotel &Country Club.

At 11.35 am, thePrime Minister and partyleft for Bandar SeriBegawan Airport wherethey were seen off by Bru-nei Minister for HealthHonourable Pehin HajiSuyoi and high-ranking of-ficials, Charge d’Affairesai of the Myanmar Em-

bassy to Brunei U MoeKyaw Aung and wife DawNilar Aung, embassy staffand families. The PrimeMinister took the salute ofthe Guard of Honour.

At 12 noon Bru-nei Standard Time, thePrime Minister and partyleft Bandar Seri BegawanAirport and arrived back atNay Pyi Taw Airport at 2pm Myanmar StandardTime. — MNA

Brunei Minister forHealth Honourable

Pehin Haji Suyoi bidsfarewell to PrimeMinister General

Thein Sein at BandarSeri Begawan

Airport in Brunei Darussalam.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein visits Royal Regalia Museum in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei Darussalam. —MNA

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

People’s DesireSunday, 20 January, 2008

Further promoteMyanmar-Brunei friendlyrelations and cooperation

Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar General Thein Sein paid agoodwill visit to Brunei from 15 to 17January at the invitation of His MajestySultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah MuizzaddinWaddaulah.

During the visit, Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein paid a courtesy call on HisMajesty Sultan Haji Hassanal BolkiahMuizzaddin Waddaulah at Istana NurulIman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan on 16January.

At the call, Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein said that he was very glad tohave an opportunity to pay a visit to Brunei;and that he believed the visit would bringbenefits to the two countries and contributemuch to promotion of bilateral friendlyrelations.

Brunei King Sultan Haji HassanalBolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah said thatthroughout the period of the establishmentof diplomatic relations between Myanmarand Brunei, the bilateral relations had beenpromoted through personal friendship andbilateral cooperation; that at first thecooperation was initiated in the health,education and technological sectors; andthat he believed that those basic foundationswould contribute towards all-rounddevelopment of the bilateral cooperation.

The Myanmar delegation led by PrimeMinister General Thein Sein also visitedthe Shell Petroleum oil field and helddiscussions with the Brunei EconomicDevelopment Board (BEDB).

It is sure that the goodwill visit of PrimeMinister General Thein Sein will strengthenbilateral friendly relations and cooperationin various sectors.

NAY PYI TAW, 19Jan — Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Sweattended the First ASEANSenior Officials Meetingon compilation of thereport on Convention ofElimination of All Formsof Discrimination AgainstWomen (CEDAW) andexchange of experiencesfor additional tasks heldat Vientiane of LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic on 14 and 15January.

On 14 Januarymorning, the meeting wasattended by ministers, deputyministers and chairmen ofwomen’s organizations from10 ASEAN countries andobserver Timor Leste, thevice secretary-general andofficials of the ASEANSecretariat, the regionaldirector of UNIFEM andexperts.

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swerecounted experiences incompiling the reports.

In the evening,the Myanmar delegationattended the dinner hosted

YANGON, 19Jan—Myanmar youthselected golfers led bygeneral secretary ofMyanmar Golf FederationU Aung Kyi left forMalaysia, yesterdaymorning, to participate inthe first ASEAN youthgolf tournament whichwill be held at GlenmarieGolf and Country Club inSelangor Darul Ehson,Malaysia from 22 to 24Janauary.

They were seenoff at the YangonInternational Airport byofficials of Ministry ofSports, executives ofMyanmar Golf Federation

SWRR Minister attends ASEAN Senior OfficialsMeeting on compiling CEDAW Report

by the Lao Women’sUnion Chairperson at LaoPlaza Hotel.

On 15 January,the meeting approved itsJoint Statement. MinisterMaj-Gen Maung MaungSwe delivered an address.

On 16 January,the minister, MyanmarAmbassador to Lao PDRU Nyunt Hlaing, MilitaryAttaché Brig-Gen ThanWin and officials,Director-General U SitMyaing of Social WelfareDepartment and

delegation membersattended the ceremony todonate 200 tons of salt bythe Myanmar Governmentto the Lao PDRGovernment.

The LaotianMinister for Labour andSocial Welfare spokewords of thanks.

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swehanded over documentsrelated to the donation tothe Lao PDR Minister.

The Myanmardelegation left Vientiane

of Lao PDR by air andarrived back at Nay PyiTaw Airport today.Members of thedelegation werewelcomed back at NayPyi Taw Airport byMinister for CooperativesMaj-Gen Tin Htut,Deputy Minister forSocial Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint, DeputyMinister for Immigrationand Population Brig-GenWin Sein and officials.

MNA

Myanmar selected golfers leave for Malaysia

U Ko Ko Lay and officials.Myanmar youth

selected golf team consists

of coach U Myo Tun,golfers Nay Bala WinMyint, Swan Thiha Aung,

Ye Htet Aung, Yin MayMyo, Kay Thantsin andMay Oo Khine.—MNA

Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe hands over documents related todonation of 200 tons of salt to the Lao PDR Minister.—MNA

Advisor to Myanmar Library Association

U Cho Aye presents K 230,000 donated by

members of the association to Librarian

(Retd) Daw Nyunt Myint at the 10th ceremony

to pay respects to old librarians organized by

MLA at the Universities Dhammayon on 19

January.—H

Members of Myanmar Selected Golf team seen at Yangon InternationalAirport before their departure for Malaysia.—MGF

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Austrian Pilots fly gliders over the famous downhill ski course of Hahnenkammprior to men’s super-G FIS Ski World cup in Kitzbuehel.—INTERNET

French ex-president opposes

Blair becoming EU presidentPARIS, 19 Jan—

Former French presidentValery Giscard d’Estainghas expressed oppositionto the idea of formerBritish prime ministerTony Blair becoming thefirst-ever president of theEuropean Union (EU),France’s Le Figaro dailyreported Thursday.

Speaking during an

interview with thenewspaper, the formerpresident, who wasresponsible for directingthe preparation of the draftEuropean ConstitutionalTreaty, said he wasopposed to the idea of theformer British premierapplying for the job of EUpresident.

Valery Giscard

d’Esataing said that it wascritical that the futurepresident of the EU “besomeone from a memberstate that respects andupholds all Europeancommitments,” a factorthat excludes Blair, whosename has routinely beenput forward as an idealcandidate for the position.

MNA/Xinhua

300,000 displaced by conflictin Central African Republic

UNITED NATIONS, 19 Jan — Nearly 300,000 peoplehave been driven from their homes since last monthamid clashes between government and rebel forcesin the Central African Republic (CAR), said theUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

“Many villagers have fled in terror. Attacks onhumanitarian workers are also becoming disturbinglycommon,” said the agency.

Violence has paralyzed public infrastructure acrossthe north, it said, adding that many schools andhospitals remain closed and thousands of familieshave lost their homes and possessions.—MNA/Xinhua

Manila arrests five in fresh coup plot

13 arrested in Thai south forkilling security personnel

BANGKOK, 19 Jan — Thirteen suspects were arrestedFriday morning in Thailand’s violence-torn far southernprovince Narathiwat for allegedly taking part inMonday’s insurgent ambush that killed eightgovernment security personnel.

About 500 soldiers, police and Interior Ministryofficials raided and searched three villages in theDusongyor sub-district in Chanae District, Narathiwatat 5 am (2200 GMT), according to news network TheNation. The searches lasted about four hours and the13 suspects were arrested, who were taken to the armybase in nearby province Pattani for interrogations.

MNA/Xinhua

MANILA, 19 Jan —Philippine security forceshave arrested five formersoldiers plotting a freshattempt to unseat PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo,officials said onWednesday. Army andpolice units in the capitalhad been on alert this weekto guard against a possibleattempt by disgruntled

soldiers to grab powerduring street marches byleft-wing groups to mark aviolent farmers' rally in1987 that killed 11protesters.

Police said four of thefive ex-servicemenbelonging to the Army’selite Scout Rangers unitwhile one was a formermarine. They were arrested

on Tuesday and chargedwith illegal possession offirearms and ammunition.

“They were believed tobe part of a larger groupplotting fresh destabili-zation activities against thegovernment,” said Superin-tendent Michel Filart of thenational police’s criminalinvestigation and detectionoffice.—MNA/Xinhua

22 killed asbridge

collapses inN-E India

NEW DELHI, 19 Jan— Atleast 22 people were killedand 25 injured when abridge collapsed in India’snortheastern state Manipur,authorities said on Friday.The incident took place asan overloaded truck waspassing by on Thursday,around 180 kilometressouth of state capitalImphal, according to theIndo-Asian News Service.

"Troops reached thespot soon after receivingthe news and fished out19 bodies from the riverbesides rescuing 28others," an Armyspokesman said. Theinjured were rushed to thehospital while one of theinjured succumbed toinjuries on the way tohospital, two others diedthere later. —MNA/Xinhua

A man who lives in the streets of the Kibera slum walks near a barricade thatwas set on fire by sympathizers of Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga in

Nairobi. The death toll for three days of opposition rallies against KenyanPresident Mwai Kibaki's re-election soared to 25 on Friday when police

killed five protestors and found several bodies across the country.—INTERNET

Kenyan opposition accuses policeof killing seven

NAIROBI, 19 Jan — Kenya's opposition accused police of killing seven peopleon Thursday during a second day of clashes with demonstrators protesting againstPresident Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.

In the capital Nairobi, and the western towns of Kisumu and Eldoret, policefired teargas and bullets during rallies called by opposition leader Raila Odinga'sOrange Democratic Movement (ODM), but banned by police. More protests areplanned on Friday.

Odinga, who accuses Kibaki of stealing victory in the December 27 ballot, saidpolice shot dead seven people in the capital.

"Police are shooting innocent civilians at will ... the government has turned thiscountry into a killing field of innocents," he told reporters.

Police had no immediate comment. ODM member of Parliament ElizabethOngoro Masha said her driver was among those killed by officers who surroundedpart of the Mathare slum overnight. "They were targeting people perceived asbeing group leaders," she told Reuters. —MNA/Reuters

Thai Govt admits ties betweensouthern insurgency, int’l terrorism

BANGKOK, 19 Jan — TheThai Government on Fridayadmitted the connectionbetween the ongoingsouthern insurgency andsome international terroristorganizations, including theal-Qaeda led by Osama BinLaden.

Chaiya Yimvilai, agovernment spokesman,said during a Press briefingthat the violence insouthernmost provinces of

Narathiwat, Yala andPattani are getting worse.

Through the case inwhich all the eight soldiersof an Army patrol teamwere killed by insurgentson Monday, the authoritiesfound foreign extremistswere behind the terroristincident, he said.

He said some foreignterrorist organizations,including the al-Qaeda,were funding the southern

insurgents during the pastfour years.

However, thespokesman refused toelaborate on the details.

Thailand's threesouthernmost provinces —Yala, Narathiwat andPattani have been troubledwith insurgency-relatedviolence which has claimedmore than 2,800 lives sinceit resumed in early 2004.

MNA/Xinhua

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People check decoration for Tet, the VietnameseNew Year, in front of a shop at Hang Ma Street

in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 18 Jan, 2008. In 2008, theTet will fall on 7 February.—INTERNET

Palestinians stand infront of a destroyedbuilding of Hamas’sInterior Ministry after itwas targeted by an Israelimissile in Gaza on 18Jan, 2008.—XINHUA

Hamas launches 21 makeshift rockets on Israel

Cold related diseases claimnine lives in N Bangladesh

DHAKA, 19 Jan — Nine children died of pneumoniaand other cold related diseases in last two weeks tillThursday in Bangladesh's northern district ofKurigram, 260 kilometres northwest of capital Dhaka.

The nine children died in local hospitals. Besides,on an average, at least 50 children affected by coldrelated diseases are being treated at local hospitaleveryday.

Deputy Commissioner AR Mollah said so far7,421 pieces of blankets, 9,758 sweaters, 1600 piecesused clothes were distributed among the affectedpeople in the district. —MNA/Xinhua

Three killed in US Navychopper crash

WASHINGTON, 19 Jan — Three people were killedin a Navy copter crash Wednesday night in Texas,and a fourth was rescued, CNN reported Thursday.

The Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter crashedin a field about seven kilometres south of CorpusChristi Wednesday night, Ed Mackley, spokesmanof the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine WarfareCommand, was quoted as saying.

A witness reported a huge fireball and boomingnoise shortly after the crash. Rescuers later foundbodies of three crew members earlier Thursday,Mackley said. MNA/Xinhua

Traffic accident leaves ninedead, three injured in Bolivia

LIMA, 19 Jan — At least nine people were killedand three seriously injured in a traffic accident on aBolivian Andean highway Thursday, according tonews reaching here. The deceased include twominors, and the three injured are currently in intensivecare, the Bolivian police in La Paz reported.

A minibus and a dump truck crashed at 14:00local time (1800 GMT) on the La Paz-Copacabanahighway, some 25 kilometres from La Paz, accordingto the police.

The police are investigating the cause of theaccident, but it has already been determined that thedump truck, whose driver fled the scene, invadedthe opposite lane and slammed head-on into theminibus. —MNA/Xinhua

British pupilarrested

after girl, 13,stabbed

LONDON, 19 Jan — A14-year-old boy has beenarrested following thestabbing of a girl, 13,outside a south Londonschool, police said onThursday.

The girl, who has notbeen named, sufferedminor wounds to her chestand thigh in the latest of aspate of stabbings amongyoung people over the pastyear which have led towidespread calls foraction on knife crime.

Police received a call atabout 4 pm on Wednesdaysaying she was beingstabbed outside the SacredHeart School in South-wark.—MNA/Reuters

Seven Canadian soldiers injured in AfghanistanOTTAWA, 19 Jan —

Seven Canadian soldierswere injured in twoseparate roadside bombexplosions Wednesdaynight in southernAfghanistan, CanadianTelevision (CTV)

reported Thursday. Both incidents took

place during a patrol inthe Panjwaii District,about 35 kilometressouthwest of Kandahar.

Most of the soldierssuffered minor injuries.

Six of them have beenreleased from hospital, theCTV said.

The incidents followedthe death of a Canadiansoldier Tuesday in aroadside bomb attack.

MNA/Xinhua

GAZA, 18 Jan — Themilitary wing of Hamaslaunched 21 home-maderockets on Israeli targetsoutside Gaza Strip early

Wednesday in response toan Israeli offensive inGaza which left at least 17dead.

In successive

statements sent to thePress, Hamas claimedresponsibility on therocket salvos whichmostly targeted SderotTown, one kilometre tothe northeast of GazaStrip, and severalsettlements in the samerange.

According to Hamas'Ezz el-Deen al-QassamBrigades, 65 rockets and75 mortar shells were firedfrom Gaza Strip sinceTuesday. "Our shellingagainst the Israelisettlement is a message tothe enemy that we cancreate the same level offear," one of the statementssaid.

MNA/Xinhua

An electric heater is used to help panda “Tao Tao” keep warm as localtemperature dropped sharply at the zoo of Jinan, capital of east China’s

Shandong Province, on 14 Jan, 2008.—XINHUA

US movie executive charged overThai festival bribes

LOS ANGELES, 19Jan— A Los Angelesmovie executive and hiswife have been indictedon charges of paying900,000 US dollars inbribes to a senior Thaitourism official to securelucrative contracts to runa film festival inBangkok.

The US Departmentof Justice said onThursday that GeraldGreen, 75, and his wife

Patricia, 52, were indictedlate on Wednesday by afederal grand jury formaking a series ofpayments over five yearsto the then governor ofthe Tourism Authority ofThailand, JuthamasSiriwan.

According to theindictment, the Greenspaid 900,000 US dollarsto Siriwan to wincontracts worth more than7 million US dollars for

running the annualBangkok InternationalFilm Festival from 2002-2007.

The festival wascontrolled by the ThaiTourist Authority. TheGreens are accused of sevencounts of violating theForeign Corrupt PracticesAct and could face amaximum of five years inprison on each charge if theyare convicted.

MNA/Reuters

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Indian investors outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai recently.Wipro Ltd, India’s third-largest software maker, on 18 Jan, 2008, posted alower-than-expected third-quarter net profit as an appreciating rupee and a

higher wage bill offset business growth.—INTERNET

Protesters shout slogans during a rally againstSouth Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) talksin front of the headquarters of the Federation of

Korean Industries in Seoul on 18, 2008. Theletters read, “Block the FTA talks between the US

and South Korea”.—INTERNET

Workers remove plastic balls which were released by an artist down theSpanish Steps, in Rome on 16 Jan, 2008. Graziano Cecchini, who callshimself an artistic activist, claimed to Italy’s ANSA news agency that hereleased the balls from the top of Rome’s Spanish Steps to highlight the

nation’s problems.—INTERNET

China intervenesin commodity prices to

ease inflation

Vietnam seizes ratsnakesfrom Bangkok flight

HANOI, 19 Jan —Vietnam has seized morethan a ton of ratsnakesfound aboard a VietnamAirlines flight fromBangkok, the second timein about a month suchsnakes were found in aircargo to Vietnam, statemedia said on Friday.

The snakes — scien-

tific name Ptyas Mucosusand a protected species—were found in more than60 boxes that arrived inHanoi’s Noi Bai Airporton Thursday, the VietnamNews Agency quotedofficials as saying.

“There is a greatpossibility that Vietnamis only a transit point of

the cargo,” it said, addingthat the snakes weretransfered to an animalcaring station nearby.

Last month, the airportauthorities also seized 700kilogrammes (1,550pounds) of snakes aboarda Thai Airways flight toHanoi, it said.

MNA/Reuters

Australia says Doha successhard but deal can be done

MUMBAI, 18 Jan—Clinching a deal at globaltrade talks will be a hard taskbut is possible, Australia’sTrade Minister said onWednesday, adding thatIndia and Australia couldplay a role in reaching aconsensus.

Australia was also

interested in pursuing afree trade agreement withIndia as long as it wascomprehensive, SimonCrean said at a businesslunch in Mumbai, India'sfinancial capital.

“Given that the DohaRound now involves inexcess of 150 nations,

success is only going to comeif we forge alliances,” hesaid. Australia as chairmanof the Cairns Group ofagricultural exporters andIndia as a key player in theindustrialized and emergingGroup of 20 economies hadroles to play, Crean added.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 18 Jan —China’s top economicplanner has announcedprice controls on a packageof products, includinggrain, edible oil, meat,milk, eggs and liquefiedpetroleum gas, Xinhualearned Wednesday froma work conference of theNational Developmentand Reform Commission(NDRC).

“Major enterprises arerequired to submit the

price-raising scheme tothe government forofficial approval 10working days before theyintend to raise the prices,said the NDRC in acircular on interim priceintervention. The move isbelieved to be a bid totackle inflation.

Surges in prices ofstaples such as grain, porkand cooking oil since May2007 lifted the consumerprice index (CPI) to 4.6

per cent in the first 11months of 2007, and an11-year high of 6.9 percent in November, wellabove the government's3-per cent target.

Official statisticsrevealed that edible oil,pork and beef prices inearly January in 36 largeand medium-sized citiesnationwide surged 58 percent, 43 per cent and 46per cent respectively yearon year. — MNA/Xinhua

World Bankcloses offices after

bomb threat WASHINGTON, 19 Jan

—The World Bank saidon Thursday its securitystaff was investigating abomb threat made bytelephone and toldemployees of itsWashington headquartersto stay home on Friday.

“The bank is workingwith law enforcementofficials to determine thevalidity of the threat,” thebank said in a statement.

“As a precautionarymeasure, bank groupmanagement has decidedto close all World Bankgroup leased and ownedbuildings in Washingtonon Friday,” it added.

The financial institu-tion, which provides loansto poor countries to fightpoverty, is located about ablock from White Houseand employs about 8,000in at least seven buildingsin downtown Washing-ton.—MNA/Reuters

EU launches investigationinto pharmaceutical industry

BRUSSELS, 18 Jan— The European Union (EU)antitrust regulator said Wednesday it had launched aninvestigation into the pharmaceutical industry for analleged lack of competition.

Inspectors from the European Commission raided anumber of innovative and generic pharmaceuticalcompanies as part of the sector inquiry, which is aresponse to indications that competition in pharmaceuticalmarkets in Europe may not be working well.

The Commission said fewer new pharmaceuticals arebeing brought to market and the entry of genericpharmaceuticals sometimes seems to be delayed, whichcould result from agreements between pharmaceuticalcompanies restricting competition or unilateral abuses ofdominant position. “From 1995-1999 an average of 40novel molecular entities were launched per year. From2000-2004 the figure was only 28,” it said.

The Commission said it would also look into whethercompanies may have created artificial barriers to entrythrough the misuse of patent rights, vexatious litigation orother means, and whether such practices may violate EUantitrust rules.— MNA/Xinhua

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Football memorabilia featuring African colours sits for sale at a vendor's stall inGhana's capital Accra on 18 Jan, 2008. While political protests tarnish Kenya,Ghana will polish its image as a tourism and investment destination when it hostsAfrica 's most prestigious sporting event, the 2008 African Nations Cup soccer finals, starting on Sunday.—INTERNET

An image released by Stemagen Corp showsthe removal of an egg’s nucleus. The

California company said on Thursday itused cloning technology to make five humanembryos, with the eventual hope of making

matched stem cells for patients.INTERNET

A gaming fan , dressed as the character Master Chief from the Xbox 360video game ‘Halo 3’, carries his copy of the game after purchasing it during a

midnight sales event in New York.—INTERNET

Vietnam eyes closer securitycooperation with Laos

HANOI,18 Jan —Vietnam wants tostrengthen security coop-eration with Laos inexchanging informationabout criminal activitieswhich threaten nationalsecurity, local newspaperVietnam News reportedThursday.

Vietnamese StatePresident Nguyen MinhTriet made the statementWednesday when receiv-

ing Lao Minister of PublicSecurity ThongbanhSengaphone, who was ona working visit to Vietnamat the invitation ofVietnamese Ministerof Public Security LeHong Anh.

The public securityforces of the two countriesshould work outcooperation programmesto combat hostile forcesand criminal activities,

ensuring stability, coopera-tion and development, theVietnamese President said.

The Lao minister saidhe was happy to see firmand effective coopertionbetween the two ministries,and expressed thankson behalf of theLao ministry for stafftraining and professionalfacilities provided by theVietnamese ministry.

MNA/Xinhua

Syrian man gets 6 months prisonfor NY attack hoax

NEW YORK, 18 Jan— ASyrian man convicted ofgiving a false tip to a NewYork City anti-terrorismhotline, leading to fiveinnocent men beinginvestigated on suspicionof terrorism, was sentencedon Wednesday to sixmonths in prison.

Rimon Alkatri, 35, wasconvicted in November ofcalling a hotline to offer atip about five fellow Syrianswhom he accused ofplanning a suicide attackon New York City subwaysover the July 4 holidayweekend. City officialsdispatched dozens ofpolice, conducted round-the-clock surveillance andsought help from Israeli lawenforcement, prosecutorstold a jury at the New York

State Supreme Court. The public was not

informed until afterAlkatri's arrest. Police laterlearned four of the five menhe implicated were formerbusiness associates withwhom he had disputes.

"I'm sorry about what Idid," Alkatri told JudgeRaymond Wiley onWednesday.

But Wiley said thatAlkatri had to takeresponsibility for thesuffering of the men henamed, who wereinterrogated and whosehomes were searched. Aless professional policeforce "would have lockedthese gentlemen up andasked questions later", thejudge said.

Speaking outside the

courthouse, Fares Almari,one of the victims, said hewas disappointed.

MNA/Reuters

Philippines searches foreleven crew of sunken ship

MANILA, 18 Jan—Philippine authorities aresearching for 11 sailorsmissing after their cargo

ship sank in stormyweather off the northerncoast, an official said onThursday. A spokesman

for the Coast Guard saideight people had beenplucked from choppywaters off Batanes islandnear Taiwan a few hoursafter the ship, which wascarrying steel from China,sank on Wednesday.

"I spoke with the pilotshelping our search andrescue ships in the areaand they were havingdifficulty because of nearzero visibility due to badweather," LieutenantArmand Balilo said,adding they were notgiving up the search. Theship, m/v Hofeng No. 7,was on its way to Malaysiaand carrying 19 crew fromthe Philippines when hugewaves, strong winds andrain caused it to list andsink. — MNA/Reuters

Clashes occur in New Caledoniaas police break up strike

WELLINGTON, 18 Jan—Clashes occurred in NewCaledonia as riot policedislodged a strike picket ata Noumea bus depot,causing a dozen of peopleinjured and 50 arrests, RadioNew Zealand Internationalreported on Thursday.

Police tried to dispersemembers of the USTKEunion early Thursday forillegally occupying landthat belongs to the southernprovince next to the Carsudbus company. USTKEleader Gerard Jodar saidpolice used tear gas to chaseaway unionists, with abouta dozen of them sufferinginjuries.

Local radio said policemade 50 arrests. Clashes

have continued and reportssaid several vehicles,including some belongingto police, have been burnt.

MNA/Xinhua

Paraplegic man dumped inLA gutter sues hospital LOS ANGELES, 19 Jan — A mentally ill paraplegic

man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital thatdumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row"— a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vasthomeless population.

Gabino Olvera, 42, sued the HollywoodPresbyterian Medical Centre for negligence after itdischarged him in February 2007, took him acrosstown in a van and left him in a soiled hospital gownwithout a wheelchair in the heart of the city's homelessarea.

Witnesses who came to Olvera's aid said they sawhim dragging himself on the ground with hospitalpapers and documents clenched in his teeth while thedriver sat in her van and applied makeup beforedriving off.

The incident was captured by security cameras ata nearby homeless shelter.

Hernan Vera, a lawyer with Public Counsel, whichhelped bring the lawsuit on behalf on Olvera, called it"the most obscene and callous example of this practicethat we have seen". — MNA/Reuters

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NAY PYI TAW, 19Jan— A delegation ledby Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Winyesterday arrived backhere by air, afterattending the Japan-Mekong ForeignMinisters’ Meeting heldin Tokyo, Japan on 16and 17 January.

It was attendedby Foreign Ministers ofthe five Mekong Regioncountries which areCambodia, Laos,Myanmar, Thailand andVietnam. JapaneseForeign Minister MrMasahiko Koumurachaired the meeting. TheMinisters discussedpromoting of cooperationbetween Japan and theMekong Regioncountries in various fieldsincluding politics,economy, economiccooperation and culturesand also discussed wide-ranging issues under thethemes of trust,development andstability, as well asregional and globalissues.

They shared theviews that enduringstability and growingprosperity of the regionis important to a resilientASEAN Community anda dynamic East Asia andthe vision of a “Region

Foreign Minister arrivesback from Japan

of Hope andDevelopment”, andstressed the importanceof inter-and intra-regionalcooperation in seizingcommon opportunitiesand in addressingcommon challenges.Moreover, they decidedto celebrate the year 2009as Mekong-JapanExchange Year.

The leader ofMyanmar delegation andAmbassador of Myanmarto Japan U Hla Myintattended a welcomingluncheon hosted by Vice-Minister for ForeignAffairs of Japan MrOsamu Uno on 16January. The Ministerand the Ambassador paida group courtesy call onPrime Minister MrYasuo Fukuda togetherwith the other ministers.In the evening, theMinister attended adinner hosted by theMinister for ForeignAffairs of Japan.

On 17 January,the Minister attended abreakfast hosted by theJ a p a n - M e k o n gParliamentary FriendshipAssociation. TheMinister also attended theMekong RegionalInvestment PromotionSeminar and explainedthe opportunity ofinvestment and invited

the Japanese businessmento invest in Myanmar.

Foreign MinisterU Nyan Win metseparately with MrMasahiko Koumura,Minister for ForeignAffairs of Japan andcordially discussed issuesof mutual interest. Theminister visited theMyanmar Embassy inTokyo where he met thestaff of the MyanmarEmbassy and the Officeof the Military Attachéand inspected thefunctions of the Embassyon 16 January. TheMinister attended adinner hosted by theAmbassador of Myanmarat his residence on 17January.

The members ofdelegation, Director-General U Phae ThannOo, Head of Branch-1U Thein Zaw and Headof Branch-2 Daw TKham Seng from thePolitical Department ofMinistry of ForeignAffairs arrived back onthe same fl ight .Myanmar Ambassadorto Japan U Hla Myintalso participated as amember of thedelegation in the Japan-Mekong ForeignMinisters’ Meeting andother related meetings.

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NAY PYI TAW, 19Jan — The concludingceremony of JobProficiency Course No 1/2008 for Engineers andFinancial Officers underElectric Power SupplyEnterprise was held at themeeting hall of the Ministryof Electric Power No 2yersterday morning.

The ceremony wasattended by Minister for

Job Proficiency Course concludesElectric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint,Deputy Minister Brig-GenWin Myint, Director-General of Electric PowerDepartment Dr Thein Tun,Managing Director U TinAung of Electric PowerSupply Enterprise, deputydirectors-general, cheifengineers, deputy chiefengineers, departmentalofficials and 101 trainees.

Firstly, MinisterMaj-Gen Khin MaungMyint gave remarks.

Next, the Minister,the Deputy Minister, theDirector-General and theManaginig Directorpersented prizes to nine staffwho secured outstandingawards in the trainingcourse at Central Instituteof Civil Service(Phaunggyi).—MNA

YANGON, 19 Jan—The 24th Gemsand Jade Sales 2008 of the Union ofMyanmar Economic Holdings Limitedcontinued at 9 am today, the final day, atthe Myanmar Gems Mart on Kaba AyePagoda Road here.

It was attended by Managing Directorof UMEHL Maj-Gen Win Than, localand foreign merchants.

Merchants examined gems and jadelots from 15 to 18 January. At 7.30 am,the inspection teams cheeked thebargain forms from the tender boxes at

24th Gems and Jade Sales of UMEHL conclude7.30 am.

Altogether 357 jade lots were sold atthe sales that commenced at 9 am andfinished successfully at 11:40 am.

Managing Director of the Unionof Myanmar Economic HoldingsLimited and members of Board ofDirectors presented gifts to themerchants who offered the highestprices in the sales.

The sales of gems and jade attracted737 local and 281 foreign merchants.

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YANGON, 19 Jan — The ScienceFair 2008 of Interanational Languageand Business Centre (ILBC) was heldat the gymnasium of ILBC onLaydauntkan Road, Tamway Townshiphere this afternoon.

At the Science Fair, 59 varietiesof practical applications of physics,

Science Fair of ILBC (2008) heldgeneral science, chemistry, mathematicsand biology were displayed. Studentsexplained their applications to parentsand guests.

Electric-powered vehicles andsingle-pilot aircraft of the scienceresearch department are the new creationsof the science fair.— MNA

Students and their parents view the displays at Science Fair of ILBC.MNA

Minister U Nyan Win attends Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministers’Meeting.—MNA

Final day of 24th Gems and Jade Sales 2008 in progress. —MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 19 Jan—Brunei Minister-2 ofForeign Affairs and TradeDato Seri Setia Lim JookSeng hosted an informaldinner in honour ofMinister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha,Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin Naing Theinand Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U KyawThu at the Empire Hoteland Country Club at 7 pmon 15 January.

At the dinner, the twosides exchanged views oncooperation in mutualinterest. The Bruneiminister said that Bruneiwas striving for thedevelopment of othersectors as it had to relymuch on oil production.The 30-year plan was inthe process of being

Myanmar delegation members holddiscussions with Brunei ministers

implemented, he said. Healso discussed measures tolaunch more airlines in theregion, promotion of ecotourism industry, andgaining dominant positionin the meat and fish sectorin the region.

The Myanmarministers discussedmatters on export of riceand agricultural produce,launch of more airlinesrelated to hotel and tourismindustry and exchange oftrade delegations betweenthe two countries.

They also helddiscussions on workprogress of respectivecountries to approve AEC,ASEAN Charter signed byASEAN leaders at theASEAN Summit held inSingapore and exchangedviews on the Free TradeArea of ASEAN and its

partner nations.Similarly, Minister for

Progress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs ColThein Nyunt called onMinister for Home Affairsof Brunei HonourablePehin Orang Kaya JohnPahlawan Dato Seri SetiaAwang Haji Adanan binBegawan Pehin SirajaKhatib Dato Seri SetiaAwang Haji Mohd Yusofat the minister’s office inBendar Seri Begawan at 2pm on 16 January.

Minister Col TheinNyunt explained borderregion development tasks,rural development works,the projects for 24 specialdevelopment regions anddrug eradication tasks inMyanmar for nationaldevelopment.

Minister for Transport

Maj-Gen Thein Swe metMinister of Com-munications YB PehinOrang Kaya Seri Setia HjAwg Abu Bakar Haji Aponat the ministry in BendarSeri Begawan at 2:30 pmon 16 January. The meetingfocused on matters forcooperation in the transportsector based on mutualinterest.

Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi paid acall on Brunei DeputyPermanent Secretary ofPrime Minister’s OfficeHaji Ismail Dato Hashim atthe hall on the seventh floorof Empire Hotel & CountryClub at 2.30 pm on 16January and helddiscussions on cooperationin the energy sector.

Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo calledon Minister for NaturalResources and IndustryPehin Orang Kaya SetiaPalalawan Dato Seri SetiaDr Haji Ahmad bin HajiJumat at the minister’soffice in Jalan MenteriSesar at 9.30 pm on 17

January.Minister Maj-Gen

Htay Oo explained effortsbeing made in Myanmarfor the development of theagriculture sector,conditions of productionand export of crops andagricultural undertakingsfor the production of bio-diesel and held frankdiscussions on prospects forfurther cooperation in bio-disel production and theagriculture sector. It wasalso attended by DeputyMinister Dato HamdillahH A Wahab and officials.

Myanmar entre-preneurs whoaccompanied theMyanmar delegation helda meeting with Bruneientrepreneurs at the officeof National Chambers ofCommerce and Industryin Bendar Seri Begawanat 10 am on 16 January.

It was attended by the10-member Myanmardelegation led by Presidentof the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry UWin Myint and 20-member

Brunei entrepreneurs groupled by President of NationalChambers of Commerceand Industry of BruneiDarussalam Mr RajaliJohari.

President U Win Myintexplained facts about thefederation and madesuggestions on tradecooperation between theUMFCCI and NCCIBDand drawing of MoU onpromotion of cooperationin trade, investment andtechnology between thetwo federations.

Mr Ragali Johari saidthat Brunei had a smallpopulation and reliedmainly on earnings of oil;that the nation was smallerthan Myanmar; that unlikeMyanmar, it was not rich innatural resources; that it wasinterested in Myanmargems; and that the nationwanted to cooperate withMyanmar for bilateral tradeimprovement.

Next, officials ofUMFCCI and NCCIBDsigned MoU and exchangedthe gifts.

MNA

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo meets BruneiMinister for Natural Resources and Industry Pehin Orang Kaya Setia

Palalawan Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Ahmad bin Haji Jumat. —MNA

PBANRDA Minister Col Thein Nyunt meets the Brunei Ministerfor Home Affairs. —�MNA

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe holds discussions withBrunei Minister for Communications YB Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia

Hj Awg Abu Bakar Haji Apon. —MNA

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi meets Brunei DeputyPermanent Secretary Haji Ismail Dato Hashim of

Prime Minister’s Office.— MNA

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Who, for his sake or for the sake of others, would not long for a son orwealth or a country and who would not wish for his own prosperity byunrighteous means — he is the virtuous man, the wise man and the righteousman.

The virtuous man, the wise man,the righteous man

Dhammapada 84

YANGON, 19 Jan — The60th TipitakadharaTipitaka Kovida (Written)Selection Examinationorganized by the Ministryof Religious Affairscontinued at the MahaPasana Cave on ThiriMingala Kaba Aye Hill inMayangon Township thisafternoon.

It was attended byOvadacariya Sayadaws ofTipitakadhara SelectionBoard Sayadaw AggaMaha Pandita BhaddantaAgga Vamsabhivamsa ofMandalay PaukmyaingMonastery, Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaAggissariya Bhivamsa ofPakokku MahawizayaRama Monastery, AggaMaha Pandita BhaddantaCintasara of MagwaySanghayama Monastery,Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Panissara-Bhivamsa of HlinethayaSasana Gonyi Monastery,Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Khemindasamiof Chaukhtatkyi Phayagyi-taik Sasana NuggahaMonastery in BahanTownship, Agga Maha

Minister for Religious Affairs pays respects to candidatesto Tipitakadhara Kovida (Written) Selection Examination

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung offersrobes to a monk,— MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung pays respects to the monks atthe 60th Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida (written) selection

examination.— MNA

Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida (written) selection examination in progress. —MNA

Pandita Bhaddanta Ingisaof Palikayi Monastery inThakayta Township,Sayadaw Sa-Ah-Dham-macariya Agga MahaGanthavasaka PanditaBhaddanta Neyabhivamsaof Masoyein Argamana-yupadesa Monastery inMaha Aungmye Township,Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Odatasiribhi-vamsa of MandalayAwaiyayama YankinMonastery, SayadawTipitakadhara Dhamma

Bhandagarika Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaWayaminda-bhivamsa ofPitakamaha GandawinMonastery of DagonMyothit (East) Township,Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung and officialsof the ministry.

The minister arrived atthe cave in the afternoonand paid respects to thecandidates.

The minister offeredrobes to the Ovadacariya

Sayadaws.U Kyaw Hsan Myint-

Daw Thin Thin Oo andfamily of Yangon donatedrobes to the candidates.

The 60th TipitakadharaTipitaka Kovida SelectionExamination began on 23December 2007 at MahaPasana Cave on Kaba AyeHill in Yangon and itcontinues till 24 January.

Altogether 113 monkssat for the oral examinationthat was held from 23December 2007 to 15

YANGON, 19 Jan—The opening of course No 18 forTheravada Buddhist monks and basic course No (10)on health care with traditional medicine took place atthe State Pariyatti University on Kaba Aye Hill inMayangon Township here this afternoon.

Chairman of the Theravada Buddhist MissionaryOvadacariya Venerable Monk Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotika Bhaddanta Kundalabhivamsa gaveovada (doctrine) to the congregation.

Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung supplicated on religious affairs. Theminister and officials offered robes to the monks.

Joint-Secretary of the State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Abbot of Mandalay Maha VisuddhayonTha-htay-dan Monastery Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Manita Siribhivamsa delivered a sermon.

Forty monks are attending course No 18 thatcontinues till 4 February. Course No (10) will beconducted from 5 to 29 February.—MNA

Buddhist missionary course opened

January, and 119 monks, inthe written examination thatis held from 18 to 24January.

The TipitakadharaTipitaka Kovida SelectionExamination has been heldsince 1948.

Altogether 11 monkspassed the oral and writtentests of treatises of tri Pitaka;five monks, two-and-halfPitaka; 13 monks, dviPitaka; 114 monks, onePitaka; one monk, onePitaka and MajjhimaNikaya; one monk,Anguttara Nikaya ofSamyutta Nikaya andMajjhima Nikaya; twomonks, one Pitaka andMajjhima Nikaya; onemonk, Samyutta Nikayaand Anguttara Nikaya;three monks, AnguttaraNikaya treatises; twomonks, Samyutta Nikaya;three monks, MajjhimaNikaya; and 251 monks,the first portion of Vinaya.

Three monks passedthe oral test of treatises oftri Pitaka; 12 monks, twoand a half Pitaka; 42 monks,

dvi Pitaka; 359 monks, onePitaka; one monk, onePitaka and MajjhimaNikaya; one monk,Majjhima Nikaya; onemonk, Samyutta Nikaya;one monk, AnguttaraNikaya; and 462 monks,the first part of Vinaya.

The TipitakadharaTipitakakovida SelectionExamination is heldsuccessively for 33 days,and it is the most difficultand longest writing and oralexamination in the world.

The 60th Tipitaka-dhara TipitakakovidaSelection Examination wasopened at Wizaya MingalaDhamma Thabin Hall onKaba Aye Hill inMayangon Township on 23December 2007. Chairmanof Yangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win and Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-GenThura Myint Maungattended the openingceremony and supplicatedon the religious affairs.

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(from page 16)Minister for Religious Af-fairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung and Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa,wellwisher Daw MyintMyint Aye, wife of Minis-ter Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein and family,social organizations and lo-cal people.

The commanderand the ministers formallyopened the monastery. Lt-Gen Myint Swe unveiledthe archway of the monas-tery. Next, they donatedalms to members of theSangha.

NAY PYI TAW, 19Jan — Maj-Gen Khin Zawof the Ministry of Defence,Chairman of Chin StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Brig-Gen HongNgai, Chairman ofMagway Division Peaceand Development CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwe anddepartmental officialsvisited the two-acreplantation of tea of UKimana in KanpetletTownship on 16 January. Township Manager UKhin Maung Swe ofMyanma AgricultureService reported oncultivation of tea. Maj-Gen Khin Zaw andparty inspected thrivingcultivation of tea ofTownship CooperativeDepartment. Maj-GenKhin Zaw gave insructionson use of quality tea andproviding assistance byMAS. Altogether 1,509 acresare grown and the per acreyield is 231 viss for wet tea

Lt-Gen Myint Sweinspects…

Lt-Gen MyintSwe, the commander, Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungand Col Maung Pa ac-cepted K 21,250,000 do-nated by wellwishers in-cluding K 5 million byMinister Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein-Daw MyintMyint Aye and family.

Wellwisher Min-ister Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein supplicatedon the purpose of con-structing the building andMinister Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung on the reli-gious affairs.

After receiving a

sermon from thePresiding NayakaSayadaw of Masoeyeinmonasteries, the congre-gation shared merits

Maj-Gen Khin Zaw on inspection tourof Chin State, Magway Division

and 46 viss for dried tea. They also visitedTownship Basic EducationHigh School and inspectedtea plantation, computerroom, classrooms andlanguage lab. Maj-Gen Khin Zaw andparty toured the townshipand inspected theTownship Hospital anddomestic and vocationaltraining school for womenof the Ministry of Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs. Principal Daw Hla HlaYi explained the objectivesof the training school andkinds of courses. Maj-GenKhin Zaw presented cashfor the school. Maj-Gen Khin Zaw andparty paid respects toSayadaw BhaddantaUttama of KanpetletTherava BuddhistMissionary CentralMonastery and presentedoffertories to him. They visited border

areas and national raceyouth training school, fruitand tea plantation of U MyaMaung. They proceeded to Sawwhere Maj-Gen Khin Zawmet officials and localpeople at Yawmingyi U PoHlaing Hall. The chairmen of Saw

Township and GangawPDCs reported on regionalwork and Magway DivisionPDC Chairman Col PhoneMaw Shwe gave asupplementary report. Maj-Gen Khin Zaw said SawTownship has self-sufficiency in food and itonly needs to further developthe social affairs, economic,education and health sectorsin cooperation with the localpeople.

Afterwards, Maj-Gen Khin Zaw and partyvisited Win Thuza Shopand inspected Saw creekbridge. They also visitedthe physic nut plantationin Anyakatin village-tract.

While on a visitto Kagyi Village inKyaukhtu, Maj-Gen KhinZaw heard reports by

officials onimplementation of adiversion weir project. Hethen gave necessaryinstructions. Maj-GenKhin Zaw and party wentto the mythun breedingcamp-1 in MindatTownship where theyinspected breed 33457heads of mythun. Brig-Gen Hong Ngai gave asupplementary report.After that, they metdepartmental personnel,social organizations andlocal people at the officeof Mindat District PDC.Responsible personsreported on education,health and economicaffairs and regionaldevelopment work. Lt-ColZaw Min Oo reported onraising of mythun in Chin

State. Delivering hisspeech, Maj-Gen KhinZaw said paddycultivation is to be boostedas there are still a lot ofvacant land in the state. Inaddition, it is necessary toextend tea cultivation torealize the aim of enablingChin State to be a state oftea. Local people aslo needto extend growing ofphysic nut plants and othercrops and breeding ofmythun.

Later, Maj-GenKhin Zaw and party paidhomage to Sayadaw ofPariyatti SarthintaikBhaddanta Kosalla inMindat and offered alms.Then they visited No 2Youth Training School andmade cash donations.

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gained. Afterwards, theceremony to hoist umbrel-las atop Maha WizayaPagoda and the monas-tery followed.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and party together with officials of Royal Regalia Museumpose for a documentary photo. (News on page 1)—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe looks into thriving Hsinshwekyar 2 sunflowerplantation of farmer U Myint Thaung in Thongwa Township.—MNA

Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence inspects national race youth training school inKanpelet Township.—MNA

After the cere-mony, they offered rice andalms to members of theSangha.

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China’s net population to becomeworld’s largest

BEIJING, 19 Jan — China had 210 million Internetusers at the end of 2007 and its online population ison course to become the world's largest at thebeginning of this year.

There was only a gap of five million betweenthe Chinese and US Internet populations, accordingto a survey released on Thursday on the web site ofthe China Internet Network Information Centre(CINIC).

China's Internet penetration ratio has risen to 16per cent, although it is still below the world averageof 19.1 percent. —MNA/Xinhua

Singapore changes to improve

public transportSINGPORE, 19 Jan — The Singapore Government

Friday announced a series of major changes toimprove the bus network after a more than year-longreview of the land transport.

Speaking at the opening of the Land TransportAuthority (LTA) gallery, Transport MinisterRaymond Lim shared the results of the review,aiming to put commuters at the centre of the landtransport system.

He stressed that making public transport thecenterpiece of the country's land transport systemwill be crucial, to keep congestion in check and helpprotect the environment. —MNA/Xinhua

Paris slowly becomingdrug trafficking hub

NASA’s satellites to monitorclimate change

GENEVA, 19 Jan — Space agencies includingNASA have agreed to use their next generation ofsatellites to help monitor climate change, the UnitedNations weather agency said.

The consensus came at a high-level meetingthis week in New Orleans, the World MeteorologicalOrganization (WMO) said.

"High-tech efforts to better understand globalwarming have been strengthened after the world'sspace and meteorological agencies gave their supportto a WMO strategy for the enhanced use of satellitesto monitor climate change and weather," the WMOsaid in a statement issued late on Thursday.

The aim is to ensure that satellites launchedover the next 20 years constantly record parameterssuch as sea levels and greenhouse gases in theatmosphere. —MNA/Xinhua

PARIS, 19 Jan — Paris is slowly being turned intoa drug trafficking hub, France's Le Figaro newspaperreported Friday, citing a confidential report from thepolice.

Police in the capital have launched an operationagainst drug traffickers within the city, where dealersnow come from all over France to obtain supplies,according to the report.

According to the confidential report, the policereported the emergence of youth gangs organizingtheir trafficking in poor neighbourhoods such asSeine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine.

On average, one out of ten young people in theFrench capital smokes more than 10 marijuana"joints" per month, which lately has become "readilyavailable and very accessible". — MNA/Xinhua

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of

the

DayA video game enthusiast sits in a D-BOX GP-100 Motion Gaming Platformchair which enables him to feel the sensations of either driving a race car

or piloting a plane. — INTERNET

Balloons of all shapes and sizes take off at the start of the International Hot Air Balloon Week inChateau-d’Oex, Switzerland on 19 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

A Chinese worker stands near ice sculpture of sporting figures displayed as part of the 22nd YanqingIce and Snow Tourism Festival held in Yanqing county, Beijing, China on 18 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

News in Brief

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV EAGLE PRIDE VOY NO (801)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV EAGLE PRIDEVOY NO (801) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 20.1.2008 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 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: EAGLE SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Photo taken on 17 Jan, 2008 shows a piece ofancient fresco discovered in a tomb dating back

to about 2,000 years ago in the Western HanDynasty (206 BC-25 AD) at a museum in Jinan,

capital of east China’s Shandong Province.The well-preserved color frescos included images

of drinking, dancing, cock fighting,women servants and historical

stories.—XINHUA

Rockets fired at military base in Pakistan

Bhutan announcesgeneral election

on 24 March

China generatesover 62b kwh

of N-power in 2007

South Korea’s Lee says to continueengaging North

Clinton urges Americans to standfor eco justice

GUWAHATI (India), 18Jan — Bhutan will holdits first ever generalelection on 24 March,the Election Commissionsaid on Thursday.

Bhutanese will vote toelect 47 members to theNational Assembly, theLower House ofParliament.

The tiny HimalayanBuddhist kingdom hasbeen preparing fordemocracy since formermonarch Jigme Singye

Wangchuck decided tohand power to an electedgovernment.

Parties must submittheir letter of intent, listof candidates, copiesof their manifestos andaudited financial reportsto the Election Comm-ission by 22 January.

Candidates must becollege graduates, whichmeans only a tinyminority of this nation ofmonks and farmers iseligible to run.

Bhutanese electedmembers to the UpperHouse of Parlia-ment, known as theNational Council, inDecember.

MNA/Reuters

ISLAMABAD, 18 Jan —Unidentified menThursday fired threerockets at a military basein Pakistan’s centralPunjab Province, causingminor damage to a messhall, local Press reportssaid.

The reports quoted alocal police officer sayingthat one rocket hit themess hall of Kamracantonment and twolanded at an open area,police chief Tariq Juyasaid.

Kamra, located some70 kilometres northwestof the capital Islamabadin the mountainous northof the Punjab Province,and houses the PakistanAeronautical Complexand an airbase.

Juya said that therocket, fired by militants,caused a hole in the messbuilding.

“We have launched asearch operation in thedirection from where therockets were fired,” thepolice officer said. “We

are looking at thepossibility if the rocketscame from the North WestFrontier Province.”

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 17 Jan —China generated 62.6billion kilowatts hour ofnuclear power in 2007,up 14.1 per cent year-on-year, the China ElectricityCouncil, an industryassociation, said onWednesday.

China has 11 nucleargenerating units witha combined installedcapacity of 9.08 millionkilowatts Three usedomestic technology,two are based on Russiantechnology, four useFrench technology andtwo are Canadian-designed. All use second-generation nuclear te-chnologies.

Nuclear plants provide

2.3 per cent of China'spower and the proportionis planned to rise to 16 percent by 2030.

The two Russian-designed units are inTianwan, Lianyungang, acity in the eastern provinceof Jiangsu. One begancommercial operation inMay 2007 and the otherstarted up three monthslater.

The two generated10.02 billion kilowattshours of electricity lastyear, or 200 per cent of theTianwan nuclear powerstation's original annualtarget.

The third-phase projectof the Qinshan nuclearpower station in easternZhejiang Provincegenerated 11.54 billionkilowatts hour ofelectricity last year,accounting for 107 percent of its annual target.

MNA/Xinhua

Italy arrests29 mobsuspectsin Sicily

PALERMO, 18 Jan —Italian police have arrested29 suspected mobsters inSicily including the sonof a former Cosa Nostraboss, in what police hailedas another blow to theMafia, officials said onWednesday.

“There are still islandsunder Mafia control, butthe Cosa Nostra’s poweroverall is in crisis,” thechief prosecutor inPalermo, FrancescoMessineo, told reporters.

The operation followsa series of high-profilesweeps targeting theSicilian Mafia, includingNovember's arrest of“boss of bosses” SalvatoreLo Piccolo after nearly aquarter century on the run.

Magistrates believeLo Piccolo assumedcommand of the CosaNostra following thecapture in 2006 ofBernardo Provenzano.

MNA/Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 18 Jan —Senator Hillary RodhamClinton said here onThursday Americans muststand for “economicjustice”.

Blacks have longsuffered and continue tosuffer from economicinjustice, Clinton tolda crowd during a campaigntour of SouthernCalifornia. “Laws havebeen passed,” she said.“There was a long way togo before they were fullyimplemented, and therestill is a way to go today,particularly when it comes

to voting rights and jobdiscrimination,” she said.

“But Dr (MartinLuther) King understoodthat in order to realizefully the promise ofAmerica, we had to standfor economic justice.”

This was Clinton’ssecond trip to the LosAngeles area in seven days.During her first trip lastweek, she unveiled a five-part 70-billion-dollar eco-nomic stimulus package inCommerce.

On Thursday, Clintonmet with religious leadersat a church, and is

scheduled to take part in a“Solutions for theAmerican Economy”town hall later in the day.

Also on Thursday,former North CarolinaSenator John Edwardscampaigned in SouthernCalifornia.

Edwards was set tospeak in downtown LosAngeles, where he wouldtell voters of “his detailedplans to stand up to thepowerful interests andmake sure hard-workingfamilies can get ahead”,according to a campaignstatement.—MNA/Xinhua

SEOUL, 18 Jan — SouthKorea’s president-electLee Myung-bak said onThursday his conservativegovernment will pressNorth Korea to drop itsnuclear arms programmebut was mindful of theneed to be patient with theCommunist state.

Lee's transition teamon Wednesday said theministry that has longhandled ties with the Northwill be scrapped and itsfunctions absorbed intoother agencies.

“We will continue to

persuade North Koreathat giving up its nuclearweapons programmeswill benefit both itsregime and its people,”Lee said in a preparedspeech to the SeoulForeign Correspondents’Club.

But he added: “Weremain patient andmindful of the need toproceed carefully.”

Lee, a conservativeformer mayor of Seoulwho takes office on 25February , had talkedtough on North Korea

throughout his electioncampaign, promising tolink future aid to theNorth’s behaviour.

North Korea has notdirectly mentioned Leein its official media sincehis win on 19 Decemberbut on Wednesday madean oblique criticism ofhim.

Lee said he supportssix-country negotiationson ending the North'snuclear arms programmein return for massive aidand better diplomaticstanding.—MNA/Reuters

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Gandhi’s ashes, meant formuseum, to rest at sea

Kuwait arrestsAmerican over

bookshop attacks KUWAIT, 18 Jan — Police in Kuwait have arrested

an American of Yemeni origin suspected of smashingthe windows of Sunni Islamic bookshops.

“The perpetrator of these crimes is underinterrogation, but there is no religious or sectarianreason behind these crimes,” Interior Minister SheikhJaber Khaled al-Sabah told the official Kuwait NewsAgency (KUNA) late on Tuesday. The suspect had alsoattacked car showrooms and a furniture outlet, saidSheikh Jaber.

On Sunday, Sheikh Jaber said the attacks sought to“undermine security and provoke strife” in the Gulfstate with a large Shiite minority. The unidentifiedsuspect was on a visit visa to Kuwait, a Sunni-led, US-allied country of about three million people.Newspapers have said up to 20 bookshops that sellSunni Muslim books had been attacked or defaced atthe weekend. The Shiite minority is represented inboth the government and Parliament. — MNA/Reuters

Britain’s coastsaffected by climate

change

An Indian healthworker holds a chick, on

17 January . Healthworkers in eastern Indiaare battling to contain a“very serious” bird fluoutbreak, amid reportsthe virus had spread to

new areas and localpeople were resisting a

mass poultry cull.INTERNET

A dermatoligist examines a patient. USresearchers have discovered a new virus they

believe may be linked to a rare but extremely lethaltype of skin cancer, a study has said.—INTERNET

A collection of inbred, hybrid and synthetic linesof corn, also called maize. are shown in this

undated handout photo.—INTERNET

MUMBAI, 18 Jan —Some of the final ashes ofMohandas K Gandhi,India’s freedom hero andpeace apostle, also knownas Mahatma, will bescattered over the ArabianSea after his familyobjected to a museum’splans to display them.

Gandhi was shot dead

by a Hindu hardliner in 1948and after his cremationseveral urns containing hisashes were dispatched tohis followers across thecountry to be displayed atmemorials. One of thoseurns was handed over lastyear to a museum dedicatedto Gandhi by an Indianbusiness family that had

preserved it for almost 60years. The Mani BhawanGandhi Sangralaya hadplans to display the urnalong with Gandhi’spersonal belongings, but hisdescendants intervened,asking the museum toconsider scattering theashes at sea.

“In deference to thewishes of the family theashes will be scatteredover the Arabian Sea on30 January, which is his60th death anniversary,”museum official DhirubhaiMehta said. Hindusnormally cremate their deadand scatter the ashes overrivers or seas on the 13thday after death.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 18 Jan — Thecoasts of Britain,especially England, arebeing eroded by themajor impact of climatechange, according toa government-sponsoredreport published Wed-nesday.

The seas along thecoastline are becomingmore violent, causingcoastal erosion and ahigher risk of flooding, the Marine ClimateChange Impacts Part-nership (MCCIP) said inthe report. Higher CO2levels in the atmosphereare making oceans warmerand more acidic, affectingplankton, fish and birds.

The increasingchoppiness of coastalwaters means that 17 per

cent of Britain’s coastlineis being eroded. Englandis feeling the impact most,with 30 per cent of its coastaffected, compared to 23per cent for Wales and 12per cent in Scotland,according to the report. MNA/Xinhua

Israel test fires missile forpropulsion system test

JERUSALEM, 19 Jan—Israel’s security estab-lishment on Thursdaysuccessfully fired a long-range ballistic missile,testing a rocket propulsionsystem as part of its missiledevelopment programme,

local media reported.According to a JerusalemPost report, the missile wastest fired Thursday morningfrom the Palmahim AirForce Base in the centre ofthe country.

“A successful missile

launch was carriedout within the frameworkof examining rocketpropulsion,” the DefenceMinistry later said in a briefstatement to the media.

However, it refused toprovide details concerningthe type of missile andthe purpose it served. ThePalmahim base is the launchpad for a wide-range ofIsrael’ s missiles, includingthe Arrow Missile DefenceSystem and the Shavitsatellite launcher, which isan offshoot of the long-range Jericho surface-to-surface missile.

In light of the satisfac-tory results, the militarywill review the newsystem’s incorporation inits various missiles,according to the JerusalemPost report.

MNA/Reuters

Dhaka-Kolkatatrain service to start

in three monthsDHAKA, 19 Jan— The

Bangladeshi caretakergovernment Communica-tions Adviser Major-General (retd) GhulamQuader has said the Dhaka-Kolkata train service willcertainly start within threemonths.

“We are ready, India isalso ready, all preparationsare complete now,” Quaderwas quoted Friday by localnewspaper The Daily Staras saying.

The much-awaited trainservice, scheduled to startlate last year, stumbled dueto India’s demand forbarbed-wire fencing onthe no-man’s land nearChuadanga border.

Quader, who took overthe Communications

Ministry two days ago,said Thursday thegovernment has alreadysent documents of atreaty to New Delhi. “The service will startimmediately after Indiasigns it and sends it back tous,” he said.

On the barbed-wirefencing, Quader, also theadviser of Housing andPublic Works Ministry,said: “We have objectedto the barbed- wire fencing.They have their reasons,we have ours.The newproposal we sent does nothave this barbed-wirefencing provision.

“The matter will bediscussed at the state level,he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Moderate quake hits remote Tibet countyLHASA,19 Jan — An isolated

mountainous area of Tibet was struckby a moderate earthquake early Fridaymorning, according to the localseismological bureau.

The quake, measuring 4.8 on theRichter Scale, jolted Motuo County ofLinzhi region in southeastern Tibet at3:21 a.m. There have been no reports ofcasualties, according to Guo Quanxing,

deputy head with the bureau. The population in the tremor-plagued

county, the only one in China withoutroad services due to blocking highmountains, is nearly 10,000.

The area has a history of seismicdisruption. It was hit by a quakemeasuring 8.6 on the Richter scale in1950, the worst record in China.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

China’s Na Zhang watches her drive on the 2nd holeduring the first round of the Women’s World Cup of

Golf at Sun City, on 18 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Switzerland’s Neel Jani leads Congfu Cheng ofChina during the qualifying sessions at Round 5of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Taupo

on 19 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Russia’s Anna Chakvetadze serves to Russia’s MariaKirilenko in their third round Women’s singles matchat the Australian Open tennis championships inMelbourne, Australia, on 19 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

ACROSS 1 Edible part of nut 4 Rail undercarriage 8 Supply meagrely 9 Error10 Makes possible11 Austrian composer12 Be in a chair14 Festival15 Burden18 Water barrier21 Vertex23 Unpaid player25 Utterly confused26 Indian state27 Spring-lock28 Thin gruel

DOWN 1 Destiny 2 Surrey town 3 Forced out 4 Protuberance 5 Stare angrilly 6 Vigour 7 Gather13 Red Indian war-axe16 Implement17 Package19 Boundary20 Surly22 Enforce payment24 Feel irritation of skin

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

FIFA’s former marketing agents to standtrial in March

African football boss slapsdown player criticism

ACCRA, 19 Jan — African football chief Issa Hayatouslapped down criticism by the continent's top playersof the timing of the African Nations Cup on Friday,telling them to stop putting their own interest first.

Confederation of African Football presidentHayatou, addressing a CAF congress in Accra, contin-ued his firm line on the future of the tournament,whose timing has been criticized in recent months.Among those bemoaning the holding of the event inthe middle of the European season, where top Africanplayers earn their living, have been the likes of SamuelEto'o, Michael Essien andEl Hadji Diouf.

All have left their clubs at a key moment of theseason to play in the Nations Cup, which starts inGhana on Sunday. —MNA/Reuters

Local court to investigateincident between Depor keepers

MADRID, 19 Jan — Deportivo Coruna goalkeepersDudu Aouate and Gustavo Munua face an investiga-tion by a local court prosecutor over an incident thatleft Aouate needing several stitches around his lefteye.

The Israel international and Uruguayan Munua havebeen asked to give statements to the local prosecutoron 23 January , Spanish media reported.

Munua punched Aouate in the face during a disputein the changing rooms at the end of training last Friday.Munua later apologised for the attack. —MNA/Reuters

Bolivia seek Brazil’s helpon FIFA altitude ruling

BRASILIA, 19 Jan — Bolivia have asked for the helpof five-times world champions Brazil in a bid toreverse FIFA's decision to limit high-altitude matchesin the Andean nation, a government spokesman saidon Friday.

Last month world soccer's governing body intro-duced a ban on international fixtures over 2,750metres above sea level without acclimatisation. Boliv-ia's capital La Paz is 3,600 metres above sea level.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hastold Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales he will contactFIFA and Brazilian football authorities in an attemptto get the ruling reversed.

MNA/Reuters

Thaksin to pay for Europeancoach to help Thai team

BANGKOK, 19 Jan —Manchester City's billion-aire Thai owner ThaksinShinawatra plans to hire aEuropean coach to helphis country's national team,Thai media reported onFriday. Thaksin, theousted former Thai primeminister, said he wouldput up the cash for a Euro-pean coach or a trainerfrom City's academy towork alongside nationalteam boss CharnwitPolcheewin.

"His salary must not betoo expensive but I willpay the costs," Thaksintold Thai reporters inManchester."We haveagents who will help uslook for (a coach)."

Thaksin, who bought Cityfor 81 million pounds (159million US dollars) last Julywhile in exile in London,has promised to help Thai-land, southeast Asia's mostsuccessful team, qualify fortheir first World Cupfinals.—MNA/Reuters

BERNE (Switzerland),19 Jan —The criminal trialof six former executivesof FIFA's former market-ing agency ISL will beginin March, a Swiss courtsaid on Friday.

The six accused are fac-ing charges including em-bezzlement, fraud, fraudu-

lent bankruptcy, harmingcreditors and the falsifi-cation of documents.

The criminal court inthe Swiss canton of Zug,where ISL was based, saidon its Web site(www.zug.ch) that the trialwould start on 11 March.

The International Sport

and Leisure (ISL) groupmanaged the marketingand television rights ofworld soccer's governingbody FIFA for more than20 years before its col-lapse in May 2001 withestimated debts of around300 million US dollars.

MNA/Reuters

Reading’s goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann (L) andKalifa Cisse (R) challenge Manchester United’s

Carlos Tevez during their English Premier Leaguesoccer match at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on

19 Jan, 2008.—INTERNET

Premier League Result19 Jan , 2008

Fulham 0-3 Arsenal

Reading 0-2 Manchester United

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sunderland

Birmingham City 0-1 Chelsea

Portsmouth 3-1 Derby County

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 MiddlesbroughInternet

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Saturday, 19 January, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Kachin State and Taninthayi Di-vision and generally fair in the remaining areas. Nighttemperatures were (3ºC) to (4°C) below January aver-age temperatures in Mandalay and Magway Divisions,(5°C) to (6°C) above January average temperatures inKachin and Mon States,Taninthayi Division, and aboutJanuary average temperatures in the remaining Statesand Divisions. The significant night temperatureswere Loilin (0ºC), Namhsam (1°C), Heho and Ann(2°C) each (3°C), Lashio and Pinlang (4°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 18-1-2008 was 97ºF.Minimum temperature on 19-1-2008 was 64ºF. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 19-1-2008 was74%. Total sunshine hours on 18-1-2008 was (8.6)hours approx.

Rainfall on 19-1-2008 was nil at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was nil at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Cen-tral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Northeast at (09:30) hoursMST on 20-1-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 20-1-2008: Possi-bility of isolated rain or thundershowers in Kachin State,weather will be partly cloudy in Taninthayi Division andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. De-gree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain or thundershowers in the extreme North-ern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 20-1-2008: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 20-1-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 20-1-2008: Fair weather.

Two Beijing residents�are enjoying the snowscape�near the National Stadium,nicknamed “Bird’s Nest,” in Beijing, on 17 Jan, 2008. —XINHUA

RABAT, 19 Jan —Fourteen people were killedwhen a two-storeyresidential building underconstruction collapsed inMorocco’s northwesterncity of Khenitra,government officials saidon Thursday.

Twenty six peoplewere injured in Wednesday’s collapse and it wasnot known how manypeople might still betrapped beneath the rubble.

The number of peopleon site at the time of thecollapse was unclear.

Authorities wereinvestigating the cause ofthe accident in Khenitrawhich lies 40 kilometres(25 miles) north of Rabat.

Interior MinisterChakib Benmoussa, whovisited the scene along withother senior officials,vowed to identify andpunish officials who mightbe responsible for thecollapse. — MNA/Reuters

Moroccobuilding

collapse kills 14

JERUSALEM, 19 Jan— Israel tightened its closure of the Hamas-controlledGaza Strip on Friday in response to cross-border rocket fire by militants,preventing even UN humanitarian supplies from getting in, officials said.

Israel closes Gaza crossings,

blocks aid shipments

Israel’s stepped upcampaign in the coastalterritory has prompted thePalestinians to warn thatpeace talks betweenPresident Mahmoud Abbasand Prime Minister EhudOlmert, spurred by a visitby US President George WBush, were in jeopardy.

Israel has killed morethan 30 Palestinians in Gaza

since Monday, includingone militant and a civilianin a missile strike on Fridaymorning.

The Israeli Army saysit is targeting Gazamilitants who have firedmore than 110 rockets intothe Jewish state in the lastthree days alone. In theWest Bank city of Nablus,Israeli troops killed a

militant linked to Abbas’Fatah movement.

The Israeli DefenceMinistry ordered all of theborder crossings with Gazaclosed and said only“humanitarian cases”which receive DefenceMinister Ehud Barak’spersonal approval will beallowed through. MNA/Reuters

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13th Waxing of Pyatho 1369 ME Sunday, 20 January, 2008

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

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Jan — The courses on various subjects of universities and degree colleges underthe Ministry of Education will be opened on 21 January 2008, and the list for the first year students who passedthe 2007 matriculation examination was announced at the respective universities and degree colleges for 2008academic year. — MNA

Ministry of Education to open first yearcourses for 2008 academic year

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

killers in the air waves —RFA, VOA and BBC

YANGON, 19 Jan— Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defence,accompanied by Chairmanof Yangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win, inspected thriv-ing sunflower plantationsin Thongwa Townshipand attended the openingof Sasana ZawtikaMasoeyein Monastery(Mandalay MasoeyeinBranch) in Kayan Town-ship this morning.

First, Lt-GenMyint Swe inspected oneacre Hsinshwekyar sun-flower plantation offarmer U Myint Thaungin Thaiktukan Village ofThongwa Township. InPatok Village, theyviewed thriving sunflowerplantations of farmer UTin Gyi and making ofnatural fertilizers.

Yangon SouthDistrict has grown 22,801acres of sunflower, 343,939acres of green gram, and

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects sunflower plantations in Thongwa Township,attends opening of Masoeyein Monastery in Kayan Township

42,000 acres of summerpaddy against the target of79,000 acres.

In KwanmoedeinModel Village, Lt-GenMyint Swe and party at-tended the opening ofSasana Zawtika MasoeyeinMonastery (MandalayMasoeyein Branch), themerit sharing ceremony fordonation of the religious

buildings and the hoistingof umbrella atop MahaWizaya Pagoda and the top

roof of the monastery.It was also at-

tended by CEC members

of the Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for Livestock and

Fisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein, (See page 10)

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence hoists umbrella atop Maha Wizaya Pagoda at Kwanmoedein Model Villagein Kayan Township. —MNA

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