The New Light of Myanmar 04-02-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 294 6th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Thursday, 4 February, 2010

Chaungmange Dam benefiting local farmersin Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township

Article & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

Senior General Than Shwesends message of felicitations to

Sri Lankan PresidentNAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb — On the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary of the

Independence Day of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka which falls on4th February 2010, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb — On the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary of the Independence Dayof the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka which falls on 4th February 2010, GeneralThein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr. Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, Prime Minister of the Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka. — MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seinsends message of felicitations to Sri

Lankan counterpart

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the en-tire 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 stand-

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Looking forwards to the increase of variousagricultural produce and the greening of regions,the government is striving for implementation ofsmall- and medium-scale dam and reservoir projectsin a short time. In so doing, a dam was built nearPannyosan Village of Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Town-ship by damming Chaungmange Creek. The irriga-tion facility was named Chaungmange Dam.

The purpose of building Chaungmange Damwas to irrigate about 8,000 acres of farmland in NayPyi Taw Lewe Township of Nay Pyi Taw Districtand to generate 50 kilowatts for supply of electricityto surrounding villages of the dam.

We the news crew of Kyemon Daily, togetherwith Staff Officer U Chan Nyein of Construction(5) of Irrigation Department made a trip toChaungmange Dam. At the briefing hall, StaffOfficer U Aye Kyu and Deputy Staff Officer UMaung Myint explained facts about the irrigationfacility.

Chaungmange Creek was dammed with theearth embankment to store 91,770 acre -feet of waterat its highest level. The dam supplies water to 8000acres of farmlands in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Townshipthrough 10 miles long main canal.

(See page 9)Photo shows water control tower and storage of water at Chaungmange Dam.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 4 February, 2010

Thursday, 4 February, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Transport facilitation is a must forregional as well as national all-rounddevelopment. Hence, the government hasbeen building many new railroads and motorroads and bridges spanning naturalwatercourses large and small in the entirecountry. It is also building bridges on theAyeyawady River to help boost trade betweenthe west bank and the east bank.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein on1 February 2010 inspected AyeyawadyBridge (Pakokku) project encouragingworkers to complete the project on scheduleand making arrangements for timely arrivalof construction materials.

Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) will linkLetpanchepaw village in NyaungU Townshipon the east bank and Pakokku on the westbank. As the main structure will be over twomiles long it will become the longest bridgein Myanmar. It will be a reinforced concretefacility installed with steel frames supportinga railroad flanked by a one-way motor roadon either side.

The bridge will be on Pakokku-Myingyaint-Letpanchepaw-Thithtauk-NyaungU railroad which is in planning stage.The facility will help accelerate commodityflow in the region thereby enhancing themarketability of local products.

Construction began with greateracceleration, and machinery andconstruction materials have already arrivedat the project site. Bored piling is now underway. The project staff on their part arestriving to complete the facility on scheduleand in accord with the set standard.

The longest bridge onAyeyawady

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Feb—Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung inspected Ngwechi-6 long staple cottonpurchase depot, Win Thuzar Shop, the four cottonmilling machines, and storage of cotton at Cotton Mill(Taungtha) under the Myanma Textile Industries inTaungtha Township, Mandalay Division, on 1 February.

On his inspection tour of Ngwechi-6 long staplecotton purchasing depot at Cotton Mill (Mahlaing), theminister called for minimizing the wastage andpreventive measures against fire.

He also visited Pyawbwe Myoma cotton purchasingdepot and Ngwechi-6 long staple cotton purchasingdepot at Yamethin Cotton Mill.—MNA

YANGON, 3 Feb—Theopening ceremony of theshow room of IEM Co Ltdwas held in conjunction withthe get-together of salesagents at Room A-01 ofNo. 78 on Kyaikkasan Roadin Tamway Townshipyesterday afternoon.

General Manager Mr.Dhananjay Sharma of Su-Kam Power Systems Ltdextended greetings.Manager Mr. VikrantMalhotra and SeniorEngineer Mr. VijayantSingh explained Su-Kambrand UPS and Inverters to

IEM Co opens show room

Foreign Affairs Ministerfelicitates Sri Lankan

counterpart

Minister visits cottonpurchasing depots

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb — On the occasion of the62nd Anniversary of the Independence Day of theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka whichfalls on 4th February 2010, U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyMr. Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of ForeignAffairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of SriLanka. —MNA

be used at factories,hospitals, houses and officesand LiOA brand products.

Su-Kam brand puresine wave home UPS,Inverter sealed maintenancefree battery, online UPS,safeguard & torch light andLiOA brand regulars andautomatic voltage stabilizerwill be sold at the special

prices.These products are

available at IEM Co Ltd(Yangon Head Office) atNo. 15 on East HorseRace Course Road inTamway Township, Tel:546064 and 543037, theshow room at Room A-01of No. 78 on KyaikkasanRoad in Tamway

Township, Tel: 430043and 098553004, Room C-1/C-2 of the housing ofPublic Works on Yangon-Mandalay Highway nearChanmyathazi Airport inMandalay, Tel:02-71395and 095010979 and shopsof sale agents incountryside.

MNA

YANGON, 3 Feb—Thesub-committee fororganizing NgwehsaungBeach photo contest ofMyanmar Hoteliers’Association (NgwehsaungZone) will holdNgwehsaung Beach 10th

Anniversary Photo Contestwith the sponsorship ofMyanmar PhotographicSociety.

Each contestant may

Photo Contest tocommemorate Ngwehsaung

Beach 10th Anniversarysubmit four photos, notsmaller than the size of(10"x14") and not larger thanthat of (12"x18"). Thecontest is open and theparticipants may claimresponsibility on their works.Original negatives and filesof the award winning photosmay be submitted withinseven days after declaringthe winners. The first prizeis K 300,000, the second K

200,000, the third K 100,000and the consolation prize isK50,000. The photos maybe posted to the MyanmarPhotographic Society at No(27-29) on 35th Street inKyauktada Township,Yangon, not later than 1March. One may contactMPS for further details.

MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung inspects products of Yamethin Cotton Mill.—MNA

Manager Vikrant Malhotra of Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd explainsopening of IEM Co Ltd Show Room.—MNA

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US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD , 3 Feb— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to 3

February reached 700205 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1264402 according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 7002052. The total number of seriously injured people 1264402

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 3 Feb—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32556 Afghan people were killed

and 38336 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 3 February.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 325562. Seriously injured Afghan people 38336

Internet

A doctor examines a wounded man at the hospitalafter Monday’s suicide attack that targeted Shi’itepilgrims, in Baghdad on 2 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

People mourn for their relative during a mass funeral for victims of a suicideattack, northeast of Baghdad on 2 Feb, 2010.—XINHUA

Firefighters extinguish aburning oil tanker, whichwas attacked early morn-ing on the outskirts ofPeshawar, located in theNorthwest Frontier Prov-ince 1 February, 2010.Militants blew up an oiltanker carrying fuel sup-ply for Afghanistanwhere western forcesare fighting Talebanmilitants, police said. INTERNET

Two US service memberskilled by bomb in

AfghanistanKABUL, 3 Feb — NATO

forces say that two US serv-ice members were killed ina bomb strike in southernAfghanistan.

The international mili-tary coalition said the at-tack happened on Tues-day but did not providefurther information. Themilitary typically holdsback details on attacksuntil families have beeninformed.

Volatile southern Af-ghanistan has seen in-creasing violence over thepast 12 months with anincrease in NATO forces,particularly deaths and

injuries from plantedbombs targeting vehiclesof international forces orsoldiers on foot patrols.

President BarackObama has ordered an ad-ditional 30,000 US troopsto Afghanistan to turn backthe resurgent Taleban. Inall, three US service mem-bers have died this month.Thirty American troopsdied in January, comparedwith 14 in the same monthof 2009.—Internet

Situation in IraqBAGHDAD, 3 Feb—Following are security

developments in Iraq at 1530 GMT on Tuesday.Mosul—Iraqi security forces backed by US troops

killed one suspected insurgent and arrested two others ina raid southeast of Mosul, 390 kilometres (240 miles)north of Baghdad, the US military said. Gunmen shot deadone person inside his house in western Mosul, police said.Gunmen hurled a hand grenade at a polic patrol, woundingthree people including a policeman, in central Mosul,police said. Gunmen killed a drive inside his car in esternMosul, police said.

Baghdad—A roadside bomb wounded three Shi’itepilgrims in the Zaafaraniya District of southeastern Baghdad,and Interior Ministry source said.

Taji—A bomb attached to a car wounded a policeman inthe town of Taji, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Baghdad,an Interior Ministry source said.

Garma—A roadside bomb injured five policemen in thetown of Garma, 30 kilometres (20 miles) northwest ofBaghdad, ploice said.—MNA/Reuters

A suicide attacker on

Wednesday ploughed abomb-laden vehicle

into Shiite pilgrims incentral Iraq, killing 23

of them, including

women and children,the second deadly

assault on devoteesthis week.

INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 3 Feb—A suicide bombing in the Iraqi city of Karbala has killed atleast 20 pilgrims travelling to a Shia festival.

Scores were wounded in the attack on the route to an important Shia shrine,health officials said.

A bomber had driven a car into the crowd before it exploded, Iraqi policesaid.

On Monday a female suicide bomber killed at least 54 and wounded morethan 100 people in north-east Baghdad.

The bombing raises fears of heightened sectarian violence before Iraq's Marchelections. — Internet

At least 20 killed in Iraq explosion

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Tourists enjoy South Korean foods at a Korean restaurant in 2001. Astronautscould soon be eating seaweed soup and spicy, garlic-laden meat dishes after South

Korea won approval to send several national dishes into space.—INTERNET

People try to extinguish the fire in Bakara Market, where fuel in barrels andtanks is sold, in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, on 2 Feb, 2010. The fire

destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of goods, mainly petrol anddiesel.—XINHUA

Guests learn to make Chinese dumplings during a cultural presentation of theChinese lunar new year at the European Parliament headquarters in

Brussels, capital of Belgium, on 2 Feb, 2010.— XINHUA

MOSCOW, 3 Feb—Rus-sian President DmitryMedvedev on Tuesdaycalled on the governmentto work out measures toimprove the country’s in-vestment climate, Russiannews agencies reported.

Capital investment inRussia dropped 17 per-cent in real terms adjustedfor inflation and foreigndirect investment fell 41percent, Medvedev told ameeting on investmentenvironment.

Medvedev calls for improvedinvestment climate in Russia

Medvedev said theglobal economic recoverywill create favourableconditions for a rise in for-eign investment.

“Our economy will beable to receive it in thenecessary amounts if in-vestment conditions inour country are better thanthose of our competitors,”Medvedev was quoted assaying by RIA Novosti.

In particular, the Presi-dent proposed to scrapquotas on skilled foreign

specialists, offer tax re-funds to construction andexports, and ease Cus-toms clearance for engi-neering and hi-tech com-panies. Russia, whoseeconomy is heavily de-pendent on energy re-sources, was hard hit bythe global economicdownturn as oil prices col-lapsed late 2008.

Latest data from theFederal State StatisticsService showed Russia’sgross domestic productcontracted 7.9 percent lastyear. —Xinhua

UNITED N ATIONS, 3Feb—The United Nationsrefugee agency on Tues-day reported that a sharprise in violence in Soma-lia in January left nearly260 civilians dead, in ad-dition to uprooting over80,000 and causing wide-spread destruction.

According to localsources, intense clashesbetween governmentforces and militia groupsfighting in the strife-torncentral regions have alsoleft 253 civilians wounded.All of this “makes Janu-ary the deadliest monthsince last August,” AndrejMahecic, spokespersonfor the UN High Commis-sioner for Refugees(UNHCR), told report-ers.—Xinhua

UNITED NATIONS, 3 Feb—UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki- moon on Tuesdaypraised the role of interna-tional political, military,business and faith leadersin pushing for the phasedelimination of all nuclearweapons with a globalcampaign to build publicand political support.

“Your efforts are a

NEW DELHI, 3 Feb—The Indian Navy is to inductRussian-made MiG 29K combat jets into its marinefleet for aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov on 19 Febin the western state of Goa, where the ship is currentlydocked, Defence Ministry sources said.

“On 19 Feb, a squadron of four fighter jets will bedeployed on Admiral Gorshkov. The squadron has beencodenamed Black Panthers. The Navy acquired thefighter jets in December last year.

The induction ceremony will take place at Goa’sINS Hansa naval base. A Russian team is in the baseto help with the induction,” the sources said.

Xinhua

B UENOS AIRES, 3 Feb—The Argentine ForeignMinistry lodged a protestwith Britain on Tuesdayover the European coun-try’s drilling plan in thenorth of the disputedMalvinas (Falkland) Is-lands. Argentina “stronglyrejects the UK’s attemptsto authorize explorationand exploitation opera-tions of hydrocarbons inthe Argentine continental

ISLAMABAD, 3 Feb—American drones on Tuesdayrained volley of missiles in the Pakistani tribal region,killing at least 10 people, according local people.

A tribal elder said on phone from Miarnshah, thecentre of North Waziristan, that several US drone air-craft fired at least 11 missiles at three places.

Missiles were fired in Datta Khel area, some 45km from Miranshah, he said.

Officials said that the missiles struck hideouts ofthe suspected Taleban but locals said that civilians wereamong the dead.

Witnesses said that tribesmen also fired at thedrones but could not hit the aircraft.

US has stepped attacks in Waziristan tribal regionsafter a suicide bomber struck the CIA centre in Af-ghanistan.—Xinhua

UN chief urges for joined hands in nuclear disarmament effortscrucial part of this biggerpicture,” he said in avideo message to theGlobal Zero WorldSummit in Paris. “Youare helping to create realpublic pressure forchange.” Some 200 dig-nitaries are expected to

attend the three-daymeeting, includingformer US Secretary ofState George Shultz,Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, BrazilianForeign Minister CelsoAmorim, and QueenNoor of Jordan.—Xinhua

Argentina protests British plan for oil drillingin Malvinas Islands

platform area,” said theprotest issued by the For-eign Ministry.

It also said “Argentinareaffirms its right of sov-ereignty on the MalvinasIslands, Georgias of theSouth, and Sandwich ofthe South, and the mari-time spaces around them,which are integrant part ofits national territory.”

According to the pro-test, the British “new uni-

lateral move” is just likethe actions of Britain in2007, which caused Ar-gentina to end a joint dec-laration with Britain overcooperation activities out-side the South Atlanticcoast. The Argentine For-eign Ministry, however,called on Britain to “re-store negotiations in orderto find as soon as possi-ble a solution to their dis-pute.”— Xinhua

US drone aircraft kills ten in Pakistan’sWaziristan

Indian Navy to induct MiG29K on 19 Feb Somali violence

uproots 80,000civilians in

January alone

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UN food programme reaches850,000 quake-hit Haitians

Indonesia, S Korea agreeon citizen protection

JAKARTA, 3 Feb—Indonesia and South Korea havesigned an agreement on citizens protection that willallow both Indonesians living in Korea and SouthKoreans living in Indonesia to file complaintsregarding local public service to their host country’s om-budsman office, local media reported here onTuesday.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wassigned in Jakarta on Monday by chairman of Indone-sia’s Ombudsman, Antonius Sujata, and his SouthKorean counterpart, Lee Jae-oh, of the Anti-Corrup-tion and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), The Ja-karta Post said.

Xinhua

Russia launches cargospaceship to “ISS”

MOSCOW, 3 Feb—Russia launched a cargo space-ship from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstanearly on Wednesday, the Mission Control Centre out-side Moscow said. The Progress M-04M freighter atopa Soyuz-U carrier rocket blasted off at 06:45 am Mos-cow Time (0345 GMT), said spokesman for the Mis-sion Control Valery Lyndin.

The freighter will separate with the rocket some nineminutes after blastoff and begin a two-day flight inautomatic mode, said the spokesman. It is expected todock with the International Space Station (ISS) onFriday. The Progress M-04M freighter is to deliversome 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel and scientific equip-ment to ISS astronauts.—Xinhua

US submarine to join search ofcrashed Ethiopian airliner

BEIRUT, 3 Feb—A US submarine will join the searchwork of an Ethiopian airliner which crashed into theMediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast a week ago,Lebanese daily An-nahar reported on Tuesday.

The Lebanese government has formally asked the US-based Odyssey Marine Explorations to send a subma-rine to help in recovering the plane and its black boxes,according to the newspaper. The passenger plane crashedinto the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut in a fiercestorm on 25 Jan, killing 90 people on board.

The report quoted Lebanese Transportation and Pub-lic Works Minister Ghazi Aridi as saying that the sub-marine has set off and should be in Lebanese waters inthe next few days.—Xinhua

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympicsceremony podium unveiled

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 3 Feb—The fooddistribution programme organized inquake-hit Haiti by United Nationsagency the World Food Programme(WFP) has reached 850,000 people,WFP spokesman Marcus Prior toldXinhua on Tuesday.

“We distributed to 112,000 on thefirst day and 212 by the end of Monday,”Prior said over telephone. “We had 14sites opened on Tuesday, up from 12yesterday,” he said.

The WFP is distributing 25 kilo-gramme bags of rice to female heads ofhouseholds across Port-au-Prince, via a15-day programme that began on Sun-day. The programme aims to reach 2million people during two weeks.

Haiti was hit by an earthquake meas-uring 7.3 on the Richter Scale on 12 Janwhich killed 170,000 according to gov-ernment estimates, and also wrecked in-frastructure making it impossible formany residents to earn money to buyfood. In the 18 days from the earthquaketo the start of the expanded programme,the WFP reached 650,000 people, or200,000 less than it has reached this weekalone.

Prior said that the WFP is conductingassessments of vulnerable groups along-side the distribution and will use the sitesestablished during this 15-day period, tomake more targeted deliveries to thosewho most need food beginning in the lat-ter half of February.—Xinhua

A poster of movie actress Gong Li is seen on a street in Berlin, capital ofGermany, on 2 Feb, 2010. The 60th Berlin International Film Festival

(Berlinale) will kick off in Berlin on 11 Feb. —XINHUA

China, India stoke energy bond Rescuers wait inMoluccasIslands in

eastern Indone-sia, on 2 Feb,

2010. Rescuerscontinued to

search for the 23missing passen-

gers of thesunken Dolphin

speed boat offMoluccasIslands onTuesday.XINHUA

BEIJING, 3 Feb—To en-sure their rapid economicdevelopment and rise ininternational status, bothChina and India have paidgreat attention to energysecurity in recent years.

As two major develop-ing countries in the world,China and India are work-ing to cooperate in the en-ergy sector in line withcommon benefits. This re-lationship helps to avoid

bitter competition betweenthe two, reduce unneces-sary use of diplomatic andeconomic resources anddilute impacts from theglobal financial recession.Ultimately, this bondcould ensure theireconomic recovery andgrowth in the post-crisisera.

Heading into this year,the global recession - trig-gered by the United States

financial meltdown—seems to be nearing itsend. In the new year, newemerging economies suchas China and India willlead the recovery, becom-ing the engine of globalgrowth. The energy coop-eration between Chinaand India is going to at-tract more eyes again.

India, however, hasvery poor energy re-sources. —Xinhua

VANCOUVER, 3 Feb—The natural woodand acrylic glass podium designed forthe Vancouver 2010 medal presentationswas unveiled on Tuesday in downtownVancouver, along with the dramatic“haute-couture-meets-sport” costumesmedal presenters and athlete escortswill wear.

The individual and team podiums, 23in all, have a fluid and organic design,echoing the undulating peaks and ridgesof the Coast Mountain Range.

Each one is assembled from more than200 pieces of precision-cut wood hewed

from the forests of British Columbia,renowned internationally for their tow-ering red cedars and Douglas firs.

“When the best winter athletes in theworld step onto these magnificentpodiums in mere days, they will alsobe standing on the shoulders of count-less people who’ve helped them achievetheir dreams,” explained John Furlong,CEO of the Vancouver OrganizingCommittee for the 2010 Olympicand Paralympic Winter Games(VANOC).

Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Tigers devoure theirmeal— a yak — in a wild

animal park inChangzhou city, East

China’s Jiangsu Province,on 28 Jan, 2009. A

frightened yak ran out ofits breeding area and

entered that of the fierceanimals by accident. Itjumped into a pool forcover, but still couldn’t

escape the fate though zoostaff arrived immediately

for its rescure.XINHUA

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Two white whales blow heart-shapedbubbles in the water at the Harbin

Polarland in Harbin, capital of

northeast China’s HeilongjiangProvince.

A panda breeding centre in south-west China is looking for a “Chineselanguage teacher” and a “boyfriend” towelcome a female panda from theUnited States later this week.

Three-year-old Mei Lan will beflown to the Chengdu Research Baseof Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuanfrom Washington, together with TaiShan, a 4-year-old male panda.

“Mei Lan has been living in theUnited States since she was born, andshe must be unfamiliar with Chinese,especially the Sichuan dialect,” saidHuang Xiangming, director of thebase’s animal management depart-ment.

“So we will find a Chinese languageteacher for her, in addition to an exclu-sive keeper, and help her adapt to hernew life faster,” he said.

A Picasso masterpiece not seen inpublic for more than four decades has soldat auction for 8.1 million pounds — morethan twice the expected price.

“Tete de Femme (Jacqueline)”, a por-trait of the Spanish artist’s second wife,had not been seen in public since 1967 andwas expected to fetch up to four millionpounds at the sale on Tuesday in London,said Christie’s auctioneers.

The 1963 painting had never beenoffered at auction and remained in the samecollection since 1981.

“Tete de Femme (Jacqueline)” fetched8,105,250 pounds, said Christie’s, and wasjust one of a string of masterpieces up forsale which also included works by Renoir

A Picasso masterpiece not seen inpublic for more than four decades

has sold at auction for 8.1 mlnpounds —more than twice the

expected price. “Tete de Femme(Jacqueline)”, a portrait of the

Spanish artist’s second wife, had notbeen seen in public since 1967 and

was expected to fetch up to fourmillion pounds at the sale in London,

according to Christie’sauctioneers.

8.1m pounds for Picasso work not seen since 1967

and Matisse.Picasso’s wife Jacqueline was said to

have had a short neck and the painterwould often exaggerate its size in por-traits.

Christie’s would not reveal the iden-tity of the buyer.

China to find “language teacher” for panda from US

Giant panda Tai Shan enjoys a cakeduring a farewell party at the Na-tional Zoo in Washington DC, the

United States.

Meanwhile, the base is asking thepublic to choose a “boyfriend” for MeiLan as she had reached mating age, hesaid. “We have created web pages onpopular Internet portals to post imagesand introduce Mei Lan and a number ofmale pandas. We are inviting panda fansto vote for the best ‘boyfriend’ for MeiLan according to their physical appear-ance, character, living habits and experts’suggestions on the match,” he said.

NEWS ALBUM

North Carolina authorities said twosuspected robbers were arrested afterthey called police for help with a flat tirea few hours after their alleged crime.

Catawba County police said MarkFranklin, 46, of Conover, and JamesJennings, 31, of Claremont, allegedlyentered a Cubbard Express store about11 pm on Sunday and demanded moneyfrom a cashier, The Charlotte (NC) Ob-server reported.

Investigators said one of the men in-dicated he was armed, but no weaponwas displayed during the robbery. Themen fled in a four-door tan Chevrolet.

Police said Franklin and Jenningscalled them from a Hardee’s restaurantabout 3 am on Monday and a respond-ing officer recognized the men from se-curity camera footage of the robbery andarrested them.

Suspects called police forhelp with flat

Resting whooperswans are seen atthe Yellow River

wetland in PingluCounty, north

China’s ShanxiProvince, on 1Feb, 2010. The

World WetlandsDay 2010 is

celebrated on2 Feb.

XINHUA

NAIROBI , 3 Feb—Crew members in ahijacked Panama-flaggedcargo ship being held offSomaliland’s port ofBerbera port are appeal-ing for international in-tervention to have themreleased, a maritime offi-cial said on Tuesday.

Andrew Mwangura,East Africa’s Coordina-tor of SeafarersAssistance Progra-mmes(SAP) said the 14seafarers in the UAE-owned Ro-Ro MV Leilahave run out of food andone crew member had tobe taken already toHargeisa for medical

HANOI, 3 Feb— TranQuang Dung, an officialof Vietnam’s southernHo Chi Minh Citymunicipal governmentsaid on Tuesday thatVietnam and Czech willrenew cooperation com-mitments and figure outnew targets for thefriendship relationsbetween the two coun-tries, the Vietnam NewsAgency reported.

Dung made the state-ment at a reception tomark the 60th anniver-sary of the establishmentof Vietnam-Czech diplo-matic relations held at theHo Chi Minh City of Vi-

Vietnam, Czech vows to reach new heightof cooperationetnam.

Dung expressedthanks to the kindlysupport of Czech infields of education,healthcare and provid-ing official develop-ment assistance.

Dung spoke highly ofCzech’s decision to nameVietnam in the list of 12prioritized foreign coun-tries having economicdiplomatic relations withCzech in 2010. It will helpthe bilateral cooperationcome out with more fruit-ful and practical results.

Dung expected that thetwo countries will reachhigh consensus on the es-

tablishment of officialdevelopment strategicpartnership between HoChi Minh City of Vietnamand Brno, capital city ofCzech.—Xinhua

Crew in hijacked UAE ship seek global intervention

KUALA L UMPUR, 3 Feb—Police in northernMalaysian state of Penang on Tuesday arrested a mansuspected of making several false bomb threat callsto banks in the state.

The unemployed 40-year old man was suspectedof making 13 such calls to local banks, said the state’spolice chief Ayub Yaakob on Tuesday.

He said that a special team got him through inves-tigation with two handphones and several SIM cardshe used to make the calls, all registered in his name.

Ayub said initial investigation showed the man hadseveral criminal records including for arms posses-sion and robbery made the calls to extort money fromthe banks.

The man has been remanded and the case is beinginvestigated, he added.

Several banks in Penang were tensioned after re-ceiving bomb threat calls in January.—Xinhua

treatment.“The crew had run out

of food and one crewmember had to be takenalready to Hargeisa formedical treatment. Theharbour master of Berberais helpful, but the courtorder to hold the ship stillstands,” Mwangura toldXinhua.

The UAE ownedPanama-flagged MVLeila is being held at the

Somaliland port ofBerbera since 15 Sept,2009 at gunpoint and un-der a court order in a le-gal dispute betweenSomaliland authorities,cargo owners and theship-owner. According toMwangura, the roll-on-roll-off vessel MV Leilais owned by ALALEELY GMGH inDubai.

Xinhua

Suspect making false bank-bombthreat calls caught in N Malaysia

40 injured in hospitalfire in S India

NEW DELHI, 3 Feb—At least 40 people wereinjured as fire broke out at a hospital in Hyderabadin southern India on Tuesday, said police.

Fire fighters evacuated all the people trapped inthe five-storey hospital building and put out the firetwo hours later.

Police said the fire might have started on theground floor due to an electrical short circuit.

Xinhua

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SYDNEY , 3 Feb—AnAustralian-led study ofSudden Infant Death Syn-drome (SIDS) on Wed-nesday announced a ma-jor breakthrough by con-firming a lack of serotoninwas the common factorwith babies who die fromthe condition.

Researcher Dr JhodieDuncan, of the Mel-bourne-based Florey Neu-roscience Institutes, stud-ied cases of infant deathsfrom confirmed SIDS and

A snowplough clears snow on a road in Tekirdag, central Turkey, on 2 Feb,2010. Heavy snowfall swept Tekirdag on Tuesday, paralyzing the traffic.

XINHUA

Journalists listen to the brief by researcher Tom Robl on the current pro-gramme of the environmental and coal technologies group of the Centre of

Applied Energy Research (CAER) at the University of Kentucky in Lexington,Kentucky, the United States, on 1 Feb, 2010. Kentucky, one of the leading coal

producing states in the United States, is facing the challenge of sustainabledevelopment brought about by its coal industry.—XINHUA

Australian scientists claim breakthroughin infant death syndrome

other causes.The SIDS babies were

found to have lower lev-els of serotonin, a neuro-transmitter which regu-lates the body’s basic life-sustaining functions.

“Things like heart rate,blood pressure, sleep cy-cles, respiration, serotoninplays a very important rolein all these things that youneed to stay alive,”Duncan told AustralianAssociated Press .

“Our study has proven

that in infants dying ofSIDS there is lower TPH2(a related enzyme) levelsand reduced serotoninproduction.”

The research also pro-vides a new insight intoanother of SIDS knownrisk factors — womenwho smoke during preg-nancy or smoking athome with a newborn.

Exposure to nicotinewas also known to affectserotonin levels in thebody, Duncan noted.

Xinhua

B ALTIMORE, 3 Feb—US researchers say genesplay a role in the naviga-tional skill of “reorient-ation.”

Study leader BarbaraLandau of The JohnHopkins University inBaltimore says reorient-ation is a skill shared byhuman toddlers, rats, birdsand fish, and involves theability to mentally visual-ize surroundings and fig-ure out location.

Landau and colleagues

C OLUMBIA, 3 Feb—University of Missouriscientists say they’vemapped the soybean ge-nome and identified 1.1million base pairs ofDNA, including morethan 90 distinct traits.

The researchers saytheir accomplishmentcould lead to extensivecrop improvements tosoybeans that represent anearly $3 billion industryin the United states alone.

“The genome se-quence will be a new toolfor plant breeders, indus-trial engineers, geneti-cists, biochemists, tech-nologists, nutritionists andanyone else who usessoybeans worldwide,”said Henry Nguyen, direc-tor of the National Centrefor Soybean Biotechnol-ogy at the university.

Internet

WELLINGTON , 3 Feb—Two New Zealand CrownResearch Institutes are toresearch a South Pacificchain of underwater vol-canoes in partnership witha United States organiza-tion.

The New Zealand In-stitute of Geological andNuclear Sciences (GNS

STOCKHOLM, 3 Feb—The Swedish medical uni-versity KarolinskaInstitutet (KI) announcedon Tuesday that its scien-tists had shown how trans-planted stem cells canconnect with and rescuethreatened neurons andbrain tissue.

“The new report, co-authored by several inter-national research groupsand led by KI, shows thatstem cells transplantedinto damaged or threat-ened nerve tissue quickly

GRONINGEN, 3 Feb—Dutch researchers say parentsoften see their children as leaner than their child’s ac-tual measurements indicate.

Researchers at the University Medical Centre inGroningen, the Netherlands, asked parents to choosetheir child’s body shape from seven different sketches.

Among the parents with normal weight children,97 percent chose a “lighter” sketch than the data pro-vided indicated.

The same was true of 95 percent of the parents ofoverweight children and 62 percent of the parents ofobese children.

Parents of normal weight children tended to thinktheir child was one sketch slimmer than the child’smeasurements indicated and parents of obese childrenoften chose sketches that were three slimmer.

Half of the mothers of the obese children in the studysaid their obese child was normal weight as did 39percent of the fathers.

“Our findings point to the need for health educa-tion programmes that encourage parents to recognizewhat is a normal healthy weight for their children andwork with health professionals to tackle any weightproblems,” study researcher Pieter Sauer said in a state-ment.

The study, published in Acta Paediatrica, involved800 parents of 439 children.

Five percent of the children were overweight, 4percent were obese and the rest were normal weight.

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Parents see their childrenskinnier

Genetic link to navigational skill foundtested people with a raregenetic disorder —Williams syndrome —and found they cannot usethis basic navigationalskill. Named for its dis-coverer — Dr JCPWilliams of New Zealand— the syndrome occurswhen a small amount ofgenetic material is miss-ing from one human chro-mosome.

People who have thesyndrome show extremesociability and verbal

adeptness but have diffi-culties assembling simplepuzzles and copying basicpatterns.

“Although we arequite far from understand-ing the links between thespecific genes that aremissing in Williams syn-drome and the behaviourthey show, such as failureto reorient, it is clear thatthe missing genes ulti-mately have some effecton the brain,” Landau saidin a statement.—Internet

New Zealand, US researchers to jointlyexplore underwater volcanoes

Science) and the NationalInstitute of Water and At-mospheric Research(NIWA) will use equip-ment provided by theWoods Hole Oceano-graphic Institution inMassachusetts, to explorea chain of volcanoesstretching more than 1000km northeast from WhiteIsland, located in the Bayof Plenty, New Zealand.

The Kermadec Arc iswhere some of the world’smost active submarinevolcanoes and hydrother-mal vents are located, aswell as a wide range ofmarine life, Radio NewZealand reported onWednesday.

A joint statement saidit was hoped the first sur-vey will be undertaken in12-18 months.—Xinhua

Scientistsmap thesoybeangenome

Stem cells can rescue nerve cells by direct contactestablish direct channels,called gap junctions, tothe nerve cells,” said KIin a statement.

The research foundthat stem cells can ac-tively bring diseased neu-rons back from the brinkvia cross-talk through gapjunctions, the connectionsbetween cells that allowmolecular signals to passback and forth, said thestatement.

It pointed out that thestudy also found that thenerve cells were pre-

vented from dying onlywhen these gap junctionswere formed.

The results were ob-tained from mice and hu-man stem cells in culti-vated brain tissue, andfrom a series of rodentmodels for humanneurodegenerative dis-eases and acute brain in-juries, the statement said,adding that the resultspoint the way to new pos-sible treatments for braindamage and neurode-gen-erative diseases.—Xinhua

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I am one of the ordinary people. I amcomplacent about my lifestyle: leading apeaceful life with my private business. I read,listen to the radio, and watch TV regularly onaccount of my habit of learning internal andinternational affairs. So, I somewhat keep intouch with what is going on at home, and in theworld.

I have noticed that these days, BBC, VOA,RFA and DVB are stepping up their broadcastsdesigned to break up the Tatmadaw. Besides,they have begun to drive a wedge among themembers of the Myanmar Police Force. Thenearer the 2010 election is drawing, themore the internal axe-handles in complicitywith certain foreign radio stations air a widevariety of fabricated stories with theintention of disrupting the 2010 election,peace, stability and national development. Ibelieve that has posed a grave danger to thenation and the people. Therefore, I feel Ihave come under a responsibility to writethis article in order that such groundlessnews stories will come to the light of thepeople.

In the meantime, they are found desperateto unsettle the talks to transform the peacegroups into border guard forces for lastingpeace, by airing complete fabrications. In likemanner, they are airing news stories on politicalprisoners, human rights, freedom of press, andaffairs of anti-government political parties very

regularly and repeatedly. The theme of theirbroadcasts remains unchanged: the governmentis bad; the nation and the people are living belowthe poverty line; and the government is oppress-ing a certain political party.

Here, I notice that there is no element oftruth in their broadcasts about thegovernment. Apparently, why they are doingso is nothing more than deceiving the peopleinto misunderstanding the government, dis-couraging the people, and creating publicpanic. With great relish, they are entertain-ing and adding exaggerations to the storiesprovided by internal axe-handles in spite oftheir knowledge that the stories are baseless.In my opinion, they are pursuing a long-termplot to neo-colonize our country.

To be honest, those story-teller radio stationsare not happy with the people leading a peacefullife with a prosperous future. They are anxious tomake the people stay in a state of panic underdoubts; create public outrage, stemming fromcrises; to weaken and eliminate the Tatmadawwhich, in collaboration with the people, guardsthe motherland against dangers; to see the peopletaking to the streets under the leadership of somepeople who rely on external elements, and eventhe nation facing an 88 unrest-like incident. So,the people are to notice the fact that behind theirbroadcasts are clever schemes to achieve theirgoals and serve their own interests.

Now, internal axe-handles and certain for-

eign radio stations are trying to hinder the2010 election. It has become clear that theyare speeding up their efforts to disrupt theimportant turning point of the nation andthe people. Only if they can disrupt theelection will it be possible for them to keeptheir hopes alive. So, they seem determined tomake the election unsuccessful. The people canvisualize easily the point that the closer theelection is to its course the greater attempts theywill make.

If my memory serves me correct such story-telling radio stations as BBC, VOA, RFA andDVB have never ever aired authentic newsstories. To be frank, they have hardly stood theside of the truth since 1988. The true storiesthey have aired in the period are not associatedwith Myanmar affairs, such as news storiesabout other countries, and Champions Leaguefootball. The news stories on Myanmar affairsthey have aired up to now are all false. Thepeople are well convinced of that point.

In general, news is a true, interesting story.Purported and made-up news stories are blackones. I have learnt that black journalism is“reporting fabricated news to mislead thepeople”, and disinformation is “reporting made-up stories, instead of true stories”. According tomy review, the 1988 unrest was completely dueto story-telling radio stations such as BBC andVOA with black journalism and misinformationin airing their news stories about Myanmar.

Among the foreign correspondents, BBC’sChristopher Gunness could rock our countrymost. BBC and he used black journalism andmisinformation methods to the best of theirability to ravage the country. I believe there areso many profound evidences that support thatpoint, and it has come to the knowledge of themajority of the people.

In fact, the 88 unrest was merely apolitical game well organized by BBC andChristopher Gunness. Many people placedtoo much reliance on, and danced to thebroadcasts of BBC and ChristopherGunness, and in the end the unrest grewinto the 88 unrest. Thus, I would say thatBBC and Christopher Gunness killed a greatnumber of innocent civilians and destroyeda great deal of public property, withoutusing any weapons.

(See page 9)

Now, internal axe-handles andcertain foreign radio stations aretrying to hinder the 2010 election. Ithas become clear that they are speed-ing up their efforts to disrupt theimportant turning point of the nationand the people. Only if they candisrupt the election will it be possiblefor them to keep their hopes alive.

Story-telling foreign radio stations (1)The Dabwint

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Chaungmange Dam benefiting local farmersin Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township

Article & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

(from page 1)The implementation

of the dam project com-menced in October 2004and it was put into serviceon 12 July 2006. Officialsexplained salient pointsof the dam, and they saidthat the dam has acatchment area of 103square miles and 75,000acre feet of inflow wateron average annually.

The dam has twosections of 96 feet highearthen embankments—2150 feet long mainembankment and 450 feetlong saddle dike. The damcan store 15,300 acre feetof still water and 3148acres of water surfacearea. The irrigationfacility completed inNovember 2006 has 10

miles long main canal with126 canal structures. Themain canal can supplywater to the farmlandsthrough farming drains.

Staff Officer U ChanNyein explained that a planwas adopted to irrigate1452 acres of farmlandsagainst the target of 3000acres of summer paddy.After harvesting monsoonpaddy, local people willgrow mung bean, he added.They cultivate summerpaddy in March afterharvesting mung bean.With a view to achievingsuccess in production ofsummer paddy, irrigationwater will be supplied tofarmlands in March, hesaid.

In the past, Nay PyiTaw Lewe Township grew

mung bean after monsoonpaddy. At that time, thelocal farmers were unableto put their farmlands undersummer paddy. At present,they are enjoying fruits oftriple cropping such asmonsoon paddy, mungbean and summer paddythanks to ChaungmangeDam. Hsinohn Lake, aregulating irrigationfacility for ChaungmangeDam, is located near DY-3and DY-4. Therefore, aplan is under way to storewater from ChaungmangeCreek for agriculturalpurpose. Moreover, watersupply canals will be dug

in 2010-2011 to irrigate5000 acres of farmlands.

In Nay Pyi Taw LeweTownship, the irrigatedarea of YanaungmyinDam is next to that ofChaungmange Dam. Theirrigated area of MadanDam in the township willextend to the south ofYonbin Creek. Likewise,the irrigated area ofChaungmange Dam canbe extended to the northof Yonbin Creek.

Furthermore, we sawa 50-kilowatt hydropowerplant on the canal to supplyelectricity to thesurrounding villages.

Chaungmange Damcontributes to the localpeople in producinggrain of triple croppingon the increasingfarmlands in Nay PyiTaw Lewe Township, tothe better transportationand to the uplift of livingstandard of the localfarmers by enablingthem to earn moreincome. As such, all thelocal people are to helpmaintain ChaungmangeDam and other irrigationfacilities for theirdurability.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 2-2-2010

A small-scale hydropower plant at embankment of Chaungmange Damto supply power to nearby villages.

A canal of Chaungmange Dam.

Story-telling foreign radio stations (1)The Dabwint

(from page 8)

While the unrest was gathering momentum,

Christopher Gunness conducted a made-up interview

to fuel the riots of mobs. The broadcasts about the

interview are featured in detail in the book “Skyful of

lies of, BBC, VOA, AIR Broadcasts, and rubettals

Against Them”. The truth is that on 28 July 1988, BBC

correspondent Christopher Gunness conspired an

interview in collusion with Nay Min, Htay Aung, Htay

Kywe, and Ko Ko Latt who claimed themselves as 88

generation students. They deceived and took student Ma

Aye Nyein Thu of Kamayut Township, who at that time

was serving as a voluntary Red Cross member at Yangon

General Hospital, to Sangyoung and introduced her to

Christopher Gunness. Then, they pressured her to play a

role in the question and answer programme as they had

already planned.

So, she had to comply with their wish, saying in the

interview that she was a student, and was put behind bars

in Insein Jail; and that there other female students and her

were raped by jail warders. The well-planned interview

was aired on the evening of 6 August 1988 by BBC. The

interview was so effective that the mobs out of control,

thus culminating in the 8-8-88 unrest, which absolutely

tarnished the image of the nation. It is, therefore, fair to

say that the 1988 mass protest was completely due to the

fabrications manufactured by internal axe-handles and

certain foreign radio stations to disgrace Myanmar, and

bring about untold miseries to the nation and the people.

Translation: MS

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Toddy palm, a gift to arid regions in MyanmarByline & Photo: Win Hlaing Oo (MPCE)

(from page 16)Pacific regions. Toddy palm is of two groups: femalepalm and male palm, from both of which juice can beextracted. A toddy palm is 60 to 100 feet high.

In Myanmar, toddy palm thrive in Ayeyawady,Bago, Yangon and Taninthayi divisions, and MonState apart from Magway, Mandalay and Sagaingdivisions in central Myanmar. In particular, it growsthickly in arid regions.

All five parts of toddy palms are beneficial toMyanmar people. It is a reliable perennial palm fortropical regions. Now, it is also grown on a commer-cial scale in hilly regions in far-flung areas.

— For all national races to uphold thenational policy—non-disintegration ofthe Union, non-disintegration of na-tional solidarity, and perpetuation ofsovereignty

— To boost the sense of Union Spirit of thenational people

— To defend and safeguard the Unionwith consolidated unity of all nationalraces against dangers posed to disruptState stability and development by in-ternal and external subversives

— For all national races to work harder tobuild a modern, developed, discipline-flourishing democratic nation in linewith the State Constitution approvedwith the great majority of the ballot

— For all national races to make con-certed efforts for successful accomplish-ment of the seven-step Road Map

63rd Anniversary Union Day Objectives

Workshop on Review of Forest Management Project held

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Feb — The opening of Workshopon Review of Forest Management Project organized byForest Department of the Ministry of Forestry took place atIngyin Hall of the Office of the Director-General of thedepartment here this morning with an address by Ministerfor Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung.

Acting Director-General U Aye Myint Maungpresided over the workshop. Retired Director-General UShwe Kyaw, Director U Sein Tun, Director Dr Nyi NyiKyaw and Deputy General Manager U Myo Myint read outthe papers and held discussions with the participants.

In the afternoon session, Retired Director-Gen-eral U Tin Hla presided over the meeting and assistantdirectors of Toungoo, Katha and Thayawady DistrictForest Departments presented the papers on forest man-agement project. It was also attended by directors-general,rectors, deputy directors-general, pro-rectors of the minis-try, officials of FREDA, ECCDI, BANCA and WCS,chairman and members of Myanmar Timber Entrepre-neurs Association and guest. The workshop will continuetomorrow.

MNA

KSS special menu 2010 introducedYANGON, 3 Feb—

KSS Group of Compa-nies held Special Menu2010 introduction cer-emony along with luckydraw programme at Trad-ers Hotel here on 30 Janu-ary evening.

Managing Director UTun Myint of KSS Trad-ing & Manufacturing CoLtd extended greetingsand explained about newspecial food menus for2010.

The managing direc-tor, Director Daw AyeAye Nyunt and guestspicked out six lots tonominate the luckiest

persons to enjoyChaungtha v acation.

KSS Trading &Manufacturing Co Ltd,manufacturing and dis-tributing nutritious andfresh foods, have won In-ternational QualityCrown Award 2005(London), 25th GoldenEurope Award for Qual-ity New Millennium

YANGON, 3 Feb—The NationalLeague for Democracy (Central) haskept in touch with the US and BritishEmbassies and is following their in-structions. The people are criticizingsuch act of the NLD and keeping awatchful eye on it.

A toddy palm yields juice when it is at the age of15 years in wet areas, and at the age of 18 years on thesandy and gravel soil. Its lifespan is more than 100years.

In arid regions, a grove of toddy palms has 100female and male palms. On average, 15 to 20 viss ofjaggery can be produced from the juice of toddy palma year. About 13 tons of firewood is used to boil thejuice from 100 toddy palms to make 2000 viss ofjaggery. A viss of jaggery is sold for about 400 kyatsin jaggery-producing regions.

Toddy palm leaf is used in roofing buildings;toddy palm seed, in making snacks such as faluda;

inner part of its fruit, in making traditional Myanmarsnack; its root can be consumed after being boiled orbaked; and young toddy palm leaf, in making mats,baskets, and hats. Toddy palm stem is very hard andit becomes harder if it is soaked in water, so it is usedto build boats, and it can be used as a pillar of largebuildings. Toddy palm is resistant to harsh climatepatterns and soils.

Indeed, arid regions are blessed with toddypalms. So, further research on toddy palm should bedone in the interest of country people.

Translation: MSKyemon: 29-1-2010

Those from US and Britishembassies visited NLD (HQ)

34 times in JanuaryThose from US and British em-

bassies visited the NLD (Headquarters)on West Shwegondine Street here 34times in January 2010. During their visits,they met with CEC members of the partyand gave small and large envelopes andparcels to the latter.—MNA

Nippon Noodle Factory openedYANGON, 3 Feb—The opening of

Nippon Noodle Factory was held at thefactory in Shwepyitha Industrial Zone,Shwepyitha Township on 26 January.

Managing Director U Thein Htweof Ngu Shwewah Co. Ltd and DirectorU Soe Win Tun opened the factory.

The managing director extended

greetings and gave accounts of the fac-tory.

Next, the managing director andparty conducted those present round thefactory.

The production capacity of the fac-tory is 50,000 boxes of noodle per day.

MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung addresses the opening of Workshop on Review of ForestManagement Project.—MNA

Managing DirectorU Tun Myint andDirector Daw Aye

Aye Nyunt choosinglucky draw winnersby chance.—MNA

Award 2010 (Paris) andQC 100 Certified Com-pany awards.

MNA

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A man visits the 12th

International Exhibi-tion & Conference of

Cable and Satellite,TV and Radio Broad-casting, Broadband(CSTB) in Moscow,

capital of Russia, on 2

Feb, 2010. The 12th

CSTB kicked off hereon Tuesday. —XINHUA

Airbus CEO Tom Enders speaks to media during a Press conference at theSingapore Airshow on 3 Feb, 2010 in Singapore.—INTERNET

Japan gets 14 complaints overToyota Prius brakes

A Toyota Motor Corpworker gives the final

examination on annewly assembled Prius

at Toyota TsutsumiPlant in Toyota,central Japan.

INTERNET

German retail sales keep decliningduring slow economic recovery

News Corp reports 2Qprofit on ad recovery

Airbus sees recoveryin air traffic in 2010

SINGAPORE, 3 Feb—Europe’s aerospace giant Air-bus said on Wednesday it sees a recovery in globaltraffic volume in 2010, saying the global economy hasalready recovered from a recession.

“Everybody was talking about recession... but weactually think we are coming out the other side,” Air-bus sales chief John Leahy told reporters at the Singa-pore Airshow.

A drop in global passenger demand led Airbus, aunit of Aerospace and Defence giant EADS (EAD.PA),and rival Boeing (BA.N) face their worst annual or-ders last year in at least 15 years.— Internet

Consumer prices in OECD zone up 1.9%in December 2009

TOKYO, 3 Feb—TheJapanese government saidon Wednesday it has re-ceived 14 complaints inJapan about brake prob-lems with Toyota’s popu-lar Prius hybrid, the latestin a spate of quality trou-bles for the automaker asit grapples with massiverecalls in the US.

The Japanese compa-ny’s sales are being bat-tered in the US after recallsof top-selling models to fixa gas pedal that can stickin the depressed position.The new Prius gas-electrichybrid, which went on salelast year, is not part of the

recalls, which extend toEurope and China andcover nearly 4.5 millionvehicles.

The 14 complaintsincluded an accident inJuly 2009, in which a Priuscrashed head on into an-other car at an intersection.Transport Ministry officialMasaya Ota said two peo-ple were slightly injured inthe accident.

“The complaints in-volve the new ToyotaPrius model, and the vehi-cles were all madein Japan,” Ota said.“Prius drivers complainedbrakes were not so sharp.”

The US National High-way Traffic Safety Admin-istration has receivedabout 100 complaints in-volving the brakes of thePrius new model. Two in-volved crashes resulting ininjuries. The ministry or-dered Toyota MotorCorp, the world’s No 1automaker, to investigatethe complaints. The other13 cases happened fromDecember to January2010.

Ota said the ministryhas yet to receive a formalreport on the complaintsfrom Toyota.

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LOS A NGELES, 3 Feb—News Corp, whose 20thCentury Fox movie studiois still riding the tail windof “Avatar” in movietheatres, said on Tuesdayit earned $254 million inthe most recent quarter,thanks to an advertisingrecovery.

“Avatar” was releasedlate in the just-ended fis-cal second quarter, so thecompany booked much ofthe costs of releasing it, butlittle of the profit. NewsCorp said half of the film’sprofits — which analystsexpect could hit around$400 million — will boostresults in the current andfollowing quarter.

The movie’s $2 billion-plus box office gross is the

biggest in history, and ithas maintained the No 1spot at the box office forseven straight weeks.

That, plus a recovery inthe local TV advertisingmarket, prompted NewsCorp to increase its oper-ating profit outlook for thefiscal year ending in June.Its shares were down 23cents, or 1.8 percent, at$12.53 in after-hourstrade.

News Corp sharedexpenses and thus profitson “Avatar” and the com-pany expects to shareabout half of the risk withinvestors again on a sequelto the 3-D film that is be-ing discussed but has notbeen agreed upon yet.

Internet

PARIS, 3 Feb—TheParis-based Organizationof Economic Cooperationand Development(OECD) announced onTuesday that consumerprices in the OECD zonehad risen by 1.9 percent byDecember 2009.

On a month-on-monthbasis, prices remained sta-

ble in December, com-pared with a rise of 0.1percent in November2009, the organizationsaid in a report.

By December 2009,consumer prices for en-ergy had gone up by 8.5percent, following a rise of2.4 percent in November,while the prices of food

had fallen by 1.0 percent,less than the figure of 1.1percent in November. Ex-cluding food and energy,consumer prices rose by1.6 percent in the period,compared to a rise of 1.5percent in November2009, the report said.

In the United States, theconsumer price index hadincreased by 2.7 percent byDecember 2009.Con-sumer prices in Japan haddecreased by 1.7 percentby December while in theOECD area the figure roseby 0.5 percent on averagebetween 2008 and 2009after a growth of 3.7 per-cent between 2007 and2008. The OECD saidconsumer energy pricesdeclined by 10.5 percentbetween 2008 and 2009,after an increase of 12.3percent between 2007 and2008.—Xinhua

BERLIN, 3 Feb—Ger-man retail sales fell 1.8percent in 2009 and areexpected to fell 0.5 per-cent in 2010, even thewhole economy is on away of recovering, ac-cording to the data re-leased on Tuesday.

German retail salesdecreased by 1.8 percent

in 2009 compared with2008, according to provi-sional statistical results,German Federal Statisti-cal Office (Destatis) said.

Retail sales for 2010 inGermany is expected tofell 0.5 percent comparedwith 2009, said StefanGenth, Chief executive ofGerman retail industry

group HDE at a Press con-ference in Berlin.

The turnover of retailsales in 2009 amounted to392.1 billion euros, 6.5billion euros less than in2008, said Genth.

“The result is a little bitbetter than we could ex-pect in light of the crisis,”Genth said.—Xinhua

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The Lancet retractsautism/vaccine study

LONDON, 3 Feb—The Lancet, a British medical jour-nal, retracted a 1998 study that linked the childhoodmeasles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism.

The retraction follows an investigation by the Gen-eral Medical Council, which oversees doctors in Brit-ain, that found the study’s lead author Dr AndrewWakefield acted unethically and dishonestly conduct-ing the research, CNN reported.

“There was a biased selection of patients in The Lan-cet paper” and Wakefield’s “conduct in this regard wasdishonest and irresponsible,” the council said.

The General Medical Council said Wakefield paidchildren for blood samples for his research at his son’sbirthday party. He also subjected some children in thestudy to various invasive medical procedures such ascolonoscopies and magnetic resonance imaging scans.

Internet

Beijing’s top tourism sitesopening for free

BEIJING, 3 Feb—With a few clicks, Beijingers willbe able to get an electric ticket sent to their mobilephones that will let them visit one of the capital’s top32 tourist attractions during Spring Festival.

The city’s tourism authority is planning to distrib-ute 300,000 free e-tickets via its official website,www.visitbeijing.com.cn.

The big give-away will begin 12 Feb.Applicants will need to visit the website, fill in per-

sonal information, including their cell phone numberand choose their three preferred tourist attractions.

Each cell phone number can only be registered once,and winners will be picked at random and announcedonce a day. Winners can expect to receive their e-ticketwithin 48 hours. Tickets must be used between 14 Feband 15 March.

“The e-tickets are our way of sharing the charm ofBeijing, which is on the way to becoming a digitalcity e-tickets can reduce cost, act environmental-friendly and facilitate data-gathering and analysis,” saidSun Weijia, deputy head of Beijing municipal tourismbureau.—Xinhua

HK holds int’l aeronautical meteorology meeting

The picture taken on 2 Feb, 2010 shows newhouses about to be completed in Guantun Village

in Yao’an County, southwest China’s YunnanProvince. The construction of new houses for thequake victims has sped up in the county as SpringFestival approaches. People in Yao’an County in

the mountainous Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefec-ture, Yunnan Province, suffered a magnitude-6.0

earthquake on 9 July, 2009.—XINHUAHONG KONG, 3 Feb—

More than 100 world ex-perts in aviation meteor-ology are taking part inthe 14th session of theCommission for Aeronau-tical Meteorology(CAeM) of the WorldMeteorological Organiza-tion (WMO) which beganin Hong Kong onWednesday.

The session, which con-tinues until 10 Feb, marksthe first time a major in-

ternational meeting onaeronautical meteorologyhas been held in Asia.

Speaking at the openingceremony, Secretary-Gen-eral of WMO MichelJarraud highlighted issuesthat had significant im-pact on providing aviationweather services in the21st century.

These included the de-velopment of the NewTerminal Forecast for thewider terminal area ofbusy airports, the imple-mentation of a qualitymanagement system foraviation weather serviceand addressing the linkbetween aviation and cli-mate.

Secretary for Com-merce and Economic De-velopment of Hong Kong

Rita Lau commended theHong Kong Observatoryfor its dedication to theprovision of quality avia-tion weather serviceswhich upheld HongKong’s position as a lead-ing aviation hub in the re-gion.

CAeM is a technicalcommission of WMOlooking after the applica-tion of meteorology toaviation with the objec-tive of providing meteoro-logical support to meet therequirements of aviationfor safe, economic andefficient air navigation.

The commission is heldevery four years to discussthe progress and future de-velopment in the provi-sion of aviation weatherservices.—Xinhua

Moscow, 3 Feb—Russia should establish its position as a leader in mannedspace exploration, with the United States considering ditching its plans to returnto the moon, a senior Russian scientist said.

US President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a budget proposal thatgrounds the USmission to return to the moon.

Yury Kara, an expert at the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics, said Obama’sproposal served as a golden chance for Russia to sparkle in space exploration.

Russia would be the only country able to ferry astronauts to the InternationalSpace Station within five to seven years, he said.—Xinhua

Russia eyesleading

position inmanned space

exploration

Pilot mistake caused deadlyUS plane crash

WASHINGTON, 3 Feb—A pilot who pulled insteadof pushing a controlcolumn and an inattentivecrew led a US commuterflight to crash last year,killing 49 people on boardand one on the ground, aprobe showed.

The National Trans-portation Safety Board(NTSB) said in a report on

Tuesday that the pilot’s“inappropriate response”to a warning mechanismon a Continental com-muter flight fromNewark, New Jersey toBuffalo International Air-port in New York state on12 February caused theplane to plummet to theground.

“When the stick shaker

activated to warn theflight crew of animpending aerodynamicstall, the captain shouldhave responded correctlyto the situation bypushing forward on thecontrol column,” theNTSB said in its report onthe accident.

“However, the captaininappropriately pulled afton the control columnand placed the airplane intoan accelerated aerodynamic stall from whichthe airplane did notrecover.”—Internet

Image from WGRZ-TVin Buffalo, New York

shows firefighters at the

scene after acommercial plane

crashed into a house on12 Feb, 2009 in

Clarence Centre, NewYork. A pilot who pulled

instead of pushing acontrol column and an

inattentive crew led tothe crash last year

which killed 49 people

on board and one on theground, a probe said on

Tuesday.INTERNET

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Two Haitian police officers sit next to Charisa Coulter, 24, of Boise, Idaho, oneof the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haitiwithout proper documents or government permission, as she rests on a cot at the

University of Miami’s field hospital, near Port-au-Prince’s International Airport,on Monday 1 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

A southern Sudanese girlcollects sorghum grainspilled from split bags thatwere earlier airdroppedfrom the United NationsWorld Food Programmein the state of Jonglei, in2009. The number of hun-gry people in southern Su-dan has quadrupled sincelast August to some 4.3million because of conflictand drought, the UN emer-gency food agency said on Tuesday. —INTERNET

Half population of south Sudanshort of food

Journalist killed inMexico, 3rd this year

ACAPULCO, 3 Feb —Gunmen have slain a Mexicanjournalist — the third such killing so far this year — anda top prosecutor said on Tuesday there are few clues.

Albertano Guinto, the acting attorney general in thePacific coast state of Guerrero, said it was not yet clear ifthe death of Jorge Ochoa Martinez was linked to his workas director of El Sol de la Costa, a small newspaper thatcovers mostly local politics and community issues south-east of Acapulco.

Ochoa Martinez was shot in the face as he left a foodstand in the town of Ayutla on Friday.

Two other Mexican journalists were killed in earlyJanuary, and 12 reporters were killed in Mexico during2009. The governmental National Human Rights Com-mission said that 60 journalists have been killed since2000, with eight others kidnapped or vanished.

“In Mexico, increasing numbers of journalists arethe victims of threats, intimidation, persecution attacksand kidnappings in the course of performing their work,”the commission said in a statement on Monday.

The Guerrero section of the National Union of Re-porters said six of those killings since 2000 have beenin that state, where drug gangs, rural disputes and ille-gal logging gangs are active.—Internet

Participants stand up for the African Union anthemduring the closing ceremony of the 14th summit ofAU in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on 2 Feb,2010. The 14th summit of AU concluded here onTuesday with African leaders pledging that theywould take concrete measures to development

Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs) in the continent. —XINHUA

UN chief pleased to see next formal talkson Western Sahara to be held next week

African leaders wrap up summitADDIS ABABA, 3

Feb —African leaderswrapped up a three-daysummit on Tuesday, call-ing for action on coupsand increasing pressureon Madagascar’s politi-cal foes to honour deals

meant to end a prolongedcrisis.

The newly electedchairman of the 53-mem-ber African Union, Presi-dent Bingu wa Mutharikaof Malawi, called on hispeers to stand against

conflicts and toppling ofgovernments.

“We must say ‘neveragain’ to conflict and warin Africa,” saidMutharika, who took thebloc’s leadership fromLibyan leader MoamerKadhafi, whose contro-versial stance on the con-tinent’s issues was oftenat odds with pan-Africanbody.

“We must declare waron unconstitutionalchange of government onthe African soil and re-solve to take strong andnecessary punitive actionagainst all authors ofcoup d’etat and those thatprovide them the meansto unseat duly electedgovernments,” Mutharikasaid.

Internet

JUBA, 3 Feb – Almosthalf the population ofsouth Sudan is facing foodshortages because of con-flict and drought, a four-fold rise in the numbersneeding aid since last year,officials said onTuesday.“Internal conflictand incursions from the(Ugandan rebel) Lord’sResistance Army togetherwith drought have madealmost half the populationof the south short of food,”southern Sudan Agricul-ture and Forestry MinisterSamson Kwaje said in astatement.

A total of 4.3 millionneed food aid in the oil-

producing south, up fromaround 1 million last year,the UN said.

A surge in tribal fight-ing has killed more than2,500 people since the be-ginning of 2009, aidgroups say, and seasonalrains were weak acrossmuch of the underdevel-oped region.

A census released lastyear showed a total Suda-nese population of 39.15million, with 30.89 millionliving in the mainly Mus-lim north and 8.26 millionin the south. The southcontests the census sayingit undercounts southerners.

The UN’s World Food

Programme (WFP) saidviolence had forced350,000 to flee their homesin 2009, leaving them de-pendent on food aid.

Last year’s poor sea-sonal rains also destroyedharvests, and the area wasbracing for this year’s rainswhich could disrupt trans-port, it added.

“This spike in thenumber of hungry people insouthern Sudan comes justahead of the rainy seasonwhen roads becomeblocked and communitiesare cut off from food assist-ance,” Leo van der Velden,coordinator for the UN’sWorld Food Programme(WFP) in the south, said ina statement.

Internet

UNITED NATIONS, 3 Feb— UN Secre-tary-General Ban Ki- moon said onTuesday that he is pleased that the par-ties have agreed to meet in the next setof informal talks on Western Sarhara on10-11 Feb and “he encourages the par-ties to make further progress and urgesfocused and productive discussions.”

“The Secretary-General is pleasedthat the parties have agreed to the pro-posal made by his Personal Envoy, MrChristopher Ross, that the next set ofinformal talks on Western Sahara beheld on 10-11,” Feb said a statementissued here by Ban’s spokesman. “Themeeting will take place in WestchesterCounty (New York) and will be basedon the guidance provided by SecurityCouncil Resolution 1871 (2009) andearlier resolutions.”“He encourages theparties to make further progress and

urges focused and productive discus-sions,” the statement said.

Several rounds of UN-led talks, bring-ing together representatives from Mo-rocco and the Frente Polisario, held in2008 resulted in the parties agreeing tocontinue negotiations in good faithtoward a solution to the issue. However,such talks failed to bridge their differ-ences.

Fighting broke out between Moroccoand the Frente Polisario after Spain’scolonial administration of Western Sa-hara ended in 1976.

Morocco has presented a plan for au-tonomy, while the Frente Polisario’s po-sition is that -the territory’s final statusshould be decided in a referendum onself-determination that includes inde-pendence as an option.

Xinhua

Explosive devices float onto Israelibeaches

J ERUSALEM, 3 Feb —At least two explosivedevices have washed upon Israeli beaches in whatsecurity officialsdescribed on Tuesday asan attempt by Palestinianmilitants in the GazaStrip to attack Israel.

On Monday, sappersdetonated one such deviceon a Mediterranean beachin the southern city ofAshkelon a fewkilometres (miles) northof the Gaza Strip, policesaid.

Another wasdiscovered further northon a beach in the port cityof Ashdod.

“These devices arebeing treated as intendedfor use in attacks inIsrael,” police spokesmanMicky Rosenfeld said, buthe declined to give detailsof their nature. A sourcein Islamic Jihad in theGaza Strip said theexplosives were part of ajoint operation with twoother militant groups, theSalahudeen Brigades and

al-Aqsa MartyrsBrigades, an offshoot ofPalestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’s Fatahmovement.

“These seaborneexplosive devices wereaimed at (Israeli) shipsand other targets. Theresistance factions aretelling the enemy thatthey are continuing tothink up new means tohurt them in defence ofthe Palestinian people,”the source said.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T SBordeaux beat Sedan to set up

repeat of 2002 final

Bordeaux’s forwardYoan Gouffran(L) and

Abdou Traore celebrateafter a goal during their

French League cupfootball match at the

Chaban Delmasstadium in Bordeaux.

Bordeaux won 1-0 andwill play Lorient in thesemi-finals.—INTERNET

Raul resigned to life on theReal bench

Real Madrid captainRaul Gonzalez

Kone goes on loan to Hanover

Top seed Monfils serveswarning at S Africa Open

Top seed Gael Monfilsof France

World number threeAndy Murray (pic-

tured) and US Openchampion Juan Martin

del Potro will top thebill at the 512,750-euroATP Marseille event on

February 15-21,organisers have an-nounced.—INTERNET

Murray, Del Potro confirmedfor Marseille

MARSEILLE, 3 F eb—World number three AndyMurray and US Open champion Juan Martin del Potrowill top the bill at the 512,750-euro ATP Marseilleevent on February 15-21, organisers announced onTuesday. France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, last year’schampion, will compete alongside countrymen GaelMonfils and Gilles Simon, the 2007 winner, and Swed-ish world number eight Robin Soderling.

“We first chose young French players and we havethe top three of the moment,” said tournament direc-tor Jean-Francois Caujolle.

“Afterwards, we wanted the top five players in theworld. Knowing that (world number one Roger)Federer is unavailable, we opted for Murray, who inmy opinion is the best on this (indoor hard) surface,where he’s better than (Rafael) Nadal.

“Del Potro is also very strong on this surface andhe preferred to play in Marseille than in the ArgentineChampionship (in Buenos Aires).”—Internet

Chelsea held 1-1 at Hullin English Premier LeagueLONDON, 3 Feb—Chelsea’s lead in the English Pre-

mier League was limited to just two points when theywere held 1-1 at Hull City on Tuesday.

Defender Steven Mouyokolo gave Hull a surpriselead in the 30th minute and Didier Drogba scored in his20th goal to equalize 12 minutes later.

The draw kept Chelsea on top of the 20-teamstandings with 55 points, two points clear of defendingchampions Manchester United. Arsenal were third with49. Hull were still in the relegation zone but levelled on21 points with the three teams immediately above it.

Also on Tuesday, Premier League strugglers Wol-verhampton Wanderers and Wigan were knocked outof the FA Cup after losing fourth-round replays to lower-league sides.

Crystal Palace defender Danny Butterfield scored ahat trick in seven second-half minutes to give the LeagueChampionship side a 3-1 win over Wolves, while Wiganwere humiliated 2-0 by visiting Notts County of thefourth tier. —Xinhua

Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho (R) challenges HullCity’s Amr Zaki during their English Premier

League soccer match in Hull, northern England on2 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

County march on as Palace sink Wolves

Notts County’s English defenderStephen Hunt (L) celebrates with

Notts County English midfielder BenDavies at the final whistle after Notts

County had beaten Wigan Athletic2-0 during the FA Cup Fourth round

replay football match at The DWStadium, Wigan.—INTERNET

Luck works for‘Black Cats’with Benjani

loan dealSUNDERLAND, 3 Feb—

Struggling PremierLeague side Sunderlandadded some much neededfirepower to their out ofform strikeforce on Tues-day with the loan signingof Zimbabwean interna-tional Benjani Mwaruwarifrom rivals ManchesterCity. ‘The Black Cats’ gotthe benefit of the doubtfrom the Premier Leagueover signing the 31-year-old even though theyfailed to process the re-quired paperwork beforeMonday’s 1700 GMTtransfer deadline.

Sunderland boss SteveBruce - whose side havebeen in freefall after awinless run of 11 games -had blamed technicalproblems for the delay.

Internet

HANOVER , 3 Feb—Sevilla’s Ivorian interna-tional striker Arouna Konehas joined strugglingBundesliga club Hanover ona six-month deal, the Ger-man club said Tuesday.

The 26-year-old arriveson a 1.2-million-euro loandeal as Hanover - who arethird from bottom - look fora boost after five straightlosses. He joins compatriotsDidier Ya Konan and Con-stant Djakpa at the northGerman club.

Hanover have also signedBrazilian midfielder Elsonon loan from Stuttgart untilthe end of the season.

Internet

LONDON, 3 Feb—League Two’s NottsCounty continued to fly the flag for Eng-lish football’s fourth tier by dumping

Premier League side Wigan out of thecompetition on Tuesday with a 2-0 vic-tory. Wolves also tumbled out of theworld’s oldest knockout competition withMick McCarthy’s side going down to a3-1 defeat by the Championship’s Crys-tal Palace, for whom Danny Butterfieldscored a six-minute hat-trick.

Notts County were on the back foot formost of their match at Wigan.

But with 15 minutes left, Stephen Huntheaded home from a Ben Davies cornerto give them the lead and, three minuteslater, Wigan’s recently-signed Scottishdefender Gary Caldwell deflected anotherDavies cross into his own net.

That sealed a 2-0 victory and Coun-ty’s reward was a fifth round trip to an-other Premier League side, Fulham.

Internet

PARIS, 3 Feb—Frenchchampions Bordeaux willplay fellow First Divisionside Lorient in the LeagueCup semi-finals in what isa rematch of the 2002 fi-nal after beating SecondDivision strugglers Sedan

1-0 here on Tuesday.A 50th minute goal by

Yoan Gouffran - who wasone of 11 changes to thestarting line-up made bycoach Laurent Blanc fol-lowing the league leader’s0-0 draw with Boulogne-sur-Mer last Saturday -was enough to see off the‘Wild Boars’ who hadousted Bordeaux at thesame stage on penalties in2008.

There was to be no re-peat of those heroics thistime especially after thevisitors were reduced to10 men in the 61st minutewhen Sedan’s Australiandefender Ante Rozic wassent-off for a secondbookable offence, just twominutes after his first of-fence.—Internet

J OHANNESBURG, 3Feb—Top seed GaelMonfils lost the toss andfirst two games before un-leashing his service powerto crush Dominik Hrbaty6-2, 6-1 and reach the sec-ond round of the SouthAfrican Open on Tuesday.

The 23-year French-man ranked 13 in theworld was clearly stungby the early form of theveteran Slovak andlost just one of the remain-ing 13 games at theMontecasino entertain-

ment centre in a leafy,upmarket northernsuburb.—Internet

Sevilla’s Ivorianinternational strikerArouna Kone, seenhere in 2009, hasjoined strugglingBundesliga club

Hanover on a six-month deal, the

German club saidTuesday.—INTERNET

MADRID, 3 Feb—RealMadrid captain RaulGonzalez said Tuesday hehas come to terms with hisnew role as a subsitute.

“It’s not an ideal situa-tion for any player. For 15years I have won practi-cally everything, and in thelast three months I haveplayed less. Sooner or laterI had to come to thispoint,” he told a news con-ference.

The 32-year-old Realicon, who with 66 goals isstill the ChampionsLeague’s top scorer, hadbeen a regular in the firstteam since he made hisdebut with the club at 17.

But coach ManuelPellegrini has left him onthe bench in recent monthsin favour of France’sKarim Benzema and Ar-

gentine Gonzalo Higuain,and he has scored only fivegoals in 26 matches thisseason.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Night temperatures were (3 °C) to (4°C) belowFebruary average temperatures in Kachin and RakhineStates, upper Sagaing, Bago and Yangon Divisions, (8 °C)below February average temperatures in Chin State, (3 °C)to (4°C) above February average temperatures in TaninthayiDivision and about February average temperatures in theremaining areas. The significant night temperatures wereHaka (-2°C), Loilem (0°C), Nansam (2°C) and Pinlaungand An (3°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 2-2-2010 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 3 -2-2010 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 3-2-2010 was 61%.Total sun shine hours on 2-2-2010 was (10) hours approx.

Rainfall on 3-2-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(4) mph from North at (15:30) hours MST on 1-2-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theSouthwest Bay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4thFebruary 2010:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin State, weatherwill be partly cloudy in Shan, Chin and Mon States, upperSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair inremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain or thundershowers in the extreme NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for4-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for4-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for4-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

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A cycle-rickshaw puller moves the wreckage ofa car to a scrap yard in the eastern Indian city

of Siliguri on 2 February 2010.INTERNET

Militant killed in gunfight inIndia-controlled KashmirSRINAGAR, 3 Feb —

Indian Army troopersand police in a jointoperation Wednesdaykilled a militant in agunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir,defense officials said.

The gunfight brokeout late Tuesday nightin Chattral-Nadal forestarea of Mendhar areaof Poonch district, 220km northwest ofJammu, the wintercapital of India-controlled Kashmir.

“So far one militanthas been killed in theoperation and gunfightis still on,” said an armyofficial posted in thearea.

According todefense officials the

operation was launchedon a tip-off about thepresence of militants inthe area.

“The gunfightbroke out after militantsfired upon thecontingents of armyand police. The fire wasretaliated and theconfrontation is goingon since morning,” theofficial said.

The official alsoclaimed recovery of anassault rifle and someammunition from thepossession of the slainmilitant.

January haswitnessed a spate inviolence and militantactivities across theregion.

Xinhua

A white whale blows a bubble in the water at theHarbin Polarland in Harbin, capital of

northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, 2 Feb,2010. The white whales in the Polarland gained

the skills as a new year gift for visitors afterone-year of training.—INTERNET

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6th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Thursday, 4 February, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

Toddy palm, a gift to aridregions in Myanmar

Byline & Photo: Win Hlaing Oo (MPCE)

A toddy palm grove in an arid region.

In the Myanmar society, jaggery (palm sugar)is used as an ingredient in making foods such assnacks and jams and in compounding traditional medi-cines. Toddy palm juice is also used in making sugar,in place of sugarcane. Myanmar people, especiallyrural folks take the liquid made by boiling ginger and

jaggery, when they are sick.Mon and Shan nationals call toddy palm, Tan.

Toddy palm is of about 1500 species includingcoconut, areca nut, dani (nipa palm), salu, and date,and they are native to Asia, Africa, America, and

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Haka (-2o C)

Loilem (0o C)

Namsang (2o C)

Pinlaung and An (3o C)

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BBC, VOA, RFAand DVB havenever ever airedauthentic news sto-ries. To be frank,they have hardlystood the side ofthe truth since1988.

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