The New Light of Myanmar 16-04-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 365 4th Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Friday, 16 April, 2010

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

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

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry 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 the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage 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 objectivesFour political objectives

Thingyan lovers merrily take part in waterfestival on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day

Soe today enjoyed water throwing festival at pandalsof hotels in Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone and the NayPyi Taw Mayor’s Maha Thingyan Pandal, here.

The Yein troupes of ministries and Amara Hoteland artistes entertained the diplomat team led byMinister U Nyan Win and wife with dances andsongs. The diplomats enjoyed the water throwingfestival.

They also visited the pandals of Max MyanmarCo, Shwe Myanmar, Myat Taw Win. The Yeintroupes and artistes entertained them with dancesand songs.

At the Nay Pyi Taw Mayor’s Pandal, theminister, wife and diplomats were welcomed byNay Pyi Taw Mayor Col Thein Nyunt and wife DawKyin Khaing and officials. The Yein troupes andartistes performed entertainment of songs anddances. The minister, wife and diplomats posed fordocumentary photo.

The Mayor and wife hosted a luncheon to thediplomats and their families at Mingala Hall on thefirst floor of the Nay Pyi Taw City Hall.

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Diplomats, military attachés enjoy Traditional Water FestivalNAY PYI TAW, 15 April—The ambassadors,

military attachés and embassy staff of the foreignmission and their families led by Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win and wife Daw Myint Myint

NAY PYI TAW, 15 April—Today (Maha Thingyan

Akyat Day), Nay Pyi Taw Mayor’s Maha Thingyan

Pandal was packed with merry makers, The Aces

band, Yein troupes of ministries, hotels and private

companies presenting entertainment to revellers.

In Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone, Thingyan lovers, and

celebrities merrily took part in Water Festival at Amara

Hotel, Max Myanmar Company Hotel, Shwe Myanmar

Hotel, Yadana Theinga Hotel, Taw Win Nay Pyi Taw

Hotel, Golden Guest Hotel of Shwe Thanlwin

Company, Myat Taw Win Hotel of Asia World

Company, Thingaha Hotel of Aden Group and Aureum

Palace Hotel of Htoo Trading Company.

In Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana, Hlet Nwe (Kan Kaung)

Co Ltd, Happy Time Special, Padaukyoe, KTM and

30 other pandals were also crowded with vocalists and

revellers.

In National Landmarks Garden (Nay Pyi Taw),

water throwing pandals, entertaining pandals, free

meal serving pandals were swarming with revellers

from states and divisions. There, Kachin Maha

Thingyan water throwing pandal of Htoo Companies

Group, and free meal serving pandal of Asia World

Family were filled with revellers.

At the National Landmarks Garden (Nay Pyi

Taw) water throwing pandal, vocalists performed

entertainment with Guardians band.

For public recreation, Golden Flower Co Ltd

arranged two luxury cruise boats in the garden.

In Yangon, water throwing pandals of its four

districts and wards were teeming with revellers.

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Yadana Theinga Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone crowded with revellers on Maha

Thingyan Akyat Day.—MNA

Ambassadors, military attachés and foreign embassy staff and their families take part in the MahaThingyan Festival at Shwe Myanmar Hotel Family Pandal in Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 April, 2010

Friday, 16 April, 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

Keep eyes, ears to weatherreports

Today, the World MeteorologyFederation and the science organizationsaround the world are scaling up theircampaigns on meteorology for security andcomfort of the global family members.

Also in Myanmar, the Meteorology andHydrology Department under the Ministryof Transport is putting greater efforts intothe tasks on meteorology in the public interest.It regularly issues weather forecasts forsmooth air and water transport includingdaily weather reports, short- and long-termweather forecasts, potential river floods andtidal warnings, along with public notices onmedia services and reminders.

The world sees a great deal of changes inweather forecasts in the Age of IT, which ismaking dramatic progress, thus calling formore sophisticated technologies andequipment to improve the work efficiency.

Weather reports are issued in the mediasuch as daily newspapers, radio and TV. So,the people, on their part, have to keep theireyes and ears to the reports.

As the department releases weatherreports through the media in time, the peopleshould contact the Meteorology andHydrology Department for comments if theyhear rumours about natural disasters andsuspicious weather reports.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 April—Minister forConstruction Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspectedprogress in constructing Yazudaing bridge No 1,being situated on Maubin-Yaylekalay-Shwetaunghmaw-Kyaikpi-Mawlamyinekyun road on12 April.

During his inspection tour, the minister urgedofficials to strive for the construction of the bridge tomeet the set standards and place special emphasis on

Yazudaing bridge No 1 under constructionefficient use of construction materials and worksitesafety measures.

The minister and party looked into laying ofconcrete, steel fixing and construction of the approachroad. Yazudaing bridge No 1 is 1955 feet and 9inches long with 20 feet wide motorway. It has 2 feetand one inch walkway on both sides and can withstand60 tons load.

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YANGON, 15 April —A ceremony to open thenew building of PyithuAlinyaung Library inKamakathwe Ward,Dalla Township, YangonSouth District,constructed with acontribution of K 2.5million by the State andthe public took place on30 March.

Chairman ofTownship Peace andDevelopment Council UZaw Htay Win, Head ofDistrict Information andPublic RelationsDepartment U AyeThaung, Ward PDCChairman U Tun Lwinand elder U Maung Htooformally opened thelibrary building.

Then, U Zaw Win

Kamakathwe Ward in Dalla Township gets newlibrary building

Htay made a speech andU Aye Thaung spoke ofthe need for durability ofthe library, cultivating

reading habit andseeking funds. Later,Township Women’sAffairs Organization,

IPRD and wellwishersdonated periodicals tothe library.

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Opening of Pyithu Alinyaung Library in Kamakathwe Ward, DallaTownship, Yangon South District in progress.

IPRD

Revellers joyously partake in Thingyan Festival at central pandal in

Kalay of Sagaing Division on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day.

NLM

Merry makers taking part in Water Festival in Magway, Magway

Division, on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day.

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ISLAMABAD, 15 April — At least four people were killed and one was injuredon Wednesday when a suspected U.S. drone attacked the northwest Pakistan’sNorth Waziristan tribal agency, local sources said.

Locals said a pilotless U.S. aircraft fired two missiles near Miranshah in NorthWaziristan near the border with Afghanistan, destroying a vehicle and causingcasualties.

Americans have intensified the cross-border strike in Pakistan’ s tribal beltwhere foreign and local militants’ networks are believed to exist including theHuqqani network which America blames for violence in Afghanistan.

The U.S. has since long been pressing Pakistan to start military operations inNorth Waziristan to clear the region from militants’ network that would help theU.S. in bringing stability in Afghanistan.—Xinhua

US drone attack kills four in northwest Pakistan

BAGHDAD, 15 April—A civilian was killed andsix others wounded in a bomb explosion at amarketplace in central Baghdad on Wednesday, anInterior Ministry source said.

“Our latest report said that one civilian waskilled and six others were injured by the bombexplosion in central Baghdad,” the source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity.

The bomb was detonated inside a shop sellingsports equipment at a commercial area near theal-Ahrar bridge on the eastern bank of the TigrisRiver at about 1:45 p.m. (1045 GMT), the sourcesaid.

Earlier, the source put the toll at three peopleinjured citing first police reports.

A Xinhua correspondent saw black smokerising above the area, while ambulances rushedto the site.

Sporadic attacks continue in Iraq more than amonth after the country held i ts landmarkparliamentary election which is widely expectedto shape the political landscape of the war-torncountry.—Internet

Civilian killed, sixwounded in Baghdad

bombing

Four killed, including two children,in Chicago shooting

BAGHDAD, 15April—Iraqi and USsecurity officials sayIraqi forces have foiledan al-Qaida in Iraq plotfor a 9/11-style attack tohijack airlines and fly

Officials say 9/11-style plot in Iraq foiled

Smoke billows from a residential area incentral Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on 14 April,

after a bomb explosion near a bridgein central Baghdad .

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Afghan childrenwork in a poppy field

in the area ofKarez-e-Sayyidi,

Helmand province,on 14 April , 2010.

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QINGHAI, 15 April—The death toll of China’sQinghai 7.1-magnitude earthquake rose to 589 as of1:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the local quake-reliefheadqu-arters. The headquarters have dispatched reliefwork groups respectively in charge of rescue, quakesurvivors’ daily life, detecting aftershocks and healthand disease control.Jia Yingzhong, Party secretary ofthe Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture called forall local cadres to make all-out effort in rescue andrelief work. Those who fail to do the job will be sackedimmediately, he said.

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China Qinghai quake death tollrises to 589

Rescuers work on the debris of a localvocational school after a quake in Yushu

County, northwest China’s QinghaiProvince, 14 April, 2010. About�589 peoplehave died�after a 7.1-magnitude earthquakehit Yushu early on Wednesday.—INTERNET

CHICAGO, 15 April—A woman and threechildren were shot todeath and two otheradults were criticallywounded earlyWednesday at asouthwest Chicagoresidence, according tomedia reports.

Iraqi police gather around the vehicle ofArkan Ali Mohammed. Iraq’s interior ministrysaid Arkan — a senior officer from a counter-

terrorism unit — and a Sunni imam werekilled in separate attacks in Baghdad.

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The children were a7-month-old boy, a 3-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl, theChicago Tribunereported. The fourthvictim was an adultwoman.

A suspect, believedto be a relative, was

taken into custodyseveral miles away about90 minutes after theshootings, police said.

The two woundedpeople — an adult femaleand an adult male —were in critical conditionat a local hospital,authorities said.

The shooting, whichpolice said was possiblydomestic-related, hap-pened about 4:25 a.m. ina brick bungalow in theMarquette Parkneighborhood onChicago’s southwestside.

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them into Shiite holyshrines.

Two senior Iraqiofficials told TheAssociated Press onWednesday they havearrested two men

allegedly linked to theplan, which shut downthe airport in Najaf fordays and Baghdadairport for hours lastweek.

Two senior US

intelligence officials inWashington confirm-ed the plot but said it’sdoubtful the allegedplotters were very faralong in their planning— or even had theability to carry it out.

The officials saythe plan was aimed atre-igniting sectarianviolence.

All spoke oncondition of anonym-itybecause the investi-gation is ongoing.

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ISLAMABAD, 15 April—Pakistani securityforces killed five militantsin an attack in Orakzaitribal region, northwest ofthe country, local TVchannel reportedThursday.

Security forces usedhelicopters and heavyartillery and targetedcompounds of militants inShereen Darra of LowerOrakzai Agency, theprivate TV Expressreported.

They have securedimportant heights in thearea and have also seizedarms and ammunition.

Troops have takencontrol of most areas ofthe agency and areadvancing towards UpperOrakzai Agency, armysources said.

Security forcesbacked by gunshiphelicopters have killedover 300 Talebanmilitants so far in Orakzaisince late March when thearmy launched a freshoffensive in the agency toflush out Taleban.

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Five militantskilled in NW

Pakistan

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Shanghai longest river tunnel toopen for Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, 15 April—The first phase ofShanghai’s longest rivertunnel has beencompleted constructionand will start operationThursday, two weeksbefore the Shanghai Expoopens on May 1.

The Longyao Roadriver tunnel, 4.04 kmlong, starts from theintersection betweenShilong road andLongwu road in Xuhui

district, goes under theHuangpu River and endsat Chengshan road inPudong district.

The first phase of thetunnel — the sectionbetween the intersectionin Xuhui district andJiyang road in Pudongdistrict — took 25 monthsfor construction, said aspokesman with ShanghaiConstruction Group,builder of the tunnel.TheExpo site, covering 5.28

square kilometers, spansacross the Huangpu Riverand the tunnel would be amajor channel forpassengers getting fromone side of the river to theother, said thespokesman.ShanghaiExpo 2010, with thetheme “Better City, BetterLife”, will run from May1 to Oct. 31 and is expec-ted to attract 70 millionvisitors.

XinhuaChinese President HuJintao (2nd R) poses

for a group phototogether with

Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da

Silva, RussianPresident Dmitry

Medvedev, and IndianPrime Minister

Manmohan Singhduring the first formal

meeting of BRICleaders in

Yekaterinburg,Russia, on 16 June,

2009.XINHUA

�APortraitof Star

FanBingbing

in AHugeRed

Dress.XINHUA

Australian air force planebreakdown during flight

CANBERRA, 15April—Two landing geardoors have separatedfrom the body ofAustralian air force planeduring a training missionover state of Victoria,Australian AssociatedPress reported on

Wednesday.At the time of the

incident, the plane wasairborne in the RoyalAustralian Air Force’sEast Sale Training Area,about 12 kilometerssouthwest of Heyfield.

“Loss of parts from

aircraft during flight isunusual and is currentlyunder investigation byAir Force,” the DefenseDepartment said in astatement.

Recovering the partswould help investigatorsestablish why theydislodged, and the publicwas urged not to touchthe doors should they findthem, spokesman of theDefence Departmentsaid.Heyfield is a town inVictoria, 206 kilometerseast of Melbourne.

Xinhua

A man takes photos of apeony in the sleet in

Luoyang, centralChina’s Henan

Province, on 14 April,2010. A sleet hit

Luoyang onWednesday.—XINHUA

A car suffers engine failure on a flooded street inSanaa, capital of Yemen, on 14 April, 2010. A

heavy rain hit the low rainfall Sanaa onWednesday, causing flooding on the streets.

XINHUA

“East Wind, Rain”premieres in Beijing

BEIJING, 15 April—A portrait of star FanBingbing, wearing a huge red dress, has just beenreleased in advance of the premiere. According tothe costume designer, this extreme colour aims toemphasize the pain of Fan’s character in the film.With a length of 5 metres, the dress was too large totransport by elevator. The cast and crew had to carryit down the stairs to get it outside.

In the film, Fan Bingbing plays a spy duringWWII. In order to fulfill her mission and keep theorganization’s information secret, she sacrificesherself.

Director Liu set the film, which takes place inShanghai, before and after the attack on PearlHarbour. The Shanghai of 1941, as presented in themovie, is filled with spies working for differentcountries and organizations. An Ming, a Chineseagent, works undercover as a pianist in a local pub.He decodes the “East Wind, Rain” message andtries to pass on the information. Director Liu playsAn Ming.The film will hit cinemas on 21 April thisyear.

Xinhua

A model presents acreation of traditionalIndonesian battik inJakarta, capital of

Indonesia, on 14 April,2010.—XINHUA

Hungarian police arrest Americansought on child porn charges

BUDAPEST, 15 April—Hungarian police havearrested an American mansought for the allegedpossession anddistribution of childpornography, local mediareported Wedn-esday.John D. Clark III,age 56, had been soughtby the FBI and Interpol forallegedly possessing childpornography anddistributing the images onthe internet, said Police

Major Jozsef Nahalko.

Clark, Nahalko said,

apparently had been living

in Hungary and working as

an English teacher for at least

a year before his arrest.

Nahalko said that

Clark, who was arrested

Tuesday, had worked

in a Budapest school

where his students

spotted his photo on

FBI website. They did

not report their finding

immediately, giving

Clark the chance to learn

that he had been

recognized and disapp-

ear, Nahalko said.

Police arrested

Clark after getting a tip

concerning his location

from one of his

neighbors.

Hungarian police

have notified the FBI

and turned Clark over

to Interpol for

extradition to the US.

Xinhua

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Alleged Tiger Woods’ mistress arrestedBEIJING, 15 April — Tiger Woods’

alleged mistress, Jaimee Grubbs, 24,was arrested on Wednesday suspicionof driving on a suspended license inWest Hollywoodfor.

West Hollywood Sheriff’s Sgt.Shawn Ruda told PEOPLE thatGrubbs had a 26,000 dollar warrantfor not clearing up the first citation

and bail for this latest arrest will be2,500 dollars.

“She’ll have to pay both amountsif she wants to be released,” Rudasaid.

It was Grubbs’s second time beingcaught for the offense, having beencited for the same crime on 4. Feb.

Xinhua

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MUNICH, 15 April —The SS identity card of90-year-old al legedformer Nazi death campguard John Demjanjukis “authentic ,” anindependent expert toldhis trial in Germany onWednesday.

“You couldn’treproduce somethinglike this, even with state-of-the-art machinery,”expert Anton Dallmayertold the court in Munich,after comparing the cardwith three othersbelieved to be genuine.

“In conclusion Iwould say thatdistinguishing features

Court expert says ‘Nazi guard’ IDcard authentic

on the ID card inquestion match those onthe other ID cards, andthat therefore all in all itcan be considered asauthentic.”

In what is set to beone of the last cases of

its kind, Demjanjuk hasbeen on tr ial s inceNovember, charged withhelping murder 27,900people at the Sobibordeath camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in1943.

With no witnessesable to say they couldremember Demjanjuk,the ID card is theprosecution’s only pieceof concrete evidence itsays l inks him toSobibor. Demjanjukdenies the charges andsays the document is aforgery.

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The SS identity cardof 90-year-old

alleged former Nazideath camp guardJohn Demjanjuk.

Japan’s Honda Motorgives a demonstration

of the company’sprototype model of a

new electric motorcyclecalled the “EV-neo” atthe company’s researchand development center

in Wako, suburbanTokyo. The company

said it initially plans totarget domestic

business customerssuch as pizza delivery

services.INTERNET

A visitor looks at a statue representing KingAkhenaton at an exhibition in Paris. The

Supreme Council of Antiquities has said that atoe belonging to the father of famed boy pharaohTutankhamun has been returned to Egypt nearly

a century after it was stolen.INTERNET

File photo showsa� skydiver from

Salzburg ofAustria performsaerial acrobaticson the plane atthe height of

2000m at Styria,south of Austria.

INTERNET

NATHERLANDS, 15April—The DutchDefense Ministry says amilitary transport planehas picked up 10suspected Somali piratesarrested at sea and is flyingthem to the Netherlandsto await transfer toGermany.

The pirates werearrested April 5 by Dutchspecial forces marineswho slid down ropes froma helicopter to recapturethe seized Germancontainer ship MVTaipan.

Suspected Somali piratesflown to the Netherlands

ANKARA, 15 April— Turkish police impounded225.5 kg of heroin in four separate operations inthe country on Wednesday, the semi-officialAnatolia news agency reported.

In the southeastern province of Gaziantep,police found 72 kg of heroin in a lorry and detainedthe driver, said the agency.

In another three operations in the eastern VanProvince, police confiscated 153.5 kg of heroinand 78.2 kg of hashish and detained six people,said the report.

Turkey is a key transit route for smugglingdrugs from Asia and the Middle East to markets inwestern Europe.

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Turkish police seize largeamount of heroin

The pirates hijackedthe ship earlier in the dayabout 500 miles (800kilometers) east ofSomalia.

They were transferredWednesday from theDutch frigate HMSTromp in Djibouti andwere being flown to amilitary air base in thesouthern Dutch city ofEindhoven.

Germany has issued aEuropean arrest warrantfor the men and plans toprosecute them.

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SINGAPORE, 15 April —Experts in Singapore onWednesday urged the country’s public to use a newthree-in-one vaccine against influenza, which will beavailable late April.

According to Channel NewsAsia reports onWednesday night, local experts said that this is becausethe old vaccines do not work well against newcirculating influenza strains.

“Unfortunately, old vaccinations cannot protectagainst potential circulating new strains and that’swhy we have a new composition in the coming vaccineproduction,” said Professor Leo Yee Sin, clinicaldirector of the country’s Communicable DiseaseCenter.

Leo added that there is a good long time period forpeople to consider to go for vaccination as the comingvaccine production has exactly the same compositionas the year-end production.

Every year, the World Health Organization willpredict the three influenza strains which arepredominant. Manufacturers will then produce newvaccines based on the predictions.

This time round, the three predictions are thepandemic H1N1 strain, a new H3N2 strain, as well asinfluenza type B.

This means it is more cost-effective to use the newvaccine in protecting against influenza strains asopposed to the pandemic H1N1 vaccine ordered by thecountry’s Health Ministry.

With the new vaccine, the old stockpile will not beadequate in protecting the public against influenza.Last year, the Health Ministry ordered 1.3 milliondoses of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine.

Xinhua

Singapore public urged toimmunize with newinfluenza vaccine

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Police arrested a man for leaving his 1-year-oldbaby in a car unattended during the early hours whilehe watched strippers at a nightclub in New Zealand’scapital, and have placed the boy in welfare agencycare.

A passer-by called police after seeing the sleepingbaby in a car parked near the Mermaid Strip Club inWellington about 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Police took the baby to hospital and arrested thefather, 42, after he was located in the club, InspectorSimon Perry said. The man faces a charge of leavinga child under 14 without reasonable supervision,Perry said.

The Child, Youth and Family agency has custodyof the baby for five days while it works with thebaby’s relatives to decide on his future, agencydeputy chief executive Ray Smith said.

New Zealand’s commissioner for children, JohnAngus, said leaving a child alone in a car at night wasan “extreme form of neglect.”

NZ man at strip club leavesbaby in car

A Middle Tennessee horseback rider was jailedafter being charged with running into a crowd ofpeople at the Mule Day festivities in Columbia. Theman, 32, was charged with two counts of recklessendangerment and public intoxication.

According to The Daily Herald of Columbia,witnesses told investigators that the man rode thehorse Saturday into a restricted area that had beenclosed to animal traffic at the county park and wasasking pedestrians for beer. A Maury County sheriff’sreport said the man dismounted and then attempted toget back on, spooking it.

Two people were then hit by the horse, and onerequired hospital treatment. Bond was set at $10,500.

Drunk horseman rides into crowdon Mule Day

At the opening ceremony of a sports meetingof a university in southwest China’s

Chongqing, two young men dress themselvesas characters in the film “Avatar”. The twostudents are supposed to be escorts of theflag-bearer for a college of the university.

Photo taken on 10 April , 2010 shows aninside looking of the Tanzanian Museum in

the African Joint Pavilion in the EXPO Parkin Shanghai, east China. The joint pavilion,

which includes 43 individual museums ofAfrican countries, finished its exhibiting

arrangement on Tuesday.

Albany authorities did a double take when theyarrested a man twice on the same drug charge in oneday. Authorities said a man, 26, was charged withpossession of marijuana around noon on Friday afterpolice pulled him over during a routine traffic stop.He was sent to the Dougherty County Jail and releasedon bond four hours later.

But Bill Berry of the Albany-Dougherty Drug Unitsays police soon received a tip that the man was tryingto set up a drug deal. He said the suspect was arrestedagain at 6:30 p.m. Friday after authorities found himwith two ounces of marijuana on him and charged asecond time with possession of the drug.This time,though, Berry said he stayed in Dougherty County Jailwith no bond.

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LANZHOU, 15 April—China’s most popularmagazine, known as theChinese version of“Reader’s Digest,” willlaunch its first e-bookversion in May in a drive toexpand its circulation, itspublisher announcedWednesday.

The twice-monthlyDuzhe (“Readers”), whichsold an average 4 millioncopies of each edition lastyear, would be available toowners of electronicreaders, said PengChangcheng, generalmanager of ReadersPublishing Media Co. Ltd..

“The launch of an e-book version of ourmagazine is an innovativeattempt to further developour brand and to appeal to awider range of consumers,”Peng told Xinhua.

The display price and

Chinese “Readers’ Digest” to launchelectronic edition

subscription rate of the e-book version, which wouldbe sightly smaller than thetraditional A4 size of themagazine, had yet to befinalized, Peng said.

The magazine, foundedin March 1981 in Lanzhou,capital of northwest China’sGansu Province, is China’sbest-selling magazine,

carrying articles on culture,life and inspirational topics,similar to “Reader’sDigest” in the United States.In 2004, “Readers,” whichis published only inChinese, developed itsoverseas market and beganselling in North America,Europe and Australia.

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A Tokyo Agricultureand Technology (TAT)University postgraduate

student is seendemonstrating the new

power-assist suit forelderly agriculture

workers, developed byTAT professor Shigeki

Toyama. The powerassist suits are said to

reduce the user’sphysical effort by about

62 percent.INTERNET

BEIJING, 15 April—Asreported by the GlobalTimes on March 29 thismystery beast resemblinga chupa-cabra, upper, isseen shortly after itscapture in a village inSuining, SichuanProvince.

A chupacabra (“goat-sucker”), is a legendary,fearsome and possiblymythical beast said to

Tomb of ancientscribe unearthed

in EgyptCAIRO, 15 April—The

Egyptian antiquities chiefsays the elaborate tomb ofan ancient royal scribe hasbeen unearthed.

Wednesday’s state-ment says the intricatelydecorated tomb and coffinof Ken-Amun, who wasthe overseer of the royalrecords during the 19thDynasty (1315-1201 B.C.)was found near Ismailia,75 miles (120 kilometers)east of Cairo.

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Chinese chupacabra mystery solvedinhabit parts of theAmericas and Puerto Rico,but not China nor anywherein Asia. Following the Glo-bal Times report, the DailyTelegraph in Englandclaimed to haveinterviewed a Chinesehunter in Sichuan Provincewho said creatureresembled a bear that hadbeen changed from ahuman, just as in a Sichuan

local legend. However, themystery is solved. KongHuazhen of the DayingForestry Dep-artment,Sichuan rece-ntlyannounced that the mysterycreature is an albino civetcat with a skin disease and“we have let it go.”

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Massive fireball reported acrossMidwestern sky

Authorities in several Midwestern states wereflooded on Wednesday night with reports of a giganticfireball lighting up the sky, the National WeatherService said. The fireball was visible for about 15minutes beginning about 10 pm, said the NationalWeather Service in Sullivan, Wisconsin, just west ofMilwaukee.

“The fireball was seen over the northern sky,moving from west to east,” said the NWS in the QuadCities area, which includes parts of Iowa and Illinois.

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SC I E N C ED A I L Y, 15 Apri l—Tapeworm infections of the brain,which can cause epileptic seizures,appear to be increasing in Mexicoand bordering southwestern states,Loyola University Health Systemresearchers reports.

Mexico, up to 10 percent of thepopulation may have the infection,neurocysticercosis. While manypeople never develop symptoms,neurocysticercosis nevertheless“remains a serious health concern,especially among the poor,” Loyolaresearchers wrote in the journalNeurological Research.

Their article is among severalarticles in the journal’s April issuethat describe neurological infectionsin Latin America. Guest editor is Dr.

Tapeworm brain infection‘serious health concern’

Jaime Belmares, assistant professorin the Division of Infectious Diseases,Loyola University Chicago StritchSchool of Medicine.

Neurocysticercosis is caused by atapeworm found in pigs called Taeniasolium. A person can get infected withthe parasite by eating undercookedpork. That person then can excretetapeworm eggs. The contaminationspreads through food, water orsurfaces contaminated with feces. Aperson can become infected, forexample, by drinking contaminatedwater or putting contaminated fingersin the mouth.

Neurocyst icercosis is mostcommon in poor rural communities indeveloping countries with poorsanitation and hygiene and where pigsare allowed to roam freely and eathuman feces.

Once inside the stomach, thetapeworm egg hatches, travels throughthe bloodstream and ends up in themuscles, brain or eyes. The worm,which can grow to more than one-halfinch long, becomes enveloped in afluid-filled cyst. Cysts in the musclesgenerally don’t cause symptoms.

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Taenia solium

SCIENCEDAILY, 15 April— A cat can recognize aface faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer.That’s one reason a feline brain is the model for abiologically-inspired computer project involving theUniversity of Michigan.

U-M computer engineer Wei Lu has taken astep toward developing this revolutionary type ofmachine that could be capable of learning andrecognizing, as well as making more complex decisionsand performing more tasks simultaneously thanconventional computers can.

Lu previously built a “memristor,” a device thatreplaces a traditional transistor and acts like a biologicalsynapse, remembering past voltages it was subjectedto. Now, he has demonstrated that this memristor canconnect conventional circuits and support a processthat is the basis for memory and learning in biologicalsystems.—Internet

Cat brain: a step toward theelectronic equivalent

A cat can recognize a face faster and moreefficiently than a supercomputer. That’s one

reason a feline brain is the model for abiologically-inspired computer project involving

the University of Michigan.—INTERNET

SCIENCE DAILY, 15 April—Researchers have dis-covered the world’s only known living populationof sibree’s Dwarf Lemur, a rare limur known onlyin eastern Madaascar. The discovery of approxi-mately a thousand of these lemurs was made byMitchell Irwin, a Reseach Associate at Mc Gill Uni-versity, and colleagues from the German PrimateCente in Gotingen Germany; the University ofantananarivo in Madagascar; and the University ofMassachusetts.

The species was first discovered in Mada-gascar in 1896, but this tiny, nocturnal dwarf le-mur was never studied throughout the 20th century.Following the destruction of its only knownrainforest habitat, scientists had no idea whetherthe species still existed in the wild—or evenwhether it was a distinct species. The study will bepublished in the current issue of the Phylogeneticsand Evolution.—Internet

Only known livingpopulation of rare dwarf

lemur discovered

A NASA Global Hawk robotic jet sits in a hangar at Dryden FlightResearch Center in Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on 13 April, 2010. TheAir Force turned over to NASA three Global Hawks, which were designed

for military reconnaissance but equipped with science sensors forconducting atmospheric research over the Pacific. The space agency will

use them for unmanned, long-duration, autonomous research flights.INTERNET

SCIENCEDAILY, 15April—Geraniums mayhold the key to controllingthe devastating Japanesebeetle, which feeds onnearly 300 plant species andcosts the ornamental plantindustry $450 million in

Geraniums could help controldevastating Japanese beetle

damage each year,according to scientists withthe Agricultural ResearchService (ARS).

The beetle, Popillia

japonica Newman, can feaston a wide variety of plants,including ornamentals,soybean, maize, fruits andvegetables. But within 30minutes of consuminggeranium petals, the beetlerolls over on its back, itslegs and antennae slowlytwitch, and it remainsparalyzed for several hours.The beetles typically recoverwithin 24 hours whenparalyzed under laboratoryconditions, but they oftensuccumb to death under fieldconditions after predatorsspot and devour the beetleswhile they are helpless.

ARS entomologistChris Ranger at theagency’s ApplicationTechnology Research Unitin Wooster, Ohio, isworking on developing away to use geraniums tocontrol the beetles.

Internet

ARS scientists havediscovered that

geraniums could beuseful in helping

control the Japanesebeetle, a costly pestthat feeds on nearly300 plant species.—

INTERNET

The new T. Rex: a leech withan affinity for noses

This single jaw of Tyrannobdella rex was takenwith a stereomicrograph and showing large teeth.

Scale bar is 100 micrometers.—INTERNET

SCIENCEDAILY, 15 April— The new T. rex hasferociously large teeth lining a single jaw. But its lengthis less than 2 inches. Tyrannobdella rex, which meanstyrant leech king, is a new species of blood sucker thatlives in the remote parts of the Upper Amazon. Althoughits regular host remains unknown, it was discoveredthree years ago in Perú when a 44.5 millimeter leech wasplucked from the nose of a girl who had recently beenbathing in a river. The new species, described in PLoSONE, has led to revising the group of leeches that has ahabit of feeding from body orifices of mammals.

“Because of our analysis of morphology and DNA,we think that Tyrannobdella rex is most closely relatedto another leech that gets into the mouths of livestockin Mexico,” says Anna Phillips, a graduate studentaffiliated with the American Museum of Natural Historyand the first author of the paper.—Internet

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Thingyan lovers merrily...(from page 1)

Revellers participated in

Maha Thingyan WaterFestival at pandals of

private companies of

national race

entrepreneurs. Water

throwing pandal of Shwe

FM family and Myanmar

International TV waspacked with merry-

makers who enjoyed

performances of artistes

and tasted free foods at

the pandal.

East Shwegondine,

Kaba Aye Pagoda, U Chit

Maung and Pyay Roads,

and downtown Yangon

were filled with Thingyan

lovers.

Devotees were doingmeritorious deeds at

pagodas, temples and

monasteries in Yangon.

Free foods were offered

to all in wards and houses

in an accord with

Myanmar Tradition.M a n d a l a r i a n

Thingyan lovers,

preserving fine tradition

of Myanmar, celebrated

Maha Thingyan Akyat

Day happily with

Township in the

afternoon, avoiding the

risk of high temperature.

Pandals in Amarapura

Township were also filled

with revellers who

gathered there to enjoy

entertainments of artistes.

In the evening,decorated floats were

(See page 9)

organized manners.

C e l e b r a t i e s

entertained the merry-

makers at Mandalay

Mayor’s Maha Thingyan

Pandal on 26th Roadwhere was crowded with

revellers. Among the

spectators, the mayor and

wife enjoyed the

performances.

The Mandalarian

Thingyan lovers moved

to Mandalay Hill and

Kuthodaw Garden in

Mandalay and U Pein

Bridge in Amarapura

Ambassadors, military attaché and embassy staff of foreign missions inMyanmar participate in Maha Thingyan at Pandal of Amara Hotel in

Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone on Thingyan Akyat Day.—MNA

Ambassadors, military attaché and embassy staff of foreign missions inMyanmar enjoy performance of Yein troupes at Nay Pyi Taw Mayor's

Maha Thingyan Pandal on Thingyan Akyat Day.MNA

Celebrities entertain

merry-makers with

songs at National

Landmarks Garden

(Nay Pyi Taw) on

Maha Thingyan

Akyat Day.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Fountain Garden packed with merry-makers on Thingyan Akyat Day.—MNA

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Thingyan lovers merrily... (from page 8)scrutinized at the

Mandalay Mayor’s

Pandal where the

celebrities performed

Thingyan songs and

dances. Mandalay Mayor

Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han

and wife Daw Moe Thida,

guests and Thingyan

lovers watched the

performance of the artistes

and decorated floats.

Rakhine State

celebrated the ThingyaAkyat Day at Central

Pandal in Sittway and

other pandals.—MNA

Thingyan lovers at a pandal on East Shwegondine Road in Yangon onThingyan Akyat Day.—MNA

A celebrity presents entertainment torevellers on Latha Street in Yangon on

Thingyan Akyat Day.MNA

Merry-makers merrily take part in Water Festival in Sittway ofRakhine State on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day.—MNA

Revellers crowding on Kandawgyi ring road in Mandalay on MahaThingyan Akyat Day.—MNA

Water throwing pandals in downtown

Yangon swarming with revellers on

Thingyan Akyat Day.

MNA

Crowds of revellers gathering around south-

ern moat at the corner of 66th street and

26th street in Mandalay on Maha Thingyan

Akyat Day.

MNA

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Expose and ward off destroyers of Thingyan beauty with public force

It was Maha Thingyan Akyat Day, a summerafternoon on the 15th of April 2010.

Yangon was lively with the beauty of thetraditional water festival, the whole cityreverberating with the sound of funs, laughs, songsand music of the pandals and merry-makers.

At that time, bad news occurred. “Three bombswent off in Kandawgyi!” “People were killed!There were cries, tears and blood all around thescene! It was like hell! What a brutal act! It’s sosorrowful! Parents are grieving for their dead orinjured children! Why even in Thingyan? So crueland evil is the crime!”

Suddenly, the bad news had tarnished thebeautiful image of Yangon Maha Thingyan. I feltabsolutely shocked to hear the news visualizing thescene of confusion and blood with so much sadnessin heart. Imagine, how worried would be the parentsabout the children enjoying the festival? I fullysympathize with them.

As for Myanmar people, Maha Thingyan isone of the most significant and sublime seasonalfestivals. It is a traditional festival Myanmarpeople value, cherish and enjoy most. It is alsothe most joyful occasion. And this is a commonknowledge.

As the happiness is at its height so also is thereligious solemnity during the festival. It is also areligious occasion where people do meritoriousdeeds in accord with Buddhist faith. Thingyanmarks the end of the old year and the start of a newyear. People try to wash away impurities of theold year with Atar or Thingyan water and enter theNew Year together with lots of pious deeds. It isa cultural heritage of the Myanmar people whowish the entire World peace and prosperity andhealth and happiness with the belief that the

pleasant Thingyan water brings loving kindnessand good omen.

In addition to merry-making, dances and songs,people free birds and fishes, serve food to othersfree of charge, take Sabbath practise vipassara.They bathe and manicure the aged and wash theirhair. It is an auspicious time people choose to doonly the meritorious deeds. These are all thesignificant characteristics of Thingyan valued andcherished not only by Myanmar but also by theworld.

In view of a nation or a race, it is anauspicious occasion with new strengths for thewhole nation as we hope that progress and successwill come in the new year after passing through andovercoming all difficulties and hardships of the oldyear. This is why the Maha Thingyan is an importanttraditional festival which is significant and noblefor our nation and people.

In this Maha Thingyan Festival respected notonly by Myanmar but also by the world, thegovernment set 10 days for the Maha Thingyanholiday in order that every Myanmar citizen couldtake part in the festival freely and peacefully. Thisis the most significant point of the Thingyan Festival,compared with other seasonal festivals.

If one is really a Myanmar citizen, oneloves the Thingyan and feels happy on thisoccasion. It is natural that when the Thingyannears, we are completely obsessed with it. Nomatter where we are, we like to go back to ourhome and place when the Thingyan nears. Wetry as much as possible to go come home tohappily participate in our traditional Thingyan.Myanmar and the Thingyan are inseparable.And it is true that we never try to weaken thespirit of loving the Thingyan.

However, the image of the charming Myanmartraditional Maha Thingyan has been stained withthree bombs that exploded in a row among thepublic taking part in the festival peacefully andinnocently. According to sources, the bombs wentoff in front of a water-throwing pandal on theKandawgyi ring road, killing 8 people and injuring170 others. How disgusting it was to see and hearthe incident! It is a sheer tragedy. How cruel it wasof terrorist groups to damage even the MahaThingyan Festival we Myanmar people regard asnoble. How cold-blooded were they to massacre theinnocent people taking part in the festival happilyand peacefully with grudge and hatred.

In reality, attacking those participating in the

Kyaw Ye Min

traditional Thingyan happily and peacefully withthe bombs is an insult to the people. It is aninhumane act. Because of such subversive acts,we the people abhor and loath the terroristinsurgents. On the one hand, we are mourning thecausalities of innocent people and on the other, weabhor a group of brutal terrorists.

Indeed, terrorist insurgents usually hidethemselves in disguise among the people. Wecannot identify the terrorists easily. This is whythey are brazenly committing subversive acts bysliding into the crowds of ordinary people indisguise. All the people need to be vigilant againstit, and are to pay attention to expose thedestructionists, who are making attempts toundermine peace and stability and development ofthe State, and to thwart their destructive acts. It isimportant that only when all the entire peopleconscientiously participate in the preventivemeasures against the destructive acts, will successbe achieved completely wording off terrovists ina short time. Moreover, it can be said that it is animportant duty for ensuring security of lives andproperty of the entire people.

Such terrorist attacks were merely intendedto tarnish the Myanmar Traditional Maha ThingyanFestival and intentionally insult the public.Therefore, the people are to be vigilant against thedanger of destructionists and to help expose them.In order to arrest the terrorists who insulted thepublic, tarnished the image of Myanmar TraditionalMaha Thingyan Festival and killed or woundedover 170 innocent people in the incident, I wouldlike to urge all the entire Myanmar people to dutifullyhelp expose the terrorists and to inform theauthorities if they find anything suspicious in time.

******Translation: TMT+ST+TTA

Attacking those partici-pating in the traditionalThingyan happily andpeacefully with the bombs is aninsult to the people. It is aninhumane act. Because of suchsubversive acts, we the peopleabhor and loath the terroristinsurgents.

Terrorist insurgents usuallyhide themselves in disguise amongthe people. We cannot identifythe terrorists easily. This is whythey are brazenly committingsubversive acts by sliding into thecrowds of ordinary people indisguise.

Bomb blasts kill eight, injure 170Y A N G O N , 1 5

A p r i l — A s e r i e s o f

t h r e e b o m b b l a s t soccurred in front of

X2O p a n d a l o n

Kandawgyi ring road

i n M i n g a l a

T a u n g n y u n t T o w n -

ship, here, at about 3

p m t o d a y , l e a v i n g

eight dead and 170

i n n o c e n t m e r r y -

makers — 125 men and

45 women — injured.It was reported that

those hearing the bad

news found the incidents

absolutely repugnant as

such terrorist attacks in

Thingyan Festival were

merely intended to

tarnish Myanmar

traditional culture, and

insult the public; that the

injured were rushed to

Yangon General

Hospital; and that those

responsible are trying to

expose the bombers.Authorities later today

announced that revellers

in various regions

(See page 11) The injured being rushed to hospitals with the help of officials.—MNA

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LOS ANGELES, 15 April—NASA’s Cassini spacecraft completed its doubleflyby this week, swinging by Saturn’s moons Titan and Dione with nomaneuver in between, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said Monday.

The spacecraft has beamed back stunning raw images of fractured terrainand craters on Dione, a moon that had only been visited once before by Cassini,the JPL said in a press release. Cassini obtained fewer images of Titan thanexpected as an unexpected autonomous reset occurred during the flyby, but thecameras were reset before reaching Dione, which was the primary target on thisdouble flyby, according to the release. Cassini had made three previous doubleflybys and another two are planned in the years ahead. The mission is nearingthe end of its first extension, known as the Equinox Mission. It will begin itssecond mission extension, known as the Solstice Mission, in October 2010, therelease said.—Xinhua

NASA spacecraft successfully passes Saturn’s moons

(from page 10)

around the nationincluding Nay Pyi Taw,Yangon, and Mandalayare to remain vigilantagainst potentialatrocities, to helpexpose terrorists and to

Bomb blasts kill…inform authorities ifthey find anythingsuspicious as terroristsin disguise stay amongordinary people tocommit destructiveacts.

MNA

Officials providing necessary assistance to bomb blast victims at Yangon GeneralHospital.— MNA

Officials clearing the scene in front of X2OPandal in Mingala Taungnyunt Township

after the bomb blast.— MNA

Oxford, 14 April—Taking an aspirin canreduce the pain of amigraine headachewithin two hours forover 50% of people,research says.

The results comefrom a CochraneSystematic Reviewusing data from 13studies.

Researchers foundthat a single dose ofaspirin also reducesnausea, vomiting andsensitivity to light orsound - other symptomsof a migraine.

But experts stressaspirin can cause sideeffects and somepeople will still need torely on migraine

Aspirin can reduce migraine symptompain, review says

medication.In the review,

which looked at thedata from 4,222p a r t i c i p a n t s ,researchers found thatsevere or moderatemigraine headachepain was completelyrelieved in one in fourpeople.

This happenswithin two hours, bytaking a single dose of900-1000mg aspirinalone.

In comparison, onein 10 had complete painrelief taking placebo.

And for one in twopeople, the headachepain was reduced to noworse than mild pain,compared to one in

three taking placebo.Researchers also

found that acombination of aspirinplus an antiemetic,which stops peoplefeeling sick, wasparticularly good atreducing the migrainesymptoms of nauseaand vomiting.Although it did notproduce any greaterpain relief.

Co-author of thestudy, Sheena Derry, whoworks in pain research atthe John RadcliffeHospital in Oxford, saidthe use of aspirin wouldnot be an effectivetherapy for everyonewith acute migraineattacks.—Internet

Many migraine

sufferers choose

to use over the

counter

medicines.

INTERNET

Japanese whale meat ‘being sold in US and Korea’LOS ANGELES, 14

April— Scientists saythey have found clearproof that meat fromwhales captured underJapan’s whalingprogramme is being soldin US and Koreaneateries.

The researchers saythey used geneticfingerprinting toidentify meat takenfrom a Los Angelesrestaurant as comingfrom a sei whale soldin Japan.

They say thediscovery proves thatan illegal trade inprotected species stillexists.

Whale meat wasalso allegedly found atan unnamed Seoulsushi restaurant.

Commercial whal-ing has been frozen byan inter-national mora-

torium since 1986.But a controversial

exemption allows Japanto kill several hundredwhales each year forwhat is termed scientificresearch.—Internet

A customer shops atthe TerraCycle GreenUp Shop in New York,on 13 April, 2010. The

shop featuresTerraCycle’s full lineof over 100 productsliterally made from

common wastematerials such as chipbags, food wrappers,

yogurt cups, gluebottles and writing

instruments.XINHUA

US prosecutors filed charges against theowners of a Californian restaurant.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (1014)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (1014) are hereby notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 17.4.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING (MALAYSIA)AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (059)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMAVOY NO (059) are hereby notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 17.4.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




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Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RESTUVOY NO (021) are hereby notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 19.4.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Dust from volcano closes airportsGLASGOW, 15 April — All flights to and from Scotland’s airports

have been grounded as a plume of volcanic ash drifts across muchof northern Europe. Dust from the eruption in Iceland presents aserious risk to aircraft. Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airportshave been shut and five EasyJet flights due to depart from StanstedAirport were cancelled.

Search and rescue helicopters are still able to fly as long as theydo not need to rely on instruments. A BAA spokeswoman said:“Following advice from the Met Office, the National Air TrafficService (NATS) has introduced restrictions to UK airspace thismorning as a result of volcanic ash drifting across the United King-dom from Iceland.

“These measures currently affect Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glas-gow airports which are closed but may also affect other parts of theUK later today.”Passengers intending to fly today are asked to con-tact their airline for further information and should expect disrup-tion in the coming hours.”—Internet

Scientists to createbabies with three parents

LONDON , 15 April — ‘What we’vedone is like changing the battery on alaptop’. Babies with three biological par-ents could be conceived within three yearsas a result of research that could stop chil-dren from inheriting severe diseases. Sci-entists at Newcastle University, in Eng-land, have grown human embryos aftermerging DNA from two fertilised eggs,with a technique that could soon be usedto prevent serious genetic disorders thataffect 100 children in Britain a year.

The aim is to correct faulty “cellularbatteries”, mitochondria, which can causefatal heart, liver, neurological and mus-cle conditions, by replacing them withhealthy ones from a donated embryo. Achild would inherit genetic material fromthree parents. The mother and fatherwould supply 99.8pc of its DNA, with asmall amount from another woman, themitochondrial donor.

Internet

Mother left in car park ascouple head off to France

DOVER, 15 April — A couple alerted police at oneof Britain’s busiest ports after accidentally leaving theirelderly mother behind in a car park at Dover whiletaking a ferry trip to France. The pair made an urgentcall to the Port of Dover Police after discovering mid-way across the Channel that their relative was still sit-ting in the vehicle in the multi-storey car park.

Officers managed to locate the woman and gaveher a drink, before her flustered relatives, who arethought to be from Merseyside, returned to collect heraround four hours later. The incident warranted a spe-cial mention in the Port of Dover Police’s monthlyreport for March.

The document reads: “And finally, an unusual tel-ephone request for assistance was received in the Po-lice Control Room from a couple who were on boarda ferry that had just left Dover advising that they hadforgotten that their elderly mother was still in theircar that they had parked in the multi-storey car parkahead of their day trip.—Internet

A ferry at the port of Dover. A British man acciden-tally left his ageing mother-in-law in a Dover ferryport car park and only realised half way across to

France, police said.—INTERNET

All flights

fromScotland

have beengrounded

as a

precau-tion.—

INTERNET

A model (R) touches the face of a hu-manoid robot called “Geminoid-F” (L)at a Press conference in Osaka. Japa-nese researchers said they have devel-oped a humanoid robot that can laughand smile as it mimics a person’s facial expressions.—INTERNET

Burnt-out neutron stars retain sparks of life

‘Scaffolding’ for cells mayhelp fix brains

LONDON, 15 April — It may soon be possible torepair damage to the human brain by reactivating stemcells within the body that can grow on specially con-structed “biological scaffolding” inserted into the brain,scientists say. The hope is that the brain could be re-generated in the same way that tissue can regrow inanimals such as salamanders and fish where nervesare capable of repairing themselves in the same waythe human body can repair skin or bone.

Mike Modo, of the Institute of Psychiatry in Lon-don, said that medical scaffolds made of syntheticallymade biological materials inserted into the brain couldprovide the structural framework for naturally exist-ing stem cells to repair damaged regions caused bystrokes or trauma. “If we have damage to the brain,we are trying to put biomaterials in there to provide astructure for these cells to attach and to start formingconnections between each other and eventually, hope-fully, to regenerate the tissue that has been lost,” DrModo said.—Internet

The cooling of this neutron starhas given astronomers a new in-sight into its life.— INTERNET

“crash and burn”. Things start tocool, that pulsar beat doesn’t hitthe right note and they’re washedup on the outer edges of universeshowbiz.

But all is not lost. Two spacescientists, dubbed the “SimonCowells of astronomy,” are set toreveal today that neutron starsmay have career-saving, un-tapped hidden depths. Dr WynnHo of the University of South-ampton and Dr Craig Heinke, ofthe University of Alberta,Canada, will share observationsof the youngest-known neutronstar’s cooling over the past dec-ade, at the National AstronomyMeeting 2010 annual conferencein Glasgow this week.—Internet

EDINBURGH, 15 April — It allstarted so well – fast cars, fasterwomen, smashing up hotelrooms. But like many a youngrock star, eventually neutron stars

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Online sites win journalism firstsat Pulitzers

NEW YORK, 15 April—ProPublica, in an historicfirst for online journalism,won a coveted PulitzerPrize on Monday forinvestigative reportingabout controversial deathsat a New Orleans medicalcentre following HurricaneKatrina.

The chronicle ofdecisions by doctors caringfor patients stranded by theflood, written by Sheri Finkof ProPublica incollaboration with The newyork times magazine,marked the first time an

online service won a topjournalism award givenannually by the PulitzerPrize Board at ColumbiaUniversity.

The nonprofitProPublica is considered bysome to be a new model forjournalism as strugglingfor-profit outlets have fewerresources to put towardsinvestigative reporting. TheTimes magazine publishedthe Hurricane Katrinapiece.

“This is somethingwe’re going to see more ofin the years ahead as there’s

more and morecollaboration of newsentities when it comes toenterprise journalism,” SigGissler, administrator of theprizes, said in announcingthe winners.

In another online first,www.sfgate.com, thewebsite of the SanFrancisco Chronicle, wonfor editorial cartooning.The award for the animatedcartoons by Mark Fioremarked the first time anInternet-based entry wonin that category.

Internet

Michelle McGee says “sorry” toSandra Bullock

BEIJING, 15 April —The tattoo modelMichelle “Bombshell”McGee apologized toOscar winner SandraBullock in a interviewwith AUSTRALIAN TVshow Today TonightTuesday.

It was all started when

McGee gave an interviewto In Touch Weekly andtalked publicly about heraffair with Jesse James.

McGee said sheunderstands what Bullockis “going through.” “Shemust be hurt, devastated,upset, embarrassed,” sheadds. “I’m sorry for her

embarrassment and pain.I do feel really bad aboutit.”

“I want to give her aheartfelt apology,”McGee said. “I’m sorryfor her embarrassmentand her pain. I do feelreally bad about it.” She’dlike to tell Sandra, “I’msorry all this is public.”

Moreover, McGeeblamed Jesse James forclaiming he was separatedfrom Bullock. “I feel likeI was duped just as muchas Sandra was. I feel like Iwas lied to just as much asshe was,” she said. “IfJesse was upfront with mein the beginning, wewouldn’t be in thissituation.”—Internet

Sandra Bullock holdsher Oscar for best

actress in “The BlindSide” as she arrives with

her husband JesseJames (L) at the 2010

Vanity Fair Oscar partyin West Hollywood,

California on 7 March2010.

INTERNET

China

National

Offshore Oil

Corporation’s

(CNOOC) oil

rig in

China’s

Bohai Sea.

INTERNET

Two dead after stabbing rampagenear S China school

BEIJING , 15 April—A mentally ill man wenton a stabbing rampageafter students left a nearbyelementary school, killinga second grader and anelderly passer-by andwounding five others, agovernment web site saidTuesday, in the secondrandom attack onschoolchildren in threeweeks.

The attack onMonday afternoon inHepu County of southernChina’s Guangxi regionhappened not long afterclasses were dismissed atthe Xizhen ElementarySchool, according to a

statement on the web siteof Beihai city, whichoversees Hepu.

The attacker, whomthe official XINHUA NEWS

AGENCY said was about 40years old, was about aquarter-mile (400 meters)away from the school,chasing people andstabbing them. He wasdetained by police afterthe attack, XINHUA said,but gave no other details,such as his name ormotive.

The woundedincluded two elementaryschool students, a youngerchild not yet in school andtwo other passers-by, the

Beihai statement said.They were hospitalizedand one was in seriouscondition.

The attacks comeafter a crime that shockedChina on March 23, whena former medical workerstabbed eight children todeath as they stood outsidethe gates of theirelementary school insouthern Fujian province.Zheng Minshengreportedly said in courtthat he had been rejectedby a woman and treatedunfairly by her wealthyfamily, and admitted to"killing” the children.

Internet

Shell gets key Alaska permit forBeaufort drilling

ALASKA, 15 April—Royal Dutch Shell Plc hasbeen granted a long-awaited federal air-qualitypermit the oil companyneeds to conductexploratory drilling thisyear in Alaska’s BeaufortSea, government officialssaid late on Friday.

The US EnvironmentalProtection Agency issuedthe permit to Shell to coverair pollutants emitted fromthe drill ship and fleet ofsupport vessels that thecompany plans to mobilizeto drill two exploratorywells on leases 16 to 22miles offshore from

Alaska’s northern coast.The Beaufort Sea

permit — which Shell hasbeen seeking for nearlyfour years — was granteda week after the EPAissued a similar permit forthe company’s planneddrilling operations this yearin the Chukchi Sea offAlaska’s northwesterncost.

The permit requiresShell to use technologicaladvances, ultra-low-sulfurdiesel fuel and to committo other protectivemeasures, EPA officialssaid in a statement.

“This permit ensures

that exploration anddrilling will occur in a waythat protects air quality,”Rick Albright, director ofthe air, waste and toxicsissues for EPA’s Seattleregional office, said in astatement.

The Beaufort permitis an important milestone,a Shell spokesman inAnchorage said, after thecompany spent $84 millionon its Beaufort Sea leasesand intends to drillprospects there calledSivulliq and Torpedo thatare known to containhydrocarbons.

Internet

Former “TheTonight Show” host

Conan O’Brienperforms at the Hult

Center for thePerforming Arts inEugene, Ore., on 12

April, 2010.INTERNET

TIJUANA, 15 April—A former police officer inthe Baja California city ofRosarito has beendetained along withanother man whileallegedly unloadingmarijuana from a boat ona beach.

The Mexican armysays Mario HerreraSanchez was caught bysoldiers as he and an 18-year-old suspect unloaded

Mexican army says ex-cop caught unloading

pot load82 pounds (37 kilograms)of marijuana. It says theyalso had two pistols and asmall amount of cocaine.

An army statementreleased Monday saysHerrera Sanchez workedfor the Tijuana-basedArellano Felix cartel andis suspected of havingcarried out killings,kidnappings, drugtrafficking and attacks onpolice.—Internet

Apollo 13 crewmember Captain

James A. Lovell, Jr.poses for the media

during a 40thAnniversary reunionof the moon missionin the Shoot for theMoon exhibit at theAdler Planetarium,on 12 April , 2010,

in Chicago.INTERNET

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S P O R T SO’Neill concedes defeat over

Champions League bid

Mbia extends Marseille title lead,Bordeaux hopes fade

Champions-elect Rangersheld by 10-man United

Dementieva to spearheadRussian Fed Cup team against US

Wozniacki advancesin Charleston amidrash of retirements

CHARLESTON, 15 April—Top-seeded CarolineWozniacki, coming off atriumph at Ponte VedraBeach on Sunday, held offCzech Barbora ZahlavovaStrycova, 6-4, 6-1, in herFamily Circle Cup opener.Wozniacki was down abreak and trailing 3-4 in theopening set, but broke backto level the frame.

The world number twofrom Denmark then heldserve in a game that wentto deuce three times, andbroke again to pocket theset.—Internet

Aston Villa’s John Carew (centre)and Everton’s Sylvain Distin compete

for the ball during their PremierLeague match at Villa Park in

Birmingham. The match ended ina 2-2 draw.—INTERNET

BIRMINGHAM, 15 April—MartinO’Neill admits Aston Villa are almostcertain to miss out on a place in theChampions League after being held to a2-2 draw by Everton.

O’Neill’s team created a host offirst-half chances but needed a late owngoal from Everton defender Phil Jagielkato salvage a point at Villa Park onWednesday.

Villa have now drawn six of their pastseven Premier League matches at homeand they lie seven points behind fourthplaced Manchester City with five gamesto play.

The result didn’t do much forEverton’s hopes of qualifying for theEuropa League either.

O’Neill said: “Maybe a point did not

Rangers coach WalterSmith, Rangers may haveto wait longer than theywould like to wrap up theScottish Premier Leaguetitle after being held to a0-0 draw by 10-manDundee United on Wednesday.

INTERNET

DUNDEE, 15 April—Rangers may have to waitlonger than they wouldlike to wrap up the Scot-tish Premier League titleafter being held to a 0-0

draw by 10-man DundeeUnited on Wednesday.

If Walter Smith’s teamhad beaten United theywould have been able toclaim the championshipwith another victory overHearts on Sunday, butthey now need Celtic todrop points againstHibernian 24 hours earlierfor that to happen.

The Ibrox club are 11points clear of secondplaced Celtic and are cer-tain to retain the title, butthey will be disappointednot to have killed offUnited at Tannadice afterMihael Kovacevic’s sec-ond half dismissal.

Internet

Marseille’s midfielder StephaneMbia (R) reacts after scoring a goal

during the French L1 footballmatch Sochaux vs Marseille at the

Auguste Bonal stadium inMontbeliard, eastern France.Marseille won 1-0.—INTERNET

Wigan remain in trouble afterPortsmouth stalemate

Wigan’s Spanish man-ager Roberto Martinez,

Wigan remain in therelegation dogfight afterbeing held to a 0-0 drawby already-relegated FA

Cup finalistsPortsmouth at the DWStadium on Wednes-

day.—INTERNET

PARIS, 15 April—A late goal byStephane Mbia boosted Marseille’s hopesof a first French title since 1992 onWednesday as they edged Sochaux 1-0.

As Marseille could end up with twotrophies this season, Bordeaux, the teamthey beat in the League Cup final, hopesof retaining their league crown were al-most extinguished with a 2-1 defeat byrelegation-threatened Le Mans.

Marseille lead second-placed Auxerreby five points with four matches remain-ing, while Bordeaux - who only a monthago had the possibility of winning threetrophies this season - are nine points adriftwith a game in hand.—Internet

Platini hits out at free-spendingEuropean clubs

BRUSSELS, 15 April—UEFA president Michel Platinion Wednesday slammed the free-spending attitude ofEuropean football clubs, notably in the English Pre-mier League, which he claims is destroying the sport.

And the former France international said the onlyway to save the sport was to return to old-fashionedeconomics of not spending more than you earn.

“Everywhere that football was managed in a fash-ion of unbridled liberalism, its financial health is threat-ened,” Platini told the European Union’s Committeeof the Regions.

“In many cases, professional clubs, the property ofprivate investors, have had to beg aid from local au-thorities or regions to avoid bankruptcy.”—Internet

WIGAN, 15 April—Wigan remain in the rel-egation dogfight afterbeing held to a 0-0 drawby already-relegated FACup finalists Portsmouthat the DW Stadium onWednesday.

Roberto Martinez’ss ide are f ive pointsclear of the PremierLeague’s bottom threebut still have tough fix-tures to play and maylive to regret failing todefeat under-strengthPompey.

Just four days aftersecuring a second FACup final appearance inthree years, Pompeyboss Avram Grant made

eight changes to the teamthat beat Tottenham inthe semi-final on Sundayand was only able toname four substitutes.

Internet

suit either team in terms of our respec-tive aspirations, Everton in terms of Eu-ropean football and ourselves in termsof something higher.—Internet

We’ve blown title bid, says Wenger asSpurs beat Arsenal

LONDON, 15 April—Arsene Wenger conceded Arsenal’s PremierLeague title dreams had been shattered by their 2-1 defeat to northLondon rivals Tottenham.

Wednesday’s loss at White Hart Lane leaves Wenger’s side sixpoints adrift of leaders Chelsea with just four games remaining andwhile the Gunners manager insists his team will not give up thefight, he accepts that realistically their chance has gone.

Having clawed their way back into contention on several occa-sions during the season, Wenger believes his young side’s lack ofmaturity ultimately cost them dearly against the top teams.

“We lost a game we couldn’t afford to lose in the title race andthat shows we are not mature enough,” he said.

“If you want to win the title this is the kind of game you can’tlose.—Internet

Tottenham Hotspurs Danny Rose(centre) celebrates scoring his goal

against Arsenal with teammatesBenoit Assou-Ekotto (left) and TomHuddlestone during their PremierLeague match at White Hart Lane

in London. Tottenham won 2-1.INTERNET

Brilliant Barca crush Depor to gosix clear in Spanish league

Barcelona’s forwardPedro Rodriguez cel-ebrates after scoringgainst Deportivo Corunaduring their SpanishLeague football match atCamp Nou stadium inBarcelona. Barca won

3-0.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 15 April—Russian Fed Cup andDavis Cup skipper ShamilTarpishchev named onWednesday his squad forthe Fed Cup semi-finalwith the United States on24-25 April.

Elena Dementieva,who is currently sixth inthe WTA rankings, willspearhead the injury-de-

pleted Russian team in theclash against the hosts.

Anastasia Pavlyu-chenkova, 30th in theworld, YekaterinaMakarova and AllaKudryavtseva, who are62nd and 78th in the WTArankings respectively,were also selected.

“Too many of our lead-ing players are injured,”Tarpishchev said.

Internet

MADRID, 15 April—Barcelona followed uptheir impressive win overReal Madrid five nightsago with a convincing3-0 home win overDeportivo La Coruna onWednesday to go sixpoints clear of Real at LaLiga summit.

After scoring againstReal, winger PedroRodriguez was on thescoresheet again with afantastic second halfstrike from 45 yards outin the pick of the goalsafter Bojan Krkic hadopened the scoring on thequarter hour mark. YayaToure netted the othergoal in a comfortablenight for the champions.

It was a seventh suc-cessive league win forBarca who are six pointsclear with six games leftalthough Real Madrid canclose back to within threepoints with a win atAlmeria on Thursday.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Kachin and Shan States, upperSagaing Division, weather has been partly cloudy inChin, Rakhine and Mon States, Mandalay, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingaeras. Day temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above Aprilaverage temperatures in Kachin, Kayah, Kayin andRakhine States, (5°C) to (6°C) above April averagetemperatures in Shan and Chin States, Sagaing , Mandalay,Magway and Yangon Divisions, (7°C) above April averagetemperatures in Taninthayi Division and about Aprilaverage temperatures in the remaining States andDivisions. The significant day temperatures were Chauk(44.0°C), Minbu and Magway (43.5 °C)each, Monywa,Mandalay and Aunglan (43°C) each .The noteworthyamount of rainfall recorded were Machanbaw (0.28) inchand Putao (0.16) inch.

Maximum temperature on 14 -4-2010 was 102°F.Minimum temperature on 15-4-2010 was 77°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-4-2010 was 65 %.Total sun shine hours on 14-4-2010 was (10.0) hours.

Rainfall o n 15-4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1- 1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom West at (21:30) hours MST on 14-4-2010.

Bay Lnference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and the Bay Bengal

Forecast valid until evening of 16th April 2010:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inKachin, Chin, Shan and Rakhine State s, Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions, weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain or thundershowers in the Southern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for16-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for16-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for16-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

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Fan of Serbian Soccer ClubShot During Brawl

BELGRADE,15April—Serbian police say a fanof soccer club Red StarBelgrade has been shotand seriously woundedin a brawl during amatch against a rivalclub.

Police say 21-year-old Igor Vrelic was shotin the abdomen duringa local match betweenRed Star and OFKBeograd late Wedn-esday.

The incident did notinterrupt the game,which Red Star laterwon.Doctors saidThursday that Vrelic isin stable condition afterundergoing surgery.

Serbia isexperiencing a surge infan violence. LastSeptember, extremistsfatally beat a FrenchToulouse fan ahead of aEuropa League match inBelgrade.—Internet

In this 11 April, 2010 photo, John Poniske holds

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4th Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Friday, 16 April, 2010

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

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

We favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

Use natural fertilizer to prevent environmental pollutionByline: Singu Soe Win; Photos: Phyo Sithu (Insein)

D e v e l o p m e n ttasks of Bago aresignificant and bewitchour news hunters’ mindto observe. We theremade a study of watersupply system,beautifying the town andremanufacture ofvaluable natural organicfertilizer from wastesand rubbishes.

Bago is composedof 31 wards. Due totourists observingancient historicpagodas, ancient palace(Kambawza Thadi) andmuseums, and standingat a short distance from

Yangon, Bago isswarming with peopledaily.

It is reliable that theTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee isforging ahead with plansfor requirements of Bagobusying itself with dailyvisitors and locals.

Water is obtained bydamming Thephyu creekflowing from Bago Yomaand collecting rains. Thenit was stored inKandawgyi Lake aboutfive miles northwest of thetown, from which thewater is supplied todowntown Bago through

water pipelines.Existence of water

supply system of Bago haspassed many decades,supplying water to 12wards, 59 lakes, 42emergency taps, 52 publicwater posts and 1296private water posts through18-, 14- and 12-inchdiameter pipeline as of1924.

Deputy Director ofBago DevelopmentAffairs Committee U TunMyaing said, “Dailywater requirement ofBago is 1,542,000gallons. More than onemillion gallons of water

are being supplied dailyto 31 wards. There is noneed to worry any longerabout water for MazinDam about three mileswest of Bago has beentranslated as reservewater source.”

Chief Engineer ofBago DAC U Aung KyawLu and Assistant EngineerU Lay Lwin explained thatthe Township DAC hadtarmacked on 24 roads andbuilt an earth road, fiverural roads and one tarredroad. And one bridge hadbeen constructed and twowere under construction.After 1988, Bago sees 11tarred roads, three gravelroads, 97 fine earth roadsand 293 earth roads.

As to beautifying thetown, downtown roads,the road section ofY a n g o n - M a n d a l a yHighway and Kyunthayacar pack were decoratedwith pedestrian way, neatand tidy, which is 42,800feet long.

Chief Inspector of

Township DAC U ZawLwin explained rubbishcollection system to us.

He continued, “Apartfrom easily decayingrubbish like leaves andpapers, the rest likeplastic and glass are to beburied. We first splasheasily decaying rubbishwith EM micro-bioticliquid and then discardthem for about six monthsto get organic naturalfertilizer.”

We together withDeputy Director U TunMyaing, and ChiefEngineer U AungKyaw Lu observedorganic natural fertilizerworkshop, rubbish tanksand seasonal plants withthe use of the organicfertilizer.

It is admirable and nice

of Bago Township DAC’sefforts to produce suchenvironment-friendlyfertilizer from wastes. Thebest endeavours of theTownship DAC creatinglovely environment are theepitome of othertownships.

Bago Districtpossesses abundantpaddy plantations. Asyoung paddy saplinggrowing method hasbeen introduced in theregion, local farmers arein need of using low-cost organic naturalfertilizer to improvetheir living standardsand to preventenvironmental pollution

****.Translation: ZZS

(Myanma Alin: 13-4-2010)

Significant day temperatures

Chauk 44.0°CMinbu 43.5°CMagway 43.5°C

Monywa 43°CMandalay 43°CAunglan 43°C

A pile of bags of natural fertilizer ready for sale.

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