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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 2 June — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Dr Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy, on the occasionof the Proclamation Day of the Republic of Italy, which falls on 2 June 2007. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwesends message of felicitations

to Italian President

NAY PYI TAW, 1 June — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myintof the Ministry of Defence who was on inspectiontour of Kalewa together with Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Com-mander of North-West Command Maj-Gen ThaAye, Brig-Gen Kyaw Oo Lwin of Kalay Station andofficials went to People’s Hospital (16-bed) ofKalewa on 29 May.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspected the hospital and

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects thriving physicnut plantations in Sagaing Division

provided cash assistance for the patients. He viewedoperation theatre, pharmacy, X-ray unit and medicalstore. The head of division health department con-ducted him around the hospital.

Thereafter, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party pro-ceeded to Myittha Bridge (Kalewa) across MyitthaRiver on Monywa-Yagyi-Kalewa Road. Lt-Gen YeMyint heard reports on the bridge by Chief Engineer UMann Fright Day and called for maintenance of thebridge, which is 320 feet by 36 feet. The width of motor

road of the bridge is 28 feet flanked by 4-foot foot-paths.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party attended aceremony to grow physic nut at Kyesin village inthe township and grew physic nut plants. A totalof 6,000 physic nuts were cultivated on 5 acres ofland. In Kalewa Township, altogether 2,030 acresof physic nut were grown in 2006 and a total of4,600 acres of physic nut will be planted in 2007.

Myittha Bridge (Kalewa)across Myittha River onMonywa-Yagyi-KalewaRoad is a 320 feet by 36 feetfacility. The width of motorroad of the bridge is 28 feetflanked by 4-foot footpaths.

(See page 8)

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects physic nut plantations in Kani Township. — MNA

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

People’s DesireSaturday, 2 June, 2007

The government has been buildingdams and reservoirs along with river wa-ter pumping stations and undergroundwater tapping facilities in arid zones of thecountry. As a result, those regions have nowenjoyed a sufficient supply of irrigated wa-ter and clean water.

At present, farmers are extendingthe cultivation of paddy for the develop-ment of the agriculture sector. In the past,they relied solely on rain and found itdifficult to engage even in single crop-ping. With irrigated water, they are nowable to engage in double and mixed crop-ping.

Sagaing Division with a vast arableland has seen progress in the growing ofpaddy, cotton, sugarcane, beans and pulsesand edible oil crops. Dams and reservoirsbuilt in the division benefit over 300,000acres of farmlands.

Kalay District cultivated over 10,000acres of summer paddy in 2006-2007 andsome of them are being harvested. Entre-preneurs and departments concerned areengaged in extended cultivation of physicnut plants and rubber in addition to sum-mer and monsoon paddy.

Kalay District links Sagaing Divisionand Chin State. The emergence of Kalay-Gangaw-Pakokku railroad and Kalay-Kalewa-Monywa motor road has ensuredurban and rural development. It is sure thatextended growing of paddy, cash crops andrubber will contribute towards economicdevelopment of the region.

Extend growing of paddy andother crops for regionaldevelopment

Foreign Minister sends message offelicitations to Italian Deputy

Prime Minister

Myanmar delegation being seen off by GeneralSecretary of Union of Myanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerce and Industry U Sein

Win Hlaing and responsible persons atYangon International Airport on 30 May. Thedelegation will attend The 1st ASEAN YoungEntrepreneurs Symposium to be held from 30

May to 2 June in Malaysia.UMFCCI

Minister U Nyan Win shakes hands with German Foreign MinisterDr Frank-Walter Steinmeier.— FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Minister for Foreign Affairs attends EighthAsia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting

YANGON, 1 June —The Myanmar delegationled by Minister for For-eign Affairs U Nyan Winarrived back here by airyesterday morning afterattending the Eighth Asia-Europe Foreign MinistersMeeting (ASEM FMM 8)in Hamburg, Germany on28 and 29 May.

The meeting was alsoattended by ASEAN + 3countries, India, Mongo-lia, Pakistan, the ASEANSecretariat, 27 EuropeanUnion member countriesand the European Com-mission. The meeting, ba-sically held in dialogueformally, covered threemain pillars namely po-litical, economic, and cul-tural and social affairs.

At the working dinneras the first session hostedby the Ministry of ForeignAffairs of Germany on 28May, the ministers ex-changed views on inter-national development andchallenges that requirecommon solutions. Theexchange of views focusedon development in Af-ghanistan, Iran, Iraq andKorean PeninsulaDenuclerization.

On 29 May, the sec-ond working session washeld. The ministers dis-cussed broad range of glo-bal issues such as energyand climate change, coun-ter terrorism, world tradeand development and therole of the United Nations.At the third working ses-sion held during the work-ing lunch was also hostedby the Ministry of ForeignAffairs of Germany. Theministers exchangedviews on recent develop-ments in Asia and Europeand ASEM future perspec-tives. Minister U NyanWin informed the meet-ing of the recent develop-ments in Myanmar cover-ing political, economicand social fields.

Minister U Nyan Winmet with Japanese Minis-ter for Foreign Affairs MrTaro Aso and AssistantMinister of State at theForeign Office and Com-monwealth Office ofGreat Britain Mr IanMcCartney separately. Atthe meetings, Minister UNyan Win briefed themon recent developments inMyanmar taking place inaccordance with the ob-jectives of UN Millen-nium Development Goalsin the political, economic,health and educationaldomains. The ministeralso responded with com-plete facts and evidencesto the queries made by his

counterparts.Members of the del-

egation Director-GeneralU Phae Thann Oo, DeputyDirector U Soe Lynn Hanand Assistant Director UWin Zeyar Tun of theMinistry of Foreign Af-fairs arrived back on the

Article and colour photo competitions tomark Myanmar Women’s Day

YANGON, 1 June—The Myanmar WomenAffairs Federation willhold the article and colourphoto competitions tomark Myanmar Women’sDay which falls on 3 July.

The article competi-tion will be held under thetitle “Mithasu-phon-phyoNaing-ngan-daw-toe-tetAhmyo-thami-ei-swan-hsaung-chet” while thecolour photo competitionwill be held under the title“Bhet-son-phon-phyoNaing-ngan-daw-ah-kyo

Amyo-thami-mya Ywet-the-poe”.

Anyone may take partin the article competition.The entry must not be aprize-winning work in anyother competitions andmust be between 3,000and 5,000 words. Twopassport-size photos anda brief biography are to beattached to the entry thatmust be own creation.

For colour photo com-petition, entries that reflectthe dignity and ability ofwoman are allowed with-

out limitation. The entrywith a size of 10x14 inchesmust be own creation andmust not be a prize-win-ning work in any othercompetitions.

Entries are to be sentto Secretary of the Com-petition Organizing Com-mittee U Aye Kywe,Deputy Director (Produc-tion) of the Informationand Public Relations De-partment, No 22/24,Pansodan Street, Yangon,not later than 22 June.

MNA

same flight. MyanmarAmbassador to GermanyU Tin Win and SecondSecretary U Aung AungMyo Thein of theMyanmar Embassy inBerlin also participated inthe meeting and other re-lated meetings. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 June — U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmarhas sent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyMr Massimo D’Alema, Deputy Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy,on the occasion of the Proclamation Day of the Italy,which falls on 2 June 2007. — MNA

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Students of a martial art school perform at aceremony to mark the 160 anniversary of

Chinese presence in Cuba, in Havana, capital ofCuba, on 30 May, 2007. —XINHUA

Friction intensifies betweenUS and Russia

WASHINGTON, 31 May—Tensions between theUnited States and Russiaratcheted up another notchThursday, with accu-sations flying over ballis-tic missiles and humanrights.

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin accusedWashington of touchingoff a new arms race withits plans to set up a missiledefence shield in Europe.

Putin said Russia’s

testing of new inter-continental and cruisemissiles earlier this weekwas “aimed at maintainingthe balance of forces inthe world.” “Our partnersare filling Eastern Europewith new weapons,” hetold reporters in Moscowin a joint news conferencewith Greek PresidentCarolos Papoulias.

“What are we supposedto do? We cannot justobserve all this. In our

opinion, it is nothingdifferent from ‘diktat,’nothing different fromimperialism.”

Washington is cur-rently discussing deploy-ment of parts of the systemwith Poland and the CzechRepublic. The WhiteHouse denied that a newCold War is beginning andsaid the system is designedto defend allies vulnerableto ballistic missiles.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 31 May—The kidnappers who seizedfive Britons and two Iraqis on Tuesday were posingas guards and government workers on officialbusiness, Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr saidFriday. When they arrived at the finance ministrybuilding, a computer and technology centre far fromthe ministry’s headquarters, some were wearingIraqi Security Force uniforms and others were incivilian clothing with Integrity Commission badges,Jabr said. The commission’s role is to battlegovernment corruption.

The building was secured by guards from theFacility Protection Services who were not qualified,Jabr said.

He said he was told four British security guardswere outside the room where a western computerexpert was giving a lecture. The kidnappersoverpowered the guards, then went into the roomand seized the expert, he said.—Internet

Ten soldiers killed in Thai blast

Official says Britons’ captorsposed as government workers,

overpowered guardsA logo of Toyota Motor Corp’s vehicle is seen at a

showroom in Tokyo in 9 May, 2007 file photo.Toyota Motor Corp had the most efficient North

American manufacturing plants in 2006, anannual benchmark survey released on 31 May ,

2007 showed. — INTERNET

A full-size model of a Dryosaurus walks past the Australian Museum during amedia event in central Sydney on 31 May , 2007. The 3-metre-long body puppet

of the dinosaur appears in a theatrical performance that aims to recreate aprehistoric Australian landscape as it was millions of years ago. — XINHUA

Iraqi civiliandeaths up sharply

in May

BANGKOK, 31 May—Atleast 10 soldiers have beenkilled in a bomb attack bysuspected militants insouthern Thailand,officials say.

The roadside bombstruck an army vehiclecarrying around 12 soldiersas it drove through theprovince of Yala, the

deputy governor said.The attack is one of the

worst in the region inrecent years.The soldierscaught in the blast in Yalawere returning from amission to negotiate withprotesters in anotherdistrict, a Thai Armyspokesman said.

“After the troops moved

them and were returningback to their base, aroadside bomb exploded,severely damaging thepickup truck and killingeight soldiers instantly,”Colonel Acra Tiproch said.

Two others werereported to have died onthe way to hospital.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 31 May—Iraq’s civilian death tollgrew sharply in Maydespite an ongoing pushto pacify the Iraqi capital,reversing a similar steepdecline in April, anInterior Ministry officialsaid Thursday.

Figures compiled by thecountry’s health, defenceand interior ministriesshowed 1,949 civilianswere killed in the pastmonth, up 30 percent from1,501 deaths recorded inApril, the official said.May’s toll also topped the1,872 civilian deathsrecorded in March and1,646 in February.

The new totals include746 bodies found dumpedon the streets of Baghdad

— a hallmark of thesectarian warfare that haswracked the country formore than a year. Twenty-nine of those turned up onThursday alone. Another2,023 civilians werewounded, according to theInterior Ministry count.

Internet

Light-fingered Japanesethieves nab 80 kilos gold tub

TOKYO, 1 June—Japanese police are scratching their heads over how a goldbathtub worth 120 million yen (988,100 US dollars) and weighing some 80 kiloswas stolen from a hotel near Tokyo.

Staff discovered early on Wednesday that someone had stolen the tub froma shared bathroom for men on the 10th floor of the hotel in Kamogawa, by thePacific Ocean.

But police said they found no signs that the heavy bathtub had been draggedout of the hotel.

“The door to the room had been locked with chains, but the chains were foundcut off this morning,” a police spokesman said.

“We really don’t know how this happened at this stage. But what we canassume now is that more than one person was involved in this incident.”

A similar bathtub in the hotel’s shared bathroom for women is still in place,he said.

MNA/Reuters

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LONDON, 1 June—Acontact lens solution isbeing recalled in theUK amid fears it cancause se r ious eyeinfections. CompleteMois ture P lus waspulled from shelves inthe United States sixdays ago , a f te r awarning from the US

WASHINGTON, 31 May—At least 7,000 jobs areset to be lost at computerfirm Dell after it said itwould cut its globalworkforce by 10%.

The PC maker hasstruggled with fallingsales and rising costs,prompting founder Mi-chael Dell to take directcharge of the firm earlierthis year.

Mr Dell said the joblosses would be “difficult”but stressed they were

KABUL, 31 May —ANATO helicopter, whichcrashed on Wednesdaynight in southern Af-ghanistan, maybe was shotdown by Taliban mili-tants, NATO forces heresaid Thursday.

“Initial reports are thatenemy fire may havebrought down thehelicopter, although theincident is still beinginvestigated,” the NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)said in a latest statement.

This is the first timethat ISAF publiclyaccepted the ISAFhelicopter perhaps wasbrought down by hostilefire. In earlier statements,ISAF said the cause forthe crash was stillunknown.

An ISAF Chinookhelicopter went down inKajaki district of Helmandprovince at about 9 pm

BEIJING, 31 May — Apink cocktail dress wornby Audrey Hepburn in the1961 film “Breakfast atTiffany’s” was auctionedfor 192,000 US dollarsin New York onWednesday, more thansix times its estimatedvalue.

The sleeveless dress,worn for the scene in

Women perform group exercise at TiananmenSquare in Beijing on 31 May,2007. Thousandsof participants took part in the “HarmoniousChina, Welcome Olympics” event aimed at

promoting the Beijing 2008 Olympics. INTERNET

Spain’s Queen Sofia talks to a disabled child during her visit to theInternational Children’s Safety Centre in Fot, 15 km (9 miles) north of

Budapest, on 31 May, 2007. — INTERNET

HOHHOT, 31 May—Sixteen people have diedand 14 others are injuredafter a roof fell in on guestsgathered in a newly-builthouse of a villager in northChina’s Inner MongoliaAutonomous Region, the

Contact lens solution recalledafter fears of infections

Centres for DiseaseControl and Prevention.

US officials linkedthe lens solution to acan-thamoeba keratitis — apainful eye infectionthat in rare cases canlead to blindness.

Advanced MedicalOptics, which makes thesolution, is now rolling

out its voluntary recallglobally as a precaution.

The CDC and theUS Food and DrugAdminis t ra t ion areinvestigating 138 con-firmed cases of eyeinfections in the US, butno problems have beenreported in the UK.

InternetHepburn’s film costume auctioned for $192,000

In this undated photoreleased by Christies

Auction House, apink cocktail dress

worn by AudreyHepburn in

‘Breakfast atTiffany’s’ is shown.

INTERNET

which Holly Golightlydiscovers her brotherhas died, went to a pri-vate European buyer,Christie’s auction housesaid in a statement.

The more famous littleblack dress Hepburn worein the film sold for morethan 800,000 dollars inLondon last year.

Among other lots inWednesday’s memora-bilia auction was MarilynMonroe’s script for

“Something’s Got ToGive,” with the actress’handwritten notes, whichsold for 19,200 dollars.

A costume worn byBarbra Streisand in the1968 film “Funny Girl”went for 33,600 dollars.

Internet

Roof collapse kills 16 villagers in InnerMongolia

local government saidWednesday.

The house belonged toYang Hongyi fromWulanji Villager nearTongliao City in the easternpart of the region.

On Tuesday afternoon

at about 5.30 pm, Yangwas treating about fiftyvillagers who had helpedhim build the house to abanquet when the roofsuddenly fell in on them.

More than 40 peoplewere trapped under thecollapsed beams, rescuerssaid, but some managed tofree themselves.

A probe into the causeof the accident isunderway, according tothe local government.

MNA/Xinhua

PC maker Dell to cut7,000 jobs

critical if the firm was todeliver better value tocustomers.

The US firm employsmore than 78,700 staffworldwide. —Internet

NATO forces say crashed helicopter mayshot down by Afghan militants

A NATO military helicopter crashed in southern

Afghanistan on Wednesday , killing seven NATO

soldiers on board, the military said on early

Thursday, while the Taliban claimed

responsibility for shooting it down.

XINHUA

(1630 GMT) on Wednes-day, killing all sevensoldiers, including fiveAmericans, on board.

Shortly after the crash,a Taliban spokesmanYousuf Ahmadi claimedit was Taliban fighterswho brought down theChinook.

Helicopters of ISAFand the US-led coalitionforces have crashed in thisvolatile country from timeto time.

The Taliban usuallyswiftly claimed responsi-bility for shooting themdown.

Internet

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Indonesia provides taxbreak to oil refinery

EU, OPEC officials holdtalks on energy policies US-Cuba trade continues

despite blockade

Bilateral trade between Algeria,EU registers huge imbalance

Models present creations from Karl Lagerfeld Bridal collection at Barcelona

Bridal Week fashion show on 29 May, 2007. — INTERNET

HAVANA, 31 May —US businessmen and theCuban Food ImportsCompany (Alimport) onWednesday signedcontracts worth 100million US dollars, Cubanmedia reported on

Wednesday. Some 260 business

people representing 114companies from 25 USstates started talks withCuban companies onMonday.

Cuba spent more than

500 million dollars last yearbuying mostly staple foodfor Cuba's 11 millioncitizens. Alimport directorgeneral, Pedro Alvarez,told the meeting thatwithout the 46-year-oldUS-Cuba trade embargosuch trade would triple. Heestimated the embargo hascost it 86 billion US dollars.

The United Stateslifted an agricultural tradeban with Cuba afterHurricane Michelle lashedthe island in November2001. Alvarez said thattotal trade had now topped2.4 billion dollars andmoved more than 7.8million tons of food,including rice, beans, corn,cereal, eggs and chicken.

MNA/XinhuaBritish sculptor AngelaConner works on acommission of actorLaurence Olivier in herstudio in west Londonon 31 May , 2007. Thecelebrated artist willcomplete the figure bySeptember to be in-stalled on London’ssouth bank to markOlivier’s 100th birth-day year. — INTERNET

File photo shows a man reading a poster aboutbird flu at a hospital in Jakarta. A 45-year-old

man has died from bird flu in Indonesia, takingthe death toll in the nation worst hit by the virus

to 78, a health ministry official saidon 31 May , 2007. — INTERNET

JAKARTA, 31 May —Indonesia provides taxbreak to oil refinery to beefup competitiveness, in a bidto boost oil production,the Chief of Capital Invest-ment Coordinating Agency(BKPM) Muhammad Lutfisaid here Wednesday.

Lutfi told reporters afteraccompanying PresidentSusilo Bambang Yud-hoyono in welcoming thevisiting Prime Minister ofthe State of the Kuwait

Sheikh Nasser Al-Mo-hammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah thatIndonesia had had a legalground for providing thetax incentives, the govern-ment law number one 2007.

“The tax allowance hasalready kicked off.(Investors) only need toapply,” he said.

The chief of the agencysaid that, so far the oil sectorhas not been included in theindustry that got the tax

facility, but its inclusionwould be done at the nexttwo months.

“The oil refinery will beinclude in (the sector thatgot the tax break) on ameeting in July,” he said.

Many oil investors hadbuilt refineries in Singaporewhich provided betterincentives and oil price, saidLutfi.

In dealing with therequest of the investorsfrom Kuwait on thebuilding of refinery inSelayar of Indonesia’sSouth Sulawesi Province,the OPEC’s second-smallest producer, In-donesia, would give taxbreak for them, he said.

Indonesia’s crude oiloutput fell by 1.5 per centto 838,900 barrels per dayin April from March dueto technical problems atseveral wells.

MNA/Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 31 May —Officials from the Euro-pean Union and theOrganization of the Pet-roleum Exporting Coun-tries (OPEC) on Wednes-day held roundtable talkson their energy policies.

During the one-daymeeting, participants fromboth sides exchangedviews on the energyoutlook till 2030.

They noted that,according to variousreliable studies, there areenough conventional andnon-conventional oilresources to meet demand.

However, the round-table meeting was mainlyintended to serve as aplatform for the EU andOPEC to be betterinformed of each other’s

energy policies. The EU, one of the

world’s largest oilconsumers, wanted moreinformation from the 12-nation OPEC on futureenergy supplies, while theoil producers are seekingan explanation on how EUpolicies, such as a newly-set target to increaserenewable energy use, willaffect demand for oil andgas.

EU officials introducedthe EU’s energy,transport and climatepolicies, while OPEC andsome of its membercountries made presenta-tions about their capacityexpansion objectives andmarke t -s tab i l iza t ionmeasures.

MNA/Xinhua

ALGIERS, 31 May —Algeria’s exports toEurope remained low dueto rapid increase ofimports across the otherside of the Mediterraneancoast, after the signing ofAlgeria-European Union(EU) association ag-

reement in September2005, Said Djellab, anofficial of Algerian TradeMinistry was quoted assaying by local Press onWednesday.

The first four monthsof 2007 were once againmarked by a significantincrease of imports fromEurope of 18 per centcompared with the sameperiod the previous year,he said.

The coming into forceof Algeria-EuropeanUnion association ag-

reement notably enabledthe EU to consolidate itselfon the Algerian market,which is currently stand-ing at a total of 55 percent, Djellab said.

He attributed this tradeimbalance between Al-geria and Europe notablyto “EU’s protectionistpolicy, standards imposedon export products andagricultural subsidiespractised openly byvarious EU membercountries”.

MNA/Xinhua

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Russia welcomes Globalanti-nuke Terrorism Initiative

MOSCOW, 31 May — Russia welcomes the decision of Stockholm andBratislava to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism andhopes that the country will make an impressive contribution to theimplementation of this initiative, the Russian Foreign Ministry said onWednesday.

“Sweden and Slovakiahave officially informedRussia and the United States,as the Global Initiative’s co-chairs, that they support theStatement of InitiativePrinciples,” an official ofthe ministry was quotedby the ITAR-TASS newsagency as saying, addingthat the number of theInitiative member countrieshas thus reached 39.

The Global Initiative wasdeclared by the presidentsof Russia and the UnitedStates, Vladimir Putin andGeorge W Bush, during thesummit of the Group ofEight near St. Petersburg inJuly 2006, he said.

According to the official,since this event, the founders

of the Initiative (G-8member states, as well asAustralia, Turkey, China,Kazakhstan, and Morocco)have met twice in thecapitals of Morocco andTurkey.

“The first meeting ofthe Initiative membercountries in Rabat inOctober 2006 adopted

statutory documents of theGlobal Initiative — thestatement on principles andprovisions on realizationand appraisal,” the diplomatsaid. “During the secondmeeting in Ankara thisFebruary, the partiesapproved the action plan for2007-2008,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Petrobras announces firstethanol shipment to Nigeria

Indonesian Navy planeskids off runway

JAKARTA, 31 May — A Cassa 212 aircraftbelonging to the Indonesian Navy skidded off therunway during a landing at Osibil Airport in theeasternmost province of Papua Wednesday,injuring none.

The plane with four people onboard broke its landinggear and the tip of the left wing.

Colonel Ismono, commander of the naval airbase inthe provincial capital of Jayapura, said the plane wascarrying one ton of food supplies for soldiers stationedin rural areas when the incident occurred.

Investigation is underway to find the cause of theincident, he was quoted by the national Antara newsagency as saying. The weather was reportedly goodwhen the plane ran out 10 metres of the runway, hesaid.— MNA/Xinhua

Photo taken on 30 May , 2007 shows the newly-decorated China Town in

Havana, capital of Cuba, on 30 May , 2007. A ceremony to mark the 160th

anniversary of Chinese presence kicked off on Wednesday in Havana. —XINHUA

France’s daredevil climberAlain Robert climbs up the

Jin Mao Tower inShanghai on

31 May , 2007. Clad in aSpider-Man costume,

French climber Robert onThursday scaled the 88-storey Jin Mao Tower,China’s tallest building,and was met by cheeringcrowds and Shanghai law

enforcement officers on theground.— INTERNET

A prototype for the newmodel of the ‘Miuro’robot is on display inTokyo on 31 May ,2007. —INTERNET

Saudi prisoner kills self atGuantanamo

MIAMI, 1 June — ASaudi Arabian prisonerdied of an apparentsuicide at the Guan-tanamo Bay Naval Baseon Wednesday, the USmilitary said.

“The detainee was

found unresponsive andnot breathing in his cell byguards. The detainee waspronounced dead by aphysician after alllifesaving measures hadbeen exhausted” the USSouthern Command in

Miami said in a statement.The military did not

indicate how the prisonerdied nor release his name.He is the fourth detaineeto die of apparent suicideat the detention camp,which opened in January2002 and holds about 380foreign terrorist suspectson the US naval base insoutheastern Cuba.

Three other prisoners— two Saudis and aYemeni — hangedthemselves with clothingand bedding in theircells last June and theirdeaths are still underinvestigation by the NavalCriminal InvestigativeService. — MNA/Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO, 31 May— Brazil’s state-ownedoil and gas companyPetrobras announced onWednesday that it hassuccessfully ended thenegotiations of an ethanolsupply agreement withthe Nigerian NationalPetroleum Corporation(NNPC), under which itwill export the firstshipment of anhydrous fuelalcohol to Nigeria.

According to thecompany’s Press state-ment, the negotiationswere the follow-up to amemorandum of under-standing, which Petrobrasand NNPC signed inAugust 2005, aiming at

implementing the pro-gramme to add 10 per centethanol to all gasolinetraded in Nigeria.

Petrobras’ proposalincluded product sales,technical support formixing ethanol, handlingprocedures and NNPCemployee training.

The Brazilian companyalso said that in the nextfew weeks the first 20-million-litre shipment willbe loaded at the IlhaD’Agua Terminal, in Riode Janeiro, and unloadedin Lagos, the capital ofNigeria.

The oil and gas giantadded that it currently stillhas no plans to invest in theconstruction of ethanolproduction plants inNigeria, or even in facilitiesto store, handle or mixethanol to gasoline in thatcountry.— MNA/Xinhua

Iran rejects preconditions innuclear talks

MADRID, 31 May —Iran’s top nuclearnegotiator Ali Larijanisaid on Wednesday Iranwould not accept anypreconditions in talks onits nuclear enrichmentprogramme.Speaking at aPress conference upon hisarrival in Madrid for talkswith European Union(EU) officials that Iranwas willing for “othernations, like France” totake part in negotiationsto resolve the contentiousnuclear programme.

“Given the transparencyand the logic we haveshown, the presence ofany other nations iswelcome,” said Larijani,who is set to meet herewith EU foreign policy

chief Javier Solana onThursday.

Asked about theplanned meeting withSolana, Larijani said:“There are lessons to learn

about past conversations.” “There are certain

countries that are trying toprevent negotiations fromhappening,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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International Space Station Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (R) and FlightEngineer Oleg Kotov extend the Strela boom during their spacewalk on 30May , 2007. The spacewalkers will install Service Module Debris Protection

(SMDP) panels on the Zvezda service module and reroute a GlobalPositioning System antenna cable during their estimated six-hour spacewalk.

XINHUA

One of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s threenewly acquired cheetahs explores their outdoor

yard for the first time as they are introduced to themedia at the zoo in Washington on 31 May, 2007.The three two-year old cheetahs were transferedfrom White Oak Conservation Centre in Yulee,

Florida to be a part of the National Zoo’sparticipation in the nation’s cheetah breeding

programme. — INTERNET

Police officers of the Special Action Force (SAF) rescue bus passengersduring a mock-hostage drill at police headquarters in Taguig city, south of

Manila on 31 May , 2007. The SAF is a elite unit of the Philippine police andused for counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, crowd control, search and rescue

and disturbance management in times of national disaster or emergencies. INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), 1 June — Two Russian crew members venturedout from the International Space Station on Wednesday to install metal shieldsdesigned to protect the vulnerable research outpost from the impact of orbitaldebris.

Cosmonauts venture out to reinforcespace station

Station commanderFyodor Yurchikhin andflight engineer Oleg Kotovfloated out of an airlock onthe Russian side of thestation at 3:05 pm EDT(19:05 GMT), about an hourlater than planned due to aglitch with communicationsequipment.

They were backinside about five and a half

hours later. During the outing, the

cosmonauts fitted fivealuminum debris impactshields to the forward partof the crew’s livingquarters, a Russian-builtmodule known as Zvezdathat has been in orbitseven years. The shieldsmeasuring about 2 feet by3 feet (0.6 metre by 0.9

metre) and weigh between15 and 20 pounds (6.8 and9.0 kg).

Yurchikhin andKotov also rerouted cablesfor satellite navigationequipment that will beneeded when Europe’sunmanned cargo shipmakes its debut flight tothe station later this year.

MNA/Reuters

US FDA approves newdrug for advanced

kidney cancer

Burglar snatches 103-year-old woman’sengagement ring

LONDON, 1 June — Police have condemned a burglar who stole the engagementring from the finger of a 103-year-old woman as a “coward”.

The thief snatched the ring worn by Florence Heyes for the past 57 years afterentering her flat in Manchester early on Saturday pretending to be a police officer.

He asked for money and jewellery before taking the ring. A spokeswoman for Manchester Police said: “This is one of the oldest victims

of crime we have had to deal with. That a criminal could target a woman of this ageis despicable.”

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 1 June— The US Food andDrug Administrationapproved Torisel(temsirolimus) for thetreatment of a certaintype of advanced kidneycancer known as renalcell carcinoma, accordingto a statement releasedWednesday by FDA.

Torisel, whichis manufactured byP h i l a d e l p h i a - b a s e dWyeth Pharmaceuticals,Inc, was approved basedon a study that showeduse of the drugprolonged survival ofpatients with renal cellcarcinoma. The drug isan enzyme inhibitor, a

protein that regulates cellproduction, growth andsurvival.

Torisel is the thirddrug approved forbattling against kidneycancer in the past 18months. In December2005, FDA approvedNexavar (sorafenib),which was based on adelay in progression ofdisease. In January 2006,Sutent (sunitinib)received acceleratedapproval based ondurable response rate, ortumour size reduction,and was later demon-strated to delay tumourprogression.

MNA/Xinhua

Heat kills UAE toddler trapped inparked car

Air hostesses toldto shed weight

NEW DELHI , 1 June — An Indian court has ruledagainst a group of female flight attendants who weregrounded from the national airline for being overweight.

The court said that state-owned Indian Airlineshad the right to take the step in the interest of flightsafety and in the face of growing competition.

The flight attendants had argued that the move wasdemeaning.

The airline began a system of measuring airhostesses based on their height and weight last year.

The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of theairline, saying that with aircraft flying at higher altitudes,the safety of the passengers depended on the crew’sability to perform.

“No airline can afford to remain lax in anydepartment whatsoever, be it the personality of thecrew members of their physical fitness,” Justice RekhaSharma said.

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DUBAI, 1 June — Athree-year-old boy diedfrom the heat after locking

himself in a parked carwhile playing in theUnited Arab Emirates.

The boy sneakedinto his father’s car in thecity of al-Ain at noonwhen the temperatureaverages around 40degrees Celsius (104Fahrenheit).

“The tragic incidentwas the result of exposureto extreme heat afterstaying for a long timeinside the car,” the officialWAM news agency quoteda civil defence officer assaying on Thursday.

MNA/Reuters

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Lt-Gen Ye Myintinspects …

(from page 16)Head of Health Depart-ment Dr Aung Than ofYCDC. Head of Town-ship Health DepartmentDr Khin Than Aye alsoreported on infection ofDHF in wards and pre-vention against the dis-ease.

Officials also pre-sented reports on partici-pation of the local peopleand members of socialorganizations togetherwith officials in takingprevention against DHF inthe township and dredg-ing of drains for preven-tion of the floods.

In his instruc-tions, Lt-Gen Myint Swestressed the need to check14 sluice gates of thetownship and to constructmore sluice gates at nec-essary places. Officialsare to carry out sanitationfor proper flow of waterat drains.

The mayor re-ported on arrangementsfor sanitation tasks and

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects…

(from page 1)Later, they also

took part in growing ofphysic nut plant nearMyoma village of MinkinTownship and greeted theresidents. A total of 5,000physic nut plants weregrown on four acres ofland. They inspected re-pair of Monywa-Yagyi-Kalewa Road and gave in-structions there. The tarredroad is 115-long and 18feet wide.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party

went to Htantabin Kwinphysic nut garden in LaportSanpya village in KaniTownship and grew physicnut plants. They greetedresidents and students.

They then in-spected Puhtoelon bridge,which is 450 feet by 28 feetand the reinforced concreteone. Next, they visited4,400 acres of physic nutplantation of Tin Win TunCompany. Lt-Gen YeMyint heard reports ongrowing of physic nuts ofthe company by Manager

U Aung Kyaw Moe ofMyanma Timber Enter-prise and U Thein Aung ofthe company.

At physic nutplantation of Myanma Ag-riculture Service, Lt-GenYe Myint heard reports ongrowing of physic nutplants on 1,000-acre byManager U Khin MaungLatt of MAS. MAS willcultivate 300 acres ofphysic nut in 2007, 300acres in 2008 and 400 acresin 2009.

They continuedto physic nut plantation ofSagaing Division UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association and Lt-Gen Ye Myint heard re-

ports on cultivation ofphysic nut by DivisionUSDA secretary Dr U WinMyin Aung.

Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party also oversawphysic nut plantation ofSagaing Division Devel-opment Affairs Commit-tee. At the physic nut plan-tation of local station, Cap-tain Aung Myint Khinereported on growing ofphysic nut at the station toLt-Gen Ye Myint.

They inspectedspecial zone 180-acrephysic nut plantation oflocal station and went to110-acre physic nut plan-tation of Sagaing DivisionWar Veterans Organiza-

tion. They looked into 100-acre physic nut plantationof Sagaing Division Im-migration and NationalRegistration Department.

They later pro-

A total of 158,688acres of physic nut havebeen cultivated in SagaingDivision.

Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party oversaw 120-

ceeded to physic nut plan-tation of local station andlooked into thriving physic

acre physic nut plantationof local station and 100acres of physic nut planta-tion of Prisons Department.They went to 100 acres ofphysic nut plantation ofForest Department andviewed the plantation.

Afterwards, theyinspected 100 acres ofphysic nut plantation ofIrrigation Department.They attended a ceremonyto grow physic nut ofSagaing Division Wom-en’s Affairs Organizationand Division Maternal andChild Welfare SupervisoryCommittee at mile post-24of Monywa-Yagyi-Kalewa road and greetedresidents and social organi-zations.

They inspected1,425 acres of physic nutplantation of local station.On arrival at No 7 dam ofIrrigation Department,they inspected the dam,which was built to irrigatefarm lands, to supplydrinking water andgreening tasks.

Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party proceeded tophysic nut plantation oflocal station and inspectedgrowing of physic nut atthe plantation. They spentthe night at Monywa.

MNA

dredging of drains.The commander

also instructed officials tostrive for preventionagainst DHF and dysen-tery in Yangon Divisionand continue four hygi-enic tasks at schools.

In his speech, Lt-Gen Myint Swe said thatat present, all the peoplecould keep Yangon Citygreen and beautiful. Fur-thermore, all are to takepart in building the cityas a clean and hygienicone. Township ExecutiveOfficers are to make ef-forts for maintenance ofroads, cultivation of flow-ery plants and improve-ment of health sector intheir townships.

In addition, theyare to organize local peo-ple to participate in build-ing the hygienic environ-ment. Officials, workersof YCDC and social or-ganizations are to joinhands with the people intaking preventive meas-ures against the

diseases.They visited the

Ward 5 PDC Officewhere the educative talkson prevention of DHF anddysentery was beinggiven to the people. Next,Lt-Gen Myint Sweviewed participation oflocal people in preventionof DHF in the ward.

They inspected

dredging of the drain be-ing undertaken by YCDCat the outlet nearShukhintha Road.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and partyinspected dredging ofdrains in Thingangyunand Tamway Townshipsand left necessary instruc-tions to officials.

MNA

CSSTD observes 54thanniversary celebration

NAY PYI TAW, 1 June — The Civil ServiceSelection and Training Department held the ceremonyto mark the 54th Anniversary of the department at theCivil Service Selection and Training Board, here, thismorning.

Chairman of the CSSTB Dr Than Nyun ex-tended greetings.

CSSTB member U Win Aung delivered anaddress. Director-General U Hla Kyi of the depart-ment explained the history of the department.

Chairman Dr Than Nyun presented certifi-cates of honour and cash to 10 officers and staff whohave been discharging duties at the department forabove-30 years.

Also present on the occasion were CSSTBmembers U Soe Oo, U Nyi Tun and U Kyaw Aung,directors-general and service personnel. — MNA

Mine injures villager ofShwegyin TownshipNAY PYI TAW, 31 May — A local of Southern

Village in Shwegyin Township lost his right foot as hestepped on a mine planted by insurgents on 28 May.The incident happened as the victim, Charlie, 20, sonof U Aye Lwin, went into the woods to collect somefruits at about 9 am.

The victim was rushed to Shwegyin TownshipPeople’s Hospital and provided with medical treat-ment and all necessary assistance. Authorities con-cerned in collaboration with the local people are in hotpursuit of the insurgents. — MNA

In Monywa special zone, entre-preneurs, departments, private com-panies and local stations grew 175,000acres of physic nut in 2006 and willgrow 175,000 acres of physic nut in2007 and 150,000 acres of physic nut in2008. A total of 158,688 acres of physicnut have been cultivated in SagaingDivision.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe views dredging of drain in Thakayta Township.—MNA nut plants. And they in-spected 100 acres of physicnut plantation of PublicWorks.

Lt-Gen Ye Myintheard reports on growingof physic nut at specialzone-1 of Sagaing Divi-sion PDC and viewed theplantation.

In Monywa spe-cial zone, entrepreneurs,departments, private com-panies and local stationsgrew 175,000 acres ofphysic nut in 2006 andwill grow 175,000 acresof physic nut in 2007 and150,000 acres of physicnut in 2008.

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YANGON, 1 June — Theconclusion of MyanmarAffairs and InternationalStudies Course No 12 ofUnion Solidarity andDevelopment Associationwas held at the trainingschool of USDA inHmawby Township today.

It was attended bySecretary-General ofUSDA U Htay Oo, CECMember of USDA Vice-Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeVice-Mayor Col Maung Pa,officials of USDAHeadquarters, courseinstructors and trainees.

In his concludingspeech, USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo said it isthe goal of the people tobuild a peaceful, modern,discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation.

All national brethren areto work together to achievethe national goal. Our ThreeMain National Causes—Non-disintegration of theUnion, Non-disintegrationof National Solidarity andPerpetuation of theSovereignty are the nationalduties of the State.

Twelve political,economic and socialobjectives laid down by theState are practical ways toreach the national goal. Wehave set the definite goaland practical tasks that pavethe way for reaching thegoal. Thanks to thecollective efforts of the

All can visualize image of forthcoming nation thanks toState’s seven-step Road Map

Myanmar Affairs and International Studies Course No 12 concludes

Government, the Tatmadawand the people, the State hasachieved developments inall sectors.

The nation building taskis to be carried outcontinuously and passed onfrom generation togeneration. Now, we areimplementing the task torealize the national goal ofthe people in the future.Thanks to the systematicimplementation of the task,peace and stability haveprevailed across the country.

The USDA, which isconstituted with youthswith the patriotic spirit, wasformed over 13 years ago.It has been participating inimplementing the nationbuilding tasks inaccordance with theassociation’s future tasks.

Members of theassociation are from all-walks of life and they are

actively taking part inimplementing the welfaretasks across the country.

The people has alsojoined hands with USDAmembers in implementingwelfare tasks. The numberof the association’smembers has reached nearly24 million. There are 15,334village USDAs, 320township USDAs, 66district USDAs and 17Division and State USDAs.

Training courses havebeen conducted to improvethe skills of the members ofUSDA. The MyanmarAffairs and InternationalStudies Course is designedto train the association’smembers so that they canserve in the interests of theState and the peopleeffectively. During thecourse, trainees receivedskills for building a newnation as well as sought

ways for implementingwelfare tasks in theirrespective regions.

The trainees arequalified enough to play aleading role in varioussectors for development ofrespective regions, he said,calling for creating healthyconditions for the regions.

He highlighted theimportance of perpetualexistence and sustainableprogress of a new nation. Inthis context, the governmentis paying special attentionto necessary infrastructures.

It is also trying itsutmost for equitabledevelopment of all parts ofthe nation. The associationlays down future plansannually to contributetowards the drive, he said.

Now, all can visualizethe image of the forthcomingnation thanks to the State’sseven-step Road Map thegovernment is undertakingfor emergence of anenduring constitution in theinterests of the nation andthe people.

He called for

collaborative efforts forenhancing already-achievedsuccess of stability andpeace, the fundamentalrequirement for building anew nation. Members willbe able to take part in thedrive only when they wellequip themselves withnationalistic fervour, hepointed out.

It is required to bevigilant against the acts ofthose with negative attitudedue to selfishness,personality cult, dogmatismand sectarianism becausesuch persons are attemptingto destabilize the State underthe pretext of social servicesand business, andmanufacturing made-up andexaggerated news stories incomplicity with certaingroups in exile to misleadthe people intomisunderstanding thegovernment.

Members are to makethe people see suchunfruitless as they really are,and to work together withcongenial socialorganizations in

endeavoring to find outrequirements of the regionconcerned.

In conclusion, he urgedthe trainees to apply theknowledge gained from thecourse and theirexperiences in combinationto become competentinformation officers andorganizers in perpetualservice of the people; tomake prevailing situationsand the government’sendeavours known to thepeople and organize themto participate in regionaland national developmenttasks; to work harder withpositive attitude forensuring stability andgreater development of theState; to uplift dynamismof patriotic spirit of thepeople; to help the peopleto be vigilant againstdestructive acts harmingnation-building tasks; andto see to the State’s seven-step Road Map incooperation with thepeople.

The term of the coursewas four weeks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1June — The delegates of theThird Meeting of ASEAN +3 of Networking of East AsiaCultural Heritage (NEACH)and the First Meeting of theSenior Officials Meeting onCultural & Art WorkingGroup on Networking onASEAN Cultural Heritage(NACH), accompanied byChairman of Myanmar-ASEAN Culture and

Cultural delegates visit ancient buildings in Mandalay

Information NationalCommittee Director-General U Sann Win of theArchaeology, NationalMuseum and LibraryDepartment, visitedMyanma handicraftindustries in Mandalay thismorning.

They visited DawSu Silk Wear Industry, USein Myint EmbroideryIndustry and Shwehninzi

Gold Foil Industry.On 31 May

evening, the delegatesvisited Maha Muni BuddhaImage and offered gold foilsto the Buddha image. Next,they visited KuthodawPagoda.

At ShwenandawKyaung, they viewed thebuilding decorated withMyanmar handicraft.

MNA

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo delivers an address at concluding of Myanmar Affairs and International StudiesCourse No 12. — MNA

Delegates of Third Meeting of ASEAN+3 of Networking of East AsiaCultural Heritage (NEACH) and First Meeting of Senior Officials

Meeting on Cultural & Art Working Group on Networking on ASEANCultural Heritage (NACH) visit handicraft industry in Mandalay. — MNA

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(from page 16)of death rate will increase in developing countrieswithin 30 years.

A total of 800 million children out of 2,000million in the world are expected to become smok-ers in adulthood, and a one-third of them can diebefore adult due to the danger of tobacco. Indeed,the smoking is hazardous to health and causes eco-nomic and social hardships to the smokers.

Afterwards, Resident Representative of WHOProfessor Adik Wibowo read the message sent bythe WHO SEA regional director.

Later, those present visited the World No-Tobacco Day Booth. — MNA

World No-Tobacco Day 2007…

YANGON, 1 June —The ceremony to mark theWorld No-Tobacco Day2007 was observed at MyaNyila Hall of No 2 BasicEducation High School inLatha Township thisafternoon.

Present on theoccasion were Chairmanof Yangon DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win,Chairperson of YangonDivision Maternal andChild WelfareSupervisory CommitteeDaw Mar Mar Wai,members of MCWA andsocial organizations.

After delivering anaddress, the commanderpresented prizes to basichealth staff in the quiz incommemoration of theWorld No-Tobacco Day2007.

Chairperson DawMar Mar Wai of Yangon

World No-Tobacco Day 2007observed in Yangon Division

Division MCWSC alsogave prizes to MCWA andRed Cross members oftownships in YangonDivision in the quiz.

Head of YangonDivision HealthDepartment Dr Hla Myintread the message sent byMinister for Health DrKyaw Myint. Next,Deputy Law Officer UNyunt Sein of Yangon

Division Law Officeexplained matters relatedto Control of Smokingand Consumption ofTobacco Product Law.

Later, a documentaryvideo on health educationwere presented to thosepresent.

MNA

Resident Representative of WHO Prof AdikWibowo reads out the message sent by the

regional director of WHO SEA. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win presents award to a winner. — MNA

Daw Mar Mar Wai presents award to awinner. — MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint delivers an address atceremony to mark

World-No Tobacco Day 2007. — MNA

KABUL, 1 June — The US-led coalition andAfghan forces killed six Taleban insurgents earlyWednesday in Nangarhar Province of easternAfghanistan, a coalition statement said.

The forces carried out an operation against acompound in mountains west of Jalalabad City, theprovincial capital, which was suspected of housinglocal Taleban fighters, the statement said.

As the forces were approaching the compound,militants inside opened fire and a conflict broke out, itadded.

Six militants were killed in the clash, and fourothers were arrested, according to the statement. There were no casualties of civilians and coalitionsoldiers, it said.

MNA/Xinhua

MOSCOW, 1 June — Russia’s test firing of anintercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday was inresponse to US steps that have sparked an arms raceand undermined world security, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said on Thursday.

“Our American partners have left the ABM(Anti-Ballistic Missile) Treaty.

We have warned them then that we will comeout with a response to maintain the strategic balance inthe world,” Putin told a news conference.

“We conducted a test of a new strategic ballisticmissile with multiple warheads, and of a new cruisemissile, and will continue to improve our resources.”

“We are not the initiators of this new round ofthe arms race,” said Putin. “(Our partners) are stuffingEastern Europe with new weapons.

A new base in Bulgaria, another in Romania, asite in Poland, radar in the Czech Republic . . . What arewe supposed to do? We cannot just observe all this.” Russia test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missileon Tuesday featuring multiple warheads that seniorofficials said could pierce any missile defence system,including the planned US shield in Europe.

Russia says the US missile defence shield is athreat to its security and will change the strategicbalance in Europe, but Washington dismisses suchfears, saying the shield is intended to counter “roguestates”.

MNA/Reuters

Putin says missiletest response to

US moves

RIGA, 1 June — Latvia’s Parliament on Thursdaybacked a leading surgeon who has been criticized fortaking cash presents from patients as the country’s newpresident.

Valdis Zatlers, who had the backing of the four-party government coalition but is a political novice,will replace Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Eastern Europe’sfirst female president.

He won 58 votes of 98 ballots cast in the 100-seat House, beating ex-constitutional court judge AivarsEndzins. His supporters have said under-the-counterpayments from patients are common in Latvia and didnot mean he was corrupt.

Zatlers is expected to preserve the pro-Westernstance of a country which has been a European Unionand NATO member since 2004.

He has criticized the government for not doingenough to dampen inflation, which has soared amidstrong economic growth.

The President in Latvia has limited but importantlegislative powers and is a key voice for the countryabroad. — MNA/Reuters

Six Taleban militantskilled in

E Afghanistan

Top surgeon chosen asLatvia’s new president

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DHAKA, 1 June — Bangladesh rickshaw-pullers and others hurt by a banon non-motorized transport on certain Dhaka roads will get 15 million USdollars in aid from the World Bank, the Bank said in a statement on Thursday.

ADDIS ABABA, 1 June— A thousand rare black-mane lions — anEthiopian national symbol— and some 300 elephantsare in danger after a swatheof forest in their sanctuarywas cut down, a wildlifeexpert said on Thursday.

The land was clearedfrom a conservation areaat Midiga Tola, adjacentto the Babile ElephantSanctuary located 560kilometers (350 miles)

Bangladesh rickshaw-pullers gethelping hand

About 40,500adversely affectedrickshaw owners, familymembers, pullers whowould like to shift to anew career, and others inpoor and vulnerablegroups would be providedwith microcredit andadditional services, the

statement said. “With the help of the

microfinance servicesoffered to the rickshawpullers affected by the non-motorized transport ban, itis expected that they andtheir families would be ableto restore their livelihoods,”said Shamsuddin Ahmed,

the Bank’s senior financialsector specialist and projectteam leader.

Apart from directmicrocredit loans, theborrowers will also beprovided with training intechnical skills to facilitatecareer change, the Bank said.

MNA/ReutersStudents practise martial arts at a Wushu school in Longtan county in east

China's Jiangsu Province on 30 May , 2007. About 100 students, mostlybetween the ages of 8 and 13, learn martial arts as well as cultural courses at

the school. — INTERNET

Gypsies sing during Khamoro 2007 World Roma Festival in the centre ofPrague on 31 May , 2007. — INTERNET

This undated picture from the Tennessee Aquarium shows aprimitive form of fish known as a paddlefish. Scientists

studying paddlefish determined that primitive fish alreadymay have possessed the genetic wiring needed to grow handsand feet well before the appearance of the first animals with

limbs roughly 365 million years ago. — INTERNET

NEW YORK, 1 June — An Iraqi cameraman working for the AssociatedPress was shot and killed in Baghdad on Thursday, the US news organizationsaid.

WASHINGTON, 1 June— NASA seniormanagers on Thursdayselected 8 June as theofficial launch date forspace shuttle Atlantis,according to a statementreleased by NASA afterthe two-day FlightReadiness Review.

Commander RickSturckow and his sixcrewmates are scheduledto be lifted off at 7:38 pmEDT (2338 GMT) on the

Ten hurt as KLM plane hitsturbulence

TOKYO, 1 June — Ten people were slightly hurtwhen a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passenger planebound for the Japanese city of Osaka hit turbulencesoon after take-off from Amsterdam, officials said onThursday.

The Boeing-777 KLM Flight 867, with 262passengers and 14 crew on board, touched down at theKansai International Airport in Osaka around 09:15am (0045 GMT) on Thursday, airport officials said.

The passenger plane hit turbulence about two anda half hours after taking off, airline officials said. Oneofficial said the pilots had decided to continue theflight rather than make an emergency landing as theinjuries did not appear to be serious. — MNA/Reuters

Four Westernersabducted in

S Philippines MANILA, 1 June —

Four Westerners -- twomen and two women --and their driver were takencaptive on Thursday byunidentified armed men inthe southern Philippines,an Army general said.

Major-GeneralRaymundo Ferrer,commander in theautonomous Muslimregion on the southernisland of Mindanao, saidhe had received reportsarmed men stopped a vancarrying the foreignersnear Midsayap Townaround 9 am (0100 GMT)on Thursday.

"They were tied upand forced onto motor-cycles," Ferrer toldReuters. "We've senttroops to investigate andtrack down the armedgroup."

The victims'nationalities were notimmediately available.

MNA/Reuters

Ethiopian elephants, lions at risk asforest cut

east of Addis Ababa,Ethiopian WildlifeAssociation PresidentYirmed Demeke said.

Flora EcoPowerHolding AG, a Germanbiodiesel producer basedin Munich, cleared theforest after it was granted10,000 hectares of land bythe government, Yirmedsaid.

“The company hascontinued to clear theforested land without any

concern for the wildanimals threatened bythe destruction of aninternationally recognizedconservation area,”Yirmed said.

Flora EcoPower’sChief Operations Officerfor Ethiopia Alon Hovevsaid the company had metwildlife experts andgovernment officials overthe past few days to solvethe problem.

MNA/Reuters

NASA gives “go” for “Atlantis”on 8 June

“AP” cameraman killed in Iraq

Saif M Fakhry, 26,was shot twice whilewalking to a mosque nearhis home on his day off,the agency said in astatement, adding that hewas the fifth AssociatedPress (AP) employee todie violently during theIraq war.

“Our heartfeltsympathies go out to Saif’s

wife and family and hiscolleagues in Iraq,” saidTom Curley, AP presidentand chief executiveofficer. “This is aparticularly dangeroustime in a place that al-ready is unimaginablydangerous.”

“Saif’s death remindsus again of the risks andhardships that accompany

vital frontline journalismand of the gratitude we allowe to those who do it,”he said.

Fakhry had workedfor AP Television Newssince August 2004 and issurvived by his wife, whois due to give birth to theirfirst child next month, theorganization said.

MNA/Reuters

STS-117 mission to theInternational SpaceStation.

During the 11-daymission and threespacewalks, the crew willwork to install a 17-tonsegment on the station’sgirder-like truss anddeploy a set of solararrays. The mission willincrease the powercapability of ISS inpreparation for the arrivalof new science modules

from the European andJapanese space agencies.

A hail storm on26 February damagedAtlantis’ external fuel tankand delayed the originallyplanned mid-March. Thepostponement of Atlantis’launch forced NASA tocut the expected numberof shuttle flights this yearfrom five to four andpushed back the flightschedule for the rest of theyear. — MNA/Xinhua

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MARINA STAR-2 VOY NO (708)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MARINASTAR-2 VOY NO (708) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 2.6.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTMa Khin Aye Soe, B.A. (Myanmar)

the daughter ofU Aung Myint & Daw Yin May

andMaung Min Htwe, M.E (Mechanical)

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U Kyone Kwee & Daw Kyin Ngwehave the pleasure of announcing their marriagewhich took place on 24th May, 2007 at Pathein

Hotel, in Pathein.

WASHINGTON, 1 June— An F-15 fighterjet of the MissouriNational Guard crashedWednesday morning inIndiana, a state in theUS midwest, and thepilot ejected safely, USmedia reported.

The plane wentdown at about 10:30 amlocal time in rural KnoxCounty when it con-ducted standard train-ing manoeuvres, theNational Guard said.

It was not knownimmediately if the pilotwas injured in theaccident and if therewere any injuries on theground. The plane wasaffiliated with the 131stFighter Wing, head-quartered at LambertField in St Louis, Mis-souri.

MNA/Xinhua

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California, Ontario sign pollution,stem cell deals

Industrial employment revealsdecentralization in Brazil

OTTAWA, 31 May— TheCalifornia state of theUnited States and Ontarioprovince of Canada willwork together to booststem-cell research and cutgreen house gases, accord-ing to an agreement signed

on Wednesday. Visiting California

Governor Arnold Schwar-zenegger and OntarioPremier Dalton Mc-Guinty signed the agree-ments in Toronto, reportsreaching here said. Theagreement will requirecars in Canada’s mostpopulous province tohave 10 per cent feweremissions by 2020, equi-valent to a reduction of700,000 cars, the pre-mier’s office said in astatement. Starting with2009 models, Californiaplans to cut carbondioxide emissions frompassenger vehicles by 18per cent below currentlevels before 2020.

McGuinty and Schwar-zenegger also agreed tocollaborate on initiatives toincrease the use of “clean

energy technologies”,establish a North Americanemissions trading system,and promote energy-efficient systems inbuildings. The two sidesalso pledged 30 millionCanadian dollars (28million US dollars) for aCancer Stem Cell Con-sortium to promote stemcell research and findsolutions to cancers. “Thecancer stem cell con-sortium will research waysto use this knowledge ofcancer stem cells to find alasting cure for cancer,”McGuinty told reporters.

“We are as powerful asany one can ever be on stemcell research. I am lookingforward for all of us workingtogether and to cure all ofthose illnesses as quicklyas possible,” said Schwar-zenegger. — MNA/Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 31May—Brazilian industryunderwent a decentra-lization process in the1996-2005 period, a studyon industrial employmentshowed on Wednesday.Released by the BrazilianInstitute of Geography andStatistics (IBGE), the studyrevealed that the SoutheastSao Paulo state concen-trated 42 per cent of thecountry’s industrial wor-kers in 1996, while the

percentage fell to 36.4 percent in 2005.

The loss of workforcewas more expressive in thetextile and clothes sectors,which were threatened bythe rise in imports over thepast few years, the IBGEstated. Rio de Janeiro alsoregistered a fall from 7.9per cent to 5.7 per cent inthe amount of industrialworkers it accounts for inthe country’s total work-force.

Meanwhile, Paranastate, in the Southernregion, presented a rise inits share of Brazil'sindustrial employment,growing from 6.2 per centto 7.6 per cent. The IBGEalso verified a positivetrend in the neighbouringSanta Catarina state, whichaccounts for 8 per cent ofBrazil’s industrial work-force, up from 6.7 per centin 1996.

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BEIJING, 31 May —Unhealthy foods,smoking and drinking —all connected to variouscancers — will combinewith larger populationsand fewer deaths frominfectious diseases todrive Asian cancer ratesup 60 percent by 2020,some experts predict.

But unlike in wealthycountries where advancedmedical care is found,there will likely be noprevention or treatmentfor many living in poorcountries.

“What happened in theWestern world in the ’60sor ’70s will happen herein the next 10 to 20 yearsas life expectancy getslonger and we get bettercontrol on more commoncauses of deaths,” said DrJatin P Shah, a professorof surgery at MemorialSloan-Kettering CancerCenter in New York,who attended a cancer

BEIJING, 31 May —Modern love story, “TheLongest Night in

BEIJING, 31 May —Microsoft Corp on Wed-nesday at a technologyconference in Carlsbad,Calif, introduced “Sur-face,” a coffee-tableshaped computer thatresponds to touch andspecial bar codes attachedto everyday objects.

The interactive com-puters, which costbetween 5,000 US. dollarsand 10,000 dollars,aredue to arrive in No-vember in T-Mobile USAstores and propertiesowned by StarwoodHotels & ResortsWorldwide Inc andHarrah’s EntertainmentInc.

For all intents andpurposes, Surface is aWindows Vista PC tuckedinside a shiny black tablebase, topped with a 30-inchtouchscreen in a clearacrylic frame. Fivecameras that can sensenearby objects are mountedbeneath the screen. Users

BEIJING, 31 May —The US health authoritiesbegin a worldwide searchfor passengers on twotrans-Atlantic flights whomay have come intocontact with a maninfected with a potentiallydeadly form of tuber-culosis, media reported onWednesday.

The US governmentCenters for DiseaseControl (DCD) in Atlanta,Georgia, are seekingaround 80 passengers anda further 27 crew membersin two flights taken by theinfected man,said DrMartin Cetron, director ofthe Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention’sdivision of globalmigration and quarantine.

Two flights involvedAir France AF385 fromAtlanta to Paris on 12 Mayand Czech Air 0104 fromPrague to Montreal on 24May . Other passengerson the flights are notconsidered at high risk of

Asian cancer rates surgedue to Western habits

conference last month inSingapore.

“The habit of alcoholconsumption, smokingand dietary changes willincrease the risk ofWestern world cancers tothe Eastern world,” Shahsaid.

The effect is alreadystartling, with the Asia-Pacific making up abouthalf of the world’s cancerdeaths and logging 4.9million new cases, or 45percent, of the global tollin 2002.

That number isexpected to surge to 7.8million by 2020 if nothingchanges, according to DrDonald Max Parkin, aresearch fellow at theUniversity of Oxford whois a leading authority onglobal cancer patterns andtrends.

A lack of vaccines thatprevent cancer-causingviruses is another obstaclefor Asia, which is home to

about three-quarters of theworld’s liver cancers,caused largely byHepatitis B infections.

A vaccine guardingagainst the virus has beenavailable since the early1980s and is routinelygiven to children inWestern countries, but itis still not reaching largeregions of the Asia-Pacific.

“The problem is sohuge that it’s very difficultfor us to know where tostart,” said Dr FrancoCavalli, president of thenonprofit InternationalUnion Against Cancer.“All the new cancertreatments are soexpensive, that already inthe affluent countries weare not able to pay forthem. ... So imagine whatthat means for low-incomecountries where you have20 US dollars a year perperson for health expen-ditures.” — Internet

A poster of “The Logest Night inShanghai”.Modern love story, “The Longest

Night in Shanghai”, starring Chinese mainlandactress Vicky Zhao and Japanese heartthrobMasahiro Motoki, is scheduled for a public

release on 26 June . — INTERNET

Spend “The Longest Nightin Shanghai” in June

Shanghai”, starringChinese mainland actressVicky Zhao and Japanese

heartthrob MasahiroMotoki, is scheduled fora public release on 26June.

The film is about theencounter of a Japanesehair designer with aChinese woman taxidriver in the modernmetropolis of Shanghai.Longing for a break fromthe daily routine, theyspend a special nighttogether in the moderncity. Actress Vicky Zhaodescribed her own role asthat of “a sweet heartconcealed inside a toughappearance”.

For her performancein the film, she wasawarded the most popularactress at the 14th BeijingStudent Film Festival inApril.

The film is expectedto compete at the boxoffice this summer withother blockbusters like“Pirates of the CaribbeanIII” and “Transformers”.

Internet

Microsoft’s “Surface” a PC in a coffee table

Microsoft’s new “Surface” computer is demonstratedby Pete Thompson, general manager, MicrosoftSurface Computing (left), Mark Bolger, director ofmarketing, and product manager Lu Silverstein, in

Seattle .— INTERNET

can interact with themachine by touching ordragging their fingertipsand objects such aspaintbrushes across thescreen, or by setting real-world items tagged withspecial bar-code labels ontop of it. In the past,Microsoft has concent-rated on creating newsoftware, giving computerprogrammers tools to buildapplications on its plat-forms, and left hardwaremanufacturing to others.

But for now, Microsoftis making the Surface

hardware itself, and hasonly given six outsidesoftware developmentfirms the tools they needto make Surface appli-cations. Matt Rosoff, ananalyst at the independentresearch group Directionson Microsoft, said in aninterview that keeping thetechnology’s inner work-ings under wraps will limitwhat early customers —the businesses Microsoftis targeting first with themachine — will be able todo with it.

Internet

US hunts for some 80 air passengers in TB scare

An airplane of Air France. US health officials onTuesday urged hundreds of travellers aboard twoAir France and Czech Air flights be tested for a

drug-resistant tuberculosis carried by a passengernow quarantined in Atlanta. — INTERNET

infection because testsindicated the amount ofTB bacteria in them was“quite low,” Cetron said.

The man, who is underthe first US government-ordered quarantine since1963, was infected with arare case of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, orXDR TB.

He told a newspaperhe flew from Atlanta toGreece for a wedding andthen traveled to Italy for a

honeymoon. Later he flewback to North America fortreatment.

He also took severalother flights in Greece andItaly, but the health agencystressed that those on theseshorter flights did not facea significant risk.

The man is being heldin isolation and underarmed guard at a UShospital in the southernstate of Georgia.

Internet

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S P O R T S

US golfer Tiger Woods reacts to amissed birdie putt on the first hole

during the first round of the Memo-rial Tournament at Muirfield Village

Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, on 31May, 2007. — INTERNET

Russia's Anna Chakvetadze celebrateswinning a point against Hungary'sAgnes Szavay during their match in theFrench Open tennis tournament atRoland Garros in Paris on 31 May , 2007. — INTERNET

Beckham, Owen return toEngland squad

LONDON 31 May — England soccer legend DavidBeckham has been called up to England squad for thefirst time under coach Steve McClaren, who dumpedhim after last year's World Cup.Striker Michael Owen, England's front-line thrillerwho recovered from a lengthy knee injury, also cameback. "There's different reasons why we have beenaway, but we have all got the same reasons for beingback," Owen said on Thursday.England captain John Terry said Beckham's returnmeant the team was "back to normal."Terry became skipper after Beckham relinquishedthe captaincy after England lost to Portugal in a penaltyshootout in the quarterfinals of the World Cup on 1July"It's great to have him back," Terry said. "He's afamiliar face and we know his quality. He's broughtthat into training and we are looking forward to himplaying."

Internet

Man Utd to sign Hargreavesfrom Bayern Munich

LONDON 31 May —English Premier League cham-pions Manchester United finalized a deal on Thursdayto sign England midfielder Owen Hargreaves fromBayern Munich on a five-year contract.The Canadian-born Hargreaves, who was Englandfans' player of the year for 2006, has passed a medicalexamination and agreed to contract terms, the RedDevils said.However, the transfer fee was yet disclosed.Hargreaves had been linked to United since starringin last year's World Cup. United tried to sign himbefore last season and Bayern fined him for publiclysaying he wanted to move.In last year's World Cup in Germany, Hagreaveswas not considered a key player, but was one of the fewto perform well. He broke his leg in September.Hargreaves returned to action in February and missedEngland training last week.— Internet

Gremio beat Santos inLibertadores semifinal first leg RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 June — Gremio muscled their way

to a 2-0 home win over Santos on Wednesday in the firstleg of an all-Brazilian Libertadores Cup semifinal.

Both teams have won South America's most prestig-ious tournament twice, but Gremio looked the hungrierfor a third success.

Gremio, roared on by a capacity 42,000 crown in thesouthern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, almost fellbehind in the sixth minute when Marcos Aurelio's well-struck shot was palmed away by goalkeeper Diego Saja.

The home team were denied a penalty whenAlessandro appeared to handle the ball in the area, butthey were awarded a spot kick in the 34th minute whenSantos defender Avalos tangled with Diego Souza. Thepenalty was converted by Czecko. — MNA/Reuters

Sharapova crushes Craybasto reach third round

PARIS, 1 June — World number twoMaria Sharapova advanced to the thirdround of the French Open with a crush-ing 6-2, 6-1 win over seasoned Ameri-can Jill Craybas on Thursday.

Sharapova, who had struggled tobeat France's Emilie Loit in her firstmatch here, needed just 64 minutes tobrush aside her opponent.

The 32-year-old Craybas is rankeda modest 73rd in the world but is re-membered for stunning SerenaWilliams in the third round at Wimble-don two years ago.

She was, however, never in conten-tion against the 20-year-old Russian.

The pair were tied 2-2 in the first setbut Sharapova then won the next 10games. After taking the first set with aservice winner after 36 minutes, sheopened up a 5-0 lead in the second set.

Serving for the match, Sharapovawas broken but then captured her oppo-nent's serve, sealing victory with a fore-hand volley on the first match point.

MNA/Reuters

Gutsy Hewitt wears down former champion Gaudio

Serena sets date with fan PARIS, 1 June — Serena Williams was

once again caught napping at the FrenchOpen on Thursday before she regainedher focus to set up a third-round date withone of her biggest fans on the tour.

Williams squeezed past little-knownVenezuelan Milagros Sequera 6-0, 7-6and will next run into Dutch teenagerMichaella Krajicek. The younger sisterof 1996 Wimbledon champion RichardKrajicek said she was excited about meet-ing Williams as she had idolized theAmerican while growing up.

The Australian Open champion, how-ever, will want Krajicek to be struck bystage fright after she produced yet an-other ragged performance on Thursday.

Williams had been dragged to threesets in her opening match on Sunday anda three-day break did little to restore herusual champion's aura. The eighth seedstormed through the first set in 24 min-utes but then started misfiring as her 69thranked opponent streaked to a 3-0 lead inthe second.—MNA/Reuters PARIS, 1 June — Lleyton Hewitt did

not let the reputation of a former cham-pion stand in his way as he staged agutsy fightback for a 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4,6-2 win over Gaston Gaudio in the sec-ond round of the French Open on Thurs-day.

The Australian 14th seed recoveredfrom two sets down for only the fourthtime in his nine-year professional careeras he shoved Gaudio to his earliest exitfrom Roland Garros since 2001.

The win allowed Hewitt to avenge aquarterfinal defeat by Gaudio in 2004 .

Gaudio, who had triumphed in 2004before Rafael Nadal began his reign,looked well on his way to stringingtogether back-to-back victories for onlythe second time this season.

He was firing winners to all cornersof the court that even Hewitt, the bestscrambler in the game, could not chaseafter.

But it was not long before Hewitt'sfamed resilience was back on show andhe went on to break early in each of finalthree sets.

Running out of options in the fifth

set, Gaudio chased down a ball to theback of the court and resorted to a trickshot between his legs at 4-1. Hewittresponded by plopping an easy volleyaway.— MNA/Reuters

Holland's PSV's soccer player , left, fights for theball with Peru's Sport Boys' Jhonnier Montanoduring a Peruvian national soccer team training

session in Lima, on 31 May, 2007. Peru willcompete in the upcoming Copa America in

Venezuela. —INTERNET

Magrao snatches Fluminenseequalizer in Copa Brasil final

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 June —Fluminense striker AdrianoMagrao scored a late equalizerto salvage a 1-1 draw againstFigueirense in the first leg of theCopa Brasil final on Wednesday.

Both teams missed a succes-sion of chances in a nervy battlefor a first Copa Brasil title.

Fluminense have enjoyed arun of good form since the re-turn of coach Renato Gauchofor a second stint, and the Rio deJaneiro club went into the gameas firm favourites.

Ivan should have givenFluminense the lead on sevenminutes when he was given aclean run on goal, but he pulledhis shot well wide.

MNA/Reuters

Indian player Sania Mirzareacts during a match with

Serbian player Ana Ivanovicduring their French Tennis

Open second round match atRoland Garros, on 31 May inParis. Mirza says she remains

upbeat about her seasondespite the straight sets defeat

to Ivanovic. INTERNET

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Friday, 1 June, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been fairly widespread in Rakhine State, Bago,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, scattered in AyeyawadyDivision, isolated in Shan, Kayin and Mon States, Manda-lay and Magway Divisions and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining areas. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Pyapon (1.85) inches, Yangon (Cen-tral) (1.62) inches, An (1.11) inches and Mawlamyine(0.95) inch.

Maximum temperature on 31-5-2007 was 86°F. Mini-mum temperature on 1-6-2007 was 73°F. Relative hu-midity at 09:30 hours MST on 1-6-2007 was 92%. Totalsunshine hours on 31-5-2007 was (Nil).

Rainfall on 1-6-2007 was (1.30) inches at Mingaladon,(0.16) inch at Kaba-Aye, (1.62) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (28.94) inches atMingaladon, (33.11) inches at Kaba-Aye and (31.97) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southwest at (09:30) hours MST on1-6-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the NorthBay and monsoon is weak in the Andaman Sea and else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 2-6-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be fairly widespread in Yangon andBago Divisions, scattered in Rakhine and Mon States,Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, isolated in Kachin,Shan and Kayin States, Mandalay Division and weatherwill be partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofthundery activities in Central Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areasfor 2-6-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for2-6-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for2-6-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather outlook for first weekend of June 2007:During the coming weekend, rain or thundershowers willbe fairly widespread in Yangon Division, scattered in NayPyi Taw and Mandalay Division.

WEATHER

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7:25 am3. To be healty

exercise7:30 am

4. Morning news7:40 am

5. Nice and sweet song7:50 am

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9. Musical programme8:30 am10. International news8:45 am11. Grammar Made Easy

11:00 am1. Martial song

11:15 am2. Musical programme

11:30 am3. News

11:40 am4. Games for children

12:05 pm5. Round up of the

week’s TV localnews

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1:45 pm9. Dance of national

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2:55 pm16. International news4:00 pm

1. Martial song4:15 pm2. Song to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. �mø;�mø;Âk∑Âk∑y√\ek¥;mOAk�mø;�mø;Âk∑Âk∑y√\ek¥;mOAk�mø;�mø;Âk∑Âk∑y√\ek¥;mOAk�mø;�mø;Âk∑Âk∑y√\ek¥;mOAk�mø;�mø;Âk∑Âk∑y√\ek¥;mOAk

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6:30 pm9. Weather report

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17. The next day’sprogramme

A general view of theForbidden City amid adust storm in the centreof Beijing on 24 May,2007. Beijing will shutdown smoke-belching

factories and banthousands of cars from

city streets to improve airquality during next

year’s Olympic Games, asenior city official saidon Thursday, 31 May ,

2007. — INTERNET

China’s “Tomorrow Plan” helps 35,000 disabled orphansBEIJING, 1 June — A total of 35,000 disabled orphans in China have received free surgery and

rehabilitation treatment over the past three years, thanks to a programme launched by the Ministry of CivilAffairs (CMCA).

The “Tomorrow Plan— Operations andRehabilitation for DisabledOrphans”, launched inMay 2004, has promotedmedical care for orphanssuffering from congenitaldiseases and infantileparalysis.

More than 750 millionyuan (96.2 million USdollars) has been used inthe programme, including700 million yuan from thepublic welfare fund raisedfrom the welfare lottery and50 million yuan from publicdonations, Li Liguo, Vice-Minister of Civil Affairs,said on Wednesday.

Li said the programmehad also brought moreopportunities for the

children to return tofamilies or find jobs in thefuture.

“Among the disabledorphans who received

treatment, 5,000 have foundnew families at home oroverseas,” Li said.

About 66,000 orphansand abandoned babies

live in welfare homesnationwide and about halfare disabled, according tothe Ministry of CivilAffairs.— MNA/Xinhua

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3rd Waning of Nayon 1369 ME Saturday, 2 June, 2007

YANGON, 1 June — Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defence inspected Shukhintha Tax-free Market and preventive measures against denguehemorrhagic fever in Thakayta, Thingangyun andTamway townships yesterday morning.

Accompanied by Chairman of Yangon Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win,

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects Shukhintha Tax-freeMarket, preventive measures against DHF, dysentery

in Thakayta, Thingangyun, Tamway townships

YANGON, 1 June — The people have lost faithand trust in National League for Democracy(Headquarters) due to its dealing with some for-eign embassies in improper way although it is aninternal political party. Diplomats of those em-bassies are frequenting the NLD Headquarters andgiving various instructions by violating diplomaticethics.

As the NLD, not serving the people’s inter-est, is keeping close contact with the US em-bassy with the intention of pushing Myanmar tobecome colonialist minion, there has been publicoutrage and the people remain vigilant at all times.

It has been reported that in April, staff of theUS embassy in Yangon visited the NLD Head-quarters on West Shwegondine Road eleven times.

During the month of May, they also visitedthe NLD Headquarters 21 times, met with NLDCEC members and gave them a lot of paperwork,it is learnt. — MNA

NLD dealing improperly withsome foreign embassies violating

diplomatic code of conduct

NAY PYI TAW, 1June — Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin de-livered an address at theceremony to mark theWorld No-Tobacco Day2007 at the hall of theMinistry of Health thismorning.

Also present onthe occasion were Minis-ter for Health Dr KyawMyint, Deputy MinistersDr Mya Oo and Dr PaingSoe, members of the Na-tional Health Committee,officials of Nay Pyi Tawand Mandalay City De-velopment Committees,departmental heads, offi-cials of departments un-der the Ministry ofHealth and representa-tives of social organiza-tions.

In his speech, thecommander delivered anaddress that the NationalHealth Committee hadlaid down health policiesand is giving directives toofficials in undertaking

World No-Tobacco Day 2007 observed in Nay Pyi Taw

health care services in theentire nation. Progresscan be witnessed in thehigher health standard ofthe people as priority isbeing given to upgradingof health facilities, con-trol of diseases, treatmentand rehabilitation sectors.

He continued tosay that in line with themotto – prevention is bet-ter than cure — the gov-ernment is expediting the

tasks for preventionagainst diseases and up-lift of health standard inaddition to speeding upthe task for providinghealth care services to thepeople. Hence, the gov-ernment gives directivesto the Health Ministry andall related ministries tocarry out the control ofcigarette and tobacco con-sumption for keepingyouth to be free fromhealth, social and eco-nomic hazard resultingfrom smoking and to-bacco consumption.

In accord withthe instructions of theNational Health Com-mittee, he said the Cen-tral Board of the Con-trol of Smoking andConsumption of To-bacco Products hasbeen gearing up thetask for control ofsmoking. As a result,remarkable successescan be witnessed in the

public health sector ofMyanmar within a fewyears. Therefore, theWorld Health Organiza-t ion presented theaward in commemora-tion of the World No-Tobacco Day for 2004to Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint for hisexcellent leadership intobacco control.

Next, Ministerfor Health Dr KyawMyint delivered an ad-dress. He said that nowa-days, one-third of worldadult population or 1,100million are smokers. Ofthem, 900 million are menand 200 million arewomen. According to thereport of WHO, smokingis killing about five mil-lion people annually and75 per cent of them arefrom developing coun-tries. It was estimatedthat due to the dangerof tobacco, 70 per cent

Lt-Gen Myint Swe viewed selling and buying atshops at Shukhintha Tax-free Market in ManbyeWard of Thakayta Township.

Chairman of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin andVice-Mayor Col Maung Pa conducted them roundthe market.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe instructed officials to take

care of thriving physic nut plants in front of themarket.

At Thakayta Township Development AffairsCommittee Office, Lt-Gen Myint Swe heard reportson health, education and water supply of ThakaytaTownship, matters related to Ward 6 and preventivemeasures against DHF in the township presented by

(See page 8)

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin speaks at World No-Tobacco Day 2007. — MNA

(See page 10)

The government has beenbuilding dams and reservoirsalong with river water pump-ing stations and undergroundwater tapping facilities in aridzones of the country. As aresult, those regions have nowenjoyed a sufficient supplyof irrigated water and cleanwater.

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