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Volume XIX, Number 347 11th Waxing of Tagu 1373 ME Monday, 2 April, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 1 April—By-election 2012 for 37vacant Pyithu Hluttaw seats,six vacant Amyotha Hluttawseats and 2 Region/StateHluttaw seats, totaling 45parliamentary seats was heldin regions and statesincluding Nay Pyi Tawbeginning 6 am today.

By-election 2012 washeld in Zabuthiri Township,Nay Pyi Taw Council Areafrom 6 am to 4 pm today, inwhich eligible voters castvotes freely at respectivepolling stations.

President of theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein andwife Daw Khin Khin Wincast votes at polling stationNo. 1/1 at Nay Pyi Taw No.5Basic Education HighSchool in ZabuthiriTownship this morning.Likewise,Vice-President DrSai Mauk Kham and wifeDaw Nan Shwe Hmon castballots at the same pollingstation.

The Brunei Ambassadorto Myanmar, personnel fromChinese Embassy and repre-sentatives from ASEANcountries observed the vot-ing process and journalists

By-election 2012 held in Nay Pyi Taw, regions, statesfrom local and foreign newsagencies covered the elec-tion news.

A total of 36 pollingstations were opened inZabuthiri Township whereeligible voters includingUnion ministers, deputy min-isters, and departmentalheads casted ballots freely.

Personnel from thetownship election sub com-mission and returning offic-ers and members supervisedthe voting process. At 4 pm,

returning officers and mem-bers of the polling stationsopened the ballot boxes,counted the ballots and re-corded the results.

Vice-President ThihaThura U Tin Aung Myint Ooand wife Daw Khin SawHnin cast votes at pollingstation No. 1 at Basic Educa-tion Post Primary School inNyaungbingyisu Village ofPobbathiri Township, NayPyi Taw Council Area.

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President ofthe Republicof the Unionof Myanmar

U TheinSein casting

vote atpollingstation

opened atNay Pyi

Taw No. 5Basic

EducationHigh Schoolin ZabuthiriTownship.

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Daw Khin Khin Win,wife of President ofthe Republic of theUnion of Myanmar

U Thein Sein, castingvote at polling station

opened at Nay PyiTaw No. 5 BasicEducation High

School in ZabuthiriTownship.—MNA

YANGON, 1 April—The prize pres-entation for the raising of reading habit andbook donation was held at Basic EducationPrimary School in Myothit (C) Ward inInsein Township of Yangon North Districton 30 March.

Chairman of Yangon Region Rais-ing Reading Habit and Book Donation Com-mittee Region Minister for Finance andRevenue Daw San San Nwe made an open-ing address.

Prizesawarded in

raisingreading

habit

Head of Region Information andPublic Relations Department Assistant Di-rector U Myint Swe explained the purposeof holding the ceremony.

The region minister awarded thewinners in the essay, extempore talk andpoem recitation contests.

Later, officials donated K 200,000for raising of reading habit and books worthK 160,000 to 10 libraries.

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Extreme weather threatensrich ecosystems

SCIENCE DAILY, 1 April—Extreme weather suchas hurricanes, torrential downpours and droughts willbecome more frequent in pace with global warming.Consequently, this increases the risk for species extinc-tion, especially in bio diverse ecosystems such as coralreefs and tropical rainforests.

Human impact means that flora and fauna be-come extinct at a rate 100–1000 times higher than nor-mal. Climate change has been deemed as one of the maincauses of species depletion.

A research team in theoretical biology atLinköping University has, through the use of mathemati-cal modelling and simulation, studied how the dynamicsof different types of ecosystems may be affected bysignificant environment fluctuations.

Linda Kaneryd, doctoral student and lead au-thor of a study recently published in the journal, Ecologyand Evolution, says the results were surprising.

“Several previous studies of food web struc-tures have suggested that species-rich ecosystems areoften more robust than species-poor ecosystems. How-ever at the onset of increased environmental fluctuations,such as extreme weather, we see that extreme species-rich ecosystems are the most vulnerable and this entailsa greater risk for a so-called cascading extinction.”

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nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 2 April, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Be proud to be a taxpayerMonday, 2 April, 2012

Taxation is the major source ofgovernment earning in most countries.

It also represents the relation betweenthe government and the people. In democraticsystem, the people assign the government todo what they want. No one other than thepeople will have to pay for these services. Toremedy tax dodge, the successive governmentshad to exploit god-given natural resources ofthe country to fund services to the people.

Despite abundance, we should limitedlyand cautiously exploit our natural resources.We should not impair our environment anymore. It should no longer be a main source ofthe government income. It is crystal clear thatwe need to fund the government with our taxes.

Each and every citizen is both entitled tofundamental rights of citizen and obliged to paytaxes. We can ask the cabinet what to do, butwe need to understand that a government withinsufficient funds will fail to satisfy our demandsand we must contribute our share of tax. ThePresident himself committed to pay taxes in hisvery recent address to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw,encouraging the entire people to follow hisway.

Public awareness initiative must bepursued. The people—quite a stranger totaxation — must be informed why and how theyshould pay taxes and duties. Effective lawenforcement machinery must come intooperation.

The government is committed to levymore tax in this tax year while lawmakers aretrying to pass a new tax law.

We, the people, should proudly turnourselves into taxpayers.

NAY PYI TAW, 1 April—Special Refresher CourseNo. 20 for lecturers was concluded at Central Institute ofCivil Service ((Phaunggyi)) this morning, with an addressby Chairman of Union Civil Service Board U Kyaw Thu.

Also present on the occasion were Deputy Ministerfor Education U Ba Shwe, member of the UCSB U KhinMaung Aye and 264 trainees.

Speaking on the occasion, UCSB Chairman U KyawThu said education lies at the heart of human resourcesdevelopment. As the government is building soundeconomic, political and social foundations in line withnational objectives, lecturers from all the universities and

YANGON, 1 April—Jointly organized by the Ministryof Sports and Myanmar Hockey Federation, 2012 MyanmarNational Sports Committee Chairman’s Cup Men’s HockeyLeague continued today at Theinbyu turf hockey pitch.

No. 11 LID team whitewashed Triangle RegionCommand team 8-0 while Nay Pyi Taw Command teamdefeated South-West Command team 4-1 and YangonCommand team beat North-West Command team 5-0.

Tatmadaw (Navy) team plays Tatmadaw (Air) team,South-West Command team meets Myanmar Police Forceteam and No. 11 LID faces Northern Command team on 2April. The prize presentation ceremony takes place on 7April.—NLM

Match between No. 11 LID team and TriangleRegion Command team in progress.

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Special Refresher Course No. 20 for lecturers concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 1April—The summer sportscourses of Kachin Stateconcluded at the State SportsGround in Myitkyinayesterday morning.

Patron of KachinState Sports and Physical

colleges are to work hard with devotion. Althoughuniversities and colleges now are under the supervision ofministries concerned, but measures will be taken to transformthem into autonomous institutions. It is required to set upinternationally-linked online libraries in universities andcolleges in addition to conventional libraries.

The UCSB Chairman then stressed the need forresearch and development, calling them to join hands in thegovernment’s efforts for building good governance andclean government. He then awarded the outstanding trainees,presented certificates to trainees and cordially greeted tothem.—MNA

Summer sports courses of Kachin State wraps upEducation CommitteeState Chief Minister U LaJohn Ngan Hsai andSpeaker of the StateHluttaw U Rawam Jonpresented completioncertificates to the trainees.

Patron of Kachin

State Women’s AffairsOrganization wife of theChief Minister Daw Kan HsiHsaing Lon and wife of theSpeaker of State HluttawDaw B Nin Shin presentedgifts to the trainers.

The trainees

demonstrated their skills insports events. Altogether500 trainees attended thetrack & field, Karatedo,football, aerobic, Myanmarmartial arts, Sepak Takraw,tennis, table tennis, bodybuilding and physicalculture.

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NAY PYI TAW, 1 April –The Union ElectionCommission held 2012 by-elections in constituenciesvacant for Hluttawrepresentatives across thenation at 6 am today. MahaAungmye Township inMandalay District,Mandalay Region, also heldthe by-election at respectivepolling stations.

Study groups fromIndia, Japan, America,Singapore and ASEANnations studied thesystematic and free castingof votes and local and foreignreporters covered electionnews in accord with the rulesand regulations.

The township opened79 polling stations in 18wards and the public voterscast their ballots for Hluttawcandidates they liked.

Townships in Mandalay Region hold by-elections

Election sub-commissions atvarious levels also madenecessary arrangements inline with the prescribed rulesand regulations.

Likewise, Pyin-OoLwin, TadaU,Kyaukpadaung, Natogyi andMeiktila townships ofMandalay Region held the

2012 by-elections. Diplomats,international observers andreporters studied the castingof ballots and raised voterssome questions. — MNA

Men’s hockey tourneycontinues

NAY PYI TAW, 1 April —2012 by-elections took placein constituencies vacant for Hluttaw representatives acrossthe nation beginning 6 am today.

By-elections were held in Sagaing, Pale and Minkintownships of Sagaing Region, in Launglon and Kyunsutownships of Taninthayi Region, in Toungoo, Htantabin,Thanatpin and Letpadan townships of Bago Region, inMagway, Yesagyo, Myaing, Pakokku and Pwintbyutownships of Magway Region, in Mawlamyine townshipof Mon State, in Kalaw township of Shan State and inPathein, Maubin, Myaungmya, Wakema and Myanaungtownships of Ayeyawady Region and the public voterscast their ballots freely.

Diplomats, international observers and local andforeign reporters studied the voting and raised the voterssome questions.

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By-elections take place in Sagaing, Taninthayi, Bago,Magway, Ayeyawady, Mon, Shan

Returning officers and polling station members seal ballot boxes.MNA

Voters casting votes at No. 8 Ward pollingstation in Pyapon in Ayeyawady Region.

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TOKYO , 1 April — Japan will support JimYong Kim, the US nominee for the next WorldBank head, Japanese Finance Minister JunAzumi said on Sunday after meeting thecandidate who is in Tokyo on his world tourto seek support for the candidacy.

Kim, a Korean-American, will becontesting against two nominees from

Japan to support US nominee to headWorld Bank

Japan will support Jim Yong Kim, the USnominee for the next World Bank head.

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emerging market countries—Nigerian FinanceMinister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and formerColombian Finance Minister Jose AntonioOcampo—for the Washington-basedinstitution’s top job. “We decided he is anextremely suitable candidate for the WorldBank presidency and we will support him,”Azumi said, stressing his track record workingon HIV/AIDs issues with the World HealthOrganization.

Azumi said that the right candidate for thejob would understand Japan’s stance as amajor contributor country and would be ablereflect that in the World Bank’s policies. Kim,a physician and anthropologist, was namedby the Obama administration in March as theUS pick to succeed Robert Zoellick when hesteps down in June. By tradition, an Americanhas headed the World Bank since its foundingafter World War Two, but the emergingeconomies are increasingly open aboutchallenging that convention.— Reuters

Venezuelan President

Hugo Chavez, said

Saturday he was

travelling to Cuba for

a second round of

radiation therapy as

part of his back-and-

forth cancer treatment

in Havana.

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CARACAS, 1 April — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Cuba on Saturday foranother round of cancer treatment, saying he will be in Havana for several days and then returnhome. Chavez boarded the presidential jet on Saturday night accompanied by one of hisdaughters. His aides and military chiefs saw him off at the airport.

He said during an earlier speech to supporters that he was travelling to Havana for a secondround of radiation after recent surgery to extract a second cancerous tumour in his pelvic area.Chavez had another tumour removed from the same place in June. The 57-year-old leftistpresident, in office since 1999, has vowed to overcome cancer to win another six-year term inthe 7 Oct election. Chavez has not identified the type of cancer, nor the precise location wherethe tumours were located. He has said he is choosing to undergo treatment in Cuba becauseit’s where his cancer was originally diagnosed and where his surgeries have been carried out.Chavez said that after his second round of five daily sessions of radiation, he expects to returnto Caracas on Wednesday or Thursday. He has said he expects to be travelling to and from Cubafor the treatments in the next several weeks. Before departing for Havana, Chavez reiteratedclaims that he believes opposition leaders might not accept the results of the October electionif he wins, and that “they’re making plans to try to generate violence, to try to destabilize thecountry.” He did not provide evidence to back those claims.— Internet

Venezuelan leader returns to Cuba fortreatment

NAPLES , 1 April — Italianpolice discovered a bust ofactor Al Pacino as the drugsboss “Scarface” when theyraided the home of a suspectedmafia drugs boss. Al Pacinoplayed the role of Cuban drugkingpin Tony Montana in the1983 film. Police said the modelwas found in the home of 34-year-old Carlo Padovaniduring a raid in Boscoreale,near Naples. Mr Padovani isbelieved to be linked to threeclans from the Camorra mafiawhich operates in the area.

Police said he was incharge of managing the drugstrade which took place on asquare in Boscoreale.Although Mr Padovani wasinitially arrested in July lastyear, police said he was able

Italy police find Al PacinoScarface bust in mafia raid

The life-sized bust wasdiscovered in a raid near

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to carry on organising thetrade from his home where hewas under house arrest. Heobtained a false medicalcertificate from an official whohas also now been arrested.

Mr Padovani was among33 people detained in whatpolice said was a drugs tradeon an almost industrial scale,

generating 17-18,000 euros(£14,181- £15,040) per day,and as much as 25,000 euros(£20,800) at weekends,according to Italy’s TG1.com.Police said children as youngas six years of age were usedas lookouts for drug pushersoperating in the square.

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MANAGUA, 1 April—Nicaraguan authorities saidSaturday that the apparent target of an attack that claimed thelife of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral last year is beingcharged with drug trafficking.

Businessman Henry Farinas and six others are accusedof trafficking, money laundering and ties to organized crime,said police spokesman Fernando Borge.Farinas was believedto be the intended target of last year’s ambush in Guatemalathat killed Cabral. The businessmen was driving the folksinger to the airport when their car was ambushed by gunmen.Farinas survived.

Borge said the accusations against Farinas were presentedto a judge by a special prosecutor from the anti-corruptionunit. Among the six others accused is Farinas’ brother,Joaquin Farinas Fonseca, and a man identified as AmericanGerald James Shackelford.

Three of the suspects — the Farinas brothers and anightclub manager — are in detention while the others arestill being sought, Borge said. Henry Farines was detained onThursday. There was no immediate comment from the accused.

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UNITED NATIONS, 1April—An end to a nearlydecade-long nuclear standoffbetween Iran and major worldpowers will be possible if theUnited States and its Europeanallies recognize Teheran’sright to enrich uranium, a formerIranian negotiator said in aneditorial. “Talks between Iranand the five permanentmembers of the UN Security

Former Iran negotiator says nuclear dealpossible

Hossein Mousavian, Iran’s former chief nuclearnegotiator.—INTERNET

Council plus Germany (P5+1),scheduled for next month,provide the best opportunityto break the nine-year deadlockover Iran’s nuclear progra-mme,” Hossein Mousavian,Iran’s former chief nuclearnegotiator, wrote in an editorialin the Boston Globe.

Mousavian, now avisiting scholar at PrincetonUniversity in New Jersey, hadbeen seen as a moderate whenin the Iranian government.Although he is not currently apolicymaker, such publicpresentations of Iranianthinking is rare. Iran says itsnuclear programme is peacefuland rejects US and Europeanallegations that it is secretlyamassing the capability toproduce atomic weapons. Iranhas rejected Security Councildemands that it halt enrichmentand other sensitive nuclearwork, saying it has a sovereignright to atomic energy.

Nicaraguan businessmanaccused of drug trafficking

This has led to four roundsof increasingly stringent UNSecurity Council sanctions,mostly focusing on its nuclearand missile industries, butalso targeting some financialinstitutions, a few subsidiariesof its major shipping firm, andcompanies linked to theIslamic Revolutionary GuardCorps. For the talks, expectedto take place in mid-April, toopen the door to a resolutionof the standoff with Iran,Mousavian said the UnitedStates and its European alliesmust make clear that war andcoercion are not the onlyoptions. They should seekenhanced engagement withTeheran, as US PresidentBarack Obama has repeatedlycalled for. “This could work— since 2003, Iran has beenlooking for a viable anddurable solution to thediplomatic standoff,” wroteMousavian.— Reuters

Five killed, hundreds injuredin Thai hotel fire

BANGKOK, 1 April—Five people were killed and hundredsinjured in a hotel fire on Saturday in Thailand’s southernprovince Songkhla, the Bangkok Post online reported.

The fire, which broke out at five star hotel in Hat Yai, wascaused by an explosion in the gas pipeline system, not by abomb as some earlier media reports described, said SonghklaGovernor Grisada. He told reporters that the victims includedfour men and one woman and more than 300 guests weretrapped by fire and smoke in their upper floor rooms and wereinjured. Twenty-eight of them were hospitalizd.

Police said foreign tourists were among the injured but nofurther information was available by now. Hat Yai is a majortourist and commercial city in southern Thailand near theMalaysian border.

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Thai firemen carry an injured man after a fire at theLee Gardens Hotel in downtown Hat Yai. Five people

were killed and dozens injured in a fire at a hotel in HatYai, the largest city in southern Thailand.

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LONDON , 1 April — Spacecraft could one day navigatethrough the cosmos using a particular type of dead star as akind of GPS. German scientists are developing a techniquethat allows for very precise positioning anywhere in space bypicking up X-ray signals from pulsars. These dense, burnt-outstars rotate rapidly, sweeping their emission across the cosmosat rates that are so stable they rival atomic clock performance.

This timing property is perfect for interstellar navigation,says the team. If a spacecraft carried the means to detect thepulses, it could compare their arrival times with those predictedat a reference location. This would enable the craft to determineits position to an accuracy of just five kilometres anywhere inthe galaxy.

“The principle is so simple that it will definitely haveapplications,” said Prof Werner Becker from the Max-PlanckInstitute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching. “These pulsarsare everywhere in the Universe and their flashing is so

Dead stars ‘to guidespacecraft’

predictable that it makes such an approach reallystraightforward,” he told BBC News. Prof Becker has beendescribing his team’s research here at the UK NationalAstronomy Meeting in Manchester.

The proposed technique is very similar to that employedin the popular Global Positioning System, which broadcaststiming signals to the user from a constellation of satellites inorbit. But GPS only works on, or just above, the Earth so it hasno use beyond our planet.

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China successfully sends a French-made communicationsatellite “APSTAR-VII” into orbit with its Long March-

3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang SatelliteLaunch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province,

on 31 March, 2012. XINHUA

* Pulsars are a type of neutron star* Produced in huge stellar explosions* Remnant core is highly magnetised* Radiation focused into intense beams* Beams sweep around as dead star spins* Pulsars appear like ticks to observer* Stability of ticks rivals atomic clocks

NEW YORK , 1 April —Manmade mounds shapedlike orcas, condors and evena duck may be the oldestevidence of animal moundsoutside of North America,according to formerUniversity of Missourianthropologist.Writing in themagazine Antiquity, RobertBenfer, a professor emeritus,describes a series of mounds,some more than 1,300 feet (400metres) across, in coastal

Mysterious animal-shapedstructures are oldest known

TOKYO , 1 April —Revised estimates of thepotential impact an offshoreearthquake could have onJapan show that much of the

Japan experts warn of futurerisk of giant tsunami

country’s Pacific coast couldbe inundated by a tsunamimore than 20 meters (65 feet)high.

According to Japanesemedia reports on Sunday, agovernment-commissionedpanel of experts says atsunami unleashed by amagnitude-9.0 earthquake inthe Nankai trough, which runseast of Japan’s main island ofHonshu to the southernisland of Kyushu, could top34 meters (112 feet) at its

highest. An earlier forecast in2003 put the potentialmaximum height of such atsunami at less than 20 meters(66 feet). The revisions arebased on new researchfollowing last March’smagnitude-9.0 earthquakeand tsunami, whichdevastated a long stretch ofJapan’s northeasterncoast.— Internet

Stellar beaconsfor navigation

valleys in Peru.Archaeological evidence atthe sites pegs some at morethan 4,000 years old.

“It’s going to shakeeverybody’s views,” Benfertold LiveScience. “Theprevious oldest animal figureswere at Nazca and they’re 2,000years old.” The Nazca Linesare simple stone outlines ofanimals decorating the NazcaDesert in Peru. Like the newlydiscovered mounds, they mayhave had ritual significance.In addition, the shapes likelycoincided with theconstellations these ancientpeople saw in the Milky Way.

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NEW YORK , 1 April — Ofcom is looking into ways to freemore radio spectrum to satisfy the UK’s vast appetite formobile broadband. Demand for high mobile data rates couldgrow 800-fold between 2012 and 2030, the communicationsregulator suggests. Operators will need help to meet thisdemand, said Ofcom, which is asking the industry about thebest way to do it. It suggested that a chunk of spectrumcurrently used for digital TV signals could provide some of theneeded bandwidth.

Ofcom has kicked off a consultation exercise to devise along-term strategy for satisfying this burgeoning demand.Decisions taken will affect use of radio spectrum after 2018. Inits consultation paper, Ofcom said the rising popularity ofsmartphones and tablet computers would soon start to put ahuge strain on mobile networks. Some of this strain could bemanaged by operators offloading some data requests to wi-fi and tiny base stations known as femtocells. They could alsoturn to newer mobile technologies such as LTE, which makemore efficient use of radio spectrum.

Finally, said Ofcom, operators could build lots more basestations. However, it said, all of these methods were unlikelyto meet that growing demand. As a result, Ofcom is consideringfreeing a chunk of the UHF spectrum, the 700MHz band,currently used for digital TV signals. This is seen as a goodfrequency band to pick because many other nations andmanufacturers are planning to use it for LTE (4G) networkequipment.—Internet

Mobile broadband demandset to soar

Freedradio

spectrumis

helpingbring

mobilebroadbandto some

ruralareas.

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NEW YORK , 1 April — Anew Kickstarter project isaiming to redefine how youshoot video with youriPhone. The Galileo is an iOS-controlled robotic iPhoneplatform that lets youmanipulate the angle youriPhone from another iOSdevice, giving you the abilityto adjust your iPhone toalmost any angle you couldpossibly want. [More fromMashable: Top 10 iPhoneWord Games]

For instance, if you werevideo chatting with a childwho moved out of sight of thecamera you could move theplatform to follow her usingyour own device. Theplatform could also be usedin situations like meetings soyou can can follow all theaction going on in the room.The platform’s inventororiginally created the devicein order to have better chatswith his son while he wasaway on business.

Galileo can be controlledfrom another iOS device suchas an iPad or iPod touch byswiping a finger across thescreen, and gives you infinite360-degree panning and 200-

This iPhone platform willchange the way you shoot

videosNEW YORK , 1 April — The IPO market is heating up. A

growing economy and rising stock market are prompting morestartups to go public, and investors appear hungry to invest.This week, organic mac n’ cheese maker Annie’s and mobilead firm Millennial Media posted the biggest first-day gainssince networking site LinkedIn debuted last May. AndFacebook’s highly anticipated initial public stock offering isjust weeks away.

After lying largely dormant for three years, the IPO marketis churning again. And it’s poised to get further lift. Congressis loosening restrictions in an attempt to make it easier foryoung companies to raise money. Still, high gas prices andstubborn unemployment rates continue to put a damper ongrowth, making it too early to tell whether an IPO recovery ishere to stay. The willingness of more startups to open theirbooks and court wider investment suggests that they areoptimistic about their business and the broader economy.And a strong IPO market could itself drive growth, ascompanies loaded with fresh cash injections hire workers toexpand their operations.

Berkeley, Calif-based Annie’s Inc saw shares soar 89percent on Wednesday to close at $35.92. They rose another5.6 percent on Thursday to finish at $37.92. The shares,originally expected to sell for $14 to $16, ended up pricing at$19 each. Baltimore-based Millennial Media Inc, which makessoftware that helps games makers and media companiesdecide what ads to push to smart phones and tablet computers,saw shares jump 92 percent from their $13 IPO price to closeat $25. In total, 10 companies are expected to go public thisweek, the most since December 2010.

It marks an enthusiastic end to a strong quarter for IPOs.There have been more IPOs in the first three months of 2012than there have been since the 2011 second quarter, saidRichard Peterson, credit analyst at S&P Capital IQ. And onaverage, stocks hitting the market in the past three monthshave gained an average of 13 percent on their first trading day,according to the IPO advisory firm Renaissance Capital.That’s the best performance since 2008.

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IPO market heats up,more startups going

public

degree tilting. You can seeeverything around the iPhoneand above it, with the onlyunavailable angle beingwhat’s going on below. [Morefrom Mashable: ‘Wonders ofthe Universe’ Lets YouExplore Space On Your iPad]The platform is also offeringits SDK (software developerskit) for app development,giving app developers thefreedom to integrate Galileofunctionality into existingapps or create apps andsoftware specificallydesigned to work with theproduct.

Galilieo has currentlyraised close to $270,000 onKickstarter, and only required$100,000 to go intoproduction. The project willbe officially funded on 21April, 2012, after which thedevice will go into massproduction and be sent out toproject backers and then likelygeneral consumers. What doyou think of the project? Tellus what potential uses yousee for Galileo in thecomments. This storyoriginally published onMashable here.

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US recalls organ storage fluid overcontamination fears

LONDON , 1 April — Amajor US pharmaceuticalcompany on Thursday issueda wide-spanning global recallof the fluid used to store organsfor potential transplants overfears it could be contaminated.Bristol Myers-Squibb (BMS)said it is recalling the fluid,called Viaspan, across muchof Europe as a part of itsinvestigation into the problemthat was detected on 19 Marchat a third-party manufacturingfacility in Austria. BMS issuedthe recall after tests foundbacteria in the solution usedto monitor the sterility of thestorage fluid.

“We are urgentlyinvestigating the cause of thisissue,” the company said in astatement. “BMS has notifiedall health authorities in

Two organ donorapplication leaflets are

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countries where the productis distributed and willprovide further updates asthe investigationprogresses.” Spokesman KenDominski told AFP the recallwas being issued as aprecautionary measure andno evidence of actualcontamination had yet beenfound. “No evidence hasbeen found at this point (thatthis) manufacturing issue byour third party manufacturercould lead to a productcontamination and thereforewe are issuing the recall as aprecautionary measure.”

The recall applies toViaspan 50mg/ml inAustralia, Italy, Estonia,Slovenia, Argentina, Chile,Germany, France, Ireland,and the United Kingdom —

People stir up millions ofbacteria when entering a

room: StudyNEW YORK , 1 April —

Simply by entering a room,you can add up to 37 millionbacteria to the air every hour,according to a new study.Most of this airbornebacteria is left behind byprevious occupants andstirred up from the floor whenyou enter, Yale Universityresearchers said. “We live inthis microbial soup, and abig ingredient is our ownmicroorganisms,” principalinvestigator Jordan Peccia,an associate professor ofenvironmental engineering,said in a Yale news release.

“Mostly people are re-suspending what’s beendeposited before. The floordust turns out to be the majorsource of the bacteria thatwe breathe,” heexplained.He and hiscolleagues measured andanalyzed biologicalparticles in a single, ground-floor university classroomover a period of eight days— four days when the roomwas periodically occupied,and four days when it wascontinuously vacant. Thewindows and doors werekept closed for all eight days.

When people were inthe room, there was asubstantial increase inairborne concentrations ofbacteria and fungus ofvarious sizes. About 18percent of fresh andpreviously depositedbacteria in the room camefrom people, as opposed toplants and other sources. histype of research could helpefforts to develop new waysof improving indoor airquality, said Peccia, addingthat Americans spend morethan 90 percent of their timeindoors. “All thoseinfectious diseases we get,we get indoors,” he noted.The study was recentlyreleased online in advanceof print publication in anupcoming issue of thejournal Indoor Air.

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Depression often follows stroke,but treatment lacking

NEW YORK ,1 April —While depression is commonamong people who’vesurvived a stroke, it too oftengoes undiagnosed anduntreated, research shows.“Patients need to be openabout their symptoms ofdepression and discuss themwith their physicians so that

all places where there areavailable alternatives. Thecompany is working withhealth authorities incountries where a substituteis not available to findalternate solutions —including Croatia, Finland,New Zealand, Switzerland,Latvia, Lithuania, Spain,Sweden, Norway, Denmark,

Netherlands, and Belgium.“BMS will be working withthe local health authoritiesto find alternative solutionsfor patients, and sending aDear Healthcare ProviderLetter to physicians whichincludes a review of thebenefit/risk for patients,” astatement said.

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they can work together toimprove outcomes,” studyco-author Dr Nada ElHusseini, a stroke fellow inthe neurology division atDuke University MedicalCentre, said in a news releasefrom the journal Stroke.

The study included1,450 adults survivors of

ischemic stroke (involvingblocked blood flow to thebrain) and 397 with atransient ischemic attack(TIA or “mini-stroke”). Theresearchers found that about18 percent of the strokepatients and more than 14percent of the TIA patientswere depressed three months

after their hospitalization.Twelve months afterhospitalization, 16.4percent of stroke patients andalmost 13 percent of TIApatients had depression,according to the study,published on 29 March inthe journal Stroke. ElHusseini believes that “it isimportant for physicians toscreen for depression onfollow-up after both strokeand TIA.”—Internet

US nears sanctions phase in Airbus trade spatEuropean Union to endsubsidies for Airbus bymoving at the World Trade

An Airbus A-319 jet linerlands at Moscow’s

Sheremetyevo airporton 28 March, 2012.

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and other sources said. “I’mhearing that the USTR willtake the next step soon,” anindustry official said, referringto the WTO process forobtaining permission toretaliate, referring to theoffice of the US TradeRepresentative.

An EU plan in Decemberfor ending subsidies declaredillegal by the WTO had failedto satisfy either Boeing or theUS government, the officialand other sources said. Thenext step in the process is forthe United States to ask theWTO for a “compliancepanel” to assess whetherEuropean governments hadended their illegal

subsidies.That could lead toUS sanctions on exports fromBritain, France, Germany,Spain and potentially otherEuropean nations if the WTOpanel agrees the steps takento end Airbus subsidies havebeen inadequate.

Washington has alreadysaid it could seek as much $7billion to $10 billion insanctions. The process ofobtaining WTO permissioncould take 6 months to a yearand the amount approvedcould be less than requested.any analysts expect the twosides to reach a negotiatedsettlement before anysanctions are imposed.

Internet

Qantas raising fares to tacklehigh fuel cost

SYDNEY, 1 April —Australia’s Qantas AirwaysLtd said on Friday it wasraising domestic andinternational fares for thesecond time in as manymonths to partially offsethigh jet fuel prices. Domesticfares and international fuelsurcharge will increase bybetween A$7 and A$30 ($7.2to $30.1) a ticket dependingon the sector, Qantas said ina statement. Domestic fareswill go up on 5 April andinternational fuel surchargeson 12 April, the airline said.

Jet fuel is the largestoperational cost for an airline

and fuel prices quoting at thehighest level in nearly 3 yearshas forced airlines to raisefares to protect profits. Risingfuel costs are another thornfor global airlines, which arealready seeing slowing airtravel due to a soft globaleconomy. The InternationalAir Transport Association(IATA) in December cut itsforecast for airline industryprofits by a quarter to $3.5billion for 2012 and warnedthe industry could plunge toan $8.3 billion loss ifEurope’s debt problemstrigger another bankingcrisis.—Reuters

A ground crew member cleans the windshield of aQantas passenger plane at Adelaide airport in this 13

Feb, 2012 file photo.— REUTERS

WASHINGTON, 1 April —The United States is expectedto ratchet up pressure on the

Organization towardretaliation on Europeangoods, an industry official

Mobile firms bleed billions to fraud and bill errorsLONDON , 1 April — Mobile phone firms are losing $58bn

(£36bn) a year worldwide to billing errors and fraud, a reportsays. Juniper Research found operators were “leaking”revenue because the complexity of networks made fraud anderrors harder to spot. The problem is worst in Africa and theMiddle East, where 15% of revenue is lost annually, comparedwith 1% in Europe and about 2.8% in North America.

The mobile industry is estimated to have generated $920bin 2011. “The developing markets lose the highest proportionof their revenue because they have a greater number of pre-paid customers and it is easier to control what happens on thenetwork when there is a contract in place,” said Juniperresearch director Windsor Holden. “Also, developing nationshave put their efforts into building subscriber bases rapidlyand less thought has been given to how to deal with leakages.”

While billing errors—customers incorrectly charged—may be recoverable for mobile firms, fraud often is not. There

SIM

card

cloning

is a big

problem.

INTERNET

is a “pretty diverse” amount of that going on, according to MrHolden. The report identifies 12 different types of mobilefraud, including so-called interconnect bypass, where userspass off a fixed to mobile international call as a local mobileconversation. Mobile firm MTN Ghana estimates that, overa six-month period, it lost $9m to this problem.

Internet

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Polar bear breaks intofamily home

OTTAWA, 1 April — A man has received the shock of hislife when he leapt out of bed to his son’s cries of “Polar bear!”Louis Reardon said his 29-year-old son, Damien, woke up tofind the bear breaking open their dining room door inNewfoundland, Canada. The 55-year-old father said he firedtwo shots over the bear’s head to frighten it. “A polar beardoesn’t usually back down,” he said.

His cousin, Daniel Reardon, said the bear broke in doorsat three other homes and killed sheep and ducks at a nearbystable without stopping to eat them. The Royal CanadianMounted Police said wildlife officers shot the bear, whichwitnesses estimate weighed at least 300lb (135kg).— Internet

ACanadianman andhis son

awoke tofind apolarbear

breakingdown thedoor to

theirhome in

Newfoundland. INTERNET

News in Brief

A Pennsylvania man has been charged withattempting to take an explosive device on to a flight fromPhiladelphia to San Francisco.

Yesterday, Joseph Picklo (29) tried to get on theaircraft with two homemade firecrackers, a plastic bottlewrapped in electrical tape and partially filled with apowdery mixture, and a test tube with a wick containinganother substance.

Venezuelan soldiers die inhelicopter crash

CARACAS , 1 April — Seven Venezuelan soldiers havedied in a helicopter crash near the Colombian border, militaryofficials have announced. State news agency AVN reportsthat it is still unclear what caused the Superpuma helicopterto crash. The soldiers were deployed on anti-drug operationsin the state of Apure.

In a statement, military officials said the bodies wererecovered from the crash site early on Thursday morningand a full investigation was under way. Venezuela recentlysent extra troops to beef up its patrols along the borders withColombia, Brazil and Guyana in an attempt to tackle drugtrafficking and armed groups. — Internet

Body part found in man’s bag at Bucharestairport

BUCHAREST , 1 April — Prosecutors said that baggage checking operations led to thediscovery of a fragment of human lower limb. The owner of the luggage was a Chinese man,Mediafax news agency said. “All possible leads are being examined,” prosecutors added,stressing that prosecutors, police and criminologists had been sent to the scene.

“The fragment of a human body was discovered during the first security check on theairport and the owner of the bag was held on the spot,” intelligence service (SRI) spokesmanSorin Sava told the AFP news agency. Several gruesome murders involving Chinesenationals have been reported in Romania, especially in the 1990s.

In one case, two Chinese men killed a compatriot and boiled his body in an attempt tomake it difficult to identify. Another Chinese man was killed by several of his countrymen,his body minced and the remains thrown into the sewage system. The bodies of four otherChinese were found inside suitcases, two of them in the back of a car, and two others floatingin a lake in Bucharest. — Internet The man was preparing to leave Bucharest for Italy.— INTERNET

Google to open online tablet storeSAN FRANCISCO , 1 April — Google Inc is planning to open an online store to sell tablet

PCs directly to consumers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Theonline store would offer tablets made by Samsung Electronics Co and Asustek Computer Incbased on Google’s Android software, according to the report, which cited anonymoussources and which Reuters was not able to confirm. Google declined to comment.

Google briefly sold a specially-designed Android smartphone — the Nexus One —directly to consumers in 2010, but closed the store after four months saying it had not livedup to expectations. Google now relies on retail and carrier partners to sell Android smartphonesmade by a variety of handset makers and Android has become the world’s No1 smartphoneoperating system, ahead of iPhone-maker Apple Inc.

But Apple still dominates the market for touch-screen tablet computers with its two-yearold iPad. Amazon.com’s $199 Kindle Fire tablet is based on open-source Android computercode, but the device features a customized interface that does not use many Google services.Google may co-brand some of the tablets sold through the store and has consideredsubsidizing the cost of future tablets to make them more competitive with the Kindle Fire,according to the Journal report. It is unclear when Google plans to open the store.— Reuters

Models pose with the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphoneto feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a HDSuper AMOLED display, during a news conference in

Hong Kong on 19 Oct, 2011. —INTERNET

Dine just like the passengers of the doomed Titanic for $12,000NEW YORK, 1 April — Want to get a taste of what it felt

like being on the Titanic, sans the part where it sunk into theocean? A restaurant in Houston is offering what it calls theTitanic Experience: a 10-course meal comprised of similardishes served to the ill-fated ship’s first class passengersthe night they met their demise. Or at least that’s whatCullen’s, the restaurant, claims. Aside from the food itself,going for the Titanic Experience means you also get to dineat Macy’s Table, the exclusive room suspended from theceiling of the restaurant.

The whole event lasts for four hours, from the wine andbeef appetizer to the after dinner cheese. To make theexperience even more authentic, guests are given the chanceto sample a bottle of Armagnac brandy from the year 1900by the end of the night. Of course, a fancy dinner served withfancy liquor in a fancy room can’t come cheap — the Titanic

A 10-coursemeal is craftedin honour of

the 100thanniversary of

the ship’sdemise.

INTERNET

Experience comes with the sky-high price tag of $12,000.Thankfully, you can bring 11 friends with you, so you canat least split the bill. But when have you last plunked down$1,000 for one dinner? Cullen’s special Titanic package wascreated to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship’ssinking on 15 April. Check out the restaurant’s officialwebsite for more info if you have $12,000 burning a hole inyour pocket.— Internet

Man tried to take bomb on US plane

Japan bee cooks enemy in ‘hot ball’Don’t mess with Japanese honeybees. Not only do

they co-operate to attack their enemies, researchers nowsay their brains may actually be processing andresponding to the threat.

When confronted with their arch-enemy, the giantAsian hornet, the honeybees will attack it by swarmingen masse around the hornet and forming what scientistscall a “hot defensive bee ball” — a move unique to theirspecies.

China shuts down fake cop websiteChina has shut down a fake police website that

offered the public help battling online crime but requireda service fee for the assistance.

The site claimed to be the China InternetSupervision and Investigation Authority and pledgedto recover money lost through online fraud in return fora service fee.

PHNOM PENH, 1 April —Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao met Cambodian KingNorodom Sihamoni here Saturday to discuss the development of all-round cooperationbetween China and the South-East Asian Nation.

Before the meeting, Hu attended a welcome ceremony hosted by the Cambodian King.According to his schedule, Hu will meet Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim, NationalAssembly President Heng Samrin and Prime Minister Hun Sen later Saturday.

The two sides are expected to discuss ways to enhance the comprehensive strategicpartnership of cooperation, and exchange views on major world and regional issues of mutualconcern. The two countries will sign a host of cooperation documents Saturday and issue ajoint statement, a Chinese official said.

The Chinese President arrived in the Cambodian capital on Friday for a state visit aimedat enhancing the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation.

The two countries have enjoyed a traditional friendship as good neighbours, goodfriends and good partners. They established diplomatic ties in 1958 and the comprehensivestrategic partnership of cooperation in 2010.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese President, Cambodian King hold talks

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Dams and reservoirs for supplying potable and irrigationwater to local national people in Kayin and Kayah States

Yebok Dam in Hlaingbwe Township for producing high yield of summer paddy in multiple cropping patterns.

Dams and reservoirs across the nation help farmersproduce high yield of crops in each state and region.Sein Pan Myaing Reservoir is one of the irrigationfacilities in Myanmar which contributes to socio-

economic development of farmers in Myainggyinguregion of Kayin State.

Archive: Maung Nyein AyeTranslation: HKA

Loinanpha Reservoir near Loinanpha village inDimawhso Township irrigating a huge number of

farms in Kayah State successfully, backing thegovernment’s bid to agricultural development.

Prizes awarded to readersNAY PYI TAW, 1 April—Organized

by Shan State (East) Information andPublic Relations Department, theraising of reading habit and bookdonation was held at the hall inKengtung yesterday morning.

It was attended by Speaker ofShan State Hluttaw U Sai Lon Hsaing,Akha National Race Affairs MinisterU Peter Thaung Sein, Pyithu Hluttaw

16 organizations permitted to run microcredit unionNAY PYI TAW, 1 April—Myanmar

Microfinance Supervisory Committee underthe Finance and Revenue Ministry is focusingits efforts on development of brivatemicrofinance works, which is one of the eight-point rural development and poverty alleniationscheme. The meeting 1/2012 of the SupportingCommittee for Development of MicrofinanceWorks on 26 March decided to issue workpermits to 16 local and foreign microcredit

unions.Those who have received permits include one

INGO, one NGO, three cooperative associationsand 11 companies. There arestill organizationswhich have applied for permits, which are underscrutiny of the committees concerned.

Organization wishing to run microfinanceunions says contact respective region/state andNay Pyi Taw Council Microfinance WorksSupervisory Committee.—MNA

representative U Stephen, Shan StateHluttaw representative U Ah Pha,Deputy Commissioner U Khin Win ofKengtung District GAD, officials andlocal people.

Officials awarded outstandingpersons in the raising of reading habit.

Wellwishers donated TV, videoplayer and radio worth K 3 million.

MNA

Ngwetaung Dam supplying irrigation water tofarmlands for agricultural development in Kayah

State.

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(from page 1)Union Election Com-

mission Chairman U Tin Ayevisited the polling stationNo.1 in the morning and cor-dially greeted the voters. Atotal of 81 polling stationswere opened in 28 village-tracts of Pobbathiri Town-ship.

The by-election 2012was held freely and fairlyunder election law, by-laws

By-election2012 held inNay PyiTaw,…

and rules and regulations.Voters were systematicallysupervised in votingprocess to ensure thetranquility of polling stations,transparency of elections andeasy and secret voting proc-ess.

During the voting hours,except members of pollingstations, voters, ward (or)village-tract election sub-commission members as-signed for security of the poll-

ing stations, listed familymembers of the illiterate andblind who are permitted tohelp them in voting under By-law 42, members of the elec-tion commission and respec-tive sub commissions, candi-dates of respective constitu-encies, polling station repsand supporting reps, no onewas allowed to enter the poll-ing stations.

After the voting hourswere due, the returning offic-

ers and members of pollingstations opened the ballotboxes, counted the ballots andrecorded the results.

Free and fair multi-partydemocracy by-election 2012was also held at Ottarathiri

Township in Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area today.

Voters were queuing atrespective polling stations be-fore the dawn and cast ballotsas soon as the polling stationsopened. All the 49 pollingstations in the township werepacked with voters.

Among the voters atpolling station No. 1/1 inOttarathiri Ward ofthe township were Chief Jus-tice of the Union U Tun TunOo, deputy ministers, and NayPyi Taw Council members.UEC Chairman U Tin Ayealso viewed voters castingballots there, with local andforeign journalists coveringthe news.

(See page 9)

Vice-Presi-dent Thiha

Thura U TinAung MyintOo casting


opened atBasic

EducationPost-Pri-

mary Schoolin Nyaung-

bingyisuVillage ofPobbathiriTownship.

MNA

Daw KhinSaw Hnin,

wife of Vice-President

ThihaThura U TinAung MyintOo, casting


opened atBasic

EducationPost-Pri-

mary Schoolin Nyaung-

bingyisuVillage ofPobbathiriTownship.

MNA

Vice-President

Dr SaiMaukKhamcastingvote atpollingstation

opened atNay Pyi

Taw No. 5Basic

EducationHigh

School inZabuthiri

Town-ship.—MNA

Daw NanShwe

Hmon,wife ofVice-

PresidentDr SaiMaukKham,castingvote atpollingstation

opened atNay Pyi

Taw No. 5Basic

EducationHigh

School inZabuthiri

Town-ship.—MNA

ChiefJusticeof the

Union UTun Tun

Oocastingvote atpollingstationopened

inOttarathiriWard of

OttarathiriTownship.

MNA

Chairman of UnionElection Commission UTin Aye casting vote atpolling station opened

at Basic EducationPost-Primary School inNyaungbingyisu Village

of Pobbathiri Town-ship.—MNA

Returning officer and party systematicallycounting ballots at polling station of Nay PyiTaw No. 5 Basic Education High School in

Zabuthiri Township.—MNA

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(from page 8)At 4 pm, returning offic-

ers and members of pollingstations counted ballots infront of personnel of Nay PyiTaw Election Sub-commission, OttarathiriTownship Election Sub-commission, reps of candi-dates, voters, chairpersonsand members of ward electionSub-commissions.

Over 165,000 eligible

By-election 2012 held in Nay Pyi Taw,…voters casted ballots at 36polling stations in ZabuthiriTownship, 49 polling stationsin Ottarathiri Township, 17

polling stations inDekkhinathiri Township and81 polling stations inPobbathiri Township.—MNA

Voters taking out ballot papers at polling station No. 1/1 in OttarathiriWard of Ottarathiri Township.—MNA

A voter casting vote atpolling station in

Zabuthiri Township.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 April—Shan State Chief Minister USao Aung Myat on 29 Marchmet departmental officialsand townselders at ThanLwin Oo Hall in Kunlong ofKunlong District and “Wa”Self-Administered DivisionOffice in Hopang.

Shan State Chief Minister meetsdepartmental officials, townselders

in Kunlong, Hopang

Diplomats and international observers visit polling stations inThongwa Township.—MNA

In Kunlong, the StateChief Minister donated K 6.5million to fire-stricken familiesand Relief and ResettlementDepartment, robes tomonasteries.

He attended donationceremony of spectacles andmedicines of Cherry Metta

Foundation in Hopang wherehe inspected construction oftwo-storey school buildingof Hopang BEHS.

The State Chief Ministeralso visited ChinshwehawBorder Checkpoint in Chin-shwehaw sub-township inLaukkai District.—MNA

Voters

taking out

ballot

papers at

polling

station in

Hlegu

Township.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 April—General Banking ServicesCourse No. 2 of MyanmarBank Training School (NayPyi Taw) conducted byBanks SupervisoryCommittee was concludedyesterday morning, at theMinistry of Finance and

General Banking Services CourseNo. 2 concludes

Revenue with an address byDeputy Minister U Win Than.

Speaking on theoccasion, the deputyminister said Myanmar BankTraining School wasconducting coursescontinuously to disseminatebanking services

knowledge and monetarymatters. The governmentwas focusing its attentionon development of domesticbanking services, trying tolink domestic banks withforeign banks. He thenawarded the outstandingtrainees.—MNA

Pollingstation

officer andstaff show

ballotboxes atpolling

station inKawhmu

Township.MNA

Diplomats, international observers,… (from page 16)the voters some questions. The townshipopened 120 polling stations.

Similarly, diplomats, observers andcorrespondents accompanied by YangonRegion Sub-commission member U ChitNaing studied the casting of the votes atPolling Station No.8 at Fire ServicesDepartment in Ward-5 in MayangonTownship of Yangon West District. Thetownship had 117 polling stations.

Chairman U Win Aung and membersof Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township Sub-commission and officials viewed voterscasting votes systematically at pollingstations in the township.

Diplomats, international observers,

reporters of international news agencies andlocal journalists also observed casting andcounting votes and interviewed voters at thepolls in the township.

Officials from United NationsHeadquarters visited the polling stations inAung Mingala Street in No. 92 ward in DagonMyothit (Seikkan) Township, interviewedmembers of ward Sub-commission, returningofficers and members of the polling stationand viewed voters casting votes.

The charge’ d affaires ai of Serbianembassy and party, Brunei observers andEuropean Union observers viewed voterscasting votes at No. 2 Basic Education HighSchool on Gangaw Street in No. 94 ward inDagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township.

Local people from 14 wards and fourvillages in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Townshipfreely cast votes at 67 polling stations.

Chairman U Win Zaw and members ofMingala Taungnyunt Township Sub-commission and officials viewed voterscasting votes systematically at pollingstations in the township.

Diplomats, international observers andreporters of news agencies observed castingand counting votes and interviewed voters at

the polls in the township.Local people in Mingala Taungnyunt

in Yangon East District cast votes freely andsystematically at 68 polling stations in thetownship.

Diplomats, international observers,reporters of news agencies also observedcounting votes by returning officers andmembers of polling stations in presence of theofficials and the people when the pollingstations were closed at 4 pm.—MNA

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UMFCCI, UNDP to cooperate in developmentof agriculture, trade

YANGON, 1 April—Member of theAgriculture and Development CentralExecutive Committee of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar Federation of Chambersof Commerce and Industry U Sein Win Hlaingmet Financial Consultant Mr Clay O’ Brienand party of United Nations DevelopmentProgram at the hall of UMFCCI in LanmadawTownship of Yangon Region on 26 March.

At the meeting, they frankly discussedcooperation in market accessibleopportunity of village households in some

townships of Delta region, Rakhine State,Chin State and Shan State, availability ofcash assistance, technological assistance,fulfillments of respective organizations,cultivation and production of paddy,disbursement of loans by privateorganizations to the local people, assistanceof inputs, production costs, plans oforganizations abroad to provide assistancefor rural development, and they coordinatedpreparations for drawing new plans.

UMFCCI

SCHOOL HONOURED: Aceremony to honour basic

education schools thatmanage canteens in

conformity with hygienicrules was held at the City

Hall in Yangon on 28March morning. Chairman

of YCDC Mayor U HlaMyint presents a certificateof honour to teacher DawWin Mar, on behalf of the

headmistress of DagonBEHS No. 1.MYANMA ALIN

Improvement of Myanmar football standarddiscussed

TAUNGGYI, 1 April—Withthe aim of developingMyanmar football standard,Myanmar FootballFederation and Shan StateFootball Association held ameeting at KBZ sports groundin Taunggyi on 30 Marchafternoon.

General Secretary U TinAung of Myanmar FootballFederation and officials,

Vice-Chairman of Shan StateFootball Federation UMaung Maung Lauk, GeneralSecretary U Khin MaungNyunt and members attendedthe meeting.

General Secretary U TinAung of MFF explainedprogress and reforms of thefederation since itsestablishment and duty andfunctions for the state

football association to holdthe football tournaments andprovide training courses tothe youths.

Those presentparticipated in the discussionsfor development of Myanmarfootball standard. The generalsecretary of the federationreplied to queries raised bythose present.

Myanma Alin

MEASLESVACCINATED: Age-

wise measles vaccinationcampaign for 2012 waslaunched at the office ofWard 4 administrator ofBotahtaung Townshipon 23 March. Officials

give vaccine to childrenranging from nine

months to five years.MYANMA ALIN

Certificates given to monks who passed religiousexams in Kangyidaunt

KANGYIDAUNT, 1 April—A ceremony to confercertificates on months whopassed the fifth PaliPahtamabyan examinationwas held at ThiriMingalayama Monastery inWard 1 of Kangyidaunt

Township, Pathein Districtin Ayeyawady Region on 26March.

Head of KangyidauntTownship AdministratorHead of Township ReligiousAffairs Department U MyintSein supplicated on

religious affairs. Officialspresented certificates to 27monks who passed thePahtamagyi examination,15 monks in the Pahtamalatand seven in thePahtamange.

Myanma Alin

Moe Pwint-2 Plan implemented inDagon Myothit (North) Township

YANGON, 1 April—According to Moe Pwint-2 Plan, DeputyMinister for Immigration and Population U Kyaw Kyaw Win,Head of Yangon Region Immigration and NationalRegistration Department U Ye Tun Oo, Head of Yangon WestDistrict INRD U Yin Htwe and party inspected tasks beingundertaken by staff of the department at Dhammayon ofNgamanaung Pagoda in Ward 33 of Dagon Myothit (North)Township in Yangon East District in Yangon Region on 19March afternoon.

The officials then issued 130 citizenship scrutiny cardsand 48 household registrations to the local people.

Township Immigration

DISTRICTNEWS

AUNGBAN, 1 April—Atalk on traffic rules was givenat Dhammayon of MogaungMonastery in Aungban on 8March afternoon.

Head of AungbanTownship Directorate ofRoad Administration DawKaw Kaw Myint explainedtraffic rules for pedestriansand vehicles and trafficaccidents.

It was attended bychairperson of District andTownship Women’s AffairsOrganizations and members,

Traffic rules for pedestrians, vehicles talked

local national races and localwomen of 12 wards inAungban.

Officials concerned

then distributed pamphletson traffic rules to thosepresent.

DRA

Raising reading habitorganized in Hlegu Township

HLEGU, 1 April—Theraising of reading habit washeld in conjunction with thebook donation ceremony atthe Dhammayon ofMinlwingon Model Villagein Hlegu Township ofYangon North District ofYangon Region on 25March.

Yangon Region Ministerfor Finance and Revenue DawSan San Nwe made a speech.Assistant Director U MyintSwe of Yangon RegionInformation and PublicRelations Departmentexplained the purpose ofraising the reading habit.

The Region Ministerpresented first prizes to thewinners in the essay,extempoew talks and poemrecitation contests.

The Assistant Directorof Yangon Region IPRDgave the second prizes to thewinners in the contests.

Major Phyo Min Thantof the local station alsoawarded the third prizewinners, and Staff OfficerDaw Khin Thida Oo ofDistrict IPRD the consolationprize winners.

Later, wellwishersdonated books and cash.

Myanma Alin

Measles vaccine given tochildren in Hlinethaya

YANGON, 1 April—Theage-wise measlesvaccination 2012 wasundertaken in HlinethayaTownship of Yangon NorthDistrict.

On 29 March, the healthstaff injected childrenarranging from nine monthsto five years old with measles

vaccination door to door onKyansittha Road in Ward 26of the township.

It was undertaken byHead of Township HealthAssistant Daw Khin YupaSoe and health staff, the wardadministrator and membersof social association.

Myanma Alin

CASH FOR MEALSDONATED: Chairperson

of Township Maternaland Child Welfare

Association Daw Poe ZarPhyu Htay Aung and

members donated cash tothe medical trust-fundand cash for meals to

Shwe Ein Yadana Homefor the Aged in Einme on19 March. Photo showscash donation ceremony

at Shwe Ein YadanaHome for the Aged.

MYANMA ALIN

Myanmar Libraries Foundation is giving encouragementto broadening the horizon of the people and developing self-reliant libraries across the nation.

Those wishing to donate cash and books to the librariesmay contact Myanmar Libraries Foundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Tel: 01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

MLF invites donations of cash,books

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People walk past a huge bike sculpture at theCopacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 15

March, 2012. As part of the World Bike Tour event, thesculpture appeals for an eco-friendly lifestyle.

XINHUA

ORLANDO, 1 April — AFlorida man has been chargedwith aggravatedmanslaughter for allegedlyfatally punching his 3-month-old daughter to stopher crying, authorities said.Winter Haven police say theyarrested Christopher ScottRyon, 27, of Polk County,after Riley Ryon’s mother,Kristine Bardell, 26, foundthe child lying face downand unresponsive in theirapartment bedroom when shecame home for lunch onTuesday about 1:15 pm, theOrlando Sentinel reported.

It was unclear whetherRyon and Bardell are married.Bardell called emergencyresponders who attempted,unsuccessfully, to resuscitatethe infant while theytransported her to WinterHaven Hospital, where shewas pronounced dead,WFTS-TV, Tampa, Fla,reported. The District 10Medical Examiner’s Officeconducted an autopsy on thebaby, concluding she had askull fracture indicative of ablunt force trauma. “Hewanted to take a nap,’’ policesaid in a statement aboutRyon’s alleged motive forpunching his daughter.

Internet

Man chargedwith beating

infant to death

Penguins ‘do a Daly’ in zoo’s poolLONDON , 1 April —

Penguins have put theirdiving skills to the test aftera custom-made springboardwas installed in ZSL LondonZoo. Having been awardedthe London 2012 OrganisingCommittee’s Inspired By2012 mark for its summerAnimal Athletes programme,London Zoo has unveiled its

take on the 2012 Olympics’Aquatic Centre.

Erected at the deepestpoint of the recently built pool,a custom-made springboardhas given the four species ofpenguin present in PenguinBeach a chance to demonstratetheir diving prowess.

Head bird keeper AdrianWalls said penguins lovenothing more than to show

off their diving skills andvisitors should “see themgiving Tom Daly a run for hismoney”. The ZSL LondonZoo will see more creaturescome down with Olympicsfever as the Animal Athletesprogramme continues, withthese belly-floppingpenguins giving a fishyflavour of what is to come.

Internet

A Humboldt Penguin jumps from the new London 2012Olympics-themed diving board at London Zoo.— INTERNET

Faceless portrait winsArchibald

CANBERRA , 1 April — Tim Storrier has won Australia’smost presitigous art award, the Archibald prize, with afaceless portrait called ‘The histrionic wayfarer (afterBosch)’.The artist thanked his dog, also present at the awardceremony.

Storrier also entered last year’s Archibald Prize withanother faceless portrait —of himself. the work was called‘Moon boy (self-portrait as a young man)’.

The NSW Art Gallery website described it as a ‘suit ofempty clothes hanging as if on a scarecrow in a barrenlandscape’.

The winner was selected from a field of 41 finalistsdrawn from a total entry of more than 800 works andannounced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Storrier will receive a first prize of $75,000, an increaseof $25,000 from last year. The finalists go on public displayat the gallery from Saturday.— Internet

The histrionic wayferer (after Bosch) is the secondfaceless portrait Storrier has entered in the Archibald

Prize.— INTERNET

Billionaire RichardBranson.

Richard Branson headed to ‘centre of Earth’NEW YORK , 1 April —

Tycoon Richard Branson mayhave lost his race to thebottom of the ocean, but nothis sense of humor, declaringa faux plan to top his rivals byvoyaging to the centre of theEarth. The impossibleadventure was announced onFriday, tongue jammed incheek, with the seriousnessof a real campaign.

“Sir Richard Branson tolaunch journeys to the centerof the Earth through VirginVolcanic” the websitevirginvolcanic.com claims,in one of two teasingly-timed

announcements ahead of thisweekend.

An early clue that thiswas a joke was that a pressrelease from Branson’s PRpeople cannot be publisheduntil 1 April.

The announcementcame days after Hollywooddirector James Camerongrabbed headlines by makinghistory’s first solo — and real— trip by submarine to thedeepest point of the world’soceans: the Mariana Trenchin the Pacific.

It was an exploit thatBranson, known for his

pursuit of ballooning andsailing records, had had hiseye on too.

Never mind: Cameron willeat his heart out hearing thatBranson says he’ll take trendysinger will.i.am of the BlackEyed Peas in a special capsuledown into a volcano and fromthere to the molten center ofthe planet.

“I have long held afascination with volcanoeshaving read Jules Verne’s

‘Journey to the Centre of theEarth’ as a young boy,”Branson said on the website.

Internet

Two kids, woman killed in Saint Death ritualHERMOSILLO, 1 April —

Eight people have beenarrested for allegedly killingtwo 10-year-old boys and a55-year-old woman in ritualsacrifices by the cult of LaSanta Muerte, or Saint Death,prosecutors in northernMexico said on Friday. JoseLarrinaga, spokesman forSonora state prosecutors,said the victims’ blood waspoured around an altar to thesaint, which is depicted as askeleton holding a scythe andclothed in flowing robes.

The grisly slayingsrecalled the notorious “narco-satanicos” killings of the1980s, when 15 bodies, manyof them with signs of ritual

sacrifice, were unearthed at aranch outside the border cityof Matamoros, across fromBrownsville, Texas.

While Saint Death hasbecome the focus of a cultamong drug traffickers andcriminals in Mexico in recentyears, there have been no

confirmed cases of humansacrifices in Mexico to thescary-looking saint, which isnot recognized by the RomanCatholic Church. Worship-pers usually offer candy,cigarettes and incense to theskeleton-statue.

Internet

In this 9 April, 2009 filephoto, a skeletal figure

representing the folk saintknown in Mexico as “SantaMuerte” or “Death Saint,”sits in a vendor’s stall at amarket in Ciudad Juarez,

Mexico.— INTERNET

Colorado wildfire 70 percentcontained, no sign of missing

womanDENVER, 1 April —A wildfire burning in rugged terrain

west of Denver that killed two people and left a womanmissing, ignited by windblown embers from a prescribedburn, was 70 percent contained on Friday, fire officials said.“That’s the good news,” incident commander Rich Harveysaid of the containment figure. “The bad news is that over theweekend we’re looking at the same weather conditions thatstarted the fire in the first place.”

Harvey said weather forecasters were predictingincreased winds, lower humidity levels and highertemperatures over the weekend, so firefighters wereaggressively attacking the fire while conditions were favorable.The Lower North Fork Fire, which is burning through parchedpine trees and grasses 20 miles west of the state’s mostpopulous city, spread rapidly on Monday after sparks fromthe controlled burn conducted by the Colorado State ForestService jumped a containment line. Flames from the blaze havetorched 4,140 acres, destroyed 27 homes and an unknownnumber of outbuildings.

An elderly couple perished in the fire, and the searchcontinues for a woman who has not been heard from since theblaze ignited. “The search for Ann Appel continues, butthere’s nothing to report,” Mark Techmeyer, spokesman forthe Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said. Some 500firefighters have been battling the blaze, concentrating onbuilding containment lines and putting out scores of spotfires that have popped up in the burn area, fire officials said.Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper this week ordered asuspension of controlled burns on state-owned lands until aninvestigative panel reviews the practice.— Reuters

Marl chemical park in Germanyrocked by huge explosion

BERLIN, 1 April—A huge explosion rocked a chemicalindustrial park in Marl, western Germany, leaving one or twoworkers injured and three missing, police said Saturday.

Marl police confirmed a pressure vessel in the parkblasted at 13:36 local time (1136 GMT). Three staff memberswere missing, police spokesman Michael Franz told Xinhua.He said one was injured, although another spokesman saidearlier two had been confirmed injured.

The firefighters were “fully engaged” and the flame was“locally limited,” the police said. The accident in the park inthe Ruhr industrial region sent up a giant gas cloud, whichmoved southward and was spreading over a major east-westhighway, the police said.

Franz said emergency crew had tested the cloud at thesite and found no harmful content. Police have warned localresidents to close windows and doors and stay insidebuildings. There is no death report yet and the cause of theexplosion is under investigation.—MNA/Xinhua.

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Azamara cruise ship sails for Malaysia after fire repairs

The fire on the Azamara Quest started late on 30 March ,2012 a day after the ship left Manila for Sandakan,

Malaysia, and was immediately put out, said coast guardspokesman Lt. Cmdr. Algier Ricafrente. Five crew

members were injured. —INTERNET

MANILA, 1 April — Acruise ship disabled by a firehas been repaired and issailing slowly fromPhilippines waters toMalaysia, the ship’s operatorsays. Fire broke out on theAzamara Quest on Friday, aday after it left Manila forMalaysia, with 1,001 peopleon board. Operator AzamaraClub Cruises said five crew

suffered smoke inhalation butthat no passengers wereinjured.

The ship was nowtravelling at a speed of threeto six knots and should reachSandakan, Malaysia,in twodays. “The crew members arebeing treated in our medicalfacility. The condition of theone crew member that wasmore severely injured has

improved, but is still serious.”The ship is owned by theworld’s second largest cruisefirm, Royal Caribbean.

Azamara Club Cruisessaid the blaze — in one of theship’s engine rooms — hadbeen immediatelyextinguished. “The damagecaused by the fire will requireus to cancel the rest ofAzamara Quest’s voyageonce the ship arrives inSandakan,” it said.Acoastguard spokesman, Lt CdrAlgier Ricafrente, said acoastguard vessel wasapproaching the AzamaraQuest. He said the ship’scaptain had earlier emailed tosay everything was “undercontrol” and that it did notrequire assistance.

But Cdr Ricafrente saidthe coastguard wouldprovide assistance while theship was “inside our area ofresponsibility”. Anotherspokesman said a PhilippineNavy ship would escort theship until it crossed intoMalaysian waters. Cdr

World’s biggest Titanic attraction opens inBelfast

BELFAST, 1 April — Thelargest Titanic visitorattraction in the world openedin the ship’s Belfast birthplaceon Saturday, some 100 yearsafter the doomed liner wasbuilt in the same yards. Almost100,000 tickets for TitanicBelfast, a striking aluminium-clad building which tells thefamous ship’s story throughspecial effects, interactivescreens and a ride, have beensold ahead of the opening.

Organizers hope the £97million ($155 million, 116

million euro) centre can boosttourism in the British province,which was torn apart bysectarian strife for threedecades until the late 1990s.“We want to bring people toNorthern Ireland not just tosee what a generation 100years ago were able toachieve, but what thisgeneration can achieve in thisnew era of peace,” said FirstMinister Peter Robinson.

Cyril Quigley, a 105-year-old who watched the Titanic’s

The world’s biggest Titanic visitor attraction opens inthe ship’s Belfast birthplace on Saturday, 100 years tothe day since the doomed liner was completed in thesame yards. Northern Ireland hopes the eye-catchingcentre will kick-start its tourism economy and attract

visitors from around the world. — INTERNET

launch more than a centuryago, joined the province’sleaders at the opening of thebuilding, which takes the formof four of the ship’s hugeprows. “All I saw was this bigthing sliding out into thewater,” Quigley said as herecalled watching with hisparents. “I was only four andhalf.” Quigley said the newcentre, which rose from thederelict Harland and Wolffshipyard, was“wonderful”.— Internet

Man chargedwith Brixton

murderLONDON , 1 April — An

18-year-old man has beencharged with the murder of a17-year-old boy in southLondon. Kwame Ofosu-Asare, of Catford, was foundwith fatal stab wounds inAdelaide Close, MoorlandsEstate, in Brixton, on theevening of 2 March.

Metropolitan Police saidthey believed the sixth-formstudent and a friend werechased and attacked by twomen. Nathaniel Okusanya, ofLambeth, is due to appear atCroydon Magistrates’ Courton Sunday charged withmurder.— Internet

Ricafrente earlier said thecruise ship was carrying 590passengers and 411 crew. Hesaid the coastguard had beenalerted to the fire by a Manila-based ferry and towagecompany and that it would beinvestigating why theAzamara Quest’s crew hadnot issued a distress call. Theship had been 139km (75nautical miles) south-west ofthe Philippines’ TubbatahaReef when the coastguardheard of the incident.

Internet

Bieber, Berry slimed atKids Choice Awards

LOS ANGELES, 1 April —At the 25th annual Kids’Choice Awards, the slimerunneth over. Host Will Smithopened the 25th annual Kids’Choice Awards promising arecord amount of the show’strademark green gunk.Though some 20 awards arepresented at the KCAs, thereal suspense isn’t who willtake home a “Blimp” (theshow’s Oscar), it’s when andon whom the slime will spill.It’s like a baptism into kid-dome that can come at anymoment: from a hiddenbucket, dumped from therafters or exploded from littleorange blimps.

“No one is safe from theslime!” screamed Smith. “Youhave to earn the slime! It’s anhonour.” Halle Berry was thefirst to be covered, but shewas far from alone. She wasjoined by “Twilight” star

Taylor Lautner (who wonfavorite “buttkicker”), “Glee”star Chris Colfer and malesinger winner Justin Bieber,who was utterly drenchedalong with Smith at the end ofthe show. The KCAs areNickelodeon’s annualcelebration for kids, and it’soften the most-watchedchildren’s programme of theyear. They draw a con-siderable roster of starslooking to thank theirsmallest fans and cater to theiryoungest demographics.“This is, like, the coolestaward show ever,” said“Twilight” star KristenStewart, accepting the awardfor favorite movie actress.

Smith, himself a 10-timeBlimp winner, started theshow with an elaborate,digitally-animated skydivefrom Nickelodeon’s trade-mark blimp.—Internet

Justin Bieber gets slimed after accepting the award forfavorite male singer onstage at Nickelodeon’s 25th

Annual Kids’ Choice Awards on 31 March , 2012 in LosAngeles. — INTERNET

Tribune Broadcasting saysthere’s been no settlementwith DirecTV Inc in their

contract negotiations,which means DirecTVsubscribers in 19 US

markets will lose access tocertain programming,on 31 March, 2012.

INTERNET

Tribune Broadcasting saysno DirecTV deal

LONDON , 1 April — A 42-year-old man has been chargedwith the murders of a 34-year-old woman and a two-year-oldchild, North Wales Police have said. The bodies of SuzanneJones and her son William were discovered at a house nearTremadog, Gwynedd, on Friday evening.

Police said a local man was charged with the murdersfollowing a “domestic-related incident”. Detectives have saidthey were not looking for anyone else in connection with thedeaths. North Wales Police added that no formal identificationhad yet been made, while family members were being supportedby specially trained officers.— Internet

Charge over mother and son murderNEW YORK, 1 April —

Tribune Broadcasting saidthere’s been no settlementwith DirecTV Inc. in theircontract negotiations, whichmeans DirecTV subscribersin 19 US markets are losingaccess to certain programm-ing. In a statement lateSaturday, Tribune Broadcast-ing said that without a deal inplace, by federal law DirecTVcannot carry the signal of

Tribune’s local televisionstations after midnight, whenthe agreement expires.

The affected marketsinclude New York, Chicago,New Orleans and Philadel-phia. Tribune president NilsLarsen called the situation“extremely unfortunate.” Inits own statement, DirecTVsaid it had hoped Tribunewould allow its programmingto remain up whilenegotiations continue. But asit struck midnight in each timeUS time zone, Tribunechannels carried by DirecTVwere set to go blank. Earlier,DirecTV said that it hadaccepted the financial termsthat Tribune’s managementoffered it by telephone twodays ago. But Tribune cameout with its own statementshortly after, saying that ithad not reached a deal or cometo terms with DirecTV on anyaspect of the contract.

InternetPolice were called to a house near Tremadog on Friday

night.— INTERNET

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CINCINNATI, 1 April—Fool me once, the saying goes.But 50 times? That’s what aconvincing art forger did fornearly three decades whenhe donated his copies ofPicassos and other works ofart to unsuspecting museumsin 20 states.

Mark A Landis, who hasdressed as a Jesuit priest orposed as a wealthy donordriving up in a red Cadillac,apparently never took moneyfor his forgeries and has neverbeen arrested.

Now his “works” havebeen collected into their owntongue-in-cheek exhibit,called Faux Real and openingon April Fools’ Day at theUniversity of Cincinnati.

Educating people aboutforgery and letting peopleknow about Landis “is the

Director of DAAPGalleries at the University

of Cincinnati, AaronCowan hangs a piece of art

by art forger Mark ALandis, of Laurel, Miss for

a show called “FauxReal” in Cincinnati, Ohio

on 27 March, 2012.INTERNET

Museum plays April Fools’joke on prolific forger

only way to stop him,” saidMark Tullos, director of thePaul and Lulu HilliardUniversity Art Museum inLafayette, La, which wasduped in 2010 with a donationof a painting supposedly byAmerican Charles CourtneyCurran.—Internet

NEW YORK, 1 April—Florence + the Machine kick offMTV’s new season of “Unplugged” on 8 April with a showthat singer Florence Welch called “amazing” as her powerfulvoice belted out hit songs like “Dog Days Are Over” in acandlelit room.

The soulful British singer and her backing band tapedtheir “Unplugged” concert in New York’s oldest synagoguebuilding back in December to become the first of eightepisodes airing across MTV and sister networks Vh1 andCMT. The Civil Wars and Dierks Bentley also are slated toperform during the new season.

MTV debuted its Emmy-winning “Unplugged” series in1989, and it became an instant hit by taking singers and bands

Florence + The Machine get“Unplugged” for MTV

Florence Welch performs with her bandFlorence & The Machine during the

BRIT Music Awards at the O2 Arena inLondon on 21 Feb, 2012.—INTERNET

typically associated with big sounding popmusic and stripping them down to basic,acoustic instruments and vocals. Over theyears, the show has featured performancesfrom popular artists including Mariah Carey,Eric Clapton, Nirvana and Jay-Z on intimate,often unconventional stages.—Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 1 April—A smiling Lindsay Lohan wasreleased on Thursday fromalmost five years of formalprobation, and told by a LosAngeles judge to grow upand stop clubbing.

Actress Lohan, 25, whohas made multiple trips tocourt, jail and rehab since a2007 drunk driving andcocaine possession arrest,was praised for completingmonths of community serviceat a Los Angeles morgue andcourt-ordered psycho-therapy. “She has doneeverything that this court hasasked of her,” Los AngelesSuperior Court judgeStephanie Sautner said.“Probation terminates today.Now.”—Internet

Smiles and awarning as

Lindsay Lohanends probation

LONDON, 1 April—A London musical willmark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’debut single “Love Me Do”, released in Britainin October 1962, after full theatrical rights tomuch of the Fab Four’s back catalogue weregranted to a West End production for the firsttime. “Let It Be” will run at the Prince of WalesTheatre from 14 September until 19 January,2013, and feature live performances of a stringof hits including “Twist and Shout”,“Yesterday” and “Hey Jude”.

Described by organizers as a “theatricalconcert”, the show will combine liveperformances with video footage to tell thestory of the Beatles’ journey to become themost successful pop group in history.

The rights to the music were granted bySony/ATV, the music publishing joint venturebetween Sony Corp and the estate of MichaelJackson.—Internet

Beatles musicalplanned for 50th year

of debut song

In this still undated image taken from theanimated colourful Beatles movie, Yellow

Submarine, a surreal tale that featurescartoon versions of members of the Beatles

band, and images from some of theirpsychedelic songs has been restored frame

by frame, by hand, it is announced on 20 March, 2012.

INTERNET

Actress Lindsay Lohansmiles during a progressreport hearing in her DUI

case at Airport BranchCourthouse in Los

Angeles, California, on 29March, 2012.

INTERNET

Google this week posted a video of its self-driving Toyota Prius taking a blind man to a SanJose, Calif, dry cleaners and Taco Bell. “Look, Ma, no hands. No hands, no feet,” says SteveMahan, who has lost 95 percent of his vision.

“Where this would change my life is to give me the independence and the flexibility to goto the places I both want to go and need to go when I need to do those things,” he said.

Mahan is seen chowing down on his taco as the car zips along streets. There was no trafficin evidence.

Google said on its Google+ account the drive was pre-programmed, the Los Angeles Timesreported. “There’s much left to design and test, but we’ve now safely completed more than200,000 miles of computer-led driving, gathering great experiences and an overwhelming numberof enthusiastic supporters,” Google said in the post.

“Having safely completed over 200,000 miles of computer-led driving, we wanted to shareone of our favourite moments,” Google said in the blurb accompanying the 3-minute clipuploaded to YouTube on Wednesday.

Blind man goes for Google car drive

A piece of the exhibition “Stone ofHeaven Jade Civilizations” are

displayed during a presentation tothe media at the National Museum ofAnthropology and History in Mexico

City, capital of Mexico, on 29 March , 2012.

Authorities in Florida said a father and son face charges after policediscovered a mobile methamphetamine lab in the trunk of a stolen car.

Daytona Beach police said the 1995 Pontiac Firebird, which had beenreported stolen in January, was stopped outside the Daytona Family Marketaround 7:20 pm Tuesday. The driver, Robert Smith Jr, 37, told officers a friendfrom Bowling Green, Ky, where the car was reported stolen, had let him use

Meth lab found in trunk of stolen car

Authorities in Florida said they arrested a postal workerwho admitted to delivering marijuana for a man who paid her$200 per package.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the US PostalService received a tip about a suspicious 10-pound packageand it was given to Veronica Denise Johnson, 49, of Marathon,Fla, to deliver.

Deputies said Johnson took mail to the address on thepackage but placed the parcel itself in the trunk of her car.

Investigators said Johnson admitted she had beendelivering packages of marijuana for a man who paid her $200per delivery. She told deputies she had performed the serviceseveral times in the past and knew what was inside thepackages.

Johnson was arrested and charged with possession ofa felony amount of marijuana.

Postal worker arrested forpot delivery

Shocking! Spider preys on snake.

Sheriff’s deputies in Florida are searching for three monkeyswho’ve been spotted roaming near Williston, Fla.

The Levy County Sheriff’s Office said residents in the area ofCounty Road 318/335 reported seeing three monkeys Thursday anddeputies searched the area but were unable to locate the animals.

Deputies, however, did discover a fence post with scratchesbelieved to have been left by the monkeys and some hair that seemsto have been shed by the animals.

Residents said the monkeys had discovered pet food in theircarports and left huge messes.

The sheriff’s office said Florida Fish & Wildlife officers havebeen informed of the situation and are expected to place traps for themonkeys.

Three monkeys on the loose in Flathe vehicle to visit his father, the Orlando Sentinelreported Thursday. Police said they discovered amobile meth lab in the trunk of the car and arrestedSmith and his father, Robert Smith Sr, 72, on chargesof manufacturing and possession ofmethamphetamine. The younger man was alsocharged with grand theft auto.

Foods can be funNews Album

MADRID, 1 April—The ninthinternational documentary films festival inMadrid “Documenta Madrid” will feature workby the Chinese film director Zhao Liang.

Documenta Madrid will be held in theSpanish capital between 4th-13th May andwill involve screenings of a total of 883documentary films from 81 different countries.The documentaries will be screened at variouslocations throughout the city.

The highlight of this years festival willpay tribute to the career of Zhao Liang, whowas born in Dandong in 1971 and who hasbecome a reference point in the world of videoand documentaries.

A selection of major works, including“Paper Plane,” “Crime and Punishment” and“Petition”, a work which has been awardedprizes in both Lisbon and Hon Kong.

Xinhua

Madrid film festival tohighlight work ofChinese director

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Louis Ooshuizen leads Houston Open

HUMBLE, 1 April — Louis Oosthuizen tooka moment at Redstone on Saturday to take inthe view of the golf course backlit by thesetting sun. The rest of the day, he was allbusiness. The 29-year-old South African shothis second straight 6-under 66 to reach 17under and take a two-shot lead over HunterMahan after the third round of the HoustonOpen.

Carl Pettersson (67) and Brian Davis (69)were three strokes back at 14 under. JamesDriscoll (71) was alone at 12 under. Defending

champion Phil Mickelson (70), KeeganBradley (69) and Ryan Palmer (66) were 11under.

“It’s a great leaderboard behind me,”Oosthuizen said. “It’s going to be tough, butI feel like I’m ready for it.” Oosthuizen shookoff two early bogeys on a sunny, windyafternoon at Redstone. He reeled off fourstraight birdies on the back nine, and in themidst of his streak, Oosthuizen enjoyed someof the natural scenery. “It was such a beautifulback nine, really, with the weather and thesun dropping,” Oosthuizen said. “Such anice place out there, which was good, and (I)just felt when we turned on 15, I was playingdown the sun and the course lookedspectacular.”

Mahan had a 65, which included fourbirdie putts of at least 23 feet. He sank a 23-footer on No 5, a 34-footer on No 6, and 28-footers on Nos 10 and 14. “That was a nicestretch there,” Mahan said.

“It easily could’ve gone through thereeven, instead of a couple under like I did.”Mahan doesn’t feel quite as locked in as hedid when he won the Match PlayChampionship earlier this year, but he stillfeels confident heading to next week’sMasters.

But Mahan has three top-10 finishes inHouston since 2007, and never consideredbypassing this week’s event to get to Augustaearly. “I thought about it for about a second,”Mahan said. “But this is a place I’ve playedwell at, so I want to play well here and try towin here. I really didn’t want to pass thistournament up. Augusta will take care ofitself.”— Internet

Louis Oosthuizen walks off the green ofthe second hole during the third round of

the Houston Open golf tournamenton 31 March, 2012, in Humble, Texas.

INTERNET

Honduras beats El Salvador to earn Olympic spotKANSAS CITY, 1 April —

Second-half substituteGerson Rodas scored twicein a goal-filled overtime,giving Honduras a 3-2 victoryover El Salvador on Saturdayin the semifinals of theCONCACAF Olympicqualifying tournament.Honduras earns its secondstraight Olympic berth andthird since 2000. El Salvador,the surprise Group A winner,has not qualified since 1968.

“There were a lot ofdoubters in our country,”Honduras coach LuisFernando Suarez said. “Ourown fans were nervous anddidn’t really trust that wecould accomplish the goal.This is something to be veryproud of.” Rodas scored inthe 101st minute to putHonduras up 2-1, but EdwinSanchez— another sub-stitute—equalized in the 106thwhen he snapped home aheader from just right of thepenalty spot on a cross fromXavier Garcia. That set thestage for Rodas’ game-winner in the 115th, when heran onto DC United midfielderAndy Najar’s cross from theright corner and headed itinside the left post.

“We are real happy,”

Najar said. “It’s an importantgame for us to win. I don’thave words to describe thismoment.” Antony Lozanoscored in the first minute forHonduras, but Milton Molinaequalized in the 77th for El

Salvador. “I am proud of myguys and what they put intoit,” El Salvador coachMauricio Alfaro said. “Theyare a top level team, it’s atough loss, but I am proud ofmy guys.”— Internet

Conte eyes direct routeto Champions League

Juventus coach Antonio Conte, believes a victory overNapoli on Sunday could all but secure a direct route into

next season’s Champions League group stages. INTERNET

MILAN, 1 April —Juventus coach AntonioConte believes a victory overNapoli on Sunday could allbut secure a direct route intonext season’s ChampionsLeague group stages. The toptwo sides in Italy go straightinto the group stage while thethird-placed team mustnegotiate a qualifying roundto reach that stage. Juvecurrently sit second in SerieA, eight points ahead of third-placed Lazio and a furtherthree ahead of Napoli.

With just nine games lefta defeat would see Juvelooking nervously over theirshoulders but a win wouldvirtually ensure they have

enough in hand to hold ontosecond spot.”Beating Napoliwould be a good step towardssecuring second place,” saidConte. “Going straight intothe Champions League groupstages without playing apreliminary game would beamazing.”

However, Conte doesn’twant to be just looking behind,he also wants to focus onwhat’s ahead, notably leagueleaders AC Milan. Juve arefour points behind thechampions and althoughMilan have not looked likedropping points recently,Conte wants his side to beable to exploit it if they do.

Internet

Cavani hoping to be firstto shoot down Juve

TURIN , 1 April — Napolitravel to Juventus thisweekend with thesoutherners’ Uruguay strikerEdinson Cavani vowing tohelp his side become the firstto defeat the Old Lady ofTurin this season. Juve havehad a remarkable run thisterm, remaining unbeatenover 33 games in league andcup. The have reached theItalian Cup final and trailleaders AC Milan by fivepoints in Serie A.

Napoli have come closerthan anyone to beating Juvethis season as they led thenorthern giants 3-1 in Naplesbefore a late collapse sawtheir opponents snatch a 3-3draw. But Cavani is confidenthis side can see through thejob this time around. “It’s

always important forNeapolitans to play againstJuve and therefore also forme,” said Cavani. “Juvehaven’t lost but we hope tobeat them.”

Napoli have had their firstweek off in a long time havingqualified for the Italian Cupfinal — to play Juve — lastweek following theirChampions Leagueelimination to Chelsea theweek before that. They havegone off the boil a little recentlyhaving thrown away a 2-0 leadat home to Catania lastweekend to draw 2-2. AndCavani says they mustimprove on that. “We lackedthe necessary experienceagainst Catania to take thethree points,” he said.

Internet

Juventus’ players celebrate after winning their ItalianSerie A match against Inter Milan at Juventus Stadium

in Turin, on 25 March. Napoli travel to Juventus onSunday with the southerners’ Uruguay striker Edinson

Cavani vowing to help his side become the first to defeatthe Old Lady of Turin this season.— INTERNET

Ronaldo eyes title as Realsmash 100-goal barrier

Real Madrid’s forward Gonzalo Higuain (L) iscongratulated by teammate Cristiano Ronaldo afterscoring a goal during their Spanish La Liga match

against Osasuna.INTERNET

Sjodin joins Tseng atop LPGAleaderboard

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International Sports

MADRID, 1 April —Cristiano Ronaldo took hisLa Liga season goal tally to 37on Saturday as Real Madridsmashed through the 100-goal barrier to move closer tothe Spanish title.

Ronaldo, who scoredtwice in the 5-1 demolition ofOsasuna, is now just threeshy of his own record of 40league goals set last seasonand there are still eightmatches left.

More importantly, histeam maintained their six-point lead over bitter rivalsBarcelona who stayed intouch with a 2-0 win overAthletic Bilbao, a match whichsaw fellow free-scorer LionelMessi grab his 36th leaguegoal. “I dream of winning La

Liga and I haven’t consideredfor one moment that we couldlose it,” said Ronaldo. “Butthere are still eight games toplay and we know that wehave to keep winning becauseBarcelona are still on ourheels.”

Saturday’s win inPamplona took Real to 100goals scored in 30 leaguegames against just 27conceded. Karim Benzema setReal on their way with adelightful volley in the seventhminute before Ronaldo, on 37minutes, and GonzaloHiguain, three minutes later,made it 3-0 at the interval.Higuain’s strike took theArgentina international to 100goals in his Real career.

Internet

RANCHO MIRAGE , 1 April— Sweden’s Karin Sjodinsteered a steady course ingusting winds, firing a four-under 68 to join world numberone Yani Tseng atop the KraftNabisco Championshipleaderboard. Sjodin, who isseeking a first victory in sevenseasons on the LPGA tour,had just one bogey as shejoined Tseng on nine-under207 going into Sunday’s finalround of the first women’smajor of the year.

“The day was just kindof smooth,” said Sjodin, whobriefly took the outright leadbefore Tseng rejoined her atthe top. The Swede’s effortwas even more impressivegiven she apparentlydislocated one of her ribs onFriday. “I never felt like I wasever in trouble. ... It feels greatto be there. I don’t know ifI’ve really had time to thinkabout it much. It’s going to befun tomorrow, definitely.”

Karin Sjodin of Swedenhits her tee shot on the

third hole during the thirdround of the Kraft NabiscoChampionship at MissionHills Country Club on 31

March , in Rancho Mirage,California.—INTERNET

Tseng, a five-time majorchampion, is currently thedominant force in thewomen’s game. But sheshowed some frustration onher way to a one-under 71 atMission Hills. South Korea’sHaeji Kang, also seeking afirst LPGA Tour title, was twostrokes back after strugglingto a 72. World number two NaYeon Choi of South Korea leda group of five players on six-under.—Internet

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MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(2-4-2012) (Monday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

NewsHistoric Templesof Massivemessand UniqueStructuresNewsTraining OnsuccessfulBusinessDevelopment-RetailManagementNewsA Day life of KayanPadaung TribeNews12 SignAscendants in AprilNewsSongNewsBe A GorgeousMyanmar Belle(Part-I)NewsBe A GorgeousMyanmar Belle(Part-II)NewsThingyan Songs &DancesMyanmar Movie“Heart BrokenLady”

Weather forecast for 2nd April, 2012Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise8:05 am 3. Dance Of National

Races8:15 am 4. Cute Little Dancers8:30 pm 5. Dance of Thin Gyan

Festival4:20 pm 6. Musical Programme

(The Radio MyanmarMorden MusicTroupe)

4:30 pm 7. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-First Year (Botany)

4:45 pm 8. Songs For

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4:50 pm 9. Myanmar Language7:50 pm10. A Ngar Gat Myanmar

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Fire preventive measurestaken in Insein

YANGON, 1 April—With the aim of ensuring safety of fireand electricity at markets in Insein Township of Yangon NorthDistrict, a team comprising officials of the Yangon CityDevelopment Committee, the township administrator andHead of Township Fire Station (Commander) U Tun Tun Lwininspected systematic keeping of fire extinguishers such asfoams, hoses and tanks, and use of electricity at DanyingonMarket, Aung San Market and Phawgan Market.

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Three Britons injured inPacific in world yacht race

REPAVED ROAD COMMISSIONED: Therepaved section of Bogyoke Aung San Road

(Kangyidauntgon Village section) wasinaugurated in Einme Township on 18 March.

Township Administrator U Yazar Win,Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw representative UMya Than and Executive Officer of TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee U Kyaw Soe

formally open the repaved section.TOWNSHIP IPRD

SAN JOSE , 1 April — Three Britons and one Australianwere injured when a large wave crashed onto their vessel inthe Pacific Ocean during a round-the-world yacht race. Theysuffered a range of injuries, including suspected broken ribs,400 miles off the California coast. Race organisers named theBritish crew as Jane Hitchens, 50, from Kent, Mark Burkes, 37,from Worcestershire and Nik Brbora, 28, from London.

Paramedics are preparing to parachute in to providemedical assistance. Ms Hitchens has four suspected brokenribs, Mr Burkes has suffered a back injury and Mr Brbora haspossible pelvic sprain. The other crew member was named asMax Wilson, 62, from Queensland, Australia, who has twosuspected cracked or broken ribs. They were taking part in thebiennial Clipper Round The World Yacht Race in one of 10 UKregistered 68-foot yachts, the Geraldton Western Australia.

The wave hit the boat in storm conditions on Saturday,sweeping away its steering wheel and mount and some of itscommunications equipment. Race director Joff Bailey said:“We are naturally concerned at the recent incident on GeraldtonWestern Australia and are in close contact with the skipper,UK Maritime and Coastguard at Falmouth and the US coastguard.— Internet

MANCHESTER , 1 April —Roberto Mancini was againforced to answer questionsabout the erratic behaviourof his forward Mario Balotellias Manchester Citysurrendered the initiative inthe title race with a dramatic3-3 draw with Sunderland.The result — the first time ateam has taken a league pointat Eastlands in 14 months —leaves Mancini’s team twopoints behind leadersManchester United who play

Mancini frustrated by Balotelli anticstheir game in hand atBlackburn on Monday.

Balotelli scored twice,the first a disputed penaltyand the second in the 85thminute, before AleksandarKolarov salvaged a pointwith the equaliser fourminutes from time onSaturday. But Balotelliattracted far much than justhis goals as he argued withofficials, opponents andeven had a furiousconfrontation with team-

mate Kolarov as theydisputed who should take afree-kick. With City — nowwith just one win from theirlast four league matches —already showing signs ofcracking under the pressureof fighting United for the title,the last thing Mancini needsis more distractions fromBalotelli. “I only had CarlosTevez on the bench but Ithought about subbingMario after five minutes,”Mancini said. “He didn’t play

well. In a game like this, yourstrikers need to dosomething different, not justplay for the last two or threeminutes - but in the end hescored two goals.

“He and Edin Dezkoshould be scoring two orthree goals in a game likethis. “They know that at thefree-kick it should beAleksandar and Mario on theball, after that they decidewho shoots. This canhappen at times like this butthis is the last time.”

Internet

Tottenham 3-1 SwanseaLONDON, 1 April—Emmanuel Adebayor’s double helped

reignite Tottenham Hotspur’s Champions League push witha dominant Premier League win over Swansea City.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring, side footing aloose ball in from 20 yards, as Spurs looked to capitalise onArsenal’s slip-up at QPR .

Gylfi Sigurdsson’s 25-yard stunner drew Swansea levelbefore Adebayor headed Spurs ahead from van der Vaart’sball.

Adebayor sealed the win as he nodded in Aaron Lennon’sdeep cross late on.

The Spurs striker’s two second-half headers ended afive-match winless league run as Harry Redknapp’s sidemoved level on 58 points with north London rivals and third-placed Arsenal.—Internet

Tottenham Hotspur’s Togolese striker EmmanuelAdebayor scores the second goal during their English

Premier League football match against Swansea City atWhite Hart Lane in London. Tottenham go level on

points with third-placed north London foes Arsenal andfive clear of both Chelsea and Newcastle after they beat

Swansea 3-1 at White Hart Lane.—INTETNET

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 32/90 11/52 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

2 Kayah 32/90 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

3 Kayin 38/100 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

4 Chin 24/75 08/46 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

5 Upper Sagaing 36/97 17/63 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

6 Lower Sagaing 35/95 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

7 Taninthayi 36/97 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

8 Bago 37/99 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

9 Magway 35/95 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

10 Mandalay 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

11 Mon 37/99 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

12 Yangon 36/97 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

13 Rakhine 32/90 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

14 Southern Shan 30/86 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

15 Northern Shan 35/95 12/54 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

16 Eastern Shan 33/91 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

17 Ayeyawady 35/95 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 36/97 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 36/97 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Kayin State, isolated in Bago and Yangon Regions, Mon State and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining regions and States. Day temperatures were (3°C) below April average temperatures in Mandalay Regions and about April average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant day temperatures were Minbu (40°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hpa-an (0.32) inch, Mudon and Myawady (0.16) inch each.

Special Feature

Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

According to the observations at (12:30)hrs M.S.T today, the tropical storm ‘PAKHAR’ over South China

Sea, it’s centre at about (125) miles East-Southeast of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam). It is move to West wards

slowly and forecast to cross Southern coast of Vietnam within next (12) hours commencing noon today.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in the Eastern Myanmar areas.

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Diplomats, international observers, correspondents studyballoting and vote counting in Yangon Region

YANGON, 1 April—The opening ceremony of LungeArman Library in Pantaw Model Village in KyauktanTownship in Yangon South District was held on 30 March.

District Information and Public Relations DepartmentStaff Officer U Hla Myo Aung, Township Writers andJournalists Association Chairman U Soe Win, VillageAdmnistrator U Soe Paing and townselder U Hsaung Tinformally opened the library.—MNA

YANGON, 1 April—Yangon Region Road TransportMinister U Aung Khin delivered a speech at outstandingstaff award presentation ceremony of Yangon North DistrictAll Bus Lines Supervisory Committee on 25 March.

The region minister and officials presented awards tooutstanding staff.—MNA

Outstanding bus line staffawarded

Lunge Arman Library openedin Kyauktan Tsp

Red Cross

members

help older

persons

for

casting

vote at

polling

station in

Mayangon

Township.

MNA

Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool: ClinicalCisse nets double & Reina is sent

off on miserable day for Reds

LONDON, 1 April—Adouble from Papiss Cisse sawNewcastle inflict a thirdstraight Premier Leaguedefeat on Liverpool.

reduced to 10 men.Captain Fabricio

Coloccini was missing for thehome side but Cheikh Tiotereturned after missing thevictory against West Brom.

Jonjo Shelvey came intoto the Liverpool starting XIfor the first time sinceJanuary’s FA Cup victoryover Oldham whilst JoseEnrique, Craig Bellamy andAndy Carroll all made returnsto their former club.

The first chance of thegame fell to Jonjo Shelveywhose dipping shot took awicked deflection and flewjust over the bar.

A Steven Gerrard free-kick then landed on the headof Martin Skrtel but he failed

The Senegalese strikerscored a fine header and thenrounded the keeper to add asecond before Reina’s head-butt on Perch saw the visitors

to find the target with a headerfrom inside the six-yard box.

Then there wascontroversy as Andy Carrollbroke through on goal andwent down ahead of achallenge by Newcastlegoalkeeper Tim Krul.

Replays showed that theLiverpool number nine hadgone down far too easily,though, and referee MartinAtkinson booked him fordiving, much to the joy of theToon faithful.

Liverpool continued tohave the better of proceedingsand, after a lovely ball outwide by Luis Suarez, CraigBellamy’s cross wasdeflected onto the bar by Krul.

Internet

YANGON, 1 April—The 2012 by-electionof the Republic of the Union of Myanmarstarted 6 am today and voters in Kawhmu,Thongwa, Hlegu, Mayangon, Dagon(Seikkan) and Mingala Taungnyunttownships cast their votes systematically forHluttaw representatives.

The by-election of Kawhmu Townshipin Yangon South District was held at respectivepolling stations where the local people casttheir votes freely and systematically. KawhmuTownship had 129 polling stations – 7 in 7wards in urban areas and 122 in 126 villages.

Diplomats, observers of international community and correspondentsobserve polling stations in Kawhmu Township.—MNA

Union Election Commission ChairmanU Tin Aye, together with Yangon Region Sub-commission Chairman U Ko Ko and members,visited Kawhmu Township Sub-commission.Next, he met chairmen and members of districtand township sub-commissions, twocandidates and one election representative,gave necessary instructions and viewed thesystematic and free casting of votes by thelocal people.

Diplomats from foreign embassies inYangon, foreign observers, foreign reporters,members of Foreign Correspondents Club

and reporters from journals studied the votingand covered election news.

Yangon South District Sub-commissionSecretary Daw Nilar Nyunt and membersviewed the systematic balloting by voters atthe polling stations in Thongwa Townshipand made necessary arrangements.Diplomats, foreign observers and reportersvisited the polling stations and interviewed

the voters. The township opened 135 pollingstations.

Yangon North District Sub-commissionChairman U Aung Khaing and membersviewed the systematic casting of votes by thepeople.

Diplomats, foreign observers andreporters visited the polling stations and asked

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Loinanpha Reservoir near Loinanpha village in Dimawso Townshipirrigating a huge number of farms in Kayah State successfully, backing

the government’s bid to agricultural development.

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The fire on the Azamara Quest started late on 30 March ,2012 a day after the ship left Manila for Sandakan,

Malaysia, and was immediately put out, said coast guardspokesman Lt. Cmdr. Algier Ricafrente. Five crew

members were injured.

Townships inMandalay Region hold

by-elections

By-elections take placein Sagaing, Taninthayi,

Bago, Magway,Ayeyawady, Mon, Shan

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