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THE MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER AROUND YOU

New Light of Myanmar

Today, we mark the 68th Anniversary of the United

Nations. We have witnessed that the United Nations,

since its inception, has been resolutely implementing its

noble objectives of maintaining international peace and

security and promoting friendly relations among nations.

Additionally, it is also working resolutely to achieve

international cooperation on economic, social, cultural,

or humanitarian character, and also on promoting and

encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental

freedoms for all without any distinction.

One of the core responsibilities of the United Nations

is to build a safer and more secure world. To us, theUnited Nations is satisfactorily fullling this mission.

Peace building mission being implemented by the United

Nations is based on, among others, prevention, mediation,

negotiation, laying foundation for clean government and

good governance, encouraging increased role of civil

Myanmar to join all member States and peoples insupporting UN in taking up challenges

Nay Pyi Taw, 24 OctThe following is the full text of the message sent by U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion

of the 68th Anniversary of the United Nations.

societies, rule of law and preservation of peace. At the

same time, disarmament and non-proliferation efforts are

being pursued.

Millennium Development Goals were adopted to

eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, as well as for the

advancement of social and economic development of the

people of the world by 2015. The historic implementation

of MDGs help saved millions of the poor from severe

poverty. However, development efforts need to continue

and intensify beyond 2015. It is also important that

it must be done through sustainable development. In

deterring adverse consequences for development, wemust also redouble our efforts on disaster-risk reduction

and preparedness for disasters. Other important areas

which need our closer attention are mitigating the impact

of climate change, education for women and health for

children. Encouragement and assistance to countries in

transition must be continued.

While progresses have been achieved in implementing

these goals, new challenges are also emerging with time

and under changing circumstances.

The future United Nations should be responsive to

these challenges and be better positioned to meet these

expectation. It is pertinent that the member states provide

the organization with necessary support and means.

Myanmar will join all member States and peoples in

supporting the Organization in taking up these challenges.

On behalf of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

and its people, I would like to put on record our recognitionand appreciation for the United Nations for its unwavering

support to our political and socio-economic reforms.

On this auspicious occasion, I would like to reafrm

our commitment and support to the United Nations in its

quest for more prosperous and peaceful world.

Nay Pyi Taw, 23

OctPresident of the

Republic of the Union

of Myanmar U Thein

Sein received an Aus-

tralian delegation led by

Hon. Bob Hawke, for-

mer Prime Minister of

Australia, at a hall of the

Presidential Palace, here,

this morning.

They held discus-

sions on friendship and

amity between the two

countries, Australias

assistance to counter-narcotic activities in

Myanmar during the

President U Thein Sein

receives former

Australian PM

and party

time of the visiting for-

mer prime minister and

Myanmars drive to

eliminate narcotic drugs

throughout the succes-

sive governments and

Australias aid to Myan-

mar for education sector

and scholarships.

Also present at the

call were Union Min-

isters U Soe Thane and

Dr Pe Thet Khin, Acting

Union Minister Dr Myo

Myint, Deputy Minister

U Tin Oo Lwin and of-cials.

MNA

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein poses for a group photo with an

Australian delegation led by Hon. Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia.mna

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Japan to move up

start of English

course to 3rd grade

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Chinese premier holds

talks with Indian PM

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Australians

evacuate

homes as

hot winds

fan Sydney

re threatPage-3

US, NATO

ofcials

expect

approvalfor Afghan

troop deal

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China stresses auditors role

in guarding scal stability

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Nay Pyi Taw, 23

OctThe Union Election

Commission has granted

formation of political par-

ties.

A 19-member group

UEC allows formation of political partiescomprising U Maung

Maung Aye has applied for

registration of Dawei Na-

tionals Party as a political

party to UEC.

As the registration of

the Dawei Nationals Party

is in conformity with laws

and by-laws, the UEC al-

lowed it to form a political

party today.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 24

OctU Min Thein Zan,

Ambassador Extraordinary

and Plenipotentiary of the

Republic of the Union of

U Min Thein Zan presents Credentials to

Sri Lankan PresidentMyanmar to the Democrat-

ic Socialist Republic of Sri

Lanka, presented his Cre-

dentials to His Excellency

Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa,

President of the Demo-

cratic Socialist Republic

of Sri Lanka, on 4 October

2013, in Colombo.

MNA

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Kalay to get modern design of

trafc lightsKyaiKto, 23 Oct

Bu d d h a Pu jan iy a o f

Kyaikhtiyoe Pagoda was

opened on the Fullmoon day

of Thadingyut, 19 October,

in Kyaikhto of Mon State,

crowded with pilgrims and

Buddhist devotees from

various parts of the nation.

The platform of the

pagoda, hotels and lodgings

near the pagoda were

crowded with the visitors.

The ceremony was

attended by Chief Minister

of Mon State U Ohn Myint

and ministers, together with

pilgrims.

They offered gold

foils to the Pagoda and

took Nine Precepts and

donated alms to members

of the Sangha as meritorious

Opening of Buddha Pujaniya at Kyaikhtiyoe Pagoda crowded

with pilgrims from regions across nation

deeds in commemoration

of the Fullmoon Day of

Thadingyut.

The local national races

residing near the pagoda

performed entertainments

of Kayin don dances to the

visitors.

Kyemon-Moe Wai

Kalay , 2 3 Oct

As number of cars and

motorcycles is on the

increase in Kalay of SagaingRegion, it is projected to

install the trafc lights at

Bogyoke Road Junction

to prevent trafc accidents

and to equip the town with

characteristics of a town.

The number of cars and

motorcycles are growing day

by day in the town. A total

of 1686 vehicles, 814 tuk-

tuks, 53805 motorcycles,

180 trawlergy and 59 heavy

machinery have registered

at Directorate of Road

Administration in Kalay.

Moreover, vehicles from

Tiddim, Falam, Gangaw,

Tamu and Kalewa townships

ow into the town daily.

The junction of town is the

most busy place. Kalay is

the most bustling in Upper

Chindwin region, said

local people.The trafc light to be

installed at the junction is

similar to that of Thailand.

We will install it with Thai

design. It will be supplied

electricity with solar panel.

With regard to the trafc

light, LED board bears

K 360,000, four sets of

LED trafc light (yellow,

green and red) K 4,725,000,

Power System K 367,500,

transport K 200,000, totally

amounting to K 6,126,500

without labour charges,

said ofcials of Township

Development Supportive

Committee.

Kyemon-Linlet Kyei

Sinn

Field Day of sugarcane GAP

model plot in Kanma Kanma, 23 Oct

Organized by Industrial

C r o p s D e v e l o p m e n t

Depar tment , the f ield

day of sugarcane GAP

model plot was held at

sugarcane plantation eld

in Minbyinthit Village of

Myinbyin Village-tract in

Kanma Township of Thayet

District in Magway Region

on 21 October.

It was attended by

Township Administrator

U Kyaw Soe Moe Tun,

Secretary of Township

Management Committee

Police Major Bo Win,

members of Township

Agricultural Supervisory

Committee, members of

Township Development

Supportive Committee and

sugarcane growers totalling

about 120.

T h e t o w n s h i p

administrator explained

tasks of the agriculture

sector for rural development,

poverty alleviation, and

improvement of social

economy of farmers.

I n - c h a r g e o f

Township Industrial Crops

Development Department

U Myo Thiha briefed

those present on thriving

sugarcane p lan tat ions

through good agricultural

patterns for production of

50 tons per acre.

Officials explained

quality of sugarcane grown

through GAP to the local

farmers.

Kyemon-043

Inya Village-tract of

PyinOoLwin Tsp to get Post-

Primary School

Py inoolwin , 23

OctMandalay Region

Government undertakes

improvement of inter-

village roads to be used all

the year round and upgrading

of Basic Education Primary

Schools to post-primary

schools for enhancement

of economic, education,

social and health sectors

and socio-economic life of

the local people.

The Chief Minister of

Mandalay Region on his

tour to Phathin Village-

tract of PyinOoLwin met

with local people and

HRD

village administrators and

attended to the needs of

education, economic and

health for the local people.

The local people submitted

the report on requirement

of BEPPS in Inya Village-

tract. The Chief Minister

allotted K 21.6 million

for upgrading the school

to Basic Education Post-

Primary School.

Therefore, the school

construction committee

was formed by Village

Administrator U Myo

Lwin and ofcials. They

constructed the school

building spending K 21.6

million allotted by the

region government and K

5 million by local people.

The school building

will have one 100 feetby 30 feet ve-classroom

building and one four-room

toilet. The buildings will be

opened soon.

O n c o m p l e t i o n ,

children from Thingaton,

Hmyintaung and Kyeekaing

villages will have easy

access to education at Inya

Village PEPPS.

Kyemon-District IPRD

Nation-building Endeavours

Photo shows new school building to be commissioned into service for Basic

Education Post-Primary School in PyinOoLwin Township.

Preparations being made for installation of trafc

lights at Bogyoke Road Junction with modern

design in Kalay.

Platform of Kyaikhtiyoe Pagoda lled with pilgrims from various regions

across the nation on Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut.

Break failure of car kills one nay Pyi taw , 23

OctA case of overturn

caused between mile posts

123/7 and 124/0 on Yangon-

Mandalay Expressway in

Ottwin Township of Bago

Region on 18 Octobermorning.

Accord ing to the

information, policemen

from Bawdigon Expressway

Police Station inspected the

incident.

A light ace driven by Tun

Aung Zaw, 25, of Maudan

Ward in Chanmyathazi

Township of Mandalay

Region hit the trafc island

in the incident due out of

control and overturned.

I n t h e i n c i d e n t ,

Daw Kyaw Mu, 55 from

Bawdigon of Mandalay

sustained injuries to eyes,

nose and bruises on left ear

and Ma Shan Ma, 45, to

right forehead, cheek and

eye. Although authorities

transferred Daw Kaw Mu

to Nay Pyi Taw General

Hospital via Pyu Hospital,

she died at the hospital. The

vehicles windshield, door

shields and body worth K

1.5 million were damaged.Bawd ig o n Po l i ce

Station opened a file of

lawsuit against Tun Aung

Zaw under the law.

Kyemon-Police Information

A town ace seen at

trafc accident on

expressway.

CRIME

Bikers die in crash of

motorbikes thanlyin, 23 Oct

Two motorcycles bumped

against each other on the

middle way of the six-lane

road near Thanatpin Village

of Thanlyin Township of

Yangon South District,

Yangon Region, at about 11

pm on 20 October.

JLM 110 motorcycle

driven by Zin Min Tun

heading for north from south

and Kenbo-125 of Soe Min

Oo accidentally hit each other

due to out of control.

In the accident, both

motorcyclists died on the

spot.

Thanlyin Myoma Police

Station opened files of

lawsuit against them under

the law.Kyemon-Tada

Kyaw Lwin

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Japan and UNESCO hold a signing ceremony in Kabul on22 Oct, 2013, for their joint literacy programme to beimplemented in Afghanistan. Japan pledged to provide

about 2 billion yen (about $20.34 million) in grants overthe next three years for the programme. KyodoNews

Japan to move up start

of English course to 3rd

grade

Tokyo, 23 Oct The

education ministry of Japanhas decided that the teach-ing of English should startfrom the third grade at el-

ementary level, rather thanthe fth grade under thecurrent system, a ministry

source said on Wednesday.The ministry, which

plans to introduce the new

system by 2020, aims tobetter prepare students foran international environ-

ment in the future.Third and fourth grad-

ers will study English once

or twice a week, while fth

and sixth graders will do sothree times a week, accord-

ing to the source.While English is not

currently designated an of-

cial subject, the Minis-try of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Tech-nology will upgrade it to an

ofcial course for fth andsix graders.

The senior students of

elementary schools will usegovernment-approved text-books and receive grades

for their study, which willcover basic reading andwriting skills what Jap-

anese students currentlylearn at junior high schools.

In preparation for the

new system, the ministry

will review curriculums forteacher training so all teach-

ers will be able to teachEnglish.Kyodo News

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) holds a welcomeceremony for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

before their talks in Beijing, capital of China,on 23 Oct, 2013. XiNhua

Chinese premier holds talks with Indian PM

Beijing, 23 Oct Chinese Premier Li Ke-

qiang held talks with visit-ing Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh in the

Great Hall of the People on

Wednesday morning.During the talks, the

two sides exchanged viewson bilateral relations and

other issues of common in-terest.

This is the second timethis year that the headsof government of the two

countries have met follow-

ing Lis visit to India inMay. It is the rst time since

1954 that a Chinese premierand his Indian counterpart

have met in each otherscountry in the same year.

Singh arrived in Bei-jing on Tuesday night fora three-day ofcial visit to

China.Chinese President Xi

Jinping will meet with theIndian prime minister. Top

legislator Zhang Dejiangwill also meet with Singh.

The Indian prime min-ister will deliver a speechat the Party School of the

Central Committee of the

Communist Party of China.Xinhua

120 to evacuate Izu

Oshima Island as another

typhoon may approachTokyo, 23 Oct

Around 120 residents willevacuate storm-batteredIzu Oshima Island south of

Tokyo on a chartered shipon Wednesday afternoonfollowing predictions that

another powerful typhoonmay arrive later this week.

The evacuees are el-

derly people and their help-ers, according to the munic-ipal government of Oshima,

which will also assist hand-icapped people and preg-nant women who wish to

leave the island temporarilyto avoid the years 27th ty-phoon, Francisco. Izu Os-

hima is located about 120kilometers south of Tokyo.

The death toll on the is-land from the 26th typhoon,which last Wednesday

brought torrential down-pours leading to mudslides,has reached 29 so far, while

15 others still remain unac-

counted for, according to

the municipal governmentand police. Francisco waslocated some 210 kilom-

eters south of MinamidaitoIsland, and moving west-northwest at a speed of 15

kilometers per hour as of 9a.m. Wednesday, accordingto the website of the Japan

Meteorological Agency.Kyodo News

The remains of a home that was destroyed by a bushrecan be seen behind two letter boxes in the Blue

Mountains suburb of Winmalee, located around 70 kmwest of Sydney, on 21 Oct, 2013.ReuteRs

Australians evacuate homes as hot

winds fan Sydney re threat

Sydney, 23 OctThousands of Australianswere urged to evacuate their

homes on Wednesday asdry winds threatened to fana restorm in mountainous

bushland around Sydney,

where reghters battled tocontrol blazes which have

been raging for a week.More than 200 homes

have been destroyed in

New South Wales (NSW)state since last Thursday,when bushres tore through

Sydneys outskirts, razingentire streets. One man diedfrom a heart attack while

trying to save his home.

Wednesdays re con-ditions were shaping up as

the worst so far, prompt-ing authorities to warn of

more property losses and

advise residents of the BlueMountains west of Sydneyto abandon their homes.

If you dont have aplan, let me give you one,NSW Emergency Minister

Michael Gallacher said. Getinto the car, drive down to the

city metropolitan area and letthe reghters do what theycan do to protect the commu-

nity, should this turn for theworse. Temperatures in theBlue Mountains, a popular

weekend getaway for Syd-neysiders, are expected toreach up to 30 degrees Cel-

sius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).In Sydney itself they couldhit 35 degrees Celsius (95

Fahrenheit).There were 59 res

burning across the state on

Wednesday, with 19 out ofcontrol, according to theRFS. Over 2,000 reght-

ers were battling the blazesacross a vast area, backedby 95 helicopters and re-

inforcements from otherstates.Reuters

Economy, energy centre stage as

German coalition talks begin

German President Joachim Gauck (R) and GermanChancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic

Union (CDU) Angela Merkel, Economy Minister andVice Chancellor Philipp Roesler (2nd L) and GermanForeign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) arrive for a

ceremony to formally releive outgoing cabinet ministersof their government duties, at the presidential residence

of Bellevue Castle in Berlin on 22 Oct, 2013.ReuteRs

Berlin, 23 OctGer-man Chancellor AngelaMerkels conservatives

and the Social Democrats(SPD) start hammering outcompromises on economic,

energy and euro policies onWednesday, the openingday of talks on a coalition

government that should bein place by Christmas.

Germanys European

partners will be watchingthe negotiations closely,hoping for a swift deal that

allows the bloc to meetlooming deadlines for its

ambitious banking union.Some allies are hoping

a government that includesthe SPD will take a softer

approach towards strug-

gling southern euro zonemembers, but any changesare likely to be more subtle

than substantial.The parties, which

ruled together in Merkels

rst term from 2005 to2009, set out a timeline forthe negotiations on Tuesday

which foresees a deal by theend of November.

That would give the

two biggest groups in par-liament a fortnight to selltheir grand coalition

agreement to ordinary partymembers. Merkel could

then be formally voted in aschancellor in parliamentslast session of the year, theweek before Christmas.

Merkels conservatives

easily won elections on 22September but fell short

of achieving a majority.Exploratory talks with theGreens collapsed last week,

allowing Merkel to focus

on opening formal negotia-tions with the SPD.

Among the centralthemes will be agreeing a

minimum wage, overhaul-ing a renewables law thathas sent energy costs soar-

ing, and nding funds toraise public investment oninfrastructure, education

and research a major de-mand of the SPD.

Europe will also fea-

ture, with the SPD expectedto push for a European -nancial transactions tax,

harsh rules for creditors

to bear the cost of failingbanks, and a renewed effort

to stem youth unemploy-ment in southern Europe.

The new govern-

ments domestic policyagenda should bring a

modest shift to the leftwith stricter labour marketregulation and a minimum

wage, Barclays econo-mist Thomas Harjes wrotein a research note this

week.At the European

level, the Social Demo-

crats started to lobby foran economic growth strat-

egy, but they also may bereluctant to push for sig-nicantly higher Germantransfers to other parts of

the EU.Reuters

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Science & Technology

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Yinchuan, 23 Oct Alarge-scale neolithic site,including a rare cave dwell-

ing, has been unearthed innorthwest Chinas NingxiaHui Autonomous Region,

sources with the regionalinstitute of archaeologysaid on Tuesday. Archae-

ologists have been workingon the site, which is locat-ed in Shatang Township,

Longde County, since 10July , said Fan Jun, head ofthe archaeological team.

Up till now, over 400square meters of the site, in-

cluding seven ancient houseremains, six half crypts anda cave dwelling have been

excavated, Fan said, add-ing that the excavation isexpected to be complete

by the end of October.Thecave dwelling is an impor-

tant nding from the siteas it is rare to see such anintact and well-preservedbuilding site dating back to

the neolithic times between4,300 and 5,300 years ago,Fan said.

The nding is helpfulfor research on the pro-duction forms of ancient

humans and their way oflife, he said. Along with theancient building sites, pot-

tery, stone tools and bonetools have also been un-

earthed. Judging from theseancient utensils, archaeolo-gists believed the neolithic

site could be traced back toabout 4,500 years ago.

Xinhua

abu Dhabi, 23 Oct

Nokia unveiled its rsttablet and two large-screensmartphones, known asphablets, at the annual

Nokia World event in AbuDhabi on Tuesday.

The Lumia 2520 tab-let, along with its Lumia1520 and 1620 phablets,are among the last prod-

ucts the Finnish companydeveloped to compete with

Apple and Samsung beforedeciding to sell its handsetbusiness to Microsoft.

The new Lumias use

Nokia launches tablet, joins large-screen smartphone raceMicrosofts WindowsPhone operating system

and will face tough com-petition from large-screensmartphones from Samsung

and Apple, which is alsoexpected to unveil slimmer,

faster iPads on Tuesday.The Microsoft deal is

due to close in the rst quar-ter of next year and the new

products, which will stillcarry the Nokia brand, are

part of the US companysdrive to become a leadingplayer in global consumer

devices.Reuters

Twitter account of Chinas state

broadcaster hackedbeijing, 23 Oct

Chinas state broadcasterCCTV News said on Tues-day one of its Twitter ac-

counts had been hacked,and deleted a tweet claim-ing the countrys president

had set up a special unit toprobe corruption accusa-tions against a former do-

mestic security chief.Thetweet on Monday even-ing appeared to refer to

an article in Hong KongsSouth China Morning Post

newspaper.The CCTV

News Twitter account was

An illustration picture shows Twitter logos on a

computer screen in Frankfurt, on 21 Oct, 2013.

ReuteRs

targeted on 21 October and

used illegally to post in-correct information copiedfrom other sources, CCTV

said through its English-language Twitter account.The unauthorized infor-

mation was deleted.CCTV spokeswoman

Zhang Xiaojian conrmedthat one of the broad-casters Twitter accountswas hacked, but did not

elaborate.China, which isoften accused of orches-trating hacking attacks,

says it is one of the worlds

biggest victims of such

activity.President Xi Jin-ping has set up a special unitto investigate corruption al-

legations against the retiredleader Zhou Yongkang,read the deleted tweet, ac-

cording to a screen grab onfreeweibo.com, which isrun by an anti-censorship

site, greatre.org.Overseas media, in-

cluding the South ChinaMorning Post, had saidZhou was being inves-tigated for corruption.

Sources told Reuters lastmonth he was helping in agraft probe, rather than be-

ing targeted himself.Zhou

retired as security tsar andfrom the Communist Par-

tys all-powerful PolitburoStanding Committee dur-

ing a sweeping leadershipreshufe last November.

Xi has identied corruptionas a threat to the survivalof the ruling CommunistParty, and has promised to

crack down on both high-ying tigers and lowly

ies.Reuters

Neolithic

cave

dwelling

found in

NW China

beijing, 23 Oct

China will improve theway it provides nancialsupport to science and tech-nology development, Fi-

nance Minister Lou Jiweisaid on Tuesday. When de-livering a report to the coun-

trys top legislature, Lou saiddespite increasing nancialinput into the sector, reforms

are needed to improve thesystems effectiveness.

Basic research relies

heavily on nancial supportfrom central governmentrather than local govern-

ments or enterprises, and the

proportion of research anddevelopment expenditurespent on basic research is toolow, said Lou in the report to

the Standing Committee ofthe National Peoples Con-gress. In addition, the sci-

ence and technology fundingsystem lacks coordinationbetween departments, and

relations between the gov-ernment and the market have

not been clearly dened, af-

fecting the effectiveness of

China to better fnance

science and technology

developmentscal support.

Lou said the most fun-damental way to addressthese problems is to furtherdeepen reform of the science

and technology system. Hesaid the government willcontinue to transform its

functions and build a sci-ence-technology innovationsystem with enterprises as

major players. The govern-ment will also promote other

forms of nancial support,such as angel investment andgovernment procurement ofservices.

Lou said the science

and technology evaluationsystem and management ofnancial funds in the sectorshould be improved, and in

the meantime, strengthen themonitoring and supervision

of its use. The countrys s-

cal expenditure in scienceand technology developmentincreased from 168.9 billion

yuan in 2006 to 560 billionyuan in 2012, an averageannual growth rate of 22.73

percent.Xinhua

Google unveils services promoting free expressionSan FranciSco, 23 Oct

Google Inc will begin toshield news organizations

and human rights groupsfrom cyberattacks as part ofa new package of services

designed to support freeexpression on the Web,

the internet giant said onMonday.At a presentation

in New York, the company

also unveiled a new tech-nology called uProxy that

allows citizens under someregimes to bypass govern-ment censorship or surveil-

lance software to surf theWeb. The software will

be available for GooglesChrome browser and Fire-

fox but not for rival Micro-

soft Corps Internet Explor-er, at least initially.

The worlds No 1search engine presented thetwo services as well as

a new map that highlightscyberattacks taking place

around the world in realtimeas some of the mostsignicant software prod-

ucts to emerge from GoogleIdeas, a think-tank estab-lished by the company in

2010.Known for its DontBe Evil corporate motto,Google has a well-estab-

lished reputation for resist-ing authorities around theworld who seek to censor

its Web properties, includ-ing YouTube and Blog-ger. But the formation of

the Ideas group, which the

company advertises as a

think/do tank headed byJared Cohen, a former US

State Department ofcial,has raised the possibilityof the company playing a

more active role in further-ing US policy.

Under its ProjectShield initiative, Googlesaid it would host sites

that frequently came underpolitically-motivated dis-tributed denial-of-service

attacks. Because of thesize and sophistication ofits technical infrastruc-

ture, Google is far moreable to withstand such at-tacks compared to websites

hosted independently. Theproduct remains in testing,Google said.

Reuters

A Google logo is seen at the garage where the companywas founded on Googles 15th anniversary in Menlo

Park, California on 26 Sept, 2013.ReuteRs

Herpes virus tracks human

migration from Africabeijing, 23 Oct Af-

ter examining Herpes virusgenome, scientists con-rmed that early humans rstemerged on the African con-tinent before spreading out indisparate groups across theglobe.

The study, published inPLOS One, examined strainsof herpes simplex virus type1 collected throughout NorthAmerica, Europe, Africa andAsia in order to gain insighton early human migrationpatterns. We found that allof the African isolates cluster

together, all the virus fromthe Far East, Korea, Japan,China clustered together, allthe viruses in Europe andAmerica, with one excep-tion, clustered together,

Curtis Brandt, professor ofmedical microbiology at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison and senior author ofthe study, said in a statement.

Using high-capacity ge-netic sequencing, Universityof Wisconsin-Madison sci-entists were able to develop afamily tree for the Herpesvirus, emerging in Africa,bottlenecking in the MiddleEast and ultimately spread-ing to Asia, Europe and theAmericas. Interestingly, thestudy also offers some evi-dence for the theory that Na-

tive Americans are descend-ed from Asian peoples whocrossed a land bridge fromfar eastern Siberia into theAmericas thousands of yearsago. Xinhua

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UN Secretary-Generals

Message on

United Nations Day

Dear friends,

United Nations Day is a chance to recognize howmuch this invaluable Organization contributes to peaceand common progress.

It is a time to reect on what more we can do to

realize our vision for a better world.The ghting in Syria is our biggest security

challenge.Millions of people depend on UN humanitarian

personnel for life-saving assistance.UN experts are working hand-in-hand with the Nobel

Peace Prize-winning Organisation for the Prohibition ofChemical Weapons to destroy Syrias stockpiles.

And we are pushing for a diplomatic solution to endsuffering that has gone on far too long.

Our most urgent development challenge is to makesustainability a reality.

The Millennium Development Goals have cut

poverty in half.Now we must maintain the momentum, craft anequally inspiring post-2015 development agenda andreach an agreement on climate change.

This year again, we saw the United Nations cometogether on armed conict, human rights, the environment

and many other issues.We continue to show what collective action can do.

We can do even more.In a world that is more connected, we must be more

united.On United Nations Day, let us pledge to live up

to our founding ideals and work together for peace,development and human rights.

UNIC/Yangon

Bottle feeding may increase risk of stomach

obstruction in infantsWashington, 23 Oct

Infants who were bottle fedwere more likely to be at riskof developing hypertrophicpyloric stenosis (HPS), a

form of stomach obstruction,than those who were breast-fed, US researchers said on

Monday.The risk appears to be

magnied when mothers

are older and have had morethan one child, researchersfrom the Seattle ChildrensHospital in the US state of

Washington, reported in theUS journal JAMA Pediat-

rics.

HPS typically occursduring an infants rst two

months of life and surgeryis needed to correct the ob-

struction, which occursbecause of a thickening ofthe smooth muscle layer ofthe pylorus, the passage be-tween the stomach and small

intestines. Despite its inci-dence of about two cases inevery 1,000 births, its causeremains unknown. The re-searchers used birth certi-cates and discharge data inthe US state of Washington

to examine births between2003 and 2009 and found714 infants were admitted

with HPS and had a HPS sur-gery. The ndings indicatedthat the incidence of HPS de-creased from 14 per 10,000births in 2003 to 9 per 10,000

births in 2009 while breast-feeding prevalence increasedfrom 80 percent in 2003 to94 percent in 2009.The re-searchers said that about 19.5percent of infants who devel-oped HPS were bottle fed,

compared with 9 percent ofbabies who were breastfed,and the odds of an infant de-

veloping HPS also increasedwhen mothers were 35 yearsand older and had given birthmore than once.

These data suggest

that bottle feeding mayplay a role in HPS etiology,

and further investigationsmay help to elucidate themechanisms underlying the

observed effect modica-tion by age and parity, theresearchers concluded.In arelated editorial, DouglasBarnhart, of the PrimaryChildrens Hospital, SaltLake City in the US state

of Utah, said the ndings

bring us a step closer to be-ing able to drop idiopathicfrom hypertrophic pyloricstenosis. While the dataseem convincing that bottlefeeding increases the risk,the reason is not clear, hesaid. Further understand-ing of the pathogenesis of

hypertrophic pyloric ste-nosis will come from bothbasic research and more de-tailed epidemiologic stud-ies.Xinhua

Beijing, 23 Oct Sci-entists said on Tuesday theyhave found older people whoget poor sleep may havemore of the plaque or betaamyloid that is suggestive ofAlzheimers disease in theirbrains. The ndings, pub-

Good nights sleep may help to prevent Alzheimerslished online on 21 Octoberin the journal JAMA Neu-rology, revealed that duringsleep there are changes in thebrains of lab mice that helpush out toxins such as beta

amyloid produced by brains

neurons in active circuits.

It might be possible thatimproving sleep could helpprevent Alzheimers disease,

suggested Adam Spira, an

assistant professor in the de-partment of mental health atthe Johns Hopkins Bloomb-erg School of Public Health.

We live in a sleep-deprivedsociety, Spira said. It may

be that changing sleep habitshas signicant implications

for mental health and spe-cically the prevention of

Alzheimers disease.Xinhua

Netix customer gains reinforce

growth hopes, shares jumpLos angeLes, 23 Oct

Netix Inc gained more

subscribers than expected athome and abroad with helpfrom original series likeOrange is the New Black,impressing investors whosent its shares surging nearly11 percent to a record highon Monday. Netix, the big-gest gainer in the S&P 500

in 2013, quadrupled prot in

the third quarter as it addeda higher-than-expected 1.3million customers to its sub-

scription video streamingservice in the United States.

The company, whichhas invested heavily in orig-inal series such as politicalsatire House of Cards,said it had 31.1 million US

streaming users from Julyto September. For the last

three months of the year,Netix said it expects to

add about the same numberof US streaming custom-ers it signed up a year ear-lier, and will end 2013 with32.7 million to 33.5 millionusers.That keeps the viewalive that this company hasa larger subscriber baseand has pricing leverage inits corner to extract morevalue, said Janney Mont-

gomery Scott analyst TonyWible, who rates Netix a

buy.Shares rose 10.6 per-

cent after-hours to $392.50,up from their close of$354.99 on the Nasdaq. The

stock has racked up succes-sive highs since September,

as investors bet on its growthprospects.During the quar-ter, Netix released critical-ly acclaimed prison dramaOrange is the New Black,part of its push into origi-nal programming to attractcustomers to its $8-a-monthmovie and TV streamingservice.Its original seriesslate generated buzz duringthe quarter, with 14 Emmynominations and three wins

for shows including Houseof Cards.

The company said itwill double investments inoriginal programming in2014, when it will air sec-ond seasons of both Houseof Cards and Orange isthe New Black. Spending

on original shows will re-main below 10 percent ofits global content expenses.Netix was added in Sep-tember as an option on cableset-top boxes through twocompanies in Europe. CEOReed Hastings, in a webcastafter the earnings release,said he was hopeful Net-ix could reach a similar

deal with Comcast Corp orother US cable operators.

Reuters

Netix DVDs return mailers are shown in a mail box inEncinitas, California on 21 Oct, 2013.ReuteRs

Yhoo oht to prch rollot with Microoft

san Francisco, 23 Oct A US judge on Monday

refused to let Yahoo IncYHOO.O delay using Mi-crosoft Corps Bing search

capabilities in Taiwan andHong Kong, afrming anarbitrators decision in fa-vor of Microsoft. Yahoo IncChief Executive MarissaMayer sought to slow therollout of its search partner-ship arguing that MicrosoftCEO Steve Ballmers de-cision to retire had raisedconcerns, according to courtdocuments. But US DistrictJudge Robert Patterson Jr

upheld an arbitrators earlier

ruling in favor of Microsoft.

Yahoo and Microsoftbegan a 10-year searchpartnership in 2010, beforeMayer took over as Yahoos

CEO. The two companieshoped their combined effortscould mount a more com-petitive challenge to GoogleInc, the worlds No.1 search

engine. The partnership hasnot lived up to expectations.Google remains the domi-nant search engine, withroughly two thirds of the US

search market, while Micro-soft and Yahoos combined

share of the market is essen-tially unchanged.

Yahoo said it wantedto pause the process until

Mayer had a chance to dis-cuss the partnership withBallmers successor, ac-cording to a court ling. Mi-crosoft said in August thatBallmer would retire within12 months. Mayer has criti-cized the partnership in thepast.

We need to see mon-etization working better be-cause we know that it canand weve seen other com-petitors in the space illus-trate how well it can work,Mayer said at an investorconference in February. Mi-crosoft and Yahoo were notimmediately available forcomment. Reuters

The Yahoo logo is shown at the

companys headquarters in Sunnyvale,California on 16 April, 2013.ReuteRs

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US, NATO ocials expect approval or

Aghan troop dealBrussels, 23 Oct

Senior US and NATO of-

cials said on Tuesday theywere condent Afghani-

stans elders and parliamentwould back a deal allowingAmerican troops to staythere after 2014, playingdown lingering concernsover the accord.

The Afghan presidentsspokesman Aimal Faizi hadtoldReuters on Sunday Ka-bul and Washington had notyet agreed on several issuesin a bilateral security pact,raising the prospect thatthe US might still have topull all its troops from the

Members of Security Force Advisor Team 10 providesniper coverage during a shura - a meeting between

village elders, US troops and Afghan National SecurityForces - near Command Outpost AJK (short for Azim-

Jan-Kariz, a near-by village) in Maiwand District,

Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on 26 Jan, 2013.ReuteRs

war-ravaged nation by thedeadline.

But two days later,Afghan Defence Minister

Bismullah Khan Moham-madi was positive aboutthe prospects of a BilateralSecurity Agreement duringtalks with Defence Secre-tary Chuck Hagel on thesidelines of a NATO meet-ing in Brussels, accordingto a US defence ofcial.

Mohammadi ex-pressed strong condencethat the (Bilateral Secu-rity Agreement) would beagreed to soon, and that thevast majority of Afghans

support it, the ofcial said,speaking on condition ofanonymity.

It was not immediately

possible to reach Moham-madi or his aides to conrmthe comments on the pact,which Washington and Ka-bul have been trying to con-clude for almost a year.

The deal will help de-termine how many US sol-diers and bases remain inAfghanistan after most for-eign combat troops exit bythe end of next year.

A senior US militaryofcial, speaking sepa-rately to reporters traveling

UNESCO to list Japaneseood as intangible cultural

heritageTokyo, 23 OctThe

UN Educational, Scienticand Cultural Organizationis expected to register tra-ditional Japanese food as anintangible cultural heritageasset in early December,sources close to the mattersaid on Tuesday.

An organization thatscreens candidates forUNESCO registration hasalready issued a reportrecommending Japanesefood be listed, they said. A

Photo taken on 22 Oct, 2013, shows dishes of the monthat Japanese restaurant Edo Kappo Yonemura in

Tokyo. The UN Educational, Scientic and Cultural

Organization is expected to register traditional Japanese

food as an intangible cultural heritage asset in early

December 2013.KyodoNews

with Hagel on condition henot be named, also said hesaw a very, very, very low

probability of total with-drawal from Afghanistan.

Reuters

Greece cuts o

state unding to ar-right

Golden Dawn partyAThens, 23 Oct

Greek lawmakers voted tocut off state funding to thefar-right Golden Dawn par-ty early on Wednesday, thelatest effort by the govern-ment to clamp down on aparty it has branded a neo-Nazi criminal gang.

Golden Dawn hadsteadily risen on the back ofan anti-austerity and anti-

immigrant agenda to be-come Greeces third-mostpopular party, until the kill-ing of a left-wing rapper bya party supporter last monthtriggered the governmentcrackdown.

A legislative provisionpassed by 235 lawmakers inthe 300-seat parliament sus-pends state funding to polit-ical parties if their leaders,or a tenth of their lawmak-ers, are charged with in-volvement in a criminalorganization or acts ofterrorism. The move coulddeprive Golden Dawn of a

major nancial resource.Athens has earmarked

11 million euros for electedparties in 2013, including873,000 euros ($1.20 mil-

lion) for Golden Dawn.After entering par-

liament last year and ap-pearing virtually immuneto frequent accusationsof violence against immi-grants and leftists, the partyhas been on the defensivesince the fatal stabbing of34-year-old Pavlos Fissas.

The killing promptedprosecutors to investigate

party lawmakers over aseries of crimes and PrimeMinister Antonis causedSamarass conservative-ledgovernment to probe thepolice force. Samaras hasvowed to wipe out the partyand described it as a gangof neo-Nazis that threatensdemocracy. Golden Dawnsleader, Nikolaos Mihalolia-kos, and two senior law-makers have been put be-hind bars pending trial oncharges of participation ina criminal group. This isthe rst time that electedpoliticians have been jailed

in Greece since a militarycoup in 1967. Three otherlawmakers, who were ar-rested, have been freedpending trial.Reuters

Police ofcers stand guard outside the headquarters of

the Golden Dawn far-right party in Athenson 18 Sept, 2013.ReuteRs

Vietnam

hosts regional

broadcastingunions

annual

meeting

hAnoi, 23 OctThe50th General Assemblyand Associated Meetings ofAsia-Pacic BroadcastingUnion kicked off in Viet-nams capital of Hanoi onWednesday with the par-ticipation of more than 700international and domesticprofessionals in the eld.

The annual eventthemed Serving our au-dience in the digital era,making aperspective shiftfrom technology to audi-ence is to focus on howbroadcasters can meet theneeds of audiences in thedigital age. During the six-day event, hosted by Vi-etnam Television (VTV),participants will discuss themost pressing issues facinga changing media landscapeas well as attend the high-level forum series Womenwith the wave: Informationand Communication Tech-nology and Media Inclu-sion of Women, Girls andPersons with disabilities.

Xinhua

Jerusalem mayor wins re-election

in boost to NetanyahuJerusAlem, 23 Oct

The Israeli mayor of Jerusa-lem has won re-election in ahotly contested race againsta challenger linked to a far-right opponent of PrimeMinister Benjamin Netan-yahu.

Former high-tech ty-coon Nir Barkat won about51 percent of votes in poll-ing held on Tuesday, a countof all ballots showed.

His main rival, MosheLion, polled about 45 per-cent. Other votes went to a

third candidate.In a predawn victory

speech to cheering support-ers on Wednesday, Barkat,54, called the election oneof the most complicated anddifcult races he had seen,but was thankful to votershe said gave us a mandateto lead the city with thesame vision for the next veyears.

Israeli media said Lionhad also conceded the race.

The Jerusalem contestwas seen as the most stra-

tegic of nearly 200 localgovernment elections heldacross Israel, with a Barkatvictory dealing a blow to hiscontenders main backer,far-right former ForeignMinister Avigdor Lieber-man. Lieberman, currently alawmaker, had hoped a Lionvictory would give him po-litical momentum to mounta challenge to Netanyahusleadership should he be ac-quitted in a corruption trialwhose verdict was expectednext month.Xinhua

recommendation by the or-ganization has never beenrejected, a government of-cial said. The Japanesegovernment proposedWashoku: Traditional Di-etary Cultures of the Japa-nese for the UNESCOintangible cultural heritage

list in March 2012.UNESCO has regis-

tered four food cultures French, Mexican, Mediter-ranean and Turkish assuch assets.Kyodo News

Focus on Arab states to fll Saudi Security Council

seat, Kuwait a ront-runnerriyAdh, 23 OctSau-

di Arabias unprecedentedrejection of a UN SecurityCouncil place has pushedthe world body into unchart-ed territory, but fellow Gulfnation Kuwait is emergingas an early front-runner toll the seat. With 10 weeksuntil Saudi Arabias termon the 15-member Security

Council was due to starton 1 January - UN diplo-mats do not appear to be ina rush to ll the vacancy andsome are hoping Riyadhmight still change its mind.

One waits to see whatwill happen, British UNAmbassador Mark LyallGrant said on Tuesday.

The Arab group of

countries at the United Na-tions urged Saudi Arabiaon Saturday to reconsiderits decision to renounce therotating seat on the councilin protest at the bodys fail-ure to end the war in Syriaand act on other MiddleEast issues. Saudi Arabiasdecision on Friday to turndown the two-year term

has diplomats and ofcialsscratching their heads overwhat formal noticationis needed to begin the pro-cess of deciding an alterna-tive candidate. There is noagreed procedure becausethis is the rst time that ithas happened, said FrenchUN Ambassador GerardAraud.Reuters

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Mandalay, 23 OctA

ceremony to mark the World

Osteoporosis Day was held

at Orthopaedic Specialist

Hospital (Mandalay) of

Health Department under

the Ministry of Health on

20 October.Rector Dr Marlar Win

of University of Nursing

(Mandalay) and ofcials

presented prizes to winners

in the poster contest.

They provided free

health care for orthopaedic

diseases to the patients and

medicines to them.

A total of 200 nursing

trainees gave educative

talks to patients.

At t h e ce rem o n y ,

427 pat ien ts received

Efforts for standardizing

health education

medical checkups whether

they suffer osteoporosis

disease.

This year motto was

Strong Women Make

Stronger Women.

Kyemon-Tin Maung

(Mandalay)

World Osteoporosis Day observed in Mandalay

yangon , 23 Oct

International Center of

Excellence being opend

at the Science Hall of

Yangon University and

John Hopskin University

and Perdana University

jo int ly con du cte d th e

Update in Womens Healthy

workshop at the Science

Hall of the univesity on 21

October.

We held the workshop

for enabling the persons

from education and health

fields to know modern

medical science and health

knowledge, said Daw

Yuza Maw Tun, Vice-

Chairperson of International

Centre of Excellence.

The workshop was held

on 21 and 22 October.Dr Isabel C Green

and Dr Module Aguch of

John Hopskin and Perdana

Universit ies discussed

h ea l th k n o wled g e i n

medical science.

The workshop was

attended by University

of Medicine-1, and 2,

University of Nursing,

D e f e n c e S e r v i c e s

M e d i c a l A c a d e m y ,

Defence Services Institute

Nursing and Paramedical

S c i e n c e s , Y a n g o n

West General Hospital,

Workers Hospital, Insein

Hospi tal , Mingaladon

Hospital, Sanpya Hospital,

Aungyadana Specialist

Hospital, Asia Tawwin

Hospital, Victoria Hospital,

Sakura Hospital, Baho Si

Hospital, Maha Myaing

S p e c i a l i s t H o s p i t a l ,

P u n h l a i n g H o s p i t a l ,

M y a n m a r M e d i c a l

Association, Myanmar

Medical Science Council,

M y a n m a r P h a r m a c y

Association, rectors and

faculty members totalling

50.

As Myanmar cooperateswith international universities

for upgrading education

standard of the nation, ICOE

held workshops with experts

from Myanmar universities

and Illinois University in

July, with South Korean

University in August

and Perdana Hospital in

September.MMAL-Wai

Yan Oo

Blocks of heroin seized in

Tachilek

Two-storey building ablaze between two three-storey buildings

nayPyiTaw, 23 Oct

Members of No 30 Special

Anti-Drug Squad of Tachilek

and policemen, acting on

a tip-off, together with

witnesses, searched Honda125 motorcycle driven by

Tar Ae, 22 of Sanku Village

in Loidawkham Village-

tract, near the jetty of May

Flower Ground near Maesai

Jetty in Macaokham Ward

of Tachilek on 20 October

afternoon.

They seized 400 blocks

of heroin weighing 133.33

kilos from four bags.

The seizure of the

heroin was worth K 1999.95

million.

Action was taken against

Tar Ae under Narcotic

Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances Law.Kyemon-

Police Information

MawlaMy i n e , 2 3

OctA re broke out at Pan

Kaung Shwesin Mattress and

doll sales centre at No 191 on

Lower Road in Shwedaung

Ward of Mawlamyine on 21

October morning.

Altogether 192 fire

ghters from re stations

coopeated with local people

in putting out the re with the

use of 20 re engines from

Mawlamyine, Kyaikmaraw

and Mudon. They totally

died down the re at about

12 noon.

The dry batteries from

the dolls was ablaze in

overheat situation causing

outbreak of fire to the

mattresses of Daw San San

Soe, owner of the shop.

The re engulfed the

whole building which is 20

feet by 50 feet, worth K 6.75

million.

A le of lawsuit was

opened against Daw San San

Soe under the law.

Kyemon-108

Plan underway to hold dragon boat rowing

demonstration in Taninthayi Region

Myeik, 23 OctAs partof conservation of ancient

cultural heritage, Dragon

boat rowing demonstrationwas held at the jetty of

U Kyaw Win sawmill on

Taryoe Street in ChaunggyiWard of Taninthayi Region

recenty. New generation youths

will participate in the rowing

demonstration.

The local youths were

in rowing drill so as to take

part in the contest that will

start on 23 October.

The rowers from various

regions and states arrived

there to take part in the

contest.

Kyemon-Moe Hein

(Myeik)

Youth in training

session for Dragon

boat rowing contest

in Myeik.

Bago Region Womens Affairs Organization

Chairperson Daw May Thu gives educative talks

on anti-trafcking in persons to local people

at Awaing Village of Bago Township on 19

October.mna

Tar Ae seen with

heroin blocks worth K

1999.95 million.

Fire

ghters

putting out

re together

with local

people in

Mawlamyine.

Those present at

ceremony to mark

World Osteoporosis

Day ceremony.

National Sports

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thursdy, 24 ocber, 2013

Prmng rn

hnkngWe hnk, we decde nd we mke cncusns

n dy bss. our pnns re prducs f urhnkng. our wys f hnkng bses n he

nfrmn ccessbe us. the med re he

mjr surces f nfrmn. ths why we

used sy, Med shpe pnns. D hey

wys ed us he rgh wy?

Prvdng he ms pssby bjecve

nfrmn s he duy f he med ues.

Bu here re s unseen neress behnd hem.

Wh mny emergng med ues, we nw hve

hs f surces fr nfrmn. the drk sde

s h we cnn knw whch ne s prvdng

rebe nfrmn r whch nfrmn

s fcu. Ms news sres vbe us

dy re mre r ess bck-nd-whe srs.

objecvy f he news sres s quesnbe.N everyhng n ur wrd s mere sry f he

gd nd he bd. We hve hen w pns:

mkng med ues respnsbe fr fse

nfrmn nd educng he pepe h n

he wren wrds re fcu.

S he gvernmen deprmens re s

usu n rdn rvry wh he med. t

ncuce he rn hnkng n he pubc,

bh he med nd he gvernmen mechnsms

hve d her prs we, prvdng fcu

nfrmn n bjecve mnner.

Nay Pyi Taw, 23

Oct Attorney-General of

the Union Dr Tun Shin ad-

dressed a seminar on legis-

lative drafting and statutory

interpretation, organized by

the Ofce of the Attorney-

General of the Union and

UNDP, at the Ofce of the

Attorney-General of the

Union, here, this morning.

He said that in the past

the Ofce of the UnionAttorney-General did not

see such kind of seminar

on legislative drafting and

statutory interpretation

in collaboration with in-

ternational organizations.

Myanmar lawmakers were

to pursue further studies in

foreign countries. Todays

workshop should be rec-

ognized as a milestone of

the history. He expressed

his belief that the semi-

nar is really benecial to

Semnr n egsve drfng nd surynerpren hed

Myanmar lawmakers and

those who involved in

drafting laws of the min-

istries.

Team Leader Ms.

Emma Morley of UNDP

Myanmar and Mr. Daniel

Greenberg, Counsel in the

Ofce of Speakers Coun-

sel, House of Commons,

London said that the or-

ganization continues co-

operating with the Union

Attorney-Generals Ofce

iCao deegn rrves n

Yngn

Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Oct

A work coordination meet-ing on technical rules for

the 23rd ASEAN Armies

Shooting Contest was held

at AARM Village in Pyi-

nOoLwin this morning.

The meeting was

opened with an address by

Joint-Secretary of the central

committee for holding the

23rd contest Maj-Gen Zarni

Win. Chairman of the Work

Committee Maj-Gen Tin

Maung Win made a speech.

During the meeting,

participants from ASEAN

countries discussed the in-structions, duties of judges,

rules and disciplines at the

shooting range.

In the evening, they

had a dinner at the parade

ground of the AARM Vil-

lage in PyinOoLwin.

MNA

technc rues fr aSEaN armes Shng

Cnes dscussed

(from page 16)

ke necessry mesures

n ccrd wh he re-

pr f amyh Hu-

w Pubc accuns

Motion for reengineering of

educational

(from page 16)

Plans are under way to install

CCTV cameras in those ho-

tels.

It is also planned to

install security cameras

in new hotels accross the

country. It is expected that

more tourists will visit My-

anmar this year, compared

with the tourist arrivals of

1.5 million last year.

According to World

Tourism Organization (UN-

WTO), international tour-

All hotels in

Myanmar to becomplete

Cmmee n upgrdng

f Nn-Dmnge-

tungny rd n Bg

Regn submed by U

Thein Win of Sagaing Re-

gion Constituency No (9).

Later, the Speaker

of Amyotha Hluttaw an-

nounced the date to seek

the approval of the Hlut-

taw on the motions after

making clarications on

them by the relevant mem-

bers of the Union govern-

ment within a 21-day pre-

scribed period.

Todays session came

to an end in the afternoon

and the 12-day session

will be held on 25 Octo-

ber.MNA

as it plays a leading role in

law drafting sector in the

country, and claimed that

courses on drafting laws

would be conducted in

Myanmar.

MNAist arrivals reached 1,035

million in 2012, up from

995 million in 2011. Asiaand the Pacic recorded

the strongest growth with

a 7% increase in arrivals,

followed by Africa (6%)

and the Americas (5%). In

South East Asia, Myanmar

saw a 52 % increase in ar-

rivals in 2012, followed by

Cambodia (24 %), Thai-

land (16 %) and Vietnam

(14 %).

Therefore, authorities

concerned should take se-

curity measures for safety

of tourists.

Myanma Alinn: 23-10-13

Trs: Mt

Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Oct

A total of 326 visitors171

members of Union

Solidarity and Development

Party of Myothit Township,

Magway Region, 126

IBEC-English Access

Micro-Scholarship students

led by Sayadaw U Sobhita

from the Sagaing Buddhist

Education Centre and 29

visitors led by Dr Daw Aye

Aye Yi of the Youth Trip

Organizing Committee,UNICEF this morning

observed process of 13th

day session of the eighth

regular meeting of the

Vsrs bserve Huwsrst Pyithu Hluttaw and

looked round the Hluttaw

complex.

MNA

yaNgoN, 23 OctTo

ensure the development of

Myanmars civil aviation

sector, a delegation led by

Mr. Raymond Benjamin,

Secretary General of Inter-

national Civil Aviation Or-

ganization (ICAO), arrived

here on 18 October.

Director-General U

Tin Naing Tun of Depart-

ment of Civil Aviation

and ofcials met with the

general secretary and party

of ICAO at Civil Aviation

Training Institute on 19 Oc-

tober morning.

MNA

Attorney-General of the Union Dr Tun Shin poses for documentary photo

with participants.mna

Work coordination meeting on technical rules for the 23rdASEAN Armies

Shooting Contest in progress.mna

yaNgoN, 23 OctThe

Pre-SEA Game Shooting

Test Match will be held at the

International Shooting Range

in Dagon Myothit (North)

Township from 27 to 30

October.

Each team comprising

19 shooters of participant

countries may take part in the

test match.

The events in the test

Shng tes Mch 27-30 oc match are categorized asmens singles and team 10-m

air pistol events, mens 50-m

pistol event, mens 50-m rie

event, womens singles and

team 10-m air pistol events,

womens 25-m pistol event

and womens 50-m rie

event. A total of 12 gold, 12

silver and 12 bronze medals

will be awarded to the

winners.MMAL-Tin Soe

(Myanma Alinn)

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9New Light of Myanmar

Belgian OG specialist, pathologist professor

give lectures at Central Womens Hospital

Mandalay, 23 Oct

OG cervical cancer specialist

Dr Orye and professor of

Belbium gave lectures at

Central Womens Hospital

in Mandalay on 21 October.

F i r s t l y , M e d i c a l

Superintendent of CWH

Dr Daw Than Than Myintand Professor/Dean of OG

Department Dr Daw Kyi Kyi

Nyunt extended greetings

and introduced Belgian OG

specialist and professor to

Candle light triggered off burning at

monastery in Myeik

those present.

The opening ceremony

was attended by Rector of

Mandalay University of

Medicine Prof Dr U Tin

Maung Han, Professor/Dean

of Pathology Department

Dr U Htay Hla, Pathologist

Dr Daw Khin Mya Mon,p ro fesso r s , a s so c i a t e

professors, lecturers and

specialists.

Belgian OG specialist

Dr Orye and Pathologist

Prof Verguts and Prof Praet

conducted the practical and

theoretical training to 60 OG

specialists and pathologists at

Central Womens Hospital

(Mandalay) from 21 to 25

October with the permission

of the Ministry of Health.

The training coursewas attended by OG post-

graduate trainees, doctoral

course trainees and FRCS

candidates.

The Belgian specialists

Myeik, 23 OctA re

broke out at NyaungyeikthaMonastery on Phayagyi

Street in Myitnge Ward of

Myeik in Taninthayi Region

at 4 pm on 21 October.

The re started from

candel light offered at the

prayer room by layperson

U Po Nyo, 42, son of U Pa

Chin of the monastery.

A total of 124 fire

servicemen put out the

re with the use of 24 re

engines.

The fire blazed the

monastery, 32 feet by 24 feet,

worth K 576,000.Fire victims three

monks and one novice

were accommodated at

Shwedaung Monastery near

Shan State Hluttaw deputy

speaker meets local people for

development of Lashiolashio, 23 OctA

meeting between the deputy

speaker of Shan State

Hluttaw and departmentalofcials was held at the city

hall in Lashio of Shan State

(North) on 22 October.

On the occasion, Deputy

Speaker U Sai Kham Mak

gave an opening address.

Shan State Hluttaw

representative U Sai Kyu

explained progress of works.

Next , members of

Township Development

Supportive Committee and

towns elders reported on

requirements.

A l s o p r e s e n t a tthe meeting were the

commissioner of Shan

State, district and township

administrators, towns

elders, ward administrators,

e n t r e p r e n e u r s a n d

membersof Maternal and

Child Welfare Associations,

totalling 210.

Kyemon-Han Htay

(IPRD)

co o p era t ed wi th OG

specialists from Central

W o m e n s H o s p i t a l

(Mandalay) checked cervical

cancer and key hole surgery

works at patients at the

hospital.Kyemon-Thiha

Ko Ko (Mandalay)

MCDC, ADB jointly draw

green city plan

Mandalay, 23 Oct

Mandalay City Development

Committee and Asian

Development Bank will

draw the Green City Plan

and collect the data.

The small groups will

conduct surveys on 73

points from 600 households.

The teams will collect

data from100 households

from six townships of

Mandalay City Development

Committee, totalling 600

households, from 26 October

to 5 November.

MCDC is carrying out

its tasks for minucipal area

such as Chanayethazan,

Mahaaungmye, Aung-

myethazan , Chanmya-

thazi,Pyigyidagun and

Amarapura townships.

Mr Alistais, expert of

Asian Development Bank,

said that the people are to join

hands with the authorities for

development of the city, and

it is necessary to fulll the

requirements of the region

based on correct data from

the people.Kyemon-Thiha

Ko Ko (Mandalay)

Hotel service courses kick offMandalay, 23 Oct

Diamond Palace Hotel

Co Ltd opened the Hotel

Services Course No 28/2013

for Hotel Service Grade

I and Hotel Supervisor

Grade II at Mandalay

Hall of Zaygyo Hotel,

Chanayethazan Township

of Mandalay on 21 October

morning.

Mandalay Region In-

charge of Ministry of Hotelsand Tourism U Nyi Nyi Swe

made a speech and opened

the training course.

It was attended b

the burnt monastery.

Myeik Township PoliceForce opened a file of

lawsuit against U Po Nyo

under the law.Kyemon-278

Chairman of Myanmar

Hoteliers Association (Upper

My an m ar ) Man d a l ay

Zone U Myint Aung and

executives, training school

principal U Sein Myint and

instructors and 45 trainees.

The hotel service grade

I course comprises four

subjects. The course will

last 10 weeks.

A total of 1653 trainees

have attended the training

courses up to No. 27th intake.Most of the trainees are at

worksites.

Kyemon-Kyaw Min

Thaw (Mandalay)

Health Care

Hotel

Services

Opening ceremony of Hotel Services Course 28 in

progress.

Fire

Fire servicemen putting out re at Nyaungyeiktha Monastery in Myeik.

The photo shows aeria view of Mandalay City with Mandalay Hill in the

background.

Regional

development

tasks supervised

kalewa, 23 Oct

Kalewa Township Pyithu

Hluttaw representative

U Soe Thein, Township

Management Committee

Chairman U Tint Naing and

party on 16 October made

eld trips to Mahtu Villageof

Kalewa Township.

The authorities fullledthe requirements to local

people for education and

health sector.Kyemon-Zo

Hae Hsa (Chin Hill)

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US concerned about Mozambique violence,

urges dialogueWashington, 23 Oct

The United States on Tues-

day urged Mozambiquesgovernment and the Rena-mo opposition movement to

move back from the brinkand take steps to quell anescalation in tensions that

many worry could disruptthe countrys strong eco-nomic growth.

The Renamo formerrebel group declared on

Monday it was terminat-ing a 1992 peace accordthat ended a 1975-1992

civil war, complaining thatgovernment forces overranbase of opposition leader

Afonso Dhlakama in theGorongosa forest.

We are deeply con-

cerned by the escalation inviolence between govern-ment security forces and

members of the oppositionparty Renamo, said USState Department spokes-

woman Marie Harf. Weare encouraging the twoparties to take visible and

decisive steps to de-escalatethe current tense environ-

ment.Mozambique media re-

ported on Tuesday that sus-

pected Renamo guerrillasred on a police station atMaringue, just north of the

Gorongosa District, but nocasualties were reported.

Asked whether the at-

tack could provoke moreviolence, Harf said: We

are deeply concerned bythis violence and this es-calation and are urging all

sides to take steps to moveback from the brink and de-escalate what has been hap-

pening.Dhlakama, who has

struggled to recover from a

Mozambiques opposition RENAMO Presidential can-

didate Afonso Dhlakama shows an ink dyed nger aftervoting in the countrys Presidential, Parliamentary andProvincial Elections in Maputo in this le photo taken

on 28 Oct, 2009.ReuteRs

string of election defeats bythe ruling Frelimo party, is

widely regarded as a spentpolitical force with littlepower to drag the country

back into a civil war.He has complained that

the Frelimo-led govern-

ment has monopolized po-litical and economic power.

Mozambiques econ-

omy is set to grow by 7percent this year one of

the fastest in Africa - andinvestors such as BrazilsVale, London-listed Rio

Tinto, Italys Eni and USoil rm Anadarko are work-ing to develop some of the

worlds largest untappedcoal and gas reserves.

Renamo raids in April

and June in central Mozam-bique had already causedalarm. They killed at least

11 soldiers and police andsix civilians and forced atemporary suspension of

coal exports sent by rail tothe coast.

Reuters

Chinese PremierLi Keqiang (R)and his Russian

counterpartDmitry

Medvedev attend

a ceremonyof signing

China-Russia

cooperationdocuments in

Beijing, capital

of China, on 22Oct, 2013.

Xinhua

China, Russia chant

friendship, pledge closer

cooperationBeijing, 23 OctWe

should let the Chinese

youth know that China-

Russia friendship is not

ancient history, ChinesePremier Li Keqiang said

on Tuesday as he and his

Russian counterpart Dmitry

Medvedev met reporters in

Beijing.

Li suggested Med-

vedev tell some Chinese

university students a story

about how China and Rus-

sia joined hands to battle

devastating ooding on the

Heilongjiang River, known

in Russia as the Amur,

which hit eastern Russia

and northeastern China this

summer.

I will, said the smil-ing Russian prime minister.

Medvedev, who ar-

rived in Beijing early Tues-

day for an ofcial visit, is

scheduled to visit east Chi-

nas Anhui Province, Lis

home province, and deliver

a speech in front of a group

of university students there

on Wednesday.

In the face of the

oods, Li and Medvedev

spoke twice on the tel-

ephone in August, and the

Russian side used its two

upstream reservoirs to re-

duce ooding.

Russia helped Chi-

na and showed Russiasfriendship with China,

said the Chinese Premier on

Tuesday.

Surely I will tell the

students about our coop-

eration on this matter when

I visit your hometown,

Medvedev said, adding that

he will also tell the students

of the cooperation between

the disaster-relief agencies

of the two countries.

It shows our strategic

cooperation as well as our

friendship, said the prime

minister.

The light-hearted con-versation came after the

18th regular meeting be-

tween Chinese and Rus-

sian heads of government

held at the Great Hall of the

People. The regular meet-

ing, launched in 1996, is an

important platform for co-

operations.

We reached many

new consensus on practi-

cal cooperation, especially

on large-scale projects, Li

told the reporters.Xinhua

A Herdsman herds livestock near the snow-blocked Lakenla Mountain, DamxungCounty in southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region, on 22 Oct, 2013. Local

husbandry and trafc was affected by the sudden heavy snow which hit the northernTibet recently.Xinhua

Driver

charged in

Argentinas

train crashBuenos aires, 23 Oct

The driver of the trainthat crashed here over the

weekend with 99 passen-gers injured was charged bya federal judge Tuesday as

video footage showed himfalling asleep at the wheel.

Julio Cesar Ben-

itez, 45, was arrested andcharged for his alleged rolein the Saturday accident, as

the train was pulling intothe citys Once station,according to state news

agency Telam.

Judicial sources saidBenitez may be charged

with causing severe harmdue to negligence.

Video footage showedBenitez yawing repeatedlyand appearing to doze off

several times during thejourney. But tests showed

he was not under the inu-

ence of alcohol. Benitez un-derwent medical tests, in-cluding DNA tests to match

his blood with that found onthe trains black box, whichwas later found in his bag.

I felt I was losing toomuch blood and I was try-ing to recover my belong-

ings that spread all over theoor, Benitez said in histestimony Monday.

Xinhua

Libyan minister meets

British Ambassador on

strengthening tiestripoli, 23 Oct Lib-

yan Minister of PlanningMahdi Rany met on Tues-

day with British Ambassa-dor Michael Aaron on waysof boosting bilateral rela-

tions in all domains, espe-cially in elds of electricity,health, transportation and

training.The meeting tackled

the potential support of

British experts in Libya todevelop strategy and plansfor Libyans economy and

production, Rany told re-porters.

For his part, the Brit-ish Ambassador underlinedthat his country strongly

backs Libyas transitiontoward democracy, laudingthe committee of Libya

2030, which was formedby the cabinet in May to setstrategy and roadmap for

national development in allsectors. The panel includesresearchers and specialists

from all over the country,whose strategy will be im-plemented during the pe-

riod from 2014 to 2030.Xinhua

Bahrain police launch probe

into explosionManaMa, 23 Oct

Bahrain police on Tuesdaylaunched an investigation

after a man was found dead

near a homemade bomb ex-plosion site in Bani Jamra

village.The ministry said it re-

ceived an anonymous call

from a person informing ofan explosion and a body ly-ing at the site.

Police arrived at the

scene and cordoned off thearea to get rid of the suspi-

cious object and an investi-gation has been launched,it said. Opposition groups

identied online that thedeceased as Ali Khalil, 17years old, while there were

other reports surfacing that

the teenager was allegedlyplanting a homemade bomb

to target security forces,which exploded in his face.

Xinhua

Tibet culture week opens 20 to 29 Octoberon Wednesday in Germany

Beijing, 23 OctThe

2013 China Tibetan Cul-

ture Week will be held in

Germany from, according

to a government statement

released on Tuesday. The

event, which is the rst of

its kind to be held in Ger-

many, aims to offer Ger-

man people a glimpse of

Tibets beauty, culture and

economic development

and promote international

friendship, according to the

statement.Xinhua

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the opening ceremony of the 21st

International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions (XXI INCOSAI) in Beijing,capital of China, on 22 Oct, 2013. Xinhua

China stresses auditors role in guarding

scal stability

Beijing, 23 OctChinese Premier Li Keqiang

said on Tuesday auditorscan play an importantrole in safeguarding scal

stability and combatingcorruption.

Auditors must

properly supervise thenancial department,

nd potential risks andensure the sustainabilityof scal fund, Li said at

the 21st Congress of theInternational Organizationof Supreme Audit

Institutions(INCOSAI),which opened in Beijing on

Tuesday.In his keynote

speech, Li urged auditors

to mercilessly exposecorruption and protectpublic funds.

The Chinese Premieralso called for internationalcooperation between

auditors in perfecting theglobal nancial regulationrules and safeguarding the

stability of world economy.To the nearly 700

delegates from some 160

countries, Li said the worldeconomy was picking upslowly but deep-rooted

defects remain, leavingmany uncertain and

instable factors. Li briefedthem on Chinas economy,saying the government had

taken measures to advancereforms and restructurethe economy to allow the

market playing a biggerrole in generating growth.

Those measures havedelivered evident effects,Li said, saying economyhad improved and market

expectations were stableand optimistic.

We are capable of

reaching the major targetsof economic and socialdevelopment this year

and accomplishing scalstability and sustainability,he said.Xinhua

Hiroshima, Nagasaki

welcome Japans

endorsement of

UN statementHirosHima/nagasaki,

23 Oct The mayors of

Hiroshima and Nagasakion Tuesday welcomed theJapanese governments en-

dorsement of a UN state-ment on nuclear disarma-ment for the rst time.

Hiroshima Mayor Ka-zumi Matsui said he wel-comed the move, which

shows the Japanese govern-ment shares his citys wishfor a world without nuclear

weapons.Nagasaki Mayor Tomi-

hisa Taue told reporters the

endorsement is a step to-ward a nuclear-free world.Matsui also welcomed

an increase in the numberof countries that backed the

UN statement to 125. BothMatsui and Taue asked theJapanese government to

take leadership in guidingthe countries endorsing thestatement, which says that

it is in the interest of thevery survival of humanitythat nuclear weapons are

never used again, underany circumstances. Noting

that Japan depends on theUnited States nuclear um-brella, Taue said Japan has

been unable to pull out ofthe Cold War structure.

The joint disarmament

effort is a chance to estab-lish a new international se-curity structure, the Naga-

saki mayor said.Hiroshima came under

atomic bombing on 6 Au-

gust, 1945, and Nagasakithree days later in the clos-ing days of World War II.

At a ceremony on 9August. this year markingthe 68th anniversary of Na-

gasakis atomic bombing,Taue criticized the Japanese

governments decision notto sign a similar statementagainst the use of nuclear

weapons announced inApril at a preparatory com-mittee for the next Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treatyreview meeting.

Kyodo News

Local women in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture,practice knitting on 4 Sept, 2013 in the coastal city,

which was badly hit by the March 2011

earthquake and tsunami.Kyodo news

Photo taken on 22 Oct, 2013 shows the scenery of redautumnal leaves at the Great Wall at Badaling, Beijing,

capital of China. Xinhua

2 militiamen,

1 rebel died

in clash in S

Philippines

manila, 23 OctTwoPhilippine government

militiamen and a rebelwere killed and a soldierand three farmers were

wounded in a reght inSouthern Philippines onMonday, the military said

on Tuesday.Captain Christian

Cuy, spokesman for the

Philippine Armys 4thInfantry Division, saidthe troops from the 23rd

Cadre Battalion weresent to Esperanza, a townin Southern Philippine

Province of Agusan delSur on Monday morning

upon tip-off of the presenceof suspect members ofleftist rebel group of New

Peoples Army (NPA) inthe area.

They ran into around

30 rebels while patrollinga farmland in Esperanza atabout 8:30 am on Monday,

said Cuy. The two sides

traded res for about 45minutes until the insurgents

withdrew, leaving twomilitiamen and a rebeldead, he said.Xinhua

Swelling lakes in Hol Xil pose

railway threatXining, 23 Oct

Swelling lakes on theQinghai-Tibet Plateau,a notable sign of global

warming, are threateningthe safety of the worldshighest railway, according

to climate and ecologicalexperts.

One ooded lake is

now only 8 km away from asection of the Qinghai-TibetRailway in the depopulated

area of Hol Xil NatureReserve, according to thelatest satellite monitoring

by the Qinghai ProvincialAcademy of MeteorologicalSciences.

Liu Baokang, engineer

with the academysremote-sensing andecological evaluation

center, said several lakesin the nature reserve havebeen overowing since

2011 after receiving anincreasing volume ofmelted snow from glaciers

on the plateau, known asthe roof of the world.

Liu said the centers

research shows that thelakes have become a threatto the railways roadbed

and roads on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway as well asimportant oil pipelines,

cables and power facilities

that run through the region.Sitting 4,600 meters

above sea level, the

45,000 square km Hol Xilnature reserve is Chinaslargest unpopulated area

and is home to wild yaksand endangered Tibetanantelope.

Major lakes in thereserve, namely ZhuonaiLake, Qusay Lake and a salt

lake, are all holding waterat historically high levels.

Xinhua

HK chief vows to seek justice forvictims of hostage crisis

Hong kong, 23

Oct Hong Kong ChiefExecutive C Y Leung saidon Tuesday in Beijing that

the Hong Kong governmentwill seek justice for thefamilies of the victims

and injured people in theHong Kong hostage crisisin Manila, the Philippines,

three years ago, accordingto a statement on the HongKong government website.

Leung made theremarks in response to aresolution by Manilas

City Council on Tuesdayrequesting the city

government to apologize to

the people of Hong Kongfor the 2010 crisis that lefteight Hong Kong people

dead.The Hong Kong chief,

who just arrived at Beijing

to attend a symposiumon Wednesday, said helearned the resolution when

stepping down the plane andhe will inform the publicwhen any achievement is

made.Leung said with the

support of Chinas central

government, they have beencontacting the Philippine

government in the last two

weeks and will keep doingthat to seek justice for thefamilies of the victims and

those who got injured in thetragedy. He emphasized thatthe Hong Kong government

will also keep in touch withthe relatives of the victimsand the injured, and their

opinions will be respected.Philippine media

reported that the council

hopes the apologywill mend the strainedrelationship between Hong

Kong and Manila.Xinhua

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Models present folk costumes during a Kamba costumes show in ChamdoPrefecture, southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region, on 21 Oct, 2013.

Xinhua

Hurrican Ramnd swirs ff

Mic, his Acauc wih mr rain

A local worker (R) removes debris from a river swollen

by rain brought on by Hurricane Raymond in Acapulcoon 21 Oct, 2013.ReuteRs

AcApulco, (Mexico),23 Oct Ports were

closed, school classes weresuspended and hundredsof people were evacuated

along Mexicos southernPacic cast n Mnday as

a major hurricane loomedover a region still recover-in frm rcrd din a

fw wks a. Raymnd,a catry thr hurrican,waknd slihtly n Mn-

day niht as it hvrdabout 145 km (90 miles)

offshore.The major storm wasmoving in a slow and er-ratic motion with winds

blowing up to 193 km per

hour (120 mph) on Mon-day, Miamis Natinal Hur-

rican Cntr (NHC) said.Its not going to movemuch in the next 24 to 36

hours, Luis Felipe Puente,head of Mexicos national

mrncy srvics, said ata news conference in Aca-pulc. Th NHCs frcast

said the storm could moveclsr t th cast Mndayniht and Tusday bfr

turning west on Wednes-day.Th hurrican was al-

rady dumpin stady rainon coastal areas includingAcapulco, where stormswrecked homes, roads and

cars and stranded tourists

Vnzua rcvrsi rmains f Iaian fashin bss

id in an crashcArAcAs, 23 Oct

Venezuela said on Mon-

day it has rcvrd whatit believes are the remains

of Italian fashion executiveVittorio Missoni, who wentmissin in January aftr

taking off in a small planefrom the Los Roques ar-chipelago in the Caribbean.

Four months ago, Venezue-

las government said it haddiscovered the aircraft in 76

meters (249 feet) of water.It had bn carryin

Missoni, 58, his wife, Mau-

Afhanisan sas diffrncs rmain

n US scuri acKAbul , 23 Oct Af-

ghanistan and the UnitedStats hav nt yt ard

on several issues in a bilat-ral scurity pact, a snirAfghan spokesman said,

raising the prospect thatWashington could pull outall its troops from the war-

ravad natin nxt yar ifthe differences could not be

irnd ut. Tw yars a,the United States ended itsmilitary missin in Iraq with

a similar zero option out-come after the failure of bi-lateral talks with Baghdad.

Fr almst a yar,Washington and Kabul havebeen seeking to conclude

a Bilatral Scurity Ar-ment (BSA) that will helpdtrmin hw many US

soldiers and bases remain inAfghanistan after most for-

in cmbat trps xit byth nd f nxt yar.US Sc-rtary f Stat Jhn Krry

told reporters at the end ofa visit to Kabul this monththat there was just one issue

outstanding Washing-tons demand that its troopsbe immune from Afghan

law and tried in the UnitedStates instead.But the issuewas not even raised in the

tw days Krry was in Ka-bul, said Aimal Faizi, the

spokesman for Afghan Pres-idnt Hamid Karzai.

H said thr wr

also a number of other ar-eas which the two countrieshav yt t ar n. A lt

of progress has been madeon the document, but it isnt nalizd, Faizi tld Re-

uters in an interview at thepresidential palace.If we dont r