prime minister general thein sein inspects development

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

Established 1914

Volume XV, Number 356 1st Waxing of Hnaung Tagu 1369 ME Sunday, 6 April, 2008

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects development tasks of Kayin StateConstitution written for ensuring perpetualexistence of the nation, rights of the entirenational people and interests of the peopleAll are to guard against destructive acts, take part in

respective roles with Union Spirit holding beliefemergence of State constitution is the duty of all citizens

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets local authorities,departmental staff, members of social organizations and townselders in

Kawkareik.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5April— Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein ac-companied by Maj-GenTha Aye of the Ministryof Defence, ministers,deputy ministers, the di-rector-general of Govern-

ment Office and depart-mental heads left Yangonfor Hpa-an of Kayin Stateby air yesterday.

Prime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein and partywere welcomed there byChairman of Mon State

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East CommandMaj-Gen Thet Naing Win,Chairman of Kayin StatePDC Brig-Gen Zaw Min,Brig-Gen Tun Nay Lin ofHpa-an station and offi-

cials.The Prime Minister

met chairmen of District,Township and WardPDCs, departmental staff,members of social organi-zations and townselders atZwegabin Hall in Hpa-an.

Secretary of KayinState PDC U MaungMaung reported on theforming of Kayin State,land utilization, completecultivation of rice, newkind of crops and peren-nial crops, self-sufficiencyin rice and oil, breeding offish, prawn and chicken,river water pumpingprojects, roads, transpor-tation, education andhealth sectors, village-to-village roads, bridges,drinking water supply inrural areas and regionaldevelopment work, GDPand services in 2007-2008.

Chairman of Kayin

State PDC Brig-Gen ZawMin gave a supplemen-tary report on regional de-velopment tasks, extendedagricultural and livestockbreeding tasks, educationand health care services,information, transporta-tion and rural develop-ment tasks.

Next, the Prime Min-ister said that they werethere to inspect develop-ment tasks of Kayin state,fulfill the requirementsand inform what the localpeople and departmentalofficials should know.

Sharing border withThailand, Kayin state isindispensable for bilateraltrade, economy and rela-tions of the two nations.But, there is still armedinsurgency in some re-mote areas of Kayin state.The insurgent groups arestill committing destruc-

tive and sabotage acts.Peace and tranquility

and prevalence of law andorder are a must for re-gional development.Hence, all are to join handsand cooperate with theState to bring peace andtranquility to the wholeKayin state.

In addition, blessedwith rich natural re-sources, Kayin state hasprospects for economicdevelopment by exten-sively carrying out agri-cultural and breedingtasks.

All the people inKayin state are to redou-ble their efforts for moreeconomic developmentthrough agricultural andlivestock breeding tasks,for it is blessed with ar-able land, creeks and riv-ers.

(See page 8)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 6 April, 2008

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

People’s DesireSunday, 6 April, 2008

Reinforce trafficrules for road safety

Road safety measures deserve a seriousattention for safety of those using roads andthose commuting daily in busy cities.

In 2007 alone, Myanmar saw more than900 road accidents, leaving more than 100dead and more than 1500 injured. Themajority of the traffic accidents have beendue to reckless driving. Road accident alsoresults from negligence of road users andmechanical problems.

The traffic accidents that took place inthe early 2008 included head-on collisions,and some that stemmed from high speed,killing the drivers.

Although authorities concerned areconstantly reinforcing traffic rules, makingsurprise-check tours and giving educativetalks for reducing the rate of traffic accidents,road accident is also common owing toreckless driving of some drivers. In particular,the accident of private cars is on the increase.

Therefore, it is required to give talks toensure that every driver abides by trafficrules and the people use zebra-crossing andoverpasses in crossing the roads. Similarly, itis needed to take measures constantly to dealwith bumper-to-bumper traffic and congestedtraffic and to enable road users to walk withconvenience on pavements of both sides ofthe roads.

Each citizen will enjoy road safety ifauthorities concerned supervise traffic rulesenforcement measures systematically, anddrivers, road users and slow-moving vehiclesrespect the traffic rules.

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan inspects Sub-printing house (Mandalay).—MNA

Chief Executive Officer Mr Lew Soon Kiak ofGano Excel extends greetings at fifth anniver-sary honouring ceremony of M&M Gano Trading Co Ltd-Gano Excel Myanmar.—MNA

In memory of late parents Bo Ye Hla-DawThaung Yi and late husband U Maung Lwin, Dr

Daw Chit Chit Hla and daughter Ma Su LwinMoe family of Mayangon Township, Yangondonate K 220,000 to Hninzigon Home for the

Aged through joint secretary U Maung MaungGyi of the Home recently.—H

NAY PYI TAW, 5April— Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan inspected theSub-printing House(Mandalay) and the UpperMyanmar GovernmentPress House in Mandalayyesterday.

On arrival at theSub-printing House(Mandalay), the ministerheard a report presentedby Deputy Chief Editor UNyunt Zaw on functionsof the sub-printing house.

After that, theminister viewed round thefacility and spoke of theneed to print newspapersof high quality as early aspossible, to minimize lossand wastage in utilizationof raw materials and to takefire preventive measures.

Information Minister inspects Sub-printingHouse in Mandalay

This morning, theminister went to the UpperMyanmar GovernmentPress House of Printing andPublishing Enterprise inMandalay and heard reportspresented by ManagingDirector of PPE U AungNyein and factory ManagerU Toe Kyaw on work being

carried out and printing ofschool text books.

After inspectingwarehouses and functionsof the press house,Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan stressed the need forofficials to systematicallyput machinery andfinished materials, to

supervise the use ofmachinery for durability,to minimize loss andwastage in utilization ofraw materials, to printerror-free publicationsand to take securityand fire preventivemeasures.

MNA

YANGON, 5 April – M&M Gano Trading CoLtd-Gano Excel Myanmar held the 5th ceremony tohonour outstanding staff at Chatrium Hotel Yangonthis evening.

Chief Executive Officer Mr Lew Soon Kiak gavean introductory speech and Gano Excel Myanmar ManagingDirector Daw Nwe Nwe Soe made an opening address.

They presented certificates of honour andprizes to 154 ruby directors, 46 pearl directors, 11emerald directors, 12 diamond directors, three silverdiamond directors, two gold diamond directors andone crown diamond director.

The lucky draws and entertainmentprogrammes for those present were held.

Later, Managing Director Daw Nwe Nwe Soespoke words of thanks. — MNA

M&M Gano Trading honours outstanding staff

Educative talks on legalaffairs given

YANGON, 5 April – The Working Group forLegal Studies and Consultation of the MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federation held the educative talkson legal affairs at the meeting hall of Myanma IndustrialCrops Development Enterprise, here, this morning.Leader Daw Ni Ni Win of the working group made aninaugural speech.

Present on the occasion were Deputy LeaderProfessor Dr Daw Than Nwe and party, wives ofdepartmental heads of the Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation, staffs and guests.

During the meeting, Deputy Head of YangonDivision Law Office Daw Khin Mar Mar gave talks onmarriage, divorce and inheritance and Professor DrDaw Than Nwe, on Anti-Human Trafficking Law.Later, they answered the queries raised by thosepresent.—MNA

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US military death toll rises to 4,012WASHINGTON, 4 April —As of Thursday, 3 April, 2008, at least 4,012

members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war inMarch 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eightmilitary civilians. At least 3,272 died as a result of hostile action, according tothe military’s numbers.

The AP count is one more the Defence Department’s tally, last updatedThursday at 10 am EDT.

The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four;Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia,Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.—Internet

Artorn Chandavimol, President of the Thai ScoutsPromotion Foundation, fires an arrow containing

tamarine seeds before leading scouts in a treegrowing project, in a forest in Sang Khlaburiin Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand

on 4 April, 2008.—INTERNET

Most Americans believe country on wrong track

WASHINGTON, 5 April— Most Americansbelieve their country is onthe wrong track, thehighest level since theearly 1990s, according toa poll published on Friday.

The poll conductedby the CBS News and theNew York Times foundthat 81 percent of the 1,368Americans surveyed saidthey believed "things havepretty seriously gotten offon the wrong track,"compared to 69 percent in2007 and 35 percent inearly 2002.

A majority of nearlyevery demographic andpolitical group, includingDemocrats and Repub-licans, men and women,residents of cities and ruralareas, college graduatesand those who onlyfinished high school,believed the country is

moving forward in thewrong direction, the pollshowed.

It also found about78 percent said that thecountry is even worse thanfive years ago when theIraq war started.

The poll came as the

country is suffering fromcrises on housing, eco-nomy and internationalimage. Forty percent ofrespondents in the poll saidthat regulators should bemostly to blame, while 28percent named govern-ment leaders.—Internet

Demonstrators chantslogans as they marchin Basra, 550 km (340

miles) south ofBaghdad on 4 April,2008. About 1,500

supporters of Shi'itecleric Moqtada al-Sadr

took the streets ofBasra protesting thearrest of Mehdi armyfighters by the Iraqimilitary and the US

military occupation inIraq.—INTERNET

Damaged and destroyed small airplanes are

seen at the North Little Rock, Ark, airport

on 4 April, 2008, after a tornado struck

late Thursday.—INTERNET

At least three injured intwo blasts in S-W Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 5 April —At least three persons wereinjured Thursday in twoblasts in southwesternPakistan, according to localTV reports.

A gas pipeline wasdamaged in the secondblast, police officers werequoted as saying.

Police officer Esa Khansaid that unknown personshad attached a bomb to amotorcycle parked near arailway crossing at the townof Dera Allah Yar, to targetBangal Khan, a tribal elder,but he escaped unhurt in the

attack. The police offersaid that all the injuredpersons were passers- by.

Meanwhile, locals saidthat the blast injured sevenpersons, two of them incritical condition.

They said that amotorcade of the activistsof the ruling PakistanPeople's Party (PPP) wasscheduled to pass throughthe area. The motorcadewas heading to the southernSindh Province to attend aceremony to commemoratethe party's founder ZulfikarAli Bhutto. —MNA/Xinhua

Heathrow chaos costsBA $31.8m

Israel has no intention onattacking Syria

LONDON, 5 April —British Airways said onThursday the chaossurrounding the open-ing of its new ter-minal at LondonHeathrow had so far costit around 16 million

pounds (31.8 million USdollars).

The high-profileopening of Terminal 5 lastmonth turned into anunmitigated publicrelations disaster, withhundreds of flightscancelled and tens ofthousands of bags goingmissing.

"The impact was borneby the shorthaul schedule,where there were 300cancelled flights, equatingto 0.2 percentage pointsof capacity," BA said in astatement.

"The financial impactof these events is estimatedto be around 16 millionpounds, reflecting all costsassociated with thedisruption and lostrevenue opportunities," itadded.

JERUSALEM, 5 April —Israeli Deputy PrimeMinister Haim Ramonsaid Thursday morningthat Israel has no intentionof attacking Syria.

Ramon said in IsraelRadio that the anxiety ofthe last few days is“surprising and baseless”,rejecting earlier reportsthat Israeli security forceshave been put on high alertalong the northern border.

The Israeli Governmentis always looking tonegotiate with Syria,Ramon added.

Tensions on Israeli-Syria borders mounted onWednesday followinsenior Israeli defenceofficials confirmation ofArab ahead of a possibleconflic with Israeli.

Major General AmosGilad, ead of IsraeliDefence Ministry’sDiplomat ic-Secur i tyBureasu, also denied onThursday that the northernfront is facing a newcruption of war despite thereports of Syrian reservesbeing called up.

MNA/Xinhua

MNA/Reuters

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

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68 fall ill after mealsin Malaysia

US airstrike kills familymembers in southern Iraq

Seven killed in suicide truckbombing in Iraq

BASRA (Iraq), 4 April— A US airstrike hit ahouse in Iraq’s secondlargest city of Basra, killingthree people and woundingsix others, all were fromone family, witnesses saidon Thursday.

“A US aircraft poundeda house in the al-Qiblahneighbourhood in westernthe city of Basra last night,” residents of theneighbourhood told

Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The attack killed threecivilians, including awoman, and wounded sixothers, all from one family,they said. A US militarystatement confirmed thatits aircraft carried out astrike targeted “enemyforces”. “In support of theIraqi security forces,coalition forces directedaerial fire against enemy

forces April 2 near al-Qiblah, killing one enemyand destroying a house,”the statement said.

Early on Wednesdaymorning, Iraqi Armyforces cordoned off theQiblah neighbourhood andclashes with militants afterthe troops searched housesin an attempt to detainsuspected gunmen,witnesses said. Last week,fierce clashes betweenShiite militias and US-backed Iraqi security forcesraged Iraq’s southern oilhub city of Basra, as Iraqisecurity forces launched amassive offensive, dubbed“Operation CavalryAssault”, aimed atrestoring order in the citywhere instability wasspreading. — Xinhua

Small airplane crashes in Surinam, 19 die

Taser gun claims another life in United States

This file photo shows a cake maker squeezingcream on a cake at a bakery. A New Zealand

school is to ban children sharing birthday cake asthe government introduces new guidelines torestrict unhealthy food being sold to pupils, a

report said on Friday.—INTERNET

Villagers stand near the remains of a twin-engine, 18-seater Antonov planerun by local airline Blue Wing Airlines which crashed, killing all nineteen

people aboard, in remote gold-mining area Antino in Surinam in this picturetaken on 3 April, 2008. —INTERNET

CARACAS, 5 April —A two-motor aircraftcrashed Thursday in southSurinam, killing all 19passengers and crewmembers aboard.

The Antonov AN28Russian-made aircraftbelonged to local BlueWing airline, according tonews reaching here from

Surinam’s capital ofParamaribo.

Surinam’s Air TrafficDirector Kenneth Dorssaid the causes of theaccident are not knownyet. The aircraft had liftedoff from Paramaribo andcrashed in a jungle regionclose to its destiny southof Surinam, a country of

northeast South America. According to a Press

release, some 20 peoplewere travelling aboardthe aircraft, includingtwo pilots. AeronauticSecurity Manager BrianDesouza said localinhabitants have reachedthe site of the crash.

Xinhua

Suspected bird flu casefound in S Korea

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

MOSUL (Iraq), 4 April— A suicide truck bombattack struck an IraqiArmy checkpoint near the

city of Mosul, the capitalof Nineveh Province,killing seven people andwounding 12 others, amilitary source in theprovince said onThursday.

The attack took placeat about 9:00 p.m. (1800GMT) on Wednesday,

SEOUL, 14 April — TheSouth Korean Governmentsaid Wednesday that asuspected case of bird fluhas been discovered at achicken farm insouthwestern province ofJeollabukdo.

According to theMinistry for Food,Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries, preliminary testsconducted on chickens thatdied at the farm in Gimje

City, 260 kilometressouthwest of Seoul, turnedup positive for the bird fluvirus. About 150,000chickens on the farm starteddying at the farm in Marchand the owner reported it tothe government on Monday,South Korea’s Yonhapnews agency said. Theministry will conduct furthertests to determine if the virusis a low or high virulent strainof bird flu. — Xinhua

Iraqis grieve by the rubble of a destroyed house in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers(340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, on 3 April, 2008. A US air strike destroyeda house in the southern city of Basra, killing a militant, the US military saidThursday. Iraqi witnesses and hospital officials said at least three civilians

were among the dead.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 4April — Sixty-eightpupils from two schoolsin the Serang Pram UtaraDistrict sought treatmentat two hospitals inButterworth, northernPenang state in separatefood poisoning incidentson Thursday, local media

reported on Friday. Four of the 43

affected pupils of aschool have beenadmitted to hospital. Thefour, two girls and twoboys, are from YearTwo and Year Six,respectively, the NewStraits Times reported.

At another school,25 pupils receivedoutpatient treatment atthe hospital.

The children begancomplaining ofstomachache after theyconsumed food at theirschool canteens duringrecess.

Xinhua

when the attacker rammedhis explosive-laden truckat the checkpoint outsidethe village of Addaya,some 40 kilometres westof Mosul, BrigadierKhalid Abdul-Sattar,spokesman of the IraqiArmy operations office,told —Xinhua.

LOS ANGELES, 5 April— An inmate in an OrangeCounty jail has died aweek after being stunnedwith Taser guns, it wasreported on Thursday.

Jason Jesus Gomez,35, lost consciousnessMarch 25 after policeshocked him with Taserelectric stun weaponsduring an altercation in hiscell at the Intake ReleaseCentre in Santa Ana nearLos Angeles, according tothe Los Angeles Times.The district attorney’s

office is investigating theevents that led to Gomez’sdeath, which came amidincreasing scrutiny of thedepartment’s oversight ofthe county jails.

Orange County InterimSheriff Jack Andersoninstructed MichaelGennaco, head of theOffice of IndependentReview for the LosAngeles County Sheriff’sDepartment, to monitor theinvestigation of Gomez’sdeath. Last week, theinterim sheriff asked the

district attorney’s office toconduct a criminalinvestigation into theincident. On Wednesdayevening, the departmentreleased the first publicdetails on the confrontationthat resulted in Gomez’sdeath.

Jail staff enteredGomez’s cell after heinjured a nurse’s armand exhibited “erraticbehavior”, the statementsaid. A struggle ensued inwhich Tasers were used.

Xinhua

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CANBERRA, 5 April —Australia’s ten richestbusinesspeople have losta total of 5 billionAustralian dollars (4.5billion U.S. dollars) overthe past three months dueto the global financialupheaval, New Limitedreported on Saturday.

Australia’s richestman, Andrew Forrest, hasrecorded the biggestlosses, with share inFortescue Metals fallingby 1.01 billion dollars(0.91 billion US dollars),but his fortune is stillvalued at more than 7billion dollars (6.3 billionUS dollars), the reportsaid.

The nation’s secondrichest man, JamesPacker, performedslightly better, with hispaper losses for the firstquarter of 2008 estimatedto be about 600 milliondollars (540 million USdollars).

Dollar falls as US non-farmpayrolls drops in March

A general view shows the 'Plaza de las Tres Culturas', or the plaza of thethree cultures, in the central Tlatelolco area of Mexico City on 27 Dec, 2007.Using written symbols such as hearts, arrows and hands, the ancient Aztecsmaintained an arithmetic system that was far more complex than previously

understood, scientists said on Thursday.—INTERNET

An Indian shopkeeper waits for customers amidsthis stacks of dried-fruit at a market in New Delhi on2 April, 2008. Indian inflation accelerated to a morethan three-year high of seven percent, data showed,fanning expectations of higher interest rates thatcould slow economic growth further.—INTERNET

An Intel worker in Cavite, south of Manila. Theworld's top chip maker is considering pulling out ofthe Philippines, the economic daily BusinessWorldsaid on Friday, citing a company statement.—INTERNET

BAE to cut nearly 600 jobs in Britain

E C O N O M I C N E W S

Cuba, Russia strengtheneconomic ties

Passengers stranded as US airline filesfor bankruptcy

NEW YORK, 4 April —The dollar fell against mostmajor currencies on Fridayas US employers cutpayrolls for a thirdconsecutive month inMarch.

The Labor Departmentsaid on Friday non-farmemployment fell by80,000 jobs in March, thebiggest decline in fiveyears. It was the first timethe US economy shed jobsfor three straight monthssince a five-month stringin 2003.

The national unem-ployment rate climbed to5.1 percent, the highestsince September 2005.A combined 152,000jobs were lost in Januaryand February, compared

with a previous estimate of85,000,the Labordepartment reported.

Worries about a possibleUS recession have raisedprospects that the FederalReserve may cut interestrates even further.

The euro bought 1.5723dollars in late New Yorktrading compared with1.5679 dollars it boughtlate Thursday. The Britishpound fell to 1.9916 dollarsfrom 1.9952 dollars.

The dollar fell to 1.0080Swiss francs from 1.0097Swiss francs, and fell to102.04 Japanese yen from102.35 Japanese yen. Itrose to 1.0086 Canadiandollars from 1.0038Canadian dollars.

Internet

Australia’s 10 richest lose5b dollars in three months

Retail giant GerryHarvey’s shareholdingshave dropped in value by900 million dollars (810million US dollars).

Meanwhile, Olympiclegend Herb Elliot faceslosing half of his 40-million dollar fortune, thehighest profile casualty ofthe collapse of stockbrokerOpes Prime.

The Weekend Aus-tralian reported onSaturday that Elliot haslost control of half of his5.5 million shares inFortescue Metals Groupworth about 20 milliondollars (18 million USdollars).

Internet

HAVANA, 5 April —Russian TransportationMinister Igor Levitinsfour-day visit to Cuba,which concluded Thurs-day, has helped strengtheneconomic ties between thetwo countries, CubanForeign Minister FelipePerez Roque said.

Levitin arrived here toattend the 8th session ofthe Inter-governmentalCuba-Russia Commission

For Economic-Tradeand Scientific-TechnicalCollaboration, whichclosed Wednesday.

The meeting wassuccessful, Levitin said.After meeting withLevitin, Perez Roquesaid that prospects ofincreased trade, aerialcommunication andtourism cooperation withRussia look promising.

“Relations between

Cuba and Russia are in anew phase, characterizedby a permanent and amplepolitical dialogue,” saidPerez Roque.

He added that “there isa reciprocal and commoninterest to promotebilateral ties at a time whenwe have found the way todevelop economic ties,and new opportunities ofmutual interest arise”.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 5 April —Britain’s BAE SystemsPlc said on Thursday ithoped to use voluntaryredundancies to cut nearly600 jobs from two sites inEngland. Europe’s largestdefence contractor iscutting 134 jobs from itsWoodford site nearManchester, northwest

England and 450 jobs fromBrough, near Hull on theeast coast.

Brough is the mainmanufacturing centre forBAE's Hawk trainer jet,and it had been hoping foran order from the UnitedArab Emirates whichfailed to materialize.

“The reasons for the

redundancy programme ...are changes to businessrequirements and work-load and BAE Systems ...will obviously be workingclosely with employeesand their representativesto mitigate the loss of theseposts,” BAE said in astatement.

MNA/Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 5 April— Thousands ofpassengers stranded atairports across the UnitedStates Thursday as low-cost carrier ATA Airlinessuddenly cancelled allflights and filed for

bankruptcy. Many of theseunlucky passengerslearned of the airline'collapse at ticket counters,where advisories wereposted in the handful ofmajor cities served by theIndianapolis-based airline.

At Los AngelesInternational Airport,dozens of ATA passengersarrived early in themorning at the terminalonly to find empty check-in counters and apologeticflyers. —MNA/Xinhua

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Kids watching TV at home. Young children who lead sedentary lifestyles areup to six times likelier to be at serious risk of heart disease later in life than

active peers, according to a study released on Friday.—INTERNET

Afghan girls look on asmusicians play folk

music and people danceduring a wedding partyin a refugee camp on

the outskirts ofIslamabad, Pakistan,

on 3 April, 2008.INTERNET

Paramedics take partin an emergency drillin front of the ErnstHappel Stadium, inpreparation for theEURO 2008 soccerchampionships, inVienna, Austria on

4 April, 2008.INTERNET

Irish Prime Minister Ahernto step down on 6 May

DUBLIN, 4 April — Bertie Ahern will step down asIreland’s Prime Minister on 6 May, bowing to pressurefor him to go early following a series of embarrassingappearances in the witness stand at an anti-corruptiontribunal.

Ahern, flanked by his cabinet colleagues, announcedhis intention to resign to reporters in Dublin.

One of Europe’s longest serving heads ofgovernment after almost 11 years in office, Ahern hadpreviously said this would be his last term in office butthat he did not intend to go until it ended in 2012.

“Having reflected on the need to ensure that thework of my ministerial colleagues is not distractedby incessant publicity about the tribunal, I havedecided of my own volition to bring forward thatdate,” Ahern said.

MNA/Reuters

Zimbabwe police arresttwo foreign journalists

S Africa bus accidentskills 17

JOHANNESBURG, 4 April — Seventeen people werekilled when a bus burst a tyre and overturned in SouthAfrica on the way to Mozambique’s capital Maputo,Sapa news agency reported on Thursday.

A police spokesman said a further 24 people wereinjured in the crash near the Mozambican border.About 10,000 die on South Africa's roads each year,making the country one of the world's most dangerousplaces to drive.

According to road safety group Arrive Alive, anestimated 4 in 100,000 people die in road accidentsacross Europe, compared to 25 per 100,000 in SouthAfrica. — MNA/Reuters

DUBAI, 4 April— US B-1 bombercaught fire after landing at a an air basein Qatar Friday but the crew evacuatedand was safe, the US air force said in astatement.

The air force said the incidentoccurred at 9:10 pm local time as theplane was taxiing at al-Udeid air base,35 kilometres (22 miles) south of thecapital Doha.

“A US Air Force B-1 while taxingafter landing at al Udeid was involvedin a ground incident and caught fire at2110 local time,” the statement said.

“The crew evacuated the aircraft andis safe. The fire was contained,” it said,adding that the accident was underinvestigation.

A US defense official who spoke oncondition of anonymity earlier said thebomber hit something while taxiing,

This US Air Force image obtainedin 2001 shows an Air Force B-1B

Lancer bomber. An explosionoccurred on board a US bomber

after it landed in the Gulf state ofQatar on Friday, a defence official

said, but no-one was hurt in theblast.—INTERNET

causing an explosion. Four crewmembers were aboard.—Internet

HARARE, 4 April —Zimbabean police onThursday arrested two

foreign journalists at aHarare hotel for coveringthe country’s election

without accreditation,police said.

“I can confirm that wehave arrested two re-porters at York Lodge forpractising withoutaccreditation,” said policespokesman WayneBvudzijena, who addedthe police would identifythem on Friday.

Witnesses said thatarmed riot police and whatappeared to be stateintelligence agents wereat the hotel. An employeeat the hotel told Reutersby telephone: “There arejust ordinary policemen,some in plain clothes.Some of them are armed.”

MNA/Reuters

Air Force says US bomber catchesfire after landing in Qatar, crew safe

Putin says NATO enlargement“direct threat”

BUCHAREST, 5 April —Russian President VladimirPutin Friday repeated hiswarning to NATO over itsfurther enlargement of the26-nation military alliance,saying it was a "directthreat".

"The appearance of apowerful military blocalong our borders wouldbe taken in Russia as a directthreat to the security of mycountry," Putin told a Press

conference after meetingNATO leaders whoconcluded a three-daysummit here Friday.

Moscow has long beenconcerned about anexpanding NATO whichhas moved toward itsborders. The militaryalliance, originally set upin 1949 to counter themilitary power of a similarbloc led by the formerSoviet Union, has grown

up from 12 members tothe current 26 membersthrough five enlargements.

Though NATO coun-tries maintained that theexpansion was not directedat Russia, Moscowremained unconvinced."Statements that it is notdirected at us cannot betaken as sufficient.Security cannot be basedon promises," Putinsaid.—MNA/Xinhua

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In order to carefully preserve the noblest task

for purification, perpetuation, propagation and

promotion of the Buddha Sasana (teachings of the

Omniscient Buddha) at home and abroad, the

Government of the State Peace and Development

Council of the Union of Myanmar always attaches

great importance to the implementation of this noble

task.

In this regard, we all Buddhists throughout

the country are very pleased and greatly honoured to

learn that the State Peace and Development Council

of the Union of Myanmar issued the Notification No

1/2008 regarding presenting religious titles on the

60th Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of

Myanmar which falls on the 4th January 2008.

According to the Notification No 1/2008 of

the State Peace and Development Council of the

Union of Myanmar, the respective religious titles

were presented as follows to internal and

international outstanding Buddhist monks, Buddhist

nuns and laypersons who earnestly carried out the

noble task for promotion, purification, perpetuation

and propagation of Buddha Sasana at home and

abroad –

Religious titles for distinctively fulfilling

two Dhuras (duties), Gantha Dhura (duty of

learning and teaching the Pitaka Scriptures) and

Vipassana Dhura (duty of engaging in meditation)

(a) Abhidhajamaharatthaguru title to three

eminent Mahathera (Chief monks)

(b) Aggamahapandita title to twenty-eight

The noblest task for purification, perpetuation,propagation and promotion of the Buddha Sasana

Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)

eminent Mahatheras including four

Mahatheras from abroad (two from Sri

Lanka, one from Thailand and one from

Lao PDR)

(c) Mahadhammakahtika Bahujanahita-

dhara title to one eminent Mahathera

(d) Dhadhammakahtika Bahujanahitadhara

title to seven eminent monks

(e) Aggamahaganthavacakapandita title to

forty-five eminent monks including one

from abroad (Sri Lanka)

(f) Mahaganthavacakpandita title to fifty-

two eminent monks and three eminent

nuns

(g) Ganthavcakpandita title to fifty-nine

eminent monks and seven eminent nuns

Religious titles for excellent missionary works on

Buddhism

Both internal and international outstanding

Buddhist monks, nuns and laypersons who distinctively

carried out the noble task of the excellent missionary

works on Buddhism at home and abroad were presented

these religious titles as follows,

(a) Abhidhaja-aggamahasaddhammajotika

title to six eminent Mahatheras (Chief

Monks)

(b) Aggamahasaddhammajotikadhaja title to

thirty-four eminent monks including four

eminent monks from abroad (two from

the Republic of India and two from

Thailand)

It was further learnt that the great grandreligious-titles presentation ceremony was heldat Mahapasana Cave (Great Cave) on KabaAye Hillock in Yangon, Myanmar, on 21st march2008.The religious-title recipients at home andfrom abroad attended this very auspiciousceremony to receive their respective religioustitles which were presented by the Governmentof the State Peace and Development Councilof the Union of Myanmar for the year of 2008.

(c) Mahasaddhammajotikadhaja title to

thirty eminent monks, four eminent nuns

including one eminent nun from abroad

(Thailand) and two laypersons including

one laypersons from abroad (the Republic

of India)

(d) Saddhammajotikadhaja title to thirty-nine

eminent monks, two eminent nuns and

one layperson

(e) Aggamahakammathanacariya title to nine

eminent monks

(f) Mahakammathanacariya title to fourteen

eminent monks

(g) Kammathanacariya title to eight eminent

monks

Religious titles for excellent missionary works on

Buddhism (only for laypersons)

The outstanding laypersons who generously

donated and provided the four requisites for the noble

task of excellent works on Buddhism at home and

abroad were presented the respective religious titles

as follows. It is learnt that these religious titles have

been presented since 1991.

For male

(a) Aggamahasirisudhammamanijotadhara title

to six laypersons

(b) Sirisudhammamanijotadhara title to three

laypersons

(c) Sihasudhammamnijotadhara title to three

laypersons

(d) Sudhammamanijotadhara title to twenty-four

laypersons

For female

(a) Aggamahasirisudhamma Theingi title to

six laypersons

(b) Sirisudhamma Theingi to five laypersons

(c) Sihasudhamma Theingi title to two

laypersons

(d) Sudhamma Theingi title to thirty-one

laypersons

It was further learnt that the great grand religious-

titles presentation ceremony was held at Mahapasana

Cave (Great Cave) on Kaba Aye Hillock in Yangon,

Myanmar, on 21st march 2008.The religious-title

recipients at home and from abroad attended this very

auspicious ceremony to receive their respective

religious titles which were presented by the

Government of the State Peace and Development

Council of the Union of Myanmar for the year of

2008.

*******

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents gifts to faculty members of TechnologicalUniversity (Hpa-an) and University of Computer Studies (Hpa-an).—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein comforts patients at People’s Hospital (200-bed) in

Hpa-an.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents cash for extended buildingof Kawkareik Township People's Hospital (100-bed) and gifts to

service personnel through an official.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein converses with localauthorities and residents in Hpa-an.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seininspects development tasks…

(from page 1)Today, the world has become in need of more food

and industrial raw crops and so, agricultural and breedingtasks are to be extended from manageable scale tocommercial scale. The government on its part hasestablished necessary infrastructures for theimprovement of socio-economic standard of the people.Therefore, the people should effectively utilize thesebetter foundations.

The State has fulfilled the requirements for theimprovement of education and health standards of thepeople. So service personnel from related fields are tostrive for the people to become educated and healthycitizens. Since the unavoidable assumption of Stateduties when the nation was about to break up due tounrest and anarchic acts in 1988, the Tatmadaw hasgiven priority to peace and stability of the State andcommunity peace and tranquility. It has exerted effortsto built economic and social infrastructures of thenation that lacked development in all sectors.

Thanks to the government’s goodwill attitudetoward the people, the State has significantly developedin all aspects. The government, despite difficulties and

hardships, has been in the process of democratictransition and as a result, the constitution that isinstrumental for the emergence of a new nation will beapproved very soon by holding the national referendum.

Legal experts took time to complete the draftconstitution based on the fundamental principles anddetailed basic principles adopted by the delegates to

the National Convention. The draft constitution hasbeen written not for an individual, a party or anorganization but for ensuring perpetual existence ofthe nation, rights of all the national people and interests

of the people.This is why all are to guard against any

destructive acts and to take part in their respective roles

with Union Spirit holding the belief that the emergenceof the State constitution is the duty of all citizens.

Next, the Prime Minister presented gifts to themembers of Kayin State USDA, Women’s AffairsOrganization, Maternal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittee, Hpa-an Township War VeteransOrganization, Red Cross Society and Auxiliary FireBrigade. He then greeted those present.

The Prime Minister and party visited Hpa-anPeople’s Hospital (200-bed) at 11.30 pm. In meetingwith the staff, he said the duty of giving public healthcare of medical staff is not only giving treatment butalso disease prevention and diagnosis. As the State hasplaced emphasis on giving health care services down torural areas, medical staff are to go down to those areasto give both public health care and health educativetalks.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister made cashdonations and presented gifts to those present. Next, hecomforted the patients and presented medicines andnutritious food.

On arrival at Hpa-an University, the PrimeMinister greeted Rector Dr Daw Mya Mya Aye,professors and faculty members.

In the knowledge age, while making self studyconstantly, teachers are to sharpen the abilities of thestudents, inculcate in them a good habit of abiding bythe school and ward disciplines since young

(See page 9)

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(from page 16)After regaining Independence, the country had

lagged behind in development due to the armed insur-gencies that based on racism, dogmatism and regional-ism. Prevailing of peace and stability and prevalence oflaw and order will reflect development of the State andliving standard of the people. Hence, the governmenthas been making efforts for prevailing peace and stabil-ity of the nation. As a result, the prevailing peace andstability can be witnessed in the entire nation.

He continued to say that the government per-formed regional development tasks in Mon State wherethe prevalence of law and order and community peace andtranquility had been stored.Therefore, local people cancarry out the tasks for socio-economic development asmuch as possible, enjoying fruits of security and peace.

Next, the Prime Minister urged the local peopleto make concerted efforts for local food sufficiency,economic growth, turning out of educated persons anduplifting of health and fitness for the people by usingassistance provided by the State.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister said that ar-rangements are being made for holding the nationalreferendum in coming May. The referendum is not forone person, the Tatmadaw, one party and one association,but for seeking unanimous approval for a constitution thatis instrumental for building a new democratic nation thatpeople long for. Therefore, all the entire people are toactively participate in the tasks for emergence of a consti-tution, upholding the concept that the emergence of theState constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar.

Next, the Prime Minister presented gifts to social

Prime Ministerinspects regional …

organizations of Mon State and cordially greeted them.At the briefing hall of Thanlwin Bridge

(Mawlamyine) Project, the Prime Minister gave instruc-tions that officials are to inspect and maintain the bridgefor its durability as it contributes to development of thelocal people and the nation.

Five up and down trains along the routesof Mawlamyine-Yangon, Mawlamyine-Nay PyiTaw and Ye-Yangon, about 1,500 pony carts andtrishaws and about 800 various sizes of vehiclesincluding trucks with loads from 10 tons to 20

tons pass through Thanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine) daily.

After inspecting Thanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine), the Prime Minister viewed the StrandRoad of Mawlamyine.

At Mawlamyine General Hospital (350-bed),the Prime Minister the medical superintendent and staffto make field trips to the grassroots level for providingpublic health care services to the rural people. Next, thePrime Minister presented cash to the funds of the hospitalto Medical Superintendent Dr Nyan Zaw.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party vis-ited Mawlamyine Railway Station.

On arrival at Mawlamyine University, the PrimeMinister met with Rector U Thein Tun and facultymembers. After hearing the reports on academic andmanagement matters presented by officials, the PrimeMinister urged them to try to turn out the students tobecome the educated and reliable human resources of theState equipped with good morality and Union Spirit andto abide by laws, rules and regulations of the State.

At Technological University (Mawlamyine), thePrime Minister met Principal of Technology University(Mawlamyine) Dr Yan Aung and Principal of Universityof Computer Studies Dr Nay Chi Le Le Thein togetherwith faculty members. In his address, the Prime Ministergave instructions that the faculty members are to turn outthe students for producing educated human resourceswhile pursuing the developing sciences.

Next, the Prime Minister presented gifts to theprincipals and faculty members.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party leftMawlamyine by Tatmadaw helicopter and arrived atYangon in the afternoon.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially chats with townselders and members of socialorganizations in Mawlamyine.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein donates cash to Mawlamyine General Hospital (350-bed).—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects development tasks…(from page 8)

and the law, and equip them with the spirit of nationalsolidarity and Union Spirit for ensuring perpetual exist-ence of the Union.

The Prime Minister presented gifts to the rectorand faculty members of Hpa-an University.

In his inspection tour of Hpa-an TechnologicalUniversity, the Prime Minister instructed Principal DrTun Kyaw Myint of Hpa-an Technological University,Principal Dr Daw Thin Thin Htaik of Hpa-an Universityof Computer Studies and the faculty members to workhard to constantly produce human resources who arecapable of taking over the tasks for national develop-ment. The Prime Minister presented gifts to the princi-pals and faculty members.

The Prime Minister left Hpa-an and arrived atKawkareik in the afternoon.

He held a meeting with local authorities, serv-ice personnel, members of social organizations andtownselders at town hall of Kawkareik Township.Kawkareik District PDC Chairman U Khin Win re-ported on facts about the region, utilization of lands,progress of cultivation of projected crops, monsoon andsummer paddy, other crops and crops for industrial rawmaterials for 2007-2008, and education, health, infor-mation and communication sectors.

In response, the Prime Minister attended to theneeds, calling on them to improve the living conditionsof local people by utilizing the natural blessings inrespective regions. He also urged educational staff to

not only educate but also nurture the students so thatthey will become ones who abide by school and warddisciplines and the law, and imbue them with UnionSpirit and patriotic spirit with good moral characters.He said that they have to do their bit in the processes fortransition to democracy.

The Prime Minister presented gifts to socialorganizations and cordially greeted the attendees.

On arrival at Kawkareik People’s Hospital(300-bed), the Prime Minister instructed Medical Su-perintendent Dr Khin Maung and staff to give healtheducation talks and take preventive measures on a widerscale in rural areas.

The Prime Minister presented cash assistanceto the medical facility and gift to the health staff. PrimeMinister General Thein Sein left Kawkareik and stoppedover the night in Mawlamyine, Mon State.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 5April—Secretariat mem-ber of Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan metwith departmental per-sonnel and members ofsocial organizations inSagaing District yesterday.

A total of 700District and Townshiplevel departmental staffand personnel of socialorganizations werepresent on the occasion.

In his speech, theminister said that thedevelopment of a regionor a nation depends onharmonious effort of threemain pillars namely thegovernment, the publicand civil servants. Theadoption of correctpolicies and plans guidedby the government calls

Minister meets service personnel of Sagaing District, Township

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April — Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe received Capt P S Rath (CEO)and party of Maxicon Container Line at the meetinghall of Myanmar Five Star Line in Yangon on 31March.

They discussed matters on running of containervessels between Myanmar and India.

MNA

Transport Ministerreceives guests of Maxicon

Container Line

Director U Nay Htet Zaw Win of PyinsamanLaban Co Ltd explains new Ladies’ Heart

fashion product.—MNA

USDA Secretariat Member Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meetsresponsible persons of departments and social organizations in Sagaing

District and Township.—MNA

for active participation ofthe people. It is the duty ofcivil servants to organizethe entire national peopleto take part in imple-menting the government’spolicies with correctconcepts. Service per-sonnel are the main pillarto link the government andthe people.

The currentdevelopments are indeedthe result of harmoniousefforts made by thegovernment, the peopleand the civil servants inunison.

People are nowenjoying fruits ofdevelopment in varioussectors such as agriculture,transportation, health andeducation.

Today, all thepeople favour three basicnecessities — peace and

stability, development ofan individual fromhousehold to the wholenation and earning theirliving under the protectionof law. Knowing this, thegovernment is making all-out efforts for theemergence of ademocratic one aspired bythe entire people. As aresult, the people havewitnessed more progressthan ever before. Overall,the people need to beaware of the ploys ofinternal and externaldestructionists and neo-colonialists who are tryingto jeopardize peace andstability and developmentof the nation resorting tovarious means.

Later, the ministercordially greeted thosepresent.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe receives CaptP S Rath (CEO) and party of Maxicon

Container Line.—MNA

A get-together and prize-presentationceremony to mark importation of GP pistonand RBI rubber product parts and Golden

Power GP lubricant and engine oil in progressin Mandalay.—MNA

YANGON, 5 April– A dinner to mark the10th anniversary ofdistributing GP Pistons

Ba Gyan and brothers Co Ltd holdsdinner and prize-giving ceremony

and RBI Rubber ProductsParts and the 2nd

anniversary ofdistributing Golden

Flower GP Lubricants washeld in conjunction withthe prize-giving ceremonyat Oriental House inMandalay on 27 Marchand Attayan Hotel inMawlamyine on 1 April,with the extendedgreetings by ManagingDirector of Ba Gyan andbrothers Co Ltd U AyeWin (a) U Ba Gyan.

The ceremonies heldin Mandalay andMawlamyine, ManagingDirector Mr HusseinHindhi of German MirrorCo Ltd from UAE andManaging Director MrMohammed HusseinHindi of German MirrorLubricants and Greasegave accounts of

Ladies’ Heart Women Fashion Product introducedYANGON, 5 April —

Pyinsaman Laban Co Ltdintroduced Ladies’ HeartWomen Fashion Productsat the Mindon Hall ofSedona Hotel on KabaAye Road, here, on 2April.

Director of Pyinsa-man Laban Co Ltd U NayHtet Zaw Win explainedthe purpose ofintroduction. On behalf of

the journalists, U WinNyein of Alintan Journalextended greetings.Managing Director of thecompany Daw Mya PwintPhyu explained themarketing system ofLadies’ Heart Fashion.

Wares of Ladies’Heart Fashion areimported from HongKong. The company willgive door-to-door servicesfor the fashion wares freeof charge. The Ladies’Heart wares are availablethrough phone contact.Ladies’ Heart waresinclude from the small sizeto the XXL one in additionto wares of casual, smart

casual, evening dress,shawl and coat for thewomen.

An order is to beoffered in advance to buythe Special LimitedEdition clothes of Ladies’Heart and new uniformones month ahead.

Ladies’ Heartclothes are available atCapital Hyper Mark,Room No 206, Blazon inYangon and Mandalay,Sein Gay Har SuperCentre and Dagon Centre.Customers may dial 01-395252, 395159-Ext 403,553138-Ext-206, 553139-Ext-206 and 095012987.

MNA

production with the use ofadvanced technology,Managing Director MrHow Saelim of RBIRubber Parts andPresident Mr Wanla PaSaclo explained rubberparts to be used in vehiclesand Managing DirectorMr Charn Purachagrid ofCharn Kolar Kan Co Ltdand Ma Aye Mya Yadana,daughter of U Aye Win(a) U Ba Gyan, spokewords of thanks.

Responsible personspresented prizes to theowners who sold the mostand hosted them the dinner.Those wishing to order GPproduct may contact No233 on 28th street, between81st and 82nd streets inMandalay, Ph: 02-31210and 095055907. – MNA

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Images of the Day

Indian jewellery designer Garima Maheshwari poses with jewellerycollection which was used in the Bollywood movie ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, in the

eastern India city of Kolkata on 5 April, 2008.—INTERNET

Joe Allison,

anine-year-old

boy from

Totnes, Devon

smashed a

world record by

hanging 16

pieces of spoons

on his face ,

media reported

on Saturday.

XINHUA

Members of the ‘Kitezh’ military history club, dressed in medieval costumes,play mini soccer in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on 5 April, 2008. Theplayers were dressed in costumes resembling soldiers of medieval Russia

and Western Europe, pitching the soccer games as a battle between East andWest.—INTERNET

People set up a picnic next to a mobile sauna that is mounted on a four-wheel drive truck in a forest in Barnaul in the Altai region on 5 April, 2008.A local craftsman installed the Russian sauna, or banya, in the cabin of afour wheel-drive personnel carrier and said the rugged army vehicle can

master almost any terrain.—INTERNET

The Russian Space Shuttle Buran is loaded on a pontoon-boat at a terminalin the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 5 April, 2008. The Buran will

navigate the River Rhine in a tug formation to it’s destination, The TechnikMuseum Speyer in Germany. At left is one of the shuttle’s wings.—INTERNET

An Indian laboratory technician tests blood samples for HIV. A Canadianman was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison for knowingly exposing

women to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.—INTERNET

6-4-08 NL 7/30/18, 01:10 AM11


Drivewithcare

Mexican police seize80 kilos of cocaine, cash

MEXICO CITY, 4 April — Mexican police seized atleast 80 kilos of cocaine and 480,000 US dollars cashon Wednesday in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas State, onMexico’s northern border with the United States, thecountry’s National Defence Ministry (Sedena) said.

Sedena said in a communique that the money andillicit drugs were found in an abandoned truck.

The vehicle was abandoned three km from acheckpoint where routine inspections were being carriedout near the border with the US.

The Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico’s biggest drugtrafficking gangs, operates in this region, and hasrecently been struck heavily by Mexican authorities.

MNA/Xinhua

PNA hopes Russia-host confto save M-E peace process

Jamaican with bombparts in luggage charged

in courtORLANDO (Florida), 4 April — A Jamaican detained

at a Florida Airport after bomb parts were found in hisluggage said he intended to blow up a pipe bomb on atree stump in Jamaica and to show his friends how tomake explosives like those used in Iraq, USinvestigators said on Wednesday.

Kevin Brown, 32, who was arrested at OrlandoInternational Airport on Tuesday, made an initialcourt appearance, standing silently in a white jailjumpsuit and leg shackles before US Magistrate KarlaSpaulding.

Spaulding scheduled a bond hearing for Thursdayat which Assistant US Attorney Vincent Citro said hewill provide some details on the case.

In an affidavit, FBI agent Kelly Boaz said twogalvanized pipes, end caps with holes drilled in them,two prescription bottles containing air gun pellets, amodel rocket igniter, batteries, lighters, lighter fluidand two bottles of nitromethane were found in Brown'sluggage.

Investigators also found bomb-making instructionsin his backpack. Nitromethane is a liquid commonlyused as a solvent and cleaning agent, and can be usedto manufacture explosives.

MNA/Reuters

85 cholera affected patientsfound in Vietnam

HANOI, 4 April — Cholera has spread to 10Vietnamese northern localities, affecting 85 peoplesince 5 March, local newspaper Saigon Liberationreported Thursday.

Hanoi capital has been the hardest-hit locality with44 cases, the paper quoted Nguyen Huy Nga, head of thePreventive Medicine Department under the VietnameseMinistry of Health, as saying.

Other affected localities include Hai Phong City, andthe provinces of Ha Tay, Bac Ninh, Thanh Hoa, PhuTho, Bac Giang, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam and Vinh Phuc.Most of the patients ate unsafe food such as raw shrimppaste, seafood salad and puddings. The country is nowfacing high risk of the disease's spread to central andsouthern regions in the approaching summer, said DeputyMinister of Health Trinh Quan Huan. — MNA/Xinhua

Turkish apnea diver Devrim Cenk Ulusoy is escorted by police as he runs withthe Olympic torch in Istanbul, Turkey, on 3 April, 2008.—INTERNET

RAMALLAH, 4 April —The Palestinian NationalAuthority (PNA) onWednesday considered anupcoming Middle Eastpeace conference, hostedby Russia, as a way tosave peace talks withIsrael.

“We support Russia’srole in the peace processby organizing Moscowconference which wasagreed upon” at theUS-hosted peace con-ference of Annapolislast November, saidNabil Shaath, the PNA

representative in theconference’s preparation.

Shaath explained thatAnnapolis conference, inwhich the PNA and Israelresumed their peace talks,“did not achieve anythingso far and the negotiationsmade no progress andIsrael did not fulfil any ofits obligations”.

He also agreed thatMoscow summit was asequel to Annapolisconference.

The initial date for themeeting is the middle ofJune, according to Shaath,who said that PalestinianPresident MahmoudAbbas will visit Moscowbetween 17 and 19 Aprilto hold talks withPresident Vladimir Putinbefore the latter meets USPresident George Bush.

MNA/Xinhua

Israel says removed 50West Bank dirt roadblocks

JERUSALEM, 5 April —Israel said on Thursday ithad removed 50 road-blocks in the occupiedWest Bank as part ofpromises made to USSecretary of StateCondoleezza Rice.

A senior Palestiniansecurity source said hecould confirm the removalof at least three of the dirt-mound obstacles, near thecities of Ramallah, Jerichoand Tulkarm. He saidPalestinians expected morewould be dismantled soon.

A senior US officialsaid “it is hard to assess”

the impact of scrapping theroadblocks, let aloneconfirm all were takendown, because Israel hadyet to give Washington orthe Palestinians a mapshowing where they werelocated. On Sunday, aftertalks Rice held withIsraeli and Palestinianleaders on bolsteringpeace negotiations, Israelsaid it would remove 50roadblocks, ease travel forPalestinian businessmenand increase the numberof entry permits forPalestinian workers.

MNA/Reuters

Cuba to open TV channel withforeign content

HAVANA, 5 April —Cuba’s state-run televisionbroadcaster will start a24-hour channel withmostly foreign content ina move to provide Cubanaudiences with morevariety. The CubanInstitute of Radio andTelevision, ICRT, madethe announcement onWednesday at a con-ference of the Cubanwriters and artists guild,where intellectuals havecriticized the poortelevision programming inthe socialist state.

The opening up toadditional foreign contenton television comes at atime when Cuba’s newPresident Raul Castro, whosucceed his ailing brotherFidel Castro, has begunlifting what he has called“excessive prohibitions” inthe country.

ICRT vice presidentLuis Acosta said the newchannel will have contentfrom a dozen countries, buthe did not give details.

Cuba has five channelsthat are all run by the state.One of them, Cubavision

International, can only beseen over cable television.It broadcasts official Cubannews and culture to theworld 24 hours a day.

Cuban cable TVdistributed in Havana andat beach resort hotelsincludes three Chinesechannels. Cuban televisionfrequently broadcastsAmerican films. Many arepirated, even though theirsale to Cuba is not bannedby US trade sanctions inplace since 1962 against theCommunist government.

MNA/Reuters

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India short of 600,000 doctors

Malaysia on track to become biotech hub

Study shows Botox may move from face to brain WASHINGTON, 4 April— Researchers have foundthat botulinum neurotoxintype A, which is morecommonly known asBotox, the popular wrinkleeraser, can migrate into thecentral nervous systemafter it’s injected into theskin, according to latestissue of The Journal ofNeuroscience available onFriday.

The discovery byItalian researchers hasraised new concerns abouthow the toxin works andwhat unintended conse-quences it may have.

The botulinum toxincuts off communicationbetween nerve cells bydestroying a proteinnamed SNAP-25. Thedisruption paralyzes themuscles controlled by the

This undated file photo shows a person is receivingbotulinum toxin injection.—INTERNET

Members of the Mexico’s Experimental Dance’s Company of Lola Linceperform during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Scenic Art International

Festival of Panama, in Panama City, on 3 April, 2008.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 April— Malaysia’s aspiration tobecome a biotechnologyhub by 2020 with acombined approvedinvestment worth 20 billionringgit (6.27 billion USdollars) is on track, localPress reported on Friday.Malaysia to date has already

rolled out 51 BioNexus-status companies with acombined approvedinvestment value of onebillion ringgit (313.48million US dollars),Science, Technology andInnovation MinisterMaximus Ongkili said aftermaking a working visit tothe Malaysian Biotech-

nology Corp Sdn Bhd’sheadquarters here onThursday.

“All incentives are inplace and we will go all outto produce 70 BioNexus-status companies by year-end,” the New Straits Times(NST) quoted Ongkili assaying.

MNA/Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 5 April —India is short of 600,000doctors, one million nursesand 200,000 dentalsurgeons, accounting fornearly 5 per cent of thecountry’s medicalworkforce due to Indiandoctors’ migration to

developed countries likeBritain and the UnitedStates.

India, on the otherhand, has a dismalpatient-doctor ratio. Forevery 10,000 Indians,there is one doctor,according to a report

issued by the PlanningCommission of the IndianGovernment Thursday.

India also faces an acuteshortage of dentalsurgeons. At present, thenumber of dental surgeonsregistered in India standsat just over 73,000 againstthe requirement of300,000.—MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam imports bird flu vaccines from China HANOI, 5 April —

Vietnam has recentlyimported from China 60million doses of vaccinesagainst bird flu virus strainH5N1 to prevent outbreaksamong poultry, localnewspaper Industry andTrade on Friday.

Early this week, theWorld VeterinaryAssociation offeredVietnam 20 million dosesof vaccines against bird fluvirus strain H5N2 amongfowls. Bird flu is now

hitting the two southernprovinces of Soc Trang andCa Mau and central QuangNam Province, accordingto the Department ofAnimal Health under theVietnamese Ministry ofAgriculture and RuralDevelopment.

Bird flu outbreaks inVietnam have so far killedand led to the forced cullingof dozens of millions offowls in the country.

Regarding human trialsfor bird flu vaccines, 10

volunteers, who are vaccineresearchers, received thesecond dosage of the trialvaccine on Thursday. OnMarch 6, they received thefirst dosage, said localnewspaper Pioneer onFriday.

To date, Vietnam hasconfirmed a total of 106human cases of bird fluinfections, including 52fatalities, since the diseasestarted to hit the countryin December 2003.

MNA/Xinhua

An elephant family roam the park to enjoy thesunny day in the Beijing world Park which attracts

so many tourists in Beijing, capital of China,on 2 April, 2008.—XINHUA

nerve cells.These paralyzing proper-

ties allow doctors to treatsome diseases such asstrabismus(or “crossed”

eyes). Plastic surgeons alsouse small doses to paralyzefacial muscles, therebymaking lines and wrinklesless visible. A team ofItalian researchers were

evaluating another poten-tial use of the toxin: treatingepilepsy. But when study-ing its effects on epilepticmice, they noticed evidence

of the toxin on both sides ofthe animals’ brains, eventhough they had injected iton only one side.

Using doses analo -gous to those prescribed in

humans, researchers theninjected botulinum into theeyes, whisker pads, andbrains of normal mice andrats. They traced thetoxin’s wreckage — thecleaved SNAP-25 — tosee where and how itmoved through thenervous system. In thecase of botulinum type A,the kind used in Botox,they found that wreckagealong nerves originatingfrom the injection site andin neighboring nerves. Thetoxin even reached part ofthe brain stem.

”A significant portionof the toxin is active whereit’s not intended to be,”said Matteo Caleo, the leadresearcher.The experi-ment is the first to showthat botulinum migrates.

Xinhua

Pakistan gets Swedish earlywarning aircraft

ISLAMABAD, 5 April —The Pakistan Air Force(PAF) Thursday got first ofthe five airborne earlywarning and control systemaircraft it ordered from theSwedish Saab, according toa PAF statement.

The first Saab 2000

Erieye aircraft for the PAFwas rolled out in Swedenand prepared for flight trialsby the year end after beingequipped with a full suite ofmission systems, includingradars and avionics.

"The Pakistan Air Forceachieved a major landmark

in its Airborne EarlyWarning Programme withthe roll out of its first SaaB2000 AEW & C in a simplebut impressive ceremonyat the Saab facility inSweden," the PAFstatement said.

The aircraft will be putthrough trials before beingdelivered to the PAF in2009, according to officials.

The PAF plans to have afleet of five SaaB 2000Erieye aircraft. Pakistansigned a contract withSaab for the AWACS inJune 2006 and the aircrafthave been speciallydeveloped to the PAF'srequirements.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese man eaten byzoo tiger

BEIJING, 5 April — A tiger devoured a mentally illman who entered the animal's zoo cage in northeastChina, local media reported on Friday.

Zhang Yachun disappeared from his home inHarbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, on March24 and five days later police told his parents he hadbeen eaten by a tiger in a nearby zoo, the China newsservice reported, citing a Harbin newspaper.

"Only two legs and his skull were left," the reportsaid.— MNA/Reuters

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Wagner holds clubhouselead at Houston OpenHOUSTON, 5 April — Johnson Wagner

shot a three-under-par 69 to grab a three-stroke clubhouse lead in the secondround of the weather-delayed HoustonOpen on Friday.

A storm front forced a one hour, 45-minute suspension of play in the after-noon and as a result 36 players wereunable to complete their second roundat Redstone Golf Club.

Wagner, co-leader overnight withholder Adam Scott of Australia afterboth fired course record 63s on Thurs-day, offset two bogeys with five birdiesto finish 12-under on 132.

MNA/Reuters

Bourdy leadsFrench assault atPortuguese OpenCASCAIS (Portugal), 5

April — FrenchmanGregory Bourdy, whoclaimed his maiden victoryat the Mallorca Classic inOctober, added a six-under-par 65 on Friday to hiscourse record 63 to take theoutright lead at the Portu-guese Open.

Spain's GonzaloFernandez-Castano wastwo strokes off the pace on12-under 130 after firing asecond-round 66.

Last week's AndaluciaOpen champion ThomasLevet (64), bidding forback-to-back wins, furtherboosted the French chal-lenge on 131 while BritonSimon Khan (67) was fourthon 132.

Another Frenchman,former Portuguese Openchampion Jean-FrancoisRemesy, tied the courserecord set by first-roundleaders Bourdy and holderPablo Martin of Spain toshare fifth place on 133 withBritish trio Steve Webster,Simon Dyson and OliverFisher. – MNA/Reuters

Nadal to meet Davydenkoin Miami final

MIAMI (Florida), 5 April — World number two Rafael Nadal willface fourth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the Sony EricssonOpen final after semi-final victories on Friday.

The Spaniard, who reeled off the last 12 points of the match, beatCzech Tomas Berdych 7-6, 6-2 in windy conditions, while Davydenkobeat Andy Roddick of the United States by the same scoreline.

Roddick looked a shade of the player who beat world number oneRoger Federer on Thursday and gave Davydenko his first victory intheir six career matches.

Nadal holds a 2-0 record against Davydenko in their careermeetings.

"For me (it's) going to be very important because to play a final ina Masters Series event, up against the big players, I know I need toplay at my best level," Nadal told reporters. —MNA/Reuters

African Confederation Cup holdersCS Sfaxien advance

JOHANNESBURG, 5 April — Holders CS Sfaxien squeezed into the AfricanConfederation Cup third round with a 2-1 aggregate victory after a 1-1 draw in thesecond leg at JSM Bejaia in Bejaia, Algeria on Friday.

Sfaxien fell behind when Braham Chaouch scored after three minutes butYounis Sellimi levelled midway through the first half and that proved to beenough to advance. Compatriots Esperance also went through after a 2-0 homewin over Moroccan Second Division side Rachad Bernoussi.

Ochoa takes charge withYoung at hot Mission Hills

RANCHO MIRAGE (California), 5 April — Worldnumber one Lorena Ochoa moved ominouslyinto a tie for the lead in the opening women'smajor of the year, firing a one-under-par 71 in theKraft Nabisco Championship second round onFriday.

A stroke off the pace overnight, Ochoa tookcontrol at the tournament's midway point with Ameri-can Heather Young, who carded a five-birdie 70 atMission Hills Country Club.

The pair ended a hot day in the California desertat five-under 139, one ahead of Swede MariaHjorth and South Korea's Kim Mi-hyun whoreturned matching 70s.

Shark’s Beast Mtawarira is tackled by Hurricane’sJeremy Thrush in their Super 14 rugby match at

Westpac Stadium, Wellington, on 5 April,2008.—INTERNET

Necaxa’s midfielder GerardoGalindo (R) battles for the ball withAtlas’ striker Juan Carlos Medina

during their Mexican league cham-pionship soccer match at the Jaliscostadium in Guadalajara City, Mexico

on 4 April, 2008.—INTERNET

Nikolay Davydenko of Russia returns a shot againstAndy Roddick of US during their semifinal match atthe Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key

Biscayne, Florida on 4 April, 2008.—INTERNET

Gonzalo Fernandez Castano ofSpain makes an approach on the

17th hole during the second roundof the Estoril Portuguese Open golftournament at the Oitavos Dunes

golf course in Cascais, near Lisbon,on 4 April, 2008.—INTERNET

Liverpool to appeal againstMascherano ban

LONDON, 5 April — Liverpool said on Friday theywould appeal against an additional two-match banimposed on midfielder Javier Mascherano by the Eng-lish FA.

The 23-year-old Argentine midfielder, who wasbanned from Liverpool's Premier League match againstEverton last Sunday, was given the additional two-match suspension and fined 15,000 pounds (29,800 Usdollars) by the FA on Thursday following his sendingoff against Manchester United on 23 March.

Liverpool said on its website (www.liverpoolfc.tv)they would appeal against the decision, even though theyrisked having the punishment increased. – MNA/Reuters

MNA/Reuters

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Saturday, 5 April, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 9:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Kachin, Shan and Chin States,lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions and weatherhas been partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Daytemperatures were (3ºC) to (4ºC) above April averagetemperature in Rakhine State , Ayeyawady and YangonDivisions and about April average temperatures inthe remaining States and Divisions. The significantday temperatures were Minbu (41ºC), Nay Pyi Tawand NyaungU (39ºC) each. The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Mogok (0.74) inch, Lashio(0.35) inch, Hsipaw (0.20) inch and Mindat (0.07)inch.

Maximum temperature on 4-4-2008 was 97ºF.Minimum temperature on 5-4-2008 was 73ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-4-2008 was71%. Total sunshine hours on 4-4-2008 was (9.0) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 5-4-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (1.69) inches at Mingaladon, (1.85 )inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.83) inch at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(4) mph from Southeast at (15:30) hours MST on 4-4-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 6-4-2008:Isolatedrain or thundershowers are likely in Kachin, Chin,Northern Shan States, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions and weather will be partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Slight in-crease of day temperatures in the Centeral Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 6-4-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 6-4-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 6-4-2008: Partly cloudy.

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Malaysia’s RTM toopen special

programme forbloggers

KUALA LUMPUR, 5April — The MalaysianInformation Ministry willopen a special segment onRadio and TelevisionMalaysia (RTM)’s primenews programme everySunday to allow bloggersto voice their comment onvarious issues, Malaysia’snational news agencyBernama reported onThursday.

The 20-minuteprogramme segment,which will start on 20 Aprilthis year, would be openedto provide an avenue forbloggers to voice theiropinions, Bernama quotedInformation MinisterAhmad Shabery Cheek assaying.

MNA/Xinhua

No happy returns as NZschool bans birthday cake

WELLINGTON, 5 April — Children in a New Zealandschool have been banned from bringing cakes to shareon their birthdays, due to new government healthyeating guidelines.

Pupils at Oteha Valley primary school north ofAuckland have been told they are allowed to celebratetheir birthdays, but the cake must stay at home, the NewZealand Herald newspaper reported.

The Ministry of Education has been on a fat-busting crusade, introducing sweeping guidelines againstunhealthy food in New Zealand schools.

Oteha Valley has a large number of pupils born inSeptember and October, and there can be up to fourcakes a week in some classes, principal Megan Bowdentold the Herald.

It had gotten to the point where parents thoughtthey were required to provide a cake for their child’sbirthday.

The school has advised parents in a newsletter tostop sending cakes to school from the next term.

MNA/Reuters

An obese child is weighed at a clinic in Tianjin, China. Young children who

lead sedentary lifestyles are up to six times likelier to be at serious risk of heart

disease later in life than active peers.—INTERNET

S Korean digital goods exportsexpands 12.8% in March

SEOUL, 5 April —South Korean exports ofdigital goods expanded12.8 per cent in March fromthe same period last year,said a government reporton Thursday.

According to thereport by the Ministry ofKnowledge Economy,South Korean companiesexported a total of 11.33billion US dollars worth ofdigital goods last month. Itis the first time that South

Korea has posted double-digit export growth in thedigital sector sinceNovember 2007.

Meanwhile, imports ofdigital goods stood at 6.51billion US dollars duringthe same month, up 13 percent from a year earlier. Thetrade surplus in the sectorwas 4.82 billion US dollars,the ministry added.

The ministry attributedthe expansion to the sharpincrease in overseas sales ofmobile handsets as SouthKorea’s exports of mobilehandsets jumped 50.4 percent in March from a yearearlier to 2.04 billion USdollars. — MNA/Xinhua

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1st Waxing of Hnaung Tagu 1369 ME Sunday, 6 April, 2008

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April — Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein, accompanied by Maj-Gen ThaAye of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of MonState Peace and Development Council Commander ofSouth-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win, min-isters, deputy ministers, Chairman of Kayin State PDCBrig-Gen Zaw Min, senior military officers, the direc-tor-general of the Government Office, departmentalheads and officials, met local authorities, departmentalpersonnel, social organization members and local peo-ple at the Mon State Hall in Mawlamyine this morning.

Secretary of Mon State PDC U Khin MaungTun reported on salient points of the state, progress ofagriculture, education and health sectors and require-ments of the state.

The commander gave the supplementary re-ports on productivity and services of the state for 2007-08, efforts made for progress of education and healthsectors, maintenance of bridges and water supply task.

In his speech, the Prime Minister said that hecame to Kayin and Mon States to inspect develop-ment tasks for providing necessary assistance tothese regions.

(See page 9)

Prime Minister inspects regional development tasks in Mon StateReferendum is not for one person, Tatmadaw, oneparty, one association, but for seeking unanimousapproval for constitution that is instrumental for

building new democratic nation that people desireEntire people to actively participate

in tasks for emergence of constitution

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine).—MNA

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