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Established 1914

9th Waxing of Thadingyut 1368 ME Saturday, 30 September, 2006Volume XIV, Number 167

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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 29 Sept— Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Deve-lopment Council Lt-GenThein Sein and wife DawKhin Khin Win attendedthe reception to mark the57th Founding Anniver-sary of the People’s Re-public of China at SedonaHotel on Kaba Aye Pa-goda Road, here, thisevening.

It was also attendedby Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defenceand wife Daw Khin ThetHtay, the ministers, thedeputy ministers, seniormilitary officers, the de-partmental heads, offi-cials of social organiza-tions, heads of foreignmissions, resident repre-sentatives of UN agen-cies and other guests.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and wife

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Winattend reception marking 57th Founding Anniversary of PRC

Daw Khin Khin Winwere welcomed by Chi-

nese Ambassador MrGuan Mu at the hotel.

Later, the Secre-tary-1 and his wife cut

the cake and the guestswere hosted a dinner by

the Chinese ambassa-dor.—MNA

It is obvious that the decisionturned a blind eye to fruitful re-sults of prevailing peace and sta-bility and developments that thepeople and SNPLO enjoy.

Not representing the people,NLD is attempting to harm theinterests of the State andthe people in league with theWest.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win attend the reception to mark 57th Founding Anniversaryof the People’s Republic of China.—MNA

Excerpts from the article From SNPLO declaration

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Saturday, 30 September, 2006

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

People’s Desire

To ensure durability ofirrigation facilities

The government is constructing a cluster ofdams numbering 71 in the five townships ofPakokku District for ensuring regional food se-curity and the greening of the district in MagwayDivision.

On 26 September 2006, Yesagyo Townshipin Pakokku District saw the inauguration of theMyaykhedaung Dam intended for the greeningof the region, extended cultivation of paddy andsupply of clean water to the nearby villages.

The 44-foot-high and 1,300-foot-long facil-ity was built by damming the MyaykhedaungCreek at a cost of over 102 million kyats contrib-uted by the government, and it can store 2,880acre feet of water.

It is the 189th dam among the irrigationfacilities that the Tatmadaw Government hasconstructed across the nation since 1988 as wellas the 32nd of its kind in Magway Division.

This rainy season, Magway Division is pursu-ing the target of putting about 925,000 acresunder monsoon paddy and more than 160,000acres under summer paddy. And it is striving forthe achievement of 125 per cent of rice sufficiency,while Pakokku District is making endeavours tomeet the target of 128,586 acres of monsoon paddyand over 20,000 acres of summer paddy in orderto achieve 54 per cent of rice sufficiency.

The 71 irrigation facilities constructed forthe greening of and supply of water to Pakokkucover small dams and lakes and other waterresources. So far, 50 out of 71 projects have beencompleted and are benefiting some 5,000 acres ofpaddy fields.

Upon completion, the 71 projects will beable to irrigate 8,630 acres of farmland.

Besides, the government is implementing 13river water pumping projects that will be able tobenefit 35,000 acres of arable lands in PakokkuDistrict.

Therefore, local farmers on their part are toreciprocate the goodwill of the government bycollectively maintaining the irrigation facilitiesfor their durability, the greening of the water-shed areas and sustainable progress of the irriga-tion networks.

Diplomatic relations estab-lished between Myanmar

and Timor-LesteNAY PYI TAW, 29 Sept— The Union of

Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, desirous of establishing friendly relationsand mutually beneficial cooperation on the basis ofthe principles of the Charter of the United Nationsand norms of International Law in accordance withthe Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relationsand on Consular Relations, decided to establishdiplomatic relations between the two countries atAmbassadorial level with effect from 26 Septem-ber 2006.

The agreement to establish diplomatic rela-tions between the Union of Myanmar and the Demo-cratic Republic of Timor-Leste was signed by HE UNyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theUnion of Myanmar and HE Jose Luis Guterres,Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of theDemocratic Republic of Timor-Leste, in New Yorkon 26 September 2006. — MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept — The Annual General Meet-ing for 2006 of Yangon Division Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association was held today at the officeof the association here.

Member of the Panel of Patrons of USDA (Cen-tral) Patron of Yangon Division USDA Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla HtayWin, CEC Member of USDA Vice-Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Vice-Mayor Col MaungPa delivered addresses at the meeting.

Twenty-five outstanding students who passedthe matriculation examination for 2005-2006 aca-demic year were awarded at the meeting. Later,wellwishers donated cash to the association throughVice-Mayor Col Maung Pa.

In the second session of the meeting, partici-pants of the meeting discussed the annual report of theexecutive committee of Yangon Division USDA, andthe meeting ended with concluding remarks by themeeting chairman. — MNA

Yangon Division USDAholds annual meeting

CSSTB holds coordmeeting

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Sept — Civil Service Selectionand Training Board held its coordination meeting atthe Board, here, this afternoon.

Chairman of CSSTB Dr Than Nyun made aninaugural speech.

Members of CSSTB, directors-general and rec-tors of departments and universities and the head ofoffice were present.

Members U Aung Myint, U Hla Myint Oo, UWin Aung, U Soe Oo, U Nyi Tun and U Kyaw Aungspoke on the occasion.

Directors-General and rectors reported on workdone in 2006 and future tasks.

The chairman gave instructions on reports sub-mitted and made concluding remarks.

MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept — Myanmar EngineeringSociety will conduct Foundation Analysis & DesignCourse on 14 October at the office of the society onHline University Campus here.

The course will last one month and those wish-ing to attend it may contact Tel: 519673 and 519676.

MNA

Fire breaks out in KyauktadaTownship

YANGON, 29 Sept — A fire broke out at Pwint OoFurniture Mart of U Aung Nyunt, of No 67 (groundfloor) at the corner of Anawrahta Street and 40th Streetin Kyauktada Township here yesterday evening.

The flame caused damage to plastic kitchenand household items estimated at K 3 million, it islearnt.

MNA

Foundation Analysis & DesignCourse of MES on 14 Oct

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win

addresses Annual General Meeting for 2006

of Yangon Division USDA. — MNA

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Zhao Gang shows his handicraft “Heaven and Earth”,which was made from over 100 calabashes in Tianjin,

north China,on 27 Sept, 2006.—XINHUA

Haitian Justice Minister accuses USof undermining sovereignty

HAVANA, 28 Sept—Hai-tian Justice MinisterHenry Marge Dorleanssaid on Tuesday that a USEmbassy advert offeringrewards for informationabout heavy weapons inprivate hands in the islandnation, was a deliberatemove to undermine Hai-tian sovereignty.

“This is an attempt tobring Haiti’s justice sys-tem under the authority ofthe United States,” HenryMarge Dorleans wasquoted as saying by thedaily newspaper Carib-bean Net News, accordingto reports reaching hereon Tuesday.

“If you have any infor-

mation about people hid-ing heavy weapons, pleasecontact the United StatesEmbassy in Port-au-Prince. Calls will betreated as confidential andwill be handsomely re-warded,” said the US Em-bassy advertisement, cur-rently running on Haitianradio in the local Creole

The new Logan MCV ispresented on media dayat the Paris Mondial del’Automobile on 28 Sept,2006. The Paris Autoshow opens its doors tothe public 30 Septto 15 Oct. —INTERNET

Dirty water ‘kills 1.5m children’LONDON, 28 Sept—

More than 1.5m childrenunder five die each year

because they lack accessto safe water and propersanitation, says the Uni-ted Nations children’sagency.

In a report, UNICEFsays that despite some suc-cesses, a billion peopleworldwide do not haveaccess to safe drinkingwater from protectedsources.

More than 1.2 billionpeople have gained ac-cess to safe water since1990.

But sub-Saharan Af-rica remains a major area

of concern, especiallycountries affected by con-flict. A UNICEF deputy-director, Vanessa Tobin,gave the example of Niger,where only 13% of thepopulation has access totoilets of an acceptablestandard, or better.

She said it “certainly isa contributing factor in thecholera outbreaks” inNiger.

The UN hopes to halvethe number of people with-out access to clean drink-ing water and sanitationby 2015. —Internet

A fire-fighter kicks dirt on a hot spot as he works

to contain the Day Fire burning out of control in

the Los Padres National Forest and in Ventura

County, California on 27 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

US soldier and Marine killedin restive Iraqi province

BAGHDAD, 28 Sept—An American soldier anda Marine died from en-emy action in the restivewestern Iraqi province ofal-Anbar, the US militarysaid on Wednesday.

The Marine assigned toRegimental Combat Team7 died Monday while op-erating in the insurgency-ravaged province, the mili-tary said in a statement.

Another soldier as-signed to 1st Brigade, 1stArmoured Division alsodied on Monday in hostileaction in al-Anbar, a sepa-rate statement said.

The latest fatalitiesbring to 68 the number ofUS soldiers killed this

month, most died in al-Anbar, which is believedto be a stronghold of gue-rillas. Since the US-led warin Iraq broke out in March2003, more than 2,700 USsoldiers have been killedin Iraq, according to mediacount.

MNA/Xinhua

language. The incident came as

the country’s NationalCommission is trying torecover an estimated200,000 weapons, whichare scattered all over theplace and believed to be inprivate hands. The govern-ment body, along withseven non-governmentalorganizations, is negotiat-ing with street gangs inHaiti’s roughest neigh-bourhoods.

“All attempts to deliverthe apparatus of justiceinto the hands of foreign-ers deserves an urgent in-tervention from our na-tion’s authorities,” saidJoseph Lambert, presidentof Haiti’s Senate.

The US Embassysources have formally de-nied any attempt to under-mine Haiti’s sovereignty.

MNA/Xinhua

Romania, Bulgariawelcomed as full-fledged

members of EUBUCHAREST, 28 Septe — Leading European par-

liamentarians have said Romania and Bulgaria arewelcomed to be full-fledged members of the Euro-pean Union (EU), the Romanian Rompres newsagency reported on Wednesday.

"There are some short-comings in Romania andBulgaria, however, this isnot the time nor the placeto talk about problems,"said the European Parlia-ment Socialist Groupleader Martin Schulz.

The EU itself will reapbenefits from the member-ship of Romania and Bul-garia in terms of securityalong its borders, socialcohesion and economicstrength, said Schulz.

He compared the joyof the two countries' EUaccession to the one expe-rienced at Germany'sreunification.

Enthusiastic aboutRomania and Bulgaria'sentry to the EU on 1 Janu-ary, 2007, was also theEuropean liberal demo-crats leader GrahamWatson, who said that fol-lowing the EU accessionof the two states, both sideswill reap benefits.

"The most importantargument favouring the EUaccession of the two coun-tries are the 22 millionRomanians and 7.5 mil-lion Bulgarians," saidBrian Crowley, an Irishparliamentarian who is alsoco-chairman of the Unionfor Europe of the Nations.

He pointed out that thetwo states should be giventhe same opportunities ascurrent EU states got whenthey were weaker and lessdeveloped.

The key word of theemphasis should be laidfrom now on is " transpar-ency," said European par-liamentarian for BulgariaGeoffrey van Orden (EPP-ED).—MNA/Xinhua

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A delegation of the Associated Press, headed by President and CEO TomCurley, visits Xinhuanet (Xinhua Online) and watches a demonstration of

Xinhua Multimedia Database on 28 Sept, 2006. —XINXUA

A high resolution 3-Dcolour laser scanner is

seen examining theMona Lisa in a

handout photo fromthe National Research

Council of Canada.XINHUA

An aerial view shows

houses flooded with

mud in Sidoarjo in

Indonesia’s East Java

province on 27 Sept,

2006. —INTERNET

A police bomb expert walks away from a suspiciouspackage after checking it at the US District

Courthouse, after police blocked all traffic forblocks in Washington on 27 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

KUWAIT CITY, 28 Sept — A financial official linkedwith the US Army committed suicide in Kuwait onTuesday after being investigated for fraud, local dailyKuwait Times reported Wednesday.

According to the report, the man, an Americancitizen, served as a intermediator between local firmsand the US military for service contracts and otherprojects. He had discovered that he was beinginvestigated for fraud and other financial crimes beforecommitting suicide, said the report.

Concerned sources were quoted as saying that threepeople have been involved in the alleged fraud. Theywere working in Iraq and were questioned by USofficials before being sent back to Washington.

However, the US Embassy here said it had noinformation about the citizen, preferring not to commenton the matter. — MNA/Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 29 Sept —The European Unioncalled on Thursday for aspeedy return todemocracy in Thailandand said martial lawshould be lifted withoutdelay.

A statement from theFinnish Presidency of theEuropean Union said thebloc attached greatimportance to holding freeand democratic electionsin Thailand “as soon aspossible”.

“Martial law should,without delay, give wayto the rule of ordinary lawwith full respect for humanrights and civil liberties,”the statement said.

“The EuropeanUnion has noted with greatattention the militaryleadership’s assurancesthat Thailand will continueto abide by the UnitedNations Charter andinternational treaties andagreements,” it added.

“The decisions andactions of the new

PATNA (India), 28Sept— A total of 18bronze statues of LordBuddha dating back to the9th and 10th century werestolen from the PatnaMuseum, according to theBihar state governmentWednesday.

The stolen statues areestimated at 1000 millionrupees (some 210 millionUS dollars) in theinternational market.

Director of theDirectorate of MuseumSahdeo Kumar said thestaffs of the museumfound the priceless statuesmissing from the first floorgallery of the museumwhen it opened for publicon Tuesday after a weeklyclosure.

It was a great relief forthe museum that thethieves did not take awaythe urn containing ashesof Lord Buddha

Buddha statues stolen fromIndian Museum

discovered duringexcavation of 6th Centurystupa at Vaisahli and relicsof Hieun Tsang, theChinese monk who visitedIndia in between 630- 645AD to study at NalandaUniversity.

The state governmenthas now asked the Interpol

and the Central Bureau ofInvestigation of India tohelp find those stolentreasures, said InspectorGeneral of Bihar PoliceAnil Sinha.

The state governmenthas formed a special teamof police to probe into theissue. — MNA/Xinhua

Official linked with US Armycommits suicide in Kuwait

m i l i t a r y - a p p o i n t e dgovernment will beevaluated by the EuropeanUnion in the light ofThailand’s internationalobligations, inter alia inthe area of human rights,including freedom ofexpression and freedom ofassembly,” it said.

The Thai militaryoverthrew prime minister

Thaksin Shinawatra’sgovernment in a bloodlesscoup on 19 September butpromised to install a newcivilian Prime Ministerwithin two weeks of thatdate.

A draft interimconstitution is due to besubmitted for royalapproval on Saturday.

MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 28 Sept — A car bomb exploded near acrowded market in southern Baghdad’s Bayaa Districton Wednesday, killing five people and wounding eightothers, police said.

The car was parked at the side of a road anddetonated by remote control. Police said the casualtytoll was likely to rise. Sunni Muslim guerillas haveregularly attacked crowds of civilians in mostly Shiiteareas such as Bayaa as part of tit-for-tat communalviolence that is claiming dozens of lives in Iraq everyday. — MNA/Reuters

Car bombnear Baghdadmarket killsfive, wounds

eight

EU urges Thai democracy, end tomartial law

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A locust eats a plant as a plague of the insects isaffecting parts of Mexico’s prime tourist

destination Cancun on 27 Sept, 2006. Clouds oflocusts have descended around the Mexican beach

resort of Cancun, destroying corn crops andworrying officials in a region still recovering from

the devastating fury of last year’s HurricaneWilma. — INTERNET

A Japan Airlines cargo plane taxis at Bangkok’s newly opened InternationalAirport on 28 Sept, 2006. The Suvarnabhumi Airport officially opened

on Thursday. — INTERNET

Commuters are forced to walk as some vehiclesrefuse to drive along a flooded road in Manila on

28 Sept, 2006. Typhoon Xangsane lashed thePhilippine capital on Thursday, grounding flights,

halting vessels and closing schools and marketafter triggering fatal flash floods in the centre of

the country.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 28 Sept— Microsoft on Tuesday released a patch for a criticalflaw in its Internet Explorer web browser, ahead of its next scheduled roundof security updates.

Microsoft offers emergency patchfor IE bug

Breaking its monthlypatch cycle, the softwaremaker said hackers hadbeen using the flaw toattack computers via theInternet.

Malicious softwarecan be loaded, unbeknownto users, on to a vulnerableWindows computer whenusers click on a maliciouslink, Microsoft said,adding that for more thana week, and in recent days

especially, maliciousactivity had been on theupswing.

The patch will fixvulnerability in the waythat Internet Explorerrenders VML (VectorMarkup Language)graphics, according to asecurity bulletin releasedby the company.

The out-of-cyclerelease is unusual, sinceMicrosoft generally

releases its securityupdates on the secondTuesday of every month,giving system admini-strators a predictable wayto set aside time to test thenew software.

The last time thesoftware maker rushed outa fix was in January, whenanother image-relatedflaw in the IE browser wasbeing used to compromiseWindows PCs throughmalicious websites.

With attack code thatworks on the latest versionof Windows XP nowpublicly available, theflaw is emerging as a veryserious concern foradministrators, securityexperts said, whilepushing Microsoft to rushout a fix for it.

There are currentlymore than 3,000 websitesinfecting users withmalware that exploited thedeficiency, said KenDunham, an expert withthe Internet security firmVerisign.

MNA/Xinhua

OTTAWA, 28 Sept — Mona Lisa, the mysteriouswoman immortalized in Leonardo da Vinci’s16th century masterpiece, had just given birth toher second son when she sat for the painting, aFrench art expert said on Tuesday.

Experts say da Vinci’s MonaLisa was a new mother

Long-dormant Alaskanvolcano may erupt soon

ANCHORAGE (Alaska), 28 Sept — A volcanobelieved by scientists to be dormant for the last10,000 years has rumbled to life with a burst of ash,gas and steam, signs that an eruption could occur inthe coming days or weeks, a joint state and federalagency said on Tuesday.

Scientists last week spotted a cloud streamingnear the Fourpeaked Volcano, a 6,903-foot (2,104-metre) mountain about 200 miles (322 kilometres)southwest of Anchorage, but area residents thoughtthe activity was coming from another active volcanoin the area.

Once the weather cleared, information gleanedfrom overflights and sensors placed on FourpeakedVolcano indicated the mountain was active, saidPeter Cervelli, a geophysicist at the Alaska VolcanoObservatory. — MNA/Reuters

The discovery wasmade by a team of Can-adian scientists who usedspecial infrared andthree-dimensional tech-nology to peer throughhitherto impenetrablepaint layers on the work,which now sits in theLouvre Museum in Paris.

Bruno Mottin of theFrench Museums’ Centrefor Research andRestoration said that onvery close examinationof the painting it becameclear that the MonaLisa’s dress was coveredin a thin transparentgauze veil.

“This type of gauzedress... was typical of thekind worn in early 16thcentury Italy by women

who were pregnant orwho had just given birth.This is something that hadnever been seen up to nowbecause the painting wasalways judged to be darkand difficult to examine,”he told a news conference.

“We can now saythat this painting byLeonardo da Vinci waspainted to commemoratethe birth of the second sonof the Mona Lisa, whichhelps us to date it moreprecisely to around 1503.”

The young womanwith the ambiguous halfsmile has been identifiedas Lisa Gherardini, wifeof Florentine merchantFrancesco de Giocondo.She had five children.

MNA/Reuters

Cambodia, Vietnam startinstalling border markers

PHNOM PENH, 28 Sept — Cambodia and Vietnamon Wednesday kicked off their joint operation to installmarkers to precisely define their 1,270-kilometre-longland border.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and hisVietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung witnessedthe first plantation of the border markers at the Bavet-Mocbai international border crossing. — MNA/Xinhua

Baggage hiccups mar Bangkok airport opening BANGKOK, 29 Sept — Thailand’s new four billion US dollars international

airport won a thumbs up from most passengers on its first day of operation onThursday, although teething problems with the baggage handling system led tosome delays.

“It appears there weren’t enough carts to carry the luggage from the plane,”said Hemant Chattopadhyay, an IT professional from Bangalore in India who hadto wait 2-1/2 hours before being reunited with his bags.

Others complained about a lack of signs to the baggage halls, although by-and-large the massive complex, which will be able to handle 45 million passengers ayear when it hits top gear, appeared to have swung into action smoothly.

In the cavernous steel-and-glass departure hall of Suvarnabhumi — “GoldenLand” in Thai — check-in queues moved steadily, although some passengersconfessed to being overawed by the size of the world-record 563,000 square metres(6.06 million square feet) terminal.

With 12 million tourists a year visiting Thailand and aspirations to being aregional trading and meeting centre, successive governments in Bangkok havedeemed a replacement for its ageing, single-runway Don Muang Airport necessary.

MNA/Reuters

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A model displays a creation as part of Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring/Summer 2007women’s collections during Milan Fashion Week on 28 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

A child gives a kiss to South Korea actress Lee Bo-young at a newsconference where she promoted her new TV drama series “Song of the

Prince” in Taipei (China), on 28 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

Toronto Aerospace Museum volunteers pull open giant hangar doors to unveila life-size model of the Avro Arrow fighter during a media preview in Toronto,

on 28 Sept, 2006. The Toronto-built Arrow was the world’s most advancednew jet fighter design when the Canadian government killed the programme

for political and economic reasons in 1959.—INTERNET

Israelis, Palestinians team upto make fatter fish

JERUSALEM, 28 Sept — Researchers in Israel, the Palestinian territories andGermany are pursuing a project to transform female freshwater fish intomales, a sex change they hope will put bigger fish on the dinner table.

Male fish are larger,grow faster and weighabout a third more thanfemales, Mutaz Qutob, aPalestinian researcherinvolved in theexperiments, said onTuesday.

As part of a project withHebrew University andGermany’s University ofHohenheim, Qutob and hiscolleagues will injectcompounds from plants

found in the occupied WestBank and often used asseasonings into food fed tonewborn Nile Tilapia fish.“This will have an effecton the fish’s metabolic(structure) — it may shiftfrom female to male,” saidQutob, a chemist at al-Quds University in EastJerusalem.

“This is a veryimportant project. We areintroducing a new foodsource for the Pales-tinians.”

Scientists at HebrewUniversity had previouslyused synthetic steroids,which are regarded as lesshealthy, to create male fish,said Berta Sivan, a

researcher at the Israelischool who helped foundthe project.

Palestinians in the WestBank import most of theirfish from Israel and thecoastal Gaza Strip.

But their consumptionof fish, especially thosefrom fresh water sources,has fallen in recent yearsdue to rising costs andtighter Israeli travel andtrade restrictions onPalestinians.

“We wanted to solve afish-breeding problem inIsrael and help bring in andpromote fish consumptionin the PalestinianAuthority,” Sivan said.

MNA/Reuters

Most Iraqis favour withdrawal of US forces soonWASHINGTON, 28 Sept—

About three-quarters ofIraqis believe US forcesare provoking moreconflict than they arepreventing in Iraq andshould be withdrawnwithin a year, a surveyreleased on Wednesdayshowed.

The poll of 1,150people, conducted by apolicy group at theUniversity of Maryland,also found growingsupport for attacks againstAmerican-led forces, witha majority of Iraqis nowfavouring them.

The release of thesurvey came a day afterPresident George W.Bushdeclassified a nationalintelligence report sayingthe Iraq war had become a“cause celebre” that was

breeding deep resentmentin the Muslim world andhelping Islamist militantscultivate supporters.

The findings weresimilar to those of a StateDepartment studyreported in TheWashington Post onWednesday but notreleased publicly.

That poll found astrong majority of Iraqiswanted American forcesto leave immediately.

It asked whetherpeople favoured UStroops leaving imm-ediately, staying until thegovernment asked themto leave or staying untilthe violence stopped.

The University ofMaryland poll, conductedin September by theProgramme on Interna-

tional Policy Attitudes,found that 78 per cent ofIraqis believe the USmilitary presence causesmore conflict than itprevents.

Among Iraq’s threemain communities, onlyKurds tended to see theUS military presence asa stabilizing force, with56 per cent agreeing withthat statement versus 17per cent of Shi’ites and 2per cent of Sunnis.Ninety-seven per cent ofSunnis said they believedthe American presencecaused more conflictthan it prevented,compared with 82 percent of Shi’ites and 41per cent of Kurds.

Most Iraqis — 71 percent — said US soldiersshould be withdrawn

within a year, but only 37per cent favoured anAmerican withdrawal inthe next six months.

MNA/Reuters

Eight killed in mortarbarrage northeast of

Baghdad

Storm,whirlwind kill7 in Vietnam HANOI, 28 Sept — A

tropical storm hittingVietnam’s central regionand a whirlwind in thecountry’s southern DongThap Province have killedor left missing sevenpeople since last weekend,the local newspaper Youthreported Wednesday.

The storm has killed orleft missing four people inthe central provinces ofNghe An, Ha Tinh, QuangTri and Quang Nam.

Two residents in thecentral province of QuangBinh died after beingswept away by strongwater.

MNA/Xinhua

BAQUBA (Iraq), 28Sept— Eight Iraqi peoplewere killed and two otherswounded when severalmortar rounds struck aresidential area in thevolatile province of Diyalanortheast of Baghdad,local police said.

The mortar roundslanded on and around ahouse in Baquba Town,killing eight people,including seven membersof one family, who weresleeping in the housegarden due to Iraq’sconstant power cut and

high temperature, a sourcefrom Diyala provincialpolice told Xinhua.

Three women wereamong the deaths, headded. It was not clearwhether the attack wastargeting the family or hitthe house mistakenly.

Baquba is the provincialcapital of Iraq’s DiyalaProvince which locatedwithin Iraq’s so-calledSunni Triangle, a bastionof sectarian violence andinsurgency against the US-led occupation.

MNA/Xinhua

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Preparatory tasks for National Convention atNyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township inspected

Lun Maung inspectedpreparatory tasks atPyidaungsu Hall wherethe National Conventionwill be convened, andgave necessary instruc-tions to officials.

At AnawrahtaYeiktha, NCCMC Chair-man Auditor-GeneralMaj-Gen Lun Maung andofficials viewed prepara-tions at the Office of Na-tional Convention Con-vening Commission andmeeting halls where del-egate groups of the Na-tional Convention willhold meetings, the messhall for staff, fulfillmentof accommodation facili-ties and installation of tel-ephones and TV sets atthe recreation hall of NCdelegates, preparations atthe women’s hostels, stor-age of groceries at the

stall, the spectacles shop,and the post office andcommunications centre ofMyanma Posts and Tel-ecommunications, thefoodstuff products shopand laundry service of theMinistry of Livestock andFisheries, Padetha Restau-rant of Myanma Hotels andTourism, the canteen, de-partmental store, tea shopand hair dressing shop ofthe Ministry of Industry-1, sports facilities at thegymnasium, providing ofthe billiard tables at men’shostels and golf equipmentat the golf training range,and the hospital for pro-viding health care servicesto the NC delegates.

Later, the NCCMCChairman gave necessaryinstructions to officialsand attended to the needs.

MNA

Minister for Home Affairs receives FATFOn-site Visit Mission of Japan

NAY PYI TAW, 29Sept — Minister forHome Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo received afive-member FATF On-site Visit Mission led byDirector Mr KatsuyukiMeguro of Monetary In-vestigation Office of Ja-

pan at the Ministry, here,this morning.

Also present at thecall were Deputy Minis-ter Brig-Gen Phone Swe,Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi of MyanmarPolice Force, Director-General U Myat Ko of

General AdministrationDepartment, Director-General U Aung Saw Winof Bureau of Special In-vestigation, Director-General U Zaw Win ofPrisons Department andofficials.

MNA

NLD committing confrontation acts to harm the nation and the people

YANGON, 29 Sept —A total of 51 members ofEinme Township National League for Democracyresigned from the NLD of their own accord on 4September.

Among those who resigned from the partywere 14 members of Ayeyawady Division includ-ing U Toe Aung, U Aye Thein and U Pho Lei ofKyonsein Village, three members including U SanHtay of Thakwin Village, U Hla Win and U Kyawof Kwingale Village, 15 members including UThan Nyunt, U Tin Aung and U Thaung Shwe ofWakhayei Village, U Myint Aye and U Kyway ofShwebo Yegyaw Village, eight members includingU Tu Ni, U Thein Myint and U Thein Shwe ofWegyiwa Village, five members including U Tin

Thein, U Myo Than and U Win Kyi of KuntaingVillage, and U Khin Kyaw and U Kyu Khin ofPyinmangu Village.

They sent the letters of resignation to theNLD Headquarters and local authorities. In theirletter sent to Einme Township Multiparty Democ-racy General Election Sub-commission they saidthe NLD is committing confrontation acts that willharm the nation and the people, without carryingout party politics. Therefore, they were disappointedwith the acts of the party and no longer wished tojoin the party as members. Moreover, they had lostfaith and trust in NLD and party leaders. That is whythey resigned from the party of their own accord.

MNA

Secretary- 1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and

wife Daw Khin Khin Win being welcomed

by Chinese Ambassador Mr Guan Mu at

the reception to mark the 57th Anniversary

of the Founding Day of the People’s

Republic of China on 29 September 2006.

MNA

(News on page 1)

Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo receives Mr KatsuyukiMeguro, Director of Monetary Investigation Office of Japan.—MNA

Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung inspects Win Thuza Shop of theMinistry of Industry - 1. — MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept— Chairman of the Na-tional Convention Con-vening ManagementCommittee Auditor-Gen-eral Maj-Gen Lun Maung,

spected preparations forholding the National Con-vention at NyaunghnapinCamp in Hmawby Town-ship this morning.

First, Maj-Gen

mess hall No 1 for servingmeals to the delegates, thesites for opening GECshop, Win Thuza Shop ofthe Ministry of Industry-1, Sarpay Beikman book-

accompanied by the sec-retary of the NCC Man-agement Committee,chairmen of subcommit-tees and officials, in-

51 Einme Township NLD members resign

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A sovereign independent nation has to laydown principles which specific body will have toexercise one of the three branches of power namely,legislative, executive and judicial powers and how.And fundamental rights of citizens have to beprescribed. These principles and provisions aretermed constitution.

In the colonies, colonialist governmentsmanipulated the sovereign powers of the former,deprived fundamental rights of the subjects, repressedthe people, prescribed various laws to restrict theirfreedom, ruled the colonies through the master-and-slave policy, and administered justice to mete outsevere and death penalties to the people. That waswhy Myanmar people drove out the Britishcolonialists to regain independence.

When British colonialists had to grantindependence to Myanmar, they demanded thatMyanmar have a constitution, and only then wouldthey hand over the sovereignty to the nation. Forthat reason, 1947 constitution of the Union ofMyanmar was drawn hastily. It was approved atthe Hluttaw (legislative body) meeting held on 4January 1948, on which Myanmar regainedindependence. One of the sections of the hastily-formulated constitution manifested the rights tosecede from the Union. The federal movement ledthe Union to near collapse and the nation was onthe verge of being a member of the US-led SEATOmilitary bloc in 1962, and the Tatmadaw and thepeople thus had to prevent the motherland fromfalling to alien subjugation again.

In 1974, the Myanma Socialist ProgrammeParty took suggestions and opinions from the peoplethree times and presented the draft to the public twotimes and approved the constitution with the supportof 91.19 per cent of the voters in the referendum. Atthe time, the nation was on the path of transition toSocialism, so socialist principles were in a dominantposition. In the 1988 mass protest, the peopleexpressed their dislike for 1974 constitution. So, theconstitution was abolished.

The Tatmadaw Government held multi-partyelections in May 1990. Since before the elections,the Tatmadaw Government had reminded thatelection winners would have to write a constitutionof the nation that lacked one. It was stated so at thepress conferences and also in its Notification 1/90.How could the Tatmadaw Government hand overthe power to an individual, a group of people and aparty while the nation lacked a constitution that wasto be systematically drawn, based on sovereignty,the symbol of independence, that derived from thepeople of the Union? It was the same in essence as

demanded by the colonialists when they had to grantindependence to Myanmar.

After restoring peace and stability, in June 1992,the government held discussions with NLDrepresentatives, whose number was twice that ofgovernment representatives, and the representatives ofpolitical parties such as SNLD and Ta-Sa-Nya (NationalUnity Party) and the meeting reached an agreement forthe emergence of a constitution and convening of anational convention. As agreed, the NationalConvention was launched on 9 January 1993.

The NC was held in Kyaikkasan Grounds withan attendance of 702 delegates — delegate group ofpolitical parties, delegate group of representatives-elect, most of them are from NLD nearly 100, delegategroup of national races (from various parts of theUnion and various national races), delegate group ofworkers (from various industries), delegate group ofpeasants (from various regions), delegate group ofintellectuals and intelligentsia (professors, legal experts,veteran engineers, medical specialists, artistes, artistsand artisans and scholars, delegate group of Stateservice personnel (from various ministries andenterprises), and other invited persons (representativesof national race peace groups, literati, historians, formerdiplomats and other scholars).

At the plenary sessions, the NC delegatessubmitted what they had discussed in delegate groups,in parties or in groups, including individual proposals.The panel of chairmen assessed the proposalsthoroughly and submitted them to the plenary sessions.Then, the NC Work Committee with the nod of themajority or through democratic practices laid downbasic principles and detailed basic principles that weremost suitable for the nation.

There were some arguments and debates inholding discussions in groups. And there came outsome proposals ( presented by the minority) that werecontrary to those of the majority. However, after duenegotiations, the 15 chapters to be included in the Stateconstitution could be approved by consensus. Of the15 chapters, basic and detailed basic principles onChapter (1) the State, Chapter (2) the State Structure orformation of the Union with seven states and sevenregions, Chapter (3) basic principle for the Head ofState (the president of the Union shall be elected bypresidential electoral college) were laid down. Chapters(4), (5) and (6) basic principles for formation of bodiesto exercise legislative, executive and judicial powerswere laid down in the Kyaikkasan Grounds.

The National Convention was reconvened atNyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township in May2004 with more than 1,000 delegates. The delegategroup of national races was made up of over 600

delegates representing all parts of the Union (whereasjust over 200 at the NC held at Kyaikkasan Grounds).So, it was about 350 more. It was the very conventionrepresenting the whole Union as well as people fromall walks of life, and there the delegates helddiscussions with Union Spirit for the emergence of aState constitution essential for the State. There willbe no dialogue that is as grand as the discussions heldin the NC. Now, respective delegate groups havesubmitted proposals for Chapter (7) Citizenship,Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens, andChapter (8) the Role of the Tatmadaw to the NCplenary session. While the NC is not in session, thepanel of chairmen assesses the proposals and theWork Committee will submit the assessments of theproposals and adopt detailed basic principles at theNC scheduled to resume on 10 October 2006. Then,discussions will be held for new headings.

With regard to the constitution and fundamentalrights of citizens, every nation (excluding colonies)has a constitution. Some constitutions were drawn byan individual or a single party. Amendments havebeen made to French state constitution no less than 14times. The Constitution of the US has lasted about230 years.

As a matter of fact, the US is the land of nativeRed Indian ethnic groups. In 300 years, Englishmenfrom England and Wales, Scottish and Irish colonizedthe region. They were followed by French, Dutch,Belgians, Germans, Italians, Spanish and Russians.Then, the number of colonies rose to 13. Thegovernment of the British Queen sent governors tothe region to govern the areas. In the early 1770s, theregion rose against the British government anddeclared its dependence on 4 July 1776 and establisheda country with 13 states. Later, in the war withMexico, the US occupied some regions of Mexicoand subjected the regions to it. It also bought someregions from Russia and France, thus increasing thenumber of its states to 49. In 1958, it arrested thequeen of Hawaii Island located at a strategic positionin the Pacific and added it to the nation as the 50thstate. In 1860, southern states seceded from the USand installed parallel presidents. So, the then-presidentAbraham Lincoln sent troops to suppress the struggles,thereby causing bloodshed and that grew into the UScivil war. That was the incident to avert the possibledisintegration of the nation.

In 1787, the US held a national convention todraft a state constitution, with the representativesfrom 12 out of 13 states. And passions were runninghigh with heated debates at the convention and somerepresentatives left the convention in anger. So,George Washington who organized the conventionhad to follow them and persuaded them to continue toattend it. Some 40-50 representatives attended theconvention. In the discussions about the chapter forfundamental rights of citizens, the representativesfrom southern states persisted in refusing to bestowthe rights of citizenship, the rights to vote and to standfor elections to native Red Indians and negroes theyused as slaves. Therefore, the chapter for fundamentalrights of citizens was left undiscussed. Only whenamendments were made to the State constitution, thechapter for fundamental rights of citizens was added.

(See page 9)

Difference between authentic dialogueand fake dialogue

U Pyay Kyaw

At the plenary sessions, the NC delegates submitted what theyhad discussed in delegate groups, in parties or in groups, includingindividual proposals. The panel of chairmen assessed the proposalsthoroughly and submitted them to the plenary sessions. Then, theNC Work Committee with the nod of the majority or throughdemocratic practices laid down basic principles and detailed basicprinciples that were most suitable for the nation.

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(from page 8)In Myanmar, 1947 constitution and 1974

constitution carried more than 20 articles each onfundamental rights of citizens. It is encouragingto learn that the ongoing National Conventionmanifests 48 detailed basic principles onfundamental rights of citizens. So, in Myanmar,the National Convention is the most important,most effective and successful dialogue thatrepresents the whole Union.

After 1988, dialogues or peace talks were heldbetween the government and the insurgent groups inthe jungle. In the past, however, national race armedgroups rose against the government due to the factthat they were not pleased with their regions lackingprogress. In the colonial era, the colonialistsdeliberately made the border as well as far-flungareas get into trouble without considering to build asingle road in those regions. Those regions wereforced to cultivate poppy and they were exploitedsocially, politically and economically. After regainingindependence, Myanmar was not able to takemeasures for border region development due toinsurgencies.

The Tatmadaw government which startedassuming State duties due to 1988 unrest gave priorityto the development of border areas spending millionsof kyats and as a result, those areas have seensignificant progress. As the national race armedgroups have returned to the legal fold after realizingthe goodwill of the State and evil consequences oftheir armed struggle line, now the whole Union hascome to enjoy peace and progress. They are playingtheir active part in regional and national developmentwork as well as narcotic drug elimination tasks.There have been now 17 major armed groups and 18small groups that made peace with the government.If there are no outside pressure and interferences, theremaining two or three armed groups would havemade peace with the government.

Efforts of AFPFL, the Revolutionary Counciland BSPP to make peace with such armed groupsthrough dialogues were in vain. But, the presentgovernment did succeed. It has been documentedthat negotiators of the government went to the nationalrace armed groups for peace negotiations withoutcarrying any weapons. Being asked why they showedno fear coming here with no weapon with them, thenegotiators replied that they didn’t need to worrybecause they were all national brethren. These arenone other than the dialogues for forging nationalreconsolidation. As a result, all the national races arenow in a position to live in peace and security. It isnatural that fruitful results of development usuallypour into the regions blessed with peacefulenvironment. These are indeed the results of genuine,just and successful dialogues.

However, a dialogue the NLD, expatriates andneo-colonialists of the West bloc are advocating isdifferent. The dialogue they want to hold is to berepresented by the NLD, nationalities who are NLDmembers and the government without theparticipation of the general people. The dialoguemust be the one in which all the demands of NLD areto be granted by the government. Otherwise, theywill regard the government to be insincere anddishonest. It is clear that all their demands are noneother than shouting for the government to step down.NLD is to seize power. That’s all. In this context, itis also obvious that whether the NLD actuallyrepresents the people and serves their interest or not.

At the same time, in order to stifle the effortsfor development, those inside the country whoplace reliance on the West, expatriates and neo-

colonialists are levelling accusations that Myanmaris using forced labour and violating human rights.NLD and exiled groups demanded the West imposeeconomic sanctions against the nation. Inconsequence, the US imposed economic sanctionagainst Myanmar, and made some other countries todo the same. Again, those renegades demanded thatMyanmar products should not be purchased by theUS. Their acts have borne witness to the fact thatinsteading of becoming a public-representing party,NLD has become a party that always attempts to bringmiseries and adversities to the people. And it isfocusing on grabbing power, fulfilling the wishes ofthe US and stirring up local problems.

It is found that not representing the people,NLD is attempting to harm the interests of the Stateand the people in league with the West. In Myanmaras well as in the world history, it is mentioned thatmembers of parliament are to be elected only for afour-year tenure. (There are hardly any MPs who areelected for a five or three years’ period.) There is nofoolish concept in the world in which an MP is validfor a term until he can come to power. In 1992 IslamicMPs won almost all of the seats in Algeria’s elections.They declared that they would establish the IslamicRepublic of Algeria like Iran. But the US did notaccept it. Consequently, the entire result of the electionwas cancelled. Democratic rights of all the voterswent to the dust bin. The US did not express a singleword to recognize the 1992 elections of Algeria.Since then that country had to suffer civil wars.

It was told in advance that elected candidatesin the 1990 election would have to draw theconstitution. The fact was reiterated after the election.If the constitution was formulated, it would be passedby the Hluttaw, and afterwards elections were to beheld at the designated time in accord with the newconstitution. The NLD delegates boycotted theNational Convention under the West’s directives andDaw Suu Kyi’s irrevocable order. Since then theNLD has been hatching plots to undermine theNational Convention, relying on foreign powers todemand a dialogue. It also demanded for theconvening of the Hluttaw.

The 1990 election was held in 485constituencies. For certain reasons, the NLD won in392 constituencies. The article will not present indetail the facts leading to NLD’s victory. Becausethose facts will reveal all the NLD’s perpetrationsduring the election. Of the elected NLD representatives,34 have changed their status to independentrepresentatives-elect, 39 passed away, 92 resignedand 144 were found disqualified for their misconduct.Hence, there are now only 83 NLD electrepresentatives. If elected delegates of other partiesand independent representatives-elect are added, thenumber will become 124 or 25.57 per cent of the

elected representatives which is less than the requirednumber to call the Hluttaw.

In democracy, people’s deputies can be electedand there is also the right of recall. Eligible voters,whose numbers are much larger than those of the1990, have already unseated the NLD representativesof the 48 constituencies.

It is clear that the NLD does not dare to face theelection that will be held after the adoption of the newconstitution. Hence the party is still insisting on theelection results that were 16 years old and have becomeinvalid. As the NLD has come to realize that it cannotwin power through public support, it is relying on theWest. Diplomats of the West including those from theUS and Britain have been visiting the NLD HQ, one-time residence of Daw Suu Kyi. I have read in a newsarticle that Western diplomats visited the headquartersfor 59 times in a single month. The article stated thatwhen those diplomats arrived at the HQ, the NLD evenadjourned its central executive committee meeting inprogress to hold personal dialogues with them. Sure,they did not exchange usual pleasantries at the meetings.It is food for thought.

The Myanmar people have already known theinnate nature of the NLD as the party has beenmaintaining contacts with the West and using theexpatriate-dominated VOA, BBC, RFA and DVB asa tool. “The Head of State himself held discussionsfour times with Daw Suu Kyi to forge nationalsolidarity and to enable her to cooperate with thegovernment. The responsible personnel at theministerial level also held similar discussions withher as many as 20 times. With the same objectives,chances and opportunities were given to Daw SuuKyi time and again. However, Daw Suu Kyi, on herpart, had given priority to the party and personalinterests rather than national interests. As such, nopositive results that will serve the national and publicinterests could be achieved. So, there is no reason tohold discussions with NLD again.” I presented thispassage, an excerpt from the declaration on thestance of the government and the people issued on18th September 2006, as there are a lot of talksconcerning the dialogue and in response to the US’sattempts to use UN as a tool.

The Revolutionary Council Governmentinvited all underground insurgent groups to participatein the internal peace talks. But the talks came to anend without any results because many of the groupswere relying on the aliens and every individual groupwas demanding the impossible, with the State poweras its only goal. As the NLD is also under theinfluence of the dark forces — greed, anger, delusionand excessive pride — there did not come out anypositive results although the government had heldtalks with it for about 25 times with much patience.

(Translation: MS+ST+TMT)

A dialogue the NLD, expatriates and neo-colonialists of the West bloc

are advocating is different. The dialogue they want to hold is to be

represented by the NLD, nationalities who are NLD members and the

government without the participation of the general people. The dialogue

must be the one in which all the demands of NLD are to be granted by the

government. Otherwise, they will regard the government to be insincere

and dishonest. It is clear that all their demands are none other than

shouting for the government to step down. NLD is to seize power. That’s

all. In this context, it is also obvious that whether the NLD actually

represents the people and serves their interest or not.

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(from page 16)false information in orderto discredit her in the reli-gious sector. It is regretta-ble that the United Stateshas once again turned ablind eye to the reality ofthe Union of Myanmar andwrongly designatedMyanmar as “a Country ofParticular Concern” (CPC)for severe violations of re-ligious freedom, whichcommitted abuse of theright to freedom of reli-gion. This clarificationdoes not in any way repre-sent the true situation inthe country. The report is

International Religious… tions and impractical ex-pectations are like pushingMyanmar into becoming acountry in chaos.

It could be a blun-der if one considers reli-gious issue as an Achilles’heel of Myanmar and ac-cused that the Governmentimposed restrictions oncertain religious activitiesand frequently abuses theright to freedom of religionbecause in Myanmar thereality is that the Govern-ment takes all necessarysteps to encourage andmaintain the inter-religiousharmony and freedom ofworship. In Myanmar,Christians, Muslims andHindus enjoy equal rightas majority Buddhists suchas celebrating religiousfestivals, publishing reli-gious books and calendars.They are allowed to per-form their respective reli-gious duties at home andto attend their respectivereligious functions abroad.There is no serious prob-

The report also ac-knowledged that the gov-ernment allowed membersof all religious groups toestablish and maintainlinks with coreligionists inother countries and totravel abroad for religiouspurposes. Leaders of thereligious organizations ofall four major religions inMyanmar were allowed toattend the meeting ofall religions for worldpeace, held in Indonesiathis year.

It is an undeniablefact that religion is ahighly sensitive and vola-tile issue in current inter-national affairs. Myanmar

Patriarchs, journalists…(from page 16)

clearer and clearer in the public eyes; andthat those acts are like inspiring the patri-otism and the love for the nation of theMyanmar people, with fine historical tra-ditions.

Since its formation, the NLD hasnever tried to stand as a dutiful politicalparty in the interest of the nation and thepeople. Instead, it has been perpetratingconstantly to defy all orders, create con-frontations, rely on aliens and advocatethe imposition of sanctions on Myanmarfrom all angles. Not only at this cer-emony did the NLD breach prescribeddiscipline and rules and carried out anar-chist acts, but also did the same duringevery past occasion. Officials concernedhad to deal with much care and restraint.At this year’s ceremony, the NLD as everdid not observe the discipline and rules.Instead it ignored the national interestand yielded to Western powers as itsmasters. Journalists of the private mediaare saying that all the perpetration bearswitness to the NLD’s inability to trans-form itself from an organization commit-

ting misdeeds.As people are witnessing only the

irresponsible acts of the NLD, they view itas a political party using democracy tran-sition as a means to grab power. There arepublic criticisms on the NLD, saying thatdefiance of orders, confrontation and op-position, all, are against the democracytransition and also the acts of an under-ground group, other than that of a lawfulpolitical party; that the NLD’s readiness toalways yield and agree to the US provesitself as a minion of the neo-colonialists;and that if the NLD assumes power,Myanmar will become a slave of the neo-colonialists.

Moreover, the NLD’s acts of hold-ing instigative ceremonies with partici-pants exceeding the agreed number andstaging strike-like movements are againstthe public opinion. The public is promptedto stage counter-protests against the NLDin response to its acts. In addition, thepeople have the strong desire to ward offand crush the perpetration of the NLDtrying to undermine the National Conven-tion and the seven-step Road Map and todrag the nation to become a neo-colonialistslave. — H

Shan State Nationalities Peoples LiberationOrganization condemns US interference in

Myanmar’s internal affairsNAY PYI TAW, 29 Sept — Shan State Nationalities Peoples Liberation

Organization issued a declaration officially expressing its stance on the decision toput Myanmar on the agenda of the UN Security Council.

The following is the translation of the declaration:

The declaration of Shan State Nationalities Peoples Liberation Organization

25 September 20061. Shan State Nationalities Peoples Liberation Organization is joining handswith the Government in building a discipline-flourishing, modern and developeddemocratic nation that the people desire. Our organization together with theGovernment is safeguarding Our Three Main National Causes of the State — non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetua-tion of sovereignty.2. Furthermore, our organization supports the ongoing National Convention toachieve success in realizing the seven-step Road Map of the Government.3. We have learnt that due to the submission of the permanent US representativeto the UN that Myanmar posed a threat to regional stability, a decision was made on15 September 2006 to put Myanmar on the agenda of the UN Security Council. Thedecision undermines welfare and development works of the country being under-taken collectively by the Government and our organization and disturbs stability ofthe nation, prevalence of law and order, national unity, sector-wise development anddemocratization process.4. It is obvious that the decision turned a blind eye to fruitful results of prevailingpeace and stability and developments that the people and our organization enjoy.5. Shan State Nationalities Peoples Liberation Organization, does not acceptand therefore condemns the US interference in the nation’s internal affairs, using theUN as a tool.

SignedU Khun Chit Maung

ChairmanShan State Nationalities Peoples Liberation Organization

(Ya-La-La-Pha-SNPLO)

lack of objectivity and iscontradictory toMyanmar’s efforts inbuilding her nation andkeeping her citizens ofvarious religious beliefs inharmony.

Disappointingly,most of the allegationscontained in the reportcame from certain quar-ters, which has beenwidely and convenientlyused against the Govern-ment of Myanmar to por-tray her as an unpleasantcountry on earth. Theirconstant unconstructiveattitude, irresponsible ac-

lem among religions inMyanmar and all are liv-ing in peace and harmonywith equal support pro-vided by the State with nodiscrimination.

The report rightlyacknowledged that therewere no report of forcedconversion of non-Bud-dhist and Myanmar has noofficial state religion.Compared to many partsof the world, Myanmar isa country where inter-reli-gious harmony has been awell recognized character-istic of its society. Thereis no discrimination orpersecution for religiousreasons.

believes that this allega-tions contained in US StateDepartment’s Report areunjustified and they mustbe considered as beingpolitically motivated andrepresent an attempt toexert pressure and interferein the internal affairs of thecountry.

The Ministry ofForeign Affairs, therefore,completely rejects the ill-founded assessment of2006 Annual Report on In-ternational Religious Free-dom issued by the USState Department’s Bureauof Democracy, HumanRights and Labour.

MNA

The photo shows religious freedom flourishes in Myanmarand the Government provides necessary assistance to members of

different creeds. — MNA

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the United Na-tions Mr Ibrahim A Gambari and members witness the religious free-

dom in Myanmar as they visit religious ceremonies such as the oneshown in the photo during their Myanmar visit. — MNA

In Myanmar, Christians, Muslims andHindus enjoy equal right as majorityBuddhists such as celebrating religiousfestivals, publishing religious books andcalendars. They are allowed to performtheir respective religious duties at homeand to attend their respective religiousfunctions abroad.

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Guo Ruimin, a retiredgardener of 67 yearsold, makes imitative

Hami melons in Hami,northwest China’s

Xinjiang UygurAutonomous Region,

on 28 Sept, 2006.XINHUA

Girls dry earthen lamps at a workshop in the northern Indian city ofChandigarh on 28 Sept, 2006. Earthen lamps are sold in large numbers

during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, when people buy them todecorate their homes. — INTERNET

This picture shows French doctors carrying out the world’s first everoperation on a human in zero gravity, using a specially adapted aircraft to

simulate conditions in space. — INTERNET

“It is still too early todraw a conclusion,” Bantold reporters here uponhis arrival at the IncheonInternational Airport.

Ban was back fromNew York after attendingthe UN General Assemblymeeting there.

“I will wait with ahumble heart for theresults of the fourth straw

S Korean FM calm over his advantage in UN chief electionSEOUL, 29 Sept — South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was calm on Friday over his

advantage in the latest straw poll for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN).poll and the officialelection,” said Ban, whoreceived the outcome ofthe third straw poll at theairport.

Ban got 13“encouragement” votes,one of “discouragement”and one of no opinion atFriday’s informal poll(Seoul time) of the 15-member UN Security

Council (UNSC), whichwas the third time for Banto keep advantage in pollsfor the UN chief, SouthKorea’s Yonhap newsagency said.

According toYonhap, Shashi Tharoor,the Indian UNUndersecretary-Generalfor public information,was in the second place

with eight encouragementvotes in the third strawpoll.

However, it is notclear whether Ban gainedthe crucial approval of allfive veto-wielding per-manent members of theUNSC, as they used thesame coloured ballotpapers as the 10 non-standing members.

The five permanentmembers of the UNSCwill cast ballots on bluepapers while the non-standing members willuse white ones in thefourth straw poll for theUN chief set for 2October.

Under UNregulation, the candidatefor the UN chief must getunanimous approval fromthe five permanentmembers of the UNSC,namely China, the UnitedStates, France, Russia andBritain.

MNA/Xinhua

The two-day meeting,with participation ofministers in charge ofSMEs of members of theAsia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC), hasthe theme “StrengtheningSME Competitiveness forTrade and Investment”which covers such fieldsas business-enablingenvironment for SME,SME capacity building fortrade and investment, andfacilitation of linkages forSME.

During a retreat on

APEC Ministerial Meeting on enterpriseopens in Vietnam

HANOI, Sept 29 — The 13th APEC Ministerial Meeting on Small andMedium-sized Enterprises (SME) kicked off here Thursday, centering onmeasures to foster the firms in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Thursday morning andplenary sessions onThursday afternoon andFriday morning, delegatesto the ministerial meetingare expected to discussexisting and proposedinitiatives on the fields,and eventually adopt the“Hanoi Declaration onSME Competitiveness forTrade and Investment”.

Since its inception in1989, the 21-memberAPEC, which gatherssome of the world’slargest economies,

including China, theUnited States, Russia,Japan, and Singapore, hasworked to reduce tariffsand other trade barriersacross the Asia-PacificRegion, create efficientdomestic economies anddramatically increaseexports.

MNA/Xinhua

Strongquake jolts

near Samoa,no tsunami

alert

MERIGNAC (France), 29 Sept — French surgeons performed the first zero-gravity operation on Wednesday aboard a plane free-falling to create weightlessconditions in what they hope can be a trial run for surgery on astronauts in space.

French surgeons performzero-gravity operation on plane

Dominique Martin, head of Bordeauxuniversity hospital’s plastic surgery unit,removed a fatty cyst from the forearm ofvolunteer patient Philippe Sanchot.

“It happened in accordance with ourexpectations. Today we performed afeasibility test. We weren’t seeking toachieve a technical exploit,” Martin told anews conference at an airport near thesouthwestern city of Bordeaux.

The operation lasted around 11 minutesand was performed in 32 sequences, during

which an Airbus 300 Zero G aircraft flew inarcs putting it into free fall and creatingweightless conditions for 22 seconds eachtime. In a specially-developed operatingtheatre, measuring two metres by two metres,surgical instruments were held in place bypowerful magnets and the surgeons byharnesses.

“If we had had two hours of continuousweightlessness, we could have operated onan appendicitis,” Martin said.

MNA/Reuters

SYDNEY, 29 Sept —A strong earthquake witha magnitude of up to 6.9hit near the South Pacificnation of Samoa onThursday but there wasno tsunami alert.

The PacificTsunami Warning Centreput the quake’s ma-gnitude at 6.9 but said ina statement no Pacific-wide tsunami threatexisted. The USGeological Survey putthe quake’s magnitude at6.7 and said it was about290 kilometres (180miles) southwest of PagoPago in AmericanSamoa. — MNA/Reuters

Dutch burglar betrayed byurge to play piano

AMSTERDAM, 29 Sept — A burglar who brokeinto a house in the Dutch town of Tiel on Wednesdaynight could not resist playing the piano he found thereafter ransacking the living room, police said onThursday.

Unfortunately for the 20-year-old thief, hismusic woke the owner of the house, who called thepolice.

“The owner didn’t register whether the playingwas any good or not. He was more worried about thestate of his house,” a police spokesman said.

MNA/Reuters

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Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCODAGAMA VOY NO (013) are hereby notified thatthe vessel will be arriving on 1.10.2006 and cargowill be discharged into the premises of A.W.P.Twhere it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expensesand subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Portof Yangon.

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

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

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WASHINGTON, 28 Sept—The US Army is showinggrowing signs of strain asit tries to sustain trooplevels in Iraq andAfghanistan, includingstress on soldiers, lowerunit readiness, equipmentshortfalls and moneyworries.

The Army, largest ofthe military services, hasprovided most of theground forces in the 3-1/2-year-old Iraq war and 5-year-long Afghanistanwar. About 102,000 of the142,000 US troops in Iraqare Army soldiers, as wellas 16,000 of 21,000 troops

US Army shows signs of strain inIraq, Afghan warsin Afghanistan.

Many soldiers arefacing second and thirddeployments. US militaryleaders had expectedlower US troop levels inIraq by now, but havebeen scrambling tosustain higher totalsbecause of sectarianviolence that has raisedfears of a civil war. Nosignificant cuts areexpected until at least themiddle of next year.

In the past two months,the Pentagon has extendedtwo brigades of nearly4,000 soldiers eachbeyond their scheduleddeparture date from Iraq -- which can underminemorale and upset familiesat home.

Army officials alsosaid they might need toturn more to part-timeNational Guard soldiers

for future rotations. Army leaders are

expressing concern overgetting sufficient resourcesto sustain overseasdeployments and replaceand fix tanks, armouredvehicles and otherequipment battered inIraq.

The Army has warnedof declining combatreadiness of units assoldiers face less time athome bases for rest,training and reequippingafter a yearlong combattour. In fact, a brigade dueto deploy in January willhave spent barely a year atits home base betweentours in Iraq.

“The real question is:Can the Army do its job?”asked Lawrence Korb,assistant secretary ofdefence for manpowerissues under former

president RonaldReagan. “The Army isnot going to be what itshould be.

There are going to bemore deaths and longerwars because you’re notat your peak readiness.”

In a highly unusualmove, General PeterSchoomaker, Army Chiefof Staff, last month didnot give Pentagon leadersa mandatory fiscal 2008budget plan after tellingthem the Army neededbillions of dollars more tosustain operations in Iraqand perform missionselsewhere.

Schoomaker wantsabout 140 billion USdollars in 2008, roughly25 billion US dollars morethan the outline initiallyset by the Pentagon for theArmy.

MNA/Reuters

Cuba condemns US for denyingvisa to Health Minister

HAVANA, 28 Sept—Cuba’s top diplomat in theUnited States on Tuesday,publicly condemned theUnited States for refusingto grant a visa to the CubanHealth Minister JoseRamon Balaguer, to attenda Pan-American HealthOrganization (PAHO)conference.

Dagoberto Rodriguez,head of the Cuban interestsoffice in Washington, toldthe Cuban Governmentnewspaper Granma that theUnited States was makinga mockery of its role as hostof the multinationalorganization.

It is the secondconsecutive year that theUnited States has rejected

a visa for the Cuban HealthMinister to attend theconference, which runsfrom Monday to Friday ofthis week.

Rodriguez said it isabsolutely wrong if the USGovernment thinks that itsactions would silenceCuba and block thecountry's efforts to extendits international medicalassistance.

Rodriguez called onPAHO to make a publicstatement criticizing theUnited States during themeeting.

Cuba currently hasmore than 30,000 healthworkers, helping in 68nations, and it is alsotraining 20,000 health

professionals from 26nations, the newspapersaid. — MNA/Xinhua

Argentina to vote forVenezuela at UNSC BUENOS AIRES, 28 Sept—Argentina’s Foreign

Minister Jorge Taiana stressed on Tuesday that hisnation would vote for Venezuela as a non-permanentmember of the UN Security Council.

“There is no doubt that Argentina’s SecurityCouncil vote will be for Venezuela,” he told reporters.

“Argentina has not experienced any pressure, norwould it allow itself to be pressured,” he added.

According to information from the United Nations,if Venezuela cannot get 128 votes, and US-supportedGuatemala also fails to do so, there would be aproposal for both nations to rescind their candidacies,and let Latin American countries choose a thirdcandidate instead.

MNA/Xinhua

Most people to live in cities by 2008

UNITED NATIONS, 28 Sept—The number of peopleliving in cities will surpass those living in rural areasfor the first time around mid-2008, a year later thanpreviously forecast, a UN official said on Wednesday.

“A quick back-of-the envelope calculation yieldsAugust 16, 2008, as the day there will be as many urbandwellers as rural dwellers,” said Thomas Buettner,head of the estimates and projection section at the UNPopulation Division. The urban and rural populationswould then each total 3,349,383,005 people, he toldReuters, adding that there were wide uncertaintiesabout the data.

Urban populations have been growing more quicklythan rural areas for decades, particularly in developingcountries, due to the greater availability of jobs andfreer lifestyles.— MNA/Reuters

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A foreign expert looks at China’s thermonuclear fusion reactor. Chinesescientists on 28 Sept , 2006 successfully conducted their first test of an

experimental thermonuclear fusion reactor, which replicates the energygenerating process of the sun.—XINHUA

China, Poland boost cooperation inscience, education, culture, sports

WARSAW, 28 Sept—Visiting State Councillorof China Chen Zhili metwith Poland’s DeputyPrime Minister RomanGiertych on Wednesday,and reached a broadconsensus on furtheringand strengthening Sino-Polish cooperation.

Chen said the bilateralrelations have sustaineda stable development,thanks to the mutualrespect that exists betweenthe two countries.

The exchanges andcooperation in the fieldsof education, science,culture and sports haveprogressed smoothly and

the Chinese are satisfiedwith it, she said, addingthat China is ready topromote further bilateralcooperation in these areas.

Giertych, who is alsoEducation Minister, agreedwith Chen, saying thatPoland attaches greatimportance to com-prehensive cooperationwith China in science,education, culture andsports. Poland will notonly cooperate with itsneighbours, but alsoactively develop friendlycooperation with Asiancountries, particularlywith China, said Giertych.

The Polish official

stressed that with no con-flict of interests betweenPoland and China, the twocountries have goodprospects in developingbilateral relations.

On the same day, Chenalso attended signingceremonies of a letter ofintent to carry outeducational cooperationfor the period 2007-2009,and a memorandum oncultural cooperation for theperiod 2007-2012.

MNA/Xinhua

Test of China’s “artificial sun” succeeds HEFEI, 29 Sept —

Chinese scientists on

Thursday successfullyconducted their first testof an experimentalthermonuclear fusionreactor, which replicatesthe energy generatingprocess of the sun.

The ExperimentalAdvanced Super-conducting Tokamak(EAST) fusion reactor,nicknamed “artificialsun”, was tested at theInstitute of Plasma

Physics under theChinese Academyof Sciences (CAS)in Hefei, capital city ofeast China’s AnhuiProvince.

During the experi-ment, deuterium andtritium atoms were forcedtogether at a temperatureof 100 million Celsius.

“At thattemperature, the superheated plasma, which is

neither a gas, a liquid nora solid, should begin togive off its own energy,”scientists explained.

The first tests lastednearly three seconds, andgenerated an electricalcurrent of 200 kiloam-peres, Wan Yuanxi,general manager ofEAST, told Xinhua.

The experimentswere continuing, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

A clown boxes with a kangaroo during an animals “Olympics” performancein the Shanghai Wild Animal Park on 28 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

US durable goods orders drop 0.5% in August

A vehicle is damaged by a billboard structure after the structure was blown downby strong winds of typhoon Xangsane in Manila on 28 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 28 Sept— US durablegoods orders fell by 0.5 per cent inAugust to 209.7 billion dollars, followinga bigger drop of 2.7 per cent in July, theCommerce Department reported onWednesday.

The report showed that orders foraircraft declined by 21.9 per cent inAugust, while orders for military aircraftrose by 9.8 per cent.

Excluding the volatile transportationsector, orders were down 2 per cent, thebiggest setback in this category in 13months. The 1-billion-dollar drop fromJuly, much worse than the expected 0.4per cent increase, provided evidence thatthe US economy was slowing because ofrising interest rates and the decline ofhome sales, according to analysts.

MNA/Xinhua

Brazil to host China Education Exhibition RIO DE JANEIRO, 28

Sept— The next ChinaEducation Exhibitionwhich is scheduled for20-21 October, in SaoPaulo, Brazil, will be thefirst time the event hasbeen staged in a SouthAmerican country.

It is expected to draw82 academic represen-tatives from 32 Chineseuniversities, said Presidentof Brazil-China Chamberof Economic Develop-ment Paul Liu.

He said the ChineseGovernment wished tostimulate the enrollmentof Brazilian students inuniversity courses inChina despite the fact thatthey did not speak China’s

first language, Mandarin. With the fast growth

of the Chinese economy,it is a good moment foryoung Brazilian studentsto seek an opportunity inChina, be they Portugueseor Mandarin speakers, hesaid.

Acknowledging thatforeign students whopursue education in Chinausually prefer universitiesin Beijing and Shanghai,Liu recommended someother universities, es-pecially in northeasternChina.— MNA/Xinhua

US soldiers held at Philippines for notproducing travel clearance

MANILA, 28 Sept—Some 114 US soldiers werebriefly held at the international airport of Zamboanga,southern Philippines, Tuesday afternoon for failing toproduce travel clearances from the Bureau ofImmigration, local newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirersaid Wednesday.

Immigration officials said the US servicemen arrivedin Zamboanga from the US-Pacific territory of Guamaboard a Boeing 757, which was chartered from theNorth American Airlines.— MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Inter Milan's Ivan Ramiro Cordoba (L) fights for the ballwith Bayern Munich's Claudio Pizarro during theirChampions League Group B soccer match in Milan on27 Sept, 2006. Bayern Munich won 2-0.—XINHUA

Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic returns a shotto Germany's Benjamin Becker dur-ing their second round match at theThailand Open tennis tournament inBangkok on 28 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leylandeyes the ball before hitting it to playersduring batting practice before theirAmerican League Baseball gameagainst the Toronto Blue Jays inDetroit, Michigan on 28 Sept, 2006. INTERNET

McClaren’s agenttones down claims

FIFA tells Brazil to getbuilding for 2014 World Cup

BRASILIA (Brazil), 29 Sept — Brazil must startbuilding new stadiums now if it wants to ensure itwill be chosen to host the 2014 World Cup, FIFAhead Sepp Blatter said on Thursday.

Palermo outclass West Hamto progress in UEFA Cup

ROME, 29 Sept — Palermo reached the group stageof the UEFA Cup on Thursday when they outclassedWest Ham United 3-0 to complete a 4-0 win onaggregate.

Two goals by midfielder Fabio Simplicio and oneby striker David Di Michele gave the home side acomfortable win, though an entertaining contest wasovershadowed by the arrest of 20 West Ham fans inclashes with rival supporters and police earlier in theday.

The Premier League side started aggressively atPalermo's Renzo Barbera Stadium, with strikers MarlonHarewood and Carlton Cole forcing reflex saves fromkeeper Alberto Fontana.

But in the 35th minute a deflected shot from outsidethe area by Simplicio crept in at the post to put the homeside ahead. — MNA/Reuters

Top seed Ljubicic makes quarters in Thailand open BANGKOK, 29 Sept — Top seed Ivan

Ljubicic of Croatia scored a hard-foughtwin of 7-6 (8-6) and 7-5 over Germannewcomer Benjamin Becker to reachthe quarterfinals of the Thailand Openhere on Thursday. Ljubicic made 16aces and broke clear at 5-5 in the secondset as Becker struggled to return serveon his backhand.

"It took a while, but I realized itwould be difficult," Ljubicic said, "Heshowed everyone how well he can play,but a lack of concentration in the secondto last game cost him the match."

Third seed James Blake of the UnitedStates earlier breezed through to the lasteight with a 6-3 and 6-2 win over Mona-co's Benjamin Balleret within one hour.

Blake will next play Finn JarkkoNieminen, who beat Canada's FrankDancevic 2-6, 7-6 and 6-4.

Former world number one MaratSafin, who has not won a tournamentsince 2005, also battled his way into thenext round, beating Frenchman JulienBenneteau 7-6, 6-7 and 6-2.

Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphanmoved a step closer to his dream ofwinning an ATP tour title on home soilwith a 6-4, 5-7 and 6-2 victory overRussian Mikhail Ledovskikh.

MNA/Xinhua

"The ball is Brazil'scourt and we can say thatthe demands are verygreat," Blatter said aftermeeting Brazilian Presi-dent Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva in Brasilia.

Brazil, five times win-ner of the World Cup, iskeen to host the 2014 tour-nament and is the front-runner to do so after FIFAestablished its policy ofcontinental rotation thatpaved the way for a SouthAmerican country tostage the event in eight

years. However, many of

Brazil's stadiums are in-adequate or even danger-ous and other infrastruc-ture such as transport linksis also lacking.

Lula, who is tipped towin reelection in a poll onSunday, told Blatter hisgovernment would fullyback the bid.

"This is important be-cause we need govern-ment guarantees," Blattersaid. "If Brazil needs newinfrastructure, it shouldbegin today."

A high standard of or-ganization had been set byGermany with this sum-mer's World Cup, headded.

MNA/Reuters

Marseille, Schalke suffer UEFA Cup exitsLONDON, 29 Sept — Former European champions Olympique Marseille

suffered a humiliating 4-3 UEFA Cup exit to Mlada Boleslav on Thursday tomiss out on the group stage.

The Czech league leaders, 1-0 downfrom the first leg in France, appeareddown and out when Marseille went 2-1up on the night but Mlada stormed back.

They scored three second-half goalsand secured a 4-3 aggregate victory andtheir passage with a stoppage time headerfrom substitute Tomas Sedlacek.

Schalke 04, who lifted the trophy in1997, also bowed out as French side ASNancy overturned a 1-0 first-leg defeatto win 3-1 at home.

Marseille, twice beaten UEFA Cupfinalists, seemed in control of their tiethanks to goals from Toifilou Maoulidaand Taye Taiwo either side of a LubosPecka strike.

It left Mlada, who lost in the thirdqualifying round of the ChampionsLeague to Galatasaray, needing to scorethree times.

Substitute Radim Holub gave Mladahope four minutes after coming on earlyin the second half and his second eightminutes from time set up a frantic finale,capped by Sedlackek's winner.

"It was a collective failure. It shouldhave been a simple match," Marseillechairman Papa Diouf told the club'swebsite.

"We took the lead early, we even ledfor a second time in the match.

"This is a day which will serve as alesson for everybody. The players haveto tell themselves you do not win a matchwithout showing some humility."

Two goals in a seven-minute spellmidway through the first half from Bra-zilian defender Andre Luiz and Uru-guayan striker Gaston Curbelo set FrenchCup holders Nancy on their way to vic-tory over Schalke, who have made aflying start to the Bundesliga season.

Issiar Dia made it 3-0 before MarceloBordon got one back but Schalke's woeswere compounded by striker GeraldAsamoah breaking his left leg.

Despite Marseille's exit it was anotherwise good night for French sideswith Racing Lens and Auxerre goingthrough.

Twice winners Parma qualified whena goal by 18-year-old striker DanielePaponi gave them a 1-0 win over Rus-sian side Rubin Kazan to go through 2-0 on aggregate.

Hapoel Tel Aviv marked the returnof international competition in Israel witha 3-1 win (4-1 aggregate) overChornomorets Odessa in front of 15,000fans at the Bloomfield Stadium.

UEFA imposed a ban last month dueto the war in Lebanon between Israel andHizbollah guerillas. It forced all Israelihome fixtures under UEFA's jurisdic-tion to be played at other venues inEuropean countries. — MNA/Reuters

Seven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater of theUS launches an aerial off the lip of a wave during theQuiksilver Pro France, which is part of the ASP Men'sWorld Champion Tour of Surfing, at Hossegor in thesouth west coast of France on 28 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

LONDON, 29 Sept —England manager SteveMcClaren's agent ColinGordon, who said earlierin the week the majorityof soccer agents werecorrupt, toned down hisremarks on Friday.

"I regret what I said toa degree but I absolutely

believe we've got a prob-lem and I want to do mybit to solve it," he told theSun newspaper."

"A lot of my colleaguesconduct themselveshonorably but we're look-ing at the small minority.

"We're talking about alot of money going miss-ing. Millions. I don't haveany evidence but I have alot of experience and peo-ple know what's going on."

The BBC televisionprogramme Panoramamade accusations lastweek of corruption andrule-breaking by manag-ers and agents. All the ac-cused have denied anywrongdoing, with severalraising the prospect of le-gal action against the BBC.

However, the pro-gramme has prompted theFA to launch a series ofinquiries.— MNA/Reuters

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Friday, 29 September, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Shan, Rakhine, Kayin and MonStates, fairly widespread in lower Sagaing and MandalayDivisions and widespread in the remaining areas with lo-cally heavyfalls in lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divi-sions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereNay Pyi Taw (1.97) inches, Mandalay (3.31) inches, Kayin(2.91) inches, Sagaing (2.56) inches, Monywa (2.24) inches,Pyay (1.77) inches, Mawlaik (1.50) inches, Minbu (1.46)inches, Aunglan (1.38) inches, Dawei (1.26) inches,Taungdwingyi (1.18) inches.

Maximum temperature on 28-9-2006 was 83°F.Minimum temperature on 29-9-2006 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 29-9-2006 was (100%).Total sunshine hours on 28-9-2006 was (2.8) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 29-9-2006 were (0.63) inch atMingaladon, (1.03) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.20) inch atCentral Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(93.43) inches at Mingaladon, (105.83) inches at Kaba-Aye and (108.90) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (14) mph fromSouthwest at (15:20) hours MST on 28-9-2006.

Bay inference: Yesterday’s low pressure over WestCentral Bay has further intensified into a depression atlast night. According to the observations at (06:30) hoursMST today, it has crossed the Orissa Coast, India.Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and SouthBay and weather is partly coludy elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 30-9-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Chin State andTaninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Kachin, Rakhineand Kayin States, upper Sagaing, Bago, Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions, scattered in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofwithdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from SouthernMyanmar area.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 30-9-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers. De-gree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 30-9-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 30-9-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers. De-gree of certainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for first weekend of October2006: During the coming weekend, scattered rain or thun-dershowers will be in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Divi-sions, fairly widespread in Yangon Division.

WEATHER

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2:45 pm 9. International news4:00 pm

1. Martial songs4:15 pm2. Songs to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;

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5:00 pm5. Games for children

5:30 pm6. BwniguM; ‘pM;pn\;ts\raBwniguM; ‘pM;pn\;ts\raBwniguM; ‘pM;pn\;ts\raBwniguM; ‘pM;pn\;ts\raBwniguM; ‘pM;pn\;ts\ra

6:00 pm7. Evening news

6:30 pm 8.Weather report6:35 pm9. Al˙r˙amy\' l˙kmıawy\Al˙r˙amy\' l˙kmıawy\Al˙r˙amy\' l˙kmıawy\Al˙r˙amy\' l˙kmıawy\Al˙r˙amy\' l˙kmıawy\

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18. The next day’sprogramme

Earthquake Report(Issued at 13:00 hours MST today)

A moderate earthquake of intensity (5.0) on Rich-ter Scale with its epicenter outside of Myanmar about(240) miles southwest of Dawei Seismological Observa-tory was recorded at (21) hours (10) minutes (20) sec-onds MST on 28th September 2006.

Families hug after their children were released from the Platte Canyon HighSchool in Bailey, Colorado, on 27 Sept, 2006, after shots were fired at the

school and hostages taken. — XINHUA

Gunman kills Colorado schoolgirl, commits suicideDENVER, 29 Sept — An armed man took two girls hostage at a Colorado high school on Wednesday,

fatally shooting one of the students and then killed himself when police stormed the classroom where hewas barricaded, authorities said.

The wounded girl wasrushed by helicopter to St.Anthony Central Hospitalin Denver but died there,hospital spokeswomanBev Lilly said. Her class-mate and fellow hostagewas apparently not hurt inthe incident, which drewcomparisons to the 1999

Columbine massacre thattook place 30 miles (48kilometres) away inLittleton, Colorado.

Police raided theclassroom building afterthe gunman, who initiallyheld six people, broke offnegotiations. The incidentbegan shortly before noon

when the man, whose iden-tity was not immediatelyknown by police, walkedinto Platte Canyon HighSchool in the small moun-tain town of Bailey andopened fire.

"We tried talking tothis individual and hadsome success," Park

County Sheriff FredWegener told reporters. "Hestarted to release hostages,but eventually he gave us adeadline of 4 o'clock (toback off) and ceased talk-ing to negotiators, at whichtime we decided a tacticalsolution needed to be done.

"Entry was made, thesuspect shot one of the hos-tages and then shot him-self," an emotionalWegener said. "That's whatit looks like, although theinvestigation is still ongo-ing." — MNA/Reuters

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9th Waxing of Thadingyut 1368 ME Saturday, 30 September, 2006

International Religious Freedom Report-2006 is lack of objectivityand is contradictory to Myanmar’s efforts in building her nationand keeping her citizens of various religious beliefs in harmony

Allegations contained in US State Department’s report areunjustified and they must be considered as being politi-

cally motivated and represent an attempt to exert pressureand interfere in internal affairs of Myanmar

The International Religious Freedom Report-2006 released by the US State Department’s Bureau

Government takes all necessary steps to encourage and maintain the inter-religious harmony and freedom of worship. Myanmar is a countrywhere inter-religious harmony has been a well recognized characteristic of its society. Photo shows some religious buildings

in downtown Yangon.—MNA

of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour came out on15 September 2006 with allegations against the Gov-

ernment of the Union of Myanmar to disseminate (See page 10)

YANGON, 29 Sept — The 18th founding anni-versary of the National League for Democracy washeld at NLD headquarters on West ShwegondineRoad, Bahan Township here from 1 to 4 pm on 27September.

Old politicians or the so-called fellow politi-cians group, old students whom they called them-selves the “88” generation, persons from dissolvedpolitical parties and diplomats from US and Britishembassies attended the ceremony. Before the cer-emony, about 100 NLD members holding placardsshouted slogans outside the HQ.

The US State Department on 26 Septemberissued an announcement hailing the anniversary dayin support of the NLD. The announcement said thatthe NLD founding day coincided with the decision toput Myanmar on the agenda of the UN SecurityCouncil; that the US government would continue towork in the UNSC to make a decision concerning

Patriarchs, journalists, people criticizing NLD as an organization dragging Myanmar into neo-colonialist subjugation

Myanmar affairs. The announcement openly interferesin the Myanmar’s internal affairs.

The authorities agreed the number of attendantsno more than 50 inside the hall when a submission waspresented to obtain permission for the NLD foundinganniversary day. But about 500 NLD members at-tended, and there was a crowd of people holding plac-ards and shouting slogans. Although they were in openviolation of the rules that were agreed in advance, theauthorities showed much magnanimity and restraint indealing with the matter. There were eyewitnesses to theholding of the meetings between the NLD centralexecutive committee and organizers of the states anddivisions on 28 and 29 September.

The NLD has been constantly demanding the USto interfere in Myanmar’s affairs and to apply pressureon the country. The NLD in collusion with expatriategroups abroad sent false information and slanders to theUS at a time when the latter was making attempts to put

Myanmar on the UNSC agenda. The NLD welcomedwith great pleasure the decision to put Myanmar on theUNSC agenda under US pressures. The chairman ofthe ceremony in his address thanked US ambassador tothe UN John Bolton for his efforts to materialize thematter wishing him every success in his future tasks.The NLD has been relying on foreign countries to thatdegree while betraying the national cause withoutconsidering the nation’s future.

As an accomplice, the NLD is welcoming theUS government that is using the UN as a tool tointerfere in Myanmar’s affairs. As the people havebeen hearing the news about the perpetration, anti-Americanism and hatred for the US and resentmentagainst the NLD and its associates are rising amongthem.

Patriarchs are assessing that the alien-reliantnegative acts of the NLD and cohorts are becoming

(See page 10)

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Sept— The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar today issued a press release totally rejecting the International Religious FreedomReport-2006 released by the US State Department on 15-9-2006. The following is the full text of the press release:

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