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NAY PYI TAW, 20May—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein,accompanied by Maj-GenKo Ko of the Ministry ofDefence, Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of Western

Local people of Rakhine State urged to makeefforts for economic development by applying

sound infrastructures and developing conditionsPrime Minister General Thein Sein on inspection tour of Taungup, Sittway

Command Maj-GenThaung Aye, ministers,deputy ministers, thedirector-general of theGovernment Office anddepartmental heads, leftThandwe for Taungup byhelicopter yesterdaymorning.

At the Yeiktha inTaungup, the Prime Ministermet with townselders andsocial organizations andexplained progress ofhydropower projects, motorroad and railroadconstruction projects andairport extension projects

being undertaken by thegovernment in RakhineState. Next, the PrimeMinister stressed the needfor the local people to makeefforts for economicdevelopment by applyingsound infrastructures ofRakhine State anddeveloping conditions.

At the hall ofThandwe Airport,Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swereported on extension ofthe runway at the airport.The Prime Ministerattended to the needs.

They inspectedland preparation task at theupgrading of the 5500 feetby 100 feet runway to the7000 feet by 100 feetfacility and left for Sittway.

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Myanma Railways of the Ministry of RailTransportation is undertaking construction ofnew railroads and assembling of carriages andcargo coaches with the least cost for theconvenience of travellers.

Photo

shows

Pyidawtha-

Yegyanbyin

railroad

section on

Sittway-

An-Minbu

Railroad.

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects progress of Thandwe airport runway extension project.—MNA

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Thursday, 21 May, 2009* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Transport is one of the sectors thegovernment has placed a special emphasis onand its purpose in doing so is to strengthenUnion Spirit, unity and friendship of thenational people and to ensure paralleldevelopment of all regions. Thanks to thegovernment’s relentless efforts, the entire nationis now enjoying rapid development and RakhineState is no exception.

Geographically, Rakhine State hasnatural barriers such as rivers and mountainranges and therefore there was a great deal ofdifficulty in building roads and bridges.Anyhow, new roads and bridges emerge oneafter another and it is mainly due to strongenthusiasm of the people there for the interestsof their region. Now, construction of the An-Minbu railway has begun. Moreover, Sittwayand Thandwe airports are being upgraded toimprove the air transport sector.

For all-round development of the region,more and more basic education schools arebeing opened. In addition, arts and sciencecolleges and universities, universities ofcomputer studies and technological universitieshave been opened for the youths to be able topursue higher education.

For rural development, the use of bio-batteries for lighting houses is being encouraged.Lighting with the use of bio-batteries is an easyand simple way and it can be applied anywhere.Therefore, measures should be taken forlighting every house in every village.

It is necessary for the entire nationalpeople to always work hand in hand with thegovernment for national development, forsuccess of the 2010 elections and emergence ofa peaceful, modern and developed nation.

Work hand in hand with thegovernment for nationaldevelopment

YANGON, 20 May – Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence together with Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Brig-Gen Win Myint inspectedphysic nut plantation of Yangon Command at the localbattalion in Hmawby, Yangon North District this morning.

After hearing a report on progress of cultivation ofphysic nut plants presented by the commander, Lt-GenMyint Swe gave necessary instructions.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe delivered an address atphysic nut plants growing ceremony 2009 of YangonCommand.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends physic nut plants growingceremony of Yangon Command

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence inspects physic nut plantation of Yangon Commandat local battalion in Hmawby.—MNA

The manager of district Myanma AgricultureService explained cultivation of physic nut plants andproduction of bio diesel.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and seniormilitary officers presented packets of physic nut seed todepartmental personnel and families of servicemen.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commanderand officials grew physic nut plants and encouragedgrowing of physic nut plants by departmental personneland families of servicemen.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected physic nutplants, fruits, seeds and saplings on display. — MNA

YANGON, 20 May—Final year part-II medicalstudents from Universityof Medicine-2 are on fieldtrip in group to 35townships in Bago,Magway, Mandalay andAyeyawady divisions.

They will study andtake part in the health careservices of township andvillage health care

Medical students on field tripMedicine-2 Professor DrTint Swe Latt, Professor/Head of Department DrSan San Myint Aung andparty inspected thestudents who were atPantanaw, Kyaunggon,Yaykyi, Kyonpyaw,DaikU, Nyaunglebin, andKyaukdaga townships andfulfilled the needs.

MNA

Medical students(final part-II) of University of Medicine-2

(Yangon) making field to People's Hospitalin DaikU Township, Bago Division.—UM-2

centres, prevention ofdiseases, maternal andchild welfare activities,vaccination, andeducative talks on healthknowledge up to 29 May.

The field trip is beingmade according to diseaseprevention and socialmedicine syllabus.

On 15 and 18 May,Rector of University of

NAY PYI TAW, 20May—The 150th FoundingAnniversary of YadanabonMandalay was held at theoffice of Mandalay CityDevelopment Committeeon 14 May.

Present on the occasionwere Chairman ofMandalay Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of Central

Command Maj-Gen TinNgwe, Chairman ofMandalay CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han, departmentalheads, members of thecommittee for holding theanniversary, artistes andguests.

The commader andthe Mayor formallyopened the ceremony.

They looked aroundtapestry, wood carving, and

photos at the booth set up atthe anniversary.

They mayor cutribbons to open bronzeimage of King Mindon andprecinct of Minkonobelisk.

The commander, themayor and officialssprinkled scented water onthe obelisk.

At ShwemantaungSports Ground inA u n g m y e t h a z a nTownship, the commander

and the mayor openedshows, competitions andfund fairs.

The commander andmembers viewed aroundthe shops, performancesof Myanmar Traditionalcane ball and martial artscontests.

The commander andthe mayor looked aroundhistorical newspapers,journals, magazines, anddocuments at book fairs.

MNA

Commander attends 150th Founding Anniversary ofYadanabon Mandalay

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Assassinations on therise in Afghanistan

KABUL, 20 May—The number of assassinations inAfghanistan is growing, particularly in KandaharProvince, where Taleban militants are strong and well-organized. Dozens of politicians, governmentemployees, activists and Muslim clerics have beentargeted in an attempt to silence critics and disrupt thegovernment.

Last month in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s largest south-ern city, a local education director and a health officialwere shot dead by militants who stormed a governmentcompound. And in a case that garnered internationalattention, armed men on motorbikes gunned down SitaraAchakzai, a prominent female politician and women’srights advocate, on 12 April as she chatted with a neigh-bour outside her home.—Internet

Baghdad bomb kills35 and wounds 72

BAGHDAD, 20 May—A parked car bomb rippedthrough a poor Shi’ite area of northwest Baghdad onWednesday, killing 35 people and wounding 72 oth-ers near a popular restaurant, police said.

Shula in northwest Baghdad was also targetedby bombers on December 25 last year, killing fourpeople.

The last large-scale bomb attack in Iraq was onApril 29, when 51 people were killed in twin car bombattacks in the Shi’ite Sadr City district of Baghdad.

The recent attacks raises questions aboutwhether Iraq can avoid sliding back into greaterbloodshed as an untested military prepares to takegreater security responsibility and U.S. troops preparefor a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.

Internet

Map locates the Surobi mountainous area inAfghanistan where an assassination attempt of the

Afghanistan President’s brother.—INTERNET

Afghan contractorsviolated gun policy

Bomb hits US-led convoynear Afghan capital

KABUL, 20 May—A bomb ripped through a vehiclein a US-led military convoy outside the Afghan capi-tal causing casualties, the military and witnesses said.

The vehicle was destroyed in the attack, about 35kilometres (20 miles) from Kabul, where foreigntroops cordoned off the area as an ambulance heli-copter swooped in to pick up casualties, an AFP re-porter said. “A military vehicle was struck by an IED(improvised explosive device),” US Lieutenant Colo-nel Christian Kubik confirmed to AFP. He could notimmediately comment on casualties.

An Afghan driver on the busy road, which connectsthe capital and the largest US base in Afghanistan atBagram, said at least one foreigner died.

“I saw one of the foreigners who was stuck in thewreckage of the vehicle and he was dead. They weretrying to pull him out,” said the driver, Sakhi Dad.

Internet

Suicide blast kills twopolicemen, wounds ten

in S AfghanistanKANDAHAR, 20 May—One suicide bomber on Tues-

day exploded his explosive-laden car near a policepatrol in Arghadab district of Kandahar Province,southern Afghanistan, killing two policemen andwounding 10 others, said an official.

Ghulam Ali Wakhdat, police chief for southern re-gion, told Xinhua that it occurred at 07:00 pm localtime when the suicide attacker drove a car with explo-sive materials and blew it up close to a team of policewho were patrolling on foot in Arghandab district.

“The blast claimed two policemen and injured 10others including the district police chief Zmarai Khan,”he said. No group or individuals have not yet to claimresponsibility while Taleban militants, who havevowed to intensify assaults against interests of gov-ernment, often carried out such attacks in the shape ofsuicide bombing.

Internet

Americanservice

member killedin Afghanistan

KABUL, 20 May—TheUS military says oneAmerican service mem-ber and one civilian havebeen killed in a bomb at-tack outside Afghani-stan’s capital.

US military spokesmanThomas Graves says amilitary vehicle wastraveling from Kabul to-ward Bagram Air Field onWednesday when it hit aroadside bomb.

He says the blast killedone service member whowas in the vehicle, andone nearby civilian.

Internet

An injured man lies in a hospital bed in Baghdad

following an explosion in the Abu Tsheer

neighbourhood on 18 May, 2009.—INTERNET

The remains of the Kandahar provincial council’sfront gate, destroyed by a suicide car bomb. Sevensuicide bombers wearing Afghan National Armyuniforms stormed the compound recently.—INTERNET

KABUL, 20 May— FourUS contractors for thecompany formerly knownas Blackwater were notauthorized to carry weap-ons when they were in-volved in a deadly shoot-ing in Afghanistan thismonth, the US militarysaid on Tuesday.

The men — accused of

opening fire on a vehiclein the capital on 5 May—have charged that theiremployer, now called Xe,issued them guns inbreach of the company’scontract with the military.One Afghan was killed inthe shooting, and two oth-ers wounded.

Xe declined to com-ment on the weapons orthe contract.

The men were all backin the United States or enroute by Tuesday, an attor-ney for the contractorstold The Associated Press.Daniel J Callahan saidtwo of them “escaped”from the company in Ka-bul and took a flight outof the country late Satur-day.

“Two of them snuckout under the cover ofdarkness,” said Callahan,a lawyer based in Califor-nia. “The other two, ac-cording to plans, shouldalso be out of Blackwa-ter’s grasp.”

Internet

An Afghan man is

searched by a

Canadian soldier

during a special

operation in Sanjaray,

Kandahar Province, on

18 May, 2009.

INTERNET

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Iran leader says US promoting terrorism US, Russia to hold second dayof nuclear arms talks

At least 98 dead inIndonesian plane crash

Abbas swears in newHamas-free governmentRAMALLAH, 20 May— Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday swore in a new govern-ment comprised mainly of members of his Fatah Party,but without representation of his bitter rivals from themilitant Islamic Hamas group.

The move underlines the failure of attempts to bridgedifferences between the two movements, which havebeen negotiating to form a joint government that wouldreunite the West Bank and Gaza and open the way forrenewed foreign aid. Hamas overran Gaza nearly twoyears ago, expelling Fatah forces. The governmentsworn in Tuesday will effectively only rule the WestBank. Nations and aid organizations have been dealingwith Abbas, but Hamas and Gaza have been largely leftout because the EU, US and Israel list Hamas as a terrororganization.—Internet

TEHERAN, 20 May—Iran’s Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khameneiaccused the United Stateson Tuesday of promotingterrorism in border areasand using arms and moneyagainst the Islamic state.

Khamenei’s verbal at-tack is likely to disappointUS President BarackObama’s administration,which is seeking rap-prochement with Iran af-ter three decades of mis-trust. The Pentagon saidhis comments were “terri-

bly ironic” becauseTeheran was underminingstability in neighbouringIraq and Afghanistan.

Khamenei was speakingin a western region closeto Iraq where securityforces often clash withKurdish separatist rebels.Iran has also in the pastaccused its Western foes ofseeking to destabilize it bybacking militants on itsborders.

“I say this firmly thatunfortunately across ourborders, our western bor-

ders, the Americans arebusy making a conspiracy,they are busy fostering ter-rorism,” he said, referringto the US presence in Iraq,Iran’s western neighbour.

“Money, arms and or-ganization ... are beingused by the Americansdirectly across our west-ern borders in order tofight the Islamic Repub-lic’s system. We shouldbe awake,” he said dur-ing a visit to Iran’sKurdistan Province.

Internet

Israeli war jets strikeGaza-Egypt borderline zone

MOSCOW, 20 May—The United States andRussia were set to hold asecond day of talks aimedat replacing a landmarkCold War-era nuclear dis-armament treaty that ex-pires in December, offi-cials said.

The talks on a succes-sor to the Strategic ArmsReduction Treaty(START) are a central partof US President BarackObama’s desire to “reset”

strained ties with Russiaand their result could havefar-reaching implicationsfor global security.

Signed in 1991,START led to deep cutsin the US and Russianatomic arsenals and isseen as a cornerstone ofstrategic arms control, butthe agreement expires inDecember.

Russian foreign minis-try spokesman IgorLyakin-Frolov said the

first day of talks tookplace on Tuesday andwould continue onWednesday as planned.

He made clear thoughthere would be little pub-lic information aboutthem.

“By agreement of bothsides the talks will be dis-creet and they will onlyrelease an agreed jointstatement at the end,”Lyakin-Frolov told AFP.

Internet

Rescue workers gather at the site of the wreckage of an Indonesian Air ForceC-130 cargo plane after it crashed in Magetan in East Java province

on 20 May, 2009.—INTERNET

JAKART, 20 May—AnIndonesian military trans-port plane carrying 110passengers and crew hascrashed and burst intoflames in East Java, kill-ing at least 98 people, of-ficials have said.

The aircraft ploughedinto four houses on theground, scattering debrisand sending flames andbillowing smoke into theair, before skidding into afield.

The plane’s badly

damaged tail section couldbe seen resting upsidedown on the ground whilethe rest of the fuselage hadburned down to its metalframe.

Burning wreckagewas scattered over a largearea and soldiers were seenhelping pull bodies fromthe paddy field where theplane came to rest.

At least five of thosekilled are believed to havebeen on the ground inMagetan.

Witnesses told localmedia they saw the planesplit apart in the airfollowing a loud bang.

Several describedseeing its right wing falloff before it came down,suggesting possible metalfatigue.

The cause of the crashis not yet known, but airforce spokesmanBambang Sulistyo said theplane was more than 45years old.

Internet

An Israeli sapper removes the remains of a rocketwhich landed in the southern city of Sderot afterbeing fired by militants in the Gaza Strip. Israeliair force jets staged a series of strikes on Tuesday

on the Gaza Strip after militants there fired arocket into the yard of a house in the southern

city of Sderot, Palestinians and medical sourcessaid.—INTERNET

GAZA, 20 May—Israeliwar jets on Tuesday nightstruck the borderline areabetween southern GazaStrip town of Rafah andEgypt, with no casualty,witnesses and Hamas se-curity sources said.

Witnesses said theysaw F16 warplanes hov-ered over Rafah town andthen two explosions wereheard after two bombsfired by the warplanesstruck the borderline areaand destroyed tunnelsused by Palestinians forsmuggling.

Hamas security sourcesconfirmed in a statementthat Israeli warplanesstruck the area with twobombs and destroyed tun-nels dug under the border-line area between Rafahand Egypt. No injureswere reported, said thesources.

Israel said it had de-stroyed 60 percent of the

tunnels during the 22-dayIsraeli military offensiveon the Gaza Strip thatended on 18 January.

The Israeli airstrike onTuesday night cameshortly after Israeli Radioreported that twohomemade rockets werefired earlier on Tuesdayevening at the southernIsraeli town ofSderout.No injuries ordamages were reported.

Internet

Seven militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL, 20 May — Afghan troops backed by the US-led Coalition forces in

mounting pressure on Taleban fighters in Marja district of the southern HelmandProvince killed seven militants on Tuesday, a press release of the military said.

“Afghan National Army Commandos of the 205th Corps, assisted by CoalitionForces, killed seven militants during a search of an area known to be the hub ofenemy activity in the city of Merja, Helmand Province, today,” the press releasesaid.Earlier, a local television TOLO reported the recapturing of Marja districtwithout any resistance.

However, the press release did not say if there were any casualties on Afghan orUS forces but adding the troops would continue to disrupt Taleban activities insouth Afghanistan.

During the operation, according to the press release, huge amount of explosivedevices and opium were also discovered.—Internet

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China, Brazil to offer satellitedata to Africa

BEIJING, 20 May—China and Brazil will provide satellite observation data forAfrican countries through a joint space program, according to agreements inkedhere on Wednesday.

The Earth receiving stations of Hartebeeshoek in South Africa, Aswan in Egyptand Maspaloms in Spain will process and distribute data from the China-BrazilEarth Resources Satellite-02B (CBERS-02B) to African states.

“It’s also for the first time China became an exporter of Earth observation data,”said Guo Jianning, general director of the China Center for Resources SatelliteData and Application.

Before that, China could only buy or share processed information such as satel-lite pictures from or with other countries, he said.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the last leg of his three-dayChina tour, witnessed the signing of the agreements at the Chinese space center inthe northwest suburb of Beijing.

“Those agreements indicated the support and importance China and Brazil at-tached to African countries, which is also an example of science and technologycooperation between developing countries,” Guo said.—Xinhua

A contestant cooks at the innovative cooking contest held in Yangzhou city,east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 19 May, 2009. Over 100 contestants tookpart in the innovative cooking contest in Yangzhou on Tuesday. —XINHUA

Filipino linemen install cables in Santa Rosa, nearManila in early January. A billion-dollar bond

offering by the Philippines state agency which runsNational Power was nearly six times subscribed,the government and reports have said.—XINHUA

Bottles of soda are

displayed on the shelves

of a store in Beijing in

March 2009. A steady,

litres-per-day diet of

colas can cause serious

muscle problems, doc-

tors warned in a study

on Tuesday.

XINHUA

Los Angeles area hit by secondearthquake in three days

LOS ANGELES, 20 May—The Los Angeles area wasstruck by a second moderate earthquake on Tuesday,but there was no immediate report of major damages,the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The magnitude-4.1 earthquake was centered inHawthorne not far from downtown Los Angeles, witha depth of 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) , according to theUSGS.

The shaker followed a magnitude-4.7 temblor thatstruck the Los Angeles area Sunday evening, with itsepicenter 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Ange-les. As it did on Sunday, the Los Angeles Fire Depart-ment (LAFD) went briefly into “earthquake emergencymode,” which requires the nearly 1,100 on-duty LAFDpersonnel to actively survey the department’s 471-square-mile (754-square-kilometre) jurisdiction fromthe ground and air. Less than an hour later, the LAFDresumed normal operating status, according to spokes-man Brian Humphrey, who said firefighters inneighbourhoods closest to the epicenter reported no sig-nificant damage, fires or injuries.—Xinhua

Cholera outbreak spreadsto 13 provinces in Vietnam

HANOI, 20 May—Vietnam confirmed more choleracases in two other provinces, raising the number oflocalities hit by the disease in the north of the countryto 13, the local newspaper Young People reported onWednesday.

The two newly-confirmed northern provinces ofVietnam, Hung Yenand Vinh Phuc, had reported casesof vibrio cholera, according to Vietnam’s Ministry ofHealth.

Since the cholera epidemic broke out in Vietnam,there have been 628 people suffering from the acutediarrhea, of which 56 tested positive for the vibriocholera bacteria, said the ministry.

The ministry warned the country of high risk of anacute diarrhea outbreak in many other provinces ofVietnam in coming days.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen askedprovincial health departments to work with their re-spective people’s committees to form steering com-mittees to help combat and prevent acute diarrhea fromspreading. —Xinhua

German-owned ship releasedby Somali pirates

NAIROBI, 20 May—Somali pirates have released a German-owned grain shipwhich was seized in the Gulf of Aden three weeks ago, a Kenyan-based interna-tional maritime body confirmed on Wednesday.

Ecoterra International said the 31,000-ton ship, which was seized on 25 Aprilwith 17 crew members, about 300 km south-east of the Yemeni coastal city ofMukalla, was freed last on Friday. The Malta-flagged freighter’s crew consists ofa Polish captain, a Ukrainian senior mechanic, and 15 Filipinos. “SCHIFFAHRTSGmbH of Germany with all crew unharmed was released near Eyl,” the statementsaid.

No information has been given on whether a ransom was paid.While the Patriot, which had no German crew members on board, is now free,

a further German vessel, the Hansa Stavanger container ship, remains held bypirates. Five German crew members are on board that ship.—Xinhua

All items from XinhuaNews Agency

SHANGHAI, 20 May—The 10th International Food and Beverage Exhibitionopened amid high hopes in Shanghai on Tuesday, with representatives from 1,057businesses in attendance. Half of the participants were businesses from overseas,said organizers.

Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural De-velopment, who is leading a European Union delegation at the expo, said Sino-EU agricultural trade continues to grow despite the current financial crisis. Manybusinesses hope to boost exports to China as a result of this fair, she added.

Exported products include olive oil and cheese.Xinhua

Hopes forincreasing

agriculturalexports run

high atShanghai expo

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NEWS ALBUM

A man participates in the boot throwingcompetition in Helsinki, capital ofFinland. A boot throwing competitionwas held here on Thursday, attractinglots of local citizens. Competitors couldthrow the boot in any position they like

and the farthest won the game.

People sit on a super-long sofa inThessaloniki, Greece. This 64.75-metre-long sofa set the Guinness

World Records for being the longestsofa in the world.

Snake blacks out Missouri Capitol, pays price

A file photo of used bullets. Doctorsin southwest China have successfully

removed a bullet from a woman’shead 42 years after she was shot,

putting an end to decades ofincreasingly unbearable pain, state

media said on Friday.

Rotten office fridge cleanupsends seven to hospital

An office worker cleaning a fridgefull of rotten food created a smell sonoxious that it sent seven co-workers tothe hospital and made many others ill.

Firefighters had to evacuate theAT&T building in downtown San Joseon Tuesday after the fumes led someoneto call 911. A hazmat team was calledin.What crews found was an unpluggedrefrigerator crammed with moldy food.

Authorities say an enterprising officeworker had decided to clean it out,placing the food in a conference roomwhile using two cleaning chemicals toscrub down the mess.

The mixture of old lunches anddisinfectant caused 28 people to needtreatment for vomiting and nausea.Authorities say the worker who cleanedthe fridge didn’t need treatment — shecan’t smell because of allergies.

Missouri legislators spent about anhour in the dark Tuesday because of apower outage at the state Capitol — anda snake took all the blame and paid theprice.

The electricity went out at noon whilelawmakers were debating legislationand scores of schoolchildren weretouring the building.

Several people were stuck inelevators, but Capitol Police ChiefTodd Hurt said they all were freedwithin 20 minutes and no injuries werereported. Power was back on after aboutan hour.

The problem was a reptile that wasin the wrong place at the wrong time.AmerenUE spokeswoman SusanGallagher said the black snake got intounderground electrical cables near the

Capitol and shorted out two cables. Thesnake was electrocuted. The blackoutalso affected the Governor’s Mansionand other downtown buildings.

Snake head in foodrattles diner at NY

restaurantA diner at a TGI on Friday’s in

upstate New York says he got a littlesomething extra with his broccoli—asevered snake head. Jack Pendleton sayshe was at the restaurant in Clifton Parkon Sunday when he spotted somethinggray mixed in with his vegetables.

He realized it was a snake head thesize of his thumb, with part of the spinestill attached. Pendleton says he snappeda photo with his cell phone camera andcalled the waiter over. He says he has noplans to sue.

A spokeswoman for the Carrollton,Texas, chain says it’s investigating. Itwasn’t immediately known what kindof snake it was. Pendleton and hisgirlfriend weren’t charged for theirmeals.

Manmohan Singh to be swornin as India’s PM on Friday

File photo shows armed Puntland police guardcaptured Somali pirates in Bassaso, Somalia.

INTERNET

Astronauts release Hubbletelescope back into spaceHOUSTON, 20 May—Rejuvenated by hours of repairs

in space, the Hubble Space Telescope floated out ofshuttle Atlantis’ cargo bay on Tuesday to reclaim itsplace as the world’s flagship observatory for astro-nomical research.

Atlantis astronauts spent more than 36 hours overfive marathon spacewalks to make upgrades and out-fit Hubble with new instruments. These included a pan-chromatic wide-field camera that should be able tosee objects formed just 500 million years after theuniverse’s birth in the big bang explosion some 13.7billion years ago.

Using the shuttle’s robot arm, astronaut MeganMcArthur gently lifted the 13-tonne observatory froma work platform in Atlantis’ payload bay where it hadbeen positioned since Wednesday.

Holding the telescope high overhead, she releasedHubble at 8:57 am EDT as the spacecraft soared 350miles over the planet.—Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 20May—Hijacking shipsfor ransom off the coastof Somalia has made richmen of many pirates whocould become the strife-ridden African country’snew warlords, a Somaliofficial said on Tuesday.

The stark warning de-livered at an internationalpiracy conference addsurgency to the fightagainst the pirates whohave emerged as the big-gest threat to global mer-chant shipping.

This year alone banditsoperating in and aroundthe Gulf of Aden have at-tacked 81 ships, hijacking29 of them. A German-owned ship was releasedlast week, Germany’sForeign Ministry said onTuesday, but pirates arestill holding more than adozen vessels and hun-dreds of crew, mainly inthe semiautonomousPuntland region of Soma-lia. With most attacksending with million-dol-lar ransom payouts, pi-

racy is considered the big-gest moneymaker in So-malia, which has had nostable government sincewarlords overthrew thecountry’s longtime dicta-tor in 1991. Maritime ex-perts have said piratesraked in up to $30 millionin ransoms last year alone.

Internet

Turkey blamed for loomingcrop ‘disaster’ in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 20 May—Iraq faces an agricultural “dis-aster” this summer if Turkey continues to retain watersfrom the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which have sus-tained Iraqi agriculture for millennia, experts say.

The controversy over the sharing of the mighty riv-ers at the root of Iraq’s ancient name of Mesopotamia— meaning “between the rivers” in Greek — is almostas old as the country itself.

But for Baghdad, the current shortage demands anurgent response from Turkey. The reserves of all Iraqidams at the beginning of May totalled 11 billion cubicmetres (388 billion cubic feet) of water, compared toover 40 billion three years ago, although rain has notbeen below normal levels this winter.

The Euphrates is the most worrying situation.Reserves at Haditha dam in the country’s west, the

first on the river, amounted to just 1.5 billion cubicmetres on 1 May, compared to eight billion two yearsago.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 20 May —Manmohan Singh, who hadtaken on the opposition BJPin his own way during thecampaign, was on Tuesdaynominated as CongressParliamentary Party leaderby party chief Sonia Gandhiand is likely to be sworn inas Prime Minister for asecond term on Friday.

Gandhi, who was electedChairperson of the Parlia-mentary Party, nominated76-year-old Singh as theCPP leader at a meeting ofthe newly-elected MPs inthe Central Hall of Parlia-ment."Friends, as perprovision of Clause 5B ofthe Constitution of theCongress ParliamentaryParty, I name Dr ManmohanSingh as the Prime Ministerand urge you to support thisby acclama-tion," she saidto unanimous approval bythe members, who thumpedthe desks. Singh, who wasalready named the primeministerial candidate of theparty, will have the distinc-tion of becoming the primeminister after JawaharlalNehru to get a fresh termafter a full five-year term.

Fresh from thespectacular victory in theLok Sabha polls, the meetingsaw Gandhi, askingCongress workers to put theparty before self, remaindisciplined and united toemerge even stronger in thefuture. — MNA/PTI

Somali official warnspirates may become warlords

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—Criminal Case No. 47/2009 filed against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw KhinKhin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma and American Citizen Mr John William Yettaw went on for the third day at thecourt of Yangon North District today.

In his statement, prosecution witness Police Captain Sa Kyaw Win of the Special InvestigationDepartment (Foreign Affairs Division) said that under the instructions given by his superiors, he went toBeauty Land Hotel (2) at 188/192 on 33rd Street, Ward (1), Kyauktada Township where Mr John WilliamYettaw had stayed at about 10.05 am on 6 May; that together with Chairman of Ward (1) Peace andDevelopment Council in Kyauktada Township U Myo Thein and Head of 100-houses U Htay Oo, he searchedMr John William Yettaw’s room named “Diamond” on the fifth floor of the hotel; they found his blackrucksack in the room, and examined it in the presence of witnesses and seized 61 objects from the rucksackthat hotel manager U Kyaw Thu handed the objects at the hotel; that in the interrogation process, he askedMr John William Yettaw if the objects were his; that in response, Mr John William Yettaw said “yes” andput his signature; that Mr John William Yettaw said that in addition to the objects, there were three 100-dollarnotes in the telephone directory in his room; that so he, together with witnesses, searched the room for thesecond time at 6.20 pm the same day; that as said by Mr John William Yettaw, they found the three 100-dollarnotes in the telephone directory, and manager U Kyaw Thu handed the notes, and he confiscated them; andMr John William Yettaw wrote down and signed the search form.

In the afternoon, another prosecution witness Police Captain Tin Zaw Tun, head of Bahan TownshipPolice Force, was questioned. He said that together with Nga-htet-kyi Ward (West) PDC of Bahan TownshipU Zaw Tin and Kyaikkasan Ward PDC U Khin Nyunt went to the residence of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at 7.20am on 7 May; that her house was located at 54/56 on University Avenue, Shwedaunggya Ward, BahanTownship; that they went to her house with the warrant to search the house issued by the judge of BahanTownship court; that he informed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in advance and searched the house with herpermission; that showing her the warrant and then the photo of Mr John William Yettaw and asked her if sheknew him; that then she replied that she did; that he also asked if Mr John William Yettaw had arrived at herhouse; that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi replied that Mr John William Yettaw arrived in her home on 4 Maymorning and left on the night of 5 May; that she also said that Mr John William Yettaw left some of hisbelongings in the house; that then she showed the items one by one and he listed them; that she also said thatthere also were some books Mr John William Yettaw left in his first visit and handed them and so heconfiscated them; that when asked if there was anything else he had left, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said thatthere were some letters Mr John William Yettaw's daughter had sent and they had been torn; that then shehanded them all, and he listed them in the search form and confiscated them; that the seizures were two blackchadors usually worn by Muslim women, two black scarves, two long skirts, one red torch light, six colourpencils in a plastic bag, three pairs of sunglasses, two signal lights, a pair of swimming glasses, one two-pinplug, two pieces of circuit wire, one recharger, a black bag with a zip in it that was used to keep the apparatuses,a plastic bag with a zip in it, two pairs of grey stockings, five parts of an English book, and a bag with piecesof torn paper sheets in it.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi signed the search form and said she was responsible for the items seized, andshowed the place where Mr John William Yettaw slept. Asked why Mr John William Yettaw left two chadors,she replied that he left them as gifts for her.

Then, Ma Aye Tharaphu Kyaw and Ma Phyo Pa Pa Aung were asked to wear the dresses and sunglasses in court, and prosecution witness Police Captain Tin Zaw Tun was asked by the prosecution officerwhether he could identify who they were. The prosecution witness replied that he could not.

After questioning prosecution witness Police Captain Tin Zaw Tun the proceedings were adjourneduntil 10 am on 21 May. — MNA

Case against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma andAmerican Citizen Mr John William Yettaw

heard for third dayNAY PYI TAW, 20

May—The 110th meetingof Banks SupervisoryCommittee and ExecutiveCommittee of MyanmarBanks Association underthe Ministry of Financeand Revenue was held atmeeting hall of theMinistry here thismorning. It was attendedby Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-Gen HlaTun, Deputy Minister ColHla Thein Swe, GovernorU Than Nyein of theCentral Bank of Myanmar,

Meeting of Banks SupervisoryCommittee and Executive Committeeof Myanmar Banks Association held

directors-general andmanaging directors ofdepartments andenterprise under theMinistry, chairmen ofState- and private-ownedbanks, directors andexecutives.

At the meeting,the minister called forundertaking bankingservices and monetarymatters in line with laws,regulations andprocedures and fairlycarrying out bankingservices.—MNA

Artificial skin manufacturedin fully automated process

BERLIN, 20 May— Skin from a factory –this has long been thedream ofp h a r m a c o l o g i s t s ,chemists and doctors.Research has an urgentneed for large quantitiesof ‘skin models’, whichcan be used to determineif products such as creamsand soaps, cleaningagents, medicines andadhesive bandages are

compatible with skin, orif they instead will lead toirritation or allergicreactions for theconsumer. Such testresults are seen as moremeaningful than thosefrom animal experiments,and can even make suchexperiments largelysuperfluous.

But artificial skinis rare. “The production iscomplex and involves agreat deal of manual work.At this time, even themarket's establishedinternational companiescannot produce more than2,000 tiny skinpieces amonth. With annualrequirements of more than6.5 million units in theEU area alone, however,the industrial demand farexceeds all currentlyavailable productioncapacities,” reports JörgSaxler.

Internet

Skin from a factory-this has long been the

dream ofpharmacologists,

chemists and doctors.

New system for detection ofarrival of single atomsSANTIAGO, 20

May — Scientists havedevised a new techniquefor real-time detection offreely moving individual

neutral atoms that is morethan 99.7% accurate andsensitive enough todiscern the arrival of asingle atom in less thanone-millionth of a second,about 20 times faster thanthe best previous methods.20 times faster than thebest previous methods.

The system,described in AdvanceOnline Publication at theNature Physics web siteby researchers at the JointQuantum Institute (JQI)in College Park, MD, and

the Universidad deConcepción in Chile,employs a novel means ofaltering the polarization oflaser light trapped betweentwo highly-reflectivemirrors, in effect lettingthe scientists "see" atomspassing through by theindividual photons thatthey scatter.

The ability todetect single atoms andmolecules is essential toprogress in many areas,including quantuminformation research,chemical detection andbiochemical analysis.

Internet

Step one in single-atom detection system.

Biomass as source ofraw materials

Scientists have now developed a newcatalytic process to convert

components of bio-oil directly intoalkanes and methanol.

MUNICH, 20 May — For theprotection of the environment, andbecause of the limited amount of fossilfuels available, renewable resources, such

as specially cultivated plants, woodscraps, and other plant waste, arebecoming the focus of considerableattention.

Processes such as pyrolysisor liquefaction allow the conversionof biomass into bio-oil, a highlypromising renewable source of energy.A team of German and Chinesescientists led by Johannes A. Lercherat the Technical University of Munichhas now developed a new catalyticprocess to convert components of bio-oil directly into alkanes and methanol.As reported in the journal AngewandteChemie, the process is based on a“one-pot” reaction catalyzed by aprecious metal on a carbon supportcombined with an inorganic acid.

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(from page 1)They were welcomed

at Sittway Airport byMinister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,senior military officers ofthe local station anddepartmental officials.

They went toPyidawtha Railway Stationto attend the openingceremony of 11.46 mileslong Pyidawtha-Yegyan-byin railroad section onS i t t w a y - A n - M i n b uRailroad, in Sittway andcordially greeted the localpeople.

The Prime Ministerand party took the specialtrain that departedPyidawtha Station at theopening ceremony,cordially conversed withthe local people, students,and staff aboard the train.

On arrival at SittwayStation, the special train

Local people of Rakhine Stateurged to make efforts…

ment, a total of 1261.70miles long railroadsincluding the newly openedPyidawtha-Yegyanbyinrailroad section wereconstructed. So far, MR hasbuilt 3238.05 miles ofrailroads in total and 821railway stations.

In accord with theguidance of the Head ofState to build the railroadsas the net work fordevelopment of social andeconomic status in Statesand Divisions, new railroadprojects namely 320-mile

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan visitDoh Alin Library in Nanchaung Village of Thandwe Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordiallyconverses with local national races, studentsand staff aboard the special train at openingof Sittway (Pyidawtha-Yegyanbyin) railroad

section.—MNA

Pyidawtha Railway Station in Sittway.—MNA

was welcomed by localnational people.

At the station, thePrime Minister and partyviewed the documentaryphotos on construction ofthe railroad. Next, theysprinkled scented water onthe stone plaque, andcordially greeted the localnational people andtownselders.

The Prime Ministerand party left SittwayStation by special train. Onboard the train, primarystudents of Sittway happilysang the songs. AtYegyanbyin Station, thePrime Minister met withtownselders, national racesand members of socialorganizations.

The Government isstriving for all-rounddevelopment of the countryto be a modern nation.Myanma Railways of the

Ministry of RailTransportation isundertaking constructionof the new railroads andassembling of carriagesand cargo coaches with theleast cost for the

convenience of thetravelers by repairing andupgrading the railroadswith a view to ensuringbetter transportation andgaining developmentmomentum in therespective regions.

Construction ofSittway (Pyidawtha-Yegyanbyin) railroadsection started on 15February 2009 andcompleted on 13 May.

Pyidawtha-Yegyan-byin railroad sectionincludes 21 small and largebridges, three blockstations and three stopoverstations.

Myanma Railwaysmanaged the functions of1976.35 miles long railroadbefore 1988. In the time ofthe Tatmadaw Govern-

Thaung Aye and Ministerfor Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan whoaccompanied the PrimeMinister on 18 Mayafternoon attended theopening ceremony of “DohAlin” Library inNanchaung Village ofThandwe Township.

First, Chairman ofThandwe Township PDCU Myat Kyaw, StaffOfficer U Nyo Ohn ofDistrict Information andPublic RelationsDepartment and Chairman

K y a n g i n - P a k o k k uRailroad, 95-mile Katha-Bhamo Railroad, 95-milePyawbwe-Na tmauk-Magway Railroad, 236-mile Namsang-KengtungRailroad, 150-mile Dawei-Myeik Railroad and 257-mile Sittway-An-MinbuRailroad are underconstruction.

Commander Maj-Gen

of Nanchaung VillagePDC U Aung Min formallyopened the library.

The minister gaveinstructions on five futuretasks for durability of thelibraries.

The commander andthe minister visited thelibrary and cordiallygreeted the villagers whowere reading there.—MNA

In the time of the TatmadawGovernment, a total of 1261.70 mileslong railroads including the newlyopened Pyidawtha-Yegyanbyinrailroad section were constructed. Sofar, MR has built 3238.05 miles ofrailroads in total and 821 railwaystations.

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PM facilitates

development of

Rakhine State

Minister for

Information Brig-Gen

Kyaw Hsan makes

speech at opening

ceremony of

Nanchaung village

library at Thandwe

Township. (News on

Page 1)—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially

greets local people, national races and social

organizations at Yegyanbyin railway

station.(News on page 1)—MNA

U Aung Khin Soepresents credentials toPhilippine President

NAY PYI TAW, 21 May—U Aung Khin Soe,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Union of Myanmar to the Republic of thePhilippines, presented his Credentials to HerExcellency Ms Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Presidentof the Republic of the Philippines, on 6 May 2009 inManila.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—The conclusion of BasicEducation School Management Course (1/2009)conducted by the Ministry of Education took placehere this afternoon.

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein delivered aspeech and presented prizes to outstanding trainees.

School management course concludesDeputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min presentedcompletion certificates to the trainees.

Altogether 375 trainees from departments, assistantstate/division education officers and high schoolprincipals attended the four-week course, which waslaunched on 27 April.—MNA

YANGON, 20 May—Jointly organized byMyanmar Fishery Federation and Myanmar PrawnEntrepreneurs Association and sponsored by Han SeinThant Engineering & Trading, Dr Maung Maung Thein(Myanma Insurance) will give an educative talk on‘Having insurance and claiming compensation’ at MFFon Bayintnaung Road, west Gyogon in Insein Townshipon 23 May.

Those interested may attend the talk.—MNA

YANGON, 20 May — The Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry(UMFCCI) and the Thai delegation comprisingentrepreneurs will launch a meeting at UMFCCI, here,on 27 May.

The meeting will discuss matters according tocategory of goods.

Myanmar entrepreneurs will see respectivesamples from a total of 43 Thai companies and willdiscuss interactive trade with the Thai entrepreneurs.

Samples from Thailand include constructionmaterials and machines, pipe and pipe-related materials,cleaning materials, motors, car and motorcyclebatteries, cables and other things, cosmetics, garments,personal goods and others.

Myanmar entrepreneurs interested to attend themeeting may contact UMFCCI, IRD of UMFCCI, Tel:214344-49 (Ext: 203) for details.

MNA

Bagan publishes compilationof articles, novelets

Myint, Maung Wunna andThu Maung today.

“Taya Thabin” is acompilation of articleswritten by Chit Oo Nyo,“18 Yuzana”, acompilation of 11 noveletswritten by Nay WinMyint, “a compilation forrememberance” byMaung Wunna and“Sarthabin-1”, acompilation of articleswritten by Thu Maung arein circulation today.

MNA

YANGON, 20 May —Bagan Publishing Housein Yankin Township haspublished works of writersChit Oo Nyo, Nay Win

UMFCCI, Thaientrepreneurs to

meet on trade

Talk on insuranceto be organized

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever

flattered* Do not be softened whenever ap-

peased

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NAY PYI TAW, 20May—Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defencemet with servicemen andfamily members ofMonywa Station atMonywa Station Hall on17 May.

Accompanied byChairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe and officials,Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspectedconditions of Monywa-C h a u n g U - Y e s a g y o -Pakokku road,maintenance of framesand Hsinbyushin Bridge,changing of water courseand gave instructions onprevention against erosion

Yesagyo, NyaungU, Kyaukpadaung Tsps witness agriculture, development facilities

at the bridge and the bank.At the local battalion

in Yesagyo Township, Lt-Gen Tha Aye met withservicemen and familymembers.

In NyaungUTownship, Lt-Gen ThaAye inspected functionsof Letpanchaypaw andThagaungti river waterpumping stations. They

inspected the tasks ofintegrated farm ofNyaungU TownshipCooperative Department.

At the office ofMyanma Agriculture

Service in KyaukpadaungTownship, Lt-Gen ThaAye met with officials andlocal people.

Then he viewed tarma-cking of Kyaukpadaung-

Meiktila road and thrivingsummer paddy plantationsin Magyitaing Village-tract. They left there andarrived back in Nay Pyi Tawin the evening.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence inspects Letpanchaypaw river water pumping station in NyaungU Township.—MNA

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi departs from Yangon North District Courtafter her appearance at the hearing for third day.—MNA

Officers’ housing of Myanmar Correctional Department in whichDaw Aung San Suu Kyi has been accommodated.—MNA

Ambassadors, Chargés d’ Affaires anddiplomats who visited hearing at YangonNorth District Court for third day.—MNA

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi tells diplomats …(from page 16)

At 1.15 pm,Ambassadors, Chargésd’Affaires and diplomatsof the embassies ofAustralia, the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh,Brunei Darussalam,Cambodia, the People’sRepublic of China, Egypt,France, Germany, theRepublic of India, theRepublic of Indonesia,Israel, Italy, Japan,Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea, theRepublic of Korea, LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic, Malaysia,Nepal, the IslamicRepublic of Pakistan, theRepublic of the

Philippines, the RussianFederation, Saudi Arabia,the Republic of Serbia,the Republic ofSingapore, Thailand,Britain, the United Statesof America, and theSocialist Republic ofVietnam, and the residentrepresentative of theUnited Nations Develop-ment Programmetotalling 29, five membercorrespondents of MFCCand five editorial staff ofthe local journals andmagazines observed thetrial of the Yangon NorthDistrict Court where thejudges were hearing thesubmission of plaintiffCommander of Bahan

Township Police ForcePolice Captain Tin ZawTun.

From 2.15 pm to 2.40pm, the diplomats fromthe Republic of Singapore,the Russian Federationand Thailand met withDaw Aung San Suu Kyi atthe officers’ housing ofthe MyanmarCorrectional Department.

At the meeting, DawAung San Suu Kyi told thediplomats that she was ingood health. She added thatofficials provided her withaccommodation for herconvenience. With regardto the intrusion of Mr. JohnWilliam Yettaw whosecretly entered the

compound of her house,Daw Aung San Suu Kyisaid that she helped him onthe humanitarian groundsand action will be takenagainst Mr. John WilliamYettaw under the law.

Daw Aung San SuuKyi is beingaccommodated at theofficers’ housing of theMyanmar CorrectionalDepartment. The chiefmedical officer anddoctors of the MyanmarCorrectional Departmentare closely providinghealth care to her daily.This morning, two seniorgeneral practitioners andone heart specialist ofYangon General Hospitalin addition to doctors ofthe MCD gave health careto her. With regard to thecase of American citizenMr. John William Yettaw

who entered thecompound of the house ofDaw Aung San Suu Kyifrom 3 to 5 May, the court

continued questioning thefour persons includingDaw Aung San SuuKyi.—MNA

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UNSG will visit Sri Lanka tohelp “treat wounds of war”

A sculptor works on a sand sculpture of “The Thinker” during preparationsfor the FIESA 2009 International Sand Sculpture Festival in Pera on 14May, 2009. An international team of 60 sculptors will turn 35,000 tons of

sand into sculptures spread over 15,000 square metres (161,600 square feet)for the festival, which opens to the public on 22 May.—INTERNET

Japan’s Prince Akishino, center, triesto play a pan flute during a visit tothe Village Museum in Bucharest,Romania, Wednesday, on 20 May,

2009. Japan’s Prince Akishino, andPrincess Kiko, are on a 4 day visit to

Romania.—INTERNET

GENEVA, 20 May—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here onTuesday that he would visit Sri Lankaon May 22-23 to help “treat the woundsof war” in the island country.

“We urgently need to treat thewounds of a war that has alienated thecommunities in the island for almostthree decades,” Ban told a Pressconference in Geneva.

“To aid this endeavour I will visitSri Lanka this Friday May 22 to SaturdayMay 23,” he said.

The UN Chief said he was “relieved”by the conclusion of military operationsin the country, but was also “deeplytroubled” by the loss of so many civilianlives there.

“It is most important that every effortbe undertaken to begin a process ofhealing and national reconciliation,” hesaid.

He expressed hope that his visitwould provide him with “a first-handassessment of conditions on theground”.—MNA/Xinhua

Cambodia to take more measures to fightagainst drug abuse

PHNOM PENH, 20 May— CambodianPrime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesdaycalled on the whole nation to join togetherto take immediate measures to fightagainst drug issues.

The drug matters were adverse tothe society and public security of thecountry, so “the Ministry of Educationmust consider to add the anti-drugmessage in the textbooks from primaryto higher education to make knowledgeof the danger of drug among youngpeople,” the Premier said at a ceremonyfor officially announcing senior GeneralKe Kim Yan as Chairman of the NationalAuthority of Anti-Drug.

The anti-drug message must declare“drug destroys future and life”, the

Premier stressed, adding that the drugissues have threatened the social security,national economy and the familyharmony. Meanwhile, he also appealedto movie productions in the country toadd anti-drug message before startingplaying the movies, and printing media,mass media as well as TV programmesto insert the anti-drug message to theirarticles and programmes to educategeneral people if possible.

Hun Sen said that from 1979 to theearly 1990s, Cambodia was not affectedby the drug. But “our people havesuffered from it since we opened the freemarket in the 1990s. The criminals haveattempted to use the country as a transmitplace”, he said.—MNA/Xinhua

ARF security policymeeting held in

ThailandBANGKOK, 20 May—Senior security

and defence officials from its 24 membersattended the ASEAN Regional Forum(ARF) security policy meeting onThursday at Thai resort island Phuket,agreeing to enhance regional securitycommunication and cooperation, as wellas to collectively maintain the regionalpeace and stability.

More than 70 officials in charge ofdefence and security issues from 10ASEAN (Association of South-East AsianNations) countries and its 22 dialoguepartners participated in the one-day ARFsecurity policy meeting, which was thesixth of its kind since it was first held inBeijing in 2004.

Delegates agreed the overallinternational security situation is stable,with the increasing amount of commonsecurity interests shared by theinternational community. However, theyunderlined the nonconventional issues,such as terrorism, weapon proliferationand marine security, as worth of more

notice. Vice Admiral Sun Jianguo, assistantchief of general staff of the ChinesePeople’s Liberation Army, attended themeeting and chaired the China-ASEANbreakfast meeting.—MNA/Xinhua

A tourist gestures before the Perito

Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares

National Park in Argentina’s

Patagonia region, Monday, 0n 18

May, 2009.

INTERNET

Triplet Jaguar cubs,

seen, at the Tierpark

Zoo, in Berlin,

Tuesday, on 19 May,

2009. The three cubs

were born on 16 April

and named Atiero,

Jumanes and Valdivia.

INTERNET

Thai minister says German tourist did not die from H1N1BANGKOK, 20 May—A German

tourist who died in Thailand this weekafter falling ill with a fever did not havethe H1N1 flu virus, Thailand’s PublicHealth Minister said on Tuesday.

“I have been briefed by the deputypermanent secretary that our lab testsconfirmed about half an hour ago thatthe patient did not die of the new flustrain,” Witthaya Kaewparadai told atelevision station by telephone fromSwitzerland.

His deputy, Manit Nop-amornbodi,later told a news conference in Bangkok

that the 65-year-old woman had died ofpneumonia.

The authorities said on 12 May thattwo Thai citizens who had been inMexico had contracted H1N1 flu butboth had recovered.

There have been no deaths from theflu in Thailand.

Ministry spokesman SuphanSrithamma said earlier that the Germanwoman had arrived in Thailand on 12May in good health but developed afever and died on 18 May.

MNA/Reuters

China to build two damsin Sierre Leone

FREETOWN, 20 May—China is tobuild two hydro-electric dams in SierreLeone as part of efforts to foster tieswith the West African country, itsambassador there said late on Monday.

Qiu Shaofang told reporters SierraLeone's President Ernest Bai Koromawas due to make a state visit to Chinastarting on Sunday to discuss bilateralties and assistance. "Despite the currentinternational economic downturn, Chinahas promised not to reduce assistance toAfrican countries, particularly SierraLeone," Qiu said.

The two dams would be built overthree years in the northern city ofMakeni, Koroma's home base, and inPort Loko, 75 miles (120 kilometres)from the capital Freetown.

Sierre Leone is seeking to put yearsof conflict behind it and attract investors.China, which has seen its trade withAfrica jump in recent years, hasfrequently offered help to Africannations in building dams despite criticismfrom campaigners about their impact onthe local environment.—MNA/Reuters

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Warm and fuzzy feelingsall in the brain

LONDON, 20 May—The same part of the brain thatmakes us crave food and sex may also help determinewhether somebody is a warm and sentimental “peo-ple” person, researchers said on Wednesday.

Scientists found a greater concentration of brain tis-sue in certain areas of the brain may drive some peo-ple to gush fuzzy feelings more than others, they re-ported in the European Journal of Neuroscience.

“It is interesting that we can pin down this relation-ship between a specific aspect of your personality anda specific region of the brain,” Graham Murray ofCambridge University in Britain, who led the study,said in a telephone interview.

“Those are the regions that we know are importantfor basic biological drives like for food and sex.”

The researchers, who collaborated with a team atOulu University in Finland, used questionnaires to helpmeasure the relationship between personality and brainstructure in 41 men.

The volunteers were asked how well they thoughtthey connected to people, how they showed their emo-tions and whether they liked to please people. The re-searchers used brain scans to analyze the concentra-tion of grey matter — tissue rich in brain cells knownas neurons — in different regions.

Internet

Stem cells “seek and destroy” cancer cells

CHICAGO, 20 May—Genetically engi-neered stem cells from bone marrowshowed promise as a potential new wayto deliver a cancer-killing protein totumors, British researchers said onTuesday.

Experiments in cell cultures and inmice showed the adult stem cells — atype known as mesenchymal stem cells— could home in on cancer cells anddeliver a lethal protein that attacked onlythe cancer while sparing normal healthytissue.

“We’ve developed cells which spe-cifically target cancer through the bodyand deliver an anti-cancer protein to

where it is needed in a seek-and-destroyapproach,” said Dr Michael Loebingerof University College London, who pre-sented his findings at the American Tho-racic Society conference in San Diego.

“Essentially, we’ve combined twopieces of research. The first is that mes-enchymal stem cells have an innate abil-ity to seek out tumors throughout thebody,” Loebinger said in a telephoneinterview.

Loebinger, Dr. S. M. Janes and col-leagues altered the cells to express ormake the cancer-killing protein calledTNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligandor TRAIL.

“This protein has the ability to causethe death only of cancer cells. By com-bining these two approaches, we have acell which has the ability to go aroundthe body and find and destroy tumors,”Loebinger said.

Studies in cell cultures showed thecells were able to find and kill cells fromlung, squamous, breast and cervical can-cer. “Lots of cancer have sensitivity tothis TRAIL protein,” Loebinger said.

They also injected the cells into micewith breast tumors and showed theywere able to safely kill the tumors butleave healthy tissue intact.—Internet

A man works at the Eli and EdytheBroad Center of Regeneration

Medicine and Stem Cell Research atthe University of California San

Francisco in San Francisco, on 10March, 2009.—INTERNET

The best time to plant a tree was20 years ago. The second best

time is now.

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Deadly pneumonia caused bysuper-bugs on rise

A girl suffering from pneumonia isgiven oxygen treatment at the

Catarino Rivas Hospital in San PedroSula, on 5 March, 2008.—INTERNET

LONDON, 20 May — Deadlypneumonia caused by so-calledsuperbugs are spreading outsidehospitals and represent a growing threatto the public, US researchers warned onWednesday.

Making the problem more worryingis the recent H1N1 flu outbreak becausethe “super-bug” pneumonia most com-monly appears following an influenza-like illness, Alicia Hidron of the EmoryUniversity School of Medicine inAtlanta reported.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus (MRSA) infections can rangefrom boils to more severe infections ofthe blood, lungs and the sites of surgery.Such infections can often be treated onlywith expensive intravenous antibiotics.

Most cases are associated withhospitals, nursing homes or other healthcare facilities but infections acquired inthe wider community are increasing, theresearcher noted.

Internet

Kid more likely to smoke if momdid while pregnant

LOS ANGELES, 20 May— Kids are more apt tosmoke if their motherssmoked during pregnancy,a new study has found.

For the study,researchers at the Uni-versity of Arizona useddata from the TucsonChildren’s RespiratoryStudy to see whether amother’s smoking duringpregnancy and during herchild’s early years affectedwhether the child smokedlater on.

The researchers ass-essed maternal smokingduring pregnancy andwhen infants were 1.5months and 1.5 years old

and again when the chil-dren were 6, 9 and 11 yearsold. They then looked atthe children’s smoking be-haviour when they were atages 16 and 22.

They found that womenwho smoked duringpregnancy and during theirchildren’s early years weremore likely to have kidswho smoked at age 22.This proved true whetherthe mother smoked or didnot smoke during thechild’s school years.

In fact, these childrenare four times more likelyto become regularsmokers, according to thestudy.

In addition, the childrenof mothers who smokedduring pregnancy and theirearly years were less likelyto quit smoking than werethe offspring of motherswho never smoked or whostarted smoking whentheir children were school-age.

The research suggestedthat biological changestake place in the womb.

“Somehow smoke ischanging the brainchemistry,” said the leadresearcher, Dr Roni Grad,an associate professor ofclinical pediatrics at theuniversity.

InternetWHO seeks swine flu vaccine helpfor poor nations Swine flu cases spread in Asia, Americas

A visitor disinfects their hands at an entrance of ahospital in Osaka. About 30 vaccine makers from 19industrialized and developing countries were invitedby the WHO to Tuesday’s discussions, which officialssaid focused on the cost of the vaccine and its avail-

ability in vulnerable poor countries.—INTERNET

GENEVA, 20 May —Mexico’s swine flu deathtoll rose by four as thevirus continued to spreadthrough Latin Americaand made inroads in Asia,with the number ofJapanese infectionstopping 200.

In the United States, aman who recentlytravelled to Mexico mayhave become thecountry’s 8th swine flucasualty when he diedTuesday after contractingthe A(H1N1) virus,according to healthofficials and local mediareports.

The number of peopleto have died of the virusin Mexico hit 74 whileconfirmed infections inthe country, the epicentreof the outbreak, rose by

almost 100 in 24 hours to3,660, health authoritiessaid.

United Nations chiefBan Ki-moon urgedpeople to remain vigilant

against swine flu becauseprevious pandemics hadshown flu outbreakscould start mild andworsen.

Internet

GENEVA, 20 May —TheWorld Health Organizationurged drugmakers toreserve some of theirpandemic swine fluvaccine for poor countries,but received few concreteoffers as experts disclosedthat an effective flu shot isstill months away.

The global body wantscompanies to donate atleast 10 percent of theirproduction or offerreduced prices for poorcountries that couldotherwise be left withoutvaccines if there is asudden surge in demand.But some are skepticalabout what such acommitment could meanfor their business.

“I don’t think that all ofthe answers are there yet,”said Swiss pharmaceutical

giant Novartis AGspokesman Eric Althoff.UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon, whomet with 30 majorpharmaceutical manu-facturers, called Tuesdayfor global solidarity inconfronting the disease.Solidarity “must mean thatall have access to drugsand vaccines,” he added.

The only majordrugmaker that publiclyagreed to the WHOrequest Tuesday wasBritain’s GlaxoSmi-thKline PLC, which said itwould donate 50 milliondoses in a pandemic andoffer more that WHOcould buy at a discount forpoor countries.

A second drugmakerwith only limited pro-duction capacity said it

would share half of itsvaccine doses. WHOofficials declined toidentify the companybecause the deal has yetto be signed.

Smaller vaccine makersfrom developing countriesalso promised to share 10percent of their vaccineswith the UN at cheaperprices.

“I can reassure you Ihave received very seriouscommitments,” WHODirector-General DrMargaret Chan told report-ers after meeting with thedrugmakers.

Nearby, health mini-sters from around theworld gathered for WHO’sannual assembly anddiscussed how to tacklethe outbreak.

Internet

Vietnam reports anotherA/H1N1 suspected case

HANOI, 20 May — The Vietnamese healthauthorities said a South Korean man from the USarriving in the country has showed flu-like symptoms,the online newspaper Vietnamnet reported onWednesday.

The man, whose age is not mentioned by thenewspaper, entering Vietnam on the flight transitingin the Republic of Korea, showed higher bodytemperature. He was isolated and suspected of havingthe flu A/H1N1 virus.

The test result is not available now, said healthofficials.

Amid the high possibility of the flu reaching thecountry, Vietnamese relevant ministries, authoritiesin cities and provinces nationwide have been takingall-out efforts to prevent an outbreak of the A/H1N1flu in the country.—Internet

Panama confirms 6 new casesof A/H1N1 flu

PANAMA CITY, 20 May — Panamanian health au-thorities on Tuesday reported six new cases ofA/H1N1 influenza, bringing the total number of con-firmed cases to 65. The Health Ministry said that ofthe 65 confirmed cases, 34 were females and 31males. All of them are in quarantine and receivingspecialized treatment. Among the confirmed cases,41 were minors and the rest are all under 44 yearsold, the ministry said.—Internet

Confirmed, probable A/H1N1flu cases in US rise to 5,469 WASHINGTON, 20 May — The number of confirmed

and probable human A/H1N1 flu cases has risen to 5,469in 48 US states, with six deaths, the US Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported onTuesday. The figures didn’t include one confirmed deathfrom the new flu reported in New York City on Sunday.

The CDC said on its website that it’s uncertain atthis time how severe this novel H1N1 outbreak will bein terms of illness and death compared with otherinfluenza viruses. Because this is anew virus, mostpeople will not have immunity to it, and illness may bemore severe and widespread as a result.

In addition, currently there is no vaccine to protectagainst this novel H1N1 virus. CDC anticipates thatthere will be more cases, more hospitalizations and moredeaths associated with this new virus in the coming daysand weeks.—Internet

France reports 16 confirmed casesof A/H1N1 flu

PARIS, 20 May — The Institut de Veille Sanitaire(INVS) announced on Tuesday that there have been16 confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in France.

According to reports of the French media, all the16 cases are imported, 11 from Mexico and 5 fromthe United States.—Internet

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S P O R T S

England keeper crisis as James has shoulder opLONDON, 20 May—England manager Fabio Capello will have to rely on third-

choice goalkeeper Robert Green for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against

Portsmouth goalkeeper David Jamespictured during his side’s UEFA Cup

match away to Wolfsburg in thenorthern German city, December

2008.—INTERNET

Korea’s Suwon make AFCChampions League knockouts

Choi Sung-Hyeon (R) ofSouth Korea’s SuwonSamsung Bluewings andDaniel Bennett (L) ofSingapore’s SingaporeArmed Forces FC jumpfor the ball during a pre-liminary football match ofthe AFC ChampionsLeague in Suwon. SuwonSamsung Bluewings wonthe match 3-1.—INTERNET Juventus complete Cannavaro

re-signing

Sweden on coursefor World Team Cup defence

Swedish Robin Soderling, seen herein April 2009, beat Sam Querrey6-2, 6-2 and Andreas Vinciguerrasank Robby Ginepri 7-5, 6-4, as reign-ing champions Sweden remained oncourse for a successful defence of theWorld Team Cup after clinching vic-tory over the USA in the tournament’sround-robin stage in Dusseldorf, Ger

many.—INTERNET

INDIANAPOLIS, 20May—Alex Taglianinever dreamed his first In-dianapolis 500 start wouldcome with so muchdrama.

But he’ll take anythingafter Sunday’s chaoticqualifying finish — evena replacement ride fromthe back of the 33-carfield in this weekend’srace.

“When they told me, Iwas like ‘Really?’ I didn’teven know that rule ex-

Canadian AlexandreTagliani, of Montreal,sits in his car during

practice on the third dayof qualifications for theIndianapolis 500 auto

race at the IndianapolisMotor Speedway inIndianapolis, on 16

May, 2009.—INTERNET

Newcastle United’s French de-fender Sebastien Bassong (left) ischallenged by Liverpool’s Dutchforward Dirk Kuyt during theirside’s Premier League match atAnfield in Liverpool, north-westEngland, on 3 May.—INTERNET

Magpies lose Bassong appeal

Klinsmann: I could havedefended Bayern title

Juergen Klinsmann

Kazakshstan and Andorra after DavidJames opted for shoulder surgery.

Manchester United’s Ben Foster, whohad moved past Green in Capello’specking order, is also unavailable for thetrip to Kazakhstan and the Wembleymeeting with Andorra after having anoperation to correct a ligament problemin his thumb.

James has had a problem with his leftshoulder for some time but delayed adecision on surgery until his club, Ports-mouth, had secured their survival in thePremier League.—Internet

Stenson focused on 1st majorwin — not No. 1 spot

VIRGINIA WATER, 20 May—Henrik Stenson is focus-ing on winning his first major title rather than worryingabout becoming the top-ranked player in the world.

The 33-year-old, who has risen to a career-best No. 4following his victory in the Players Championship at TPCSawgrass two weeks ago, is more interested in becom-ing the first Swedish men’s player to win a major.

“World Rankings are very important to me,” Stensonsaid on Tuesday. “It would obviously mean a lot to bethe highest-ranking player in the world at some point,but winning a major would be much more important tome than being the No. 1 player for a short period of time.

“They kind of go hand in hand. If you win a coupleof majors, you’re probably going to get close to No. 1.So you are probably not going to do one without theother.”—Internet

L O N D O N ,20 May—New c a s t l ewill have todo withoutkey defenderS e b a s t i e nBassong fortheir relega-tion crunchat Aston Villaon Sundayafter theFrenchmanfailed in ana p p e a lagainst thered card he

received at the weekend. The 22-year-old was sent offin the 1-0 defeat by Fulham after tangling withDiomansy Kamara and, because it was his second redcard of the season, was automatically banned for twomatches.

Newcastle go into their final match of the seasonknowing they must register a better result than Hullmanage at home to Manchester United if they are tosurvive in the top flight.

If Hull take a point against United, Newcastle mustwin to retain their top flight status while a win forHull would see Alan Shearer’s side relegated regard-less of their own result.—Internet

Tagliani’s wild ride ends with Indy 500 startisted,” Tagliani said onTuesday.

Hours after beingbumped from the field,Conquest Racing owner

Eric Bachelart announcedhe would replace BrunoJunqueira in the No. 36car with his full-time Ca-nadian driver.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 20 May—South Korean power-house Suwon Bluewingsbooked their spot in the

AFC Champions Leagueknockout rounds on Tues-day as Kawasaki Frontaleset up an all-Japanese last16 clash with GambaOsaka.

The K-League champi-ons overcame stubborn re-sistance from minnowsSingapore Armed Forces towin 3-1 with first-half goalsfrom Bae Gi-Jong and LeeSang-Ho and a last minutepenalty by Seo Dong-Hyeon doing the job.

Their victory snuffedout any hope that Shang-hai Shenhua had of stay-ing in Asia’s top clubcompetition, with the Chi-nese outfit playing forpride only against Japan’sKashima Antlers.

That match ended 1-1with Marquinhos’ 31stminute goal for Kashimacancelling out MarkMilligan’s ninth minuteopener.—Internet

BERLIN, 20 May—Sacked Bayern Munichcoach Jurgen Klinsmannclaimed on Tuesday hecould have led the reign-ing German champions toa successful defence oftheir Bundesliga crown.

Bayern sackedKlinsmann at the end ofApril following a string ofmediocre performancesthat have left the Germangiants two points behindleaders Wolfsburg beforethe Bundesliga finale thisweekend.

A win at WerderBremen on Saturday willcrown Wolfsburg as Ger-

man champions for thefirst time, although if theylose and Bayern win theirfinal game againstStuttgart Bayern will topthe table.

Internet

DUSSELDORF,20 May—R e i g n i n gc h a m p i o n sSweden re-mained oncourse for asuccessful de-fence of theWorld TeamCup afterclinching vic-tory over theUSA in thetournament’sround-robinstage here onTuesday.

Robin So-derling beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-2 and AndreasVinciguerra sank Robby Ginepri 7-5, 6-4 to give theman unassailable 2-0 lead prior to Wednesday’s doubles.

France trail Germany 1-0 in their round-robin tiegoing into the fourth day, after Rainer Schuttlerdefeated world number seven Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-4ahead of Philipp Kohlschreiber’s match againstJo-Wilfried Tsonga on Wednesday.—Internet

captain Fabio Cannavarofrom Real Madrid

ROME, 20 May—Juventus announced onTuesday the re-signing ofItaly World Cup-winningcaptain Fabio Cannavarofrom Real Madrid.

Cannavaro’s contractwith the Spaniards runsout at the end of June andhe has signed a one-yeardeal with the Old Lady ofTurin. The 35-year-oldwas world player of theyear in 2006, after leadingItaly to World Cup glorythat same year.

That was also the sum-mer he left Juventus,where he had played fortwo seasons, to join Realafter the Italians were rel-egated to Serie B formatch-fixing.

His move angeredmany fans and when hispossible return to the clubwas first mooted it re-ceived mixed reactionsfrom Juve fans, some ofwhom have not forgivenhim for deserting them in2006.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Taninthayi Division, fairlywidespread in Shan and Mon States, Bago and AyeyawadyDivisions, scattered in Rakhine and Kayin States, Magwayand Mandalay Divisions, isolated in Kachin and Chin States,upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions with locally heavyfallin Mandalay Division and weather has been partly cloudyin the remaining areas. Day temperatures were (3°C) to(4°C) above May average temperatures in Rakhine States,Magway, Mandalay, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions, (5°C)above May average temperatures in upper Sagaing Division,(7°C) above May average temperatures in TaninthayiDivision and about May average temperatures in theremaining areas. The significant day temperature wereChauk and Minbu (41°C) each. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were NayPyiTaw (Tatkone) (2.52) inches,NayPyiTaw (Yesin) (0.95) inch, NayPyiTaw(Thapyaykone) (0.71) inch, NayPyiTaw (Pyinmana) (0.67)inch, Kyeikkhami (2.28) inches, Pathein (1.57) inches,Mawlamyine (1.41) inches, Kawthoung (1.38) inches andKawkayeik (1.22) inches.

Maximum temperature on 19-5-2009 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 20-5-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 20-5-2009 was 79%.Total sunshine hours on 19-5-2009 was (5.2) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 20-5-2009was (Tr)) at Mingaladon, (Nil)at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (3.66) inches at Mingaladon, (4.65)inches at Kaba-Aye and (6.42) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mphfrom Southwest at (14:35) hour MST on 19-5-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and weather is partly cloudy elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21th May 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be fairly widespread in Mon, KayinStates and Taninthayi Division, scattered in Raknine andShan States, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Ayeyawady andYangon Divisions and isolated in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rian or thundershowers in the lowerMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 21-5-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-5-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for21-5-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Russia, Georgia conclude“constructive” talks in Geneva

GENEVA, 20 May—Russia and Georgia onTuesday concluded a “constructive” round of talksin Geneva, in which participants discussed bothsecurity and humanitarian issues, a European officialsaid. The discussions were held “in constructivespirit”, Pierre Morel, the EU special representativefor the Georgian issue, told a news conferencefollowing the talks.

Morel said all related parties attended Tuesday’stalks, despite initial problems on Monday, when theRussian delegation walked out of the meeting roomwhich led to the suspension of the discussions. “Ibelieve the process is on the right track. The processis in full swing,” he said, adding that the parties agreedto meet in Geneva again on July 1. This was the fifthround of internationally mediated talks aimed atresolving security and humanitarian issues left overby the Russia-Georgia conflict last August.

MNA/Xinhua

Hanging with mom : A Grey-bellied Night Monkey(Aotus Lemurinus) born in captivity one month ago,climbs onto his mother at the Santa Fe Zoo, inMedellin, Antioquia Department, Colombia. The NightMonkey is an endangered species.—INTERNET

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

* 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 State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—Hearing continuesfor third day today into the cases of Daw Aung San SuuKyi, Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma andAmerican citizen Mr. John William Yettaw.

The trial started at 10.10 am and adjourned at12.15 pm.

The Protocol Department under the Ministry ofForeign Affairs asked permission to allow 29 diplomatsfrom the foreign embassies to the Union of Myanmar andNews and Periodicals Enterprise under the Ministry ofInformation, five member correspondents of MyanmarForeign Correspondents Club and five editorial staff oflocal journals and magazines to observe the trial of theYangon North District Court that was hearing the crimi-nal case Nos. 47/2009, 48/2009 and 49/2009. The YangonNorth District Court allowed them to observe the trialwith the restrictions: not to bring lethal weapons into thecourt; not to enter the places except the designated places;and not to converse with the defendants at the trial, not tomake recording and not to take photos and shoot videofeatures according to section 352 of the Criminal Codeand section 48 (1) of the Court Manual. (See page 10)

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi tells diplomats she is in good healthChief medical officer, doctors of MCD closely providing

health care daily to Daw Aung San Suu KyiHearing continues into case of American citizen whoentered house compound of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

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meetingwith diplo-mats from

the Republicof Singa-pore, theRussian

Federationand Thai-

land atofficers'

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MNA

Significant daytemperature

Noteworthyamounts of rainfall

Chauk 41ºCMinbu 41ºC

Nay Pyi Taw (Tatkon)2.52 inches

Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin)0.95 inch

Nay Pyi Taw(Thapyaygon)

0.71 inchNay Pyi Taw(Pyinmana)

0.67 inchKyaikkhami

2.28 inchesPathein

1.57 inchesMawlamyine

1.41 inchesKawthoung

1.38 inchesKawkareik

1.22 inches

TALLAHASSEE, 20 May — Charles Darwin described thesudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as anabominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve.

But a new University of Florida study, set to appear in theonline edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, is helping shed light on the mystery with informationabout what the first flowers looked like and how they evolved fromnonflowering plants.

"There was nothing like them before and nothing like themsince," said Andre Chanderbali, lead author of the study and apostdoctoral associate at UF's Florida Museum of Natural History."The origin of the flower is the key to the origin of the angiosperms(flowering plants)."—Internet

MELBOURNE, 20 May — A new study has shown that theeffectiveness of the Komodo Dragon bite is a combination of highlyspecialized serrated teeth and venom. The authors also dismiss thewidely accepted theory that prey die from septicemia caused bytoxic bacteria living in the dragon's mouth.

Using sophisticated medical imaging techniques, an inter-national team led by Dr Bryan Fry from the University of Mel-bourne have revealed that the Komodo Dragon (Varanuskomodoensis) has the most complex venom glands yet describedfor any reptile, and that its close extinct relative Megalania was thelargest venomous animal to have lived.

The work will be published in the next issue of the journalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.—Internet

Insight into evolutionof first flowers

This flower froman avocado tree

(Perseaamericana)

shows the char-acteristics of

ancient flower-ing-plant line-

ages.

Komodo Dragons moredeadly than thought

Komododragons arethe largest

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