Volume XX, Number 175 12th Waning of Tawthalin 1374 ME Friday, 12 October, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Majesty King Juan Carlos I ofthe Kingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Day of the Kingdom of Spain,which falls on 12 October 2012.—MNA

President U Thein Sein sends messageof felicitations to Spanish King

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct— U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Mariano RajoyBrey, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Dayof the Kingdom of Spain, which falls on 12 October 2012.—MNA

President U Thein Sein felicitatesSpanish Prime Minister

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—President U Thein Seinvisited STX Shipyard inBusan yesterday morning.

Accompanied bydelegation members, thePresident left Seoul for Busanby train at 9 am local time.

On their arrival at theshipyard of STXShipbuilding, Chairman ofSTX Group CompanyMr. Kang Duk Soo explainedfunctions of the companyand expressed his interest inshipbuilding and electricitysector of Myanmar.

The President invitedhim to invest in three specialeconomic zones which areunderway in Myanmar andto make a mutual cooperationin solar power generation forsupply of electricity to ruralareas, infrastructuraldevelopment and dockyards.The STX Group chairmanresponded that he would liketo make detailed studies in

ROK’s STX shows interests to invest in Myanmar

Myanmar.Next, the President and

party viewed round shipyard

and Pusan New PortInternational Terminal inBusan in a motorcade.

Based in the Republic ofKorea, China and Europe,STX Shipbuilding Companyestablished in 1962manufnctures cargo vessels,vessels used in offshore oildrilling, cruiseliners and

naval ships. It is the fourthlargest shipbuilder in theROK, investing 14.5trillionwon in shipbuilding.The company has built 700ships during the period offorty years in Busan andJinhae. Apart fromshipbuilding, it is dealingwith the sectors of energy,

construction, heavyindustry and renewableenergy.

The President and partyarrived back IncheonAirport by special flight inthe afternoon and left forMyanmar via Bangkok in theevening.

The President and

delegation members wereseen off at the airport by theMinister for Foreign Affairsand Trade of the ROK andsenior officials, KoreanAmbassador to MyanmarMr. Kim Hae Yong, MyanmarAmbassador to the ROK UNyunt Hlaing, Military (See page 8)

President U Thein Sein views STX dockyard.—MNA

YANGON, 11 Oct—First round of Han Golf MastersJunior Golf Series 2012-2013 Golf Tournament, organized byMyanmar Golf Federation (MGF) and mainly sponsored byHan Golf Masters Pte., Ltd, was held at Myanmar Golf Club(9th Mile), here, this morning.

Han Golf Masters Pte., Ltd CEO U Chan Han presentedgift to Myanmar Golf Club through Secretary U Aung Pe.MGF Executive U Myat Khaing presented special prizes toSi Thu Aye and Aung Chit Min who won the Ne Nearest tothe Pin awards. After that, Myanmar Golf Club Executive UTin Win, MGF Executive U Ko Ko Lay, Han Golf MastersPte., Ltd CEO U Chan Han and MGC Club Captain U Soe Winawarded the winners. Tournament sponsor is Aung KanboTrading Ltd and co-sponsor, Imperial Jade Purified DrinkingWater.—MNA

Han Golf Masters JuniorGolf Series 2012-2013 Golf

tourney kicks offNAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—The public are hereby informedthat exceptionally high Spring of from 20.5 feet to 21.2 feethigh above the datum are expected to occur in Yangon Riverduring the period from 15th to 19th October 2012.

That it is not serious because the high tide havereached up to 21.7 feet high above datum in the year 2010and 2011, and that the warming is issued only because hightide reaches over 20 feet high above datum, the MyanmarPort Authority announced.—MNA

High tide warning in YangonRiver

YANGON, 11 Oct—Under the supervision of Ministryof Sports, Myanmar Parasports Federation will organize the24th Myanmar National Parasports Meet in Yangon from 20to 25 October.

The track & field event will be held at Aung SanStadium from 20 to 22 October, swimming at NationalSwimming Pool on U Wisara Road at 8 am on 23 October andtable tennis at the table tennis hall at 1 pm the same day,volleyball at Aung San Gymnasium at 7 am on 24 October

Myanmar NationalParasports Meet 20-25 Oct

and badminton at National Badminton Gymnasium onKyongyi Road at 7 am, chess for the blind at the hall ofMyanmar Chess Federation of Aung San Stadium from 21to 24 October and golf at Tatmadaw Golf Club at 6.30 am on25 October.—Kyemon

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Rural Development Bank readyfor rural development tasks

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NATIONAL

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct—U Wunna Maung Lwin,Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr Joes Manuel Garcia-Margallo YMarfil, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Cooperation of theKingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Dayof the Kingdom of Spain, which falls on 12 October2012.—MNA

FM felicitates SpanishCounterpart

Colour newspapers with new forms will be presented tothe public soon for disseminating a wide range of

knowledge as public servicing

Myanma Alin

As of18

October

Three newspapers will be published in colour in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay daily

Myanma Alin and the Mirror will be in circulation in Yangon every other week

Publication of all newspapers in colour will be in mid-December

Old and new agents and newspaper readers may give order to purchasenewspapers to publishing houses

Coord meeting on implementation ofagreements between Union level Peace

Making Group and Shan StateProgressive Party held

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct —At the coordination meetingon implementation ofagreements between Unionlevel Peace Making Group andShan State Progressive Party(SSPP) Peace Groupyesterday afternoon, U AungMin, Vice-Chairman of Unionlevel Peace Making WorkCommittee, said that everycitizen wants to enjoy theircitizen’s rights fully. theywere here to make sureequality of all nationalities. Itis required to informgrassroots of the results ofthe peace making meeting.

Vice-Chairman U TheinZaw also said that thegovernment would provideall nationalities who fled the

country due to variousreasons with necessaryassistances to be able toresume their livelihoods aspeace and stability prevail in

the country. It is required toset up committee and workcommittees to carry outrehabilitation taskseffectively. He stressed theneed for collaborative effortsfor the success of these tasks.

General Secretary UKhun Hsaing of Shan StateProgressive Party made a vownever to secede from theUnion and pledged to joinhand in hand with thegovernment for achievingeternal peace withoutbacksliding. Genuine Unionspirit would be the basis foreternal peace, he added.

Shan State Chief MinisterU Sao Aung Myat,Commanders Brig-Gen AungSoe, Brig-Gen Min Naung,

Deputy Ministers Maj-GenZaw Win, U Ohn Than and UAye Myint Maung, DeputyAttorney-General U Tun TunOo and members of central

committee of Shan StateProgressive Party/ Shan StateArmy exchanged views onmatters related to regionalpeace and stability andrehabilitation works.

Next, those present heldcomprehensive discussionson resettlement of over 3500people including familymembers of Shan StateProgressive Party/ Shan StateArmy in Mong Kaung sub-Township and MongshuTownship, tasks forlivelihoods of familymembers, transportation,better living standards andregional development tasksand reclamation of vacantand virgin lands forcultivation of perennial trees

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—Chairperson of MyanmarMaternal and Child Welfare Association Dr Mon Mon Aungand CEC members went to Falam and Haka townships ofChin State and Kalay Township in Sagaing Region on 9 and10 October to discuss and exchange views on function ofthe association with region/state maternal and child healthcare supervisory committees, making recommendation.

The chairperson and party visited Falam People’sHospital, Haka People’s Hospital, Kalay People’s Hospital,and labour centres of the association and donated medicinesand cash assistance. They also visited kindergartens of theassociation, Parahita monasteries, nunneries, and homesfor the aged and presented cash and clothes. The donationamounted to K 2 million. Member of executive board DawThet Thet Swe and joint-secretary-2 Daw Jo Jo Sanaccompanied the chairperson on her tour.—MNA

MMCWA organizes welfareactivities in Chin, Sagaing

Political parties appliedfor registration

NAY PYI TAW, 11Oct—Union ElectionCommission has been scrutinizing and allowing theformation of political parties to the UEC. MyanmarFarmers’ Development Party has applied for registrationas political party today.—MNA

Thecoordinationmeeting onimplemen-tation of

agreementsbetween

Union levelPeace

MakingGroup andShan StateProgressive

Party(SSPP)Peace

Group inprogress.

MNA

On 9 October, 24 donors collectively donatedDiathermy worth K 2137,000 to Mohnyin District

Hospital through District Medical SupridetantDr Thin Thin Hlaing.—NLM-001

YANGON, 11 Oct—A Myanmar sports teamparticipated in the 46th Asian Body-building and PhysiqueSports Championship held in Guangzhou of the People’sRepublic of China on 22 and 23 September.

Myanmar team secured the third prize and oneprize of honour.

Over 250 contestants from 22 countries took partin the (up to 160 cm) model physique contest and AyeAye Soe of Myanmar stood third. Wut Yi Phyo of Myanmarstood fifth as prize of honour.

Myanmar body-builder Soe Moe Aung could notstand any position in the men’s 65-kilo event.

Myanma Alin

Myanmar stands third in AsianBody-building and Physique

Sports Championship

The Mirror

and seasonal crops.After reaching initial

agreements with Shan StateProgressive Party/ Shan StateArmy, the government willjoin hands with SSPP inperpetual peace process.

Next, The vice-chairmen and officials

handed over two power-tillers to be used in cultivationof alternative crops, farmequipment, paddy seeds andhybrid corns presented by thePresident and jackets byUnion level Peace MakingCommittee to officialsconcerned.—MNA

There will be no change in prices. Agents are requested not to

rise the original paper prices. Colour advertisements are

invited.

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WORLDTurkey briefly detains Syrian plane as tension

heightensISTANBUL , 11 Oct — Turkey scrambled fighters and briefly detained a Syrian passenger

plane on Wednesday, suspecting it of carrying military equipment from Moscow, whileTurkey’s military chief warned of a more forceful response if shelling continued to spill overthe border.Military jets escorted the Damascus-bound Airbus A-320, carrying around 30passengers, into the airport in Ankara hours after Turkey’s chief of staff said his troops wouldrespond with greater force if bombardments from Syria kept hitting Turkish territory, Turkishstate-run television said.

“We are determined to control weapons transfers to a regime that carries out such brutalmassacres against civilians. It is unacceptable that such a transfer is made using our airspace,”Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.”Today we received information this plane wascarrying cargo of a nature that could not possibly be in compliance with the rules of civilaviation,” he said in Athens during an official visit, in comments broadcast live on Turkishtelevision.The Turkish authorities had seized some of the cargo, Davutoglu txold reporterslater in televised remarks. He said Turkey was within its rights to investigate planes suspectedof carrying military materials but declined to say what was in the seized cargo.—Reuters

A Syrian passenger plane which was forced to land sits at Esenboga airport inAnkara on 10 Oct, 2012. —REUTERS

Turkey

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wavesafter speaking at a campaign stop at Bun’s Restaurant

in Delaware, Ohio on 10 Oct, 2012.— REUTERS

Middle East Syria-Turkey border tension unlikely to evolveinto war

DAMASCUS, 11 Oct — Thecross-border tension betweenSyria and Turkey, which hasbeen gaining momentumsince last week, is unlikely toamount to a full-fledged warbetween both countries, inpart due to the willingness byboth sides of avoiding a widerMiddle East conflict, analystssaid.

Syria is now facing bothfierce fights with oppositionrebels and border tension withTurkey, following theTurkish army’s bombardedon some targets in Syria inretaliation to the Syrianshelling of a Turkish bordertown that killed five civiliansduring clashes betweenSyrian army and rebels on

border towns. The Turkishgovernment said recently thatit would not stand idle beforesuch kinds of “provocations”from the Syrian regime, whilethe Turkish parliamentauthorized a mandate toapprove cross-border militaryaction into Syria in responseto the death of five civilians.Turkey’s Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan saidhis country has no intentionto start war in the region, butcautioned Damascus not totest Turkey’s “limits anddetermination.”

Syria also responded bysaying that the border tensionshould be handled with“wisdom and prudence.”Still, the border skirmishes

have continued for theensuing six days but with noreports of casualties orinjuries. With those facts inhand, Syrian analysts andpolitical experts expressedconviction that the recenttension between bothcountries would not evolveinto a war due to a brew ofinternational politicalcomplications and worriesover unleashing a widerMiddle East conflict withregional powers in the mix.Hamdi al-Abdallah, apolitical expert, said a full-blown war is unlikely mainlybecause “such a war wouldhave devastating repercus-sions not only on bothcountries but on the region

as a whole.”“Both countries possess

huge military capabilitiesthat would deal greatdestruction on both of them,”he told Xinhua in a phoneinterview.Another analyst,George Gabbour, alsobrushed off the war scenario,pointing out that Turkey hasso many inner problems andissues to deal with whichwould prevent it from waginga war on Syria. “The recentborder tension will not lastfor long,” he told Xinhua. Onhis part, Farouq al-Hajji, apolitical activist, told Xinhuathat the “picture is not niceon the borders due to theanticipation, anxiety andcaution.”—Xinhua

VenezuelaVenezuela’s Chavez names Madurovice-president

CARACAS, 11 Oct —Venezuelan President HugoChavez named ForeignMinister and former busdriver Nicolas Maduro as hisnew vice president onWednesday in a Cabinetshake-up following hiscomfortable re-election.Maduro, 49, replaces EliasJaua, who will run for thegovernorship of Mirandastate against defeatedpresidential candidateHenrique Capriles in theSouth American OPECmember’s Decembergubernatorial elections.

An ex-union leader onthe public bus service andforeign minister since 2006,

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro attends anews conference in Caracas, in this 2 May, 2012 file

photo. — REUTERS

Maduro has long been seen asa possible successor to Chavezalong with several other seniorallies. He was frequently athis side in the most criticalmoments of Chavez’s year ofcancer treatment since mid-2011. The possibility of arecurrence of the disease hangsover Chavez despite asurprisingly vigorouscampaign before hisconvincing 11-point win onSunday.

Should Chavez’s cancerreappear and force him out ofoffice within the first fouryears of his six-year term, thevice president would servetemporarily as presidentbefore a new election. If

Chavez left office in the finaltwo years, the vice presidentwould serve out the rest of the

term. Chavez, 58, has ruledVenezuela since 1999.

Reuters

World Bank, ADB to write off Myanmar’s overdue debt from JanTOKYO , 11 Oct — The Asian Development Bank and the

World Bank, Myanmar’s second and third largest creditors,will start writing off the Southeast Asian country’s overduedebt to them in January, Japanese Finance Minister KorikiJojima said on Thursday. Jojima made the remark at the startof a meeting of officials from Myanmar and its main creditorsheld in Tokyo to discuss how to settle roughly $900 millionin overdue debt to help the Southeast Asian country’seconomic development.

The meeting, hosted by Japan on the sidelines of theannual meetings of the World Bank and the International

Monetary Fund, is aimed at paving the way for theinternational community to start providing full-fledgeddevelopment assistance to the long-isolated country. Thesettlement of Myanmar’s debt to the World Bank and theADB has been eagerly awaited by Japan, Myanmar’s largestcreditor. Tokyo has already agreed to settle Myanmar’sroughly 500 billion yen debt to it but has yet to implement therelief programme.In his remark at the outset of the meeting,Jojima called for international support for Myanmar’seconomic development.

MNA/Kyodo News

Romney takes slight lead overObama in presidential race

WASHINGTON, 11 Oct —Republican challenger MittRomney has pulled ahead ofPresident Barack Obama in therace for the White House forthe first time in more than amonth and leads 45 percent to44 percent among likely voters,according to a Reuters/Ipsostracking poll released onWednesday.With just underfour weeks to go before the 6November election, Romney’ssurge followed his strongperformance against Obamain last week’s debate anderased a jump in support thatObama had enjoyed followingthe 3-6 September DemocraticNational Convention.

The poll showed thatvoters have warmed toRomney across a range ofpolicy issues following thedebate.On Tuesday, thetracking poll had the twocandidates tied at 45 percent.Obama had a steady lead in thedaily tracking poll for most ofSeptember after theDemocratic convention butRomney narrowed the gapafter the debate and finallyinched ahead onWednesday.”We havealways felt that this was goingto be a very close election andthe numbers now reflect that— they are head to head, whichis where they were pre- bothconventions,” said Ipsospollster Julia Clark. “This iswhere they’ll remain, with somemovement of course, until wehit Election Day,” Clark said.

Romney gainedsignificant ground againstObama among registeredvoters on a number ofeconomic policy issues from6-10 October , compared tothe four-day period leadingup to the 3 October debate ondomestic policy. “Romneyhas made significant gains interms of his perception withvoters,” Clark said. “He hasreally caught up to Obama onsome key issues. The debatewas perhaps the trigger, andthe positive coverageRomney gained from thedebate ... is also part of theexplanation on this.” Pollrespondents said Romneywas best placed to handle theUS economy, help fixunemployment and deal withthe federal deficit.

Romney’s best showingagainst Obama was for hisplan to tackle the federaldeficit. A total of 39 percent ofregistered voters said Romneyhad a better approach to thedeficit, compared to 27 percentfor Obama. The two were tiedat 33 percent on that issuebefore the debate.

While Obama lost someground to Romney, pollrespondents still said thepresident had the betterapproach on healthcare, theSocial Security retirementprogram, the Medicare healthinsurance programme for theelderly and disabled, gaymarriage and the fight againstterrorism.—Reuters

US

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Friday, 12 October, 20124

Tech

TechSTOCKHOLM, 11 Oct— AFrench and an Americanscientist won the Nobel Prizein physics on Tuesday forfinding ways to measurequantum particles withoutdestroying them, which

Nobel for quantum “parlor trick” thatcould make super computers

US physicist David Wineland talks about isexperiment in his lab during a media tour after a newsconference in Boulder, Colorado, after learning he and

Serge Haroche of France were awarded the 2012Nobel Prize in Physics, on 9 Oct, 2012.—REUTERS

could make it possible tobuild a new kind of computerfar more powerful than anyseen before.

Serge Haroche ofFrance and American DavidWineland, both 68, found

ways to manipulate the verysmallest particles of matterand light to observe strangebehaviour that previouslycould only be imagined inequations and thoughtexperiments.Wineland oncedescribed his own work as a“parlor trick” that performedthe seemingly magical feat ofputting an object in two placesat once. Other scientistspraised the achievements asbringing to life the wildestdreams of science fiction.

“The Nobel laureateshave opened the door to a newera of experimentationwith quantum physics bydemonstrating the directobservation of individualquantum particles withoutdestroying them,” said theRoyal Swedish Academy ofSciences, which awardedthem the 8 million crown ($1.2million) prize.

SAN FRANCISCO, 11 Oct— China’s Lenovo Group Ltdedged out Silicon Valley icon Hewlett-Packard Co tobecome the world’s No 1 PC maker in the third quarter,according to new data released by research house Gartneron Wednesday.

Lenovo knocks HP off topof global PC market

TheThinkPad

makerLenovo’s

logo is seenat an

electronicshop in

Tokyo on 5Sept, 2012.

REUTERS

LONDON, 11 Oct— Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is holding discussionson laws governing social media, with the aim of publishing guidelines by Christmas, aftera flurry of cases concerning inflammatory Twitter and Facebook comments.

Police have expressed concern at the growing number of such cases they are beingcalled on to investigate.This week alone, two people have been sentenced for social mediaoffences.Teenager Matthew Woods was sentenced on Monday to 12 weeks in prison foroffensive jokes on Facebook about missing Welsh five-year-old April Jones.

A day later Azhar Ahmed, 20, was given 240 hours of community service after writing“all soldiers should die and go to hell” on Facebook following the death of six Britishsoldiers in Afghanistan.

The CPS has invited academics, media lawyers, bloggers and the police to participatein a month-long discussion.—Reuters

UK to issue guidelines on policing social media

In this photo illus-tration, a Facebook logo on

a computer screen is seenthrough a magnifying glassheld by a woman in Bern on

19 May, 2012. —REUTERS

“Perhaps the quantumcomputer will change oureveryday lives in this centuryin the same radical way as theclassical computer did in thelast century.”

Physics is the second ofthis year’s crop of awards;scientists from Britain andJapan shared the first prize onMonday, in medicine, for adultstem cell research. The prizes,which reward achie-vementsin science, literature andpeace, were first awarded in1901 in accordance with thewill of Swedish dynamitemillionaire Alfred Nobel.

“This year’s Nobel Prizerecognizes some of the mostincredible experimental testsof the weirder aspects ofquantum mechanics,” said JimAl-Khalili, professor ofphysics at the University ofSurrey in Britain.—Reuters

A rival to Gartner, IDC, still ranks HP in the lead — butby less than half a percentage point — in terms of PCshipments worldwide. But both studies reinforce HP’sstruggles against rivals as new CEO Meg Whitman tries tooverhaul the stalled 73-year-old company.

Worldwide shipments of personal computers fell over 8percent last quarter, according to both research firms, whichblamed myriad factors including retailers and vendors riddingthemselves of older inventory ahead of the launch of Microsoft’sWindows 8 operating system, the growing popularity of mobilegadgets like tablets, and a slowing economy.

PC demand growth has crumbled over the past year asmore consumers flock to ultra-portable and increasinglypowerful tablets and smartphones for basic computing.

Both sets of data show that Lenovo, Acer and otherAsian PC makers are taking share away from US competitorsHP and Dell , which held on to the No 3 spot in the quarter.

Reuters

Tech

Tech

Science

UNSG Message onthe International Day of the Girl Child

11 October 2012Girls face discrimination, violence and abuse every day across the world. This

alarming reality underpins the International Day of the Girl Child, a new global observanceto highlight the importance of empowering girls and ensuring their human rights.

Investing in girls is a moral imperative – a matter of basic justice and equality. It isan obligation under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It is also critical forachieving the Millennium Development Goals, advancing economic growth and buildingpeaceful, cohesive societies.

For this inaugural day, the United Nations is focusing on the issue of child marriage.Globally, around 1 in 3 young women aged 20 to 24 — approximately 70 million — weremarried before the age of 18. Despite a decline in the overall proportion of child bridesin the last 30 years, the challenge persists, particularly in rural areas and among thepoorest. If present trends continue, the number of girls who will marry by their 18thbirthday will climb towards 150 million in the next decade.

Child marriage divorces girls from opportunity. It jeopardizes health, increasesexposure to violence and abuse, and results in early and unwanted pregnancies – anoften life-threatening risk. If a mother is under the age of 18, her infant’s risk of dyingin its first year of life is 60 per cent greater than that of an infant born to a mother olderthan 19.

Education for girls is one of the best strategies for protecting girls against childmarriage. When they are able to stay in school and avoid being married early, girls canbuild a foundation for a better life for themselves and their families. And if they havealready been married young, access to education, economic opportunities and healthservices — including HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health — will helpenrich their lives and enhance their future.

I urge Governments, community and religious leaders, civil society, the privatesector, and families – especially men and boys, to promote the rights of girls, includingthrough the relevant Conventions, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, andthe Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.Let us be guided by the theme of today’s observance – “my life, my right, end childmarriage” – and let us do our part to let girls be girls, not brides.—UNIC/Yangon

International Day of the Girl Child 2012Executive Directors of UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women

11 October 2012October 11 marks the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child. This day focuses

attention on the need to address the challenges girls face, promote their empowerment andfulfil their human rights.

This year we have come together to focus on child marriage.Child marriage is a violation of human rights, and it is prevalent in several regions of

the world, particularly in rural areas and among the most disadvantaged communities.Globally, around 1 in 3 (or approximately 70 million) young women aged 20–24 in developingcountries (excluding China) were married before their 18th birthday.

The consequences of child marriage are as serious as they are wide-ranging. Girls arenot only at risk of early and unwanted pregnancies, but the complications associated withpregnancy and child-birth are among the leading causes of death for girls aged 15–19worldwide.

Child brides are also more likely to experience discrimination and violence. Too often,they have little or no ability to leave abusive partners and secure the social and legal supportthey need to improve their situation.

The collective burdens of housework, childcare and family pressure can often preventor prematurely end the education of a child bride. While girls with low levels of educationare more likely to be married early, those with secondary education are up to six times lesslikely to marry as children, and more likely to send their own children to school.

Education is one of the best strategies to protect girls against child marriage and providethem with the opportunity to build a better life for themselves, their families and theircommunities.

If we can end child marriage, we can change the lives of girls everywhere. We can helpthem enjoy their childhoods; enrol them in school; protect them from complicated pregnanciesand births. We can keep girls safe. And as we do all of this, we help break the cycle ofintergenerational poverty.

We call on governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, faith-basedgroups and the international community to accelerate efforts to:

* Enforce legislation to increase the minimum age of marriage for girls to 18;* Improve equal access to quality primary and secondary education;* Mobilize girls, boys, parents and leaders to change discriminatory gender norms and

create alternative social, economic and civic opportunities for girls;* Support girls who are already married by providing them with options for schooling,

sexual and reproductive health information and services, including HIV prevention,livelihoods skills and recourse from violence in the home;

* Address the root causes of child marriage, including violence against girls andwomen.

We must galvanize political commitment and dedicate resources for girls to realize theirrights and fulfil their potential. Together we can end child marriage.—UNIC/Yangon

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BUSINESS & HEALTH

Wednesday uncorked plansto tap into Britain’sburgeoning sparkling wineindustry. The multi-millionaire member of theHouse of Lords aims toproduce 400,000 bottles a yearfrom vineyards in southernEngland, where growers haveearned a reputation for highquality fizz on a par withFrench Champagne.

Ashcroft’s AIM-listedshell company ShellproofLimited said it was looking toacquire 150 acres of vineyardsand to build its own winerytowards the end of 2014.Ashcroft, who has close tiesto Belize in central Americaand has been a long-timedonor to the Conservative

US sets steep final duties onChinese solar panels

WASHINGTON, 11 Oct -TheUnited States on Wednesdayset steep final duties onbillions of dollars of solarenergy products from China,but turned down a requestfrom lawmakers and USmanufacturers to expand thescope of its order.

Chinese solar manu-facturers criticized thedecision, adding more heat tothe US-China traderelationship followinga congressional panelreport on Monday urgingAmerican companies notto do business with twoChinese telecommuni-cations companies becauseof securit concerns.”Unilateral trade barriers willnot make any one companymore competitive, but willmake solar less competitiveagainst other forms ofelectricity generation,” saidEL “Mick” McDaniel,managing director of SuntechAmerica, a division of one ofChina’s biggest solarmanufacturers.

The Commerce Depart-ment said Chinese companieswere “dumping” solar cellsand panels in the United Statesat prices 18.32 percent to249.96 percent below fairvalue, although some

An employee walks on solar panels at a solar powerplant in Aksu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

on 18 May, 2012. —REUTERS

Former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party,Lord Ashcroft (C), listens as London Mayor Boris

Johnson delivers his keynote speech at theConservative Party conference in Birmingham, central

England on 9 Oct, 2012.— REUTERS

UK lawmaker splashes out on English sparkling wineParty, was embroiled in recentyears in a row about his fiscalstatus as it was revealed hewas not a full UK tax payerwhen he joined the House ofLords in 2000.

English bubbly, at 1.4million bottles, accounts foronly around 1 percent of salesof sparkling wine in Britainbut is proving increasinglypopular with cash-strappedBritons. Demand was boostedby Queen Elizabeth’sDiamond Jubilee celebrationsand the Olympics, accordingto supermarkets Tesco andSainsbury, which retailbottles between 10 and 30pounds. French Champagnecan fetch more than 40pounds a bottle.— Reuters

individual companiesreceived lower anti-dumpingduty rates than in apreliminary decision earlierthis year.The department alsoset additional countervailingduties ranging from 14.78 to15.97 percent to combatChinese governmentsubsidies, significantlyhigher than preliminarylevels.The United Statesimported about $3.1 billionworth of solar cells and panelsfrom China in 2011, althoughthat figure contains someproduct not covered by theinvestigation. In a relateddecision that disappointedUS producers and cheeredUS companies that installsolar panels, the departmentturned down pleas to expandthe scope of its order toinclude Chinese panels (ormodules) made with non-Chinese solar cells.TimothyBrightbill, outside attorneyfor SolarWorld IndustriesAmericas, the driving forcebehind the US case, said thecompany would continue toaggressively pursue thatissue in the hopes of a morefavourable ruling. “In ourview, all Chinese cells andall Chinese modules aredumped and subsidized,”Brightbill said— Reuters

occurrences of strokes inpeople between the ages 20and 54 in the GreaterCincinnati/ NorthernKentucky area during threeseparate, one year-longperiods between July of 1993and June of 1994, and thecalendar years of 1999 and2005. Only first ever strokeswere included in the analysis.

The study found that theaverage age of people whoexperienced stroke fell from71 years in 1993 and 1994 to 69years in 2005. In addition, thestudy found that strokesamong people under 55 madeup a greater percentage of allstrokes over time, growingfrom about 13 percent in 1993-94 to 19 percent in 2005. The

Stroke becoming more common in youngAmericans

stroke rate in young peopleincreased from 83 strokes per100,000 people in 1993-94 to128 per 100,000 in 2005 inAfrican-Americans, and from26 strokes per 100,000 peoplein 1993-94 to 48 per 100,000 in2005 in Caucasians.

“The good news is thatsome of the possiblecontributing factors to thesestrokes can be modified withlifestyle changes, such as dietand exercise,” said Kissela.“However, given the increasein stroke among thoseyounger than 55, youngeradults should see a doctorregularly to monitor theiroverall health and risk forstroke and heart disease.”

Xinhua

Visitors look at an A350 aircraft miniature at the EADSbooth during the ILA Berlin Air Show in Selchow nearSchoenefeld south of Berlin on 13 Sept, 2012.— REUTERS

After BAE-EADS — small deals,not mega-mergers

WASHINGTON, /NEW YORK,11 Oct — The collapse of theproposed merger betweenBAE Systems Plc and EADSwill shift the focus to smallerdeals among global weaponsmakers as companies strive tokeep revenue rising in the faceof cuts in military spending bythe United States and Europe.Industry executives andbankers do not see other mega-deals on the horizon for now,after the $45 billion UK-French-German talks collapsed onWednesday. The failureshowed how easily a deal ofthat scale can be derailed bycompeting interests of differentcountries, despite commerciallogic.

Instead, major defencecompanies likely will focuson possible combinations withsmaller players such asRockwell Collins, L-3Communications HoldingsInc, SAIC Inc, ITT Exelis andHarris Corp, according tointerviews with more than adozen industry executives and

BEIJING,11 Oct —Mental healthcare for theelderly faces a number ofchallenges if it is to meetgovernment targets, a seniorhealth official said onWednesday. About 13percent of the population areat least 60 years old. A 40percent detection rate for thefirst stage of mental illness isset out in the 12th Five-YearPlan (2011-15) but a lack ofstandard procedures meansthis will be difficult to meet,Kong Lingzhi, deputydirector of the bureau ofdisease control andprevention at the Ministryof Health said onWednesday, World MentalHealth Day.

China’s healthauthorities have not yet set

Mental care for senior citizens “faces challenges”standard procedures forscreening early-stagedementia, she said. Cost isalso a factor that needsconsideration, Kong said.“Early-stage diagnosis is,obviously, important.

The more peoplescreened the better.However, it can be costly,”she said. “We have toconsider which age groupsare suitable for screening.”

In research carried outin 1997, Zhang Zhenxin, aneurologist at Peking UnionMedical College Hospital,found that of the 34,000people older than 55screened in Beijing, Xi’an,Shanghai and Chengdu,1,141 had dementia.

The survey interviewedfamilies and caregivers of 405

dementia sufferers, andfound only 93 had soughtmedical treatment aftershowing symptoms. Only 25had been correctlydiagnosed.

The majority believedthat there was no need totreat dementia as theyconsidered it a natural phaseof life for the elderly, thesurvey showed. Lack ofscreening facilities forgrassroots healthcareproviders is to blame for the“rather low “ rate of earlydementia diagnosis in China,according to Tang Zhe, aprofessor of gerontology atBeijing’s Xuanwu Hospital.

“Usually people go tohospital only because theyhave severe dementia,” Tangsaid. “We need to develop

LONDON, 11 Oct —Controversial former

Conservative Party deputychairman Lord Ashcroft on

simple methods forpreliminary examination forcommunity healthcarecentres, and train specialiststo do the regular screeningthere, so that patients canfind out about their conditionin time.” He also warned thatdementia is an illness thatrequires early treatment.

“Families of elderlypeople tend to mistakedementia for a natural stateof aging, particularly in theearly stages,” said ShangLan, a specialist in elderlymental healthcare at Beijing’sHuilongguan Hospital.According to the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), thenumber of people aged 60 orolder will increase to 16percent of the population in2015.

“Psychiatric depart-ments in China offer 1.58 bedsfor every 10,000 people, whilethe global average is 4.36beds per 10,000 people,” saidKong. “Also, our specialistsare in short supply.

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bankers. “None of the bigplayers in the global defenceindustry seem inclined to domega-mergers similar to theBAE-EADS proposal,” saidLoren Thompson, aWashington-based defenceconsultant who has advisedBAE’s US unit and itscompetitors.”

The American companiesare all at a place where they’renot eager to grow in defenceand are basically trying to securetheir base, while the overseascompanies have been

chastened in watching theBAE-EADS transaction falter.”It is also unlikely that big USprime defence contractorswould bid for BAE Systems,even though the company isconsidered potentially “inplay” after the failed merger,because of the potentialcomplexity, these peoplesaid.EADS said it wouldcontinue its aggressive hunt fortakeover targets and alliances,especially with US partners,though on a smaller scale thanthe BAE deal.—Reuters

WASHINGTON, 11 Oct—Stroke may be affectingAmerican people at a youngerage, according to a studypublished online Wednesdayin Neurology, the medicaljournal of the AmericanAcademy of Neurology.

“The reasons for thistrend could be a rise in riskfactors such as diabetes,obesity and high cholesterol,”said study author Brett Kissela,with the University ofCincinnati College of Medicinein Ohio. “Other factors, suchas improved diagnosisthrough the increased use ofMRI imaging may also becontributing.”

For the study,researchers looked at

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Magician David Blaine channels bolts of electricityfrom various tesla coils charged with one million voltsof electricity during a stunt on Pier 54 in New York, on5 Oct, 2012. Blaine hopes to stand in the same position

for 72 hours. — REUTERS

Five killed inUS drone

strike in NorthWaziristan of

PakistanISLAMABAD, 11 Oct— At

least five people were killed ina US drone strike launchedearly Wednesday morning inPakistan’s northwest tribalarea of North Waziristan,reported local media.

Local Urdu TV channelGeo quoted unidentifiedsources as saying that fourmissiles were fired by USdrones at a living compoundsuspected of being a militanthideout in the Mir Ali area ofNorth Waziristan in the weehours of Wednesday, killingat least five suspectedmilitants.

Identities of the killed arenot known at thismoment.According toXinhua’s tally, Wednesday’sstrike is the 32nd of its kind(counted on daily basis) in2012. So far this year at least227 people have been killed insuch strikes.

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AfghanistanSix insurgents killed in eastern Afghan

operationsKABUL, 11 Oct — Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops have killed six

militants in operations launched in eastern Afghan provinces with a 24-hour period, theNATO-led coalition forces said on Wednesday.

“Afghan and coalition forces killed six insurgents, detained five, located a weapons cacheand cleared eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during operations in eastern Afghanistanthroughout the past 24 hours,” the coalition’s Regional Command- East (RC-E) said in astatement.

The operations were launched in eastern Ghazni, Logar, Paktika and the neighbouringKhost provinces, it said.Operations in RC-East are still ongoing, it said.

Taleban militants, who have been waging an insurgency of more than one decade, haveoften attacked Afghan and about 100,000 NATO- led forces with IEDs and roadside bombsbut the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians. At least, three civilians and apoliceman were killed and five other people were wounded in separate IED attacks across thecountry on Tuesday.— Xinhua

Man charged with defacing Rothko painting inLondon UK

LONDON, 11 Oct — APolish man has been chargedwith criminal damage after apainting by Russian-American artist Mark Rothkowas defaced in London’sTate Modern museum, policesaid on Tuesday.Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26,who is also known as VladimirUmanets, is accused ofdamaging Rothko’s 1958canvas “Black on Maroon”on Sunday.

The words “VladimirUmanets, a potential piece ofyellowism” were daubed in

black onto the bottom-rightcorner of the painting.Witnesses said a man calmlyapproached the Rothkopainting in the Tate beforemarking it. The museum said itwould be repaired by an in-house team of experts.

Rothko, a key figure in20th century abstract paintingwhose works sell at auctionfor tens of millions of dollars,was commissioned to paintthe Seagram Murals in the1950s for the Four Seasonsrestaurant in New York.Severalof them ended up in the Tate

collection after being givenas gifts, and Tate describesthe series of soft-edged,coloured rectangles as“iconic”.

In May, Rothko’s“Orange, Red, Yellow” sold for$86.9 million, a new auctionrecord for the artist, at Christie’sin New York. Police saidUmaniec was due to appear atLondon’s Camberwell GreenMagistrates’ Court onWednesday charged with onecount of criminal damage inexcess of 5,000 pounds.

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FedEx seeks $1.7 billionprofit improvement over four

years

NEW YORK, 11 Oct—FedEx Corp said on Tuesday itplans to sharply cut costs atits underperforming expressair freight and servicesdivisions, seeking to improveprofits at those operations by$1.7 billion over the next fouryears. The world’s second-largest package deliverycompany last month cut its2013 profit forecast, blaming agrowing shift by corporatecustomers to shipping goodsby sea rather than air due inpart to increases in jet fuelprices and in part to slowingeconomic growth.

“We intend to improveannual profitabilitysubstantially in our FedExExpress segment,” ChiefExecutive Fred Smith said,speaking at a dinner withinvestors and analysts inMemphis that was broadcastover the Internet. He said thebenefits of those efforts wouldstart to show next year, addingthat the profit improvements,which will be mainly due tocost cuts, should all come bythe end of fiscal 2016, with asignificant portion of thatoccurring the year before.

The total does notinclude expected profit gainsat the company’s freight andground divisions. Cost cutshad been flagged after itsquarterly earnings last monthand further details will be laidout at an all-day investormeeting. Smith also toldinvestors he intended to raise

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A FedEx delivery truck is seen in New York City, on 16Dec, 2010.— REUTERS

London art bonanza looks to past to bolster futureLONDON, 11 Oct — The

most surprising thing aboutthis year’s Frieze art week,which puts London at thecutting edge of thecontemporary art world everyOctober, is that there is somuch old art around.

The annual Frieze ArtFair will go ahead as usual ina giant marquee in Regent’sPark, a grid of 175 galleriesteeming with potential buyersand thousands of con-temporary art lovers keen tokeep up with the latest trendsin a fast-moving world.

And there are the spin-off events across the capitaldesigned to lure the world’swealthiest buyers —auctions, rival fairs, parties,gallery openings, exhibitionsand discreet viewings far from

the hullabaloo.But unlike previous

editions, the 11-14 Octoberfair this year comes with aseparate Frieze Masters eventfeaturing 96 galleries offeringworks from across the last4,000 years.

The reasons for the shiftare both commercial andcultural. Organizers andexhibiting galleries are hopingfor more crossover businessbetween contemporary artcollectors and those moreinterested in older works.

They also want to exploreart’s relationship with thepast, representing anacceptance that what camebefore should be appreciatedas well as challenged byiconoclastic young artists.

“I suppose what makes itinteresting is what’s come outof conversations withcontemporary artists,” saidVictoria Siddall, director of thenew fair. “It becomes apparentthat a lot of them are lookingat works that were made along time ago.”

“All galleries areinterested in meeting newclients,” she told Reuters.“There are old master andcontemporary galleries, and Ihope there will be a crossover.It would be great to broadenpeople’s horizons in terms ofwhat they collect.”

That crossover is alreadyhappening. Among the most

Art

Visitors look at Raphael’s “Auxiliary cartoon for theHead of a Young Apostle from 1519-1520 which has an

estimated value of £10 to £15 million (US$16 - $24million) at Sotheby’s London on 8 Oct, 2012.— Reuters

coveted clients for auctionhouses and galleries are so-called “Medici”-style buyerswho acquire art acrossdifferent periods and genres.Sotheby’s said 30 percent ofbuyers at its old masterdrawing sales had also boughtart at its contemporaryauctions, compared withseven percent in 2007. It is nocoincidence that it isdisplaying Raphael’s 1519“Head of an Apostle”, whichis worth up to $24 million,alongside Jackson Pollock,Francis Bacon and GerhardRichter at its Londonheadquarters this week.

Artists are alsoembracing Frieze’s shift to thepast. The fair has organized aseries of conversationsbringing together leadingcontemporary artists with

major curators. On Thursday,London-born contemporarypainter Cecily Brown talkswith National Gallery directorNicholas Penny who is moreused to talking about Raphaelthan Richter.

For Matthew Slotover,who with Amanda Sharpstarted Frieze Art Fair in 2003and launched a New Yorkedition this year, the new-look format was a way ofkeeping the event fresh.

“We think it’s alwaysgood to innovate and try newthings, as it keeps peopleinterested and excited and usinterested and excited too,”he told Reuters. “What wethought we could do with(Frieze Masters) was toanimate all of this art that wasradical when it was made.”

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dividends in the years to come.FedEx, which competes withlarger rival United ParcelService Inc , saw its profit inthe first quarter for the 2013year take a hit from theperformance of FedEx’sexpress segment. Thesegment’s operating earningsfell 28 percent, with US packagedeliveries were down 5 percent.

FedEx shares closeddown about 1 percent at $85.58on Tuesday. The share priceticked up to $86.60 in after-hours trading. The stock hasgained about 2 percent thisyear, slightly ahead of UPSshares, which are flat. Bothstocks, however, have laggedthe wider S&P 500 index.CEOFred Smith founded FedEx in1971 as an air shipper, buttoday the company alsomoves a large amount ofgoods by truck.— Reuters

A woman holds her child as she waits in line to receiveaid donated by the Turkish government in Kabul on 5

March, 2012. — REUTERS

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A man performs at the New Zealand pavilion during the64th Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, western Germany,on 10 Oct, 2012. The event kicked off on Wednesday andfeatured New Zealand as the guest of honour. — XINHUA

US security at Benghazi consulate insufficient

WASHINGTON, 11 Oct—The American securitypresence at the Benghaziconsulate which was underfierce attacks on 11September was insufficient,US security officers who hadworked in Libya told acongressional hearing onWednesday.”It was

abundantly clear that we werenot going to get resourcesuntil the aftermath of anincident,” Eric Nordstorm, aformer US regional securityofficer in Libya, told a specialhearing of the HouseOversight and GovernmentReform committee.

“And the question that

we would ask is, again, howthin does the ice have to getbefore someone fallsthrough?” he said.Theattacks on the US consulatein Benghazi on the night of 11September, which resulted inthe deaths of US Ambassadorto Libya Christopher Stevensand three of his staff, shockedthe United States.Amid thepresidential campaignseason, the attacks haveturned into a partisanbickering. The Republicansaccuse the State Departmentof being caught unpreparedfor the assault, while theDemocrats criticize theiropponents for conductingone-sided investigation onthis matter.

Nordstorm told thehearing that he had asked aregional director for 12 moresecurity personnel. But hesaid: “His response to thatwas ‘You’re asking for thesun, moon and the stars.’”Andrew Wood, anothersecurity officer who was incharge of the security teambased in Tripoli from midFebruary to mid August,echoed Nordstorm’s view.

“We were fighting a losingbattle. We were not evenallowed to keep what we had,”Wood said. “The security inBenghazi was a struggle andremained a strugglethroughout my time there,”he added.

Two State Departmentofficials defended theadministration againstcharges that the departmenthas not installed enoughsecurity personnel at theBenghazi consulate.“In theend, this is an inherently riskyoperation. We cannotwithdraw always tofortresses,” Patrick Kennedy,the under secretary of statefor management, told thehearing. “But an attack of thatkind of lethality ... we’re nevergoing to have enough guns,”he argued. Charlene Lamb,the State Department officialin charge of diplomaticsecurity, said the attacks onBenghazi consulate were“unprecedented in size andintensity.” “We had thecorrect number of assets inBenghazi at the time of 9/11for what had been agreedupon,” she said. — Xinhua

(L to R) Lt Col Andrew Wood, Utah National Guard ofthe US Army, Eric Nordstrom, Regional Security Officerof the US Department of State, Charlene R Lamb, DeputyAssistant Secretary for International Programmes of theBureau of Diplomatic Security of the US Department of

State, and Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary forManagement of the US Department of State, testify onthe Security Failures of Benghazi before the US House

Oversight and Government Reform Committee onCapitol Hill in Washington DC, capital of the United

States, on 10 Oct, 2012.— XINHUA

US

US households to pay muchmore for heating as colder

winter returnsHOUSTON, 11 Oct — US

households will spend muchmore for heating oil and naturalgas this winter as forecasterspredict that temperatures willreturn to “roughly normal”compared with the unusuallywarm weather last year,according to a governmentreport on Wednesday.

Energy Department’sEnergy InformationAdministration (EIA) said inits winter fuels outlook reportthat US households willspend 407 US dollars, or 19percent, more this winter thanlast winter for heating oil, and89 dollars, or 15 percent, morefor natural gas from Octoberthrough March next year.

“It is going to be colderthan last year, and as a resultof that ,heating bills are goingto be higher,” said AdamSieminski, administrator of theEIA.About half of UShouseholds use natural gasas their main heating source,6 percent of the householdsuse heating oil, while 38percent of the households useelectricity as heating source,according to the EIA.

Household natural gasheating demand this winter isexpected to be up nearly 14percent, heating oil up 17percent, electricity up 8percent, and propane up17percent, according to theEIA report.—Xinhua

Canadian naval officer pleads guilty to spying for Russia

US

OTTAWA, 11 Oct — ACanadian naval intelligenceofficer pleaded guilty onWednesday to handing oversecrets to Russia in a four-year espionage operation thatinvolved access to a computernetwork shared with theUnited States and other allies,according to media reports.The Canadian government,noting that proceedings werestill subject to a publicationban, gave no details of theevidence against Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Paul Delisle.It confirmed that he hadpleaded guilty to espionage.

But some Canadian mediaoutlets published extensivedetails from previousproceedings in a Nova Scotiaprovincial court. Delisleworked at an intelligence

facility at the naval dockyardin Halifax, Nova Scotia, withaccess to secret data fromNATO. The CanadianBroadcasting Corp said Delislewalked into the RussianEmbassy in Ottawa in 2007,asked to meet someone fromthe GRU, Russia’s militaryintelligence organization, andoffered to sell it secrets. TheGlobe and Mail newspapersaid Delisle had “offered tobetray his country for cash.”

The two media outletssaid Delisle earned aboutC$3,000 a month from hisRussian spy masters bygathering information on acomputer system known asStone Ghost. It linksinformation from the UnitedStates, Britain, Australia, NewZealand and Canada. Delisle

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Jeffrey Paul Delisle leaves the courtroom after his bailhearing at the provincial court in Halifax, Nova Scotia

on 30 March, 2012. — REUTERS

would go to work armed witha thumb drive, downloadinformation from the systemand deliver it to the Russianson a monthly basis, they said.The CBC said Delisle wantedto end the relationship withthe Russians in 2009, but chose

not to after his handlers senthim a picture of his daughterwalking to school. Shortlyafter, he was told to meet hisGRU handler in Brazil wherehe was given $50,000 in debitcards and cash, it said.

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China Coast Guard vessels patrol in the sea of Dalian,northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 10 Oct, 2012. TheLiaoning Coast Guard has intensified patrol in theHuanghai and Bohai seas to guarantee the safety andmaritime order during the autumn fishing period. — XINHUA

US, Israel to launch massive air defence drillJERUSALEM, 11 Oct — The US and Israeli militaries are engaged in final preparations for the largest-ever joint missile defence

drill in the allies’ history.The three-week exercise, dubbed Austere Challenge 12 (AC12), will start on 21 October, The JerusalemPost reported on Wednesday, citing an army source. American officers are reportedly already in Israel to supervise the arrivalof hundreds of troops and hi-tech weapon platforms on 14 October, according to local media.An estimated 3,000 soldiers areexpected to take part in the drill, which aims to simulate responses to overlapping Iranian and Syrian strikes on Israel involvinghundreds of missiles. One of the drill’s objectives is to facilitate the rapid deployment of US missile defense systems to Israeland test their ability to operate in conjunction with the Israeli systems in the event of a conflict, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The joint maneuvers will culminate with a live interception of a Patriot missile, the report said.The Israeli military declinedto divulge details on the systems that will be participating in the drill. The Israelis, however, are expected to field their gamut ofaerial defence systems, including the revamped Arrow 2 ballistic missile interceptor and Iron Dome, a system designed to shootdown short-range rockets, among others. The Americans are expected to provide the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 system andthe Aegis naval ballistic missile defenses, and possibly the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system (THAAD) .

Earlier this year, AC12, which was originally scheduled for April, was postponed at the request of Israeli Defense MinisterEhud Barak, who cited budget constraints. “This was not a last-minute announcement. I consulted with my US counterparton the matter,” Barak told Army Radio at the time.While both governments had previously praised the drill as a testamentto their unshakeable ties, the United States in early September announced its decision to significantly scale down itsparticipation — from 5,000 troops to some 1,500. The Pentagon also said that the Patriot systems will arrive in Israel withouttheir crews and that it will send just one Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence warship instead of two.—Xinhua

Israel

Brent crude price to average103 USD per barrel in 2013:

EIA EnergyHOUSTON, 11 Oct — Brent crude, a benchmark for the global

oil price, will fall to an average of 103 US dollars per barrel in 2013,according to a report released on Wednesday by the US EnergyDepartment.The department’s Energy InformationAdministration (EIA) in its monthly report forecast that Brentcrude price will average 111 dollars per barrel for the forth quarterof 2012. The EIA expected global inventory builds in the first halfof 2013 to reach higher levels relative to the same period in 2012,mostly due to an increase in non-OPEC supply.The biggest areaof non-OPEC growth will be in the US and Canada.US output willincrease 7.5 percent to 10.9 million barrels a day this year and 5percent to 11.44 million in 2013, according to the report.

Canada’s production was expected to rise 8.3 percent to3.9 million barrels per day in 2012 and 4.9 percent to 4.09 millionbarrels per day in 2013. The EIA expected global oil consumptionthis year to be 89.09 million barrels a day. World consumptionwill climb 1 percent to 90.01 million barrels in 2013, the agencysaid.—Xinhua

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The World countries are amazed byMyanmar’s recent reforms and changes. It isan undeniable fact that there are floods ofprogress and positive changes since thegovernment is in office. The period of transitionto democracy may be short or long, based onthe knowledge of its citizens and thestakeholders. During this period, mediacoverage may create mutual understandings,trust and amity between stakeholders. On theother hands, it may also causemisunderstandings, suspicion and hatred.

Because of the importance of journalism insociety, most members of the fourth estateabide by certain professional and personalethics. Many journalists attempt to cultivatean air of neutrality, focusing on reporting ofthe issues as they are so that people can judgethe facts for themselves, while others focus onoffering commentary and analysis from theperspective of a particular position. Journalistsare to be careful as a whole to protect theintegrity of the press, protecting sources,verifying information before publication, andusing a variety of other techniques to convey atrustworthy appearance to the public,encouraging people to put their faith in thepress.

The ethics of fourth estate plays animportant part. It acts as a watchdog, as agatekeeper and instrument to disseminatenecessary information, and more popularly,as a reflection of cultural interests and trends,strengthen the check and balance of threeestates, publicize the performance of eachestate, reflect the practicable wills of people,educate knowledge of all estates and thecitizens. Mass media have a basic responsibilityto help strengthen and support democraticprocesses.

Media’s role

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Don’t say you’re latebecause of traffic jamagain?

No. I’m latebecause I’vewalked past thejam-packed cars.

Phew…..

Phew….

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Cartoon Bahan Aye Min

ROK’s STXshowsinterests…

Coord meeting on Kalay Region Development heldNAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct —

In his speech at thecoordination meeting ondevelopment of Kalayregion held at the hall ofKalay Township GeneralAdministration Departmentyesterday, Union Ministerat President Office U HlaTun said development ofChin State was importantdue to its location which isadjacent to the

neighbouring country.Economic opportunitieswould be created in accordwith the inflow of foreigninvestments. Localbusinessmen had to strivefor enjoying suchopportunities without fail.Service personnel, in theirpart, had to try hard to bereliable ones who take care

of the interest of the people.Next, Union Minister

for Health Dr Pe Thet Khingave an account of healthmatters and Union Ministerfor Livestock and FisheriesU Ohn Myint, mattersrelated to development oflivestock breeding sector.

Then the Unionministers visited fish farm

of U Kyaw Hla in Natgyikonvillage-tract in the township.

Union Ministers U HlaTun and U Ohn Myinttogether with SagaingRegion Social AffairsMinister Dr Myint Thein metwith staff, townselders andbreeders in Kalewayesterday morning.

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Establishment of private companiesstressed in Kachin StateNAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct— Going through the reform

process in the country, establishment of private companiesplays some part of creating job opportunities. So thoseprivate companies could accomplish their work, they are tofirmly enact rules and regulations and follow advice from thereceptive organizations, stressed Kachin State Chief MinisterU La John Ngan Hsai as he was present at the workcoordinating meeting on establishment of private companiesat the meeting hall (2) of the Kachin State government’soffice yesterday morning.—MNA

(from page 1)Attaché Col Win Maung andstaff and families of theembassy and militaryattaché office.

On their arrival atSuvarnabhumi InternationalAirport in Bangkok, thePresident and members werewelcomed by the director-general of East Asia AffairsDepartment of the Ministryof Foreign Affairs ofThailand and officials,Myanmar Ambassador toThailand U Tin Win,Military Attaché Col WinMaung and staff and families

of the embassy and militaryattaché office.

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President U Thein Sein holds discussion with Chairman of STX Group Mr Kang Duk Soo.—MNA

President U Thein Sein being seen off atInnchun Airport by officials.

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Union Minister U Hla Tun attends coordination meeting on developmentof Kalay region.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct— The meeting between DeputySpeaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa and IsraeliAmbassador to the Republic of the Union of MyanmarMr. Hagay Moshe Behar focused on matters related tobilateral cooperation between Myanmar-Israel parliaments,as well as further cementing relationships between the two

Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker meets IsraeliAmbassador to Myanmar

countries.Present on the occasion were Secretary of

Pyithu Hluttaw Accounts Committee U Maung Toe, LegalAffairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission MemberU Than Tun and officials concerned from the HluttawOffice.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—The former Development BankLtd was renamed as Rural Development Bank in a ceremonyheld at the bank in Thiri Yadana Hypermarket here thismorning.

Managing Director of the bank U Khin Latt explainedwhy the bank was renamed and Union Minister for BorderAffairs Lt-Gen Thein Htay unveiled the signboard of thebank. The bank established with the funds of townshipdevelopment affairs committee for rural development tasksis engaged in savings, loans, money transfer, safe depositboxes service and foreign exchange dealing. The 25 percent of the profit is provided for development tasks of

Rural DevelopmentBank ready for rural

development tasks

regions and states yearly, and 2039. 147 million kyats wascontributed in 2011-2012 fiscal year alone.

In addition as part of poverty alleviation work, 23377.74million kyats has been loaned to shopkeepers at marketsunder the management of Township DevelopmentCommittee and Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee and2068.84 million kyats to hawkers, totaling 25446.58 millionkyats at low interest rate. The bank has earned K 4000million gross profit till the first half of this fiscal year andprojected K 6000 million profit at the end of the fiscal yearfor rural development tasks.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—There are 39 millions of personswho suffered from blindness and 246 from visual impairmentin the world in 2012, predicted the World HealthOrganization which said 80 per cent of the impaired visionis preventable and treatable thanks to the developingtechnologies. In addition, 90 per cent of those with impairedvision live in developing countries.

Therefore, the World Health Organization launchedVision 2020: The Right to Sight programme on 30September, 1999. The primary objective of the programmeis to eliminate avoidable blindness and visual impairmentby 2020. It also announced the designation of secondThursday of October as World Sight Day.

The Ministry of Health and the WHO jointly observed

80 per cent of visual impairment treatableWorld Sight Day 2012 at the ministry here this morning.Speaking on the occasion Union Minister for Health Dr PeThet Khin said Myanmar launched National Vision 2020programme on 10 October in 2000. The prime objective ofthe programme is to eliminate preventable and treatableblindness by 2020 and to reduce the rate of blindness below0.5 per cent.

The Union Minister added that thanks to the efforts ofall eye care centres and blindness prevention planningdepartments, surgical operation was given to over 98,000persons with glaucoma nationwide in 2012.

Next, Resident Representative of World HealthOrganization Dr HSB Tennakoon gave a speech. The theme ofthis year’s World Sight Day is “Countdown to 2020”.—MNA

The workshop on decent work as a tool for PovertyAlleviation and Economic Development took place atMount Pleasant Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on 9 Octobermorning, with an address by Union Minister for LabourU Maung Myint.

Poverty Alleviation and EconomicDevelopment Workshop held

Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries U KhinMaung Aye met Senior Minister of State Mr Lee YiShyan and party of Ministry of Commerce and Industryof Singapore at the ministry in Nay Pyi Taw on 9September and discussed trade promotion, solving ofmeat export barrier and direct export of value-added fishto Singapore.

Dy L&F Minister meetsSingaporean Senior Minister

Pa-O Self-Administered Zone Leading Body andMyanmar Dental Medicine Council jointly gave freedental and oral health care services to the local people inHsihseng Township on 8 and 9 October.

Free dental and oral healthcare provided

Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint andSagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye attended theceremony to upgrade Basic Education High School inSaibyin Village of Dabayin Township and 8 miles andfour furlongs long Saibyin-Myayeik-ShwedwingonAbaya rural road in Dabayin Township on 8 October.

School upgraded, rural road opened

Deputy Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa holds talks with Israeli Ambassador to theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar Mr. Hagay Moshe Behar.—MNA

Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Thein Htay unveils signboard of Rural DevelopmentBank.—MNA

Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Htay Aunginspected Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel and AyeyawadyRiver View Hotel in Mandalay on 8 October and addressedconclusion of hotel service course No 8 at Hsulab ThakhinHotel in PyinOoLwin on 9 October.

Hotels in Mandalay,PyinOoLwin inspected

From 15 to 26 October Naing Lin Aung

19th Myanmar NationalRaces' Traditional

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Water level in Fukushima No 1reactor higher than expected

TOKYO, 11 Oct—The operator of the crippled FukushimaDaiichi nuclear power plant said Wednesday the water levelinside the No 1 reactor’s primary containment vessel ishigher than expected.

Tokyo Electric Power Co spokesman Masayuki Onosaid following its latest survey that it is difficult to accuratelydetermine where melted fuel inside the vessel is located, butstressed that the utility does not expect to change its plan fordecommissioning the reactor.

During the investigation conducted Wednesday, workersfound the surface of the water was around 2.8 meters from thebottom of the flask-shaped vessel, about 80 centimetershigher than expected.—Kyodo

Meningitis outbreak tangles two pharmacieswith common owners

BOSTON, 11 Oct — AMassachusetts companythat mixes drugs for hospitalson Wednesday gave up anattempt to distance itselffrom an affiliated pharmacylinked to a deadly USoutbreak of fungalmeningitis.

Ameridose LLC agreedto close down for 12 dayswhile state and federalofficials investigate the NewEngland CompoundingCentre, which distributedthousands of vials of acontaminated steroid madeat a shabby brick complexnext to a waste and recyclingoperation in a westernsuburb of Boston.

The pharmacies areowned by GregoryConigliaro, an engineer, andhis brother-in-law, BarryCadden, a pharmacist who

US

Bomb blast in S Philippines kills two, injuresanother

DAVAO CITY,(Philippines), 11 Oct — Twopeople were killed followinga bomb explosion insouthern Philippines onThursday, local authoritiessaid.

According to ChiefSuperintendent Gil Hitosis,regional police chief inNorthern Mindanao, apoliceman who responded tothe incident was alsowounded as the improvised

Philippines

S&P cutsSpain credit

rating toBBB-minus,near junk

NEW YORK, 11 Oct —Standard & Poor’s onWednesday cut Spain’ssovereign credit rating toBBB-minus, just above junkterritory, citing a deepeningeconomic recession that islimiting the government’spolicy options to arrest theslide. The S&P downgradecomes with a negativeoutlook reflecting the creditratings agency’s view thatthere are significant risks toeconomic growth andbudgetary performance, plusa lack of clear direction ineuro zone policies.

“In our view, thecapacity of Spain’s politicalinstitutions (both domesticand multilateral) to deal withthe severe challenges posedby the current economic andfinancial crisis is declining,”S&P said in a statement.

Spain

Spain’s Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy looksdown as he attends a

ceremony at Torrejon’s airbase, near Madrid, on 9Oct, 2012. — REUTERS

S&P’s two-notch downgradefrom BBB-plus brings it inline with Moody’s InvestorsService’s Baa3 rating.Moody’s has Spain on reviewfor a possible downgrade.Both firms have Spain just onthe cusp of junk status. FitchRatings has a BBB rating onSpain, one notch higher, butalso with a negative outlook.

Retuers

Putin promoted to 8th Dan of judoMOSCOW, 11 Oct — Russian President Vladimir Putin was promoted to the eighth Dan

of judo, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said on Wednesday. As honorary presidentof the IJF, Putin received the honor of the third-highest belt in the sports, the federation saidin a statement published on its website.

Marius Vizer, president of the IJF, said it was “a great honor for our internationalfederation, as well as the entire judo community to count among us a very high personalityof his reputation and standing,” according to the statement.

As an emeritus and recognized judoka, Putin “presents a high expression of the judovalues in the world,” Vizer added.The Russian President, who turned 60 on Sunday, becamea “ perfect ambassador” for the judo sports, Vizer said. As one of the highest bet in judo, theeighth ranking is called “Hachidan” in Japanese.

In judo, sixth to eighth Dan were a red and white patterned belt, ninth and tenth weara solid red belt. Putin will not need a new belt to replace his previous sixth Dan belt by thispromotion. Judo is one of Putin’s favorite sports. He won competitions in his hometown ofSt Petersburg and earned Master of Sports title in judo. He also co-authored a book in Russiannamed “Judo with Vladimir Putin.”— Xinhua

Accident

Five confirmed dead inE China colliery gas accident

HEFEI, 11 Oct — Five people have been confirmed deadand one missing in a coal mine gas accident that occurred onWednesday in east China’s Anhui Province, local authoritiessaid on Thursday.

The accident occurred around 10:30 am in the privately-owned Wunan Coal Mine in Huaibei City, sources with themunicipal publicity department said.

A preliminary investigation showed that six peoplewere working underground at the time of the accident. Fivepeople have been confirmed dead and one remained missingearly Thursday morning, the sources said.

Rescue efforts for the missing person are continuing.The Huaibei municipal government has ordered an overallproduction suspension at local coal mines. A furtherinvestigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

Xinhua

Photo taken on 10Oct, 2012 shows thelandfill gas plant in

east China’sShanghai. The

largest project oflandfill gas powergeneration in Asiawas connected to

grid on Wednesday.The project is

expected to providedaily electricity for

about 100,000households in

Shanghai annuallywhen works at fullcapacity.— XINHUA

was in charge of pharmacyoperations at NECC. Thewaste and recycling facilityis another of Conigliaro’sbusiness interests. Ameridoseand NECC mix, dilute andprepare drugs intoformulations not typicallyavailable through phar-maceutical manufacturersfrom facilities inMassachusetts.

NECC has surrenderedits license and recalled itsproducts in the wake of themeningitis outbreak, whichhas claimed a dozen lives. Inthe late 1990s, Conigliaroinvented a way to turn theplastic in old computers andtelevision sets into an asphaltsubstitute to repair roads.

The product generatednational attention.

One headline read:“Pothole Filler Gives New

Meaning to InformationHighway.” Hazel O’Leary,the US Energy Secretary atthe time, praised thecompany’s recycling effortsin 1995 during an “Eco Expo”in Boston. Such plaudits arenow few and far between.Ameridose said in a statementthat as part of an agreementwith the Massachusetts Boardof Registration in Pharmacy,Cadden has agreed to resignall corporate positions atAmeridose, where he waslisted in its latest annualreport as a manager.

According to O’Neilland Associates, a publicrelations firm hired byAmeridose, Cadden holds aminority ownership stake inAmeridose but was notinvolved in its pharmacyoperations.

Reuters

explosive went off in anestablishment in downtownCagayan de Oro, a city inMindanao’s MisamisOriental Province.

Hitosis said that initialinvestigation revealed thebomb, made of yetundetermined materials andplaced inside a plastic bag,was left by three people neara bicycle store in front ofMaxandria Hotel, Cogonvillage, before dawn.

Responding policemeninspected the bag but it wentoff, killing two people andinjuring a policeman, thepolice official said.

The explosion was sopowerful that it shatteredwindows of the hotel’s threerooms, he added. Aninvestigation was now beingconducted to determine theidentities and motives of thesuspects.

Xinhua

Seven-month-old ElsieDavies of

London posesfor her parentsnext to a giantpumpkin at the

RoyalHorticultual

Society’sLondonHarvest

Festival on 9Oct, 2012.REUTERS

A still from a video shows a loose bolt resting on thegrated walkway above the accumulated water in the

PCV of Fukushima Daiichi unit 1.—KYODO

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BEIJING, 11 Oct — A newglobal report into levels ofpersonal wealth haspredicted the number ofmillionaires in China willdouble, and the country willovertake Japan as the world’ssecond-wealthiest nation, inthe next five years.According to the GlobalWealth Report 2012, carriedout by the Credit SuisseResearch Institute, there were964,000 millionaires inChina by mid-2012, and thenumber is expected to almostdouble to 1.9 million by2017, driven by the rapiddevelopment of the country’sprivate sector, the report said.

The study definedhousehold wealth as thevalue of financial assets andnon-financial assets minustotal household debts. Allhousehold wealth wasvalued in current US dollarterms. The third wealth reportto be produced by theorganization showedChina’s total householdwealth jumped $562 billion,or 2.9 percent, to $20 trillionby mid-2012.

Credit Suisse said itexpects China to add another$18 trillion in family wealthin the next five years, with itsprojected $38 trillion totalsurpassing Japan’s $35

China to “become second-wealthiestnation in world”

PESHAWAR, 11 Oct —Pakistani surgeons removeda bullet on Wednesday froma 14-year-old girl shot by theTaleban for speaking outagainst the militants andpromoting education forgirls, doctors said. MalalaYousufzai was in criticalcondition after gunmen shother in the head and neck onTuesday as she left school.Two other girls were alsowounded.

Yousufzai beganstanding up to the PakistaniTaleban when she was just11, when the government hadeffectively ceded control ofthe Swat Valley where shelives to the militants. Hercourage made her a nationalhero and many Pakistaniswere shocked by hershooting. General AshfaqKayani, chief of Pakistan’spowerful army, visited her inhospital and condemned herattackers.“The cowards whoattacked Malala and herfellow students, have showntime and again how littleregard they have for humanlife and how low they can fallin their cruel ambition toimpose their twistedideology,” Kayani said in astatement. The military saidit had a simple message, whichit wrote in capital letters in

Pakistani doctors remove bullet fromgirl shot by Taleban

Rows of solar panels face skywards at theGreenough River Solar project near the town of

Walkaway, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Perth inthis handout photo received on 10 Oct, 2012.— REUTERS

WALKAWAY, AUSTRALIA , 11 Oct — Australia switched onits first utility-scale solar farm on Wednesday, bringing thecountry a small step closer to achieving ambitious renewableenergy use targets that traditional coal and gas powerproducers are now fighting to soften.

The Greenough River Solar project, just outside thesmall town of Walkaway in Western Australia state, is ajoint-venture between Western Australian state-ownedVerve Energy and US conglomerate General Electric. It isexpected to generate 10 megawatts, enough to power 3,000homes. “The Greenough River Solar Farm demonstratesthat renewable technologies can contribute to meetingAustralia’s future energy needs on a sustainable, cost-competitive basis,” Jason Waters, chief executive of VerveEnergy said on Wednesday.

Australia has committed to getting 20 percent of itspower from renewables by 2020 but big coal and gas-basedutilities are arguing for generation targets to be cut.Theplant is General Electric’s first investment in Australianrenewable energy, and plans are already underway toeventually expand it to 40 megawatts.The electricitygenerated by the plant will be purchased by WesternAustralia Water Corporation to power a nearby desalinationplant.Australia is one of the world’s most ideal places forsolar projects. It has the highest average solar radiation persquare meter of any continent in the world, according togovernment, and a population the size of New Delhi spreadover an area the size of the contiguous United States.Australiacurrently gets about 10 percent of its electricity supply fromrenewable energy, about two-thirds of which comes fromhydro power.

But the plant opens as the future of renewables isclouded by a campaign by some utilities and energycompanies to cut Australia’s mandatory renewable energy

Australia’s largest solarfarm opens amid renewabletarget debate

targets. The renewable energy targets (RET) are currentlyundergoing a routine review by Australia’s Climate ChangeAuthority which will be wrapped up by the end of the year.Champions of renewable energy say a cut in the targets,which would require Australia to produce 41,000 gigawatt-hours of its energy requirements by 2020, or 20 percent ofits total energy requirement from renewables, woulddevastate the fledgling industry.

“If the RET was to be reduced or, in fact, to be removedthen essentially the business case for renewable energy justwould not stack up and the industry would fall off a cliff.It would stop dead in its tracks,” Kane Thornton, Directorof Strategy, Clean Energy Council.

AGL Energy, one of the few utilities that has called forthe RET to remain the same, arguing the investment certaintyis key for the more than the several billion dollars worth ofsolar and wind projects it has underway. “Amendments ofthe renewable energy target would certainly not be wellreceived by investors who’ve got potential new projectsthat they’d be looking to develop,” Tim Nelson, head ofeconomics and policy for AGL in Sydney, said.

Reuters

Hospital staff assists Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was wounded in a gun attack, at the

Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital in the Swat Valley,northwest Pakistan on 9 Oct, 2012.— REUTERS

BEIJING , 11 OCT — North Korea on Wednesday accusedthe United States of sparking “a new missile arms race inNortheast Asia” and “destroying the foundation for dialogueand negotiations” after Washington agreed to an extensionof South Korea’s ballistic missile range to enable it to strikeanywhere in the North.“So huge will be the consequencesto be entailed by the US missile development plan,” anunidentified Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statementcarried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

South Korea on Sunday announced a deal with theUnited States giving it a green light to develop ballisticmissiles with a maximum range of 800 kilometers, morethan double the current limit, to help deter aggression fromNorth Korea.—Kyodo

N Korea accuses US of sparkingnew missile arms racein NE Asia

TOKYO , 11 Oct — Police said on Thursday a monitoringgroup acting on their behalf requested a total of 311 posts tobe deleted on the popular but controversial “2 channel”Internet bulletin board because of potentially illegal contentsin the January—June period, sharply down from 2,811 in thesame period last year.Commissioned by the National PoliceAgency, the Internet Hotline Centre monitors the Internetand requests site administrators to delete posts such as thoseon illicit drug trade, child pornography and posts calling forgroup suicide partners, based on information from the public.

Of the posts, 2 channel removed 138, or 44.4 percent, ajump from last year’s removal rate of 3 percent, owing to thesharp decline in the number of requests made. The policehave been stepping up calls for compliance with their requestsby site administrators who have not been cooperative.

Kyodo

Police make far fewer deleterequests for dubious posts on

Internet

trillion, making it the secondwealthiest country by 2017.By then, the United States isforecast to be the world’srichest nation, with an $89trillion of household networth.

The report said thatChina has been the mostimportant source of newwealth creation in the Asia-Pacific region over the pastdecade, with householdwealth growing at an averageof 13 percent per annum since2000, more than double theaverage global wealth growthrate of 5.8 percent. “Due to ahigh savings rate andrelatively well-developedfinancial institutions, a highproportion of Chinesehousehold assets are infinancial form comparedwith other major developingcountries,” it said. “At thesame time, privatizedhousing, new constructionand rural land are veryimportant forms of wealth inChina,” the report added.

“However, wealthinequality has been risingstrongly with the wealth ofsuccessful entrepreneurs,professionals and investorsincreasing.” Presenting theresults in Hong Kong, FanCheuk-wan, Credit Suisse’smanaging director and head

of research in Asia-Pacific,said: “China’s householdwealth has risen due to theurbanization process, and theboom of the privatesector.”He added that heexpected the 18th NationalCongress of the CommunistParty of China, to be held inearly November, to provide aplatform for the country toenter the next phase ofeconomic restructuring,which may contribute tomore wealth creation infuture.

The report revealed thataggregate global householdwealth fell $12.3 trillion or5.2 percent to $223 trillion in2012, representing the firstannual decline since the2008-09 global financialcrisis. “Economic recessionin many countries combinedwith widespread equity pricereductions and subduedhousing markets haveproduced the worstenvironment for wealthcreation since the globalfinancial crisis,” Fan said.“However, as the globaleconomic recovery will besustained in the future, we donot expect a wealthdestruction process tohappen as it did during the2008-09 financial crisis.”

Xinhua

the statement to addemphasis: “WE REFUSE TOBOW BEFORE TERROR.”Doctors said they were forcedto begin operating in themiddle of the nightafter Yousufzai developedswelling in the left portion ofher brain. They removed abullet from her body near herspinal cord during a three-hour operation that theyfinished at about 5 am(0000 GMT).“She is stillunconscious and kept in theintensive care unit,” saidMumtaz Khan, head of a teamof doctors taking care ofYousufzai in a militaryhospital in the northwesterncity of Peshawar. One of thegirls wounded with Yousufzai

is in critical condition and theother is recovering and out ofdanger. The military flewYousufzai from her home inSwat, northwest of Islamabad,to Peshawar on Tuesday. Theshooting was denouncedacross Pakistan. The frontpages of national newspaperscarried pictures of a bandagedand bloody Yousufzai beingbrought to hospital. “Hatetargets hope” the ExpressTribune said in a headline.

Schools closed acrossSwat in protest over theshooting and a smalldemonstration was held in herhometown of Mingora.Another was planned in theeastern city of Lahore for lateron Wednesday.— Reuters

AustraliaN Korea

Japan

PakistanChina

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ESM CREMONA VOY NO (058)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ESM CREMONAVOY NO (058) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 12.10.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ORIENT OVERSEASCONTAINER LINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

BUSINESS & ADVERTISEMENT

G-7 financechiefs to discusseurozone crisis,US fiscal policy

TOKYO , 11 Oct — Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven advanced economies will meeton Thursday in Tokyo, with the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and US fiscal uncertainty highon the agenda. The finance ministers and central bank governors from Britain, Canada,France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States will convene the one-day meeting onthe sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank,as global economic recovery has slowed amid the crisis in the eurozone.

The European members are likely to explain how they are addressing the fiscal andbanking problems in some countries in the single currency bloc, including the launch onMonday of the eurozone’s permanent bailout fund and last month’s decision by theEuropean Central Bank to purchase bonds of stressed eurozone members in the secondarymarket to lower their borrowing costs.—Reuters

Finance

FSA snubs call to water downfinancial reform

LONDON, 11 Oct — The Financial Services Authority(FSA) said it was pressing ahead with a reform of howconsumers are sold investment products from January,dashing industry hopes for last minute changes. The FSA hasfaced a barrage of criticisms that its planned overhaul, knownas the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), will put unfair burdensand curbs on advisory firms. The reform will end commission-based selling in a bid to draw a line under two decades of mis-selling scandals.—Reuters

Finance

An orchardwoman picks pears in Dangshan County,east China’s Anhui Province, on 10 Oct, 2012. Theautumn harvest season for Dangshan pears came in

recent days. — XINHUA

UK wheat yieldslowest sincelate 1980s

LONDON, 11 Oct — Wheatyields in Britain this year havebeen the lowest since the late1980s, the National FarmersUnion said on Wednesdayissuing results of a harvestsurvey.

The NFU estimated thatUK wheat harvest at 13.25million with a yield of 6.7tonnes per hectare, down fromfive-year averages of 14.92million and 7.8 tonnesrespectively.

NFU combinable cropsadvisor Guy Gagen said in astatement that yields havebeen depressed byabnormally high rainfall acrossthe UK since early summer.“We have seen a relativelylow wheat yield this year,below seven tonnes perhectare. This is somethingnot seen in the UK since thelate 1980s,” he said.

Crop consultants ADASin a report issued earlier thismonth said it expected theaverage yield to be at the lowerend of a range of 6.8 to 7.2tonnes per hectare. ADAScited several factors for thepoor harvest including highlevels of disease and a lack ofsunshine during the key grainfill period.

The NFU forecast theUK rapeseed crop would total2.755 million tonnes, up 25.5percent from the five-yearaverage of 2.196 million.

Reuters

Ministry of SportsInvitation of the Open Tender for MyanmarAthletes who have been training at Sports

Training Center,to participate in 27th SouthEast Asian Games

1. (1500) Athletes have been training at Sports TrainingCenter, to participate in 27th South East Asian Games. Wewould like to invite who interest to Sponsor and Agentfor following items to support the Officials, Coaches,Organizing Committee Members, Supporting Staffs,Liaisons and Volunteers during Pre-Games and Gamestime.(a) Various kinds of Sports wears for Training and

Competition.(b) Various kinds of Training and Competition aids and

equipment for respective Sports.(c) Various kinds of Uniforms with Competition Logo

(used for Organizing Committee Members,Supporting Staffs, Liaisons and Volunteers).

(d) Commemorative souvenirs, with trade of Mascot.(e) Purified drinking water and various kinds of Soft

drinks.(f) Hot Beverages and Cereals.(g) Other foodstuffs.

2. We will allow to advertise in 27th South East Asian GamesStadiums, Venues and other respective area of Games tothe Companies and Business who Sponsor to us. In thisregards who interest for this purpose have to present veryclearly about the proposal of what kind of Sponsor wouldyou like to offer and how would you like to advertise.

3. The forms of the Open Tender will be distributed atMinistry of Sports, Office No. (31), Nay Pyi Taw, dailybetween 09:30 Hr to 16:00 Hr from 9th October 2012 to22nd October 2012.

4. The Open Tenders must be submitted in front of theMembers of Tender Invitation at Ministry of Sports,Office No. (31), Nay Pyi Taw, between 09:30 Hr to 12:00Hr on 26th October 2012. We will not consider the tenderwhich has been submitted after closing time.

5. Who will interest can inquire details about the OpenTender and get the tender forms at above mention address.

Sports Marketing Committee.Office No. (31) Nay Pyi Taw.

Tel: 067-406029, 067-406039

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ENTERTAINMENT

husband Tom Cruise’s worldwidefame during the early days of theirmarriage. The actress, who is nowmarried to Country singer KeithUrban with two children, says it wasoverwhelming to deal with Cruise’sworldwide fame, the Harper’s Bazaarmagazine reported.

“In those early years, it was like,‘I’m here and I’m clutching onto yourarm, and it all feels a littleoverwhelming and really strange.And I was shy. Deeply shy. I didn’tfeel comfortable at all. But I felt verycomfortable at home,” she said.

PTI

Nicole Kidman says she foundit hard to deal with Tom

Cruise’s fame

Brad Pitt wants his family to beproud of his work

NEW DELHI, 11 Oct—The Inglourious Basterds actor — whoraises Maddox, 11, Pax, eight, Zahara, seven, Shiloh, six, and four-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with fiancee Angelina Jolie — admits oneof the factors he prioritises when considering a new role is whetherhis loved ones would be proud of the work.

He said: “I want it to be worthy enough of a story to leave thefamily, you know? They’re everything. The family is first... I alsodon’t want to embarrass them.” Brad is just finishing work on post-apocalyptic zombie horror World War Z and is confident it’s a filmhis sons will love.

Speaking to Guy Ritchie for Interview magazine, he said:“We’ve got some tidying up to do there, but that one is gonna be bigand entertaining. My boys are gonna love it.” Brad also admitted healways seeks to find projects that are very different to his previousmovies as if he gets bored by the material, his performance suffers.

He said: “Right now, this is like a clean-up-the-loose-ends-and-LONDON, 11 Oct—She may be the red carpet darling now but Oscar-

winning actress Nicole Kidman says she found it hard to deal with ex-tidy-up-the-place kind of year, whichI also look at as a refill kind of year.I’m not good at going back-to-back-to-back-to-back with movies, andit’s just now that I’m starting to getmy bearings again and a flavour forwhat’s next. “But it can’t besomething repetitive that I’ve donebefore. I’m bored to death by that,and when I attempt things like that,it never works - I end up hurting themovie. So it’s just about discoverynow and finding something newthat’s interesting to me.”

PTI

Nicole Kidman

After photo scandal, Kate Middleton covers up for footballLONDON, 11 Oct—Those black opaque tights

and knee-high boots — it was a wonder she didn’twear gloves and a crucifix.

The Duchess of Cambridge put the topless picturescandal behind her when she attended an event herein a high-necked military coat. She attended theopening of the Football Association’s new 100-million-pound facility on Tuesday and made sure todress to impress. With the horror of those toplessphotos still no doubt looming large in her mind, Kate

must have been keen to put on a brave face — and show aslittle flesh as possible. And so it was: That high-necked woolcoat, buttoned up all day without so much as a hemline orcollar of a dress beneath revealed, reports dailymail.co.uk.Those black opaque tights and knee-high boots — it was awonder she didn’t wear gloves and a crucifix. Picked up fromhigh street store Reiss, the 325-pound Angel coat from thestore’s 2010 autumn/winter collection, was styled with the 65-pound mock croc Betony belt, also from Reiss — giving theduchess a smart, cinched-in silhouette — and putting paid tothe pregnancy rumours that constantly crop up.—Reuters

I admire Hitler’s speaking abilities: Arnold SchwarzeneggerLONDON, 11 Oct— The

60-year-old actor’scontroversial commentsabout Hitler occurred duringa discussion with GeorgeButler about three decadesago while filming scenes forthe 1977 documentaryPumping Iron.

Action star ArnoldSchwarzenegger has clarifiedthat he did make admiringcomments about Adolf Hitlerbut only for his speakingabilities during the shootingof a 1977 documentary.

The 60-year-old actor’scontroversial commentsabout Hitler occurred duringa discussion with GeorgeButler about three decades

admired Hitler’s speakingability, though not what hedid with it.”

Schwarzenegger’s Hitlercomment never made it intothe final cut of GeorgeButler’s film, but his wordstaken from the transcript ofhis interview with the directorsurfaced when ABC News andthe New York Times receivedcopies of an unpublishedbook proposal. In the originalinterview, he had said, “Iadmired Hitler, for instance,because he came from being alittle man with almost noformal education, up to power.I admire him for being such agood public speaker and forwhat he did with it.” —PTIArnold Schwarzenegger

partying and on holiday, the Christmas presentsthey exchanged, and even their nicknames foreach other — Phyllis and Sharon.

“It was in the early 1970s that Elton andI drew especially close, the best of mates for awhile,” Stewart, now 67, writes in “Rod: TheAutobiography.” Reuters was given anadvance copy of the magazine article onWednesday. John lived with his then-boyfriendjust down the road from Stewart in thecountryside west of London, not far from oneof the royal palaces at Windsor, Stewartrecalled.

“Our mutual friend Long John Baldryhad christened me ‘Phyllis,’ he had christenedElton ‘Sharon,’ and that’s what we were toeach other: Phyllis and Sharon. Or just ‘dear’.”

Stewart, who had scored by then withboth the No1 single, “Maggie May” and No1album on both sides of the Atlantic, also wroteadmiringly of John’s stamina for hard partying:

NEW YORK, 11 Oct— Rock star RodStewart may be famous for his bevy of ex-wives and girlfriends, but it is fellow pop starElton John who comes in for the lion’s shareof Stewart’s affection in excerpts from hisnew memoir.

In an excerpt to be published in RollingStone magazine on Friday, Stewart recalledbygone days the two British singers spent

ago while filming scenes forthe 1977 documentaryPumping Iron, reported DailyMail. In his autobiographyTotal Recall: MyUnbelievably True Life Story,Schwarzenegger revisits theepisode: “I philosophised thatonly a few men are born to

lead, while the rest ofhumanity is born to follow,and went from that intodiscussing history’s greatconquerors and dictators. I

“I also had to be in awe of the fact that,whether it was drink or cocaine, he could seeme right under the table every time.”

John’s extravagance also impressed.Stewart writes of one Christmas when hescoured shops and found a novelty portablerefrigerator for John that opened upautomatically as a cloud of vapor emanated

and a bottle was hoisted up — “Brilliant.”“Elton’s present to me that year: a

Rembrandt.” “He later tartly referred to mypresent as ‘an ice bucket,’” Stewart wrote.

In 1985 on safari in Africa, the pairwould dress up in bow ties and dark jacketsfor dinner round the fire.

The book also gave Stewart anopportunity to lay to rest a gay sex rumor thathas dogged him since the 1970s. It involveda claim that he needed to get his stomachpumped after an encounter with sailors at agay bar in San Diego, as he describes it. Thesinger, who has eight children from threemarriages and other girlfriends, attributed itsorigins to his flamboyant assistant andpublicist, the late Tony Toon, who he said fedthe story to the press in revenge for Stewart’sfiring him. “This story has stayed with meever since,” Stewart wrote. “And God rest hissoul — but he was good at his job.”

“Rod: The Autobiography” will bepublished on 23 October by CrownArchetype.—Reuters

Rod and Elton? Just call them Phyllis and Sharon

Elton John

Rod Stewart

Kate Middleton

Brad Pitt

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SPORTSJapan’s Nishikori bows out in

ShanghaiSHANGHAI, 11 Oct— Kei Nishikori’s dream

run that took him to the Japan Open tennis titlelast week was cut short in China when he lost6-2, 1-6, 4-6 to Sam Querrey of the US in thesecond round of the Shanghai Masters onWednesday.

The 14th seed, who became the homecountry’s first Japan Open champion on Sunday,won the first set and went 3-1 up in the thirdbefore Querrey rallied to beat him.

The 22-year-old Nishikori breezed throughthe first set but needed treatment on his rightankle after which he lost his rhythm.

“I tried to play, but he had a good serve. Ibroke him first in the third set but couldn’t finish Kei Nishikori of Japanthe match. It’s disappointing,” the Japanese world number 15 told reporters.

“I had some serious pain in my right ankle. It hurt all the way through the Japan Open andhurt yesterday and today.

“My left knee also hurt. If I am honest my whole body is tired. Today I also played to myabsolute limit until the end.”—Reuters

Germany’s Goetze and Podolski fit despite minor injuriesBERLIN, 11 Oct—

Germany’s Mario Goetze andLukas Podolski are nursingminor injuries but will be fit forFriday’s World Cup soccerqualifier against Ireland inDublin, assistant coach HansiFlick said on Wednesday.

Borussia Dortmundmidfielder Goetze was restedtowards the end of trainingon Wednesday, feeling theeffects of a minor muscleinjury. Arsenal wingerPodolski is recovering froman ankle injury and bothplayers missed training onTuesday.

Germany’s national soccer player Lukas Podolski

“Today was the first daythat every player was there,”Flick told reporters.

“Yesterday Lukas andMario received treatment.Lukas Podolski had someproblems with his ankle, Mariowith some muscle problems.We decided to spare himtowards the end of trainingtoday when it became a bitmore intensive.

“Goetze did individualtraining.”

Flick said the depth ofGermany’s squad allowedthem to easily adapt to anychanges. The Germans are

Young players lack commitment to England,Vieira says

LONDON, 11 Oct—YoungEnglish players appear tohave fallen out of love withplaying for the national teamand lack the technical skills ofcontinental rivals, formerFrance international PatrickVieira said on Wednesday.

The new English

national training centre at StGeorge’s Park and an academybeing built by ManchesterCity should help England toproduce more talented youngplayers, added Vieira, who isFootball DevelopmentExecutive at Englishchampions City.

However, 1998 WorldCup winner Vieira said youngplayers appeared too willingto use injuries as an excuse toskip matches when called upfor national team matches atvarious age levels.

“In England, I reallydon’t understand how comeso many young players fromthe age of 16-21 pull out of the

national team for injury,” saidVieira, who is an ambassadorfor Europa League sponsorWestern Union.

“I think it’s maybe thelack of FA (FootballAssociation) power, I wouldsay. Maybe this is as well alack of love for the nationalteam,” added Vieira, speakingat a function during theLeaders in Footballconference at StamfordBridge. Vieira said he wasnot sure why attitudes hadchanged and believed thatyoung players should wantto play with the best toimprove themselves.

ReutersPatrick Vieira

already without injureddefender Mats Hummels,midfielders Ilkay Guendogan

and Lars Bender whilecaptain Philipp Lahm issuspended.—Reuters

Alonso inspired by samuraiswordsman

SEOUL, 11 Oct— Ferrari’sFernando Alonso has takeninspiration from the centuriesold wisdom of a samuraiswordsman as he preparesfor a Formula One duel withSebastian Vettel at theKorean Grand Prix thisweekend.

The Spaniard knows hewill lose the championship

Spain’s Cazorla feels more valued at Arsenal

Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain

MADRID, 11 Oct— Santi Cazorla believes he has taken a step forward in his career by leaving La Liga to join English PremierLeague club Arsenal and that he is perhaps more valued as a player there than in Spain.

The 27-year-old attacking midfielder, who moved to London from Malaga in August, has made nine appearances andscored two goals at his new club and feels he is settling in well.

“It could be that in the few months I have been there people have been talking a lot more about me,” Cazorla told a news

Golf-McIlroy and Woods clash on hold as storms end day’s playBELEK, (Turkey), 11

Oct— World number one RoryMcIlroy’s World Golf Finalshowdown with 14-timesmajor winner Tiger Woodswas put on hold after playwas abandoned due to stormson Wednesday.

McIlroy, without a winfrom two matches in theinaugural event after his latestdefeat at the hands of 2011U.S. Masters champion andgroup pacesetter CharlSchwartzel, is bottom of hispool with Woods and Matt

Rory McIlroy’ and TigerWoods

Arsenal’sSanti

Cazorla

conference previewing Spain’s World Cup 2014 Group I qualifier away toBelarus on Friday.

“I feel important at Arsenal and I want to keep developing,” he added.“The way Arsenal play and the responsibility they have given me is

something I have always sought out. “I think it’s a step forward in my careerand I hope to improve a great deal in the future.”

Cazorla, who has excellent vision and passing ability and a fierce shot,spent most of his career at Villarreal before joining Malaga last seasonwhen he helped the Andalusian side qualify for the Champions League forthe first time.

He competes for a place in the Spain team with the likes of AndresIniesta, David Silva and Cesc Fabregas and is one of the most oft-usedsubstitutes in the world and European champions’ talent-packed squad.

“I am happy with my role and it’s a privilege to be here,” he said ofhis Spain career.—Reuters

feed: “Five great racescoming! If the enemy thinksin the mountains, attack bysea. If they think in the sea,attack by the mountains.”

The words are those of17th century JapaneseMiyamoto Musashi, who setout in his ‘Book of Five Rings’teachings ranging fromstrategy, philosophy and

lead at the southern Yeongamcircuit for the first time sinceseizing it in Valencia in June ifhis Red Bull rival chalks up athird win in a row.

Alonso is only fourpoints clear of Vettel, withfive races remaining, afterspinning off into the gravel atthe start in Japan lastweekend.

After that crushingdisappointment, his responsewas a statement on his Twitter

battlefield tactics to self-control and spiritual calm.

Musashi’s convictionthat “there is more than onepath to the top of themountain” will also strike achord with the Spaniard,whose own ascent has beenslowed by others in incidentsbeyond his control.

Consistency, controland intelligence will all bekey weapons in his armoury.

Reuters

Kuchar on one win apiece.Woods carded a four-

under 67 to beat compatriotKuchar by five shots beforethe afternoon matches wereput back to Thursday when afierce electrical storm beganlashing the course.

McIlroy, who lost toSouth African Schwartzel byone shot, said he wasdetermined to put up a bettershow against Woods afterhis level-par round.

“I don’t have much toplay for so I would like to beat

him so he doesn’t go throughto the semi-finals and also getsome bragging rights,”McIlroy, unaware he couldmake the semi-finals, toldreporters.

If players finish level onpoints qualification is decidedby aggregate totals over thethree rounds, with McIlroycurrently on five-over-parcompared to Woods at five-under and Kuchar on evenpar.

“Bragging rights fromthis week will help a little bit,”

added the US PGA Champion,who is looking forward to arivalry with Woods next year.

“Of course, there isalways an added edge whenyou play against a player likeTiger and there were a fewchances this year when wecould have gone head-to-head in the biggertournaments but it didn’t quitehappen.

Reuters

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California gasoline prices ebb atlast after record run

SAN FRANCISCO, 11 Oct —Record-high retail prices forgasoline in California beganto ease on Wednesday,receding from anunprecedented jump to $5 agallon in some areas, even asfurther refinery disruptionsthreatened to slow thedecline.More politiciansweighed in with calls forregulatory scrutiny of the pricespike, which began just overa week ago, while a statesenator announced alegislative committee hearingon the matter to be held in SanFrancisco next month.

The average price of agallon of regular gasoline inthe state dipped by a half centto $4.666, according to theAAA Fuel Gauge website,easing from Tuesday’s record.Gas Buddy, a filling stationtracker that updates regularly,also showed state prices downhalf a penny, at just below$4.65 per gallon. Whilewholesale prices startedfalling last Friday, it took

some time for retail rates tofollow. Prices are still up morethan 45 cents from a week ago,and the premium California’smotorists pay versus the USaverage remains unusuallywide at about 86 cents.

In Los Angeles, whereshortages had been so acutethat a handful of service stationsstopped selling fuel, averageprices remained above $4.90 agallon. Prices surged more than50 cents a gallon last week andwholesale premiums rosenearly a dollar after variousrefinery mishaps pinchedsupplies. Market sources saida possible “short squeeze” thatcame about when one refinerwas forced to buy fuel on thespot market may also have beena factor.

The spike promptedHenry Waxman, rankingmember of the House ofRepresentatives’ Energy andCommerce Committee, to askthe Federal Trade Commis-sion to investigate thecauses.—Reuters

California

Gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station in LosAngeles, California on 9 Oct, 2012.— REUTERS

Mali extremists abusing rights, targeting children, women:UN

UNITED NATIONS, 11 Oct— Extremists imposing Islamiclaw in Mali’s north are abusinghuman rights, particularly thoseof women, and paying familiesfor children to become rebelfighters, a senior UN officialsaid on Wednesday after

returning from the country.UNAssistant Secretary-Generalfor Human Rights IvanSimonovic said rebel fighters,including Islamist extremistsallied to al-Qaeda, in northernMali were “buying loyalty” byabolishing taxes and paying

for fighters and wives in acountry where more than halfthe people live on less than$1.25 a day.

Mali descended intochaos in March when soldierstoppled the president, leavinga power vacuum that enabledTuareg rebels to seize two-thirds of the country. ButIslamist extremists, some alliedwith al-Qaeda, hijacked therevolt and then imposed harshIslamic law in a desert regionthe size of France.” During thefirst phase we had violationsthat were related to rebels takingcontrol, they included summaryexecution of the capturedsoldiers, instances of lootings,of rapes,” he told reporters atthe United Nations in NewYork.”However, what is new

now is that human rightsviolations are becoming moresystematic, relating to thetakeover of the radicalIslamists,” he said. “They havenow imposed an extremistversion of sharia, so thepopulation is suffering anumber of human rightsviolations, particularly targetedat women.” Simonovic — whomet with government officials,community leaders anddisplaced Malians during arecent visit — said theextremists had banned musicand smoking and were forcingwomen to be covered andrestricting their ability towork.”—Reuters

Mali

A boy stands on a street in Boni village on 4 Sept,2012.— REUTERS

West Canada ranchers wait out beef recall,exports growing to US

ALBERTA , 11 Oct —Western Canadian ranchersand feed lots are holdingslaughter-ready cattle backfrom market longer than usual,absorbing extra costs as theytry to wait out the closure ofone of the region’s biggestprocessing plants due to amassive recall of tainted beef.But as the closure of the XLFoods Lakeside plant atBrooks, Alberta nears the two-

week point, the industry willsoon have to consider sharplyincreasing exports of slaughter-ready cattle to US packingplants, said Brian Perillat, senioranalyst at CanFax.

“On the fed cattle side,things are going to get tougherbefore they get better,” he said.“It has been muted in the shortterm (as) we’ve been able tohang on and limit the numberof marketings to keep the price

up. But at some point we’regoing to get squeezed.”Holding back cattle from themarket comes at a cost of aboutC$4 per head per day, saidBryan Walton, CEO of theAlberta Cattle FeedersAssociation.

A recalls of steaks, groundbeef and other meats from XLFoods, totaling more than 1,800products, began in mid-September, and the CanadianFood Inspection Agency(CFIA) closed the plant on 27September .Western Canadianfed cattle exports to the UnitedStates are approaching 10,000head per week, nearly doublethe number in early Septemberbut similar to a year ago. If theplant remains closed more thananother week, cattle will needto move in droves of about20,000 head weekly to theUnited States, Perillat said.

Reuters

Canada

Cattle graze in a field near the XL Foods plant that sitsidle in Brooks, Alberta, on 10 Oct, 2012.— REUTERS

National Grid ramps up search for UK CO2storage site

LONDON, 11 Oct —Britain’s National Grid Plc isto drill off the coast ofYorkshire in northernEngland in an attempt to finda suitable site to store carbondioxide (CO2) emissions,giving a boost to a technologytipped to help the UK meet itsclimate targets.

“This drilling operationis a major step forward in thedevelopment of a long-term,large-scale CCS (carboncapture and storage) clusterof transportation networksand storage facilities in theUK,” Jim Ward, NationalGrid’s head of CCS, said onWednesday.

The UK has a target toslash greenhouse gasemissions by 80 percentbelow 1990 levels by 2050 and

the government sees CCS,which collects carbonemissions from powergenerators and stores themunderground, as a keycomponent to achieving thisgoal.

National Grid and itspartner, the EnergyTechnologies Institute (ETI),a joint industry andgovernment body, said thedrilling would help assess theviability of storing carbondioxide in a porous rockformation, rather than in adepleted oil or gas reserve,under the sea.

The project would becomplementary to otherefforts to find a solution tocarbon emissions. Britain hasa 1 billion pound competitionto help fund demonstration

projects for CCStechnologies, which it saidhas attracted the interest of16 companies, includingNational Grid, as well asCentrica Plc and SSE Plc.

The government has notspecified which projects havebeen entered for thecompetition, but National Gridis working as part of theconsortiums for five CCSprojects proposed in the UK,according to its website.Three of these projects, twoof which aim to captureemissions at gas-fired powerplants and one at a coal powerstation, are based inYorkshire. The winner orwinners of the governmentscheme are expected to beannounced by the end of theyear.— Reuters

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President vows to strengthen ties with ROKthrough cooperation

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—President U TheinSein, who was in Seoul of the Republic ofKorea, attended a dinner hosted by Presidentof the Republic of Korea Mr Lee Myung-bak, at President’s Residence in Seoul at6.30 pm local time on 9 October.

It was attended by Union Ministers,Region Chief Ministers, Deputy Ministers,departmental heads, ministers of ROK, high-ranking officials and chairmen andexecutives from economic organizations.

At the ceremony, Mr Lee Myung-bakextended greetings and made a wish.

In his speech, President U Thein Seinsaid that diplomatic ties between Myanmarand the ROK was established since 1975.Since then, relations between the twocountries have improved. And friendlyrelations between citizens of both countrieshave also improved. There have been a lotof cultural and economic relations betweenthe two countries.

The President expressed, on behalf ofMyanmar people, his special thanks for ROK’sdevelopment assistances to Myanmar bymeans of development aids, human resourcedevelopment, mutual cooperation andinvestment during the past decades.

He continued to say that he would liketo thank ROK for its pledge to boostcooperation in the political, economic,social and multisectors.

Mr Lee Myung-bak paid a State visit to

Myanmar for the first time during 29 years.He said he also paid a State visit to the ROK.He continued to say that their exchangevisits would be landmarks for both countries.He believed that bilateral relations andmutual cooperation between the two countries

would be developed through these visits.Thanks to Korean people’s strenuous

efforts under the leadership of Korean leadersincluding the Mr Lee Myung-bak, ROK hasachieved its multi-sectoral development andsuccesses within the short period of time. Healso said that he and Myanmar people takepride for ROK’s successes. He continued tosay that on behalf of all Myanmar people, hewould like to thank the ROK for sharing ofits experience with Myanmar.

Myanmar is making reforms in almostall sectors including political, economicand social sectors. Western countries haseased and lifted economic sanctions againstMyanmar. Generalized System of Preference(GSP) for Myanmar’s export will bereinstated soon.

Myanmar is a resource-rich country andhas sufficient workforce. So, Korean

businesses are invited to make investmentsin the factories that produce finished goodsand manufacturing industries, factories andworkshops that can create many jobopportunities, by using the resources. Healso said that he believes that Mr Lee Myung-bak and Korean people would continue tosupport Myanmar.

In conclusion, he said that efforts are tobe made for further strengtheningcooperation between the two countriesthrough mutual cooperation, investments,cultural relations, exchanges of experienceand exchange visits.

The President made a wishe for long-lasting of friendly relations between the twocountries, ROK’s further development andmore prosperity of Korean people, mentaland physical well-being of Mr Lee Myung-bak.—MNA

McIlroy goes out after losingto Woods

BELEK, 11 Oct —Worldnumber two Tiger Woodsswept past Rory McIlroy bysix strokes on Thursday toreach the semi-finals of theWorld Golf Final andeliminate the top-rankedNorthern Irishman. Woodswas always ahead in theGroup One tussle and endedup shooting a seven-under-par 64 against McIlroy’s 70to set up a meeting withEngland’s Justin Rose at theAntalya Golf Club.

Rose blitzed his way to acourse record 62 to defeatU.S. Open champion WebbSimpson (67) in the eight-man matchplay event.

Charl Schwartzel (63)made it three wins from threeGroup One matches byknocking out AmericanMatt Kuchar (65). The SouthAfrican plays Lee Westwood(64) in Thursday afternoon’ssemi-finals after theEnglishman beat HunterMahan (69) of the U.S.

McIlroy had lost hisopening two games andbegan horribly againstWoods by finding water offthe opening tee. The worldnumber one continued in thesame vein and was not underpar for his round until hebirdied the 17th hole.

Reuters

YANGON, 11 Oct—Designers, curators, architects plusknowledgeable observers of museums and media men havebeen invited to participate in a workshop on upgradingNational Museum (Yangon) to be held in November, 2012.

Decoration and upgrading tasks will be carried outaccording to the outcomes of the workshop.

Those interested may send advisory letters to thedirector of National Museum (Yangon), not later than 7November, 2012.

MNA

Workshop on upgradingmuseum to be held in Nov

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—According to the observations at1p.m today, the depression over Northeast Bay of Bengalhas crossed Bangladesh Coast near (Hatia) and remained asa Land Depression. It is forecast to move Northeast ward andweaken gradually into a low pressure area within next 24hours commencing this noon.

Squalls with moderate to rough sea are likely at timesoff and along Rakhine Coast. Surface wind speed in squallsmay reach 40 mph, announced by Meteorology andHydrology Department.—MNA

Depression weaken intolow area

President U Thein Sein makes an address at dinner hosted by ROK PresidentMr Lee Myung-bak.—MNA

US security at Benghaziconsulate insufficient

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