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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preserva-

tion and safeguarding of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity,prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in accord with

the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Minister for Construction U Khin MaungMyint and Chairman of Magway DivisionPDC Col Phone Maw Shwe cordially con-verse with local people at Yin Creek Bridge

opening ceremony.—CONSTRUCTION

Yin Creek Bridge commissioned into serviceon Taungdwingyi-Myothit-Natmauk Road

NAY PYI TAW, 27 June—A ceremony to inau-gurate Yin Creek Bridge, built by Magway DistrictPublic Works, located on Taungdwingyi-Myothit-Natmauk Road, was held in Natmauk Township to-day.

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myintexplained the purpose of building the bridge and factsabout it.

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myintin his speech said that in the time of the State Peaceand Development Council basic infrastructures havebeen built in Magway Division one after another andas a result, most of the districts and townships in thedivision had developed leaps and bounds; that inaccordance with the guidance of the Head of State,Ministry of Construction had been striving for better-ment of transport facilities as top priority; that theministry was paving 108 miles and four furlongs longnew Magway-Kanpya-Myothit-Taungnyo-Nay PyiTaw Road and 91 miles and four furlongs longMagway-Natmauk-Pyawbwe was nearly complete.

He continued to say that the ministry had builtYin Creek Bridge for the creek was difficult to crossin rainy season when the creek was in spate; that thecreek stood as a barrier so vehicles had to wait forabout five hours to pass through and the ministry haddecided to construct a bridge so that one can travel in

any season; that Yin Creek Bridge was onTaungdwingyi-Myothit-Natmauk Road in NatmaukTownship; that the facility was 320 feet long andmotorway on it was 10 feet 10.5 inches wide; that thebridge was of bailey type and can with stand up to 15ton.

He went on to say that the bridge was thetwentieth of its kind in Magway Division; that from1988 till now, 240 units of over 180-feet bridges hadbeen erected and 20 more were under construction;that emergence of a large number bridges androads had contributed to smooth transportation and

(See page 8)

Pyay, a pleasant township in Bago Division (West) Byline: Ko Tin Hlaing (Meiktila);Photos: Ko Thant Zin

Pyay by the river Ayeyawady is a very pleas-ant, beautiful township due to its impressive geo-graphical features. Nawaday Bridge and Mingyi Hillgive a great deal of beauty to the capital of Bago Di-vision (West). So, a trip can be made easily by water,by train and by car to and from Magway Division,Mandalay Division, Yangon Division and RakhineState. As a result of smooth transport, Pyay is alwayslively with trade activities.

(See page 7)

Shade trees surround the Pyay Town Hall.

Germany beatsEngland 4-1 in

World Cup

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A & I Ministeraddresses

concludingceremony of rural

development coursein ROK

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PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views

* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation

* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

Climate pattern rests on forests and trees.Deforestation causes excessive heat or cold,drought, and scarcity of water for agriculturefollowed by adverse climate changes.

Myanmar has annually held tree-plantingceremonies. Nay Pyi Taw Lewe saw acollective monsoon tree-planting ceremonythe other day. Under the project forestablishing a one-acre eucalyptus plantationa village, Minyay and Yetkansin villages ofTaungtha Village-tract planted 1200eucalyptus saplings and 800 teak saplings onboth sides of Yangon-Mandalay Highway.

Tree-planting ceremonies are being heldacross the Union. Taunglone Village inTaunggyi Township, Shan State held tree-planting ceremony on 11 June. Ye Townshipin Taninthayi Division planted 776 saplingsof teak, gangaw, starflower, eucalyptus,arthawka, hsi-thabye and tayoketei on 16 June.Kalay Township in Sagaing Division planted2000 teak saplings in the ceremonies.

Monsoon is the most suitable period fornurturing saplings. So, the people shouldgrow trees in their house compounds.Growing trees brings many benefits to thegrowers such as fruit, shade, raw materialsfor wooden utensils, leisure, and goodhealth.

Therefore, the entire people are exhortedto participate in the tree-planting ceremoniesand nurture trees for shade and consumption.

Establish woodlandsaround the Union

NAY PYI TAW, 27 June—The Myanmar delegation ledby Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Htay Oo ona visit to the Republic of Koreapaid a call on CommissionerMr Dong Cho Lee of GlobalSeamaeul Undong,Seamaeul Undong Centre inSeoul, ROK and holddiscussion about mattersrelating to agriculture andrural development on 21 June.

The minister thenaddressed the concludingceremony of ruraldevelopment courseconducted by SeamaeulUndong at SeamaeulUndong Training Centre. Itwas attended by farmersfrom Natthaye Village, Nay

Pyi Taw PyinmanaTownship, and ZigonVillage, KawhmuTownship, YangonDivision, both of which aremodel villages chosen forrural development works inMyanmar, and personnel ofthe ministry.

The minister in meeting

A & I Minister addresses concluding ceremony ofrural development course in ROK

with President Dr Kim BumII of Canaan Farmers’Movement Corporation andDirector-General Mr Kim GiJoong of Canaan Farmers’Movement Headquarters inSeoul discusseddissemination of agriculturalknowledge for farmers ofCanaan Farmers’ Movementand investments inagriculture industry ofMyanmar.

The minister on 22 Junevisited TYM-Tong YungMool San Company andobserved power tillers,

seeders, combine harvesterand production process oftractors and agriculturalequipment.

The Myanmardelegation then visitedSeamangeum Project wherethey were conducted roundby Director-General Mr ChoIn Hyun of the project. Theylooked round the newly-builtdyke and sluice gate. Theminister in the eveningcordially hold discussionabout promotion of bilateralcooperation in agricultural

techniques and investment

in agricultural sectors withMinister of Food,Agriculture, and FisheriesMr Tae-Pyong Chang. Theminister also met withChairman Mr J K Choi ofAuto Industrial Group anddiscussed investments inagricultural sector andpotentials of cultivation.

Minister U Htay Ooarrived back in Myanmar on23 evening together withDirector-General U ThanAye of MyanmaAgricultural PlanningDepartment.—MNA

Victorious Myanmar YouthGolf Team honoured

YANGON, 27June—Myanmar Golf Federation(MGF) honored victorious golfers of Myanmar YouthGolf Team at Mercedes Trophy Junior Golf Master,Pattaya held in Thailand, at Sedona Hotel here on 25June.

It was attended by President of MGF U Tayza,vice-presidents U Min Thein, U Aung Kyi and U ZawMin, chief coaches of MGF U Ko Ko Lay and U ChanHan, executives, officials from Air Bagan andvictorious golfers.

The president made an honoring speech, and thenmanager of Myanmar Youth Golf Team recountedexperiences of Mercedes Trophy Junior Golf MastersFinal.

President U Tayza presented a set of golf equipmentworth U$ 3000 dollar to Champion Nay Bala WinMyint of Mercedes Trophy Junior Golf MastersChampionship and a set of golf equipment worth U$5000 dollar to Champion Ma Yin May Myo of 27th

Men & 19th Ladies Amateur Open Golf Championship2010 and Mercedes Trophy Junior Golf Master,

Pattaya.After that, golfer Ma Yin May Myo spoke words

of thanks and the guests were hosted a dinner.MNA

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Htay Oo holds a meeting withMinister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries Mr Tae-Pyong Chang of

ROK.—AGRI

President of MGF U Tayza awards Myanmarselected youth golfer Nay Bala Win Myint who

stood first in Mercedes Trophy Junior Golf Master

Championship.—SPED

YANGON, 27June—After launching theHelping Our Earth StayHealthy programme from11 August 2008 to 11February 2009, City MartSupermarket has donated

City Mart sells recycle bags

K 7,663,950 ,which was50 per cent proceedsfrom sales of 21,897recycle bags, to MingalarMyanmar.

City Mart HoldingCo Ltd continues salesof recycle bags.Arrangements are beingmade to sell recycle bagsworth K 500, K 700 andK 1000 from 12 June to12 December at CityMart Supermarkets, and50 per cent of proceedswil l be donated forsafety school and schoolenvironmental con-servation beinglaunched by MingalarMyanmar.

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China should join G8 talks‘time to time’

TORONTO, 27 June—China shouldbe invited to join in discussions of theGroup of Eight industrialized nations“from time to time,” the spokesman

for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kansaid.

“The G8 may think to invite Chinato G8 summits from time to time inorder to encourage China to have aneven larger sense of responsibility,”Kazuo Kodama told a briefing onSaturday.

Inviting China to talks, “when it isappropriate... may be useful andproductive on specific issues,” heexplained. Asked whether Japan wantedthe G8 to become the G9, Kodama saidthe proposal was made “in a veryinformal exchange of views” at thejust-ended G8 summit in Huntsville,north of Toronto. The decision of whoto invite to upcoming summits, ofcourse, rests with the G8 host, whichpasses from Canadian Prime MinisterStephen Harper to French Pres-identNicholas Sarkozy next year, Kodamaadded.—Internet

NATO reports death in Afghan warin record month

KABUL, 27 June—NATO on Sunday reported another foreign soldier killedfighting in the Afghan war as the death toll for what is already a record monthclimbed higher. The death following a Taleban-style attack using a crude bombknown as an improvised explosive device (IED) happened Saturday in southernAfghanistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. Itcomes after NATO reported Saturday that five soldiers were killed in similarattacks in the volatile south, bringing the total for the day to six. The nationalitiesof the dead soldiers was not disclosed, but the vast majority of foreign troops inAfghanistan are from the United States and are bearing the overwhelming burdenof deaths as the war escalates.

The ISAF report follows the announcement by Britain’s Ministry of Defencethat a soldier died Saturday after being wounded by an explosion in southernAfghanistan two weeks ago.

The deaths bring to 311 the total number of soldiers to die in Afghanistan sofar this year, with the number killed in June alone at 91, by far the deadliest monthlytoll since the war began in late 2001.

AFP tolls are based on a tally kept by the independent website icasualties.org.IEDs are causing most of the deaths. They are cheap and easy to make and are oftendetonated remotely and with deadly accuracy. Survivors often suffer life-changinginjuries.

The United Nations said this month that IED attacks had escalated 94 percentin the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Internet

Tourist boats collide inThailand, 42 injured

BANGKOK, 27 June—Forty-two passengers wereinjured and two were missing after two boats carryingThai and foreign tourists collided in the Gulf ofThailand on the way to a popular island beach party,police said Sunday.

The speedboats were ferrying tourists to Pha-ngan island for a “full moon” party, a monthly eventthat attracts thousands of young, mostly Westerntourists. Provincial police officer Adipong Tapee saidof the 42 revelers injured, 39 were hospitalized andincluded four Britons, four Australians and fourSingaporeans. Also among them were Irish,Norwegian, Malaysian and Thai tourists, he said. Theboats collided and overturned before midnightSaturday, throwing passengers into rough seas waterjust off the island, the website of The Nation newspapersaid. The injured were rushed to hospitals on thenearby resort island of Samui and on the mainland inSurat Thani Province, Adipong said. The monthlyparties on the island, 670 miles (1,000 kilometers)south of Bangkok, are rave-type gatherings fueled bydrugs and alcohol and have become associated withcrimes such as rape and theft because of theirfreewheeling atmosphere.

Internet

Rescue workers carry an injured victim to ahospital after a boat collision in Surat Thani,

south of Bangkok, 27 June, 2010.INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 27 June— A civilian was killed andfour others injured in three bomb attacks in Baghdad,an Interior Ministry source said on Sunday.

A civilian died of wounds sustained from anexplosion caused by a sticky bomb attached to hiscar while he was driving in Haifa street in centralBaghdad in the morning, while a passerby waswounded during the attack, the source told Xinhuaon condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, an employeeof the Education Ministry was wounded when abomb planted in his sport utility vehicle (SUV)detonated in Baghdad’s western District of Khadraa,the source said. Late on Saturday night, a policeofficer and his wife were wounded in a bombplanted in his car in Baghdad’s southwestern districtof Jihad, the source added. Sporadic attacks stillcommon in Iraqi cities more than three months afterthe country held its landmark parliamentary electionwhich is widely expected to shape the politicallandscape of the war-torn country. —Internet

Civilian killed in Baghdadbombings

A girl injured by a bombing is comforted by herparents at a hospital in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 24,

2010. A spate of attacks targeting Iraqi securityforces and their allies killed at least several on

Thursday, half in suicide bombings in thenorthern city of Mosul, officials said.

INTERNET

Tropical Storm Alex setssights on Gulf of Mexico

Workers remove a palm shade from the beach inpreparation for the arrival of tropical storm Alexas winds begin to increase in Mahaual, Mexico,

26 June, 2010.—INTERNET

BELIZE CITY, 27 June—Tropical Storm Alex headedoverland toward the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday,drenching Belize, northern Guatemala and Mexico’sYucatan Peninsula with torrential rains. Meteorologistsproject Alex, which made landfall on Belize’s coast lateSaturday, will weaken as it passes over the YucatanPeninsula but will regain strength once it emerges Sundayevening over the Gulf of Mexico, where warm waterscould fuel its growth into a hurricane.

According to the most recent predictions, Alex isexpected to make a second landfall midweek on theMexican Gulf coast — far south and west of the regionwhere a deep-sea oil spill is slicking the US coastline.Hundreds of tourists and residents fled low-lying islandsoff Belize on Saturday as Alex swept in with torrentialdownpours and winds of 60 mph (95 kph). Many stockedup on gasoline, water, canned food and other emergencysupplies. Belize officials opened storm shelters in theisland tourist resort of San Pedro, as some 1,400 peoplefled for the mainland by plane and by boat. Along Mexico’sresort-studded Caribbean coast, officials warned touriststo stay out of rough surf kicked up by the storm. But therewere no immediate reports of damage to popular beachdestinations such as Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmenor Tulum.

Internet

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Scientific expertise lacking among‘doubters’ of climate change, says

new analysis

Ariane 5 lifts off Arabsat-5A,COMS satellites

PARIS, 27 June—French launcher Ariane5 lifted off Arabsat-5Aand South Korea’sCOMS satellites inFrench Guiana oneminute after the launchwindow opened at 6:41pm Saturday local time(GMT 0941).

After two stops of thelast minute countdown,

French launcher Ariane 5 lifts off Arabsat-5Aand South Korea’s COMS satellites in FrenchGuiana one minute after the launch windowopened at 6:41 pm Saturday local time (GMT

0941). —XINHUA

the Saturday launchmarked the secondAriane 5 flight of 2010.

The heavy-lift Aria-ne 5 weighed appro-ximately 8,390 kg as awhole, including acombined mass of 7,315kg for the two satellites.

Arabsat-5A, thespacecraft on the upperposition in the rocket,

was built by Astrium andThales Alenia Space on aTurkey contract for theArabsat telecommun-ications operator, and isto operate at an orbitallocation of 30.5 degreeEast.

As the seventhArabsat satellite lofted bythe Ariane family, it isexpected to offertelecommunications andTV broadcasting servi-ces over the Middle Eastand Africa.

South Korea’sCOMS (Communic-ation, Ocean andMeteorological Satellite)is a multi-missionsatellite with threepayloads for meteo-rological observation,ocean surveillance andexperimental broadbandmultimedia commu-nications.

Xinhua

Study indicates life was possibleall over Mars

PARIS, 27 June—Conditions suitable forlife — most notably thepresence of water — mayonce have existed all overMars, the EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA) hassaid.

This NASA image obtained 11 June and taken bythe High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment

(HiRISE) camera on NASA’s MarsReconnaissance Orbiter shows the mid-latitudes ofMars’ northern hemisphere. Conditions suitablefor life — most notably the presence of water —

may once have existed all over Mars, theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) said.

INTERNET

Hydrated silicateminerals were found bythe ESA’s Mars Expressand NASA’s MarsReconnaissance orbitersin northern lowlands ofthe Red Planet, a clearindication that water

once flowed there, ESAsaid in a statement Fridayahead of the publicationof a study in journalScience. Water waspresent on the surface ofMars four billion yearsago but lasted for only afew hundred millionyears, according toprincipal investigatorJean-Pierre Bibring fromthe University of Paris.

“It shows that therewas water, but not in theform of a large ocean”,Bibring told AFP, addingthat the Martian crust washydrated in the samemanner in the north andsouth. The concl-usionscontradict those of anAmerican team, who in astudy published 13 Junein Nature Geosciencejournal said a vast oceancovered a third of thesurface 3.5 billion yearsago.—Internet

Arctic. The small number of scientists who areunconvinced that human beings have contributed

significantly to climate change have far lessexpertise and prominence in climate researchcompared with scientists who are convinced,

according to a study led by Stanfordresearchers.—INTERNET

Sea ice in the

North Atlantic may

have reorganized

Earth’s winds,

spreading warmth

from the northern

hemisphere to south

at the end of the last

ice age.

INTERNET

Global wind shifts may have ushered inwarmer climate at end of last ice age

NEW YORK, 27June— Scientists stillpuzzle over how Earthemerged from its last iceage, an event that usheredin a warmer climate andthe birth of humancivilization. In thegeological blink of an eye,ice sheets in the northernhemisphere began tocollapse and warmingspread quickly to thesouth. Most scientists saythat the trigger, at leastinitially, was an orbitalshift that caused moresunlight to fall acrossEarth’s northern half. Buthow did the south catchup so fast?

WASHINGTON, 27 June— The small number ofscientists who are unconvinced that human beingshave contributed significantly to climate changehave far less expertise and prominence in climateresearch compared with scientists who areconvinced, according to a study led by Stanfordresearchers.

In a quantitative assessment — the first of itskind to address this issue — the team analyzed thenumber of research papers published by more than900 climate researchers and the number of timestheir work was cited by other scientists.

“These are standard academic metrics used whenuniversities are making hiring or tenure decisions,”said William Anderegg, lead author of a paperpublished in the online Early Edition of Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences this week.

Internet

In a review paperpublished June 25 in thejournal Science, a team ofresearchers look to aglobal shift in winds forthe answer.

They propose a chainof events that began withthe melting of the largenorthern hemisphere icesheets about 20,000 yearsago.

The melting icesheets reconfigured theplanet’s wind belts,pushing warm air andseawater south, andpulling Carbon Dioxidefrom the deep ocean intothe atmosphere, allowingthe planet to heat even

further. Their hypothesismakes use of climate datapreserved in caveformations, polar icecores and deep-seasediments to describehow Earth finally thawedout.

Internet

Local residents wadethrough floodwaters inHuilai County of south

China’s GuangdongProvince on 26 June,

2010. Heavy rains beganto fall all over

Guangdong Provincesince early Friday.

XINHUA

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Psychotropic medications can causebirth defects, study finds

COPENHAGEN, 27June— A new studyshows that use of psyc-hotropic medicationsduring pregnancy incre-ase the probability ofbirth defects. Resear-chers at the University ofCopenhagen havepublished an article thatdocuments the seriousside effects that can beassociated with thesetypes of medications.

A range of seriousside effects such as birth

A new study shows thatuse of psychotropicmedications during

pregnancy increase theprobability of birth

defects.INTERNET

deformities, low birthweight, premature birth,and development ofneonatal withdrawalsyndrome were reportedin children under twoyears of age, most likelybecause of the mother’sintake of psychotropicmedication duringpregnancy,” says Assoc-iate Professor LisaAagaard. His researchersbelieve that thesetendencies should serve

as a warning to doctorsand health care personnel.“Psychotropic medi-cation should not beprescribed in ordinarycircum-stances, becausethis type of medicationhas a long halflife. Ifpeople take theirmedicine as prescribed itwill be a constantly highdosage, and it could takeweeks for one singletablet to exit the body’ssystem.—Internet

Comedian Bill Murray dresses as Elvis during theCrossroads Guitar Festival, on 26 June, 2010 in

Chicago.—INTERNET

that because type 1diabetes is associatedwith increased oxidativestress and lower levels ofantioxidants in the body,taking antioxidantvitamins might help.

The British studyincluded 762 pregnantwomen with type 1diabetes. They wererandomly assigned totake 1000 milligrams ofvitamin C and 400international units (IU)vitamin E (379 women)or placebo (383 women)daily from between eightand 22 weeks of gestationand delivery.

The rate ofpreeclampsia was 15percent in the vitaminsgroup and 19 percent inthe placebo group.However, takingvitamins seemed tosignificantly lower the

Scientists say test couldpredict menopause

LONDON, 27 June—Doctors could one day use ablood test to predict decades in advance when womenwill go into menopause, scientists say.

In research to be presented on Monday at aEuropean fertility conference in Rome, Iranian expertssay their preliminary study could be a first step towarddeveloping a tool to help women decide when theywant to have children.

The test does not predict when women will losetheir fertility — which typically occurs about adecade before menopause — but if doctors knowwhen women will go into menopause, they cancalculate roughly when they will run out of eggs.Scientists say the test could be especially helpful inidentifying women who might go into menopauseearly — in their late 40s or earlier instead of theirmid-50s.

At the moment, there are few clues for doctors totell which young women may be headed for earlymenopause. Blood tests and ovary scans only givewomen a few years’ advance notice.

Iranian scientists took blood samples from 266women aged 20 to 40 and measured the amount ofanti-Mullerian Hormone, or AMH, in their bodies.Testing the amount of AMH in women tells doctorshow many eggs there are left in the ovaries. Two moreblood samples were taken in the following six yearsand physical exams were also performed.

Based on the amount of AMH women had,scientists used a mathematical model to estimate whenwomen would go into menopause.

Internet

LONDON, 27 June—Taking vitamin C and Esupplements will notlower the risk of the bloodpressure disorder knownas preeclampsia inpregnant women withtype 1 diabetes, a newstudy finds.

Women withdiabetes are at high riskfor preeclampsia (asudden increase in themother’s blood pressureafter the 20th week ofpregnancy), and priorresearch has suggested

risk of preeclampsia inwomen with lowantioxidant status at thestart of the study andappeared to reduce therisk of having a lowbirthweight baby (6percent vs. 10 percent).Also, fewer women in thevitamin C group hadpreterm babies.

Researchers fromQueen’s UniversityBelfast said the findingssuggest that dietary“intervention rich invarious antioxidantsmight have benefits thatcannot be replicated byindividual supplements.Alternatively, presc-ription of antioxidantvitamins at 8-22 weeks’gestation might be toolate to affect thepathological process formost patients withdiabetes.”—Internet

Could breathing car exhausttrigger a stroke?

NEW YORK, 27 June—A Danish study hints that air pollution from car exhaustmight trigger strokes, although much more study is needed to confirm this, thestudy team notes.

In the study, short-term exposure to certain pollutants affected admission ratesfor mild, “ischemic strokes” at hospitals around Copenhagen, Denmark. Ischemicstroke, the most common type of stroke, occurs when a clot disrupts blood flow tothe brain.

The Danish findings, reported in the European Heart Journal, follow anotherrecent study that showed a link between long-term exposure to traffic-relatedpollution and stroke death rates in the United Kingdom.

“The key observation is that the traffic-generated air pollution seems to be theprimary source of the exposure,” Dr. Jiu-Chiuan Chen, of the Keck School ofMedicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, told ReutersHealth.—Internet

Parents of disabled lack supportAUSTIN, 27 June—

US researchers arecalling for moreenvironmental and socialsupports to help familiescaring for children withphysical and mentalchallenges.

Researchers at TexasA&M University Centreon Disability andDevelopment in CollegeStation say parents withchildren with disabilitiessay their needs are notmatched to the resources

available.The study, part of a

statewide needsassessment published inRehabilitation Psyc-hology, found theparents, as part of a focusgroup, identified foursignificant barriers towell-being — access toinformation andservices, finances,school and communityinclusion and familysupport. “The parents inthis study did not identify

child-specific variables,such as disabilityseverity and childbehavior problems, as themost significantchallenges associatedwith raising a child witha disability,” study leadauthor Aaron Resch saidin a statement.

“They also did notdescribe their experienceof raising a child with adisability as one ofburden and pathology.

Internet

Health

A Delhi Metro rail coach is lifted to the track as another coach waits to belifted, center, for trial runs on a new line, in New Delhi, India, on 27 June,2010. The metro is the pride of the city of 14 million, where commuters were

long forced to rely on rickshaws, motorcycles or smoke-belching buses.INTERNET

Vitamins may not curb high bloodpressure in pregnant diabetics

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Pakistani onion on highdemand in int’l market

ISLAMABAD, 27 June—Local media on Sundayquoted Chairman of Pakistan’s Vegetable ExportersAssociation (VEA) Waheed Ahmed as saying thatthe Pakistani onion is on high demand in theinternational market due to the decline in onionproduction in India.

According to the chairman, Pakistani onion isbeing exported due to excessive production and it isestimated that a total of 400 tonnes of onion will beexported by the end of the current year at 220 USdollars a ton.

The chairman said that the excessive productionof onion has also maintained price stability in thedomestic market. —Xinhua

A heavily oiled bird struggles to climb onto a boom

from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden

with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in

Barataria Bay, La, 26 June, 2010.

INTERNET

Visitors to HK pavilions atShanghai Expo top 1 million

HONG KONG, 27 June—Total admissions to theHong Kong Pavilion and Hong Kong’s Urban BestPractices Area (UBPA) Exhibition at World Expo2010 Shanghai China (Shanghai Expo) has toppedthe one million mark, said the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (HKSAR)’s governmentSunday.

Since the opening of the Shanghai Expo on 1May, the Hong Kong Pavilion has received onaverage more than 10,000 visitors a day while theUBPA Exhibition has seen about 8,000 visitors aday.

Commissioner of HKSAR Expo Affairs OfficePatrick Chan said the number of visitors to the twoexhibitions had exceeded expectations.

“We are very encouraged by the higher thanexpected visitor figures since opening day,” saidChan, stating that Hong Kong has been conductingopinion surveys with visitors, and overall the twoexhibitions have been well received.

Chan said apart from showing keen interest inthe specific elements of both exhibitions, visitorshave been generally impressed by the servicesprovided by Hong Kong Pavilion and UBPAExhibition staff.

He added that Hong Kong’s exhibition staffhave gained a lot of experience handling largenumbers of visitors over the past two months,including the six days of trials in April and willcontinue to work hard to provide visitors with awelcoming and memorable experience. —Xinhua

Telefonica’s expansion plans in Brazil hit snagsMADRID, 27 June—

Telefonica’s expansionplans foundered afterassociate PortugalTelecom (PT) rejected itstakeover bid for Vivo,Brazil’s leading mobilephone operator.

Telefonica, Spain’slargest teleco-mmunications companyand Portugal Telecomeach own 50 percent ofBrasilcel, a holding

company which in turnowns 60 percent of Vivo.Since 2 June, Telefonicahas offered 6.5 billioneuros (8.1 billion dollars)to take control ofBrasilcel.

Telefonica’s takeo-ver of Vivo remainsuncertain even after it sold8 percent of its shares inthe Portuguese companyto various investmentfunds in a bid to gain the

support of its allies.The outcome of this

Iberian battle will beknown on June 30 afterPT’s annual share-holders meeting, one dayafter the clash betweenSpain and Portugal in thefootball World Cup inSouth Africa. PT hasdecided to vote onTelefonica’s bid at themeeting in Lisbon.

Xinhua

Revellers attend the Bubble

Battle 2010 in Times Square

in New York, the United

States, 26 June, 2010.

Hundreds of people

converged this afteroonin

Times Square with their

bubble toys and bubble

generators

for the event.—XINHUA

Nepal Oil Corporation eyes eco-fuel technologyKATHMANDU, 27

June—The Nepal OilCorporation (NOC) hassaid it is exploringpossibilities of bringingin a Russian eco-fueltechnology, which — ifmaterialized — couldreduce the country’sdiesel import by 20percent and also lowerthe cost of the industrialfuel.

According toSunday’s myrepub-lica.com report, theinitiatives to bring in thetechnology kicked offafter the corporationreceived a proposal froma research institute based

in Saint Petersburg,Russia, through localenergy experts.

“The NITTI, theresearch institute is thedeveloper and patentholder of the techn-ology. Using it, the NOCcan blend 20 percentwater, benzene and otherchemicals in diesel,thereby reducing envir-onmental pollution andcost,” said Santos-hananda Mishra, formerdirector of the NepalElectricity Authority.

He claimed that thetechnology will renderdiesel more environ-mental friendly and help

lower its cost, therebyproviding pricing andforeign exchangebenefits to Nepal.However, none of theofficials disclosedwhether the technologyis proven and wellreceived in other partsof the world.

Experts said thetechnology could bebased on ion exchangemethod, a processthrough which hydro-gen and oxygen areseparated from water,and treating diesel withit along with variouschemicals.

Xinhua

Canada launches plan to boost small, mediumenterprises

Mini owners participate

in the celebration of the

51st anniversary of the

car in downtown

Belgrade, capital of

Serbia, on 26 June, 2010.

—XINHUA

TORONTO, 27 June—Canadian PrimeMinister StephenHarper launched here aplan to boost

development for smalland medium enterpriseson Saturday when hemade remarks tointernational businessleaders a t the G20Business Summit(B20).

Introducing the G20Small and MediumEnterprise (SME)Finance Challenge,Harper also used theopportunity to anno-unce that Canada willbe providing financialsupport for the initiative.

“ S m a l l a n dmedium en te rpr i sesare the single largestc o n t r i - b u t o r t oemployment and jobcreat ion, in Canadaand around the world,”said Prime MinisterHarpe r . “This G-20ini t iat ive wil l helpprovide developingcountries with theaccess to financing theyneed to get their smallbusinesses up andrunning.”

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Business

Colombian singerShakira

performs at theGlastonbury Festival2010 in south westEngland, 26 June,

2010.—XINHUA

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(from page 1)With an area of 6.6

square miles and a popu-lation of more than217,000, Pyay is com-posed of 10 urban wards,55 village-tracts and 260villages.

It has 161 roads init. The Township Devel-opment Affairs Commit-tee is trying under theleadership of Bago Divi-sion (West) DevelopmentAffairs Committee and incooperation with Districtand Township Peace andDevelopment Councils tokeep Pyay clean and tidy.

Daily, the Town-ship DAD supplies900,000 gallons of waterto six urban wards with

Pyay, a pleasant township …

The archway at the exit to Pyay is decorated with beds of flowering andlandscaping plants.

The 160 feet long and 15 feet wide bridge links Paungtale and Wet-hti-kan.

river water pumping sta-tions; 800,000 gallons ofwater Srikestra Myothitand five wards with tube-wells; and 169,000 gallonsof water to 10 urban wardswith 15 waterworks andfive platforms.

Simultaneously,Township DAD pays seri-ous attention to ensuringsupply of adequate water torural population. Now, ithas set up 314 potable wa-ter supply facilities for 237villages in the township, ac-counting for greater suc-cess than the target. In2009-2010 fiscal year, theTownship DAD poured40.03 million kyats into thefunds for rural water sup-ply plan: 16 deep tube-

wells, 16 waterworks and17 shallow tube-wells.

Up to now, it has re-built 91 tarred roads, 35gravel and laterite roadsand 33 earthen roads, to-talling 56 miles. In thesame financial year, itspent 238.22 millionkyats on upgrading of 14roads to tarred ones, to-talling four miles and3.92 furlongs, and fiveroads to gravel ones,totaling one mile and fivefurlongs. In addition, itbuilt five roads and twoconcrete bridges at thecorner of Phayani RoadAnd Thein Road, and 12streets in 12th NawinKwetthit Street, and twoconduits in SrikestraMyothit, with funds of33.68 millions in total

and 1.31 furlongs.It dredged Bukha

Drain, the main drain, forsome 15,000 feet to im-prove the drainage system.It is growing shade treesand landscaping trees onboth sides of the roads aspart of the drive for spruc-ing up the township. In2009-2010 fiscal year, itplanted 70,000 landscapingtrees, and 200 shade treesand 350 trees.

Moreover, theTownship DAD is nurtur-ing 115,000 saplings offlowering plants of variousspecies. So far, it hasplanted 30,000 pieces ofthem in the parks in thetownship. It collects gar-bage from the urban mar-kets with two garbagetrucks and garbage fromurban areas with five gar-bage trucks.

It collects sewagefrom 10 urban wards withtwo sewage trucks. Andit is implementing the fly-proof latrine project incooperation with healthand social organizations.It carries out sanitationwork every day onBogyoke Road, Pyay-Yangon Road, LansheiRoad, Strand Road,Shwetachaung Road,Mingyitaung andHsinmakyat, and beauti-fying work in order thatthe township is kept cleanwith all characters of atownship. As fruits ofpursuit of the motto“Speedy urbanization oftowns and villages”,Pyay has become one ofthe leading metropolisesin Myanmar.

Translation: MSKyemon: 27-6-2010

under the urbanizationprogramme. It has also con-structed roads in rural ar-eas, stretching 172 miles

YANGON, 27 June —8 Days a week journalcelebrated its one yearanniversary at ChatriumHotel here on 25 June.

The weekly journalemphasizes news ofcelebrities. The journalhas also general news andarticles.

At the celebration,Chief Executive Officerof the journal U Ko Koand Edi tor- in-Chiefdelivered speech. ActorLu Min a lso ta lkedabout the journal inhonour of the weeklyjournal on behalf of thecelebrities who werepresent a t the

8 Days a week Journal turns one year

celebration.The CEO presented

prizes and gifts to

employees and saleagents of the journal.

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CEO U Ko Ko presents prize to a staff at firstanniversary of 8 Days a week journal.—MNA

NEW SCHOOL OPENED: The upgrading of Basic Education MiddleSchool (Branch) was held in Hmaik Village of Hlwarwa Village-tractin Mindon Township on 1 June. Chairman of Township Peace and

Development Council U Ba Nyunt and Township Assistant EducationOfficer U Myint Kyi formally open BEMS (Branch).

DISTRICT IPRD

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(from page 1)commodity flow as wellas enhancement of health,education of local peopleand the development gap

Yin Creek Bridge…

between the regions hadbeen narrowed conse-quently. The minister thenurged local people tomaintain it for long-termuse.

Chairman ofMagway Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Col Phone Maw Shwespoke words of thanks.

He said that Magwayhad only 1394 miles ofroads before 1988 androads had been extendedup to 2006 miles now.Magway had only 501miles of tarred road in thepast but now 1041 miles;that Magway had no river-spanning bridges before1988, but Magway todayhad two bridges spanningover Ayeyawady River —Ayeyawady Bridge(Magway) andAyeyawady Bridge

(Chauk) and two morebridges namelyAyeyawady Bridge(Pakokku) and

through Yangon andMandalay; that Inter-dis-trict Road No. 1 was pavedthrough Hmawby,Taikkyi townships inYangon Division,Thayawady , Paukkaung

ships in Mandalay Divi-sion and its length inMagway Division was132 miles; that the bridgewas an important bridgeon the road linkingYangon, Bago, Magwayand Mandalay divisions.

The chairman addedthat the bridge was alsolinked with Nay Pyi Taw-Toungnyo-Myo th i t -Kanpya Road being con-structed by Ministry ofConstruction; that 107miles long Nay Pyi Taw-Toungnyo-Myo th i t -Kanpya Road would be aroad linking Nay Pyi Tawand Magway throughBago Yoma; thatearthworks of the road hadbeen completed; that YinCreek Bridge would en-able local people ofNatmauk Township tohave access to Myothit,Taungdwingyi, Pyay,Yangon and Nay Pyi Tawany time, in any season.

He urged local peoplesand regional organizationsto give a helping hand inmaintaining the bridges fortheir durability.

A local also spokewords of thanks.

Next, the minister, theChairman of DivisionPDC cordially conversedwith those present.

Afterwards, ColPhone Maw Shwe, Brig-Gen Soe Htut of the localstation and Deputy Man-aging Director (Project) UKyaw Hlaing formallyopened the bridge.

The minister unveiledthe stone plaque of thebridge and sprinkledscented water on it togetherwith the Division PDCChairman and officials.

The upper structure ofthe bridge is of bailey typeand the lower structure, ofhardwood piles. Thebridge is 320 feet long andit has 10 feet and 10.5

inches wide one-way mo-tor road. The facility canwithstand 15-ton loads.

It is the 240th facilityof its kind in the entirenation and the 20th inMagway Division.

Thanks to construc-tion of Yin Creek Bridge,groundnut, sesame, paddyand crops produced byMagway Division will betransported as quickly aspossible to all States andDivisions of the nationfrom east to west and fromnorth to south through theroad networks. The bridgewill contribute a great dealto all-round developmentof economic, social, healthand education sectors ofthe region. The vehiclesneed not to wait for fivehours as in the past as theycan pass through the bridgesmoothly. That is why thebridge will create bettertransport in the region.

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Ayeyawady (Malun)were in the course of con-struction.

He went on to say thatYin Creek Bridge com-missioned today was partof 400 miles long Inter-district Road No. 1built

townships in Bago Divi-sion, Aunglan,Sinpaungwe, Taung-dwingyi, Myothit,Natmauk townships inMagway Division, andKyaukpadaung, Meiktila,Mahlaing, TadaU town-

Yin Creek Bridge on Taungdwingyi-Myothit-Natmauk Road in Natmauk Township, Magway District,Magway Division.—CONSTRUCTION

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint and Chairman ofMagway Division PDC Col Phone Maw Shwe stroll over Yin Creek

Bridge. —CONSTRUCTION

YANGON, 27June—Myanma Indus-trial Development Bankheld is 15th AGM for2009-2010 financial yearat Myanma Banks’ As-sociation on No. 2, NewSibin Street, YankinTownship here yesterdaymorning., attended byChairman of MIDB Min-ister for Industry-2 U SoeThein, Minister for

MIDB holds 15th AGMIndiustry-1 U AungThaung, Minister for Sci-ence and technology UThaung, members ofboard of directors, guestsand shareholders.

The chairman ofthe MIDB delivered anopening address on theoccasion and Secretaryof the board of directorsU Myint Swe submitted2009-2010 fiscal year

work report. It was fol-lowed by election ofmembers of the board ofdirectors, assignation ofexternal audits and three-member audit commit-tee.

The MIDB pre-sented K 3 million eachto U Hla Tun CancerHospice Foundation andRural Library Founda-tions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27June— Course No. 6 fortreatment and rehabilita-tion for drug-addicts ofTeema Shwe Pyi ThitYouths RehabilitationCentre was opened on 7June at its centre in Teemavillage, Muse Township,Shan State (North).

Chairman of Com-mittee for Drugs Abuse

Treatment, rehabilitation for drug-addictscourse No.6 opened in Muse Township

Control of Muse DistrictCommander of DistrictPolice Force Police Lt-Col Moe Maung Than de-livered an address andheard reports on thecourse by in-charge of thecentre Police Major KyawKyaw, Stuff Officer ofTownship Social WelfareDepartment U Than TunAung, Assistant Supervi-

sor of Myanma Agricul-ture Service U Aung KoLatt respectively.

Sun Branded Puri-fied Drinking Water do-nated 60 bags of rice andbottles of purified drink-ing water to the coursethrough officials con-cerned. Fifty five train-ees are doing 10-weekcourse.—MNA

Thanks to construction of Yin Creek Bridge,groundnut, sesame, paddy and crops produced byMagway Division will be transported as quickly aspossible to all States and Divisions of the nation fromeast to west and from north to south through the roadnetworks.

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NAY PYI TAW, 27June—Minister forElectric Power No. 1 UZaw Min accompanied bypersonnel concernedyesterday visited YeywaHydropower Project nearYeyaman Village about 31miles from the south-eastof Mandalay.

The project is beingimplemented byConstruction Group No.2. The minister heardreports on progress of thework and gave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Electric Power No. 1 Minister visits YeywaHydropower Project

Seal of the Kaman NationalProgressive Party

Public announcement for remonstration1. The Kaman National Progressive

Party, headquartered at Room 406,4th Floor, Myalayyon Street, MyittaNyunt Ward, Tamway Township,Yangon Division, submitted itsapplications for registration as apolitical party and mentioned thatthe party will use its name, flag andseal appeared in the dailies on 17-6-2010 as a public announcement forremonstration.

2. The flag and the seal of the partywere remonstrated. In addition, theUnion Election Commission foundthat the flag and the seal of the party

should not be used. The commissioninstructed the respective party toamend the flag and seal of the partyin line with the law and rules.

3. It is hereby announced in accordwith Political Parties RegistrationRules 14 (d) that if there is anyonewho wants to remonstrate aboutthe name, flag and seal amended bythe party, they may remonstratewith the Union ElectionCommission with firm evidencewithin seven days from the date ofthe announcement.

Union Election CommissionFlag of the Kaman National

Progressive Party

NAY PYI TAW, 27 June—Mass Walkwas held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterdaymorning to mark the InternationalOlympic Day which falls on 23 June.

It was participated by Chairman ofMyanma Olympic Committee Ministerfor Sports Thura U Aye Myint, personneland staff of ministries in Nay Pyi Taw,members of Myanma Hiking andMountaineering Association, totalingabout 1200.

Mass Walk in Nay Pyi Taw

They walked from Myoma Marketalong Toungnyo-Pyinmana Roadthrough Tabyaygon Roundabout toGems Museum (Nay Pyi Taw). On theroute, Ministry of Sports andwellwishers served them with snacksand refreshments.

Likewise, sports games are held byrespective sports federations and inrespective townships to markInternational Olympic Day.—MNA

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 U Zaw Min

inspects progress of Yeywa Hydropower

Project.—MNA

Mass Walk to mark International Olympic Day in progress.—MNA

(from page 16)The news crew of Myanma Alin daily arrived at

Yamethin Township recently to write bylines on devel-opment of the township. We had an opportunity to visitKatinVillage-tract where Ngwechi 6 long staple cottonis being grown on a commercial scale. Together withSecretary of Yamethin Township Peace and Develop-ment Council U Tin Aung Win, Township Manager ofMyanma Cotton and Sericulture Enterprise U WinNyunt and Township Manager of Myanma Agricul-ture Service U Aung Myaing explained cultivation ofthe cotton strain.

Township Manager of Myanma Cotton andSericulture Enterprise U Win Nyunt said. “YamethinTownship grows pre-monsoon, mid-monsoon and late-monsoon long staple cottons. This year, a total of 1341acres could be put under Ngwechi 6 pre-monsoon longstaple cotton. A total of 225 acres of mid-monsoon longstaple cotton has been grown against the target of 500

Ngwechi 6 long staple… acres and the remaining areas will be covered withcotton by the end of June. A plan was set to grow 27,200acres of late-monsoon cotton between July and Septem-ber. After harvesting mid-monsoon cotton strain, thecroplands are put under green gram. After that, thefarmers cultivate late-monsoon long staple cotton.

“Last year, the township grew 3600 acres of pre-monsoon long staple cotton, 555 mid-monsoon cottonand 26,712 acres of late-monsoon cotton. Three kindsof cotton yielded 416.96 viss per acre. Among thecroplands, 27 acres of pre-monsoon strain and 212 acresof late-monsoon cotton produced 1000 viss of cottonper acre.

“The purchase centres of the Ministry of Indus-try-1 buy K 1000 per viss of A class cotton, K 900 perviss of B class and K 800 per viss of C class,” said U WinNyunt. Cotton grower U Mya Thaung of Katin Villagesaid, “I have five acres of Ngwechi 6 long staple cotton.I produced over 1000 viss per acre of cotton last year andsold K 1000 per viss. Number of cotton farmers in-creases in the region year by year as they see the

opportunity to earn income easily in growing cotton.”Myanma Cotton and Sericulture Enterprise pro-

vides strains of Ngwechi 6 long staple cotton, fertiliz-ers and pesticide to the growers to engage in agricul-tural tasks on a mutual interest. The enterprise pur-chases 225 viss per acre from the cotton growers.

To ensure convenience of farmers, MyanmaAgricultural Development Bank of Yamethin Town-ship disbursed K 20,000 per paddy acre and K 10,000per acre for other crops to 14,309 farmers of 64village-tracts. Up to 10 June, the bank disbursed K833,400,000 as agricultural loans to the growers.

In Yamethin Township, Thithson Dam, KatinLake and Kyeeni Lake are reliable water resources forthe residents. As the cotton growers extended sownacreage of Ngwechi 6 long staple cotton year afteryear thanks to favourable weather and assistance oflocal authorities, they are now enjoying fruitful resultsof higher socio-economic status.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin: 26-6-2010

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Arizona wildfire 50 percent containedLOS ANGELES , 27

June—A raging wildfirein northern Arizona thathas consumed 15,000acres of vegetation wasabout 50 percentcontained by Saturday,authorities said.

Known as theSchultz fire, the blaze,which is located about 8km north of Flagstaff andwest of north Highway89, was helped by acombination of theweather and the strongwinds.

The fire, which wasbelieved to have been

started by an abandonedcampfire Sunday,threatened homes,watersheds and wild-erness areas in CoconinoNational Forest, themanagement team said.

As of Saturday,Highway 89 has openedwhile all other roads andtrails in the vicinity ofthe fire stil l remainclosed.

Fire danger isconsidered high toextreme in Arizona,which has seen twowildfires burn more than3,000 acres each in the

last month. Relief isn’texpected until nextmonth, when summermonsoons start bringingrain to the region,according to authorities.

Nine hundredfirefighters battling thewildfire were focusingon the west, north andsouthwest edges of theblaze. Houses on the eastedge, where hundreds ofresidents had beenevacuated, are now outof danger, The ArizonaRepublic newspaperreported.

Xinhua

Vessels of Opportunity skim oil from the water in Pensacola Bay inPensacola, Fla, 26 June, 2010. Small amounts of the oil from the Deepwater

Horizon disaster have started coming ashore on the Florida and Alabamacoast.

INTERNET

Water depth indicators sitting high out of thewater at Pykes Creek Reservoir, some 60

kilometres west of Melbourne in 2007. New PrimeMinister Julia Gillard has signalled a change in

the government’s approach to population growth,saying she does not believe in a “big Australia”.

INTERNET

Bus, truck collision kills 23in India

PATNA, 27 June—Police say anovercrowded bus hascollided head-on into atruck along a sharp curveon a highway in easternIndia, killing 23 peopleand injuring 15 others.

Police officer AmitJain says the bus driverapparently lost control ofthe vehicle in the accidentSaturday nearDhannarua, a village in

Attack on Mexico political rallykills 3, wounds 6

ZINACANTAN, 27 June—A mob armed with clubs,stones and guns attacked a political rally in southernMexico on Saturday, sparking hours of clashes thatleft three people dead and six more wounded.

Municipal police officer Mario Lopez said theattack in the town of Nachig, in Chiapas state,happened during a morning campaign event forDomingo Perez, a mayoral candidate representingthe Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, in Aug. 4elections.

Hundreds of people armed with clubs and stonesattacked the rally. Lopez said some pulled outweapons and fired on people gathered in a townpark.

The violence lasted several hours and left a tollof three dead and six wounded — two seriously,according to local prosecutors. Some 15 homes and20 cars were burned.

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Bihar state.He says all of the

injured have beenhospitalized.

Jain says somepassengers were riding onthe roof of the packed bus.

Road accidents occurfrequently in India andare often blamed onreckless driving, agingvehicles and overl-oading.

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Four found fatally stabbed in Pa; man in custody

NORTHAMPTON, 27 June—Fourpeople were found stabbed to deathSaturday in a house in northeasternPennsylvania and a suspect was incustody, authorities said.

Police discovered the bodies afterresponding to a car crash about a half-mile from the house, NorthamptonCounty District Attorney JohnMorganelli said. The driver was coveredin so much blood that police knew itwasn’t all from the car crash, Morganellisaid.

The driver’s statements led officersto the house, Morganelli said, decliningto elaborate. Three bodies were foundon the first level of the home; the fourthwas in the basement, he said. All werestabbed multiple times.

“It’s a very bloody crime scene,”Morganelli said. “I’ve been DA 18 yearsand I’ve never seen anything like this inmy life.”

All four victims died of “sharp forceinjuries,” Northampton County CoronerZachary Lysek said. The deaths wereruled homicides.

The names of the victims and the

Police investigate a homicide scenein Northampton, PA 26 June, 2010.Police arrived to find two men and a

woman stabbed to death.INTERNET

suspect were not immediately released.The suspect was being treated at ahospital for non-life-threatening injuriesbelieved to have occurred during the carcrash, Morganelli said. Charges werepending.

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Prematureexplosion kills15 militants inAfghanistanKABUL, 27 June—

Fifteen Taleban militantsincluding 13 foreignfighters were killed inAfghanistan’s easternPaktika Province asexplosive devices wentoff prematurely, astatement issued byAfghan Interior Ministrysaid Sunday.

“Fifteen militantsincluding eight Arabs, fivePakistanis and twoAfghans were busy inmaking mines inside amosque in Yousuf Khildistrict of Paktika onFriday but suddenly theexplosive deviceexploded inside themosque killing all the 15rebels,” the statementadded.

Xinhua

A girl gestures to Sesame Street character Elmo ata shopping centre in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia, on 27 June, 2010.INTERNET

Losses mount at Bahrain’sstate investment fund

DUBAI, 27 June—Bahrain’s governmentinvestment company says losses more than doubledlast year as the economic slump hurt key businesses.

The Mumtalakat fund says losses increased to 183million dinars ($485.4 million) from 69 million ($183million) a year earlier.

Mumtalakat is a holding company mostly focusedon state-run businesses in the tiny Gulf island nation.It says it spent the last year restructuring some of itsholdings.

Mumtalakat says the global downturn particularlyhurt business at its money-losing airline Gulf Air andat Alba, an aluminum smelting company. Its statement,dated Saturday, didn’t provide specific financial detailsfor those units.

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BP says construction of reliefwells on track

HOUSTON, 27 June—BP’s efforts to drill arelief well through deeprock to staunch the Gulfoil spill are on track to becompleted by mid-August, the embattledenergy giant said Friday.

The damagedunderwater well wasdetected during a testcalled “ranging run,” thecompany said in astatement. The first of thetwo relief wells reacheda depth of 16,275 feet on23 June before thedrillstring was removed

from the well to carryout the first ‘‘ranging’’run using wireline, BPsaid.

“Subsequent rang-ing runs will be needed tomore precisely locate thewell,” said BP, addingthat drilling and rangingoperations will continuetowards the targetintercept depth ofapproximately 18,000feet, when ‘kill’operations are expectedto begin.

BP said Friday thecost of its response to the

oil spill to date amountsto approximately 2.35billion US dollars,including containment,relief well drilling, grantsto the Gulf states, andclaims paid.

Xinhua

A supply vesselpasses throughoil floating near

the site of theDeepwater

Horizon oil spillin the Gulf of

Mexico offLouisianaon 31 May.

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Russian drug info stationlaunched in Far East

MOSCOW, 27 June—Russia officially launched adrug observatory monitoring drug trafficking in NorthEast Asia in the Far East Saturday, the InternationalDay against Drug Abuse.

According to Russian drug chief Viktor Ivanov,the monitoring station would mainly in charge ofcollecting and analyzing drug- related intelligence inorder to coordinate their fight against drug traffickingwith other agencies, including the Russian InteriorMinistry and Federal Security Service. The observatoryalso aimed at further enhancement of collective crackdown on drug trafficking between Russia and China.

“It is important to understand that it is impossibleto work out effective methods of combating drugtrafficking without allowing for migration processes,information about labour markets and demographyas well as the situation in penal institutions,” saidIvanov at a video conference as quoted by the RIANovosti news agency.

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One in 5 Bangladeshi deaths due to arsenicNEW YORK, 27 June—One in five deaths in Bangladesh stems from arsenic in

drinking water, which the World Health Organization describes as the largest masspoisoning in history.

The study, published in the journal The Lancet, found between 33 million and77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to arsenic through drinkingwater linked to the widespread installation of tube wells 30 years ago to controlwaterborne diseases such as cholera and dysentery. Although the wells reducedexposure to the microbes causing such diseases, the water was contaminated witharsenic, which occurs naturally in the area.

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G8 commonality purpose tocarry forward into G20

Newly rescued Chihuahua takes ‘ugliest dog’ titleA Chihuahua’s oddly curved

back and legs and closed-up left eyeearned the 4-year-old rescue dog tophonours at the World’s Ugliest Dogcontest at a Northern California fairon Friday.

Sporting a gray, brown and blackcoat, Princess Abby Francis beat arough-looking slate of candidates forthe prize, including Pabst, a teeth-bearing boxer mix who won last year.

Princess Abby shivered in thecool breeze after her win Friday nightwhile nestled in the arms of herowner, Kathleen Francis , whoreceived a $1,000 check at the 22ndannual contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma.

The victory was a surprise toFrancis.

“I don’t think she’s ugly at all,”she said. “I think she’s the mostbeautiful dog.”

HUNTSVILLE, 27 June—G8 leaders’ common reorganization of necessity forunited efforts in preventing events that endanger the world recovery will moveforward into the G20 summit, Canadian PM Stephen Harper said here on Saturday.

Harper, speaking after the conclusion of G8 summit and before heading toToronto for the G20 summit, told media that he has never “seen a G8 morefundamentally united in purpose, more frank in the discussions.”

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Kathleen Francis, of Clearlake,

Calif., holds her purebred chihuahua‘Princess Abby’ after winning the

World’s Ugliest Dog Contest on June25, 2010, in Petaluma, Calif.

Motorcyclistcollides withbear on NJ

highwayFredon A motorc-

yclist escaped seriousinjury Saturday when hecollided with a black bearthat unexpectedly ranacross a northwesternNew Jersey highway.Sgt. Julian Castellanos,a state police spokesman,said the man wasnorthbound on Route 94in the Sussex Countycommunity of Fredonwhen the accidentoccurred around 9:30am.

The motorcyclist —whose name was notreleased — was taken toNewton MemorialHospital, where he wastreated for minor injuriesand later released.

Castellanos said thebear also survived andwalked into the woods.

The 7-year-oldorangutan Suryia loves

taking a dip with histrainer Moksha Bybee.

Funny moments on happy wedding day!

Couple collect 400,000 cans to pay for weddingA Spokane couple

has reached its goal ofcollecting enoughrecyclable aluminumcans to pay for theirwedding. Peter Geyerand Andrea Parrishestimated they needed tocollect 400,000 cans,

worth about $3,800, topay for the 31 Julywedding. With the helpof a 150,000-candonation from Alcoa and73,000 cans from UnitedRecycling Services, theyhave reached the goal.

The couple contin-

ues to collect cans, thistime to pay for theirhoneymoon. They alsoplan to donate someproceeds to DoctorsWithout Borders andRim Country LandInstitute.

Woman falls out window,lands on car, sleeps

Lakemoor Police said a 30-year-old woman

apparently fell out of a third-storey window, landed

on her parked car, and then walked into a neighbour’s

house, where she fell asleep on a couch for two

hours.

Lakemoor Police Chief Mike Marchese said

family members believe the woman woke up before

dawn Thursday and fell through the screen while

opening a third-floor window.

Marchese said the woman bounced off the hood

of her car, walked through a neighbour’s open garage

door and went into the house.

The neighbour found her asleep two hours later

and called 911.

The woman, whom police have not identified,

was taken by ambulance to Centegra Hospital-

McHenry. Marchese said she was not suffering from

any life-threatening injuries, but he did not know her

condition.

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Search for missing Ullswatercanoeist

A police underwater search team is due to arrive atthe scene.—INTERNET

Interim cap on non-EU migrantworkers coming to UK

The plan aims to

prevent a last-minute

rush of applications.

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LONDON, 27 June—Atemporary limit on thenumber of migrant work-ers from outside the EUallowed into the UK is tobe introduced ahead of aplanned permanent cap.

Home SecretaryTheresa May will limitthe number of workers to

24,100 - down around 5%- between now and April2011.

The Conservatives’election pledge to curbimmigration survived thecoalition agreement withthe Liberal Democrats.

Labour said that theintroduction of an arbitary

immigration cap “isfraught with difficulty”.

The temporary cap isaimed at preventing a rushof applications before apermanent cap is set nextApril.

Ms May will announcethe move on Monday, asshe launches a consulta-tion process for decidingthe level of the permanentcap.

According to theBBC’s Mark Easton, thelatest official immigrationfigures available are for2008 and suggest 258,000EU and returning Britishcitizens - about 48% -came to the UK out of atotal of 538,000 immi-grants.

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LONDON, 27 June—Amajor search is under wayin the Lake District for amissing canoeist.

Emergency serviceswere alerted after the ca-noeist, believed to be an18-year-old from Lanca-shire, failed to surface af-ter overturning onUllswater.

He was about 565ft(200m) from the shore atthe time of the incident atabout 1415 BST.

A land and watersearch by police, coast-

guards, Patterdale Moun-tain Rescue Team andmembers of the public iscontinuing.

A police underwatersearch team was broughtinto help.

A Cumbria Policespokeswoman said: “Thislarge-scale search contin-ues this evening and in-cludes the police underwa-ter search team.

“Police are also work-ing to inform and supportimmediate family mem-bers.”.—Internet

Dramatist Alan Platerdies at 75

LONDON, 27 June—Playwright and screenwriterAlan Plater has died of cancer at the age of 75, hisagent has confirmed.

Plater produced numerous works for the stage andscreen, including seminal police drama Z Cars and anadaptation of The Barchester Chronicles.

His work was also featured on Armchair Theatreand The Wednesday Play, while he adapted World WarII trilogy The Fortunes of War for TV.

Plater, who also penned six novels, was honouredwith a CBE in 2005. In the same year, he was pre-sented with the Dennis Potter award for writing at theBaftas.—Internet

Youths aged 15 held overDarlington man’s murder

George Akers: Suffereda “sustained attack”.

INTERNET

LONDON, 27 June—Po-lice investigating the mur-der of a homeless man inDarlington have arrestedtwo boys aged 15.

George Akers, 59, wasfound under a tree in thegrounds of St Cuthbert’sChurch on 12 June.

A post-mortem ex-

amination revealed MrAkers died from seriousinjuries and police said hehad suffered a sustainedand unprovoked attack.

Two 15-year-olds, bothfrom Darlington, havebeen arrested on suspicionof Mr Akers’ murder.

Police described himas a vulnerable man,known and liked by manypeople in the town, whooften gave him cigarettes,sweets or spare cash.

He had not been inregular work for about 15years and had spent timeat various addresses be-fore ending up on thestreets.—Internet

Romania plans big VAT riseto secure bail-out funds

LONDON, 27 June—Romania plans to raise value-added tax (VAT) to 24% in an effort to curb the coun-try’s deficit, the prime minister has said.

Emil Boc said the 5% rise was an attempt to guar-antee a $20bn International Monetary Fund (IMF)loan. The move comes after Romania’s top court ruledout plans to cut pensions, prompting the IMF to delaykey talks. But critics say the VAT rise will hit con-sumer spending in the European Union country.

“The government has decided to raise the VAT taxby five points,” Mr Boc said at a press conference.

“Under these conditions, the agreement with theIMF will continue”. He said an IMF meeting to dis-cuss Romania’s aid package would now be held on 30June.—Internet

Police boats of a detachment of Chinese CoastGuard take part in an anti-terror drill in

Qinhuangdao, north China’s Hebei Province, 27June, 2010.—XINHUA

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Hot hometown reception formaster cellist

Ni carefully tunes her cello beforeperforming at Expo Shanghai. TheShanghaiborn principal cellist for

the Philadelphia Orchestra is one ofthe most accomplished young cellists

of our time.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 27 June—A Shanghai-born cellist was a jewel in the crownof the famed Philadelphia Orchestra’srecent performances at the World

Expo, Nie Xin reports. The orientalface of Ni Hai-ye in the PhiladelphiaOrchestra performing at the ExpoCulture Center was hard to ignoreand the fans loved her.

The orchestra’s Shanghai-bornprincipal cellist is one of the mostaccomplished young cellists of ourtime and her performance was integralto the group’s stunning shows lastmonth.

There is a sweet irony in Ni’s keyrole in the contemporary orchestra.In 1973 it was the first Westernorchestra in many decades toundertake a concert tour of Chinawhere it was very popular andsignified a new era of culturalexchange between the countries.

Ni has been hailed for her skillsas being “incredibly pure and wellintonated” with a “captivatinglybeautiful manner.”

Her play in Shanghai was ashowcase of technique with abeautifully controlled cantabile line,soulfully expressive and brightlyaware as she ran brilliantly throughall the repertoire.

Xinhua

Singapore National Art Gallery mournspassing of Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong

SINGAPORE, 27June—The National ArtGallery (NAG),Singapore of theNational Heritage Boardis deeply saddened by thepassing of renownedChinese artist WuGuanzhong, said a pressrelease of SingaporePress Centre on Sunday.

Wu passed awaypeacefully at the age of91 in a Beijing hospitalon June 25, 2010.

“We are deeplysaddened by the demiseof Mr Wu Guanzhong,one of the leading

Chinese artists over thelast century and a dearlybeloved friend ofSingapore,” NAGDirector Kwok KianChow was quoted by therelease as saying.

A giant amongstartists of his generation,Wu was an inspiration tomany and a toweringfigure in the artisticworld. His matchless actof philanthropy to ourNational Collection andto the people ofSingapore will always bedeeply appreciated,Kwok said.

“We extend ourdeepest condolences tohis family and lovedones.”

In 2008, WuGuanzhong donated tothe national collection ofSingapore his largest andmost comprehensivecollection of 113 oil andink paintings presentedto a public museum.Together with an earlierdonation of one work, theSingapore collection of114 works painted overfive decades representsWu’s entire creativeoeuvre.—Xinhua

A model presentsfashion jewellery and

accessories duringHong Kong Jewellery

& Gem Fair at theHong Kong Conventionand Exhibition Centrein Hong Kong, southChina, on 26 June,

2010. —XINHUA

Jackson’s ’84 Victory Tour glove sells for $190KLAS VEGAS, 27 June—

Bidders from around theworld bought up MichaelJackson memorabiliaworth nearly $1 million atan auction on theanniversary of his death,including $190,000 forthe Swarovski-crystal-studded glove he wore onhis 1984 Victory Tour.

The bidding thatbegan Friday on more than200 items was “unlikeanything we’ve everexperienced,” said DarrenJulien of Julien’s

Auctions, which ran theauction at PlanetHollywood in Las Vegas.

Some items, like theglove, brought 10 timesmore than their estimatedvalue, he said.

“It just shows youMichael Jackson is themost sought after andmost collectible celebrityof all time. It was justphenomenal,” Julien toldthe Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“People flew in fromAsia, Russia, all over.Now that he’s gone, wenow realize the truelegend we lost,” saidJulien, who has not had asimilar auction in his 15years in the business. Hepredicted the sales wouldeasily top $1 million bythe time the auctionwrapped up Sunday.

The glove had beenexpected to sell forbetween $20,000 and$30,000. The $190,000sale price included thebuyer’s premium of$30,000, a standardindustry fee that goes tothe auction house, Juliensaid.

The winning bidderwas Wanda Kelley of Los

Angeles, who also boughta number of Jackson’salbums at the auction, theLas Vegas Sun reported.She said she was preparedto go higher if necessary.

“Let’s just say Iwasn’t walking out ofhere without that glove,”she said.

A pair of Jackson’sstage-worn loafers thatwere listed as worth$2,000 to $3,000 went for$90,000.

The custom jacketthat the pop singer waswearing during hisinterview with BarbaraWalters was listed at$6,000 to $8,000. It soldfor $120,000.—Internet

Behind the scenes of “Aftershock”BEIJING, 27 June—

Chinese director FengXiaogang’s upcomingfilm “Aftershock” hasreleased a 3-minutebehind-the-scenes shortfilm revealing the simplebut impressive perfo-rmances by the extras andother non-professionalactors.

The extras whoworked on the film wereall local citizens fromTangshan city and had noprior acting exp-erience.Most of them had lostrelatives in the massiveearthquake in 1976 andthey still had intense

feelings rega-rding thistragedy. For them it wasnot merely aboutperforming in the film butrecalling painfulmemories.

During productionmany stories about theearthquake surfaced fromthe extras. There was arain scene shot in Octoberwhen it was turning cold,

most of the extras werestill wearing shorts andvests because the film wasset to happen in July. They

were wet and muddy fromhead to toe after shooting

all day but they never

complained. Moved bytheir strength, the film

crew built a bathing roomto help them relieve

exhaustion.—Xinhua

Mainland actress ZhaoWei, or Vicky Zhao,

returned to the limelightafter becoming a mum.She represents a mobile

phone product andappeared in the

advertisement. Theactress gave birth to ababy girl in Singapore

in April.—XINHUA

Shooting scene of the film “Aftershock.”XINHUA

A female diver clad in ‘Orihime,’ or Vega,costume feeds fish to mark the Japanesetraditional star festival Tanabata at the

Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusementpark complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo,

on 27 June, 2010.—INTERNET

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Answers for yesterday’sCrossword Puzzle

Tottenham enter race forFabiano S

PORT S

Fabiano:

Golden

Boot

contender.

INTERNET

Fulham line up Rob Green

London, 27 June—Harry Redknapp has en-tered the race to sign LuisFabiano.

The Sevilla striker waswatched by Chelsea lastseason and the PremierLeague champions are stillinterested in the £20mil-lion-rated Brazilian.

Manchester City werealso rumoured to be keen,as well as AC Milan, wholater made it clear theywould not come close tomeeting the asking price.

Fabiano, 29, who is tak-ing English lessons, is onduty for his country at theWorld Cup but is certain toleave Sevilla instead of

running down the last yearof his contract. He hasbeen offered a new deal atthe Ramon Sanchez Sta-dium but is still keen toleave and try his luck inthe Premier League thissummer.—Internet

LONDON, 27 June—Robert Green is lined up toreplace Mark Schwarzer atFulham.

With Schwarzer poisedto complete a move to Ar-senal, England’s blunderkeeper is now theCottagers’ prime target.

West Ham No 1 Green,30, had been reported to beon Arsenal boss ArseneWenger’s shortlist.

But Wenger has optedfor Schwarzer, 37, as ashort-term solution to hisproblem between the sicks.

And with Australia outof the World Cup, a£3.5million transfer is ex-

pected to be completed inthe next two weeks.

Wenger is also said to beclose to sealing deals for acentre back and midfielder.

Schwarzer’s departurewill leave a vacancy atEuropa League finalistsFulham, which Green isexpected to fill.

Green has just one yearleft on his deal and hasmade it clear he wants toleave Upton Park. And de-spite the gaffe which al-lowed Fulham’s ClintDempsey to equalise forthe USA in England’sopening World Cup game,there will be no shortage of

potential new employers.Fulham boss Roy

Hodgson was among thoseto urge England boss FabioCapello to keep faith withGreen after the mistake.

Internet

Sanchez hasheart set onUnited moveLONDON, 27 June—

Chile superstar AlexisSanchez has his heart seton a move to ManchesterUnited.

The Udinese wingerhas been forwarded as apotential replacement forCristiano Ronaldo eversince the Portuguese iconwas sold to Real Madrid.

And his performancesat the World Cup haveonly enhanced his grow-ing reputation, despitebeing surprisingly substi-tuted against Spain.

Sanchez’s sparklingform has reaffirmed SirAlex Ferguson’s interestin his services and sourcesclose to the player claimhe’s dreamed of joiningthe Red Devils since hisboyhood years.—Internet

Rob Green

on Eng-

land duty

in South

Africa.

INTERNET

Chilean wonder boydreams of Old

Trafford.—INTERNET

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Germany beats England 4-1 in World Cup

Germany’s Thomas Mueller, top,scores his side’s fourth goal past

England goalkeeper David James,bottom, during the World Cup

round of 16 soccer match betweenGermany and England at FreeState Stadium in Bloemfontein,South Africa, 27 June, 2010.—

INTERNET

BLOEMFONTEIN, 27 June—Thomas Mueller scoredtwice in the second half Sunday and England had agoal not awarded by the referee in a 4-1 victory that putGermany into the World Cup quarterfinals.

The 20-year-old forward finished two quickGerman counterattacks within 3 minutes to sinkEngland’s hopes of beating Germany at the WorldCup for the first time since the 1966 final.

England was not helped by referee Jorge Larriondawaving play on even though Frank Lampard’s first-half shot landed well past the goal line after hitting thecrossbar. Germany led 2-1 at the time.

Germany went up on goals by Miroslav Klose andLukas Podolski before Matthew Upson pulled a goalback in the 37th minute.

On Lampard’s non-goal, after the ball landedinside the goal, it ball spun back into the arms ofGermany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. England coachFabio Capello initially celebrated what he thought wasan equalizer by clenching his fists and shaking hisarms. But his face changed when he realized the goalhad not been given.

As the players walked off the field at halftime,Wayne Rooney walked over to the linesman whodidn’t flag for the goal and gestured with his handshow far he thought the ball had crossed the line.

In 1966, England and Germany were 2-2 in extratime in the World Cup final when Geoff Hurst’s shotstruck the underside of the crossbar, bounced downand spun back into play. That time, the referee consultedhis linesman, who awarded the goal.

Hurst went on to score a third goal in England’s 4-2 victory at Wembley.

Germany plays the winner of Argentina-Mexico,which is later Sunday.

Mueller scored on the counterattack in the 67thminute, having started the move after a long clearanceby Jerome Boateng. Mueller passed to BastianSchweinsteiger, who patiently dribbled upfield andran across the 18-yard line to feed the unguardedMueller. His shot hit the hand of England goalkeeperDavid James and went in.

Internet

Injured Alonso may miss Portugalmatch

Alonso wasleft in consid-

erable painafter a heavy

challenge.INTERNET

LONDON, 27 June—Spain midfielder Xabi Alonsomay miss the last-16 match against Portugal on Tues-day after suffering an ankle injury in Friday’s 2-1 winover Chile.

Alonso, who was clattered by Waldo Ponce andforced off after 73 minutes, said: “I have a sprain.

“We’ll have to test it out over the next few daysand see how it feels and if I can make the Portugalmatch.” Also a doubt is defender Raul Albiol who willundergo scans after injuring his right leg during train-ing.

The Real Madrid centre-back, who had not beenused in any of Spain’s group games, fell awkwardlyin Saturday’s session.

Spanish team doctor Oscar Luis Celada is optimis-tic for Alonso’s chances after assessing the results ofan X-ray on the ankle.

He said: “The first X-ray confirmed that Alonsohad sprained his right ankle when he was violentlytackled. —Internet

After 70-68, whatwill Wimbledon’sWeek 2 produce?

LONDON, 27 June—Ifit’s hard to imagine howthis wildest ofWimbledons — does 70-68 ring a bell? — couldtop itself in Week 2,consider all the charactersstill strutting on tennis’biggest stage.

Roger Federer,bidding for a record-tyingseventh champi-onship atthe All England Club.Rafael Nadal, seeking asecond after declining todefend his 2008 titlebecause of injury. AndyRoddick, yearning for oneWimbledon trophy afterthree runner-up finishes.Andy Murray, well awarethat all of Britain iscounting on him to end its74-year wait for ahomegrown men’schampion.—Internet

John Isner of the USreacts as he defeatsFrance’s Nicolas

Mahut, in their epicmen’s singles match.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kayah State, scattered in Shan andKayin States, lower Sagaing and Ayeyawady Divisions,fairly widespread in Kachin State, upper Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisionsand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withisolated heavy falls in upper Sagaing Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hkamti(4.13) inches, Kyaukpyu (2.44) inches, Thandwe (1.85)inches, Shwebo and Magway (0.91) inch each.

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Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for28-6-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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Sayaka Sato of Japan hits a return to SainaNehwal of India during their women’s singles

final match at the Djarum Indonesia OpenSuper Series badminton tournament in Jakarta

on 27 June, 2010.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 26 June —A 64-year-old New Yorkman has completed a run across the United Statesaimed at raising awareness of diabetes.Yi-joo Kwon,who lives in the Flushing neighbourhood in Queens,was joined by a pack of 25 other runners Friday for thelast few miles through Manhattan, the New York DailyNews reported. He reached the finish line in front ofthe UN building at 3 pm . Many other runners spent afew miles in his company during Kwon’s 3,100-milejourney from the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles.

“I was amazed at the fact that it was very simple forhim,” said Mike Fohner, an engineer who joinedKwon for 31 miles in Pennsylvania. —Internet

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

2nd Waning of First Waso 1372 ME Monday, 28 June, 2010

Being a region with fewer rainfalls, the centralarea of Myanmar focuses on cultivation of cotton.The local people have been eager to grow Ngwechi6 long staple cotton year after year because it is highyield cotton strain.

The townships where high yield Ngwechi 6long staple cotton is being grown are Yamethin,Pyawbwe, Meiktila, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon andMyittha. They have only 30 inches of rainfall onaverage yearly.

Ngwechi 6 long staple cotton covers vastarea of croplands in Yamethin Township

Article: Myint Maung Soe: Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Thriving Ngwechi 6 long staple cotton plantation seen near Katin Villageof Yamethin Township.

The weather with moderate rainfalls is suit-able for long staple cotton. It is favourable for fruitsof cotton and seedlings. Hence, the above townshipsare standing at the top level of per-acre yield.

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Collagen fibers outline the bronchiolepathways against a background of elastintissue in this high-resolution image of a

mouse lung.—INTERNET

SCIENCE DAILY, 26 June—Yale Universityengineers have for the first time created 3Dmodels of whole intact mouse organs, a feat theyaccomplished using fluorescence microscopy.The team reports its findings in the May/Juneissue of the Journal of BiomedicalOptics.Combining an imaging technique calledmultiphoton microscopy with “optical clearing”,which uses a solution that renders tissue trans-parent, the researchers were able to scan mouseorgans and create high-resolution images of thebrain, small intestine, large intestine, kidney,lung and testicles. They then created 3D modelsof the complete organs—a feat that, until now,was only possible by slicing the organs into thinsections or destroying them in the process, adisadvantage if more information about the sam-ple is needed after the fact.

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Scientists create 3-D models ofwhole mouse organs

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