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NAY PYI TAW, 12 July—Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye, together with SPDC Secretary-1 GeneralThiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, SPDC Member Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Tha Aye, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, Adjutant-General Lt-Gen ThuraMyint Aung and Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing and Chief ofArmed Forces Training Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win of theMinistry of Defence, Chairman of Shan State (North)PDC Commander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut, Minister for Commerce Brig-GenTin Naing Thein, Minister for Construction and forElectric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint,Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min,and officials of SPDC Office, inspected Muse 105th

Mile Border Trade Zone at 12.30 pm yesterday.There, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye held a meeting

with local authorities, officials from the Border TradeDepartment, the Customs Department, the Immigrationand National Registration Department, the MyanmarEconomic Bank, the Internal Revenue Department and theMyanmar Police Force, and responsible persons of Museand Namkham Chambers of Commerce.

Minister Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein reported onborder trade services after transforming the bordertrade into regular trade through Muse 105th Mile BorderTrade Zone, and annual increase in trade volumebetween the two countries, export of agriculturalproduce such as rice, beans and pulses, corn and

Merchants to be educated, organized toturn to legal border trade and taxes

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspectsMuse 105th Mile Border Trade Zone

sesame, fruit such as mango, watermelon andmuskmelon, and marine products such as fish, prawnand eel, minerals such as lead and jade, and timber and

forest products to the neighbouring country throughMuse trade zone, and import of necessary things from

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Vice-Senior General Maung Aye meets with local authorities, officials from Border Trade Department, Customs Department, Immigration andNational Registration Department, Myanmar Economic Bank, Internal Revenue Department and Myanmar Police Force, responsible persons of

Muse and Namkham Chambers of Commerce.— MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye cordially greets local authorities, departmental officials andresponsible persons of Muse and Namkham Chambers of Commerce.—MNA

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Monday, 13 July, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Implement public welfaretasks as a national duty

A work coordination meeting ofDevelopment Affairs Committees under theMinistry of Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs tookplace at Nay Pyi Taw City Hall on 3 July.

According to the five rural developmenttasks, only when rural transport is smooth,can rural products reach the urban marketseasily in a short period. Thus, the educationand health of the rural people will improve,contributing towards their socio-economic life.

Development Affairs Committees arebuilding not only inter-village roads andvillage-to-city roads but also inter-district roadsfor villages that have difficult access to mainroads in order that there can be links betweentowns and between districts.

Up to 2008-2009 fiscal year, 184 miles oftarred roads, 139 miles of gravel roads and 783wooden bridges have been constructed on Inter-district Road No (1). Likewise, 63 miles oftarred roads, 191 miles of gravel roads and 750wooden bridges have been built on Inter-district Road No (2).

The 10-year rural pure water supplyproject started in 2000-2001 fiscal and up to2008-2009, 8024 villages of three arid divisionshave been supplied with pure drinking water.Rural water supply tasks have beenimplemented in 22,410 villages out of 23,225nationwide.

Overall, service personnel are toparticipate in their respective roles as a nationalduty for the emergence of a new democraticnation. They are also to shoulder their dutiesout of goodwill to fulfil the socio-economicneeds of the rural folks.

NAY PYI TAW, 12 July— The rainyseason tree planting ceremony was heldin Haka of Chin State on 27 June.

Chairman of Chin State Peace andDevelopment Council Brig-Gen Hon Ngaiplanted saplings at the ceremony. TheChairman of Chin State PDC viewedcollective cultivation of paddy in the field

Rainy season tree planting ceremony held in Haka

NAY PYI TAW, 12July—Monsoon treegrowing ceremony for2009 of Ministry ofProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs washeld at surrounding areasof the Ministry and staffquarters, here, thismorning. At theceremony, Minister forPBANRDA Col TheinNyunt and wife attendedand grew perennial plants.First, the minister and wifegrew Seintalon mangosaplings at the mango treeplantation ofDevelopment AffairsDepartment, mayansaplings at the mayanplantation of Educationand Training Department,jack fruit saplings at thejack fruit plantation ofProgress of Border Areasand National RacesDepartment, and deputyminister, staff and theirfamilies continued to plantsaplings.

Then, the minister andparty grew Tadainhmweflower saplings.

A total of 1593perennial plants such asmango, jack fruit, mayan,coconut and others wasgrown at the plantationsof respective departmentsat the ceremony.

Next, heads ofdepartments and officialsconcerned viewed the

Monsoon tree growing ceremonyfor 2009 of PBANRDA held

collective tree growing ofthe staff and their familiesat staff quarters inMingalathiddi, Thuka-thiddi, Pyinyathiddi wardsand hostel in Bawgathiddiward.

In this rainy season,the ministry has grown atotal of 7089 saplings.

The Ministry hasplanted a total of 13711trees so far.

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NAY PYI TAW, 12 July— Thegoodwill delegation led by Mr GuoShengkum, Chairman of the StandingCommittee of the People’s Congress ofGuangxi Zhaung Autonomous Regionand the Party Secretary of the GuangxiCommunist Party of China (CPC), leftYangon by air this afternoon.

Delegation of Guangxi Zhaung AutonomousRegion concludes visit

They were seen off at YangonInternational Airport by Deputy Director-General U Myint Soe of the ProtocolDepartment and officials of the Ministryof Foreign Affairs, Charge d’Affaires aiof the Chinese Embassy Mr WangZongying and embassy staff.

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of farmer U Ke Lwe.On 30 June, the ceremony to donate

books to Chin State Information and PublicRelations Department was held at HakaTownship Library. The Chairman of ChinState PDC accepted books and journalsdonated by wellwishers.

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NAY PYI TAW, 13 July—The Government ofthe Union of Myanmar has agreed to the appointmentof H.E. Mr. Christoph Burgener as AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland tothe Union of Myanmar.

H.E. Mr. Cristoph Burgener was born in1962 in Visp, Switzerland. He graduated in Lawfrom the University of Fribourg in 1987. In 1988, heworked at the Federal Office for Migration. For thefollowing two years, he worked at the Horgen DistrictCourt. He joined the Federal Department of ForeignAffairs in 1991 and served in various capacities at theFederal Department of Foreign Affairs and theSwitzerland embassies in Algeria and Ireland. H.E.Mr. Cristoph Burgener is currently serving as ForeignPolicy coordinator within the office of the StateSecretary since 2005.

H.E. Mr. Cristoph Burgener will be servingas Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofSwitzerland to the Kingdom of Thailand and will beconcurrently accredited to the Union of Myanmarwith residence in Bangkok, Thailand. He is marriedand has two children.—MNA

Appointment of SwissAmbassador agreed on

TALKS ON ACADEMIC MATTER:Professor Dr. Trevor Ashton of City ofSunderland College of England and

Director Dr. Nay PhD (UK) of ValentineOrganization of England explain best andproper academic institutions to enthusiast

youths at Traders Hotel in Yangonon 12 July afternoon.—NLM

Minister forPBANRDA Col

Thein Nyuntplants a Seintalonmango sapling at

tree growingceremony.�PBANRDA

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NAM summit to boost peacein Middle East

Iraq bombings kill eight incapital, northern villageBAGHDAD, 12 July — A car bomb exploded in an

alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq, killing atleast four people, wounding others and destroyingeight homes, police said. Another six people died inbombings in Baghdad.

Thirty-eight people were wounded and severalshops and cars were also damaged in the 3 pm explo-sion in the northern village of Kugjeli, according to apolice officer in Ninevah Province, who spoke on con-dition of anonymity because he was not authorized tospeak to journalists.

Most of the victims were inside their homes whenthe bomb exploded near the main street of the pre-dominantly Shiite village, about five kilometers (threemiles) east of the city of Mosul.—Internet

Foreign fighter may beamong 16 killed in Somalia

CAIRO, 12 July —Arab League (AL) Secre-tary General Amr Moussaexpected that the 15thNon-Aligned Movement(NAM) summit, which isscheduled for 15-16 Julyat Egypt’s Red Sea resortof Sharm el-Sheikh, willsupport the Arab positionand all the efforts to estab-lish peace in the MiddleEast.

All Arab countries inthe AL are members of themovement and the issues

tackled by NAM includemany Arab issues, said theAL chief in an exclusiveinterview with Xinhua re-cently.

“As for Palestine dec-laration, the NAM sum-mit would support puttingan end to the Arab-Israeliconflict provided that theestablishment of a viablePalestinian state with itscapital in East Jerusalem,”Moussa said.

A “Declaration onPalestine,” which is

Family members of three year old Hussein Ali, who was killed in a bombing the daybefore, grieve at his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, on 10 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Egypt calls for establishing newworld order to overcome crisesSHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), 12 July — Egyptian Assist-

ant Foreign Minister Naela Gabr said here Saturday thatthe world society should make joint efforts to set up a newworld order to deal with various crises.

Gabr made the appeal when addressing the senior offi-cials’ meeting of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)summit, which opened Saturday in Egyptian Red Sea re-sort of Sharm el-Sheik. The current world situation is quitedifferent from 48 years ago when the NAM was founded,with increasing population, outbreaks of epidemic and de-teriorating environment, she said.

The world society should reconsider the internationalfinancial system and be more democratic in decision-mak-ing so as to avoid the global financial crisis which has ham-pered the economic growth of developing countries, Gabrsaid.—Internet

Five killed,15 injured in

New Delhibridge

collapseNEW DELHI, 12 July —

Police say a bridge underconstruction in NewDelhi has collapsed, kill-ing five people and injur-ing 15 others.

Police spokesmanMohammed Iqlaq saidthe accident happenedSunday morning asworkers lifted heavy con-crete slabs for the bridge,part of the city’s newmetro rail system. Theslabs crashed to theground.

Those killed and in-jured were labourersworking on the bridge.

Iqlaq says rescuecrews are still working tosee if any others aretrapped under the rubble.The cause of the accidentwas not yet known.

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Residents flee from the fighting between Islamists and government forcesin the Somali capital Mogadishu on 3 July, 2009.—INTERNET

MOGADISHU, 12 July— A foreign fighter anda top government secu-rity official are among 16people killed in Satur-day’s fighting betweenUN-backed governmentforces and Islamist mili-tants in the north of thecapital, a Somali officialsaid.

An Associated Pressreporter saw the bodyof the man, who appearedto be of non-African ori-gin, displayed at thepresidential palace on astretcher.

There are believed tobe hundreds of foreignjihadi fighters in Somaliasupporting an Islamic in-surgency. Governmentofficials have claimedthere are thousands offoreigners fightingagainst them but mostanalysts dismiss this as aploy to wring cash andsupport for the interna-tional community, which

is worried about thefailed state becoming ahaven for al-Qaeda-linked terrorists.

Saturday’s attack alsoclaimed the life of NorDaqli. He was head ofsecurity for the capital,Mogadishu, and thesurrounding Benadirregion.

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among the final docu-ments of the movement’sprevious summits, is ex-pected to express its mem-bers’ common stance overthe thorny issue in theMiddle East.

“They will call for anend of settlements policyand support the futurepeace between the Arabsand Israelis withinthe framework of theArab initiative,” Moussasaid.

Internet

A rescue operation is in progress after a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)flyover collapsed in New Delhi on 12 July, 2009. At least five people are fearedto be dead and several others injured after a part of the flyover which was under

construction collapsed on Sunday, local media reported.—INTERNET

Nepali population to reach 27.5 mln byJuly 2009

KATHMANDU, 12 July—The 20thWorld Population Day was celebratedin Nepal Saturday amidst theorganization of various programmes.

The theme of the World PopulationDay this year is “Fight Poverty: EducateGirls — Investing in Women is SmartChoice”.

It was stated at a function organizedby the Ministry of Health andPopulation that the population growthrate in Nepal is 2.5 percent at present.

The population of Nepal will reachapproximately 27.5 million by the end ofJuly 2009, it was shared at the function.

Reproduction rate in Nepal in 1981was 6 and it has dropped to 3 in 2006,demographers said.

It is said the reproduction rate hasdecreased due to the increased investmentby the state in the women’s health andeducation as well as the increase in publicawareness.

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More banks refuse California IOUs

Volvo to recall 409 sedans on faultyengine cooling fans in China

BEIJING, 12 July—Volvo Car Corp is recalling 409units of S80 vehicles because of a problem with theengine cooling fan, said the State Administration ofQuality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine(AQSIQ) here Saturday.

The fan may stop working because of a softwareprogramming error in the fan controlling module.Depending on driving conditions, the customer mayexperience reduced air conditioning performance or arapid increase in engine coolant temperature, said thequality supervisor. This condition might cause cool-ing system malfunction and engine failure, and thuswould increase the risk of accident, it said.

Dealers will replace the fan control module free ofcharge. The recall will start from 13 July.—Internet

EU, Turkey set to sign Nabuccopipeline deal

Models perform at the Mongolian National Costumes and Decorations Festivalheld in Huhhot, capital of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,on 11 July, 2009. The 3-day-long festival kicked off on Saturday.—INTERNET

Nomura tie-up with India’s largestlife insurer

An internally displacedSomali woman pre-pares “canjeero”, apancake-like bread

traditionally eaten forbreakfast, outside hertemporary shelter at a

camp in the outskirts ofthe capital Mogadishu

on 11 July, 2009.INTERNET

British tourists have distant friendsLONDON, 12 July—Eu-

ropean hoteliers rate Brit-ish tourists as their worstguests, while those onother continents find thempolite and generous, atravel Web site says.

Expedia released itsannual survey of 4,500hoteliers on Friday. Theyrated the Japanese as thetop guests, valued for theirpoliteness and cleanliness

and described as quiet andunlikely to complain.

Worldwide, the Britishwere in the second spot,followed by Canadians,Germans and Swiss. TheFrench placed at the bot-tom among 27 nationali-ties.

European hotel-own-ers, however, describedthe British as rude andmessy whiners who leave

meager tips.US travelers were in

the No 8 position, with areputation for generoustips but also loudness.

Generally, touristsfrom Mediterraneancountries have a bad repu-tation. Turks and Greekstied for the 24th spot,while Spain followed atNo 26.

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ANKARA, 12 July—Eu-ropean Union countriesand Turkey are Monday tosign a key intergovern-mental agreement on Eu-rope’s flagship Nabuccogas pipeline, coming astep closer to realizing aproject that still lacks keysuppliers.

Turkish Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan isto host the signing cer-emony in Ankara for thetransit deal that wouldlink Turkey, Bulgaria, Ro-

mania, Hungary and Aus-tria in a conduit that Eu-rope hopes will reduce itsdependence on Russiangas. The 3,300-kilometre(2,000-mile) pipeline isexpected to pump asmuch as 31 billion cubicmetres from the CaspianSea to Austria via Turkeyand the Balkans, bypass-ing Russia.

It is a rival to Russia’sSouth Stream project, de-veloped by Russian gasgiant Gazprom and Italy’s

Eni, which will channelRussian gas through Bul-garia to Western Europeunder the Black Sea.

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SACRAMENTO, 12 July—Four majorbanks, including Bank of America Corp,say they stopped accepting IOUs Sat-urday from the cash-strapped state ofCalifornia.

Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase& Co, Wells Fargo & Co, and UnionBank of California said they no longerwould redeem the state IOUs for cashvalue, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The state expects to issue nearly $3billion worth of interest-bearing IOUsthis month as the Legislature struggles

to close a $26 billion budget deficit.Citibank and Bank of the West, mean-

while, agreed on Friday to honor theIOUs. Bank of the West said it wouldtake the IOUs indefinitely and Citibanksaid it would accept them until 17 July,the Times reported.

“We do not want to penalize our busi-ness and consumer customers for the im-passe in Sacramento,” RebeccaMacieira-Kaufmann, president ofCitibank California, said in a statementFriday.—Internet

TOKYO, 12 July—Ja-pan’s top securities firmNomura Holdings hasagreed to an asset-man-agement capital tie-upwith Life Insurance Corp(LIC), India’s largest lifeinsurer, a newspaper hasreported.

Under the accord,Nomura will take a 35 per-cent stake in LIC MutualFund Asset ManagementCo, a LIC subsidiary, forabout six billion yen (65million dollars), the Nikkeibusiness daily reported.

Nomura is expected to

send executives and staffto LIC Mutual Fund AssetManagement, which cur-rently has 600 billion yenin assets under manage-ment, the newspaper said.

Nomura, which beganstock trading operations inIndia last year by takingover the business base ofthe collapsed LehmanBrothers, now plans tostart selling bonds in thecountry later this year.

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China’s auto prices see slight increase in June, NDRC Asia Rivera, 5, left, andJasmine Miles, 5, get aface full mud after they

slid into a mud pitduring the Queen

Creek, Ariz. Seventhannual Monsoon

Madness at FrontierPark on 11 July, 2009.High temperatures areexpected to reach 114degrees Saturday and

Sunday in the Phoenixarea.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 12 July—China’s domestic autoprices were steady with aslight increase in Junewhile imported vehicleprices rose at a faster rate,according to the pricemonitoring center underthe National Develop-ment and Reform Com-

mission (NDRC),China’stop economic planner.

Prices of domesticcars saw a month-on-month increase of 0.9percent last month, whilethe year on year figurestood at 1.35 percent,said a report released onNDRC’s Web site on Fri-

day, based on a surveyconducted in 36 largeand mid-size cities inChina.

Price of imported ve-hicles rose 1.22 percentfrom the previousmonth, with a year-on-year growth of 7.26 per-cent.— Internet

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Italian ICRC worker released inPhilippines, ending six-month ordeal

Abbas says to accept any Egyptianproposal for reconciliation

GAZA, 12 July—Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas said onSaturday that he will ac-cept any Egyptian pro-posal to achieve a nationalPalestinian reconciliationto end the current internalrift, said a source with thepresidential office.

Abbas told the Cairo-based Egyptian Magazine“October” in an interviewwhich will be published onSunday that “We will ac-cept any Egyptian pro-

posal that ends the internalrift and lifts the siege im-posed on the Palestinianpeople.”

Egypt is sponsoring theinter-Palestinian dialoguewhich aims at ending ri-valry between Abbas’Fatah party and IslamicHamas movement whichrouted his security forcesand seized control of Gazain June 2007.A seventhround of dialogue betweenthe two rival groups isscheduled to be held in

Cairo on 25 July . Previ-ous six rounds of dialogueheld in Cairo since Marchhad failed to reach a rec-onciliation agreement be-tween the two groups.

Abbas revealed to theEgyptian magazine that hehad given instructions tothe Fatah delegation “toaccept any Egyptian pro-posal that doesn’t lead to acontinuation of the siege,”according to the sourcewho insisted anonymity.

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NASA delays launch of shuttle Endeavourto Sunday

A sign near the space shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA officials are hoping that the third time is the charm for the spaceshuttle Endeavour, which is due to launch Saturday on a mission to the

International Space Station.—XINHUA

Floods leave seven dead, 12 missing in SW China

Local officials visit an injured tourist at the Peo-ple’s Hospital in Yunyang County, southwest

China’s Chongqing municipality on 11 July, 2009.XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 12 July— NASA has decided topostpone the scheduledSaturday launch of spaceshuttle Endeavour untilSunday due to lightningstrikes, the US spaceagency said.

The next launch at-tempt will be at 7:13 pm

(2313 GMT) Sunday, ac-cording to NASA.

Endeavour shouldhave blasted off to the in-ternational space stationin mid-June, but waspostponed by potentiallydangerous leaks of hydro-gen gas. Endeavour’s 16-day mission will feature

five spacewalks and com-plete construction of theJapan Aerospace Explora-tion Agency’s Kibo labo-ratory. Astronauts will at-tach a platform to the out-side of the Japanese mod-ule that will allow experi-ments to be exposed tospace.—Xinhua

Iran successfully clones its first calf

CHONGQING, 12 July —Seven tourists were killedand 12 others remainedmissing after a rainstormtriggered floods in a can-yon in southwest China’sChongqing MunicipalitySaturday, the local gov-ernment said on Sunday.

A 35-member tourist

group entered an undevel-oped mountainous area ofthe Tanzhangxia Canyonscenic spot in WanzhouDistrict Saturday after-noon under the guidanceof a local resident, accord-ing to the government ofWanzhou District.

However, a downpour

quickly triggered moun-tain torrents and flushedaway most of the touristsat about 4 pm.

The expedition was setup via a Chongqing-basedtravel website and theydid not notify the admin-istration of the scenic spotabout their journey or getapproval of the local tour-ism authorities, said PuBinbin, secretary-generalof the Wanzhou DistrictCommittee of the Com-munist Party of China.

More than 400 rescuersretrieved the bodies ofseven people and rescued16 others as of Sundaymorning after more thanten hours of efforts.

The injured are instable conditions in ahospital.

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TEHERAN, 12 July—Iranian researchers havesuccessfully cloned a calf,which is the first in Iran aswell as in the Middle East,Iran’s English-languagesatellite channel Press TVreported Saturday.

The cloned calf named“Bonyana,” which meansfoundation and principle,was successfully bornthrough a cesarean sectionat Royan Institute in cen-tral Iranian city of Isfahanafter 270 days of preg-

nancy, Press TV reported.Iran’s ISNA news

agency said the cloned calfwas born on Saturday af-ternoon and the Royan In-stitute was hopeful to an-nounce the birth of the sec-ond cloned calf in a fewdays.According to PressTV, the cloned calf, whichis the result of a consider-able number of in-vitrofertilizations (IVF) inmore than 100 recipientcows, is in good health.

Royan Institute re-

searchers hoped to clonecertain species at high riskof extinction in the nearfuture, Press TV said. In April, Iran’s first clonedgoat, named Hanna andalso known as R-CAP-C1,was born at the Isfahancampus of the Royan In-stitute. The cloned goatwas developed in a surro-gate uterus of a blackBakhtiari goat for 147days and was born througha cesarean section.

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Freed Red Cross International Committee worker Eugenio Vagni(C) is seenat a military camp moments after his release in Jolo, the Philippines, early on

12 July, 2009.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

MANILA, 12 July —AnItalian Red Cross workerwas freed by his militantcaptors early Sunday, afterspending almost sixmonths in captive in south-ern Philippine jungles, of-ficials said.

Eugenio Vagni, 62,was released by the AlQaeda-linked Abu Sayyafmilitants and picked up bythe authorities at around12:30 am local time (1630GMT Saturday) at a re-mote village in the town-ship of Maimbung on Joloisland, Sulu Province,Navy spokesman Lt Col

Edgard Arevalo said.The Italian, who has re-

portedly developed herniain the humid jungles, ap-peared in good shape, ac-cording to the footage of alocal television channelshowing Vagni, in a mud-stained white T-shirt,walking with security of-ficials after the release.

“I am now free,” thesmiling Italian told televi-sion reporters.

Vagni and two of his co-workers of the Interna-tional Committee of theRed Cross (ICRC) in thePhilippines — Andreas

Notter of Switzerland andFilipina Mary Jean Lacaba— were kidnapped on 15Jan. this year after they fin-ished a humanitarian mis-sion in Jolo. Lacaba wasfreed on 2 April andNotter escaped from hiscaptors weeks later.

Arevalo said skilful ne-gotiations and “incessantpressure” by the securityforces won the release ofVagni. Philippine officialsinsisted that no ransomwas paid for Vagni’s free-dom despite speculationsof the opposite.

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NEWS ALBUM

A man holding a skeleton on fireperforms during the annual

Caribbean festival in Santiago deCuba, Cuba.

Customers decidebarbershop price

A barber shop in China has takencustomer service to a new level by let-ting clients determine the price of theirhaircuts.

The facility in Xian, capital of thenorthwest Shaanxi Province, initiatedthe marketing strategy in December andthe response has been quite good, localmedia reports quoted by China Dailysaid. Under the strategy, customers areasked to rate the service on scale of oneto 10.

“If the customer gives us 10 marks,he has to make the full payment, if hesays eight, he gets a 20 percent dis-count,” said the shop’s manager.

Whatever a customer pays then be-come his barber’s wage.

Clients aren’t complaining. One ofthem was quoted as saying it a “brilliantway to improve customer service.”

Stolen wallet foundyears later in tree

A New York woman said a walletstolen nearly 27 years ago in CentralPark was found inside a hollow tree.

Ruth Bendik, 60, said she was greet-ing runners at the end of the New Yorkmarathon on 24 Oct,1982, and “when Igot out of the crush of people, I realizedmy purse was much lighter,” CNN re-ported.

Josh Galiley, tree-care supervisorfor the Central Park Conservancy, saidhe was chopping down a 65-year-oldhazardous black cherry tree in the parklast week when he found the blue leatherwallet in the hollow trunk.

“I started poking in the soft stuff andthis wallet turned up. Having been thatlow in the tree ... the location indicatedit had been there for quite some time,”Galiley said.

He said finding a wallet inside of atree was a first for him.

McLaren-Mercedes driver LewisHamilton of Britain drives the vintageW25 Silver Arrow on theNuerburgring. The defendingFormula One drivers’ champion isnot expected to be among thecontenders in Sunday’s German Grand Prix.

Inmate uses toilet paper ‘bomb’ to attempt escape The Iron County sheriff’s office said an inmate tried to escape from a correc-

tional facility by fashioning a fake bomb. Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Pallesen saidthe 28-year-old inmate cornered an officer in a lobby while holding what lookedlike a silver device with a red detonator.

Pallesen said deputies tackled the inmate, who allegedly threatened to blowup himself and anything around him if he wasn’t released.

A bomb squad found the device was made from toilet paper rolls, headphonewires and a pencil eraser. The inmate, who was already charged with possessionof a stolen vehicle and illegal firearms, could face additional charges.

Children who lost their home in the 6.0-magnitude earthquake play with a vol-unteer in a tent at Guantun Village, in Yao’an County, Chuxiong Ethnic YiAutonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on 11 July,2009. Psychological aid and group activities are conducted by some teachersand volunteers to help homeless children erase the bad impact of the

earthquake on their future life. —INTERNET

British Airways sends team tocheck evacuated 747

PHOENIX, 12 July — British Airways is flying a teamof engineers from London to Phoenix to inspect aBoeing 747 that filled with smoke before takeoff, forc-ing hundreds of passengers to escape on the plane’semergency slides. Airline spokesman John Lampl saysthe 298 passengers who were on board Flight 288 as itprepared to take off late Friday were being rebookedonto Saturday flights to London from Phoenix, LosAngeles or Denver.

More than a dozen people suffered minor injurieswhen they used the jumbo jet’s inflatable slides toevacuate. Lampl says one passenger and one of the 18crew members were hospitalized overnight but werebeing released on Saturday.—Internet

Hurricane Carlos strengthensoff Mexican coast

MEXICO CITY, 12 July — Hurricane Carlos swirled faroff Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday and was headedfarther out to sea.

The Category 1 hurricane had maximum sustainedwinds near 85 mph (135 kph) with additional strength-ening expected, according to the National HurricaneCenter in Miami, Florida. As of 11 pm EDT Saturday(0300 GMT Sunday), Carlos was centered about 1,045miles (1,680 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip ofMexico’s Baja California peninsula.

Carlos was moving westward about 13 mph (20 kph)and was expected to follow a course of just north of duewest for the next couple of days, the centre said in anadvisory on its Web site.—Internet

NOAA: El Nino developing in Pacific

Rising obesity changesperceptions

BOSTON, 12 July — Researchers say that as the USpopulation becomes heavier perception of what is a nor-mal weight has also increased. A group led by Mary Burke,an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, com-pared the results of surveys done between 1988 and 1994and then between 1999 and 2004 by the US Centers forDisease Control, CNN reported.

The researchers said women questioned for the latersurvey actually tended to have a more realistic perceptionof their own weight than those in the earlier one. Womenwith a normal Body Mass Index were more likely to de-scribe themselves as overweight between 1988 and 1994.

Dr Melina Jampolis, who was not involved in the re-search, said some of the change in perception could comefrom campaigns aimed at discouraging women from seek-ing fashion-model thinness. But she said the general in-crease in overweight is more likely to make normal weightseem even more normal.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 12 July —Rising sea surface tempera-tures in the equatorial re-gion of the eastern Pacificshow an El Nino is devel-oping, US weather fore-casters say. The NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration said onThursday the El Nino is ex-pected to last through thecoming winter.

El Nino, Spanish for“little boy,” was named af-ter the Christ child becausethe phenomenon was asso-ciated with Christmas. TheEl Nino effect is a combi-nation of air and ocean cur-

rents and oscillations thatcan have a major effect onglobal weather.

“Advanced climate sci-ence allows us to alert in-dustries, governments andemergency managers aboutthe weather conditions ElNino may bring so thesecan be factored into deci-sion-making and ultimatelyprotect life, property andthe economy,” said JaneLubchenco, under secretaryof commerce for oceans

and atmosphere and NOAAadministrator.

El Nino’s negative ef-fects can include stormierweather in the southernUnited States, less-produc-tive fisheries in the Pacificand heavy rains andmudslides in CentralAmerica. Positive effectsinclude less-violent Atlantichurricanes, milder wintersin the northern UnitedStates and more rain in thesouthwest.—Internet

In this photo taken Sri Lankanfishermen, also known locally as

stick fishermen, sit perched on stiltsfixed into the ocean floor as they fishin Koggala area, south of Galle, Sir

Lanka.

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Kyaunggon Township, a region of bananaArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

U Myo Kyaw Kyaw, Chairman of KyaunggonTownship Peace and Development Council.

U Thein Tun,a banana grower.

(from page 16)Then, we visited

Moepya Village inMoepya Village-tract thatgrows banana more thanany other part in the town-ship, and conducted aninterview with U TheinTun.

He said, “I farm aland of 50 acres to growbanana, and I growPheegyan. Last year, Igrew 4000 plants ofPheegyan and got about4000 bunches. I have aplan to grow 10,000plants, and I think I willget a bumper harvest ofbanana this year. For thetime being, I harvest the

farm once 15 days, and Iget about 200 bunches atime.”

“After cutting downthe main plant, I leave only

one of the outgrowths. Ican collect bananabunches when theoutgrowths are mature incoming month of Pyatho.

I send up my products bymotorized boat toBargayar Port in Yangon.Last year, banana waspriced at 2000 kyats abunch, so I got about eightmillion kyats,” he said,conducting us round thefarm.

It was very hearten-ing to see heaps of bananabunches, which were with-out underdeveloped fruitsamong them. Now, localfarmers are growing spe-cies of Khunwa, Israelifragrant banana, and othermarketable species on anextensive scale.

The village-tracts thatgrow mainly banana in

Kyaunggon Township areYwathagon, Kwingyi,Minmanaing andZayatkwin. Bananas fromKyaunggon are in demand

because they are big withthin skins and sweet fla-vour. So, the townshipsends up its bananas bytwo 10-wheel trucks andby boat daily.

During our trip, wesaw bananas beingloaded onto many truckson Kyaunggon-YangonRoad and onto motorizedboats in the port andstockpiles of bananas. So,it is fair to say thatKyaunggon Townshipmakes a huge contribu-tion to the agriculturalsector of AyeyawadyDivision.

Translation: MSKyemon: 8-7-2009

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw visits fish/prawn cold storage in MyeikNAY PYI TAW, 12 July—Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of the

Ministry of Defence met with servicemen and familymembers of regiments and units at Myeik station hallon 11 July and presented exercise books and stationeryto them.

Accompanied by Chairman of Taninthayi Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander ofCoastal Region Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw visited the Fish/Prawn Cold Storage onPahtet Island.

At Pahtet Village Basic Education Middle Schoolin Kyunsu Township, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw inspectedlearning of students at the school and donated compu-ter, school uniforms, exercise books and stationery tothe school.

He visited soft crab breeding farm and wood-based finished goods factory, cold storage and fishmeal factory in Myeik.

At the local military hospital in Myeik, Lt-GenKhin Zaw comforted the patient Tatmadawmen andfamily members and presented gifts to them.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 July — Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace and Development Council Com-mander of North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung ThanHtut attended the final match and prize presentationceremony of the Shan State (North) PDC Chairman’sTrophy Inter-Township Basketball Tournament at thegymnasium of the command headquarters on 30 July.

The commander and officials presented prizesto the winners.

Next, the commander delivered an address atthe opening ceremony of Commander’s Shield SoccerTournament and watched the debut match.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 July— Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo met staff who at-tended the 10-month agriculture training course at theAraba International Center in Israel, at the ministryhere on 10 July evening.

The minister instructed them to apply their experi-ences and technology from the training courses inundertaking the tasks on agriculture development of thecountry. Next, the trainees recounted their experienceson cultivation of crops in the training couse.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 July—Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and Chair-man of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister forSports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint attended the open-ing ceremony of 40th Inter-State/Division Men’s andWomen’s Basketball Tournament 2009 at Bahtoo Gym-nasium in Mandalay yesterday evening.

The commander accepted championship shields2008 presented by champions Sagaing Division Wom-en’s Team and Shan State (North) Men’s Team.

The minister opened the tournament. Next, thecommander, the minister and officials acceptedcash and sports equipment donated to MBF bywell-wishers.

MNA

Inter-Township BasketballTournament held in Shan

State (North)

ISD BasketballTournament commences

A&I Minister meets staffwho attended

agriculture course

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry of Defenceviews processing of fish and prawn at cold

storage in Myeik.—MNA

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(from page 1)the neighbouring countrysuch as iron, steelconstruction materials,machine and machinetools, computer andaccessories, farmimplements, fertilizers,raw materials andhousehold utensils.

He continued to reportthat in the past, sea lanewas the usual means oftransport for trade withforeign countries; that nowexport and import tasksare expedited with one

Merchantsto beeducated,organized…

stop services throughMuse 105th Mile BorderTrade Zone; that regulartrade by land has provedsuccessful; that theturnover of the trade withthe People’s Republic ofChina makes up over 70per cent of the total volumeof regular trade with theneighbouring countriesthrough land routes; andthat so the trade zone is athriving regular tradecamp.

In response to thereport, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye saidthat previously Yangonport was the major sourceof transport for trade withforeign countries. Only inthe time of the Tatmadawgovernment, could bordertrade with immediateneighbouring countries belaunched through landroutes.

Now, Myawady andTamu border checkpoints

and Muse 105th MileBorder Trade Zone havelaunched regular tradethrough land routes. Now,regular trade for mutualinterest has been put into

effect through Muse 105th

Mile Border Trade Zonein Muse that shares borderwith China. The tradevolume of the zone islarger than any other landtrade centre.

He stressed theimportance of boosting

bilateral trade with regulartrade system through thetrade zone andtransforming the trade intothe major land trade centrelike Yangon port, the

entrance to the sea.He called for

systematically improvingtrade services throughother land trade routes.

Permission has beengiven for regular tradebetween the two countries,so black market should

have been no more. Hecalled on local authoritiesand service personnel ofthe border trade zone toeducate and organizemerchants to turn to legal

border trade and pay taxes.Next, Vice-Senior

General Maung Ayeinspected functions anddevelopment of Muse105th Mile Border TradeZone.

Muse 105th MileBorder Trade Zone is

seven miles from Muse. Ithas an area of 370.83 acresin the first phase.

It is constituted withbrokerage houses,warehouses, cold storages,

vehicle stand, vehiclecheckpoint, and hostels.Bilateral regular trade hasbeen boosted year by yearsince 2006.

MNA

Merchants applying for permits at 105th Mile Border Trade Zone.—MNA

Import checkpoint of Muse 105th Mile Border Trade Zone.—MNA

Customs officers inspecting a truck using X-ray machine at 105th Mile Border Trade Zone.—MNA

Only in the time of theTatmadaw government,could border trade withimmediate neighbouringcountries be launchedthrough land routes.

Regular trade formutual interest has beenput into effect throughMuse 105th Mile BorderTrade Zone in Muse thatshares border withChina.

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NAY PYI TAW, 12July—Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defence,accompanied by Chairmanof Mandalay DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe anddepartmental officials,viewed ancient stoneinscriptions, paintings andfine arts works of Baganera displayed at BaganArchaeological Museumin Bagan on 7 Julymorning.

At NgathayaukPeople's Hospital, Lt-GenTha Aye presented cash

YANGON, 12 July—The Myanmar BodyBuilding and PhysicalCulture Federation andM.G.S Beverages Co. Ltd

Mr. & Miss QuenchContest held

jointly organized the Mr.Crusher & Miss QuenchContest to mark OlympicDay 2009 at MyanmarConvention Centre onMindhamma Road inMayangon Townshipyesterday.

Officials presentedlife-time fitness prizes toU Hla Kyaing, U Pe Winand U Hla Aung, firstprizes to U Pyar in thesenior body-building class,Tun Win Naing in the Mr.Star Cola contest, AungKhaing Win in the Mr.Crusher contest, Hay ThiHteik Htar in the Miss PopaAqua contest and Swe SinPhyo in the Miss Quenchcontest and second and thirdprizes to respectivewinners.—MNA

Commander attends ceremony to honourofficers, other ranks, families

YANGON, 12 July – Aceremony to honour

officers, other ranks andtheir families of regimentsand units who broughthonour to YangonCommand was held at thehall of Yagon Commandheadquarters here thisafternoon, attended byChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment Council

Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint.

First, the commandermade an opening speechon the occasion and thenpresented cash assistancefor outstanding students ofthe families. Next, officialsawarded the respectivewinners.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour ofNyaungU, Meiktila districts

to the funds of the hospital.At the hall of

Ngathayauk GeneralAdministration Depart-ment, he met withdepartmental officials,townselders and socialorganization members. Heheard reports ondevelopment of the townand attended to the needs.

Lt-Gen Tha Ayeinspected conditions ofNgathayauk-Seiktein-Welaung-Taungtha inter-village road by car andgreeted local people ofvillages in NyaungU andKyaukpadaung town-ships.

Next, they inspectedVest Factory of MyanmaTextile Industries inTaungtha Township.

In Yonsigyi Villageof Taungtha Township,Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspectedconstruction of the self-reliant station hospital andfulfilled the needs of thehospital.

After looking into theconditions of Taungtha-Mahlaing road section, Lt-Gen Tha Aye viewedthriving monsoon sesameand monsoon pigeon peaplantations in LetgyiVillage-tract of MahlaingTownship.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12July— A ceremony topresent prizes to winnersin the Southern CommandCommander’s ShieldSepak Takraw Tourna-ment was held at the hallof the command head-quarters in Ketumati ofToungoo Township on 7

NAY PYI TAW, 12July— The Commander-in-Chief (Air)’s ShieldChess Championshipkicked off at the hall ofToungoo Station on 7 July

Commander’s Shield Sepak TakrawTournament concludes

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence views fine arts works of Baganera displayed at Bagan Archaeological Museum in Bagan. —�MNA

An aerial view of buildings at 105th Mile Trade Zone of Border TradeDepartment in Muse. (News on page 1) —�MNA

Director-GeneralU Thaung Htaik ofSports and Physical

EducationDepartment presents

first prize to AungKhaing Win in Mr.Crusher Contest.

YCDC

July evening.Chairman of Bago

Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen HlaMin presented the bestplayer award and thechampionship shield tothe respective winners.

On 8 July, heattended the coor-dination meeting ofDivision, District andTownship PDCs anddepartmental officials atthe hall of the commandheadquarters andattended to the needs.

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Commander-in-Chief (Air)’s ShieldChess C’ship commences

morning.On behalf of the

Commander-in-Chief(Air), Brig-Gen Hsan OoHlaing of Toungoo Stationdelivered an address and

opened the championship.Later, he watched

participation of chessplayers in thechampionship.

MNA

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Organize people through media to activelyparticipate in national development drives

Information Minister attends 63rd Anniversary of Myanma Radio and Television

NAY PYI TAW, 12 July—A ceremony to mark the63rd Anniversary ofMyanma Radio andTelevision of the Ministryof Information took placeat the auditorium of MRTVhere this morning. Ministerfor Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan attended theceremony and awarded theoutstanding staff.

It was also attended bydepartmental heads of thedepartments andenterprises under theministry, technicians, staffmembers, chairmen andexecutives of MyanmarMotion Picture Asiayonand Myanmar MusicAsiayon and guests.

Speaking on theoccasion, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan said theanniversaries of thedepartments andenterprises of the ministrywere marked with twoaims. The first aim wasthat departmentsconcerned were to reviewtheir strong points andweak points inimplementing their tasksin the previous year andthen to try to make moreprogress this year.

The minister said thesecond aim was to awardthose who deserve so. Andthis can facilitate theprogress of thedepartments concerned.Departments andenterprises would make

more progress only whenthey were to perform theirduties by adoptingsystematic aims andobjectives, added theminister.

The main duty of thestaff of the ministry was toorganize the peoplethrough the media toactively participate innational developmentdrives realizing prevailingpeace and stability of theState and prevailingconditions of the nation.

The ministry hasadopted and is realizing 12objectives for the year2009-2010.

Myanma Radio andTelevision is to realize thefollowing 11 objectives:

(1) to activelycooperate ins u c c e s s f u limplementation

of the seven-stepRoad Map of theState throughmedia

(2) to work hard inorder to earnmore domesticincome andforeign exchangeand ensurebalanced budgetin respectivedepartments

(3) to practise thrift(4) to try to make the

radio mediacoverage acrossthe country

(5) to try to make thetelevision mediacoverage acrossthe country

(6) to try to transformanalog systeminto digitalsystem and useDVB-T system

for networkingthe whole country

(7) to try for theMyanmar mediato cover not onlythe country butalso the wholeworld

(8) To extensivelyu n d e r t a k eagricultural andl i v e s t o c kbreeding tasks inC e n t r a lM y a n m a r ,Yangon and otherplaces

(9) To try to becomean active, qualitymedia that is goodin both form andessence.

(10) to nurture andtrain mediapersons intor e l i a b l eprofessionals,

and(11) to accelerate

agricultural andlivestock farmingfor staff welfare.

Now, the nation hasgot prosperity for rapiddevelopment, he said,spotlighting theimportance of inspiring thepeople to take lessons fromthe past untold miseries andto assess the objectiveconditions for long-termmaintenance of stability,peace and developmentmomentum. He urged allservice personnel to try tobecome reliable,competent mediaprofessionals.

The minister presentedgifts to five staff who wonMedal for ExcellentPerformance in SocialField (Third Class), threestaff who won Good Public

Service Medal, Chairmanof the Scrutiny Board forClassical Songs writer-cum-film director BogaleTint Aung, Chairman ofthe Scrutiny Board forModern Songs U MaungMaung Latt, and servicepersonnel for their brilliantperformances in airingprogrammes.

MRTV Director-General U Khin MaungHtay, IPRD Director-General U Ye Htut, NPEManaging Director U SoeWin, MMPE ManagingDirector U Aung MyoMyint, and PPE GeneralManager U Ye Tintpresented gifts tooutstanding staff andschoolchildren.

Next, MRTV staffmembers presented songprogramme and a role play.

MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan speaking at ceremony to mark the 63rd Anniversary of Myanma Radio and Television of Ministry ofInformation.—MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan enjoys songs presentation of staff of Myanma Radio andTelevision.—MNA

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KUALA LUMPUR, July12 — An Indian cargovessel with 15 crewmembers on board hasbeen hijacked by Somalipirates off the port cityof Bosasso in Gulf ofAden waters, a mediareport said Saturday.

The vessel with 15Indian crew was capturedFriday just 14 nauticalmiles off the port city ofBosasso after it haddischarged goods fromUAE at the Somaliharbour from where itwas sailing off, theAustralian.to websitereported.

MNA/PTI

Milsa Grant of New York holds her dog Lulu Madonna, as she waits to check-inat the Delta terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York, in this Nov. 23, 2005,file photo. A half-million pets fly each year, according to statistics complied by the

U.S. Department of Transportation.—INTERNET

G-8 nations vow to curb ENRtechnology, surprise India

NEW DELHI, 12 July—The group of eight developed countries have vowed tocurb transfer enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology and equipment,surprising India as it goes against the spirit of Nuclear Suppliers Group’s “clean”waiver to it.

In a joint statement on non-proliferation, the G-8 nations also pushed othermembers of the 45-nation NSG to reach a consensus within this year to disallowtransfer of ENR to countries which are not signatories to NPT.

The statement was issued after the Summit that was attended by India’s PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh in L’Aquila in Italy.

The move, which would have an impact on India, comes even though the NSGhad last September given New Delhi “clean” and “full” waiver for civil nuclearcooperation with the world despite it being a non-signatory to NPT.

“To reduce the proliferation risks associated with the spread of enrichment andreprocessing facilities, equipment and technology, we welcome the progress thatcontinues to be made by the NSG on mechanisms to strengthen controls ontransfers of such enrichment and reprocessing items and technology,” said thestatement issued Friday.—MNA/PTI

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, July 12,2009 at 1:15 a.m. EDT shows multi-layered cloudswith patches of precipitation and thunderstormshighlighting a front that extends from the Northeastthrough the Central Plains. Impulses along the tailend of this front instigate rain showers and isolatedthunderstorms across the Central High Plains.

INTERNET

This Friday, 10 July, 2009 picture shows the home of Byrd and Melanie Billings inBeulah, Fla. The two were found dead in their bedroom at Thursday evening, July9, 2009. Investigators asked the public to be on the lookout Friday for a red van theybelieve carried three men involved in the deaths of a Florida Panhandle couple whowere shot in their rural home while eight of their children slept.—INTERNET

Small island nations demand moreemissions cuts

UNITED NATIONS, 12 July—Thisweek’s pledges by G-8 leaders to capincreases in the world’s temperature areinsufficient, a group of small islandcountries that face potential catastrophefrom climate change said on Friday.The Alliance of Small Island States, aUnited Nations-based group of 42 islandnations, called on the world’s richestcountries and major economies to takemore concrete and ambitious steps tofight global warming.

The G-8 countries and another 17-country group, the Major EconomiesForum, agreed in L’Aquila, Italy, thatglobal average temperatures should notbe allowed to rise more than two degrees

Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) by 2050. “Twodegrees of temperature rise isunacceptable,” AOSIS Chair DessimaWilliams told reporters at the UnitedNations.

If global temperatures increased thatmuch, many island countries—alreadyvulnerable to hurricanes, cyclones andother adverse weather— could get wipedoff the map by rising sea levels, Williamssaid. “The world has an obligation toensure that no island is left behind,”said Williams, who is also Grenada’sAmbassador to the United Nations. Thegroup counts Barbados, Seychelles andTrinidad and Tobago among itsmembers.—MNA/Reuters

A/H1N1 flu virus may get chance to mutateSINGAPORE, 12 July —

Singapore’s HealthMinister Khaw Boon Wanwarned here on Saturdaythat there is still a chancethe A/H1N1 flu virus maymutate and get deadlier,according to ChannelNewsAsia reports onSaturday night.

Studies have shownthat the virus seems to begetting weaker as timegoes by, but there is still achance the virus maymutate and get deadlier,the minister said at a healthevent.

There are bound to becomplicated cases, withsome possibly resulting indeath, Khaw said, addingthat Singaporeans havefought off the virus wellby being well-informedand complying withprecautionary measures.

Believing that the citystate is in the final leg ofits battle against the A/

WASHINGTON, 12 July—The CIA withheldinformation about a secret counter-terrorismprogramme from Congress for eight years on ordersfrom former US Vice President Dick Cheney, the NewYork Times said on Saturday.

Citing two unidentified sources, the newspapersaid Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panettadisclosed Cheney’s involvement in closed briefingsto congressional intelligence committees late lastmonth. Panetta, who was named to head the agencyearlier this year by President Barack Obama, endedthe programme, which remains secret, when he firstlearned of its existence from subordinates on June 23,the Times said.

Intelligence and congressional officials told thenewspaper the agency began the programme after theSeptember 11 attacks and said it never becameoperational and did not involve CIA interrogationprogrammes or domestic intelligence activities. Thenewspaper said its efforts to reach Cheney throughrelatives and associates were unsuccessful.

Asked about the Times report, CIA spokesmanPaul Gimigliano said it was not the agency’s practiceto discuss classified briefings. “When a CIA unitbrought this matter to Director Panetta’s attention, itwas with the recommendation that it be sharedappropriately with Congress. That was also his view,and he took swift, decisive action to put it into effect,”Gimigliano said, declining to comment further.

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H1N1 flu virus, theminister highlighted thepriorities his ministry isnow focusing on, besideshigh risk groups.

“We are taking apause and reflecting onwhat have we learnt in thelast three months, whatare the lessons. So we are

doing a post mortem onhow we have reacted tothis first wave, to learnfrom it, where can we dobetter is to prepare for thenext wave. Of course wehope there is no next wave,but we can not tell,” hesaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Cheney told CIA towithhold information

SomalipirateshijackIndian

cargo ship

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PORT-AU-PRINCE,12 July—A ferry cap-sized off Haiti’s south-ern coast Saturdaymorning, killing at leastfive people. Authoritiessaid it wasn’t clear howmany people were onboard, but as many astwo dozen could bemissing.

Officials had ini-tially said six peoplewere known dead, butlater lowered the figure.

Civil protection of-ficial Jean-MichelSabbat said the search

In this photo made on 7 July, 2009, JoannaBlaszczak, a student at Cornell University, wiresup an electric probe at a worm research test site

at a University of Idaho research farmin Moscow, Idaho.—INTERNET

The performers give the stage play of “Hello Kitty’s Dream Light Fantasy” inSuzhou, a city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 10 July, 2009. The stageplay “Hello Kitty’s Dream Light Fantasy” is making a China tour in recent

days.—XINHUA

Haitian ferry capsizes;at least five people dead

was suspended late Satur-day afternoon and willresume on Sunday.

He said the boat over-turned en route from Ansea Pitre, near the border withthe Dominican Republic, tothe southern peninsula cityof Jacmel.

Twenty-two survivorswere rescued. Sabbat saidrough estimates indicatedthat perhaps as many as 60people were aboard the ves-sel. Officials could not im-mediately say what kind ofboat it was or what causedit to overturn.—Internet

HONOLULU, 12 July—Tourists coming toHawaii for high-endgetaways could some-day be launched fromthe sand to the stars, tak-ing island-hopping tonew heights. Hawaiicould even be the firststate where space

Space companies eye HI as potentialnew frontier

LAGOS, 12 July—Nigerian rebel leader Henry Okahhas agreed to the terms of a government amnesty pro-gramme and his lawyers said they would meet Presi-dent Umaru Yar’Adua on Sunday to discuss a timetablefor his release.

The release of Okah, suspected leader of Nigeria’smost prominent militant group, would raise hopes somerebels would lay down their arms and halt an offensivein the Niger Delta, heartland of Africa’s biggest oil andgas sector.

“Terms of the amnesty have been settled. The agree-ment we are going to discuss (with the president) is thetimeline for his release,” one of Okah’s lawyers, WilsonAjuwa, told Reuters by telephone.

He said Okah, who has been facing charges of gun-running and treason, could be freed as early as Sundayafter more than a year in detention.

Internet

Nigeria rebels, governmentagree amnesty

The Royal Ballet of London said it will perform inHavana on Tuesday for the first time in its 78-year-

old history, featuring an appearance of its starCuban dancer Carlos Acosta (pictured in 2006).

INTERNET

London’s Royal Balletto make Cuba debut

Quake hits Sumatra ofeastern Indonesia

JAKARTA,12 July—Amoderate quake withmagnitude of 5.2 rockedSumatra Island in west-ern parts of Indonesiaearlier Sunday, but no re-port of damage or casu-alty, MeteorologyAgency and Geophysicssaid here.

The quake jolted at02:35 Jakarta time (1935GMT Saturday) withepicenter at 1206 kmssouthwest Pagai Utara of

LIMA, 12 July—An earthquake with a preliminarymagnitude of 5.3 has struck southern Peru. The coun-try’s seismic institute says there are no immediate re-ports of damage or injury.

Peru’s Geophysics Institute says the quake struckat 1:12 am (0612 GMT) Sunday in Cuzco Province, 44kilometers (27 miles) southeast of Yauri.

The US Geological Survey recorded the initial mag-nitude as 6.0.—Internet

Magnitude 5.3 earthquakehits southern Peru

HAVANA, 12 July—The Royal Ballet of Lon-don said it will performin Havana on Tuesday forthe first time in its78-year-old history, fea-turing an appearance ofits star Cuban dancerCarlos Acosta.

The storied classicalballet company and its 96dancers arrived late Fri-day in Cuba accompa-nied by 50 technicians forfive performances, in-cluding a tribute to Cu-ban ballet legend AliciaAlonso, said Royal Bal-let artistic director DameMonica Mason.

Despite suffering

from partial blindness,Alonso, 88, continues tohead the National Balletof Cuba, which shehelped found 60 yearsago.

Mason told reportersshe was honored to be inCuba, where, she said,dance is at the heart ofthe people and theculture.

In a quid pro quo,Cuba’s National Ballet isscheduled to perform inthe United Kingdom nextyear, accompanied byAcosta, the Royal Bal-let’s principal guestdancer.

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Mentawai in WestSumatra Province, theagency said.

Indonesia with over230 million populationsits on a vulnerablequake-hit zone knownas th Pacific ring ofFire, where two conti-nental plates, stretchingfrom Western hemi-sphere to Japan that of-ten cause seismic andvolcanic movements.

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travelers use rocket planesto get from one place to an-other. Rather than launchingand landing in the samespot, planners envision theplanes taking off in oneplace, traveling throughspace, then coming down inanother, going from the BigIsland to Oahu. Within adecade, space travelerscould island hop from Ha-waii to Japan in 45 minutes.

And promoters promise

a unique perspective dur-ing the Hawaii flight.

“Flying down the Ha-waii island chain, it’s acompletely different viewof the planet than you’ll seewhen you launch fromlandlocked states,” saidChuck Lauer, vice presi-dent of business develop-ment for Oklahoma City-based Rocketplane Global.“It’s the blue planet view ofthe world.”—Internet

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Argentina reports six new A/H1N1 flu deaths

Knee surgery may not cut careers short

Mexican professional wrestler and environmental activist Hijo del Santo orSon of the Saint, poses with a pink sea snail at the Xel-Ha eco-park near

Tulum, Mexico, on 11 July, 2009. Hijo del Santo was on hand to participatein an activity to preserve the endangered pink sea snail.—INTERNET

Did dinos burrow to survive harsh climate?ATLANTA, 12 July—

Dinosaurs of differentspecies in different hemi-spheres — millionsof years apart — bur-rowed, perhaps to sur-vive, an Emory Univer-sity paleontologist says.

Anthony Martin, thepaleontologist, and otherresearchers had discov-ered 95-million-year-oldskeletal remains of dino-saurs in a fossilized bur-row in southwesternMontana in 2006.

The researchers said

the find suggested bur-rowing may have al-lowed some dinosaurs tosurvive extreme environ-ments, in contrast tosome theories about howthey became extinct.

Now, Martin has foundevidence of more dino-saur burrows, on theother side of the world, inVictoria, Australia, find-ings to be published thismonth in Cretaceous Re-search say.

“This research helps usto better understand long-

term geologic change andhow organisms may haveadapted as the Earth hasundergone periods of glo-bal cooling and warm-ing,” said Martin, a sen-ior lecturer in environ-mental studies at Emoryand an honorary researchassociate at Monash Uni-versity in Melbourne.

The Victoria fossils areabout 110-million-years-old, dating to one of thelast times Earth experi-enced global warming.

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Tropical fish enduring off Sydney coastSYDNEY, 12 July—

More tropical fish spe-cies are thriving offthe Australian coastnear Sydney becauseocean temperatures havewarmed, an ecologistsays.

Marine ecologistDavid Booth of Sydney’sUniversity of Technologysaid when combined withthe increasing strength ofocean currents in the re-gion, warmer tempera-tures have made the tra-

ditionally cold watersmore hospitable to fishspecies, the SydneyMorning Herald reportedin its Sunday edition.

“More and more of thefish are surviving winterdown here,” Booth said.“So long as the tempera-ture environment is cor-rect, a lot of them will dojust fine.” Booth said thegrowth of tropical fishspecies off Sydney’scoast and the increasingtemperatures are indica-

tive of global climatechange.

Peter Doherty, Austral-ian Institute of MarineScience director, said thewarming current has alsoallowed the New SouthWales black sea urchinto survive in Tasmanianwaters.

Doherty told theMorning Herald the un-dersea creatures wreakhavoc on the sea floor bydestroying kelp beds.

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KEYSTONE, 12 July—Knee surgery doesn’tnecessarily cut short aprofessional football ca-reer, a researcher reportedat an orthopedic confer-ence in Keystone, Colo,on Saturday.

Robert H Brophy, anassistant professor in theDepartment of Ortho-pedic Surgery at theWashington UniversitySchool of Medicine andassistant team physicianfor the St Louis Rams,

delivered a paper on hisstudy of two new surger-ies at the American Or-thopaedic Society forSports Medicine’s annualmeeting.

He found footballplayers who had anterior-cruciate ligament recon-struction have a longerplaying career than thosewho have a simple menis-cus repair. The ACL is theligament that restricts for-ward motion of the shin.An injury to the ACL

makes the knee less sta-ble and more prone to ar-thritis and cartilage tears.

The meniscus is a discthat cushions the knee.The meniscus surgery hasa briefer recovery timethan ACL reconstruction,but apparently leads to ashorter career, Brophysaid. Players who havehad ACL reconstructionhave careers of similarlength to those of playerswithout ACL injuries.

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Thailand’s death toll from A/H1N1flu rises to 17

BANGKOK, 12 July—Thailand has one moredeath related to A/H1N1influenza virus infection,bringing the country’sdeath toll to 17, local me-dia reported on Sunday.

The latest victim is awoman from RachaburiProvince, some 80 kmsouthwest to the capital of

Bangkok, the Thai-lan-guage news agency, INNquoted public health min-istry sources as saying.

The woman is aninternet bar staff with aweight of some 150 kg,the INN said.The govern-ment has advised internetbar to close temporarilyfrom 13 July to 28 July

to avoid the risk of infec-tion among net surfers.

As of Sunday morning,Thailand has confirmed247 infection cases, bring-ing the country’s cumula-tive total to 3,475.

Thailand had its firsttwo confirmed patients on12 May.

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A woman and herchildren wear face

masks as a precautionagainst swine flu.

Pregnant women are ata greater risk than therest of the populationof suffering seriouscomplications fromswine flu, Canadian

health authoritieswarned —INTERNET

Offshore quake confuses squidLAJOLLA, 12 July— An

offshore earthquake thatrattled the Southern Cali-fornia coastline earlySaturday may have con-fused squid, sendingthem toward a beach.

The squid were firstspotted at La JollaShores beach about 45minutes after the 7:30a.m. quake, San Diego 6reported. The squid,most of them 3 feet to 4feet long, not only turnedup in shallow water, theymoved up onto thebeach. Some swimmersand joggers launched an

informal squid rescue,getting the invertebratesback in the water.

Scientists say theearthquake, which meas-ured 4.0 on the Richterscale, may have disori-ented the squid, sendingthem landward.

The US GeologicalSurvey reported theearthquake was centreedabout 30 miles west of LaJolla and 37 miles off SanDiego, the Los AngelesTimes reported. While itwas large enough to befelt in much of westernSan Diego County and to

do some damage if it hadbeen closer, no injuriesor property damage wasreported.

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BUENOS AIRES, 12July—Argentina reportedsix new A/H1N1 fludeaths on Saturday, theHealth Ministry said.

With the newly-re-ported casualties, thecountry’s death tollcaused by the A/H1N1 flurose to 94.

The number of con-firmed cases in the coun-try was 2,929, Health

Minister Juan Manzursaid.

Argentina is the thirdworst-hit country in theworld, behind Mexico,which has reported 121confirmed deaths, and theUnited States, which hasreported 221.

To help stem the spreadof the virus, Argentine au-thorities have taken anumber of special meas-

ures, such as extendingschool vacations andcanceling public celebra-tions.

Argentina’s economyis headed for a monthlyloss of six billion pesos(about 1.57 billion USdollars) because of the A/H1N1 flu spread, accord-ing to a report released aresearch institute on Tues-day.—Internet

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Argentine strikerLisandro Lopez

Israel make Davis Cup historyPARIS, 12 July—Israel reached the Davis Cup semi-

finals for the first time on Saturday while 32-timechampions USA kept their hopes of making the lastfour alive.

Israel stunned 2002 and 2006 champions Russia inTel Aviv.

They took an unassailable 3-0 lead when JonathanErlich and Andy Ram clinched the crucial pointbeating Igor Kunitsyn and Marat Safin 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(3/7), 4-6, 6-4.

Israel will face either defending champions Spain

Israeli tennis players Andy Ram (L)and Jonathan Erlich (R) celebrateafter beating Marat Safin and IgorKunitsyn of Russia during theirDavis Cup doubles quarter-finaltennis match against in Tel Aviv.The Israeli team won the match6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6, 6-4.—INTERNET

Szavay, Schnyder in BudapestWTA final

BUDAPEST, 12 July—Hungary’s Agnes Szavaycruised through in two sets Saturday to secure her

Hungary’s Agnes Szavay,seen here in action in May2009, cruised through intwo sets Saturday to se-cure her place in the final

of the Budapest WTAevent against Switzer-

land’s PattySchnyder.—INTERNET

Santoro dethroned as Querrey, Ram reach ATP final

American SamQuerrey, seen herein action in May2009.—INTERNET

Old Man and the C: Martinwins at Chicagoland

Mark Martin celebratesafter winning the

NASCAR LifeLock.com400 auto race at the

Chicagoland Speedwayin Joliet, Ill, on 11 July,

2009.—INTERNET

American Peirsol breaks 200mbackstroke world record

WASHINGTON, 12 July—American Aaron Peirsolbroke the 200m backstroke world record on Saturday,timing one minute and 53.08 seconds at the US na-tional swimming championships in Indianapolis.

Aaron Peirsol of the US gesturesto the crowd after setting a newworld record in the men’s 200mbackstroke final at the USASwimming National Champion-ships in Indianapolis, Indiana-on 11 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Morocco winger El Zharextends stay at Liverpool

Moroccan interna-tional winger Nabil El

Zhar, seen here in2007, has signed an

extension to hisLiverpool contract that

will keep him atAnfield until 2012.

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JOLIET, 12 July—MarkMartin will feel his age inthe morning or a day ortwo after a race. His boneswill stiffen and his body

will ache after driving 400grueling miles, eventhough the fitness fanaticis still in top shape. Afterall, 50 is 50 and that mat-ters — well, everywherebut on the track. Martin isstill nifty at 50 and hasmade Cup racing his per-sonal senior circuit.

He won at ChicagolandSpeedway, getting thestrong jump off the dou-ble-file restart with twolaps left to win his series-high fourth race of the sea-son.

“I’m going to feel likehell tomorrow because Iain’t going to sleep muchtonight,” Martin said onSaturday night. “WhenI’m pumped up drivingfast race cars, I certainlydon’t feel 50.”—Internet

LYON, 12 July—Argen-tine striker LisandroLopez has signed a five-year deal with Frenchclub Lyon worth 24 mil-lion euros.

The 26-year-old centreforward signed from

Porto, with whom he wasthe Portuguese league’stop scorer in the 2007/08season, finding the net 24times.

Last season he garnereda more modest 10 goals,but he has also scored 13times in 28 ChampionsLeague games for the Por-tuguese champions. Thedeal, costing 24 millioneuros with a further 4 mil-lion payable in result-re-lated bonuses, is the high-est ever player fee paid bythe deposed French cham-pions.—Internet

NEWPORT, 12 July—American SamQuerrey denied Frenchman FabriceSantoro’s bid for an unprecedented thirdconsecutive title with a semi-final tri-umph on Saturday at the ATP Hall ofFame Championship.

The US third seed delivered Santoro’s

first defeat in the 500,000-dollargrasscourt event 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) to book adate in Sunday’s final against US luckyloser Rajeev Ram, who ousted Bel-gium’s Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4.

“He’s playing really well,” Querreysaid of Ram. “That’s going to be a toughone.”

Second-seed Santoro swatted a back-hand cross-court winner on the first pointof the tie-breaker but dropped the nextsix points and send a backhand wide twopoints later to end the match.

“I played a very good match. Heplayed a bit better,” Santoro said. “Heserved unbeleivably well.”—Internet

Peirsol sliced.86 seconds off theprevious record of1:53.94 set bycompatriot RyanLochte at theBeijing Olympics.

Lochte finishedsecond in 1:54.21as both qualify forspots on the USteam for the worldchampionships inRome later thismonth.—Internet

LONDON, 12 July—Sunderland signedhighly-rated strikerFraizer Campbell for 6million pounds from Eng-lish Premier League

champions and rivalsManchester United onSaturday.

The 21-year-old had aloan spell with Hull dur-ing 2007-08, when hescored 15 goals, and spentmuch of last season atTottenham. He made justone league start for Spurs,playing a part in their runto the League Cup final,although he did not playin the final against United.

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LIVERPOOL, 12 July—Moroccan internationalwinger Nabil El Zhar hassigned an extension to hisLiverpool contract thatwill keep him at Anfielduntil 2012, the Englishclub confirmed on Satur-day. Liverpool have also

completed the signing ofFrench left-back ChrisMavinga from Paris StGermain.

The 22-year-old ElZhar, who made 19 ap-pearances for the Reds’first-team last season, fol-lows Steven Gerrard,Fernando Torres, DirkKuyt, Yossi Benayounand Daniel Agger in com-mitting his long-term fu-ture to the club.—Internet

or Germany inSeptember ’ss e m i - f i n a l swhile Russiasuffered theirearliest defeatin six years.

Captain EyalRan was car-ried shoulder-high around theTel Aviv venueas he took theapplause of the10,000-strongcrowd.

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place in the final of theBudapest WTA eventagainst Switzerland’sPatty Schnyder.

Local favouriteSzavay, ranked 37th inthe world, defeated AlonaBondarenko of Ukraine6-1, 6-2 in a one-hour andunexpectedly one-sidedmatch.

“This match wasextremely difficult tohandle mentally, I wasvery tense and couldnot relax,” Szavay saidafter the game, citing anearlier semi-finaldefeat on home ground in2007.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in lower Sagaing Division, rain have beenisolated in Shan, Chin and Kayah States, upper Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly widespreadin Bago Division and widespread in the remaining areaswith locally heavyfall in Rakhine, Mon States andTaningthayi Division, isolated heavyfall in Kayin State.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereLaunglon (8.70) inches, Kawthoung (7.76) inches,Dawei (6.06) inches, Sittway (5.95) inches, Myeik(4.76) inches, Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (0.35) inch,Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) and Aunglan (0.12) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 11-7-2009 was 94°F.Minimum temperature on 12-7-2009 was 69°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 12-7-2009was 88%. Total sun shine hours on 11-7-2009 was (6.8)hour Approx.

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Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and South Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 13th July 2009:Rain will be fairly widerspread in Kachin State,widespread in Rakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Bago,Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Taninthayi Divisions andisolated to scattered in the remaining States andDivisions with likekihood of isolated heavyfalls inRakhine, Mon Kayin States and Taninthayi Division.Degree of certanity is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas are likelyat times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls mayreach (35-40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generallystrong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 13-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 13-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 13-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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Indian Air Force to placeorder for 10 “C-17”transport aircraft

NEW DELHI, 12 July—Indian Air Force (IAF) hasshortlisted US Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III to replaceits heavylift Russian IL-76 transport aircraft, saidDefence Ministry sources on Saturday.

“The C-17s have been shortlisted after Indian AirForce carried out a thorough study on its capability totake-off and land on short runways with heavy loads,”sources in the Defence Ministry said.

The Russian IL-76 transport aircraft is an agingfleet and the government realized this after taking theassessment of the military, they said.

They also revealed that IAF would place an initialorder for 10 of the C-17s through the US Government’sForeign Military Sales (FMS) route, and may later goin for a follow-on order.

There are about 100 medium-lift AN-32 aircraftand around 20 heavylift IL-76 aircraft in the IAF fleetat present.

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Spanish matador Joselillo makes a pass to a bull

during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival in

Pamplona, northern Spain.—INTERNET

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Launglon 8.70 inches

Kawthoung 7.76 inches

Dawei 6.60 inches

Sittway 5.95 inches

Myeik 4.76 inches

Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana 0.35 inch

Nay Pyi Taw Lewe 6.06 inches

Aunglan 0.12 inch

Noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment 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 inthe hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 12 July—The qualifiermatch of the AFC Women's SoccerChampionship 2010 took place in China(Taipei) this evening.

Myanmar National Women's Foot-ball Team routed Jordan's Women'sTeam 3-0.

In the first half, Khin Marlar Tun ofMyanmar scored the opening goal at the

Myanmar beat Jordan in debut of AFCWomen’s Soccer Championship 2010 qualifier

17th minute and Than Than Htwe dou-bled for Myanmar team at the 35thminute. In the second half, Myint MyintAye added the third goal for Myanmarteam at the 37th minute.

On 14 July, Myanmar NationalWomen's Team will play against hostChinese (Taipei) Women's Team.

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Kyaunggon Town-ship is 40 miles awayfrom Pathein inAyeyawady Division. Itwas raining heavily whenwe arrived in KyaunggonTownship, which has agood reputation as a re-gion of quality banana.

Soon after our arrivalin Kyaunggon Township,we interviewed the chair-man of the TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil.

In response to ourquestion about theprogress in the agricul-tural farming of the re-gion, he told KyemonDaily, “The commonpaddy species we growhere are Manawthukha,Meetauk, Shwetasok andYadanawin. We grow notonly vegetables andkitchen crops but alsoareca nut, corn, ponlon(creeper), sugarcane andbanana on a commercialscale.”

In KyaunggonTownship, the areca nutsown acreage is abouthalf of the total sownacreage of other crops. It

Kyaunggon Township, a region of bananaArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

Bunches of bananas to be loaded onto trucks.

sends up areca nut sur-plus to Pathein andYangon.

“Here, the yield ofbanana reaches at its peakin June and July. The total

sown acreage of banana is526 acres.

Commonly, we grow

Khunwa, Khunsein,Pheegyan (plantain) andShwehngetpyaw. We send

up the banana surplus bycar mainly to Yangon.”

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Southern elephantseals respond

rapidly to climateand habitat changeand established anew breeding site

thousands ofkilometres from

existing breedinggrounds.

Seals quickly respond to gain and loss of habitat under climate changeSCIENCE DAILY, 12

July — Southern Elephantseals responded rapidly toclimate and habitat changeand established a newbreeding site thousands ofkilometres from existingbreeding grounds, accord-ing to new research.

An international re-search team, includingpost-doctorate Dr Mark deBruyn and collaboratorsfrom the US, South Af-rica and Italy, led by Pro-fessor Rus Hoelzel fromthe School of Biologicaland Biomedical Sciences,Durham University, foundthat when the Antarctic

ice sheets of the Ross SeaEmbayment retreated inthe Holocene period 8,000years ago, elephant seals,Mirounga leonina, adoptedthe emergent habitat andestablished a new popula-tion which flourished.

DNA sequences from

the ancient remains ofseals from the now ex-tinct Antarctic colonyshowed high levels of ge-netic diversity, probablydue to the very largepopulation size sustainedthere.

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