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* 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

Senior General Than Shwe sends UN Day messageMyanmar has great faith in important role played by UnitedNations in promoting social justice, economic progress and

better standards of living of citizens of the world

Today is the 64th Anniversary of the foundingof the United Nations. On this special occasion, wejoin the Member States of the World Organization incommemorating and celebrating this very significantand auspicious day for the international community.

Sixty-four years ago, the United Nations wasestablished to bring peace and stability to the chaoticworld devastated by scourge of two World Wars.Overriding concerns of the United Nations in itsearly part of history had been its peace agenda. In theheight of cold war with an impending threat of

nuclear war and seemingly endless regional conflictsacross the globe, it became imperative that peace andstability must prevail if development and progress areto be achieved. Over the decades, the United Nationshas successfully maintained international peace andsecurity. Moreover, the United Nations also madeadvances in the field of development, protection of theenvironment and promotion of international law, etc.These advances are made possible by the commitmentsof the Member States to work collectively andcooperatively within the United Nations.

The world again faces complex crisesthreatening development and security. At thisjuncture, we need to look to the founding principlesof the United Nations to address the challenges. Theworld today is undergoing profound changes. We areliving in a global and interdependent world. Neverbefore in time of peace, have the members of theUnited Nations been presented with so many newchallenges and opportunities. These have far reachingimpacts on the entire international community.

(See page 2)

Greater focus should be on economic and social developmentto meet internationally agreed goals including the MDGs

Secretary-1 attends 64th Anniversary of founding of the United Nations

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—A ceremony to mark the64th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nationswas observed at the City Hall, here, at 10 am today,with an address by Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin Aung

Myint Oo.Also present on the occasion were Commander of

Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, ministers,deputy ministers, the director-general of the StatePeace and Development Council Office, departmental

heads, ambassadors and wives, Charges d’Affaires aiof the foreign missions led by Dean of the DiplomaticCorps Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to theUnion of Myanmar Mr Robert Chua Hian Kong,

(See page 8)

SSecretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo delivers an address at 64th Anniversary of founding of United Nations.—MNA

Myanmar will work towards vision of the United NationsNAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—The following is the full text of the message sent by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe

on the occasion of the 64th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.

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Sunday, 25 October, 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

Myanmar and the People’s Republic of Chinaare good-neighbourly nations, sharing the border.There have been goodwill visit exchanges betweenthe leaders of the two nations and bilateralcooperation in various sectors.

General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo,Secretary-1 of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil, paid a visit to Nanning to attend the SixthChina-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Businessand Investment Summit held from 19 to 22 Octoberat the invitation of the government of the People’sRepublic of China.

The Secretary-1 met Chairman of People’sCongress Standing Committee in Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region of the People’s Republic ofChina Secretary of Guangxi Committee of ChineseCommunist Party Mr Guo Shengkun at LiyuanInternational Conference Centre in Nanning on 20October.

At the meeting, the Secretary-1 expressed histhanks for arrangements to open a Myanmareconomic representative office in Nanning and saidthat opening the consulate general and economicrepresentative office would facilitate multilateralcooperation between the two nations. The Secretary-1 also invited cooperation in agricultural, mineral,energy and hydropower sectors.

Mr Guo Shengkun replied that in the interestsof both sides, cooperation in trade, education,industrial and transport sectors with Myanmar isto be promoted. Especially, the region wished topromote cooperation in mineral and agriculturalsectors, he elaborated. He also pledged to sendbusinesspersons of the region to Myanmar topromote economic cooperation between the twosides.

The friendship between Myanmar and thePeople’s Republic of China has been cemented forgenerations. Therefore, the visit of the Secretary-1to Nanning will surely promote bilateral andmultisectoral cooperation between Myanmar andthe People’s Republic of China.

Beef up multilateralcooperation betweenMyanmar and China Senior General Than Shwe sends UN Day…

(from page 1)The imbalances in global economic, financial, andtrade environment remain a major impediment formany developing countries. The emerging globalissues of climate change, financial and economiccrises, and food and energy crises threaten toundermine socio-economic progress gained,including the achievements of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals.

The United Nations is the best forum totackle global challenges, as well as for guaranteeinginternational peace and security. The challengesthat we are facing today can best be addressed byan integrated approach. The United Nations, themost universal institution has also on its agendavast array of works that touch every aspect of thelives of people around the world. Therefore, fullpotential of the United Nations must be galvanized.

It is clear that no country can deal with themultitude of global problems alone. They can be

effectively resolved only through collective effortswithin the most representative internationalmechanism. Myanmar has great faith in theimportant role played by the United Nations inpromoting social justice, economic progress andbetter standards of living of the citizens of theworld. Our hope for a better, more prosperous andpeaceful world remains with the WorldOrganization.

On this 64th Anniversary of the founding ofthe United Nations, let us reaffirm our support andcommitment to the purposes and principles of theCharter of the United Nations which have provedtimeless and universal. Together with theinternational community, Myanmar will worktowards the vision of the United Nations that is acenter of harmonizing the actions of nations forattainment of peace, security and prosperity forall.

MNA

YANGON, 24 Oct—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defenceattended the prizepresentation for theexhibition and competitionto mark the 20th

anniversary of YangonDivision Traffic RulesEnforcement SupervisoryCommittee at the NationalTheatre in DagonTownship this morning.

Patron of theSupervisory CommitteeChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Win

YANGON, 24 Oct—Tazaungdine special sales ofCONCORDIA International Co Ltd will be held atThiriyadana Market, No. (144) in Nay Pyi Taw from27 to 29 October.

Topcon brand land-surveying materials, Garminbrand GPs, Fuji Xerox brand colour copiers, A3 A4

Yangon Division Traffic Rules Enforcement SupervisoryCommittee observes 20th anniversary ceremony

Myint and the chairman ofthe Supervisory

Committee formallyopened the ceremony.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweunveiled the signboard ofthe exhibition andcompetition.

Next, he viewedautomobiles manufacturedby industrial zones ofYangon Divisiondisplayed in front of theNational Theatre and prizewinning works in thephoto, short story, article,poem and cartooncompetitions displayed inthe hall of the NationalTheatre.

He signed in the record

book of the exhibition.On the occasion, the

commander delivered anopening address.

The chairman of thesupervisory committeepresented portraits to Lt-Gen Myint Swe, thecommander and YangonMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin.

Officials also presentedgifts to the guests.

Afterwards, thecommander, the YangonMayor and officialsawarded the winners andpresented certificates ofhonour to them.—MNA

CONCORDIA Int’l CoLtd’s Tazaungdine special

sales on 27 Oct black/white laser printers, colour printers, multi-pur-pose digital copiers, NEBUNIZER machines producedby Italy and Bp Cuff and ECG machines produced byGermany, will be on sale at Tazaungtai special slaes.

Topcon brand land-surveying materials are highquality products and use all over the world for theirqualifications.

Garmin brand GPs and Fuji Xerox brand print-ers also are high quality products.

Thanks for the gratitude to customers, specialdiscount will be offered during the special sales period.

For details information, for Yangon (Tel: 951-544824, 558170, 540026), for Mandalay (Tel: 02-36478, 0950-67172, 02-69303) and for Nay Pyi Taw(Tel: 067-420819 and 421362).

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe views rewarding photos, articles, poems andcartoons at exhibition.—MNA

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Unidentified BASE jumper leap from the height of300 meters of Malaysia’s landmark KL Tower, the

421-meter (1,381-foot) broadcasting tower, inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 24 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

Two NATOmembers say nomore troops to

Afghanistan nowBRATISLAVA (Slovakia),

24 Oct – Two NATOmembers say they won’tbe willing to send newtroops to Afghanistan un-til a presidential runoffelection on7 Nov deliversa legitimate governmentand President BarackObama has decided on anew strategy there.

Dutch Defence Minis-ter Eimert VanMiddelkoop says hiscountry is awaiting the fi-nal election results “be-cause the legitimacy ofthe Afghan government iskey” as well as a decisionby Obama.

Van Middelkoop saidon Friday “I think mostcountries are waiting forthe American decisions.”

Danish Defence Min-ister Soeren Gade said al-lies won’t increase trooplevels until they’re as-sured the new govern-ment in Kabul is commit-ted to the NATOgoals.The ministers spokeat a meeting of NATOdefence ministers inSlovakia.

Internet

Pakistan says anti-Taleban offensive succeeding

Explosion hits Gulf facility inPuerto Rico

CATANO (Puerto Rico), 24 Oct – An explosion at aGulf gasoline facility Friday rocked a neighborhoodoutside Puerto Rico’s capital, causing at least someminor injuries and forcing evacuations as firefightersraced to prevent additional blasts.

A column of black smoke and flames were risingfrom the Caribbean Petroleum Corp, a gasoline ware-house and distribution center on San Juan’s bay thatowns the Gulf brand in Puerto Rico. Authorities saidthe cause and the scale of the damage were not imme-diately clear.

FBI agents on the scene were among those investi-gating what caused the blast around 12:30 a m (0430GMT), according to police chief Jose FigueroaSancha.A police helicopter that flew over the areaconfirmed that 11 of more than 30 tanks had exploded,Figueroa Sancha said. Firefighters were planning tochill the remaining tanks in an effort to keep themfrom exploding. Dozens of fuel trucks were also be-ing moved from the area.

“This is about containment,” firefighter BrendaRodriguez said.Federal Aviation Administrationspokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the agency put atemporary flight restriction in place over the area be-cause of smoke.—Internet

UK navy forces to return to IraqLONDON, 24 Oct — British naval personnel are to

return to Iraq to train local forces, Armed Forces Min-ister Bill Rammell has said.

The announcement comes after politicians in Bagh-dad passed legislation allowing their return.The six-year British military mission in Iraq ended on 30 Aprilthis year with all UK personnel withdrawn in July.TheMinistry of Defence said that the navy personnel wouldbe back in Iraq next month.

Mr Rammell told the Commons it was agreed“training activity should resume as soon as possible”.Ina written statement, he said: “The government intendsto notify the Iraqi government within the next few daysthat the UK is ready to bring this agreement into force.”

Between 100 and 150 British service personnelwithdrew to Kuwait in July after the Iraqi parliamentfailed to ratify an agreement allowing them toremain.The MoD has indicated that about the samenumber of Royal Navy personnel would return.

Internet

Japan Govt coalition partnerrejects US base proposal

TOKYO, 24 Oct – A coalition partnerof Japan’s centre-left government on Sat-urday voiced opposition to a fresh pro-posal for keeping a controversial US basewithin the southern Japanese island ofOkinawa.Foreign Minister KatsuyaOkada said on Friday the Marine CorpsFutenma Air Base should not be movedoff Okinawa but could be merged withother US military facilities in the island.

But Mizuho Fukushima, head of theSocial Democratic Party, one of the twominor coalition parties, rejected the pro-posal and insisted that the base must bemoved off the island.“I oppose the hasty

and coercive proposal,” Fukushima toldreporters. “We should not be in a hurryeven if it takes some time before reach-ing a final conclusion.”

The government has previously saidit will review a 2006 agreement to movethe base from a crowded urban to acoastal area of Okinawa by 2014, and haseven suggested the facility be moved offthe island.A row over the planned relo-cation cast a shadow on the Japan-USsecurity alliance ahead of the first visitby US President Barack Obama to Ja-pan on November 12-13.

Internet

ISLAMABAD, 24 Oct — Pakistani lead-ers say the military offensive in aTaleban stronghold along the Afghanborder is succeeding and have resolvedto press ahead despite a ferocious waveof retaliatory attacks that have killedsome 200 people this month.

The government statement came asa spate of bombings in northwest Paki-stan on Friday killed 24 people, includ-ing 17 headed to a wedding. The on-slaught appears aimed at sapping pub-lic support for the army’s offensive inSouth Waziristan, a lawless tribal regionunder the sway of the Taleban and al-Qaeda.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilanideclared that “failure is not an option de-spite the ferocity of these attacks,” ac-cording to the statement, which was re-leased on late Friday after a meeting oftop government and military officials.

The army chief, Gen Ashfaq ParvezKayani, told participants that the offensiveis moving ahead successfully and is tryingto keep civilian casualties to a minimum,according to the statement.—Internet

A map of Pakistan locating attacks inKamra, Sorandara and Peshawar. A

mine killed 16 wedding guests inPakistan’s tribal belt on Friday whilea suicide bomber targeted an air forcebase, inflicting another reverse on the

military in its war on the Taleban.INTERNET

Three fuel tanksburn inside the

gasoline warehouseand distribution

center of CaribbeanPetroleum Corp.,owned by Gulf, in

Catano, Puerto Rico,in the early hours ofFriday, 23 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

Afghans object to US hit listKABUL, 24 Oct — US and NATO troops in Afghanistan have been given a hit list of

50 reputed drug lords, against the wishes of the government, The Washington Postreports.Afghan officials suggest killing suspects on the list could undermine respect forlaw in the country and anger local residents who already believe coalition soldiers aremore concerned with killing Afghans than reconstructing the country.

Gen Mohammad Daud Daud, the deputy interior minister for anti-narcotics,said the United States should share its information.“They should respect our law,our constitution and our legal codes,” Daud said. “We have a commitment to ar-rest these people on our own.”—Internet

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Truck makerVolvo posts 3Qloss as sales fallSTOCKHOLM, 24 Oct—

Swedish truck maker ABVolvo on Friday reporteda third-quarter net loss of2.9 billion kronor ($423million), due to a steepdrop in sales in Europeand the US, but said de-mand was stabilizing, par-ticularly in Asia.It was thefourth consecutive quar-terly loss for the companyand compares with a pre-vious profit of almost 2billion in the same threemonths a year ago.

Revenue in the periodplunged more than 30 per-cent to 48.5 billion kronorfrom 69.8 billion kronorin the third quarter in2008.The biggest dropswere recorded in its truckand construction equip-ment units. Revenue forthe truck division, Volvo’slargest business area, fell34 percent in the quarter,mainly because of weakerdemand on the Europeanmarket.—Internet

Malaysia expects larger budgetdeficit this year

Message of the UN SecretaryGeneral on UN Day

(24 October 2009)On this United Nations Day and every day

throughout the year, the United Nations is at work— for the planet, for jobs, for “we the peoples”.

We deliver more humanitarian aid than anyone –and to the toughest places. We vaccinate 40 per centof the world’s children. We feed more than 100million people and are helping more than 30 millionrefugees, most of them women and children fleeingwar and persecution. We are deploying morepeacekeepers than ever — more than 115,000. Inthe last year alone, we provided electoral assistanceto almost 50 countries. And the entire UN systemhas mobilized to face global economic turmoil andthe social unrest it threatens.

People look to the United Nations to defeat pov-erty and hunger, to keep the peace, to expand edu-cation and stand up for human rights in every cor-ner of the globe. They look to us to stop the spreadof deadly weapons and disease, and to protect peo-ple and families hit by disasters. In December, theywill look to us to seal a comprehensive, equitableand ambitious deal on climate change that will pro-tect us all and pave the way toward a greener, moresustainable economy.

This is a unique moment in world affairs. Multi-ple crises – food, fuel, financial, flu – are hitting atonce. Climate change looms larger every day. Eachillustrates a 21st-century truth: we share one planet,one home. As people, as nations, as a species, wesink or swim together.

The United Nations is doing its utmost to respond– to address the big issues, to look at the big picture.We are forging a new multilateralism that can de-liver real results for all people, especially those mostin need. But I am also painfully aware of the dis-tance to go and the gap between commitment andaction. On this UN Day, let us resolve to redoubleour efforts on behalf of the vulnerable, the power-less, the defenceless. Let us stand more united thanever – united in purpose and united in action to makethe world a safer, better place.—UNIC

Customers use new 21.5-Inch and 27-inch iMacs at the Apple Storein San Francisco, on 23 Oct, 2009.—INTERNET

A Chinese woman getsrelaxing eye massage ata beauty expo in Beijingon 23 Oct, 2009. Chi-nese economy expandedby 8.9 percent in thethird quarter, leavingurban Chinese with evermore disposable incometo spend on beauty and

leisure.—INTERNET

In US, less education meansmore H1N1 concern

EU approves Merck, Schering-Plough tie-upBRUSSELS, 24 Oct—The European Union on Friday approved the proposed tie-

up of US drug makers Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp which would cre-ate the second-biggest global producer of prescription medicines.

The EU’s antitrust authorities said in a statement Friday that the “transactionwould not significantly impede effective competition” in Europe. The $41.1 bil-lion acquisition of smaller Schering-Plough will allow Merck to leapfrog to No 2worldwide in prescription medicine, just behind Pfizer Inc, which last week boughtWyeth for $68 billion. The new Merck-Schering company would have about $42.4billion in annual sales.

Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Oct—Malaysiaexpected a larger budget deficit this year,mainly due to the government’s extra ex-penditure spent to boost the country’seconomy. In the Economic Report 2009/2010 officially released by theMalaysian Finance Ministry here on Fri-day, the country’s budget deficit for 2009is estimated at 7.4 percent of the year’sgross domestic product (GDP).

Although a lower budget deficit of5.6 percent of GDP is estimated for2010, it is still higher than the deficit in2008, which was 4.8 percent. Theamount totaled to 67 billion ringgit(19.14 billion US dollars) was to bespent over two years to stimulate domes-tic consumption, given that the export-oriented country had suffered from lowerdemand from abroad.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 24 Oct—Low-income Americanswith no more than a highschool education appearmore likely to get vacci-nated against H1N1 swineflu than people with moremoney and better school-ing, according to a poll re-leased on Friday.

A telephone survey of3,003 US adults con-ducted by ThomsonReuters found that 49.8percent of people with

lower education levelswere very concernedabout H1N1, comparedwith only 29 percent ofthose with at least a four-year college degree.Forty-five percent of the less-educated said they andtheir families were likelyto vaccinate, while only36 percent of college-edu-cated people expected tobe immunized.

All told, 47 percent ofthose surveyed said they

were unlikely to seekvaccination.Flu fears alsoran high among 43.3 per-cent of people with house-hold incomes of $25,000a year or less, comparedwith just 30 percent ofpeople with annual in-comes of $50,000 ormore. Forty percent ofpoorer Americans saidthey intended to get vac-cinated, versus just over athird of all respondents.

Internet

Cholera kills 70 persons inNigeria’s Borno State

LAGOS, 24 Oct—At least 70 peoplehad been killed by cholera epidemic innorthern Nigeria’s Borno State in thepast two weeks, an official announced.

Zubairu Maina, statecommissioner for health, told reporterson Thursday that Biu local governmentarea recorded the highest casualtieswith 55 deaths, out of the 200 peoplebeing infected.

Maina said the disease had spreadto other five local government areas inthe state, the News Agency of Nigeriareported on Saturday.

Earlier this month, some 113people were killed in a cholera

outbreak in the state with nearly 956others infected.

The state commissioner for healthsaid the Adamawa State choleraoutbreak had spread into Borno as thetwo areas share the state boundary.

He said the outbreak of the diseasewas compounded by the poor sanitaryconditions of the affected communities,noting that throughout the rainy season,people failed to abide by the rules ofpersonal hygiene and sanitation toavoid the rapid spread.

Cholera is an infectious disease thatspreads through contaminated drinkingwater.—Xinhua

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An exhibitor displaystwo electronic books

during the 8th SuzhouElectronic

ManufacturerExposition in Suzhou,east China’s JiangsuProvince, on 22 Oct,

2009.— XINHUA

A phalanx of ASEAN countries present their costumes during a parade inNanning, capital of southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,

on 23 Oct , 2009. A total of 32 phalanxs and 22 floats featuring the Zhuangethnic group attended the parade on Friday as part of the 11th Nanning

International Folk Song Arts Festival which kicked off hereon 20 Oct. —XINHUA

Malaysia to bridge tradebetween East, West

KUALA LUMPUR, 24Oct—Malaysia is wellpositioned to leverage onAsian growth prospects tobridge the trade flows be-tween the East and theWest, a report said here onFriday.The Economy Re-port 2009/ 2010 releasedby the Malaysian FinanceMinistry stated thatASEAN, China, India andthe Middle East wouldgain prominence in be-coming the main sourceof consumption demand.

This was evident giventheir prospects for rapidgross domestic product

growth in the countries,added the report.The re-port said while the UnitedStates and Europe wouldremain the main marketsfor Malaysia, consump-tion was expected to shifttowards Asia, encourag-ing companies to expandin the region and increaseproduct mix.

Therefore, Malaysianeeded to develop a

unique value propositionto attract foreign direct in-vestment, added the re-port. According to the re-port, the Malaysian gov-ernment already identi-fied areas where the coun-try has competitive ad-vantages, including Is-lamic finance, halal indus-try, resource-based indus-tries and tourism.

Xinhua

200 million A/H1N1 vaccines neededin Latin America

Danish soldier killed inAfghanistan

Bolivia, China, ITU sign understandingstatement for satellite construction

STOCKHOLM, 24 Oct—ADanish soldier has beenkilled during a patrol insouthern Afghanistan, ac-cording to reports reach-ing here from Copenhagenon Friday.

“A soldier of the Dan-ish Royal Lifeguards hasbeen killed in Afghanistanduring a foot patrol in abazaar area in the GreenZone close to the SandfordCamp near Rahim Qalayin the Gereshk Valley,” re-ported the Danish onlinenewspaper Politiken.

The soldier of the RoyalLifeguard Mechanized In-fantry Company was deadupon arrival at the field

hospital at Camp Bastion,said the Politiken.

“This is a harsh blow toall of us, but particularlyfor his family. It is with thegreatest compassion thatwe think of them at thisdifficult time,” BrigadierGeneral Peter Harry Lundwas quoted by thePolitiken as saying.

Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Study finds heavy videogaming can hurt attention spa

PANAMA CITY, 24 Oct— A representative of thePan American Health Or-ganization (PAHO), AlbaMaria Ropero, said Fri-

day that there were 200million people in LatinAmerica who needed A/H1N1 vaccines.Roperoreported at the end of a

meeting regarding thepurchase of A/H1N1vaccines that they hadheld a poll among thegovernments to ascertainthe specific amount ofvaccines needed and hadmade an allotment in thePAHO.

The first vaccines wereexpected to be available atthe end of November orearly December, she an-nounced. “Some coun-tries are purchasing thevaccines through the Ro-tary Fund, and others arereceiving donations fromthe World Health Organi-zation, including the poor-est countries of the Ameri-cas,” she added.—Xinhua

Black snub-nosedmonkeys are pictured in

the Baima SnowMountain State Nature

Reserve in Weixi,southwest China’s

Yunnan Province, on 22Oct, 2009. — XINHUA

LA PAZ, 24 Oct —TheBolivian government,China’s Great Wall Indus-try Corporation and theInternational Telecommu-nication Union (ITU)signed an understandingstatement on Friday toconstruct and set a satel-lite in orbit. During the signingceremony, Bolivian Presi-dent Evo Morales said theunderstanding statementconfirmed that Boliviawould have its own spacesatellite in three years.This would promote thecountry’s economic, so-cial and technological de-velopment. “It is a prior-ity project to contribute to

Bolivia’s development,”Morales declared. The understanding,previous to a definiteagreement expected to besigned in March 2010,was reached after a three-day meeting among therepresentatives of thethree sides. Follow-upmeetings would be heldin China in Novem-ber.The Bolivian delega-tion traveling to China

would not only discussissues related to the satel-lite, but also joint invest-ment programmes in vari-ous sectors.—Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 24 Oct—Playing video games toomuch affects people’sability to stay focused ontasks requiring close at-tention, says a study pub-lished this week in the US.The Iowa State Universitystudy, published in the lat-est issue of the profes-sional journal Psycho-physiology, found thosewho played video gamesfor about 40 hours a weekhad more difficulty focus-ing their attention thanthose who played videogames less than a coupleof hours a week.

The study supports re-search published withinthe past year, which estab-lished a positive associa-tion between being ad-dicted to playing videogames and having Atten-

tion Deficit Disorder(ADD).Rob West, one ofthe authors of the studyand Associate Professor ofPsychology and Directorof the Cognitive Psychol-ogy Programme at IowaState University, said thoseindividuals who playedvideo game too much re-ally had difficulty trying tomaintain their attention in-dependently over time.

“So if they are engagedin some activity thatdoesn’t really capture theirattention — like maybe aclassroom lecture, orstudying in a quiet space— they’re going to havedifficulty maintaining at-tention on their own,” saidWest.The study was ledby psychology graduatestudent Kira Bailey.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Meti Inc’s Emergency Care Simula-tor (ECS) is seen during a demon-stration at the Security and Safety

Trade Expo in Tokyo. The ECSprovides an anatomically correctmannequin, which allows for thephysical demonstration of variousclinical states including bleeding,

breathing, blinking eyes andconvulsions. The expo, with 277

participating exhibitors, showcasesproducts and information from thefields of crime prevention, disaster

prevention, and risk and crisismanagement in relation to terrorism

and organized crime.

Visitors watch the light show set upto illuminate the Eiffel Tower for its

120 year anniversary, in Paris.

The HRP-4C humanoid robot per-forms during a demonstration at theDigital Content Expo 2009 in Tokyo.

In-flight delivery: Malaysiangives birth on plane

An official says a Malaysian womanhas given premature birth to a boy on adomestic flight, minutes before it landedin Kuala Lumpur.

Liew Siaw Hsia gave birth on budgetcarrier AirAsia’s flight from Penang toKuching on Wednesday.

AirAsia spokesman Nazatul Mokhtarsaid Friday that the flight was divertedto nearby Kuala Lumpur for an emer-gency landing when Liew started labourpains.

A doctor on the flight helped the 31-year-old deliver while the plane was still2,000 feet (600 meters) in the air in itsfinal approach to land.

Nazatul says both the mother andbaby are healthy and will get lifetime offree flights. He says Liew was 27 weekspregnant, 11 weeks short of the full term.

800,000 words inHistorical ThesaurusBritain’s Oxford University Press

said it is publishing the world’s firsthistorical thesaurus after 44 years ofwork on the project.

The publisher said the HistoricalThesaurus of the Oxford EnglishDictionary is 4,000 pages long andincludes more than 800,000 wordmeanings, along with the earliestrecorded use of each word, starting atA.D. 700, when English was first usedin Britain, Sky News reported Thursday.

A celebration of the book’spublishing in Glasgow, Scotland,Thursday was attended by ProfessorMichael Samuels, 89, who started workon the reference volume in 1965.

Professor Christian Kay, 69, one ofthe four editors on the project, said shewas surprised to discover the vast arrayof synonyms for many insults.

“So we have a huge list of words forstupid people, lazy people, contemptiblepeople — they inspired people to createnew words,” she said.

Cleveland museum’s Earhart ‘hair’ just threadA Cleveland museum has learned that what it thought was a lock of hair from

Amelia Earhart is just thread.A group looking for DNA evidence of the pioneer aviator on a Pacific island

recently asked the International Women’s Air and Space Museum for a sample ofthe “hair” for comparison. Museum executive director Toni Mullee says an analysisdetermined the specimen was thread that looked like hair.

Mullee says the museum acquired the artifact 20 years ago from the SmithsonianInstitution, which had gotten it from a Pennsylvania man. The museum has had iton exhibit next to a book with an anecdote about a White House maid who savedsome Earhart hair from a wastebasket.

Mullee says the thread will stay on display, with a full explanation.

Bermuda ‘world top 500’hotel to close partially

SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), 24 Oct – A posh Bermudaresort named one of the world’s top 500 hotels this yearwill close its century-old main building because the eco-nomic crisis has sapped tourism to the island.

Elbow Beach Hotel will lay off about 160 employeesby the end of November as it shutters 131 rooms andoutsources food and beverage services, Mandarin Orien-tal Hotel Group spokeswoman Danielle DeVoe said onWednesday.”It’s fair to say that current business levelsare challenging globally,” she said.

The hotel’s 1908 pastel-yellow building will remainclosed for several years. Hotel officials hope to renovateit during that time, although no details have been speci-fied, DeVoe said.Premier Ewart Brown said he hopes theprojected renovation will enable Elbow Beach to com-pete with other high-end brands.”The closure of any ho-tel property is difficult at any time,” he said. “We neverwant to see Bermudians losing their jobs.” —Internet

Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war

Children are seen playing on a beach covered withalgae in Qingdao, China. It has turned out thatalgae — slimy, fast-growing and full of fat — isgaining ground as a potential renewable energy

source.—INTERNET

First World Warsub found after

93 yearsEDINBURGH, 24 Oct —

Sleek, silent and sub-merged, it was WinstonChurchill’s secret weaponagainst the Kaiser’s navy.The British naval subma-rine HMS E18 was thescourge of the Baltic dur-ing the First World Waruntil it went missing, pre-sumed sunk. Yet now,more than 90 years laterthe wreck has been foundoff the coast of Estonia.

The submarine wasone of a handful dis-patched by Churchill, thenFirst Lord of the Admi-ralty, to disrupt Germandeliveries of iron ore fromSweden and to providesupport to the Russiannavy.Yet HMS E18 withits complement of threeofficers and 28 ratingswent out on patrol in May1916 and was never seenagain. Now the subma-rine’s wreck has beenfound by a Swedish sur-vey vessel, the MV Triad,with the assistance of thegreat-grandson of one ofthe sub’s former crew.

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MIAMI, 24 Oct –Driven by fluctuations inoil prices, and seduced bythe prospect of easing cli-mate change, experts areramping up efforts tosqueeze fuel out of a prom-ising new organism: pondscum.

As it turns out, algae —slimy, fast-growing andfull of fat — is gainingground as a potential re-newable energy source.

Experts say it is intrigu-ing for its ability to gob-ble up carbon dioxide, agreenhouse gas, while liv-ing happily in places thataren’t needed for foodcrops.Algae likes mos-quito-infested swamps, forexample, filthy pools, andeven waste water. Andwhile no one has found away to mass producecheap fuel from algae yet,the race is on.

University labs andstart-up companies acrossthe country are getting in-volved. Over the summer,the first mega-corporationjoined in, whenExxonMobil said it wouldsink 600 million dollarsinto algae research in a

partnership with a Cali-fornia biotechnologycompany.If the researchpans out, scientists saythey will eventually find acost-effective way to con-vert lipids from algaeponds into fuel, then pumpit into cars, trucks and jets.

“I think it’s very real-istic. I don’t think it’s go-ing to take 20 years. It’sgoing to take a few years,”said chemical engineerGeorge Philippidis, direc-tor of applied research atFlorida International Uni-versity in Miami.One ofthe factors fueling enthu-siasm is algae’s big appe-

tite for carbon dioxide —a by-product of burningfossil fuels.—Internet

Scientists seek origins of obesity in the wombNEW YORK, 24 Oct – When Kathy

Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed120 pounds, she may have done more thanmake her own life easier.She went on tohave two daughters, and she may haveboosted their chances of avoiding becom-ing obese, like her two older children are.

That’s the implication of research sug-gesting that something in an obese wom-an’s womb can program her fetus towardbecoming a fat child and adult. It’s notabout simply passing along genes that pro-mote obesity; it’s some sort of still-mys-terious signal.The idea has only recentlyentered conversations between doctors

and female patients, and scientists arescrambling to track down a biological ex-planation. That knowledge, in turn, mayprovide new ways to block obesity fromcrossing generations.

While there’s some disagreement onhow important the womb signal is, “the evi-dence is building and building that it is asubstantial issue,” said Dr MatthewGillman of Harvard Medical School, whostudies prevention of obesity.Others agree.“I think it could be a hugely significant fac-tor,” said Robert Waterland of the BaylorCollege of Medicine in Houston, whostudies the effect in mice.—Internet

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YANGON, 24 Oct—Certified Pub-lic Accountants (first part) CourseNo. 35, organized by Myanmar Ac-countancy Council, will be opened atthe training school of Auditor-GeneralOffice (Yangon) at No 1/15, ThakhinMya Park Street in Ahlon Township on15 February 2010.

Those who passed B.Com andB.Act examinations held at Institutes

YANGON, 24 Oct—Gusto Compu-ter Technology Training School willlaunch an Applied Programming Course“Software Solution with JAVA” to en-able those who are studying computertechnology and who want to go abroadfor further studies not only to access

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—Patron for Organizingthe 17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin enjoyed theperformance of Yangon Division drama troupe in theUggasena Drama Contest of the Performing Arts Com-petitions at the convocation hall of University of

NAY PYI TAW, 24Oct—The Ministry ofFinance and Revenueheld the coordinationmeeting on undertakingtasks to meet the targetin financial year at thehall of the ministry, here,yesterday.

Minister for Fi-nance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun delivered anaddress on the occasion.

The managing di-rectors and directors-gen-

Secretary-1 and wife enjoy performance of Yangon Divisiontroupe in Uggasena Drama Contest

Veterinary Science in Nay Pyi Taw Yezin this evening.Among the audience were Lt-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence and wife, Chair-man of the Leading Committee for Organizing thecompetitions Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin and wife, Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyein, Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung and wife,

Chairman of Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard U Kyaw Thu and wife, Deputy Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen Aung Tun, Deputy Ministerfor Transport Col Nyan Tun Aung, departmentalheads, officials of the work committee and subcom-mittees, members of the panel of judges and thosefrom States and Divisions.

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ister made a speech at thecoordination meeting of

the ICT Committee of theMinistry of Finance andRevenue at the ministry.

Chairman of thecommittee Deputy Direc-

CPA (First Part) Course No. 35 to be openedof Economics in 2007 may apply toattend the course.

The application forms are avail-able from 19 October to 13 November.Candidates with necessary documentsmay apply to attend the course at thetraining school during office hours. Forfurther information, please dialTel-01-227246.

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Gusto to conduct Applied Programming Courseprogramming techniques but also to ap-ply their own knowledge.

Those who want to take the courseare to enroll at Gusto Computer Technol-ogy Training School, No (26), 14th Street,Lanmadaw Township, Yangon (Ph:2228896, 224496 and 222052).—MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin enjoyperformance of Yangon Division troupe in Uggasena Drama Contest.— MNA

MinisterMaj-GenHla Tun

speaking atwork coor-

dinationmeeting ofMinistry of

Financeand

Revenue.MNA

Secretary U Kyaw Win (U Hton Goldsmith) of Myanmar GoldEntrepreneurs Association reads out EC report and financial

statement at the meeting.–UMFCCI

YANGON, 24 Oct – The seventhannual general meeting of MyanmarGold Entrepreneurs’ Association washeld at Pearl Hall of Panda Hotel herethis afternoon, with an address byMinisetr for Mines Brig-Gen OhnMyint.

President of the Union ofMyanamr Federation Chambers of

AGM of MGEA heldCommerce and Industry U Win Myintspoke on the occasion, and U Kyaw Win(U Hton Goldsmith), Secretary ofMGEA, read out the report of executivecommittee and financial statement.

Next, Vice-Chairman of the as-sociation U Kyaw Myint (ShweMyinpyan Gold Refinery) made con-cluding remarks.—MNA

F&R Ministry holds workcoordination meeting

eral reported on progressof their respective organi-zations. Deputy Ministerfor Finance and RevenueCol Hla Thein Swe madea supplementary report.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the minister.

Also present at themeeting were Governor ofCentral Bank of MyanmarU Than Nyein and offi-cials.

After that, the min-tor-General Dr Lin Aungof Budget Department re-ported on task of ICT andfuture plans.

D e p a r t m e n t a l

heads gave supplementaryreports. Later, the minis-ter made concluding re-marks.

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(from page 1)Resident Coordinator ofthe UN Agencies MrBishow B Parajuli,resident representatives ofUN agencies and officials,winners in the basiceducation level essaycontest to mark the UNDay and guests.

On the occasion,Secretary-1 General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oodelivered an address. Hesaid: At the outset, I wishto express our pleasure tocelebrate with you todaythe occasion of the 64th

anniversary of thefounding of the UnitedNations as the Union ofMyanmar is a member ofthe United Nations.

During its term of 64years, the United Nationshas been leading the worldwith the noble purposesand principles enshrinedin the Charter to maintaininternational peace andsecurity, and to attaincooperation in solvinginternational economic,social, cultural andhumanitarian issues.

The world today iswitnessing newchallenges and threats ofcontemporary time, whileenjoying the newknowledge andtechnology. The financialand economic crisis thatstarted last year is stillbeing faced by countries,large and small. Allcountries are feeling theeffects of those crises butdeveloping countries aresuffering the most. Thecrises have compounded

the problems we have beensuffering in the last fewyears such as high foodprices, high energy pricesand the spread ofpandemic diseases.Climate change is a majorproblem we are facingtoday. As we have wellunderstood the pace andscale of climate change, itis time for all of us tourgently tackle thisproblem.

Since no singlecountry can face theseproblems alone, we mustwork together under theleadership of the UnitedNations to overcomethem. There should begreater focus on economicand social development ininternational cooperationand collaboration to meetinternationally agreedgoals including theMDGs. In this context, wewelcome the efforts of theUnited Nations Secretary-General to organize theUnited NationsMillennium DevelopmentGoals Summit in 2010 andhis call on developedcountries to help poorcountries.

Myanmar isimplementing its MDGswith the cooperation of theUnited Nations andinternational organi-zations. In the healthsector, we are successfullymaking efforts forreducing the infantmortality and maternaldeath rates thanks to healtheducation and health caresystem. And in preventingand eradicating of other

diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria andTuberculosis, the spreadof HIV/AIDS is decliningand there are somesuccesses in theeradication of Malaria andTuberculosis thanks toeducating, effectiveprevention and cure.

In the educationsector, the government hasadopted the plans andimplemented in the areasof campaign againstilliteracy, building up ofinfrastructure, upgradingof teaching skills andpromotion of qualityeducation with the aim ofbuilding the “knowledge-based society”. With theactive participation of thepeople, improvements areachieved in the entirenation including thevillages and border areas.The literacy rate ofMyanmar has reachedalmost 95 per cent and

Myanmar is on the rightpath to meet the goal“Education for All in2015” set by the UnitedNations and UNESCO.

After Cyclone Nargishit Myanmar in May 2008,the government of theUnion of Myanmar, theUnited Nations andASEAN established theTripartite Core Group(TCG) to undertake therelief, rehabilitation andreconstruction works. TheGovernment, throughTCG Group, has beencooperating closely andfully with the internationalorganizations.

The achievement ofTCG has been given duerecognition by theinternational community.It has also been referredto as a good example forfuture disaster relief andrehabilitation activities inthe region. TheGovernment has adoptedthe further plans toeffectively respond tosimilar natural disasters inthe future and willimplement the projectsdiligently.

As the cooperationwith the United Nations isthe cornerstone ofMyanmar’s foreignpolicy, Myanmar has beencontinuously cooperatingwith the United Nationsin various fields. Highlevel United Nationsofficials includingSecretary-General Mr BanKi-moon visitedMyanmar. These visitsreflect the spirit of

Myanmar Government tocooperate with the UnitedNations.

In conclusion, I wouldlike to reaffirm that wewill wholeheartedly doour part in the efforts ledby the United Nations inaddressing the challengesof international concern inorder to secure peace andprosperity of the world.On this auspiciousoccasion, let us wish forthe further success of theUnited Nations in itsefforts to secure peace,security and prosperity formankind.

Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U MaungMyint read the messageto mark the 64th

Anniversary of thefounding of the UnitedNations sent by Chairmanof the State Peace andDevelopment Council ofthe Union of MyanmarSenior General ThanShwe. UN Resident

Coordinator Mr BishowB Parajuli read themessage of UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon.

Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyeinpresented first, second andthird prizes to 10th

standard student MaungSithu of Nay Pyi TawPyinmana BEHS No. 1,9th standard student MaMya Cherry of Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana BEHS No.2 and 9th standard studentMa Shoon Le Myint Moof Nay Pyi Taw TatkonBEHS No. 1 in the basiceducation high level essaycontest.

Minister for Scienceand Technology U Thaunggave the first prize to 7th

standard student MaungChan Hein of Nay Pyi TawPyinmana BEHS No. 1,the second to 5th standardstudent Ma Phu Pyae SoneMaung of Nay Pyi Taw

(See page 9)

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo cordially greets ambassadors,resident representatives of UN agencies and officials.—MNA

Resident Coordinator of UN Agencies MrBishow B Parajuli reads the message of UNSecretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon.—MNA

Resident Coordinator of UN Agencies Mr Bishow B Parajulipresents prize to a winner.—MNA

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(from page 8)Tatkon BEHS No. 1 andthe third to 5th standardstudent Ma Thiri of NayPyi Taw Tatkon BEHSNo. 1 in the basiceducation middle levelessay contest. UNResident Coordinator MrBishow B Parajuliawarded first, second andthird prizes to 4th standardstudent Ma Yamin Theingiof Nay Pyi Taw PyinmanaMyoma BEPS No. 1, 4th

standard student Ma SawYu Nwe of Nay Pyi TawLewe BEHS No. 1 and 4th

standard student MaNanda Myo Oo of NayPyi Taw PyinmanaMyoma BEPS No. 1 inthe basic educationprimary level essaycontest.

After the ceremony,the Secreta ry-1 and partygreeted the diplomats ledby the Dean of theDiplomatic Corps

Singaporean Ambas-sador, the residentrepresentatives of UNagencies led by theresident coordinator of theUN.—MNA

17th Performing Arts Competitions continue for seventh dayNAY PYI TAW, 24

Oct— The 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competi-

tions continued for the sev-enth day at the designatedplaces, here, today.

Among the audiencewere Minister for Educa-tion Dr Chan Nyein, Min-ister for Finance and Rev-enue Maj-Gen Hla Tun,Deputy Minister for In-dustry-2 Maj-Gen KyawSwa Khaing, Member ofCivil Service Selection

and Training Board U HlaMyint Oo, Secretary of theWork Committee for or-ganizing the competitions

U Yan Naing Oo andmembers, subcommitteemembers, members of thepanel of judges (central)and judges from States andDivisions, contestants andsupervisors.

At the assembly hallof University of Agricul-ture, altogether 12 contest-ants took part in the basiceducation level (aged 5-

10) girls’ Maha Gita con-test and 12 in the boys’Maha Gita contest.

Five contestants took

part in the narration con-test (Kwetseik) forTemiya Drama at the ama-teur level (first class) atthe convocation hall ofUniversity of VeterinaryScience.

At No. 7 Transit Cen-tre, 10 persons from Statesand Divisions competedin the amateur level (firstclass) men’s and women’s

song composing contest.At the lecture hall of

University of VeterinaryScience, eight musiciansparticipated in the ama-teur level (second class)men’s guitar contest andthree in the women’s con-test. Two students tookpart in the basic educationlevel (aged 10-15) boys’guitar contest and three inthe girls’ contest. Four stu-dents competed in thehigher education levelmen’s guitar contest andthree in the women’s con-

test.Four students took

part in the basic educationlevel (aged 5-10) boys’oboe contest, five studentsin the (aged 10-15) boys’contest and five studentsin the (aged 15-20) boys’contest at the hall of Agri-cultural Research Depart-ment.

At the hall of ForestResearch Department,four boys competed in thebasic education level(aged 15-20) mandolincontest and four girls in

the (aged 15-20) girls’contest. Eight contestantsparticipated in the ama-teur level (first class)men’s mandolin contestand two in the women’scontest.

Three students tookpart in the basic educationlevel (aged 5-10) girls’orchestra troupe contestand nine in the amateurlevel (second class) men’sorchestra troupe contest atthe hall of AgriculturalResearch Department.

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—The work coordinationmeeting of workcommittee for organizingthe 17th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions was held atthe auditorium of ForestResearch Department inNay Pyi Taw Yezin

Work committee for organizingperforming arts competitions meets

yesterday.Secretary of work

committee U Yan NaingOo made an address.

Next, officials ofReception andAccommodation Sub-committee explainedproviding accom-modations to contestantsfrom states and divisions

at four places in TransitCenter and two places inthe compound of theUniversity of Agriculturalin Yezin and works to bedone.

Then those presentreported on theirrespective sectors, and thesecretary fulfilled therequirements. – MNA

Tobacco Kills

Deputy Minister UMaung Myint reads

the message ofChairman of State

Peace andDevelopment CouncilSenior General Than

Shwe.—MNA

Mg Min

Min

Than of

Shan

State

takes

part in

Maha

Gita

contest.

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U Mya Ayeof

AyeyawadyDivision

takes partin amateurlevel (first

class)men's andwomen's

songcomposing

contest.MNA

Ma May Myat Tin of AyeyawadyDivision takes part in basic educa-tion level (aged 15-20) mandolin

contest.—MNA

U Sai Myo Aung of Shan Statetakes part in Narration

(Kwetseik).—MNA

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Commander, Minister attend donationceremony of Shwe Natural Gas Project

YANGON, 24 Oct — Chairman of Rakhine StatePeace and Development Council Commander of West-ern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thi on 24 October attended thedonation ceremony of Shwe Natural Gas Project forhealth and education sectors at Ramarwady Hall inKyaukpyu of Rakhine State.

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye spoke on theoccasion, and Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi gave ac-counts of Shwe Natural Gas Project exploring oil andgas in Rakhine Offshore area. On behalf of sharehold-ers, Vice President Dr Su Yeong Yang of DaewooInternational Corporation explained purpose of thedonation.

Next, Dr Su Yeong Yang handed over documentsrelated to the donations for health and education sec-tors in Kyaukpyu to officials, and the head of townshiphealth department and township education officer pre-sented certificates of honour to him.

It was also attended by Ambassador of the Repub-

YANGON, 24 Oct—A delega-tion led by Brig GV Stayanarayan VSMof Army Higher Command Course ofthe Indian Armed Forces of India ar-rived here by air on 21 October to pay avisit in Myanmar.

They were welcomed atYangon International Airport by IndianDefence Attaché Col Manoj MukundNaravane and officials.

Accompanied by officials, theIndian delegation paid tribute to KingZafah Shah Tomb on Ziwaka Road inDagon Township and then paid hom-age to Shwedagon Pagoda.

On 22 October, the Indian del-egation together with officials left here

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Oct—The Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar has appointed U Nyan Lynn,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Indone-sia, concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar tothe Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—Minis-ter for Education Dr Chan Nyein to-gether with Deputy Minister Brig-GenAung Myo Min, departmental headsand officials viewed activities of schoolsin Nay Pyi Taw to mark School Envi-ronment Day this morning.

The minister inspected sanita-tion works being carried out at Nay Pyi

YANGON, 24 Oct—With a view todeveloping ICT in Myanmar, NetInfotraining centre will conduct CCNAcourse that is networking certificatewidely used in international stage.

It is essential to obtain CCNA forthose observing computer networking.Booming job opportunities, those wish-ing to be a professional in a short timeare in need of CCNA.

CCNA course is suitable for ma-triculation passed students, computeruniversity students, technological uni-versity students, those who want to be

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—Minis-ter for Labour U Aung Kyi receivedSingaporean Ambassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr Robert Chua HianKong at the hall of the Ministry of

Ambassador U Nyan Lynnaccredited to Timor-Leste

lic of Korea to Myanmar Mr. Park Key-Chong andofficials of Daewoo International Corporation, Man-aging Director U Thein Htay of Myanmar Port Author-ity, district/township level departmental officials, re-sponsible persons of social organizations and localpeople.

Next, the commander, the minister, the ambassa-dor and party visited Kyaukpyu Township People’sHospital, and inspected blood bank, drinking watersupply system, intensive care unit and dental clinicdonated by Shwe Natural Gas Project.

In the afternoon, they presented school bags andexercise books to students at the new school buildingof BEHS (branch) in Gonechain village donated byShwe Natural Gas Project and cordially greeted them.

So far, Shwe Natural Gas Project, which conductsoil and gas exploration in Rakhine Offshore area, hasspent US$ 1.5 million on health, education and socialsectors from 2006 to 2009.

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Education Minister views activities ofschools on School Environment Day

Taw Basic Education High School No.(1), Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana BEHS No.(3) and Nay Pyi Taw BEMS No. (3).

According to the education cal-endar, all basic education schools in thecountry performed sanitation activitiesas the Saturday of the last week of Octo-ber is designated as School Environ-ment Day.—MNA

NetInfo to launch CCNA coursenetworking professional and wishing tobe computer experts for their profession.The training centre will be opened onevery Sunday for networking enthusi-asts, departmental employees and net-working engineers from private compa-nies.

The course will be launched on 25October and lasts four months. Any in-teresting persons may contact Building2, Room 1 of NetInfo training centre,Myanmar Info-tech, Hlaing Township,here, (Ph: 507045 and 652248).

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Delegation of Indian Army HigherCommand Course concludes visits

and arrived at Heho Airport. Next, theyvisited Command and General Staff Col-lege in Kalaw.

Yesterday morning, the Indiandelegation visited Inlay Lake ofNyaungshwe Township and arrived backhere by air in the evening.

Together with officials, the In-dian delegation paid tribute at HtaukkyantCommonwealth War Cemetery today.At noon, they left here by air. They wereseen off at Yangon International Airportby the Commandant of Defence ServicesMedical Academy and senior militaryofficers, the Indian Defence Attaché andofficials.

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Labour, here, this morning.The meeting focused on bilat-

eral cooperation on creating job oppor-tunities abroad and workers’ skillscourses.—MNA

Labour Minister receives SingaporeanAmbassador

The best time to plant a tree

was 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

Minister Dr Chan Nyein views school sanitation works at No. (1)BEHS, Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Minister U Aung Kyi receives Singaporean Ambassador Mr RobertChua Hian Kong.—MNA

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A man rides a horse during an exhibition atthe horse’s Show in El Jadida on 23 October,

2009.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 24 Oct—Heading towards its 28October release, MichaelJackson movie “This IsIt” looks like a box officewinner for Sony’sColumbia Pictures moviestudio with one estimatesaying it could makemore than $600 million(366 million pounds)worldwide in a limitedtwo-week run.

Jackson’s many fansare hungry for one lastchance to see their idolsing and dance onscreen, and the film’smakers promise animage of him that ismore like the pop starwho ruled the charts inthe 1980s, and less likethe frail paparazzi targethe seemed in recent

People line up and prepare to stay overnight atLA Live for the opportunity to purchase tickets

for special showings of the “MichaelJackson’s This Is It” movie in Los Angeles,

California, on 25 September, 2009.

LA PAZ, 24 Oct—Bolivia signed amemorandum ofunderstanding today withChinese officials for theconstruction and launchof a communicationssatellite.President EvoMorales said the USD300-million satellite,whose design is set to becompleted by March2010, would be namedafter Tupac Katari, aBolivian indigenous

China to help Bolivialaunch satellite by 2013

W E L L I N G T O N , 24Oct—Four helicoptersusing monsoon bucketsare tackl ing a b lazethat has burned 930hectares of scrublandon New Zea land’sTiwai Pen insu la inSouthland, includingconservation land.

The f ron t o f thefire has been broughtunder con t ro l bu t alarge area is still beingtacked by 40f i re f igh te r s and thehelicopters, and it willlikely be several hoursbefore the fire can bebrought under control,Rad io New Zea landreported on Saturday.

A contrac tor i sbel ieved to haveaccidentally started thefire at the Peninsular,near Bluff, about 4:30p.m. Fr iday and i t

Fire burns 930 hectares inSouthland of New Zealand

quickly spread along along, th in f ront ,according to theSouthern Rural Fi reAuthority.

Rural Fire OfficerSue Peterson said theflames had reduced inheight from five meterson Friday to betweenthree and four meters onSaturday. There waslitt le wind andconditions werefavorable to fir-efighters.

However she saidthe damage to protectedflora on the peninsulawould be extensive.

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years. Industry watcherssay the unique nature of“This Is It” — partdocumentary and partconcert film starring alegend who is no longerliving — make it

CARACAS, 24 Oct —At least 10 buspassengers have beenkilled and another 12injured when theirvehicle collided with atruck on a main freewayin the Venezuelancapital, rescue officialssaid.

“Eight people diedat the scene and anothertwo” died at localhospitals, said VictorLira, director of thearea’s Civil Protectionagency, adding thatsome of the woundedwere in a criticalcondition.

The head of the

Ten dead in Venezuelabus crash

Sony looks for box office hitwith “This Is It”

city’s f i ref ighters ,William Martinez, saidthe truck appeared tohave lost control andstruck the back of thebus, pushing it onto themedian where it flippedover.

Authorities havelaunched an inv-estigation to determinewhether excessivespeeding or a brakefailure may have causedthe crash.

Last weekend, atleast 24 people died intwo traffic accidents onVenezuela’s chaoticfreeways.

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leader who foughtagainst Spanish colonialrule.

A Bolivian delegationwill travel to China to sealthe deal and spur thesatellite’s construction,ready for a 2013launch.The memorandumwas also signed byrepresentatives of theInternational Tele-communication Union(ITU).

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SHANGHAI, 24 Oct—Lenovo(0992.HK), the world’s fourth-biggestpersonal computer maker, expects aboost in its PC sales from the launchof Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) newoperating system, Windows 7, itschairman said on Saturday.

“It will have a big impact, and wehave made a lot of preparations for it,”Lenovo Chairman Liu Chuanzhi saidin remarks, translated from Mandarin,which indicated the impact would bepositive.

Liu spoke to Reuters on thesidelines of an industry forum butdeclined to give a revenue contributionforecast.

Lenovo expects big PC sales boostfrom Windows seven

Earlier this week, Lenovo launchedtwo new laptops under its corporateline, both running the new Microsoftoperating system.

Industry-watchers are betting onfurther recovery of computer sales nextyear as the global economy improvesand businesses replace old machines.However, opinion is divided on howstrong the impact of Windows 7 willbe.

Microsoft Corp launched Windows7 on Thursday, its most importantrelease for more than a decade, aimingto win back customers after thedisappointing Vista.

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GENEVA, 24 Oct—Developingcountries risk missing out on thebenefits of information technologybecause of their lack of broadbandinfrastructure, a UN agency said.

Lack of broadband Internetaccess deprives countries of thepossibility of building up offshoringindustr ies , the United NationsConference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD) said in areport late on Thursday.

It also prevents people fromtapping into all the advantages ofmobile phones, whose use isexploding in poor countries.

Developing countries must boostbroadband: UN

“The narrowing of the digitaldivide remains a key developmentchallenge,” UNCTAD DeputySecretary-General Petko Draganovsaid. “What is known as the broadbandgap for example is becoming a serioushandicap for companies in many poorcountries,” he told a briefing to launchUNCTAD’s Information EconomyReport.

Companies and consumers are 200times more likely to have access tobroadband in developed countries thanin the poorest Least DevelopedCountries (LDCs), the report shows.

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difficult to judge howsuccessful it will be forSony Corp unitColumbia Picturesbecause there are few, ifany, comparisons to it.

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China holds a launching ceremony for its Nasdaq-style market, ChiNext, inShenzhen, Guangdong Province, on 23 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

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GENEVA, 24 Oct—Nearly 5,000people have reportedly died from swineflu since it emerged this year anddeveloped into a global epidemic, theWorld Health Organization said onFriday.

Since most countries have stoppedcounting individual swine flu cases, thefigure is considered an underestimate.WHO said there were 4,999 totaldeaths through 18 Oct, most of themin the Western Hemisphere. The figurewas up 264 from a week earlier.

Iceland had its first swine flu deaththis week, and WHO said Sudan andTrinidad and Tobago also reporteddeaths from the virus for the first timethis week. In London, drug maker

WHO: nearly 5,000 swine fludeaths worldwide

GlaxoSmithKline PLC said childrenmay only need one shot of its swineflu vaccine to be protected. In itsstatement on Friday, Glaxo said onedose was enough to boost children’simmune systems to fight the virus,based on data from a trial in Spain in200 children aged six months to 3years.

Glaxo’s finding comes afterexperts said they expected childrenwould need two doses, since theirimmune systems are weaker than thoseof adults. Last week, rival vaccinemaker Sanofi Aventis said childrenwould likely need two doses of vaccineagainst swine flu, or H1N1.

Xinhua

Visitors looks at a sample during the secondphase of the 106th session of China Import and

Export Fair in Guagnzhou, capital of southChina’s Guangdong Province, on 23 Oct, 2009.

The second phase of the fair which mainlydisplay craftworks, daily commodities and toys

etc. kicked off on Friday.—XINHUA LAGOS, 24 Oct—Nigeria will host the AirportsCouncil International (ACI)’s 2010 conference andexhibition, an official has said.

Ali Tounsi, secretary general of the ACI AfricaRegion, expressed his satisfaction with the level offacilities at the Nigerian airports.

He told a press conference held in Lagos onThursday that Nigeria is prepared to host the conferencebilled to take place in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, andthat the ACI would assist in the provision of qualityservice, particularly on the training and transfer ofknowledge to its members.

Richard Ais-uebeogun, mana-ging director of theFederal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), saidthe conference will be attended by over 500participants and that it would foster opportunity ofstrengthening non-aeronautical revenue stream forFAAN through relationships and prospects from theevent. “The exhibition will afford the aviationsuppliers of goods and services and opportunity toshowcase member airlines’ products and services forthe benefits of the industry,” he added. —Xinhua

HONG KONG, 24 Oct—An intense earthquakemeasuring 6.0 on the Richter scale occurred in IrianJaya Region, Indonesia, at 7:22 pm (1122 GMT)on Friday, according to a bulletin released by theHong Kong Observatory.

The epicenter was initially determined to be 0.9degrees south latitude and 134.1 degrees eastlongitude, about 230 kilometers west of Biak,Indonesia.—Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 24 Oct—A Mig-27 fighter of the IndianAir Force (IAF) crashed in a tea garden near NewJalpaiguri in West Bengal, east India, on Friday but thepilot managed to eject safely, reported the Press Trust ofIndia.

The aircraft was on a routine training sortie fromthe Hashimara airbase and crashed at around 1:10 pmlocal time, nearly 15 kilometers from its take-off base,the report quoted IAF officials as saying.

The IAF has ordered an inquiry to investigate thecauses behind the crash, which is the ninth so far thisyear involving the IAF, said the report.

Xinhua

DHAKA, 24 Oct—Twenty-one labourers wentmissing as a sand-laden trawler capsized in the PadmaRiver, one of the biggest rivers in Bangladesh, followinga collision with another vessel on Friday in Faridpurdistrict, 101 km southwest of capital Dhaka. Police werequoted by private news agency UNB as saying that thetrawler carrying sand and 41 labourers on board sank inthe river at about 6 am local time when a passenger-carrying trawler coming from the opposite directionrammed into it.

Out of the workers, 20 managed to swim ashore whilethe rest remained missing. Being informed about theincident, divers rushed in and launched rescue operationwith the help of local people.

Sources said the search operation was being hampereddue to strong current and depth at the point of the riverwhere the trawler sank after the violent collision.

Xinhua

Nigeria to hostairports exhibition

in 2010

21 missing as sand-ladentrawler sinks in Bangladesh

Earthquake hits Irian JayaRegion, Indonesia

Indian Air Force Mig-27fighter crashes, pilot

escapes

Shigematsu Works Co’s protective gears aredisplayed at the Security and Safety Trade Expo

in Tokyo on 22 October, 2009.—INTERNET

A visitor tastes sour soup of China’s Miao ethnic group at the 10th GreenFood Fair of China, in Yantai, east China’s Shandong Province,

on 23 Oct, 2009. — XINHUA

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2009 shows new

variety plants at Guangxi Modern

Agricultural Science and Technology

Demonstration Zone, in Nanning, capital

of southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang

Autonomous Region.—INTERNET

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Pilots missed Twin Citiesby 150 miles - but how?

Feds designate polar bear habitatin Alaska

Hong Kong air pollutionequals record high

HONG KONG, 24 Oct—Hong Kong air pollution hasequalled a record high registered in 2000, triggering awarning for people with heart or respiratory illnesses,according to the Environmental Protection Depart-ment.

A pall of smog hung over the city, restricting viewsacross the world famous Victoria Harbour as pollut-ants built up due to a lack of wind.Roadside air pollu-tion readings reached a “very high” reading of 174overnight in Central district, equalling a record setnine years ago. When the index exceeds 101, “per-sons with existing heart or respiratory illnesses areadvised to reduce physical exertion and outdoor ac-tivities”, the department said.Air pollution levels wereforecast to remain very high on Saturday.—Internet

A Northwest Airlinesjet sits on the tarmac

at Minneapolis-StPaul International

Airport on Friday, 23Oct, 2009. Investiga-tors are looking intoa Northwest flight

bound forMinneapolis fromSan Diego which

overflew the airportby 150 miles.

INTERNET

Strong quake strikes nearIndonesia’s Papua

JAKARTA, 24 Oct—An earthquake struck near thenorth coast of Papua, Indonesia, Friday night, but notsunami warning was issued, the head of nation’s me-teorological agency said.The magnitude-5.8 quake,considered a moderate one by US Geological Sur-vey standards, was located at a depth of 35 kilometers(21.7 miles). The quake happened near Manokwari,the capital of West Papua Province, which has a popu-lation of about 800,000 people. The quake took placeat 11:15 pm (7:15 am ET).”No reports of damageyet, no tsunami warning,” according to Indonesianmeteorologist Fauzi, who only uses one name. “We’llkeep an eye on it.”

Manokwari was struck by a series of powerfulearthquakes in January — including two that meas-ured over 7.0 in magnitude — that destroyed build-ings in the remote area and reportedly killed fourpeople.Indonesia is no stranger to major earthquakes.It is located on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of faultlines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to fre-quent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.—Internet

Light earthquake hitsoff Oregon

PORTLAND, 24 Oct— A light earthquake on Fridaymorning off the coast of Oregon was the second torattle the region in 48 hours. The quake was centeredmore than 6 miles down and 245 miles west-south-west of Portland, The Portland Oregonian reported.On Wednesday, a quake struck 279 miles west ofSalem at a depth of about 6 miles.

Friday’s quake measured 4.1 on the Richter scale,the US Geological Survey reported. The is heavyenough to make itself felt near the epicenter, althoughsignificant damage is unlikely. John Bellini, an earth-quake specialist with the USGS, said two offshoreearthquakes in two days is not unusual in theregion.”That area has quakes all the time,” he said.“You get swarms of them a few times a year.”

Internet

WASHINGTON, 24 Oct –Were the pilots dis-tracted? Catching up ontheir sleep? Federal inves-tigators struggled to de-termine what the crewmembers of a NorthwestAirlines jetliner were do-ing at 37,000 feet as theysped 150 miles past theirMinneapolis destinationand military jets readiedto chase them. Unfortu-nately, the cockpit voicerecorder may not tell thetale.

A report released lateFriday said the pilotspassed breathalyzer testsand were apologetic afterWednesday night’s amaz-ing odyssey. Authorities

said the pilots told themthey had been having aheated discussion aboutairline policy. But avia-tion safety experts andother pilots were franklyskeptical they could havebecome so consumedwith shoptalk that theyforgot to land an airplanecarrying 144 passengers.

The most likely possi-bility, they said, is that thepilots simply fell asleepsomewhere along theirroute from San Diego.”Itcertainly is a plausible ex-planation,” said Bill Voss,president of the FlightSafety Foundation in Al-exandria, Va.One of thetwo pilots, first officer Ri-

chard I. Cole, said thatwasn’t the case. He alsosaid an argument wasn’tto blame.

“All I’m saying is wewere not asleep; we werenot having a fight; therewas nothing serious goingon in the cockpit thatwould threaten the peoplein the back at all,” he toldThe Associated Press inan interview at his homein Salem, Ore.—Internet

Hong Kong air pollution has equalled a record highregistered in 2000, triggering a warning for peoplewith heart or respiratory illnesses, according to the

Environmental Protection Department. A pall ofsmog hung over the city, restricting views across theworld famous Victoria Harbour as pollutants built

up due to a lack of wind.—INTERNET

Panel says NASA should skip moon,fly elsewhere

This undated file photofrom the US Fish and

Wildlife Service’sAlaska Image Library

shows a polar bear.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 24 Oct—The Obama adminis-tration said on Thursdayit is designating more than200,000 square miles inAlaska and off its coast as“critical habitat” for polarbears, an action that couldadd restrictions to futureoffshore drilling for oiland gas.Federal law pro-hibits agencies from tak-ing actions that may ad-versely affect criticalhabitat and interfere withpolar bear recovery.

Assistant Interior Sec-retary Tom Stricklandcalled the habitat designa-

tion a step in the right di-rection to help polarbears stave off extinction,while recognizing thatthe greatest threat to thebear is the melting ofArctic sea ice caused byclimate change.

“As we move forwardwith a comprehensiveenergy and climate strat-egy, we will continue towork to protect the polarbear and its fragile envi-ronment,” Strickland said

at a news conference.The total area proposed

for critical habitat desig-nation would cover about200,541 square miles —about half in the ruggedChukchi Sea off Alaska’snorthwest coast. About 93percent of the area pro-posed for the polar bear issea ice, with the remain-ing 7 percent made up ofbarrier islands or land-based dens of snow andice.—Internet

This image provided by NASA shows the 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket, sitting on Launch Pad 39B atNASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 20

Oct, 2009 awaiting it’s on 27 Oct first experimentalflight.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 24 Oct –NASA needs to make amajor detour on its grandplans to return astronautsto the moon, a special in-dependent panel told theWhite House on Thurs-day. Under current plans,NASA has picked thewrong destination withthe wrong rocket, thepanel’s chairman said. Atest-flight version of therocket, the new Ares I, ison a launch pad at CapeCanaveral, awaiting lift-off later this month for itsfirst experimental flight.

Instead, NASA shouldbe concentrating on big-ger rockets and newplaces to explore, thepanel members said, asthey issued their final155-page report. Thecommittee, created by the

White House in May tolook at NASA’s troubledexploration, shuttle andspace station programs,issued a summary of theirfindings last month,mostly urging morespending on space.

On Thursday in a news

conference, panel Chair-man Norman Augustinefocused on fresh destina-tions for NASA, sayingthat it makes more senseto put astronauts on anearby asteroid or one ofthe moons of Mars.

Internet

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S P O R T S

Grand Slam winners Yan/Zheng advance intosemis at tennis tournament of National Games

Sichuan’s Zheng Jie (R) and Yan Zicommunicate with each other during

the women’s doubles quarterfinalmatch against Tianjin’s ZhangShuai and Xie Yanze at the 11th

Chinese National Games in Jinan,east China’s Shandong Province, on

23 Oct, 2009.— Xinhua

JINAN, 24 Oct—Top seeds and de-fending champions Yan Zi and ZhengJie defeated their rivals for the women’sdoubles semifinals of the tennis tourna-ment at the Chinese National Games on

Friday. Representing Sichuan, Yan/Zheng beat Zhang Shuai and Xie Yanzeof Tianjin 7-6(2), 6-0.

“Although young players posed se-rious challenges to us, we have preparedwell,” Zheng said after the match.”I cannot concentrate at the beginning of thematch, but I adjusted in time to therhythm and won the match,” said Yan.

Xinhua

Rooney injury doubt for Man Utd’s Premiermatch at Liverpool

Sweden’s RobinSoderling

Friedrich rescues point for Bundesligaleaders Leverkusen

Soderling battlesinto Stockholm semi-finals

ReturningErding sets

PSG sights onMarseille

PARIS, 24 Oct—ParisSaint-Germain strikerMevlut Erding aims tomake his return to actionwith a bang at fierce rivalsMarseille on Sunday, hav-ing seen his team struggleduring his injury-enforcedabsence. The Turkey in-ternational, an 11 million-euro summer signingfrom Sochaux, began lifeat the Parc des Princes inimpressive fashion, scor-ing twice in his first fourgames as the capital sideclimbed to second in thetable.

But he was laid low af-ter undergoing shouldersurgery at the beginningof September and PSGhave since slipped toninth, registering just onewin in their last sixmatches. Sunday’s trip tothe 60,000 capacity StadeVelodrome is one of themarquee occasions in theFrench football calendarand Erding is alreadystraining at the leash.

Internet

Leverkusen’s striker Stefan Kiessling(L) congratulates teammate Manuel

Friedrich on scoring duringthe German first division

Bundesliga football match againstBorussia Dortmund in the northern

German city of Leverkusen.INTERNET

STOCKHOM, 24 Oct—Top seed RobinSoderling kept home titlehopes alive when he de-feated Spain’s GuillermoGarcia-Lopez 7-6 (7/4),

6-4 in the StockholmOpen quarter-finals onFriday. The Swede, whowas runner-up to Argen-tina’s David Nalbandianin 2008, shook off anearly break before takingvictory in 1hr 43min.

French Open runner-up Soderling is fightingfor one of two remainingspots in next month’seight-man ATP World Fi-nals in London, standingprovisional ninth behindNikolay Davydenko andFernando Verdasco. TheSwede can gain someground this week, thoughnot pass Verdasco, whowill not play until Valen-cia in ten days’ time.

Internet

LONDON, 24 Oct —England striker WayneRooney is doubtful forManchester United’s Pre-mier League match atLiverpool on the day af-ter his birthday due to acalf injury. “He is alwaysdesperate to play; that’sthe nature of the boy...It’s

going to be importanthow he does in trainingon Saturday,” said Unitedmanager Alex Ferguson.

The injury, being suf-fered two weeks agowhile Rooney played forEngland, has kept him outof the Red Devils’ lasttwo games. Man United

will also miss midfielderDarren Fletcher and ParkJi-sung through injury.Rooney, formerly playingfor Liverpool andEverton, has scored sevengoals for United this sea-son. — Xinhua

BERLIN, 24 Oct—German leagueleaders Leverkusen were held to a 1-1draw at home to midtable BorussiaDortmund on Friday with ex-Germanydefender Manuel Friedrich heading asecond-half equaliser for the hosts.Withsecond-placed Hamburg playingSchalke 04 on Sunday, Leverkusenmissed a chance to underline their sta-tus at the top of the table when they wereforced to share the points at home totheir tenth-placed visitors.

“We put Dortmund under pressure inthe second-half, but we didn’t playwell,” admitted Leverkusen coach JuppHeynckes.”However, I am not dissatis-fied with the 1-1 draw, because Dort-mund played with plenty of spirit andthey are on an upswing. Dortmund de-served to take a point home withthem.”—Internet

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Husky 4 Anger 7 To an outstanding degree 9 Pigeon10 Sharp outcry11 Remains13 Rumour14 Refrained from activity15 Separated17 Gasoline19 Rider (anag.)20 Situation22 Allurement23 Gracefully24 Moveable partition25 Vacillate

DOWN 1 Obstruct 2 Frost 3 Boy’s name 4 Sign of the Zodiac 5 Merely 6 Staggered 7 Disappear without trace 8 Recent past11 Formed a curve12 Cut15 Goes by16 Fire-breathing monster17 Written18 Missive20 Otherwise22 Blemish

Stuttering Barca targetresponse against

ZaragozaMADRID, 24 Oct—Reigning European and Span-

ish champions Barcelona will aim to put theirfirst dip in form of the season behind themwhen they host Real Zaragoza in La Liga onSunday. After losing their perfect league recordwith a 0-0 draw at Valencia, the Catalan side suf-fered a shock 2-1 Champions League home defeatby relatively unknown Russians Rubin Kazan inmid-week.

The Kazan loss was Barca’s first since the end ofMay when they lost 1-0 at home to Osasuna havingalready wrapped up the league title. “I don’t believein positive defeats, nor that it gives us a reality check,”said coach Pep Guardiola, whose side lead RealMadrid by a point.—Internet

(24-10-2009)Wolverhampton 1 - 1 Aston VillaBirmingham 2 - 1 SunderlandBurnley 1 - 3 Wigan AthleticHull C. 0 - 0 PortsmouthTottenham H. 0 - 1 Stoke C.Chelsea 5 - 0 Blackburn

Gael Givet of Blackburn Rovers scores an own goalpast goalkeeper Paul Robinson during their EnglishPremier League soccer match against Chelsea atStamford Bridge in London on 24 Oct.—INTERNET

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Chin,Rakhine and Kayah States, Yangon andAyeyawady Division, rain or thundershowers have beenwidespread in Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread inMon State, scattered in Kayin State, Mandalay and BagoDivisions and isolated in the remaining States and Divisionswith isolated heavyfall in Mandalay Division.Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Tatkon) (1.54) inches, Nay Pyi Tw (Lewe) (0.19)inch, Zaungtu(2.60)inches, Nyaunglebin and Kyeikkhame (1.50)incheseach, Myitkyina (1.46) inches, Chaungzon (1.38) inches,Thandaunggyi (0.55) inch and Chauk (0.16) inch.

Maximum temperature on 23-10-2009 was 88°F. Minimumtemperature on 24-10-2009 was 68°F. Relative humidity at(09:30) hours MST on 24-10-2009 was 84%. Total sun shinehours on 23-10-2009 was (1.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 24-10-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, (Nil)at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) inch at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (110.90) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09)inches at Kaba-Aye and (129.06) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southeast at (13:30) hours MST on 23-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Andaman Sea and Southeast Bay and generally fairelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 25thOctober 2009:Rain or thundershower will be widespread in Mon andKayin States, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions, scattered in Shan, Rakhine and Kayah States andisolated in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofrain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for25-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for25-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for25-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Mr. Kwok Kwong Lau from Hawaii, age83, passed away peacefully on the 21st of October2009 in Yangon, Myanmar.

Mr. Kwok Kwong Lau is survived by hisbeloved wife Ah-Hing Lau and sons Philip andKevin, daughters Adorn and Pauline, son-in-lawMartin Pun, daughters-in-law Vanessa and Trudieand 6 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2pm onTuesday the 27th of October 2009 at Htein BinMortuary, Hlinethaya Township.

Donation in lieu of flowers will beappreciated. Donations are to be sent to SPA headoffice, 10th floor FMI Centre attention Ms. AyeThidar. All donation will be donated to CycloneNargis victims.

Mr. Kwok Kwong Lau (Hawaii)Age (83) years

Benitez needs Liverpool rallyagainst United

LONDON, 24 Oct—Liverpool manager RafaelBenitez received the dreaded ‘vote of confidence’ahead of Sunday’s clash against Manchester Unitedbut the Spaniard knows kind words alone cannotdo much for his side.The Reds, who last won theEnglish title back in 1990, go into this weekend’sAnfield fixture on the back of four straight defeatsand are eighth in the table, already seven pointsbehind arch-rivals and Premier League leadersUnited.

Another defeat will likely spell the end of Liver-pool’s latest title challenge — a bitter pill for thosefans who grew up lauding it over United duringthe Merseysiders’ decades of dominance in the1970s and 1980s.And to make matters worse, Liv-erpool could well kick-off on Sunday without thestar duo of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard,both battling to overcome groin problems.

Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Oct—Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Ooreceived Minister of Railways Mr. Liu Zhijun of thePeople’s Republic of China at the hall of the StatePeace and Development Council Office, here, at 8.30am today.

Also present at the call together with the Secre-tary-1 were Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-GenAung Min, Deputy Minister for National Planning andEconomic Development Col Thurein Zaw, Director-

Secretary-1 of State Peace andDevelopment Council General

Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Ooreceives Minister of Railways of PRC

General Col Kyaw Kyaw Win of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Office and officials of the Gov-ernment Office, Charge d’Affaires ai of the ChineseEmbassy in Myanmar Mr. Wang Zongying and seniorofficials of the Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo greets Minister of Railways Mr LiuZhijun of People’s Republic of China.—MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo receives Minister of Railways Mr Liu Zhijun of People’s Republic of China.—MNA

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