the new light of myanmar 28-09-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 165 10th Waxing of Thadingyut 1371 ME Monday, 28 September, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

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

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry of Defence, accompanied byChairman of Shan State (North) Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and officials, inspectedbroadcasting the television programmes atretransmission station of Myanma Radio and Televisionin Phaunghsai Village of Monkoe, Muse Districtyesterday.

Next, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and party visitedvillage post primary school where he called foracademic affairs and provided foodstuff for teachersand students.

At the General Administration Department office

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspectsregional development undertakings inMuse District of Shan State (North)

in Monkoe, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing called ondepartmental heads to make efforts on education,health care and development tasks for local inhabitantsin cooperation with officials concerned and presentedfoodstuff to them.

On arrival at Monkoe People’s Hospital, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing encouraged the patientsreceiving treatments there and donated cash andfoodstuff.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing viewedmonsoon paddy fields on both sides of the road by car.

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing later looked intodurability of Kyu-up-Wantane Bridge and leftnecessary instructions.—MNA

It is necessary to turn out qualified techniciansand to manufacture machinery during the period ofState’s transition to an industrial country. The Ministryof Industry-2 has been fulfilling the requirements ofthe country.

During the visit to the No.2 Farm MachineryFactory located near the village of Malun in MinhlaTownship, Magway Division, we saw labourersworking actively at workshops of the factory.

The factory produces farm machinery andmachine tools which meet the set-standard and canhelp to overcome demands and challenges at worksites, said Factory Manager of the No. 2 FarmMachinery Factory U Than Htike. Especially, the

Road-rollers for effective roadworksArticle : Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos : Myint Soe (Myanma Alin)

factory has been manufacturing roadrollers, 4-tontrailers and winnowing machinery in line with thedirectives of the Ministry of Industry-2, he said.

During the visit to the assembling workshop,we saw that workers are making big rollers toassemble in road-rollers. Road-rollers have got intoproduction at the factory since September, 2004. Sofar, the factory has produced 30 road-rollers in the2008-09 fiscal year. The factory sets its target ofproducing 150 road-rollers in the 2009-2010 fiscalyear.

A road-roller is equipped with a 80-horsepowerengine, a gearbox, two controllers, two rollers andother parts. Engines for the road-rollers are

manufactured by No.2 Farm Machinery Factory.The 10-ton road-roller is equipped with three

rollers — one is in front and two are at back of theroller. When water filled in the rollers is boiling, thetotal weight of the road-roller reaches 11 tons. Whenthe three rollers are filled with sand instead of water,the road-roller weighs 12 tons. The road-rollers canspeed from 1.75 mph to 6 mph and can work 16 hrswithout stopping. A road-roller has a capacity of55,440 sq-ft per hour.

The road-roller has six gears and its efficiencyis 7 miles per gallon of diesel. The factory hasreceived an order for 30 road-rollers in the 2009-2010

(See page 7)

Road-rollers produced by No. 2 Farm Machinery Factory (Malun). Workers assemble body of a road-roller.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 28 September, 2009

Monday, 28 September, 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

With stability and peace, political,economic and social infrastructures can beimproved effectively in a nation or region.In such a situation, all forms of requirementscan be fulfilled to improve the living standardof the people.

Today, the government is having agood go at the process of transforming thenation into a peaceful, modern and developedone, mobilizing the participation of thepeople and taking full advantage ofconsolidated national unity. Now, peace andstability have been back to normalthroughout the Union as a result of the drivefor national reconsolidation.

Varieties of projects are ongoing forequitable development of all regions of theUnion. The Special Development Project,the Border Areas and National RacesDevelopment Project and the RuralDevelopment Project, for example, havebegun to yield significant results in thepolitical, economic, education, health andsocial sectors.

Now, the government is implementingthe State’s seven-step Road Map to build ademocratic nation in compliance with thewishes of the public. When the goal isachieved, as aspired by the people, the nationcan enjoy greater fruits of peace, stabilityand progress that call for collaboration ofnational races.

In a couple of decades, the government,the people and the Tatmadaw haveharmoniously built a large number ofinfrastructural buildings in various sectorsincluding in economic, transport, education,health and social fields.

The development of the Union isgaining momentum, and thus now is themost opportune time for the entire nationalpeople to do their bit with enthusiasm, teamspirit and tenacity in the democratic process.

Take an active part inbuilding a new nation

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Chairman of Shan StatePeace and Development Council Commander ofTriangle Region Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyoinspected progress in digging concrete drain of themarket in Kengtung.

Next, the commander went to the project ofconstruction of Mongnai-Kengtung railroad. He gave

Commander inspects Mongnai-Kengtung railroadnecessary instructions after hearing the reportspresented by the Project engineer at the briefing halland looked into the construction site.

Afterwards, the commander inspectedprogresses in building the roof and earth road throughthe railroad and the construction of new staff quarterof Kengtung University.—MNA

Yangon Command Commander honours victorious athletesYANGON, 27 Sept—Commander of Yangon

Command Maj-Gen Win Myint attended the ceremonyto honour victorious athletes in the Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief’s Championship ShieldsTatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Sports Competitions2009 of Yangon Command at the hall of the commandheadquarters yesterday evening.

Also present on the occasion were Senior Officersof the command, Secretary of Division Peace andDevelopment Council and party, Chairmen of DistrictPDC, coaches and athletes. The commander receivedthe shields handed over by the winning teams. Next,the commander delivered an address and hosted thedinner for the attendees.—MNA

Minister inspects regional development tasksEducation Primary School,and sports gear, exercisebooks and other differentbooks for the village tractson 25 September. Andthen, Dr U Bogyi ofYokepyo TraditionalMedicine also donatedcash assistance for thedevelopment of Shwekyinand Hlataw village-tracts.The minister attended theopening ceremony of BasicEducation Middle School(branch) in Chipa village,Shwebo Township on 26September and presentedequipments, exercisebooks and learning aidsmaterials.

Afterwards, theminister attended theopening ceremony of new

BEPS building ofNgwetwin village, AyatawTownship. U Khin MaungSwe and Daw Cho Cho, thedonors for the building,opened the ceremony bycutting the ribbon.

Next, the minister metwith rural people fromNgwetwin, Zayit andMyaynet village -tracts andpresented sports gear,exercise books, otherdifferent books, and cashassistance to build a road atNgwetwin village duringthe flood season.

The ministerencouraged rural peoplecarrying out the domesticearn works in Ngwetwinvillage.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27Sept— Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint met with ruralpeople from Hlataw,

Shwekyin and Yehtwatvillage tracts at ShwekyinVillage in WetletTownship and presentedcash assistance for Basic

YANGON, 27 Sept—Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Sweinspected extendedconstruction of Bridge No(2/100) KaingpyingyiBridge in MinhlaTownship, Bridge No (3/116) Lin Lun Pin Bridgein Okpo Township of

Dy Construction Ministerinspects bridges

Thayawady District inBago Division, Bridge No(3/197) and Bridge No (2/227) Kyay Ni Bridge inAunglan Township,Bridge No (2/224)Gwaycho Bridge, BridgeNo (4/245) Yepon Bridgein Sinbaungwe Townshipof Magway Division and

laying the foundation ofBridge No (1/293)Taungyoe Bridge.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Win Myint acceptsshield handed over by victorious team.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint presentslearning aids for Basic Education Middle

School (branch) of Chipa village.—MNA

Deputy MinisterU Tint Swe inspects

KaingpyingyiBridge.

CONSTRUCTION

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 28 September, 2009 3

Gadhafi, Chavez promoteAfrica-South America ties

Kenyan leader protests USover letters

NAIROBI, 27 Sept — Kenyan President Mwai Kibakion Saturday wrote a protest letter to US President BarackObama expressing displeasure and concerns about let-ters written to 15 prominent Kenyans. In a statement is-sued in Nairobi, Kibaki said letters written to some min-isters, lawmakers and permanent secretaries was out ofstep with the international protocol in the conduct of re-lations between friendly nations.”His ExcellencyPresident Mwai Kibaki has written to President BarackObama of the United States expressing displeasure andconcern about letters written by a US Government offi-cial to some Ministers, some Members of Parliament andsome civil servants in their personal capacity on mattersof Kenya’s public policy,” read the statement.—Xinhua

Suicide bombing targeting ministerkills four in W Afghanistan

File picture show s IranianRevolutionary Guards fir-ing a missile during anexercise. Iran fired twoshort-range missiles as itbegan war games on Sun-day, the state-ownedArabic language Al-Alam television channel reported.—INTERNET

Iran test fires short-rangemissiles

TEHERAN, 27 Sept – State television says Iran test-fired short-range missiles during drills by the eliteRevolutionary Guard.English-language Press TV re-ported that the missiles tested were the Fateh-110 andTondar-69, but did not give specifics on the range orother details.

Iran has had the solid-fuel Fateh missile, with arange of 120 miles (193 kilometres), for severalyears.Press TV quoted a Revolutionary Guard spokes-man saying on Saturday that the exercises would in-volve simultaneous and consecutive launches of mis-siles fired at mock targets.—Internet

Scale models of a Venezuelan satellite and its Chineselauncher on display at Venezuela’s satellite control cen-tre at El Sombrero, Venezuela in 2008. China will buildand launch a communications satellite for Laos, Chi-nese media reported on Saturday, following similar

ventures for Nigeria and Venezuela.—INTERNET

A suicide attack against NATO forces in Kunduz Province in August. Ethnictensions, land disputes and a new US supply line have plunged Afghanistan’sbread basket and northern Province Kunduz into violence, putting German

troops on the frontline.—INTERNET

PORLAMAR, 27 Sept –Moammar Gadhafi andHugo Chavez urgednearly 30 leaders fromthroughout Africa andSouth America on Satur-day to form a strong in-tercontinental alliance tomake the two regions anew global power.TheLibyan leader, on his firstvisit to the Americas,called for the two regionsto become a political andeconomic force, sayingthat together “we cantransform the world.”

Gadhafi proposed a de-fence alliance of SouthAmerican and African na-tions, calling it “a NATO ofthe South” — an ideaChavez has raised withother allies in the past.Seven South Americanleaders signed an agree-ment to create a regionaldevelopment bank with$20 billion in startup capi-tal, and Chavez offered tohelp create a “South-Southbank” with African coun-tries in the future. The two-day meeting that began Sat-

urday on Venezuela’sMargarita Island addresseda wide range of concerns,from hunger in Africa to theeconomic crisis and de-mands for reforming theUnited Nations.Chavezcalled it “a summit of greatimportance for the strug-gles of the South.” Presi-dents discussed plans forjoint projects in energy,mining, agriculture andother areas. ”Only unitedwill we be free,” Chavezsaid as he opened the sum-mit.—Internet

US drone crashes in northern IraqMOSUL, 27 Sept — A US unmanned drone crashed

on Saturday in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the capital ofNineveh Province, without causing any casualties, theUS military and Iraqi provincial police said. The re-connaissance drone struck the office of the Iraqi Is-lamic Party, the major Sunni Arab political party, aUS military spokesman said.

There was no report about injuries and there wasno indication that the aircraft was shot down, he said,adding that the incident is under investigation. An Iraqipolice source in Mosul told Xinhua that a US dronecrashed on the building of the Iraqi Islamic party of-fice at the Ghazlany area, just south of Mosul withoutcausing casualties. There was no report about groundfire before the crash, he said, referring to that techni-cal reasons apparently were behind the incident. Hesaid US troops rushed to the scene and cordoned offthe building.— Xinhua

Antananarivo-Guangzhouflight makes stop over after

false bomb report ANTANANARIVO, 27 Sept — A flight from

Antananarivo to Guangzhou in southern China had tostop over on the French-ruled La Reunion island afterreceiving a false bomb report. Midi, a French-languagedaily, reported on Saturday that authorities at theAntananarivo international airport received an anony-mous telephone call shortly after the flight took off at15.00 pm local time (12.00 on GMT) Friday, sayingthat an explosive device was in luggage on the aircraft.

The flight stopped at the La Reunion airport tocheck each piece of luggage on the plane.However,after nearly five hours of searching, the report said,nothing was found. Madagascan Airline opened theAntananarivo-Guangzhou flight last July, with twoflights to and from the two cities every Monday andFriday via La Reunion and Bangkok.— Xinhua

KABUL, 27 Sept — A sui-cide bombing targeting thevehicle of Afghan Ministerof Energy and Water IsmaelKhan on Sunday morning inHerat City, capital of HeratProvince in western Af-ghanistan, killed at least fourcivilians and wounded 17others, but the official es-caped unhurt, sources said.

Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, thespokesman for police forcesin west Afghanistan, toldXinhua that a suicidebomber driving explosive-laden car blew himself upwhen the minister’s vehiclepassed by the road. Wit-nesses said the explosionoccurred near a school. “At

least four civilians aroundwere killed and 17 more,some of them students, werewounded,” Ahmadi added.He said the minister, whoescaped unhurt, was on hisway to the airport when theblast took place. Talebanmilitants, who have intensi-fied their assaults againstAfghan government and in-ternational troops, have yetto claim responsibility forthe attack..

Xinhua

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An Olympic Airlines airplane takes off from the Athens International Airportin 2008. Greece’s national carrier Olympic Airlines which was bought by

Greek and United Arab Emirates investment group Marfin announced Satur-day that starting Tuesday most of its flights will be operated by its successor

Olympic Air.—INTERNET

A partial view of the lenga’s forest taken from the base of Perito Morenoglacier in 2008 in Patagonia, Argentina. Argentina has lost nearly 70 percent

of its forests in a century, the Environmental Secretariat saidat a UN conference on desertification.—INTERNET

Philippine storm leaves 75dead and missing

MANILA, 27 Sept—Rescuers plucked bodies frommuddy floodwaters and scrambled to save drenchedsurvivors on rooftops on Sunday after a tropical stormtore through the northern Philippines and left 75people dead or missing in the region’s worst floodingin more than four decades. The government declareda “state of calamity” in metropolitan Manila and 25storm-hit provinces, allowing officials to utilize emer-gency funds for relief and rescue, Defence SecretaryGilbert Teodoro said. Army troops, police and civil-ian volunteers have rescued more than 5,100 people.

Tropical Storm Ketsana roared across the north-ern Philippines near Manila on Saturday, dumpingmore than a month’s worth of rain in just 12 hours.The resulting landslides and flooding have left at least52 people dead and 23 others missing, Teodoro said.

Internet

China issues alert on approachingtropical storm Kestana

BEIJING, 27 Sept—China issued an alert on Sun-day for approaching tropical storm Kestana, whichleft at least 51 people dead and 21 others missing inthe Philippines on Saturday.

Kestana, the 16th tropical storm this year, waslocated at 910 km southeast of Sanya City in south-ern China’s Hainan Province at 5 am on Sunday. Itcontains winds of up to 90 km per hour at its centreand is moving northwestward at 20 km an hour, thecentral observatory said. The observatory forecaststhe tropical storm will continue strengthening andwould hit southern coastal areas of Hainan or passthrough the southern coast of Hainan to lash coastalregions in Vietnam on Tuesday or Wednesday. Itordered boats in Kestana’s path to return to harbor.

The tropical storm made landfall on the north-eastern Philippines coast on Saturday noon and trig-gered heavy rainfall in metropolitan Manila for sixhours ending 2 pm Saturday.—Xinhua

Seminar on China-Pakistan economiccooperation held in Islamabad

FIFA warnsof fake tickets

LONDON , 27 Sept—FIFA is warning footballfans to beware of faketickets for next year’sWorld Cup in South Africaas it cracks down onfraudulent Internet sales.In order to prevent forgery,official match tickets willonly be printed a fewweeks before the tourna-ment kicks off next year.

FIFA have revealedthat it is working with in-ternational authorities toaddress the problem. Itpraises in particular Brit-ish efforts to shut downwebsites selling fake tick-ets. FIFA have reiteratedthat fans who buy faketickets will not be able toaccess the stadium on theday of the match.

Internet

Apple upsets gamer in-dustry cart

Chrysler eyes Fiat techfor midsize sedans

Residents swim towards high ground during flood-ing caused by Typhoon Ondoy in Cainta Rizal, eastof Manila on 27 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 27 Sept—Officials and businessmenfrom China and Pakistanheld a seminar on eco-nomic cooperation here onSaturday as part of the cel-ebration of the 60th anniver-sary of the People’s Repub-lic of China. PakistaniFederal Minister for Sci-ence and TechnologySenator MuhammadAzam Khan Swati andChinese Ambassador toPakistan Luo Zhaohui at-

tended the seminar,which was held in theIslamabad Chamber ofCommerce and Industry(ICCI). In his welcomespeech, ICCI PresidentMian Shaukat Masud saidthat China is Pakistan’sstrategic partner and time-tested friend as the twocountries’ bilateral ties arebased on mutual interestsand unanimity of viewson regional and interna-tional issues.

“These close relationsare strongly supplementedand supported by peoplesof both countries. Peopleand the government of Pa-kistan have great regardfor the Chinese nation andthe government, which hasalways stood with Pakis-tan at all difficult times,”he said. Chairman of theAssociation of ChineseEnterprises in Pakistan(ACEP) Cao Ye said thatChinese businessmenareall over Pakistan andthey are making a lot ofcontributions to Pakistan’seconomic development.

Xinhua

DETROIT, 27 Sept—Offi-cials of US automakerChrysler Group LLC aredetermining how to use Fiatexpertise to build futureproducts such as midsizesedans, sources say.

Quoting an unnamed“person familiar with theboard’s agenda,” The De-troit News reportedChrysler’s nine-memberboard of directors on Fridaydiscussed the flagging salesof Chrysler’s key midsizesedan segment and how toapply the engineering andtechnical expertise of Fiat —which now manages theautomaker — to suchunderperforming models asthe Chrysler Sebring andDodge Avenger.

Also reportedly dis-cussed at the board meetingwas where to build the

brands. The News said hun-dreds of Chrysler workerswho now make the midsizesedans in Sterling Heights,Mich., staged a protest Fri-day to denounce plans toclose their assembly plant atthe end of next year.

“We think Chryslermade a mistake closingour plant,” Bill Parker,president of United AutoWorkers Local 1700, toldthe newspaper, noting thatChrysler CEO SergioMarchionne has alreadymoved to reverse someprevious management de-cisions, such as keepingthe Dodge Viper andChrysler PT Cruiser afterthey were to be phased out,as well as to reinstate athird shift of Canadianminivan production.

Internet

TOKYO, 27 Sept—Ex-ecutives in the video-game industry say theeconomy and Apple’smove into their turf areamong their big worriesheading into the holidayshopping season.Industryleaders at this week’s To-kyo Game Show said Ap-ple’s ability to host gameson its iPod Touch andiPhone could cut into theirsales, which are alreadyexpected to be soft due tothe lingering effects of therecession.”In the pastyear, the gaming lifestylehas been transformed,”said Haruhiro Tsujimoto,CEO of game-makerCapcom. “Cellphoneshave become a recognizedgaming device.”

The New York Timessaid on Saturday the indus-

try is concerned not onlybecause Apple representsa major new player in themarket, but because itsiPhone applications sellfor a fraction of the cost ofconventional games. Thenew landscape has manyanalysts and executivesconvinced that the videogame industry will be-come more focused in thenear term on software andtheir own evolving busi-ness models and less onsplashy hardware such asthe Wii and PlayStation,the Times said.—Internet

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Kseniya Simonova, the winner of TV show contest“Ukraine’s Got Talent”, creates a drawing in sand

in Yevpatoria on 24 Sept, 2009. The 24-year-oldUkrainian won a prize of 1 million hryvnias

($118, 343) for her display of story telling throughsand animation during the contest. —XINHUA

Musicians from “Oriental Jasmine”, a Chinesetraditional instruments orchestra, perform at theSydney Opera, Australia, on 24 Sept, 2009. The

“Oriental Jasmine” from southwest China’sSichuan Province held a concert here

on Thursday.—XINHUA

Cuba’s President RaulCastro (R) talks to Pales-tinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas duringa meeting at the Revolu-tion Palace in Havana on26 Sept, 2009.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

FAO calls on ASA regionto fight against povertyPORLAMAR, 27 Sept —

Jacques Diouf, director-general of the UN Foodand Agriculture Organi-zation (FAO), called onAfrican and SouthAmerican nations to fighttogether against povertyon Saturday.

“African and SouthAmerican peoples arebrothers and we have tofight together to improvelife conditions in theworld, and particularly tofight against poverty”,said Jacques Diouf, whois taking part in the SecondAfrica - South America(ASA) summit (ASA)inPorlamar, Venezuela.

He also calledcountries of the region totry to duplicate the worldfood production since thenumber of hungry peoplein the world has increasedand that projections

indicate that by the year2050 the world populationis going to rise from 6.5billion to 9.2 billion. Toachieve that goal, “weneed to work to gether”,said the director-generalof the FAO. According toDiouf, the second meetingof ASA heads of state andgovernment will discussnew initiatives, actions orstrategies to increase theproductivity in ASAcountries.”

Xinhua

Cuba, Palestine sign threecooperation agreements

HAVANA, 27 Sept—The Cuban and Palestinianauthorities signed onSaturday three bilateralagreements on boosting

their cooperation in thedevelopment of highereducation, culture andsports. The agreement onhigher education includedhow to boost the twocountries’ collaboration indeveloping science andeducation in favour of bothpeoples’ welfare.

The cultural agreementwas aimed to strengthentheir cooperation in such

fields as the recovery andconservation of manu-scripts, evaluation ofhistorical events andrestoration of paperdocuments.The CubanYouth and Sports Ministryalso signed a deal with thePalestinian side onpromoting and streng-thening ties in sports andphysical education.

Xinhua

Egypt urges Israeli tofreeze settlement activity

UNITED NATIONS, 27Sept—Egyptian ForeignMinister Ahmed AbulGheit on Saturday stressedthe necessity to ensureIsrael’s “commitment tocomplete freeze ofsettlement activities inoccupied Palestinianterritory, including EastJerusalem. “Such Israelicommitment would pavethe way to reinstitute lostcredibility in the efforts toachieve peace” in theMiddle East, Abul Gheitsaid, addressing the generaldebate of the 64th sessionof the United NationsGeneral Debate. He calledfor “intensive work” to

press Israel and thePalestinians to “resume thenegotiating process as soonas possible.”

“The internationalcommunity should putforward the formula for thefinal settlement to theconflict, cognizant of theneed not to waste more timein examining details thateveryone knows will nothelp realizing the aspiredsettlement,” the ministersaid. He accuses Israel oflacking the political will to“engage in serious andcredible negotiations thataim at reaching a finalsettlement to the conflict.”

Xinhua

Three killed in US crashWASHINGTON, 27 Sept

— A medical transporthelicopter crashed insouthern US state of SouthCarolina on Friday night,killing all three people onboard, the company whichowned the helicopter saidon Saturday. “Omniflightis deeply saddened by thetragic loss of its crewmembers and wishes toexpress its deepest regretsand sincerest condolencesto the families and friendsof those who lost theirlives,” Texas-based

Omniflight said in astatement. According tothe company, a pilot, flightnurse and paramedic wereon board when theAmerican EurocopterAS350B2 crashed at about11:30 pm on Friday night.No patients were on boardwhen the tragedy tookplace.The copter took offfrom Charleston, SouthCarolina, at around 11 pmlocal time on Friday andwas destined to anothercity of the coastal state —Conway.—Xinhua

Sedan crashes into minivan in Indonesia’scentral Java, six killed

JAKARTA, 27 Sept — A Nissan sedan crashed into a Toyota Kijang minivan inBrebes, Central Java, Indonesia on Saturday, killing six, the Jakarta Post reported.Theaccident happened while the sedan was moving at high speed and swung to the rightsuddenly. It crossed the median and hit the minivan and was pushed backward fora few meters before it plunged into a roadside ditch.

Six people aboard the sedan, including the driver, his wife and their 6-year-olddaughter, were killed, while the bodies of a woman aged around 50, a boy and a babyhave remained unidentified. According to local traffic police, the accident may becaused by fatigue as they suspected the driver was sleepy after driving for hours.Four people aboard the minivan suffered minor injuries.— Xinhua

Xinhua, China Mobile to providehandset live show on National DayBEIJING, 27 Sept —

The Mobile TV of XinhuaNews Agency and ChinaMobile Corporation willjointly offer cell phone

users a live and all-aroundcoverage of “NationalDay” celebrations on 1Oct.

China Mobile’shandset TV users can logon Xinhua’s Mobile TVsystem to watch the livebroadcast, studiointerviews and TV specialsabout the 60th anniversaryof the founding of the

People’s Republic ofChina. The freeprogramme will be runningfrom zero hour to 10:30pm that day.

The most attractivepart will be the live showof military review andparade of the massivecelebrations in the centreof Beijing.Dozens of livebroadcast sites, includingthose in Shanghai, HongKong, New York and Paris,will also be established tobroaden the view of mobileTV watchers.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUMUS scientists net giant squid in Gulf of Mexico

US scientists in the Gulf of Mexicounexpectedly netted a 19.5-foot (5.9-metre) giant squid off the coast ofLouisiana, the Interior Departmentsaid, showing how little is knownabout life in the deep waters of theGulf.

Not since 1954, when a giant squidwas found floating dead off theMississippi Delta, has the rare speciesbeen spotted in the Gulf of Mexico.

The squid, weighing in at 103 pounds(46.7 kg), was caught 30 July in a trawlnet more than 1,500 feet underwater as itwas pulled by a research vessel.

The giant squid, which did not survivethe rapid change in water depth when

brought to the surface, was preservedand sent to the Smithsonian Institution’sNational Museum of Natural Historyfor further study.

A giant squid collected by NOAA offthe Louisiana coast in the Gulf of

Mexico is seen in a handout photo.

The world’s tallest man, Sultan Kosenof Turkey, is measured by an official

from Guinness World Records in NewYork’s Times Square. The 26-year-oldis 2 metres 46.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch) tall,

also claiming the record for thelargest hands and feet. Kosen is inNew York to promote the Guinness

book of World Records 2010.

Miss police use Taser, handcuffs on wayward emu

Two baby competitors swim to the

finish line under their parents’

direction during the third China

Baby Swimming Competition in

Beijing, capital of China.

Officers had to use a stun gun andhandcuffs to capture an emu running looseon Interstate 20 in central Mississippi onSunday. Police Officer Kiley Culpepper

told WLBT-TV in Jackson thatmotorists had been calling 911 sinceFriday to report sightings of two emuson I-20 and nearby US Highway 80.

Authorities had been unable to findthe animals until Sunday, when onewas spotted near an I-20 entrance ramp.

The big bird was dodging traffic.Culpepper and deputies were able tosurround the animal but has to use theTaser and handcuffs to finally get it offthe road.

After being captured, the animalwas taken to the Scott County ForestColiseum.

Pair trying to catch fishnet $87,000 in cash

Two Australian teenagers who foundalmost 100,000 Australian dollars($87,000) in cash during a fishing triphave handed it over to police — afterspending some time thinking about it.

The pair discovered the moneyearlier this month near the New SouthWales town of Nimbin — a centre ofhippie culture where members ofnumerous communes annually celebratea festival to promote cannabis use.

The teenagers contacted police, afterrevealing the find to an unidentifiedadult they know and getting some legaladvice, police said in a statement.

Inspector Greg Moore said policewere investigating whose money itmight be, and whether the stash of cashwas linked to crime. “It could beproceeds of ill-gotten gains,” Mooretold the Australian Broadcasting Corp .

Police had searched an area atTuntable Creek where the teenagersfound the money, but found no morecash and no clues, he said.

Women carry wood for their stoves in La Fuente, Guatemala on 26 Sept, 2009.Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom declared a state of “calamity” over foodsupplies in Guatemala, where a prolonged dryspell has reduced the harvest of

staples like maize and beans by up to 50 percent.—INTERNET

Death row Iraqis among eight escapees recaptured

Second clinical trial forChina’s HIV/AIDS vaccineBEIJING, 27 Sept — China has conducted its

second phase of clinical trials of a vaccine forHIV/AIDS. This is the first time experts are as-sessing the safety and efficiency of the vaccinein high-risk groups.

More than 230 volunteers took part in this secondphase in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Scientists are expected to decide, based on results,whether to go ahead with a third phase of trials.

If a third phase is carried out, it will evaluate thevaccine’s effectiveness on a large number ofpeople.China started research on a vaccine for theAIDS virus in 1996. — Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 27 Sept —Eight of the 16 membersof al Qaeda in Iraq whoescaped on Wednesdaynight from a Tikrit prisonnorth of Baghdad havebeen recaptured, securityofficials in Samarra toldCNN on Saturday.Two ofthe prisoners were cap-tured on Saturday morn-ing in Samarra by securityforces conducting house-to-house searches.

Three of the eight re-captured prisoners hadpreviously been sentencedto death for crimes thatinclude killing and kid-napping, officials said.

Police launched the man-hunt after the prisonersfled through an air ventand then climbed over aconcrete prison wall. Iraqispecial forces have beencalled into the search andborder guards have beenalerted to ensure the mendon’t cross into a neigh-bouring country, policesaid. Police have distrib-uted pictures of thefugitives throughoutSalaheddin Province,where Tikrit is located.

The Iraqi Interior Min-istry has taken charge ofthe investigation and allprison guards at Tikrit are

being investigated, policesaid. The prison holdsmore than 400 inmates.AlQaeda in Iraq is an insur-gent group that pledged itsallegiance to Osama binLaden’s al Qaeda terrornetwork in 2004, after theUS-led invasion of Iraq.Its members largely arenative Iraqis, but they alsoinclude foreign fighters,and foreigners have beenthe group’s prominentleaders.Tikrit, the home-town of former Iraqi dic-tator Saddam Hussein, isabout 160 km (99 miles)north of Baghdad.

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Gun battle leaves eight militants,two Afghan police dead in West

KABUL, 27 Sept— Gun battle between Talebanmilitants and police in Nimroz Province, west of Af-ghanistan, left eight militants and two police officersdead on Saturday, provincial governor Ghulam DastgirAzad said. “The militants raided a border checkpointin Kand district in the wee hours and the police re-sisted, killing eight rebels and wounding four others,”Azad told Xinhua.

In the firefight which lasted several hours, twopolice officers were killed and three others gotwounded, he said.The militants executed three civil-ians on charge of spying for the government in theneighbouring Herat Province on Friday. — Xinhua

Acorns a growing threatin Massachusetts

BROOKLINE, 27 Sept — Massachusetts residentssay they are under siege from this year’s large cropof acorns as the hard nuts have been falling from treeslike rain.Greg Roberson and Neil McIsaac ofBrookline, Mass, said they routinely encounter thenuts as they fall from area oak trees, creating safetyhazards while in the air and once on the ground, TheBoston Globe reported on Saturday.

“Every time I hear one, I think it’s a kid throwing arock at me,” Roberson said. “They’re falling every-where.” “I’ve nearly broken my neck several times,”McIsaac offered. “There are tons of them.”

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Road-rollers for effective roadworksArticle : Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos : Myint Soe (Myanma Alin)

Photo shows body for road-roller.A labourer works in a workshop to make rollers for road-rollers.(from page 1)

fiscal year. The efficiencyof the road-rollers issuitable for roadconstruction in Myanmarand a road-roller costs 50percent lower than the costfor road-rollers producedin foreign countries.

The road-rollers offerguaranteed free servicesfor a year. Those wishingto place order for road-rollers may contact No-2Farm Machinery Factory(Malun), Ph 02-67598; 02-67562 and 067-405055,405056, 405323.

In accordance with thedirectives of the ministryA technician inspects an engine of a road-roller.

U Than Htike, Manager of No. 2 FarmMachinery Factory (Malun).

and demands fromcustomers, the factory isplanning to producevibration road-rollers. Dueto the cost effectivenessand high efficiency, theroad-rollers produced by

the No-2 AgriculturalMachinery Factory(Malun) are being used inroad construction acrossthe country.

*******(Translation: AMS)

A&I Minister inspectspilot farm and specialpaddy seeds nurturing

plantation

Diploma in banking course No. (1) concludesNAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Minister for Finance

and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun addressed the conclud-ing ceremony of Diploma in Banking Course No (1) ofMyanmar Banking Training School (Mandalay) atSedona Hotel in Mandalay on 25 September.

The course was conducted by Myanmar BanksAssociation under the supervision of the Ministry ofFinance and Revenue.

Also present on the occasion were Governor of

Central Bank of Myanmar U Than Nyein, the direc-tors-general and managing directors of the depart-ments and enterprises under the Ministry, the chairmenof the banks, the managing directors, the principal andlecturers of Myanmar Banking Training School (Man-dalay), the banking experts and trainees.

The one-year-course was attended by 36 train-ees.

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Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun addresses concluding ceremony of No (1) Diploma in BankingCourse of Myanmar Banking Training School (Mandalay).—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspected pilot farmand special paddy seeds nurturing plantation atMyanmar Paddy Research Department of the MyanmaAgriculture Service at Hmawby, Yangon North Districton 21 September.

Later, Manager Dr. Ye Tint Tun explained factsabout the plantation system and record research ofpaddy.

Next, the Managing Director of Myanma FarmsEnterprise U Ohn Than and General Manager U SanNyunt explained distribution procedure of seedsnurturing paddy plantation.

After that, the minister inspected the thrivingpaddy plantation.

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YANGON, 27 Sept—Deputy Min-ister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htaytogether with Vice-Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and Development Coun-cil Brig-Gen Sein Myint met with localpeople of Paungde in Pyay Townshipon 26 September.

During the meeting, the deputyminister, deputy director-general U ThanAung of the Ministry of Health andwellwishers donated cash for regional

Commander attends opening of new tarredroad, prize-presenting ceremonies

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Chair-man of Mandalay Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwetogether with the mayor and officialsattended the opening of new self-relianttarred road in Mahaaungmye Township,Mandalay Division on 16 September.

The commander also attendedprize-presenting ceremony held at No.

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept— De-fence Services Commander-in-Chief’sShield Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air)Chess Championship was opened atthe station gymnasium of NorthernCommand Headquarters in Myitkyinaon 21 September morning, with anopening speech of Chairman of KachinState Peace and Development Council

C-in-C’s Shield Chess Competition opened

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—The 25thDefence Services Commander-in-Chief’s Cup Tatmadaw ( Army, Navy,Air) U 21 Football Tournament for 2009continued the first round matches at thedesignated zones this evening. In group(A), Southern Command team crushedNo. 77 Light Infantry Division team 6-2 in Ratakha zone (Mawlamyine). In

Deputy Minister meets with local peopledevelopment work.

Next, the minister met with thedoctor and officials of PaukkhaungTownship People’s Hospital and donatedmedicines.

Afterwards, the deputy ministerinspected progress in replacing new 12-inch natural gas pipelines to connectwith Pyay oil filed and Titut natural gaspipelines in Shwedaung Township inBago Division (West).—MNA

14 Basic Education High School inChanayethazan Township. He deliveredan address there and presented gifts tostudents who passed the matriculationexam for 2009 with flying colours.

Later, the commander attendedprize-delivering ceremony of Command-er’s shield boxing contest and enjoyedfinals at PyinOoLwin gymnasium. Hethen awarded winners.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Minister forHome Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo had ameeting with members of Auxiliary FireBrigade and Red Cross societies at theFire Services Department in Nay PyiTaw Tatkon Township yesterday after-

Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air) U 21Football Tournament continues

group (B), South East Command teambeat No.22 Light Infantry Division team2-1 in Natakha zone (Pathein). In group(C), Nay Pyi Taw Command –A teamwon over Western Command-A team 1-0 in Namakha zone (Monywa). In group(E), Defence Services (Air) team routedNo 88 Light Infantry Division team 4-0in Tapakha zone (Toungoo).—MNA

Minister meets auxiliary firebrigade, Red Cross members

noon.He called for collaboration for re-

gional development. He inspected thebuilding of staff quarters in the com-pound of the township police force andgave instructions.—MNA

Commander of Northern CommandMaj-Gen Soe Win.

The commander viewed the com-petition of the first day matches.

Next, the commander addressedthe ceremony to release fingerlings toAyeyawady River at Ayeya Jetty andreleased fingerlings.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe inaugurating the new tarred road.MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htay addresses meeting with locals inPaungde.—ENERGY

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo inspects construction of staff quarter incompound of police force in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Soe Win opens C-in-C’s Shield Tatmadaw(Army, Navy, Air) Chess Championship.—MNA

One who spreads out his mettã (loving-kindness) towards allsentient beings, does not harm or causes others to harm another;or does not bully or causes others to bully another.

To such a person arises no enmity internal or external.(Anguttãrã Pali, Vol I, Metta Sutta-443)

Metta dispels harm

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NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept— Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min left PakokkuRailway Station by RBEspecial train on 25 Sep-tember and inspected con-struction of 285-foot-longShwe kyaung creek bridgebetween Pakokku stationand Htintanlan station andits durability, Pakokkuuniversity station, 756-foot-long Chaungmakaibridge between Compu-

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—Chair-man of Ayeyawady Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander ofSouth-West Command Maj-Gen KyawSwe on 12 September inspected retain-ing wall on Ayeyawady River bank inSantan ward of Zalun and growing oflablab bean at Thanlwinkwin agricul-tural educative camp.

Next, the commander looked

NAY PYI TAW, 27Sept—A ceremony to signthe agreement betweenMyanmar Electric PowerEnterprise and Shweli (1)Hydropower Co. Ltd was

YANGON, 27 Sept— The 6th ceremony to pro-vide cash assistance for the old and sick sailors washeld at training hall of Myanmar Oversea SeafarersAssociation at Yuzana Hotel here this morning.

A total of 69 sailors were provided withK 30000 each. Later, Vice-Chairman of MOSA U WinNgwe delivered an address and Secretary Captain USoe Min Aung spoke words of thanks.

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Commander inspects quality paddyplantations in Ayeyawady Div

into quality paddy plantations inAlamyo Village of Danuphyu Town-ship and Iwine Village of MaubinTownship. He also viewed cultivation,weeding and broadcasting fertilizer atthe plantations.

After that, the commander en-joyed inter-club final football matchMaubin District and presented prizes tothe winning teams.—MNA

Minister inspects Kyangin-Pakokkurailroad project

ter Studies University Sta-tion and Begyi station be-ing built by the Ministry.

Next, he looked intoprogress in constructionof Nandawyat Bridge be-tween the University ofComputer Studies and

Begyi station and the sta-tion of the University ofComputer Studies.

The minister heardreports presented by offi-cials on facts aboutKyangin-Pakokku rail-road project including lay-ing of railway tracks onPwintphyu-Pakokku sec-tion and construction ofbridges and stations. Next,the minister inspectedmachines to be installedin the Concrete Sleeper

Factory and arrivals of rawmaterials for producingconcrete sleepers.

On 26 September, theminister oversaw layingof railway tracks and lay-ing gravels at Begyi sta-tion and between Begyi

station and Myitche sta-tion.

At 1360-foot-longChaungmagyi Bridge No(1) being built by PublicWorks of the Ministry ofConstruction nearMyitche village, districtsenior engineer U Tin Soeof bridge special group(8) reported to the minis-ter on construction of rail-way bridge and laying ofconcrete floor. The minis-ter gave instructions on

timely completion of theproject meeting the setstandard.

Then, he inspectedprogress in constructionof Myitche station inPakokku township. Thestaff of Myanma Railways

are working hard to open27 miles of Pakokku-Kyunchaung (Myitche)railroad section in Novem-ber 2009.

Afterwards, the minis-ter left Bagan station byRBE special train to inspectupgrading of Bagan-Kyaukpadaung railroadsection. He inspected lay-ing of gravel and placing ofconcrete sleepers betweenSute station andNgaminmay station and thesite chosen for constructionof Ngaminmay station.

Later, the minister andparty looked into laying

of gravel and replacing oftimber sleepers with con-crete ones betweenNyaungto station andPinchaung station andgrinding of gravel andtheir stockpiles.

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MEPE signs agreement with Shweli (1)Hydropower Co Ltd

held at the hall of the Min-istry of Electric Power No.2here on 24 September.

Those present at thesigning ceremony wereMinister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint, Min-ister for National Planningand Economic Develop-ment U Soe Tha, Ministerfor Electric Power No. 1Col Zaw Min, Chief Jus-tice U Aung Toe, Attor-ney-General U AyeMaung, deputy ministers,heads of departments and

officials of Shweli (1)Hydropower Co. Ltd.

Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint madean opening speech on theoccasion while ManagingDirector Mr Ma Lipengspoke words of thanks.

Next, Managing Di-rector U Khin Maung Zawof MEPE and ManagingDirector Mr Ma Lipeng ofShweli (1) HydropowerCo. Ltd signed the powerpurchase agreement.

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Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe views monsoon paddy plantations.MNA

The 6th ceremony to provide cash assistancefor the old and sick sailors of MOSA in

progress.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min inspecting construction of railway tracks and laying gravels atBegyi station.—MNA

MOSA holds 6th cash providingceremony for old sailors

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Rabies, a neglected diseaseDr Win Htin

Rabies is a zoonotic disease (a disease that istransmitted to humans from animals) that is caused bya virus. Rabies infects domestic and wild animals, andis spread to people through close contact with infectedsaliva (via bites or scratches). The disease is presenton nearly every continent of the world but mosthuman deaths occur in Asia and Africa (more than95 %). Once symptoms of the disease develop, rabiesis fatal. The first symptoms of rabies are flu-like,including fever, headache and fatigue, and thenprogress to involve the respiratory, gastrointestinaland/or central nervous systems. In the critical stage,signs of hyperactivity (furious rabies) or paralysis(dumb rabies) dominate. In both furious and dumbrabies, some paralysis eventually progresses tocomplete paralysis, followed by coma and death in allcases, usually due to breathing failure. Withoutintensive care, death occurs during the first sevendays of illness.

Rabies is widely distributed across the globe.More than 55,000 people die of rabies each year.About 95% of human deaths occur in Asia and Africa.The World Health Organization (WHO) South-EastAsia Region (SEAR) carries most of the burden ofrabies contributing to 60% of global mortality due tothis preventable disease of the estimated 25,000 deathsdue to rabies in SEAR, a majority are in India andBangladesh. In Myanmar, rabies deaths are reportedas 156, 153, 164, 186, 187, 266 and 235 annually from2001 through 2007. Here, under-reporting can beanticipated due to conditions like, when dog bittenvictims succumb to rabies in very remote areas orwhen they resort to traditional remedies, quackery orfaith healing at home, out of ignorance.

Most human deaths follow a bite from aninfected dog. Between 30% to 60% of the victims ofdog bites are children under the age of 15. Woundcleansing and immunizations, done as soon as possibleafter suspect contact with an animal and followingWHO recommendations, can prevent the onset ofrabies in virtually 100% of exposures. Once the signsand symptoms of rabies start to appear, there is notreatment and the disease is almost always fatal.

Globally, the most cost-effective strategy for preventingrabies in people is by eliminating rabies in dogs throughanimal vaccinations.

WHO sponsored workshop on RabiesElimination in South-East Asia was conducted inColombo, Sri Lanka on November 10-12, 2005. Asoutput of the workshop the following arerecommended—

- WHO should undertake advocacy at the highestlevel to elicit political commitment from MemberStates to initiate or strengthen where they exist, acomprehensive national rabies control programme

- WHO should develop generic guidelines forestablishment and implementation of a nationalrabies control programme and provide technicalsupport in formulation of risk communicationstrategy to be integrated into national rabies controlprogramme

- Member States should establish a comprehensivenational rabies control programme. The programshould receive technical guidance and supervisionfrom a national committee or task force that hasrepresentatives from all stakeholders

- The national programme should have an efficientlaboratory based surveillance system

- Member States should phase out nervous tissue-derived vaccines for human and veterinary use ina defined period of time and use modern, safevaccines of proven efficacy

- Mass vaccination should be the mainstay of caninerabies control programme and, whenever needed,it should be supplemented with other methods likeproper dog population management

- Member State should make cell culture vaccinesaccessible to the people living in rural areas wherethe rabies burden is highest. The intra-dermalroute of vaccination administration should bepromoted

- Member States should develop a riskcommunication strategy to obtain activeinvolvement of communities in rabies preventionand control activities

- Member States should encourage research to

develop innovative and efficient methods andtools to reduce the cost of the rabies controlprogram

In 2006, a group of researchers andprofessionals formed a global Alliance for RabiesControl. They created and began inviting partners tojoin the World Rabies Day initiative. The inauguralWorld Rabies Day initiative now involves human andanimal health partners at the international, national,state/provincial, and local levels, veterinary, medicaland other specialized professional and studentorganizations, and corporate and non-profit partners.The goal of this outreach is to mobilize awareness andresources in support of human rabies prevention andanimal rabies control. With the initial goal of engaging55,000 people to take action, one for each person whodies each year from rabies, the inaugural campaign onSeptember 8, 2007 saw participation of nearly 400,000individuals from at least 74 countries! Thisoverwhelming response was an important step forwardfor rabies prevention and control and further illustratesthe widespread recognition of the need for action tocontrol this easily preventable disease.

September 28 is World Rabies Day. The missionof World Rabies Day is to raise awareness about theimpact of human and animal rabies, how easy it is toprevent it, and how to eliminate the main globalsources. Even though the major impact of rabiesoccurs in regions of the world where many needs arepresent, rabies should no longer be neglected. Thetools and technology for human rabies prevention anddog rabies elimination are available.

Various related partners like ministries (Healthand Livestock and Fisheries), city developmentcommittees, vaccines industries, researchers, mediafor health education, expertise on risk communication,general administration, law enforcement, petassociations, communities, NGOs, UN agencies andstakeholders must collectively come in to play thecollaboration in advocacy and planning action ofrabies prevention and future elimination. Through theWorld Rabies Day initiative, partners will be ...Working together to Make Rabies History!

Technological University (Hpa-an), a source of the educatedByline: Win Shwe (Myanma Alin); Photos: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyoung)

(from page 16)We teach five

subjects. The term of thecourses is two and a halfyears. Qualified studentscan continue theireducation in A.G.T.I.”

Government Tech-nical High School (Hpa-an) is one of the technicalhigh schools in suchtownships in border areasas Myitkyina, Putao,Bhamo, Sittway,Kengtung, Kalay andTaunggyi intended tosharpen the abilities ofthe youth of national

races. There, first yearstudent Maung Tin HtooWai said, “I was happy tohear the launch of thisschool. I am interested in

electrical engineering. So,I joined this school. It isvery convenient for me to

study here because I aminterested in all the

subjects our universityteaches.”

Now, infrastructural

U Htin Aung Nyunt,Principal,

GovernmentTechnical High

School (Hpa-an).

Dr Tun Kyaw Myint,Principal,

GovernmentTechnological

University (Hpa-an).

Ma Mi Myo MyoKyaw, B.Tech first

year student.

Ma Ei Thet Mon,B.Tech first year

student.

buildings are being builtand programmes forhuman resourcedevelopment are beingimplemented in borderareas that once werebehind other regions indevelopment.

Today, the youthhave easy access to highereducation in their ownregions, and that impliesthe fact that the nationwill see a growing numberof educated people.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

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GUANGZHOU, 27 Sept—The 16th Asian Games, part of the worldwide Olympicmovement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia, is planning 2,500 hoursof live TV programming for the event.

This announcement and the Games’ broadcasting plans were revealed at the 1stWorld Broadcaster Meeting recently concluded in Guangzhou.Guangzhou AsianGames Broadcasting (GAB) will produce 2,500 hours of live TV programming with700 hours produced in HD (High Definition) signals for worldwide TV rightsholders, said the Organizing Committee.

GAB plans to use more than 45 international production teams to be “blended’with experienced Chinese TV production teams from the Beijing Olympics.Construction is on schedule for the new International Broadcast Centre which isslated for completion in Spring 2010, said the Organizing Committee.

Based in the new Asian Games Town, the IBC is adjacent to the Main PressCentre - offering 50,000 square meters on four levels.The 16th Asian Games will takeplace 12-27 November, 2010, featuring 28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympicsports.—Xinhua

2,500 hours of live TV planned for 2010Guangzhou Asian Games

In this photo courtesy of the Rochester Institute of Technology Big Shot, theSmithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is seen in this long exposureimage made for the 25th Big Shot, a photography project by the Rochester Institute ofTechnology, on the National Mall in Washington, on 26 Sept , 2009. The Big Shot,which is made after dark, uses a technique known as painting with light. The landmarkis lit by hundreds of volunteers and photographed using a long exposure, after whichonly the lit up building, grounds, and selected figures are seen in the image.—INTERNET

TEHERAN, 27 Sept—Iran’s Islamic RevolutionGuards Corps air forcecommander BrigadierGeneral Hossein Salamisaid on Sunday that Iran’smissile system is by nomeans a threat toneighbouring states, theofficial IRNA newsagency reported.

According to a reportreleased by IRGC, Salamimade these remarks onthe sidelines of a militarywar game during whichvarious kinds of Iran’sshort-range missiles weresuccessfully tested, thereport said.

The message of the

Iranian missiles not threat to

neighbouring states

NANCHANG, 27 Sept—Chinese Vice PremierLi Keqiang has called fororderly implementationof the country’s healthcare reform.

Li, also head of theState Council’s leadinggroup on health caresystem reform, made theremarks at a symposiumin Jiangxi’s capital cityNanchang on Saturday.Li underscored majorprojects to be carried outto push forward thereform by the year-end:

The expansion ofbasic medical insurancecoverage to 72 millionmore urban workers andunemployed residents,and ensuring at least 90percent of the ruralpopulation to becovered.Assistance forthe vaccination of 23million people below theage of 15 against hepatitisB and providing free folicacid supplements for 11.8million rural women whointend to get pregnant orare in the early stages ofpregnancy to prevent birthdefects.—Xinhua

Chinese vicepremier stressesorderly reformof health care

W A S H I N G T O N , 2 7Sept—After a heady weekon a high-stakes worldstage, President Obamareturned to America’smessiest political mosh pit— the health care debate.

Speaking before theCongressional BlackCaucus Foundation’sannual dinner on Saturdaynight, Obama prescribedthe same contentiouspolicy pill he’s embracedsince taking office: healthcare reform and hisintention to “get it donethis year.”“We must bringabout a better health caresystem in this country notin ten years, not in fiveyears, not in one year, thisyear,” he said.

Taking on the voicesthat say the administrationis moving too fast on healthcare and needs to slow down,

Obama resumes health care push, vows to ‘get itdone this year’

This NOAA satellite imagetaken on 27 Sept , 2009 at2:00 am EDT shows cloudsshrouding parts of the Eastassociated with a lowpressure system that isproducing widespreadprecipitation in the Northeastand Great Lakes. This activitywill continue through onSunday as a low pressyresystem moves through theregion.—INTERNET

NEWDELHI, 27 Sept—Barely a year after the recession-hit Indian airline industry sought one billion US dollarsfrom thecountry’s government, some of the leading carriersare still in a state of disarray as their constant efforts to rideout the global meltdown are somewhat being affected bywhat is very unusual in India — pilots’ strike.

First pilots of Jet Airways went on strike, creatinghavoc on India’s ever-increasing air traffic for over a weekor so. Now, some 400 pilots of the country’s cash-strappednational carrier, Air India, went on mass sick leave andeven refused to talk to the management in protest againstthe 25 to 50 percent cuts in their productivity-linkedincentive. The fallout: some 20 flights cancelled tillSaturday, including six international ones originatingfrom the national capital on Sunday.—Xinhua

Pilots’ strike continues to hauntIndian air transport

war game is that theIslamic Republic iscapable of giving crushingresponses to all enemieswho are trying to threatenIran, he was quoted assaying.Referring to Israel,he said “a regime which isnot able to confront agroup of civilians in theGaza Strip for over 22days had better be engagedwith its own problems.”

Iran successfullylaunched short-rangemissiles and a multi-missile launching systemin a war game carried outby IRGC on Sunday, localEnglish-language PressTV reported.—Xinhua

he cited examples of peoplewho need urgent health care,and said such people can’t beasked to wait.“We have beenwaiting for health reformsince the days of TeddyRoosevelt, we’ve beenwaiting since the days ofHarry Truman. We’ve beenwaiting since Johnson andNixon and Clinton. Wecannot wait any longer.”Video Watch Clinton staffersdiscuss their failure to enact

health care reform I nrecent days, Obama appearedbefore the UN GeneralAssembly and the Group of20 summit in Pittsburgh,during a week punctuated bya dramatic condemnation atthe G-20 by Obama, BritishPrime Minister GordonBrown, and French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy of Iran forsecretly developing a seconduranium enrichmentfacility.—Xinhua

Long-separated Korean families havereunion

South Korean Yoon Ki-Dal, right, meets thechildren he left behind as babies during the

Korean War.—INTERNET

SEOUL, South Korea,27 Sept—Some familieslong separated by theKorean War saw theirloved ones Saturday forthe first time in years nearthe border between Northand South Korea. YoonKi-Dal, 88, of SouthKorea thought such amoment would nevercome. After leaving his

son and daughters whenthey were babies duringthe Korean War, he wasable to hold the hands ofhis North Korean childrenon Saturday.

“Father, we thoughtyou were dead,” hisdaughter, now in her 60s,told him, her facetrembling.

Their family was one

of 97 reunited Saturdayon Mount Keumgang, aNorth Korean resort nearthe eastern part of theborder, after decades ofseparation by war andideology.

And soon thesefamilies will be separatedagain. They are allowedto be together for a fewdays. Then the SouthKoreans must returnhome.

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Fears over ‘internal’terror bomb

LONDON, 27 Sept—Security and intelligence expertsare deeply worried by a new development in suicidebombing, the BBC has learned.It has emerged thatan al-Qaeda bomber who died last month whiletrying to blow up a Saudi prince in Jeddah had hiddenthe explosives inside his body. Only the attacker died,but it is feared that the new development could becopied by others. Experts say it could have implica-tions for airport security, rendering traditional metaldetectors “useless”.

Last month’s bombing left people wondering howone of the most wanted al-Qaeda operatives in SaudiArabia could get so close to the prince in charge ofcounter-terrorism that he was able to blow himselfup in the same room. Western forensic investigatorsthink they have the answer, and it is worrying themprofoundly. The explosives, they believe, were deto-nated by mobile phone.—Internet

Great Confucius statue warmlywelcomed in Houston

Official says Chinese farmers’income to continue rising in 2009

BEIJING, 27 Sept —Chinese farmers would see theirincome continue to rise this year, Vice Minister of Ag-riculture Chen Xiaohua said at a press conference onSaturday.” As China’s economy is recovering, there aremore and more positive factors supporting the increaseof farmers’ income,” said Chen. Farmers’ per capita cashincome in the first half of this year reached 2,733 yuan(400 US dollars), up 8.1 percent year on year. But theincrease rate was 2.2 percentage points slower than thatin the same period last year, according to Chen. “Thegrowth is remarkable and the statistics are pleasing.However, China is still short of a long-term mechanismfor increasing farmers’ income and efforts need to bemade to increase the channels for farmers to earn moremoney,” said Chen.

In the past, farmers’ income was mainly driven upby increased grain production or raised prices. “Now,we should push forward agricultural industrializationto let market guide grain planting and agricultural pro-duction,” Chen said. Chen also stressed the importanceof creating more jobs for surplus rural labourers in abid to increase their salary income. — Xinhua

Hundreds of people participant in a charity walk to celebrate the China’s60th anniversary celebrations on 1 Oct in Hong Kong

on 27 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

Buying train tickets is like going back in time

Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (R) was slightlyinjured in the attack.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 27 Sept —“Onemore time! No sleeper tick-ets to any city now!” roaredthe woman behind the coun-ter at the train ticket agencyin Beijing several days ago.

Silence fell to the throng forone second. And the uproarwas soon restored – “Twotickets to Nanjing!” “CheckT155, please!” “Can I reg-ister one more time?”

“Quiet! Whose ticket isthis to Jiamusi [in North-east China]?” The ticketseller asked impatiently.“Mine!” A girl cried outrapturously among thebuzz, shoved to the frontand reached out her arm tohand in several 100 yuanbills, in exchange for anovernight journey on apoky train seat. She wentoff with a swagger, leavingthe rest of us in the tinycramped space burningwith jealousy.— Xinhua

HOUSTON, 27 Sept—Political leadersand government officials in southern USMetropolis of Houston on Saturdaywarmly welcomed China’s dedication ofthe Great Confucius Statue, hailing thestatue as a symbol of China-US friend-ship. A dedication ceremony was heldSaturday at Hermann Park in downtownHouston to mark the erection of the

statue in the park, jointly donated by theChina’s Consulate General in Houstonand the local Chinese community tocommemorate the 2,560th anniversary ofthe birth of Confucius, the ancient Chi-nese thinker. This year also marks the30th anniversary of the establishment ofthe China-US diplomatic ties.

Xinhua

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UK to announce quicker cancer testing

This image made on 25 Sept, 2009 from security video made available byCNN shows a man believed to be Najibullah Zazi shopping at Beauty SupplyWarehouse in suburban Denver. Court papers say that during the summer,

Zazi and three unidentified associates bought ‘unusually large quantities’ ofhydrogen peroxide and acetone, a flammable solvent found in nail-polish

remover, from beauty supply stores in the Denver area.—INTERNET

Pain reliever may be an anti-aging drugHUNTINGTON, 27 Sept

— Taking safe dosages ofacetaminophen, a com-mon pain reliever, mayhelp prevent muscle lossdue to aging, US research-ers suggest.

The animal study, pub-lished in PLoS One,found aging skeletal mus-cles experienced a de-crease in the proper func-tioning of an enzyme —protein kinase B — butthe pain reliever acetami-nophen helped restore theenzyme to youthfullevels.“Using a modelthat closely mimics many

of the age-associatedphysiological changes ob-served in humans, wewere able to demonstratethat chronic acetami-nophen treatment in a rec-ommended dosage is notonly safe but might bebeneficial for the treat-ment of the muscle dys-function many people ex-perience as they getolder,” study leader DrEric Blough of MarshallUniversity in Huntington,W Va, said in a statement.

Additional MarshallUniversity research, pub-lished in Diabetes/Me-

tabolism Research andReviews, suggests aceta-minophen may decreasethe severity of age-asso-ciated hyper-glycemia —high blood sugar, Bloughsaid.”

Given the finding thatincreases in reactive oxy-gen species may play arole in the development ofseveral age-associateddisorders, it is possiblethat acetaminophen couldbe used to treat many dif-ferent types of condi-tions,” lead author DrMiaozong Wu said in astatement. —Internet

An employee ofKorea Internet Security

Centre works at amonitoring room inSeoul, South Korea.

There is no kill switchfor the Internet, no

secret on-off button inan Oval Office drawer.

INTERNET

LONDON, 27 Sept —British Prime MinisterGordon Brown will unveila plan to get patients sus-pected of having cancer toa specialist within sevendays, sources said.

The sources told TheMirror that the plan willbe announced on Tues-day at the Labour Partyconference in Brightonand will call for all Na-tional Health Servicespatients to receive diag-nostic tests within a week

of seeing their primarycare doctor.

“If the NHS doesn’tgive you your tests withinone week you will havethe right to go to an alter-native NHS or private pro-vider,” a source told thenewspaper.The Daily Tel-egraph said on Saturdaysaid the announcement isaimed at decreasing can-cer deaths in Britain, butthere are also political con-siderations. Sources saidthe plan would not go into

effect until 2015 and couldleave Labour vulnerable tocharges the plan wasaimed only at bolsteringthe party among voters.

Internet

Study links Einstein letters to e-mails Heir to Ottoman throne buried in Turkey

Filipino pedestrianscling to a rope as they

brave floodwaterbrought by Tropical

Storm Ketsana inQuezon City on 26

September.—INTERNET

EVANSTON, 27 Sept— Researchers at North-western University in Il-linois say the pen andpaper letters written bygeniuses like Albert Ein-stein are very similar totoday’s e-mails.

The Evanston, Ill,university said in a newsrelease on Friday a newstudy of human behaviorat the college found thatletters from 16 famedperformers, politicians,scientists and writerswere written in cyclessimilar to modern e-mails.

By studying letter-writing patterns of thehistorical geniuses,which also includedCharles Darwin andSigmund Freud, North-western researchers

found the great minds didnot write letters ran-domly. Instead, the re-searchers said, those in-dividuals wrote multipleletters in one sitting withno particular order of im-portant.

The study findingswere similar in nature toa previous Northwesternstudy on e-mail behaviorand offered clues to howhumans make choices ineveryday activities, leadresearcher Luís Amaral

said.”We are interested inidentifying and under-standing patterns of hu-man behavior, in learninghow we make choices,”the chemical and biologi-cal engineering professorsaid.

“There are patterns tohow we spend our days,and these models of prob-ability, of how people al-locate their time to docertain tasks, can be ap-plied to many differentareas.”—Internet

US, others agree to fightcitrus pest

MONTERREY, 27 Sept—The United States and LatinAmerican nations say they have banded together tofight the spread of an insect that carries a disease fatalto citrus trees. The United States, Mexico, Belize,Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama Friday launched acoordinated effort to fight the spread of the Asian cit-rus psyllid, which has ravaged orchards in Florida andnow is threatening California’s $1.6 billion citrus in-dustry, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Representatives of the nations, meeting this weekin Monterrey, Mexico, said they would all impose quar-antines on the movements of plants and carry out moretests to see how the disease is spreading. Experts saythe citrus psyllid is starting to populate Southern Cali-fornia, warning that it carries citrus greening disease,also called Huanglongbing, or HLB.

Internet

ISTANBUL,27 Sept—Ertugrul Osman, 97 andheir to the Ottomanthrone, was buried on Sat-urday in Istanbul, mark-ing the “passing of an era”for Turkey, an expert says.Jason Goodwin, who de-tailed the Ottoman Em-pire in his book “Lords ofthe Horizons,” said thedeath of Osman, grandsonof Ottoman SultanAbdulhamid II, repre-sented a loss to a familythat helped the Muslim

world for 400 years, CNNreported.

“His death marks thepassing of an era,” Good-win wrote in an e-mail toCNN. “Osman himselfwas born into a familythat still ruled an empirestretching from the Bal-kans to the Indian Ocean.He was named after thefounder of his dynasty,

who lived seven centuriesago.”

The Zaman newspa-per said Osman diedWednesday of renal fail-ure. Osman was buried atthe garden of the tomb ofMahmud II, the 30th sul-tan of the OttomanEmpire.”He loved the soilof this country.

Internet

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Chelsea slip to this season’s firstdefeat as Wigan overplaying

Top three all win in Spain’sPrimera Liga soccer

MADRID, 27 Sept—FC Barcelona, Real Madrid andSevilla all won their Saturday games in the SpanishPrimera Liga soccer matches. FC Barcelona won 2-0away to Malaga in a physical encounter in the LaRosaleda Stadium. Real Madrid moved back to thetop of the table on goal difference following a 3-0 homewin over Tenerife.

However, as in other games this season, the resultis slightly misleading. Tenerife had as much posses-sion and as many shots as Madrid, but lacked thecutting edge on Madrid’s big money signings. Mean-while Sevilla remains third thanks to a 4-0 winaway to Athletic club Bilbao. Renato, Alvaro Negredo,Luis Fabiano and Jesus Navas scored against a homeside that never got into gear and which ended with 10men following the sending off of defender FernandoAmorebieta.— Xinhua

Kaka (Right)defenses a Ten-

erife playerduring a matchagainst Tenerifeat home in the

Spanish PrimeraLiga on 26 Sept,2009.—XINHUA

Fergie hails Giggs as Unitedgo top

STOKE, 27 Sept—Sir Alex Ferguson paid tribute toRyan Giggs for the inspiration he provided in the 2-0defeat of Stoke which sent Manchester United to thePremier League summit for the first time thisseason.United manager Ferguson believes Welshmidfielder Giggs will play a crucial role in the cham-pions’ attempt to retain the English title this seasonafter another decisive display in Saturday’s win at theBritannia Stadium.

Giggs already has 11 Premier League winners med-als to his collection, but the 35-year-old showed he isstill razor-sharp in body and mind as he produced a20-minute period of mayhem, after replacing Portu-guese international Nani, that secured a seventhstraight victory for United in all competitions.He willbe 36 in November and benefitted from being givensome rest after his excursions in the Manchester derbylast Sunday, before emerging to set up goals for DimitarBerbatov and John O’Shea, on the Irish internation-al’s 350th appearance for the club.—Internet

Manchester United’s player Ryan Giggs (C) threadsa pass through Stoke City players during their Eng-lish Premier League football match at the Britannia

Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent.—INTERNET

Sharapova faces strong fieldin Tokyo

Russian tennis playerMaria Sharapova

Benitez wants more from hat-trick hero Torres

Liverpool’s forward Fernando Torres (R)fights for the ball with Hull City’smidfielder George Boateng (L) duringtheir English Premier League footballmatch at Anfield in Liverpool.—INTERNET

Lyon to top French league,Marseille suffer setback

PARIS, 27 Sept—Lyon went top in France on Satur-day after coming back from a goal down to defeat Tou-louse 2-1 while Marseille suffered their first defeat ofthe campaign, a 3-2 loss at Valenciennes coming justfour days before a Champions League trip to RealMadrid.Lyon are a point ahead of champions Bordeaux,who tackle Rennes on Sunday, while Marseille are inthird spot, three points behind the leaders.

Marseille’s build-up to their crucial European assign-ment at mighty Real Madrid suffered an embarrassingsetback when they twice surrendered the lead atValenciennes. Former Real Madrid and Liverpool strikerFernando Morientes started his first match for Marseillesince his summer switch from Valencia and the formerSpanish international star opened the scoring in the 13thminute after good work by Lucho and Brandao.

Internet

Germanybeats US 3-0

at U20 WCupSUEZ, 27 Sept—Ger-

many defeated the UnitedStates 3-0 at the under-20World Cup. The Ameri-cans produced fewchances. A strong drivefrom Jared Jeffrey hit thecrossbar in the 65thminute. Germany gotgoals from Dani Schahin,Florian Jungwirth andManuel Schaeffler onSaturday.

Schahin put Germanyahead in the 30th, send-ing American keeperBrian Perk the wrongway with a penaltykick. Jungwirth addedthe second two minuteslater, firing the ball pastPerk from the edge ofthe area. In the 72nd,Schaeffler made it 3-0after taking a crossfrom substitute CihanKaptan.

Internet

LIVERPOOL, 27 Sept—Hat-trick heroFernando Torres helped Liverpool maketheir best goal-scoring start to a leagueseason in over 100 years - yet managerRafa Benitez has told him he is still notfulfilling his potentialTorres took just 47minutes to claim his treble in the 6-1victory over struggling Hull City atAnfield on Saturday, taking his tally forthe season to eight goals.

As a team, Liverpool have scored 22times in seven games, their best open-ing to a campaign since 1895, althoughthe demanding Benitez believes Torres,still only 23, is only scratching the sur-face of his ability.”I think he can do bet-ter,” said Benitez. “The last three gameshe has played well and was improvinghis mentality, his work rate. But the

main thing is his mentality.”When I talkabout Fernando I say that he is keen tolearn, that’s the main thing. That meanshe will improve, how much he improvesis down to him.—Internet

TOKYO, 27 Sept—Crowd favourite MariaSharapova returns to Tokyowhere she won her first ca-reer WTA title six years agoto face a strong field at thePan Pacific Open tennistournament. Twenty fiveout of the top 30 players inthe world will take part inthe two-million-dollarevent, which gets underway on Sunday on the out-door hard courts at theAriake Coliseum. Austral-ian Open and Wimbledonchampion Serena Williamswithdrew with knee and

toe injuries, joiningAmelie Mauresmo ofFrance with a stomach painand Dominika Cibulkovaof Slovakia with a sideinjury.—Internet

Ochoa, Gustafson share LPGA leadDANVILLE, 27 Sept—Lorena Ochoa insists she

wasn’t bothered when critics questioned her game ear-lier this year. If anything, the world’s top-ranked playeragreed with them.”I respect the opinion of the mediaand the players, and the results show I wasn’t playingmy best golf, so it’s OK for people to talk,” Ochoasaid. “I also say that I’ve been working hard and I feelmuch better. I feel that I’m getting in a better rhythmand that’s why I’m here today.”

Ochoa birdied five of her last seven holes for a 7-under 65 on Saturday and a share of the third-roundlead with Sophie Gustafson in the CVS/pharmacyLPGA Challenge.—Internet

LONDON, 27 Sept—Chelsea failed to achievetheir seventh consecutivewin in the English Pre-mier League this seasonas Wigan dominatedstrongly at home to beatthe Blues 3-1. Power-houses ManchesterUnited, Arsenal andLiverpool all tookvictory while ManchesterUnited scooped the topposition.

Chelsea conceded agoal first as Titus Bram-ble headed home fromclose range after 16 min-utes, but managed tomake amends with DidierDrogba’s 100th goal forthe club only two minutesinto the second half.

However, a seeminglyunbeaten Chelsea wereshocked five minutes af-ter the equalizer as goal-keeper Petr Cech wassent off for foul toWigan’s Colombian

striker Hugo Rodallega.Chelsea boss Ancelottihad to replace FlorentMalouda with HenriqueHilario but the substitutegoalkeeper was unable toprevent Rodallega scor-ing from the penalty spot.Then, a 10-man Chelseacould hardly make anythreat, leaving Wigan toseal the win at 3-1 withPaul Scharner’s injurytime goal. It is Wigan’sfirst win over a top fourclub in their PremierLeague history.

Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kayah State, rain or thundershowers have been isolatedin Kachin State and Sagaing Division, scattered in ShanState and Mandalay Division and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with locally heavyfall inRakhine State and isolated heavyfall in Magway Division.The noteworthy amounts of rainfalls recorded were Nay PyiTaw (Pyinmana) (0.23) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) (0.20)inch, Gwa (3.62) inches, Manaung (3.03) inches, Kyauktaw(2.56) inches, Thayawady 2.48) inches, Thandwe (2.32)inches, Hinthada (2.28) inches, Hmawbi (2.21) inches, Yeand Kawthoung (2.09) inches each and Magway (1.92)inches.

Maximum temperature on 26-9-2009 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 27-9-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 27-9-2009 was 92 %.Total sun shine hours on 26-9-2009 was (0.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 27-9-2009 was (1.77) inches atMingaladon, (1.62) inches at Kaba-Aye and (1.26) inchesat Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (98.90)inches at Mingaladon, (108.35) inches at Kaba-Aye and(115.59) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speedat Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Northwest at(21:30) hours MST on 26-9-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the North Bay andmonsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 28th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated to scattered inKachin, Chin and Kayah States, lower Sagaing, Magwayand Mandalay Divisions, fairly widespread in upper SagaingDivision and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine,Mon, Kayin States and Taninthayi Division. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for28-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for28-9-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for28-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

WEATHERSunday, 27th September, 2009

Rat delays Air IndiaAmritsar-London flight

NEW DELHI, 27 Sept—A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport inPunjab, northern India, on Saturday morning, saidan airport director.

Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to departat 6:30 am local time on Saturday from Amritsar,did not leave the airport even four hours later.There were 238 passengers on the flight. A ratentered the aircraft and the crew tried to search forit, airport director Chinson Panakal said.

Airport officials said some passengers noticedthe rat in the plane and informed the staff. Thepassengers were taken off the plane and waited atthe airport for Air India to make alternatearrangements. Some of the passengers said theywere unnecessarily harassed due to negligence ofthe airline staff.Passengers, especially senior citizensand those with children, said they had to sufferbecause of inadequate arrangements.

Xinhua

The Cat Ba leopard gecko is found exclusivelyin Cat Ba Island National Park in northern

Vietnam.—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

The automobile with our news crew on boardwas en route at high speed from Hpa-an to Mt.Zwegabin.

On both sides along the road were green paddyfields. Kya-in mountain range near TechnologicalUniversity (Hpa-an) was seen from afar. Some timelater, we were greeted by the prestigious university.It was pleasant to view the educational institutionwith the mountain range in the background.

In an interview, Principal of the university DrTun Kyaw Myint said, “Our university came intobeing as a government technical high school on 6September 1993. It was upgraded to GovernmentTechnical Institute on 12 August 1998, to Govern-ment Technological College on 28 December 2000,and to Technological University on 20 January2007. Our university is located near Yetha Villagein Hpa-an with an area of 35.194 acres.”

Till 1988, higher education was available onlyin Yangon and Mandalay. With the aim of enablingthe youth across the nation to pursue higher educa-tion in their own regions, all the colleges in the 24special development regions were upgraded touniversities on 20 January 2007.

The university conducts Civil EngineeringCourse, Electrical Engineering Course, Electric PowerEngineering Course, Industrial Engineering Course,CNC Engineering Course and B-Tech Course.

Ma Ei Mon Thet, a first year student of B-TechCourse, said, “I have learnt that in those days, theyouth here had to go to Yangon or Mandalay if theywanted to pursue higher education. When I passed

Technological University (Hpa-an), a source of the educatedByline: Win Shwe (Myanma Alin); Photos: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyoung)

matriculation exams, our state had already got uni-versities. So, we do not need to go to other regionsfor tertiary education. We can study in our ownregion, so we can save time and money a lot.”

B.Tech first year student Ma Mi Myo MyoKyaw said, “I’m from Kawkareik Township. I aminterested in technology since my youth. Now, I amstudying the subjects I am interested in. So, I havedecided to try my best in my studies. I think I will

play a role in public welfare service with what Ihave learnt from the university. And I will con-tinue to try to be a role model for my juniors.”

On arrival at the Government Technical HighSchool, I interviewed Principal U Htin Aung Nyunt.He said, “Our school was opened this academicyear. Anyone under 18 who has passed the eighthstandard can join our school.

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