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Volume XVII, Number 105 9th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Thursday, 30 July, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational 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 stand-

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* 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, 30 July—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisMajesty King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco, on the occasion of the NationalDay of the Kingdom of Morocco, which falls on 30 July 2009.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sends messageof felicitations to Moroccan King

NAY PYI TAW, 29July—Prime Minister ofthe Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Seindelivered an address at theopening ceremony of theTwenty-Seventh ASEANMinisters on EnergyMeeting at the convocationhall of Mandalay Universityin Mandalay thismorning.

Also present on theoccasion were Chairmanof Mandalay DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Minister

It is time to think of efficient use of energyas well as alternative energy sources

Myanmar working its best to have energy supplysecurity embarking on programmes for energy

efficiency and conservation as well as developmentof alternative, renewable energy sources

Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends27th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting

for Energy Brig-Gen LunThi, Minister for Industry-2 Vice-Admiral SoeThein, Minister forScience and TechnologyU Thaung, Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw, Ministers forEnergy, Deputy Ministersand officials of ASEANcountries and dialoguepartner countries—thePeople’s Republic ofChina, Japan, the Republicof Korea, the Republic ofIndia and Australia—

Deputy Secretary-GeneralMr. Pushpanathan Sundramof the ASEAN Secretariat,Deputy Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Than Htay,Mandalay Mayor Brig-GenPhone Zaw Han, Director-General Col Thant Shin ofthe Government Office,departmental heads andguests.

The Prime Ministersaid: It is a great pleasureand honour for me toaddress at this important27th ASEAN Ministers’on Energy Meeting andassociated meetings. Onbehalf of the Government

and the people of theUnion of Myanmar, Iwould like to extend ourwarmest welcome to allASEAN delegates as wellas delegates from China,Japan and the Republic ofKorea, Australia and Indiato this historic city ofMandalay.

Myanmar is mostdelightful to have theopportunity to host thisimportant event whichincludes meetings, forumand dialogue betweenenergy ministers and highlevel businessmen.

(See page 7)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein deliversan address at the opening ceremony of

27th ASEAN Ministers on EnergyMeeting.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 30 July, 2009

Thursday, 30 July, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Safeguard cultural heritage

and national characterMyanmar culture has existed and

flourished since yore. Cultural heritage

above ground and ancient cultural heritage

unearthed in Myanmar stand witness to the

fact that Myanmar culture has been flourishing

since human beings have come into existence

on Myanmar soil.

The Ministry of Culture is taking steps for

excavating and safeguarding Myanmar cultural

heritage and national character. Ancient cultural

heritages need to be safeguarded as they are in

danger of disappearance with the passage of time.

The tasks include the maintenance of

religious buildings, excavating of palaces and city

walls of ancient Myanmar kings, conducting

research into the findings in ancient cities and

collection of historic items, stone inscriptions and

palm leaf and Parabaik.

A researcher team of Archaeology,

National Museum and Library Department

and Historical Research Department

conducted research works in ancient Pinle

City of Myittha Township, Kyaukse District,

Mandalay Division in early June. Launching

the excavation tasks at No 15 Mound out of 30

mounds, the team found the structure of a

Buddhist religious edifice.

The religious edifice found is identical

with the structure and brick decorations of

religious buildings found in ancient Beikthanoe

city and Srikhestra city. Based on the findings,

research into cultural heritage and national

character of ancient Beikthanoe, Hanlin,

Srikhestra cities will be carried out.

The government is trying its utmost in

safeguarding ancient city walls that cover

cultural heritage and national character as a

national concern. At such a time, excavation and

safeguarding of religious edifices and cultural

heritage is to be carried out with added

momentum. And only then, will historically

priceless Myanmar cultural heritage be in

perpetual existence.

General Secretary U Ye Htut of Myanmar-

Japan Friendship Association accepts US$

10,000 donated by Chairman Mr Koji Chino

of Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association

(Kyoto).—MNA

YANGON, 29 July—Chairman Mr Koji Chinoof Japan-MyanmarFriendship Association inKyoto of Japan donatedUS$ 10,000 for Myanmarstorm victims to GeneralSecretary U Ye Htut ofM y a n m a r - J a p a nFriendship Association atthe office of theassociation in Kyoto ofJapan on 21 July.

This is the seconddonation. The associationdonated food and rationsworth US$ 10,000 tostorm victims inAyeyawady Divisionthrough Zaygaba Com-pany in the first time.

The seconddonation is forconstruction of newschool building of

Commander attends coord meeting of Sagaing Division Public WorksYANGON, 29 July — Chairman of Sagaing

Division Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soedelivered an address at the coordination meeting ofSagaing Division Public Works at the office of SagaingDivision PDC on 17 July.

The Sagaing Divis ion SuperintendingEngineer reported on road and bridge works, thechief engineer of road construction special group(11) and senior engineers of Sagaing, Monywa,

Shwebo, Katha, Kalay and Khamti Districts onwork progress in the 2008-09 financial year andfunds for construction of roads and bridges inthe 2009-10 financial year.

Then the commander watched the final matchof the 18th Commander’s Shield FootballTournament at the sports ground of the commandand presented the championship shield to thewinning team.

MNA

Coord meeting on testing quality of cyclone shelters and hillocks held

YANGON, 29 July –

Deputy Minister for

Construction Brig-Gen

Myint Thein attended the

coordination meeting on

testing quality of cyclone

shelters and hillocks in

Yangon and Ayeyawady

Divisions and work

progress at the hall of

Department of Human

Settlement and Housing

Development on 27 July

and gave necessary

instructions.

It was also attended

by officials of Yangon

Division Irrigation

Department under the

Ministry of Agriculture

and Irrigation, Ministry of

Science and Technology,

Auditor-General’s Office

(Ayeyawady Division

Audit Team) and Public

Works, the managing

director and officials of

T.O.P quality control

Deputy Minister for Construction Brig-Gen Myint Thein makes aspeech at the coordination meeting on testing quality of cyclone shelters

and hillocks in Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions.—CONSTRUCTION

Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association(Kyoto) donates cash to storm victims

New school building in Hlegu Township handed overYANGON, 29 July—A

ceremony to hand over the

new school building of

Padaukmyaing Education

Primary School in Darpain

(South) village, Hlegu

Township, Yangon

Division was held at the

group. The deputy minister

left instructions on

cyclone shelter and

hillock tests and heard

school on 22 July. The

school, which is 60 feet

long and 30 feet wide, was

donated by Rotary Club of

Tokyo Chuo District 2750

W.C.S and Rotary Club of

Furabashi East District

2790 W.C.S of Japan. On

behalf of the donor,

Director U Nyan Lin of

Myanmar PLG Travels

and Tours Co., Ltd handed

over documents relating

to the school to the school

administrative board.

MNA

Larkapon village PrimarySchool, Twantay

Township in YangonDivision.—MNA

reports presented by those

present. — MNA

Donors andstudents havedocumentary

photo taken infront of the newschool building

ofPadaukmyaing

EducationPrimary School

in HleguTownship.

NLM

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Pakistan rescues boystrained as suicide bombers

ISLAMABAD, 29 July— Pakistani security forces fightingTaleban militants in and around the Swat Valley haverescued nearly a dozen boys brainwashed into becomingsuicide bombers, according to officials.

A senior security officer in North West Frontier Provincesaid nine boys were found during raids, while two more hadvoluntarily surrendered, and a Army commander in Swatspoke of more being handed over by their families. "Theyhave been brainwashed in such a way that they even calltheir parents infidels," Bashir Bilour, senior Minister in theprovincial government, told Reuters.

Bilour said the boys were shown films about oppressionof Muslims in the Palestinian Territories and Indian-heldKashmir, and were given purported religious instructionsto convince them that they would go to heaven if they killedenemies of Islam. Brigadier Tahir Hameed, an officerleading military operations in Mingora, Swat's main town,said the Taleban had forced many families to let themtake their boys.—MNA/Reuters

An Afghan begger one of the victims of Afghan warbegs in front of posters of presidential and

provincial council candidates in Kabul, Afghanistan recently.—INTERNET

Debris and broken glass are seen at the site of a bombattack in New Baghdad District, eastern Baghdad on 29July, 2009. A bomb hidden on a motorcycle killed eightpeople and wounded 13 others in eastern Baghdad’s dis-trict of New Baghdad, police said.—INTERNET

Motorcycle bomb kills eightpeople near Baghdad cinemaBAGHDAD, 29 July—Eight people were killed when

a motorcycle bomb exploded near a cinema inBaghdad on Tuesday, a well-informed police sourcesaid.

The attack took place in the Shiite-dominated NewBaghdad district in southeastern Baghdad around 7pm (1600 GMT), said the source who declined to re-veal his name.

Thirteen others were injured and several shops closeto the scene also damaged, according to the policesource.

Earlier in the day, US Defence Secretary RobertGates paid a surprise visit to Iraq on security issues,disputes between the central government and ethnicKurds along with tackling arms sales ahead of thegradual withdrawal of US troops by the end of2011.—Internet

Roadsidebombing kills

two civilians inN AfghanistanKABUL, 29 July—A

roadside bombing againstpolice left two civiliansdead and injured fourothers in the relativelypeaceful northern pro-vince of Tahar, provincialpolice chief said onTuesday.

“A roadside bombingagainst vehicle of GhulamMohammad, policechief of Warsaj district,killed two civilians andinjured four othersMonday evening,” Ziah-uddin Mahmoodi toldXinhua.

He also added that theGhulam Mohammad andhis personnel haveescaped safely from theincident while thebombing harmed civilianswho were passing thescene.

Meantime, ZabihullahMujahid, who claimedto speak for Talebanfighters, told media viacell phone fromundisclosed location thatthe outfit carried out theexplosion leavingsix police dead andwounded.

NATO involved inincident killing Afghan

civilianKABUL, 29 July— The

NATO-led force says anAfghan civilian has beenkilled and five otherswounded after its troopsclashed with insurgents insouthern Afghanistan.

The military alliance saysthe clash happened in Zabulprovince on Tuesday butgave few details. It said sixcivilians were treated at aNATO base but one died. Itsaid it is investigating theincident. The issue ofcivilian casualties has beena constant source of frictionbetween President HamidKarzai and the US militarycommanders. Soon afterassuming command ofNATO and US forces lastmonth, Gen StanleyMcChrystal ordered troopsto limit the use of airstrikesto prevent civiliancasualties.—Internet

NATO Invasion of US and allies kills,injures Iraqi people

BAGHDAD, 29 July— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to 28

July reached 698,099 and the total number of serious injured people reached1,257,249 according to the news on the internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 698,0992. The total number of seriously injured people 1,257,249

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 29 July—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 8254 Afghan people were killed

and 16,985 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 28 July.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 82542. Seriously injured Afghan people 16,985

Internet

A general view after a blast at a cafe in Kesra district, Baghdad on 29 July,2009. A bomb planted in the cafe killed two people and wounded 15 others in

Baghdad’s central Kesra district, police said.—INTERNET

Internet

A video grab shows what seems to be an injured man being assisted by residents aftera confrontation with Iraqi security forces in Ashraf on 28 July, 2009.

INTERNET

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SACRAMENTO, 29July—Gov ArnoldSchwarzenegger signed arevised $85 billion budgeton Tuesday that he saidcontained “the good, thebad and the ugly,” includ-ing additional cuts to childwelfare programmes,health care for the poorand AIDS prevention ef-forts.

Schwarzenegger usedhis line-item veto author-ity to save an additional$656 million that will letthe state restore a reservefund he said is needed for

The photo taken on 27July, 2009 shows the globe-shaped “Museum of SpaceDiscovery” in the newly-built Science Museum of Zhejiang Province. The

West Lake Cultural Plaza, consisting of the new Zhejiang Science Museumwith over 300 items on show and Zhejiang Natural History Museum with

over 130,000 items on show, will be open to the public on 29 July.—XINHUA

JERUSALEM, 29 July—Israel’s military chief said onTuesday that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is closelymonitoring the situation along the border with Leba-non but no eruption of hostilities is expected on thisfront, local daily Ha’aretz reported.

Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi made theremarks during a visit to the IDF’s main inductioncentre. “At the moment, there is quiet all along theborder,” Ashkenazi was quoted as telling recruits ofthe Kfir infantry brigade, “there was an incident whichto our understanding was an explosion of a weaponcache belonging to Hezbollah, which is being handledby the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon(UNIFIL) and the Lebanese government.”—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 29 July—Seven percent of USfifth-graders and theirfamilies have experiencedhomelessness — 11 per-cent for blacks — and ittakes a toll, researcherssay.

The multisite study byresearchers at the Univer-sity of California in LosAngeles and the RandCorp also found that chil-dren who had experiencedhomelessness at somepoint during their liveswere significantly morelikely to have an emo-tional, behavioral or devel-opmental problem. Theywere more likely to havewitnessed serious violencewith a knife or a gun; andwere more likely to havereceived mental healthcare, the study says.

Dr Tumaini R Coker ofMattel Children’s Hospi-tal UCLA and the RandCorp and colleaguesanalyzed data from astudy of 5,147 fifth-gradestudents. Interviews ofstudents and parents wereconducted during the2004-05 and 2005-06school years and includedchildren from Birming-ham, Ala; Houston andLos Angeles.

Internet

MADRID, 29 July—A car bomb exploded earlyWednesday near a police barracks in the northern cityof Burgos, injuring several dozen people, the InteriorMinistry said. The blast was being blamed on Basqueseparatist group ETA.

The explosion caused major damage to the barracksand slightly wounded 46 people, mainly from flyingglass, and 38 were taken to hospitals, regional minis-try representative Miguel Alejo said.

The bomb detonated around 4:00 am (0200 GMT,10 pm EDT Tuesday) and left a crater which had filledwith water from broken underground pipes.

Internet

Investigators walk through debris and damaged vehicles outside a civil guardbarracks after a car bomb exploded in the northern Spanish city of Burgos,

early 29 July, 2009.—INTERNET

MOGADISHU, 29 July—Thousands of Somalisfleeing fighting aroundthe capital have massedin a northern town, tryingto cross the Gulf of Adenand sneak into Yemen,the UN refugee agencysaid Tuesday.

The exodus comes asthe country's belea-guered president pre-pares for a meeting withUS Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton

Schwarzenegger signs budgetwith more welfare cuts

tough times.Democrats immedi-

ately protested the socialspending reductions andthreatened to block hispolitical agenda during hisfinal months in office.

“This kind of gameplaying by the governordoesn’t bode well for suc-cess in terms of water,corrections, pensions orany of the other items thehe is looking to in orderto build some kind of reallegacy,” Assembly Spea-ker Karen Bass said.

The new budget

should help the state’scash crisis. It remainedunclear, however, howsoon the state could stopissuing thousands ofIOUs to vendors and con-tractors.—Internet

Seven percentof fifth-graders

homeless

Thousands of Somalis trying to flee to Yemennext week.

The UNHCR saidnearly a quarter of a mil-lion Somalis had fledtheir homes since 7 May, when newly uni-fied insurgents launcheda concerted attack onMogadishu, the capital.The US State Departmentsays some of the insur-gent leaders have links toal-Qaeda.

Up to 12,000 civilianshave taken shelter in the

northern town ofBossasso, the base wheresmugglers take themacross the perilous watersof the Gulf to Yemen,UNHCR spokesman RonRedmond told reportersin Geneva.

Thirty-thousand So-malis have already madethe crossing this year butmore than 300 peoplehave died or gone miss-ing in the process.

Internet

Car bomb explodes in Spain,dozens injured

Israeli army chief says warwith Hezbollah unlikely

Two Iraqi women walk past damaged vehicles following an overnightexplosion in central Baghdad. Ten people were killed and 42 others were

injured in bomb attacks across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.—INTERNET

Study: Nanotech specks affect mouse brainsTOKYO, 28 July—

Nanoparticles of titaniumdioxide, used in air andwater purification and self-cleaning surfaces, causebrain dysfunction in mice,a Japanese study indicated.

The findings “add tothe current concern that thisspecific nanomaterial mayhave the potential to affecthuman health,” TokyoUniversity of Science

researchers said.The researchers, led by

pharmaceutical sciencesProfessor Ken Takeda, saidgenes affected by titaniumdioxide nanoparticles areassociated with childhooddisorders such as autism,epilepsy and learningdisabilities.

They’re also asso-ciated with adult orgeriatric conditions,including Alzheimer’s

disease, schizophrenia andParkinson’s disease,Takeda said in BioMedCentral’s open accessjournal Particle and FiberToxicology.

After injectingpregnant mice thenanoparticles, theresearchers studied thebrains of male fetuses on the16th day of gestation and ofpups at several points afterbirth.—Internet

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Mexico City launches freeinsurance to boost tourism

Chinese industrial enterprisesprofit to see growth in 2H

Turkey’s economy expectedto shrink by 5.2% in 2009

ANKARA, 29 July—Turkey’s economy would shrinkby 5.2 percent in 2009, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency quoted a report as saying Tuesday.

That was a worse prediction than a 4.1 percent con-traction expected by the Turkish Industrialists’ andBusinessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) in April, saidthe latest report by TUSIAD.

The gross domestic output (GDP) value would tum-ble 8.4 percent in the second quarter, less steeper thanthe 13.8 fall in the first quarter under the impact of theglobal financial crisis, said the report.

However, the Turkish economy would recover toan annual growth rate of 3.7 percent in the fourth quar-ter of 2009, the TUSIAD said.—Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 29 July—Mexico City launched onTuesday a plan of freeinsurance to attract moretourists who were dimini-shed by fears for A/H1N1flu there, the epicenterof April’s A/H1N1 fluoutbreak. “Mexico Cityreceives jobs due to thevisits of foreign tourists,now we are giving some-thing back,” the city’stourism minister, Alej-andro Rojas Diaz Duran,told media while launch-ing the plan at an upscalehotel.

Under the measure,tourists checking in at ho-tels in the city will auto-matically receive the in-

surance coverage, andtourists that stay with lo-cal friends and relativescan also register for thecoverage at any hotel withtheir return tickets.

The insurance, pro-vided by Mapfre com-pany, not only tackleswith the flu symptoms,but also covers medicalemergencies from roadaccidents to appendicitis,and provides a hotline for

tourists who lose pass-ports or need emergencyadvices.

“This measure will al-low us to recover muchfaster,” said Rafael GarciaGonzalez, head of theMexican Hotel Associa-tion, at the event. He esti-mated the hotel occu-pancy rates might rise to70 percent in Augustthanks to this measure.

Xinhua

The British students learn Chinese language as they attend the Sino-BritishSports and Culture Summer Camp held in Haimen City of east China’s

Jiangsu Province, on 28 July, 2009.—XINHUA

Dancers perform Korean dance during a per-formance celebrating the 60th anniversary of thefounding of the People’s Republic of China, inChangchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin

Province, on 28 July, 2009. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

US Steel reports quarterlyloss on weak demand

NEW YORK, 29 July—US Steel Corp, the largest US-based steel maker, reported quarterly loss Tuesday onweak demand. The Pittsburgh-based company said itlost 392 million US dollars during the second quarteras the global recession hurt demand. Quarterly rev-enue fell 68 percent to 2.13 billion dollars.

It was the company’s second straight quarterly loss.In April, the company posted its first quarterly loss inmore than five years, citing anemic demand.

Shares of US Steel Corp shares fell 2.2 percent to40.35 dollars after the company said it expected all ofits business sectors to operate in the red in the thirdquarter.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 29 July—Chi-nese industrial enterprisesprofit might see growth inthe second half of this yeardue to the accelerating re-covery of the economy, asenior analyst told Xinhuaon Wednesday.

Dong Xian’an, an ana-lyst with domestic Indus-trial Securities, estimatedthat industrial enterpriseprofits might bounce backto a growth of 30 percentyear on year in the fourthquarter.

Large-scale industrialenterprises in 22 Chineseprovinces across the coun-try saw their profits decline21.2 percent year on yearto 894.14 billion yuan

(130.9 billion US dollars)in the first half, but the de-cline rate was 11 percent-age points lower from thefirst quarter, which showssigns of recovery, accord-ing to National Bureau ofStatistics figures releasedon Tuesday.

“The production andprofitability situations ofthese firms had improveddue to the government’seffective stimulus poli-cies,” said Zuo Xiaolei, an

economist with Beijing-based China Galaxy Secu-rities, adding that the prof-its decline rate would con-tinue to narrow down inthe second half of thisyear. Profit in 27 of the to-tal 39 industrial sectors hadreported a profit increaseor at least a slowdownin decline — includingthe petrochemical, powergeneration and other sec-tors.

Xinhua

Oil prices fall as consumerconfidence drops

National Oilwell Varco’s second-quarter profit falls 48%HOUSTON, 29 July—National Oilwell Varco, the world’s largest marker of oil-

field equipment, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell 48 percent to 220 mil-lion US dollars, from 421 million in the year-earlier quarter.

Total revenue also declined to 3.01 billion dollars from 3.33 billion dollars thesame period last year, the Houston-based company said in a statement.

Two segments of the company’s operations -- distribution services, and petro-leum services and supplies—saw near 30 percent sales declines, while revenuesfrom selling rig technology, its largest business, stayed relatively flat at 1.92 bil-lion. The backlog, a reflection of future business, fell to 8.7 billion from 9.6 billionat the end of the first quarter, the company said.—Xinhua

The children watch shadow play in the CentralPrimary School of Xieqiao Township in Haining

City of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 28July, 2009.—XINHUA

NEW YORK, 29 July —Oil paused its two-weekrally and fell nearly 2 per-cent on Tuesday as USconsumer confidencedropped for the secondconsecutive month.

Light, sweet crude forSeptember delivery fell1.15 US dollars, or 1.7percent, to settle at 67.23dollars a barrel on theNew York Mercantile Ex-change.

Oil prices were weighedafter the ConferenceBoard reported onTuesday that US consumerconfidence fell for a sec-ond straight month. Theindex dropped to 46.6 inJuly from 49.3 in June,below analyst expectationsof 49.0, illustrating senti-ment remained hamperedby a difficult job market.Adding to oil’s loss wasthe fact that investors tookprofits from previous gainsand the dollar reboundedagainst a basket of majorcurrencies.

The market now wasawaiting the inventoriesdata due to be released onWednesday, which wasexpected to be a buildup incrude, also pushing oilprices lower.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A tap with water illuminated to showblue for cold and red for hot is justone of many technical tricks in thisapartment in the German town of

Oldenberg. It’s been been speciallyequipped with all kinds of technicalwizardry designed to make life safer

for elderly citizens. Water andelectricity use are constantly

monitored as any deviation from thenorm could indicate an emergency

situation to which emergencyservices could quickly react.

Prehistorian Liane Giemsch places theskull of an Ice Age man in a displaycase in the LVR Regional Museum inBonn, Germany. An international teamwill now make a thorough examinationof the remains of Ice Age hunters. Theskeletons of a prehistoric couple wholived some 14.000 years ago will beexamined using the latest scientificmethods. The discovery of the couple ina double grave in 1914 marks one of themost important finds of human remainsfrom the prehistoric era in Europe.Now, it’s hoped, they will reveal import-

ant information about how theylived and died.

Clerk gives robber a knucklesandwich and a zap

A robbery attempt in Houstonturned into a knuckle sandwich for thesuspect. Sandwich store clerk YavaMatthews punched the man in the mouthas he tried to get away with some money.Matthews said the man Monday nightlunged over the counter and grabbedher cash drawer. Matthews said her“initial response was to hit him. So I hithim.”

Matthews said the two were then“tussling, tussling and tussling,” so sheasked customers and others witnessingthe struggle if anyone had something torestrain the man.

Fla cops catch manrunning with cash register

Authorities caught a Lake Worth manrunning down the street with a stolencash register. Greenacres police reportedthat a 32-year-old man entered arestaurant on Thursday afternoon andasked for change for a $10 bill. When thecashier asked to see the bill, the manreportedly began screaming, “I wantchange!”

Police said the man then grabbedabout $40 from a tip box, picked up thecash register containing nearly $300 andran out.

The officers who arrested the suspectafter a short chase had just come fromreviewing surveillance footage at anearby connivence store, where lotterytickets had been stolen a day earlier. Bychance, the officers identified the man asthe thief from the footage.

The man was being held on $21,000bail for multiple charges.

Brothers reunite afterseven decades

A 70-year-old man in Spokane,Wash, says he was thrilled to see hisbrother for the first time since they wereseparated at an Idaho orphanage 70years ago.

Spokane resident John Mellinger Jrsaid while he knew he had a brothersomewhere in the world for nearly 30years, finally seeing 71-year-old DanNewburn in person on Wednesday wasa unique thrill, The Spokesman-Reviewof Spokane, Wash, reported.

“I’m excited, but I don’t think it’sreally sunk in yet,” Mellinger said.

Coinciding with the final stages ofthe Tour de France, the new Bike

Expo opened in Munich this. Some200 exhibitors from 25 countries

will be displaying their latestproducts until Sunday.

Vietnamese officials inspect illegal elephant tusks

found in a shipment in March from Tanzania.

Media reported on Wednesday that customs

officials had uncovered 200kg of tusks in Hai

Phong port that came from Kenya.

INTERNET

JAKARTA, 29 July—Two luxury hotels in theIndonesian capital Ja-karta which were struckby suicide bombers ear-lier this month re-opened on Wednesday, ahotel spokeswomansaid.

The JW Marriott andRitz-Carlton hotels reo-pened less than twoweeks after the twinblasts on 17 July killedseven people, most ofthem foreigners,Marriott spokeswoman

UNITED NATIONS, 29July —Asia’s first cen-tre for dealing with dis-putes related to intellec-tual property includingtrademarks, copyrightand patent issues willopen in Singapore, UNofficials said here onTuesday.

An agreement signedby the United NationsWorld Intellectual Prop-erty Organization (WIPO)and the Singaporean Gov-

BABYLON (Baghdad),29 July—The famousLion of Babylon is lyingon the filthy ground andsurrounded with barbedwire, more than six yearsafter the US-led invasion.

West of the palace ofNebuchadnezzar II, thepalace of Saddam Hus-sein, which contains doz-ens of rooms, still boasts

KATHMANDU, 29July—Flooding and land-slides brought on by twodays of heavy monsoonrains in Nepal have left 22people dead and severalmore missing, officialssaid on Tuesday.

Home Ministry offi-cial Iswor Regmi said thedeath toll from the rainsthat began over the week-end could rise as reportspour in from remote vil-lages, some of them sev-eral days’ walk from thenearest town or tele-phone.—Internet

Heavy monsoonrains leave 22dead in Nepal

Iraqis sad about ancient Babylon relicsravaged by warmanuscripts which areglorifying the formerpresident.

The place has becomea resort for lovers anddoves, as many of itsdoors and windows werelooted after the collapseof the former regime.

Qadouri, an Iraqi whovisited the ruins 11 yearsago, told Xinhua sadly:

“The occupation forceshad no mercy for this an-cient land which hosts sig-nificant sites of the humanhistory.

They parked theirtanks and heavy armoredvehicles with relics atSaddam Hussein’s palacenear the ruins ofBabylon.”

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Bombed Indonesia hotels re-openIna Ilmiaviatta said.

Marriott Internationalmanages both hotels.

“We have resumedour normal business op-erations today.

We hope to be able toreach an average hoteloccupancy of 60 to 70percent like before, inspite of the bombings,”she said.

“We have certainlyincreased our securitymeasures, with somenew approaches which Icannot tell you as they’re

confidential.”The two main areas

damaged by the bombs— a lounge in theMarriott and a restaurantin the Ritz-Carlton —remain closed.

Police believe thebombings are likely thework of a radical splin-ter faction of the JemaahIslamiyah regional mili-tant network led byMalaysian-born terrormastermind NoordinMohammed Top.

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Singapore to host regional centre forintellectual property disputes, UN says

ernment will pave the wayfor training and advice onprocedures and provide adedicated dispute resolu-tion facility in the region,the officials said.

The new centre is de-signed to complementthe mediation work car-ried out by WIPO’s Ge-neva office, which wasset up in 1994 and hashandled a caseload ofmore than 30,000 dis-putes since then with the

amounts in dispute rang-ing from tens of thou-sands to hundreds ofmillions of dollars.

Any parties may availthemselves of the dis-pute resolution proce-dures offered by thecenter, regardless of na-tionality or domicile.

They may be held any-where in the world, in anylanguage and under anylaw chosen by the parties.

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein together with Deputy Secretary-General Mr PushpanathanSundram of ASEAN Secretariat, energy ministers, deputy energy ministers and officials fromASEAN Countries, China, Japan, ROK, India and Australia have documentary photo taken at

the opening ceremony of the 27th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting.—MNA

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets energy ministersand deputy energy ministers from ASEAN Countries, China, Japan,

ROK, India and Australia and Deputy Secretary-General ofASEAN Secretariat.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives energy ministers and deputy energy ministers fromASEAN Countries, China, Japan, ROK, India and Australia and Deputy Secretary-General

of ASEAN Secretariat.—MNA

It is time to think of efficient use ofenergy as well as alternativeenergy sources…

(from page 1)As you all are aware

that this meeting comes ata time when we areembracing global challen-ges such as energysecurity, climate change,environmental degra-dation and global financialcrisis.

These issuesadversely affect economicand social developmentand the well being of ourpeople.

It is therefore crucialfor all countries,particularly all of us inthis region to tackle thesechallenges collectivelyand effectively.

The Theme of thisevent is “SecuringASEAN’s Energy FutureTowards Prosperity andSustainability”.

It is my belief that thistheme is quite appropriateand timely for what we allare facing today and ouraspiration for the future.

We have to worktogether for energysecurity and sustainabledevelopment.

Among others,energy is crucial totransform ASEAN into anEconomic Community by2015 in a secure,prosperous, rules-based,competitive, resilient andintegrated way.

Since ASEAN is oneof the fastest growingeconomic regions of theworld, energy demand ishigher and higher byeconomic anddemographic growth. The

region’s over-reliance onexternal sources of oilwould have seriousimplications on thesecurity and stability ofenergy in the region. It istime to think of efficientuse of energy as well asalternative energysources.

Sustainable develop-ment of the ASEANregion requires devotedefforts to regional energysecurity endeavours.

It requires practicalpolicy and strategies toenhance energymanagement, closercooperation in energyproject development,

efficient energy usage,clean energy promotionand development ofalternative and renewableenergy including researchand development, sharingof experiences andtechnical know-how.

Myanmar attachesgreat importance toASEAN EnergyCooperation Programmesand is activelyparticipating in theregional cooperationactivities.

Myanmar has beenworking its best to haveenergy supply security andat the same timeembarking onprogrammes for energyefficiency andconservation as well asdevelopment of alternativeand renewable energysources.

In order to reduce priceinstability, dependence on

fossil fuels and to mitigateenvironmental impact andto harness the effects ofclimate change, seriousconsiderations have beenmade and plans are inplace to promote privateparticipation in thedevelopment of biofuels.Presently, test plants andsome small scale plantsare in operation to producebiofuels.

Myanmar will do itsutmost endeavours tocooperate with otherASEAN member countriesas well as ASEAN+3 andEAS countries in its effortsfor energy security, climatechange issues and

mitigation of environmentalimpact.

In conclusion, I wishyou all to achieve fruitfuldeliberations and greatsuccess in the meeting.

Next, the Prime

Minister posed for thedocumentary phototogether with DeputySecretary-General Mr.

Pushpanathan Sundramof the ASEANSecretariat, energyministers and deputyenergy ministers ofASEAN countries, PRC,Japan, ROK, India and

Australia and officials.Before the opening

ceremony, the PrimeMinister cordially greetedthose who will attend the27th ASEAN Ministers onEnergy Meeting at theconvocation hall.

Today’s meeting wasalso attended by Ministerfor Energy Brig-Gen LunThi, Brunei EnergyMinister Mr Pehin DatoHaji Mohd B Haji Daud,Cambodian Minister ofIndustry, Mines andEnergy Mr Ith Praing,Secretary-General MrNovian Moezahar Thaibof National EnergyCouncil of Indonesia,Laotian Minister ofEnergy and Mines MrSoulivong Daravong,Malaysian Minister ofEnergy, Natural Techno-logy and Water ResourcesMr Datuk Peter Chin FahKui, Charge d’Affaires ofthe Philippine Embassy inMyanmar Mr Joselito

Chad N Jacinto, DirectorMr Wong Siew Kwong ofEnergy Planning andDevelop-ment Branch ofSingapore, Thai Ministerof Energy Mr WannaratChannukul, VietnameseMinister of Industry andTrade Mr Vu Huy Hoang,Deputy Secretary-GeneralMr. PushpanathanSundram of the ASEANSecretariat, Chinese ViceMinister of NationalEnergy ManagementDepartment Mr Liu Qi,Director-General MrUeda Takayuki ofMinistry of Economic,Trade and Industry ofJapan, Korean DeputyMinister of Economic MrJunggwan Kim, Head ofEnergy and Environ-mental Affairs Branch andEnergy and TourismBranch Mr BrendanMorling of Australia andIndian Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Aloke Sen.

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“Brother”“What, junior?”“Could I ask you some questions?”“Why not?”“I am afraid but you are reading now, am I

disturbing you?”“No, you aren’t. You may ask me if there is

anything you do not understand.”“I am eligible to vote in the 2010 election, ain’t

I?”“Certainly, you were born in 1991, so you have

turned 18 now. All citizens who are already 18 in2010 have the rights to vote.”

“Are there certain persons who have no right tovote?”

“Yes, according to the laws and by-laws, everycountry designates certain people who have noright to vote and certain people who have no rightto stand for election. In our country, those who areunder 18, people with unsound mind, members ofreligious orders and people who are serving theirprison terms do not have the right to vote or tostand for election. This has been practised in suc-cessive periods. I think this must also be practicedin the 2010 election.”

“Democracy means the consent of the majority ofthe people, doesn’t it?”

“Yes!”“I have learnt that the people have been asking for

democracy since the time before my birth.”“Of course!”“The cause of taking that long must be that the

Tatmadaw government wants to hold on power, then.”“You said the Tatmadaw government must want

to hold on power for long, then, what for did itannounce that it would hold an election in 2010?”

“Oh, you are right.”“If the Tatmadaw government had wanted to hold

on power, it would not have held the referendum in2008.”

“Yes, that is for sure.”“And if the Tatmadaw had been power-craving,

it would not have formed the Constitution DraftingCommission and would not have drafted the constitu-tion yet.”

“Right!”“Before you were born, the government held the

National Convention with the representatives fromseat-winning parties and the representatives from allthe parties to write a constitution. So, it is apparentthat the Tatmadaw has a plan to hand over power.”

“Yes, I got it.”“The Tatmadaw urged the winning party to draw

a constitution, and it would hand over the power if thepeople approved it. But, it was very stubborn of somepoliticians to persist in making a demand for handingpower immediately.”

“They were in haste, then.”“While protests and riots were raging in 1988,

President Dr Maung Maung promised that he wouldhold a presidential election in three months. But,some conceited politicians stuck to the demand forhanding over power to them as an interim govern-ment. That is clear evidence.”

“Howe conceited and greedy they were, then!”“That’s why it takes too long unnecessarily. They

are claiming as if the Tatmadaw is power-craving.They are deceiving the people into misunderstanding

New nation can be visualizedKo Ko Nyi Nyi

the Tatmadaw. Those who are making the process taketoo long are some people without much knowledgeand self-control. As a matter of fact, the multipartysystem cannot be practised without politicians. Ourcountry still needs many politicians of youngergenerations. I would say parties must pay firstpriority to national interest.”

“It is as said by a writer that there will be a newgame with new players in a new football pitch. Right?”

“It doesn’t matter whether they are old or new.What is important is to make sure that any politicianscannot come to power through a shortcut. Politicianshave to obey the existing rules and regulations and thelaw. No man is above the law. It must be a fair one.”

“Our country saw a group of politicians who saidthe independence for which General Aung San andmembers had struggled and regained was not genuinebut a complete sham. They had said so since the pre-independence days of 1947. And they proclaimed thatthey would wipe out parliamentary democracy systemand occupy the country through armed insurgency.”

“What an absolutely wrong concept!”“Yes, it was. Because of them, our country saw

armed insurrection and lagged behind other countriesin development due to lack of peace and stability forabout 40 years. Our country could do nothing for itsdevelopment and went impoverished.”

“Their conceit and grudge had a strong negativeimpact on our country, then. It is a historic lesson.”

“Their policies were just to attract public support.They thought that it would go only with their partici-pation, those who came to power would be no one butthem. And they hated to share power with others. Theywere so power-craving that political parties split andthe people remained disunited. They failed to focus onnational interest.”

“That was the reason why our country laggedbehind other countries in development.”

“Certainly, but let bygones be bygones. What weshould do is that we learn lessons from that.”

“Yes!”“Look out if some arouse the people to take to

the streets to come to power. In reality, they areanti-democracy elements, not pro-democracy ac-tivists.”

“Why?”“See it, some politicians are demanding that the

government should amend the constitution through ameeting with them.”

“Oh, is that so? What should the government dofor them?”

“The government can do nothing, because 92.48

per cent of the voters cast yes votes to approve theconstitution in 2008. The people voted freely andfairly in the referendum. The people all know that it isindeed mandate.”

“The government, the commission or the Na-tional Convention cannot amend the constitution whichthe public has approved, because that is written throughdiscussions in a democratic way.”

“It can be amended if necessary.”“How is it to be amended?”“After a parliament comes into force following

the 2010 election, members of the Parliament canmake amendments to it through coordination in ac-cordance with the provisions of the constitution. Theyknow that. It is not because they don’t know butbecause they don’t believe in democracy, and theydon’t acknowledge the people’s reasoning power.Those proceedings are to be carried out in the frame-work of the law. That is in accordance with demo-cratic practice.”

“I see, I see. That is flexible, not rigid.”“In democracy, all have to respect the decision of

the majority. They even do not make up one percentof the population, but they are demanding in disguiseof pro-democracy activists that the constitution ap-proved by 93 per cent of the people should be amended.Indeed, their demand is nothing more than to come topower, and to do as they wished.”

“Yes, I got it.”“We all must put our trust in the people’s vast

knowledge, we all must respect the power of thepeople. They consider that it won’t do without them.It is not fair if their party cannot take a leading role.It doesn’t matter even if it takes very long, thecountry continues to lag behind other countries, andthe people are miserable physically and mentally.They have to disrupt the democratization process.Their views are out-dated. So, we have to leave themout.”

“The people aspire to development and democ-racy.”

“Yes, we have to ward off subversive elements,and disruptions. I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”“It is a western tale about the hell and the heaven.”“Tell me that. I am in all ears.”“It is like that. Once, there was a man dying in

human abode. The king of the hell conducted himround the hell and the heaven. At a place, he saw manyugly, raw-bone people. They were hungry, angry andnoisy. There were plenty of food on a table, but they

(See page 9)

In our country, those who are under 18, peoplewith unsound mind, members of religious ordersand people who are serving their prison terms donot have the right to vote or to stand for election.This has been practised in successive periods.I think this must also be practiced in the 2010election.”

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YANGON, 29 July—Organized by MyanmarGiosciences Association,member U Zaw Zaw Ayeand advisinggeotechnical engineer DrWin Naing who have ex-periences at internationallevels in geotechnicalengineering field, will

NAY PYI TAW, 29 July—Lt-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defencedelivered an address at theceremony to conclude theploughing for cultivationof monsoon paddy in BagoDivision, paddytransplanting and directseeding competitions heldnear In-taing Village inTaungoo Township thismorning and presentedprizes.

It was also attendedby Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and

Lt-Gen Ko Ko attends concluding of ploughing forcultivation of monsoon paddy in Bago Division

YANGON, 29 July—Jointly organized byMinister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement andUNICEF Myanmar,Social Sector WorkshopFocusing on VulnerableChildren was held atMindon hall of SedonaHotel here yesterdaymorning.

Director-General USoe Kyi of Social WelfareDepartment made anopening speech on the

Development CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen HlaMin, division/district/township departmentalofficials, members ofsocial organizations,contestants and localpeople.

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defencedelivered an address.

Next, the commandermade an address.

The district chairmenpresented reports onconcluding of ploughing

for cultivation ofmonsoon paddy to thecommander .

Afterwards, Lt-GenKo Ko and party watchedthe paddy transplantingand direct seedingcompetitions and putfingerlings into the fields.

Next, they viewedagricultural educativebooth and farm equipmentbooth.

Lt-Gen Ko Ko, thecommander and officialsawarded winning teams.

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Myanmar Geosciences Association to hold talksgive talks on the subject atthe building of Engineers’Association on Hline Uni-versity Campus from 9 amto 12 noon on 1 August.

The topic of the talksare “Application of obser-vational method onGeotechnical Engineer-ing”, “Diaphram wall

support deep excavationin soft ground”, and“DMT Test inGeotechnical Engineer-ing”. Technicians fromdepartments concerned,students and those inter-ested are invited to attendthe talks.

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Social Sector Workshop Focusing onVulnerable Children held

occasion.Director-General Dr

Mamur Sunsui of SocialWelfare Department ofIndonesia explained thefacts about social welfaretasks being carried out inIndonesia.

Dr Yoshimi Nishino,Dr Mahesh Patel, Mr ZhuCammack, Ms KeetieRoelen and Mr Qingsheng(Social AssistanceDepartment, China) fromUNICEF Myanmar, ProfDr Huck-ju Kwon of Seoul

University of the Republicof Korea and Retdprofessor Dr Daw ThanNgwe of Law Departmentof Yangon University tookpart in the discussion.

G o v e r n m e n t a lofficials, responsiblepersons and high-rankingofficials from NGOs,UNICEF Myanmar andSocial Policy, PlanningMonitoring and Evaluationwere present at theworkshop. The workshopcontinues today.—MNA

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of the Ministry of Defence views paddy transplantingand direct seeding competitions of Bago Division.—MNA

Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint opensCommander’s Shield chess contest of Yangon Command held

on 29 July.—MNA

Director-General U Soe Kyi of Social Welfare Department deliversspeech at Social Sector Workshop Focusing on Vulnerable

Children.—SOCIAL WELFARE

New nation can be visualizedKo Ko Nyi Nyi

(from page 8)could grab it, and when they took it, all was spilled offthe table. So, they were very angry. On the right sideof them were a four feet long fork and a four feet longtable knife. They could not put food into their mouths.They were trying to eat, but in vain. That was the lifeof hell denizens. At another place, they saw a similarscene. But, there all the people had good looking witha fair complexion. They were wearing smiles and alllaughing. They loved each other. Some were singingwhile some were dancing. So, he thought why theywere happy. They tried to offer food to others ratherthan trying to eat. They were serving food, and passingfood to each other. All sounded healthy and happy.

“Then, he asked the king of the hell what it was.”

“The king of the hell replied ‘This is the heaven.”“What is the previous place?”“That is hell.”“The only difference between the hell and the

heaven is that hell denizens are very eager to eat, theynever think of welfare of others, and sharing food withothers. They remain noisy and angry trying to put foodinto their mouths, but they can never do so.”

“Denizens in the heavens show loving-kindness,compassion and sympathetic joy for each other.”

“I see, brother. People with evil spirits have tosuffer evil consequences in the hell, and good-heartedpeople can lead a peaceful life in the heavens.”

“Myanmar people are by nature pious and politedue to the religious teachings. However, a handful of

politicians with excessive greed, anger and conceitare troubling the people, and millions of people areimpoverished. The people of us are waiting for thetime they mend their ways…”

“Yes, much time has been wasted.”“We can visualize the new democratic nation.

Development of a country does not depend on whetherits history is long or short, whether it has rich naturalresources or not, whether the people are poor, andwhether the people are whites or blacks, but on thepeople’s high intellectual power (wisdom), strongmind, and definite aim. Then, the nation will beprosperous. So, what is the most important is theattitude of the people.”

Translation: MS

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(from page 16)Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and party

viewed the paddy transplanting contest.Next, they released fish into the paddy fields.Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party viewed agricul-

tural equipment, pumps, fertilizers, pesticides andspraying equipment, fishing nets, agricultural boothand salesrooms displayed near Thilawa Port andDagon Bridge.

Later, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander andofficials presented prizes to the outstanding town-ships.

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Concluding of ploughing for monsoonpaddy and transplanting of paddy…

NAY PYI TAW, 29July— Accompanied byChairman of Sagaing Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-WestCommand Maj-GenMyint Soe and personnel,Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, on24 July, inspected condi-tion of Myitnge-Sagaingroad section.

On arrival at con-struction site of ThiriMingala overpass in OboWard in Sagaing, Lt-GenTha Aye heard reports onconstruction of the over-pass and called for timelycompletion of the bridge.Lt-Gen Tha Aye then in-spected construction

Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour of Sagaing Divworks and gave necessaryinstructions to officials.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye to-gether with the Com-mander and departmentalpersonnel visited con-struction site of the 200-bed two-storey RC ex-tended patient ward andnew operation theatre inSagaing on 25 July. Theproject engineer reportedon construction of wardsupon which Lt-Gen ThaAye stressed the need forspeedy completion. Lt-Gen Tha Aye then in-spected constructionworks in the hospital.

Afterwards, Lt-GenTha Aye proceeded toRuby Industrial Zone inSagaing Division and

viewed furniture andsawn timber produced bythe factories and task ofweaving in the industrialzone.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye andparty went to Sagaing-Shwebo road section andheard reports on roadworks. Lt-Gen Tha Ayeinspected the road.

Next, Lt-Gen ThaAye and party inspectedcondition of Sagaing-Shwebo district-to-dis-trict road section in amotorcade and visitedconstruction site ofThitpinchaung dam.

At the briefing hall,Lt-Gen Tha Aye heard re-ports on ongoing tasksand gave instructions on

planting of trees that aresuitable to the regionalong both sides of theroad and for greening ofthe environs.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye then

inspected Hlataw-Wetlet-Theikseintgyi road sec-tion. Later, Lt-Gen ThaAye went to Hanlin maindrain in Thayaing villageof Wetlet Township and

heard reports on facility ofthe main drain. Lt-GenTha Aye inspected roadworks on Sagaing-Shweboroad section.

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Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi makes an opening speech at the 27th ASEAN Ministerson Energy Meeting.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence inspects furniture, sawn timberand weaving at Ruby Industrial Zone in Sagaing Division.

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NAY PYI TAW, 29July—The 27th ASEANMinisters on EnergyMeeting was held atSedona Hotel in Manda-lay this morning, attendedby ministers for energyfrom member countries,deputy ministers, seniorofficials, deputy secre-tary-general and person-nel from ASEAN Secre-tariat, ASEAN Centre forEnergy-ACE, representa-tives of Head of ASEANPower Utility and Author-ity-HAPUA.

27th AMEM heldFirst, Thai Minister

for Energy, Mr WannaratChannukul who presidedover the 26th AMEM de-livered an address.

Next, Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thipresiding over the 27thAMEM spoke on the oc-casion. Minister for In-dustry and Trade Mr VuHuy Hoang of Vietnamacted as co- chairman andmatters related to energysector were discussed atthe meeting.

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence views Yangon Division level paddy transplantingcontest.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29July—Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint presented certifi-cates of honour and cashawards to one ExcellentPerformance in Adminis-trative Field (SecondClass) award winner, twoExcellent Performance in

Honorary awards, prizes winners honouredSocial Field (SecondClass) award winners, 31Excellent Performance inSocial Field (Third Class)award winners and 12Public Service GoodMedal winners, and tro-phies and cash awards tomass sport activity prizewinning Bago Division,Shan State (East), Man-dalay Division, Salingyi,

Kalewa and Mongphyattownships at the hall ofthe Ministry of Sports,here, yesterday afternoon.

Director-General UThaung Htaik of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment also gave cer-tificates of honour andcash awards to winners inthe short story, article andphoto contests.

After viewing prizewinning works of the con-tests, the minister posedfor documentary phototogether with award andprize winners.—MNA

Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye

Myint presentscertificate of honourto a winner.—MNA

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A file photo shows confiscated elephant tusks at Hai Phong, Vietnam, from aprevious seizure by customs officials in March. Vietnamese authorities have

uncovered 200kg of elephant ivory tusks illegally imported from Kenya.INTERNET

MACAO, 29 July—Macao reported sevennewly confirmed cases ofInfluenza A/H1N1 onWednesday, bringing thetotal number of such casesto 174.

The newly confirmedcases concerned threemale patients and fourfemale patients, of whomthe oldest was 59 yearsold while the youngest wasjust a 20-month-old baby,according to Macao’shealth Bureau.

According to thestatistics from the Bureau,some 11 patients whotested positive for the A/H1N1 flu virus were stillreceiving medicaltreatments at localhospitals, and their healthconditions remainedstable.—Internet

SANFRANCISCO, 29 July —Microsoftand Yahoo inked a 10-year Web searchdeal to better compete against marketleader Google but stopped short ofcombining their display advertisingbusinesses.

Yahoo shares fell 7.5 percent, as someinvestors were disappointed by the limitedscope of the deal. Shares of Microsoftedged higher, while Google shares fell 1percent.

“Those that were looking forward toa take-out, the deal today was ratherdisappointing,” said Marc Pado, U.S.market strategist for Cantor Fitzgerald“The 10-year pact, it’s not a bad thing. It’snot as good as what investors expected.”

Under the deal announced onWednesday, Microsoft’s Bing searchengine will be the exclusive algorithmicsearch and paid search technology forYahoo’s sites, while Yahoo will beresponsible for selling premium searchads for both companies.

Yahoo estimated the deal will boost

Microsoft and Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership

Models presenttraditional costumes ofthe Mongolian ethnicgroup at the grassland

cultural festival inHohhot, capital of

north China’s InnerMongolia

Autonomous Regionon 15 July 2009.

INTERNET

Kung Fu acrobats perform during adress rehearsal of Chun Yi: The Legendof Kung Fu, in a London theatre on 29July 2009, which runs for three weeksuntil August 16 and has a score bycomposer Zheng Bing.—INTERNET

Macao’s A/H1N1 confirmed

cases climb to174

its annual operating income by about$500 million (305 million pounds) andyield capital expenditure savings of $200million. Yahoo also expects the deal toboost annual operating cash flow by about$275 million.

Yahoo reported income fromoperations of $13 million in 2008, hurt by$487.5 million in goodwill impairmentcharge and $107 million in restructuringcharges. In 2007, operating income was$695 million.

Ross Sandler, analyst at RBC CapitalMarkets, said some people will bedisappointed that Microsoft did not giveYahoo a big upfront payment, but notedthat the partnership was good overall forthe two companies.—Internet

Daimler posts $1.51 billion loss in second-quarterBERLIN, 29 July—

Germany’s Daimler AG saidWednesday that it losteuro1.06 billion ($1.51billion) in the second quarteras the recession hurt car andtruck sales and the companytook charges related to itsstake in Chrysler. But thecompany saw signs of aturnaround and its sharesrose.The loss in the April-June period compared witha profit of nearly euro1.3billion a year earlier.Analysts surveyed byThomson Reuters hadexpected a net loss of euro1.5billion.Despite the thirdquarterly loss in a row, thecompany predicted a

“gradual improvement” inits operating profit in thecoming months. The newshelped push Daimler sharesup 5.3 percent to euro31.67in Frankfurt trading.

Sales fell 25 percent toeuro19.6 billion in thequarter compared witheuro26 billion last year,

below the euro20 billion thatanalysts had forecast, a starkreminder of the bleaklandscape that car makersworldwide face amid theeconomic crisis. Thecompany’s truck business,the world’s largest by sales,saw unit sales fall 60 percent.

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Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenicLONDON, 29 July—

International cancerexperts have movedtanning beds and othersources of ultravioletradiation into the top cancerrisk category, deemingthem as deadly as arsenicand mustard gas. For years,scientists have describedtanning beds andultraviolet radiation as“probable carcin-ogens.”Anew analysis of about 20studies concludes the riskof skin cancer jumps by 75percent when people startusing tanning beds before

age 30. Experts also foundthat all types of ultravioletradiation caused worryingmutations in mice, proofthe radiation iscarcinogenic. Previously,only one type of ultravioletradiation was thought to belethal.

The new classificationmeans tanning beds andother sources of ultravioletradiation are definitecauses of cancer, alongsidetobacco, the hepatitis Bvirus and chimneysweeping, among others.

The research was

published online in themedical journal LancetOncology on Wednesday,by experts at theInternational Agency forResearch on Cancer inLyon, the cancer arm ofthe World HealthOrganization.“Peopleneed to be reminded of therisks of sunbeds,” saidVincent Cogliano, one ofthe cancer researchers.“We hope the prevailingculture will change so teensdon’t think they need touse sunbeds to get a tan.”

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Toxic phenol leaksafter tanker overturns

HANGZHOU, 29 July—Emergency services aretrying to contain and cleanup a spillage of the toxicchemical phenol, whichoccurred when a tankeroverturned in east Chinalate Wednesday, localauthorities said.

The accidenthappened at 10 p.m. onYanhu road on theboundary of Haining Cityand Haiyan City in eastChina's ZhejiangProvince, said an officialwith the Hainingmunicipal firefightingdepartment.

The Zhejiang tankerwas carrying nine tonnesof phenol from Shanghaito Huzhou City ofZhejiang, the official said.

The tanker driversurnamed Zhang said thetanker overturned whenhe tried to evade a carcoming in the oppositedirection.

A tanker workersurnamed Fan wasslightly injured and thevehicle's top wasdamaged.

The phenol willseriously affect theenviroment, thefirefighting departmentofficial said.

Phenol, also carbolicacid, a toxic whitecrystalline solid withantiseptic properties, isused in antisepticsurgeries and productionof drugs and cosmetics.

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Glacier thawing speeds upin Yangtze River sources

XINING, 29 July—Glaciers covering almost 233square kilometers have melted over the past 30 yearsin the source area of the Yangtze River, China's long-est waterway, due to global warming and the meltingis accelerating, experts said Tuesday.

By last year, the total area of glaciers had decreasedto 1,051 square kilometers from 1,283 squarekilometers in 1971. Nearly 1 billion cubic meters ofglaciers were melting yearly, said Xin Yuanhong, sen-ior engineer at the Water Resources and Geology In-stitute of western Qinghai Province.

About 164 square kilometers of glaciers melted inthe source area in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 2002to 2008. However, the figure was only 68 squarekilometers from 1971 to 2002, said Xin, who partici-pated in the ecological and geological survey on thesource area of the Yangtze River.

The melt can reduce water in the lower reaches ofthe Yangtze River, dry up lakes and triggerdesertification, said Xin. He said the rising tempera-tures in the area due to continuing global warm werethe major cause of the glacier melt.—Internet

Verizon tocut 8,000

jobsNEW YORK, 29 July—

US telecommunicationsgiant Verizon said itwould cut 8,000 jobs in2009 to reduce costs dur-ing the economicslowdown.

“Although we are tak-ing steps to mitigate thenegative impacts of theeconomy in the short-term, we also need tomore significantly reducethe wireline cost structureover the next 12 to 18months,” Chief FinancialOfficer John Killian saidin a conference call.

The company trimmedits workforce by 8,000employees in 2008 andsaid it would continue toreduce expenses in travel,real estate and other areas,the San Francisco Busi-ness Times reported Tues-day. Verizon Communi-cation Inc. currently em-ploys 235,000 workers,the newspaper said.

Internet

A tourist walks by awetland at the source

of the Yangtze River onthe Qinghai-Tibet

Plateau in this undatedfile photo.—INTERNET

French auto giant PSAslumps to first half loss

PARIS, 29 July—French auto giant PSA PeugeotCitroen said Wednesday it slumped to a first half lossof 962 million euros (1.37 billion dollars) as the glo-bal economic crisis hit the auto industry.

In its 2008 first half, the company reported a netprofit of 733 million euros but finished the year witha net loss of 343 million euros as the economic crisisdecimated auto sales. PSA said it was maintaining itsforecast for a 12 percent fall in the European vehiclemarket this year, with “the beginning of a recoveryseen towards the end of 2010.”—Internet

People perform local dance during the carnival held to revive the cyclone-torntown of Nagarote, Nicaragua, on 27 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Mayors say Canadahas no swine flu planSUMMERSIDE, 29 July—Canada has no plan to keep

essential services going if a swine flu pandemic be-comes a plague, a key national group of mayors andother municipal officials said.

“The global outbreak of the H1N1 virus has exposeda serious gap in the federal government’s overall pan-demic preparedness strategy,” Federation of CanadianMunicipalities President Basil Stewart wrote in an openletter to Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq.

With no complete national plan or even guidelinesin place, “critical services that provide the foundationfor effective pandemic response measures” are at risk,his letter said.

The health of workers who keep cities and townsrunning would be especially important in a pandemicescalation, the federation argues.

For instance, police may be needed to keep orderoutside hospitals and clinics, transit workers wouldbe needed to get health workers to their jobs and mu-nicipal health officials would have to coordinate thedisease response, the federation says.

The federal government created a 500-page pan-demic plan in 2006, but the municipalities say it'sincomplete,The Globe and Mail reported.

Internet

At least five killed, five injured in attacks in ColombiaBOGOTA, 29 July–At least five militaries and civilians were killed and five oth-

ers were injured in the attacks launched by suspected rebels in the northwesterndepartment Choco in Colombia, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Pastor Mosquera, the mayor of the municipality Medio San Juan in Choco,said six more people have disappeared so far, and only two injured are undermedical care, while three others are hiding at inaccessible places in fear of beingfurther attacked by the suspected rebels.

Tatiana Valencia, representative of the local government, said the attacks werelaunched by the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC), which hasnot been confirmed yet.

Internet

Rescuers workat the scene

where a truckoverturned

and collidedwith three carsin the opposite

direction onthe east RingRoad No. 5 in

Beijing,capital of

China, on 28July, 2009.INTERNET

Latina cancers to soar in USCHAMPAIGN, 29 July —

Breast, cervical and othercancers in US Hispanicwomen will soar in thenext 40 years, a healthprofessor says, calling forimproved cancer screen-ings.

“It’s just going to ex-plode,” University of Illi-nois professor Lydia Bukisaid. “It’s really a trainwreck waiting to happen,and we’re not doingenough to anticipatewomen’s needs. Evenright now, we are not do-ing a good job of provid-ing services for thesewomen.”

Hispanic women mustbecome more aware of thesignificance and value ofcancer screenings andeasy access to places forscreenings, Buki said.

The expected surge incancers will come with aprojected tripling of theUS Hispanic populationby 2050, Buki said.

Screening for cancercan lead to earlier diagno-sis, which in turn may ex-tend life, research sug-gests. “It’s women know-ing the importance (ofcancer screening) and atthe same time, being ableto access information andscreening services,” Bukisaid. ”Also, we need toprovide information andaccess to support servicesto women already diag-nosed.”—Internet

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Israeli scientists fear spreading ofmore animal-to-human diseases

A/H1N1 flu death tollin Colombia reaches 13

BOGOTA, 29 July— The Colombian governmentconfirmed four new deaths from A/H1N1 flu onTuesday, raising the death toll to 13 in the country. The Social Protection Ministry said three men inthe capital Bogota and a woman in Cundinamarcaprovince died of A/H1N1 flu. The ministry saidthere have been 259 confirmed cases of A/H1N1 fluin the country so far, as well as 7,838 suspectedcases. The Colombian government has tightened controlat hospitals and health centers to avoid a large-scalespread of the disease in the country.—Internet

Calcium scoring helps predictheart events

People surf the web during the annual “Campus Party” Internet usersgathering in Valencia on 28 July, 2009. “Campus Party” is a thirteen-year-old event where people from several countries share experiences related to

computers and communications. More than 6,000 Internet users turnedtheir computers on at mid-night to kick off this year’s week-long

gathering.—INTERNET

Tourists walk past thewaterwheel in Lijiang,a tourist resort insouthwest China’sYunnan Province, on 27July, 2009. The 800-year-old city, located onthe northwest tip ofYunnan, was listed bythe UNESCO in 1997 asa world culturalheritagesite.—INTERNET

A/H1N1 flu death toll risesto 17 in Ecuador

QUITO, 29 July — The Ecuadorian healthauthorities reported on Tuesday three new cases ofdeath from A/H1N1 influenza, raising the death tollin the country to 17. Ecuadorian Vice HealthMinister Marcelo Aguilar said on Tuesday that thethree victims died during the last two days. Aguilar said the number of infected patients in thecountry has risen to 783. He also said the virus has been detected in 18 ofthe 24 provinces in the country, including the borderareaswith Colombia and Peru. The most affectedprovinces are Guayas and Pichincha.—Internet

A/H1N1 flu death toll inBrazil reaches 56

RIO DE JANEIRO, 29 July— Brazil’s healthauthorities announced 10 more deaths from A/H1N1flu on Tuesday, raising the death toll in the countryto 56. Seven of the victims were from Sao Paulo state insoutheastern Brazil, while the other three were fromRio Grande do Sul state in the south of the country. Earlier on Tuesday, the authorities announced thedeath of a man in Paraiba state in northeasternBrazil. Sao Paulo state has the highest death toll in thecountry with 27victims so far, followed by RioGrande do Sul state with 19, Rio de Janeiro state withfive, Parana state with four and Paraiba state withone.—Internet

Anesthesia may not harm baby’s brain

MUNICH, 29 July —German researchers saythey may be able to predictfuture severe cardiacevents in patients withknown coronary diseaseusing coronary calciumscoring.Coronary arterydisease is a conditionin which plaque —cholesterol, calcium, fatand other substances —builds up inside thearteries that supply bloodto the heart.

When plaque buildsup in the coronary arteries,

blood flow to the heartis reduced and may leadto arrhythmia, heartattack or heart failure.Lead author Dr MarcusHacker of LudwigMaximilians University inMunich, Germany, saidsingle photon emissioncomputed tomographymyocardial perfusionimaging is a nuclearmedicine diagnosticprocedure that providesexcellent three-dimen-sional images of thecoronary arteries to assistin the diagnosis andtreatment of coronaryartery disease.—Internet

ROCHESTER, 29 July— US researchers foundin a preliminary study thatthe use of anesthesiaduring delivery was notharmful to the baby.

The Mayo Clinic

study, published inAnesthesiology, foundthe incidence of learningdisabilities was equalbetween children whowere delivered vaginallyand those who were

delivered via C-sectionbut with generalanesthesia.

Study co-author DrRandall Flick said thestudy also found babiesdelivered by Cesareanusing an epiduralanesthetic — whichnumbs only the lowerregion of the body anddoes not involve themother going to sleep —had a substantiallyreduced risk for learningdisabilities later in life.

“The risk wasreduced by about 40percent compared tochildren deliveredvaginally and thosedelivered via Cesarean-section but with generalanesthesia,” study leaderDr Juraj Sprung said in astatement.—Internet

WHO Tanning beds can cause cancerLONDON, 29 July— Ultraviolet radiation tanning beds and UV radiation were

moved up to the highest cancer risk category by a World Health Organizationagency, officials said.

A special report in the August edition of The Lancet Oncology said theInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of WHO, moved tanning bedsup to the highest cancer risk category — carcinogenic to humans. The use ofsunlamps and sunbeds was previously classified as probably carcinogenic tohumans.

Dr Fatiha El Ghissassi and colleagues at IARC in Lyon, France, said thecomprehensive meta-analysis concluded that the risk of skin melanoma is increasedby 75 percent when use of tanning devices starts before 30 years of age.In addition,all types of ionizing radiation were also classified as carcinogenic to humansincluding:

— Radon gas, which seeps from soil, rocks and building materials, causinglung cancer.

— Plutonium and its decay products.— Radium and its decay products, affecting the bones of medical patients.— Phosphorous-32 and its decay products, causing acute leukemia in medical

patients.— Radioiodines, affecting the thyroids in children and adolescent survivors of

nuclear reactor accidents.—Internet

JERUSALEM, 29 July—Israel’s health authoritieshave confirmed that the A/H1N1 flu played a role inthe recent death of a 35-year-old resident of theRed Sea resort city of Eilat.

It is the first knowndeath case of this influenzain the country with apopulation of sevenmillion, but a high numberof 1,300 A/H1N1 casesamong the some 140,000cases worldwide.

Scientists in thecountry say they cannotrule out more deaths in theweeks ahead. The Health

Ministry has also lookedinto the death of a child incentral Israel who showedsigns of A/H1N1 flucomplications, but testresults later ruled the virusout as a cause.

While doctors andscientists are dealing withthe A/H1N1 flu, they arepainfully aware that otherunknown infections couldbe around the corner —and Israeli experts arewarning that there isnothing to stop the transferof more unwanted diseasesfrom livestock to humans.

Internet

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S P O R T S Ronaldo opens Real accountin pre-season friendly

Real Madrid's CristianoRonaldo kicks the ballduring a Peace Cup

match against Liga deQuito at Santiago

Bernabeu stadium inMadrid. Real Madridwon 4-2.—INTERNET

Villa ‘happy’ to remain at Valencia

Spanish national football team'sforward David Villa

Safin brings Indy champGinepri back to earth

Marat Safin

Venus and Serena advancein ‘hometown’ tournament

Second seeded AmericanVenus Williams

Austrian striker Hoffer signswith Napoli

VIENNA, 29 July—Austrian international strikerErwin Hoffer signed for Serie A side Napoli from

Austrian internationalstriker Erwin Hoffer

Pienaar hopeful of Evertoncontract resolution

South Africa midfielderSteven Pienaar picturedbefore the Fifa Confed-

erations Cup matchbetween Spain and

South Africa at the FreeState Stadium in

Bloemfontein, SouthAfrica, in June.

INTERNET

LIVERPOOL, 29 July—South Africa midfielderSteven Pienaar expects tosign a new contract withEverton despite rejectingthe Premier League's ini-tial offer.

Pienaar is a transfer tar-get for Atletico Madridand Fiorentina and reportsthat he had snubedEverton's contract led tosuggestions he would quitGoodison Park.

But the 27-year-old isadamant he is still happyat Everton and revealedthat the negotiations re-main on-going to extendhis current deal, which

expires in 2011. "It is seldom that both parties cometo an agreement at the first attempt," Pienaar said.

"Coming to such an important agreement takes time.We have only just started discussions and we will keepon talking until hopefully we get a deal that is right forboth parties. "The fact that it is taking time does notmean I am unhappy at Everton, but this next contractfor me is obviously very important at this stage of mycareer.

Internet

Rapid Vienna on Tues-day, the selling club an-nounced in a statement.

The 22-year-old -scorer of two goals in his11 international appear-ances - signed a five yearcontract with the sidecoached by former Italynational coach RobertoDonadoni.

Napoli finished 12th inlast season's Serie A titlerace.—Internet

MADRID, 29 July—Spanish interna-tional striker David Villa, a long-timetarget of both Real Madrid and Barce-lona, said on Tuesday he was happy tostay at Valencia.

"I was told that I must leave Valenciafor the good of the club, then theychanged their minds," he said.

"My situation depends on the decisionof the club. They have decided that I amto stay and I am happy about the goals Ihave for the start of this season," he wasquoted as saying on the club's website.

Valencia planned to sell top severalplayers, including Villa, to help solve itsfinancial difficulties.

The 27-year-old, the top scorer at Euro2008, was ready to sign for Real Madrid,but Valencia asked for more money asother clubs, including Barcelona, ex-pressed interest.—Internet

MADRID, 29 July—Theworld's most expensivefootballer CristianoRonaldo got off the markfor his club Real Madridhere on Tuesday as theyran out 4-2 winners overEcuadorean side Liga deQuito in the Peace Cup.

The 23-year-old Por-tuguese star - who costReal around 94 millioneuros when he joinedfrom Manchester United- won and then converteda penalty in the 48thminute as Real set up asemi-final on Fridaywith Italian giantsJuventus.

However, it was oneof Real 's less highprofile signings of theclose season EstebanGranero otherwiseknown as El Pirata orThe Pirate, bought fromGetafe, who stole theshow with a goal andcreated another for Ger-man international de-fender ChristophMetzelder.—Internet

STANFORD, 29 July—Second seededAmerican Venus Williams defeatedStephanie Dubois of Canada 6-2, 6-3 inthe opening round of the 700,000 dol-lar WTA Bank of the West Classic.

Williams is also playing doubles withher sister Serena who had to work forher 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) victory over China'sLi Na in the night match.

"It was a great match to get myrhythm, hit a lot of balls and work onmy shots," said Williams, who won ti-tles here in 2000 and 2002. "It's all aboutthe mentality. I usually adjust prettyquickly. I do want to try new and dif-ferent things."

In other matches, DanielaHantuchova of Slovakia outlastedAleksandra Wozniak 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. The

marathon match took two hours and 33minutes.

Defending champion Wozniakbecame the first Canuck in 20 years tocapture a Tour title when she won the2008 tournament.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 29 July—Eighth seed Marat Safindeflated the ego of lastweekend's Indianapoliswinner Robby Ginepriwith a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 comefrom behind win to reachthe second round of theLos Angeles Open. Safin,who last won a match inthe first round at RolandGarros nearly two monthsago, lifted his own spiritsas he made a respectableshowing in what is meantto be his final season in thegame at age 29. Safin wasfresh from an exhibitionwin 24 here hours earlieragainst Pete Sampras.

"If you beat PeteSampras you know youhave a good chance ofbeating Robby Ginepri,"

Barcelona loanout new Braziliansigning Keirisson

LISBON, 29 July—Highly-regarded Brazil-ian striker Keirisson hasbeen loaned to Portugueseoutfit Benfica by Cham-pions League holdersBarcelona just a week af-ter he signed for the Span-ish giants for 14millioneuros.

The 20-year-old hadsigned a five year contractwith Barcelona from Bra-zilian side Palmeiras buton Tuesday Barca optedto loan him to Benfica fora season with the optionof extending it by anotherseason.—Internet

he joked. "Robby is play-ing really well, comingfrom a title last week. He'sa tough player. The matchwas well-played from bothof us. I got up a break inthe beginning of the sec-ond set and that helped meto turn the match around."

Internet

Nadal doubts successfulreturn to tennis

MADRID, 29 July—Rafael Nadal admitted thathe faces a sea of “doubt"about his chances of a suc-cessful return to tennis inAugust after missing twomonths with knee pain.

"I'm in a sea of doubt,"said the world numbertwo, who lost his top rank-ing after crashing out ofthe French Open in thefourth round and then sit-ting out with knee tendini-tis during Wimbledon,which was won by RogerFederer.

Nadal had felt painfrom the start of the Euro-

pean clay season andwilled himself to play -and win - Monte Carlo,Barcelona and Rome overthree consecutive weeksin April and May. "I didn'tknow when to stop," hesaid.

He said that playingin Madrid, where he lostthe final to Federer after amarathon semifinal winover Novak Djokovic, wasa step too far for his body.

"I came close tobreaking," he said. "Iwanted to play Madrid,but now I think it was amistake."

The 23-year-oldcleared the air about therecent separation of hisparents, saying that thepersonal event did not af-fect his tennis.

"My family was al-ways very supportive inmy career," Nadal said.

"These changes aresomewhat difficult to di-gest. But that's not whataffected me. The real prob-lem was my knees."

He said that returningto the game will be agradual affair, perhapswith sharply redefined pri-orities."—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin lower Sagaing Division, rain have been isolated in KayahState and Magway Division, scattered in MandalayDivisions, fairly widespread in Yangon and TaninthayiDivision and widespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfall in Kayin and Mon States, isolated heavyfall inChin and Rakhine States, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay PyiTaw (0.08) inch, Kawkareik (6.89) inches, Hpa-an (4.01)inches, Shwegyin (3.86) inches, Palatwa (3.82) inches, Ye(3.78) inches, Dawei (3.58) inches, Theinzayat (3.39) inches,Kyaudtaw and Thaton (3.03) inches each and Aunglan(0.24) inch.

Maximum temperature on 28-7-2009 was 87°F.Minimum temperature on 29-7-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-7-2009 was 96%.Total sun shine hours on 28-7-2009 was (0.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 29-7-2009 was (0.31) inch at Mingaladon,(0.59) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.67) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (68.11) inches atMingaladon, (74.76) inches at Kaba-Aye and (75.87) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on28-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 29th July 2009: Rainwill be isolated to scattered in Kayah State, Mandalay,lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions, fairly widespread inShan State, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon andChin States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strong monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

30-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for

30-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for

30-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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Ocean Park.—INTERNET

Torrential rains leave 66 dead, 66missing in south China

CHENGDU, 29 July—Rainstorms have left at least66 people dead, 66 missing and more than 30,000relocated from their homes since the beginning ofJune in the southern China provinces of Sichuan,Jiangxi, Hunan and Guizhou and Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region.

In Sichuan Province, landslides triggered byrainstorms killed 46 people and left 66 missing, saidWei Hong, deputy governer of the province.

The death toll from the landslide in KangdingCounty on July 23 had risen to 12 with 42 stillmissing, Wei said.

In Jiangxi Province, heavy rains forced therelocation of 17,500 people and floods destroyed180 homes.

The rains had caused an estimated 342 millionyuan (50 million U.S. dollars) in economic losses,the Jiangxi Provincial Government announcedWednesday.

Officials from the Guangxi Province Departmentof Land Resources have identified 1,868 high-risksites where potential landslides pose threats to190,000 people and 1.5 billion yuan worth ofproperties.—Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

YANGON, 29 July—The Public are herebyinformed that exceptionally high spring of from20.0 feet to 20.3 feet high above the datum areexpected to occur in Yangon River during theperiod from 6th to 10th August 2009. It is notserious because the high tides have reached up to21.7 feet high above datum in the years 2007 and2008, and that the warning is issued only becausehigh tide reaches over 20 feet high above datum.

MNA

Warning of hightide

YANGON, 29 July—The concluding of plough-ing for monsoon paddy and transplanting of paddyof Yangon Division was held at the paddy field inLetyetsan Village of Thanlyin Township this morn-

Concluding of ploughing for monsoon paddy andtransplanting of paddy of Yangon Division held

ing, with an address by Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence.

The commander also made a speech.The chairman of District Peace and Devel-

opment Council presented the reports on plough-ing for cultivation of monsoon paddy to the com-mander.

(See page 10)

NAY PYI TAW, 29 July—The Township Health Department transferred a 57-year-old man, who had returned from Singapore, to Yangon General Hospitalyesterday as he had a fever. The National Health Laboratory gave him a medicalcheck-up and he was found infected with the New Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Thepatient arrived back Myanmar by flight No MI-512 on July 20.

Thirteen family members of the patient are kept in home quarantine. Theauthorities concerned are keeping a close watch on 74 passengers who were whowere with the patient on the same flight and 131 airport staff at places where theyare living.

Up to now, the number of patients infected with the virus has reached tenin Myanmar and four out of them have been discharged from the hospital as theyhave fully recovered. The specialists are taking intensive care of remaining sixpatients.

So far, the National Health Laboratory has examined 107 suspectedpatients and only ten were found A (H1N1) positive.—MNA

One more patient found infectedwith New Influenza A (H1N1)Number of patients with the

virus reaches to ten

NAY PYI TAW, 29 July—Meteorology and Hydrology Department todayannounced that a moderate earthquake of intensity (5.4) Richter Scale with itsepicenter outside Myanmar (Indonesia) about 1,600 miles south-southeast ofKaba Aye Seismological Observatory jolted at (16) hrs (06) min (46) sec M.S.Ton 29 July 2009.

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YANGON, 29 July —As part of efforts for pre-venting the outbreak of den-gue hemorrhagic fever, pre-ventive measures againstthe DHF were carried outin Ahlon, Dagon, Insein,Dagon Myothit (South) andDagon Myothit (North)townships today.

Chairman of Yan-gon City Development

Preventive measures against DHFtaken in five townships

Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin wentto the townships and in-spected the preventivemeasures.

Before the inspec-tion tour, the mayor metwith officials concernedat the office of AhlonTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee thismorning and gave instruc-

tions on prevention of themosquito-born disease.Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin also inspectedthe construction of thenew building for No.1Basic Education HighSchool in Ahlon Town-ship and dredging drainsand upgrading of roads inTamway Township.

MNA

New nation canbe visualized

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A handful of politicians withexcessive greed, anger andconceit are troubling thepeople, and millions of peopleare impoverished.

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