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Volume XVIII, Number 11 5th Waning of Kason 1372 ME Sunday, 2 May, 2010

Four political objectives * Stability of the State, community peace and tranquil- Construction of Nay Pyi Taw lity, prevalence of law and order * National reconsolidation * Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution * Building of a new modern developed nation in accord International Airport gaining momentun with the new State Constitution Four economic objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round NAY P YI T AW, 1 May — Minister for Trans- vert under the new runway, placing of 14-inch development of other sectors of the economy as well port U Thein Swe inspected progress of entrance concrete layer on the 8-inch layer concrete layer, * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic sys- tem road to six-lane motorway that leads to Nay Pyi ground work for the remote parking of the apron * Development of the economy inviting participation in Taw International Airport, growing of trees and and construction of concrete drains around the terms of technical know-how and investments from flowery plants for beautifying and greening tasks airport. sources inside the country and abroad * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept and availability of water this morning. At the briefing hall, the minister heard in the hands of the State and the national peoples The managing director of Asia World reports on work progress, air-conditioning sys- reported on concrete works for floors and tem, security system, escalator and elevator and Four social objectives posts for the first floor, installation of steel fire extinguishing system presented by the man- * Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation beams, piling of bored piles for elevated drive- aging director of Asia World. * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preser- vation and safeguarding of cultural heritage and way at the main building construction site of The minister called for timely completion national character the airport. of construction works, security measures and * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of After hearing the reports, the minister worksite safety. the entire nation looked into progress in construction of Bon Cul- MNA

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LOCAL NEWS PW working on all cylinders in building 96 miles long Pathein-Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsoon Road MYANMYANMMYANM Myanmar attends 16th Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Moe Myint Hlaing SAARC Summit as observer PAGE 2

Myanmar, Italy to cooperate in agriculture sector PAGE 8

INT’L NEWS

Paramilitary policemen march after a flag raising ceremony at the Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai. Workers at the tarmacking sections on Pathein-Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsoon Road. (See page 7)

2-5-2010 NL 1 8/31/18, 8:06 PM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire

Sunday, 2 May, 2010 * 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 Workers urged to join hands * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State with people in realizing State’s * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy seven-step Road Map The present age has witnessed every country Myanmar attends 16th SAARC Summit as observer exerting efforts for own national economic development and enhancement of power and NAY PYI TAW, 1 image. Myanmar also is in the process of striving May—A Myanmar Minister observer delegation led to stand tall as a modern and developed nation for with consolidated force of the entire people by Minister for Foreign among the global nations. The workers on their Affairs U Nyan Win Foreign part have their dutiful and effective national arrived back from Affairs U role to reach this end. Bhutan yesterday Chairman of the State Peace and evening after attending Nyan Win Development Council Senior General Than the 16th Summit of the Shwe sent a message on the Workers Day that Heads of State/ at 16th Government of the South falls on 1 May 2010. The message exhorts the SAARC workers: “All along the course of history, you Asian Association for the workers proved your worthiness with your Regional Cooperation Summit. fine traditions. So, I would like to urge you to (SAARC) member MOFA ward off attempts of saboteurs and aliens to countries held in interfere and to sow seeds of mistrust in our Thimphu, Bhutan from Minister U Nyan Win combat climate change. On 29 April evening, country while further fostering your unyielding 28 and 29 April. said that economic He stated that Myanmar the summit ended spirit, anti-colonialist spirit, nationalism and The summit was also linkages between will serve to establish successfully and adopted attended by the Heads of Union Spirit. Moreover, you need to join hands Myanmar and its close linkage between Thimphu Statement on State/Government, with the entire people for the successful neighbouring countries ASEAN and SAARC as Climate Change of the ministers, deputy implementation of the State’s seven-step Road of South Asia have an observer country. He Summit Declaration. ministers, ambassadors Map.” strengthened as the also pointed out that While in Bhutan, and senior officials from Nowadays, the correct national policies and South Asian nations there are so many other Minister U Nyan Win 8 SAARC member objectives are being implemented successfully, achieved economic, important areas held separate bilateral countries, representatives and the rapid national progress has been social and cultural including trade and meetings with Minister of the observer and guest achieved in parallel with the prevalence of peace advancement. Myanmar economic relations, of Health Mr Zangley countries/organizations. has joined SAARC as an and stability. Arrangements have been made to combating terrorism, Ukpa and Minister in- On 28 April observer in view of the ensure harmony among the private sector of the poverty alleviation, Charge of Foreign afternoon, President of country’s geographical national races, the State sector and the tourism and cultural Affairs Mr Lyonpo the Socialist Democratic importance and the cooperation, etc where cooperative sector. All are placing emphasis on Khandy Tshering and Republic of Sri Lanka strong historical and Myanmar and SAARC improvement of mechanized agricultural discussed promotion of Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa cultural bondage with member countries can farming and shaping the nation into an bilateral relations and handed over the members of the expand the cooperation. industrialized one. cooperation in chairmanship of SAARC association. He also In the evening, the international fora. The industrial zones and industrial regions to Bhutanese Prime underlined the urgent Bhutanese Prime In Bhutan, the have been established across the nation. The Minister Mr Jigme need for all countries to Minister and wife hosted minister and party visited factories are manufacturing import-substitute Thinley. take long-term a dinner to the historic cultural sites. products and modern machines and machinery. In his address, cooperative action to delegations. MNA The government recognizes the role of workers in the national development drive and gives priority to the promotion and protection of the MoU Signing Ceremony for ICT Business Partnership held workers’ rights and opportunities. YANGON, 30 April— Ltd (Japan) and USE Center took place at and Telegraphs U Thein Upholding Our Three Main National The ceremony to sign Information System Traders Hotel here this Tun made an opening Causes, the government is shaping the nation MoU between ACE Data Development Co., Ltd morning. address. into a modern and developed new nation, while Systems Co., Ltd (Japan) for the First, Deputy Next, U Thein Oo, implementing the State’s seven-step Road Map. (Myanmar) and DIR establishment of Software Minister for Chairman of ACE Data The Myanmar workers who have significant System Technology Co., Development Offshore Communications, Posts Systems Co., Ltd role in all along the course of the history are to (Myanmar), and Mr. join hands with the entire people in discharging Akira Nakamura, the national duties for achieving success in Chairman of DIR System realizing the State’s seven-step Road Map while Technology Co., Ltd making utmost efforts in expediting production (Japan), explained aims process for the emergence of an industrialized and actions that will be nation. jointly implemented. The ceremony came to an end after speaking MoU signing ceremony on establishment of words of thanks by Mrs. Software Development Offshore Centre Chizuko Funabashi, among DIR System Technology Co Ltd Chairperson of USE (Japan), USE Information System Information System Development Co Ltd (Japan) and ACE Data Development Co., Ltd Systems Co Ltd (Myanmar) in progress.—MNA (Japan). MNA

2-5-2010 NL 2 8/31/18, 8:06 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 3 Chinese President Hu Jintao declares open Shanghai World Expo SHANGHAI, 1 May— Huangpu River. be recorded in the 159- The Shanghai World Expo Chinese President Hu year-old World Expo has got underway Friday Jintao declared the opening history, with thousands evening with a dazzling of the World Expo 2010 in of people watching, display of artistic the futuristic seashell- while hundreds of performances, fancy shaped venue. thousands more enjoying fireworks and high International dign- lights, fountains and technologies at the opening itaries, including French fireworks that lit up the ceremony. President Nicolas Sarkozy, waterfront promenade, Chinese President Hu After years of planning Republic of Korea President the Bund. Jintao declares the and prep-aration, the Lee Myungbak, Mongolian The indoor perfor- opening of the ceremony, featuring indoor President Tsakhia mances starred China’s Shanghai World perfo-rmances and outdoor Elbegdorj and European piano prodigy Lang Expo during the Expo celebrations, began at Commission President Jose Lang, famous for his opening ceremony in around 20:00 in the Expo Manuel Barroso and other dramatic countenance Shanghai, east Culture Centre of the Expo 16 heads of state and and gestures, who played Paramilitary policemen march after a flag the New Shanghai China, on 30 April, park, which spreads across government were in raising ceremony at the Shanghai World Expo Concerto, the event’s 2010. 5.28 square kilometres attendance at the ceremony. site in Shanghai on 30 April, 2010. theme music. along both sides of the The evening would XINHUA Xinhua INTERNET 2 killed in China says Houston police beat, Militant group claims market blast injured diplomat oil pipeline attack

in western DALLS, 1 May— driving to the consulate. Three Houston police The statement said a family Iraq officers have been member also was involved, BAGHDAD, 1 May— restricted to desk duty but did not say if that Two people were killed after they followed a person was injured. and nine wounded when a Chinese diplomat into the The consulate in roadside bomb exploded parking garage of the Houston did not in a market in western Iraq Chinese Consulate, immediately return a on Friday, a local police arrested the man and message left by The source said. injured him, the Houston Associated Press. Houston The blast struck a The Chinese consulate mayor said. police and the US State popular market in is shown on Friday Mayor Annise Parker Department are A worker walks on an oil drilling platform at the Fallujah, some 65 km west 20 April, 2010 in said in a statement that the investigating the incident. total oil platform at Amenem, in the Niger Delta. of Baghdad, the source Houston. Three Hou- officers’ duties will remain “China urges the US INTERNET told Xinhua. ston police officers limited pending an ... to quickly investigate LAGOS, 1 May— A militant group claimed on Iraqi security forces investigation into how the details of this incident have been restricted to Friday to have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria that is have cordoned off the Chinese diplomat Yu and to look into the persons desk duty after they operated by a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, blast site and are hunting followed a Chinese Boren was injured last responsible to ensure that which said no such assault took place. for the attackers. diplomat into the Saturday. the Chinese diplomatic and A statement sent by a group calling itself the Joint Fallujah was once a parking garage of the Officials in China’s consulate personnel and Revolutionary Council of the Niger Delta said it carried stronghold of insurgency Chinese Consulate, Foreign Ministry released premises are not violated,” out the attack on the pipeline at Buguma. A Shell after the 2003 US led war arrested the man and a statement on Friday Foreign Ministry spokesman, though, said oil production in the region toppled former President injured him, the Hou- saying police harassed and spokeswoman Jiang Yu showed no signs of a disruption. Saddam Hussein’s ston mayor said. beat a deputy consul- said in a statement. The group also threatened to strike again in the regime.—Internet INTERNET general while he was Internet coming days. “We shall strike in a way that the An exhibitor demonstrates a remote-controlled international community will be forced to come into Singapore media hail helicopter model at the 9th China Model this conflict,” it said in the statement. Militants in the Exposition in Beijing on 30 April, 2010. Some 300 troubled Niger Delta have attacked pipelines, kidnapped World Expo in Shanghai international enterprises in model industry from petroleum company employees and fought government SINGAPORE, 1 May—Singapore’s media on Saturday more than 20 countries and regions attended the troops since January 2006. Even claims of attacks have hailed the Shanghai World Expo for its grand opening four-day fair showing their different models.— affected global oil prices in the past. Nigeria exported ceremony on Friday night and its far-reaching XINHUA almost 1 million barrels of crude a day to US in January significance to China and the world as a whole. alone, more than Saudi Arabia.—Internet Besides speedy reports by Singapore’s Radio and TV stations of the excellent opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo on Friday night, the key English Blast injures 5 in NW and Chinese language newspapers in the city state on Saturday also commented positively on the great event Pakistan’s Swat with beautiful pictures and stories. ISLAMABAD, 1 May—At least five people were The Straits Times, a leading English language injured as a blast occurred in northwest Pakistan’s newspaper in Singapore, used “Shanghai Shines”,”Trio Swat on Saturday, local TV channel reported. of Grand Events Mark China ‘s Rise”and “Dazzling The explosion took place at Sohrab Khan Chowk Start to World Expo” as the titles of its stories about the of Mingora, the main city in Swat Valley, the private opening ceremony. TV Express said. One of its stories said that the Shanghai World Police condoned off the area after the blast and the Expo, the Beijing Olympics and the 60th anniversary injured have been shifted to nearby hospital, witnesses bash signal its coming of China age.—Xinhua said.—Xinhua

2-5-2010 NL 3 8/31/18, 8:06 PM 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 Icelandic tourism industry French warship destroys pirate struggling to get on feet mother ship off Somali coast NAIROBI, 1 May—A Coast. after volcanic eruption French warship has The 11 Somali crew destroyed a pirate of these vessels were R EYKJAVIK, 1 in the export sector of mother ship, some 480 taken on board the May— The tourism the Icelandic economy, nautical miles east of the Nivose, as were the two industry in Iceland is which is yet to emerge Somali coast, EU Naval attack skiffs and the struggling to get on its from a roughly two-year Force said on Friday. mother skiff was sunk,” feet after falling to old crushing financial Naval Force spoke- Harbour said in a victim of a volcanic crisis. sman John Harbour said statement.He said the eruption more than two After the volcano the French warship EU Naval Force will weeks ago, with both under the Eyjafj-allay- Nivose on Thursday continue with its private tourism okull glacier started boarded and searched the aggressive stance operators and Customers wait to buy iPad 3G outside of an eruption on 14 April, the vessels but the pirates against piracy and the th government tourism Apple Store at the 5 Avenue in New York, the tourism industry in this were found to have intention to interdict and agency trying hard to United States on 30 April, 2010. The iPad 3G disposed of pirate disrupt pirate restore confidence tiny Nordic country took was formally on sale to public in US on Friday paraphernalia. “The EU activity.Harbour said among tourists from a heavy blunt to the face with the price of 130 US dollars higher than NAVFOR warship over 40 pirate action across the world. immediately as lots of trip iPad Wi-Fi. Nivose found stopped groups have been The tourism industry bookings were canceled. XINHUA and searched a mother disrupted in the last two occupies the third place Xinhua ship and two supporting months showing that the Burkina Faso offers Niger skiffs, some 480 nautical new strategy is working. miles east of the Somali Xinhua 5,000 tons of cereals to help Song Zuying and Jackie Chan sing “Harmonious fight famine Gathering” during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo at the Expo Cultural OUAGADOUGOU, 1 countries and is part of Centre in Shanghai, east China on 30 April, 2010. May — Burkina Faso efforts to save the XINHUA has offered 5, 000 tons Sahalian children and of cereals to Niger to help women being affected Petrobras rated as Brazil’s Tornadoes kill 3, injure fight famine, which is by hunger, a cabinet threatening nearly half report said on most valuable brand of its 11 million Thursday.Niger also 25 in south-central US population, according to donated food and other RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 improve its processes, the government. kinds of relief worth 50 May— Petrobras, the products, and to invest The humanitarian million FCFA to help state-owned oil and gas in technology and aid is a token of friendly victims of floods in giant of Brazil, is the environmental relations and good Burkina Faso in country’s most valuable responsibility to meet neighbourhood bet- September 2009. brand, according to the the expectations of all ween the two African Xinhua results of a survey Brazilians,” said released on Friday.The Wilson Santarosa, the Senegal to donate 10,000 survey conducted by company’s executive consulting company manager for corporate tons of cereals to Niger Brand-Analytics puts commu-nications, upon DAKAR, 1 May — coordination meeting Petrobras’ brand value receiving the Most Senegal will donate with humanitarian at 19.3 billion reais Valuable Brazilian 10,000 tons of cereals to organizations. (11.1 billion US Brand award. This NOAA satellite image taken on Friday, Niger to help it cope with According to dollars), up 735 percent Bradesco bank 30 April, 2010 at 1:45 PM EDT shows a line of famine that is affecting Senegal’s Agriculture from the estimate by a came second in the clouds from the Southern Plains through the almost half of its 11 Minister Fatou Gaye Sarr, similar survey last year. survey with a brand Upper Midwest associated with a low pressure million population. suppliers have already Petrobras said the value of 14.8 billion system that is producing areas of heavy rain, The announcement been asked to deliver results are a recognition reais (8.5 billion thunderstorms, and some severe weather. The was made on Thursday 10,000 tons of cereals to of the trust the company dollars), followed by potential for tornadoes will persist into the on state television by the Niger through has among various the Itau bank, which is evening.—INTERNET minister in charge of humanitarian organiz- social sectors in Brazil. worth 13.3 billion reais WASHINGTON, 1 Preslar. humanitarian affairs, ations. “Petrobras is (7.6 billion dollars). May— Tornadoes on Tornadoes also tore Lamine Ba, after a Xinhua always looking to Xinhua Friday hit the south- down trees and power central US state of lines in the county about The officers and soldiers in the first Arkansas, killing at least 120 km north of Little three people and injuring Rock. echelon of the 10th batch of Chinese 25 others, local Preslar said rescue authorities said. teams were searching for peacekeeping force to join the UN The deaths were people who might still reported in Van Buren be in their damaged peacekeeping missions in Liberia step off the County, where torna- homes. does also destroyed “There are people gangway as their plane landed at the Roberts several mobile homes, possibly trapped there,” said the state’s she said. “Search and International Airport in Monrovia, capital Department of Emer- rescue is going in for a gency Management possible missing city of Liberia, on 29 spokeswoman Renee person.”—Xinhua April, 2010.—XINHUA

2-5-2010 NL 4 8/31/18, 8:06 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 5 Exercise may slow osteoporosis A UGUSTA, 1 May— US stimulating hormone — an ovary researchers say exercise helps to regulator released by the pituitary forestall osteoporosis in women. gland. Researchers at the Medical They correlated higher levels of College of Georgia in Augusta found the hormone with lower bone mineral study participants who exercised density and found the hormone more than 180 minutes a week combined with white blood cells retained greater bone density. stimulated production of interleukin- “Our work provides more 1, which also correlated with lower evidence that physical activity is bone mineral density. important for maintaining bone Exercise, the researchers suggest, density. It’s a case of ‘use it or lose may help keep bone breakdown under it,’” principal investigator Dr control by inhibiting factors Joseph Cannon says in a statement. promoting interleukin-1. Tourists take photos in front of lilies in blossom during the 2010 Beijing Tulip Cannon and colleagues The findings were presented at Cultural Gala at the Beijing Flower Port in Beijing, capital of China, on 30 measured 36 women between the the Experimental Biology conference April, 2010. A total of 3 million tulips and 200,000 lilies will be show during ages of 20 and 50 for bone mineral in Anaheim, Calif. the Tulip Cultural Gala opening here Friday.—Xinhua density and levels of follicle- Internet Vitamin E effective for liver Baby’s breath may help disease cure cancer SOUTHHAMPTON, 1 May— Extract from the baby’s NEW Y ORK, 1 May—Vitamin E appears to be breath flower may improve the efficiency of anti- more effective in treating obesity-associated leukemia drugs by up to 1 million times, a British chronic liver disease than a prescription drug, doctor says. US researchers found. “I am usually careful about the words I use with Dr Joel Lavine, now a faculty member at things like this but this discovery could truly Columbia University College of Physicians and revolutionize the way these antibody-based drugs Surgeons and of NewYork-Presbyterian/ work and it will save lives,” Dr. David Flavell said Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, in the of the findings by researchers with Leukemia 1990s began vitamin E research for non- Busters, the charity he and his wife started following In this on 21 April, 2010 photo released by the alcoholic steatohepatitis, a liver disease that the leukemia death of their son. Wildlife Conservation Society, triplet African lion can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and death. “And this doesn’t just apply to leukemia. There cubs play in the Bronx Zoo’s African Plains The placebo-controlled randomized trial is a really big possibility this can be used for many habitat in New York. The cubs, who have yet to be randomly assigned 247 non-diabetic adults in cancers too.” named, were born at the zoo on 27, Jan. nine medical centres with biopsy-confirmed The Sun reported on Thursday clinical trials, INTERNET non-alcoholic steatohepatitis to take either which could take three to five years, are being vitamin E, the drug pioglitazone or a placebo. prepared. “There is an increasing prevalence of The researchers say molecules called saponins nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in this country, from Gypsophila paniculata, the small, white- something that is directly related to the obesity HEALTH blossomed flower commonly known as baby’s epidemic,” study co-author Lavine said in a breath, appeared in trials to break down the statement.—Internet membrane of cancer cells, making it much easier for drugs to attack the cancer, the British tabloid Businessmen take part Gene test may said. in a cyclist event in “This is a potentially very important discovery Bucharest on 29 April. replace some that could allow us to kill leukemia cells in the More than a hundred patient much more effectively with much lower suit clad businessmen heart biopsies doses of immunotoxin,” The Daily Telegraph quoted and women cycled NEW YORK, 1 May — Flavell as saying. “The challenge now is to establish through Bucharest on US medical researchers how best to apply this laboratory discovery to the Thursday to promote say “a blood test can treatment of patients.—Internet biking in a city safely reduce the need for renowned for its traffic invasive heart muscle chaos. biopsies in heart INTERNET transplantation patients.” The genetic test was Discovery on how breast cancer may spread co-developed by New SAN FRANCISCO, 1 May— US researchers say they have discovered how to York-Presbyterian predict if the most common form of breast cancer may later spread. Hospital/Columbia Lead author Karla Kerlikowske of the University of California, San Francisco, University Medical and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, says the most common Centre physician-scientist form of breast cancer —ductal carcinoma in situ — rarely leads to death, but Dr Mario Deng in 2005. approximately 11 out of 100 women treated by lumpectomy develop invasive Now a multicentre study cancer within eight years of the initial diagnosis. has determined the gene Fish swim in the coral reef of Bunaken Island In this group of women, 1 percent to 2 percent of women die of breast cancer expression test called national marine park in northern Sulawesi in within 10 years of diagnosis, Kerlikowske says. AlloMap molecular 2009. World leaders have fallen short on a pledge “Women will have much more information, so they can better know their risk expression testing is safe to stem biodiversity loss and have instead allowed of developing invasive cancer,” Kerlikowske says in a statement. “It will lead to and results in alarming declines in species populations, habitat a more personalized approach to treatment. As many as 44 percent of patients with significantly fewer conditions and other indicators, a study showed ductal carcinoma in situ may not require any further treatment, and can rely instead biopsies. Thursday. on surveillance.”—Internet Internet INTERNET

2-5-2010 NL 5 8/31/18, 8:07 PM 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 OCD in mice caused by a Global glaciation snowballed into single gene giant change in carbon cycle “snowball Earth,” which determined a single gene is responsible for may have covered the obsessive-compulsive disorder behaviors continents and oceans in a in mice. thick sheet of ice, The scientists at the college’s Ansary produced a dramatic Stem Cell Institute and department of change in the carbon psychiatry said they discovered mice with cycle. This change in the a gene called Slitrk5 developed repetitive carbon cycle, in turn, may obsessive-compulsive-like behaviors. have triggered future ice “Overall, our data suggest that Slitrk5 ages. may have a central role in the development Pinpointing the of the core symptoms of OCD — self- causes and effects of the injurious, repetitive behavior and increased Princeton graduate students Catherine Rose and extreme shift in the way anxiety,” said Drs. Shahin Rafii and Francis Nicholas Swanson-Hysell stand at the boundary of carbon moved through the Lee. “Very few psychiatric disorders have the Cryogenian and Ediacaran periods, oceans, the biosphere and been linked to a single gene, and it will be distinguishable by the different colours of the the atmosphere the important to find out if patients with the glacial rocks below and the carbonate rock magnitude of which has Timothy Holy, asssistant professor of disorder have an alteration of Slitrk5.” above.—INTERNET not been observed at any neurobiology and anatomy at Rafii is director of the stem cell institute PRINCETON , 1 May— distinguishable by the other time in Earth history Washington University holds a male and Lee is an associate professor at the Princeton graduate different colours of the is important for lab mouse that sings when they pick college.“This work is an unexpected off- students Catherine Rose glacial rocks below and understanding just how up the scent of a female mouse, in St. shoot from stem cell science into the realm and Nicholas Swanson- the carbonate rock above. much Earth’s climate can Louis on 9 November, 2005. of psychiatry, and could potentially have Hysell stand at the New data from a change and how the planet INTERNET major application for treatment of boundary of the Princeton University-led responds to such NEW YORK, 1 May—Weill Cornell neuropsychiatric diseases,” Rafii said. Cryogenian and team of geologists suggest disturbances. Medical College researchers say they have Internet Ediacaran periods, that an episode called Internet iTunes expands online movie service to France, Ireland SACRAMENTO,1 May— Apple on Friday expanded its iTunes online film service to France and Ireland. Films from major studios including Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox are now available for purchase or rental at the iPad, iPhone and iPod maker’s Internet shop. European studios with works in the line-up A man is pictured shopping for fruit in a large include Pathe, SND and StudioCanal in France and supermarket in Montauban, France, on July 2009. Someone walks past the Xinhua News Agency E1 Entertainment, Lionsgate UK and Optimum Annual inflation rose to 1.5 percent in April headquarters in Hong Kong. China’s state- Releasing in Ireland, according to Cupertino, across the 16 countries that share the euro controlled Xinhua news agency said on Friday it California-based Apple.Films are available at iTunes would launch a 24-hour global English television currency as the unemployment rate remained at a on the same day they are released in DVD format and service this weekend to be broadcast by satellite record high 10 percent in March.—INTERNET can be watched on iPods, iPhones, Macintosh or and cable systems.—INTERNET Scientists look beyond diamond personal computers, or using Apple TV devices that link to television sets. Scientists uncover transfer of for quantum computing Available films touted by Apple include 3D genetic material between SANTA BARBARA, 1 May— A team of scientists at UC blockbuster “Avatar,” animated hit “Up,” and teen- Santa Barbara that helped pioneer research into the quantum oriented “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” blood-sucking insect and properties of a small defect found in diamonds has now Internet mammals used cutting-edge computational techniques to produce a road map for studying defects in alternative materials. AUSTIN, 1 May—Researchers at The University of Their new research is published in the online edition of the Texas at Arlington have found the first solid evidence Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), of horizontal DNA transfer, the movement of genetic and will soon be published in the print edition of the material among non-mating species, between parasitic journal. The findings may enable new applications for invertebrates and some of their vertebrate hosts. semiconductors —materials that are the foundation of The findings are published in the April 28 issue of today’s information technology. In particular, they may the journal Nature, one of the world’s foremost help identify alternative materials to use for building a scientific journals. potential quantum computer. Genome biologist Cédric Feschotte and “Our results are likely to have an impact on postdoctoral researchers Clément Gilbert and Sarah experimental and theoretical research in diverse areas of Schaack found evidence of horizontal transfer of science and technology, including semi-conductor physics, A man looks at Fujitsu computers in a Beijing transposon from a South American blood-sucking bug materials science, magnetism, and quantum device store. Japan’s Fujitsu, embroiled in a dispute with and a pond snail to their hosts. A transposon is a engineering,” said David D. Awschalom, UCSB physics its former boss, announced a return to profit segment of DNA that can replicate itself and move professor and one of two lead investigators on this project. Friday after massive losses the previous year as around to different positions within the genome. “Ironically, while much of semiconductor tech-nology is cost-cutting measures offset a decline in sales. Transposons can cause mutations, change the amount devoted to eliminating the defects that interfere with how INTERNET of DNA in the cell and dramatically influence the today’s devices operate, these defects may actually be structure and function of the genomes where they useful for future quantum technologies.” reside. Internet SCIENCE Internet

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PW working on all cylinders… Road 38 miles 5 furlongs (from page 1) supervising construction (7)Pyapon- On his inspection of the Pathein- Kyonkadun-Daw tour of Ayeyawady Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsoon Nyein-Ahmar Division from 3 to 5 Road. Road 51 miles 5 November 2009, the Nowadays, the furlongs Head of State gave State Peace and (8) Kyonkadun- guidance on building Development Council is Sethsan Road Pathein-Thalakkhwa- striving for all-round 19 miles 1 furlong Mawtinsoon Road as the development of the (9) Pathein- all season-serviceable Union. The Ministry of Thalakkhwa- road to be used as a Construction is carrying Mawtinsoon Road rescue and supply road in out construction of new 96 miles a short time if cyclone roads and maintenance of (10) Bogale- would occur in the existing ones with added Mawlamyinegyun- region in the future. momentum. In addition, Kyonmange-Wakema- Beginning, 1986- Public Works is Myaungmya Road68 1990, Public Works implementing the 10 miles 7 furlongs constructed Pathein- roads included in the The 9th facility Thalakkhwa-Maw- road network Pathein-Thalakkhwa- tinsoon Road as one way development project in Mawtinsoon Road will road from the Pathein- Ayeyawady Delta pass Pathein, Ngapudaw Chaungtha Road (Jakka Region in accord with the and Hainggyikyun Junction). In the past, it guidance of the Head of Townships. Its alignment could be used in the State. These roads are as links Thittopin, Jakka, summer only. At present, follows:- Seintaung, Public Works of the (1) Maubin-Yelegale- Ngayokkaungtaung, Workers at Pathein-Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsoon Road. Ministry of Construction Shwetaunghmaw- Polaung, Ngabyema and is constructing the road Kyaikpi- Mawtinsoon. 50/0 is 12 feet wide Engineers and three pebble facility. Some Deputy Chief parts of alignment from Engineers are mile posts 79/0 to 96/0 supervising the passes through the paddy project. field and plains. The road Together with section from mile posts the Deputy Managing 57/0 to 79/0 is on the hilly Director, Deputy region and from the posts Superintending 79/0 to 96/0 on the plains. Engineer (Road) Daw The section from mile Hla Hla Thwe of Road posts from 50/0 to 96/0 is Research and Senior now earth road. At Engineer (Road) U Soe present, the 96 miles long Tun Naing, we road is under construction travelled along as a 12 feet wide Pathein-Thalakkhwa- motor road on 34 feet Maw-tinsoon Road. wide embankment for the We saw Yesoegyi use of 40-ton vehicles. Bridge, Kaing Creek Photo shows Pathein Bridge in Ayeyawady Division. The road will have nine Bridge, Tatanku feet wide pedestrian way Bridge, Thabyu Creek as an all weather tarred Mawlamyinegyun The road starts on 12/0 is 12 feet wide tarred on either side inclusive of Bridge, Kwin Creek road and plans to Road 43 miles 5 Pathein-Chaungtha Road road. The road section earthen road shoulder. Bridge, Leikkyi complete the furlongs and its mile posts 11/0 is from mile posts 12/0 to Deputy Ma- Bridge, Ti Creek construction tasks (2) Mawlamyinegyun- on Pathein-Ngwehsaung 18/4 is 12 feet wide gravel naging Director (Works) Bridge and Myitthaya before the rainy season. Hlinebone- Road. The road section road. The road section U Win Tint of Public Bridge on the road. It can withstand 40-ton Thitpok- from miles post 11/0 to from mile posts 18/4 to Works, two Chief (See page 8) loads. The day after Kwinkauk- Myanmar New Year Pyinsalu Road 69 Day, we made a trip to miles 3 furlongs Pathein of Ayeyawady (3) Labutta- Division from Yangon Thingangyi- to write bylines Pyinsalu Road honouring the 35 miles 2 furlongs endeavours of Public (4) Labutta-Thongwa- Works. Ottwin-Hteiksun After booking the Road 39 miles 8 rooms at Pathein Hotel, furlongs we left for Seintaung (5) Labutta- Camp to have an Kyeinchaung- interview with Deputy Kadonkani Road Managing Director 41 miles 2 furlongs (Works) U Win Tint of (6) Bogale-Sethsan- Public Works who was Htawpaing-Ahmar A bridge on Pathein-Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsoon Road.

2-5-2010 NL 7 8/31/18, 8:29 PM 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 Honouring Tipitakadhara Myanmar, Italy to cooperate in agriculture sector

Tipitakakovida Sayadaws YANGON, 1 May discussed — Minister for Agricul- ture and Irrigation U

YANGON, 1 May— address by Minister for Htay Oo met Italian A coordination meeting to Religious Affairs Thura Ambassador to the Un- honour the monks who U Myint Maung. ion of Myanmar Dr. passed the 62nd Chairman of the Giuseppe Cinti at the Tipitakadhara Tipita- Working Committee for hall of Irrigation De- kakovida Selection Ex- Honouring Ceremony partment here this amination was held at the Deputy Minister Thura U morning. Ministry of Religious Af- Aung Ko made a speech. They discussed fairs (Branch) in Deputy Com- matters related to mu- Minister U Htay Oo receives Italian Ambassador Dr. Giuseppe Cinti. Mayangon Township yes- mander of Yangon Com- tual cooperation in agri- A&I terday morning, with an mand Brig-Gen Kyaw culture sector.—MNA Invitational Basketball Competition 2010 concludes YANGON, 1 May — Basketball Federation, The final matches of Sum- was held at Aung San mer Invitational Basket- Gymnasium here yester- ball Competition 2010, day. organized by Myanmar After the matches, the responsible persons Kyaw Tun and officials presented medals and of subcommittees took cash prizes to teams who part in the discussions. stood first, second and The meeting ended third in U-16 and U-20 with concluding remarks men’s and women’s Minister for Religious Affairs Thura U Myint Maung speaking at coordination meeting to by the minister. events. MNA honour Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Sayadaws.—MNA MNA PW working on all… miles long section with tar used in the road. For like to request the road of the roads implemented the use of heavy ensuring durability of users to abide by the in the Ayeyawady Delta (from page 7) Group 3 and Special machinery. Over 300 the road, the quality road law.” Region Road Network It can be said that Bridge Group 11. bridges including construction materials In the past, the Project after the storm Public Works shows off Likewise, Asia World, culverts were should be used as well as roads linking upper and Nargis had hit there. The its brilliant and Myanmar Ewatani, constructed along the the vehicles should carry lower parts of the nation road will be used as a concerted efforts in Packlink, Zeya Engineer, road. The Accounts the commodities in lied along the east bank rescuing route to provide construction tasks. All- AA Global, Aunggabar, Section of Public Works accordance with of Ayeyawady River. At assistance for out efforts of 27 Yangon Crown, Crown issues payments to the prescribed limit. Before present, the roads are Ayeyawady Division in a construction groups Calcium, Naing Group, companies not to 1988, the total weight of linking all parts of the short time if cyclone namely Maubin District Golden Hub, Yadana delay the construction commodity and vehicle nation in the east, west, would hit there. and Pyapon District Shwesin, Shwedaung, tasks.” was 13 tons. However, north and south. As Moreover, the road will Public Works, Yangon Transformer, In another inter- the vehicles carry over necessary roads and serve the interest of the Hlinebone Group, Sein Sky, IGE, Moe view, Senior Engineer load commodities from bridges have been built in Buddhist people from Special Road Group 2, Yadana Tun and Soe Moe (QC) U Soe Tun Naing 60 to 70-80 tons of Ayeyawady Division, the Yangon and Ayeyawady Hinthada District Public Yadana are participating said, “Normally, the loads after 1988. waterways and motor Divisions to visit and pay Works, Special Airport in the construction durability of the tarred Pathein-Thalakkhwa- roads are reliable homage to Hsindawshin Group 2, Special Road works. road will be 10 years. Mawtinsoon Road can transport facilities in the Mawtinsoon Pagoda. Group 15, Thayawady In an interview, We tested standards of withstand 40-ton load of region. Pathein- ***** and Pathein District Deputy Managing construction materials, vehicle plus Thalakkhwa- Translation: TTA Public Works, Special Director U Win soils, stones, sand and commodity. So, I would Mawtinsoon Road is one Myanma Alin:1-5-2000 Bridge Group 1 and Tint said, “Pathein- Special Bridge Group Thalakkhwa- 13, Bago, Yangon East, Mawtinsoon Road will Yangon West, be opened soon. Up to Myaungmya District now, Public Works has Public Works, Special provided 30 rollers and Road Group 4, Special 15 concrete mixers to Road Group 16, the construction site. Mandalay District Arrangements are made Public Works, Special to complete box culverts Bridge Group 2, Special on 23 April. If necessary, Bridge Group 5, stone crushers will be Meiktila District Public purchased. A total of 17 Works, Special Road companies and 27 Group 7, Special groups of Public Works Building Group 3, are joining hands in the Special Building Group works. Workers of 5, Special Road Group companies are Construction of Pathein-Thalakkhwa-Mawtinsoon Road with the use of heavy machinery. 13, Special Bridge constructing the 48

2-5-2010 NL 8 8/31/18, 8:24 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 9 Maintenance of machinery, ensuring KMD Special Sales Road Show held YANGON, 1 May — day, Special Sales Road Verbarim earphone, HP better communications stressed KMD Sales & Service Show was held at the new Deskjet 2410 printer and Centre has moved from centre and Myaynigon Prolink serial modern Merchant Street to Centre. At the show, were sold at 50 % dis- No.170-184, Pansodan DVD-double layer, Sony count. Street (Middle Block), mouse, Canon 6320 For more informa- Kyauktada Township, as printer, microlab head tion contact the new ad- of today. phone, Prolink gamer dress (Ph: 381035, As a gesture of hail- keyboard, LT 22xDVD 381776, 503522, ing the new address to- writer, Prolink Webcam, 502244).—MNA

Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs U Thein Zaw views machines at Internet Gateway of Hanthawady Auto-Exchange. CPT

NAY P YI T AW, 1 May ments for staff welfare. necessary instructions. —Minister for Communi- Next, the minister MNA Computers and accessories seen at KMD Sales & Service Centre.—MNA cations, Posts and Tel- viewed WCDMA mobile egraphs U Thein Zaw, to- room and the worksite for Applications for CPA Part-I gether with Deputy Minis- Myanmar font system YANGON, 30 April—The Certified Public Ac- the office heads for the staff of the Auditor-General’s ter U Thein Tun, visited computer at the wireless countant Course (Part-I) No. 36 will be opened at the Office to the Myanmar Accountancy Council between Thingangyun Township auto phone office in Ahlon training school of Auditor-General’s Office on Thakhin 5 to 31 May. The qualified persons to attend the course auto exchange in Yangon Township. He then in- Mya Park Road in Ahlon Township on 16 August. will be announced at the MAC Office on 9 July. They today. After hearing a re- spected Ahlon auto ex- The B.Com and B.Act citizen graduates who have to pay fees for the course from 12 to 30 July. port of the chief engineer, change. passed the examinations from Yangon, Monywa and The course will last one year for the part one and the minister stressed the Later, the minister Meiktila Institutes of Economic in September 2008 another one year for the part two. The trainees are to need for maintenance of visited Hanthawady auto (except the graduates from supplementary exams) may attend the course from Monday to Friday from 7 am to 8.50 am and Saturday at 7 am to 11.50 am. Those who the machinery and ensur- exchange and installation submit applications with certificates (original and copy), fail to meet the 60 per cent of attendance will not be ing better communications of IP transit exchange and grade recommendation (original and copy), Citizenship Scrutiny Card (original and copy) and endorsement of allowed to sit for the exam.—MNA and fulfilled the require- Internet Gateway and left

Kandaunt Dam contrib- width and 590 feet in length. utes to regional… The main canal is (from page 16) of water is 1600 acre-feet. 1.5 miles in length. The It can store 600 Still water area is 180 water is supplied to cot- acre feet and supply ir- acre-feet and water stor- ton plantations and farm- rigation water to 200 age area is 56 acres. lands. Hlaingchaung dam acres of farmlands. Its Conduit is of two in Pale Township was catchment area is four feet diameter RC type. opened in 30 December square miles and inflow The spillway is 80 feet in 2006. Arrangement had

Main canal of Kandaunt Dam.

been made to irrigate Township. Continued ef- them, Kandaunt dam con- 1000 acres of farmlands. forts are being made to en- tributes much to ensuring Hlaingchaung dam is next sure adequate water supply adequate water supply for to Kandaunt Dam. In or- for irrigation and drinking irrigation as well as for der to supply water to the in upper and central drinking, greening of the main canal of Myanmar. Based on water region and boosting agri- Hlaingchaung dam, tribu- sources, the government is cultural production. tary is being built near building small- and me- Translation : MT Spillway of Kandaunt Dam. Mayodan village of Pale dium-size dams. Among Kyemon (29-4-2010)

2-5-2010 NL 9 8/31/18, 8:07 PM 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 Brazilian Amazon sees record low deforestation rate since 1988 BRAZILIA, 1 May— with the institute’s forecast plans for prevention and The Brazilian Amazon in December 2009, control measures. saw a record low annual estimating that devastation “A substantial and deforestation rate since between August 2008 and consistent decline in the country started July 2009 had reached a deforestation has been monitoring the region little over 7,000 square observed since 2004,” said with satellite in 1988, the kilometres. INPE. The biggest drop in National Institute for The INPE report was deforestation was Space Research (INPE) based on 400 images taken registered in the central- said on Thurs-day. by three satellites under west state of Mato Grosso, Between August 2008 and the PRODES (Project for with a reduction of 68 July 2009, the Amazon Monitoring Deforestation percent. region lost 7,464 square in the Amazon) detection At the Copenhagen km of forest, with a fall of system. climate change confer- 42 percent compared with According to the ence last December, Brazil the previous 12-month institute, devastation presented a target of Students perform during the preliminary contest Moscow division of the period, an INPE report began to slow down five reducing deforestation rate “Chinese Bridge” Chinese proficiency competition for middle school and said. years ago, when the by 80 percent by 2020. primary school students in Moscow, capital of Russia, on 30 April, 2010. The results coincide government launched Internet INTERNET Authorities rescue 2 stranded Mexican Kurdish journalists rebels kill OAXACA, 1 May— dispute between rival website of his magazine, fourTurkish Mexican authorities political factions. Contralinea. “We heard the rescued two journalists Cilia described how gunshots getting closer.” soldiers, Friday who had been the two reporters and two After fleeing the wound seven stranded for nearly three other caravan members initial assault, they knew days among feuding took refuge in the brush, fellow members of the ANKARA, 1 May— militants after a caravan of and spent days listening to convoy were still in the Authorities say Kurdish A shrimp boat leaves the marina near the town of rights activists was caught constant gunfire, not bullet-ridden vehicles, but rebels have raided a gunfire prevented them Venice, in the path of the oil spill that is creeping in a deadly ambush. knowing whether the Turkish military outpost from going to their aid. towards the coast of Louisiana. Oil from a giant Photographer David gunmen would hunt them in eastern Turkey, killing slick washed ashore in Louisiana, threatening a Cilia, who was shot in the down. They did not know that a Finnish rights observer at least four Turkish catastrophe for the US Gulf Coast as the attack, and reporter Erika “There in the brush, and a Mexican activist soldiers and wounding government called a national diasaster and mulled Ramirez were escorted by because they kept firing, shot in the initial attack sending in the military.—INTERNET police out of a remote we had to go deeper into seven others in the largest Tuesday were probably attack on troops in several Severe drought could affect Triqui Indian community, the woods,” Cilia said in already dead. the scene of a violent an interview posted on the Internet months. Authorities say the China’s coffee industry Contralinea magazine’s commander of the KUNMING, 1 May—The once-in-a-century drought photographer David that has parched southwest China would affect the Cilia is is treated for outpost near the town of output of 60 percent of the coffee farms in Yunnan gunshot wounds in his Nazimiye in Tunceli Province, says a report by the Coffee Association of leg after being rescued province was killed in the along with reporter Yunnan (CAYN). overnight attack. And industry analysts say the persistent drought Erika Ramirez, unseen, Saturday’s attack follows would also threaten coffee bean output in the next in Juxtlahuaca, three years as well. Yunnan, with 32,000 hectares of southern Mexico, early a surge in attacks by coffee plantations, accounts for 98 percent of China’s Friday, on 30 April, autonomy-seeking 2010. total 490,000 mu, or 32,700 hectares, of coffee rebels. INTERNET plantations, according to the CAYN. Internet The report was compiled after a CAYN special An aerial view shows team investigated the effect of the severe drought in At least seven died in attack on south the province in April. the Sudanese town of “Coffee seedlings planted in the past three years Malakal, the capital of Sudan base were affected the most,” said CAYN Vice President Upper Nile state, in KHARTOUM, 1 May— Thursday), southern army captured some of the Liu Biao. “According to our conservative estimate, 2009. At least seven At least seven people were spokesman Malaak attackers who said they two fifths of the newly planted coffee seedlings in people were killed in killed in south Sudan on Ayuen Ajok told AFP. had acted on the orders of Yunnan last year have withered during the persistent Doleib Hill, southwest Friday after men said to “We managed to push George Athor Deng, an drought.”—Internet of Malakal, on Friday be affiliated with a back the attackers, but SPLA member who ran defeated candidate in there are seven dead and as an independent for the after men said to be regional elections nine injured among the post of governor in the affiliated with a attacked an army base, a troops,” Ajok said. southern Jonglei state but defeated candidate in military official told AFP. “Several attackers was defeated by Kuol regional elections The attack occurred also lost their lives,” said Manyang. “He’s very attacked an army base, in Doleib Hill, just Ajok, a senior member of angry to have lost. We southwest of Malakal, the former rebel Sudan have no other explanation a military official told capital of the sensitive People’s Liberation Army for this attack right now,” AFP. Upper Nile state, at around (SPLA). said Ajok. INTERNET 1:00 am (2200 GMT The army said it had Internet

2-5-2010 NL 10 8/31/18, 8:07 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 11 Robertson closes in on Transitional housing slowly getting built Germany in Haiti launches push final into offshore PAPETTE, 1 May— SHEFFIELD, 1 May— wind Australia’s Neil Unlike the vast majority of BORKUM, 1 May — Robertson opened up a 15- earthquake victims still crowded into squalid camps, The blades began turning 9 lead over Ali Carter on on Germany’s first the simple farmers of this Friday to move closer to offshore wind farm this hard-hit village have reason the world snooker week — the starting signal to hope as hurricane season championship final. Neil Robertson of for the construction of looms. Last year the 28-year- Australia plays against hundreds of additional Transitional housing old also reached the semi- Ali Carter during the sea-based turbines. now rises on the foundations finals, but this time he is semi-final of the World Erected 28 miles off ideally placed to go one Championship Snooker of cinderblock homes the North Sea coast, the step further and needs just tournament at the pulverized by the 12 Jan Alpha Ventus farm more frames on Saturday Crucible Theatre in quake, framed in pressure- consists of 12 wind to clinch a shot at either Sheffield, England. treated yellow pine, roofed People are seen next to a transitional shelter in turbines — each nearly as Graeme Dott or Mark Robertson opened up a in rustproof paint-coated Haut Papette, Haiti, Thursday, on 29 April , high as the Washington Selby in the title match. 15-9 lead over Carter galvanized steel and 2010.—INTERNET Monument — that are to The last man from outside on Friday to move anchored in newly poured generate enough power the British Isles to reach a closer to the world concrete. earthquake zone in coming where a third of the city is still for nearly 50,000 World Championship snooker championship The Dutch relief group, months. buried in quake debris, and households. German final was Canadian Cliff final.—INTERNET Cordaid, expects to finish But construction of the Haiti’s vexing land issues. utilities Eon and EWE as Thorburn, who lost to 150 of the dwellings with shelters — more than a tent Relief agencies can’t well as Sweden’s Steve Davis in 1983. sturdy tarpaulin walls by next but less than a house — has build shelters in the jammed Vattenfall invested $333 Thorburn won the Dott fired the second week in this village been excruciatingly slow, tent camps that sprung up million in the project, world title in 1980, 146 break of the World overlooking a mango-lined with barely 400 or so after the quake on every which is to pave the way becoming the only player Championship as he lagoon. They are among the completed. available inch of public land for similar farms to be from outside the UK and extended his lead over first of more than 130,000 Two major factors in Port-au-Prince, as well as built near Germany’s Ireland to ever triumph at Selby in their semi-final semi-permanent shelters that impede the rollout: the on the private property of coastlines in the coming Sheffield’s famous clash to 10-6. international relief groups crawling pace of rubble schools and businesses. years. Crucible theatre. Internet hope to put up in the removal in Port-au-Prince, Internet Internet Bystander halts bank robbery Widow keeping cutout of dead Police in Florida But he put a Wal-Mart “The whole thing praised the courage of a bag on his head, walked lasted 3 to 4 minutes,” husband 62-year-old man who to the counter and gave Torres said. A British widow used his handgun to foil the teller a note ... He Floyd Francis, 23, of said she has kept a life- a bank robbery. even took the bag off his Palm Bay, was arrested size cardboard cutout of Ruben Torres, 62, an head and gave it to the and charged with her husband since he off-duty security guard, teller to put the cash in,” robbery. died last year. Maria said he was at the Space Torres said. “Torres’ actions, Challis, 36, of Ness, Dogs sit inside a bag Coast Credit Union in Torres, who has a while not encouraged, England, said the cutout during the Pet Palm Bay on Thursday concealed weapons are appreciated and were of her late husband, Fashion Week in Sao when a man entered and permit, said he quietly very courageous,” police Paul, 38, was made for Cecilia Cassini, a 10- Paulo, on 24 April, began behaving left the bank to get his Lt. Mark Renkens said. his funeral in July 2009 year-old girl, is making 2010. suspiciously, the Palm gun from his car. “He took action to stop a and she could not bring Beach (Fla.) Post Torres showed the crime in progress and waves in the fashion herself to throw it away reported on Friday. man his gun and ordered fortunately made a world. after the service, the Photo shows two “He wasn’t him to lie on the ground positive difference in the Daily Record reported seagulls vying for a disguised or anything. until police arrived. outcome.” Drug kingpin on Friday. fish. Challis said she Designer axes sell for up to $500 buried in keeps the cutout in the A Canadian “Anyone who thinks gold coffin family home she shares company is creating it is just art is very with children Jack, 7, and designer wood- wrong,” Cameron said. A former Australian Molly, 9. “When you lose chopping axes starting “These are very powerful drug kingpin, killed in someone you love, you at $200 and selling for axes.” prison last week, was worry you’ll forget them up to $500 at a New The pair, who buried on Friday in an and this is our way of York outlet. founded the company in oversized gold casket remembering Paul and Graeme Cameron, May 2009, said their valued at $30,000. keeping our precious 38, and Peter Buchanan- products, available only Carl Williams, who memories of him alive,” Smith, 38, the New at Partners and Spade in was beaten to death last she said.“He was due to York-based designer New York, have been week in Barwon Prison go to a friend’s wedding who paints, varnishes featured in design where he was serving the some weeks after he and stains the axes, said magazines, The New third year of a life died. He didn’t make it the tools are specially York Times and an sentence, was buried but his cutout did. Some designed to cut through upcoming design show Friday in the gold casket people might raise even the most difficult in London. at Keilor Cemetery in eyebrows but who is pieces of wood, the Cameron said they Essendon, the Sydney anyone to say what is News Album Toronto Star reported have sold about 500 of Morning Herald reported the right and wrong way on Friday. the axes thus far. on Friday. to deal with grief?”

2-5-2010 NL 11 8/31/18, 8:07 PM 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 WEDDING RECEPTION Mum had son ‘tied to a coffee Nan Ekari Lin Dip. in Nursing table every night’ Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore CLEVELAND, 1 May — An eight-year-old boy has daughter of U Khin Maung Linn & been found hog-tied with duct tape to a coffee table in Daw Tin Tin Win a US home as his mother slept, police say. They’ve To removed nine children from the home.Officers re- Naing Win ceived a call before dawn overnight from a 15-year-old B.A (History) boy, who said his mother makes his sister tie his Dallas, TX-U.S.A brother up every night or she gets beaten. son of U Maung Maung & Daw Khin Aye Than, They say they found the younger boy on the floor signed marriage document at ROM of Singapore with his hands and feet bound behind his back with on 9-4-2010 with the permission of both parents A Palm Pixi smartphone is displayed at a Best Buy tape and a shoelace around his neck. They say his feet mentioned above and a “Soon” offering ceremony store in San Francisco, California. Palm shares were tied to the table. Police say the boy’s discoloured was also held at Maha Santisukha Monastery in soared on Thursday after US computer giant Hewlett- hands indicate he may have been tied up for some time. Yangon, Myanmar on 1-5-2010. Packard announced it had reached agreement to buy The mother and a man were asleep. Both Parents and Naing Win & Nan Ekari Lin the troubled US mobile phone maker.— INTERNET Internet Sunshine link to Conjoined twins successfully separated baby’s risk of MS RIYADH, 1 May — A team of Saudi doctors led by the country’s health min- 1in later life ister has successfully separated two baby LONDON , 1 May — Ba- boys from Jordan conjoined at the stom- bies born in sunnier ach in a seven-hour operation. Ten- months are at higher risk week-old Amjed and Mohammed Taim, of developing multiple born sharing a liver and other tissues, sclerosis (MS) in later life, were separated in an operation at King researchers said on Thurs- Abdulaziz Medical Centre in Riyadh day. Pregnant women who that was televised live back to Jordan. fail to get enough sunshine “Five, four, three, two, one,” Dr — thereby cutting off their Abdullah Rabeeah, the Saudi health min- main source of vitamin D ister, counted down after using a laser Members of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines — could increase the knife to divide the boys’ liver and then watch thousands of migratory waterbirds — egrets chances of their offspring finally separate the remaining tissue be- and terns — descend on a fishpond in Bataan Prov- developing MS, a study tween them.”The operation is complete, ince, west of Manila. The number of birds stopping found. both twins are now in separate beds, off in the crucial wildlife zone in winter has dropped Researchers believe both are stable,” he announced. Two to 12,000 last year, from 16,000 in 2008, say members variations in exposure to paediatric surgery teams then sewed the of the society who cite human interference as the sunlight in pregnancy could boys up and transferred them to the intensive care ward to recover. main culprit.—INTERNET affect how a baby’s central nervous and immune The boys’ parents were on hand for A member of a Saudi paediatric British blind boy ‘sees’ like system develops. MS is the operation, which was paid for by surgery team listens to the chief caused by damage to my- Saudi King Abdullah, who has spon- surgeon during a seven-hour opera- a dolphin elin, a protective sheath sored most of the 27 successful opera- tion to separate two baby boys from LONDON , 1 May — A He said: “It provides surrounding the nerve fi- tions to separate conjoined twins carried Jordan, conjoined at the stomach, at blind British boy, 4, uses one with information of a bres of the central nervous out at the Riyadh hospital. King Abdulaziz Medical Centre in echo-location to “see” the fair amount of detail at system.—Internet Internet Riyadh, on 29 April .—INTERNET same way dolphins navi- distances of dozens of me- gate murky waters. The tres.” Driver backs through car park wall Doctors will be Sun said Jamie Aspland, Deborah Aspland said OKLAHOMA, 1 May — An elderly Mr Hudson, who was manoeuvring able to predict from Kent, makes click- her heart was in her mouth driver in the US who backed his car in the garage in Tulsa, Oklahoma when ing noises with his tongue on their first trip to the through the seventh-floor wall of a the accident happened, had a narrow women’s risk to find his way around local park when Jamie car park has had a lucky escape. Sixty- escape when the car stopped just in LONDON, 1 May — Thou- objects, after he was taught walked towards a wall. seven-year-old Ralph Hudson burst time.Its boot and part of its back wheels sands of women could be the revolutionary tech- “He just went round it. I through the car park’s exterior wall were left hanging precariously out of the spared unnecessary treatment nique by a US expert. “It’s didn’t think it would be after getting his foot stuck between building but staff were able to safely for breast cancer after a break- amazing,” his mother possible. the brake and accelerator pedal of his drive it back inside.Mr Hudson was not through in screening tech- Deborah Aspland said. Internet Mercedes. given a summons over the incident, po- niques, scientists have “Since learning the skill lice said.—Internet claimed. They have identified we can walk to the park Baby swimmers get lasting benefits a way to predict whether some and Jamie no longer has to TRONDHEIM, 1 May—Children who are given swimming lessons cancerous cells will go on to hold my hand.” in Iceland as infants have better balance and better grasp at age 5 become dangerous. The technique works than non-swimmers, researchers said. The discovery could help by rebounding the click- Hermundur Sigmundsson, a professor of psychology at the women who have been diag- ing sound off objects - cre- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, said the study nosed with a common form of ating a flash of light “mind was conducted in his native Iceland because swimming is very the disease called ductal carci- map” of the obstacle. popular there with many swimming once or twice a week — even noma in situ (DCIS). Women Jamie is among only a babies. Sigmundsson and Brian Hopkins, a professor of psychology with DCIS have cancerous cells handful of children world- from Lancaster University in England, said the study involved 19 in the channels in the breast wide to be taught how to baby swimmers against a control group of 19 children who did no that carry milk to the nipple, copy dolphins by Califor- swimming. but these cells have not spread nian Daniel Kish, who is The 2- to 3-month-old babies got swimming lessons until they to other parts of the breast, himself blind. Kish calls were about 7 months old. The infants were guided to dive under A car went through the seventh-floor meaning that the condition is his echo-location skill water, jump from the edge of the pool or pick up floating objects. wall of a parking garage in occasionally referred to as “pre- “flash-sonar”. Internet Oklahoma.—INTERNET cancerous”.—Internet

2-5-2010 NL 12 8/31/18, 8:07 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 13 Exxon Mobil Russia begins oil project in posts 38% Caspian Sea MOSCOW, 1 May— it plans to produce 343,000 profit rise in Russian Prime Minister tons of oil at the field this Vladimir Putin on year. first quarter Wednesday inspected a LUKoil has invested HOUSTON, 1 May—US drilling platform at the 34.4 billion rubles (1.2 oil giant Exxon Mobil said Yury Korchagin offshore billion US dollars) in the Thursday its first quarter oil field in the Caspian Sea. field that holds an profits jumped 38 percent Putin inspected the estimated 270 million over the year-ago period, platform to start a project barrels of oil and 63.3 thanks to rising oil prices that will be operated by billion cubic metres of gas. in the first three months of LUKoil, Russia’s largest Between 1999 and the year. independent oil producer. 2005, LUKoil discovered During the first three LUKoil has said annual six oil and gas fields in the months of this year, Irving, production in the oil field northern part of the Texas-based Exxon posted This picture shows a general view of the Marina Bay Sands casino gaming could reach 2.5 million Caspian Sea, with a profit of 6.3 billion hall in Singapore.—INTERNET metric tons of oil, and 1 estimated aggregate USdollars, compared with billion cubic metres of reserves of 4.7 billion 4.55 billion in the same World Economic Forum on Africa to witness natural gas. barrels of oil. period last year. The company said that Internet “Exxon Mobil record participation Photo shows the achieved solid results from DAR ES SALAAM, 1 Africa’s Growth “2010 is a special year its worldwide operations,” May—The World Strategy”, said the Forum for both the World beryl displayed said Exxon chairman Rex Economic Forum Press release after the Economic Forum, which is at Colombia’s Tillerson. announced on Thursday Press conference held celebrating the 20th beryl museum in However, the results that nearly 1,000 here. anniversary of its Africa Bogota, capital are still short of meeting participants from 85 “Africa is a continent meeting, and Africa, which of Colombia, on analysts’ expectations. countries will participate full of potential. Africa has is marking 50 years since 28 April, 2010. Amid high oil prices of in the 20th World been growing despite the the start of the Colombia will around 85 dollars a barrel, Economic Forum on economic instability that is independence movem-ent display its most analysts have expected the Africa to be held in facing the world today. We that transformed the fancy beryl at company to post slightly Daressalaam, 5-7 on May will have the opportunity continent’s geopolitical the 2010 stronger profits. 2010. Tanzanian to examine the strategy of landscape,” said Katherine Shanghai Expo Internet President Jakaya Kikwete Africa for today to ensure Tweedie, Director, Head of which starts will host the meeting, that there is a better Africa, World Economic from 1 May. Swans stretch and which this year explores tomorrow.” Kikwete was Forum. XINHUA swim after being the theme “Rethinking quoted as saying. Internet released from their China unveils regulations to winter quarters on Hamburg’s city lake boost foreign investment in Alster on 21 April, central regions 2010. Every year the NANCHANG, 1 May— Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, swans are collected Chinese Ministry of Henan, Hubei and Hunan from waterways Commerce released - should attract high-end around Hamburg and regulations concerning green industry with policy taken to winter foreign investment in incentives and guidance, quarters where they China’s central region here the regulations say. are fed and cared for on Thursday. It should give priority until the spring. The region - which to manufacturing while INTERNET includes the provinces of eyeing investment in other sectors like agriculture, Samsung eyes record Q2, to up spending A television image is seen on a Samsung phone at sophisticated processing an electronics fair in Las Vegas, Nevada. industries, trade, finance, in tech rebound Samsung, which is the world’s second largest education, culture, tourism mobile phone maker after Finland’s Nokia, has and leasing. The region SEOUL,1 May— investments threaten to telecommunication said it expects earnings in the second quarter to be should nurture business- Samsung Electronics Co restart the chronic segment since it has lost even better based on strong demand for chips and friendly policies and slash Ltd (005930.KS), the oversupply cycle. ground on smartphones,” liquid crystal displays.—INTERNET transaction costs to attract world’s top maker of Samsung, also the said Kim Young-june, an businesses considering memory chips and flat world’s No.2 handset analyst at LIG Investment moving inland from the screen TVs, forecast record maker behind Finland’s & Securities. coastal regions. results as it aims to sharply Nokia (NOK1V.HE), has By 0320 GMT, shares The rules call for boost spending, betting on little traction in the lucrative in Samsung, valued at rectifying any practices still strong demand in the smartphone markets, around $107 billion, rose that disrupt business second half. which could also be an 2.1 percent in a strong operation, including Samsung is firing on earnings drag for Asia’s broader market (.KS11). authorities’ arbitrary law all cylinders as consumers most valuable technology The shares have slipped 4 enforcement. The rules snap up gadgets and firm. “I expect earnings to percent after hitting a record also urged a market appliances, marking a steep peak at Q3 as seasonal high in early April on oriented administration recovery in the once- demand for memory chips growing worries of system consistent with battered global technology reaches its highest...there oversupply in LCD and international rules. sector, but rising industry is a gloomy air in its chips.—Internet Internet

2-5-2010 NL 13 8/31/18, 8:07 PM 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa Buoyant Bayern close in on treble dream S Manchester City, 1 May— Aston Villa the lead after 16 min- BERLIN, 1 May – Bayern Munich Champions League final with a 3-0 win Manchester City came from utes and then struck the crossbar. hope to take another step closer to a his- at Lyon on Tuesday, Bayern return to toric treble on Saturday when they face German league action against strugglers behind to beat Aston Villa and But Carlos Tevez levelled from relegation-threatened Bochum in the Bochum who sacked coach Heiko P boost their hopes of finishing the spot on 41 minutes. Bundesliga. Herrlich on Thursday. Former Germany fourth. Emmanuel Adebayor gave John Carew had given After the highs of reaching the playmaker Dariusz Wosz has taken over O the home side the lead two as caretaker, becoming Bochum’s fourth minutes later with Adam Johnson coach this season. playing a key role in both goals. His side must beat Bayern to keep R Villa, needing to win to alive their hopes of staying in the keep alive their own hopes of a Bundesliga with only two games remain- Champions League place, threw ing. Bayern are level on 64 points at the T everything forward but City top with Schalke, but have a superior sealed the points a minute from goal difference of 13 and, at least math- S time through Craig Bellamy ematically, can win the title on Saturday Internet Bayern Munich’s players are seen dur- providing they beat Bochum and Schalke ing a training session on 20 April, in lose at Werder Bremen. Champions Rangers need Villarreal Munich, southern Germany.—INTERNET Internet talent injection, says Miller a stern test for Lazio face Inter dilemma GLASGOW, 1 May— downhearted ROME, 1 May—Lazio fans are faced club beats the nerazzurri on Sunday, they Rangers striker Kenny with a dilemma this weekend as the Ro- could help Roma win the scudetto.With Miller has urged the cash- Barca man club hosts champions Inter Milan three games left, Inter lead Roma by two BARCELONA, 1 May— strapped Ibrox board they at the Stadio Olimpico. points and Lazio’s fans would hate noth- must bring in new players Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has his Inter are embroiled in a tense title ing more than to do their Rome rivals a next season when the battle with Lazio’s bitter local rivals AS favour. Glasgow giants will de- work cut out to lift his players for a crucial Roma and their fans know that if their But Lazio are not clear of relegation fend their Scottish Pre- and coach Eddy Reja insists that he won’t mier League title. La Liga trip to Villarreal Nadal powers on as Spanish after their Champions be following the lead of some fans, who “There are six lads have claimed they will be supporting who are out of contract so League semi-final dominate Rome tennis Masters elimination. ROME, 1 May—Rafael Nadal led a Inter. “We know that it’s like this but they are going to have to we’re not safe yet. If we play like we did be replaced first and fore- Barca go into the fi- three-pronged Spanish assault on the nal four games of the Rome Masters on Friday at the Foro (last time out against Genoa) I don’t think most,” said Miller. “New we’ll lose to Inter,” he said.—Internet players always bring a lift Rangers’ Scottish season with a one-point Italico and will tackle Ernests Gulbis, to a place and we’ve not goalkeeper Neil Alexan- advantage over bitter the conqueror of Roger Federer, in the had that for a while. We der celebrates a win rivals Real Madrid but semi-finals. want to give a better ac- after a Scottish Premier their morale is at low Nadal dominated Switzerland’s count of ourselves in the League match. ebb after the team Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-1 as three Champions League, we INTERNET went out on aggregate to Spaniards qualified for the last four. want to get off to a strong title and new players will Inter Milan on Wednes- Sixth seed Fernando Verdasco stunned start in trying to retain the help that.”—Internet day. world number two Novak Djokovic “We now have to 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4 in a marathon 3hr CROSSWORDS PUZZLE pick ourselves up, get 18min quarter-final while 13th seed ourselves right psycho- David Ferrer, who put out fourth seed logically and plan for Andy Murray in the previous round, Saturday’s game,” said downed seventh seeded Frenchman Lazio’s Tommaso Rocchi celebrates af- Guardiola. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-1. ter scoring against AS Roma during Internet Internet their Serie A football match.—INTERNET Wally with the Brolly’ Wie takes second-round lead McClaren on verge of triumph in Mexico ond-placed Ajax’s result, MORELIA, 1 May— Miyazato (72) were tied become the first English Michelle Wie held her for second. But the gusts manager since Bobby game together with the and the emotional ups- Robson at Porto in 1996 wind hollowing through and-downs got to Lorena to win a major European the mountainside ravines Ochoa, who fell five league title.With one at the Tres Marias Cham- strokes off the pace with FC Twente’s coach game left, FC Twente are pionship, shooting a 5-un- a 73 in her farewell tour- Steve McClaren one point clear of Martin der 68 on Friday to take a nament. ACROSS DOWN Jol’s Ajax and poised to one-stroke lead. This is the last event THE HAGUE, 1 May – 7 Stature 1 Masticating win a first Championship Brittany Lincicome for the top-ranked Ochoa, Former England coach 8 Cause 2 Brown coal since 1926 after being (67) and Japan’s Ai under some pressure to Steve McClaren, once the 10 Winter apple 3 Abyss runners-up last season. deliver a victory for her object of scathing ridicule 11 Prussian lancer 4 Fastened Internet adoring fans in Mexico — 12 Snares 5 Sacred song in his native country, is set she has won the event 13 Short 6 Silly to pull off one of the most US’ Michelle Wie reacts three times — before step- 17 Nickname for 9 Goddess of love remarkable transforma- after missing a birdie putt ping away. “I’ll take it I Irishman 14 Biased tions with Dutch club FC on the eighth hole during guess with these condi- 18 Rebuff 15 Disclose Twente. the second round of the tions,” Ochoa said. “With 22 Apportion 16 Skill On Sunday, McClaren LPGA Corona Morelia all the emotions I am go- 23 Clover 19 Measure will be bidding to beat golf championship in ing through and the 24 Bauble 20 Buffoon league rivals NAC Breda Morelia, Mexico, on 30 adrenaline it’s been a lit- 25 Unassuming 21 Broom and, depending on sec- April, 2010.—INTERNET tle bit tough.”—Internet

2-5-2010 NL 14 8/31/18, 8:17 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 2 May, 2010 15 Dr. Erica Miller, with Two strong quakes hit Tri-State Bird Rescue Berling Sea and Research, works to give a dose of WASHINGTON, 1 May— Two strong earthquakes Pepto-Bismol to a measuring 63 and 6.0 on the Richter scale hit Berling Northern Gannet bird, Sea on early Saturday morning local time, the US normally white when Geological Service said. full grown, which is The first quake, of 6.3 magnitude, hit at 23:11 covered in oil from a GMT Friday. Its epicentre was 474 kilometres from massive spill in the Gambell in Alaska State, with a depth of 15 Gulf of Mexico, at a kilometers. facility in Fort The centre tremor, of 6.0 magnitude, hit at the Jackson, La., on 30 same location five minutes later. April, 2010. Xinhua INTERNET

* News MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL * Current Affairs “Surprising Myanmar Programme Schedule (The Shwedagon Pagoda)(Part-II)” (2-5-2010)(Sunday) * News * Documentary “The Richly Blessed Gem Land” Transmissions Times * Music Gallery * News Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MST * Ngapali, Unique Spot To Relax Oversea Transmission - (2-5-10 09:30 am ~ 3-5-10 09:30 am) MST * News * Myanmar Classical Song“Kyaye Ywa WEATHER Wada” Local Transmission * News Saturday, 1st May, 2010 * Opening * Current Affairs “Surprising Myanmar Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. * News (The Shwedagon Pagoda)(Part-II)” M.S.T. During the past 24 hours , rain or thundershowers * Current Affairs “Surprising Myanmar * News have been isolated in Shan, Rakhine and Kayah States, (The Shwedagon Pagoda)(Part-II)” * Documentary “The Richly Blessed Gem Upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions and weather has been * News Land” partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Day temperatures * Documentary “The Richly Blessed Gem * A Mirror reflecting Rakhine were (10°C) above May average temperatures in Land” Architecture(Shitthaung Stupa) Taninthayi Division, (7° C) above May average * Music Gallery * News temperatures in Bago Division, (5°C) to (6° C) above May * Myanmar Thanakha average temperatures in Mandalay, Magway, Yangon and * News * News Ayeyawady Divisions, ( 3°C) to (4°C) above May average * Ngapali, Unique Spot To Relax * Music Gallery temperatures in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine, Kayin, Mon States * News * Green and Lush Popa Land and Upper Sagaing Division and about May average * Fine Arts Podium“Royal Drum” * Myanmar Movies “Whatever, will be will temperatures in the remaining areas. The significant day OverseaTransmission be” temperatures were Chauk (43.3°C) , Magway (43.0°C), Nay * Opening Pyi Taw (Yezin), NayPyiTaw (Pyinmana), Minbu, Aunglan and Thayawady (42.0°C) each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Loikaw(0.63) inch and aw;a&;- rEGrf;aomarwåm}}(tydkif;-4) ]]BUGS' Kengtung(0.08) inch. Adkvfuav;wifhatmif) 12:30 pm ADVENTURES}} Maximum temperature on 30-4-2010 was 104°F. Minimum temperature on1-5-2010 was 80°F. Relative 7:55 am 5. Golf Magazine(TV) (tydkif;-11) humidity at ( 09:30) hours MST on 1-5-2010 was 62%. Total 5. Nice & Sweet 12:50 pm 6:40 pm jrefrm&kyf&Sif sun shine hours on 30-4-2010 was (10.2) hours. 6. wpfrsufESm?wpfuGufpm Song ]]cspfwJholi,ffav}} 6. Rainfall on 1-4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba- ]]ajr;tzkd;atmfya&;&Sif;}} 8:10 am (armif&ly?ar0if;armif) Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was 6. ,Ofaus;vdr®m(38)jzmr*Fvm ('g&kdufwm-armif0PÖ) (aZmfOD;?ckdifcefU?cspfESif;yGifh? (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph Sunday, 2 8:25 am &Jav;)('g&kdufwm- 2:50pm from Southwest at (18:30) hours MST on 30-4-2010. wifarmifat;) May 7. Musical Programme 7. International News Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy View on today 8:40 am 3:45 pm 7:00 pm in the Andaman and South Bay and partly cloudy 1. Myanmar National EdkifiHjcm;Zmwfvrf;wGJ elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal. 8. International News 7. nd League Forecast valid until evening of the 2 May 2010: 7:00 am 8:45 am ]]cspfrdwmcGifhvTwfyg}} Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in rif;uGef;q&mawmf MNL cup (2010) 1. 9. Connect With (tydkif;-4) Kachin ,North ern Shan,Chin and Mon States, Upper bk&m;BuD;\ abmvHk;NydKifyGJwkduf&kduf Sagaing,Mandalay and Taninthayi Division s and Weather English]]Gifts}} xkwfvTifhrItpDtpOf 8:00 pm y&dwfw&m;awmf will be partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Degree 11:00 am 8. News of certainty is (60%). a,mq&mawmf (Delta toif;ESifh 9. International News State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar a[mMum;awmfrlaom 1. Martial Song United FC 11:10 am &efukef,lEkdufwwf 10. Weather Report waters. OyÜgwoEÅdygVdawmf Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of FC toif;) 11. umwGef;tpDtpOf 2. Musical Programme isolated rain or thundershowers in the Southren 7:25 am 5:45 pm ]]awmaumifi,fodkif; 11:20 am Myanmar areas. 2. To Be Healthy 2. Musical Programme 3. Round Up of The nDaemifav;rsm;}} Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for Exercise 6:00 pm Week International (tydkif;-21) 2-5-2010 : Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers. 7:30 am 3. Evening News 12. EdkifiHjcm;Zmwfvrf;wGJ Degree of certainty is (40%). 3. Morning News News 6:15 pm ]]t&G,fvGefcspftdyfruf}} Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 7:40 am 11:30 am 4. Weather Report 2-5-2010: Partly cloudy.. (tydkif;-4) 4. atmifawmfrI 4. EdkifiHjcm;Zmwfvrf;wGJ 6:20 pm Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for (apmrif;aemif?pkdif;ndkrif;? ]]rjy,faomcspfjcif; 5. umwGef;tpDtpOf 13. ]]&kyfoHMu,fyGifhrsm;}} 2-5-2010: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%). R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.

15(2).pmd 15 5/2/2010, 2:03 PM 5th Waning of Kason 1372 ME Sunday, 2 May, 2010 + 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 among the people Q We favour peace and stability + RFA, DVB-generating public Q We favour development outrage Q We oppose unrest and violence + Do not allow ourselves to be Q Wipe out those inciting unrest swayed by killer broadcasts and violence designed to cause troubles

Book borrowing system Kandaunt Dam contributes to regional for libraries in greening and boosting agricultural production Shwepyitha Township

YANGON, 1 May— In meeting with local peo- Pale Township of Sagaing Division is located ple, Head of Shwepyitha Township Information in arid zone and has no adequate water for irrigation Byline and Photos: and Public Relations Department Daw Ohn Nyunt and for drinking. Its average annual rainfall is about Khin Maung Than (Sethmu) and staff discussed development of libraries, in- 30 inches. With a view to ensuring sufficient water creasing the number of books, setting of funds and supply for irrigation and drinking, the government practising of book borrowing card system at Lin Yaung Chi Library in Ward 19 of the townshop on built Kandaunt dam on the Kyuakbyoke creek near officer U Min Aung explained facts about the dam. 26 April morning. Kandaunt village, Pale Township on 4 February The purpose of building the dam is to irrigate At the meeting, Chairman of Ward Peace and 2007. It was put into service on 15 November 2009. 200 acres of farmlands and to green the region. Development Council U Saw Tun made a speech. We, news crew, left Monywa for Pale Town- The dam has been built by damming Head of Township IPRD explained efforts to be ship along Yinmabin-Pale road. About 15 miles from Kyaukbyoke creek in Pale Township. Its em- made for meeting five-point standards of the librar- Pale-Gangaw road is Kandaunt dam. Staff officers U bankment is 1800 feet long and 79 feet high. ies and their development.—Township IPRD Aung Min Naing and U Myint Swe and deputy staff (See page 9) The significant day temperatures (1-5-2010)

Chauk 43.3° C Magway 43.0° C Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) 42.0° C Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) 42.0° C Minbu 42.0° C Aunglan 42.0° C Thayawady 42.0° C Kandaunt Dam located in Pale of Sagaing Division.

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