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Volume XIV, Number 205 3rd Waning of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 Curriculum Vitae of Four political objectives * Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and order Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh * National reconsolidation * Emergence of a new enduring State Consti- Prime Minister of the Lao tution * Building of a new modern developed nation in People’s Democratic Republic accord with the new State Constitution His Excellency Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh was Four economic objectives born on 3 June 1954 in Salavanh Province of Laos. He * Development of agriculture as the base and all- round development of other sectors of the started his early schooling in Salavanh and Champasak Mr Provinces in Laos from 1961 to 1974. In 1990, he economy as well obtained his Bachelor Degree from the Bouasone * Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco- Communist Party Institute in Moscow, former Soviet nomic system Bouphavanh, * Development of the economy inviting partici- Union. Prime pation in terms of technical know-how and From 1974 to 1980, he served in the Cabinet of investments from sources inside the country Champasak Province and from 1981 to 1994, he served Minister of and abroad in the Cabinet of the Central Committee of the Lao the Lao * The initiative to shape the national economy People’s Revolutionary Party. Then he served as Deputy must be kept in the hands of the State and the Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office from 1994 to People’s national peoples 1996. He became a Member of the Central Committee Democratic Four social objectives of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Chief of Republic. the Cabinet of the Central Committee of the Lao * Uplift of the morale and morality of the People’s Revolutionary Party from 1996 to 2001. He entire nation then served as Member of the Political Bureau of the * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Standing Mem- the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party from 2003 to preservation and safeguarding of cultural ber of the Political Bureau of the Lao People’s Revo- 2006. He has been serving as Prime Minister of the Lao heritage and national character * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit lutionary Party from 2001 to 2003. People’s Democratic Republic since June 2006. * Uplift of health, fitness and education stand- HE Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh is married to Mad- He was appointed as Standing Deputy Prime Min- ards of the entire nation ister and Standing Member of the Political Bureau of ame Sumly and they have four children.—MNA Lt-Gen Kyaw Win attends ceremony to present prizes to distinction winners and cash assistance in Shan State (North)

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov — Member of the State On behalf of the outstanding students, Ma Zar Zaw Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of Win of Hsipaw BEHS, Ma Thandar Lin of Lashio No the Ministry of Defence during his recent tour of 1 BEHS and Mway Kham Hon of Lashio No 6 BEHS Lashio together with Chairman of Shan State (North) accepted prize money. PDC Commander of North-East Command Brig-Gen Next, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Hla Myint Aung Than Htut, officials of SPDC Office and respon- presented prizes to Maung Htein Nan of Lashio No 3 sible personnel attended a ceremony to present prizes BEHS,who stood third in arts combination subject in to outstanding students and cash assistance for 2006 in the whole country and Ma Kha Ya from Nant Phat Kar Shan State (North) on 1 November. Village BEHS, who stood sixth in the same subject. First, Joint Education Officer of Shan State Afterwards, Joint Education Officer U Mya (North) U Mya Htut briefed Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and Htut handed prizes to officials for best matriculation party on efforts made for students to pass the matricu- examination pass rate of townships, Moemaik, Lashio lation examination successfully in 2006 and manage- and Naungcho, and for best matriculation examina- ment for enhancement of education standard. tion pass rate schools, Moemaik BEHS (Branch) Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presented prizes to Magyibin, Lashio No 1 BEHS and No 4 BEHS. six-distinction winner Ma Thinzar Tun and 13 five- Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win made a speech on the distinction winners from No 6 Basic Education High occasion and cordially greeted faculty members and School of Lashio Township and Commander Brig- students and posed for a documentary photo. After- Gen Aung Than Htut, 11 four-distinction winners and wards, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party paid homage to 9 three-distinction winners. Maha Myatmuni Replica Buddha Image and offered Afterwards, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Hla flowers, water and lights to it. Later, Lt-Gen Kyaw Myint presented 9 three-distinction winners and an Win and party paid homage to Presiding Sayadaw of outstanding student Maung Aik Naing of Youth Train- Siri Mingala Mansu Shan Kyaungtaik Bhaddanta Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presents prize to outstand- ing School of Social Welfare Department in the ma- Puñananda and donated alms. ing student of No 6 BEHS, Lashio. — MNA triculation examination of 2006. Next, Deputy Com- Upon arrival at the new building of No 23 mander Brig-Gen Hla Myint presented K 100,000 BEMS Affiliated School, schoolhead Daw Aye Aye tasks of the new school building and Commander Brig- each to 11 outstanding students from 2003, 10 from Myint and U Tin Ko Ko of Asia World Company Gen Aung Than Htut gave supplementary reports. 2004 and 11 from 2005 matriculation examinations. briefed Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party on construction MNA Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

7-11-06NL 1 11/7/06, 3:06 AM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 * 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 Enhance ASEAN-China * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State economic cooperation * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy The Commemorative Summit Mark- Ministry of Mines holds Communal ing the 15th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations and the Third ASEAN- Kathina robes offering ceremony China Economic and Investment Summit NAY PYI TAW, 6 were held in Nanning, the People’s Republic Nov — Under the aus- of China, on 30 and 31 October and they pices of Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn were attended by Heads of State Govern- Myint and Daw San San, ment of the People’s Republic of China and the first Kathina robes of- ASEAN member-nations including fering ceremony of the families of the Ministry Myanmar. of Mines was held at Thiri ASEAN and China are boosting coop- Yadana Hall of the minis- eration in trade, investment and tourism try on 3 November. The ceremony was and taking good strides. Measures are being held in the presence of taken to raise the trade volume between Presiding Nayaka China and ASEAN up to US$ 200 billion Sayadaw Pannida Nanda of Pannida Rama Monas- within five years. As the ASEAN region has tery and members of the Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint and wife present Kathina great potential for investment, the economic Sangha, Minister for robe to Sayadaw. — MINES cooperation in the region has been deepened Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint and Daw San San, Firstly, the congre- and shared the merits ‘soon’ to the Sayadaw and and expanded. the directors-general, the gations received Five Pre- gained. members of the Sangha. The tourism industry contributes a managing directors of the cepts from the Sayadaw. Later, they offered — MNA great deal to the economy of ASEAN nations departments and enter- Those present offered prises under the ministry Kathina robes and provi- and it enables peoples in the region to in- 10th Communal Kathina and their wives, and fami- sions to the Sayadaw and crease contacts between themselves and un- lies of the staff. members of the Sangha robe offering ceremony derstand each other’s cultures, customs and held in Pantapwinttaung traditions. Wellwishers urged to The establishment of Free Trade Area donate CI sheets to is the remarkable success in ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations. Agreements on economic Pantapwinttaung cooperation, trade and services have con- Monastic Education School tributed a lot to trade and investment. We believe that the ASEAN-China YANGON, 6 Nov— Taikkyi Township, summit will help improve bilateral relations Donation of Corrugated Yangon North District. iron sheets and doors may between respective nations and boost their The donation in- be made for cludes 249 windows each cooperation in trade and investment. Pantapwinttaung Monas- of which is K 7,200, 26 tic Education School in doors each of which is K 54,000, 15 corrugated iron sheets each of which is K 36,000. Donations for ten A wellwisher donates Kathina robes to toilets each of which is K Sayadaw of Pantapwinttaung Monastery. — H 360,000 and the refec- tory under construction YANGON, 6 Nov — Under the patronage of may also be made. Pantapwinttaung Sayadaw Principal of Those who are de- Pantapwinttaung Monastic Education School sirous of making dona- Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Paññasara, the 10th tions are to contact the Communal Kathina robe offering ceremony was held Pantapwinttaung Service at the monastery in Taikkyi Township on 4 November Board (Tel 055-20259), morning. U Ti Toe (Tel 500825), Wellwishers offered Kathina robes and provi- Daw Tin Tin Win (Tel sions to the Sayadaw. They also presented exercise 640181), Daw Kyin books for the students of monastic education school to Thaung (Tel 245488) the Sayadaw and shared the merit gained. In the evening, and U Shan Than wellwishers offered 9900 lights to the pagodas of the (Tel 699833). Pantapwinttaung. MNA MNA

7-11-06NL 2 11/7/06, 3:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 3 Russia to agree Iran sanctions Tut\kun\N˙s\S tiu;®mHc\.Âk if duration limited MOSCOW, 5 Nov— concerns. These are of equipment, technology Russia will agree to United uranium enrichment, and finance for Iran’s Nations sanctions against chemical processing and nuclear and ballistic Iran if they have a defined heavy water reactors. missile programmes. It timeframe and an agreed “If we place the would also freeze the mechanism for lifting emphasis on working out assets of people and them, Foreign Minister measures which do not entities involved in these Sergei Lavrov said on allow such technologies programmes and bar them Saturday. coming (to Iran), we can from travelling. Russia on Friday quickly agree with the text MNA/Reuters proposed extensive of the resolution on changes to soften and condition the measures A humanoid robot shorten a resolution have a clearly limited “Actroid DER-2” (R), drafted by European timeframe, on condition produced by Japanese leaders aimed at imposing the resolution outlines the robotic venture Kokoro, tough sanctions on Iran mechanism to stop the smiles to robots fans for its nuclear ambitions. measures,” Lavrov said, during a small-scale It said Europe’s draft went according to RIA news robot event in Tokyo, on 4 Nov, 2006.—XINHUA much further than agency. “All this must be Moscow had agreed. tied to Iran's agreement to Lavrov has previously IAEA conditions and real said the resolution should steps by Iran to renew full Cuba cricket match turns into US denunciation focus on areas the UN cooperation with the HAVANA, 5 Nov—Like denunciation of the United While young Cubans for cricket. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA,” he added. many events in Com- States, but this time from played a game that is a “And to do this in the International Atomic The European draft munist Cuba, a cricket London’s leftist Mayor novelty in their baseball- teeth of an almost Energy Agency (IAEA), demands that all countries match for children on Ken Livingstone, not mad homeland, Liv- economic war I think is a has defined as serious prevent the sale and supply Saturday turned into a Cuban leader Fidel Castro. ingstone praised the ailing tribute to Fidel Castro and Castro and blasted US his government,” he said. Italian reporter freed in Afghanistan returns home EU, Thai bank policy toward the small The United States, nation 90 miles (145 which has maintained a ROME, 5 Nov— An Italian journalist released in Afghanistan after three kilometres) off its shores. trade embargo against weeks of captivity returned to Italy on Saturday. aid tsunami “What’s amazing here Cuba since 1962, has Gabriele Torsello, a 36-year-old, is you’ve got a country pushed for free elections London-based photojournalist taken victims that’s suffered an illegal in the country Castro has by armed men from a public bus in the BANGKOK, 5 Nov— economic blockade by the led since a 1959 Rev- most dangerous part of the country, Thailand’s Bank for United States for almost olution. But Livingstone landed in Rome on an Italian Agriculture and Agri- half a century and yet it’s criticized the 2000 US Government plane a day after his cultural Cooperatives been able to give its people election that gave George kidnappers freed him. (BAAC) and the European the best standard of health W Bush the presidency on “I am well. Thank you, Italy,” he Commission (EU) are care, brilliant education,” a legal decision, despite said to reporters at Rome’s Ciampino cooperating to help Livingstone told reporters getting fewer votes than Airport. tsunami victims in south- on a visit to a Havana Democrat Al Gore. He was taken to Rome’s courts to ern Thailand, with the EU baseball field converted MNA/Reuters be questioned by magistrates who are allocating 3.53 million investigating his kidnapping. Five euros (about 4.46 million gunmen seized Torsello on 12 October US dollars) with an added Gabriele Torsello, the Italian from a bus on the highway from the 10 per cent contributed by photographer kidnapped in capital of Helmand Province to Thailand’s government- Afghanistan last month, arrives at neighbouring Kandahar Province, owned BAAC. Rome’s Ciampino military airport both Taleban strongholds and major Cooperation with both on 4 Nov, 2006.—INTERNET opium centres.— MNA/Reuters local and international non-governmental orga- nizations (NGOs) is being sought to ensure that all relief measures will apply directly to the needs of the victims, the Thai News Agency said. BAAC executive vice- president Enno Suesuwan has met with Erik Habers, counsellor for the Del- egation of the European Commission to Thailand to review possible mea- sures to aid tsunami victims in six Andaman coast provinces, the report Young models present wedding outfit creations as part of Spanish A visitor takes photos at the chrysanthemum fair in said. designer Protocolo’s Spring/Summer 2007 fashion collection in Madrid the Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou, east on 4 Nov, 2006. —INTERNET MNA/Xinhua China’s Jiangsu Province, on 4 Nov, 2006.—XINHUA

7-11-06NL 3 11/7/06, 3:06 AM 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 China to set up 18 patented sk\mOs∑m\;Aa; eKt\ek¥a\lWa; technology exhibition, trade centres

WUHAN, 5 Nov — The protection. were backed by the Chinese Government has “The centres will form government and would announced plans for 18 a trade platform for help protect inventors, patented technology amateur inventors, said Zhang. exhibition and trade medium-sized and small Last year, the country centres, to promote patent enterprises and investors,” handled more than application and imple- said Zhang Qin, deputy 470,000 patent appli- mentation. director of the State cations. The centres will be set Intellectual Property The 18 centeres open up in cities of Beijing, Office, on Friday. for trade from Monday to Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan The slow development Friday. and Chongqing. They will of a patented technology By 2010, the State conduct exhibitions, trade market and lack of Intellectual Property and promotions of trustworthy agencies led Office will build another patented technology, to difficulties in the 80 to 100 regional paten- daily patent management application and imple- ted technology exhibition and carry out training in mentation of patents in and trade centres in key Chinese girls play diabolo during the performing gala themed on “Ode to Friendship” patent brokerage, and China, said Zhang. cities. staged to mark the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation intellectual property The non-profit centres MNA/Xinhua (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on 4 Nov, 2006.—XINHUA Cambodia celebrates Water Festival amid economic boom PHNOM PENH, 5 Nov— racers with 409 racing prizes and danced in the ucted in the Royal Palace. Joy abounded in Phnom boats are poised to strive beat of the street concerts Around 1.5 million Penh on Saturday as the for the titles during organized by large visitors are expected to annual Water Festival Sunday’s competition. enterprises like Angkor crowd into the capital entered its first day with Meanwhile, on the Beer and Alan Delon during the festival from tens of thousands of main streets around the Cigarettes. Saturday to Monday and visitors rushed in to share Royal Palace, thousands The Independent the municipal government gourmet dish, enjoy of holiday makers Monument, which is a has been fully mobilized fireworks and watch boat munched fried insects and symbol for the capital city, to embrace the traditional race. minced fruits, had rice also attracted hundreds of heat. King Norodom Siha- noodles and baked people to take leisure at its Some 50 portable moni, Prime Minister Hun bananas, played dice in foot while watching the toilets, along with the Sen, National Assembly expectation for various fireworks show cond- already-installed 30 President Heng Samrin, permanent public toilets, Senate President Chea Sim were more than enough to and other senior govern- handle private problems ment officials watched the for the incoming visitors. dragon boat performance Meanwhile, some A Chinese flight attendant poses during the Air outside the Royal Palace 2,300 policemen, 660 Show China 2006, in Zhuhai, south China’s on the bank of the Mekong Armed Forces and 800 River on Saturday after- official security guards Guangdong Province, on 5 Nov, 2006.—XINHUA noon, together with the have been deployed to huge audience. ensure the order during Pirates hijack commercial Dozens of boats the celebrations. vessel off Somali coast shuttled on the river to Cambodia oarsmen row traditional wooden boats The major roads were satisfy the viewers’ on the first day of the annual Water Festival blocked against motor NAIROBI, 6 Nov — Somali pirates have hijacked a addiction for speed and celebrations on the Mekong River in Phnom Penh vehicles during the festi- commercial vessel off the coast of the lawless nation, beauty, and some 24,000 on 4 Nov, 2006. val in order to avoid traffic raising fears of resurgence of piracy after several INTENRET jam.—MNA/Xinhua months of lull activity. Two Russians killed in rocket The world’s Reports from Mogadishu said Saturday the United largest Arab Emirates-flagged MV Veesham carrying charcoal barrage in southern Iraq container ship, with 12-member crew on board was seized near Adale, 95 BAGHDAD, 5 Nov— Two Russian nationals were loaded with kilometres northeast of Mogadishu on Thursday night. killed when rockets hit their electricity company site in nearly 45,000 Abduarhman Olow, a businessman in Mogadishu Basra City early on Saturday, a source from Basra tons of China- who chartered the ship, said the vessel was travelling to provincial police told Xinhua. made Dubai after leaving El Maan natural harbour in northern “The rocket attack was apparently targeted a British Christmas Mogadishu with a 12-member crew from India. military base, but a rocket missed its target and hit the presents and He said that the captain had contacted them and Russian company site,” the source said on condition of fare for the told them that Somali gunmen have hijacked the ship. anonymity. holiday The businessman said that the reasons for the However, the Russian Foreign Ministry denied the season, arrived hijacking are still unclear and that they had no idea of report, saying the two Russians were wounded and not on 4 Nov, 2006 where the pirates took the ship. Olow said that he killed in a rocket attack in the Iraqi city of Basra, in Felixstowe expected the pirates to contact his company soon. according to reports from Moscow. in southeas- “I don’t know the number of gunmen but the In a separate incident, Iraqi local police found two tern Britain’s captain told me that gunmen hijacked the ship around bodies for women who previously were kidnapped by Suffolk. Adale coast and they have taken it to an unknown an unknown militant group, the source said. XINHUA destination,” Olow was quoted as saying.— MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua

7-11-06NL 4 11/7/06, 3:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 5 Total investment of $5.845b inked at China-ASEAN Expo NANNING, 4 Nov — on Thursday. Partici- the figure of last year. Businessmen have pants of the Third China- The Third China- signed 132 international ASEAN Expo also ASEAN Expo was held cooperation projects endorsed 301 domestic here from 31 October to involving investment cooperation projects 3 November, attracting of 5.845 billion US involving 55.374 billion more than 2,000 com- dollars by the Press Time yuan (6.9 billion US panies from China and at the ongoing Third dollars) of investment, ASEAN countries. China-ASEAN Expo, up up 10.36 per cent from MNA/Xinhua 10.47 per cent from the figures of last year’s Vietnam eyes bigger cloth Yulka (L), a beluga whale, swims with its new born baby at the Oceanografic Expo. in Valencia on 3 Nov, 2006. Yulka gave birth the day before to the first baby The statistics was export beluga whale while in captivity in Europe, according to the veterinarians of released by the Expo’s H ANOI, 4 Nov— Vietnam plans to export 500 million the Oceanografic.—XINHUA Organizing Committee square metres of cloth woven with shuttles in 2010 and one billion square metres of the product in 2015, TB making “alarming” according to local newspaper News on Friday. To realize the target, the domestic garment comeback in Britain and textile industry will focus on constructing large- LONDON, 4 Nov — Tuberculosis is making an scale weaving and dyeing centres, discouraging the “alarming” comeback in Britain, decades after doctors operation of dyeing factories with small annual came close to eradicating the disease, public health capacity of below 10 million square metres of cloth, officials said on Thursday. and encouraging dyeing facilities to operate under More than 8,000 people were infected last year by the form of joint stock companies or business the airborne disease, one of the biggest killers in the cooperation contracts, the newspaper quoted Victorian era when it was known as White Death due the Vietnam Garment and Textile Group as saying. to the pallor which shrouded its victims. The industry is estimated to need investment of The Health Protection Agency said the number of some two billion US dollars to boost cloth production TB cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the 2005-2010 period, said the state-owned economic jumped more than 10 per cent in 2005, with South group. Asians most at risk. Vietnam gained nearly five billion dollars from “An increase of this magnitude over the course of exporting garments and textiles in the first 10 months one year is a concern,” said the HPA’s Professor Peter of this year, a year- on-year surge of 27.2 per cent. Borriello. The rise was the largest in a single year since Meanwhile, the United States was the biggest 1999. market of the Vietnamese products with import Thirty-eight per cent of those infected were described volume of nearly 1.8 billion dollars, according to as Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi. the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association. Dr John Watson, head of the independent agency’s MNA/Xinhua respiratory diseases department, said TB levels were steady among people born in Britain. Performers present a About 600-kilo explosives seized However, the big rise was not down to new arrivals folk dance during the in the country, he added. Instead, those with TB may 10th Huangshan Inter- in N-E Egypt national Tourism have been infected for some time, caught the disease in CAIRO,4 Nov — About The highly explosive of explosives near the Britain or while travelling abroad. Festival in Huangshan, 600 kilos of explosives TNT was found in sacks same village recently, said Health experts attribute the rise in TB to the growth east China’s Anhui Pro- were seized Friday by near the village of “al- MENA. in air travel between continents and overcrowding in vince, on 4 Nov, 2006. Egyptian security Rathyan”, security At least four people poor areas. The festival opened on agencies in their combing sources were quoted as involved in smuggling MNA/Reuters Saturday.—XINHUA operations in the saying, adding that more weapons and ammunition country’s northeastern operations are under have recently been deserts of North Sinai, the way. arrested by the security state news agency MENA Earlier, security agencies. reported. forces also found one ton MNA/Xinhua American tourist found dead in Zanzibar hotel room DAR-ES- SALAAM, 4 Nov — An American tourist has been found dead in a hotel room in Zanzibar, police in the Indian Ocean archipelago have confirmed. Local English passport with the number before being found dead, newspaper The Guardian of 202215810. the American tourist had on Thursday quoted “The cause of his death placed a “No Distur- Zanzibar Urban/West is yet to be established,” bance” notice on the door Regional Police Com- said the police officer. of his hotel room. Hotel mander Bakar Khatib The body of the attendants had to open Shaaban as identifying deceased is being kept in the room with a master the American tourist as a local hospital in key after having learned Brawan Gaway Chaffe. Zanzibar. that the American tourist Two persons are having a hard time riding because of strong winds in Beijing The deceased was The regional police had gone missing for two on 4 Nov , 2006.—XINHUA holding an American chief told the Press that days.—MNA/Xinhua

7-11-06NL 5 11/7/06, 3:06 AM 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 Apple Democratic win may lead to Computer Inc said on 3 Nov, policy change on Iraq 2006 that it’s LOS ANGELES, 5 Nov— The Bush Administration may be under great adding a red pressure to fundamentally change its policy on the “increasingly unpopular” 8-gigabyte Iraq war, the Los Angeles Times said on Saturday. version of its “A Democratic Republicans here won’t Democratic victory tiny iPod nano victory in either cham- overlook”, the paper would be “a psycho- to its popular ber would give party quoted a senior GOP logical blow” that would line of digital lawmakers a national congressional staffer as bring expressions of music players, platform with which to saying. unhappiness from Re- which offers prod the president, “The White House publicans who do not to donate through public hearings will have to adjust to that want to be saddled with money to and investigations into reality too,” said the the war going into the charity for every player it how the war has been unidentified aide. 2008 election. sells.—XINHUA conducted,” said the “It will be a new day,” MNA/Xinhua paper. said Marshall Wittmann, The 7 November a former aide to Senator Former hawks will not back Iraq war midterm election is seen John McCain (Repub- WASHINGTON, 5 Nov— Richard Perle and other conservatives who pushed for the invasion of Iraq now by many voters as a lican Arizona) who is say they would not have supported a war if they knew how poorly the Bush administration would handle referendum on Iraq. now with the moderate it, Vanity Fair Magazine reported on Friday. For Republicans, a Democratic Leadership “I think now I probably Policy Board with Perle, mous flaws, but together zine that Bush did not lead significant Democratic Council. would have said, ‘No, said President George W they were deadly, dys- decisively, or even advance would be proof “The real factor let’s consider other Bush, Defence Secreta- functional”. understand or believe the that voters are fed up with (President George W strategies for dealing with ry Donald Rumsfeld Other leaders of speeches he delivered. the current course of the Bush) has to fear is a the thing that concerns us and others in the the neoconservative mo- “Although the war and expect changes collapse of support most, which is Saddam administration “turned vement — which supports President said the words, from the nation’s leaders, among Republicans, as supplying weapons of out to be among the most an aggressive foreign he just did not absorb the paper noted. well as Democrats.” mass destruction to incompetent teams in policy to promote demo- the ideas,” said David While Bush still will The paper quoted terrorists,’” said Perle, the post-war era. Not cracy and was highly Frum, a former Bush hold the lead role in Wittmann as saying who sat on the Pentagon’s only did each of them, influential in the admini- speech writer. foreign policy, a Demo- that while Republican Defence Policy Advisory individually, have enor- stration — told the maga- MNA/Reuters cratic win would be a sign pressure on the President Committee until 2004. of an overpowering so far has been muted Kenneth Adelman, who public sentiment “that by party loyalty, a served on the Defence Police find 57 murdered in Baghdad in 24 hours BAGHDAD, 5 Nov — Police in Baghdad found 56 bodies and a severed head over the past 24 hours in various parts of the capital, the highest daily figure since the end of Ramadan, an Interior Ministry source said on Friday. While not unprece- figure was generally lower Shiite slum district of Sadr dented, the number in the previous week. On City on Tuesday when represents a sharp rise October 22, one of the Prime Minister Nuri al- since last week when US last days of the holy fasting Maliki ordered them out, forces were out in force month of Ramadan, the flexing his political throughout the city Interior Ministry source muscle after a week of hunting for a missing US reported 50 bodies found public friction with soldier.The body count in in 24 hours. Washington ahead of US Baghdad on Wednesday US troops lifted elections. was 35 and the daily roadblocks around the MNA/Reuters The construction of the National Grand Theatre in China’s capital is expected to be completed in July 2007, local government sources revealed on 5 Nov , 2006.—XINHUA Lebanon to use wind energy by introducing windmill project BEIRUT, 5 Nov— Lebanon took its first step to introduce wind energy in the country, which aimed at reducing dependence on expensive forms of energy, the local newspaper Daily Star reported Friday on its website. The report said that Lebanese on energy rationing”. Minister of Power and Hydraulic According to the official, the Resources Mohammed Fneish signed agreement is part of theministry’s plan an agreement with Paris-based French for alternative energy, especially in Global Wind Energy Company light of higher oil prices. Thursday to implement a windmill The project will be carried out over project. the next seven months and an Fneish said that the project “will international tender will be issued pave the way for the introduction of soon to attract investors, said the Employees of Kuwait National Petroleum Co stand in front of Shuaiba Oil the first windmill project in Lebanon”, report. Refinery after an explosion at the refinery, in Shuaiba on 4 Nov, 2006.—XINHUA adding that “we are pinning high hopes MNA/Xinhua

7-11-06NL 6 11/7/06, 3:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 7 Cherish the Union, perpetually serve national and people’s interest Kyi Win Nyunt Myanmar is a union where diverse national The billboard to hail races live in cohesion. The experiences the nation has gained for ages have demonstrate that national the Annual General solidarity is the lifeblood of the Union. The Union of Meeting (2006) of Myanmar will exist and make progress so long as all the Union Solidarity national races are living in harmony sharing joys and Development and sorrows. The national goal of the Union — to build a Association is peaceful, modern and developed democratic nation opened near the with flourishing discipline — is the noble one the roundabout at entire national people have to accept unanimously Thabyegon in Nay and in which they have to put their trust. Pyi Taw on 27 In the process, the drive mainly calls for peace and stability, strong economy and the October. development of human resources. Only through political, economic, social and defence forces, will During the 13-year period, the members have Road Map and for the emergence of a peaceful, it be possible to build a peaceful, modern and gained a lot of organizational and cooperation modern and developed democratic nation. developed democratic nation. Only through experiences in connection with the tasks for ensuring The USDA is conducting a wide variety of cooperative efforts of the State, the people and the stability of the State, community peace, and national courses to improve the qualifications of executives Tatmadaw, will the nation become modern and development. Now, the association is standing firmly and members of the association at different levels, enjoy development in all aspects. with quantitative and qualitative improvement of its to enable them to keep abreast of Myanmar and The Union Solidarity and Development members. international affairs, to further equip themselves Association was established to play a leading role in Delivering an address on the fourth day of the with Union Spirit, and to improve their professional organizing the people in order that the entire people USDA Annual General Meeting (2005), Patron of the skills. enthusiastically participate in the drive. It was on 15 USDA Chairman of the State Peace and Development Due to such prudent courses, the members September 1993 when the USDA was formed as a Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services get well convinced of the value of the Union, and strong force, whose strength is based on the youth, Senior General Than Shwe called on USDA members the strength of unity, peace and sovereignty and in the interests of the nation. to speed up their efforts to serve the interests of the come to cherish the Myanmar society all the more. Up to the USDA Annual General Meeting State and the people while steadfastly upholding Our The flourishing of political, economic, (2005), there have been established 17 branches at Three Main National Causes, to be imbued with organizing and administrative outlooks among the state or division level, 65 at district level, 320 at Union Spirit in enhancing national solidarity and youth members means a member is well armed with township level and 15,308 at village level with a peace and stability of the nation, and to do their bit in the sense of national duty that a citizen should have total membership of nearly 23 million. the drive for realization of the State’s seven-point to carry out. The sense of national duty is a noble spirit, with which each and every citizen have to be USDAs at all levels and members are, therefore, exhorted equipped. Only when the citizens are equipped with physical and mental abilities plus the sense of national to serve the interests of the nation and the people by duty, will they be able to safeguard and protect the motherland from any forms of danger, and build up contributing towards the drive for building a peaceful, modern a modern and developed nation. USDAs at all levels and members are, and developed democratic nation with flourishing discipline therefore, exhorted to serve the interests of the nation and the people by contributing towards the drive for building a peaceful, modern and developed through effective use of strong political, economic, social and democratic nation with flourishing discipline through effective use of strong political, economic, defence forces, while upholding Our Three Main National social and defence forces, while upholding Our Three Main National Causes in accordance with the Causes in accordance with the guidance of Head of State guidance of Head of State Senior General Than Shwe. Senior General Than Shwe. Translation: MS Kyemon: 6-11-2006

7-11-06NL 7 11/7/06, 3:06 AM 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 New gas well successfully drilled in First communal Kathina robe Nyaungdon Oil and Gas Field offering ceremony held

YANGON, 6 Nov — oil and gas. Next and drill new oil and gas Accompanied by Managing Director U wells there. Measures will responsible personnel, Myint Kyi of Myanma Oil be taken for increased Minister for Energy Brig- and Gas Enterprise gave a extraction of oil and gas, Gen Lun Thi went on an supplementary report. the minister added. inspection tour of After the minister had Next, the minister Nyaungdon Oil and Gas instructed responsible presented cash award to Field under the Ministry personnel to keep on service personnel for of Energy in Ayeyawady drilling of new oil and gas successfully drilling the Division yesterday wells, he made new gas well No 35 and afternoon. arrangements for inspected extraction of oil At the briefing hall, distribution of natural gas and gas. The new well General Manager of to factories and workshops. produces 7.183 million Nyaungdon Oil and Gas In connection with the cubic feet of natural gas Field U Aye Myint briefed reports on geophysical and 84 barrels of conden- Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint and wife present Kathina robes the minister on present data collected in Maubin sate daily. The whole to Sayadaw at communal Kathina robes offering ceremony of the drilling of oil and gas (South), Nyaungdon Nyaungdon Oil and Gas while Chief Engineer (North) and Pakon and Field produces over 86 ministry. — ELECTRIC POWER-2 (Drilling) U Kan Myint Taikkyi region presented million cubic feet of natural NAY PYI TAW, 6 robes offering ceremony Next, Minister for on efforts for successful by responsible personnel, gas and 732 barrels of Nov—The Ministry of at the meeting hall of the Electric Power No 2 Maj- drilling of the new gas well the minister instructed condensate every day Electric Power No 2 held ministry here on 1 Gen Khin Maung Myint No 35 and extraction of them to rapidly explore MNA its first communal Kathina November. and wife Daw Win Win First, the Nu donated Kathina robes congregation opened the and alms to the Sayadaw ceremony with three-time and so did departmental recitation of Namo Tassa heads. and received the Five Afterwards, the Precepts from Shwein congregation shared Yeiktha Pariyatti merits gained and alms Sarthintaik Presiding were meal was offered to Sayadaw Bhaddanta the Sayadaw and members Naymaindha. of the Sangha. — MNA Cash donations for World Vipassana Pagoda in India YANGON, 6 Nov—The 6th cash donation ceremony of Shwedagon Pagoda replica World Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspects production of natural gas at new well No 35 in Vipassana Pagoda being built in Mumbai, India, will Nyaungdon Oil Field. — ENERGY be held at the Dhammajoti Vipassana Centre on Ngahtatgyi Pagoda Road in Bahan Township here on 12 November morning. Donations for the pagoda may MTT arranging local be made at the above-mentioned centre, according to Gifts for expectant mother the Religious Affairs Department. package tours prisoners The pagoda’s corner stones were laid by Sayadaws of State Maha Nayaka Committee, well- wishers led by World Buddha Meditation Dhamma YANGON, 6 Nov — Wish to make any kind of YANGON, 6 Nov— packet of biscuit each. instructor U Goenka will organize the cash donation tours for pilgrimage, expedition or leisure, just contact The social organizations MNA ceremony.—MNA Myanmar Travels and Tours (MTT) at 77-91 Sule have been providing Pagoda Road or dial 252859 or 378376. necessary assistance to MTT coaches are available for pilgrimage tours expectant mother to famous places including Bagan, Kyaikhtiyoe and prisoners and mother Zalun; Yangon-Myitkyina, Kengtung-Tachilek, prisoners with children Sittway-MraukU, Lashio-Muse, Taunggyi-Inlay- of the respective jails on Pindaya and Yangon-Mandalay-Sagaing-PyinOoLwin tours; and vacations to Chaungtha, NgweHsaung and humanitarian grounds. Ngapali beaches. Chairperson of Prisons The local package tour programmes include Department Maternal hotel accommodation and food services. — MNA and Child Welfare Association Daw Nwe Ni San and members All this needs to be known provided three mother prisoners who gave birth * Do not be frightened whenever to children at Insein Jail intimidated with five pieces of * Do not be bolstered whenever flattered clothes, one packet of Chairperson of Prisons Department’s Maternal and Child Welfare * Do not be softened whenever appeased milk powder, one packet Association Daw Nwe Ni San supplies clothes, milk powder and food to of crackers and one a female prisoner who has delzby in Insein Prison. — MNA

7-11-06NL 8 11/7/06, 3:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 9 Temporary Myanmar Passport Issuing Do honour with smiles Offices open in border towns blossoming NAY PYI TAW, 6 * Era of parliamentary democracy Nov — Temporary That multi-party era Myanmar Passport We, the citizens, have passed Issuing Offices for Myanmar workers And left behind. working at present in * From then on, we traversed Thailand and those who The single-party Socialist path want to work in Thailand We, citizens in the past. were opened today in * Party colour, party tint Myawady, Kawthoung Free from it the Tatmadaw and Tachilek, the border towns, simultaneously. Only national politics Brig-Gen Myint Does it bring into shape Naung of regional At a glance to the future battalion formally We have the Tatmadaw Government era opened Temporary On all-round nation-wide basis Passport Issuing Office Col Myint Tun formally opens an office for issuing passport at at the reception camp in For the entire nation No 3 Ward, Myawady, Kawthoung. — MNA We promote health, education sectors Col Myint Tun of Council Lt-Col Zaw citizens who will work in Thailand, were sent to the And in addition we promote Kawthoung Station the Moe Aye the office in Thailand only. Ministry of Foreign Base of agriculture office in Ayeyeiknyein Sansai B Ward in Applications of Affairs of Myanmar for And base of social service Ward in Kawthoung Tachilek Township. 8,961 Myanmar workers the first time. Testimonials We make social progress Township and Chairman Temporary based in Bangkok, re- for 30,000 applicants will of Tachilek District passports will be issued commended by the be issued soon. In this era of multi-sectoral development. Peace and Development in a day for Myanmar Ministry of Labour of MNA The citizens, who have passed Various different eras No one signs in public Course for Regional To march towards new nation signature document in Economic Integration in Have come together And held discussions Kanbalu, Sagaing Division ASEAN and Third Let the Union of brethren citizens Countries opens Be firm and strong Fake petition made In our forward-looking stance. YANGON, 6 Nov —The Sreenivasan and Ms with phoney signatures course for Regional Margaret Liang. The Union Solidarity Economic Integration in The course was And Development Association and names in Kalay ASEAN and Third attended by 20 trainees from Has also been formed. NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov generation students group Countries undertaken by departments and * When North wind, at play and dew arrives for questioning as required. organizations and it — As lies and tricks used Civil Service Selection and The Annual General Meeting of in collecting phoney The villagers said that no Training Board under the continues till 8 November. Union Solidarity petitions were exposed in demand was necessary to programme of the ASEAN The CSSTB serves as some townships, news be made through the Secretariat and the Initiative a focal point regarding the Will be held. reports on them have signature campaign. for ASEAN Integration course on public sector All citizens hail it already been featured in the Ten NLD members (IAI) Work Plan Project capacity building under the All citizens honour it Initiative for ASEAN dailies. of Kalay Township NLD among the ASEAN nations In the pearl white An ex-executive of presented a petition to was opened at Traders Integration (IAI) Work Plan And green emerald NLD U Kaung Tun of township NLD chairman U Hotel this morning. Project among the ASEAN Lethse village, Ka, saying that they had Director-General of nations. It conducted seven Smile to your heart’s content. Zeegontaung village-tract, collected 1950 signatures. CSSTB U Hla Kyi courses in 2006 and is Khun Ye Thway (Aye Tha Yar) (Trs) Kanbalu Township, But the truth is that although delivered a speech and making arrangement for (Hailing the Annual General Meeting 2006 of Shwebo District, Sagaing the NLD members Project Officer of IAI Unit opening of two more Union Solidarity and Development Association) Division, went to Zeegon organized the public to of ASEAN Secretariat Ms courses. — MNA village to collect public obtain signatures, the Chandrasa Edhityas signatures on 17 October. people refused to sign in Sjamsudin spoke on the Villagers refused to give the so-called petition. So, occasion. Also present were their signatures as they have they made phoney Assistant Manager Ms already read in dailies that signatures of their own Rachel Ho of International the government had already family members and other Trade Institute of called in the members of persons to compile a fake Singapore, course the so-called ‘88’ petition.—H instructors Mr Rajesh Supreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) disposes of two special civil appeal cases NAY P YI T AW, 6 Nov— Court (Yangon) Supreme judgement of two Special The Special Appellate Court Judges U Khin Civil Appeal cases and Bench com-prising Deputy Myint and U Chit Lwin heard five Special Civil Chief-Justice of Supreme sitting at court room No 1 Appeal cases under Section Delegation of Myanmar Industry Entrepreneur’s Association seen at Court (Mandalay) U Khin of the Supreme Court (Nay 7 of the judiciary law, Yangon International Airport on 4 November after attending 3rd Maung Latt, Supreme Pyi Taw) delivered 2000. — MNA ASEAN-China Trade Fair 2006 . — UMFCCI

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Cuba blames developed (R) talks as Novell Presi- nations for brain drain in dent and CEO MONTEVIDEO, 6 Nov —Vice-President It is estimated that there was an exodus Ron Hovsepian of Cuba's Council of State Carlos Lage of 240,000 professionals from Latin watches during Davila said here on Saturday that developed America to developed countries in 2005 a news event to nations are luring away large numbers of alone. Their countries spent at least 5 billion announce a set talented professionals from developing US dollars of training fees and other of collabora- countries every year. expenses for them. tion agree- Speaking at the 16th meeting of the Lage also accused developed countries ments for Ibero-American Nations Organization, of lacking the political will to help solve the Microsoft’s Lage said high salaries and other benefits migration issues, and criticized the US Windows and were pulling doctors, engineers, teachers, Government for suspending migration talks Novell’s Linux nurses and other professionals to work in with Cuba and adopting restrictive interoperability developed countries, prompting a brain measures against Cuban nationals. and support in drain in developing nations. The Ibero-American summit, being held San Francisco Developed countries did not repatriate in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay on on 2 Nov, these people and instead were using various 3-5, November is focused on migration 2006.—XINHUA means to make them stay, he said. issues. —MNA/Xinhua Baby from frozen embryo born in Uganda Brief power cuts hit parts KAMPALA, 6 Nov— The attempt failed. Britain. “She came back Ssali said previously, of France, Germany first baby from a frozen More than 300,000 after one year to try again. they would just throw away PARIS, 6 Nov— Parts of France, including areas of embryo in East and Central babies from frozen Since we had banked her the embryos because there Paris, were plunged into darkness overnight by power Africa has been born in embryos have been born excess embryos, we just got were no freezing facilities cuts lasting up to 90 minutes. At least three German Uganda. worldwide since IVF was one of them and planted it in in his fertility centre that states were also hit. Dr Edward Tamale Ssali introduced in 1979. The her womb instead of started in 2004. It registered Maurice Marion, head of the mining and energy of Kampala Gynecology first baby from the longest undergoing the whole the first surrogate case in division of France’s CGT trade union, said Saturday’s and Fertility Centre was frozen embryo of 21 years procedure again,” Ssali the region in July this year. outage was the country’s worst in 30 years and had hit quoted by New Vision on was born two years ago in revealed. MNA/Xinhua eastern areas in particular. Saturday as saying that the The Interior Ministry said on Sunday it did not embryo had been frozen for know what had caused the problem. No one was one year. “It’s her own immediately available to comment at French power baby. She just came back utility EDF. for repeat IVF (Intro Vitro The power went out at around 10 pm (2100 GMT), Fertilization),” Ssali said of with the worst outages lasting around 90 minutes, the mother of the one-week- although in many places the electricity came back old baby, whose first IVF within minutes. Ethiopian police No major accidents or crimes occurred during the blackouts, the ministry and police said, though French on alert after US media reported that some people had been trapped in elevators. warning MNA/Reuters A DDIS A BABA, 6 Nov— Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had stepped up security measures nationwide after the (L-R) Chairman of BAFTA/LA Peter Morris and award recipients United States warned of possible suicide attacks Rachel Weisz, Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier and Anthony Minghella against neighbouring pose for photographers at the 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards countries by “extremist held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, elements” in Somalia. on 2 Nov, 2006.—INTERNET US embassies in Ethiopia and Kenya urged US conservative figures criticize American citizens on Thursday to be vigilant and use extreme caution Bush’s Iraq policy when visiting well-known WASHINGTON, 6 Nov— invasion of Iraq, said the president responsible,” public places in both Richard Perle and Kenneth dysfunction within the Perle said. Adelman also countries. Adelman, two prominent Bush Administration has strongly criticized the “We have strengthened conservative figures from turned US policy in Iraq a handling of Iraq’s postwar surveillance throughout the camp of US President disaster. reconstruction by Bush’s the nation and we will George W Bush, strongly “I probably would have national security team. make certain Ethiopia will criticized Bush’s Iraq said, ‘let’s consider other “They turned out to be the burial ground of policy in interviews of the strategies for dealing with be among the most any terrorist who ventures Vanity Fair in its coming the thing that concerns us incompetent teams in the into the country,” January issue, US media most, which is Saddam postwar era. Not only did Commander Demsashe reported Saturday. supplying weapons of each of them, individually, Hailu, spokesman for Perle, who once mass destruction to have enormous flaws, but A modelpresentsawedding gowncreation from Ethiopia’s federal police, chaired the Pentagon’s terrorists,’” Perle said. together they were deadly, Spanish designer Eva Novias’ Spring/Summer told Reuters. Defence Policy Board and “At the end of the day, dysfunctional,” Adelman 2007 fashion collection in Madrid on 3 Nov, MNA/Reuters strongly advocated the you have to hold the said. — MNA/Xinhua 2006.—INTERNET

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Philippines elected into UN economic, social panel MANILA, 6 Nov — The Philippines won a seat in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in the United Nations. The Philippines “This success well as for the topped the elections of the mirrors the excellent implementation of inter- ECOSOC, garnering 188 standing of the national development out of 192 votes in the Philippines in the United goals. race for the 18 seats that Nations,” he said in a “We hope to take will be vacated at the end statement from the UN advantage of the of the year, said Lauro Headquarters in New opportunity which Baja Jr, Philippine York. ECOSOC membership Permanent Represen- As a member of entails to get assistance tative to the UN. ECOSOC, the Philippines for our projects from the Baja said the will participate in policy various functional com- Philippines will start its review, policy dialogue missions and programmes A trio of cubs rest with their mother Shun Shun at Jinan Wildlife World in three-year membership in and recommendation on under ECOSOC,” Baja Jinan, capital of East China’s Shandong Province on 3 Nov, 2006. Brown the 54-member body on issues of economic and said. yellow Shun Shun gave birth to three white cubs on 17 October and experts 1 January, 2007. social developments, as MNA/Xinhua attributed it to genetic variation. —XINHUA Smog warning ahead of Turk mayor asks for help after floods sweep Batman Britain’s bonfire night ISTANBUL, 6 Nov — The mayor of a town in Turkey’s southeast called on LONDON, 6 Nov — The government has issued a smog warning ahead Saturday for international aid to recover from flash floods that have killed of bonfire night on Sunday, and a senior Labour politician called for the more than 30 people in the country. annual event to be scrapped as an environmentally unsound anachronism. Mayor Huseyin “We urgently need streets and toppled With light winds and a dry night anniversary of the foiling of the Kalkan told a news help from our business- buildings. Kalkan said expected, bonfire smoke will result in Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament. conference 11 people had men and international some districts were still high levels of air pollution in central “Here we are 401 years after the died in Batman where relief institutions.” cut off from the rest of the and southern England and South Wales, death of Guy Fawkes still having a about 300,000 people live. Some 1,200 rescue town. “The government the Department for Environment, Food bonfire in most people’s gardens, “Nearly 63,000 of workers are in Batman must do something,” he and Agricultural Affairs said. polluting the atmosphere with carbon our citizens from 12,600 after floodwaters hit the said. The floods were the Labour MP Barry Sheerman said it and the worst contribution to dioxins in damaged houses have town on Wednesday. worst to hit the mainly was time to abandon the annual festival the whole year,” he told BBC radio. been victims of the floods Rivers swollen by Kurdish region since 1937. of fireworks and bonfires to mark the MNA/Reuters and the disaster,” he said. torrential rains swamped MNA/Reuters

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (097) Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (097) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 7.11.2006 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES PTE, LTD Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 Eight dead, one missing in Floods in Thailand cause north China mine blast extensive damage TAIYUAN, 5 Nov— the Xinmin Coal Mine in The county-owned BANGKOK, 5 Nov— Disaster Prevention Anucha said the flood Eight people are dead and Linxian County, according mine has an annual Floods wrecking several and Mitigation Depart- waters have receded in 32 another is missing after a to the provincial work production capacity of parts of Thailand over the ment director-general provinces, but remain high coal mine blast in north safety administration. 90,000 tons. past two months have Anucha Mokhaves said in 15 others. Over 1.1 China’s Shanxi Province, Initial investigations Provincial work safety caused 1,124 million bath the longlasting floods, million residents in some local work safety sources showed the blast was officials have gone to the (about 295.7 million US from late August until 3 367,000 households are said on Friday. possibly caused by mine to organize rescue dollars) in damage, a November, have wreak- still suffering from the The blast happened explosives, the admin- operations that are still senior official said on ed havoc over large areas floods inundating these 15 around 11:45 am Friday at istration said. underway.—MNA/Xinhua Friday. in 47 of Thailand’s 76 provinces. provinces. Bangkok residents Guatemala seizes 29 illegal Ecuadorean migrants The devastating living by the banks of Chao floods have affected more Phraya River and some M EXICO C ITY, 5 Nov— According to news Guatemala is a bridge at reaching the United that 4.1 million people main canals remain The Guatemalan Coast reports from Mexico City, used by illegal migrants States through Mexico. in over 1.1 million house- affected by the overflowing MNA/Xinhua Guard seized a nameless the nameless and flagless and traffickers who aim holds, killing 195 waters, Anucha said. and flagless boat in the boat was carrying 25 persons. MNA/Xinhua Pacific Ocean, with 29 men and four women, all Malaysia in $105b plan to illegal Ecuadorean mig- of them from Ecuador, Colombia, US seize rants on board, Jorge Ortega said. transform Cinderella City Ortega, an Army spokes- The illegal Ecua- JOHOR BARU(Ma- for street crime and broken 3.5 tons of cocaine man said on Friday. dorean migrants were laysia), 5 Nov—Malaysia dreams. The vessel, whose presented on Friday BOGOTA, 5 Nov—Colombian Navy and US police unveiled a 105-billion- The 2,200 square on Friday jointly seized 3.5 tons of cocaine in the nationality was unknown, before Guatemalan mig- US-dollar blueprint on kilometres development was intercepted at about ration authorities in Caribbean Sea. Saturday to turn its area in southern Johor Admiral Roberto Garcia, naval force commander of 30 nautical miles from the Puerto Quetzal in order second-largest city into a State is to boast a high- coastline of Tecojate, in to determine their ide- the Caribbean, said the drug was found in a boat with prosperous Asian met- tech park, logistics and a Honduras flag, which had eight Honduran crew the southern Guatemalan ntity, and to deport them ropolis, determined to industrial precincts, department of Escuintla. to their country. members on board. The boat was on its way to the overcome its reputation educational park, regional United States and was intercepted at about 40 miles (64 hospitals, marina, water- kilometres) away from Colombia's La Guajira side villas, theme parks department. and exclusive, gated Garcia did not elaborate on whether the eight crew residential communities. members would be taken into custody in Colombia or “The comprehensive in the United States. — MNA/Xinhua development plan estimates that investment Turkish police seize 160 kilos required to generate economic growth and of heroin in Istanbul activity as forecast ... to ANKARA, 5 Nov— in Avcilar District of amount to 47 billion Turkish police con- Istanbul, facing charges of ringgit over the 5-year fiscated 160 kilos of dealing illicit drugs. period between 2006- heroin stashed in two In another operation on 2010 and for the 15 years trucks in an operation in the same day, gendarmerie from 2011 to 2025, an Turkey’s largest city of officers, acting on a tip- amount of 335 billion Istanbul on Friday, the off, found 30 kilos of heroin will be required,” the semi-official Anatolia hidden in a car in Baskale government said in a news agency reported. town of Van Province in A miner in a coal mine car comes out from a coal mine in Fuxin, northeast statement. Four suspects were eastern Turkey, Anatolia China’s Liaoning Province on 4 Nov, 2006. —INTERNET MNA/Reuters arrested in the operation said. — MNA/Xinhua

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Hu meets presidents of Equatorial Guinea, Mali,Ethiopia Study says brain stimulation China-Africa friendly shown to boost memony cooperative ties. While addressing the opening LONDON, 6 Nov — Stimulating the brain with ceremony, Hu announced gentle electric currents during sleep boosts memory, eight new actions to assist German scientists said on Sunday. Africa, including doubling When they applied several currents that mimic 2006 assistance to Africa natural slow oscillating brain waves in sleep they by 2009, three billion US enhanced the memory of medical students who had dollars of preferential done a word-learning task. loans in next three years “It leads to improved memory retention,” said Jan and the exemption of more Born, a neuroscientist at the University of Luebeck. Chinese President Hu Jintao (C Front), Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (L debt owed by poor African The scientists, whose results were published online Front) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R Front) jointly read out the countries. declaration of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation The three African by the journal Nature, believe brain stimulation could (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on 5 Nov, 2006.—XINHUA leaders said Hu’s speech help people with memory problems and Alzheimer’s in the morning demon- disease. BEIJING, 5 Nov — and Ethiopia President he believed that the two- strated Chinese Govern- “This is an alternative way to intensify or to Chinese President Hu Girma Wolde Giorgis day summit of the Forum ment’s and its people’s improve sleep and its memory function,” Born told Jintao on Saturday held were held after a grand on China-Africa Co- determination to further Reuters. He and his team asked the students to learn a separate meetings with opening ceremony at the operation (FOCAC) will China-Africa coopera- list of paired words in a standard memory test before presidents of three African Great Hall of the People in further strengthen the tion.—MNA/Xinhua they fell asleep. The researchers stimulated their brain countries on the sidelines the morning, where Hu and of the Beijing Summit, the 41 heads of state or gov- Dutch riders rescue 100 while they slept. After they woke up, the students had largest diplomatic event ernment and senior to recall the words they had memorised. ever held between China officials of 48 African horses from flood water If the currents were applied to the scalp during and Africa. countries gathered. With AMSTERDAM, 5 Nov— outside the dykes of deep sleep, the first few hours of nocturnal sleep, the The meetings between smiles and handshakes, Hu Dutch rescue riders rode Marrum by a storm on students recalled a greater number of words than if Hu and Equatorial Guinea welcomed and thanked the in on Friday to save a Tuesday. they had been given a sham brain stimulation. Teodoro Obiang Nguema leaders for their partici- herd of some 100 horses MNA/Reuters MNA/Reuters Mbasogo, Mali President pation in the summit. that were trapped by flood Amadou Toumany Toure He told the leaders that waters, ending a three-day ordeal. Eighteen horses UN Gulf War body admits had died before the rescue, while another 20 were overpaid $60m ferried to safety on boats GENEVA, 5 Nov—The (UNCC) called on 70 told a news briefing on Thursday. Rescue United Nations Gulf War governments to return after a four-day meeting efforts had been hampered reparations programme within six months the in Geneva. “The total by high waters in the admitted on Friday that it excess money paid out amount of the overpay- flooded meadow by the had overpaid some 60 for 22,000 duplicate ment represents app- Wadden Sea and near the million US dollars to claims. roximately one-tenth of 1 northern town of Marrum. claimants for damages from A senior UNCC per cent of the total Dutch media showed Iraq’s 1990-91 invasion official said that no amount of compensation pictures of the panicky and occupation of Kuwait. intentional fraud was awarded by the Com- animals crowded together The Governing suspected after a two-year mission,” he added. A boston terrier fails to jump over a crossbar during the on a patch of land Council of the UN Com- investigation into the The UNCC — the Super Dogs Carnival at Invoice Seibu Dome in surrounded by knee-deep pensation Commission overpayments which he largest claims body ever Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo on 3 Nov, 2006.—INTERNET water, which was pushed said UN auditors had — is winding up more than Achilles wheelchair known about. a decade of work after Iran shows new generation of racers participate in the “The total estimate that approving 52.5 billion US New York City Mara- we have made is around dollars in payments, of anti-helicopter weapons thon in the Brooklyn 60 million US dollars ,” which some 21.4 billion US Borough of New York Mojtaba Kazazi, secretary dollars has been paid out to TEHERAN, 5 Nov— Iran’s Islamic said. Iran’s new generation of anti- on 5 Nov, 2006. to the Governing Council, date.—MNA/Reuters Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) personnel bullets, which had been used INTERNET on Saturday tried new generation of in the war games, could penetrate the anti-helicopter weapons and other most advanced bullet-proof vests, Zahedi military hardware during the ongoing said. The IRGC forces were using modern military manoeuvres, the official IRNA equipment and tactics to encounter news agency reported. enemies’ combat power, the Iranian Different types of improved anti- general said, adding that the IRGC ground helicopter, anti-armour and anti- forces’ weapons could reach as far as personnel weapons had been used by 1,400 kilometres into hypothetical the Iranian troops, General Mohammad- enemy’s territory. Reza Zahedi, commander of the IRGC’s Zahedi said the war games were ground forces, told a Press conference. intended to show the Iranian military’s The combat capability of these anti- ability to defend the country against any helicopter weapons had been doubled in attack and thereby discourage enemies recent years and they could be used from inimical contemplation. against all types of helicopters, Zahedi MNA/Xinhua

7-11-06NL 13 11/7/06, 3:06 AM 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 Lennon strike hands Spurs victory over Chelsea S P O R T S LONDON, 6 Nov— Tottenham Hotspur and England winger Aaron Lennon condemned champions Chelsea to a second league defeat of the season on Sunday when Spurs won their London derby 2-1 at White Hart Lane. Lennon rifled in on 52 minutes to secure Spurs their Chelsea led through Claude Makelele's thunderbolt first win over Chelsea in 33 league meetings and their from 30 metres on 15 minutes but defender Michael first at home over their rivals since 1987. Dawson levelled with a glancing header 10 minutes "It was a great win, we were stronger than them later. Chelsea and England captain John Terry was sent today," Spurs manager Martin Jol told Sky Sports. off 18 minutes from time after he was shown a second "We are now in the top half of the table and nobody yellow by referee Graham Poll for holding. can take it away from us that we had a win against the Poll's performance left Chelsea manager Jose champions of England." Mourinho fuming, the Portuguese saying the official, Defeat kept Chelsea in second place on 25 points, who booked seven other players, had "wanted to be three behind leaders Manchester United who thumped part of the show". Portsmouth 3-0 on Saturday. "He disallowed a goal from Didier Drogba which he German players celebrate the winning after the can only explain," said Mourinho. Group B match against China in the 2006 volley- "To show a red card to a player for contact in the box ball women’s World Championships in Sapporo, when he was the attacking one was also a bit ridicu- on 5 Nov,2006. Germany beat China 3-1.— XINHUA lous... every decision was against us." Chelsea almost snatched a point four minutes from Sevilla go top with 2-0 win time but Dutch winger Arjen Robben struck the post at home to Osasuna with a curling strike. Earlier, substitute Marlon Harewood struck two M ADRID, 6 Nov— Sevilla knocked Barcelona off the minutes from time to hand West Ham United a 1-0 win top of the Primera Liga on Sunday after goals from over Arsenal as tempers flared at Upton Park while Frederic Kanoute and Adriano Correia gave them a Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 at home. 2-0 home win over Osasuna. MNA/Reuters The UEFA Cup holders have 21 points, one ahead of Barcelona who were held to a 1-1 draw at Deportivo Tottenham Hotspur’s Coruna on Saturday. Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Hrbaty makes final after illness Real Zaragoza climbed to third on 19 points with a right, tackles Chelsea’s 3-1 home win over Getafe, and Real Madrid slipped Didier Drogba as he rules out Haas down to fourth with 17 after losing 2-1 at home to Celta shoots for goal during PARIS, 6 Nov — Slovakia's Dominik qualify for the year-end event, withdrew, Vigo. their English Premier Hrbaty qualified for the final of the Paris suffering from gastroenteritis. Sevilla were set on course for their fifth straight League soccer match Masters on Saturday after German World number five Nikolay home win in the league when Mali striker Kanoute at the White Hart Lane Tommy Haas retired in their semifinal Davydenko will challenge Hrbaty in scored from the penalty spot early in the second half, stadium, London, on 5 to drop out of the Masters Cup race. Sunday's final after defeating Spain's taking his tally for the season to eight. Nov, 2006. Drogba Hrbaty was leading 6-4, 1-0 when Tommy Robredo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in the Two minutes from time Kanoute fed Brazilian failed to score from Haas, who needed to win the title here to other semifinal. Haas' misfortune means midfielder Adriano to finish off a swift counter-attack this attempt. American James Blake fills the last slot that made sure of the win.—MNA/Reuters INTERNET for the season's finale for the top eight players in the ATP Race, starting on 12 Milan crisis continues with 2-0 November in Shanghai. Blake, who was eliminated by Haas in loss to Atalanta the third round here on Thursday, joins ROME, 6 Nov— AC Milan slumped to a third defeat in four Serie A matches Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, when they lost 2-0 at Atalanta after second-half goals by Nicola Ventola and Davydenko, Ivan Ljubicic, Andy Andrea Soncin on Sunday. Roddick, Robredo and David Nalbandian The result left Milan upfield for Massimo Donati minute of stoppage time, in the Shanghai field. 16th in the 20-team divi- to nod on to Ventola, who when Soncin's shot de- Hrbaty, seeded 17th, has not won a sion with seven points from volleyed crisply past Dida. flected off Dario Simic into tournament in two years and reached the 10 matches, 17 points be- Calderoni pulled off a the net. final of a Masters Series tournament once hind joint leaders Inter Mi- fingertip save to keep out Milan coach Carlo before, in 2000 in Monte Carlo. lan and Palermo, who en- an Andrea Pirlo free kick Ancelotti accused referee Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia leaves Davydenko was the highest-ranked joyed 2-0 victories over and as Milan's frustration Tiziano Pieri of failing to the court afterhis semifinal match player in the draw following a string of Ascoli and Sampdoria grew Joann Gourcuff was spot two penalties for what againstGermany's Tommy Haas in withdrawals and the 25-year-old Rus- respectively. booked for diving. he said were fouls against the Paris Masters tennis tournament sian, chasing his fifth title of the year, AS Roma stayed third Atalanta made sure of winger Daniele Bonera and on 4 Nov, 2006. Hrbaty won the will feature in the final of a Masters on 20 points after coming the points in the second Gourcuff.—MNA/Reuters game 6-4,1-0. — XINHUA Series for the first time.—MNA/Reuters from behind to beat visitors Fiorentina 3-1. Milan trav- Bayern battle for 2-2 draw at Schalke elled to Atalanta fresh from BERLIN, 6 Nov— Bayern Munich came from two goals down to snatch a a 4-1 win over Champions 2-2 draw away to Schalke 04 on Sunday, leaving both sides three points behind League rivals Anderlecht Bundesliga leaders Werder Bremen. and were hopeful of getting Schalke were much the better side in seven minutes after the break and despite their league challenge back the first half and moved clear through several clear chances the visitors had to on track after recent losses goals from Peter Lovenkrands and Levan settle for a draw. The result left both sides to Inter and Palermo. Kobiashvili. Bayern would have fallen trailing leaders Werder Bremen, who were Their failure to capital- further behind but for an outstanding surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw at home to ize on good first-half pos- save from Oliver Kahn and the champi- Energie Cottbus on Saturday. session was punished, how- ons gave themselves a lifeline when With 10 games played, Werder have Inter Milan’s Javier Zanetti celebrates after ever, in the 50th minute, Andreas Ottl got a goal back at the very 20 points, two ahead of VfB Stuttgart scoring against Ascoli during their Serie A soccer when home keeper Alex end of the first half. following their 4-2 win away to Alemannia match at the San Siro stadium in Milan on 5 Nov, Calderoni pumped the ball Roy Makaay scored a fine equalizer Aachen on Saturday.—MNA/Reuters 2006. Inter Milan won 2-0.—INTERNET

7-11-06NL 14 11/7/06, 3:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 15 Six Arab countries look to nuclear power DUBAI, 6 Nov —At least six Arab countries are developing domestic nuclear power programmes to diversify energy sources, a Middle East economic magazine reported on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, our technical advisory Morocco and Algeria programme to conduct a have shown interest in study for the power developing nuclear plants,” he was quoted as power primarily for water saying, adding that the desalination, the Middle interest the four nations East Economic Digest had shown was “at a (MEED) quoted tertiary stage”. Tomihiro Taniguchi, The United Arab deputy director-general Emirates and Tunisia have of the Vienna-based also shown interest in International Atomic nuclear power, but their Energy Agency (IAEA), plans are at an infant stage, as saying. the magazine said. “We held preli- Analysts say that A child touches the model of a giraffe during a minary discussions with besides the need for photo exhibition about Africa on Wangfujing these governments. We alternative energy sources, Street in Beijing, on 2 Nov, 2006. — XINHUA will offer them help under many Arab countries are ®m®mo>nyiiio>nyii l\\\\\ wc¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ m\\\\\ ÂkOOOÂkOO ;Âkp^^^^^ er;N\\\\\ c˙˙˙˙˙ .\.\.\.\.\ Am¥o;qa;iiio;qa;ii mmt˙˙˙˙˙ p\\\\\ tcuMuMuMuMuM er;√\\\\\ ;s^^^^^ ;@anm^^^^^ ø;R˙˙˙˙˙ ;quMuMuMuMuM ≥u≥iui≥ui≥u≥iui concerned about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. WEATHER laerakSk\\\\\ q\\\\\ y∑∑∑∑∑ j\\\\\ Amiiiii eTac\\\\\ s\\\\\ luuuuu U¨¨¨¨¨ ;ersarc^^^^^ ;elYak\\\\\ Ta;rat\\\\\ c∑∑∑∑∑ \\\\\ Âkotciiiotcii \\\\\ MNA/Reuters Monday, 6 November, 2006 tc®prn\\\®prn\\ \\\\\ lApuiuiuiuuii mv\\\\\ AK¥k.\.\.\..\\ m¥a;Aa;\\\\\ elYakTa;q\\\\\ kayk¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ rMMMMM c˙˙˙˙˙ \\\\\ m¥a;qesrniiiii \\\\\ Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 eAakpåAt\\\\\ cuiuiuiuiui ;Aq\\\\\ ep;eÂkvaApiiiii påqv\\\\\ "\\\\\ hours MST: During the past 24 hours, isolated light rain or thundershowers in Kachin, Shan and Kayah Amiiiii eTac\\\\\ s\\\\\ Aluuuuu kiiuuiuiuiu \\\\\ epac;T\\\\\ k∑∑∑∑∑ lYc\\\\\ \\\\\ pårrmv˙˙ii˙i˙i˙i sar..\\.\.\.\ k∑∑∑∑∑ satm\\\\\ ;m¥a;\\\\\ States, upper Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Night temperatures were (4¡C) below normal in 1" Aim\eTac\U^;s^;kiuy\tiuc\ laerak\rmv\" Taninthayi Division, (3¡C) to (4¡C) above normal in 2" Aim\eTac\U^;s^;f elYak\lWa Kachin and Northern Shan States, Mandalay, Bago 3" epac\;T∑k\mv\.q¨m¥a;Amv\påeqa Aim\eTac\sul¨U^;ersarc\; Aim\lk\KM Tuesday, 7 November and Yangon Divisions and about normal in the re- Tune in today maining areas. The noteworthy amount of rainfall m¨ rc\;' mit†øpår˙irmv\" 8:30 am Brief news recorded was Loikaw (0.12) inch. 4" mBNi s˙ på;k\ cui eSac\ eqa\ Ncui c\ qa;sM ssi er;kt\ pa;m\ rc¨ ;N\ c˙ .\ m ti ø† pårrmvi˙ "\ 8:35 am Music: Maximum temperature on 5-11-2006 was 96¡F. -Somebody… Minimum temperature on 6-11-2006 was 75¡F. Rela- 5" rp\k∑k\At∑c\;enTiuc\eÂkac\; qk\Siuc\ra rykeTak\KMK¥k\N˙c\. myk Bryan Adams tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 8:40 am Perspectives 6-11-2006 was 82%. Total sunshine hours on eTakK\ K¥kM "\ 8:45 am Music: 5-11-2006 was (4.5) hours approx. -Sunshine… Rainfalls on 6-11-2006 were (Nil) at Archies 8:50 am National news/ Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total 7:15 am 6:30 pm rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (98.46) inches at 8. Song of yesteryears 9. Weather report Slogan 9:00 am Music: Mingaladon and (111.61) inches at Kaba-Aye and 8:25 am 6:35 pm -Island in the (116.69) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind 9. Ak‘picii \p\\ ∑´∑´∑´ 10. Ncuuuuuiiiii c\\\\\ Ka;Ka;MMMMM katn∑∑∑∑∑ ;zat\\\\\ lm\\\\\ ;t\\\\\ ´´´´´∑∑∑∑∑ sun…Weezer speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from 8:30 am {etat∑c∑∑∑∑ \;qa;cy\\\\ \el:}\\\\ 9:05 am International Southeast at 11:40 hours MST on 5-11-2006. 10. International news (Apcuiuiuiuiui ;-24)\\\\\ news Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in 8:45 am 6:50 pm 9:10 am Music: North and East-Central Bay and partly cloudy in the Back to you… 11. Let’s Go 11. ÂkyÂkyp\\\\\ c∑∑∑∑∑ m¥a;r.\.\.\.\.\ >rc´´´´´ K\\\\\ nuuuuu q\\\\\ MMMMM Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal. Tuesday, 7 November Steps 4:00 pm 7:05 pm Forecast valid until evening of 7-11-2006: View on today 1:30 pm News / Slogan 1. Martial song 12. Ncuiuiuiuiui c\\\\\ Ka;MMMKa;MM zatzatlm\\\\\ \;t\\\\ ´∑´∑´∑´∑´∑ 1:40pm Lunch time mu- Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated 7:00 am 4:15 pm {K¥s\Kc\\\Kc\ \;N\\\\ ˙c˙˙˙˙ \.\At.\.\.\. ¨}¨¨¨¨ sic: in Kachin, Shan and Chin States, upper Sagaing and 1. Recitation of Parittas 2. Song to uphold (Apiuicuiuiuiu \;-16)\\\\ -Love will keep us Mandalay Divisions and weather will be partly cloudy alive…Eagles by Missionary National Spirit 8:00 pm in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is 60%. Sayadaw U Ottama- -To me you’re State of the Sea: Seas will be slight in 4:30 pm 13. News everything…98 thara Aew;qctk\\\\\ q˚˚˚˚˚ liuiuiuiuiu pvaer;\\\\\ Myanmar waters. 3. 14. 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7-11-06NL 15 11/7/06, 3:06 AM 3rd Waning of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 Lt-Gen Myint Swe receives leader of Defence Services Soccer team of Islamic Republic of Pakistan

YANGON, 6 Nov—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence received leader of Defence Serv- ices Soccer team of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Brigadier General Muhammad Naseem Khan, who arrived here to play a friendly match against their Myanmar counterparts, at the Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha this morning. Also present on the occasion were Commander of Ayeyawady Naval Region Command Commodore Win Shein, Commander of Mingaladon Air Base Brig- Gen Zin Yaw, Principal of Defence Services Martial Arts and Sports Institute Col Htein Lin and senior military officers, Defence Attaché of Islamic Repubic of Pakistan to Myanmar Col Zafar Jamil and offi- cials.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence receives leader of Pakistan’s Defence Services Soccer team Brig-Gen Muhammad Naseem Khan. — MNA

Myanmar, Pakistan Tatmadaw soccer teams play friendly

Lt-Gen Myint Swe enjoys friendly match of Myanmar and Pakistan Tatmadaw teams. — MNA

YANGON, 6 Nov — Myanmar Tatmadaw soccer senior military officer’s of the Army, Navy and Air Brig-Gen Ya Pyae and leader of the visiting team Brig- team played a friendly with the Defence Services team Force, military attaches, Tatmadawmen and families Gen Muhammad Naseem Khan greeted the footballers of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at Youth Training of Army, Navy and Air Force and football fans of the two teams. Centre here this evening. watched the match. Myanmar girls presented bouquets to the Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence, Rector of Defence Services Medical Academy players. The two teams also exchanged gifts. — MNA INSIDE Delivering an address on the fourth day of the USDA Annual General Meeting (2005), Patron of the USDA Chairman of the State Peace and Develop- ment Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe called on USDA members to speed up their efforts to serve the interests of the State and the people while steadfastly upholding Our Three Main National Causes, to be imbued with Union Spirit in enhancing national solidarity and peace and stability of the nation, and to do their bit in the drive for realization of the State’s seven-point Road Map and for the emergence of a peaceful, modern and developed democratic nation. PAGE 7 KYI WIN NYUNT

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